Taurgust 2019 Official Prompt List!! Feel Free To Follow It As Strictly Or Casually As You So Desire.

Taurgust 2019 official prompt list!! Feel free to follow it as strictly or casually as you so desire. Participation is up to you - art, writing, AUs and OCs are all welcome! Have fun <3

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Which one do y'all prefer? I prefer 1 or 7 the most :)

you are absolutely Stellar at drawing wavy/curly hair, do you have any advice on this...? (i'm sorry, i can't quite recall if you've already answered a question like this or not...)

Thank you! Looking at reference and learning about how curly hair is styled and cared for is key of course, and drawing from life if possible and doing studies, but other than that I can share some things I think about when drawing curly hair

First of all I generally start from a general shape - curly hair has a lot of body, it’s a bit like a foam, it’s mostly air and fluffs out into space. The curlier it is, the more it defies gravity.

I’ve found it helpful to use a very textured brush with soft edges to create the initial shape of the hair and go back over it to add stray hairs here and there, define a few curls, and add shine if appropriate (tighter curls aren’t shiny, afro texture hair is velvety rather than glossy, so ditch the sharp specular highlights when drawing kinky-curly type hair)

All hair has a flow, an energy to it, and it flows over the head and body - curly hair is a bit more white water than placid stream, but it’s the same idea, it flows. Don’t be afraid to just… draw spaghetti, go wild with scribbles initially, focus on creating an overall shape and flow, and use the hair to make the head and face look dimensional.

With curly hair more in the wavy to large curl range, something to keep in mind is that the weight of the hair will pull the hair straight while it’s drying from being washed. So this range of textures tends to have it’s clearest curl and most severe waves at the tips. Smaller curls (like afro texture curls) keep their shape down to the roots. (google hair curl chart to get a better idea of how much curliness can vary and what the different kinds of curl look like)

One thing I think that helps make curly hair look more real is to depict imperfect locks - curly hair is kind of magical the way it forms into ringlets and locks, and it’s easy to draw a bunch of those locks and call it a day - but make some hair from one lock reach over and join another, make a bit of hair disconnect from it’s lock and go do it’s own thing and tada, you’ve got something much more genuine looking.

It also helps to make the locks and ringlets slightly different wavelengths - don’t make them a uniform size, make some slightly tighter curls and some slightly looser waves, just all mixed together. The bigger/looser the curls, the more variation in wavelength.

And just in general, stray hairs help to make things feel more real - curly hair especially tends to not smooth down into perfect shapes, even if you get a lot of it into neat little locks there’s gonna be a few hairs that are just like “fuck yoooou” and break the silhouette - the bane of every curly haired person’s existence, but it gives drawings of curly hair more charm if you just go with it, because it reminds people of themselves or their curly haired loved ones which creates a connection.

Apologies in advance for any spelling errors, I’ll fix stuff in the morning…too tired now…

oh hey it’s a tutorial on glowing stuff I guess…I already made one 2 years ago but I don’t make things glow like that any more :|

…also when I’m manually doing colours I pick things like this as if I was shading.

there’s a lot more I could put in as well, but it really varies on the picture how I do the glow…it is usually just fiddling around with styles and colours though.

how do good braids?

i just learned this which is MUCH easier than what i used to do

and its fun!!!! BRAIDS!

JUST SOME THOUGHTS! I don’t really like the “go from the top up” advice on drapery/clothes - if you’re having difficulty try it like this!

YES I see the typo… I’m so sorry folks… I was in a frenzied rush to make this…… and I’m too lazy to fix it……