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verticalfish — TOW-7 How to Draw Blood
Published: 2012-07-10 21:46:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 128646; Favourites: 6047; Downloads: 1772
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This week's tutorial is on the subject of blood and how to draw it! I always try to tackle subjects that other people won't go near, so if you have another wacky suggestion, post it on my journal page!Also check out the extra material for this week's tutorial: How to draw Vampire Bites! - [link]
Be sure to check out my other tutorials:
[link] Background Perspective
[link] Digital Editing of traditional media
[link] Webcomic Process for Tablet
[link] SFX in PSCS 1: Quick Motion BGs
[link] TOW-1: Photoshop Motion Lines Tutorial
[link] TOW-2: Lightning Tutorial
[link] TOW-3: Chains & Metallics
[link] TOW-4: Shading faces
[link] TOW-5: Depicting Velocity
[link] TOW-6: How to Draw Fast
...and while you're at it, check out my comics!
The Sixth Bar - [link]
Lindbergh -[link]
Glyphmaster - [link]
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Comments: 456
So helpful!
Now i can draw dramatic battle scenes! 8D
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Thank you sooooooooooooooo much for the tutorial!!!! especially since I draw a lot of bloody pics!!!!!!! XD
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I'm glad it helped!
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This was very helpful for me! You are one talented artist!!
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thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou x a thousand! 
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No problem! Keep an eye out for more tutorials in the future!
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ermahgurd thank you so much XD I needed this ouo
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I dont know why the hell I added this to favs if I dont really draw blood, But meh, maybe it will be usefull in the future
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"Meh." is always a good reason!
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I'm a medical student too, so when I began to read the whole blood system introduction I was like "W-h-a-t? How does he know all that? What if I wasn't studying medicine? Would I be supposed to know that much anatomy as an artist?" But then, of course, I read your note on the upper right corner and I relaxed
That made me curious (and I really feel like bombarding you with questions). How do you manage to do both? Because it's really obvious you have some amazing artistic skills and a very polished personal style, so I'm guessing you do spend a considerable amount of time on your art. Do you know any other medical students interested in digital art? Why did you choose medicine over art? (There I made an assumption, feel free to correct me).
And yes, your tutorial is extremely helpful.
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The answer to your first question: time management skills - I honored all my first year classes and got a kickass step 1 score because I knew when to draw and when not to draw. But even more importantly, I knew how to study - I knew the way that allowed me best make use of my scarce free time. I argue that if you were to graph the [increase in exam grade] per [amount of time spent studying], the graph would look like the hemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve. That is - it would slowly start increasing in the beginning, reach maximal slope in the middle, and slowly decrease toward the high end until it reached a plateau. What that means is that past a certain point, additional studying becomes rather inefficient. If I had to give you definitive advice, I'd say group-study as much as possible, and once you know 60-70% of the material, do practice questions to learn the rest - at least, that's what worked for me. Also, know your professors. During a test, I could kind of tell which questions were written by which professor, so I knew when a seemingly easy question had a difficult answer or when a seemingly difficult question had an easy one.
To answer your second question; No. I'm the only person I know who does digital art, and I'm lonely...
And to answer your third question; I myself never chose between medicine and art, because I was brainwashed by my parents into thinking that medicine was the only viable career choice for me if I didn't want to starve when I grew up. I'd say I'm rather good at it, but now it is the only thing I can do. Also, I was never that confident in my art until I was already in medical school - before, in college and high school, I just doodled and didn't care much for purposeful self-improvement. Back then, I didn't have the 900+ pages worth of comics posted on this website - I drew those all during medical school.
I wish there was a way I could have a dual profession - doctor/comic book author, but I don't think they have those...
Sorry for the long answer...
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I'm sorry it's taken me so long to answer but I've been very busy with final exams (and they're not over yet). I guess I lack some of those time-organizing skills after all
I just wanted to thank you for taking time to write such a long and detailed answer to my questions. I have to admit your hemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve metaphor made my day (You are creative, indeed).
So I guess I'm not the only one here whose parents definitely had a huge influence on their final deception to study what they're studying. But I'm also guessing if you didn't like it, at least a little bit, you'd quit already.
And I highly doubt medicine is the only thing your'e good at, like you said. You just have to visit your DA profile to see that...
Anyway. Thanks again and have a good summer!
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I love you so much. Thank you. >u<
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You have no idea how incredibly helpful this is! Thank you so much for making; I didn't know about the different types of bleeding and this will really come in handy.
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I love all of your tutorials! Thank you so much for all your help and all you do!
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Dude. 0__0
This is amazing. And massively useful.
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I didn't know about the difference between venous and arterial bleeding, thi is a very important detail to have in mind! Your tutorials are really useful
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Can you do a tutorial on how to draw bullet wounds for traditional art?
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Hmm... Good idea!
But I use a tablet, so why don't I do a generic tutorial about how to draw bullet wounds that can be used with both traditional/digital media?
Oh and sorry for late reply
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That would be a great idea! I've been looking for tutorials that I can use for traditional art!
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OK I'll add that to the list then.
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This was incredibly helpful 
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No problem! It's what I'm here for!
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Next opportunity I get, I am fav bombing your tutorials... just a warning XD;
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you make very good tutorials! thanks
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This is REALLY helpful! I love tips like this.
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The splatter effects I run across more often- but seeing a diagram of the artery and vein on the human body and a quick info on the different between them? Really awesome. Thank you for making this!
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Thanks for this! Had no idea about the difference in bleeding, really good information! : D
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