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Neotheta β€” How to create a visual reference - tutorial

Published: 2013-09-27 12:15:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 3419; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 18
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Description Yes, I am serious.

This is more directed at FA where the commissioning culture is massive and there are plenty problems with language barriers and lazyness among the artists, or cases like me who have trouble picturing things in my head from text only.

And this doesn't only work for those who want art, but also artists, if you are taking commissions from description but have trouble sometimes, making a simple ref for yourself like this helps and isn't timetaking! I've done it too in the past :3

Of course, if your character is very simple, such as a wolf, fox or a cat, there are many free bases in the internet that are ment for creating the first reference for your character!

But the actual message is, references do not need to be detailed or artistic, the simpler the better!
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Comments: 18

XxIDreamBigxX [2014-03-19 01:32:13 +0000 UTC]

XD

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polardog [2014-03-12 21:21:14 +0000 UTC]

This is so perfect.Β  Can I link it on my website? Lol.Β  (I'll link straight to here, and give you credit of course.)

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Neotheta In reply to polardog [2014-03-13 11:07:44 +0000 UTC]

sure!

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polardog In reply to Neotheta [2014-03-14 05:55:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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polardog In reply to Neotheta [2014-03-13 17:03:45 +0000 UTC]

Cool, thanks!

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polardog In reply to polardog [2014-03-12 21:22:35 +0000 UTC]

(my website is basically my portfolio.Β  It's also a site I take commissions from, or would like to anyway, lol, haven't gotten any so far.)

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yosushi [2013-10-04 23:48:32 +0000 UTC]

ha! Β Id be lucky to manage anything like the first panel. Β 


I suck that badly at drawing. Β lol

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KristopheB96 [2013-10-03 01:01:36 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is absolutely beautiful...
Now if only I could finish it out like your did in the very last panel |'D

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Neotheta In reply to KristopheB96 [2013-10-03 01:04:14 +0000 UTC]

the last one represents how artists can draw from the reference given.

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KristopheB96 In reply to Neotheta [2013-10-03 01:59:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh.... xD
hahaha

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efiras [2013-09-29 18:34:53 +0000 UTC]

No sΓ© como consigues hacer que los dibujos parezcan tan fΓ‘ciles de dibujar??
Buen tutorial.
Ahora solo hace falta la parte mΓ‘s dificil: Practicar...

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CoolCSD1986 [2013-09-28 17:39:35 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial you've done is very nice and interesting as well.

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SobaInu [2013-09-27 15:44:07 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU FOR THIS


I'm so tired of getting commissions on FA from people

who only send me super long text despite I want just a simple visual reference...

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Tiiria [2013-09-27 13:18:13 +0000 UTC]

This must be shown to everyone ever who wants a commission without having a reference.

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DanJSantiago [2013-09-27 13:08:30 +0000 UTC]

what software did you use for the last pic?

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Neotheta In reply to DanJSantiago [2013-09-27 16:16:19 +0000 UTC]

Paint tool Sai, but just the default brush and layer blend modes, so something similar could be achieved with photoshop aswell.

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DanJSantiago In reply to Neotheta [2013-09-27 21:40:50 +0000 UTC]

thank you.

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xxFluffyWolfxx [2013-09-27 13:00:55 +0000 UTC]

lol

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