The thread for awesome references (and tutorials).

i've been using this for learning anatomy. interesting and from what ive found, effective.

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enjoy.

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This is a nice quick reference.◊

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

http://funkymonkey1945.deviantart.com/art/Notes-from-class-2-480234046

this is a good reference but this guy's gallery is pretty much a treasure trove for human figure refs in general.

Random things I have learned recently:

• If you don't want your drawings to look embarrassing in full view, display them at eye size. Hold the original up to your monitor and zoom out (in an image editing program) until the image on the page roughly matches, note the percentage you're zoomed in at, then resize the image to that percentage.
• When inking, never use hatching to denote colors, only shadows.
• Draw curvy objects as polygons first, then draw the curves around them. That way, it’s easier to plot them in perspective.
• For the halftone filter in Photoshop to be effective, the source image has to be between 1500 and 2000px in height or width.

edited 4th Oct '14 2:03:50 AM by Wheezy

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

Also, a brief guide to Prisma/Sakura markers:

• 0.03: Shading on faces from far away, or in "delicate areas" like eyes and noses in close-ups.
• 0.05: Outlining tiny details, and medium shading.
• 0.1: Outlining slightly larger details. Heavy, dark shading.
• 0.3 and 0.5: Outlining big and important things.
• 0.5+, or brush-tip: Outlines of body parts in extreme closeups, filling in black areas of a drawing, or thick "Grand Theft Auto concept art"-style lines.

edited 7th Oct '14 5:27:54 AM by Wheezy

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

...this is my problem. :P

How do you indicate colours, then?

The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable

If it's an all-ink drawing, use hatching, but you'll want to use a 0.05, or whatever the thinnest pen you have is.

If you'll be coloring it in Photoshop or mixing it with any other form of media, like markers, paint, pencil, or ink wash, use that.

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

http://www.angelfire.com/art3/kchendemos/

these are some of the best human figure refs i've ever seen

Hey, does anyone have a reference for blankets?

I'm driving down Highway 40 in my big old pickup truck

Not at the moment, but I'll look for one.

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This is how we run.

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

Anyone tired of impractical armor on women in fantasy? Want to draw it better? This subreddit has plenty of refs.

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

necro posting in this, if its ok.

some resources for art.
a tumblr for cartooning tutorials.
a tumblr post on backgrounds and buildings.
and some youtube channels i found