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a little illustration for @americachavez's equivalent exchange which you should all be reading expediently. thank you
Reblogged
a little illustration for @americachavez's equivalent exchange which you should all be reading expediently. thank you
a little illustration for @americachavez's equivalent exchange which you should all be reading expediently. thank you
I just wanted to say that you do art so wonderfully, and that you've found this perfectly-you, innate way to capture whatever inner turmoil or buried emotion that our beloved Arcane characters are feeling. There's a lot of effort that must go into that and you've done so well in portraying them, and most of the time just with single scene glances at their eyes, no less! We're all so proud of you. Have a gold star
HEY this is really nice and made me cry a little bit. thank you
I really like your art style. I was wondering if you had tips on how to draw consistent bodies and faces? Or any art tips to share? If not, no worries.
hi this is so sweet!! thank you for asking!! the best advice i can give is to practice unfortunately, which i know is everybody's least favorite thing to hear. life drawing is really useful for learning body proportions and how different parts move, and also for learning to draw bodies in perspective. there are tons of websites to do actual croquis-style quick life drawings from photos of different models. i do recommend doing them in person though, if possible! watching the actual model move into different poses gives me a great idea of motion and keeps my drawings from feeling stiff. i also highly recommend michel lauricella's morpho books for helping to learn anatomy for drawing. i will say 9 times out of 10 my drawings start as the most basic breakdown of the pose i want to use, like a literal stick figure with joints, and then i flesh out in layers of detail from there
faces are a little different but my personal method has always been studying tons of reference images until you have a method for mapping and placing features and a basic shape language for each-- eyes nose mouth etc. the more detailed your studies are at the beginning, the more you will be able to break any face down into proportions, and the more you will learn to simplify those features while still having your drawings look like whoever you want them to look like!
as for consistency, truly drawing the same thing repeatedly is the only way to achieve this. i'm an animator and a comic artist, which means all i do is draw things over and over again, so i have a lot of practice -- but it is a skill that is learned, not innate. the more you train your eye and hand the easier it becomes!!
i hope that helps or whatever, i'm no expert by any means but i'm always happy to share what advice i have! xoxo