Art Tutorials - Tumblr Posts - Page 2
for all the artists out there, here are my favorite resources i use to learn!
Files
The Complete Famous Artist Course
Art Books and Resources
Art, Anatomy, and Color Books
PDF Files of Art Books
Internet Archive
YouTube
My YouTube Playlist of Tutorials
How to Draw Facial Features
Drawing and Art Advice
Drawing Lessons
Art Fundamentals
Anatomy of the Human Body
2D Animation
Perspective Drawing
Websites
Pinterest Board for Poses
Another Pinterest Board for Poses
Pinterest Boards for References
Reference Angle
Figurosity
Sketch Daily
Line of Action
Human Anatomy
Animal Photo References
Humanae - Angélica Dass
Fine Art - Jimmy Nelson
Character Design References
CDR's Twitter Account
iamagco's Twitter Account
taco1704's Twitter Account
takuya_kakikata's Twitter Account
EtheringtonBro's Twitter Account
Drawabox
Color Wheel
Color Palette Cinema
Free Images and Pictures
Free Stock Photos
FILMGRAB
Screen Musings
William Nguyen Light Reference Tool
Animation References - sakugabooru
Animation References - Bodies in Motion
I never knew how much I needed this until now, thank you so much
how to draw arms ? ?
how to draw arms ? ?
How to Draw Native People: a Tutorial/Reference Guide
As requested, here is a basic guide for how to draw Indigenous peoples (mostly focused on North America)! Also please note that this is not an exhaustive list of Native American phenotypes/features, and more like an intro on very common features that can be found in us, and even then, not altogether at once on a single person’s face. I highly encourage the use of references and care taken into research when drawing. I may do a part 2 that goes slightly more into depth, but for now, enjoy part one.
Resouces:
How to draw Native Skin tutorial (don’t draw us red!)
List of Native American Celebrities, which include their tribe(s) and home country, with 1,250 names, to use for your referencing pleasure
How to draw black people by Peachdeluxe, & Black hair in depth by misslaney for mixed black Natives
How to draw East Asian People, a guide by Chuwenjie, for mixed Asian Natives AND because it includes a lovely tutorial on monolid eyes, a shared feature of Native people
get drawin!!
Gotta love some artist tips
I have some older art tips that I keep forgetting to post here. I'll add a few in the next few days, at least those that aren't too outdated!
This one is about giving an extra feel of weight to your characters.
Hey there! Random question but I'm curious, how would you go about drawing chainmail? I have a D&D character that has chainmail under their armour and every time I try to draw them I'll start off by drawing all the links by hand then it gets way too tedious so I go look for chainmail pattern on google and paste it lmao but it feels like I'm cheating by doing that, and it clashes with the style I'm going for. I was wondering if you had any tips or tricks?
I don’t feel particularly great at drawing chain-mail either but there’s a technique I learned from a tutorial a bunch of years ago that I think makes a pretty good texture. It’s fast and the end result is cartoon-y enough to match a less photo-realistic style. I can’t for my life find the tutorial so I’ll recreate it here (using Photoshop):
1. Fill your canvas with black or white. Filter -> Render -> Clouds
2. Filter -> Filter Gallery -> Glass (under the Distort category)Keep smoothness as low as possible, play with the other settings
3. Find a filter in Filter Gallery that you like and apply it. Combine them, if needed.
4. When applying texture to the drawing, use Edit->Transform->Warp to make it fit the shape you’re trying to convey
You can stack more filters on after the texture is placed or draw over it with a textured brush to make it look less uniform if that’s what you want. Add a shine to it with a big soft brush, colorize it, go crazy. I go with whatever looks best to me atm.
This is how I did Geralt’s armor too, though since I knew the final print will be smaller than 1.5″ I didn’t worry about details much.
Hope that helps!
i know you are joking but OP, this is perfect color theory! The white black and blue are the major colors of the picture, i suppose you can call this "pallete 1", which is fine. white and black are neutral and go well with anything the pink, yellow, green, purple, blue and yellow bits are smaller and detailed bits, this is what is known as the minor colors of the picture, which is important to any picture so it doesn't strain the eyes. the multi colors appear to have a similar value and distance away from each other on the color wheel, making a "poly-chromatic" color scheme. Totally valid. This is basically my nerdy way of saying: Fam don't worry about it, your shit looks pretty as fuck. anyways here is a video that is helpful!
