i wanna give you one last chance

art ref blog. FAQ.

[youcanunfollownow]

i know a bunch of yall wanted the url i had sitting here but its my main blog now

http://zevran.tumblr.com/ soz

[dopingues]

Art is hard and you never cease to learn something new everyday. There is no artist that hasnt encountered a wall, dont turn around, climb it. Believe you can.

[kelpls]

ahh im sorry if youve gotten this before but could you do a tutorial on how the head connects to the neck/neck connects to the shoulders?? i saw a small tutorial on shoulders but it was more about how to draw than than how to connect them to the head and the rest of the body u_u

a lot of people asked about necks but i don’t  much to say so i covered a little of the muscles too HERE”S A MORE DETAILED muscle diagram if you’re interested! don’t overwork the neck muscles bc in a lot of people they actually don’t rly show up at all ALSO I tend to draw longer necks out of habit ,some people have shorter necks

REAL LIFE REFS ARE THE BEST GO STARE AT SOME NECKS 

[youcanunfollownow]

if someone asked you for this url would you give it away

no fuck off

[mylittledoxy]

edit: broke up the images more so hopefully it isn’t super blurry now!

Support Seel here > https://www.patreon.com/seel Follow Seel’s art on Tumblr > http://groundlion.tumblr.com/

Tutorial support here > https://www.patreon.com/doxydoo

[groundlion]

Third tutorial I’ve done for Doxy’s little campaign. Hope it helps someone out!

[eyecaging-deactivated20190707]

Mixed bag from Huaban. Some stuff looks like its from Основы учебного академического рисунка if anyone knows sources I would love to know them!

Edit: Updated sources

The Art of Alberto Lolli* from the book ”Struttura Uomo”

"Gottfried Bammes “Die gestalt des menchen” или “Образ человека.”" Thanks http://urdchama.tumblr.com/

[onion-ring-93]

[cosmoshop-deactivated20190228]

FUCK THIS I SPERFECT, IT SHOWS THE ARM PRONATING AND ALL THE MUSCLES SHIFTING ALONG WITH THE WRIST

IT EVEN HIGHLIGHTS THE ULNA BONE  

HEY THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ANATOMY REF, FUCK THOSE MISLEADING TERRIBLE FUCKING “ANATOMY” TUTORIALS THAT GOEAS AROUND TUMBLR, THIS IS ALL OYU NEED, LOOK AT THE LATISIMUS STRETCHING OVER THE SERRATUS, THE PECTORAL MUSCLE MOVESUPWARDS AND OVER THE BICEP AND EXTENDS  ALONG WITH THE ARM THERES EVEN THE CORACOBRACHIALIS;. AAAA OMFG I’M SO HAPPYYYYYY

[kelpls]

im having a hard time thinking of poses to draw????? cn you help maybe>???????/

UMM for me it’s easier to come up with poses if I think of my character as doing an ACTION not a pose idk if that makes sense?

So instead of thinking of a fixed pose, I think of an action that my char could be doing e.g eating a piece of pie

it’s easier for me to visualize a pose if there’s some context YEAH

ALSO I like to draw sequences? of a certain action, and then pick the one I like best e.g. if my OC is reading

1) Standard pose > 2 & 3 poses that might follow after if this is moving 

or if they’re frying an egg

 I don’t draw it out in full all the time ofc, sometimes I just draw like really sketchy sequences yeah idk if that makes sense, but it helps me figure out poses besides the most obvious one!

WHEN YOU DON”T KNOW where to put the hands always go back to: WHAT WOULD YOU DO if you’re doing this particular action?? And if all things fail, you can always go to sites like pixelovely for poses

[ncrossanimation]

Here’s a background tutorial that was intended to hand out to the painters on Over the Garden Wall…I’m actually not sure if I ever did (maybe German or Levon can chime in on this) Anyway, I whipped this up super fast in the early days of pre-production and it might be of interest or help to some aspiring digital painters out there. 

[youcanunfollownow]

fyi asking for a url that someone is still using is the fucking rudest thing you can do

[badasserywomen]

Landscape/Environment Tut

Okay so i got a few notes on how i go about Environments/Landscapes…so i’ll share a method thats easy to work with….bare with me its been a little while since ive drawn them Lol

First thing you want to start of with in your gradient background…use what ever is your preference. Depends on the setting, ima do some type of desert/dusty place.

You’ll learn that the Lasso tool is gonna be your bae when it comes to environments…that and its pretty useful. Now your going to be working in three tones, 1.Dark 2.Mid 3.Light and it will always be the darkest at the front fading to light towards the back…make sense? So you will have three layers for each one to make your life easier and Lock those layers so you will only color within that area. Make sure the dark layer is on top. 

