Luis' Illustrated Blog

ART – Creating a Drawing From Scratch Part 1 – The Idea

Making any drawing work, when you’ve never really seriously tried to do it, can be tough. There’s so many things to juggle and so many questions you don’t know the answer to.

Where should you put the ground plane? Why don’t your drawing elements look right on the page.  Those it matter at first?

What about perspective? When does that come into play? At the beginning? At the end?

One of my patrons over at Patreon had many of these questions.  She submitted a photo of a drawing she drew and asked me if I could help her answer some questions she had.

I did.

I made a video that answered some questions but brought up other questions.  I had made a video that was too short.  The reason I had done so was because I’ve gotten a critique about how long,  rambling, and redundant I could get in my videos.

I over compensated and made my next video too short and not informative enough.

I then tried it again, with some helpful suggestions from my patrons.  One of the may things they suggested was simply to break up the information into one topic videos. That way they don’t go on for so long.

Below is part 1 of 4 of what became my draw over video which is all about creating a drawing from scratch. I hope  you get something out of it:

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If you liked this video and would like me to discuss something you think I might know about…

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…feel free to ask or suggest away, either here on my comments or anywhere else you’d like to contact me.

Just be aware that my Patreon patrons get their questions answered first and they get to see the videos weeks before anyone else.

ART – How to Ink Using Manga Studio

I love Manga Studio. It’s my favorite drawing program.   I like it more than Photoshop.  If I didn’t have to use Photoshop and only use Manga Studio, I’d be fine with that.

The only thing that Photoshop has that Manga Studio doesn’t (and I wish it did) is the ability to create animated gifs.

One of the more annoying things to do in Photoshop is ink a drawing.  You just don’t quite get the right effect the way you want it using Photoshop.  However, inking is Manga Studio is a dream.

I love inking on paper. It’s my favorite part of some drawings. A close second is inking in Manga Studio.  I made a video showing you why I like inking in Manga Studio.

This video is also for anyone new to Manga Studio so they can see what the program is capable of. And if you don’t own the program, why it’s worth owning.

Want To Get a Video From Me?

If you liked this video and would like me to discuss something you think I might know about…

If you want to ask me a question about drawing that you might be struggling with…

If you want to suggest a character or drawing you’d like me to draw (even your D&D character)…

…feel free to ask or suggest away, either here on my comments or anywhere else you’d like to contact me.

Just be aware that my Patreon patrons get their questions answered first and they get to see the videos weeks before anyone else.

If you want to be put up further up on the “queue,” feel free to become a patron at ANY level. It’s one of the many rewards you will receive for becoming a patron.

And I’d greatly appreciate it.

https://www.patreon.com/LuisEscobar

ART – Four tips on Roughing Out Environments

Environments can sometimes be more challenging than characters.  More often than not, the perspective is where people trip up.  Although when drawing more natural environments, there are a few other things to keep in mind.

I was asked about by an artist to give some suggestions and tips on their rough environment sketch. I made a video with four tips on how to approach roughing out an environment.

What I end up with is by no means a finished drawing, just the sketchy thought process you can use in order to come up with an interesting drawing:

Links Mentioned above

Draw Fu Perspective Secrets – The 5 Basic Principles You Should Know

Dynamic Picture Making and Environments

Want To Get a Video From Me?

If you liked this video and would like me to discuss something you think I might know about…

If you want to ask me a question about drawing that you might be struggling with…

If you want to suggest a character or drawing you’d like me to draw (even your D&D character)…

…feel free to ask or suggest away, either here on my comments or anywhere else you’d like to contact me.

Just be aware that my Patreon patrons get their questions answered first and they get to see the videos weeks before anyone else.

If you want to be put up further up on the “queue,” feel free to become a patron at ANY level. It’s one of the many rewards you will receive for becoming a patron.

And I’d greatly appreciate it.

https://www.patreon.com/LuisEscobar