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Busy busy busy....

I have so many ideas, so many exact ideas with knowledge exactly how they would all work, and yet, programming forever eludes me...

ill get those ADHD meds yet...!!!!

More of this nonsense >v>

Some resources

Please keep in mind I’m not an expert, I don’t draw/paint professionally, there are way too many things I don’t know about, so I can only tell you what I do, what I use etc. 

One of the first things I did, and something that actually made me want to get better at drawing, was subscribing to Stan Prokopenko’s channel. He’s absolutely hilarious and he illustrates in a simple way Andrew Loomis’ techniques, general anatomy, gesture drawing etc (I’ve already written about this but seriously, he’s the best).

Since you have to train your eye as well as your hand, gather and produce as many references and resources as possible. What you should avoid doing is using them mindlessly. Force yourself to break down the world in simple shapes, and always ask yourself why a certain thing looks that particular way (“the elbow looks like that because they’re bending their arm, otherwise it would look like that”, or “there’s a whole set of muscles that protrudes when they lift their arm” etc).

Anyway the topic is huge, I’m definitely forgetting tons of stuff, but I hope this will be helpful in some way. Here’s the links! And if I can be useful in any other way, my askbox is always open. 

Stan Propokenko’s channel x

Andrew Loomis’ books x x

Useful ways of using references x x x x

3D models x

FunkyMonkey1945 notes x

Griz and Norm’s Tuesday tips  x

Anatoref x 

Some of my favourite tutorials:

Full body breakdown x

Body types x

Gesture drawing x

Head and neck x 

Arms and hands x x x x x

Torso and legs x x x

Legs and feet x x 

Backgrounds and perspective x x

and lastly

Character Design References (aka neatly organized tutorials for literally ANYTHING) x

Note: these boards can be a bit overwhelming, so you’ll want to dip into them once you know exactly what you’re looking for. Otherwise you’ll just end up scrolling through them aimlessly.