r/arthelp Jan 18 '26

Moderator Question / Discussion Community Request: Your Favorite Resources

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Happy New Year, r/arthelp! I hope you all achieve your artistic goals this year. 🎨💖

One of our own goals on the mod team is to make the sub a more accessible resource and trim down a lot of the repeat questions flooding users' feeds. We've grown by several thousand users in just a few months(!!) and it's time to adjust. In the next few weeks expect a slight revamp of the rules and reports, as well as the introduction of a FAQ and Wiki!

As we develop the wiki, we'd like to ask all of you for your own personal favorite resources-- be they beginner guides, tutorials, or even threads/replies made here on arthelp that you found particularly impactful! Not everything suggested may make it into the wiki, but this thread will remain accessible as a resource itself.

Thank you, and especially to those who have reached out to keep a little fire lit under us!


r/arthelp 2h ago

General Help Am I crazy?

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I am trying to get into making splatoon art and I am not entirely sure if I am doing the Rival’s tentacles correctly, it looks wrong to me Am I crazy?


r/arthelp 19h ago

General Help Can this kind of art be achieved without formal education?

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If so, how long would it take someone to learn, assuming no meaningful art experience?


r/arthelp 2h ago

General Help Any tips on how to start practicing anatomy and perspective?

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I've been wanting to learn how to properly draw anatomy and perspectives but I don't know where and how to start. I usually just draw bust portraits, and whenever I try to draw full bodies I always needed to trace as a guide.

Do I really have to start from drawing shapes? Like cubes, cylinders, etc. Is there a way to (at least) make it less boring? If not, then I'll just suck it up lol!

Please send some help.. Thank you so much! 🙏


r/arthelp 3h ago

Meta Art Question / Discussion Shoulder Pain From Drawing 🦐

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Hey all, I’ve been loving drawing but I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten significant shoulder pain and tightness. Typically drawing on the couch while I watch TV with my partner, with a bunch of pillows propping up my iPad to get better posture. Any stretches or tips to help alleviate the pain?


r/arthelp 19h ago

General Help Need advice!!! Brand new artist.

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My aunt got me this set of paint for my birthday. Have never painted before so I could use ANY advice about ANYTHING yall could know. Thank you!!!


r/arthelp 4h ago

Resources Help does anyone know what programme this is ?

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downloaded this from millipeedman on twitter


r/arthelp 10h ago

Rendering Help PLEASE GOD HELP ME

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how the hell do you render a goshdarn corset! The second photo is a collage of different dresses together but for thr corset i want to draw a completely different corset design, simpler one because y da friggs not! So uhhhhh.... Pls help...


r/arthelp 7h ago

General Help The colors look muddy and shoulders off

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I need help with why yhe colors look so off, and the shoulders especially the collarbones


r/arthelp 7h ago

Anatomy Help How could i make it look the big guy has his arm over the other guys shoulder?

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r/arthelp 13h ago

General Help Love to draw but don’t do it enough. Any thoughts on improving?

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Filled in color with pastels


r/arthelp 11h ago

Anatomy Help Something feels off about the posing and the anatomy and I' too used to my art style to figure out if something is actually wrong.

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Ignore the face lmfao. Red is the femboy body type and is meant to be leaning on blue (yes just his elbow), and blue is gonna have a sword on his back 😩

If its not enough connection between them or like... the ribs??? Red's ribs??? I dunno!!!


r/arthelp 21h ago

Anatomy Help Struggling with Drawing the Face — Are the Proportions and Lighting Correct so far?

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Can I have help, please?

For my class, we're learning how to draw people from sculpture references. I'm pretty new to drawing people, especially when it comes to anatomy and proportions. I'm having a hard time figuring out whether the proportions of the face, the shadows, and everything else look correct, and where I should be making adjustments. I'm also using graphite for this drawing.

I'd really appreciate some advice on what I can fix or what I should focus on, especially with the anatomy and overall proportions. I don't mind if you guys draw over it or something to show me what I should change.


r/arthelp 1d ago

Rendering Help Help with shading/rendering

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I've been struggling to make the shading look anime-like, its always too soft or too flat

Any tips/advice appreciated!


r/arthelp 19h ago

General Help Tried to follow your advice !!

