DRAWING TIPS

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Please share any secrets to your success on drawception.

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DON'T PANIC.

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@Voldemeg nice work on "Trolls need not apply", I started that one.

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@Ackter thanks for the video tips.

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Use Ctrl+Z to undo, I find it much quicker.

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  1. Zoom in as far as you can
  2. Work your way from the background to the foreground
  3. Lay down a shape in color and then draw your outline on top of it instead of drawing the outline first.
  4. Big shapes first, details last. When you start with the details your perspective gets out of whack real fast.
  5. Drop some dots at shoulders, head, eyes, hips and other important features to make sure your perspective and positioning will end up the way you want it.
  6. Follow the stupid-good artists and really look at their drawings to see how they did things.
  7. Draw as much as humanly possible. Even bad drawings make you improve, oftentimes more than good ones. (Dont feel like you have to submit them all though :)
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Celebrity portraits, how to?

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@KxRook Tons of help, thanks.

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Celebrity portraits are tricky. Google references all the way! Overdo the distinctive features. Looking up caricatures may help, because they show what those features are in a very simple way. If they have certain clothing/uniform or a characteristic hairstyle, use those.

Also, shoot for the stars! Try even the hard prompts - you don't have to publish them or even finish them in time. I just spent 20 minutes drawing Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala in the sandbox, because I got a prompt for "Natalie Portman" and I tried it but didn't make it good enough in 10 minutes (thus never submitted it). Practice makes perfect - and the next time, if the same prompt comes my way, I'm sure I can do it. :D

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@junesong Thanks, really good advice.

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How do you get more people to like your drawings? I work hard on some and they end up with +2 while my lazy ones get +7. What do I do?

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@Bryan5918 comes down to luck really. Commenting will make more people check it, and make sure you give out points to those you think deserve them. I think people dont bother checking games they have 0 points on for some reason.

Take this game of yours for example:

http://drawception.com/viewgame/KkdqBL5ggN/smoke-on-the-water/

You got 2 points out of 34 views, but the highest panel has 3. Its one thing if everyone has a lot of points except you, but that isnt the case. Some games just go that way, in fact I'd say its more common than not.

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@KxRook Thanks for your advise again, Ill start doing that.

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Composition advice?

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Background advice?

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Celebrity portrait quick drawing vids?

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Thanks! That was a great prompt, the image popped into my head immediately. :D

These are some really good tips! I definitely use ctrl-z nonstop, I do everything about five times before I get it right. I try to think from the background forward, that way I don't get stuck trying to fill in tiny areas when I could have just painted them one layer back.

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@KxRook - Any plans on recording your drawings?

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