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tutorial for how to draw these ball style shrubs from my scene above (cos a friend asked)

have fun all

💕 My full pixel art guide: So You Want To Learn Pixel Art?

A lot of people on twitter wanted me to explain how I draw expressions, so here you go

Unless you're drawing explicit realism, in my opinion, expressions should be exaggerated to some degree. If you aren't doing a 1:1 recreation, the point is to get the FEELING across. Try making the expression you want to draw and feeling how your face pinches and stretches.

Skin doesn't just "disappear" when your face moves it around --- that's where wrinkles come from! Pay attention to where your skin creases when you emote, and use it to your benefit. It's a fine line between overdoing it and underdoing it -- find your own balance.

Ultimately, every expression has a little bit of push and pull, unless your face is completely neutral (and even then, there are still some wrinkles...). Learning to think of expressions as actions and reactions is VERY helpful in learning to draw them without needing a reference, and in learning how to stylize and push expressions based on references as well!

I think a lot of people end up with stiff or unexpressive emotions in their art because they're just trying to recreate a picture instead of understanding WHY and HOW the face is moving --- and it's a tough thing that takes a while to really pick up and learn. Hopefully is helpful in showing a way of thinking about it that can influence your process and approach to emotions!!!

Also, bonus: even without the lines, the planes alone still show a LOT of emotion.

bludragongal

Here’s a little Art Tip about a very specific part of the body. Pop a squat and see how it looks on you.

oobbbear

heyy!! im a beginner artist and love your art sm can you maybe make a how to draw poses tutorial or something, i rlly need some help and your art style is just so scrumptious ❤️🥲

My style is highly based on quick hand gesture drawing so instead of me making a tutorial, here are few resources on where i learned it!

Learn what a figure drawing is

Understand what line of action is (my fav thing ever it helps with making interesting shapes and flow)

Practice

“line of action” website is amazing for that

I also recommend this playlists from”New Masters Academy”

At last, watch proko

Their free tutorials are more than enough to get you started

Also turn down line stability it helps you with line confidence

HAVE FUN!!!

gorjee-art

Do you have any tips on drawing the neck? Also I hope you have a good day :)

these are some of my personal "rules" when it comes to necks so I hope this helps!

laboratoryrats

“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

meta-holott

1976 Paris

amezure

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smellyvampirez

hii! if its ok to ask how did you learn how to use shapes in your art like that? its always been really cool to me how your use of simple shapes can create such effective illustrations :)

LOOK FOR INSPO! ERIC CARLE AND CHARLEY HARPER ARE HUUUUGE INSPIRATIONAL ARTISTS TO ME (THERES MORE BUT I FORGOR)

EXAGGERATE! style is wonderful!

TRY POSING, PERSPECTIVE AND MOTION

u don't HAVE To go wild with it every time, tho! if it fits the mood, go for it! but subtlety is fine too!!!

use curves and jagged edges! sky's the limit!

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JUST DOODLE SHAPES! LOOK AT IRL PICS FOR REFERENCE!

look for the most basic shapes... the triangle, circle, and square.

They're in there, i promise.

smiggles

#anatomy #breasts #hands

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RadenWA is honestly a hero for these

they're got even more than these, too!

#shoes #angles #perspective

himitsusentaiblog

Mikie Hara as Cutie Honey from 2007's Cutie Honey The Live.

#poses #cosplay

sabertoothwalrus

any advice for picking fun and vibrant colour palettes that still feel true/recognizable to an object/setting/character's base colours? something about intense lighting?

I've been asked about how I choose my colors by a lot of people and I finally sat down and made a whole ass youtube video about it!

cadavercrafts

I'm usually not reblogging tutorial videos and stuff but since i'm trying to get way better at color theory myself this is the FIRST TIME i actually understood what was going on so i want to keep it safe on my blog here

iliothermia

Any tips on drawing chubby men? I've always struggled with this, so I thought i'd ask the expert(you)!

You're very sweet thank you! There's all kinds of different body type details but these things are really helpful to remember!

If you're chubby yourself- you can be a great reference! I base many big guy drawings off my own body pretty often because there's things I once felt uncomfortable with- drawing them on others feels nice. Creases, bumps, rolls- depending on musculature to body fat ratio they can be different but where there's bends especially, everyone has little bumps and creases. Different chest shapes- bigger guys in general have all different kinds of chests. Good to remember bigger guys who've had top surgery sometimes have very flat chests, or concave chests from being scooped out 👁️👁️ Neck fat- as mentioned not everyone has a double chin, but if you're bigger most likely you're going to have neck fat. Remembering this is something I notice in other people's art and always appreciate seeing a soft jawline or a bump. Hope any of these small details are of help. I feel like 50% of the work is in the silhouette, 50% is in the smaller details like these that I pointed out 🥺 I wish you luck!!