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Is this blog still alive

U tell me

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I need your knowledge, how did a coloring?

Gonna get crankin zkdjk

Ok im gonna do this hashtag art school style with a ball rendering

We start by of course, picking the colour, but not directly the colour you want. You put in the middle ground on the colour. Example, this ball is light blue, but you actually put slight dark blue in so you can better add light and shadow in the later process

Next just add a shadow opposite to where your light source is coming from, im choosing top light so ill add shadow at the bottom

Then add the light corresponding to where the light source is coming from. The balls startin to look tgether but we are not done

The shading isnt done, we are going to add a lighter part in the shadow because its on a flat surface, and that surface reflects a bit of light back from the bottom of the ball, so the balls darkest area is actually the middle. This area where least light comes into the object is referred to as the "Terminator"

Now we add shadow on the surface but not completely gray. Gray with slight blue tint because the light reflected from the ball is blue coloured. Understanding how light n colour affects things is key

After that we add the terminator area right under the ball and we're done

Once you understand how to do this with varying light sources and object shapes and colours, simplifying to cell shading or doing a variety of painting styles would be easier. Its always better to get a grasp of the real stuff before over simplifying things

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how did the wrinkles draw on the male and female faces?

For males and females once age sinks in wrinkles are generally the same

Lets watch this lady turn into a grandma

First i add the wrinkle lines near the nose n mouth i think its called the smile wrinkle or smthn

Then i add some around the inside corners of the eyes to make a more saggy effect since wrinkles come from sagging skin

Then i add crowsfeet wrinkles at the outer corners of the eyes n just near the cheeks

You dont have to add this one but if its a toothless grandma, add wrinkles on the lips cuz toothless old ppl suck their lips in more

You can also add the wrinkles at the forehead if u want but thats generally it

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Yes, you know like on your tutorial on masks, face profiles, side

I start with a circle n lines for where the eyes are

Then i draw the eyes, jaw and ears and where the nose would be i put a line. Ears start same height as eyes and end at the nose

After that i just draw the nose and lips

Cleanup the drawing n add a neck n done

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Can you draw skeletons?

Yea with reference

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How do you realize the difference between women's bodies and men's bodies in your drawings?

Mostly by observation

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Do you have any tips for drawing profile faces?

Im not sure what this means, like a side view of a face or a close up?

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Do you have any indications for drawing trees?

Trees have alotta variety, but in general just go for a clear silhouette so people can tell its a tree even without colour

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Do you know how to place a tail?

For humans, slightly above the buttocks. Just check where the tailbone is and thats where to put it

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Do you have any tips for drawing patterns on clothes?

When drawing patterns on cloth, youd definitely need a good understanding of how to draw cloth in general

And when adding patterns, its important to understand the flow of the cloth

Once you do so, adding the pattern would be pretty simple, and its best to practice it with checker patterns

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How did the masks draw?

The main thing to remember about full face masks is that there needs to be room for the nose, and mouth nose masks just follow the shape of the nose.

I'll show some examples of mask types on the face from a side perspective

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Do you have any tips for drawing children?

The general proportions i make is like chibi, but not quite there aksjks

Basically i draw the head still kinda big but not as cartoonishly huge as "chibi" art, and the height i make for children is around 5 heads

Also i make limbs more rounded to make the body look softer than adults

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How do you draw shoes?

This is another thing thats kinda really specific but also super broad since theres just alooootta types of shoes so i cant really answer this 😥

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Do you have any help with siren tails? What about the scales? It could be useful to me, please! :)

Ok ill start with proportions since people sometimes struggle trying to figure out how long the tails should be

Some people think its ok to draw the tail as long as a normal human

But there isnt a sense of the tail having enough power to carry the upper torso in the water. Its better to make it at least 1 and a half times the size of a normal person, to give the sense of strength into it

Addressing the scales is sometimes a stylistic choice but i go with making very small and drawing patches of bigger scales on the actual tail. I dont usually draw individual scales unless im messing around with my art cuz people dont really do that with fishes anyway unless its big scale fishes, but in this case small to medium size patches of scales can work just fine

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How did the wings draw? birds, bats, insects?

Ok im gonna start with bird wings

Of course birds all have different shapes of wings and such but generally the most basic shape to put it is like this

The shape usually differs by it either being rounder or the blue part longer and sharper at the edge

This is a very messy example but basically following that shape, just add feathers above it, and it also helps after seeing those shapes, if you want to draw the wings folded

Bat wings are generally easier imo cuz its really just like hands with loooong fingers and a skin web between each finger, save the thumb

I dont have alotta experience drawing bug wings but ill categorize em into 2 : "butterfly" and "beetle"

Butterfly i mean by, well bugs that have wings similar to butterflies, like moths or other bugs, and also just any bugs that have 4 wings in total without any layer above the wings, like dragonflies idontwannaknowcuzbugtriggermeack

This is the very very basic shape of it, but theres so many different looks to it you can make like the big eyes effect, or just transparent.

Drawing the transparent type wings do need more observation which im just not ready to do aksjs but its basically alotta scales forming together to make the shape of wings

Or a monarch butterfly look which im.not sure how i memorized how to draw it its been ages.

Then theres the "beetle" shape wings, basically wings that are folded and hidden under another layer above it, this works with ladybugs and hgh cockroaches too if u wanna draw those

These bugs usually only have 2 wings so if u plan to draw these freehand just rmember they only got 2 wings under the protection layer idk what its called

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how did the folds of the clothes draw?

I covered a bit of it on my clothes and eye asks but ill add more here

The general thing i see for beginners mistake is that they reference the placement of clothes folding from other art without understanding why and it ends up looking something like lumpy but also stiff piece of paper

As i rmember saying last time, clothes follow body form and gravity, and also the tighter the clothing, the less folds happen

Folds also happen in tighter/pinched areas, and stretched fabric as well

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Are there any artistic mistakes that bother you? If so, can you give us the ones you hate.

Every artistic mistake bothers me i guess, but it bothers me most when ppl try n help or critique n they just completely deny it like. I know some dont want criticism cuz they just do it for fun but for the ones that want to do it as a job, dont ever put yourself on a fucking pedestal, theres always room for improvement n learning