#drawing tips

[sabertoothwalrus]

You probably get asked this a lot, but how do you draw hands? Even when I'm tracing, they look so weird 🙃

I could probably go on and on and on about hands, but here are some key points I compiled! I LOVE drawing hands, and I never hesitate to use my own as a reference

[saszor]

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.

edit: apparently tum "queerest place on the internet" blr hates disabled people so much that this post got automatically filtered. cool!

second way more important edit: How are people seeing this post where I specifically talk about burn survivors being normal, real people, and still tag this as "TW body horror"? Not a single one of these drawings or pictures is a fresh injury. All of them are healed. How the hell would you feel if someone tagged a photo of you as "trigger warning: gore"?

Disabled people are not your fucking body horror. Grow up.

[darkrisedivine]

Anyone fancy red-lining or suggesting anything? The hips, torso and thighs all look wrong but I'm not particularly practiced at human anatomy. I've spent 3 months on and off trying to get this right and it still looks wrong.

Red-lining is welcome, or just suggestions, honestly anything would help. I don't really know any artists (who do human work) personally to be able to ask, so I'm trusting tumblr lol feel free to dm, reblog with your suggestions, whatever you want to do.

(This is a human rendition of Karlach Cliffgate. Rights go to Larian Studios for the character and initial tiefling design)

[barnlarn]

Revising some of my horse drawing tips pages, starting with necks!

Corrected some muscle names and added more explanation/ method.

[nonamvi]

Hi I really like your art, do you have any art tips on coloring or just anything related to art? Ty btw:3

Hi and thank you to you too! I appreciate it! Hmm art tips you say? Well for art in general, I'd guess the best word of advice I can really give you is well...

Have fun! Seriously, I mean it.

Art is a process that should be ENJOYED. It should be something you are excited to be doing. I can't fathom the amount of times I've pushed myself to the brink of exhaustion just to add more details to an art piece that should've been done ages ago. Just for me to hate it afterwards when it's finally done... So please, take this from someone who's been drawing as a hobby for almost 6 years. Don't worry about it. Who cares if it's cringe or whatever! (Be cringe and be free my friend!!)

Draw because it makes you happy, draw because it helps you visualize the ideas in your head, draw because it's fun.

That's all there is to it.

Anyways, don't mind my little rant. Now, for coloring? From what little I can remember from my beginner artist days, I'd say learning color theory was what helped me the most tbh. Look around you, and observe how each individual color interacts with one another. Take pictures or download any images online that look pretty to you, and figure out what makes it look so appealing.

Oh and hue shifting! Don't forget hue shifting. I like hue shifting lmao

[bugofmanynames]

DEAR ARTISTS, PLEASE READ THIS POST I STUMBLED ACROSS

IF YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS ALREADY, YOU SHOULD TRY IT

I even tested it out myself, it works great

[mandrawsdog]

Draw Thoughts #1: Why does the sketch always look better then the lineart?

[kosssich]

I love how you draw hair so much omg I'm mesmerized, do you have any tips for artists who would love to draw hair this well?

i did a whole ass tutorial, hope you dont mind cuz i got so hyped of this ask

also thank you for kind words! if you have more questions feel free to ask cuz my explanation could be weird and messy

[zimt-deathnote]

do you have advice for drawing body hair?? i cant figure out a way thats not. weird looking.

Yeah, body hair can be tricky! Since I don't know what style you're going for, I can't give you concrete advice, but here's some doodles on how I stylise body hair:

Other than that, the only real advice I can give regardless of style: Look at how the real deal works! Look at people, try to replicate what you see and find a way to stylise that works for you!

[kmixon]

The PREMISE of Your Story: 7 Tips to Help You

This is story of tips helping you!

[sabertoothwalrus]

how do you go on to drawing character interactions without them looking stiff or awkward?? whenever u draw characters like hugging and stuff they always feel so warm and natural n like they have weight!

FIRST THINGS FIRST: if you want characters to feel like they have weight, they gotta have balance.

The second thing is to use references!! Use a mirror or photos when you can, but I often use duckduckgo and just google stock images. I don't use pinterest, but I suppose that works. I find it way more helpful to look at lots of images of the same pose at all different angles than to try to reference one specific image.

[heikala]

Ink Blobs! Which one of these blob sketches is your favorite? ☺️💕

[obm-avenquire]

as promised (thumbs up) heres a lil uhhhh simple breakdown of how i general do fur things! can be applied to hair in general and also clouds and grass depending on how you work it (thumbs up pt2) feel free to request other tutorials 

[laboratoryrats]

“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

[totallynotsilversora]

I forgot I have to be active here so here’s my Twitter tutorial on how to draw folds I made a while back to help a friend!