#Learning to draw for beginners

[wisdomandroyalty]

7 Essential Drawing Tips for Novice Creators

Unlock your inner artist with these essential drawing tips for beginners! 🎨✏️ Learn fundamental techniques and build your creative confidence. #DrawingTips #ArtForBeginners #WizBlog #Art

Oh, the absolute joy when a child picks up a pencil and starts scribbling away! It’s truly heartwarming to see them trying their best to express themselves through their drawings. Drawing is an incredibly enjoyable and accessible skill that brings so much fun and happiness. And the best part? It doesn’t have to cost a fortune – it’s an affordable hobby that can be enjoyed by all! – Forget fancy…

[crabsnpersimmons]

Clip: well maybe it would be easier if you didn't have big meaty claws! crabs: well these claws are only good for attracting mates* *cute robots

so while i was struggling with my creative block, i was trying out new hobbies to fill the void and i decided to try out crochet

i

have not yet learned to enjoy crochet

but hey, Clip's here to be a... support? (show off?) at least he's surrounded me with amigurumi plushies of dear friends. see if you can recognize them all!

i'll put the tags under the cut

from the left to right, top to bottom:

@linafoxoficial - purple fox sona plushie

@inkydoughnut - crochet donut

@itsmuffiiee - sona plushie

@cacaocheri - cherry sona plushie

@eggcromancer - egg sandwich sona plushie

@normal-about-the-dca - beetle sona plushie

@scarredlove - blue mug plushie

@starriegalaxy - star sona plushie

@divinit3a - Pomeranian plushie

@enduu115 - sona plushie

@random-tail - kie kie plushie

[calllmelittleghuleh]

The fact that my ever first Ghost (digital) fanart is a Cardinal Rat ™ is very telling of me 🐀🧀 I didn't draw it but in my heart he's holding a tiny size mic to sing along with Copia for some quality time 🫶🏻

[eldritchscythe]

last year on new year's eve I wrote down this goal for 2024:

"start learning how to draw (basic stuff)".

I didn't expect to learn so much so quickly and looking at my progress now after 8 months makes me emotional.

this year was all about getting started.

2025 is gonna be about getting good.

[frenziedflame6]

Do you love me yet?

[mrsova]

It took me almost 6 months to finish, because... I forgot about it 😅

It's another one of the series with ink and calligraphy pen. But I added polychromos colored pencils 😊

[dotsunflowers]

"My heart's okay." | Paul Strickland

(ID in alt; description also available below the cut.)

[Image ID: Digital fanart of Paul Strickland from 9-1-1: Lone Star, signed in the bottom left with a 'Dot [flower symbol] s' signature. Paul is wearing his firefighter turnouts; in this rendering, the tri-striped glow strips on the turnouts are in the trans flag colours. The heavy jacket of the uniform is unbuttoned, and Paul is holding one of the flaps in his hand, revealing his navy blue t-shirt and uniform suspenders beneath, as well as a golden heart (drawn in the anatomical style) which glows in the centre of his chest. Its glow radiates out, illuminating Paul's face and torso. /end ID.]

[jackiestudiesart]

pose study. pose from the pose archive. completed 28.11.2024

[mijucats]

every time i draw ralsei he becomes smaller and smaller... he is just my little bean and nothing bad better happen to him or else

[yellmelon]

:/

[bixels]

I'm so in love with everything about your art!! I wanted to ask something about your MLP human designs in particular. all of them have really lovely and interesting face shapes/details. even though all the pony designs have the same head molds (save for eye shape), all the unique characteristics you gave them just... look RIGHT. is there a particular method or design principle you used? thanks for your time!! I can't wait to see more of your work!

It's all about shape language and how they inform a person's read on the character.

I talked about this before, but each of the Main 6 were paired together so I could design them in contrast with each other. For RD, I wanted her short hair to have a wind-swept look, as if she's constantly running. So bare forehead and hair spiking out at the bottom. She contains lots and lots of sharp lines and shapes to give her the look of a speeding arrow.

Felice, on the other hand, droops down a lot to reflect her solemn, shy disposition. I didn't want her hair to be perfectly straight though, as that'd suggest she spends a lot of time fretting over it and isn't outdoorsy, so I made it a bit of a tangled mess too.

In short, RD's features are sharp and point upwards, Felice's features are round and droop downwards. (Think Joshua tree vs. weeping willow.)

For these two, I specifically wanted to include non-Western facial features, as I found I haven't really included them in my character designs up until now.

Pinkie's bold and loud, so I gave her bold eyes, bold eyebrows, a bold nose, etc. I worked on Thea's nose for quite a bit and ended up abstracting the shape a bit to look more cartoony, borrowing from Pixar's Soul's character design notes. In cases like these, I recommend finding ways to simplify features and break them down into easily-recognizable shapes and forms (Cartoon Saloon are masters at this). The less visual noise, the easier their expressions are to read! And it's generally more fun to draw.

In short, diversify, exaggerate, and simplify. Figure out what works for you and get a little wacky with it. Character design is all about finding a balance between maintaining your voice and vision and creating something unique and lively.

[eldritchscythe]

heyyyy sooo I made a video sharing all my progress learning how to draw so far if you guys would like to watch it, that would be really cool :) it's a sketchbook tour of my two very first sketchbooks.

[frenziedflame6]

ethel cain - nettles

second version

[wolfsong-the-bloody-beast]

Coffee (break) with the Crow 💜☕

[mrsova]

I was sick entire last week, so I had to focused on resting. But here's the long overdue Clawthorne Sisters Diptych.

It's far from perfect, but it's another step in getting to the better drawings :)

A3 format. Ohuhu Alcohol Markers.

[highlordofkrypton]

I told myself I would learn to draw in 2024, but I guess 6 days before the end of the year is NEVER TOO LATE 😂

From left to right, Day 1, 2 and 3 of trying to understand the 'shapes' and flow of stuff using my fav blorbos.