#drawing from photo reference

[ionomycin]

Grief

ref photo by @jawsstone

#artists on tumblr #my friend let me use a really gorgeous photo they took #it made my brain go brrr #and i had to draw this #i usually take my own reference pics so it was cool to work from someone else's #enjoyed drawing this a lot #despite the subject matter #i saw a pretty scene of a narrow alley #with white stairs stained black from people walking on them #and somehow it took my brain here #grief visits every house

[serndest]

2022-06-08 Girl drawing- ~3/4ths Blind Contour vs Contour

2022-06-08 Girl drawing- Mostly Blind Contour vs Contour

From June 8, 2022. a mostly blind contour drawing & mostly straight-up contour drawing of this photo from chommang_drawings‘s “Sketching Reference” Pinterest board https://www.pinterest.co.kr/pin/569986896599083467/ . (rest of his board, if you’re interested: https://www.pinterest.co.kr/chommang_drawing/sketching-reference_chommang/ )

LEFT: ~3/4ths Blind Contour. ~3:24-3:30pm

RIGHT: ~1/4ths Blind Contour - “Croquis” drawing (like Chommang). 3:31-4:14pm

MINI JOURNAL

[On the contour drawing] TBH, I gave up after

I drew her upper body too big,

I drew her face & hands too wrong,

+ Face itself looks good, but not too much like the original reference.

I realized I was struggle more w/ the head & hands than w/ the rest of the body.

SELF CRITIQUES:

+ 1/4ths blind contour: you capture the facial features pretty accurately; pretty good observational skills there

- the position of each feature needs work

Practice drawing faces more (croquis)

Re-develop drawing hands (croquis & simple structure)

**Subpoint to 1&2: Sketch guidelines in pencil/erasable lead 1st

*Additional approach: observational learning & cartooning/simplification (boxes)/triangles

ART SUPPLIES

Ink: Zebra V-301 Fountain Pen (+ included ink cartridge)

Wash: Pentel Aquash Waterbrush (Flat) [now Pentel Vistage Waterbrush (Flat)] & tap water

Notes: Faber Castell TK 9400 Clutch Pencil (2 mm) & Uni Mitsubishi Lead Holder Refill (2 mm - F)

#chommang #drawing from photo #drawing from photo reference #drawing from observation #observational drawing #blind contour #blind contour drawing #contour drawing #girl drawing #pen drawing #pen and wash #ink wash #fountain pen #zebra pen #zebra v301 #pentel #pentel aquash #pentel aquash flat #pentel vistage #faber castell #clutch pencil #lead holder #2mm lead holder #uni mitsubishi #uni mitsubishi pencil

[neytui]

Just a few more

Plus the ref from race to the edge

#httyd #httyd fanart #hiccup haddock #httyd hiccup #art #hiccup how to train your dragon #so i'm finally watching race to the edge #and I think I stop every 5 minutes to take photos of him #hiccup is so goddamn expressive #I love him for that #my art #yeah so at the end I dont draw as much as taking reference from hiccup #yall should see my folder #full of him

[amphibianaday]

day 1514

#amphibian #frog #amphibidextrous #epipedobates tricolor #the photo reference is my own photo :) #i went to a botanical garden/zoo thing #seeing this guy irl was like meeting a celebrity its like #omg its froggy from my drawing!!! #well i guess the one i drew was PROBABLY epipedobates anthonyi and the label called these tricolor but they look the same same #their call is very cute and loud #they had them both in a little terrarium and loose in the building #i found a few outside the terrarium by following their calls and looking very carefully :) #why do you look like the pikmin enemy

[mblue-art]

late halloweeen dooodleee

#group photo ft. little blue riding hood and the monsters that got attached :> #❤💙💜💜 #mblue art #self insert #uf!sans #lust!sans #cross!sans #naur theyre just. dressing up yes totally #was originally just going to be me and red but brain decided 'hey what if u do this pose with TWO MORE people' and uh- oh no whoops #red is a vampire bc i got an anon requesting him as one during halloween last year (yes my inbox is full of old asks yes i feel bad abt it) #lust is a reference to my halloween au with my skelesona and lust!! :) (temporarily called ghost bride au) #it was born when i decided to draw lust dressed up as a ghost and it started from thereee<3 #cross is based off of inkz's werewolf cross art (but i made him shorter here and kinda sitting down if u can tell 💀💀💀) #and little 'blue' riding hood bc a friend drew both my self-insert and skelesona as one for a cute halloween group pic years ago 💙💙 #if i tried to fit both dream and error in here that would be SIX people in one drawing and i would like to avoid going insane pls n ty

[forbiddentaako]

wish they got an excuse to dress up fancy in the show but alas I guess I have to draw that myself

gotta draw charlie next to match her girlfriend

#charlie gave her her coat bc she was cold #but actually vaggie just wanted it for gay reasons #hazbin vaggie #hazbin hotel vaggie #vaggie hazbin hotel #vaggie #hazbin hotel #i stoled the background from the reference photo i used whoops #honestly my favorite thing about drawing the hazbin characters is simply not giving a fuck if the colors end up good or not #and like thats allowed me to experiment more with colors and shading without the fear of it looking awful #chaggie is implied i just havent drawn charlie yet

[doodlingwren]

✨What if they kissed under the missile-toad?✨

#wren draws stuff #art #fanart #comics #saint seiya #saint seiya fanart #knights of the zodiac #los caballeros del zodiaco #les chevaliers du zodiaque #aries mu #taurus aldebaran #appendix kiki #aldemu #no Kiki was harmed in making this comic #it's THAT ONE COMIC! IT IS UP NOW! THE END! #reupload bc I forgot a toad lol #btw the toad is made of plastic no living creature was harmed 💖 the photo reference I copied it from had a plastic toy 💖

[vulnus-sanare]

"...Make it look like they've found home in each others' arms."

