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Hello friends, this is the long awaited tutorial on Line-Quality, Art-Style, and Same-Face-Syndrome.

Line-Quality is improved by building Muscle-Memory.

You build muscle memory through Drawing-Exercises.

Art-Style is developed over time through Observation and Routine.

Routines such as… Drawing-Exercises. 

And now for… the Ultimate Drawing-Exercise-Routine!

It’s called Snake-In-A-Basket!!

Draw any kind of snake inside of any kind of basket. You have 5 to 20 minutes to complete it before each/every Big-Serious-Illustration to tackle. No more, no less time!

Draw it… NOW!

(my example that I drew in GIMP)

Art-Style is not necessarily what you think it is. A fairly common style issue discussed in artist circles is the inability to draw the same character twice while retaining their likeness or the lack of uniqueness which makes our art (recognizable) distinguishable from another’s “oh! YOU drew this!”.

Here are the fastest pathways to attaining the elusive Art-Style:

Repetition!!!!!

Recurrence-of-Thematic-Elements (everyone is sad, robots, someone is always shirtless, etc)

Same Color-Palette used for everything you draw

Same-Tools (line width, brush set, same paper, canvas size)

or Same-Program

(examples of palettes!! you can’t go wrong with having a rainbow)

Some Amount of Explanation:

If you draw on the same size or same scale (A6, A5, A4, A3 | B6, B5 | Letter) or in the same orientation (Landscape or Portrait), it helps you learn Composition intuitively by training you to make use of the space you have. Also it’s easier to print out and frame if you draw on common photo print sizes 4x6, 8x10, etc.

Even if you make a lot of use of Blend/Blur and you’re more of a Painter than a Cel-Shader– deciding to use a Set Personal-Default-Color-Palette instead of randomly choosing them on the Wheel/Triangle-Thing will still give you enough stable consistency.

Onto the next thing!

Same-Face-Syndrome is normally caused by one of two things. If it’s not one then it’s the other: Same Shapes or Same Details.

To make noticebly different characters you have to Exaggerate.

Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle? Short, Wide, Tall, Thin?

Before you try your hand at drawing any Face or Body Type, draw another Snake-In-A-Basket first. 

You think I’m joking?

No. I’m not.

So to wrap up, you need to Warm Up to draw, you need to make a color palette and stick to it –or just use the same Crayola pencils, or the same kind of Bic pen, same kind of sharpie, .7 or .5, and have themes like “plaid flannels for everybody” or “hoodies and jeans”. Find those things you can execute consistently, like hatching or stippling, and if you like it, stick with it! 

Hope this helps!

Now draw a SNAKE-IN-A-BASKET!

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Precision Excercises

I’d like to tell you a little bit about the warm-up process I do when I’m getting ready to start for the day or settle into a long drawing session.  These mini-exercises loosen up my arm and help me identify posture problems and other issues before I start drawing.  They work for digital as well as traditional drawing. 

Stage 1- Just Scribbles

For a few minutes just doddle fluid loops and curves on your drawing surface.  Close your eyes and meditate on what it feels like to be there right that very moment.  Feel your pen/pencil on the surface you’re using and think about what makes that medium unique.  Get reacquainted with the feeling of drawing without burdening yourself with expectations.

Stage 2- Parallel Lines

In this mini-exercise you’ll draw four sets of parallel lines: vertical, horizontal, diagonal up-left to down-right, diagonal down-left to up-right.  It doesn’t matter what order you do them in, but I like to go clockwise in the order that I’ve shown them here, starting with vertical. In each set, draw one series of lines from one direction, then between them draw another from the opposite direction.  Do not use the rotation tool for this if you are working digitally, as this defeats the purpose.

Stage 3- Lines & Curves

Start by drawing a constellation of dots or x’s on your drawing surface.  For the first part of this stage, connect the marks you’ve made with straight lines.  Make them as smooth and even as possible.  Don’t feel the need to start and stop your line exactly on the marks.  In fact, it’s better to start and stop a bit beyond each mark.  Try to strike each mark directly through the middle and focus on minimizing hand shakiness.

For the second part, make another set of marks.  Now, instead of connecting two marks with straight lines, connect three marks with a curved line, once again taking care to draw in an unbroken smooth sweep.

Stage 4- Segmented Circles

Sometimes I skip this stage if I’m pressed for time or already feel confident about my precision control for the day.  This exercise is a little more free-form than the others.  Basically just draw circles as evenly as you can without using a template or digital tools to help, and divide them in various ways with lines and smaller circles.  Feel free to throw in other varieties of geometric shapes, ellipses, and whatever else.

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