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Some recent and out of order drawings for Inktober.
Image 1 is the Inktober Prompt List
Image 2 is Day 1: Poisonous, a rabid animal attacks a human
Image 3 is Day 3: Roasted, two burnt hands pick up a pumpkin pie fresh out of the oven
Image 4 is Day 2: Tranquil, I lift a cup of hot chocolate to my partner's mouth
Image 4 is Day 4: Spell, a mixed race person tries to decide how they want their hair done for a night out in the cold weather
Image 5 is Day 5: Chicken, a chicken herder brings their flock over the hill to go to the chicken town from which they came
Image 6 is an original Illustration to a class screen printing project
Image 7 is Day 16: Angular, a skeleton does his makeup bring out all the angles
Image 8 is Day 23: Muddy, a non black POC is slathered in mud but keeps it in her weave. #MuddyQueen
More to come on my actual portfolio space.
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'Draw yourself in ------- attire' Challenge
1.Apocalypse
2.Medieval
3.Grim Reaper
4.Necromancer
5.Schoolgirl
6.Your Videogame Crush’s
7.SWAG YOLO
8.Teacher’s
9.Street Rebel
10.Your Favorite Anime Character’s
11.Your Zodiac (Humanized)
12.Crystal Gem
13.Carnival/Ringmaster
14.Steampunked
15.Plague Doctor
16.One of your OC’s
You know the drill, ask away!
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So you want to learn how to make gifs?
Look no further! This post is a compilation of all tutorials I have written in the past few months, including a few new ones, as well as some useful resources to help you along. The main tutorial will link to all other tutorials that explain certain steps in more detail.
I hope these tutorials help you get started with Photoshop or teach you something you didn’t know before!
Tutorials:
Main gif tutorial: Click here
Everything in detail:
Converting and importing your videos
Photoshop setup for gifmaking
Making and using actions in Photoshop
Making a gif loop
Removing panning on a scene
Timing a gif guidelines
Sharpening a gif
Basic colour theory and pastels
Making a gif under the 3MB limit
How to use save for web
Resources:
Where to download anime: Click here
My PSDs: Click here
Photoshop old actions for gifmaking: Click here
Ask me anything:
GFX/Gif discord chat (ask me stuff directly): Click here
Discord link unavailable? Send me an ask for a new one!
Ask me a question on Tumblr: Click here
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whenever people are like “SKETCHING CIRCLES IN SAI IS SO HARD” im like
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Happy birthday to my old pal Angela Song Mueller, character designer on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, now an art director at DreamWorks TV. That’s her dog, Sophie, whom we used as the inspiration for those spirit fox librarian dudes in Wan Shi Tong’s library.
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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHARACTER DESIGN SKILLZ
(I wrote this out to help me get through a lecture i gave recently at Woodbury… Hope this can help out some of you folks out there.)
1. DRAW FROM LIFE
_sketch on trains, in cafes, in cars, bars, cafeterias, etc.
_BECOME A SOCIOLOGIST Study people.
_Understand context. “Why does that big burly man with all the tattoos look so intimidating” Break down his shapes, outfit, posture, mannerisms. All this stuff is a gold mine when its time to create original characters from your head. You are building a library of useful traits, shapes, expressions, etc.
_Incorporate gesture drawing, acting, and design studies into your observational drawing.
(READ Drawn to Life by Walt Stanchfeild) Can you nail that posture in one line, can you reduce his body into one big shape?
2. GET REALLY GOOD AT GATHERING REF
_Spend a good amount of time after launching yourself on an assignment scouring the net for ref.
_Don’t be a victim of “paralysis by analysis”
first cast your net wide and eventually only put on your reference sheet what is necessary for your project. I know its fun but its usually not necessary to spend days gathering ref, unless its for a huge project with many characters
_STUDY HARD but DON’T BE A SLAVE TO YOUR REF
Spend a good amount of time studying and absorbing your reference. If its an animal your drawing for the first time, gather ref to help you draw it as it appears in nature and study its skeletal and muscle structure, watch videos of it in motion.
Eventually you want to be able to cast the ref aside and CARICATURE the animal in whichever way you see fit. That is where your unique take will come out.
_BE SPECIFIC NOT GENERAL
It might seem contradictory to my last point, but using your reference to avoid generic drawings is a great way to build strong designs. If you are drawing a WW2 soldier, then don’t bother making up his outfit and equipment, use the ref you gathered to make the design “READ” as a WW2 soldier. Look at the buckles and straps and hats and guns they use, then design off of that.
3. LOOK AROUND YOU
_Study artist you like and see what makes them so good. DO NOT COPY THEIR STYLE AND TRY TO PASS IT AS YOURS. You can draw over their work, break it down and try to understand it better but stealing styles is a big no no.
_Always look for inspiration. Follow your favorite artists, buy art books, look for inspiration everywhere. This will help keep your approach fresh, constantly look at different sources and types of art. This is also important in knowing what approaches work best for certain types of projects.. is a UPA inspired approach best here, or maybe a superhero type design works for this assignment.
4. DRAW GOOD
_Always work on your drawing. THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR TIME AND EXPERIENCE.
_Develop solid draftsmanship. Over time you will find a style that works for you, but being able to understand and interpret forms never goes out of style.
_Understand the basic principles of design and composition. Big and small, straight v curves, no-ladder effect, rule of 3rds, rhythm, balance, etc.
_BE TRUE TO YOURSELF. Drawing a lot helps you figure out what you like and don’t like to do. Find ways of drawing that you enjoy and are true to you. You may be asked to draw that way for a long time on a project so it would be good if you are working in a fun style that you believe in and developed yourself.
_Make your designs relatable, “i know a guy that looks like that” “i wouldn’t want to mess with that dude” Keep them full of energy and life. They will need to move around and be animated, no one wants to see a boring design animated!
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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 Griffin
Happy composition-ing!
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Cats... man (?)
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My sweet Mari
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#snas#zebra grip pen#bic mechanical pencil#cat god#based off my kitties cashew and moon#my art#doodles
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Slow Night at Sahara
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Do you have any tips to get better with art? Like still life, anatomy, gestures, tbh anything?
welllll…. im just a beginner too uknow but ill offer some of my patented art tips:
-draw a lot! im sure you hear this all the time but do it its good
-draw things that you see around you!! if anyone who follows this blog happens to go to my highschool then guess what there’s a great likelihood that ive drawn you. You’re just sitting there and im over here, drawing you secretly
-also draw things that are not people. Like animals, or lamps
-save the pictures that you like, and think, “hm why do I like this picture? is it the colors? is it the composition? is it the style?” but like dont just do this for illustrations do this for like photographs of actual things and places and outfits and shit
-practice doing figure drawing. ive fallen behind recently in the figure drawing department, but ill catch up… they say 15 mins a day of figure drawing. Or at least I say that. quickposes.com is good
- that is all i can think of right now im sorry
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sorry to bother you but i have no idea how to color my traditional drawings in photoshop?? like ill line it with ink and then want to put it in photoshop but i have no idea what to do after that to get it so im not coloring over the lines i drew lmao
this is a really long post. im sorry
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Androgenous and Nonbinary Pearl from Steven Universe with freckles/pimples/moles/bumps!! I was trying to channel some of their pilot looks with the piercings and glazed eyes, not sure if it worked though!
#my art#dr. ph. martin's#concentrated watercolors#watercolor#watercolor illustration#ghil-art#le pen#ink#micron pen#micron#soap erasers#mechanical pencil#7mm#art supplies#androgeny#nonbinary#steven universe#su#pearl#artists on tumblr#im revamping this blog soon
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