Resource Links/Books

[jeffa]

One I haven't seen listed yet is: Drawing Words and Writing Pictures http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Words-Writing-Pictures-Graphic/dp/1596431318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265320852&sr=8-1 by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden

This one is written as a textbook. I really enjoyed it.

[Funderbunk]

Does anyone have any online resources for specific things? I'm particularly interested in my improving my biggest faults - drawing hands, feet, and folds in cloth.

[raerae]

One of my favorite stock artists posted these packs for hand practice:
http://cobweb-stock.deviantart.com/art/Hands-Classical-Pose-Pack-17104890
http://cobweb-stock.deviantart.com/art/Hands-Grasping-Pose-Pack-17104938
http://cobweb-stock.deviantart.com/art/Hands-Reaching-Pose-Pack-17104993

foot tutorial: http://kitten-chan.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-Feet-and-Shoes-35374927

I really need to redo this tutorial, but this is a tut on clothing I did: http://raerae.deviantart.com/art/Basic-Clothing-Tutorial-27888236

[GaborBoth]

Another good foot tutorial: http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Foot-tutorial-90158269

[Funderbunk]

Wow, thanks a lot. Very helpful advice in those. I find that when I find out a good trick to something it becomes a lot easier for me. Especially raerae's tutorial about stress lines made me consider how cloth works in a way I hadn't yet thought of, with the stress lines. It's a good thing to know.

[jeffa]

Just downloaded the first set of hands.

I'm thinking "William Shatner School Of Acting". Dreadfully tempted to use them for a throw-away comic with characters who... EMOTE... like William... Shatner. SPOCK!!! KHAN!!!!

Thanks for the link. I will practice them to see if I can learn to do better than arms with little squids on them...

[jeffa]

RaeRae: I LOVE the sign sticking in Timmy's head. That really made me laugh.

Very helpful tutorial for those of us with no edumacation in art.

Thanks!

jeffa

[teh hchano]

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOU PEOPLE oh my god. I wish I could do
a page in less than a week lmao.

For me I get distracted very easily... =[ [i have massive add, which
i don't take meds for anymore. BECAUSE I AM STUPID 8((((]

I tend to sit down and sketch about 5-8 pages at a time... this can
take me anywhere from 3 hours to the entire day, depending... then
I will work on the first sketch, ink it, flat colour, and start on the bg...
that is generally a day's work. Next day is spent mostly on the bg. And
maybe I will start the shading on the charas after that. Third day I
finish... but there are times where it only takes me 2 days...
other days it will take a whole week.

After I run out of sketches, I do 5-8 more and start again xDD

[raerae]

Haha, glad you guys found the clothing tutorial helpful.

[Gar]

http://www.karmatoons.com/drawing/drawing.htm This is a good thing on the basics of figure drawing and suggesting motion.

And here's a good hands tutorial http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2008/12/18/drawing-hands/

[GaborBoth]

The karmatoons one was linked already, but that hand tutorial is really good, thanks.

[Funderbunk]

Any online resources for photographic reference material for drawing anatomy? I've tried google, but all I get is muscle breakdowns and porn.

[Gar]

So draw the porn!

[Funderbunk]

But that makes me uncomfortable considering I do most of my drawing in full view of others. If I'm just drawing models I can still feel moderately classy, I don't find drawing porn face very acceptable at all despite what recent Marvel Comics artists seem to think (I'm looking at you, Greg Land).

[Rob]

http://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/