Tutorial Stream 1 (basic poses) (Patreon)

OKAY

So for posing for me

I usually stop for a moment and THINK

I think about what I want to draw, what I want the limbs to be doing, the angle

You'll always see me pause right at the starts

So give me a type of pose?

latt19:07

standing?

Kaciart19:08

okay!

Merwild19:08

someone sat on a stool?

Kaciart19:08

So first

I do the line of action - Usually the spine. Kind of a central line

If its from the front it will be down the neck to navel

then i give it a head

i usually do the eyeline and ear in the cross hair

These two lines are almost always parallel

i draw each segment in shapes

Keep the lines light so you can correct without erasing

i like to keep the lines loose and curving, the body is organic so there wont be many very straight lines

Pumpkintiger19:14

sorry, is it allowed to ask questions? if so, i'd like to know if you took any live-drawing sessions with models or did something like that?

Kaciart19:14

absolutely!!

yes

I studied animation

And figure studies was a huge part of that

Pumpkintiger19:14

ooooh awesome! Thank you!

Kaciart19:15

I realised very quickly animation wasnt for me

XD

So here it is in shapes

beannsss

Noct would not be pleased

kitarin19:17

beans are good for you, Noct

Kaciart19:18

Okay so

Any questions so far about this??

we'll add more limbs in a sec

latt19:19

so these are the shapes you see when you're building up the pose?

Kaciart19:19

yupp

I almost ALWAYS work in circular shapes

One of the things i like to do with my art is

When im about to draw a limb or the head

I think 'can it go a different way'

The first thought you have is the first thought almost everyone will have had

So throw it away and go with the second

The same stands for ideas with stories

Pumpkintiger19:22

you mean the pose of the limb?

Kaciart19:22

yup

Like in the sitting pose

Where would you put the hands?

Pumpkintiger19:22

I'd put them over the ears XD

Kaciart19:22

Is that your second thought?

kitarin19:22

In the lap was my first thought

Pumpkintiger19:22

but when I imagine him sitting on a table, then in front of him

Kaciart19:23

Yeah Kit that's my first thought too

Well pumpkin you have a very non linear thought process which is great

Pumpkintiger19:23

I'm probably just too much drama

Kaciart19:23

XD

So if we're not putting them in his lap

he could be biting his nails

scratching...something

And it already makes the pose a little more interesting

Pumpkintiger19:26

I'll be looking forward to sit back a moment and think about the posing next time. Most of the time i'm panicking and just do whatever with it

Kaciart19:26

We'll keep the standing simple enough for explanations sake

it always helps to just stop and think, doesnt matter how long

i have an image saved on my phone for about 2 weeks to use

I did that pic of Ignis in grey scale and Asidian suggested i do a series of each

So i was googling 'interesting lighting'

So like, wait until youre ready to do a pose too

But i found this pic, i'll show you

this is the image

But I was thinking Noctis

but where his father stabbed him

>__>

PastelCyanide19:30

rude lol

latt19:30

so you come up with the pose, the scene? then lighting, general environment, color?

Kaciart19:31

Any single factor could prompt a pic

Its like when i ask for a word in streams

It jolts my mind

But so does looking at pictures and reading prompts

Pumpkintiger19:32

but while you're streaming your posing comes from your mind, right? pictures are just for ideas?

Kaciart19:32

Yes, but like that its usually based one something you guys have said

I started with refs too though

I've been doing this so long that its like, your mind has a library anyway

Merwild19:34

It's still very obscure to me lol The inspiration part.

Kaciart19:34

theres nights when XD its like i havent a single independent thought

so i need people to be like 'draw this, draw that'

I'll ask for characters if im feeling creative

Words if im blank or want to not have to work my brain

XD Scenarios if im feeling masochistic

Goodbye sleep

PastelCyanide19:37

I'm unfortunately all inspiration and little skill

Kaciart19:37

I think the fact that youre here Pastel, says a lot about your motivation to improve tho

PastelCyanide19:38

; /// ; Oh stop

Kaciart19:38

And honestly determination and practice are a huge part in improving

You have to WANT to improve

A friend of mine was at a convention

He was sitting next to this professional artist and this dude came up

And he says 'I wish i was as good as you *sigh*'

And the artist was like 'No you don't'

'What?'

