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i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

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truly

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this showed up in my FB memories, the lightning bolt trick! I don't sketch out the lightning bolt much nowadays but it's still super helpful when I need to lay out tricky arms and leg poses. And I still apply the logic of it, especially with how I draw arms :' ) Biggest thing it helps with is shape breakdown and visualization, we gotta use whatever works to break down shapes into simpler concepts for our brains 👏💓

#art ref #limbs

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Wings anyone?

#wings #art ref

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handmade drawing references :)

I took these pictures mainly to analyze my hand structure. Feel free to use them for your art, if you'd like to!

#hands #books #references #art ref

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Felt like drawing some random characters in blue pencil

Nightcrawler from X-Men

Leela from Futurama

And Tomiko, @mishacakes rottmnt OC.

#traditional drawing #blue pencil #fanart #xmen #nightcrawler #turanga leela #Futurama #Tomiko #rottmnt #oc fanart

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Know what I’m salty about?

In all my art classes, I was never taught HOW to use the various tools of art.

Like yes, form, and shape and space and color theory and figure drawing is important, but so is KNOWING what different tools do.

I’m 29 and I JUST learned this past month that India Ink is fucking waterproof when it dries. Why is this important? Because I can line something in India Ink and then go over it with watercolors. And that has CHANGED the ENTIRE way I art and the ease I can create with.

tldr: Art Teachers: teach your students what different tools do. PLEASE.

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Based on this Tumblr post:

#traditional drawing #pencil #comic #$14.95?! #meowdy #sketch

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kui is literally so brilliant at well-thought-out anatomy and character design I could just study it all day

#art tips

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

By Shadowcross on DA.

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The two types of sky friends with new moths

Got the idea from watching my sister play 'sky: children of the light'

#traditional drawing #ink pen #fanart #sky children of the light #sky children fanart #that sky game

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Me after my phone hits 5% power because of all the booping I've done.

The great Tumblr Booping of 2024

(I did all my booping over on my shit posting blog @otterlywyrdfirbolg )

#traditional drawing #ink pen #april fool's day #boop #booping

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The great Tumblr Booping of 2024

(I did all my booping over on my shit posting blog @otterlywyrdfirbolg )

#traditional drawing #ink pen #april fool's day #boop #booping

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In honor of Shrimp Week!

SHRIMP!!

HEAVEN!!

NOW!!!!!!!

I would like to thank @montereybayaquarium and the My Brother, My Brother, and Me podcast for the inspiration!

#traditional drawing #ink pen #watercolour #paint pens #shrimp #shrimp week #shrimp heaven now #my brother my brother and me #Montgomery bay aquarium

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Nobody mess with me. I'm in the shrimp zone.

Current WIP: "Shrimp heaven"

In honor of Shrimp week.

(sometimes it's really awkward to draw in public because people like to ask what I'm doing and then I have to explain myself)

#work in progress #traditional drawing #ink pen #watercolour background #shrimp #shrimp heaven now #SHRIMP. HEAVEN. NOW!!!

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Current WIP: "Shrimp heaven"

In honor of Shrimp week.

(sometimes it's really awkward to draw in public because people like to ask what I'm doing and then I have to explain myself)

#work in progress #traditional drawing #ink pen #gonna finish it in watercolor and acrylic paint #shrimp #shrimp heaven now

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