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FACES

FACES

Drawing a face (the circle thing)

How to draw faces

Heads in profile

Drawing heads

A face tutorial

Avoid same facing

Diversify your faces

Face shapes

To make your drawing look like the person you’re drawing

Make your faces look like the person

Expressions

More about expressions

Drawing lips

Lip tutorial

Drawing ears

Drawing eyes

Realistic eyes

Drawing a nose

Drawing kisses

Drawing glasses

Drawing hoods

BODIES

Guide to human types part 1

Guide to human types part 2

Guide to human types part 3

Different kinds of athletic body types

Ladies tutorial (nudity)

Fellas tutorial

Curves on girls tutorial

How to draw necks

Drawing shoulders

Drawing arms

Drawing hands

Hand tips

More hands

Hands tips and techniques

Hands, arms, legs and feet

Legs, torso and expressions

Drawing boobs

How to boob

Boobs and hips

Drawing abs

Beer belly tutorial

Drawing backs

How to draw back views

Legs reference

Drawing knees

How to draw butts

Penis tutorial (nsfw)

Drawing feet and shoes

Sitting reference

Realistic woman body shape chart

Hair

Drawing hair

Hair tutorial

Drawing curls

Drawing braids

ANIMALS & CREATURES 

Canines vs felines

Drawing cats

Drawing cats tips

How to draw big cats

Drawing rats

Basic deer tutorial

Deer sketching

Dog anatomy

Dog anatomy tutorial

Dog nose tutorial

Dog paw tutorial

Basic wolf tutorial

Horse tutorial

Sheep vs goats

Drawing giraffes

Basic owl tutorial

Bird wing tutorial

Drawing bird beaks and faces

Butterfly tutorial

Drawing animal legs on humans

Winged people anatomy

Dragon tutorial

Drawing dragons

Dragon wing tutorial

Fur tutorial

Drawing sharp teeth

OTHERS

Drawing clothes

Clothing folds tutorial

Collars, vests and pants reference

Hats reference

Drawing jeans

Drawing bows

Drawing trees

Tree tutorial

Drawing water

Water tutorial

Drawing crystals

Ice

Clouds

Creating form

Perspective tricks

Character design reference

How to draw better (video)

Learn how to draw better

Art reference & tutorials blog

Tutorial masterpost

How to draw anything


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1 year ago

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.


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9 months ago
This Was Gonna Be A Tutorial And I Guess It Still Is But If Anything Its Just A Really Long And Drawn
This Was Gonna Be A Tutorial And I Guess It Still Is But If Anything Its Just A Really Long And Drawn
This Was Gonna Be A Tutorial And I Guess It Still Is But If Anything Its Just A Really Long And Drawn
This Was Gonna Be A Tutorial And I Guess It Still Is But If Anything Its Just A Really Long And Drawn
This Was Gonna Be A Tutorial And I Guess It Still Is But If Anything Its Just A Really Long And Drawn
This Was Gonna Be A Tutorial And I Guess It Still Is But If Anything Its Just A Really Long And Drawn

this was gonna be a tutorial and i guess it still is but if anything it’s just a really long and drawn out “essay” on drawing people with epicanthic folds. one of my biggest pet peeves is people drawing asian people exclusively with the same type of eye they’d give white people or anyone else who typically doesn’t have the fold! however i know that most people are taught with the standard white person eye (google image search for “eye” and it’ll all be pictures of white people’s eyes) so learning to draw epicanthic folds is a consciously learned thing. 

therefore i bring you this, which attempts to break the mechanics of epicanthic folds down into something that’s a bit easier to digest and implement in your own art! 

style can be argued i guess but it’s not that hard to stylize eyes with folds if you do proper observation and research. eyes with epicanthic folds are as diverse as eyes without so it’s not like you have to adhere to a strict model for them (although many people think that you have to) and all it takes to distinguish the two in stylized art (and even in semi/realism once you think about it) is a few lines! like i said this is a learned process but it’ll make your asian characters (and characters of other races even) a bit more interesting and believable.


