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I wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Not only does this show and explain the process behind The Hutch but I also shared many very useful tips I've picked up through my experience (mostly discovered on my own). Yes, it's long, but so is a lifetime.In this tutorial, I talk about:
Holding the pencil Shading Planes and tones Depicting and reading form Layering pencils ErasingThere's also a short FAQ section!
Not only that, but it shows dozens of progress photos for The Hutch ! In essence, this tutorial has been undergoing plans for some months now. Now I just hope people will like it.
I would like to take this moment to remind you that the purpose of a tutorial is to be spread between people, so please do so if you found it useful and/or interesting
Thanks for reading.For those interested in learning more I am writing a book about portraiture such as this tutorial. To give me ideas and such, please see this poll and comment as you please: [link]
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you're totally welcome. the more you draw, the better you'll get. i can definitely see your improvement so far
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haha thanks! Is sketching still something you find yourself doing these days?
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kinda. it's really not my main outlet anymore. unfortunate perhaps, but what can you do?
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Nothing much I suppose haha, at least you still have alternative outlets. Thanks again anyways!
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Thank you for sharing your life time of expertise. It is so appreciated!
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I personally take a picture of my drawing and I instantly see most of the mistakes I've made
Also, thanks for this tutorial, it will really be useful for my project!
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that's a good technique, and so is flipping the image horizontally. you're welcome!
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here is a nice trick concerning proportions in drawing...flipping the paper 
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you cant horizontally flip a real piece of paper
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not horizontally...just rotate it 180 degrees...it will be easier to spot the mistakes
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rotating paper 180 degrees just turns it upside down. as i said, our eyes arent really good at spotting abnormalities of upside down faces. this is called the thatcher effect. you can google it for examples. its actually less helpful to turn it upside down than it is to look at it normally :3
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My art teacher taught us this.. Actually, it only works if you're directly referencing an image. Turn the image in question upside down as well as the piece you're working. When drawing from memory it doesn't help much xD
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i was taught the same thing. turning the piece upside-down can help and its an interesting exercise but it doesnt help the average drawer, in my opinion. youre better off using a mirror to view your drawing flipped horizontally than copying something thats upside-dwown
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Yeah, I don't usually do the upside down thing either. I want to train myself to spot mistakes without all that other stuff xD
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rotating a piece of paper wont help. generally speaking, most people cant spot minor errors in a human face that isnt the right way up. the only sure way to spot errors like this is to horizontally flip it. this can be done using a mirror or you can scan it and flip it digitally; you cant physically flip the paper itself
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sorry if that was harsh. i was only trying to explain :3
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Hi. Your tutorial is amazing! I have a question; what did you do to the picture with the boy, the one with high contrast, in order to look so colorful?
Thanks!
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i reduced the number of colours and manually changed each tone of grey to a colour selected by me
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Amazing tutorial , really informative thank you very much for sharing .
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Very helpful tutorial, thanks! When you changed the reference photo from 256 shades of grey to 13, what was the command you used? Im assuming something with levels but Idk.
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thanks! in paint shop pro 9: image > decrease colour depth > X colours
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Wow, this is a really great and very helpful tutorial! Thanks for sharing! I featured it here
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Amazing tutorial. This will help so much with the new sketch set I got in the mail.
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Thank you for making this tutorial! Do you by the way not use any blending tools?
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tissues or your fingers, cotton balls, qtips...
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nope, i dont touch the drawing with anything but erasers and pencils. i DRAW in the blending, instead of smudging my hard work around
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How do you do it? I mean: I can't do skin anyway but I especially can't do it without blending...
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its a matter of controlling the pressure. take a soft pencil and dont even press it into the paper. let the graphite slide across the paper and leave its own light shading. practice using different levels of pressure to achieve shades you want, instead of smudging your work to create the shades. its all practice and experience, no tricks. keep copying portraits and trying things over and over
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This tutorial is great! I wondered why I haven't stumbled upon this earlier!!
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Thank you so much for sharing. I have been drawing for over two years, but this last year has seen some major progress. This was very helpful. As I read through it, I thought this is as good as reading a book.
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opened my poll? what do you mean?
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At the bottom of the description it says that you are writing a tutorial book and there is a link to it. I went ahead and went there.
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Oh, man, this is awesome! Thank you for these wonderful tips!!I wonder why this hasn't got a DD...
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youre welcome! i dont know why it hasnt, as i dont select DDs
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This is, by far, the best tutorial I've come across for realistic traditional drawing. Thank you so very much for all the amazing detail you've put into this. It's really a great help to people trying to improve without the ability to attend traditional art classes. And to be completely honest, this tutorial has helped me more then any and all of my art classes in school. [I don't even want to think about how long ago that was lol ]
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thanks for your thorough feedback. it makes me glad to know people find this useful
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