How To Draw Folds

How to draw folds

Notes on how to draw folds back when I was teaching manga classes back in 2006. From the book “Drawing people” by Barbara Bradley.

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-People-Portray-Clothed-Figure/dp/1581803591

This book has a very detailed description of 6 types of commonly seen folds and I think is one of the most educational resource on how to draw folds(Besides Vilppu and Bridgeman).

這是我以前教漫畫課程時給學生看的講義.來源是芭芭拉布莱德丽的”着装人物素描”«上海人民美术出版社出版».

書裡講解了皺摺形成的兩個主要原理(拉扯與擠壓)以及因兩種作用力下形成的六種常見的皺褶類型.

I’m currently obsessed with typography (!!!) so I decided to make a masterpost on it - this post includes fonts, tutorials for various text effects, guides, useful links, inspiration and (even) a couple of typographic games for your enjoyment! Have fun! :-)

Fonts

favourites: lobster, amplify, carton, mission script, hoefler text (font library), ruritania (for fancy capital letters), levibrush, didot (font library), times (font library), ranger, freshman, geared, ribbon, pompadour numerals, riotsquad, nouvelle vague

behance (free ones - scroll all the way down to find download link)

dafont 

font-source

fontsquirrel

fontfabric

fontzone

masterpost x x 

losttype

Guides 

sweettasteofbitter’s typography masterpost 

Pairing Fonts guide

7 Typography Tips 

Text Effects + Poster Design tutorials 

Aeroplane movie poster tutorial

Bagel effect

Blood effect

Chalkboard effect action

Computer chip effect

Floral effect

Geometric effect (for numbers)

Glowing neon effect 

Hand-drawn typography tutorial

Hipster effect

Ice cream effect (yummy)

Inky / splotchy effect (like my banner)

Inset effect

Multiple stokes effect

Ombre gradient effect

Ribbon behind text 

Retro badge design (x / x / x ) 

Retro poster tutorial

Retro linen effect

Road effect

Scrabble tile effect

Shading effect

Skin effect (for hannibal fans!!)

Smoky effect (or ghost-y)

Tree branch effect (creepy + cool)

Vintage grunge-y poster tutorial

Vintage effect action

Vintage tile effect

Vintage space-y poster tutorial

Watercolor effect 

3D + shadow effect action 

3D effect (quick & easy)

*MORE ÜBER COOL EFFECTS*

Other useful websites / inspiration

10 Useful Typography Websites

More typography tools

Typography Inspiration I. 

Typography Inspiration (from package designs) II.

Typography Inspiration III. aguamentea (simple but very pretty)

Typography Inspiration IV. risarodil (using Illustrator)

Typography Inspiration V. google search (your bff) 

Typography Inspiration VI.

Typography Inspiration VII. infographics (mind = blown)

Just FYI  

Typography tidbits (cool stuff)

Typography in infographics (who doesnt like infographics)

Typography crimes

Kerning game (if you have nothing better to do)

Matching Fonts game 

Do you also want to create ALL THE ARMOR? I’ve released a book!  5$ and I’ll teach you everything you need to know! :)

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Making of Aoba’s Headset

Character Sheets and character creation →

When creating a character, there’s a lot of questions you ask yourself. Whether it’s an original character or one you’ve been playing for a long time, using a character sheet to get to know your character better can always be a nice idea. With it’s help, you’ll be able to think about things you didn’t necesarily thought about, and ask some important questions to yourself that might activate your character’s voice, or help you to get your muse back with them. Everyone has their favorite character sheets, some people prefer to have a lot of questions, some others like it a bit more vague, so here’s a masterlist of the character sheets I found on various websites and found quite interesting, plus some other things that could be used to help you see, for example, how other character view yours. 

Blank Character Sheet (+370 Questions)

Abridged Character Sheet (100 Questions)

Big-Ass Character Sheet

Character Creation Form

Character Sheet by Jody Hedlund

Creating a character Bio Sheet

Character Analysis Worksheet

100 Character Development questions for writers

Create a Character Profile

Character Development Worksheet

Original Character Bio-Sheet

Character Chart for Fiction Writers

A Character Chart By Charlotte Dillon

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Detailed Character Sheet

Character Sheet Template

Character Twenty-Question Worksheet

In-Depth Character Sheet

Character Worksheet

Character Interview Sheet (First Person)

Background Questionnaire (First Person)

Characters Perceptions (How do other people perceive your character?)

With these sheets, you could also try to find your character’s Jung and Enneagram Type or use the Moral Alignment tool. All of these things can be really useful to get a better grip on a character.

Then, if you’re trying to create a character, and do not have many ideas, or get stuck, I’d suggest for you to roam around TVTropes, which gives you a lot of tropes used for character creation. Maybe you could try to mix a few of these and create an original character?

Or, if you’re a skillful writer and know how to make your character different from another, make a list of characters in fiction you happen to find interesting and why. Try to keep it short. Then, maybe, try to mix and match things from two or three characters, take a character and change their backstory, to see what would change. Play with them to inspire yourself and create something new, original and truly yours.

Oh, and here’s a little guide to Mary-Sues and OCs, just in case you want to make sure your character isn’t going to become a Mary-Sue or a Gary-Stu

And last but not least, this article about building fictional character definitely seemed interesting to me, and is full of many other links that could guide you during the creating of your character and help you file one of these sheets.

Part 1 of my continuing series on printing! Today we look at colour and that oft asked question of “Why do my prints looks so different from the screen what happened”. Part 2 covers DPI and file setup, and Part 3 looks at making PDFs in InDesign.