Artist Tutorials

[The]

Well...I've pretty much read every tutorial and still no better

[Sketch286]

what do you need help with.........the? is there anything in particular you want to work on?

[Phalanx]

can anyone give info on flash? all i know how to do is scan my picture then trace it and do flat colors. it takes a really long time......and its flat.....i dont know how to do the translucent thing.

Not sure if this is helpful, but Alpha-Shade has some Flash tutorials:

http://www.alpha-shade.com/www/Tut/Tutorials.htm

[The]

I'm just trying to draw basic sketches of characters, I understand everything else

[Sketch286]

I'm just trying to draw basic sketches of characters, I understand everything else

like how to position and show flow and movement?

oh, and thanx for the site, imma go check it out!

[Phalanx]

I'm just trying to draw basic sketches of characters, I understand everything else

What do you mean by basic sketches of characters? Faces? Anatomy? Human porportions? Muscle-work?

[The]

Yea pretty much beginning sketch of face and body

[Phalanx]

Hmm... did you even look through the list of stickies?

http://www.saveloomis.org/FigureDrawing/figure.htm

http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/index.htm

http://www.thejaded.co.uk/studio/drawin ... metry.html

http://www.thejaded.co.uk/studio/drawin ... metry.html

[Oualawouzou]

Heya there,

Do you have any online tutorial you would recommend to learn how to do perspective using focal points? (I think that's the name in English... in French, "point de fuite", correct my translation if I'm wrong)

I have absolutely no artistic background, so I'm a little intimidated by anything that isn't aimed specifically at newbies...

Thanks!

[LAGtheNoggin]

Do you have any online tutorial you would recommend to learn how to do perspective using focal points? (I think that's the name in English... in French, "point de fuite", correct my translation if I'm wrong)

They're largely known as Vanishing Points (VPs) - I have seen the FP acronym used now and again though.

From a quick Google with "Vanishing Points Tutorial" I got:
Basic Principles Of Perspective Drawing For The Technical Illustrator

I also got this through a Google with "Perspective Tutorials":
DrawThrough.com (very good Elipses tutorial) - Again, very techy, but when you're dealing with perspective, that's generally what you'll get.


I can't find a VP/Perspective tutorial for the average artist though, I'd like to see one of those. Anyone got anything?

[Kabukiyasha]

Well... on our Team site we've got a rather extensive collection of tutorials written by myself and other members of the Team. They include the following: (Note, most relate to manga only.)

There's also stuff about perspective etc in the Backgrounds Tutorial. We wrote/drew up the pictures ourselves, if anyone would like to use them please provide a link back to the site ^_^;

http://www.kabukiyasha.net/tutorials.php

Drawing
- Tools & Materials
- Drawing Basics
- Backgrounds
- SFX Basics

Storyline
- Brainstorming
- Creating Settings
- Plots for Short Manga
- Plots for Long Manga

Design
- Creating Characters
- Drafting Characters

Storyboarding
- Page Planning
- Storyboarding & Layout

Oekaki
- Oekaki Basics
- Drawing Oekaki

Note: The oekaki basics one is pretty popular around the web.

[Dburkhead]

Anyone know any good tutorials on drawing hair in a more "realistic" manner? I've found a number on drawing "anime style" but not much on the more naturalistic.

[Sput]

dothesehelp?

[Dburkhead]

Yes. Thank you.

[Sput]

no problem. me heart google <3

[Mirage_mail]

http://www.deviantart.com/view/16941048/

I really don't like to plug my own stuff, but I created this a few days ago, and thought it might help a bit. It's a fairly large image, but it's a tutorial on lettering your webcomic in PS7 for those of us who don't have illustrator..

And please forgive the typos, my computer wanted to crash just saving it, so I'm waiting for more RAM before I fix them..

Anyways! Hope it helps!

[Faub]

How to Make Print Comics, start to...well mostly finish.

http://stripedb.freeshell.org/printing_comics.html

[JeremyW]

I'm yet to find a really good hair tutorial.

[Joel Fagin]

I'm yet to find a really good hair tutorial.

They're around if you can catch them. For some reason, they vanish fast. You know... Hair today, gone tomorrow.



Sorry.

- Joel Fagin

[McDuffies]

ARGH!