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9 months ago
Ive Had So Many Ask Me For Tutorials On These Kinds Of Things. I Hope This Helps!!
Ive Had So Many Ask Me For Tutorials On These Kinds Of Things. I Hope This Helps!!
Ive Had So Many Ask Me For Tutorials On These Kinds Of Things. I Hope This Helps!!
Ive Had So Many Ask Me For Tutorials On These Kinds Of Things. I Hope This Helps!!

i’ve had so many ask me for tutorials on these kinds of things. I hope this helps!!


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9 months ago
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips
There Is No Right Or Wrong In Color And Design, And Everyone Works Differently, But Hopefully These Tips

There is no right or wrong in color and design, and everyone works differently, but hopefully these tips of mine will help you find the colors that make you happiest!


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9 months ago

I know you probably get these asks a lot, but I've really been trying to try drawing comic pages. I really admire how free and flowing your style is! I've seen your little tutorials and tips and idk what's wrong but I just can't seem to wrap my head around panel composition? Like I do wonderful painting comps, but I can't seem to break out. Do you have any resources or help to get started?

thank you very much!!!!! im just using this ask as an excuse to draw random comic tips i hope thats okay and that you’ll get something out of it

I Know You Probably Get These Asks A Lot, But I've Really Been Trying To Try Drawing Comic Pages. I Really
I Know You Probably Get These Asks A Lot, But I've Really Been Trying To Try Drawing Comic Pages. I Really
I Know You Probably Get These Asks A Lot, But I've Really Been Trying To Try Drawing Comic Pages. I Really
I Know You Probably Get These Asks A Lot, But I've Really Been Trying To Try Drawing Comic Pages. I Really
I Know You Probably Get These Asks A Lot, But I've Really Been Trying To Try Drawing Comic Pages. I Really
I Know You Probably Get These Asks A Lot, But I've Really Been Trying To Try Drawing Comic Pages. I Really

did that help…


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9 months ago
July 19 Vs September 19
July 19 Vs September 19

july ‘19 vs september ‘19 

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9 months ago
Nekkid Alastair Tutorial

Nekkid Alastair tutorial

I work in Photoshop, and I draw insanely large. Tumblr won’t even let me post a photo as large as I work. Painting big means that when you shrink the image down, it tends to give the illustration a more rendered look. 

Nekkid Alastair Tutorial

Brushes & Color Palettes

I only every use two brushes. An amazing, tactile organic shaped brush that I use for 99% of the work, and a softer, (still organic shaped) brush for blushes & form shadows. When I paint, I tend to do so on various opacities, so I layer the color on slowly. It tends to give me more color variation and control over the colors, but it’s a balancing act because you can also loose form that way.

Skin is basically one core color, with a lot of variation of other really strong colors layered on top. It goes pinker in the places that have more blood vessels, like tips of the ears, the nose, lips, cheeks, fingers, elbows, knees; or places where you blush, like your chest or neck. It goes more yellow in places where the bone is very close to the surface, like your forehead, cheekbones, or shins. There’s blues under the eyes, and blue-green in men along the jaw where you see 5 o’clock shadow. Dark Pinky-purples are great to use for slowing depth with colors. Use them around the lids of the eyes, for the nostrils, and as the deepest part of the ear-hole. 

Nekkid Alastair Tutorial

Sketching & Linework

Honestly, this is where most of the “work” is done. For me, the rendering & coloring process is fun, while sketching can be torture. The key is to stay loose. Do something quick, and gestural. You can knock back those lines – lower the opacity and refine the sketch on another layer – and just keep refining the forms. Don’t worry about the detail, just try to lock the large forms. Don’t be afraid to literally pull apart the sketch, and enlarge and shrink pieces of it to make it fit.  One of the most important things I learned was to not get too precious with my work. (I literally had an art teacher that made me walk on my figure drawings at the end of each class.) Basically, don’t fall in love with a line so much that you’re not willing to erase it, if it’s wrong. PS I always use many, many references. And anyone who says you shouldn’t deserves a swift punch in the nads, for spreading art lies.

