✏️TUTORIAL//Building up a Drawing from Simple to Complex
Added 2024-02-21 13:38:39 +0000 UTCIn this tutorial we start with a very simple sketch design and I show you how I expand it to make it a more and more complex drawing and composition. I also talk about and show you how you can use the placement of objects in a scene to GUIDE the viewer's eye around the scene to create a nice flow.
Disclaimer that I was fighting a stomach bug while working on the piece in this tutorial, so it is, perhaps, extra messy in the sketches and I had some struggle bus moments, but maybe it's also valuable to show those moments to you as well!
And Fun fact, I took a shower right before doing the voiceover, so you can watch my hair dry as the tutorial goes on. lol
Anyhoo I hope you enjoy and I have attached the 2 brushes that I used in this tutorial below (though, if you've been here a while, you probably already have them!)
Resources
CSP Brushes used in this tutorial (attached to download below):
- Chrissa Messy Ink
- Wet Watercolor
Past Tutorials Related to this topic and mentioned in the tutorial:
- How to draw BACKGROUNDS when you HATE drawing backgrounds PART 1
- How to draw BACKGROUNDS when you HATE drawing backgrounds PART 2
- Making a character look like the BELONG in a Scene
- Rendering Chrissabug's Way
- How I Finish An Artwork/My FINAL Touches and Steps to completing Illustrations
Looking for more past tutorials?->Rewards and Tutorials Index
Here's the lineart drawing from the tutorial. I'll try and finish the piece soon!
Comments
So glad you liked it! It definitely depends on the piece but often, it is less that I have a fleshed out story idea in mind in the beginning, and more that I discover the story and imagine it as I work on a piece. So it is kind of fun because it is like I am learning about the story as it develops in the drawing!
ChrissaBug
2024-02-26 18:24:30 +0000 UTCI really liked this tutorial. I liked seeing the process of starting with something like a woman sitting in a cafe and then it turns into two witches in a cat cafe. When you are drawing are you thinking about a story you want to tell with your art?
James Williamson
2024-02-26 14:30:10 +0000 UTCHaha! That's good to hear!! I'm so glad it is helpful and also resonates with you!!
ChrissaBug
2024-02-23 09:08:24 +0000 UTCIt's so awesome to see artists I love work in the same kind of way I do. It feels weirdly validating lol. I'm just starting to get into drawing more complex images/backgrounds and will be coming back to this tutorial time and time again! ❤️
squidpeg
2024-02-23 05:57:36 +0000 UTC
