Tag: drawing

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Alex Heberling

kataklysm:

yoccu:

graciewho:

e1n:

I am currently taking a class called “Visual Communications”, which apparently is the very first foundation class people take when they go to an art school.  The purpose of this class is to train you so that you are confident with your lines and won’t need to scribble too much while sketching.

Our first week’s homework is training on hand stability.  I’ve heard a lot of artists complain that they have “shaky hands” and so when they ink their drawings, it comes out crap, so I thought I’d share my homework with you guys.

  1. Draw a line about 2 inch long, as straight as you possibly can without a ruler.  Go over this line EIGHT times without making the line any thicker.  Repeat this exercise 10 times.
  2. Draw a line about half a page long, as straight as you possibly can without a ruler.  Go over this line EIGHT times without making the line any thicker.  Repeat this exercise 10 times.
  3. Draw a line from one end of the page to the opposite end, as straight as you possibly can without a ruler.  Go over this line EIGHT times without making the line any thicker.  Repeat this exercise 10 times.

Repeat the above exercise, but with an arc, and then with a wave.

We’re supposed to do this every day before we draw as a warm-up.  Basically just keep drawing lines, arcs, and waves until you fill up an entire 8.5×11 page.  Use felt-tip pens like microns/multiliner/sharpie.  Keep doing this for the rest of your drawing life and your inking will get significantly better.

oh man. i gotta try this.

omg one last thing i have stumbled upon the scales and arpeggios equivalent of drawing or something this is fantastic

Oh my. This is great. This is so great.

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Alex Heberling

pugletto:

prrb:

How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form.
The shrimp photo I used is here
Show me your shrimps if you do this uvu 

PS: lots of engrish because foreign 

This is the best art advice ever and you should all listen to it because it’s basically what I’ve been telling people for years.

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Alex Heberling

alexheberling:

[Image: Two photos of a small illustration card of Super Sailor Moon done in ink and marker, embellished with glitter.]

tahliadenae:

Doodled up some Super Sailor Moon tonight. And then I glittered aaaall over it.

Super’s my favourite form. Dat bow, man, aw yissss.

I’m not used to drawing this small, and my shakey inkin’ hand was all, “oh, you want a line over here? But I think it looks better adhfahjgfafover heeeere”. I’ll just consider this a warm up for all the more adventurous/involved fanart I wanna do later.

Sooooo prettttyyyyyy…… ///OuO///

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Alex Heberling

[Image: A color illustration of a black woman and a white man smiling and hugging.  The woman wears an orange wrap dress with gold strappy sandals, and the man wears a white button-down shirt, green kilt, and a brown hat.]

A lovely piece I did last month for my friend Sean. He commissioned this for his girlfriend’s birthday and requested something in the style of my Outfit Of The Day work.

India ink, chalk pencil, and marker on recycled brown paper.