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bodies

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How do you draw noses?

I’m not sure what specific part you’re wondering about, so here’s a run-through of my process from sketching to painting!

1) The first thing I do is simplify the nose into a few basic shapes to get a prism-like block, like so:

2) I can now easily draw the prism shape in three-dimensional space depending on the angle and rotation of the head.

3) Using the guidelines/planes I can draw a proper nose in any angle! There aren’t many tricks or shortcuts for this step, unfortunately (other than practicing lots). I recommend using references, they’re always helpful :)

4) Really important to note: all noses vary greatly, especially from different ethnicities! A high-bridge “aristocratic” sort of nose or a ski-slope button nose might be accurate for some people, but definitely not everyone. Compare differences in size, width, a hooked or button nose tip, high or low nose bridge, and so on:

5) Then I paint! I have a skin tone tutorial here, if it helps. Take note of the lighting, skin tone, etc. Here are some things I keep in mind:

For pale skin tones, the nose sometimes has a redder colouration than the rest of the face because of increased blood flow.

The nose also usually has highlights (due to oil). These are located on the tip of the nose, the nostril groove, and where the base of the nose meets the flat area of skin around it!

Hope this helps! In the end, all stylistic choices are completely up to you. Art’s subjective, so feel free to draw any noses you want :)

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Another batch of full-art pokemon cards!  I need….more….!

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i literally love how your color and shade if it’s ok do you have any tips on digital coloring? you don’t have to answer this if you don’t feel like it :) thanks!!

hello friend!! i have a tutorial i made on twitter a while ago which is more or less how i make my colours more interesting. i still use the technique and in general it’s just a lot of colour adjustment nothing too special LOL here!!

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An older drawing of d.va

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Tested out some new markers I got.

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Smol doodle!I’ll be posting more art here more often

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nice

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that point in your Artistic Journey™ when it’s like

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Menő

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sai brushes for mantadelrei : OOO im bad at explaining how i use them but just experiement =v=

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i didn’t mean to make this so long but i wanted to both analyze my own style and give other people a look into it! I hope someone can find some use for it! 

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Paint Tool Sai

Preserve opacity:

Clipping Group:

Selection Source:

Note: You have to configure the cube or magic wand with the purpose of selection source 

Bonus

Paint Tool Sai tutorial #2 (How to do a circle) 

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Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…

Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.

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Milt Kahl’s character studies for Pongo from Walt Disney’s 101 Dalmatians.  

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A little d.va doodle I did a while back

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A few tutorials on how I draw