Academy of Art Character and Creature Design Notes Chapter 2. Human anatomy and figure drawing Chapter 2. Human anatomy and figure drawing Before we start, I'd like to point out that knowledge of human anatomy is not a replacement for studying the body from real life or photos. So keep cranking out those sketches! (And hoarding those Victoria's Secret catalogs and similar magazines. Strictly for reference, of course.) We'll start with the largest bones and muscle masses. I would also like to apologize in advance for using the Latin names of the bones and muscles. (All illustrations in this chapter are referenced from photos that were taken from large distances, x-ray images, and [Gold], [Gray], and [Barc]) 2.1. Figure 2.1. The human body is usually measured in units of heads. Unless you are drawing an adult that is standing up straight, you can't use this diagram directly. There are also several proportion guidelines that are not obvious from this diagram:
Double Exposure Style in Photoshop We've featured quite a few posts and images with the effect most call double exposure. This technique consists of 2 images superimposed. There are some really nice examples with very intricate overlaying, usually with faces of people mixed with photos of nature. So in this tutorial/case study I will show you how to create this double exposure effect using Photoshop and some stock photos. Step 1 Open Photoshop and start a new document. Step 2 Isolate the girl from the background using the select tool. Step 3 Now let's add the second image for the double exposure experiment. Step 4 Duplicate the photo of the branches to make them mor compact. Step 5 Now put both images together. Step 6 Mask the photo of the girl with the branches selection. Step 7 Time for some refinements, especially on the edges and to make them look random and not so uniform. Step 8 Duplicate all layers and merge them into one. Conclusion Resize the layers to place the girl in the center of the document. Applications
World of Level Design. Game Level Design and Game Environments. Mary Winkler - Tuts+ Profile In this beginner tutorial, you'll learn techniques for creating forever scalable pixel art in Adobe Illustrator. With the use of the Rectangular Grid Tool and the Live Paint Bucket Tool, we'll create simple, cute little pixel art icons, and then I'll show you how to bust them out of the grid, creating lossless icons, pixel art patterns, and more. In this beginner tutorial, you'll learn techniques for creating forever scalable pixel art in Adobe Illustrator. How to make birds fly good 10. Put some effort in Now we have gone some way to creating a realistic cycle, but what if we have to show our character flying under strain? Perhaps carrying something heavy. In this situation there is a temptation to revert to the up/down ratio problem I showed before, with the wings rotating faster down than up. Click to Play Looking at the osprey's up/down humerus ratio as it struggles to get air bourne, I count a fairly constant 12 frames up to 20 frames down, (a ratio of 1/1.67). * Ospreys are medium/large bird, reaching 60cm length. for comparison an eagle owl can reach a length of 75cm ( humerus ratio1/1.7788 ), a barn owl reaches 45cm (humerus ratio 1/1.42) One would think it would make sense for a bird under strain to move it's wings faster to stay in the air. Another situation where a bird is exerting increased effort in flight is during take off. In the image above I have taken the highest and lowest points achieved by the wing tips (note: not the humerus).
How to Draw Ears For a video version of this tutorial visit www.proko.com/how-to-draw-ears-anatomy-and-structure In this tutorial I will go over the parts of the ear and suggest an easy way to remember all these complex shapes. At the end, I will show a step by step of an ear drawing. Basic Forms The simplified volume of the ear is very much like a megaphone. This is easier to see from the back, where the concha is like the tubular part and the helix is the lip part of the megaphone. Just Remember “why?” At first glance the shapes in the ear seem random and confusing. Placement of the Ears The ears lie in the middle third of the face. In Perspective During an up-tilt or down-tilt the placement of the ears is very important since doing it incorrectly can break the illusion of a tilt. Anatomical Information Shading the Complex Forms of the Ear Concha The concha is the bowl-shaped part that attaches the back of the ear to the head. Helix The Helix is a semi-cylindrical form and should be shaded as such. Antihelix
» Field Blur Effect in Photoshop CS6 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials | Photoshoplayer.com Field Blur in Photoshop CS6. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to produce Field Blur effect in any image using Adobe Photoshop CS6 by learning how to use an incredible tool known as the Blur Tool. When you apply the field blur effect to your image, you are going to be able to adjust its amount differently for different parts of the image, giving it an overall amazing focus. 1. Image Link: 2. Your entire image will go blurry by default settings. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. That’s it, babe. Final Result: Voila.
