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Hello friends, this is the long awaited tutorial on Line-Quality, Art-Style, and Same-Face-Syndrome.

Line-Quality is improved by building Muscle-Memory.
You build muscle memory through Drawing-Exercises.
Art-Style is developed over time through ~~Observation and~~ Routine.
Routines such as… Drawing-Exercises.

And now for… the Ultimate Drawing-Exercise-Routine!

It’s called Snake-In-A-Basket!!

Draw any kind of snake inside of any kind of basket. You have 5 to 20 minutes to complete it before each/every Big-Serious-Illustration to tackle. No more, no less time!

Draw it… NOW!

(my example that I drew in GIMP)

Art-Style is not necessarily what you think it is. A fairly common style issue discussed in artist circles is the inability to draw the same character twice while retaining their likeness or the lack of uniqueness which makes our art (recognizable) distinguishable from another’s “oh! YOU drew this!”.

Here are the fastest pathways to attaining the elusive Art-Style:

Repetition!!!!!
Recurrence-of-Thematic-Elements (everyone is sad, robots, someone is always shirtless, etc)
Same Color-Palette used for everything you draw
Same-Tools (line width, brush set, same paper, canvas size)
or Same-Program

(examples of palettes!! you can’t go wrong with having a rainbow)

Some Amount of Explanation:

If you draw on the same size or same scale (A6, A5, A4, A3 | B6, B5 | Letter) or in the same orientation (Landscape or Portrait), it helps you learn Composition intuitively by training you to make use of the space you have. Also it’s easier to print out and frame if you draw on common photo print sizes 4x6, 8x10, etc.
Even if you make a lot of use of Blend/Blur and you’re more of a Painter than a Cel-Shader– deciding to use a Set Personal-Default-Color-Palette instead of randomly choosing them on the Wheel/Triangle-Thing will still give you enough stable consistency.

Onto the next thing!

Same-Face-Syndrome is normally caused by one of two things. If it’s not one then it’s the other: Same Shapes or Same Details.

To make noticebly different characters you have to Exaggerate.

Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle?
Short, Wide, Tall, Thin?

Before you try your hand at drawing any Face or Body Type, draw another Snake-In-A-Basket first.

You think I’m joking?

No. I’m not.

So to wrap up, you need to Warm Up to draw, you need to make a color palette and stick to it –or just use the same Crayola pencils, or the same kind of Bic pen, same kind of sharpie, .7 or .5, and have themes like “plaid flannels for everybody” or “hoodies and jeans”. Find those things you can execute consistently, like hatching or stippling, and if you like it, stick with it!

Hope this helps!

Now draw a SNAKE-IN-A-BASKET!

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Why the snake in a basket though?

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This is the alternative looks a bit more abstract. The Snake-In-A-Basket makes use of different lines going in different directions but in one visually comprehensive Object. Its purpose is to build confidence in making long, medium, short lines.

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ask me about the time i got drunk & jumped into a frozen lake to impress my dad

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What about the time you got drunk and jumped into a frozen lake to impress your dad?

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my town is full of bored rich white people looking for excuses to drink (which explains country clubs). and in the winter they are even more bored and drunk, and somehow they decided to hold an annual Polar Plunge. The definition of which is just drunk adults in random costumes jumping into a half-frozen lake at an unearthly morning hour, and living to tell the tale.

so my dad asks half-jokingly if i want to sign up to Polar Plunge. he doesn’t think i will. he doesn’t think much of me. he refuses to acknowledge that i am the resilient badass that i am. he wanted sons and got all daughters, always blamed us for being afraid or perceived weakness. so I’ve spent years bending over backward for the slight chance of parental approval. but this fucker doesn’t think i’m gonna do it. he certainly isn’t. well joke’s on him

I am Dead Inside.

my low capacity to experience pain or regret, plus the traumatizing desire for paternal affection, leads to me getting up at dawn, dressed as an angry fucking mermaid, to stand in line with a bunch of drunk white people in costumes. and i was drinking hard before i got there, because there are some things you just don’t do sober. and then the group of middle-aged women in lingerie and furs coats standing in front of me adopted me and shared their copious amounts of rum. which i gulped straight. then plunging begins. by the time i hit the water, i feel nothing, i desire nothing, i can be affected by nothing. then they help me out and i go inside and find a steam room to nap.

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This was Beautiful

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.