Body-Chan and Body-Kun

Just a couple of posers

[bodychanandbodykun]

This blog is just for parodying, but also welcome to request photos of specific poses for reference use, we are all having good fun here! 

[zinofghast]

Wooooow I absolutely adore the way you draw fat characters! Do you have any advice on drawing stomach fat? I tend to struggle with that when drawing heavier body types :,3

I dont have any actual advice besides being like observant or looking up different body types and studying them- i hope this helps a little bit, ive never been good with tutorials or art advice lol

[thedenofravenpuff]

Was given an ask requesting a tutorial on how I draw bodies. Here's a version with a more clean look not attached to a tumblr ask.

This is just how I do my art currently, and is no set in stone kind of rules on how to do it. If it gonna help someone, I'll be happy. Of not, oh well.

Rowena always my go to model, for things like this.

I hope this is useful! Do enjoy!

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[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, for hands and wrists!

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[livlina-angel]

posting this with every artist tag i can think of, even if you dont do crochet, PLEASE TAKE RESTS FOR YOUR HANDS!!! no matter what medium artist you are, take care of your articulations

[bodychanandbodykun]

Very important for all artists

[quirkyfries]

Wanted to ask smth real quick since im genuinely curious :,

How do u pick the colors for your art?? they're always so pretty and nice to look at! so i wonder If u have like - idk - a certain pallete for some??? would that be the word??? hmm idk

but basically , your colors are always SO pretty! Keep up the amazing work i love it :DD

Hmm no I just... abuse gradient maps... I pick one that compliments most of the colors, usually at random, but if I have a green background I will aim for a gradient map that is blue, yellow, or red, for example. That part's up to you. Really it’s just… whatever looks nice 😅

You can look up tutorials on how to use tone curves/gradient maps to get a better idea of what they do. For most of these after the flat color layer, I am adjusting the opacity to a level I like. Hopefully this will make sense?

[twilight-skies]

psssttt hey gang hey kings

look what I found

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Just the greatest catalogue of hand pose refs/traces ever created

[molabuddy]

i feel like these poses each give a slightly different character to eachother. even when the only real change is the way the hands are posed to sit on the hips.. has anyone noticed this

[kashuan]

yes!! one of my favorite art instruction books touches on this

[jojo-the-dogg0]

Equiping an armor tutorial

i'll prob make more bc i love talking ab armors

[eskiworks]

Because of ArtFight's recent rule clarification, I've seen discussion on whether tracing your own photos is the same as references them. This is, in my opinion, a matter of semantics. Tracing your own photos IS a method of using them as reference. It is perfectly normal and doesn't hurt anyone. When it comes to self made resources (photos, sculpture, maquettes, 3D sculpts, etc) and resources made explicitly for artists to use (stock photos with appropriate permission, 3D models in CSP, etc), tracing can be ONE step of using them as a reference. It isn't a "crutch", it isn't cheating.

You can also put the photo up next to what you're drawing, and draw from sight. Or trace the photo a few times, then draw it separately. These all have value for different situations for learning, speed, and accuracy, and I recommend trying them ALL.

Regardless of what ArtFight decides, I want other artists to not be afraid of using this type of reference material in this way. It's very normal in both professional and hobby circles, it isn't harmful, and it doesn't make you a lesser artist. Hope this hasn't ruffled any feathers, keep drawing! <3

[deceasedcardinal]

Get back at AI by drinking two large glasses of water before creating any art.

This is definitely not a trick to get artists to drink more water

[marianarira]

All the torso animated studies.

[miyuliart]

Trying to figure out how to draw armour. These are some of my notes I uploaded on patreon. A lot more to come since I really want to figure this one out.

[albanenechi]

Drawing bases & pose references pt 136💖

there's 4 extra poses for patrons today, including 2 flirty poses and 1 throuple 🫶

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

eyebrows hold power. use it responsibly

One thing drawing Sonic characters taught me is the value of showing expressiveness using just eye shapes without distinct eyebrows vs Distinct Eyebrows On Top Of The Eyes. once you understand this, you also must understand the power of Taking Eyebrows Away From Characters Who Have Them

I feel TADC's art style evolution kinda shows this, with some characters becoming more expressive with distinct eyebrows that appear randomly, but also still having other scenes where they express other particular emotions with no distinct eyebrows. it's basic fundamentals but they go a long way

Eyebrows show a grounded, quantifiable amounts of emotion the more distinct they are, which adds a vulnerability to the character since they're expressing their emotions more visibly. The less you can measure the exact amount of emotion someone is feeling, the less vulnerable they seem. or smth idk

[corckdealer]

Here’s uhhh some here’s sum uhhh here’s some dogshit gang meow meow amirgihht????

[laboratoryrats]

“small thread on drawing plus sized characters!”

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[stormcallart]

I’m obsessed with drawing smoke because there’s just something so soothing about it?  So here’s a tutorial no one asked for, hope it helps someone!