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viwrastupr β Tutorial 1: Understanding references
Published: 2013-01-09 21:17:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 24095; Favourites: 394; Downloads: 323
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First tutorial for the MLP Drawing School Art Manual.Second tutorial: [link]
Questions, comments, queries, concerns? Feel free to drop by the subreddit: [link]
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I dont draw ponies but this was still very helpful ty ^v^!
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Is it allowed to scale the shape using the reference?
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Just a quick question, what if there is no suitable reference for my idea?
If I think up a composition that I haven't encountered yet, how should I improvise?
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the head wasn't made too small, you're mind is comparing it to the flank, which in this case, is too big.
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Very helpful and will continue to be for quite some time! Here's my first attempt (I might have sort of skipped the mane and tail):
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This is a good technique, but I almost never use anything like it haha. Probably should, but the few times I have tired it, everything came out weird quite quickly.
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my weird thing is, that i can draw them easier from the eye, (so the complete picture) then a tutorial with those circles and lines and shapes that result into the final piece 0-0
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
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To be blunt: Your understanding of volumes. It's easier to see a pony, flat as she is, and not see the volumes that make her up. Getting to know the spheres and cylinders that make up a pony will help you to be able to create your own pony poses.
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....i DO see the cylinders and such, it's more that if i want a certain pose, taking 3 different pictures and drawing it myself OR take a picture i can draw it directly, instead of following each and every single step with cilinders.
examples of "volumes" in original poses.(oldest to newest, the oldest still has a flaw with a leg)
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Then the cylinders aren't necessary to draw. If they've been internalized then there's no reason to throw them around everywhere.
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yes, also sorry i have been a bit too far in the last comment ^^'
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"Questions, comments, queries, concerns?"
My physics teacher used to say this all the time. Anyway, nice tutorial, should be very useful for a beginner like me.
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My theater teacher says that all the time, too. Oi, small world.
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Very nice! I was surprised that for all the wealth of information on MLPDS there aren't all that many guides adapted to dA.
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Good guide, followed the steps and my own lyra didnt turn out too bad!
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The thing is that their forelegs seem to change joint orientation depending on how anthropomorphic they need to be for a given scene. Sometimes they look and move more like a real horse's forelegs, and sometimes they look and move like human arms.
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The ponies in the show are quite flexible, it's true. Exaggeration is common in animation and it takes careful fudging to get away with it in stills.
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Just look at pinkie 0_o
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Thank you! I have been having such a hard time starting. This guide really helps.
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wow i do this all wrong. i just try and free hand the vector or reference and it comes out just as good. till i get to the hair -_-
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Thanks! Whenever I try to draw the body, it always looks weird. This really helped!
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Beyond cool. This is awesome, and very helpful for the budding pony artist. You deserve a medal for paying it forward!
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I'll settle for watching people improve. Slowly but surely the world fills with art.
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