#art tutorial

[sm-baby]

STORYBOARD/ANIMATIC TIPS

ko-fi✏️

I made these for my friends, but I thought that might be helpful for yall as well! hehe! Now whenever someone asks for storyboard tips I can throw this at them!

Examples of storyboards I made for fun:

[persiswashere]

@lazynocturne

Okay I JUST realized I never posted these on here—- BUT BASICALLY, about a year and a half ago I started doing these experimental black hairstyle posts that were threads long on Twitter, to give artists a source of inspo for their black ocs whose hair they wanted to try something new with! There’s more to black hair than just the selected styles portrayed in media, and I thought it would be fun to show people how much texture, shape, fades, length, and style can be combined when drawing black hair—-cause it’s a kind of manipulation our hair can do irl! The OG posts were lost with the hacking of my original Twitter account (@/bagels_donuts) but I’ve since reuploaded the whole thread to my new Twitter (@/ItsDonutsFR)! I hope artists on tumblr find these useful, sorry it took me so long to post them here😭🙏🏾 I’ll upload them all in parts!

Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades

[anonbeadraws]

I made a Room Building tutorial! Lemme know if it helps! 🧡

Tip me here| Commission info here!

[cry-ptidd]

I’m currently working on a short comic. I have no clue what I’m doing lol! Do you have any tips or advice? Staying motivated is a big struggle for me. Your Laura drawings give me inspiration! Thank you!

Thank you so much!! And yes, I absolutely do have advice, straight from our narrative arts teacher who is a professional mangaka!!!

How to plan out and organize your comic, shared with the people and illustrated by yours truly

I believe there have been some more that are a bit more detailed, but these are the very bases; this is how I make all my comics from now on.

Good luck!!

[neukko]

Defo need this

what it says on the tin! I offered to throw together something on drawing raw meat (in a mouthwashing server, naturally) so here it is in case someone finds it useful

[catmask]

as requested on my stream, a simple water tutorial!

[anyrava]

I made a detailed rock painting guide (Includes some rendering basics too!)

You can find more tutorials on my Ko-Fi Shop if you've found this helpful! 🫶🍃

[not-avril]

A small guide for people who struggle with this area

[nobodys1fault]

HOW DO TOU DRAW. LIEK. UM. UTS HUST SO YUMMY LOOKING?? HOW DO TOU DO BODIES?? ABD FACES??? HELP ITS SO HARD FOR ME

HEHEHWJSJD THANK YOUUU 🌷🌷

Well my artstyle it's simple really, heavily inspired by cartoons, especially this guys

They helped me to capture the most important features on faces (nose, face structure and hair, don't care a lot about eyes in this style, i usually just do dots. They do carry lots of expression, same with the mouth). It's the thing that makes the character recognizable, so it's just doing it over and over again, till you can see the escense ¿¿ of the character (my school books are filled with faces)

I use lots of references for dynamic poses, some examples of how they turn out

sketches (i don't have a lot 😿)

idk if you can see it, but i usually use boxes for the torso and like, smooth lines for the limbs, if i want to do realistics arms and legs i just look for references bc anatomy?? Never heard of it

Ps: LOTSSS of circles, round lines, it usually depends on the character (ex. For foreman i use squares) but for bodies i use CIRCLES

Now hands

i think this explains how i do it. Heavily inspired in TAWOG, SU, and other cartoons since that's all i watch

I also use my hands as reference, since i have really thin fingers and wrists, and check if it's possible and anatomically correct

Conclusion: cartoons...

[vintacha]

for all the artists out there, here are my favorite resources i use to learn!

Files

The Complete Famous Artist Course

Art Books and Resources

Art, Anatomy, and Color Books

PDF Files of Art Books

Morpho and Other Art Books

Internet Archive

YouTube

My YouTube Playlist of Tutorials

How to Draw Facial Features

Drawing and Art Advice

Drawing Lessons

Art Fundamentals

Anatomy of the Human Body

2D Animation

Perspective Drawing

Websites

Pinterest Board for Poses

Another Pinterest Board for Poses

Pinterest Boards for References

Reference Angle

AdorkaStock

Figurosity

Line of Action

Human Anatomy

Posemaniacs

Animal Photo References

Humanae - Angélica Dass

Fine Art - Jimmy Nelson

The Met Collection

Character Design References

CDR's Twitter Account

iamagco's Twitter Account

taco1704's Twitter Account

takuya_kakikata's Twitter Account

EtheringtonBro's Twitter Account

Drawabox

Color Wheel

Color Palette Cinema

Free Images and Pictures

Free Stock Photos

FILMGRAB

Screen Musings

William Nguyen Light Reference Tool

SketchFab - 3D Skeleton Model

Animation References - sakugabooru

Animation Screen Caps

Animation References - Bodies in Motion

[sareenthedreamer]

Omg I can’t get over how helpful this is.

Hi! I have another question! Your art is just so incredible and inspiring. It makes me want to draw.

Bodies - Toshinori; Soichi; whoever you are drawing. You showed us a great behind the scenes on faces for Toshi (especially loved the sketch breakdown for his face! Seeing the starting base product is helpful).

I’m curious specifically about how you come up with / create those bases.

You have been so kind and open about your process and I want to thank you for that.

