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Cuddles reference sheet by *Kibbitzer

Cuddles for everybody! If you’re interested on Patreon you can find the complete series and all the normal and special reference sheets for 5$ per month! use it for your exercises if you need it XD Patrons or not, thanks for supporting me! ^A^/ <3 Facebook Deviantart

I got multiple people asking for help with eyes, so I threw something together quick

EDIT: ah yeah, my bad! thank you @yipyo20

Relaxed hands by moni158

How I draw kisses!

A quick tutorial/cheat sheet on how I draw kisses!! I’m going to assume you already know how to draw a head and how to angle it, because that’s an entire procedure in itself. I’m going to focus on mainly the lips and also try and tackle some common mistakes when you’re first starting out. 

Pursing the lips

So this is boring but crucial. If you don’t purse, their is no real kiss (take notes) bc placing your lips on top of someone else’s is not how you kiss… The most important part are the corners of the mouth, especially from the side view, because that’s what changes the most. 

The actual kissing yeee

Let’s start do a basic side view kiss on the lips. And believe it or not, I think this one is the hardest!  

Think about which parts of the face are going to be in front of the other! This can take some time to get the hang of, but once you get that down it’s easy. Also, focus on getting the heads at the right distance and angle. A common mistake is drawing them too close. 

The Lightning Shape: 

Still keeping in mind which part of the line is “Red’s” upper lip and which part is “Blue’s” lower lip, play around with the shape of the lightning. Very subtle changes can have a very strong impact! I usually go by feel, so take your time, but here are some things to look out for: 

Details squishing etc.

So yeah once the lightning shape looks good, I usually add details and squish parts of the face that will touch. Which usually includes the noses, but from this angle they won’t squish unless you intend on making nice big noses <3. By now it should look something like this: 

You don’t have to add the corners of the mouth! I usually do when I want to show that the character is smiling. 

One technique used a lot in anime/manga + other cartoony art styles, is fading lines where two soft-ish objects press hard against each other. The picture above explains it. 

Common mistakes

Getting down the crucial kissing part of fanart is hard and you will mess upp SO MANY TIIIIIIMES, but you learn from your mistakes, so don’t be discouraged. There are some things though that I frequently see when people draw kisses that makes it look awkward and stale, many of which I used to do myself. Here are some examples:

Try your best to avoid these. Most of the mistakes have little to do with the lips and more to do with the angle of the head. So getting that down before you move on to the lips is important. 

¾ view Kissing

There are not a lot of angles where you actually see the lips meet (or at least not that I can draw…). Depending on how the heads are placed in relation to each other, you may or may not see the lips in a ¾ view. The way I have demonstrated is done in a way that the nose will bump into the other’s upper cheek. 

Aaand that’s about it! These things will make more and more sense the more you draw them. At first it can seem very hard with so many things to keep track of, and it is, but practice makes perfect! 

Rule of thumb: does the angle and position of the heads make sense? How are the lips going to align? What parts of the face are going to be in front of the other? How much will the lips purse? And finally, what is going to squish? 

Thank you for reading! 😘

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ now draw kisses

I realise that this is the shittiest tutorial in the world, but I hope it makes sense at least. I mean my coloring is pretty crappy to begin with, so it’s not such a complicated prossess as just a repetitive one.

But I hope it’s at least helpful to someone ^^ Feel free to ask me questions if you’ve got ‘em.

How?? Do you draw kisses?? So well??

A selection of reference imagery showing how a hooded sweater will crease and fold in various poses.

The full size image can be downloaded here:

http://jesterman.deviantart.com/art/Hooded-Top-Clothing-Reference-484552908 I recommend using this only for folds, not as an anatomy reference, due to the quality of the camera used, which has distorted some of the proportions from this distance. If you have any suggestions for items of clothing you want to see referenced, drop me a comment!

Lips Tutorials Row 1 to 4   Row 5: Left Right Row 6: Left, Middle Right Bottom Image

as promised (thumbs up) heres a lil uhhhh simple breakdown of how i general do fur things! can be applied to hair in general and also clouds and grass depending on how you work it (thumbs up pt2) feel free to request other tutorials 

Some Hair Colouring Speedpaint

My way of choosing colours on hair is basically experimenting on the hue scroll bar and anything random  haha