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my edit of @gladiolusly 's group meme (original here) which is exactly what I was looking for, thank you....
People often say to me: “You draw like some kind of inhuman machine. If I eat your brain, will I gain your power?” The answer is yes, but there is another way. The key to precise drawing is building up muscle memory so that your arm/hand/fingers do the things you want them to do when you want them to do them. Teaching yourself to draw a straight line or to make sweet curves is just a matter of practice and there are some exercises you can do to help improve. If you’re going to be doodling in class or during meetings anyway, why not put that time to good use?
Creative Writing Tarot Spread
Writers block bogging you down? Use this 7-card spread to help jumpstart your creativity! This prompt can help you generate a very basic storyline.
First, pull a character card! Decide for yourself what this means: will your character carry the traits of the positive meanings of this card? Will your character’s conflicts be brought about by the card’s negative meanings? Will your character look like the figure depicted on the card? Will they wield the item depicted on the card? (Note: if your story has multiple main characters, you may wish to pull a card for each)
Next, pull the plot cards! Pull a card for the beginning of your story, a card for the middle, and a card for the end. Again, let yourself decide what this means. Do these cards describe your character’s emotional state(s) as the story progresses? Do these cards describe internal or external conflicts? Do these cards represent other characters your MC will meet along the way?
Finally, pull your meat cards! These cards are the “meat” of your story. Pull one card for the main or most important setting of your story, one card for the main conflict, and one card for the resolution of that conflict.
Have fun with it! Remember that these cards are just tools, and this spread is simply to kickstart your brain. If you get halfway through the spread and come up with something on your own, or if you start writing and realize your plot is deviating from what the cards gave you, don’t stress about it! You write for yourself, not for the cards. Thank them for their help and continue on with your own imagination.
Deck pictured here: The Essential Tarot by Chloé Zarka Grinsnir
Dungeon Meshi - Profiles and Eyes Ryoko Kui https://nklerwjrejhshaasl.tumblr.com/
How to Draw a Damn Fine Ass Top Image, Row 5 & 6 Row 2: Drawing People by Barbara Bradley Row 3 Row 4 Row 5 Bottom Image
Some crying tips. I’m pretty bored of seeing movies with clean crying, but wow it’s by no means clean. It’s gross and messy and just downright fun to draw.
this was gonna be a tutorial and i guess it still is but if anything it’s just a really long and drawn out “essay” on drawing people with epicanthic folds. one of my biggest pet peeves is people drawing asian people exclusively with the same type of eye they’d give white people or anyone else who typically doesn’t have the fold! however i know that most people are taught with the standard white person eye (google image search for “eye” and it’ll all be pictures of white people’s eyes) so learning to draw epicanthic folds is a consciously learned thing.
therefore i bring you this, which attempts to break the mechanics of epicanthic folds down into something that’s a bit easier to digest and implement in your own art!
style can be argued i guess but it’s not that hard to stylize eyes with folds if you do proper observation and research. eyes with epicanthic folds are as diverse as eyes without so it’s not like you have to adhere to a strict model for them (although many people think that you have to) and all it takes to distinguish the two in stylized art (and even in semi/realism once you think about it) is a few lines! like i said this is a learned process but it’ll make your asian characters (and characters of other races even) a bit more interesting and believable.
im sorry to ask, but i was wondering if you may show us how to draw abs please?
I STILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DRAW OK looking abs HHahA SOBS AND LIES DOWN but yeah!! GO LOOK AND Some real life abs i promise you it’ll be ten times more helpful than my crude doodles!!
PLS TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF ASALT AND Hope this helps u out a little!!
Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…
Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.
10 part compilation of quick little tutorial on how to draw people, realistic or more cartoony, or pretty much anatomical. Hope this helps some people out there!
Types of Sleeves Infographic from Enerie.
*3 images because Tumblr still cannot seem to host clear and sharp images of vertically long images.
Writers continue to reblog these infographics for their useful terminology. If you’ve missed any here they are:
Know Your Bras Infographic
Know Your Collars Infographic
Know Your Hair Buns Infographic
History of Hairstyles Part 1 Infographic
History of Hairstyles Part 2 Infographic
Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 1 Infographic
Fashion Pattern Vocabulary Part 2 Infographic
Know Your Sunglasses Infographic
Know Your Shoes Part 1 Infographic. Lobster Claws anyone?
Know Your Shoes Part 2 Infographic
Know Your Necklines Infographic from Paper Blog
Sleeves and Necklines Infographic
Know Your Hats Infographic
Know Your Collars and Cuffs Infographic
Know Your Necklines Infographic
Know Your Skirts Infographic
Know Your Nail Shapes and What’s Popular on Instagram Infographics
Know Your Eye Liners Infographic
Know Your Wedding Dresses Infographic
History of Swimwear Infographic
shading colour tips
hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty
rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD.
red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
blue- shade with purple
purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
pink- darker shade of red
white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red
aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!
HOW TO DRAW EXPRESSIONS - A process tutorial
ALL LINKS HERE: http://javicandraw.com/2016/07/how-to-draw-expressions-a-process-tutorial/
Can you draw expressions? Doesn’t it drive you crazy when you want to draw a character and you don’t grasp how the face moves correctly? Well, in this looooong video I go through the steps of discovering what makes an expression great, and how to draw them! Join me as I look for other tutorials, use Benedict Cumberbatch’s face and draw a girl getting punched in the face! This is gonna be fun!!
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Walt Explains Multiplane Camera
I’ll also do some notes on perspective and dynamic posing later. (We’ll see how dynamic posing goes considering I’m not too great at it myself so… yeahhhh.)