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BOOK MARGOT 🫶🫶

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"It goes beyond dread. It can't be reasoned with or soothed over. It comes without warning, in the dead of night, in sunlit streets. A raw, strangling fear, struck somewhere deep past the heart." A study\redraw of "Death and the Maiden" by Marianne Stokes

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More Nolvenn

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Digitalisation of a trad from ~2019-something. I fixed the obvious flaws but wanted to retain some of the original. Might improve it later but for now I'm content with it.

Book!Witcher ladies are always special to me. Such strong characters in so many way with so many funny or philosophical dialogues. I love these books so much. I made a bit of an hybrid with the videogame version because I also loved them.

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The Rift by Anleka

This artist on Instagram

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People have written a lot of touchy-feely pieces on this subject but I thought I’d get right to the heart of the matter

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Bloodsong - commission for a friend

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Here it is, my long winded tutorial, complete with some step by step action. I see a lot of people talk about wanting to diversify their artwork but not knowing how. This is my help to you. You really should take the time to invest in learning diverse eye shapes as diverse artwork always makes you a better artist. And frankly I’m really tired of drawing tutorials that talk up character diversity but only have the stereotypical “one Asian eye”.

I did some step by steps for those three diagrams, but I actually got them from this blog which has 14 of those examples! (Bonus: it’s a makeup blog so if you need help with that or want some idea of how to shade these eyes, there ya go)

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How to do “extra” facial expressions!

Drawing basic facial expressions is not the hardest. Most people can draw a sad face, a happy face, angry etc., but making more multidimensional expressions is more of a challenge. I have gotten a lot of compliments on how I draw facial expressions, (specifically “angsty ones”) telling me that they are very dramatic and well… expressive! And there are actually only a few things I think about when I draw faces that take them to the next level, so I thought i’d illustrate them all here!

SUPER IMPORTANT TIP BEFORE WE START: Look at your own face when you draw faces. Even making the face when you are drawing (you don’t even have to look at it), will give you some sense of how the face muscles pull and where things fold and stretch, because you can feel it. You are the best reference when it comes to facial expressions!

Angles 

Draw the head in an angle that matches the expressions you want to make. It is not a requirement, but is going to add to the effect.

Symmetry vs asymmetry 

A face is rarely symmetric. Unless the face the character is making is 100 % relaxed or even dissociating, the eyebrows, mouth and facial muscles will have different placements of their respective side. This image shows the dramatic impact asymmetry has on a face: 

That’s the difference between a smile and a smirk!

The first one’s like “oh yeah?” and the second is like “oH YEAH??”

The “balloon squishing principle”

This is something I did subconsciously, and I didn’t know about until I made this tutorial. And this principle goes hand in hand with an asymmetric face. Basically, if you squish one part of the face, you need to even out the empty space by “inflating” the other part of the face so that it doesn’t appear shrunken. The picture hopefully explains it:

Teeth 

Don’t forget to add the gum when the mouth is open to its full potential!

Squinting and folding

Adding folds around the eyes when a character is squinting makes a HUGE difference. It makes a smile more genuine and a growl more intimidating. Adding folds to the face in general makes your characters more lifelike and ‘visually relatable’. Like, they look human, and less plastic or fake.

and so on..

Pupils and irises 

The placement of the iris and pupil in relation to the eyelids is very important! The less of the white you see, the more relaxed the character is. 

And then of course eyebrows and eyes go hand in hand!

Gestures, spitting, sweating… 

Adding more elements than just a face is key to making the character actually look like they are feeling what you want them to feel. Just the tiniest sweat drop adds to their anxiety, spitting adds frustration to their rage, slouching shoulders, waving hands, a double chin, extreme angles, the list goes on! Add whatever and see what kind of impact it makes! Does it do the trick? Great! Add it! 

Over exaggeration!! 

Remember that you can almost always exaggerate more. Don’t be afraid to do draw “too much” because you’re just experimenting. See what works and what doesn’t. What do you like to exaggerate?

Now that you know some theory, it’s time to practice!

Practicing!! 

The 25 Essential Expressions (a classic! I’ve done it multiple times)

And the one I do when I’m bored:

Fill a page with circles and fill them in with different expressions. Try and exaggerate as much as you can! 

This is mostly for experimenting. They are quicker to draw than complete faces, but the same rules should apply!

And that’s about it!

I don’t know if I covered everything in this tutorial, since some things might be obvious for me, and this post perhaps only scratches the surface. So feel free to send me a message if you want an explanation about something more in depth! Thank you for reading! And now DRAW!!! ✨🎨

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More How To Draw Manga - Vol. 4: Mastering Bishoujo Characters

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There’s three main groups: the flexors and extensors each take one half of the forearm, and the ridge muscles sit on top like a little tiara. Each group has it’s own unique form. Learning their anatomy will help you design awesomely dynamic arms.

Let’s try to make forearms manageable to draw. This is a body part most artists don’t quite understand. It can be real intimidating if you don’t know the muscles.

The arm has a simple chain design and the forms interlock down the arm.

To avoid the snowman effect, use straight, angular lines and look for asymmetries. Compare the apex of both sides of the forearm to understand the curvature better. Notice that the flexors reach lower on the wrist than the extensors and ridge muscles.

Look for this kind of thing when you’re drawing the gesture of the muscle groups. A wave rhythm where the curve on one side leads into the next curve on the other side.

I’ll explain more in-depth in the video - www.proko.com/179

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Looks nothing like my ref, being Luciano Costa, but hey. I'm fairly satisfied of this one other than the failed ref and the accursed hand. Here's ball of anger blorbo Phirun.

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Laurence the Faithless Pagan, atm im enjoy drawing this guy very very much this vampire geezer was a one off character I draw for fun years ago, ended up going over to my friend for their Vampire The Masquerade gameplay but now I dug him up to play 🎺🎺dress up🎺🎺

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COMMISSIONS OPEN!!

This is my first time doing this haha so be patient with me. Even if you're not interested I would appreciate if you shared this post.

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Wanna join the dark side...?

Anatomy training...without a proper reference. Wish luck to a lesbian venturing into gay men territory for next time🫡🫡🫡

(and let's pretend there's nothing wrong with this arm and hand lmao)

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A painting i did two years ago for an art contest. It represents a serbian saint who was once a prince, but he left his life in order to become a monk. He sacrificed lavish beauty for the humble life of God. He went to Greece where he built many monasteries, and specifically a monastery Hilandar on Athos. He was a respected political, religious and humanaterian figure and was an important advisor to his brothers when they came on the throne.

In the painting there are many symbolisms, many of which are noticable.

Lamb represents Jesus, and in this picture, lamb is walking towards him as if he accepts him.

The white dove is holy spirit, it is observing him, almost hidden in the sky, yet is still present.

And then the eye shaped opening in the sky represnts God father, watching over him and elluminating the path. All three figures are making a triangle, meaning Holy Trinity...

Above him are three owls representing three wise men, since this is his rebirth, his new life and new world. Little bit behind him are lillies, symbolizing his royal blood. In front of him is a sword which he threw, he is rejecting the life of war, pain and violance. Next to him, on the tree is grape vine, grape vine is a symbol of his dynasty, it shows that at this point, his dynasty still looms over him.

There are some other minor details here and there, but these are the major symbolisms. Thank you!! ❤️✨

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Hyperpigmented Yen

(apologies for awful anatomy, perspective and incoherent faces, i used no reference and im only 17 )

Hope u like it ❤️✨