Nekkid Alastair Tutorial

Keep reading


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9 months ago
Drawing Wrinkles
Drawing Wrinkles

Drawing Wrinkles

I made a tutorial-thing about drawing clothing wrinkles - something I’ve had a few requests for.  For all the banality of wrinkles, they’re an expansive topic. Anyway, these are some previews. The full tutorial is available to all $1+ Patreon supporters. You can find it here!


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9 months ago

teach me?? how to draw?? the action of kissing????

Teach Me?? How To Draw?? The Action Of Kissing????
Teach Me?? How To Draw?? The Action Of Kissing????
Teach Me?? How To Draw?? The Action Of Kissing????

Step 1. yearn


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9 months ago
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom
How To Draw A Damn Fine AssTop Image, Row 5 & 6Row 2: Drawing People By Barbara Bradley Row3Row4Row 5Bottom

How to Draw a Damn Fine Ass Top Image, Row 5 & 6 Row 2:  Drawing People by Barbara Bradley Row 3 Row 4 Row 5 Bottom Image


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9 months ago
Brush Settings
Brush Settings
Brush Settings
Brush Settings
Brush Settings
Brush Settings
Brush Settings

Brush settings

If you’re not sure where to find [insert texture], then this link should answer your question


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9 months ago

Some Photoshop Tips

I’ve been getting quite a few asks about the process for the patterns in my stylized artworks, so I decided to put together a couple of tips regarding them. 

Firstly, what you need are

—  CUSTOM BRUSHES  —

Most of the patterns I use are custom brushes I made, such as those:

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For the longest time I was convinced making brushes must be super extra complicated. I was super extra wrong. All you need to start is a transparent canvas (2500px x 2500px max):

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This will be your brush tip. When you’re satisfied how it looks, click Ctrl+A to select the whole canvas and go to ‘define brush preset’ under the edit menu

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You will be asked to name your new glorious creation. Choose something that describes it well, so you can easily find it between all the ‘asfsfgdgd’ brushes you’ve created to be only used once

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This is it. Look at it, you have just created a photoshop brush. First time i did I felt like I was cheated my whole life. IT’S SO EASY WHY HASN’T ANYONE TOLD ME 

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Time to edit the Good Boi to be more random, so it can be used as a Cool Fancy Pattern. Go into brush settings and change whatever you’d like. Here’s a list of what I do for patterns:

- under Shape Dynamics, I increase Size Jitter and Angle jitter by 5%-15% 

- under Brush Tip Shape, I increase spacing by a shitload. Sometimes it’s like 150%, the point is to get the initial brush tip we painted to be visible.

- If I want it to look random and noisy, I enable the Dual Brush option, which acts like another brush was put on top of the one we’ve created. You can adjust all of the Dual Brush options (Size, Spacing, Scatter, Count) as you wish to get a very nice random brush to smear on your  backgrounds

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The result is as above. You can follow the same steps to create whatever brush you need: evenly spaced dots that look like you painted them by hand, geometric pattern to fill the background, a line of perfectly drawn XDs and so on. 

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE

—  PATHS  —

But what if you want to get lots of circles made of tiny dots? Or you need rows of triangles for your cool background? Photoshop can do all of that for you, thanks to the magic of paths.

Typically, paths window can be found right next to Layers:

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Draw whatever path you want, the Shape Tool has quite a bit of options. Remember, paths are completely different from brush strokes and they won’t show up in the navigator. To move a path around, click A to enable path selection tool. You can use Ctrl+T to transform it, and if you move a path while pressing Alt it will be duplicated.

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Now, pick a brush you wish really was in place of that path you’ve drawn and go to layers, then choose the layer you want it to be drawn on. Then, click this tiny circle under the Paths window:

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Then witness the magic of photoshop doing the drawing for you while you wonder how tf have you managed to forget about this option for the past 2 years 

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You can combine special brushes and paths for all sorts of cool effects. I mostly use them in backgrounds for my cards, but you can do whatever you want with them.

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I hope that answers the questions for all of the people who were sending me inquires about the patterns. If you have any questions regarding this or any other Photoshop matter feel free to message me, I’m always up for complaining about how great and terrible Photoshop is C’:


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9 months ago

So it appears that Autodesk did a thing.

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Go nuts, my friends.


