do you have any tips for drawing smoke affects?
Oh, hi! I assume this is about the effects I used in my last post- to be honest, just find a good digital brush on an art software to mess with and figure out a look you like.
The effect I made was entirely one texture brush I have with its size scaled up, and I use that brush for a lot of things; smoke/fog, moss, weathering, dirt, clouds, shading, and lighting mostly. It took me a while to find it, until then I was just experimenting with brushes and their settings to make what I needed, and that’s a big part of making art in general. Experiment with your resources! It’s fun, gives you practice, and you’ll find your own style to things along the way ^v^
If you don’t have an art software/app, there’s plenty of free ones available. I use Autodesk Sketchbook.
If you want to make a smoke effect with traditional art, I’m not as good at it but I have taken a few classes. Using pencils, try making areas where you want the smoke to be, and smudge it in the direction you want it to flow with a tissue or your finger. A tissue gives you more control over the smudging and makes less of a mess, but the oils on your hands smudge pencils/colored pencils further and smooth it out better. Graphite pencils smudge way easier than most colored ones. It’s really up to how you want to do it.