Here is where the fun kicks in…we add our dets, try to stay with each tone and dont end up making it all muddy so you cant distinguish each one. Now you can go about this any way you please, you can paint it all in with one brush ( for some reason people get anal about shit like that, thinking there great for using one brush…i think if you got tools use em if you know how to do it right.) Or you can use custom brushes…since this is a tut ill mostly use custom brushes to slap stuff around. Its up to you really, also use the lasso tool like i said its your bae.

The lasso can help define things better for you, so i wanted to add a structure type on the third layer. If you want to give an effect that the selection ive made is in front of the background right click your selection and invert it, add some lighting around the edges…only a little though you dont want to over do it.

Also if you’ve done something on a layer you dont want to mess up or paint on what you can do is create a clipping mask on that layer. Its kinda like locking the layer to that one so you dont go outside of the layer or ruin what you worked on. Make a new layer above the one you wish to attach it to and right click the newlayer, a menu will pop up, your looking for clipping mask. Once you clicked it the layer should look like what ive circled. 

Once your done working on each layer we are gonna put in some mist effect, this is something that helps separate each section. So make a new layer between each of your three as shown in the image. Like i said you can use what ever method you like, i just use a soft brush or cloud/mist brush to get what i want. 

Now we are going to add some definition to the image a good one to use is Curves. You can find this where your layer menu is, at the bottom you’ll find it, ive circled what your looking for. On the third image is what will appear when you click curves, all you need to do is drag the little square and you’ll see some magic happen. So adjust it to your preference. If you want you can also mess with brightness/contrast too. ALSO i would recommend adding a person in the image, it gives you an idea of the scale your environment is.

I was going to end it there but hey, ill show one last thing…its pretty simple. and that is some water reflection, we are going to turn the middle into water instead cause its a little boring right now. I merged all layers but the first one, you then want to make a selection and copy/paste. Free transform in the shortcut is ctrl T and do a vertical flip on it then adjust so its mirroring the top. 

Now make a clipping mask like i explained earlier on the reflected surface and use the radiant tool…i think its called that lol it gives it more of a water surface like you see. For the image below it i used a custom brush which creates a water effect, aaaaaaaaaand bam you got you water now covering the area…easy huh. 

And so this concludes the Tutorial and you have the end result. Hopefully that gave some tips on how to approach landscapes…they can be confusing sometimes on where to start. Enjoy and let me know if it was useful or not :P

[kelpls]

hhhhh your art is so beautiful u v u. I'm wondering if you could do some references on backs? Of course only if you have time and feel like doing so o v o;;;

forgive my handwriting I HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTLE BC IM NOT RLY SURE IF IT MAKES SENSE also here are some pics of rl backs which you can also locate via google 1,2,3,4,5(nsfw bc butt) 

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Some hand references.

Sources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Redid a post by fucktonofanatomyreferencesreborn with sources because they never source anything and I don’t want to reblog that post because I don’t want to support blogs who don’t give credit to people

(No, stating that the art is ~not yours~ and ~came from elsewhere~ IS NOT PROPER CREDIT. Many of these have usernames and such on them but not every single one and you still ought to link back to the specific piece)

I couldn’t source the last one so I didn’t include it.

[adultanatomy]

Tutorial: Hands while kissing - by Auroracarina-Chan on DeviantArt

Since the tutorial is marked as “mature”, you cannot use the share-function to post it all on tumblr (srsly, I understand why ppl don’t wanna mark their work as mature… it limit your work to be seen a bit too much in some cases).

The reason why this tutorial is marked as mature is… I THINK it’s because you see some nipples, but it’s a ridiculous reason to make it unable to post on tumblr (dA has a share function where you can post art from dA with proper source and everything.)

Anyway, I took some screenshots from the tutorial, so you guys can see it without having to be a member on dA.

And here’s a screenshot that couldn’t get into the photoset:

[artiststoolbox]

slightly NSFW, but a fantastic tutorial on where to draw hands when kissing, and what the hands look like when placed there!

[norisus]

A Tutorial Masterpost

Some tutorials that I’ve come across, organized both for my own viewing pleasure and to hopefully assist others as well. I update this list whenever I come across new, helpful pieces.

A lot of these are hosted on my personal Tumblr, but I don’t change my url so it’s pretty safe to bookmark them there (and not have to worry about the url changing) if you don’t wish to reblog them yourself for whatever reason.

