Showing the ropes (+ Timelapse video)
Added 2024-08-17 00:21:28 +0000 UTCTimelapse video below in the attachments!
I had fun drawing the shlbari in the last image, figured I could crack my head open for a bit, show what goes on in there when I'm drawing ropes. I'm not a shlbari hobbyist in real life so I don't actually know what the rules are, what knots are supposed to go where, etc. It's purely visual for me so I just go nuts 😂 For reference I usually just do a simple image search and browse through until something catches my eye, and even with a reference I typically improvise when I need something to fit in a specific way, or mix and match different references.
With simple straight forward knots I usually follow the reference more thorougly, use my own knot knowledge (not to brag but my scout leader hated me when we had knot days, I was that obnoxious kid who pre-learned all the knots and rubbed it into others' who were only just learning faces) and try and draw actual working rope work. But sometimes I want to get high on detail work and just scribble absolute nonsense within the ropes. I promise no one will care if the knot wouldn't be functional IRL 😂
But yeah! Ropes are fun and I'm a lousy teacher, but I hope this could be of interest💙
Comments
As someone who is into rope, I love your rope artwork! The point about skin/fat bulging under rope makes it look v realistic! I don’t think I’ve seen you do it but my biggest rope art pet peeve is when artists make wraps (the pairs of side by side ropes) overlap each other for a less neat look; IRL we don’t do that, because overlapping wraps cause weird pressure, which can lead to nerve damage 😬 But yes, kudos!!!
Shea
2024-08-18 19:20:31 +0000 UTCOh my god thank you 🙏
Taakotruck
2024-08-17 14:10:17 +0000 UTCThank you 😊
MadAsh55
2024-08-17 10:43:56 +0000 UTC🙏🧡
Pete
2024-08-17 10:40:53 +0000 UTCI'm so happy the notes turned out helpful! Good luck with rope drawing 💪✨
Pete
2024-08-17 10:40:42 +0000 UTCThank you! It's a bit messy but I'm glad it proved interesting😊
Pete
2024-08-17 10:39:25 +0000 UTCLove this!
NP93
2024-08-17 10:04:25 +0000 UTCOh thank you! Will use your notes to help me improve my drawing of ropework a bit better on my OCs 👉👈😳 mines always look a bit static
MadAsh55
2024-08-17 07:35:55 +0000 UTCOoo love this thank you sm for the notes!
KGK
2024-08-17 01:28:16 +0000 UTC
