Drawing Reference - Blog Posts

Liam (top) and Kyle (bottom) <3

Pose reference:

Kyle is @dollzkiss2 ‘s oc*

no one:

me: making my own drawing references cuz I can't find the poses I want on Pinterest

totally didn't also redo them but while wearing shoes cuz I realised I have no clue what shoes look like at any angle👍

why are pose references for women like That

Sweet Tooth

"Are we on trial?"

"It's not a trial. It's a stoning."

You overpaid, with crumpled bills and some earrings with blood on them, like they were ripped from the lobes. You had a body about to bloom and the mind of a sophisticate. You didn't smile.

Armand + looks through season 2 for @aarmand

i felt like there wasn’t enough polyam trio art memes so i decided to make my own <3 self indulgence be damned

❤️💛💙

( feel free to share and tag me in any of the cute art you make i would love to see!!! 🥺💕)

Drawing bases & pose references pt 46 ✨

There are 3 more poses for patrons today!

Drawing bases & pose references pt 47 ✨

There are 3 more poses for patrons!

Pose references pt 17 🌈

more bases for pride before the month ends 😭😭

Collection of images and memes for anyone who doesn’t know what to draw (edit: I added way more ❤️)

Some girls from my sketchbook that I liked!

I inked them with a red ballpoint. The first 2 are the same girl in different styles. Her name is Antoinette. Of course, she has a whole story. She's one of those Ocs you create for those times when you're bored and the only way to entertain yourself is with your thoughts

The other girl was drawn from the typical Pinterest ref, so her anatomy is a bit better.

A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

By Shadowcross on DA.

Useful hand reference!

500 hands in 5 days 💀 ! feel free to use them for reference 💖 

can you show me how you do everyone's eyss? i struggle to make them look right :(

Of course! Here is my take on every neighbors eyes! Hopefully it's helpful. Thanks for the ask!!

Wild kratts drawing references

thought i'd upload what I use to help me with drawing the kratt bros since i am horrid at drawing from memory/imagination :)

Heres a link to see it in better resolution:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xTtwEutXcgJzmbbKFcQtnlkZ9t2kRCxytNNu5Y-LmLk/edit#slide=id.p

oops ive hit jazzprowl with the yuri gun insanity this time,,

hear me out human au where they're cops and partners and also wives

(somewhat) up-to-date lineups!

had a few people ask about refs so here's my continuously evolving charts

ALIEN LANDSCAPES of STAR TREK

I love thinking about cogless wheeljack.

Do you think he ever wanted to try inventing somthing? Like he gets ideas and wants to so badly make them real but he feels he can't do more than just his mining job?

Or do you think he goes and makes randome small things in his free time. Maybe he found ways to make their jobs easier. Maybe he does small things like upgrades and repairs to their equipment.

Wheeljack screencap collection

I made this Ratchet reference/breakdown if anyone finds it useful! I want to do one of Pharma but if there's any other characters y'all would like breakdown studies of let me know!

How to show expression with the mouth!

This was a request and at first I wasn’t sure if I had anything to provide with, but as it turn out it got a little longer than I expected because there were actually things I had to say!! Wow!! 

Anyway, this is some guidelines I follow when I try to make the face expressfull, more specifically the mouth! It is often neglected, since it’s actually pretty hard, I’ll admit. But I’m here to help (hopefully…)! A mouth expression tutorial as per request. Enjoy and hopefully it will help some a little. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

Draw the teeth at the right angle. 

This is super important. The upper jaw follows the angle of the head, and the lower jaw will depend on how open it is. Make sure you have a rough estimate of where the teeth are, and how much of them you’re going to see!

The lips will VERY roughly follow the same angle as the teeth. It really depends on the character, but it gives you a sense at least. 

If you DON’T do this, you’re going to lose so much volume and the mouth is going to end up looking unrelatable. I showed this example in this tutorial:

It’s not just the lips! 

The cheeks, chin, and tongue play a role too! 

Try look at your own mouth or references! I have a very pliable and large mouth, so that’s one reason why my characters have it too lmao.

ASYMMETRYYYYY (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง

I cannot emphasize how important asymmetry is when drawing expressions. It applies not only to the eyebrows to achieve the Dreamwork Face™, but also the mouth. Seriously if you draw a symmetric mouth I will deliver myself to your mailbox and then shout at you until you fix it. 

Look at the difference between these two for example: which one has more “life”? 

I think you get the idea.

Push and squish - give it flow

Here’s an old drawing I have but it illustrates how I think when I squish the mouth, and use folding and wrinkles to my advantage.

Look at your own face and see where skin bundles up, where it creases the most and when bumps appear on your chin. Subtle details makes all the difference! 

One VERY effective detail is illustrated in the first sketch, where I pull upwards on one side, and downwards on the other. That’s a good detail to use when the character is making a skewed expression, or is extremely frustrated. I encourage you to play around with that concept bc it’s ~super effective~!

EXAMPLES:

Happy: Your entire mouth is pushed upwards, not just the corners of your mouth!

I tend to draw a :3 mouth bc I’ve been drawing Lance too much….. You don’t have to but it’s basically imprinted in my motor memory by now. 

Pouting/frowning: corners are pushed down, middle pushed slightly up. Sometimes, there’s a slight dip in the middle too. It can give a sense that the character is biting their lips.

Showing frustration/intimidating/is intimidated: basically showing a lot of teeth. The corners are as open as possible and the middle sorta more squished. An extremely important detail here is showing some of the gums, and open space between the cheeks and teeth. That way it looks like the mouth it open to it’s full potential. Here is also where you basically MUST add folds and bumps, or else it’s not going to look relatable. 

(Here I am again with the pulling upwards on one side and downwards on the other, as illustrated on the last sketch)

And then again, here’s just another doodle showing how important it is to show the gums. It’s the same face twice, but the second one looks slightly more frustrated doesn’t it?

(from my other tutorial on how to draw facial expressions)

As you can see, this last one is very versatile and I draw it a lot. Play around with the basic shape and see how much subtle details makes a lot of difference! 

That’s it! 

I hope that cleared some things up and was somewhat helpful! Enjoy drawing ✨

Here it is, my long winded tutorial, complete with some step by step action. I see a lot of people talk about wanting to diversify their artwork but not knowing how. This is my help to you. You really should take the time to invest in learning diverse eye shapes as diverse artwork always makes you a better artist. And frankly I’m really tired of drawing tutorials that talk up character diversity but only have the stereotypical “one Asian eye”.

I did some step by steps for those three diagrams, but I actually got them from this blog which has 14 of those examples! (Bonus: it’s a makeup blog so if you need help with that or want some idea of how to shade these eyes, there ya go)

How to Draw : Hairstyles Pt. 1

After a really long time this is finally done, I still have a few request projects to work on but this was at the top of the queue. A tutorial discussing the various methods and styles of drawing hair, specifically using shapes, tufts and strands.

Life study: shirts by Spectrum-VII

Tutorial???

Flats, gradients, airbrush, paint, refine, atmospheric perspective, paint,