Art/drawing tutorials list and art links thread

[Da Robot]

I know there's quite a few people here who do drawing and such, (well this is the art board duh!) while I'm still teaching myself to draw from various books/internet sources which appear to be working in improving my skills.

Due to this, I wanted to share with others all the useful website links and learning sources for others here to use.

And if you have sources you can post them here as well and I'll try to update this first post with them.

For those out there that think they can't draw and never will, here's a link to a thread from the ConceptArt.Org forums of a newbie with much persistance (and many years of working on his art skills) became a good artist.



"Learning to draw never ends . . ."


More will be added to this list and tell me what you think of it.


Good website resources

- Andrew Loomis books
Get free downloadble PDF's of AL famous drawing books, apprantly some of them are back in print after many years but not all of them.
I recommend "Fun with a Pencil" as a very good book. And I also own "Figure Drawing for all it's Worth"


- Ctrl+Paint
A good site that has lots of good digital drawing tutorials showing how to use photoshop. It's run by a guy who worked in the game industry and focuses on basic principles and techniques that can be applied to your artwork.

- PSG Art Tutorial androidarts.com/art_tut.htm
A big ol web page talking about a lot of art related things (shadows, focus points, etc)

- Karma toons drawing lessons. www.karmatoons.com/drawing/drawing.htm
Shows how to start drawing cartoon characters quite easily and than slowly goes into sligtly more detailed forms.


Deviantart tutorials.

- How to draw all sorts of crap coelasquid.deviantart.com/art/How-to-draw-all-sorts-of-crap-104342407
From the woman who made the webcomic, "manly guys doing manly things".

- Understanding Anatomy (7 part series)

- How to go from MANGA to REALISTIC: (12 part series)
Made by the same person as the previous one.




Human anatomy references (good for those that can't make it to a "drawing the human body 101" class).

- Posemanics www.posemaniacs.com/
Uses 3d models (male/female showing muscualar tissue) and allows for 30 second drawing sessions (time limit can be changed) and also negative space drawing sessions.

- Artsy Poses (NSFW)
Has photos of men, women clothed and unclothed for drawing. Can be set to a timer.

- Pixel Lovely (NSFW)
Has photos of men, women clothed and unclothed for drawing. Can be set to a timer, does seem to share photos with the previous site but also has it's own photos Also has an Animal drawing training tool

- Love Castle (NSFW)
Has photos of men, women clothed and unclothed for drawing. Can be set to a timer, does seem to share photos with the previous site but also has it's own photos, and can also be set to head, athletics, big cats, horses and hands.



Books (No, you have to buy them or try to find them at a library.)


- Andrew Loomis books,
As talking about in the website section, not all the books are in print.

- Perspective Made Easy
A small old book that explains pretty the big deal about perspective in drawing.

- Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
A book that will change the way you "see" when drawing, can get very good results out of people who could never draw before.

- Understanding Comics / Making Comics
For those interesting in comics and wanting to make them, these two are a very good read. MC is great as it explains things such as body language, facial expressions and what tools you can use to make comics. (There's also Reinventing Comics, but some say it not that nescerasry

[Fryguy64]

I have a bunch of resources, including many books, but I have some general advice to dispense first:

An artist who says they're totally happy with their work is either deluded or lying. Artists know their strengths and weaknesses and seek to improve both.

Never try to improve everything at once or you'll just frustrate yourself. If you have trouble with hands, work on hands. If you want to improve colours, work on colours. Sooner or later, the work will pay off and it'll all start to come together.

I'm still working on shading and backgrounds, and moving to a drawing tablet has made roughing out and inking much easier.

Rather than sit down with a drawing book, try and find specific tutorials relevant to what you want to achieve. Try them out over and over.

Just keep at it, never be totally pleased (let others do that for you) and you will keep getting better.

[Wildcat]

Jul 5, 2012 7:45:10 GMT -5 Fryguy64 said:

I have a bunch of resources, including many books, but I have some general advice to dispense first:

An artist who says they're totally happy with their work is either deluded or lying. Artists know their strengths and weaknesses and seek to improve both.

Never try to improve everything at once or you'll just frustrate yourself. If you have trouble with hands, work on hands. If you want to improve colours, work on colours. Sooner or later, the work will pay off and it'll all start to come together.

I'm still working on shading and backgrounds, and moving to a drawing tablet has made roughing out and inking much easier.

Rather than sit down with a drawing book, try and find specific tutorials relevant to what you want to achieve. Try them out over and over.

Just keep at it, never be totally pleased (let others do that for you) and you will keep getting better.

I have to second a lot of this advice. I do feel good with my art, but it can continue to improve and grow the more you do it. I too focus on improving one aspect of my art at a time, which has proven to be effective for me.