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I think regardless of style or personality, your character should run properly. Awkward run ruins everything.
Don’t believe me? Try running the wrong way, see how far that gets you.
It’s not often any more that I come across tutorials on stuff I’ve never learned before but this honestly an idea/technique that’s new to me.
Drawing Hands by majnouna on DeviantArt
The thing with a “main character”, is that the reader see the story/world from that characters point of view - we can often read the characters thoughts and feelings more than other characters in the story. You can also use the perspective to increase this “effect”.
You can use the eye-level to display the world seen from the main character. Look at the two pictures above, the characters have the same size on both pictures - the only difference I’ve made is to switch eye-level. And by just doing this, we switch between the adult and the kids point of view - even though they both look at the same thing.
So, when you are doing a perspective, FIRST decide the eye-level and after that start placing out all those annoying guidelines.
Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…
Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.
YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING SHITTING ME
Well. Fuck.
art tips from a person who frequently struggles with art! (aka tips for drawing when u got depression) (these are mostly for my own reference tbh)
- dont view drawing as something that needs to be finished quickly and gotten over with! sometimes when i am Really Not In The Mood i rush to finish things simply and quickly, but it tends to suck all the fun out of drawing while giving you an end product that looks bland and boring, which makes it even harder to find the motivation to draw the next time
- if youre feeling too bad about your art/yourself to even look at what you are drawing (this may sound really silly but i have had times where i cover up part of my drawing with my hand because i dont want to look at it), you should probably take a break. sorry.
- because looking at your art is important! take the time to envision different ways you could color or shade what you are drawing, and experiment with different methods to find one that you think looks best
- that being said, dont spend too much time before you start planning out what you want to draw. this can be really tempting, and sometimes it works out okay, but more often than not i end up frustrating that i cant actually reproduce whats in my head
- experiment with different types of colors and lines! look for brushes other people have made (if you are drawing digitally) or play around with your brush settings until you find something that you like. try coloring something in monochrome! also, color palette websites (i know there are tumblr for color palettes inspired by everything from food to space to pokemon) are a wonderful, wonderful thing
- use references! depending on how stylized or simple your art is, you dont always need one, but if you are drawing something realistic or something with a complex pose, for example, they are very useful, especially if you are drawing something like a gun or a hand
- that being said, if you are drawing something fairly stylized or simple, dont worry too much about one specific part- try it until you get something that you are satisfied with and fits with the rest of the drawing
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On Writing Superheroes
Anonymous asked you
Eh, this is a bit of overly general question, but I was wondering if you have anything on superheroes/superhero-type characters? Maybe some cliches to avoid or just some tips or even a list of superhero powers would be wonderful. Dankeschön.
What a wonderfully unique question!Definition of superhero: A benevolent fictional character with superhuman powers, such as Superman.By definition a superhero should have something quite unique about them, whether its a man made suit of armour or spider powers. Something about a superhero must set them apart from ‘normal’ people.What you need to think about as well is making your superhero relatable to your readers. Their negative traits will help with this whether it be confidence, anger ect.Clichés are cliché because they have been proved again and again to work. I will list the most common clichés below.I wouldn’t shy away from using some of these as backgrounds for your character, after all your character has to have a reason to become a superhero.
- Orphans/ dead parents/ live with auntie and uncle
- Bad childhood
- Unpopular
- Traumatic event normally involving loss of parental figure forces them to become superhero.
Hope this all helps, good luck with your story!-S
Today I gave my students a quick presentation on some of the basic considerations for composition, which I am now sharing with you! I’ve given them separate talks about color and tonal value/contrast, which are also super important compositional concerns. (I’ll be sharing those presentations too once I properly format them)
I personally love learning about different compositional techniques. It’s fun to think about the ways that the brain views & sorts images, and how we can trick it into feeling a certain way or looking at certain aspects of an image first! It’s easy to fall into compositional ruts (which I am also guilty of) because a lot of art gets by with mediocre, though serviceable, compositions. If you can generally understand what’s happening in an image then it’s generally fine. However, it’s the truly great compositions, where everything in the whole image has been considered and ‘clicks’ together, that bump up an illustration to a visual slam dunk. NC Wyeth is one of my favorite artists for this reason: his compositions are rock solid, varied based on the image’s intent, and always enhance the mood or action he is depicting.
For extra reading, some online compositional resources that I’ve found helpful or interesting include:
Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis (download it for FREE. Such a great book all-around.)
Gurney Journey (check out the “Composition” tag, but really everything he posts is great)
The Schweitzer guide to spotting tangents
Cinemosaic (a blog by Lou Romano with some truly WONDERFUL compositions captured from various films)
Where to Put the Cow by Anita GriffinHappy composition-ing!
YELLS WOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP ME SO MUCH
Neck Reference Updated by MelissaDalton from DeviantArt
Many thanks to spreeunit for linking us to this!
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Also useful if you ever decide to draw porn too I guess Heh... tutorials and references
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Also useful if you ever decide to draw porn too I guess Heh... tutorials and references
Via: MY BACKGROUND IS DICKS GTFO
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