Paper Circus

Some building block references my Life Drawing teacher drew up for us for our Figure Drawing class. Thought I would impart the wisdom.

Just a few [of the] references [from different websites] I’ve compiled for making more unique face/body shapes in my characters.

Of course, creative liberty is (and can be) taken on most of these shapes, but anyone who wishes to design a character should at least know that there are many shapes and sizes for characters to be and that can define them.

I encourage making each character, human or animal, unique and identifiable by their silhouettes and profiles when they’re bald and unclothed.

3 of those references are from a Victoria Jackson make up book, which I own. xDD

Jay Fleck.

okay guys someone the other day asked for a bow tutorial so here it is! :> I hope it is helpful.

It’s not exactly the most precise archery information but I included what was relevant in terms of actually drawing—and remember as always, references are great in addition to looking through tutorials

am I even qualified enough to make a tutorial? oh well it was fun

Tumblr made them weeny but the magnifying glass will take you to full view

not that i’m about to be drawing bows any time soon, but this will be so useful when it comes to writing about those pesky archer types. (comparing bow sizes and bow parts and bow girth and what-have-you: now with more accurate terminology! and some vague understanding of how things work!)

yes good

look look i can finally stop drawing ten foot bows on five foot people :D

Why do you do this to me

There’s a reason behind color zones, but James Gurney does a much better job at explaining it than I do. Keep in mind this doesn’t cover lighting, just the local color of skin.

Although there are ‘color palettes’ here, I really wouldn’t recommend using them for your own (as in saving the image and eye dropping them) art, I did this rather quickly so this probably not very accurate. These are just my personal preferences when it comes to color. I don’t have saved palettes; I pick colors depending on the lighting or mood as I am working on a painting. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO RIGHT AHEAD.

As for texture, lolidunno, I just use a lot of scatter brushes until it sort of looks like skin texture??? I honestly don’t worry about texture though unless it’s like a really close up view of a face or whatever. You can find my brushes here (you’ll need Photoshop CS or higher).

I am flattered that people are seeking advice from me, but keep in mind that I am still learning myself, so I am by no means the best person to be asking. Hope this helps you out though, anon!

bless u

hi-hey-sup-nm:

…I want to learn this.

jesus fuck  how. wow.

wow what oh my god.. my dad and I were so amazed

HANDS

げみ

I feel bad that I keep doing human Bunny… I will do him for reals! But for now, enjoy peeps, and this is also for more requested human Bunny.

Someone asked me to maybe do some kind of tutorial on drawing kisses because some people think I’m good at them.

(This is why I never do tutorials.

I’m absolutely terrible at explaining how I do things.)

Damn.

Damn.

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