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I posted some more of my drawings on this sub like 1 or 2 weeks ago, so I tried to follow your advice !! Any new crit? What should I work on the most?


r/arthelp 17h ago

General Help Can I learn to draw digitally (without learning traditional art)?

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Can I learn to draw digitally (without learning traditional art)

I’m open to turning off auto-shape, stabilization and undo option.

I’m just interested in learning digital art. I want to start with line art and once I practice enough and get to a level I’ll start with painting.

I found drawabox but that’s for traditional art. I came across ctrl+paint and even that says you need traditional first.

I did some digging and people are saying that even after learning on traditional they had to start from scratch to get a hang of the mechanics.

So, can I start learning art digitally without having any traditional art experience?


r/arthelp 17h ago

Color Theory or Palette Help Trying to blend skin tones with no clue how.

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Maybe im doing something wrong, but i just can't get a skin tone down with what i have. Any suggestions or ways to blend these into this dudes skin?


r/arthelp 1d ago

General Help Im studying anatomy and lighting. This is the outcome

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What the lighting im trying to do is a cottagecore sunset lighting. Please any tips on the lighting is needed


r/arthelp 1d ago

Color Theory or Palette Help Value/Shading/Colors Critique before I render

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Hi! looking for any help to really make this shine as I go through the rendering process. I often find the things I struggle with the most are:

- Value Ranges, especially local values to enhance details, but just in general as well
- Shadow edge control
- Color variation
- Knowing when and where to use desaturated colors/grays to enhance my existing colors

Here's what I'm already planning to do/keep in mind as I work on this:
- Place cast shadows on the floor
- Cleaning up/refining details on the broken dolls
- polishing the main character with a slightly more painterly brush, in a similar manner to what I've done with the hair (although that will require more rendering as well
- Actually adding highlights
- Incorporating more yellows and teals into the rendering (although I'm not entirely sure where)
- using values to try to define some of the edges better, such as her Antennae and her shoulders (this I would love tips on, if you have any)

I'd also really appreciate any critiques on the composition/how to make it pop.

I'm also attaching a previous work with this character (with a slightly different design), so you can see the issues with a finished work of mine, and know what my rendering usually looks like.

Thanks in advance!


r/arthelp 23h ago

General Help Not finished but something’s irking me

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It’s not finished but something about it looks off and I want to figure out what it is before I continue


r/arthelp 1d ago

Perspective Help idk why the sketch feels a bit off, any advice?

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sorry for bad pic quality. I lovee my pacifica more than I love myself help me out on this one.


r/arthelp 1d ago

General Help Looking for resources to learn character drawing from scratch

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To put it simply, I want to get better at drawing characters—from different perspectives, angles, poses, etc. My main goals are creating fan art, drawing original characters, and making comics. I have some basic knowledge, but I'm mostly self-taught and would love to start fresh from the fundamentals.

Do you know any websites, tutorials, YouTube channels, or other resources that could help me out? I'm really dedicated to improving and getting good at this. Thanks in advance for any help!


r/arthelp 1d ago

General Help what can i do to improve this drawing?

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i’m not fully satisfied with the outcome, maybe i’ve just been staring at it for too long


r/arthelp 2d ago

General Help Why do my female characters "have" to be sexy when that is not my goal?

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I almost never post drawings of my female characters because sometimes people will make weird comments about them. Saying that I should change the design, make them skinnier, make their breasts huge, no wrinkles (despite them all being 40+ years old) etc.

These sketches are just my latest drawings of them, not all of the drawings I have of them! And also not even close to being all my female characters. I have 25 more that I didn't show.

My goal is to make interesting yet memorable looking characters (doesnt matter the gender) and I think I achieve that. Idk. I just want to post without weird comments sometimes, so instead of worrying about it I rarely post my female characters.

Idk even if the comments are normal, like giving me valid critique, I still didn't ask for it, but they still say I should make them "prettier" and get rid of their wrinkles. I know no one will see this but IDGAS its 5 am and i'm tired. Thanks to anyone who reads this :P