#how to draw

[tootroll]

As an artist with a focus on fat and trans bodies, my understanding of the human form comes from seeing variety.

I admire bodies that don't fit into the ideal form, because they are all the more common and all the more ignored.

You can find a million drawings featuring fat bodies that are drawn with the sole purpose of being appealing due to following the ideal form. Whether it be because our eyes have gotten the idea, through repetitive influence, that that form is *ideal*. Or for audiences to lust after.

Finding art depicting variety in body types, in fat distribution and structure, is very.. very hard. Sometimes, if you want to see more of something, YOU ought to be the thing you want to see more of.

If you truly want to be a body positive artist, learning to draw a generally appealing fat body is less than half the battle. Thin bodies have variety in fat distribution and in structure. Fat bodies just accentuate these forms.

Practice the ways fat falls around the body, see how it feels when you let yourself play around with the human form. Have FUN with it.

Learning to stop caring about making bodies look the most appealing to wider audiences has been the most freeing thing for me. Practicing various body types has been very fun, and has improved my understanding of the human form more than anything else possibly could.

[laurzaboonart]

I'm currently doing an online art school program and I thought I'd share some notes on clothing pieces for anyone else whose like me and for some reason can't understand objects with free from lol I hope you find some of these observations/ notes useful for any of your art journeys!

[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.

[carnage-cathedral]

lazy wing tutorial no one asked for

first you start with the general shape (you can modify it of course but this is the general structure of a wing)

add the feathers

and details

fill in with a base color and/or

render and shade as you please

[nemfrog]

Daylight eyes. What to draw and how to draw it. 1913.

Internet Archive

From a book uploaded by scanner-nicole-deyo.

[baguettenjoyer]

your art is lovely, and as the cherry on top you like funbun. if i may ask, how do you draw pomni? i can't seem to grasp how people do it, and you seem to draw her so effortlessly!

sending love!

Mini tutorial idk if it makes sense but this is how I stylized Pomni

[zeropro]

[eiririnn]

tutorial idea: how to draw teeth / toothy smiles!! i think teeth are difficult for a lot of artists, esp me. im terrible with drawing smiles with teeth. So I would really appreciate if you made a tutorial for teeth! /gen /nf. Thank you.

Your wish is my command, dear anon!

[Transcript]

->Gums show a little

→ Smiling pushes cheeks out

Mouth corners look like triangles with lil' hooks

A closed-mouth natural smile will show the top teeth only

There are four incisors (the flat ones) followed by a canine & five molars on either side

I usually group the incisons together fon a more stylised look

While smiling, the lips stretch and look thinner

Start with simple shapes and work your way up to detail!

[gingersnappish]

A Big Collection of Art Tutorials

I find art tutorials really useful and also, sometimes quite far-flung. I'll come across one cool resource here and another incredibly helpful post in a totally different place, months later. I've been collecting bits and pieces of art advice that ease my way for a long time now, and I wanted to make a post to share some of the good art resources I've come found all in one place! GENERAL RESOURCES The Etherington Bros. have an enormous repertoire of drawing advice on their blog and I find almost all of it spot on! Griz and Norm have an incredible tumblr chock full of tutorials!

Drawing Den is a great tumblr that collects how-to-draw resources! Zephy.fr has some lovely free tutorials on their Insta (their main site is paid, but I've found the free resources to be quite helpful all on their own)

Sycra has a truly wonderful YT channel comprising a zillion vids on practically every topic - he's been going a long time and it's all excellent (his stuff on human anatomy and figure really fixed some difficulties for me)! DRAWING PEOPLE THIS is my favorite basic breakdown on expressions! A HELPFUL WAY to conceptualize drawing hair! People are complex - simplifying with CLEAR SILHOUETTE helps!

Aging or de-aging characters can be rough- THIS HELPS imo! WHEELCHAIRS are easy to get wrong if you don't have one/haven't studied how to draw them - and this is a very helpful remedy!

CLOTHES Hats are difficult to get sitting right and THIS POST helps a lot!

Suits and formal clothing can be A Lot: THIS LAYS IT OUT helpfully!

Historical Menswear is tricky: TRY THIS LINK by Shoomlah

And as always.... DON'T FORGET TO STRETCH YOUR HANDS!!!

(this makes a big difference in the long run, I can't emphasize enough that you oughta try a little stretching on the regular!)

[almakrowan]

So I posted a silly doodle yesterday on twitter and now people think it was a tutorial. So I got upset and made an actual tutorial so noone says I halfassed the yesterday's one 😡😡😡

Here you go: ~How I draw braids~ 🩷🙏

[zarkishere]

HOPE THIS HELPS pt5

as promised, Dutch!! i struggle so hard drawing this man good god i was suffering

PT1 - Javier PT2 - Bill PT3 - Kieran PT4 - Arthur PT5 - Dutch (you're here!!) Interlude - Shapes And Tips!

[amelia-yap]

touch

[cletusbug]

🦋 Frank Frankly Body study?

Can Someone help me??? I dont wanna bother Huck or Clown but how dose Frank- Frank??? Like do they have a neck? Are they a tube on a tube?? And are his shoulder brod ? Dose he have a neck and its covered by the bowtie? If they were a Genuine Muppet/Puppet would he have a rod mec in the head to make him spin? Or would they have a lever to make his (gorgeous/p lol) unbrow move up and down like Burt(ithink) has? Dose frank also have a heart patch like wally dose? Do all of the neighbors have a heart patch? (I think that would be so cute!) ALSO OMG how do you draw hair?? And Dont get me started on wallys pompadour hair 🌀:)

So many questions lol i just wanna draw one of my fav puppets from Welcome Home 🏡

Tw bugs

(Ps, Hello Clown, hiii huck if you see this i really love your work and so greatful for your work i cant wait for my big bundle to arrive im so greatful to have been able to order it all i wanna make a ita bag with the face pins! 🎉)

[eggsdoodz]

eggz, i have some news!! 🥺 i’m going to be a published author!! my book ‘Sweet Spaces : Learn to Doodle the Coziest Corners’ ( Quarto Books ) releases internationally on the 7th October and the 23rd October for UK and it is now available for pre-order here!📚🩷

🌷i am still processing that this is happening and i truly wouldn’t have ever thought id create my own book if it wasn’t for all of you eggz being here, supporting me and my doodles!!! 🖍️ I have created the sweetest, doodle style how to draw book, so you can create your own cozy doodle scenes with easy-to-follow instructions + so much more!! 📝 i can’t wait to share more of the behind the scenes!! 

🩷 as a first time author, your pre-orders count a lot so i am truly so grateful and appreciative to those of you who have already pre-ordered my book and constantly support me and my work!! ⭐️

🍎 love you lots! - erin x

[celestialkiri]

Nobody asked for it, but I did it. Have some references I made when I studied some monkey legs and feet while I worked 🫡✨ Sun Wukong fans will thank me later.