#sketch tips

[sweet-discordia]

Do u have any sketch tips?

Truly it depends on what you're intending to draw

For environments, I def suggest using blocking techniques with a lasso tool, as it is quicker and gives you more freedom when it comes to conceptualizing a space. [youre not bogged down with the technical side of things]

For character and figure drawing, use a brush/pen that has varying opacity depending on pressure. This allows you to use soft touch for unrefined details and more pressure for the details you want to keep/define further. Using a painterly brush can also be super satisfying!

You can also block in colours well with the same brush, and render as much as youd like. This style of sketching can easily be transferred into a painterly rendering style!

I'm not entirely good at explaining my art process, imma be real

But dont stress about the sketching phase! have fun with it! I change a LOT during the lineart phase and rarely stick to the first sketch entirely. Sketches should be used for really rough guide lines, so have fun with it and try new things to see what works best for you ^^

[potato-lord-but-not]

Any tips for new drawers? I'm learning to digital draw but it's just awful. Tutorials or sketch tips?

Idk if I’m the best person to ask but I’ll try and help! Being a new drawer for me was when I was like 3, so everything I’ve grown to be feels like it just happened? Like I can only remember little details I changed or worked on. So I don’t know if I can help with that. But I can give you some digital art advice!

1: sketch it out on paper, finish it digitally. Taking a picture of a sketch and then using that can help you get a feel for the program and which brushes you like without worrying about the sketch. It’s a lot easier to do with tablets/phones and more time consuming for computers/laptops. For a while I used my phone without a stylus, so sketching digitally was extremely difficult. Taking pictures of sketches was my saving grace in those dark times.

2: zoom in/out depending on how big/small you draw. I found that this worked nicely for me. If you find you draw sketches rather small, zoom out of the canvas. That’s the case with me and I found it really does help get my proportions right because I’m so used to drawing smaller things. I’m sure this also works if your sketches are bigger and you zoom in, but idk that’s for you to try. This also would be a lot more difficult on a phone, but shouldn’t be a problem with a tablet.

3: don’t confine your sketch to one layer. Use two or three layers. One to get the feel of the pose, the second to define the pose, and add more depending on the detail you want to add before line art.

4: do color palette challenges to practice! Doing so allowed me to practice color balance, shading, using different brushes, and the sketches don’t have to be the best because it’s the colors that really count here.

5: Just some general stuff to consider if you’re going from traditional to digital:

• flip your canvas. It really does help, I’ve saved a lot of drawings from doing so. It gives your brain a fresh look at things and helps balance things out.

• make a canvas just to sketch on! Just practice with it, no one has to see it, make the most ugly things on there. Not everything you make has to be perfect.

• use a lot of references. I know that’s like basic stuff but really it helps. But not just real images, you can use others art as reference. Especially if you like how someone draws faces, or hands, or bodies. Copying someone’s work is obviously not ok, but studying it is a necessity for growing artists.

EDIT: I totally forgot but please if you haven’t already just search for some tutorials on tumblr. I’ve come across so many from just general tips to how-tos on ethnic features. Tumblr is your friend, remember that.

I hope these help, even just a little bit. If you want me to go into detail about specific things just let me know! I just don’t think I’m the best person for this because my experience has been so.. unconscious? I feel like I hardly think when I’m drawing so it’s hard to pinpoint exactly the things I do. But nonetheless I hope this is what you’re looking for!

[cextra-loz]

You mean I can get better at art by drawing lots of balls

😳😳😳

[meggsssart]

What are your top tips for sketching faces? I've been trying but I can't seem to get it right.

Hey! So the key to sketching anything is a good foundation of anatomy and mental references. Study anatomy as much as you can, break down faces into simple shapes and lines to see where everything fits.

Also, practice practice practice! Use references and time yourself sketching them - give yourself 10 minutes, then 5 minutes, then 2 minutes, then 30 seconds to see how you can get the fundamentals.

Another tip when practicing from a reference is I'll start off sketching by eye. Then when I think I've got it mostly right, I'll add the image as a layer under my sketch and compare the anatomy. It's a good way to see where you've gone wrong and what you need to work on for next time.

Good luck! :)

[louietheloverboi]

I’m always finding ways to improve my art, and since I was a Traditional Artist first, arguably my best work is the kind you couldn’t find on a flash drive or in iBS paint 

But I’ve been trying harder and harder to be a better artist, and even if you as an individual artist think your art is shitty: just remember that every step of the journey is a step for improvement. Every piece gets better than your last, so don’t be discouraged the way I was when switching to digital. It takes time and practice. So play around with it a little, because it gets more fun the more you fuck with it.

[the-great-lucario]

Since I’m doing these everyday anyways, might as well show ya a quick tip: when sketching you should colour in parts of it in different shades, it can really make your sketch pop or look more defined and detailed. Today’s sketches are some before and after examples

[justpickupthatpen]

I been watching videos like this.