Practice Makes Perfect

aeolian-mode:

Another unhelpful tutorial. This time it’s featuring Kai, a character from my in-progress graphic novel, btcomics.com . It’s been on hiatus, which is why there isn’t a new page yet, but it’s coming back and I plan to have it up and running again this weekend!

I discovered this ‘style’ largely by accident as I was just experimenting with things. I kind of like how it looks, and I thought I’d share how I came upon it in case anyone finds it useful.

I would like to emphasize, about painting hair: hair is very reflective. And black usually looks nicer when it is not actually 100 percent black. Adding in other colors can make black look more interesting while still being dark enough to be accurate to the character’s hair color. Darker skin works the same way. It’s very reflective! Problem is I’ve never been able to capture it correctly, but since I discovered this technique  it’s helping me see what kinds of other colors I can throw in to make black look more interesting. I need a lot of work and practice, of course. 

Also I didn’t use refs, I am working really hard to improve how I draw faces without needing a ref. 

what-is-this-witchcraft:

I uploaded these on DA but forgot to put them here. So have at them. A tutorial on drawing like me (this asshole, right here).
This post is almost as long as that bloody colour of the sky one, pardon that. 
There is also a short tut on poses but I don’t like it as much, it can be found here . So yeah, hope these aren’t too misguided and completely unhelpful. I am no pro, not at all, noooot at alllllll. So take it with a grain of amateurism. 

the-art-post:

(Iain McCaig: How to Draw an Eye)