How Do I Art?
I just went back through over 900 liked posts and dug out all the art tutorials so i can keep track of them. I guess this might be helpful to some of you guys, so here you go.
Here we go then!
Freeware
Alchemy - this is a really fun program. You play around making abstract shapes until you start to see something in them, kind of like a Rorschach test. Then you use the shapes as a base to draw it from.
MyPaint - a pretty decent painting program that also has the benefit of working on Unix systems.
openCanvas 1.1 - I haven’t used openCanvas in years but it was a nice program with a pretty unique feel to it.
ArtRage - Only used this a couple of times donkey’s years ago just before I got oC, but I’ve heard good things about it.
The GIMP - In a similar vein to Photoshop, but free. I couldn’t get on with it when I tried it out a few years ago, but it’s pretty popular and is available on Unix systems and Macs.Sketchbook copic: a bit different program
Not-free-ware
Photoshop - Standard painting fare. Probably the most flexible program (particularly the latest versions) but not designed to act in a “natural” way. If you’ve used it for painting versus something like Painter you know what I mean. Who the fuck pays for it though? Google “Photoshop tumblr masterpost” and take your pick.
Paint Tool Sai - Far more affordable and definitely worth paying for if you can. The brushes are very decent (especially when they’ve been tweaked a little), the gui is simple and intuitive, and I dare you to find a program with which making smooth lineart is easier.
Corel Painter - My program of choice for most things. More tools than you could ever possibly use and pretty cheap on a student license, providing that you can prove you’re a student! It’s got a few bugs but if you want realism or a more natural feel than PS or SAI this is the program for you.Anatomy
anatomy and rotation of the head
Expressions
emotions and facial expressions
expressions from different angles (love this site)
Poses
Skin tones
paint some life into your skin tones
Colouring
gamut mask tool (very nice!)
5 easy ways to improve your colouring
fucking gradients, how do they work
achieving a painterly look in SAI
kuler (more colour schemes)
Brushes
a very nice setting for the sai acrylic brush
photoshop fur brushes (and tutorial)
Other peoples masterposts
love your fellow artist (anything from prompt generators to animation background here, very nice)
e-books
art e-books (mediafire download)
even more e-books (including human anatomy, animal anatomy, cartoons, animation, composition, design, scenery, perspective…)
Tutorials
a pretty extensive general art tutorial
tumblrs
criminallyincompetent (check out their #reference and #tutorial tags, they’re gold)
(Source: geromy-kyle)
(via tutorialsforartists & geromy-kyle)
鎖のめんどくさくない描き方
fuck where was this tutorial i’ve needed it my whole life omg
FUQ U CHAINSSSS
MOTHER OF GOD…
Neat!
all those times, I’ve been drawing chains like a fucking idiot,
but now… but now
IS THIS REAL LIFE
IS THIS JUST FANTASY
my god
(via ttumbleweed & pipopapo)
most of what i post will be tutorials, i hope that’s ok.
hands are cool!
I know most people paste them in these days, but I like to do all my lines on the paper.
I normally don’t use a ruler but since this is an edge to edge bleed giganto-huge panel doing it freehand would have been pretty difficult.
Tips: when using a ruler flip it upside down so that ruler edge is lifted off the paper. This will keep any ink that gets on the ruler from the pen from smearing on the page.
If you’re doing a full 360 degrees of lines, ink one half at a time (and let dry) so you don’t have to worry about smearing the lines when you start working on the last 180 degrees.
One of the more touchy things about making your own lines is getting the right amount of ink on the nib. Too little ink and the line will break. Too much ink and you’ll get blunt rather than sharp ends on the tips of the lines. Use a new nib for smooth, sharp lines. The first few lines near the top I inked with an old nib and you can see the ends are softer than the rest.
(via furippupau)
Fan Art: An Explosion of Creativity celebrates the die-hardest Adventure Time fans in the best way possible as part of the PBS Off Book documentary series. Kornhaber Brown’s producer/director Eric Brown was nice enough to ask me (thanks to fellow interviewee Brad O’Farrell) into his film on the fan art phenomenon, and he’s obviously likes everything you’ve all done with AT, so we (you) get a lot of attention in the piece. It’s a hoot, enjoy.
-Fred
(via renpon & adventuretime)
THIS IS THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE GAMUT TOOL
YOU CAN SLIDE VALUE AND CHROMA
YOU CAN USE 20 DIFFERENT PREMADE MASKS
YOU CAN EVEN DRAW YOUR OWN MASKTHIS WINS THE INTERNET EVERYONE ELSE GO HOME
(via orangyorange)
(tutorial)
i just did a cool thing that i think would be useful if you’re like me and sometimes have a hard time picking colours / a colour scheme for an image
basically i just took a brush with moderate spacing, turned on colour dynamics and set all the hue/sat/brightness to a low (~10%-30%) jitter, picked a base colour, and drew a line down the side of the canvas
it’s sort of like when some people save colour swatches so they can keep their shading consistent, but more for playing around with different tones and lighting on a single surface. it’ll probably be pretty good for skin which is very multi-tonal by nature.
a lot of colours came out that i probably wouldn’t have picked manually, but they still looked pretty cool. and it saves a lot of time because now i have a broad range of colours without having to browse through my pantone swatches or open up the colour picker.
(via ihavenomouthandimustweh & belovedlights)
