Angry as I am, I felt like getting rid of the old ID, because god damn look at this sexiness.
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It's really just taking time to study a lot of references. And I don't mean just look at a lot of porn, even though that does help, but I mean study. Lol Like, for this picture, I wanted to draw it because I'd never done a good crossed arm pic before, so I'd been studying pictures of the curvature of the back and how the top of the forearm looks when the elbow is bent that far, you know? You have to imagine the lines that you would draw and mentally superimpose them on top of the picture you're looking at.
The two steps I took when I started getting really serious about drawing were firstly, drawing over newspaper photos with a pen, so if I made a mistake, it was really evident. By doing that, I learned which lines were important and which lines would later be implied by shading. The second step was to do grid drawings where I'd draw a grid over a picture and lightly draw a grid on my sketch paper and use that for reference to recreate the picture and see how large or small the lines I was drawing needed to be instead of just trying to recreate it freehand without that crutch. After that, I stopped needing references as much and could easily do things freehand, though, I'd still need a reference once in a while.
Also, if you happen to live in an area with a lot of gyms (yay, Ft Lauderdale!) then you can see those muscles in action in day to day activities instead of just looking at poses on Shutterstock. Lol
It's a lot of work, and none of this may work for you as well as it did for me, since there's no real proven system that works for everyone, but I hope you can get a bit of help from this. Also, drawing over newspaper photos is really fun because you can make a picture of a happy person suddenly look like they're completely deranged. ;P
The two steps I took when I started getting really serious about drawing were firstly, drawing over newspaper photos with a pen, so if I made a mistake, it was really evident. By doing that, I learned which lines were important and which lines would later be implied by shading. The second step was to do grid drawings where I'd draw a grid over a picture and lightly draw a grid on my sketch paper and use that for reference to recreate the picture and see how large or small the lines I was drawing needed to be instead of just trying to recreate it freehand without that crutch. After that, I stopped needing references as much and could easily do things freehand, though, I'd still need a reference once in a while.
Also, if you happen to live in an area with a lot of gyms (yay, Ft Lauderdale!) then you can see those muscles in action in day to day activities instead of just looking at poses on Shutterstock. Lol
It's a lot of work, and none of this may work for you as well as it did for me, since there's no real proven system that works for everyone, but I hope you can get a bit of help from this. Also, drawing over newspaper photos is really fun because you can make a picture of a happy person suddenly look like they're completely deranged. ;P
Thanks a lot man. These are some really excellent tips and techniques I will definitely give these a try soon. The evidence is in the pics you draw
Thanks for taking time to mention these. Would love to draw some fan art of your character when I learn to sketch properly 😄
Keep up the good work on your art. Love the pics you produce !
Thanks for taking time to mention these. Would love to draw some fan art of your character when I learn to sketch properly 😄
Keep up the good work on your art. Love the pics you produce !
Oh, yeah? Aw, I'm sorry, if it makes you uncomfortable. :(
I will have to do a good PG pic of Lukiber and the way he looks at the end of Book I. I've been meaning to for a while, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I imagine it will be something like WFA's pieces. Lol
I will have to do a good PG pic of Lukiber and the way he looks at the end of Book I. I've been meaning to for a while, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I imagine it will be something like WFA's pieces. Lol
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