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Lesson One: Getting Started with Drawing


Difficulty: Easy


Estimated Time To Complete: 45 minutes


Supplies Needed

-Pencil

-Paper

-Eraser


Congratulations! You’ve recently (or maybe not so recently) decided to take up drawing! First thing’s first, get some supplies! 


Once you’ve gotten your supplies in order it’s time to get started. Don’t start off with a tablet. If you can’t at least doodle traditionally, you got no business trying to draw digitally. Get a comfy spot with a flat, stable surface for drawing. Then you draw!


But how do I know what to draw, or how to draw it?

That’s easy! What do you want to draw? What don’t you want to draw? Figure that out. Don’t limit it by how hard you think it is. Limit it by how long this is going to take. For this first drawing you only want it to take about half an hour (30 minutes).


Ok, now with your future drawing in mind we are gonna continue this lesson. I’m not going to explain exactly how to draw in this particular lesson. You can either go look up how to, or do it as best as you can. We’re gonna address how to draw in the next lesson!


If it doesn’t come out super awesome it’s ok. This is just to get you pumped up and ready to draw for real!


Assignment- Draw either an animal, a human, or a fantasy beast. Then give them a silly name and background!




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Comments: 14

SaintsSauce [2014-03-30 02:19:38 +0000 UTC]

I'll get around to trying to lesson one, but I really don't usually give my creations names and I've drawn a background once.

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ask-araknia [2012-04-21 03:54:27 +0000 UTC]

don' have acees to scanner... [link]

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SpytDragonFyre In reply to ask-araknia [2012-04-24 01:20:46 +0000 UTC]

It's lovely~

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ask-araknia In reply to SpytDragonFyre [2012-04-24 16:29:20 +0000 UTC]

thnx XD not my best.. had to rush cuz it was late

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RainbowDragona101 [2011-12-09 04:01:27 +0000 UTC]

This is great observation it's great to see knowledge being put to use to help others. You'd make a sweet teacher.^^

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SpytDragonFyre In reply to RainbowDragona101 [2011-12-09 04:13:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks but I'd be the worst teacher ever in real life :'D I have no patience.

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RainbowDragona101 In reply to SpytDragonFyre [2011-12-09 04:46:39 +0000 UTC]

Hey same here

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realitybunny [2011-11-25 22:43:30 +0000 UTC]

If you don't teach people how to draw in this lesson, then the assignments can wait until the next when you do. I hope you don't plan on starting this off very advanced. Otherwise only people that already know how to draw will be able to follow along and that would defeat the purpose.

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SpytDragonFyre In reply to realitybunny [2011-11-25 23:45:25 +0000 UTC]

You don't need to do the lesson if you don't want to :3 Each "assignment" is only if you want feedback.This is just getting started period.

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lyndsey96 [2011-11-25 17:43:58 +0000 UTC]

I am so going to be watching these lessons, mainly cuz you talk about coloring later... Oh, and scanning.

I can draw traditionally, but computers scare me to pieces. I mean, Look at my apps. The SUCK (stupid computer argh)

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SpytDragonFyre In reply to lyndsey96 [2011-11-25 17:51:22 +0000 UTC]

Yay! It's digital coloring though :'D I'll do one on traditional later, cuz I'm not the best at that right now X3

Scanning sketches and things are much easier when you know how to do it

WHat apps do you have?

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lyndsey96 In reply to SpytDragonFyre [2011-11-26 04:06:08 +0000 UTC]

I meant digital coloring since I kinda wanna figure out digital. And I have two PMD apps (that's what I meant) All done on the mac version of MS paint.

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SpytDragonFyre In reply to lyndsey96 [2011-11-26 04:09:28 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhhh, ok.

MS Paint is actually a bit fun if you don't only have to use it :T

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lyndsey96 In reply to SpytDragonFyre [2011-11-26 15:28:37 +0000 UTC]

yeah... it sucks for lineart though. :/

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