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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! :heart:

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... :nod:

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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Mood: Love *UtsukushiiAhiru Apr 21, 2013  New member Student Filmographer
you are so amazingly talented and helpful! thank you so much!
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=RandiAnderson Apr 13, 2013  Professional General Artist
This is great. Thank you so much!
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*jazmocamp Mar 5, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Nicolien, I was checking out some of David Desbois work and it was a tutorial on shading and proportion (all that color and layers! don't know how he does it!) I'll stick with my pencils for another decade or so. Anyway, he refereced your tutorial with a link, which I thought was really cool and besides I spent a day downloading and faving all of your tutorials awhile back. Studying every one and of course overloading my brain with too much info! Some how, I missed this one! This is so great! I love how you discussed these five techniques together. I had seen the grid idea mentioned and used it on a few drawings and after kinda altering that technique to save time I always wondered, am I doing things correctly? I love your tips at the bottom, they are so valuable and this now gives me a complete set of Tutorials by you! Thank you so much for giving to others.
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=Riemea Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for making this! I featured this very helpful tutorial here :)
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:iconplastic-geektastic:
This is a lot of help thanks so much!
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~Dj94 Jan 18, 2013  Student General Artist
I usually hate using guides and such, but this one was extremely useful! I almost gave up on a portrait of a friend... thank you very much! ♥
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~dreamerboyfreak Jan 6, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
i do it too! the mirroring i mean... :) thanks for sharing!
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~Painirl Jan 6, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you, you are very kind and very generous indeed. :)
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~EldalinSkywalker Dec 9, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is very interesting! Personally I have never used anything but the freehand technique. I am self taught, perhaps that's the reason. I tried using a grid two years ago, but found it impossible to work with, erased it and finished the drawing freehand haha. I never start with the eyes though. In fact, they're the last thing I draw. I start with the jaw, then mouth, nose, eyesbrows, hair and then eyes (outlines only on all of those). But most people do start with the eyes, I think. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
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