Some Drawing Tips Previously Posted On Twitter. More Drawing Tips On My Patreon. Hope Some Of These Can

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The difference between a beginner’s comic and an experienced artist’s comic comes down to the details, and one of the biggest “invisible” details is proportion.

How does an artist utilize page and panel layout, negative space, word balloons and composition to their best advantage? This Shingworks tutorial covers all of this information, and the 19-page supplement worksheet and comic proportion analysis template .psd takes it a step further and teaches you how to analyze real comics so that you can apply these principles to your own comics :]

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Coloring with Masks

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And as usual, thanks very much for not deleting my text~~

Ay yo binch, how you draw teeths so good. They look great

Thanks! :^)

Usually I just start by filling in the mouth (all black since I mostly sketch in black and white) and then I use an eraser to make the shapes for the insides of the mouth (teeth, tongue). Since Ruby has monster-ish teeth, I draw them pretty sharp.

Draw different shapes and fill them in!

should i be trying to master like each feature before i try drawing a face? like should i be able to draw eyes really well, then move to the nose, mouth etc? i dont know when i should be moving on to the next step. right now, mouths are a frustrating thing but i also try to draw the whole face because proportions practice, so its all very over whelming and then i get discouraged cause drawing lips is so hard and putting everything to make a face is hard ;-;

I think if you’re having trouble with a feature you should definitely do some studies of it! I practiced the face all at once so I don’t really think there are any rules to this haha. The downside to trying to master one feature at a time is, like you said, not being sure when to move on. You might end up drawing amazing eyes but the rest of the face will always be a little off because you haven’t put enough time into studying the other features. I’m sure you’ve also come across artists who draw nice heads and it all falls apart when they try to draw a fullbody. Personally I’d just tackle the face all at once, take time to study the separate features but try not to neglect any of them and don’t think you can’t draw a face because you aren’t a master of a particular feature! You can do it * V * Here are some quick notes on lips, I hope they help a little.

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

SPEAKING OF TUTORIALS, i never uploaded this thing to tumblr! a trick i use when drawing elf ears cause they can be finicky sometimes

so this is my coloring tut *coughs* but it’s more like how i color than how to color  h eck

in response to an ask about how i do rooms! here you go! it’s super simple and fun~!

sorry i didn’t go into a huge amount of detail, i hope it’s not too “draw the rest of the owl” lmfao

Do you find drawing environments overwhelming? I did too, for a really long time. I started out drawing characters, and making the switch to painting environments was really hard at first! In my latest patreon tutorial, I break down the process into the most basic and essential steps, so that you don’t get lost in the details and know exactly what to focus on. Find it here for just $5: patreon.com/loish

You don’t suck at Lineart, you’re just not familiar with line weight👍🏼!