Made This Because My Friend Didnt Know This Was A Thing, So I Thought Maybe Others Dont Either? Hope

Made this because my friend didn’t know this was a thing, so I thought maybe others don’t either? Hope it helps someone out!

someting for a friend

I made a basic color theory chart for my friend and i figured id put it here too if it helps anyone i guess

i’m gonna drop an art tip here

i think an important thing to learn, especially if you start out with drawing anime, is that faces don’t necessarily have to narrow from top to bottom

i like to think of wide top, wide middle, wide bottom, and rectangle-like as the 4 main face shapes

what you should keep in mind about them:

you’re only halfway done: the jawlines, the width-length ratio, the amount of fat in the cheeks, the intensity or subtlety of the face’s curves are all important components you still have to decide on after choosing the shape itself

none of these shapes are exclusively feminine or masculine, don’t hesitate drawing them on any gender

most people in real life have some variation of the wide middle type

if you are trying to draw real people, getting the shape of their face down is the first step

i’ve seen tutorials say the shape of the face can tell a lot of the character’s personality - you don’t necessarily have to live by that rule. as long as you aren’t unrealistically drastic about their proportions, their face shape determines their inner qualities as much as it would in real life (not at all)

REEEEALLY quick quick-select gif masking tutorial, while I’m working on it and have the source files in front of me.

If you’re planning on making a gif where you place a gif with the background removed and replaced with other gifs like this:

the best tool to use is generally the magic wand but sometimes if the background is overly complicated then quick select is your only real option.

To make sure that the edges of the transparent gif are as smooth as possible, use the refine edge tool!

Basically what I do is select the whole frame and then use the quick select tool to de-select the part I want to be visible - in this case it’s Meg. If you just delete the background there will be some really ugly ghosting around the edges that are going to look like shit when you place the new background in and try to render the gif SO just click that little “refine edge” button in the quick select toolbar and then play with the “smooth” and “contrast” values to both smooth the edges and then sharpen them properly.

Delete the background and there’ll be a noticeable improvement! Just do the same thing for every frame and you’re good to go with resizing and cropping and stuff.

Just remember to use the same values in the refine edge window for every frame you do because otherwise the edges will look all jumpy and weird when the gif is in motion (easiest way to do this is use easy numbers for each one - I’ve used 50)

Aaaand ta da! The background is gone and ready to be replaced with something else, and the edges of your gif aren’t blurry and gross.

Rocks! Row 1, 2 & 5 Row 3 & 4 Row 6 & 7