Thank you so much! (੭ु ›ω‹ )੭ु⁾⁾♡ It really makes me happy hearing you getting inspired by my artwork!

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When it comes to drawing, I either use photo refences I find on the net (most often Pinterest). Or I'm drawing a pose directly from my mind without reference. If I'm after something specific, but can't figure the pose out, I will take reference photos myself.

With Reference:

This one is how the process look when I draw from a reference photo. Here's the LINK to the reference I used.

When I find a reference photo, I never care about the genders of the people on the photo (But it might be easier for those who struggle with anatomy). I find the height of the people to be more important. They don't have to be the exact height as the characters I will draw, but there should be a somewhat of a difference if I need it. I often shrink or lengthen the models myself while I sketch if I have to.

1 - I'm starting with using the H2 pencil and sketches the position and shape.

2 - I'm placing the eraser flat, and gently erase the sketch. I do this to make the sketch transparent.

3 - Now I'ts time to focus on the anatomy, and I'll most often start with the head. I'm using the HB 0.5 mechanical pencil for this.

4 - I'll continue the anatomy with the bodies. I often use curvy, boxy and triangular lines/shapes, it helps to make the models look a bit more 3-dimensional ,

5 - I'm adding the hair.

6 - Now it's time for the clothes. The majority of the time, I draw the clothes after I'm done with with the anatomy. It gives you more freedom with choosing any type of clothes you want give the characters. I'm choosing to give All Might this sweater. I'll give Soichi just a regular hoodie. (Note: If you look closely you can see that Soichi's shoulder shrank a little, after I unintentionally erased it previously. That's cool though, it makes her look smaller compare to All Might, which we want.)

7 - I'm erasing the unimportant sketch lines to make the sketch look cleaner. I'm adding the blush on their cheeks, filling the hair and make the lines thicker with the mechanical pencil: often on parts that needs the contour. I'm using the blending stump on their clothes, Soichi's arm fur and the table.

And it's done! ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)૭✧

IMPORTANT:

I will erase a lot when I sketch these. Many times I change my mind on the positions or the shapes. So don't be afraid to make mistakes or change your mind.

Sometimes I even add my own ideas for the reference I use. As an example: If I wanted All Might's other hand to touch Soichi's other arm, I could sketch that. So, don't be afraid to add your own things into the sketch, even if it's based on a reference.

Without Reference:

The easiest way to get an idea of a pose: is to make up a scene, or take inspiration from a scene in a fan-fiction or a book! The one pose I sketched here is loosely based of a part in one of my All Might/Soichi scripts.

This is how it looks like when I draw without a reference. There isn't much of a difference. I will however work on it more and spend more time on it.

1/2 - Sometimes I'll add extra lines and details to the "shape sketch" for the reference drawing as well. But it's more common when it's without.

7 - I used the transparent erasing twice in this process. It's not necessarily because it's without reference. Most of the time I use it if I feel the sketch will become too messy if I add the last touches. So to make it cleaner I gently erase it and make the sketch clean, or make it more into a drawing.

8 - It's finished!

My own notes with the sketch: I think the pose is kind of stiff, but it's pretty good otherwise.

Supplies I use:

H2 Pencil (Sometimes I use H3 or H.) I’m mostly using it because I’m pressing my pencil pretty hard. If you are someone with a looser pressure, you probably don’t need a H pencil :)

HB, 0.5 Mechanical pencil

Blending stump (Koh-I-Noor) Brand isn't important, though.

Clic eraser I don’t use it much though

Regular Eraser (I recommend kneadable erasure for the "gentle transparent erasing" I'm just too lazy to get it out from its little box)

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I hope this answer/post of my drawing process was even more inspiring and maybe usefulヾ(｡^ω^｡)ノ

Next time I'll be posting some helpful tips with drawing anatomy!

Edit: Added information on how I most often get an idea for a pose without reference photo.

[iniro]

HII my character & shape design tips PDF is now available! ^_^ hope you enjoy !!

BUY HERE or HERE

[juunipupu]

can you do a tutorial on how you draw body hair ,,, im just getting into it but i loveee how you do the wet/sweaty curls ohh fmy god

Tried my best to explain plainly how I do it, enjoy! (+cursed hairless Wreg)

What does this look like in actual work? Something like this (+another cursed hairless Wreg)

[leebrontide]

I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.

[dragonpyre]

Example:

Both of these paintings are B&W with some colors slapped on top. The one on the left feels more "lifeless" and waxy. That's because the face has different undertones in different places. The picture on the right has the undertones filled in, giving it more "life" so to speak.

A hand diagram I use to remember what color go where is this

The top is a simplified version for when you just wanna get the basic colors down and call it good. The bottom is the more in depth one that I used for the example above. Any easy way to add the colors is to add a deep red to the cheeks, smudge it around a bit, set layer to multiply, then reduce opacity to 25% or less, depending on how intense you want your blush. You can do the same with the blue, but I recommend keeping it under 10%, unless the subject has intense 5 o'clock shadow. Yellow's I'd also keep light and relatively desaturated, and on a screen or lighten layer.

You don't want to overwhelm the viewer with the colors, just imply their existence. Even if a color is at 5% opacity, it will make the world of difference.

In all seriousness, once you discover facial temperatures, your art will improve by 1000%