Tuesday Tip - Wrist Control
An expressive hand gesture can be the exclamation point to a nice pose or gesture. We tend to forget how much mobility can be achieved through the wrist. Here’s a reminder of a few different ways the wrist can bend and twist, allowing for even more expressive poses.
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hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty
rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD.
red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
blue- shade with purple
purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
pink- darker shade of red
white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red
aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!
If you’re a visual learner…
I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:
I’m a visual learner. Very much so
I’m sure someone has mentioned it on here but this is great if you aren’t considering environment. It’s sort of clinical in nature. A good tip if you’re looking for realism is to well, look at life. Most shadow from natural light will be cool compared to the base or the tint. If you shift all of your shadow colors to the cooler side of the spectrum, it will make your lighting pop.
Light also reflects things. It’ll reflect the colors of things onto other things, even if they’re not super chrome or mega reflective. Study color but also study the material. Light and color behave in weird ways.
i didn’t mean to make this so long but i wanted to both analyze my own style and give other people a look into it! I hope someone can find some use for it!
I’ve found that drawing the head starts to make a lot more sense once you start thinking about cheekbones and cheeks, and how the fit into the head structure.
You might be aware of the Mysterious Indent that Looks Good Next to the Outer Part of the Eye, or the Mystery Indent for short.
Drawing a Mystery Indent may serve you fine if you only draw the head from flat angles, but it falls apart when you get adventurous.
Why isn’t this making sense anymore?
Drawing a ‘Mystery Indent’ is an attempt to imply cheekbones without knowing how they actually incorporate into the skull, and this is why it looks so unconvincing when you use it to draw the head in anything other than ¾ view.
The cheekbones wrap around the head and eye sockets from above the bridge of the nose. The concave you draw if you draw the ‘Mystery Indent’ is a misunderstanding. There is no concave. You should instead be thinking of this as where the eye socket/brow overlaps the (convex!) cheekbone.
Compare the cheekbones on both sides for placement. They should match up and correspond with each other.
(Knowing cheekbone structure helps when drawing gaunt characters, because their cheekbones may stick out. Remember to compare the cheekbone placement on both sides!)
* This is part of a much larger tutorial I’m working on about head, face, and facial feature structure. Hopefully more to come eventually?
Uff idk I just draw them. Do you mean how you draw them in general or in my style? My style is pretty simple when it comes to lines: fat and some are interrupted.
If you mean clothes in general maybe this will help:
First
of all dont do stickmans. Idk why its recommended in so many artbooks but they are useless af. A stickman doesnt give you any information about the bodies volume. When you draw a body frontal thats one thing but as soon as you move the camera more to the side or want to draw a dynamic pose you need much more information in your sketch to draw the outlines
My best tipp is to draw as “messy” as possible (messy = information about anatomy). The more information you put into a sketch the easier it will be for you to draw the outlines. When you draw a stickman you have the minimum of information so of course it will be harder for you to “find” the correct outlines. Just compare it:
Which one is more usefull hmmmm ??????
Dont know how experienced you are so I will explain it just in case: You need to understand humans anatomy in order to dress them up. Where are the muscles? Which parts are overlaping? Where is my movement line?
Before I draw clothes I set a middle line and the side lines. The blue ones:
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belt buckle is fixed on the middle line. SIT DOWN FIRST AND HOLD ON TO YOUR CHAIR BEFORE YOU CONTINUE READING: Guys actually manspread 24/7 bc of their dong. Thats why you should see the inner fabric seam in this position (= side lines).
The middle and side lines help you a lot to get the anatomy right and are also usefull when it comes to clothes!
Especially in complicated poses/perspectives. Dont forget that clothes have their own volume! The sidelines are only a guide!
Folds:
When I draw folds i try to make different lines/shapes. some are more round, some are a little edgy.
Keep in mind to follow the muscles. Dont draw them randomly. Use a mirror.
Overlaps are essential to convey volume (thats why you need a detailed sketch).
The better you are at drawing anatomy the better you will draw clothes.
Yes! Hands are one of my favourite things to draw! before you settle on any sort of style, you need to study real hand anatomy either online or via life drawing, understanding hands can be really tricky (which is fine, we learn as we go along).
As for some tips on the way I draw hands, here is some pointers I came up with, apologies for my monstrous handwriting:
I personally love to exaggerate the hands to be as bold and expressive as possible, especially if the mood is something action or adventure-based. Hands are almost like little characters of their own. You can modify them with big gestures or little details (like the pinky finger out if it’s a posh character) as long as it stays believable-looking. Some of my examples!
(Also, use your own hands for reference! You have hands, use them!)
NOTE: one type of fold will rarely appear on its own - they interact with each other quite a bit! for example, spiral folds might define the outline of a pant leg, while the interior folds might be zig-zag folds.
i’m trying to re-learn how to draw clothing, so i made this little guide to the most common shapes of folds that appear. hope it helps someone else too!
