#Drawing Techniques

[moodyskeletonart]

I have learned how much more easier and better it is to plan shots in panels by laying out the area your characters are in, because like, you KNOW where shit is

Just do like, a simple floorplan of the area, at the very least, and it helps a million, I swear

Like this, doesn't have to be as in depth but it helps fr

[thana-topsy]

hello, dearest topsy! ❤ i know you're busy and flooded with asks so don't feel pressured to respond right away but as someone trying to get their art off the ground, do you have any tips about lighting and general composition? those are two areas that have always been tough for me to figure out and you're an absolute boss.

may your road lead you to warm sands, my friend! :)

HELLO! I'm SO SORRY it's taken me so long to get around to answering you!

Lighting and composition are honestly still two things I struggle with myself, or at least it FEELS like a struggle. One of the resources that helped me out with color theory and thinking about shadows/light/etc. was this book:

It has a REALLY interesting and helpful comprehensive breakdown of color theory, both the basics and a bit of advanced stuff, as well as plenty of examples of practical application.

Also, one thing that I find helpful is working from limited color palettes when painting. Usually I'll either pick and choose the colors that interest me to create a palette, or use the Procreate feature "Create Palette From Image" (which is awesome). Here's an example of what I mean:

As for composition.... man, idk what to tell you. I kind of just eyeball it and aim for balance. I used to have pretty bad compositions, and then they slowly got better. Very slowly. Taking inspiration from classical art, as well as modern illustrations, is also a good way to trick yourself into being better at coming up with compositions.

But if you want one of the more classic examples of types of composition, the "Letters/Symbols" trick can be really helpful if you're stuck:

(I wish I new the source of this image, but it's been passed around the internet so many times at this point that I just have no idea. So if you know what book this is from, sound off in the comment!)

I hope this helps, my friend!

[p1nit-art]

Still image drawing i made using sighting i think it was called

The thing where you hold up a pencil

[chibibytes-anime]

How in the world would I start this drawing can someone explain- (u/Gojo740)

[aveartz]

African forest elephant

[carminencobalt]

Drawing class - grid method

[charliesfuckery]

I tried doing coloured line art for the first time and it was hard but I think it looks pretty good.

[artisticone]

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[awoogajt]

all my favs

[jev-urisk]

I'm still pretty new to drawing techniques, but the one where you repeat the name of a body part in increasingly distressed and confused tones I have got DOWN.

[copper-tones]

everytime i learn and then use a new art technique i’m

i have to resist chowing down on my fingers

[thatdarkcloudoverthere]

Finally made an attempt at drawing Kim Dracula. I've been scared to do so for legitimately four years, contemplating it, but worrying I would accidentally make them look ugly. Finally, I had an excessive amount of room after writing down the lyrics to one of their songs in my junk journal and I didn't just want to fill it up with stickers so I thought I would finally try to draw my all-time favorite musician and style icon. I've been told by a few people I did well, I just really hope Kim would think so. I'll be drawing them again in the future and perfecting my technique.

[spiritstar477]

Forgive the bad quality video lol. This is my drawing process

[astriddestelle]

My artists of tumblr do you all draw with the head sketch first. Is this a thing, if you’re good enough do you not need the head sketch or do you always need the head sketch. I'm getting back into art and trying to figure out the best way to practice. I usually freehand draw but I'm thinking doing it by the head thing might be better?

[the-faramir]

I...have a lot to learn about drawing techniques (and I'm in my 50s). I suspect this is one of the reasons I haven't been able to draw successfully on a tablet and still do everything with the mouse.

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

[hiteart]

I wanted to do some experimenting with my cross hatching technique. Nature isn't so uniform so I decided to go with a messier cross hatching style. Thoughts?