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anatoref

Birds Wing Flapping Reference Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6

drawingden

Lighting Studies by Andrew Lester

color-palettes

Pumpkin Hatchery - Submitted by SeesawSiya

#454d2a #715c39 #7a402c #a3593a #bda0a8 #8c7e7f

gingersnappish

Here’s the first half of slides from my comic class on Lettering!

Rest of the slides: https://gingersnappish.tumblr.com/post/616487287636803584/the-rest-of-the-comic-lettering-slides-first

neechees

How I draw skin Part 2: DON”T DRAW NATIVE PEOPLE WITH RED SKIN!!!! A tutorial

For the first tutorial on how I draw skin, see the post here.

But seriously, I’ve seen too many drawings of Native characters with literal red/pink skin to count so just in case some of you are having troubles with drawing Native people, I’ve provided a guide for you. Please take my swatches if it helps!! and no more red skinned people, please <0<

Disclaimer: this tutorial is mainly about the artistic depictions of Indigenous Peoples in North America, where the slur and redskin caricature originated, but it would still be racist to draw other non-North/Central/South American Indigenous groups like this so…..don’t.

prismatic-bell

It’s not mentioned in this tutorial, but I’ve seen it in other posts by Natives, so I’m going to mention it:

When seeking out your refpics, do your best to find Natives ACTUALLY FROM THE TRIBE YOU ARE DRAWING, or at least from the same geographic area. Not all Natives look the same.

This person is Diné (Navajo).

This person is Blackfoot.

And these people are Iroquois.

Do you notice something here? Wildly different skin tones, facial shapes, and overall body types? Native people are INCREDIBLY diverse.

Make sure you’re representing the correct tribe. Don’t draw a Blackfoot woman as a Hopi woman or an Inuk man as a Wampanoag man. Natives don’t “all look the same.”

vincent-van-gtg

fitnessdesire

Can’t risk it

laderdesders1

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

lazysmirk

Just in case you forget this exists.

It exists.

dragonofdarknesschaos

With those “when you want to design a character but you don’t know color theory” posts flying around I thought this would be relevant again.

secretsivekept

SLAMs THE REBLOG BUTTON

niyarest

there’s also Coolors website that gives you randomized palettes!

ashenhartkrie

mutherfucking chainmail brush

How to make a super awesome easy cheating chainmail brush for photoshop or any program that lets u make brushes

step one

draw a fucking loop

step tw0

take ur loop. go to edit > define brush preset (or whatever u use to make brushes idk man i use photoshop)

bam. now u got a brush.

but it does this shit.

and we don’t want it to do that shit.

so what u gotta do is

step 3

go to ur lil brush widget thingy

(this guy)

and he;ll take u to this sweet toolbox menu thingy

and then all u gotta do is fuck around with the spacing until it looks vaguely chain linky

and then u can do sweet arts like this

this tutorial has been brought to u by sleep deprivation

dont do art kids

now go forth and create beautiful chainmail without bawling you r eyes out as u singlHANDDLY draw every single fucking loop

katherynefromphilly

OH MY GOD I COULD HAVE USED A CUSTOM BRUSH IN PROCREATE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

larndraws

I was asked how I made the rainbow light effect in my last piece, so I put together a quick step by step.

vaard

Do you happen to have any tips for drawing horns?

Hi, Anon! I’ll definitely try my best. Horns are a little tricky since they’re so subjective and the styles/textures vary so drastically.

Mostly I’m going to be talking about texture here and I’ll try to keep it simple since they’re time consuming to draw.

Smooth horns are great and easy, can come in any and all shapes, but if you want to add more interest and character to the horns, it all comes down to how you texture them. Here’s a simple smooth horn. It’s okay, it’s basic, but it works and will especially work better once it’s colored if it has a sheen or a matte look.

You can add simple lines to it to give it a bit more interest, but you can take it farther than just the cylinder look like drawn here. The lines give it the easy, quick illusion of being more dimensional, but it’s not the most interesting or dynamic.

You can play with the lines however you like to give the horns more uniqueness, such as a line down the center to sort of pinch it inwards. Still more dynamic than the smooth horn, but more interesting than the rounded one.

You can leave the lines as they are for an easier horn, or take it a step farther and use them as guides to texture them. This is where it gets fun, but time consuming. Definitely look up references of what you want to go for if you’re not sure. I highly recommend Ram, Ibex or Antelope references, Antelope being my favorite. They have so much texture to them in the forum of smaller and larger ridges, so here’s a horn based loosely (artistic liberties taken) off a mix of Ram and Antelope.

Getting into plates which are my favorite, there’s little to reference off of. Here’s a more dynamic, spiky look with plates using the guide lines as a base to get an ideal direction you want the horn to shape into.

Just take your guide lines and then extend outward. Add as little or as much wear, tear and damage as you want. Horns can get dry and crack, they can take a hit and break, age can cause grooves, your imagination’s the limit.

Outside of plates, you can look up any horned animal to get ideas for texture, anything from steer to deer and elk (if you want to get more into the antlered look), or mix and match textures from a few horn styles you like. Hope this helps! Sorry I can’t go more in depth, but I tried to explain it as best as I know how. Good luck with your horns!

high-voltage-rat

draw the squad like this

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).