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9 months ago
Armour Study ByAstri Lohne
Armour Study ByAstri Lohne
Armour Study ByAstri Lohne
Armour Study ByAstri Lohne

Armour Study by Astri Lohne

Support the artist on Patreon!


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9 months ago

Copic Marker Hair Tutorial by alisa_suzuki


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10 months ago
first slide. top right reads: There are many types of cleft lip. unilateral (on one side), bilateral (on both sides), and complete (self-explanatory), incomplete (self-explanatory), and post-surgery (there is no cleft), no-surgery (there is a cleft). next to it is a photo of Joaquin Phoenix with no facial hair captioned "Joaquin Phoenix has it BTW (unilateral + incomplete)". below that are four drawings captioned "Examples". They're all the same bust sketches but with different mouths and noses. The first one is Unilateral + complete (post surgery). Text box reads "teeth can sometimes be slighly visible, scar present, tip of the nose points downward, if they had surgery you won't be able to tell half the time if you aren't looking for it, easier to tell from the nose than the lip/scar TBH". Next to it is one captioned "unilateral + complete (no surgery). Text reads: "teeth are visible, upper row of teeth goes with the shape of the lip, tip of the nose points other direction". Third one is "bilateral + complete (no surgery). Text reads: "two front teeth visible but they go to the sides, upper lip split into 3 parts: one attached to the columella and two to the outer nostrils, nose and nostrils are wider". the last one is "unilateral + incomplete (no surgery)". text reads: "teeth can sometimes be visible but mostly no, nose can sometimes be flatter + wider on the side of the cleft, doesn't go into the nostril."
second slide. the title reads "Drawing a character with cleft lip post lip surgery". the caption reads "some people also get rhinoplasty (nose surgery) but I won't go into it because it just gives you a "regular" nose and I don't think this needs a tutorial IDK". Below that are three drawings from the neck up. First one is of a woman with a faded cleft lip captioned "it's not always very visible". Second is of a Latino man with a gap in his moustache and slightly visible teeth, captioned "teeth can show". Third is of a Black woman with a large keloid scar, captioned "keloid scars sometimes happen". under those is a section called "what it can look like" with "can" in all caps and underscored. text reads: "cupid bow higher on the side of the cleft, nostril lower on the side of the cleft, actual scar, pulling from the scar creating a small opening right below it, nose pointing downwards and/or towards the scar". the drawing next to it has all these differences highlighted. note below it reads "if it's bilateral: the lip and nostrils can still be asymmetrical, the lips would probably be parted in the middle if at all". the last drawing at the bottom shows a person from the side-view and highlights the nose and lips. Text reads: "from the profile, the upper lip pokes out less". a note in the bottom right reads: "note: the scar is surgical. in most cases, it will be poorly visible, and in adults, faded. in some people it's honestly invisible, but it can also be reddish or paler than the rest of the skin. facial hair doesn't grow on scar tissue no matter how visible the scar is."
third slide. it's the same as the previous one, but for characters with no surgery. the three drawings show a Black man with an incomplete cleft lip showing his teeth, a white woman with a complete cleft, and a Black girl with a bilateral complete one. the section below shows a person with a bilateral cleft from the side, as well as a close-up on the mouth itself. text reads: "the middle part protrudes further than the nose (generally), nose and middle part are on a similar angle, when the mouth is closed the upper lip goes into the lower one". a note under the drawing reads "(the mouth here is slightly open to see everything from the side)". a text box under both drawings reads "incisors can be more hidden or visible (same with gums) and they can be straight or go to the sides. the actual lip is usually invisible on the middle part because it's often on the more inner side. it can look like the profile above but it's not as common". a section next to that one shows a person with an unilateral cleft lip and misaligned teeth on a 3/4 angle. text box reads: "upper teeth go towards the nostril with the cleft" and "the higher the cleft the more they will do that. compare the chara in top left vs the one above this text box."
fourth slide. it's titled "ok but what else". below that are two busts, one of a person without a cleft lip and the second of a person with a repaired cleft but no visible scar. caption reads "how to draw the subtle differences". text continues "distance between nose and upper lip is shorter, nose more down turned (can be much more than I drew TBH), lip pulls upward below where the cleft was. This way it's still visible even when there's no easy-to-see scar." the two drawings have all these differences color-coded. section below features the same drawings, but this time they show a character with a complete unilateral no-surgery cleft. first one shows the skeleton underneath, second has skin on. text reads "in a no-surgery uni complete cleft lip, think of the rows of teeth not as two horizontal rows but more of a triangle. the upper teeth are parted into 2 sections and they don't meet, but can overlap in the actual cleft spot. they don't go into the nostril BTW." a small note reads "gums are dark red and teeth are blue so you can tell which is which" and the drawing is color coded accordingly.
fifth slide, titled "the chibis the cartoons etc." with a header "(by someone who doesn't really draw in that style I'll do my best though). it shows two chibi drawings - one of a girl with a bilateral no-surgery cleft lip, second of a girl with a unilateral post-surgery one. they each have instructions below. for the first one, it shows a horizontal 3 with an additional bump, captioned "you can do this shape (it's kinda nose shaped?", next step draws two squares to the middle part, captioned "add teeth to the middle part, boom no nose needed." second drawing has its first instruction as "draw a basic smile, don't bother with subtle differences TBH just simpify it", followed by "draw an anime girl fang upside down, remember that the lip follows the shape. you can throw in a scar too."
sixth slide, titled "other types of clefts + things to consider for the character". it features two drawings: one of an East Asian woman with a cleft going from her lower eyelid to the corner of her mouth, and second of a South Asian woman in a headscarf with an indent in the middle of her eyebrow. she also has strabismus and her cleft eyebrow is very wide. they're captioned with cleft type 5 and 10 respectively. a text box reads "these are called Tessier clefts and they're like cleft lips but on different parts of the face. There's 14 of them in total and they can be comorbid with cleft lip and palate." the last section has no drawings and just a text box titled "info that you might find useful: most people with cleft lip worldwide didn't have surgery, most people in wealthy countries get surgery as babies, some people choose to get cosmetic revisions rhinoplasties etc. when they're older (most don't), first cleft lip surgery was in 390 BC, most people with a cleft lip have a cleft palate as well, don't call it a fucking 'hare lip' it's offensive and weird".

