Space Brush

The getting Started Course is here, go check it out here: http://cgcookie.com/concept/cgc-courses/getting-started-in-digital-art/

Yep… So this is what I think might be helpful. Check this tutorial by Sinix [x] it’s super helpful for drawing faces from different angles. Generally, if I can imagine a head in 3D I’m able to draw it and drawing eyes first helps me visualise everything. (It’s super sketchy but hope it’s understandable anyway :))

literally most things that people write off as just ‘textures’ to use in graphics are stolen & unsourced material created by artists or photographers NOT meant to be used as elements in projects without royalty payments. you can say ‘it’s just random tumblr posts they don’t care’ but you wouldn’t want someone to take your work and edit into their work so they can be praised for their beautiful style and creativity even if they just post it on social media w/o profit, would you?? so maybe if you browse pinterest or google images for pictures without finding the original source, you’re using images that you’re not allowed to use without realizing it.

you see it on here a lot especially in (i won’t link anything but i’m sure you know what i mean) those album track ‘aesthetics’ posts, au ‘aesthetic’ posts (you see these less in kpop, but where people use non-royalty free images to kinda craft a visual au), and even just rather typical graphics that have a lot of ‘texture’ elements. and texture packs too!! that’s often where the problem starts; people just collect images (often literal art), compile them in a folder w/o sources, then insist no one can repost those images w/o crediting the person who compiled them. what???

SO may i suggest some of my fave places you can get FREE, ROYALTY-FREE elements that are totally legal to use

creativemarket has 6 free high-quality resources (textures, brushes, fonts, etc), different every week! wow awesome i check it every week

search ‘freebie’ on behance. awesome stuff!!! lots of v nice templates textures and fonts

mockup zone freebies

unsplash: tons of very nice free photographs, not shitty stock photos

pexels: same idea. + they have an adobe plugin so you can get photos without closing your editor damn nice

pixelsquid is a super cool free program (again w a ps plugin that i love) with lottts of super cool hq 3d elements!

as to not make this too long: spoongraphics, lostandtaken (textures galore), pixeden, freebiesbug.

Tuesday Tips - Hair There’s no hard rules to draw hair (or anything for that matter), but the one thing that I try to keep in my mind is that there’s AIR in hair. I can draw it as a shape because there’s hundreds of thousands of them, but I’m also considering the space between them. For example, the volume of dry hair and wet hair will be dramatically different. Also, the way it behaves will differ greatly from person to person. I mostly think about the “weight” of the hair. Longer hair will means that the mass of hair will be heavier and react accordingly. *As always, leave a message if there’s a topic you would like to see covered. Norm

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Arms Anatomy.

SenshiStock

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SenshiStock is a collection of non-nude, figure model drawing references.

There are over 2000 FREE pose references on on DeviantArt.

SenshiStock.com has some merch & themed download packs for purchase.

There is a free web sketch app that also works on mobile. There are over 1500 images in rotations with optional tags and timer.

There is a SenshiStock Patreon for supporting the creator in exchange for more pose reference goodies.

—DeviantArt Gallery Shortcuts— General Drawing Poses Foreshortening or Perspective Poses Dynamic Flying Falling Action Poses Male Poses Gun Poses Staff Weapon Poses Ax, Hammer, Bat Poses Sword Poses Small Blade Poses Archery Poses Sailor Guardian and Magical Girl Poses Romance or Couples Poses Sitting and Kneeling Poses Dramatic and Reaching Poses Magic & Hogwarts Poses Defeated or Lying Poses Dance and Performance Poses Back Poses Pin Up Inspired Poses Life In General Poses Fights and Fighting Poses Leaning Poses Pairs Poses Wings Poses Hanging Poses Groups of Three or More Poses Instrument Poses Mirror Poses Pregnancy Poses

how did you figure out how to do hands

well when I do hands I tend to break them into 3 big shapes 

starting with the wrist then palm, thumb then the fingers 

once I have the big shapes in I separate the fingers

here are some more examples of the different parts

one of the best ways that I learned how to draw hands was to draw a LOT of them, in different poses, while looking at a reference. This is a site that I found useful, 

it has 3D models of hands that you can change the view so you can see the same pose from different angles. p.s. this site i linked to does contain nude figures just a heads up  

Here’s an example of body motion and fluidity of movement :D featuring Roxas, of course.

Here’s the link to part 1 of 4 of Force drawing by Mike Mattesi that I found helped me immensely

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