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BASIC DRAWING SKILLS
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This guide only teaches you how to make your picture not look messed up.

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1. No matter how many times you press the space bar in a row, it will only show as one space.
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I pressed the space bar 10 times there, and it only showed as one space. It's good to use periods as spaces.
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For bigger drawings, you can use bigger symbols for bigger spaces.
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You will need bigger spaces for bigger drawings.

**Usually people put periods for the middle of an object, and the line for the top and bottom of an object.

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The following posts contains a great 'How to Draw' guide by Longhair7!



19-Apr-2006 20:59:21
Some symbols are bigger than others. Before you press Post, it looks like it's all the same length. After you hit Post, you'll notice that some symbols are bigger than others.
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There are 10 of each of those symbols. They looked the same length before I pressed Post.
So try to use symbols that are the same size if you want your drawing to come out right.
**If you want to find out what symbols are the same size, use this method:
Press Shift+\ to make |
Make two of them together, then press enter and make another two together, like this:
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Put five of the symbols you want to measure in between the lines. If I wanted to measure + and *, this is how I would put:
|+++++|
|*****|

I put 5 pluses+ and 5 asterisks* in between the lines.
The lines at the end aren't even. The five asterisks* doesn't take as much space as five pluses+
You can tell that these next two are the same size because the last | are lined up:
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3 1\2. Ignore the last part of Tip #3 if it's too confusing.

4. If you put a lot of random symbols together, chances are that it will censor. Using # ? and _ won't get censored and it's the same length, so it's a good start for beginners.
Here's a circle.
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#??#########??##
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Shading is a nice little technique that can make your picture look more realistic. Example:
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#??_########??_#
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??_##########??_
#??_########??_#
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Obviously I used _ to shade my circle.
There are other ways to shade, but this is my way.

7. You can add to your drawings for design or for fun. I made one of my best pictures by adding on to a simple one.
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8. PRACTICE!

8 1\2. Keep trying on one picture. Don't give up immediately on it. Patience.

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(My bad rose :) )

This is a chart of letters\symbols that are the same size. I don't think I tested all of the symbols, so don't completely depend on this.

Note: Be careful. As I said, a lot of random symbols and letters could cause your picture to censor. It's best to copy your picture (Highlight and CTRL+C) then post it. If it censors, hit Edit, delete your censored picture and paste your uncensored picture (CTRL+V) and try to correct it so it won't be filtered.

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Thank you for this guide! Happy drawing
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