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Published: 2010-02-25 19:29:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 161067; Favourites: 6347; Downloads: 3538
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First thing I'd like to explain: this tutorial absolutely doesn't include anatomy or digital coloring lessons. I think there are many good tutorials about it here on dA.It' just the colllection of my basic tips which are helpful when we want to save some time. These are things I have learnt myself during the recent years and I'd like to share them with you. I hope it will help you to collect ideas, arrange composition of your drawings, and to avoid typical anatomy mistakes. Moreover, I presented some solutions for correcting mistakes or getting the balance of colors in a very quick way.
I'm aware they are very general tips but I think they can be helpful for the beginners.
Hope you will like this tutorial :]
Credits:
Thank you Dear for letting me use your artwork in the tutorial!
for the texture
[link] TUTORIAL: Cleaning Pencil Linearts
[link] TUTORIAL: Drawing Hair
[link] Editing Scanned Drawings
[link] Marker Tutorial- Part I
[link] Colouring Tutorial
[link] Drawing folds and frills in women's clothes
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Comments: 264
Nice tutorial! I really enjoyed the artwork! I might want to start a comic on deviant art sometime soon but I need a lot of art practice. Anyway It was good.
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Now to learn how to sketch decently so I can go to step 2.
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I really really needed this, thank you so so much! <3
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Is it better to pencil before digital? I'm fairly new as far as both pencil and digital, but should I pencil the art first? or just jump into the digital program and make it?
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I can't see mistakes by mirroring pictures. I see them by switching my drawing hand.
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I flip my drawing upside down to see my mistakes.
It's really interesting they way we can see our mistakes by just simply looking in a different way.
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Yeah.. that's a very useful trick 
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This is so useful. I'll definitely be referring to your other tutorials as well - thank you so much for uploading them! n.n
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I'm happy to heart that! Thank you :].
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This is useful for me. Thank you for sharing with us! ^^
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This is awesome...
btw, I like your style~
Gotta check your other tutorials.
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This is helpful but the problem is i have not skills with photoshop or any digital paint besides Windows paint :/
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this will definatly help me! Thank you very much for this!
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I..don't have Photo-Shop...and no scanner T_T
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I do the mirror techniuqe all the time, I thought I was the only one ^.^
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This is very helpful(: i always have trouble trying to pick which colors
would go well together, for example picking the color of the shadows
to put over the base color.
Again excellent advice!
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this is really helpful great job on this
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Thanks a lot!
I wish I found this when I first start painting digitally.
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Finally, I now know how to resize my drawings, I Love you!
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Hey! I found your tutorial very helpful, and I decided to use it in a website i am creating (it's in progress XP) -->[link] and I would like to know if you think i should change or add anything in the description, or if you would prefer that i didn't have your tutorial on my website at all. I am very open to suggestions.
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I don't mind it so you can keep my tutorial on your website. I'm glad to hear you found it useful
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ok, thank you! i'll fix it as soon as i can.
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This is wonderful for learning the trades of composition. No matter how experienced of an artist you are--this will always be beneficial to read over and over.
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Bardzo Tobie dziekuje za ten tutorial, mozliwe, ze okaze sie bardzo pomocny.
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You... You saved me hours of coloring... Thank you!
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I like the way you think. I'll keep some of these things in mind from now on.
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The mirror effect is one of the tricks I knew, I use it very often
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Anatomy mistakes correction?
Why don't you do it the right way and tell people that a solid foundation in realism will help them to better understand human anatomy, and will make it easier for them to distort it into any style?
The computer can't do everything for you if you just suck.
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That's why I wrote that drawing from reference is not a bad thing because you learn better about human anatomy.
I agree that people should study anatomy books and that's what I do myself, too. However, this tutorial is about fixing some minor mistakes for those who make them from time to time.
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But you titled it "Basic Drawing Tips." As in, this is a simple tutorial, for people who are just beginning and don't really know what they're doing quite yet.
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I totally agree with you that people should learn basic anatomy before they create their own style. It's true that beginners should be told that basic knowledge cannot be replaced with computer tricks. In fact, if they don't know human anatomy, they cannot spot any mistakes and correct them ( I know it from my own experience :]).
It would be better to make a new tutorial about the problem you mentioned. Also, sometimes I see that people excuse their mistakes with their "style".
I'm not sure if I explained it clearly. I agree with you but I wouldn't put that suggestion in this tutorial. I'd rather make the other one covering important tips for beginners :].
Thank you for your suggestion.
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thank you for posting these tutorials. they'll be helpful.
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this is really nice guide!!~
do you know how to fix a sketch if you find it awkward after looking at the mirror?
i had a trouble doing it. when i'm face it on our mirror it looks awkward, and then when i'm trying to fix it i don't know what to fix since it seems like it's fine since i'm facing it the way i draw it. OTL i don't know how to fix all my drawing in a symmetrical way
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When you look at your drawing in the mirror, try to find what you think it's awkward there. The most frequent mistakes are: the size of the head (too big or too small), differences between eyes (one bigger than the other),too long or short arms and legs etc.
Try to memorize the incorrect areas in your drawing while you're still looking at them in the mirror and then fix them when you have a normal view.
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Very helpful! I'll be watching you from now on. ^^
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Yesh!!! This will help me alot regardless of what school teaches me ^^
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This is very helpful. Thanks so much for this tutorial
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