Cosmic Funnies
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Game of Thrones Daily
Stranger Things
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Love Begins
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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@drawtoday
My primary blog has changed!
Hello all! It has been a while since I have posted here consistently, but I wanted to let you all know my blog has moved over to @whosetwocents here on tumblr and on instagram. I post original artwork, prompt ideas, and more to come as the pages continue to grow!
People often say to me: āYou draw like some kind of inhuman machine.Ā If I eat your brain, will I gain your power?āĀ The answer is yes, but there is another way. The key to precise drawing is building up muscle memory so that your arm/hand/fingers do the things you want them to do when you want them to do them.Ā Teaching yourself to draw a straight line or to make sweet curves is just a matter of practice and there are some exercises you can do to help improve. If youāre going to be doodling in class or during meetings anyway, why not put that time to good use?
A skull with chalk and charcoal
My latest drawing! Soraka from League of Lengends. Charcoal and chalk on brown paper.
Drawing Challenge
Draw a character from a video game that you play
Here is my first attempt at a charcoal drawing using Procreate on the iPad. Itās a sketch of Little Finger from Game of Thrones. I know it isnāt perfect but every new drawing is a step in the right direction!
Drawing Challenge
I love trying out charcoal and chalk on brown paper. Try creating a monocrome drawing on paper that is not white!
I had so much fun working with Ty to help him create himself a brand for Twitch. His channel is called Captainās Gaming, originally inspired by a hat that you can get in the game Rocket League.
Ty streams a variety of different games and is really focused on building a community among his viewers. Some of the games include Rocket League, Runescape, Minecraft, occasionally League of Legends. You can check out his stream on Twitch here!
Heās the first real drawing I did when I got my iPad. My boyfriend wanted an illustated version of himself to use as his icon for YouTube, #team, etc.
Here is one of the first drawings I did on my iPad using the program Procreate. I would 100% recommend that program for anyone who draws or wants to learn to draw on the iPad. I think itās $10 or so but it is worth the spend for the range of functionality the app provides.
I know I am no where near perfect and my technique is still sloppy but I decided to challenge myself to draw more and get better. Today I was playing around with texture on Procreate on the iPad and was trying to get a feel for some some of the brushes were capable of.
This is my personal tumblr and I am going to try and post some of my sketches and drawing when I can, as inspiration, reference, examples, what have you. They might not always be exciting but I want to start getting in the habit of doing personal art outside of my day job. Thank you everyone for supporting my blog through my inconsistent postings. Feel free to share your work here as well! Thank you!
HALLOWEEN ARTISTIC CHALLENGE
Pulled this list together as a challenge prompt for all forms of art. Drawing, painting, photography, sculpting, writing, photography, etc.
Ghost
Zombie
Goblin
Imp/Demon
Chainsaw
Vampire
Werewolf
Pumpkin
One of the 7 Sins
Relax - Make something you want.
Skeleton, or other undead
Eyeball
Alien
Corvidae (Raven or Crow)
Reaper
Witch
Robotic Gore
Blood Moon
Doll
Relax - Make something you want.
Poison
Candy Gore
Amulet
Lich
Mask
Spider, or large insect(s)
Cthulhu, or Kraken, or Tentacles
Cryptid, such as a Skinwalker, Mothman, Wendigo, Bigfoot, etc
Torture or Transformation
Vivisection/Dissection, Medical, or Experimentation
Your costume orĀ relax! Enjoy Halloween & Day of the Dead.Ā
CONTINUE FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
NOV 1. Mourning NOV 2. Celebration
I tried making the prompts increase in difficulty as you go along. Have fun!
Ā Upper Body exercises
Simple lineart trick by Looji
Support the artist and check out their commissions!
Drawing Lesson
Tips and tricks to more interesting line art
The big texturing tutorial
1. Definition
Texturing is a technique that involves adding local shading and details on surfaces to better represent the material of an object. This technique is of course closely linked to shading in general. This is usually applied after defining a global shading.
From left to right :
Lineart
Global shading
Completed sprite
One of the big differences between global and local shading is homogeneity. The very principle of global shading is to give a sufficiently contrasting effect between the shaded and lit areas to bring out volume and depth. Conversely, a texture must be as homogeneous as possible. It must be able to be applied on large, uniform surfaces, without making it look bad.
