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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this beautiful pencil test by the talented @GlenKeanePrd! This is a phenomenal example of how you can TRANSFORM the SILHOUETTE of you character DRAMATICALLY using POSE and OVERLAPPING ELEMENTS to make those KEY HOLDS POP with CHANGE! #anime

WINGS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

PART 2! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial today looks at what happens to the SHOULDER when we RAISE THE ARM, by the talented @kato_anatomy! The SCAPULA comes up, creating a visible “Bump” at the side, the CLAVICLE angles UP from the STERNUM, and the SHOULDER moves UP and IN towards the NECK!

TRANSFORMATIONS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

TREES without LEAVES part 1! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial today is another amazing lesson from the superb @GRIZandNORM! Using CONTRAPPOSTO (putting most of your character's WEIGHT on ONE LEG) adds a lot of RHYTHM and POISE to STATIC POSES! #animationdev #manga #gamedev #characterdesign #gamedev #illustration

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WRISTS Pt 2! How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this ref sheet on the ANGLE of the FINGERS from each side of a FIST by the talented @kato_anatomy! It’s SUBTLE, but details like this help to give your gestures so much more BELIEVABILITY! #anime #manga #snatomy #illustration #drawing #COMICS

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WRISTS PART 1! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this FANTASTIC set of COLOURING GUIDES by the talented @eskbl! So many brilliant ideas in here, all taken from a full guide you can get through @eskbl’s page! #gamedev #manga #conceptart #illustration #digitalpainting #comicart #colour

COMPOSITION! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

VEHICLES JUMPING! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/reference today is this great page of HAND HOLDING ideas, by the talented @haruno_owari! Which one of these do you do?! #gameart #gamedev #anime #manga

CHINS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this example of WEIGHT and BALANCE, by the talented @Sir_PinkPirate! Note that the weight is first THROWN round, and the body FOLLOWS. Then the torso goes back, and the leg lifts, in ANTICIPATION of PULLING the weight overhead! #anime #manga

BOSS BATTLES! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this page on FORESHORTENING with REAL WORD STUDY, by @miyuliart! An exercise to skill up your OBSERVATION and VISUAL MEMORY skills: 1) draw a subject from life 2) draw from memory 3) draw again from life 4) draw again from memory. It WORKS :)

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HANDS POINTING! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/reference today is this FRANKLY BRILLIANT IDEA for helping you understand HANDS by the talented @m_yoshimune! This simple reference tool will help your brain SEE the FORM, and UNDERSTAND IT BETTER! TRY IT! #gamedev #characterdesign #comicart #DRAW #spiderman

PART 2! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature tutorial/artist today is this brilliant page on THE ANGLE OF THE BASE OF THE SKULL by the talented @taco1704! This is one of those areas that is easy to overlook, but as you see here it’s vitally important for getting those PROFILE ANGLES RIGHT! #anime #manga #DRAW

READING! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

ENVIRONMENTS around CHARACTERS Pt 1! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature tutorial/artist today is this page of notes on how FINGER MOVEMENTS connect, by the talented @kato_anatomy - showing how moving ONE will affect the OTHERS, often DRAWING THEM IN, or PULLING THEM DOWN. Understanding this INTERCONNECTION will improve your HAND POSES!

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Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this set of notes on DRAWING MOUTHS, by the talented @yaboypolar! These strong drawings, combined with great REFERENCES, ideas around the 3D FORM of the mouth, and FACIAL FEATURE POSITIONING are all VERY USEFUL! #manga #anime #COMICART

ROOFS IN PERSPECTIVE! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this brill page on FEET and TOES by the talented @taco1704! The INDIVIDUAL FORMS and ANGLES of the TOES really no vary quite a lot, and drawing an ARC to run them along really helps with placement! #anime #manga #Characterdesign #drawing

EXHAUSTED POSES! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this brilliant set of notes on the line of the TRAPEZIUS, by the talented @taco1704! That idea on build affecting a CONCAVE, STRAIGHT or CONVEX line is GOLD! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #gameart #tutorial #DRAW

EYE DESIGN IDEAS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

FORESHORTENING CLAWS!!!!

Our feature artist/reference for today is this BEAUTIFUL page on FORESHORTENING by the talented @miyuliart! So helpful for seeing how the FORMS STACK in PERSPECTIVE #gamedev #animationdev #gameart #conceptart #characterdesign #comicart #comics #DRAWING #anime #manga

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To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

HAIR UNDERWATER part 2! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this great note on NOSE and BROW wrinkles, by the talented @taco1704! This is so useful for AMPING UP your ANGRY EXPRESSIONS to true RAGE LEVELS! :) #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #illustration #characterdesign #visdev #ART

CLOUDS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

HAIR UNDERWATER Pt 1! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this great page of notes on SUBTLE FORESHORTENING by the talented @miyuliart! This SLIGHTLY ABOVE and BEHIND view is tricky to master, so these thoughts are seriously useful! #gamedev #animationdev #gameart #conceptart #characterdesign

NECKS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected] #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration