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I N G T IP S book full of

DR AW mini tutorials

- volume 1 -
 Mitch'
Drawing tips
- volume 1 -
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 introduction
Thanks for reading my
little book. I love tutorial
books. They helped me
learn all the things I’m
using to draw my work
now. Through posting
small tutorials on
Instagram I experienced
how fun it was to share
my knowledge and try to
help other artist. I hope
this little book can help
you with your drawings.
If you want more tips
and books you can visit
my Instagram profile
to find more. You can
also always send me
an email or try to reach
out on Instagram to ask
something.
Best,
Mitch
action line
I always try to start with your shapes around
an action line. This helps it and go with the flow
to avoid stiffnes in your of the line. See the
drawings. First think examples. No worries if
about what you want to you don’t get it at once.
tell. It doesn’t have to Try study the following
be complicated. It can drawings or study old
be just something like cartoons from Disney or
“A little fox sitting and Looney Tunes.
looking cute upwards”.
Think of a line that tells
that storry and draw
Illustratie
expressions
Acting is an important expressions. Try to
part of character design. think here also in lines
On my desk I have a of action. It can help to
mirror. If I start drawing simplifie your design
an expression I try to act with shapes and draw
it out and look at it in the arrows on top of it to get
mirror. It helps if you feel the force right.
it yourself before you
start drawing it. In the
following images I show
how I construct the face
and how I make those
painting
If I paint digitaly I use
Adobe Photoshop. You
could use other software
as well. Photoshop is just
the program I grew up
with and in the end it’s
just a tool. I always found
painting quite hard and
complex. There are so
many things to consider
when painting. It really
helped me when I made
it more simple for my self.
In the next image I show
that with the sphere. If
you have drawn the spere
you can apply that on
your character. If you can
draw the spere, you can
also paint the character.
This is because the spere
covers all the angles
of the surface your
character has.
You only need to consider
the casting shadows etc.
on top of that. You can
also start with only the
values so you can focus
first on light and after that
on color. Keep it simple
for yourself and try to
think in steps.
ink & cell shade
Sometimes I get
asked how I do get
clean lines. I think the
most important thing
to achieve that is to
practise and find out
what you find working
best. So experiment. In
Photoshop you can turn
on the smoothness, this
can help you but watch
out for your lines starting
to loose life and get stiff.
Keep practising.
In industrial design
they do practise this by
making straight lines on
a sheet of paper and
draw many circels as
practise. This is actualy
a good way and this will
improve your inking.
perspective
Perspective can be mainly because it doesn’t perspective point in it.
overwelming, but if have to be perfect for When that is set up I
you follow some steps me. I often start with a start sketching on top of
it can be really easy. rough sketch without it and follow the lines.
There are some really any perspective lines. This way I keep it simple
good books about it, When I’m happy with the for my self.
just Google ‘perspective sketch I start drawing the
books’ and you’ll find horizon line and deside Sometimes I use basic
them. In the following where I put the first and 3D to set it up. But I think
examples I show the second perspective it’s important to to learn
basics and actually I only point. If I want to make how to draw perspective
use these basic steps, it extreme I put a third by hand first.
perspective
Sometimes using 3D like playing with LEGO
is more quicker than and can help with the
drawing perspective design proces. I use
by hand. What’s nice Blender 3D because it’s
about 3D is that you free software you can
can rotate around it and download from their
draw the same space website. But before
ship in different angles you start learning
and you don’t have to basic 3D try drawing
draw the basic shapes perspective first and try
again. I also like using to understand it.
3D because it feels
backgrounds
Backgrounds can be a
lot of work but are also
a lot of fun to work on. I
try to use different things
to help me out. Like the
rules of third, the golden
ratio or thinking in big
shapes. This makes
creating a compositon
easier. For example
if you start with a big
shape, medium shape
and small shape. Also try movies or life action
to think how you want to movies is always a good
guide the eye trough the idea by the way!
drawing. Let it flow.
Try to look for the
An other great practise composition and why it is
is to go outside and try the way it is.
to make backgrounds
from life. Draw the
neighbour’s house, or
the inside of a cafe etc.
Studying old animated
sketchbook
If you want to become
an artist it is important to
draw a lot. But between
all the stuff you have
to do it can be hard
to find time. That is
why I always carry a
sketchbook with me.
This way I can draw
when I travel to work. I
always try to experiment
in it. Like drawing
from life, drawing stuff
outside of my comfort
zone, participating in
drawing challenges
on social media or
just draw crocodiles
because I like to. If you
can’t find inspiration just
try drawing something
that is around you. Like
a person in the distance
or the first thing you
think of. Or sometimes I
go to a Youtube channel
with figure drawing and
take some screenshots
to use those to do
some figure drawing
wherever I am. The
most important thing is
to draw, draw, draw.