How To Draw TREE BARK Tutorial By STUDIOBLINKTWICE

How to draw TREE BARK tutorial by STUDIOBLINKTWICE

This week: Form follows function! You can tell a lot about a bird by its wings.

not gonna lie if you are like me and suck at coming up with poses using vintage sewing patterns for inspirations is so helpful for interesting poses that still display the character in a seeable way here are some examples of my favorites 

because they are literally drawn in a way to show off their outfit but still be interesting and not boring 

I’m gonna do an anatomy of the thighs livestream tomorrow at 6pm California time! Join me as i talk through photo traceovers and do thigh studies! What fun!! I’ll post the link tomorrow before the stream

I always struggled drawing hands before anyone told me what to do. So here is a HANDy dandy drawing reference to see the steps on an actual hand. There are three big muscles in the palm. The thumb lump is most important because without it you’ll never even get the shape right. Circle up the knuckles and draw bendy lines (red) to connect them. Make sure the fingers go from medium-tall-short-shortest just slightly (index=>pinky finger). Notice the big red squareish shape around the palm-that’s the first thing I do. Note: every infer has 2 knuckles don’t forget the thumb does too…just in a weird way.

Hi, I hope this is alright to ask but I've been having such a hard time with coloring digitally, and I was wondering if you had any tips for coloring skin? Every time I try, my work ends up unfinished and very overdramatic looking. While your art is much more beautiful- even in its simplistic look it has a polished and completed feel to it. Are there any exercises or simple tricks that you would recommend to a beginning digital artist? Thank you for taking the time to read this!

my skin coloring is very very minimal, as well as my coloring in general. Instead of shading in a very detailed manner, I use colorful line art in order to give a bit of depth to my characters. my tips is exploring - just play with your graphic program, try new things and new tools. these programs may seem intimidating because there are so many options and tools, but just try to experience them one by one. you will surely find out interesting effects and techniques! my second tip is try to learn from other artists. look at their work and try to learn as much as you can from their style, then try these things yourself! in the process, you will make the technique your own. just have fun with it! it may seem like there’s a “right” way to do things, but there really isn’t. good luck! ♥