I saw a tutorial on this site a while ago and the basic concept of it was that they were trying to draw a car and they drew two different versions where they would draw the car from memory and then they would trace over the referenced image itself and draw the car once more after and it would look better because it was mostly about your muscle memory!
For people who don’t know how a pose works I would recommend tracing over the image to understand how the pose works first then draw their own version of it. ( you shouldn’t feel guilty about doing this because art is all about references so as long as you don’t straight up draw over the reference and claim it as your own you’re good )
For example!
You want to draw a cool pose like this but cant exactly figure out how that shady line of action works?
Add some guides then try and draw it again!
This can also help with proportions!
Unfortunately you might have to go through what I find quite the boring process of life drawing sessions and there are a few channels on YouTube that I follow that have a lot of models and they give you a set time to draw their poses. One of those channels is CroquisCafe.
I was at a time where I would draw characters but I didn’t understand anatomy at all so every character that I drew had a very stiff pose and a face that always seemed quite off. The life drawing sessions helped me correct that I know it’s boring but they do really pay off.
And if you’re not at a level you’re happy with yet don’t stress out and don’t hurry it, it takes time to develop an eye for the things that you draw.
This is how I usually do it and its very messy but gets the point across, the reason why the time is so short in some cases is so you don’t have to worry about detail and draw the gesture out! The 20 minutes one are for anatomy purposes.
Also very popular tips among artists are:
Always be aware of the silhouette of your drawing you want it to be readable!
Poses like these you can already quite tell what is happening and what pose they have just by looking at their silhouettes!
And usually the poses where the hips are pointed in a different direction from the shoulders are usually more appealing. (but thats not set in stone its just a general tip)
Your sketch should be simple when you sketch don’t try to render the drawing with everything at once or you’ll loose sight of proportions!
Use shapes for when you’re blocking in a pose and then add the detail!
This is kind of the process I go through when I draw, not sure if I can call them tricks but finding these out helped me improve alot!
If you’ve ever tried to draw a perspective grid by hand, you know that it totally sucks butts. Here’s a quick and easy way that I use that lets me establish the basic perspective of my drawing in less than 30 seconds. This is the first 3 pages of the tutorial, and the rest of it is available on my Patreon!
A basic tutorial on how I do ghoul skin for anon!! I wanted to include how to do fat/veins and stuff underneath the skin, but this tut is already long enough so I just stayed with the basics!
Sorry if this is a bit messy, but I hope it helps!
So recently I came across a fellow artist who was struggling to find a free art program, and considering dropping the large amount of money for a Photoshop license. I know not everyone can afford such an expensive program, so I’ve compiled a list of programs with no cost to download and use.
Keep in mind all computers are different, so not all will work for everyone. Also, I’ve only ever used Windows, so for the most part, I’m not sure if everything will work for Mac. if in doubt check the website linked.
If you know more free programs, please add onto this!
OpenToonz has made many improvements since it’s initial release! (Windows & Mac)
Medibang Paint is a comic drawing software forked from FireAlpaca mentioned earlier in this post, and is available for mobile devices as well! (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)
Just a quick thing I put together. This blew my fucking MIND when my anatomy teacher pointed it out. My drawings instantly got better. You might know it (good for you, I wish I knew it before too T_T) or you might not and it might help you get better.
HEY THIS IS IMPORTANT whats your favorite place to find drawing references?
so far we’ve got
senshi stock
croquis cafe
line-of-action.com
quickposes.com
posemaniacs
clip studio paint models
pexels.com
sketchdaily
eggazyoutatsu atarichan drawer
designdoll
if you have any more please reply!
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