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once my debit card comes in the mail ill be able to get money, and ill sell it on hoodies and tshirts and stuff on Teepublic hehehehe
Howwww do you even begin to figure out folds no matter how hard I try they never look right
It's all triangles. References and a mirror/camera are your best friend. If you can't find the perfect angle on google images, make your own ref! Think in physics! I like to pretend I'm a 3d modeling program cloth simulation on a model. (Somehow this is how I made a breakthrough and figured it out. gif below of what i imagine in my noggin)
How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form. The shrimp photo I used is here Please support me on patreon so I can make more tutorials! :)
Just a reminder to stop collecting art tutorials and start actually doing them lmao
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
A simple guide to picking a great color palette. No matter what the colors are, using colors that are certain distances from each other on the color wheel result in a great contrast of colors. The simple color schemes shown above are used in the most popular logos, posters, websites, paintings, and even movies and television.
Crawling Pose
Credit: Etherington Bros
I just went back through over 900 liked posts and dug out all the art tutorials so i can keep track of them. I guess this might be helpful to some of you guys, so here you go.
Here we go then!
Freeware
Alchemy - this is a really fun program. You play around making abstract shapes until you start to see something in them, kind of like a Rorschach test. Then you use the shapes as a base to draw it from. MyPaint - a pretty decent painting program that also has the benefit of working on Unix systems. openCanvas 1.1 - I haven’t used openCanvas in years but it was a nice program with a pretty unique feel to it. ArtRage - Only used this a couple of times donkey’s years ago just before I got oC, but I’ve heard good things about it. The GIMP - In a similar vein to Photoshop, but free. I couldn’t get on with it when I tried it out a few years ago, but it’s pretty popular and is available on Unix systems and Macs.
Sketchbook copic: a bit different program
Not-free-ware
Photoshop - Standard painting fare. Probably the most flexible program (particularly the latest versions) but not designed to act in a “natural” way. If you’ve used it for painting versus something like Painter you know what I mean. Who the fuck pays for it though? Google “Photoshop tumblr masterpost” and take your pick. Paint Tool Sai - Far more affordable and definitely worth paying for if you can. The brushes are very decent (especially when they’ve been tweaked a little), the gui is simple and intuitive, and I dare you to find a program with which making smooth lineart is easier. Corel Painter - My program of choice for most things. More tools than you could ever possibly use and pretty cheap on a student license, providing that you can prove you’re a student! It’s got a few bugs but if you want realism or a more natural feel than PS or SAI this is the program for you.
Anatomy
heads from different angles
anatomy and rotation of the head
human anatomy for artists
speed drawing studies
nude references
hands
arm and wing movement
beer bellies
body types
noses
box and egg/run of the stroke
a trick for arm proportions
body diversity
anatomy of the waist
feet
hands and forearms
Expressions
emotions and facial expressions
expressions from different angles (love this site)
body language
Poses
figure drawing examples
posemaniacs
gesture drawing
flexiblity
hand poses
Skin tones
handy pallet
painting skin
paint some life into your skin tones
ethnic skintones
Colouring
gamut mask tool (very nice!)
colour does not have to suck
5 easy ways to improve your colouring
fucking gradients, how do they work
light and shadow
painting crystals
achieving a painterly look in SAI
painting forests
colour scheme designer
kuler (more colour schemes)
portrait lighting cheatsheet
Brushes
a very nice setting for the sai acrylic brush
photoshop fur brushes (and tutorial)
lots of photoshop brushes
Other peoples masterposts
handy art link megapost
art references
stock artists
cocks and how to draw them
love your fellow artist (anything from prompt generators to animation background here, very nice)
e-books
art e-books (mediafire download)
even more e-books (including human anatomy, animal anatomy, cartoons, animation, composition, design, scenery, perspective…)
Andrew Loomis’s books
the art of drawing
cutting edge anatomy
Tutorials
drawing 101
how to paint realistic hair
how to paint realistic eyes
conceptart.org tutorials
creature design
folds
glasses
a pretty extensive general art tutorial
tumblrs
fucking art, how does it work
wannabe animator
anatomical art
artist problems
criminallyincompetent (check out their #reference and #tutorial tags, they’re gold)