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Monthly Archives: March 2016

How to Draw People in Different Styles

March 31, 2016 in ART, VIDEOS

ART/VIDEO – How to Draw People in Different Styles

David Tentant The Batman StyleI’ve been asked how people are caricatured in different animation styles.  You often see celebrities show up in you’re favorite cartoon and they look like the celebrity but they also look like a cartoon from the show.

How is this done?

This week I try to tackle this question and do my best to caricature David Tenant using the style of the 2003 animated series The Batman.

I’ll be honest, I kinda fail.  Capturing likeness is really tough.  I do my best but don’t quite do it.  However, you do see the process and you get an idea of how tough it is to do it.

Have a look:

 

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Deconstructing and Reconstructing an Animated Character: Part 2 – Flat Animated Characters

March 24, 2016 in ART, VIDEOS

ART/VIDEOS – Deconstructing and Reconstructing an Animated Character: Part 2 – Flat Animated Characters

Robin Teen Titans goThis is the second video where I show you how to break down an animated character so you can draw it yourself.  This time, I chose a flat, graphic style to break down.

There is a very slight difference when you approach drawing a character that is more graphic.  However, most of the principles from part 1 still apply.

If you’d like to see part one, CLICK HERE.

Once again, I’m drawing Robin, but this time from the very funny show Teen Titan Go.  This video gave me an excuse to draw fan art.  It was so fun.

I hope you get a lot from this video:

Links Mentioned in the Video

Lvl 0, Lesson 8: Formulas – An Introduction to Drawing Shorthand

Lvl 1, Lesson 2: Practicing Your Draw Fu Forms

Lvl 1, Lesson 3: The Key to Flow, Power and Dynamism – Mastering Gesture

Lvl 1, Lesson 4: Making  Your Cartoons Look Professional – Cartooning Design

Lvl 1, Lesson 5: Use The Rhythm Luke

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Deconstructing and Reconstructing an Animated Character: Part 1

March 17, 2016 in ART, VIDEOS

VIDEOS/ART – Deconstructing and Reconstructing an Animated Character: Part 1

Deconstructing and Reconstructing an Animated Character A Drawing Website reader asked me quite a few questions. Among the first was how to draw animated characters from your favorite TV shows?

I thought it was a good and fun question. I’m sure many people would love to draw fan art of their favorite animated character.  Including myself.

I even took the opportunity to draw on of my favorite animated characters in order to teach this lesson.  If you’ve ever wanted to know how you could draw your favorite animated character, this video is for you:

Further Reading

I forgot to mention this in the video but you can read more on both construction and formulas at TheDrawingWebsite.com.

Here’s the link to the most relevant lessons:

Lvl 0, Lesson 8: Formulas – An Introduction to Drawing Shorthand

Lvl 1, Lesson 2: Practicing Your Draw Fu Forms

Lvl 1, Lesson 4: Making  Your Cartoons Look Professional – Cartooning Design

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How to Add Dimension to Background Details in One Point Perspective.

March 10, 2016 in ART

ART – How to Add Dimension to Background Details in One Point Perspective.

How to Add Dimension to Background Details in One Point PerspectiveSometimes when drawing a house or a building in perspective, when you put the details on, like windows and doors, they can look a bit too flat.  As if they’re just stickers on a flat surface.

How can you make it so that it doesn’t happen?

This week, I’m drawing over one of my Patreon Patron’s drawing. She was having trouble with details of her house looking a bit too flat.  I thought I’d give her some pointers to make these detail look better.

If you’re having trouble with these kind of things as well, I hope this helps you out too:

 

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Getting Depth Right In a One Point Perspective Drawing

March 3, 2016 in ART

ART – Getting Depth Right In a One Point Perspective Drawing

Getting Depth Right In a One Point Perspective DrawingSometimes when adding perspective to a drawing you just don’t know where to stop.  How deep should the room be?  How deep should you draw the side of the house?  Is it okay to make it longer than the front?

What’s the best way to fix these things?

This I made this video to address these issues.  Two of my patron over at Patreon have asked me  questions concerning questions of space and perspective, so I made a video for them.  I hope it helps you as well:

 

Recommended Reading


Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork by David Chelsea (affiliate link)

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