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Original tutorial by ~HappyShadow found here: [link] . All credits for the process go to her.

Step one is to draw something from memory, no references allowed. In my case, a very very badly drawn shrimp-thingy XD; As you can see, I never once in my life bothered to draw a shrimp... all I knew was that they kind of looked like a worm with a lot of creepy legs. Oh well.

Step two is to trace references of shrimps. Get a feel of of the curves, of the angles, of the shapes that the shrimp has. Repeat it as much or as little as you want, depending on how much you enjoy tracing shrimps, lol. I left out this part, because it really isn't interesting to look at. But I traced seven different references, if I remember correctly.

Then the next step is to use the references with NO tracing. Put your image in a different angle from the original photo, mirror it, make it chill upside down. As you might guess, this really requires you to think back to those curves, angles and shapes you had previously discovered. Again, I did about five more of these, but they're nothing to be proud of, since they're just studies.

Last step: DRAW A SHRIMP!!! but no, don't use any reference whatsoever. Because, at this point, you've built up a small visual library of shrimps. Yay! Remember the shapes and angles you had previously studied, and drawing the shrimp from memory shouldn't be as hopeless as it was the first time.

I noticed that I messed the proportions up a bit by making the front part too big... but now I know to avoid that next time I draw a shrimp!! xD

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This tutorial is really gold for a learning artist. I really liked this method, because the steps were different from usual guides... most How-To-Draw guides just go "draw this line, then draw this line, put color on like this and then do this, tadah you done".

But this tutorial doesn't just teach you what to learn-- it teaches you how to learn it. Most artists I see here on Deviantart draw what they like, but only with the symbols they learned to draw it. They go "here's a line, there's a line", and usually it works out, until they try to draw it from a different perspective, say, from behind or from above/below. This is really one of my pet peeves, because it doesn't mean you're a bad artist-- it means you never really learned to understand what you're drawing.This guide is really smart in the way they get you through the process.

Obviously you can use these steps for anything, from human faces to turtles. So to anyone who is struggling with drawing, I suggest checking out the link I put above!!!!!! (actually, I'd rather urge you to XD) It's really fun and was a real eye-opener for me as to how to properly learn to draw things. Huge recommendation :D

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Tutorial (c) at [link]
References from Google Images + Wikipedia

Description
Original tutorial by ~HappyShadow found here: [link] . All credits for the process go to her.

Step one is to draw something from memory, no references allowed. In my case, a very very badly drawn shrimp-thingy XD; As you can see, I never once in my life bothered to draw a shrimp... all I knew was that they kind of looked like a worm with a lot of creepy legs. Oh well.

Step two is to trace references of shrimps. Get a feel of of the curves, of the angles, of the shapes that the shrimp has. Repeat it as much or as little as you want, depending on how much you enjoy tracing shrimps, lol. I left out this part, because it really isn't interesting to look at. But I traced seven different references, if I remember correctly.

Then the next step is to use the references with NO tracing. Put your image in a different angle from the original photo, mirror it, make it chill upside down. As you might guess, this really requires you to think back to those curves, angles and shapes you had previously discovered. Again, I did about five more of these, but they're nothing to be proud of, since they're just studies.

Last step: DRAW A SHRIMP!!! but no, don't use any reference whatsoever. Because, at this point, you've built up a small visual library of shrimps. Yay! Remember the shapes and angles you had previously studied, and drawing the shrimp from memory shouldn't be as hopeless as it was the first time.

I noticed that I messed the proportions up a bit by making the front part too big... but now I know to avoid that next time I draw a shrimp!! xD

-----

This tutorial is really gold for a learning artist. I really liked this method, because the steps were different from usual guides... most How-To-Draw guides just go "draw this line, then draw this line, put color on like this and then do this, tadah you done".

But this tutorial doesn't just teach you what to learn-- it teaches you how to learn it. Most artists I see here on Deviantart draw what they like, but only with the symbols they learned to draw it. They go "here's a line, there's a line", and usually it works out, until they try to draw it from a different perspective, say, from behind or from above/below. This is really one of my pet peeves, because it doesn't mean you're a bad artist-- it means you never really learned to understand what you're drawing.This guide is really smart in the way they get you through the process.

Obviously you can use these steps for anything, from human faces to turtles. So to anyone who is struggling with drawing, I suggest checking out the link I put above!!!!!! (actually, I'd rather urge you to XD) It's really fun and was a real eye-opener for me as to how to properly learn to draw things. Huge recommendation :D

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Tutorial (c) at [link]
References from Google Images + Wikipedia