COLOR BASICS by Dres

Do you know any good resources/references for historically accurate clothing? Like... I have a couple characters from ancient Egypt and I want to draw them in proper clothing, but if I look up "Ancient Egypt clothes/fashion" all I get are those cheesy looking Halloween costumes 🙄

I think the best thing you can do when looking for specifics is stay out of google images! instead do research! By simply doing a simple google search of “what did people wear in Ancient Egypt” i found some pretty good historical resources

https://www.historyonthenet.com/egyptian-clothing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing_in_ancient_Egypt (as long as your not writing an academic research paper or something wikipedia is your best friend) 

https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/egcl06e.html

for other clothing and fashion resources I strongly recommend ‘The Ultimate Fashion History’ youtube Chanel   

https://www.youtube.com/user/ProfHallay 

and the ‘Getting Dresses’ Series from crowseyeproductions on youtube 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx0IRLJNwjhozDEgxbiAppM-QPm4R7vF2

hope this helps -Mod Todd (ko-fi)

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Hello! I wantend to know, do you happen to know where to get good clothing references? cause when I Google search for "Traditional yukata" it shows mostly kimonos instead or when I search for "80s clothes" and a lot of neon leotard costumes show up. I just want my characters to be dressed time/ethiny apropiatte.

Hey guys! I was hoping you could help me redline the three people in the back, especially the boys...

Any tips on making freckles/tattoos appear natural and on the skin? I have a hard time making tats look like they are colored on the skin and not just pictures and freckles just look super off to me mainly cos I use scatter brushes and try to blur them out a bit- I color digitally if that helps?

Is it okay to reference the redlines you do to help with poses?

Of course! The content we create here on the Redline Station is for educational purposes, and we want you to be able to use those to their fullest extent. It’s great to use our stuff for reference, but remember that we still have our own errors and biases, so its a good idea to cross-reference with a variety of real life images as well! 

If a tip or trick looks useful to you, feel free to use it! That’s what it’s there for! Your artistic repertoire will grow as you learn from the artists around you, so there’s no shame in picking up a habit or two from someone. 

You don’t have to credit us if you’re using our redlines for reference. However, if you do trace-studies or others of the like, credit would be appreciated if you decide to post it! 

For more information and advice on utilizing references, here are some other questions we’ve answered: 

How to find references (by Mod Future): 

https://theredlinestation.tumblr.com/post/184999456720/so-i-know-of-multiple-reference-sources-that-i

How to avoid plagiarism (by Mod Em): 

https://theredlinestation.tumblr.com/post/178222691154/for-references-would-it-be-considered-plagirising

Additional commentary on tracing/art theft/etc (by Mod Wackart): 

https://theredlinestation.tumblr.com/post/179728663475/ive-been-wanting-to-practice-anatomy-and-realism

-Mod Future

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I also want to ask; how should one go about clothing design, specifically for teens/young adults in this day and age? In particular how do you design clothes that are unique to a character while keeping the clothing completely plausible? I keep resorting to tights/leggings and jeans, and t shirts and crop tops and treating the outfits as individual items of clothing when i feel like i should be treating them as one whole, as designing them individually results in clashing styles and simpleness

Whoop, I think this one got deleted somehow. But we still have this screenshot so I’ll answer it...

do you have a tutorial or reference for making the background lightsource go with the lightsource you drew on a person in the foreground? Does that make sense? I can never make the two look like they belong in the same picture

I’m currently workout on a drawing, but I need some help figuring out how to color the background, since my colors tend to blend in with the characters a little too much

I love this blog a whole lot! It's hard to stop myself from going through the contents while I'm listening in class because its just soo good ; - ; . i'm glad that the redlines arent private because its also rly helpful for me to look at, and i cant wait to send my own submission when its open again! thank you for the hard work, you're all amazing people :D