#drawings tips

[sacred-pro-fiction]

I feel like the best lesson my beginning illustration professor taught me was when he had us do a still life sketch in charcoal for a few minutes- then told us all to erase it, switch seats, and sketch over the same drawing we just erased. He said something that left an impression on me, though I'll have to paraphrase cuz its been several years.

"You guys really need to get over the idea that everything you draw is gonna be perfect. When I said erase the sketch, I meant erase it completely; its not your masterpiece. You're in this class to practice. Stop thinking that you have to get it right in one go, or trying over and over to fix a sketch that isn't working for you. You're a godamn artist, you can just make another sketch. You need to start believing that your art isn't just a fluke, and that you're skilled enough to make more at any time."

[satur-nya]

Omggggg Can you give us tipss of how to draw good.

Hello! ♥Hmm drawings tips? Can I tell my drawing experience instead? jhfdsjdfs

I started drawing for serious around 2015, it was when I bought my first wacom tablet, but I was pretty lazy so I barely used to draw  (tip number 1, DO NOT be lazy if you want to draw good :( drawing good requires 99% practice than anything else so!! it’s the best tip above all!)

So I went to college around 2017 and I had a few months of anatomy, drawing and painting classes, but I still was lazy asf, I mean I used to only do my homework and nothing else more so tip number 2!! never do only one and be satisfied! like, it’s better to have 50 bad drawings than one barely good, practice and repetition is the easiest way to learn fast!!

So between 2017 and the beginning of 2018 I started drawing classes and I was learning a lot, but I needed to quit cuz I couldn’t afford it anymore :((( So I met the world of the fandoms and started to draw for bnha fandom on 2018, and that period from 2018 that I joined the fandom until now is the period that I did more drawings in my entire life! 

So all that I possibly got better at drawing between last year and currently is result of the pure essence of practice and repetition AHAHA I stop “studying” drawing for serious and focused on the just draw part, and I think it’s a fun way to learn ♥

Okay now the real tips hfjdshdf

1- practice practice practice (for real dudes, there’s no other way to get better than practicing, trust me, been there, done that)

2- study pictures of irl people (yeah, explore pinterest! if you try to understand  how irl stuff works you can apply it better at your drawings and make things works properly!)

3- study art style of artists that you like (but take care with it, the best option is have a lot of artists that you like and try to reproduce a few things on their drawings that you like most, but NEVER copy a full drawing if you plan to post online or something! I confess that my old sketchbook have tons of drawings that I tried to copy Loish’s or Ilya Kuvshinov’s style, but I never published those drawings online, cuz that’s somehow stealing, it’s almost the same thing of tracing)

4- try to do art classes, but if you can’t afford try to find most art content for free on internet that you can! (I highly recommend this pinterest folder, there’s lots of art references there, and if you scroll down there’s lots of tutorials and videotutorials that can be extremely helpful!!!)

5- do NEVER give up ♥ (if you really like to draw, you should never give up! i know how hard can be to feel sad about your drawings, i feel sad nearly everyday :(( but i always try to fix on my mind this mindset: “It’s okay that I’m not  doing well currently, if I keep doing it someday everything will work out ♥”, so I can feel a bit less anxious about it!)

hmmm I guess I gave all the tips that life taught me :’) I’m not a professional and I’m far to be, but I’m doing my best with what I can do currently  ♥ I really wish I could go back to art classes, but unfortunately I can’t afford it right now, but that’s not stopping me from drawing, and should not stop anyone  ♥

[machiavelien]

Drawing Body Proportions

Because I didn't actually answer anon's question last time, here are some cheat sheets on how I approach body proportions when I draw.

Typical adult body proportion is eight (8) "heads" (but I think anywhere from 7 to 8 is okay). Below chart notes where each "head" ends in terms of body part:

Another proportion method is 1/3 from top of head to natural waist (just above bellybutton), 1/3 from there to top of knees, and last 1/3 to heel of foot:

The "balls" are joints (shoulder, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles) as well as the stomach as a central "joint" for the torso:

Remember that perspective also impacts your drawing! Eg. The figure here has one foot slightly behind the other so her heels don't line up to the bottom guideline.

In my unprofessional and untrained opinion, these are not hard rules, just guidelines as you develop your own style and eye for anatomy (but it's helpful to know what the rules are before you get too cute in "breaking" them).

✨ Happy drawing! ✨

[dunyun-rings]

Since I’ve been getting questions about making cartoony drawings look more 3D / less flat! These are just some really basic tips. For more in-depth explanations of all these concepts I recommend checking these out:

Explanations of Posing and mixing straights with curves: [ONE] [TWO] [THREE] [FOUR] [FIVE] [SIX]

References for figure drawing practice: [ONE] [TWO]

Also I should acknowledge the fact that I don’t always follow these guidelines! I’m still learning too, but these are some good things to start with!