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*Yup, I know about the spelling mistake
Let me first say that I am NOT an expert on hands. I find them damn hard to draw and have loads of practice to do with them.
But I want to show why it’s important to reference things. Do you always need to reference? Not really, there does come a point where you don’t feel the need to look things up, but it’s a good habit to have. I personally only reference when I feel I’m not doing things correctly.
So, look at the image on the left. I did this with ought a reference and simply inked over my sketch. She’s holding a plush. It gets the point across, but I found the fingers looked very broken.
Finding a reference for a hand can be a bit difficult, so I ended up referencing my own hand. However, due to looking at it and not taking a photo, my hand was upside down compared to hers. So I just sketched it that way and flipped. I find this hand makes much more sense now! It is NOT perfect by the way, so I’m not trying to say it is. It’s still a bit off and after looking at it again, I need to fix a few things.
All this post means is: Don’t forget to reference things to see how they move and should look in certain ways!
Also, this is a GREAT tutorial on the best way to reference things, take a look!: http://strawberryneko33.deviantart......nces-255875213
Let me first say that I am NOT an expert on hands. I find them damn hard to draw and have loads of practice to do with them.
But I want to show why it’s important to reference things. Do you always need to reference? Not really, there does come a point where you don’t feel the need to look things up, but it’s a good habit to have. I personally only reference when I feel I’m not doing things correctly.
So, look at the image on the left. I did this with ought a reference and simply inked over my sketch. She’s holding a plush. It gets the point across, but I found the fingers looked very broken.
Finding a reference for a hand can be a bit difficult, so I ended up referencing my own hand. However, due to looking at it and not taking a photo, my hand was upside down compared to hers. So I just sketched it that way and flipped. I find this hand makes much more sense now! It is NOT perfect by the way, so I’m not trying to say it is. It’s still a bit off and after looking at it again, I need to fix a few things.
All this post means is: Don’t forget to reference things to see how they move and should look in certain ways!
Also, this is a GREAT tutorial on the best way to reference things, take a look!: http://strawberryneko33.deviantart......nces-255875213
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I was buried in my sketchbook again today, and I felt so rusty when it came to drawing faces. Though I referenced the basic structure and whatnot from elsewhere, and ended up with this: http://gyazo.com/ab3474c899554a1997.....d90e38f1f5.png
While crude, it's much more "correct" than what I was doing before.
So yah, referencing stuff really is the key to improving. Or getting out of a rut, even. Sometimes I just end up in a state where I doodle super-mindlessly without any referencing for like... weeks, and everything just deteriorates. Then a close look at a few things, then boom, back up again!
Can't solve chicken-scratch with referencing though, lul ;u;
While crude, it's much more "correct" than what I was doing before.
So yah, referencing stuff really is the key to improving. Or getting out of a rut, even. Sometimes I just end up in a state where I doodle super-mindlessly without any referencing for like... weeks, and everything just deteriorates. Then a close look at a few things, then boom, back up again!
Can't solve chicken-scratch with referencing though, lul ;u;
awesome :D I tried a similar side by side comparison with a lion drawing. the one that I drew with reference looked sooo much better than the one I drew without.
and hands are so hard. I almost always need reference to draw them right. If I don't, they look super wobbly and phoned in.
and hands are so hard. I almost always need reference to draw them right. If I don't, they look super wobbly and phoned in.
I have a tendency of forgetting to reference, which isn't always a bad thing as you do learn, but when it's been a longgggg time, you forget what things look like! So always great to google some images again.
Ugh hands, so hard! I can do most basic poses on my own, but interaction needs to be reffed and I still get it kinda wrong hah
Ugh hands, so hard! I can do most basic poses on my own, but interaction needs to be reffed and I still get it kinda wrong hah
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