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djwagLmuffin — Successful Sketching: A guide
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A quick guid to Sketching.is the model in the picture for the Gesture portion.
Leonardo Da Vinci did the Mona Lisa
all other art and instruction is brought to you by me, djwaglmuffin.
If you have any questions, ask. Sketching is important!
DRAW!
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You know...I can't spell nor do I seem to have the ability to use basic correct grammar when writing...sorry in advance for the "frudge"
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oMG I SAW THE BOOBS.. GEE THANKS UGH I HATE U -.- THIS IS THE 2ND FAULT I WATCHED PORN.
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hmm...ive been mixing broad and short strokes for awhile now when i draw but when i use a wacom i revert to that "afraid to cross the road" style. Any suggestions cuse i dont have much experience drawing with my full wrist like i see alot of people suggest.
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I use a small wacom and still manage to sketch with long strokes. it takes practice but it can be done. If you have to draw with your wrist, just don't bare down on the pencil/stylus too hard. You can hurt your wrist doing that.
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have you felt the possible other effects of that wrist sprain? oh, and changing the pencil holding position also worked to loosen up against pain didn't it?
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How do you get your lines so clean in photoshop? I can draw neat lines traditionally but the moment I try drawing on my tablet it comes out all scribbly and messy. D:
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If you're having trouble with your tablet, first I'd make sure you have the driver set up properly. Second, if the lines seems broken, try using a different program like SAI.
Also, drawing a tablet takes time to get used to so just keep practicing. If you're still having problems, let me know.
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Thank you so much for replying. I think it will take some time too... maybe years for me. but hopefully one day I can achieve the kind of quality you get in your works. THANKS! <3
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fixed the problem! realized I hadn't installed my tablet (feel like such a noob!) ><
Was wondering why all my drawings looked like something that came out of 'Paint MS'
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I'm not good at explaining it. It's to help with composition.
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Why sketches of good artists always look... professional and great? u_u
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Well. You just gotta loosen up so you can spend time on it. It's a journey, a long and perilous one but with patience and confidence building you'll get there. :]
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I like the reference in the first panel. I love that movie/book.
Great tutorial!
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Great tutorial! It's the best I've seen about the subject!
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Thank you; I'm glad you find it useful.
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great tip about the posemaniacs webpage, it has realy helped me out, thanks!!
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Great tutorial and tips, you should be an online art teacher^^
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You said it. Loosen up. That's the best advice of all.
Teachers had to break me of being a sketch chicken for a few years. They forced me to use marker brushes, it was horrible but it worked. But the effective one is when I made myself draw while using a pen and riding a bus... If that doesn't break a person of the tightness, i don't know what will.
I think I'm gonna feature this in my next journal.
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I victimized myself by grinding my pencil down real hard...I soon realized it was due to stress and that I could express my personal rage better if I loosened up. So yeah, it's important.
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Insane help n.n My sketches are always blobs. Most of my ideas are in my head until the last two or three layers... don't get me started on traditional sketching o.e
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I find it very amusing that you had to credit Da Vinci. XD
Anyway, great tutorial! ^^
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Well...you never know these days who'll freak out...so...credited.
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Thank you for making that stretching excercise.
No wonder why my back hurts when I sit draw for a long time. :3
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thanx for the guide....
can u give a comment about my artwork...
just a favor
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What I do for people is a side-by-side critique. send me a picture that you are having trouble with and I will help you.
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Should have also added "Dont erase," Or dont erase as much.
Other than that, this is good.
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Oh, I mwentioned it in the second part of the tutorial!
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I think I did...
atleast in the second part of the sketching process don't erase. I think once you get to the final phase, especially with a pencil, you can start clearing some of the eroneous lines and smudges.
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no problem! I'm going to be doing more of these so check back.
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I don't do a lot of drawing, since I'm convinced I suck. But this makes me want to try again. I normally don't sketch before hand, so that might help some. 
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You don't suck, you're just untrained. Even though you may have troubled an eyeball or something doesn't mean you can't draw somthing better or more advanced than people who have been in the game a long time. Partly because of your individual approach so my advice to YOU is to not give up or despair so easily. If you went through my gallery, look at my scraps and compare them to what I'm doing now. As an example; most of those scraps I was doing in college 3 years ago and now I'm coming up with my own ideas, running with my own designs and honing a technique that has been a journey to achieve.
You can do it!
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Hehe. You're the most encouraging person yet. Most people are just like, stick with photography because that's what you're good at. It just takes me forever to get something good out. I drew this picture of a violin last year and it turned out okay but it took me two weeks. I guess it'll just take forever.
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Hey, sometimes drawings take years. I know someone who spent 6 months on a dual character composition.
As far as me being encouraging...i don't want to be considered as pompous or an ass just because I've gotten better at my work.
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Six months months about average time for me.
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the first panel = <3
and very useful practical advice
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Haha; I love hitchhikers and I was going to point out on that panel that what I was thinking was just a chibi me thinking about something but than I started drawing the vogspehere thing...I'll never imagine there again!
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Streching before drawing... never thought of that but maybe that's why my sketches are and look and feel 'stiff'. I'll try this approach, since I suck at sketching so much I sometimes feel like givin up from the start >_< Thank you, this is precious ^^
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Nobody sucks at Sketching and sketches don't have to be perfect. The idea behind it is to teach you to identify the problems YOU have with your work. The sketching process, if done correctly, can help you boost your confidence and tackle areas that you feel need work.
I'm going to be doing more to this in the comic weeks on different approaches to skteching so keep checking back, you might find something useful!
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I'll be checking for sure, it's so interesting.
It's just that my sketches sometimes are so messy I look at them and go 'wtf?' LOL but lately I've been practising more and it helped (draw draw draw!! it's a good mantra X°°D)
Thanks for this and wait for more ^^
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I...
struggle with sketching x.x
I'm one of the 'afraid to cross the road' people?
Either way, hopefully I can put all of this into practice sometime or another. Thanks :3
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Like I said, just use your whole arm; I know this sounds corny but "dance" with it. You've gotta use your body when you draw. I find listening to music also helps.
Just, on paper especially, don't grind into the page because it makes it difficult to see where you're making mistakes. with the loose lines you can find the one line that works and get rid of the others.
Hope it helps!
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Well I like the music thing, I try to do that in general so I don't get... too focused? if that makes sense.
and I actually have the opposite problem 
I think once I get over the small, planned line thing then I might be able to get a little better with that.
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that is what you get for imagining on Vogsphere!!!
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Thanks kalta.
You and you're "
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no prob
and that emote is how i feel most of the time
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Myself and another artist are going to be doing the second part gesturing so we'll go over use of photographs then.
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