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ART/VIDEOS – Drawing Batgirl: Part 2

Continuing my video series of creating a Batgirl drawing from start to finish, I tackle inking the drawing this time around.

However, a lot more refining had to occur before I to the point where I was comfortable inking the drawing. Even after I took care of these refinements, I still came across some trouble.

It came in the form of not liking the head I’d drawn, even after I inked it.

This is a long video.  It was one of the longest straight session of drawing I had for this particular piece.  There was a lot to be done and a lot to be fixed.

It takes as long as it takes.  This is drawing in real time and it takes a lot of time to get it right.

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Manga Studio 5 EX/Clip Studio 5 EX (affiliate link, thanks for your support)

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ART/VIDEOS – Drawing Batgirl: Part 1

How a drawing is created from start to finish may be a bit of a mystery to some.  Often, we assume that it just happens magically.  As if there isn’t a struggle or any complications.

We sometimes think that, because an artist draws for years that they never have trouble.  While we struggle getting anything to look right.  As if, the drawing just happens.

This isn’t the case.  At least not for me.

In this new series of videos I show you my process without speeding through it.  You’ll see it all in real time.  I’m doing this so you really know how long it takes to draw something.  Too often, sped up drawing videos give us a false impression of how long a drawing takes to come to life.

I show you how long it takes me to draw something, what I’m thinking about as I draw it, and how I struggle to figure out solutions to drawing problems that come up along the way:

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Manga Studio 5 EX/Clip Studio 5 EX (affiliate link, thanks for your support)

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ART/VIDEO – Designing A Location: Fantasy Tower Part 02

Once you have a rough notion of what you want out of a design, what’s the next step? This time around, I try to finish up the design based on the silhouette I came up with in the last video.

You’ll see me use reference to fill in details as well as inspire me.  At the end of the video, I don’t think I get exactly what I wanted but I did get something to work off of.

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ART/VIDEO – Designing A Location: Fantasy Tower Part 01

When creating any visual art, design becomes key.  Design is what draws the eye.  You don’t even need to know how to draw academically to learn or use design.

There’s even people who can draw very well academic drawings who don’t know anything about design, which makes their very well drawn art unappealing.

All this to say that I had the task of designing a tower for my up coming comic project.  It was a struggle.  I recorded the first part of my designing process.  Here you will see how I approach designing something new.

In this case, a tower, but the process of designing a character is very similar.

You’ll notice it’s not easy and there’s a lot of variations and experimentation that goes into just getting something I like.  It doesn’t “just happen.”

I hope that watching this will help you when you’re designing your own things.

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ART/VIDEO – How To Draw Different Torso Body Types Using The “Steve Huston Bullet”

This time around I’m answering Jjuan’s question about drawing the Huston Bullet for a heavy set person.

I decided to go a bit further and show you how the bullet can be used for any body type.

Link’s Mentioned in the Video

Body Formulas

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