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I thought I would share one of my favorite drawing hacks that hopefully can save you some pain in your hands and wrist.

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i hate chatgpt with all my soul

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my first try sketching :<

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I’m actually really curious about this! I personally do digital art on csp with an iPad

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inflatable dove, 2022, oil/canvas, 60 x 70 cm

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As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

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No one owes artists anything.

But existence is lonely and sometime you throw hours and hours of effort into a void, on the slim chance it will say something back.

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How to Paint Light by jonhuangart

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Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

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Links about Fatphobia

A list of writing about fatness, diet culture, and fatphobia:

Diet culture makes no sense

Diet culture is a widespread, deadly cult

The actual reason why fat people aren't represented in sports

Naturally thin and hypocritical

Fat people endure medically-approved mutilation and torture

Fatphobia in the queer community

Media always loves a fat villain

Ellen Bennett's death and medical fatphobia

The world wants fat people with eating disorders (Cass Elliot's death)

Fatphobia is the medical field's moneymaker

Fatphobes love confirmation bias (The truth about stereotypes)

"Healthy is beautiful" (–and a profitable business)

Yes, "ob*se" is a slur. Medical terms ain't exempt, bud.

Tips for self-compassion (Internalized fatphobia and you)

What was the methodology?

I'm fat, and you should call me that

The glass ceiling no one talks about

Yes, fatphobia kills. Now will you care?

"Preference" actually has a definition

The previous list is incomplete. I'm going to add links to this post over time, so I suggest checking this post for updates before sharing. The writing in the previous list is not usually full of sources since the posts are mainly about venting.

Here are some sources for educating yourself about fatness, diet culture, and fatphobia. These links are a good foundation for learning about these topics. Many of these links can connect you to research studies and scientific data.

Blogs (sources included in many posts):

@bigfatscience

@heavyweightheart

@thisisthinprivilege (This blog cannot be tagged but is still visible)

@fatphobiabusters

@fatliberation

Podcast (includes sources and transcripts):

Maintenance Phase podcast

Books:

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon (also available on Amazon)

“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

A list of stuff you can read about fatphobia

Articles:

Aubrey Gordon's online articles

Fatphobia Busters' FAQ and Resource Google Doc

Organizations:

NAAFA (National Association for Advancing Fat Acceptance)

Videos:

Fatphobia in Harry Potter (video)

Fatphobia in Children's Media (video)

Fatphobia in General Media (video)

Heal with Kailin (ED Recovery YouTuber)

This post will be updated with more links over time. I don't usually save sources, so this means I have to go through thousands upon thousands of posts to update this list.

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fat bodies tutorial!

ALRIGHT SO my pal @kalreyno wanted help with drawing fat characters and as a fat artist i felt like i could give a bit of helpful insight on that. there’s also been a lot of complaining about “boo hoo fat characters are hard to draw so i can’t include them in my work Ever” goin on lately so if that’s your case then this is for you too!! and also just for anyone who would like help with fat bodies in general, ofc. anyway, let’s get this show on the road!!

let’s start with some common misconceptions. these are the two main attempts at chubby bodies i run into, so i’ll focus on them. 

the Anime Chubby i see everywhere, and it’s just……so wrong in many ways. first of all, there is almost no additional body fat compared to your average thin character - except for where it’s added in “attractive” places (breasts, hips, thighs). the breasts are way too perky, and don’t have the realistic shape fat would give them (though how to draw accurate breasts is another tutorial all on its own lmao). there is still a thigh gap, which usually only happens in very thin people, and bones are still visible on the surface of the skin, which also rarely happens in fat people.

the Michelin Man is better in some ways, but still not that great. it’s a slightly better attempt, but basically all that’s done there is taking a thin character and blowing them up, while giving no thought to fat distribution. the thigh gap is usually still present, and they look a lot more hard than soft - and fat is very soft and pliable.

here’s a chart on how fat usually distributes (if you can’t read my messy writing, “1. next to no fat, 2. moderate amount, 3. most of the fat distribution”). basically, the more muscle an area has, the more prone it is to develop fat, such as the abdomen, thighs, and upper arms. it’s important to note that fat sits on top of muscle, and that it does distribute in different levels, and not evenly across the body as shown in the Michelin Man. 

now, here’s an accurate fat body with all of that kept in mind!! notice how the fat isn’t only kept to aesthetically pleasing areas, and how it sits realistically on the character’s body. their breasts sag a lot more, which happens even in thin people with larger breasts, and the nipples are pointing more downwards than straight out. there is no thigh gap in sight, there are no bones in sight, and most importantly, they have fat rolls, which are very important in drawing a convincing fat character!! as far as i know i’ve never met a single person with no rolls at all, and everyone has them, whether thin or fat - they’re just more prominent and more consistently present in fat people. pay close attention to where they are and how they’re shaped.