tutorial for drawing characters with cleft lip! sorry that it's mostly unilateral-centric but it makes up the vast majority of resources and photos. still tried to get tips for drawing bilateral clefts in though.

please keep in mind that this is an introductory drawing tutorial and has some generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People : )

if you draw any characters using this feel free to tag me!!


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1 year ago
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.
A Master Post Of Thomas Romains Art Tutorials.

A master post of Thomas Romain’s art tutorials.

There’s not enough space to post all of them, SO here’s links to everything he has posted (on twitter) so far : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. 

Now that new semesters have started, I thought people might need these. Enjoy your lessons!


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9 years ago
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post
The Pixel Art Mega Post

The Pixel Art Mega Post

Pixel Art Tutorials, Tools, Games, Sites, Tributes, Masterpieces

1.) PIXEL ART TUTORIALS

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Derek Yu)

HD Index Painting in Photoshop as Article and Video (by Dan Fessler)

No Bullshit Pixel Art Tutorial (by Retronator)

Pixel Art Knowledge (by various Pixel Artists)

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Cure)

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Android Arts)

Pixel Purism: Process vs Results (by Dan Fessler)

Pixelation Knowledge Repository (by Helm)

6 Pixel Art Drawing Techniques as Video (by GDQuest)

What the Heck is Pixel Art (by Pix3M)

Pixel Art Process - or 8 steps to a polished result (by Cyangmou)

Perfect Pixel Art with Specular and Bump Lighting in Unity (by Anton Kudin)

ISOmetric Pixel Art Cheat Sheet (by Dennis Busch)

GIMP Pixel Art Tool Setup Tutorial as Video (by Retronator)

Run Cycle Tutorial (by Glauber Kotaki)

Pixel Art Tutorials (by finalbossblues)

A Little Guide to Pixel Art (by Simon Hunter)

Secret Weapons and Tactics for Better Pixel Art (by 2D Will Never Die)