The moment I laid eyes on @madfantasy 's Severus I thought "that's him".

Inevitably, after a lot of indecision and pondering if I should sort out my priorities instead, I gave myself a little treat and ordered my very first art comission 🥰

What I wanted was for the artwork to convey the feeling of home.

Not a place, but a person.

Absolute calmness, quietude and safety.

In this artwork, Severus is calm, his mind is tranquil, and he is comforting as much as he is being comforted.💚

I have no words to express how Mani is such a professional and kind-hearted artist. I have sent (probably too many) guidelines, body position references, art references and written requests (I was a nightmare). And you know what? Every single one of them were attended and merged into something that translates into pure tenderness.

Thank you, Mani, for everything ❤️

Speedpainting video here

#severus snape #severus snape fanart #Pro Snape #Madfantasy #Comissioned artwork #That is the idea of “me” but it's more of a character. I didn't send reference photos of myself 😊 #He has glasses in his hand because he took them from my face 👓 #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital drawing #Embracing home #Their hairs are absolute perfection and so are their expressions. #Eyelashes for a lifetime #And the hooked noses 💚 #Fanart #illustrators on tumblr #Art #I'm adding tags as I remember them #Personal #also #the title has been changed because it had an orthographic mistake (their/they) that no one pointed out #and it had been already been reblogged a few times and i only noticed it afterwards #so i'm sorry

[mahikamihan]

dream team as precious moments figurines

bonus (if you even care)

#dream team #dreamwastaken #sapnap #georgenotfound #dteam #dteamblr #photos that i found from maintags thank uuuuu #this post is sponsored by: my weird obsession with precious moment figurines that i use as drawing references every now and then #dream team loveposting

[agalnamedlunasea]

Some SDR2 stageplay redraws to get back into the swing of things...

Look at these homos, iconic ❤

#i just. i had to do the tiddy grab one #its so funny to me #look at these sillies i love them #also interesting to draw from a specific photo reference again it's a nice refresher #danganronpa #nagito komaeda #hajime hinata #akane owari #kazuichi soda #kazuichi souda #komahina #sdr2 #sdr2 the stage #redraws #lunaseaart

[tears-of-taelia]

This day still terrifies me. To my core. With the strange weather that happened before, I expected something to occur. I could have never predicted the magnitude of that event. I assume you're here to wake me up then? You want us to face that evil again? I'm… We're afraid... Of everything. Of everyone. I don't know what I'm supposed to do! WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK!

#pokemon rejuvenation #aevia #nightmare realm #god i love this scene #it isn't easy to make a teenager with pink hair and overalls look menacing but i did my darndest #ive been art style shopping #trying to find out what resonates #this one is emulated from hiro mashima #i've always liked the way he draws faces #maybe someday ill just be able to sit down and shut my eyes and draw what comes naturally #until then i will drown myself in reference photos #recently i finished another playthrough #i sat down and compiled my notes and i have a lot of different theories but not a lot of concrete revelations #mostly freaking out about the ss oceana. i might scream some of my thoughts into the void soon. ish. maybe. perhaps. #if u read all my notes ily and i hope you have an amazing day <3

[zynquil]

kiryu redraw :p

+ reference vv

#kiryus character model from y5 O.O #did this a few months ago to practice drawing faces #tho its probably better to use a life model as a reference instead of a photo #oh well #ryu ga gotoku #kiryu kazuma #redraw #myart #rgg

[sewagedumpland]

katniss, peeta, haymitch, and gale: how i imagined them in the books

(btw why are katniss, gale, and haymitch not poc in the movies????? 🤨)

#hunger games #the hunger games #the hunger games fanart #hunger games fanart #my cringe art #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #haymitch abernathy #gale hawthorne #drawing 3 men is a first 😮‍💨 #procreate #sketch ig #shamelessy traced reference photos from google oops #*shamelessly

[screwpinecaprice]

While venturing an ancient gem temple, they stumbled upon a modified light that can corrupt humans! Connie was able to fully move Steven out of the beam's range by pushing him off the stairs.

Commissioned by TheTinman1996! Thank you for commissioning!! 😁

#I don't know if that's painful tho. #commissioned work #If not I can imagine it's like a time when you look at something happening to your limbs that's not suppose to and there's no pain yet. #Just getting really freaked out about how wrong that is. #Oh never mind I double checked. She's in pain. lol #It was fun drawing this! #I don't need to add a mature tag on this right? #connverse #Connie Maheswaran #Steven Quartz Universe #SU #my shiz #steven universe #🦔 #You know the thing when you Google for a specific reference and it doesn't show up? I had to go out to take a photo of this very specific #angle and flooring/set of stairs design #Well I mean. I guess it's good to go out of the house that didn't have to do with work or buying stuff. Maybe I'll be doing that from now #on for environmental backgrounds #The place looks so open and barren and simple because it's mainly built to be a trap instead of something more meaningful. #Which is good because I cannot do internal designing. lol #purple #p #flat color + bg commission #Don't worry guys she'll live

[autumnblooms]

✨ Pretty boy ✨

I found the perfect reference to finish my Midas-turned-Aeon/Phantom design

#credit to mardyart for the white hair strip idea #drawing portraits from photo references is such a comfort thing for me #I didn’t realize how much until I did these last two portraits #aeon ghoul #the band ghost #my art #nameless ghoul #ghost band #phantom ghoul #midas ghoul

[tangeerin]

Dibujitos que hice de Lord Shen con referencia.

Perdón por la mala calidad fotográfica.

Lo dibujaré como se merece mañana tal vez? (Tal vez no)

#my art #drawing #my style #traditional drawing #bad photo quality #lord shen #practice #scketch #from a reference #except one