here are a couple of drawings showing how fat is affected when sitting vs stretching. as seen in the first, the fat specifically on the stomach is distributed a lot more evenly and stretched out, so it becomes “flatter”. the love handles are still pretty visible, though, as well as the fat on the thighs and arms. the breasts are raised with the shoulders, and the fat on the shoulders and near the neck forms rolls as it’s being pushed together. 

in the second, there is a lot less room for distribution, so the fat is all pushed together. the breasts sag and the stomach forms rolls and spills into the lap. a good analogy for the way fat works is to liken it to a water balloon, and thinking of how its shape would change when resting flat on a surface, hanging off of a ledge, held upright, etc.

here are a few extra tips i find a lot of people miss!

first on the top is the hip/pubic region. the first circle is showing the way the bellybutton is folded in fat people, as opposed to stretched out in thinner people. the second is the stomach fat spilling over onto the pubic region and creating a separation in the two areas, which is something that’s missing in a lot of art. in addition, the pubic mound also gains fat, making it round as seen in the profile drawing i did up there (i’ve heard people refer to it as fupa?). the last in the hip region is the lack of a thigh gap. i can’t stress this enough!!!! if you’re trying to draw a convincing fat character, make sure their thighs are pretty much always touching!! for reference, mine literally don’t separate until my feet are about 2ft from each other.

the bottom right is showing the double chin, which a lot of people are afraid to draw!! fat does distribute itself here too, and there’s nothing wrong with it, so don’t feel like you shouldn’t give fat characters a double chin in your work for fear of it looking like a caricature.

in the bottom middle, it’s showing how fat affects different types of breasts with the presence of more or less breast tissue. 

lastly, at the very right are stretch marks with their usual locations and directions, which i also can’t stress enough!!!!! i sometimes forget to add them honestly, but they’re so important in accurately portraying fat characters, as they literally come from the skin being stretched from fat being gained (and they’re also just rlly neat lookin like why wouldn’t you lmao). some people have less and some people have more, feel free to experiment with them!

the last thing is body types!! there isn’t one single way for a person to be fat, so feel free to experiment with shapes once you’ve learned the basics!! 

so there you have it, a tutorial on how to draw chubs!! now go forth and make some accurate fanart or some rad fat characters, because the world could always use more of both. hmu if you have any questions or concerns, and thanks for reading!!

EDIT: someone pointed out the bad wording in the tutorial. thank you for bringing it to my attention and sorry for offending anybody. i’ve updated the tut, so please reblog this one!

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Hey there! Thanks for the ask!

When you’re drawing a character who is both fat and athletic, THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER. The way that their body gains fat and the different ways they might train their body means there are hundreds of different ways you could draw them. If they were to solely focus on upper body strength, for example, they might have really fit arms/shoulders/back/chest and their lower body may be fatter or softer. Depending on the activities they do, their body will be shaped differently.

When you’re drawing a very strong fat character, there are a few important things to remember:

The body stores fat in a layer beneath the skin (dermis, which is just beneath the epidermis, our outer layer of skin). Beneath our fat is a thin layer of connective tissue, and beneath that is where the muscle is. This means that the muscles will be obscured beneath fat, so you won’t see fat athletes with a ripped 6-pack.

Muscle is also more dense and heavy than fat, which means a fat person who is also muscular and strong will be much heavier than someone their same size who is all chub.

I hope this helps!

(as an aside, many people commented on my last tutorial that fat people often have those big firm bellies and may not be strong or work out at all - it’s true, tummies are very unique! Not every fat person has a super soft or jiggly belly.)

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Listen the most basic advice I can give you in drawing fanart of a fat character is: proportions/ratios are key.

Get lots of references (good luck if you’re drawing a SU character because they go off model a lot but still you’ll find a averaging set of proportions with more references, or pick a favorite episode your character was in.)

Study them. Look for how big the waist is verses the shoulders, the upper arms to the head, hips to the stomach/abdomen. As you draw you need to maintain these ratios/proportions.

If you need additional help with ratios try looking up the different ways the human body gains weight. These have a variety of names but if you understand the logic of how the character/their body, holds weight then you can make sure it makes sense. There is no one way to be fat or thin! Your thin character art can benefit from this as well. There are a few (more coming everyday) charts that can help show you these body shapes.

Remember: you aren’t going to be perfect at every characters body right away, it’s okay to mess up. If someone is being rude or telling you to harm yourself then they aren’t people to listen to. But if someone points out it’s hard for them to tell the difference between two vastly different body typed characters, listen! The differences may be easier to see to you but your audience needs to see it too! There are a lot of skill levels out there but never settle for using “that’s my style” as an excuse because it holds you back from growth! Don’t be afraid of admitting you aren’t good at something. (I suck at animals! And cars!) Your real style will develop the more skills you get a handle on so don’t hold yourself back!

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Thanks so much for your ask! I’ve meant to do a tutorial like this for a long time. This is the way that I draw big girls, though it’s quite a short and basic tutorial. I hope it helps!

the “area of gain” part was pretty much taken directly from -here-, a VERY informative and helpful tutorial. Here’s a couple of tutorials that I think are pretty good: link and link.