Tutorial?

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pennswoods left me a comment at Artistic Alley in which she suggested that I write an art tutorial sometime. Now, I'm not sure I should be tutoring anyone about anything art-related, seeing as my methods aren't really based on any expert knowledge or skill; but if some of you think I could be of any help somehow, I could give the idea some thought. Hence, a poll! ;)

[Poll #913093]

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[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

My answer for the second question wouldn't fit. :) I really have no clue and I'm not overly picky on what it's about. I just really enjoy looking at art tutorials in general. Hmm, maybe facial expressions? ...or eyebrows! ^_~

[veradee.livejournal.com]

I've never been such a good painter anyway, but my main problem always is that I never know how to fix on paper what I imagine in my head. I once bought a book on how to draw, and I actually understood some of the theory, like drawing / colouring in layers so that some areas appear darker than others. But of course they assume that you managed to draw a reasonable outline for a drawing in the first place.

[sylvanawood.livejournal.com]

I didn't vote in the poll, because I likely never will try out what you tutor, so a tutorial for me would be intersting to look at, but not necessary something that helped me.

But I so enjoy your ongoing comic process description. So, if you don't know what to tutor about, just a 'progress report' of how you do this or that piece of art, with troubles, tribulations and triumphes would be what I'd love to see. :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/phistolemon_/]

voted for yes, but I had too many ideas on a tutorial to write it all down in the box xD so am doing that here:

• I'd love to see the entire way how a picture of yours gets on paper. :)
from your first idea, to thinking of the right posers, how you start, with which pencils, where you start (head/hair/eyes?), how you come up with the closes and expressions. do you look it somewhere up? or does it come to mind just like that? until it's done (yes, that's a lot of work for you to make a tut with pics and all LOL)

• you know I always thought it was hard to draw with the black pencils like you do ;) leaving out the white lines and all.. would like to see how you do that :)

• general things! how to draw clothes, hair etc!

• a tut on 'howtodrawsnapeyourway' :DD

that's it!

[inevitably-grey.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in learning the play between shadow and light, how to make it realistic, how to give the picture another dimension. While I get the shadowing right, nuance-wise, I always tend to either make too much or too little shadow, making it look oddly unrealistic. The play between nuances of colours could be interesting too.