How To Draw A Flaming Skull
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Drawing A Flaming Skull
Skulls, the popular emblem of the pirate or a great tattoo design entwined with tribal swirls and frilly design elements.
This is a hub page simply on how to draw a flaming skull, simple enough right?
When drawing a skull for the first time you may have to study a reference photo of a skull to make your drawing look correct and in keeping with the many variations of a piece of skull art, so that's what I have provided to the right==>
Skull Drawing Variations
The Importance Of Draft Sketches
To see if your ideas and sketches could work it is best to sketch them out quickly so that you can save time on a final version of your intended idea, sketching a few skulls out on a piece of paper with no regard for precise drawings you can create some top ideas if you draw quick.
Draft sketches let you design or draw something to find the perfect angle or design so that you don't have to go back and draw your artwork again, planning like this should come natural once you draw often.
Quick sketches really help you become a faster artist at coming up with new ideas and it's a form of brainstorming that exercises your mind in a creative way.
So always sketch things out and take as much time as you like to find the right design, you'll find that using this method you save on wasted time working on a drawing if you had not planned with quick sketches.
See some examples below.
Draughting And Sketching Flaming Skull Ideas
Drafting A Skull Sketch
Simple Step 1: Find Your Skull Face
Finding your skull face is just a term for loosely sketching out your design, finding your position of the skull and deciding on what it could look like.
I'll often do little sketches on one sheet of A4 size paper(See above!) to get a feel for the design that I want, although what often happens is I come up with lots of variations that will look good also for separate skull designs, so I concentrate on one first and work on that one until I see it through, only then do I go back and finish the others.
After this little exercise you should know which little skull sketch you want to develop in some way.
Developing The Draft Sketch
Simple Step 2: Developing The Skull Drawing
When it comes to developing your skull sketch drawing you have to work the lines more to see if you can push the drawing beyond your initial draft sketch to see what else you could add.
Often I work in bright daylight for best results, as I can see little imperfections on the paper and it's these that I tend to try and follow to see where the drawing will lead me and add something to the sketch.
Clarifying Your Skull Drawing
Simple Step 3: Finalizing Your Skull Design
Arriving at the conclusion of a drawing there is no turning back and so the path is forward on your skull drawing, seeing the elements that you planned from the beginning come together is a good feeling, because quite often as an artist there are many throw away drawings and concepts that don't make it to the final design.
See a 5 part video series on drawing a flaming skull from scratch below!
Drawing a Flaming Skull Part 1 Video
Drawing A Flaming Skull Part 2 Video
Drawing A Flaming Skull Part 3 Video
How To Draw A Flaming Skull Part 4 Video
Draw A Flaming Skull Part 5 Video
Flaming Skull Poll
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awesome drawings man cant wait to see more im goin to put a few of your skulls on my body i love skulls cant get enough of them
thanks i guess this could help but maybe you could do a flaming skull with guns now that would be awsome.
fantastic
its ite
These skulls r awesome. Im a huge skull fan
this drawing is good because I draled a picture luke that
Sweet skulls, I am a skull fan! I love skulls!!! Beautiful man.
keep up your good hubbing =D
Cheers now.... Much Appreciated!
thx for the help dude keep em comin i love drawing!!!
Nice im working on an art project for school now!! This realy helped me!! Keep e'm comin'!!!!
omg this stink
Cheers now NOU!
I do have more drawing tutorials planned and some ones that will be very detailed that they will be paid for resources.
This is a great hub. The videos are great help in seeing how the skull formed and completed. They do what a series of pictures and instructions can't. Great job!
thank you.U draw skulls so good. thank u so much for every thing
I've been drawing all my life and I remember drawing skulls quite averagely, but I practiced and got better at drawing them in my own style!
Cheers now Jessie!
waynet how long did it take u do draw a skull like your the best draer of skulls? rember i love skulls
Cheers dude!
dude your drawings are awesome!!!!!!!!
Thanks there Tim14!
Flaming skulls are the things of dreams!
Very impressive!
Jolly good!
I saw a flying skull the other day...
back at u waynet i love skulls more than ever thing!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS A BIT TO HARD TO DO AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP DRAWING SO I THINK IT IS NOT TO BAD
Cheers Jessie!
I like skulls too, they are easy to draw!
I love it so much because I love skulls so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Dacnomania and Reaperfan
There will be more guides on the way soon, because I've been a bit side tracked with my other businesses to get on with them, but some of them are nearly complete, so watch out for them!
ur drawings of skulls are the best ive ever seen,theyre amazing, i hope you keep showing everyone how to draw more.XD
Your drawings are great, Waynet .
I am starting to draw, I find your guides helpful .
Yes art for the masses!
one cool thing about art.. you don't have to draw things like they look (teeth can look different and you can draw flames how ever you want) if that's his style of drawing, let him do it
dis shyt was kinda hawt, i lyked it tho
This is not the defintive guide on drawing a flaming skull as you have pointed out with your comment, so lighten up, because I'm happy with just drawing stuff like this!
you could forego this entire guide and just say "draw a skull from reference and change the structure of the eye sockets to look angry."
Also, there is more than one type of tooth in your average skull. incisors look more menacing and i dont know how you could miss them. Flames dont generally tend to lick downwards either, and centering them around the shape of the head does nothing to make it look like they're emanating from it.
leave him alone linda. he can do what he wants. dont criticize him.
good drawings I love them
Cheers Jennifercingylinda(all rolled into one!)
Drawing is ace when you can draw, because you can choose what you want to draw and when you find that way of drawing that you like, you can draw that thing much more often by drawing it more than once, even on Sundays when Sunday schools a joke to all concerned, drawing Jesus is no fun as he was a simple figment of peoples imaginations...demons and dark evil exists and so they should be acknowledged with drawings that reflect their inner struggle of failing humanity that is very admirable indeed!
Good day haha!
man!!! you need to stop drawing stuff like this...it is ugly and eveil...like really your like an adult and ur drawing little kid stuff????????haha
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By lots of practice and drawing on the toilet!
so how can u draw somthing like that
cheers now...and there's more where that came from coming soon!
i luv, luv, luv your art work almost as much as i luv Nick Jonas. it is so detailed and awesome and it's awesome and easy to draw from, thank you!
I'll have to simplify it for simple minds and clarify it for the hard to see...cheers for that unverified comment CC!
Way too complicated and u can hardly see wtf they're doing.Sorry
that is a good drawing of that skull
freak123 2 months ago
awesome
this helped alot!!!!!