Tutorials, Tips, and Tricks!
Have an art guide you'd like to share? Tips? Created a thread gearing toward your advice toward certain techniques? They'll be linked here for all to reference!
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Tutorials
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Techniques and Tips
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A few tips
--Try using a paper blender to blend pencil shadings. Use sandpaper to sharpen your blender. Remember that applying pressure with a blender leads to darker shading. --Be sure you have the proper paper for your type of medium. If you use charcoal, markers, pens, or colored pencil, use thicker, anti-bleed paper. Pencils also work well on thicker papers. --Try using a kneaded eraser from an art store. They erase much better and leave clean paper than using a drugstore-bought eraser. It's well worth it. =D --Buy different types of pencil. Any pencil marked with an "H" or "F" is lighter. Any pencil marked with a "B" is darker, with 9B as the darkest and regular B as the lightest. --When you are first outlining, use lighter boldness pencils, like F or 2H. Then you can later go over those lines in a darker pencil once you are sure the lines are just right. --Buy an art spray called "Workable Fixatif" by a company named Krylon. This spray prevents smudging and you can still draw over it. I use this spray when I finish and am happy with my drawing. Products That Are Good To Use Here are a few products I use. I have linked them to the Dick Blick Art Materials Website so that you can see what they look like. A lot of art stores should carry these products. Derwent Graphic Drawing Pencils http://www.dickblick.com/zz203/11/ These have a good variety of boldness and softeness, and blend very well. Prismacolor Colored Pencils http://www.dickblick.com/zz205/08/ I have a set of 72 and I bought other color pencils alone to get exactly what I needed. Prismacolors are awesome for blending and they are soft, so they color very smoothly. I recommend these to anyone, beginning or advanced. Strathmore Drawing Paper http://www.dickblick.com/zz102/06/ I use this paper because it is very versatile, whether I'm using pencils or colored pencils. I would suggest buying a pad of 11x14 inches and 50 sheets to start. Later you can buy pads according to the size and medium that you want to use. General's Factis Extra Soft Eraser http://www.dickblick.com/zz215/08/ This eraser is the bomb. I bought three at a time. It makes only a little crumbs, leaves a clean area and can erase all shades of drawing pencils, pastels, and even charcoal. Blenders http://www.dickblick.com/zz229/43/ http://www.dickblick.com/zz205/08a/ The first link shows paper stubs that blend regular drawing pencils. These work well, and you can sharpen them by rubbing the ends on sandpaper. The second link shows a colored pencil blender by Prismacolor. I use this one a lot, too. Krylon's Workable Fixatif http://www.dickblick.com/zz217/03b/ This handy spray allows you to work over it, but prevents smudging. I suggest spraying this at the very end of your drawing - erase any and all smudge marks first, then spray a healthy coat of it outside or in a well-ventilated area. Let it dry, and you can still draw over it. Hope that helped anyone looking to get started. Remember, everything takes practice and art is no different. |
thanks for the tips
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No problem! A lot of what I learned came out of trial and error and help from my art teacher. But most of my techniques are things I came up with myself. I think they work for everyone though.
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The best pixel doll tutorials:
http://libby.buggative.net/full_doll_tutorial1.htm http://strawberry1.com/ http://www.densworld.plus.com/chante...ltutorial.html And a whole gallery of pixel doll tutorials: http://dtse.xandorra.net/ |
@Nightshade1988: Thank you for your contributions. ^^ Wow, I'll have to get the art spray. *desperately needs that* :3 @aeriise: Thank you! I've updated the links. :3 I especially want to learn how to pixel. xD *reads them over* |
thanks for the tips!!
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Thank you so much for all of the tips! <333 |
thanks for all the great tips!
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A good place for photoshop tutorials in general are here: http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutor...creation3.html The page I specifically link is on CG/digital painting. Others: Soft Cell Shading Linart and CG colouring Hair colouring tutorial (can be apply else where too) |
Some I've made.....
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs26/f/20...silverbeam.jpg bubbles http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs19/f/20...silverbeam.jpg skin http://silverbeam.deviantart.com/art...twave-99999208 3d keyblade tutorial |
Wow, thanks for the tips. <3 They really help. O:
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Thank you very much for the tips folks.
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these tips are great and very helpful but i was wondering if anyone had any tips or tutorials on how to draw hair i'm having a really hard time drawing hair lately. thanks it would be a great help
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There are some really great tutorials here.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=matthew39arch#g/u |
thank you this is very helpful
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This is really helpful, thank you so much!
I know I have a lot of trouble with lineart. I've learned to use the pen tool+ pressure, but it can still turn out rather awkward looking. |
i know! i guess ut;s just triAal and error like people say :( but the search continues! lol
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how do you do art casude i want to try to do something
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umm that's a broad question actually. umm what kind of art traditional, digital, umm abstract there are so many different forms of art what do you have in mind? maybe i can point you in the right direction if you tell me your idea
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Good tips! 8D Thanks a ton! Also for the links! Thanks alot!
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Thanks for the tip ill keep it in mind
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Thanks for the tips, they really help! :D
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