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HELLO! I’m not too sure on how to make a hair tutorial since i kinda just go the hell out with it (its really inconsistent it hurts lol). But i’ll try my best!

Scalp points is really important. You would want it to look natural, and from there you can control where your front hair goes. There are 3 main points, one in the middle and the other two by your temples.

I usually divides my hair sections into 3: the front, sides, and back. YOU DONT REALLY HAVE TO FOLLOW EVERYTHING THOUGH, JUST DO YOUR THANG. I know, my hair structures doesnt make sense with the points and stuffs lmao. But yeah you got my point.

Examples with different hairstyles:

Note to self: do not attempt curly hair if you’ll just fuck things up

Side view examples:

Girls Hair example:

Girls hair doesnt make sense. Just go crazy and make them fabulous queens.

i think an important thing to learn, especially if you start out with drawing anime, is that faces don’t necessarily have to narrow from top to bottom

i like to think of wide top, wide middle, wide bottom, and rectangle-like as the 4 main face shapes

what you should keep in mind about them:

you’re only halfway done: the jawlines, the width-length ratio, the amount of fat in the cheeks, the intensity or subtlety of the face’s curves are all important components you still have to decide on after choosing the shape itself

none of these shapes are exclusively feminine or masculine, don’t hesitate drawing them on any gender

most people in real life have some variation of the wide middle type

if you are trying to draw real people, getting the shape of their face down is the first step

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Just draw the damn hands.  Stop ending them at stumps at the wrist. Stop hiding them behind someone’s back.  Draw them.  Yeah, you’re probably bad at them, guess what? Everyone is.  And you’re not going to get better by not drawing them.

Drawing basic facial expressions is not the hardest. Most people can draw a sad face, a happy face, angry etc., but making more multidimensional expressions is more of a challenge. I have gotten a lot of compliments on how I draw facial expressions, (specifically “angsty ones”) telling me that they are very dramatic and well… expressive! And there are actually only a few things I think about when I draw faces that take them to the next level, so I thought i’d illustrate them all here!

SUPER IMPORTANT TIP BEFORE WE START: Look at your own face when you draw faces. Even making the face when you are drawing (you don’t even have to look at it), will give you some sense of how the face muscles pull and where things fold and stretch, because you can feel it. You are the best reference when it comes to facial expressions!

Angles 

Draw the head in an angle that matches the expressions you want to make. It is not a requirement, but is going to add to the effect.

Symmetry vs asymmetry 

A face is rarely symmetric. Unless the face the character is making is 100 % relaxed or even dissociating, the eyebrows, mouth and facial muscles will have different placements of their respective side. This image shows the dramatic impact asymmetry has on a face: 

That’s the difference between a smile and a smirk!

The first one’s like “oh yeah?” and the second is like “oH YEAH??”

The “balloon squishing principle”

This is something I did subconsciously, and I didn’t know about until I made this tutorial. And this principle goes hand in hand with an asymmetric face. Basically, if you squish one part of the face, you need to even out the empty space by “inflating” the other part of the face so that it doesn’t appear shrunken. The picture hopefully explains it:

Teeth 

Don’t forget to add the gum when the mouth is open to its full potential!

Squinting and folding

Adding folds around the eyes when a character is squinting makes a HUGE difference. It makes a smile more genuine and a growl more intimidating. Adding folds to the face in general makes your characters more lifelike and ‘visually relatable’. Like, they look human, and less plastic or fake.

and so on..

Pupils and irises 

The placement of the iris and pupil in relation to the eyelids is very important! The less of the white you see, the more relaxed the character is. 

And then of course eyebrows and eyes go hand in hand!

Gestures, spitting, sweating… 

Adding more elements than just a face is key to making the character actually look like they are feeling what you want them to feel. Just the tiniest sweat drop adds to their anxiety, spitting adds frustration to their rage, slouching shoulders, waving hands, a double chin, extreme angles, the list goes on! Add whatever and see what kind of impact it makes! Does it do the trick? Great! Add it! 

Over exaggeration!! 

Remember that you can almost always exaggerate more. Don’t be afraid to do draw “too much” because you’re just experimenting. See what works and what doesn’t. What do you like to exaggerate?

Now that you know some theory, it’s time to practice!

Practicing!! 

The 25 Essential Expressions (a classic! I’ve done it multiple times)

And the one I do when I’m bored:

Fill a page with circles and fill them in with different expressions. Try and exaggerate as much as you can! 

This is mostly for experimenting. They are quicker to draw than complete faces, but the same rules should apply!

And that’s about it!

How to Make a Transparent-Spoopy-Ghost-Draw-Thing:

Okay! So Anon had asked for this, and I tried to fit it in the ask but uhnnngg the prints were too big and it would take too long to load and be very bothersome so I though using the photosets’ automatic shrinking system would be best. 

You will need:

Easy PaintTool SAI (whichever version you prefer)

Photoshop, GIMP, or any photo manipulation program of your preference.

Step 1— Open a new file on SAI, and draw what you want to be seen in black. That is, the part seen before dragging it around.

Step 2— Create a new layer and place it under the one in black. Now use the bucket to fill it in with a random color that won’t mix in with neither the black nor the white. That’ll allow you to see the white lines.

Step 3— Draw whatever you don’t want to be seen at first in white. That is, the part seen when dragging it and holding it over a darker color.

Step 4— Delete the colored background layer, and merge the white and the black line layers together. 

Step 5— Go to File (F), then to Export as (E), then to .psd (Photoshop). That’s important! If you don’t save it as a .psd, it’s not gonna work, since SAI translates transparency into white in any other file format other than .psd. And don’t worry, even if you don’t have Photoshop, most photo manipulation programs support .psd files.

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Hand Gestures

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Foot Tutorial

Drawing Feet

Knees

Sitting Poses

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Abs Tutorial

Clothes and Accessories:Clothing Tutorial 

(Notes)How to Draw Flower Crowns

Helmets and Hats

Hoods

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Jeans

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Lace Tutorial

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draw knees

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Pose Maker

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Victorian dresses!

SO MANY PRETTY PURPLE DRESSES I LOVE THEM!

Pretty black dress :>

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ArtGraphica.net (learn to paint,draw & sketch)

ArtyFactory.com (art lessons)

artists.pixelovely.com (lessons & tips)

ctrlpaint.com (digital painting)

DrawSpace.com (from basic to advance)

Draw23.com (video tutorials)

LearningAnatomy.tumblr.com (anatomy)

PaintDrawPaint.com  (learn drawing basics)

TomsClassNotes.com

Pixlr.com

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