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fineass-chairfucker: A visual height chart for characters and such. (Made by ~swiftgold on DeviantART. tHANK)

fineass-chairfucker:

A visual height chart for characters and such.

(Made by ~swiftgold on DeviantART.

tHANK)


supaslim:

here, have wings.

Good Resources:

Puget Sound Wing and Tail Collection (where all the wing images I used came from)

Origin of Flight in Birds

Animating Bird Flight (great resource for ALL artists)

Faces



kalidraws:

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!


fyeaharttips:

pixiepunch:

oooo very very interesting.

Beautiful illustrations!


simonist:

Cloth tutorial - the basics- by Jane Mere

There is much more information at the source! She is also going to do more tutorials in the series on drawing different types of cloth, sketching types of clothing, and using references properly.


Semi-realistic Eye tutorial. Hope you guys find it useful ^^


nicoleohdeon:

Sleeves, Necklines, Collars, and Dress Types


pleg:

These are very useful


artreferenceblog: 12 Realistic Woman Body Shape Chart by NinaSquirrelly

artreferenceblog:

12 Realistic Woman Body Shape Chart by NinaSquirrelly


artreferenceblog: How to Draw All Sorts of Crap by Coelasquid

artreferenceblog:

How to Draw All Sorts of Crap by Coelasquid


miyuli:

I’m always leaving out feet because I really suck at drawing feet and shoes… So here some studies.


pachurz:

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



thechromaticscale:

Anonymous asked you: I’m sorry to bother you again but I tried using lock on ps and preserve opacity on sai and the color ends up going over my pencil sketch lines instead of coloring in my lines:( welp
An elementary Photoshop tutorial for Anon, and whoever else needs it. I felt your frustration when I tried googling an answer for you, and I just… couldn’t find relevant answers… lol
I hope this was readable and easy to follow. Personally, I saved these all as an action so I could just press one button. XP