[From DaniDraws.com]
One of the biggest challenges a beginning painter will face is learning to paint flesh tones. The skin is highly complex, made up of varying colors and textures; if you get one thing wrong, you could end up with some pretty scary results.
Here’s a few simple tips to help you conquer this problem.
super quick doodles for practice and chillout!
drawn from parkour and tricking videos <3
Urrrgghhhhh I’ll figure this out one day
For those interested in what kind of refrence I use; I’m basically just google image-searching “anatomy reference” or “figure drawing” or “musculature” or something and work with whatever comes up, plus the ”atlas of human anatomy for the artist” by Stephen Rogers Peck for guiding theory. It’s quite handy and inexpensive, would definately recommend that one : D
How to draw the head with the skull in mind.
Skull reference and tutorial: Front view http://fav.me/d31b5c6
Skull reference and tutorial: Profile http://fav.me/d31b5ga
Skull reference and tutorial: 3/4 view http://fav.me/d31b5j0
Skull reference and tutorial: overlays http://fav.me/d31b5lt
Skull Reference 5: Reference shots with skull makeup http://fav.me/d31cxud
Stuff from some anatomy jams on pchat.
Also struggles with ellipses/cylinders on their side in perspective.
(via skepticarcher)