10+ Breathtaking Frozen Lakes, Oceans And Ponds, That Look Like Art ~ Guys The Road Lakes and ponds might look nice, but the cold of winter just elevates them to another dimension. As you might have seen in our previous post, freezing water creates an astonishing variety of patterns: from jagged lines or frozen bubbles to perfect snowflakes with every imaginable shade of blue, green and white. How surreal is the fact that you can walk over this beauty! Vote for the most impressive views from all over the world and if you also have a photo that captures this stark beauty, be sure to add it here! #1 Emerald Ice On Baikal Lake, Russia #2 Ice Rider In Siberia, Russia #3 Bubbles Under The Ice Of Abraham Lake, Canada #4 Pond In Switzerland #5 Blue Pond In Japan #6 Lake Druzhby In Antarctica #7 Frost Flowers In The Arctic Ocean #8 Geometric Pond Ice In Southern Oregon, USA #9 Lake McDonald In Montana, USA & Abraham Lake In Canada #10 Abraham Lake In Alberta, Canada Source: boredpanda.com
Pressure-sensitive freehand drawing of vector paths that are editable with the Illustrator Width tool? Reiterating a bit of what you've posted in your question..... By far the best tool I know of for Illustrator where natural drawing is concerned is DrawScribe from www.astutegraphics.com. Edit as of Jan 2014 DrawScribe has been folded into Astute's DynamicSketch plug in, same functionality shown here (plus more) but with a new name. This does everything you've outlined, as well as remaining standard AI art. It merely provides a different method for creating that AI art. (Of course it's easier if you zoom in to select those finicky width points. ;) ) I realize this is a third-party, $$$, solution. The WidthScribe Tools from Astute Graphics are indeed an easy way to apply width profiles to paths. One additional note on the plug ins above. If you must stick with the standard install of AI, there really isn't a great tool for what you are after.
How to Draw Lips For a video version of this tutorial visit www.proko.com/how-to-draw-lips-anatomy-and-structure This tutorial is a continuation of How to Draw the Head from Any Angle. I will cover the basic forms of the mouth, some anatomical information, and the key information about the minor planes. Basic Forms One of the most overlooked ideas of the mouth is the cylindrical tooth cylinder underneath. You can see here how this inflated cylinder affects the surface forms of the lips: Major Planes Anatomical Information I won’t go into too much detail about all the muscles of the lips and their functions because that’s not the intention of this tutorial. is a great resource for anatomy. The red portion of the lips and the part directly above and below is called the orbicularis oris. Minor Planes The Red Portion of the Lips The top lip has three forms and the bottom lip has two. The forms of the lower lip are usually fuller then the upper lip. The Upper Lip Region The Lower Lip Region The Node Drawing the Lips
TUTO . com : Tuto Photoshop, Flash, After Effects, Indesign la quaintrelle | I finally remembered to save shots of a piece... Drawing the Human Eye » OnlyPencil Drawing Tutorials We can all probably draw the human eye, we draw the oval shape with the iris and pupil. I consider that to be a basic sketch of the eye. Before you draw a realistic eye you must first study what it really is. Take a look at the pupil(the black area in the center), this area contracts in size when light hits it. Tools Used: 2h wood cased pencil2b 0.5 Mechanical PencilKneaded EraserColor BlenderSmooth Bristol Paper This is the final drawing of what we’ll be working on. Step 1 Well we will start by drawing the outline, this can be a fast sketch, but enough detail to show the shape. Step 2 Start by filling in the pupil using the 6b progresso pencil. Step 3 Take your 4b progresso pencil and put down some graphite on a separate piece of paper. Step 4 Using your mechanical pencil draw the lines that you see around the area that was shaded previously, try to make them quick and light. Step 5 Using your mechanical pencil lightly fill in the area around the pupil. Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11