'If you did you'd be at home working on it'

Kaciart19:42

 The wrist comes to the groin 

Do not be afraid to use the transform too to move things around

It is not cheating

Merwild19:42

Practice is super important, it reveals your abilities

Kaciart19:42

it is using the tools youre given

latt19:43

it was only recently i started using the lasso/magnetic lasso tool and it's a game changer

Kuromegane19:43

practice makes progress 

Kaciart19:43

you often see people go 'lol cheating'

You do NOT have to start drawing from scratch

The limb behind - if you want you can grab a second colour and draw through the image.

Okay so

We have our basics

Now for me i'd go straight into line art

but

tonight we're going to do another sketch layer

Ftr

I always find it easier to draw small so this is where you'd enlarge the canvas

if you were going into the lines

So im going to use a layer clip and colour the line art to make it easier to separate from the next sketch

and merge it down

I always use shortcuts

ctrl+e is merge

so you now see where the crosshair was for

this is where you can fix some of your proportions too

these lines are also parallel

when your fingers are resting they always curl slightly

So now you have your manequin

this second sketch can be as messy as you like

You can do a third sketch to clean

And this is where you can add clothes too

also i know you drew that eye

and you love that eye

But XD dont be afraid to cover it

Pumpkintiger20:00

one thing which is impressive on your art is that you don't get lost in details. your stuff is so clean and has the exact right amount of details. I really want to be able to get to that as well

Kaciart20:00

it will probably add more

Here we have the gist of the pose

so now we're lining

this is where you can detail to your hearts content

XD

Merwild20:07

feels like you have a good tablet, very precise.

Kaciart20:07

yess i have a cintiq

its a monstrosity

I love it

Merwild20:08

I tried one and I couldn't. I have to recalibrate every time I moved in from of it, which is every 5 minutes

had*

Kaciart20:09

yeah that took a bit of getting used to

when i draw ears

i have a pattern i ALWAYS use

and change it up a little

Merwild20:14

I really don't know what I will take. I have a small wacom but it doesn't feel right anymore

Kaciart20:14

Wacom also isnt the be all and end all anymore

theres a website that reviews artbooks and products

https://www.parkablogs.com/

tip you probably know

but if you hold any short cut, do your thing with it while its held down

when you release it goes back to your previous tools

noct has 2 gifferent boots

because hes a little shit

but i never draw them accurately

because as stated

little shit

Those game designers need a slap

'The artists are going to realise this WAY too late 8DD

*steeples fingers*

A year later

WTFF

another handy shortcut is

alt and spacebar rotates freely

Kuromegane20:30

and just like that, the sitting and standing mannaquins have feelings 

Kaciart20:31

XD

but yes

SO

questions?

Kuromegane20:33

im sure ill have questions at like.. 2 in the morning

Kaciart20:33

well send them to me!

And i'll answer them and add them to the post

Okay do we want to try a more intricate pose using the same ideas or 2 characters

or will we call it at that

PastelCyanide20:40

Everybody should be able to express themselves in an artistic manner even if its just doodling or coloring in a coloring book ;///;

Kaciart20:40

Its so therapeutic

Kuromegane20:41

i know watching your streams are

Kaciart20:41

Like you say, theres a reason why adult colouring books have SHOT up in popularity

Kuromegane20:41

like watching bob ross with ffxv characters XD

Kaciart20:41

loooll

only no happy trees

only sad promptos

Kuromegane20:41

instead of happy little trees we get painful prompto

HA

Kaciart20:44

was there any aspect that you want revisited?

Kuromegane20:45

front facing structure maybe?

Kaciart20:46

okay so

what kind of pose?

Kuromegane20:46

plain ol standing 

Kaciart20:46

okay

latt20:46

something with a tricky perspective? 

Kaciart20:47

so our line of action

And for perspective you need your perspective lines to start

so we're back to our shapes

beans

i usually draw circles around joints

and now perspective

Im just going to see how this works

when you open the transform

Ctrl +t

holding shift keeps the proportion

but holding ctrl lets you skew the proportions

and drag individual points

so heres a little guide for our perspective.

I've taken the standing pose and using the transform and skewing i've given it a sort of perspective.

It isn't right tho as this is more like if a book cover was in perspective rather than a person so

now we make it overlap more

Merwild20:57

always remember to think in 3D XD

Kaciart21:03

Hows that latt

If you think that the countour of the body will help

latt21:03

freaking great; it's about knowing how the beans overlap?

Kaciart21:06

okayyy

sketch the second

we're seeing the bottom of everything in this one

the outer ankle is lower than the inner

But also

Save reference pics of these angles

especially for the face

take down and upshot selfies

So

I thinkkk

I'll stop there for now tonight

Tomorrow we'll have another and i'll give a headsup on the time