You can't know what angle is going to look right for you, until you try it out yourself," said Jakobson. "You really need to give yourself an afternoon when the light is shining in your room and just put your camera on every different surface."

Webster had been a student at the Edinburgh College of Art when he painted it; who would have thought the handsome figure posing for his life drawing class would go on to become James Bond? When Jakobson shot masculine people, she focused on aspects like one's shoulders. She also found that masc people liked to touch their bellies, which she said always turned out sexy.Dragsbaek, who has a nude-taking series on her YouTube channel, is more inclined to take nudes after she buys a new set of lingerie or another item that makes her feel excited to take them. It’s easy to miss those things when you jump straight into color, which is why we do value comps. That said, I don’t do value comps often for NSFW given the single-character focus. I do them mostly for my SFW art, which is lighting-dependent Lineart

Studies aren’t just for specific artworks. Exercises to improve your art fundamentals are also key, which I’ll be sharing throughout the course. One of my favorite exercises is warm-ups, which helped my art immensely after a few months. See how it can help you too! Thumbnails Before the 1962 film Dr. No shot Connery to worldwide superstardom, Edinburgh-born Connery would frequently earn extra cash as a life model for the Edinburgh College of Art, taking advantage of the bodybuilder muscles he’d developed to impress the local young women. There may be photos of yourself that make you cringe, or days where you don't feel sexy at all. But it's all a process — and, over time, you'll definitely take shots you find sexy. This is the time for you to figure out the big picture technicalities, like perspective and construction (breaking down complex forms like the body into simple shapes like rectangles and circles). Value and Color Comps Despite the complexity, he’s able to make your eye go to the creature’s head before anything else. Its low-key (darker) head against the high-key (brighter) sky creates a strong contrast (and thus a focal point).I want to start by introducing you to the typical art workflow. As your illustrations get more complex, you’ll want to spend more time planning things. Be creative and make mistakes while they’re cheap, early in the process. Eventually the beefy young Connery would be encouraged to enter the Mr. Universe contest, during which he caught the eye of a local casting director who gave him his first acting role in a London production of South Pacific. Lineart may seem tedious, but it’s also an opportunity for your style and artistic choices to shine through. The same applies to drawing NSFW. It’s reasonable to expect you can draw people after seeing them all your life, but that’s probably not going to happen.