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A superb fuck-ton of clothing references.

Obviously two of the images are too large to see on tumblr (because tumblr’s an asshole, sometimes), so simply reverse-image search ‘em and click on the largest size. The one on the left is quite helpful for cloth in general, and the one on the right is just for creating lace.

[From various sources]

[lesbianloneliness]

New poster design for my next protest!

[baroquebronze]

Elie Saab Resort 2017

[skaodi]

Details from Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016.

Paris Fashion Week.

[artreferences9000]

Please could you do a post on how to draw hair

I actually don’t do tutorials as I’m not really a good artist myself. I just reblog references ;; 

But please, check out /tagged/hair for tutorials on how to do hair!

[my-art-ref-blog]

i have a hair reference https://my-art-ref-blog.tumblr.com/post/155962146017/hair-references-part-one-ill-have-a-part-two-on here, if anon wants a specific step by step tutorial they can message me!

[euclase]

How do you make such great skin texture in photoshop? I've tried a couple times and it just turns out looking... wrong. Any tips on painting human skin textures?

I do it like this:

First I start with some base colors.

Then I add scribbles.

Then I add more scribbles, and maybe change the layer to overlay or something so it’s more translucent.

Then I blur everything. Or smudge it. Depending on what will look best.

And then I repeat, using a smaller and softer brush as I go. Until I get something that looks like this:

You can also add noise and blur it that way:

But I don’t like noise layers that much because the undertones are always changing, and it’s harder to color. I’d rather just paint the undertone.

That’s really it, though. It’s a controlled scribble.

I use the same technique for stubble, leather, and metal, too. Like a suit of armor? I do it the same way:

You can see my scribbles on Richard’s armor and his leather sleeve.

Hope that helps. <3

[shadowmaat]

Holy carrots that’s amazing!

[euclase]

@sgurrdearg​ asked: I was wondering if you had tips for painting skin? I’ve looked up a lot online + in books and haven’t found what I need. I’m trying to paint a portrait of a char. from a book, but obv that’s difficult w/o refs so I ended up modelling a char. in a game to help with the proportions. Thing is, if I just paint as I would from a photo of a person, he looks plastic. Have u ever drawn a person w/o refs? How can I make him look real LOL. I know u only use 1 brush, do u have a technique for skin u use?

This is how I paint skin texture.

But how I do the actual skintones is trickier. I usually stick to this rule of thumb:

Highlights = low saturation light yellow Midtones = low saturation middle orange/brown Shadows = middle saturation dark red/brown

So something like this:

I’ve found the ratio works pretty well for any skintone, light or dark, as long as you aren’t an alien or a mermaid. And obviously it’s very generalized. Most of the time I’m working straight from observation anyway, so the skin is whatever color it is and rules go out the window. Different lighting will affect skintone in all different ways.

But what you DON’T want to do is pick a fleshtone and then add black and white to it. Highlights and shadows will be completely different colors.

This process shot of mine shows some skintone building.

This process from another artist is also pretty close to how I do it.

Hope that helps!

[arianagrandz]

[drawingden]

The External Ear by Anatomyproartifex

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Hair references- part one I'll have a part two on the way with more curly hair types (probably)

[matthewdeclermont]

“I couldn’t find any pictures that are-” is a very lousy excuse to whitewash PoC. There are plenty of PoC models, stock images, and editorials out there. You just have to find it. Here are some of the blogs that are dedicated to PoC editorials/models that I follow. Feel free to add and suggestion more.

filipinomodel

desimalemodels 

modelsofcolor  

pinoysonthelimelight  

highfashionpakistan 

black-boys

bollywoodeditorial

pakistanifashionedits

celebritiesofcolor

koreanmodel

indonesianmodels

theasianmalemodel

hellyeahblackmodels

[lesbianloneliness]

doodles while watching ep8!

[my-art-ref-blog]

Glowing ballerina, sigils used inspired by @witchy--re

[my-art-ref-blog]

My own ballerina studies- Message me for commissions- I won’t do nsfw There are some ships I won’t draw, message me if you’re unsure If it’s on my before you follow, I won’t draw it

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hellzilla:

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[artiststoolbox]

Would you happen to know if there were a digital mannequin program, I.e. a human shape you could pose and use as reference?

Hi there! Some websites we have are

EggaZyoutatsu - Gives you a randomized skeleton and allows you to draw over it on the website

Sketchfab - View 3D models for free 

Posemaniacs - 3D renderings of bodies. you can pose and change the angle as you wish.

our #anatomy tag

I don’t think we have anything that  you can pose at will, all of these have ready made poses and models. If anyone has a suggestion, feel free to send us a fanmail and I’ll add it to the post! :) 

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“TIP OF THE DAY Foreground, middleground, background rule is not only for earth. It can be use as well in painting sky. Here we have usual rookie mistake painting mountains and clouds as a flat cardboard elements. I saw hundreds of painting with a guy in the foreground with a conceptart stick and lots of cardboard mountains usually in the same shape only separate with aerial perspective. So when you show depth by perspective foreshortening you need to show volume of the things. And yes clouds have volume too. the easiest to do that is to paint random wiggles and distort them in perspective and then you add rest on top.”

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