Pixel Art Tutorials (by drbubu)

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Studio Purloux)

Pixel Art Academy (by Retronator)

2.) PIXEL ART TOOLS

Free Pixel Art Tools:

Piskel [Windows/Mac + Browser]

Pixel Art Editor [Browser] -with collaborative editing mode-

Asesprite 0.95 [Windows/Mac/Linux]

Grafx2 [Windows/Mac/Linux]

Paint.NET [Windows]

GIMP [Windows/Mac/Linux] 

Paint [Windows]

Pixly [Android]

Commercial Pixel Art Tools:

Photoshop [Windows/Mac]

Pro Motion [Windows]

Pyxel Edit [Windows/Mac]

Asesprite [Windows/Mac]

GraphicsGale [Windows]

Pixaki [iPad]

Sprite Something [iPhone/iPad]

Sprite Lamp [Windows/Mac/Linux]

Pixel Art Tutorials:

Collection of Pixel Art Tutorials

Other related Tools:

Voxel Art Tools:

Qubicle [Windows/Mac] -Commercial-

MagicaVoxel [Windows/Mac] -Free-

Hexel Tools:

Hexels [Windows/Mac] -Commercial-

GIF Creation Tools and Tutorials:

Ways to create animated GIFs

Game Making Tools:

The Big List of Game Making Tools

3.) PIXEL ART SITES / COMMUNITIES

Pixel Dailies

Pixel Joint

TIGSource Tumblr and TIGSource Forums

Retronator Magazine and Retronator Tumblr

PixelArtus

Pixelation

DeviantArt Groups (Pixel Artists and G-Pixel)

2D Will Never Die

4.) GAMES WITH PIXEL ART (PART 1)

Curses N Chaos

Odallus: The Dark Call

Tick Tock Isle

Freedom Planet

Tower57

Iconoclasts

Eitr

Heart Forth, Alicia

Olympia Rising

Shovel Knight

MegaSpehre

Mercenary Kings

Maldita Castilla

Foxtail

Beard Blade

More Games with Pixel Art can be found here

5.) GAMES WITH PIXEL ART (PART 2)

Into The Rift

Witchmarsh

CrossCode

NeuroVoider

Cerulean Moon

Dungeon of the Endless

Timespinner

Owlboy

Hive Jump

Leilani’s Island

Chasm

Ninja Senki

CoinOp Story

Starr Mazer

VHS Story

More Games with Pixel Art can be found here

6.) PIXEL ART MASTERPIECES (PART 1)

Pixel Art Diorama - Treasure (by cocefi)

Pixels, Huh - Scene #14 ‘Ben’ (by Octavi Navarro)

Level 4 - Hell! (by vierbit)

Autonomous Space Suit (by Oncle Gab)

Pixel Art Diorama - Fishing Spot (by cocefi)

Neo(n) Pixel Art I - Ceremony (by valenberg)

Platformer House (by bugpixel)

Cyberpunk Pixel Art (by Jason Tammemagi)

Pixel Art Diorama - Bookkeeper’s Garden (by cocefi)

Vikings Tavern (by albertov)

Panduranga Temple (by Socnau)

A Donkey’s Life (by iLKke)

Pixel Art Diorama - (Re)Drawn to Life (by cocefi)

Neo(n) Pixel Art II - Neon Bounty Hunters (by valenberg)

zero (by valenberg)

Neo(n) Pixel Art II - Jet Plastic (by valenberg)

More Pixel Art Masterpieces can be found here

7.) PIXEL ART TRIBUTES TO GAMES (PART 1)

Tribute (by retronator)

Mirror’s Edge (by junkboy)

Bayonetta (by junkboy)

Smash Bros. - Mario and Mega Man (by AbyssWolf)

The Last of Us (by pwang)

Left 4 Dead 2 (by AbyssWolf)

God of War (by pwang)

Smash Bros. - Samus in Zero Suit (by AbyssWolf)

Smash Bros. - Samus in Power Suit (by AbyssWolf)

Hyrule Warriors - Link (by AbyssWolf)

Colossal Katamari (by snakepixel)

