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Cataclysm-X — Tutorial: Proportions
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Published: 2009-02-06 20:29:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 302603; Favourites: 4462; Downloads: 5069
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As promised, because I love you people:My proportions tutorial!
Since every drawing is unique, I explained the techniques I used. It's up to you to practice them, yay!
You know... sometimes it makes me wonder why I keep posting tutorials since there are still a couple of people out there who say "I give people false hope" or "everything's fake anyway".
But when I read all the comments of fellow artists, e-mails of art students or people who just happened to come across my gallery and private notes of people who are happy to see my tutorials and find them really useful, I just melt!
And you know what? Even some art teachers are using my tutorials for school assignments after they've asked for my permission, lol!
What a strange world we live in.
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It's a shame I just don't have the time to publish my art book yet, but someday I will...
Have fun everyone and keep up the good work!
If there are any questions left, please feel free to note me about it!
Watch my other tutorials here!
1. Eye tutorial
2. Nose tutorial
3. Hair tutorial
4. Shading & Blending tutorial
5. Drawing Progress tutorial
6. Detailed Hair part 1
7. Detailed Hair part 2
8. Editing Drawings <-- got a Daily Deviation!
9. Drawing Materials
10. Male Lips tutorial
11. Female Lips Tutorial
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Comments: 492
lol! well het is gewoon een kwestie van veel oefenen en durven! Ik weet nog dat ik voor de eerste keer een achtergrond ging tekenen. Het maakte mij erg nerveus omdat ik dacht dat ik het ging verprutsen, maar nu vind ik het leuk om te doen!
Oh even jouw tekening bekijken...
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wow, I always draw freehand. I ought to try another technique
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...alsof jij die nodig hebt!
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Bedankt voor deze wijze les!
Ik teken altijd free hand, ik heb laatst wel gridding geprobeerd, maar ik vind free hand leuker. Maar ik denk wel dat ik voortaan met een spiegel ga proberen
Succes met tekenen en bedankt!
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Bedankt voor het lezen en kijken!
Freehand is zeker leuker maar wel met meer risico's 
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Ik ben nu met m'n nieuwe tekening weer met gridding bezig, dat is toch wel erg handig. Maar ik maak wel grote ruitjes (per A4 12 ruitjes), dan heb je evengoed nog een beetje freehand
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It's very interesting to see the techiniques other artists use
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haha well I'm glad you think so! It always works for me
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such a clever idea thanks for sharing
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Thank you for this tutorial! I always draw on free hand, that's why my drawings suck. 
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Awesome tut, definite fav.
Question: is that House in #3 Shapes? o.o Just looks a but like him that's all rofl
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Your tutorials are great and very helpful, even if I`m no portrait drafts(wo)man.
They can be used as a guidelines for Comic and Manga artwork, too.
My Mirrortechnique is turning the paper and holding it against a light source
Don`t be mad about those jealous people, you do a great job and all the praise you get is deserved.
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OMG!!! Thank you SO much for that!
Now, hopefully I can go back to draw portraits again!
Love ya Cataclysm-x 
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very useful techniques, especially the mirror
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i found the shapes technique too XD, this is really nice, i mean your tutorial
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omg! wow!
you have no idea how helpful that was!!!!
i normally draw EVERYTHING freehand.
mostly because i didnt think of using other techniques.... well i knew abt gridding but it didnt really seem like my style.... the mirroring is really cool! i have to try that out! did you learn to draw at a school? your the best!
thanks so much!
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This is great! I do the a similar thing to 'mirroring', what I call the upside down technique. Basically, if a drawing looks perfect upside down, chances are something it wrong with it rightside up!! Awesome tips, and an excellent tutorial!
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Yup I've heard that one before and it's really good
thanks!
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Very very helpful tutorials. This is like a treasure!
Thanks for sharing! You are great!
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Thank you so much for making these tutorials! They are so helpful
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This was so helpful! Thank you so much for putting this up!
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its very very very helpful!! I love youuuu!!
Thank you sooo muuuchh... 
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I wonder about the people who say "everything's fake anyway." Do they mean your drawings are fake? Because if that's the case, that is really sad.
All my drawings are done freehand, but recently I was thinking of trying other techniques to make them more accurate to the references. I hated having to do grids in an art class assignment, but just using a few proportional lines was helpful in my across the universe drawing. Unfortunately a big part of me always rejects those techniques out of stubborness to continue freehand. >.<
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I love you and your helpful tutorials
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Great stuff! I use the mirror and eye length technique myself but I seldom use the shapes or grid technique. They are too time consuming (I'm actually just lazy! LOL) Thanks for posting up your tutorials. It's always fun to learn something new!
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wow thanks this is very useful, I learned a few things I didn't know about
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ho yeah..this is helping me so much....
thanks for sharing..
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This is very helpful, thank you!
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This is probably the best tutorial for portrait proportions i've EVER seen! Haha, it's pretty much perfect. 
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Thanks! This will help sooo much! ^^
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Yay!! 
Thank you so much for this!! Now, I'm gonna give this a try.
You're the BEST. XD
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Thanks you so much! Didn't know about the mirror thing...
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Thanks for all the tips, they are very helpful. i'm sure I'm speaking for everyone when I say we really appreciate this. Thanx again
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I. Love. This. Tutorial. lol
It's awesome. Thanks for posting it!
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"You know... sometimes it makes me wonder why I keep posting tutorials since there are still a couple of people out there who say "I give people false hope" or "everything's fake anyway""
People actually say that to you? That's horrible. You don't give false hope. You are inspirational. Your art is brilliant and it inspires me to try harder on my portraits, even though I haven't done one for months...still. You are a wonderful artist. Thank you so much for your insightful tutorials. They are exceptionally well-done and you clearly know what you're doing with a pencil.
Keep it up. You're brilliant!
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Thanks for this, and all of your other tutorials, it gives me some courage that it isn't impossible to even try at this, and inspires me to do more!
... After my art portfolio is completed, lol.
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The mirroring one is great, thank you so much for this!
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omg yet another wonderful tutorial, they help me so much!
i've been really lazy lately and i haven't been doing any realistic portraits but i think i may try out some of these new techniques, well i should really TRY A technique, you see i think the reason now why my drawings look weird is because i always use just free hand to draw them :S
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Most of my higher up artworks are done in freehand with a reference image (such as my Dark Magician girl drawing and my Mick Jagger Drawing). I find this very useful indeed whe it comes to features of the face which I sometimes have trouble with.
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this is quite inspiring for most... I always draw free hand, which is most amusing of all, using grid is so boring and I don't think it teaches you anything... I'm trying to improve but without using rulers and so... drawing super realistic portraits from pictures is the most non-creative kind of art so I guess using grid makes it mechanical and sort of blue-collar... don't understand me wrong, I am a big fan of yours, and thanks for sharing!
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That is a great tutorial!
And seeing your artwork, it makes me want to look at the rest of your gallery!
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