A diesel attends into the vintage.

A diesel attends into the vintage.

Tools of the Trade

Hi, again this is Reign, in this post i will tell you some of the things you will need....

1. Graphite pencils- they come in a vareity of sizes, the two main are hard and soft graphite pencils- great range of light and shadow.

2. Pens- lets you put a nice touch on your picture with ink, sometimes used with a brush.

3.Paper- i suggest a paper that doesnt allow bleeding ( or showing patches of picture on oppossite side of paper), but whatever suits you.

4.Wacom tablet- a premier tool in the art industry, lets you draw a picture from the device right onto the computer screen.

5. A Good Computer- helps you put alot of files and download  and upload to your desire, any computer will do, but the industry standard is an apple mac.

6. Time alone- most important, you dont want to be bothered everytime your getting into your next masterpeice do you?

7. Insiration- You will find this at random times in random places, keep a sketchbook or loose paper handy, which brings me to...

8. Sketchbook- a place for all your ideas, it might eventually seem cluttered, but rest assured your ideas cant be in a better place

9. Drawing table- a nice ease for backpain and sore necks, at an angle, it makes drawing much more fun.

10. Multiple magnifying glass- or a simple one, if you want to put in those little details that make your drawing the best.

11.Time away from your art- this is the best time for laying back and doing other things, the best ideas come when your not thinking about them.

12. scanner/printer- a good tool for your computer to imprint that art into artificial memory when your memory isnt enough and when you want to showoff on the internet.

13. books ( for art)- refine your talent as much as you can, there is always something you can be better at.

14. books ( in general)- who knows, your next masterpiece could come from those pages.

15. A good night sleep - very important! there will be some long hours in a sitting position looking at one simgle thing, and also an awake brain functions better

these are some of the things you will need as an artist, there might be a few things ive left out, comment those if you feel the need to.

thanks,
S.M.

Technique 2: Highlights

Hello. Reign again, this time i will tell you about highlighting drawings. Highlighting is the complete oppossite of shading, showing the lightest point on an object  at the point where the light source shines directly on the object, dont go dark at all as this is another way to make an object look three dimensional.

Highlight Vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUaiqxT_yI

Thanks,
Reign

Technique 1: Shading

Hello, Reign back with the intro to the techniques i talked about in the earlier post. First we will start off with Shading. Shading is a technique used by most if not all artists to show the depth of an abject and make it look three dimensional. It is where the light is fading away ; it can be very black or very light according to hwo far or how close it is to the light source, it can also be used to define obstructions of the light source.

Shading Vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gTsyP5Thps

Thanks,
Reign

Natural Talent

Hi, Reign again. This time i will show you how to find your natural artistic talent, everybody has it, its just to a certain extent. Though your natural talent may not look too great, but you have to try to find out what level you are, with time, training, and daily knowledge, you will be better; even the best artists had to start somewhere. Okay so to see your natural talent, its good to start off drawing something realistic or from a book, something in front of you. Take a good long look at it, imagine in your head how it is shaped, now draw it. In this drawing do all types of techniques, including shading, highlights, details, and even coloring. Dont worry about anything, this is for your eyes only, so no one will judge you. Take as much time as you need untill you beleive it looks good; startover as many times as you want too,there is only failure when you quit, each attempt you take is another step towards self success. If you do not know the techniques listed above, read my future blogs for information about them.

Introduction

Hello, my name is Reign and i will teach you things about drawing comic art from looking at natural talent to intermediate skills. I have read many books and put those skills ive learned to use in many ways. You might not find basics useful if you have been drawing awhile, but hang in there i will update as much as i can and evemtually you will find something you might find useful. This will be an ongoing blog telling you and evemtually showing you in pictures how to draw just a little bit better

Thanks,
Reign