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How I draw kisses!

A quick tutorial/cheat sheet on how I draw kisses!! I’m going to assume you already know how to draw a head and how to angle it, because that’s an entire procedure in itself. I’m going to focus on mainly the lips and also try and tackle some common mistakes when you’re first starting out. 

Pursing the lips

So this is boring but crucial. If you don’t purse, their is no real kiss (take notes) bc placing your lips on top of someone else’s is not how you kiss… The most important part are the corners of the mouth, especially from the side view, because that’s what changes the most. 

The actual kissing yeee

Let’s start do a basic side view kiss on the lips. And believe it or not, I think this one is the hardest!  

Think about which parts of the face are going to be in front of the other! This can take some time to get the hang of, but once you get that down it’s easy. Also, focus on getting the heads at the right distance and angle. A common mistake is drawing them too close. 

The Lightning Shape: 

Still keeping in mind which part of the line is “Red’s” upper lip and which part is “Blue’s” lower lip, play around with the shape of the lightning. Very subtle changes can have a very strong impact! I usually go by feel, so take your time, but here are some things to look out for: 

Details squishing etc.

So yeah once the lightning shape looks good, I usually add details and squish parts of the face that will touch. Which usually includes the noses, but from this angle they won’t squish unless you intend on making nice big noses <3. By now it should look something like this: 

You don’t have to add the corners of the mouth! I usually do when I want to show that the character is smiling. 

One technique used a lot in anime/manga + other cartoony art styles, is fading lines where two soft-ish objects press hard against each other. The picture above explains it. 

Common mistakes

Getting down the crucial kissing part of fanart is hard and you will mess upp SO MANY TIIIIIIMES, but you learn from your mistakes, so don’t be discouraged. There are some things though that I frequently see when people draw kisses that makes it look awkward and stale, many of which I used to do myself. Here are some examples:

Try your best to avoid these. Most of the mistakes have little to do with the lips and more to do with the angle of the head. So getting that down before you move on to the lips is important. 

¾ view Kissing

There are not a lot of angles where you actually see the lips meet (or at least not that I can draw…). Depending on how the heads are placed in relation to each other, you may or may not see the lips in a ¾ view. The way I have demonstrated is done in a way that the nose will bump into the other’s upper cheek. 

Aaand that’s about it! These things will make more and more sense the more you draw them. At first it can seem very hard with so many things to keep track of, and it is, but practice makes perfect! 

Rule of thumb: does the angle and position of the heads make sense? How are the lips going to align? What parts of the face are going to be in front of the other? How much will the lips purse? And finally, what is going to squish? 

Thank you for reading! 😘

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ now draw kisses

#art help

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HEY ARTISTS!

Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:

OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDY–

There’s a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to I’m gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! :)

Did you find this helpful? If you’re able, maybe buy me a coffee please? :D

#yes arthelp thankyou hngg

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I don’t really know what people generally call this method of sigil making, so I’m just calling it “Letter Shaping” because you’re using the basic shapes from certain letters. This is the most common form of sigil making, and it allows the most creative influence. As you see above the sigils are for nearly the same thing, yet the sigils came out completely different. Not because the purpose was different, but because I approached them both a different creative way, and that’s what I like so much about this method. There’s a lot of freedom and personalization involved.

(UPDATE: Here’s a link to a guide on how to deconstruct letters down to basic shapes)

#i... #i....have no words

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I think next thursday is gonna be the best day of my entire life tbh

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Writing Prompt #1

Its midnight and Person A is making omelettes after coming home after their friends wedding after party

Person B wakes up to the smell of burning food, so they go into the kitchen to see A sobbing over their burnt omelette

B: “ What the fuck A its midnight- why are you crying? ”

A: “ I JUST OPENED AN UNBORN BABY CHICKEN AND COOKED HIM ALIVE, NOW I CAN’T APPRECIATE IT CAUSE HE IS BURNT ”

B: “… The eggs are unfertilized.. ”

A: “ I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANSS ” *Sobbing*

B: “ Its too early for this. Goodnight A. ” B walks back to their room to sleep. As A then spends the next few hours to prepare a funeral ceremony with the other eggs for their dead comrade.

#umm

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Where is her child, ya’ll? I absolutely adore Blue diamond.(Click photos for more)

#steven universe #blue diamond #art #Fanart #su fandom #su #su art #su blue diamond #blue diamond art #digital art #my art #my artwork #my art stuff

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Just some backfill art

#artwork #artists on tumblr #artist #inspiration #art #digital art #my art #artoftheday #artistlife

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Its a bear

#bear #drawing #awwww #its so cute #rawr #bear drawing #sketch

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Preach.

when u draw something you thought you’d fuck up on but it turns out a lot nicer than expected

#ya'll #listen

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#slow down #ya'll

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Sombra is hot af and I wanted to draw her in a man bun. She looks a lot hotter. fml.

#art #Fanart #overwatch #overwatch drawing #overwatch fanart #sombra #sombra overwatch #sombra ow #overwatch sombra #olivia colomar #fan art #human drawing #drawing #my art #my post

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this is the money dog, repost in the next 24 hours and money will come your way!!

#MONEY DOG SAVE MY LIFE PLS

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I just wanted to say for those who decided to come out on the holidays (Christmas/ New Years), you did well. Even if it didn’t exactly quite work out the way you wanted. People still love you and I give you my respects :) And even if you didn’t, you still have a whole year ahead of you! No rush!

#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq pride #lgbtpride #lgbtqa #coming out #come out #lesbians unite #gay #biseuxal #transgender #queer #you are beautiful #you are loved #you are not alone #you do you

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TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

#happy halloween

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jingle bells  jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to be the one cousin who’s gay

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we’re killing useless lesbian culture in 2018

#yes #lesbians unite