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Hospital Index
General Human Anatomy Tutorials Section
Hands and Feet Tutorials Section


DA Stock Accounts:


Clubs or Other Sites:

Andrew Loomis PDFs courtesy of [ p l a c i d c h a o s / A M ]
Drawing the Head & Hands

***** Artnatomia.net
-Detailed Flash references and animations of facial muscles. Available in both Spanish and English.

**** Portrait-Artist.org - [About]
-A portrait art tutorial site, with lessons on sketching and drawing faces, tutorials on digital art, an overview of art and drawing techniques, art supplies, book recommendations, anatomy, and much more:

How to Draw the Face:

Drawing Lips:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4,

Drawing Profiles:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5

Face Structure:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Drawing the Nose:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Drawing the Eyes:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6

How to Draw Hair:
Page 1, Page 2

Portrait Sketchbook
Don't Do That!

Color:

Color Theory Tutorial:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6

Portrait Colors and Color Formulas

Colored Pencil Tutorial:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Portrait Art Basics:

Drawing for Newbies:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Rendering and Shading:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5

Shading Explained:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5

Art Supplies:
Pencils and Paper
Watercolors
Acrylics
Alkyds & Oils
Airbrush
Digital Art

Drawing Techniques:
Page 1, Page 2

Portrait Drawing Tips

Step-by-Step Portrait:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

Realistic Pencil Portrait

Attitudes and Inspiration:
Drawing for Newbies
Attitude and Self-Esteem
Snobs and Cretins
Tracing, Grids, Etc.
Accept the Fact...
Too Old?
Art Education
Dare to be Shameless

Anatomy, Digital Art, and Misc.
Human Proportions
Becoming Web-Ready
Neck and Shoulders

Gesture Drawing:
Page 1, Page 2

Figure Drawings:
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

Anatomy Books
PhotoShop Books
Digital Portrait Art

**** Polykarbon Tutorials:
-Anime style anatomy and general tutorials, including the following:

Female...
The Basic Female Head/Front View
Front View Simplified
The Basic Female Head/Profile
Profile Simplified
The 3/4 View Female Head
3/4 View Simplified

Male...
The Male Head

+ www.bakaneko.com:
-Anime/Manga style anatomy tutorials.

Heads: Face, Eyes, Mouth
Hair Tutorial
Female Faces Tutorial
Eyes, Nose, Mouth, Ears

**** www.wetcanvas.com:
-Drawing & Painting Life Portraits...
1: Introduction
2: More Profile Drawing
3: Drawing Heads, Frontal View
4: More on Drawing Eyes
5: Drawing the Nose
6: Drawing the Mouth and Ears

**** Zips demonstration downloads from Walkerboystudio.com:
Head and Head Proportions
Features: Eyes, Ear, Nose, Lips

Female: Face

Individual Tutorials:

General Portrait

Profile Drawing Exercise by CaliforniaClipper
-How to approach the daunting task of drawing the human face in profile. The good news is, you can do it! You just need to start with three simple lines. The bad news is, that art store you frequent is going to get even more of your money...

InvaderDemeter's Handy Tips for Profiles by InvaderDemeter
-Some people, I've seen, need some help with profiles. So I made a tutorial. This tutorial isn't intended for absolute beginners, instead it's for people with a modicum of skill. At the very least.

Facial Expression

***** Emotions and Facial Expression by Cedarseed
-A guide to the variety of emotions the human face can express.

Facial Expressions Tutorial by Genolover
-Yep, this is a tutorial on how to do facial expressions. I love drawing faces and stuff, cuz I am an emotional person *bricked* Nah, just summin' I really enjoy doing, is all.

Expression tutorial by alexds1
-Another tutorial, this time on how to do some facial expressions.

25 Essential Expressions by napalmnacey
-This is a challenge and an exercise that I find incredibly helpful when hashing out a new character. It's good to have nearby when doing your panels and you're thinking, "Damn, what does So-and-so's nose do in this expression?" Or maybe your drawing isn't consistent and you want to keep a certain look? Catalogue them on this sheet first and keep it nearby for easy reference!

Facial Features

Eyes...

Tutorial: how to draw male eyes by Cataclysm-X
-How to draw male eyes that is! Since there are many differences between to male eye and the female eye, I chose to create a tutorial about the male eye only. I will do the female eye someday as well.

Ears...

***** Draw the Ear at www.lostonwallace.com

Babies

Drawing Children - Face Proportions at drawsketch.about.com
-Tips on Drawing Children's Faces. For a portrait artist, drawing a child's face is particularly challenging, but also rewarding.

Drawing Babies Video by Sycra
-How to draw a baby head.

Hair

**** Hair Tutorial - Sunkissed by Viviminu

***** How to Draw Super Deformed Hair Tutorial: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 by Seh Hui "Felix" Leong
-A great tutorial on drawing hair in any style, especially superdeformed anime.

***** Drawing Anime Hair: Bangs Tutorial by Crysa
-Learn how to draw anime bangs with this basic anime hair tutorial. Very helpful.

**** A Guide to Drawing Hair Curls by Keysha-chan
-Learn how to draw curly hair with this basic curly hair tutorial. Quite helpful.

Curly Hair Tutorial Part 1 and Part 2 by Valendra
-This is a short walkthrough about hair curls.

Curly Hair Tutorial by SinisterSilence
-A short curly hair tutorial. Done on Shii Painter.

Curl Hair Tutorial by Portrait-Artists
-How to shade curly hair (digital).

+ How to Paint Anime-Styled Hair by getty
-This is targeted for those who have trouble painting anime-style hair.


Hospital Index
General Human Anatomy Tutorials Section
Hands and Feet Tutorials Section