Feline tutorials:

The domestic cat body

Improving upon (lion) anatomy

Realistic lion faces tips

Big cat paw tips

Canine vs. feline - paws and legs

Beginner feline tutorial

Guide to big cats

Feline comparison

Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy

Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy

Guide to little cats

Big cat eyes (could work for other eyes)

Spot variation in big cats

Big cat studies

Feline feet

Extremely helpful big cat references

Domestic cat references

Canine tutorials:

Basic wolf anatomy

Skeleton notes on wolf legs

The wolf skeleton as a whole

The wolf skull and teeth

Wolf paw tips

Basic canine poses

Canine ears and chest

Drawing realistic wolves

Basic wolf tutorial

Wolf paw tutorial

Paw pad tips

Wolf fur direction

Canine vs. feline - paws and legs

Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy

Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy

And this is just an excellent DA for wolf reference images

Fluid greyhound studies

Detailed canine nose tutorial

Avian tutorials:

Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids

Bird wing tutorial (lots of underrated tips)

Varying bird wing structure

Basic owl anatomy

Bird wing vs. bat wing vs. pterodactyl wing vs. human arm

Bird wings and flight

Various bird wings

Eagle facts sheet

Bird muscular and skeletal anatomy

Some great photograph bird (wing) references

Dorsal anatomy of a bird wing

Winged people anatomy

Human(oid) tutorials:

Facial features:

Excellent expressions tut

Altalamatox face tutorial

Profile proportions

Expression tutorial

Virtual lighting studio

Various facial and body shapes reference

Drawing the nose

Human mouths

Breaking down the human nose

How to draw the ear

Jawline and kissing tip

The human head at various angles

Advice on eyes

Nose shapes

The human skull and face

Facial features

Portrait lighting cheat sheet

Animating dialogue (mouth movement)

A kissing tutorial

Expressions photo references

Semi-realistic eye tutorial

Painting a realistic eye

The face in profile

The human head at various angles

Muscles in the neck and face

Breakdown of lips

Blocked out human faces

Average female faces of the world

Expressive eye reference

Excellent ear anatomy tutorial

Constraining the face

The face at various angles

Human faces

Skull to face tutorial

Excellent teeth tutorial. Animalistic, but it works

Tips on teeth

Colours of the face

Photographic mouth/teeth reference

Stylized noses and ears

Neck, shoulders, arms, back, and torso:

A male shoulder study

Muscles in the neck and face

Neck and torso tut

Male torso anatomy in use

Arm shape and muscles

Breaking up the male torso

Female anatomy patterns

Male torso photo reference

Over the shoulder poses

Shoulder structure (male)

Male torso in motion

A neat arm trick

Detailed arm muscle drawings

Male muscle reference

Human back tips

Movement and muscles of the neck, torso, and arms

Simplifying a muscular male torso

Drawing boobs

Female vs male arms and shoulders

Making sure ladies have room for organs and realistic boobs

Shoulders vs hips

Hands on hips poses

Muscles of the arms and shoulders (in motion)

Varied male and female torso references

Legs, hips, and feet:

Male vs. female waist

Female anatomy patterns

The human hips

Male legs reference

A beginner’s guide to knees

Feet and shoes tutorial

Simplifying the human foot

Feet reference drawings

Feet, ankles, and shoes

Shoulders vs hips

Bent legs yes and no’s (female)

Hands and feet from cone shapes

Hands:

Hand tips and reference

Simplifying hands

More simplified hands

The human hand

More hand(y) tips

Yet another hands tutorial

The fist

The hand in motion

Hand and feet tips

Excellent hand and feet studies

How hands grip a sword

Hand poses

Boxing out the hand

Hello more hand refs

Hand angle references

Correct grip on a pistol

Various hand references (with object holding poses)

Simple hands, fingers, and nails

Hands and feet from cone shapes

Full body and poses:

Simplifying human anatomy

Understanding anatomy part 1 (follow desc. links for more)

A guide to movement: flexibility

Pose tutorial

Varying the female figure

Excellent action and couple references

Various athletic builds

Proportional height of different positions

The human body in perspective

Body type diversity

Another ladies tutorial

Fullbody proportions tutorial

Guide to human types

Couple pose photo references

Practice figure drawing (animals as well)

How weight sits on different (female) bodies

Kneeling and sitting stock references

Constructing poses and the line of action

Varying your body types (female)

Large source of female anatomy references

Hair and skin:

Various types of hair

Drawing hair

Skintone palettes

Variation of colour throughout the skin

Painting skin

Skin tutorial

Skin undertones (men)

Drawing freckles

Drawing different types of hair

Other:

Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids

Animal feet on a human figure

Various human bone studies

Interesting mythical creature skeletons with humanoid anatomy

Winged people anatomy

Dragon tutorials (and bat wings):

Anatomy of the Western dragon

Dragon wing tips

Dragon wing tutorial

Dragon anatomy

Dragon tutorial

Bat wing anatomy tutorial

Equine tutorials:

Basic horse (back) reference

The equine skeleton

Horse anatomy and pointers

A good, large collection of horse stock references

Skeleton of a horse and its rider

Horse hooves

Skeletal and fluid horse studies

Cervine tutorials:

Basic deer anatomy

Deer skeleton drawing

Deer musculature

Deer skeleton

Fluid deer studies

The Big Book of Drawing: deer

Reindeer noses

Ursine tutorials:

Fantastic bear anatomy/poses references

Basic bear structure

Bear anatomy tutorial

Miscellaneous animal tutorials:

Sheep vs. goats

Anteater studies

Chimp studies

Asian elephant skeletal drawing

Animating four legged creatures

Various animal studies from an animation aspect

Drawing rats

A tutorial on creature design

Snake mouths

Amazing teeth tutorial

Background and objects tutorials:

Griffsnuff background tut part 1 (second in desc.)

