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"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
A little message to those who are new to drawing. Most How to Draw books aren’t worth the money!
Most of the ones I’ve seen look like this:
Yeah, they show how they got from one to three but they don’t explain anything. They don’t explain anatomy or technique, just how to copy them to get the results they got. While you may learn a couple tips from a How to Draw book, you may also develop bad habits from going about the technique incorrectly because they just showed results without any really helpful tips. For instance, naturally when we first begin drawing, we usually use our wrists. This is bad technique because it can limit the fluidness of your drawing. Moving your elbow and shoulder, with your wrist resting on the page, usually results in longer, better strokes.
These How to Draw books also can make you kinda dependent on them. Since they don’t explain anatomy or how to actually pose people except how they show, you only know how to do the drawings they have.
Please note that not all How to Draw books are bad. Some are actually really, really good and helpful. But most of the How to Draw books I see in places like Hobby Lobby only have the Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, and final product, little to no explanation.
If you look into getting yourself a How to Draw book, consider looking for some How to Draw Anatomy books instead of How to Draw People books, because if you learn the anatomy, you will understand how to draw people. Look for tools, tips and techniques, not for unexplained results in How to Draw books.
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#AnduthForever (đ)I learned to draw people by tracing black and white photographs for an entire year. I really learned the way people work. That was just me though. idk if that would help everyone.
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
GIRL! Your pfp!!!
So good!
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
đ Your hard work is well spent. Itâs so well put together!! I like how you put the names of the characters next to them. Itâs practical but doesnât feel forced for some reason.
Literally so true. Those books are fun, but itâs easy to get caught up with them and not learn any useful structure.
"If I don't like something, it's probably sanctification. Ugh." -E.C.S.
This is old, but I was looking through my old photos and found this. Not sure if I posted it here. My friend was obsessed with it – he posed me with the âaesthetic flowersâ and took the picture. XD
"If I don't like something, it's probably sanctification. Ugh." -E.C.S.
That’s really cool! It makes my think of Indian Henna art. But cooler. đ
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
@whalekeeper Are you left handed?
Have you drank water today?
@whalekeeper cool, how’d you get those markings?
Thatâs really cool! It makes my think of Indian Henna art.
Funny story, one time I was a friend’s party and one of the guests had a set for making henna art, and was drawing some stingrays on her leg and then a flower on another girl’s hand. She asked if I wanted something, and I said “That looks cool, but I’m gonna have to decline cause my mom will freak if she thinks I got a tattoo over here, and I’d have to do a lot of explaining about what it actually is.”
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
It makes my think of Indian Henna art.
Ah yes. XD
@rae Heâs a very artistic friend, what can I say? XD He also draws and brings his electric guitar everywhere. (My class is an interesting collection of humans.)
@loopylin Yep!
@keilah-h I got âem by making âem. Monday class is very long, and doodling on my hand sometimes keeps me from bouncing my knees too much. I havenât done it since because I lost my good pen, and many brands bleed across the skin."If I don't like something, it's probably sanctification. Ugh." -E.C.S.
I started making an April fools comic strip for the twins, but gave up before finishingÂ
Have you drank water today?
My friends and I did Henna together! Her brother is a missonary and had just gotten back from the wedding of a girl from India. The girls of the village knew that he had sisters, and they gifted him a whole bunch of henna. We put on a girly movie and did the art from the inside of the first finger all the way up to the bend in the elbow. It was really fun. We did spiraling vines and flowers so it looked like we had touched a plant and it grew up our arms along the inside.We also watched the wedding video that he filmed, and boy was it cool! The wedding lasted three days, and the bride was carried in by four young men on a litter spread with flowers under arches of flowers, and the groomsmen ran through the town blowing trumpets and then the groom came in on a white horse with a gold saddle. It was really cool!
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
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