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[juanin-pro]

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if you are Gaymer

[sokkable]

[sokkable]

[psrj]

wanted to give them some proper redesigns because i love them

[almanemes]

[ghibli-collector]

Yasuo Ōtsuka (mentor to Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata) short lecture clip on character design

courtesy of @AnimeGolem on twitter

[kiaraincolor]

A tip for blending when painting digitally: use a transition color! I quickly made this when my brother asked for art advice while I was working on a painting for my best friend. (I was watching a lot of makeup videos to pick out her gifts). 

[theinformationdump]

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

[lunarmoment]

Because I realize all my characters do is look at each other and have their eyebrows shoot up. Sometimes they even lower their eyebrows too!

[hattersarts]

Would you ever do a tutorial on how you color?? It just looks really great

i assume you mean my newer cel shading type of colouring! here’s a run down how i created one of the good omens sketches.

note to start off: i did not complete each step exactly like this, i go back and fix parts of drawings as i go along but this is a breakdown of the order the layers were created in & is my rough workflow currently when colouring sketches.

here’s my brushes since i know some is gonna ask, i just used a nice hardbrush with no opacity for like 90% of it and a soft airbrush for other parts (they should be obvious which was used for what)

the opacity percentages of the layers are not anything useful, i just wanted to give you guys what i was using, i like to be able to adjust every part of the shading so hence so many non-destructive layers.

the atmosphere layer is the one i’ve found the most useful currently, sometimes i just like my images with the flats & atmosphere. Occasionally i’ll colour my lines as well but i still tend to keep the colour very light so the flats details peek through the most rather than the lines dictating the light and dark parts of the image. 

i love this technique at the moment since its great combo of speed & flexibility and nice looking images!!

[catchymemes]

[sporifluorous]

@lycaanroc

[sajwho]

Advice: Colouring (shading)

Good:

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[hattersarts]

I saw your tutorial on how to draw hands, is there any method you use to make them look like older hands? all of my older women seem to have the hands of a 20-year-old

Ok well i start off all my tutorials with the golden rule of, reference is your best friend and will teach you far more accurately than I ever will. pull up some pics of old hands just just start sketching.

now here’s a few little pointers i use to when im trying to convey old hands in a sketch

something else to add along with the tendons on the backs of the hands is adding age spots (google refs) they’re very common on people over the age of 50.

hands curl naturally when relaxed but I find old hands are much more reluctant to straighten out in poses compared to younger hands. In some cases due to the way the knuckles have enlarged they cant completely straighten any longer.

i try not to let my hand drawin get to busy, I’ll prioritize gesture over details so often i wont include every single point that i’ve mentioned, rather the best ones for the pose. 

skin starts to loose its elasticity so along with wrinkles, boney landmarks are much more prominent, which makes them easier to draw !!

[vincent-van-gtg]

[fitnessdesire]

Can’t risk it

[laderdesders1]

The duck of creativity. I waited so long for it.

[kiaraincolor]

Hair Tip #1 - When drawing hair, start with the hairline and hair part(s). Then keep the flow and volume in mind while you add details!

I’m not the best at drawing or painting hair, but someone on instagram requested that I make a post about it so hopefully this will help someone! This is the first of 3 tips I’m going to share.

[cloverinblue]

[kawaiijohn]

reblog if you think

is better than

[rubykgrant]

(the size isn’t the issue… it is the impossible physics of the clothing)

[jam-art]

i’m gonna drop an art tip here

i think an important thing to learn, especially if you start out with drawing anime, is that faces don’t necessarily have to narrow from top to bottom

i like to think of wide top, wide middle, wide bottom, and rectangle-like as the 4 main face shapes

what you should keep in mind about them:

you’re only halfway done: the jawlines, the width-length ratio, the amount of fat in the cheeks, the intensity or subtlety of the face’s curves are all important components you still have to decide on after choosing the shape itself

none of these shapes are exclusively feminine or masculine, don’t hesitate drawing them on any gender

most people in real life have some variation of the wide middle type

if you are trying to draw real people, getting the shape of their face down is the first step

i’ve seen tutorials say the shape of the face can tell a lot of the character’s personality - you don’t necessarily have to live by that rule. as long as you aren’t unrealistically drastic about their proportions, their face shape determines their inner qualities as much as it would in real life (not at all)