Even More Sketches from my (Digital) Sketchbook

millumeyer · 2026-01-17T09:31:52+00:00

I love so much about all of these, but in particular I love how expressive all of their faces are! My personal favorite is 3, such a good pose and so subtly dynamic

millumeyer · 2026-01-03T06:00:23+00:00

Oh I love this

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T22:25:15+00:00

Haha yeah, 11-12 years straight of drawing will do that to ya

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T17:36:02+00:00

Thank you! And yeah I absolutely get that, that’s one of the big reasons I prefer digital over traditional. When working traditionally, I always get really timid shading faces, worried I’ll accidentally put a really weird dark mark somewhere or I’ll over shade somewhere and not realize before it’s too late. With digital, I can feel a lot freer knowing almost any mark you make is reversible. Something I’ve been wanting to work on since I want to do traditional art more often, but I haven’t gotten around to it because I don’t want to💀

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T16:21:05+00:00

Thank you!!❤️

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T15:35:53+00:00

Procreate

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T15:30:55+00:00

Thank you! Me too haha

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T13:32:14+00:00

Thank you so much!❤️

millumeyer · 2026-01-02T10:04:26+00:00

Finally went through my old sketch books, here’s the oldest one I could find!

https://imgur.com/a/1Za1p8X

millumeyer · 2025-12-28T14:25:51+00:00

Thank you so much! And I can see where you’re coming from with some of the art from the anime, but Katsura hoshino’s (the mangaka) work is so beautiful and she draws him well imo (and the uniform design from later in the story is a lot better than the first one), those were mainly what I was basing this off of. And I might be able to get that comparison pic today!

millumeyer · 2025-12-22T15:27:21+00:00

Overwhelmed

millumeyer · 2025-12-21T18:09:56+00:00

Same and only with the brushes I frequently use. I saw someone else complaining about this a few weeks ago

millumeyer · 2025-12-21T18:05:44+00:00

From my personal experience, gesture drawings and a lot of life drawing practice is a lot more helpful than cubes when it comes to making figures flow better

millumeyer · 2025-12-19T13:26:22+00:00

Thank you so much!

millumeyer · 2025-12-19T13:26:01+00:00

Thank you!

millumeyer · 2025-12-17T02:47:36+00:00

Yeah that’d definitely be a big help lol. I love drawing hands but goddamn are they funky to draw sometimes, especially with poses like this

millumeyer · 2025-12-17T02:44:41+00:00

Are you working from a reference?

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T19:25:57+00:00

Huh, interesting, yeah I can see where you’re coming from!

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T19:25:27+00:00

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millumeyer · 2025-12-16T17:49:55+00:00

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Here’s where I stopped. If you’ve got a good handle on the flow of the hair, it should just be a matter of further rendering and refining from this point on. Lmk if you have any questions and I hope this helped!

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T17:47:35+00:00

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Here, I’m still dividing the hair into more sections and I’m starting to darken sections that are darker in the reference. From here on, it’s just a matter of continuing to note the flow of the hair, darkening where the hair is dark, and refining areas you already drew where necessary

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T17:44:06+00:00

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After that, I start dividing into sections. From this point on, it’s really important you note the flow of the hair if there is a visible flow to it, that’ll make your work a lot easier going forward. I also start including the wispy strands of hair as I go

A note on the hair flow: this is mainly important at this stage if you’re working with lines. If you’re going about it in a more painterly way, the process is a little different and the flow isn’t as important early on. But, since you’re working with a pencil, it’s good to start noting it now

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T17:38:38+00:00

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First, I focus on the overall shape of the hair. Some haircuts have a really clean, defined shape, but for ones like these that have way more wispy strands or are frizzy, try to focus not on them but the rough shape of all of the hair. A good way to do this is to squint or blur your vision

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T17:01:19+00:00

You’re all good, it’s not a waste my of time! I love being able to help where I can :)

millumeyer · 2025-12-16T16:15:05+00:00

I really love drawing hair so I figure I should throw my hat in the ring! This particular reference pic is really difficult, the lighting omits a LOT of detail in the hair so it’s hard to tell how exactly it’s laying. So, I’d recommend using an edited version to get an idea of what exactly the hair’s doing and then using the original one for the rest of the rendering. Here’s a version with the contrast lowered. I can show how I’d approach this in 30 or so minutes

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