How to use shapes to draw characters! Great for when your stuck. A video & thread with tips. 1/6 🧵
See how playing around with shapes and proportions can create totally different characters. Note what it does with their personalities. 2/6 🧵
You could also use 3D shapes to draw a head. Play around and learn how to draw these shapes in 3D. Practice drawing spheres, cylinders, and cubes in different angles. 3/6 🧵
Using everyday objects to draw fun and original characters. Great for when your in an art block. Pick a random object from your house and create a character out of it! 4/6 🧵
Example of using a shape to draw a variation of heads. Great for when your stuck. Draw a random shape and try to come up with a bunch of designs! And have fun! 5/6
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Let’s paint eyes! 👁️ a video and thread full with painting tips! A thread 🧵 1/9
You could start practicing it by painting a ball and making an eye of it. 2/9
Understand how light goes through the lens to the iris. It influence that bottom of the iris is lighter than the upper part when light is coming from the top. So the lighter part is opposite of what it is from the rest of the object. See the painted eyes as reference. 3/9