sketches and drawings by Samantha Youssef
The human figure is one of the most beautiful and complex forms in nature, which makes it a challenge to draw. So how does an artist quickly and easily create sketches of people? In this article, I…
Last Christmas a lot of Pandas seemed to enjoy the result of my first year of comics, so I thought it was about time you saw what I've been drawing since then.
There's a New Yorker magazine cartoon from the 1950s which I loved when I was young. It shows a man watching tiny figures walk out of a storefront. The caption is something like, "I just wound them up, and gave them their freedom." I can't find this in the New Yorker cartoon archive, but I know it was there. So here I was in the Tysons Corner Mall, and I just found the little walkers, wound them up and gave them their freedom to walk around the Mall and consume stuff. Meanwhile, I drew them as the strolled to and fro. They were all races, colors, creeds, genders, ages, and nationalities. There were pretty ones and not so pretty ones. Unlike elves or fantasy figures, they didn't have perfect posture, big muscles, other big endowments, or gigantic weapons the size of highway signs. They didn't know I was drawing them. I must draw people. I must draw them both real and idealized. For some reason, I have become severely hesitant about drawing any human figures. I guess I know what the reason is, that is, I've been looking at the figure drawings in deviantART and feeling overwhelmed with how good even the silly manga copies are compared to the stiff, ugly humanoid figures I try to draw. As I've said so many times, I have never succeeded in drawing a graceful human figure or a pretty girl. I need to learn. I am not sure that endless drawing of weary, saggy, grungy art models in a dimly lit studio will help me draw as well as the comic book and conceptual artists at deviantART. How did they learn? I just bought two new books about drawing people, starting from stick figures on up. Right now I need to draw more people. And pretty pin-up girls. Please wind me up and give me my freedom.
gesture sketching! keeping them fast and loose.
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Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately. Morpho Fat and Skin Fo…
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Hey guys, I've been working on this character for some time now had some problems with my computer so it took a little longer as I expected but it's done.
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Our feature artist/tutorial today is the great approach to COLOURING FOLIAGE from the talented @cornhime! This 4-stage approach gives you both DEPTH and INTEREST quickly, is really effective, but EASY to implement! #gamedev #aninationdev #colouring #digitalpainting #manga
The sounds of caroling sleigh bells echo in the distance and as the holidays draw near, our curious minds and need for inspiration heighten. It's that time of year when we yearn for something more, something brighter - something that culminates our creative senses and catapults lasting wonder. Consider giving and receiving the gift of art...join Thinkspace Projects December 3rd as they cordially invite you to celebrate new solo exhibitions by Ben Tolman, Hannah Lee Joshi, Nika Mtwana, Oscar Joyo, and Carl Cashman. From dizzying patterns and neon colour palettes to fluidity of motion and playful pixelated shapes, there's something sure to catch your eye. In case you didn't know, Thinkspace Projects also offers a full schedule of events, interviews and heaps of inspritation...be sure to follow their blog Sour Harvest to stay updated on all the
On my hands and knees for these two,,, Satanas I love art sometimes!! WIP of the next two ghouls out of the ten IMPERA ghouls! Next up are the Ghoulettes!
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