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Creators of the WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTBOOKS of ALL TIME on Kickstarter. Book makers, tutorial sharers. Clients: Disney, Dreamworks, etc http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com
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Our feature artist/tutorial for today is on 3/4 behind low ANATOMY by the talented @miyuliart.bsky.social! BRILLIANT notes here for thse looking to improve their FORM OVERLAP skills! #anime #manga #characterdeign #gamedev #comicart #drawing #art #draw #anatomy #illustration

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From my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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SCARVES from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist today is this page of notes on FINGER ALLIGNMENT, by the talented @kato_anatomy (not on bsky yet I don’t think, but still on twttr) - showing how POSITION will affect the OVERALL SHAPES! #gamedev #animationdev #illustration #artists #manga #anime #comicart #drawing

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SERRATUS ANTERIOR Pt 2 from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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CREASES! My tutorials BOOKS are EXCLUSIVELY on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this WONDERFUL ANIMATED REFERENCE on FABRIC CREASES by the talented @simodasketch.bsky.social! Seeing these KEY TENSION lines, presented here so CLEARLY, is incredibly useful! #gamedev #manga #anime #animationdev #illustration #comicart #DRAWING #ART

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SERRATUS Pt 1 from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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RELAXED POSES from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this GREAT set of notes on drawing HEADS FROM 3/4 BEHIND, by the talented @miyuliart.bsky.social! Lots of great thoughts here on this tricky angle! #gamedev #animationdev #anime #manga #comicart #illustration #illustrationart #anatomy #drawing #DRAW

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FORESTS IN THE DISTANCE from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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ONLY on KICKSTARTER - NEVER in SHOPS! The SECRET KICKSTARTER LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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The STRANSKI BOOK is being REPRINTED for our KICKSTARTER in MARCH!!! #stranski #theartofstranski #vintagegirl #goldenage #vintagestyle #pinup #pinupgirl #rockabilly #tattoo #tattoogirl #tattooart #ink #ratrod #hotrod #kustom #kustomculture #kustomkulture

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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this FANTASTIC set of FIST FORM NOTES by the talented @taco1704 (not on here yet but still on Twttr) So helpful for seeing how the fingers visually STACK, FAN and OVERLAP! #anime #manga #illustration #gamedev #characterdesign #drawing #art #comicart #anatomy

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SHADOWS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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WRISTS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this WONDERFUL set of notes on HIPS, PELVIS and LEGS by the talented @simodasketch.bsky.social! Whether you can read the text here or not, these wonderfully illustrated examples are FULL of BRILLIANT ideas! #manga #characterdesign #anime #comicart

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FLAGS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our next artist/reference today is this EXCEPTIONAL page of HEAD ANGLES by the excellent @c_errant on Twitter (can’t find her on bsky yet?) This is a great exercise to practice - grab your phone and take some reference shots of your OWN head, then get SKETCHING! #gamedev #characterdesign #DRAWING

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COLLARS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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This will make a HUGE difference to your environment designs … from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this interesting set of notes on HOLDING SWORDS by the talented @miyuliart.bsky.social! #anime #manga #illustration #Swords #gamedev #COMICS

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ROCK GARDENS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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CRYING POSES from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this SERIOUSLY HELPFUL page on drawing your CHARACTERS in PERSPECTIVE, by the talented @miyuliart.bsky.social! Thinking of the forms as a series of ANGLED PLANES is an excellent way to help you see how different views EXPAND/REDUCE DIFFERENT surfaces!

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ABDOMINALS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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A KEY INKING TECHNIQUE from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this page on how, from behind, the EDGES of the EAR line up with the NECK, by the talented @taco1704 (not on bsky yet, but still over on Twttr)! I will add a note here to remind you that in full anatomical context, the neck TILTS FORWARD (not shown here). #anime

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Here's 1% of the designs from just ONE of my 600 PAGE sketchbooks. You can get my ENTIRE GIANT SKETCHBOOK TRILOGY (or single volumes) ONLY on LULU, just search "Etherington Brothers Sketchbooks" in google - the Lulu store page will be the top result :) #gamedev #animationdev #conceptart #comicart

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EARS from ABOVE, from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Today's feature tutorial/artist is another AMAZING animation example by the BRILLIANT @tonikopantoja.bsky.social! Here we see how adding OVERSHOOT gives a natural FLOW and BOUNCE to even tiny motions! #animation #animationdev #gamedev #animate #cartoons #anime #manga #conceptart #drawing

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CLOAKS and CAPES from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Over 15,000 separate illustrations across EIGHT 200-PAGE volumes, ONLY AVAILABLE on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE NEXT MONTH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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OMINOUS COMPOSITION from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature tutorial/artist today is this set of notes on DRAWING THE HEAD FROM BELOW by the talented @miyuliart.bsky.social! INVALUABLE! #manga #gamedev #drawing #art #animationdev #animation #comicart #comics #gameart #anatomy #inking #illustration #illustrationart

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Answering a question, today!

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HANDS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature artist/reference today is this page of BACK ANATOMY studies by the talented @coupleofkooks.bsky.social! Such brilliant break-downs, you learn TONS just by taking a few moments looking at this page! #manga #anime #gamedev #characterdesign #ART #illustration #drawings #ComicArt

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KNEELING Pt 2 from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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20 DIFFERENT WAYS to draw FIRE from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this beautiful page on TOUSLED HAIR, by the talented @taco1704 (not yet on Bluesky but you can follow on Twitter/Insta) - Thinking in TWO KEY DIRECTIONS for your HAIR SECTIONS will create a sense of PLANNED CHAOS which retains a bold COMPOSITIONAL BALANCE! #anime

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SKELETONS from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter on a SECRET DATE in MARCH! The SECRET LAUNCH mailing list will open ONE FINAL TIME at the end of this month! Stay tuned! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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KNEELING Pt 1 from my tutorials BOOKS, on Kickstarter in MARCH! #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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