2. Applying a texture
A texture being homogeneous in terms of its luminosity/contrast, if it is applied to an object without taking into account the global shading, we will lose any effect of volume and depth.
A texture applied to a sphere without shading. Only the deformation of the texture can give us a clue on the shape of the object, but it is still difficult to discern. Homogeneous contrast When applying a texture to an object, shadows must also be taken into account. It is therefore important to maintain a uniform contrast between colours. A dark line separating a light zone from a dark zone should not keep the same colour between these two zones.
The color of the line will be lighter on the lighter side and darker on the darker side to preserve its contrast with the background. In the same way it is possible to apply a texture or pattern on a shaded object, by proceeding to a simple color shifting in our palette.
Combination of a texture (left) and an object that is not textured but shaded (middle).
3. Local shading
Since shading is used to highlight the bumps, there are generally two possible cases:
A groove
A bump
Each of these cases can be more or less accentuated by playing on the colors, the intensity of shadows and lights.
On the upper line, troughs ranging from the weakest to the strongest bumps. On the second line, these are bumps that stand out. The mastery of these light bumps is very important, it is the basis of the textures, and will make it possible to manage all the simple cases, such as wood or matte plastic. Example of application on a simple object:
4. Reflections
The application of a reflection is done in a simple way, by applying diagonal strips of light of varying thicknesses, and following a few rules.
A trough or bump will create an offset at the reflection level (proportional to the height change). As for the shadows, there is no absolute, depending on the palette or the material represented, it is possible to lighten or not the area at the reflection level. It is also important not to have parallel light bands on faces that are not oriented in the same direction, as on this cube:
Concrete example of the application of a gold texture on our drawers:
Or, added reflections on our previous crate:
5. Dithering and granularity
Dithering consists in creating a new false color from a checkerboard or other regular pattern of two colors close enough to give an illusion of mixing. The closer the colours are, the stronger the illusion will be. The more the colours are contrasted, the stronger the granularity effect will be.
Dithering is basically used to obtain fake intermediate shades on limited palettes, but it is also very useful for making complex and rough textures.
Example of complex dithering separating 3 colors over a wide area.
The nature of the pattern totally changes the roughness aspect. Example of the application of a sandy rock on our drawers:
Or add grain to our crate:
6. The art of destruction
The more complex a texture is, the more it will combine fundamental techniques such as bumpiness, reflections or granularity. However, some materials need to go further, by cutting, slash or breaking the base support.
Cuts It works much like bump, but on a much finer surface. We are subject to the same rules, of which here is a summary image:
From the finest to the most pronounced, on the first line of the cuts, and on the second of the bumps. A concrete example on our crate:
Exercises
Since nothing beats practice to learn, here is a series of examples from the simplest to the most complicated.
For each exercise resolved, post your results.
Mastering tools
Add a strong bump on the text of this image, except the āxā which must be a groove (the center must be dug more strongly than the rest of the āxā):
Palette:
Add reflections on the image obtained between the two red lines shown below:
Now cut and break the letter āeā as well as possible.
Add grain to the letter ālā.
Finalize a sprite
Texturize/colorize this sprite:
Palette:
Add reflections on the inside of the doors to give the impression that there are windows.
Add damage (cuts etc) on the right side of the wardrobe.
Make a variant of this cabinet by redoing it in gold using the palette of the gold drawers example in the tutorial. Palette:
Do the same with the sandy rock. Palette:
Sample solutions
Here are some solutions by a talented friend :
Gif process
The end.
Drawing Lesson
Learn how to digitally draw pixel artwork for environments better!
put this in the MOMA
@imkevinberry
Drawing Challenge
Try drawing stills from a video as reference. Make them quick sketches, and try drawing them in a limited space.
Draw yourself in different cartoon styles challenge! I did one of these a while back, and wanted to try it again! So hereās me in various different cartoons, some good, some bad, some in between!
Day 16: New Species of Villager
Drawing Challenge
Are you a fan of Animal Crossing? Take your favorite villager species and create some of your own new character types in their style.
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For you artists.. If you do draw this, send me some pictures of it! Iād love to see what you guys came up with.
