#proportions and technique

[littlejumpydogheart]

Workshop of… my most amazing art teacher!

#he was so kind and helped me frame an artwork today for an upcoming show #I only asked to wire the back but he also cut and fitted glass for me ‘ sanded the frame ‘ taped the painting to the mat with proper #proportions and technique #offered me all kinds of advice and lent me tools! #not too mention he is busy with wedding preparations this month! #✧

[rui-drawsbox]

How do you draw cowboy hats so well TEACH ME UOUR WAYSSSSSSS /nf lol

I DONT??????? WHO LIED TO YOU JDSKFHLKJSAD

if this is about the two and half boothill fanarts i did, i just copied the hat from screenshots

did a little study for his gestures before starting anything srs (im in love with how he moves) and i (unwillingly) also had to do his hat

for the red-sketch thing i had to midly improvise the perspective from the references i already studied and for the colored icon i just copied the ingame screenshot LMAO

(↑he's so cute im gonna explode)

i dont have ANY technique for cowboy hats, if i ever drew one before boothill i dont remember it KHDKSJF super flattered that i fooled you tho 🤭

#rui thinks loudly #honestly i hate drawing hats i hate it i hate it i hate it #i can never guess the right hat-head proportion i always make it too small or too big or wrong perspective i have to re do it 50 times #my technique is 'fake it till you make it' or smth like that JFASDHJKFLSDA #again look at blushing boothill hes so cuteeeeeeee #also how is he blushing does he have like red oil instead of blood or smth

[distant--shadow]

#imodna #imogen temult #laudna #critical role #finger painting in both technique (still got no tablet so we're laptop trackpadding it) and subject matter #colours making me slow down and spend more time on proportions and volume though so the slowed pace is good #colouring oldies #when will my road be salted

[sailing-ever-west]

it occurs to me that not everybody studied art books religiously as a kid like I did and weren't always taught super useful basic stuff

so random psa for any beginner artists trying to figure out proportions: the eyes go in the middle of the head

This doesn't have to be exact of course and there's always room for stylization but basically the whole area above the eyes is supposed to leave room for the hair, bc it doesn't just sit flat on top of the head separately. If the eyes are below center, the nose and mouth usually end up too small and the forehead is huge. If they're above center, it makes the person's face look unrealistically long and makes it seem like their skull ends at their hairline. Anyway, that's mainly what the cross lines are for on the face, to properly center the eyes. It makes everything else fall into proportion way more easily.

#art tips #drawing #beginner artists #art tutorial #drawing technique #these are things i remember just Knowing from a young age same as “red and blue make purple” #bc i read them in books and i was like ok makes sense #but not everybody got to have that experience so sometimes i see artists who are pretty advanced in other areas #like lineart and shading style #but their fundamental shapes are still out of proportion #and it could be really easily fixed with a couple of concepts and some practice

[gotyouanyway]

i’ve started teaching myself (again for like the 6th time since i was 14) how to draw people and i’m rly enjoying it for the first time i’m so excited.. i’ve always wanted to be able to draw like people and objects and scenes yknow. art. but never had the patience or a learning mindset now i find i’m actually enjoying the process and even though i’m so bad at it i can see how i’ll improve and augh. feels good

#i took enough art in high school that i can like. hold a pencil and do basic composition and colour theory #and some other basic like perspective techniques and some body/face proportions yknow how art class is #but i’m teaching myself with tutorials and whatnot and just Doing it like just drawing stuff #doing it stupid and doing it a lot #the face i drew today was way better than the one i drew yesterday :) #p

[time-slink]

What was the timeframe you felt you improved your art the most? Was there anything specific you did to improve?

ooh, good question! i’d have to say either the latter half of 2021 (below) where i was branching out into painting more and i feel like my art started to have a bit more depth— or right now! because i feel like i’ve been managing to draw faster, more consistently, and with more movement!

as for what i did; hm. i did a LOT of looking at other peoples art, noting what i liked about it, and trying to weave it into mine. started studying more, drawing from life, really taking a moment to process what i see instead of looking at it! it’s a learned ability but truly one of the best parts of being an artist— the view!

#shush slinky #asks #you can see my proportions were still a little off here #but i was trying new colors and techniques and even thinking about how light goes through skin etc! #i dont paint as much now as i did back then because i’m more focused on figure art but i still look back on this period fondly #it’s easy to point out the mistakes now but i went for it!! i tried something new!! and it’s gotten me pretty far #addition: top left pic got me a lot of heat on twitter lol. fun times indeed

[drawawyvern]

anyway here's a sketch of mariam I don't think I'll do anything with so might as well post it

#drawawyvern #and then we danced #Ana Javakishvili #atwd #i love her character so much like every equivalent character in a similar movie is just there for conflict or heteronormativity or whatever #she has a personality and stuff and is wonderful #the proportions are ever so slightly off but not enough that she's not recognizable #i could fix it in editing like i normally do but that takes about an hour and isn't really worth it when i'll just leave it here #hair isn't coloured in really because of my digital painting technique #but again not bothering with that #i'll do more atwd art just not this #not sure what yet! but i am free from my freelance work finally so i can actually do something :D

[kdm13]

she got them poison tipped claws and the boots with the fur

look who i finally finished! took three separate attempts at sketching before i was happy with it, and then it took most of three hours for me to do the painting last night, but she's finally done!

acrylic on an 8 x 10 canvas [image ID] first image is a painting of Lady Sneasler standing and laughing behind her claws. she is surrounded by a cloud of purple and pink gas. second image is a closeup of her claws, which are dripping poison. third image is a closeup of her feet, where the purple fur is feathered [end ID] Lord Electrode ko-fi

#pla #pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #Lady Sneasler #fanart #my art #i had to legit put measure the midpoints of the canvas and mark that on the edges to get the proportions good enough XD #i also made /way/ too much of the base color so it's still just. sitting on the plastic pallet. covered in tin foil #at my friend's apartment #i was thinking about painting a nice sky with it but i didn't finish until after midnight and i had stuff i needed to do today #i'm still figuring out techniques and such but i'm getting better i think!