Tree tutorial

Realistic gems tut

Water tutorial

General water tutorial

Drawing crystals

Drawing bows

Painting rocks

Parts of a saber (other swords linked in desc.)

Analyzing key and contrast/time of day/etc

Corner-pin perspective distortion

Using three cubes to make a street view

Cloud tutorial

A beautiful flower tutorial

A simple but effective tree tutorial

Drawing mechanical objects

Multiple tree tutorials

Perspective tricks

Weapon and shield accessory tutorial

Background painting tips (blocks and angular objects)

Clothing tutorials:

Fabric tutorial

Clothing folds part 1 (second in desc.)

Drawing hoods

Drawing jeans

Hat on human figure reference

Armor

More hat on figure references

Different shirt collars

Collars, sport backs, vests, and pants

Draperies and costumes

Making colourful fabric patterns

Baseball cap reference

A ton of clothing references

A boatload of well-organized clothing refs

Feet and shoes tutorial

Dressing Rosalind Lutece (older female clothing)

Feet, ankles, and shoes

Hats and how to draw them

Clothing folds tutorial

Drawing clothing wrinkles

A breakdown of medieval armor

Drawing hoods

General painting, drawing, and style tips:

Altalamatox digital painting walkthrough

Simple fur tutorial

Realism painting tutorial (human subject)

Excellent colour tutorial

Painting a wolf (good fur painting visual)

Photoshop brushes tut

Basics of Photoshop tutorial

Another digital painting tutorial

Common digital painting mistakes

Colour and light

Soft cel-shading tutorial

Various types of hair

Colour tips and the mood it expresses

Composition tips

Lighting and colour tips

Shadows

Another composition tut

Simple colouring via overlay

From paper to digital

Painting gold

Colour palette turtles

Excellent fur painting tutorial

Skin painting tips

Colouring black and white pictures

Creating a colour palette with MS Paint

Obeying screen direction

Analyzing key and contrast/time of day/etc

The coil technique

Colour adjustment tips

Making flat colour pieces look gorgeous

Blending with hard brushes

Outlining in SAI

Uncommon information regarding colours

Compositional balance

Visual algorithms

Gesture over anatomy

Disney Chris Sanders’ style tips

Design, colour, and value

Decent art without lining or shading

Varied shots of the human figure

Cinematography of the Incredibles

Giving characters personality with poses and expressions

The main shapes of character design

Tamberella’s shading tutorial

SAI watercolour tutorial

Choosing interesting colours (by PurpleKecleon)

Local colour and dramatic lighting

Silhouettes and line of action

Hand and wrist health:

Carpal tunnel syndrome information

Carpal tunnel syndrome exercises

Wrist, hand, and finger stretches video

Another video with good hand exercises

Hope these help!

[shoomlah]

I briefly mentioned the book Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing (one of the few available surveys on, predictably, pharaonic Egyptian clothing) in my historical fashion master post some months ago, but I also mentioned that it’s out of print and a royal pain in the butt to get your hands on.

Seeing how I’m never one to selfishly hoard good reference (and I’m tired of checking it out of the library over and over again like I’m Belle or something), I finally scanned the whole damn thing and uploaded it HERE for you to download and peruse!

(point of note: this book was published in 1993 so there’s always a slim chance that some of this information might be considered out of date over the past twenty-odd years, but there are so few resources dedicated to the topic that I’m more than willing to take that chance.)

Enjoy, let me know if the link stops working, and go draw some historically accurate Egyptian people!  NOW.  GO GOGOGOGO.

[remington-zero]

ahhh I hope this serves as some sort of use for people? orz

learn your anatomies to the point that you can build it in simple shapes! perspective is also essential, i’m sorry

if you can build things in your head and take them apart in your head you will have little to no problems building your pictures { aside from composition issues }.

remember to use references, it’s not cheating, your mind won’t ever come up with as much variety as nature and if you haven’t rendered something before and you don’t know how to do it, what are you going to do? not use references?

and practice lots, it’s the only way to develop your own style and see what sorts of stylization works and what doesn’t!