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Cataclysm-X — Tutorial: Drawing Materials
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Published: 2008-06-25 14:45:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 239720; Favourites: 3401; Downloads: 0
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Surprise!!!!!!!!!!I've said this a few times before but... this is my last tutorial. For now
I need to save these babies for my artbook... Yes, I'm working on one!
And just for =SheldonSands Roy 5th made an appearance in this tutorial LOL.
(Roy is the name of my cactus)
.....
Don't ask x)
This tutorial explains what kind of stuff you can use for a professional looking drawing yay.
Hope it will be useful for ya!------------------------------------
Watch my other tutorials here!
Eye tutorial
Nose tutorial
Hair tutorial
Shading & Blending tutorial
Drawing Progress tutorial
Detailed Hair part 1
Detailed Hair part 2
Editing Drawings <-- got a Daily Deviation!
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P.S.: Tomorrow or the day after I'll post a new drawing which I think looks great so far! Ooh, exciting!
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Well then, shame on me haha! But I'm already making the transition for tissues, I swear!
This is so insanely useful!!
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Wow, nice, nice! 
You know, I also keep my drawings in eee... if I could only know this word in English...
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Or files...?
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yup
by the way, you'll get a dedication soon ^_____^
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Oh godness, that pencil eraser.... *drools* and even worse drooling over your different mechanical pencils, I CANT GET THEM ANYWHERE IN DENMARK. HB I can, and 2B , but then it just ends there, and to find a 0,3 instead of 0,5 in dk takes aaaages (but worth t) erm... I guess I have to order from abroad.
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AWESOME! I learnt alot from this tutorial, mainly that you need a tonne of materials just to do one really good drawing
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Oooh nice to meet Roy!!
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Oh right, I've told you about him before!
Roy: nice to meet you too!!!
Thank you so much!
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WOW! thanks for sharing! very useful and helpful!
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I did not know people use Q-tip for blending. 
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I have a question that you've probably been asked a billion times by now
Why should blending with the finger be against the law? Is it because of the oils the skin has...?
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actually... not a lot of people asked
the skin sure does have oils. If you blend with your finger you get ugly stains and smudges on your drawing which cannot be erased.
So the best thing to do is to wrap a tissue around your finger and the problem is solved
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Really?? XD Wow...
Okay! I am now an informed individual! XD
Thank you very much ^^
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^_^ thank you for sharing!
I have one question though, what are the dimensions of the paper that you usually use?
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Yay you're welcome
I mainly use A4 sized paper
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One christmas I got a sketch pad and a lot of materials from my friend. There were blending sticks and pencils, etc. and then there was the Sandpaper thing. I thought it was useless, actually.
So...I threw it away.
I regret that now, lol.
Until this tutorial, I didn't know what it was.
This tutorial explained a lot to me! Thank you!
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LOL poor sandpaper thing!
It's so weird stores sell sandpaper thingies like that without explaining how you should use them.
Maybe you'll find a new one soon
Thanks!
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i do feel ashamed that i use a finger to blend! i didn't know it was bad! thanks. i'll remember to use a q-tip and tissue from now on.
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haha well at least I'm glad to hear you won't do it anymore
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ah yes. itz all because of you.
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It's wonderful of you to share your knowledge. I remember being a kid, trying to learn these things by myself (even books were hard to find back then) and often feeling quite lost. It's very gracious of you to help like this.
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Aww well I like to help people 
Glad it's appreciated
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This is great! Have you ever created any tut pages that you haven't posted up because you're saving them?
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thanks dear!
hmm not yet, but I wrote a list full of ideas and steps for tutorials
how to draw certain parts of the body like ears and teeth, how to draw perfect proportions, angles, imaginative things etc etc
I will also post more detailed explanation to the tutorials I've made so far. These are just basic ones... you know?
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Yeah, but they're super helpful!! And I love looking at them. Anything you post rocks haha. I really liked the materials used tutorial type thing, and when you post the progressions you make, those are very inspiring
Well I can't wait till you get the book finished, I will definitely buy a copy! And maybe buy one directly from you, hopefully signed?
Good luck on that though!!
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Lot's of things you need to do a good drawing but also very helpful! Thanks fer this i was truly clueless as to where ta even begin with getting things i need and what i needed.^^
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thank you!!
lol some people think I only need 1 pencil, 1 piece of paper and 30 minutes to draw something. It takes more than that
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So many materials...it gives me a headache just thinking about the mess I'd make. You've amazed me yet again, Cataclysm.
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lol headache!
I can imagine people can get a little confused with all the pencils but you get used to it
thank you!
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this is super i never pencil artists had their special arrangement of equipment. i only got the graded pencils and erasers
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well we do
I'm not really sure pencil artists use as many pencils as I do though
Thanks!
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nice tutorial
do you use anything to seal the pencil drawings so they don't smudge after you've finished?
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yup, I put them in transparent folders!
There's also a special kind of spray called 'Fixative'. If you spray that on your drawings, they won't smudge anymore and they won't turn yellowish after several years
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lol.
yeah I'm looking at fixatives for my drawings done in sketchbooks and not sure if they would affect them or not. good to know they would work though
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AHHHH!!! People using their fingers to blend pisses me off too!! D:<
*high fives*
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I don't like tortillians. They tend to make things out of focus and remove what contrast I had managed to make when I use them.
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well that's your opinion
After I used them, I redraw some parts with a sharp pencil so everything looks tight and clean!
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I've drawn some sketches and I like using charcoal. However, whenever I finished a piece using charcoal or any other pencil, it always run off or smudged! I have a drawing pad and I put a clean ordinary paper in between, just to avoid the smudgings but whenever I open my sketch book again, I found some of my sketches ruined! What can I do to preserve them?
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hmm well if the sketches are finished, it's best to put them in transparent folders. I think that's the only way to keep them clean since you already tried to put clean papers between them!
Hope you'll be able to find a good way
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Your work is fantastic, and where did you find that pencil case??? I've been looking for one like that for ages, because I'm sick of sorting through a bag to find my 2B.
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It's really easy to make one actually.
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