[lavenderjewels]

He’s so cute :)

#minus the shoes this looks exactly from the manga I’m so 💖💖💖💖💖 #choso #jujutsu kaisen #i hope he looks even more dead/paler in the anime #😌 he’s going to look SO GOOD with the new style esp with his technique #id in alt #his hair and face proportions were slightly off to me in season 1. not bad or anything but this is sm better #rest in peace the boots though

[shiningstarr15]

Hey so I drew these of my OC (it’s just me in my art style) but I was pretty proud of them and I have different variants so here you go lol

Ver 1: ace stars

Ver 2: widow sisters fangirl

Ver 3: music treble base heart feat. Added accessories

I think I’m getting better at procreate 🥰

#art #digital art #cartoon #animation style #my art style #my oc #procreate #poses and proportions #working on hands and feet #and I’m happily getting better at hair #still working on coloring technique #different versions #ace #aroace #stars #ace pride #black widow fangirl #widow sisters symbol #music #treble base heart #ace necklace #yellow flower earrings #platonic shipper #platonic attraction #infinity symbol #actually autistic #autism infinity symbol #bi bracelet #bi oriented aroace #biplatonic

[banarbra-art]

Sooo, I got an iPad and Apple pencils for Christmas/birthday from my family and have been enjoying doing life studies and still lifes. This is my friend Kiki wearing a kimono at an event we went to. It could use some more depth and detail (especially the hand) but I’m pretty proud of it. I might revisit it later.

Here’s a time lapse:

#yes I did trace her photo first #we’re busy adults I’m not gonna ask her to sit for a couple hours in seiza #and I tried doing it by just looking the the proportions were super off #bana draws #life study #digital art #kimono #portrait #procreate #Japan #mostly I just wanted to practice different brushes and techniques since I’m still new with procreate #I don’t think there’s any shame in tracing your own photo

[regallibellbright]

All right! Back half portion of the last bit of Namine’s hair is done; I have begun on the final section and while that shape will be Tricky, I expect it to be very doable. (If it REALLY isn’t working I can very easily do the side portion as individual strand as well, and the back shape as it is still works and adds some thickness to her increasingly dense hair so that the back and sides feel roughly even with the bangs.

#crafting with regalli #twilight town amigurumi #twilight town amigurumi: namine edition #crochet #wips #I’ll probably need another week longer than anticipated to FINISH #because assembly still promises to be tricky there #but it will not be too hard to ensure it doesn’t impede arm placement in attachment and this is in fact the last true challenge #arms will just be eyeballing to stay proportional; dress is length and then see if I go with the COMPLICATED idea for the trim #or something else that produces the same effect #even with picot being a new technique to me I don’t anticipate what I have in mind would prove HARD

[vilevampire]

comparing the irumi that I drew last year (on the left) with the one that I drew this year my improvement is surprisingly clear . I am pretty pleased

#lucasings #she looks way cuter now #more appeal. better painting technique (even w/ less details). better posing anatomy and proportions #I rarely praise myself . sometimes I think my older art looks better than my newer art #but this one is nice #for now .

[eggthew]

I wanna draw a meet the artist but I'm now so out of practice drawing people 😭 sonic has well and truly taken over my life

#the bases are the same. like i use the same technique for drawing both people and mobians #but how i veiw proportions will never be the same again #egg talks

[art-legetable]

I think mistakes are some of the most important things you can do in life, and I dislike heavily how they are thought of as inherently bad or something you shouldn't do.

#mistakes have always been my greatest teacher #far more so than any peer or adult in my life #if you fear making mistakes you'll never learn or do anything #because one of the best ways to get good at something by sucking hard at it. #when i first picked up art or writing or music i sucked major ass st all of it #but i kept going #and learning what did and didnt work #and what helped me specifically #for example #with art: I use straight lines and ridgid shapes to block out a sketch. and that I suffer heavily without a reference image. #but by combining those things I get smooth lines and even proportions. #i learned that through experimentation of different techniques #I learned the biggest lessons however in my fuckups with relationships. #I did not grow up in the best home and my reference for things was skewed. especially as I considered myself responsible #for making people laugh and be happy and smile #and that evolved into a need to help others and fight their battles for them #which always ended in disaster and burnt bridges. even if i didnt understand why at the time. #i got s little distracted but #through struggling with interactions and relationships i grew to understand it more and have healthier relationships. #Now #i should say that in your entire life. youll never stop learning and making mistakes. #you can reframe it though. so that mistakes are no longer this terrible horrible thing. but a natural event which you try to learn from.

[bi-panic-at-the-disco]

nothing makes me more smug as when someone compliments my art

#disco speaks! #someone said that they like my marker technique and I went full smug of knife cat proportions