#animatic style? ig just fun to draw

[cartoon-trashdotcom]

Everyone listen to Puppy Princess and I DARE you to tell me it doesn't sound like Ethubs. Right now.

[batz]

you’re a big inspiration to me! I idolize both your line art and shape language in your characters. If it’s not too much to ask, what’s your process for constructing/drawing a character? shapes n stuff? your style is very simple yet conveys forms with fluidity!

thank u so much omg !!!! ;u; 

uhhh my process is kind a like... like using Fast Pen Strokes and Shape as a main thing kinda? like one sec lemme show u a step by step drawing of tommy n that basically encapsulates how draw stuff.

step 1: shapes!!! u kno em u see em!

ok get a shape in ur mind and sketch it out REAL fast its ok if its messy as long as its the shape u want it to be ur GOOD i draw tommy w long head long face syndrome so i sketched out ths bean shape. one of the things i learned from taking Drawing Naked People Class is that getting the basic sketch OUT super fast, disregarding messiness and mistakes, is th best way 2 keep ur art lookin dynamic n shit. its all about the movement babey!!!! im still struggling w that tho but m getting there! drawing tommy def helps tho hes like a tall noodle boy. but yeah like stay loose w ur drawing in those first steps bc u can get some realy nice fluidity there.

step 2: details n other shit 

ok yeah self explanatory add details remember being messy being fast is a-ok bc being fast means ur getting all those good less controlled shapes that make drawing FUN remember: loosey goosey arms babey!!! u dont gotta be super restricted to these details if u dont want to be, this is like a Vague Concept of where u want to put the things. sometimes i’ll start this EXACT process again on different parts of the drawing just to get it right. its all trial n error n stuf.

step 3: LINEART or at least a version of lineart i like 2 do like sketch lineart idk

so w this instead of drawing onto another layer i actually erased all the messy lines to create like, a nice messy lineart kinda look where its solid enough that its lineart but because it wasnt drawn on another layer, tracing over ur super fast shape concept, the drawing stil retains the shape it had in the sketch process and retains its fluidity. if u do this and the lines art still too light for ur liking just copy the layer and put the opacity at any percent u like so then u end up w the same lines but darker ig. an example of cleaner lineart would look kinda like this 

which, YES the lines are cleaner and thicker which is good for certain times of drawings but i find it looks a lot more flat and its not exactly my preferred go to kinda thing (altho it is sometimes easier!) i dont typically LIKE doing actual lineart w a separate later bc it RLLY stiffens up my style, BUT i like to do it for like comics or Specific Illustrations or, in one case, th animatic, bc its just a lot cleaner of a Look.  w both versions i basically fixed a couple things wrong with the basic sketch, added more detail, slapped on some color for aesthetic purposes and added everyones favorite iconic tommy quote from hlvrai act  5 icarly edition: )

ANYWAY YEA thats like essentially it! im gonna do another art stream this saturday (and since im not working on animatic it’l actually be fun to watch and epic!!! requests n stuff maybe!!) nd u can seehow i make cartoons REAL!!! anyway ya thank u hope this isnt completely nonsensical n make sense n stuff!!!!