How to draw by Dmitrius

What drives me to draw what I draw?

I guess the fact I love to draw and the fact that I got hormones, kinda pushes my talent in this direction. I started from sketches on paper and since all my parents are very talented at drawing it came naturally. It became cars, superheroes and then of course my favorite...NUDE CHICKS!!! I have a website now with some of my art which I'm slowly but surely converting from paper to a pattern of zeros and ones.

How do I do it?

Well besides that talent thing which came down the family tree, I also learned how to use Adobe Photoshop (a godsend to me) Also I cant do too good drawing with a mouse...although I had some success I still prefer a stylus tablet (something that resembles a plastic pen on a big digital touchscreen). Of course to start a drawing it has to be sketched on a piece of paper and then scanned, though I give allot of credit to the stylus it will never replace the good old paper and a mechanical pencil. After much work I decided that mechanical pencils are far easier to draw with due to the fine line and the lack of need to sharpen them. To get really good at drawing you have to do allot of it...I mean allot, I started at around the age of 7 and have been doing it for 11 years (hmm 11 plus 7 is 18, could that be my age?).

Interested in it yourself?

I can help you to draw, I have thought about adding a whole section to my site mainly consisting of tips on how to do the deed. But unfortunately I just don't know where to start, I have a response section on my site which would provide a great way for you to post questions which I can answer and post on my page or maybe even Andy's, if he permits it. In time allot of questions will be asked so that I can compile them in a FAQ and post it for your free enjoyment.

Want tips?

Here are some tips for coloring characters in Adobe Photoshop, if you are just starting out I suggest using other people's sketches and add your own color to them..dont ever take credit for it tho. By the way if asked politely I am willing to post my sketches for your experimentation, as long as you honor my request to keep them to yourselves.

• Start by cleaning up your character, meaning take away all surrounding mess left by your hands or poor scanning software. I prefer to set the character in a separate layer and erase all around it. Do not simply take a color and start coloring in black all around the art piece, it will cause problems later on when you decide to switch the background and realize that a black outline has stuck to your character due to antialiasing.
• When finished you should have a light colored character with your pencil lines boldly standing out and a surrounding of empty space adhering tightly to the clean edges. Now its time for a base color, If you are drawing a nude character (what else is there to draw?) you will have one color that goes all over the body except the hair and bush, HEHE. Select the outer area of your masterpiece and do an invert to get just the char, then hold alt and subtract the parts which you prefer in another color (use appropriate selection tools to speed things up).
• Do a weak fill, around 20-30% or even less depending on the skin tone and you should have an ugly mono chromatic cover on the character, if you rendered and shaded your character with the pencil the black colors will tint the light fill that you did and create a descent pic, but descent is never enough, you can proceed to blur the darker strokes to add smoothness to the image while staying away from the edges. After you blur its time to bring out the lines of your pencil with a dark color on a light setting using your spray paint. Keep in mind not to use faded brushes on any edges or you will get ugly blurs that will destroy your work. Repeat this procedure until you get a good, solid image with definite lines and strong yet not overpowering color. Add a light hint of pink to appropriate places like the cheeks (both pairs).
• The final touch is to add highlights to the rounded bodyparts and to give a softer feeling to the character while adding darker colors for depth. In doing this last procedure keep in mind where the imaginary light source is located to avoid any negative criticisms from those people who think that they know the true pinnacle of artform and have a right to criticize you.
• Repeat this procedure to the other places you excluded from selection the first time around and add finishing touches to eyes and other vital organs. Use the smudge tool on low size and setting to "pull out" the hair and add curl to those pubes.
• Have fun, if you are stuck and getting frustrated, drop the work for a while and start something new. Sometimes you have to think different to succeed so if you give your self time, you will break away from the original pattern of thought that got you in the jam first time.
• Excuse any run-on sentences.

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