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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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I LOVE you. It is SO hard to get it to look natural. This definitely helps--I never even considered the differences between venous and arterial bleeding!
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thank you sooooo much i rlly needed this xoxo
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This is a really great tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing it
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Mein gott, thank you!!! I've been looking for a good tutorial on how to draw blood!
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You have no idea how helpful this was to me :') Thank you!!
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Wow, I thought I was the only one who actually cared about arteries and viens.
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The walls of the arteries are thicker than the viens as when the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood into the arteries, it has a lot of pressure. The viens are more on the outside while the arteries are more on the inside as so to protect the arteries. If a vien is cut, there is no worries. When an artery is cut, sayonara to you. (That is pretty much all I've learnt during science in school.)
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Thank you, it's very well-explained!
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Me: Oh, a how to draw blood tutorial. Wait, that character looks like from the medical guy that made "how to draw fast" tutorial.Oh wait, It is him lol!
I gigled considering how you are applying your knowledge
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XD I plan to keep doing a tutorial every week, so there will be a lot of "oh, it's that guy again!" going on!
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Thank. I think the note on arterial vs venous bleeding was the most helpful. It's a nice reminder about anatomy.
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great tutorial!!!! really detailed and understandable!
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In the tutorial you mentioned that people can bleed from the ears or eyes.... for what reason in a manga would a person bleed from their eyes, besides a drastic pressure change or gouging?
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Well... you pretty much summed it up. A drastic pressure change from a certain attack can make people's eara drums rupture, causing them to bleed from the ears. Blood from the nose suggests damage to the nasopharynx (which is relatively benign), but coughing up blood could mean that there's blood in the GI tract, caused by damage to internal structures. BLood from the eyes... other than gouging, the only think I could think of is... mangekyo sharingan? LOL
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You read my mind! This is such perfect timing. I'm working on a commission involving a small amount of venous blood! Thank you for posting this!
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No problem! I'm glad I helped -W-
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*stares but then stalks your other stuff* ok i think i absolutly love your work *bows down to your tutorials* awesome man! (or chikky....) honestly... i cant tell and i see no gender anywhere ^_^' it doesnt matter, i just dont want to be rude, so if i was rude, im sorry. ether way its awesome stuff :3
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I'm a dude, and being a dude, I take offense to absolutely nothing! So don't worry. And thank you!
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hahaha glad to know ^_^ *is stalking your other Tows and tuts.* :3
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Thanks! I'm always open to new viewers!
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Cool. But what is true colour of venous blood?
I knew it was darker but i didn't knew it turned red after being exposed to air.
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It's dark red. Blood is always red, it just turns from dark to bright red when exposed to oxygen. It looks blue through the skin because of the Tyndall effect, which has to do with the way the wavelength (and color) of light changes when it passes through the skin, which has a large refractive index.
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Thanks this will help me alot i was never any good at drawing blood
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Glad it's helpful!
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At first I thought this tutorial was about how to cut people xD
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For a split second I thought this was a phlebotomy tutorial...
But! That said, this is very helpful. Thanks for sharing~
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No problem. And I didn't even realize that was a double entendre xD
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My mind is weird that way, I guess
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FINALLY! A blood splatter tutorial that actually helps 
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this is very helpful! thank you for sharing!
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This is awesome. I just learned a thing or too. Thank you verticalfish!
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the sad thing is i like blood and things bloody,but actually seeing in real life grosses me the fuck out
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