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Any posts about drawing necks that connect to the body?

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The question is a little vague, but I hope this helps! I found these on pinterest and couldn’t track the OPs. Please lmk who the artists are if you know!EDIT: Added credit!

a beard tutorial that I was requested to make! I hope that some of you find it helpful! 

hmm this is a little weird to ask but how would you incorporate body horror or the uncanny valley into a monster design? all ive seen so far is r/nosleep too wide smile rake ripoffs n they kinda. suck

i think the simplest way to dip into uncanny valley irt monster design is just incorporating some humanlike features  on a clearly nonhuman body. having a humanoid face on a quadrupedal form tends to do that very easily, anything to evoke a sense of wrongness but not quite jarringly horrific.

its why pacu teeth tend to unsettle people

or like if youre making something more humanoid, for example making body parts Longer than they should be seems to work really well  

this is all subjective but i personally think the body parts that are best to modify for uncanny purposes are eyes, teeth, and hands because theyre the most recognizable, uniquely Human parts of our body. just putting human eyes or teeth or hands onto a nonhuman animal is enough to wig people out, and more delicate play with those features produces great results

uncanny valley horror works by givibg the impression of close approximation to what we know but being off in some way or another. thats part of why the really hackneyed “wooooo he was smiling UNNATURALLY WIDE SO SCARY” thing is popular on nosleep or why the  monster mimicking human voices or body but somehow Wrong (movements too jerky, voice has wrong cadence or sounds like an audio loop, etc) trope is so successful (and getting really old at this point even tho i like it)

body horror tends to work similarly but instead of “this looks like a human but something about it is really off and its creeping me out” its “THATS NOT HOW A BODY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK AHHHHH”. the easiest way (a little lazy but fun) is just giving things Extra parts or parts where they shouldnt be, like eyes teeth etc, or wildly distorting how body parts should be. body horror also requires recognizability, like you have to be able to see what was once familiar/human but you can be a lot more violent with it. 

like as an example john carpenters “the thing” is like the classic body horror movie. body horror doesnt have to be quite as gorey to be successful but i think the general language established in that film is really good, just twisting forms we recognize in ways that feel painful and wrong

Very happy to finally post my third tutorial! Thank you so much for your overwhelming support of my last tutorial, I am so happy it was useful for you guys 🙇‍♀️. I feel like this topic was harder to explain so feel free to ask me some questions if you want!

Like last time, I really hope this helps some of you in your art path 🙌

✧ simple tips for how I draw full beards ✧

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Do you have an tips or tricks for 3/4 view? Ever time I draw it the eyes and nose come out wonky.

If youre having trouble you can always grid it out to see what isnt lining up! the nose should fall on the centerline and the eyes/mouth/etc should all be parallel. Unfortunately I dont have any wierd tricks or anything but here’s a quick thing ;; 

Hello! Do you have any tips for drawing cows? I really struggle with stylizing them and I love how you draw them

sorry this took so long to reply to but i finally got around to cows again.

western cattle are very much an arrangement of rectangles. their topline is straight and angular contrasted by their flabby skin and wrinkles, then you see them from the front or back and they’re round?? the best way to learn to draw animals is life sketches, I go to our annual agriculture show to see cows. They’re also shaved for the show ring there so i get a clear image of them.

looking at skeletals and anatomy drawings is also helps a lot, i recommend Hermann Dittrich’s lithographs and Jack Hamm’s ‘how to draw animals’

when you can visualize the shapes you can start to play with them and stylize

cows and horses are not closely related and their skeletons are very different, especially their hindquarters. i’m not sure what other specific tips i have i hope these help

Upon request someone asked for an anatomy tutorial! I kept it fairly general but if anyone wants something more specific, I’m happy to make a more of them :D

Hii i'm really really sorry if i bother you with this, i just love your art and you inspired me to draw. I have been struggling with shadows and colours. Do you have any advices? For example, when i'm painting the hair idk how to make the shadow, should i paint it with a dark colour? I am really confused when it comes to curly hair or Even straight hair. I mean i know that i have to use a colour palette but idk how to paint it. idk the technics sorry for this and my bad english :(

Hello and thank you! I hope these help… Using a multiply layer is a really good thing for easy shadows! I usually use greenish blue, purple, or red. I drew some easy ways to draw hair too!

Your English is very good!! I hope you have a lovely day :)

How I Did the Mosaic Effect

You asked for it, so here it is- a shoddily composed but nonetheless candid and hopefully useful tutorial on the Mosaic Effect I used in the Mollymauk portrait.  Those of a stout and courageous spirit, read on.

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