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Oh, dear, thank you so so much! Look, I suck at making tutorial, but I’ll try to show you step by step how I draw. 

first of all when I draw a male torso this is what happens in my brain. Literally. I don’t draw the geometric deisng, it’s just an image I do in my head.I start with a real doodle. Just to fill the space and decide pose.

now it’s time to sketch the real body. I tried to color for your all muscles’ sections I draw. WARINING: it may not be anatomically correct but it works for me and my style.

And this is how I get my male torso. 

(Or expand on an existing one that you’ve made yours, same deal.)

I got an anonymous request for some tips on developing a fanmade Dalish clan. These questions are meant to be prompts for slowly building on details. 😊

Where in Thedas does the clan reside?

What are the dangers of living where they live?

What are the benefits of living where they live?

In what ways has their location shaped their culture and way of life?

Have they always been here, or did they come from elsewhere? 

If so, where were they from before, when did they leave, and why?

If not, how has being somewhat stationary all this time affected them?

Are they nomadic? Semi-nomadic? Or do they have a permanent settlement? How has this affected them?

If they are nomadic/semi-nomadic, what are their migration habits like?

In what ways does the clan sustain themselves? What do they have for resources, and how do they acquire/use/maintain them?

Imagine a spirit looking down at their site. What would they see?

What is their typical style of dress?

What are their interactions/relations with outsiders/other Dalish like?

If strangers were to approach them, how do they react?

What are their interactions/relations with each other like?

If a clan member wanted to leave the clan, how do they react?

What roles does the clan have, and what do they consist of?

How many people are part of the clan on average?

What is the history behind the formation and building of the clan?

What stories does the clan have with moral lessons?

What legends does the clan have about their people/history?

How do clan members spend their leisure time? What do they do for fun?

What kind of laws/rules does the clan have?

If a clan member breaks these rules, what punishments are there?

What is the clan’s culture surrounding birth?

What is the clan’s culture surrounding death?

What are the most monumental parts of life for clan members?

In what ways does the clan honour and revere the Elven Pantheon?

What practices does the clan have in regards to vallaslin? How is an elf determined to be ready? How is the design chosen?

Variance in character expressions!

People’s faces are a brilliant place to show your readers just what makes a character tick.  Since people handle emotions differently, their faces should handle them differently too.

These two nerds are both angry, but look at the difference! One is stewing in his anger while the other is not afraid to show it. One takes things very seriously and the other is likely to forget about it quickly. What else can you learn from these characters from the way they handle the same emotion?

Since Lee tends to bottle up his emotions, the word I think of when I draw his face is “closed” or “tight”. I try to make his features somewhat jagged as he takes everything too seriously and internalizes it (don’t do that kids, it’s bad for you). Ben hides nothing whatsoever, so I think “open” or “over-the-top”. Since he doesn’t let things bother him too much, I tend to give his expressions lots of round edges, like bubbles, to show they are temporary and harmless.

If we use Lee’s shape language for Ben’s face, the result is a little strange:

This can be used for comic effect, but I don’t encourage doing it that often because it’s jarring. 

!! ART TUTORIAL 2 !!

This is my 2nd art tutorial, i’ve only ever done one of these before, and it went amazingly well on tumblr you guys all seemed to love it and I get so many asks for another one!

I hope you like this one just as much, it’s been almost a year and thought my style rarely evolves, my techniques and quality has!

Since I’ve been working a little more on sound effects in my comics, I thought I’d post a little tutorial on how I do it in Photoshop. Basically, it involves adjusting the letter size, spacing and baseline, adding some nice strokes and then warping it.

heres an example

and it also gives you the hex code values for them too its p neat !