Dark Souls - Beat Them All Demake (by Mr_HK_)

Isometric TF2: Badlands (by gas13)

Metroid - Mockup (by Robin Wouters)

Dark Souls II - Bonfire (by Bandygrass)

Alien Isolation (by jonroru)

Dark Souls (by zedotagger)

Captain Toad (by Paul Robertson)

Chip and Dale 3 - Mockup (by snakepixel)

Turrican II (by junkboy)

Super ISO Bros: The Other Side (by Emperor_Pixel)

Splatoon (by Davitsu)

A New Wario Land - Mockup (by snakepixel)

Metal Gear Solid - Psycho Mantis Battle (by tenpoundpixel)

More Pixel Art Tributes to Games can be found here

8.) PIXEL ART TRIBUTES TO MOVIES (PART 1)

Adventure Time - Finn and Jake (by AbyssWolf)

8-Bit Ghibli: My Neighbor Totoro (by Richard J. Evans)

Akira (by mazeon)

Adventure Time - Swords (by Luciana Nascimento)

Star Wars - Millenium Falcon in Asteroid Field (by mazeon)

The Pix Lebowski (by Spiddrelli)

Adventure Time - Treehouse (by Gengar)

Tron (by mazeon)

Game of Thrones (by Czarek Luczynski)

8-Bit Ghibli: Princess Mononoke (by Richard J. Evans)

Game of Thrones (by Orkimides)

Mad Max: Fury Road (by Mazok Pixels and Misha Petrick)

Simpsons Pixels (by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon)

Watchmen: Rorschach (by mazeon)

Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan (by mazeon)

The Dark Knight: Joker’s Car Chase (by Bruno Moraes)

More Pixel Art Tributes to Movies can be found here


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1 year ago

@icequeenabby and @pageofheartdj sorry this got long and I had to make a whole new post >.<

ok so! first of all here's the site I mentioned (highly suggested, you won't regret the hard work).

then for a small tutorial (I hope I make sense)

The line of action is not the curve of the spine, but the path of the movement of the body. More like a guide of the force and movement of an action. You can use more than one on a single pose of a figure, eg for the torso and for the arms or one for an arm and one for the rest of the body.

First thing you wanna do is find the movement in the pose you wanna create. every pose has movement, even "static" ones like sitting, sleeping etc and even if you're only drawing a bust.

(for this,as with all drawing, the best advice is to observe real life, even before starting practicing drawing poses)

so, step 1: draw a line

@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<

the human body mostly moves through S an C shapes, an S shape is good to start with because we are usually starting with a core movement, so the torso is the main character here.

I said that the line of action is not necessary the spine, but it can happen to be similar or close to it as it is our core. just do not let that constrain you.

step 2: head, rib cage and pelvis

@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<

using the first line we're placing these three along it and marking what direction they're facing with those cross lines.

you can already see the movement.

step 3: secondary lines of action

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be loose and go with the flow! Remember: ACTION FIRST, STRUCTURE SECOND! that means that the anatomy comes after the movement you are trying to depict. build the structure on top of the action.

(of course that does not mean anatomy is less important, they work in tandem, and a better learning of anatomy gives you also a better grasp on portraying movement)

step 4: legs, aka more Lines of action

@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<
@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<

the line of action is not necessarily a curve, it can also be a straight, and creating a visual contrast using both types makes the pose more interesting.

Of course there isn't a single way to do the same thing

@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<

a single line of action (B) would have also worked to start with!

Here's 2 examples of more dynamic poses I drew:

@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<
@icequeenabby And @pageofheartdj Sorry This Got Long And I Had To Make A Whole New Post >.<

with more dynamic and extreme poses the main line of action is more often a C shape as the body compresses. (objects can have lines of action too! notice donnie's bo and mikey's nunchaku)

As I said, learning anatomy goes hand in hand with practicing poses and lines of action, as you will notice how the single parts of the body move and the way they all have their own intrinsic movement.

To start is useful to take some pictures of people/animals and just draw the lines of action on top. Start with just one line of action and after you've practiced a bit, move on to photos of more complex poses and find the secondary lines.

☆ I hope this can be useful! ☆

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