Notes on what goes into how I do expressions/faces.
I felt bad I pretty much did a “draw a circle NOW DRAW THE REST OF THE OWL” for this question so I thought to expand a bit.
for the anon that wanted more head angles. It’s not explained well, I apologize for that but maybe this will help a little bit.
Not sure if I've asked this, butt in regards to your last picture you uploaded and all of your drawings, how do you know where to line up the head/cranium with the rest of the spine in cases where the head is turned or posed?
well that is simple, the head ideally sits in the middle of the spine…
positioning the head is not the difficult part, in most cases ‘artists’ don’t need to make things ‘look’ right but make it ‘feel’ right. specially when drawing idealized and/or from imagination altering proportions and poses is rather common ⁽ˢᵘᵖᵉʳʰᵉʳᵒ ᶜᵒᵐᶦᶜ ᵃʳᵗᶦˢᵗˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵉˣᵃᵐᵖᶫᵉ⁾
the easiest way⁽ᶦᶰ ᵐʸ ᵒᵖᶦᶰᶦᵒᶰ⁾ is to use the shoulders. Most of the time when drawing poses i will actually place the shoulders first and then draw the head. Maybe try ‘gesture drawing’ as exercise.
Wrist in Motion Top Image Row 2: Left, Right Row 3: Left, Middle, Right Row 4: Disney’s Beast, Source Unknown Bottom Row: Left, Middle, Right (Source Unknown)
well I just got here and all but I'd sort of like a tutorial on how you do shading and highlights? yours is really good, and I can't really shade or anything, so if you could explain how you do that, that might be cool? no pressure of course!
It’s been forever but I did this ajshaj
Quick notes:- I use Paint Tool SAI 2- some of the tools and layer names are in Russian but it all should still be understandable I hope
So here’s a tutorial on I do my simple coloring
There’s not much to it but maybe this can help someone
Clothing Tutorials,Tips and Guides
In order to make interesting designs of clothing, look around the web about outfit design, keep your mind with fresh ideas so then you can draw nice outfits on your characters.
Remember to keep in mind color theory when designing an outfit too, keep it balanced unless you are aiming for a sparkledog, then go nuts with the colors.