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 Mar 20 2007, 02:21 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall
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ginny1313: Well, to be able to draw well, you've kinda got to pratice a buttload. :/ If you want a fast way to practice drawing, though, maybe you could try doing really fast (like 30 sec-1 min) gesture drawings? Just do a whole bunch of those until you get bored with it - you'll still be improving, but just in short little spurts. As with a lot of other stuff, you'll only get out of your art what you put into it.
O HAY and I have a tutorial, too.
Title: Face Drawing Tutorial
Medium: This was done in Photoshop, but you could seriously use anything.
Notes: ehh, I need to make a new version of this, but this will work for now. It's basically like every other face tutorial out there, only I drew it instead. x)
Face Drawing Tutorial
This post has been edited by salamandersoup: Mar 20 2007, 02:23 PM
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Apr 4 2007, 10:24 AM
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Just Through the Brick Wall
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Nice guides Makani! I especially like the first one (and it's outcome), but I'm wondering about one thing: You say you use the polygon lasso tool to select the areas you want to color, but you kinda skip over how you use it. I've tried to use it many times, and I know how to use it technically, but not artistically. I try to make a kinda rough shape of the area to color, but then theres always some places that doesn't get color, or some outside the line that does. Do you sit zoomed in at 400%, accurately "tracing" the line, or do you have another technique?
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Sep 4 2007, 12:23 PM
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Monster Book Stacker
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Hi I have a question for you are there any tutorials for arms legs hand, stuff like that I am still working on faces and i can do those okay but i need help with the rest, i am not sure if this was the right place to post this but i thought i try
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Sep 5 2007, 07:27 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes
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QUOTE(bookworm1102 @ Sep 4 2007, 01:23 PM)  Hi I have a question for you are there any tutorials for arms legs hand, stuff like that I am still working on faces and i can do those okay but i need help with the rest, i am not sure if this was the right place to post this but i thought i try
This might sound kind of corny but I find it useful to use one of those posable little wooden mannequins for arms and legs. Usually they are about a foot high and the proportions are right. As for hands you've got to practice practice practice (helpful huh?) Start by just blocking them out, lines for how long you want the fingers, then make ovals for each joint and then shape them out, add nails etc. Another thing you can do to practice is draw a line around your own hand (like you're making a Thanksgiving Turkey) and then add in the details: knuckles, fingernails, palm lines, shading and stuff like that. Then there's the ol' hand in the pocket or behind the back, technique  Seriously, hands are the hardest part of the body to draw--for example, you have to draw a whole series of perfect hands to get into medical illustration school--so don't be too hard on yourself!
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This post has been edited by Hagiographer13: Sep 5 2007, 07:33 PM
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Sep 6 2007, 02:07 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper
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I didn't create this tutorial. It was done by an artist whose work I am very fond of. However, it gave me some great pointers, hence my linking to it here. I hope it can be as helpful for others.
Title: Coloring Tutorial
Medium: Markers
Notes: A step-by-step guide by Prince Fala on how she colors her pieces with Prismacolor markers. She uses a group image of the original Gryffindor Quiddich team (Harry, Oliver, Fred, George, Katie, Angelina, Alicia) in action.
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I love watching how the piece is created, layer by layer, color by color. And her notes on building up a good base of shadows and accent colors first has been a huge help to me.
~Pia'Sharn
Edited to fix link.
This post has been edited by Hagiographer13: Sep 6 2007, 04:05 PM
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Sep 8 2007, 07:28 AM
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Newest Housekeeper at The Leaky Cauldron
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Hey
While the face tutorials that have been posted on this thread are great, I would like to see some more examples on different kinds of shapes and maybe from different angles. I'm still only learning how to draw, and would like to break my habit of giving all my characters pointy cheeks and chins a la manga/anime.
So if anybody could post links to tutorials or character sheets, if you know any, I would be ever so grateful.
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