Fucking Art, How Does It Work?

Kate (of KeroseneKate) does art. Inspiration, tutorials, reference material, and advice related to art and design is collected here. Feel free to submit relevant posts.

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Ever found anything good that would help with drawing perspective in photoshop?

Hi, zilliah. See this Free Perspective Path Tool post and also check out Vanishing Point "filter" in Photoshop.

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Free perspective path tool from FreddieArtMedia, a DC comic book artist.

You can use this in Photoshop to help you with composition perspective. The video can walk you through if you need it. It is extremely simple and straightforward and over time you may find your ability to draw perspective without the tool improve.

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Sullivan's fur tutorials, brush packs, and texture resources.

See the original devART post here: LINK

Download custom Photoshop brushes here: LINK

Sullivan's Fur/Feathers/Scales wildlife texture brushes: LINK

The eyedropper blending tutorial mentioned in the Q&A: http://youtu.be/XMM3Z7lXPwA

Sullivan says:

The Brushes (Tutorial Part 2)  

Hard Round 25 Fading Take your normal hard brush, make it 25px large. Now go to the Brushes menu and click "Other Dynamics", and set the Flow jitter to Pen Pressure in the drop down menu.

Hard Round 5 pixels This is your basic, default hard brush when you load up Photoshop with the regular brushes it should be right at the top... no need to change it!

Airbrush Detail Load up default Photoshop brushes and scroll down til you see the soft brushes--- pick one that is at least 60px large. Open the Brushes menu and click "Shape Dynamics" and set it to Pen Pressure, then click "Other Dynamics" and have the Opacity and Flow jitters set to Pen Pressure as well.

Tips For Custom Sullivan Fur Brushes

these are easiest to use when highlighting, try picking a color that is lighter than the area you are drawing on.

the brushes are pressure sensitive, so you'll want to use these with a tablet. try drawing lightly for softer fur, and push harder for more tufty fur.

just scribbling one of these over your drawing will make it look dumb, trust me. try layering the different brushes, or going over with your own brushes to add in your own details for a more realistic look.

try playing around in the Brushes menu... color effects can look really neat with these, see what works for you :]

Rules

you may NOT attempt to resell or redistribute these brushes; if you want to share these brushes with others just link back to the original deviantART post.

please give credit when you use these! i'm not normally fussy about giving credit, but i worked hard on these so it would be appreciated.

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Three parts of a fabulous skin tutorial by navate of deviantart. Check the source to see the images in detail.

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teamtrashcan:

“Hands Tutorials for Those Who Hates Drawing Them” 

Original can be found on Pixiv, I just translated it. I figured it can be helpful to some.

Here’s a combined version for those who prefer one giant tutorial.

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(via Copic Markers Style. Комментарии : LiveInternet - Российский Сервис Онлайн-Дневников)

Photoshop brush settings to imitate the style of Copic markers. There’s a bit more info at the source…

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[This is off one of Neonnoodle’s posts from SomethingAwful, but it’s such a useful technique I wanna repost it here.]

Here’s one approach I’ve found, which is based on the gamut mask idea, but a little simpler and tuned to working in PS: 1. Start with three color swatches: a red/magenta...

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The most commonly seen collars in formal men's clothing are the Henley and the Ascot, but most of these collars are still common throughout men's fashion. When drawing shirt collars, be aware of how the stiffness of the fabric will affect the way the lapels fold against the clavicles and shoulders and any other clothing present, such as a suit jacket.

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A photoset to use as reference for various handguns and the way most hands hold them.

At some point in the future, I need to put together a reference for PROPER professional posture in wielding guns, as pros and people trained properly in how to use firearms do not hold them the way others do or the way most photos show people to hold them.

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The great thing about this free tool is that you can choose from many options, including:

Timer Interval: 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes

Take A Class: 30 minute trainer, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours Classes warm you up with quick gesture drawings, then ease you into longer poses. They include built-in break times.

Cover and Clothing: All models, Only nude models, Only "decent" models

Include: Both genders, Only female models, Only male models

Alternatively, you can use the Animal Drawing Training Tool, which includes the same timing and "class" options as above, plus these:

Category:

All Animals

All Mammals

Feline

Canine

Equine & Other hooves

Birds

Insects

Reptiles & Amphibians

Aquatic Animals

Rodents

All but insects

Skeletons: Include skeletons, Only show live animals

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drawn-to-life:

Spongebob: Background Staging.

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daily-think:

popsiclesandicecream:

This is some of the best advice I’ve ever heard. Especially when I feel like I’m going through that phase right now.

I don’t usually reblog, but I highly recommend this to those creative minds out there.

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eyecager:

Tutorials done by Stanislav Prokopenko who is an instructor at Watts Atelier.

Right click + New Tab to see the images in their original size. There are 10 images, sorry I had to chop them up because Tumblr has a image size limit and starts resizing.

[mysticorset]

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS PALETTE

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ghostbustier:

In at least Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS5 (maybe other programs/versions too), if you go to Window > Extensions > Kuler, you get a palette with preset color palettes that compliment each other, as well as a tool to help you make new ones. Then you can save it to the Kuler list, or to your Swatches palette.

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vandyburger:

Art ‘Tutorial’ by Arne Niklas Jansson (image click-through)

Hands down, my most favored go-to when looking for aid with digital (and traditional) painting.

It’s packed with helpful descriptions, incredibly animated and fun illustrated examples, and pseudo-boobie-lookin’ things. ‘Cause you’ve got to have baby-humor in with your learning.

This guide helps learn you some nifty tricks about composition, all the way to some more advanced (but still easy to grasp!) light techniques. Understanding of light has to be the most important thing to grasp when it comes to livening your art’s quality (to my knowledge and experience, so far.)

I definitely recommend taking a quick look through it in the very least, if art happens to be your thing. Even if it isn’t, please spread the word, because I cannot count how many times this guide has helped me.

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schweizercomics:

I do compositional lectures a lot in my classes, as well as at the occasional convention. I’ve been asked to post them, so here’s part one: The Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents!

Comic art is, as a general rule, a line-based medium. I know, I know, there are plenty of...

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skiesovergideon:

Having trouble figuring out which font to use? Use these four spec sheets as a starting point.