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  • Hand-Drawn Arrows Tutorial

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    Lindsey Bugbee

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    The humble arrow: we all have drawn one at one point {no pun intended!} or another. In this tutorial, you’ll learn ways to make your arrows stand out like they never have before; and you’ll be inspired to use them for new applications. Sure, it’s not rocket science … but this knowledge should come in…

    Hand-Drawn Arrows Tutorial | The Postman's Knock

    Yesterday, I was watching a documentary about the history of the United States. Of course, one of the first scenes depicted British pilgrims looking up, terrified, at Native Americans on a hill in rather intimidating war regalia. While this would have caused most viewers to ponder the complex relationship between the pilgrims and the Native Americans, of course my eye darted to the Natives’ arrows. “Hand-drawn arrows!” I thought, “That’s it! My next tutorial.”

    Don’t get me wrong: I know you know how to draw an arrow. What I am going to explore today is different ways to draw an arrow and creative uses for uniquely-illustrated arrows. I am going to begin by covering basic black-and-white, can-draw-them-anywhere arrows. These arrows consist of a simple formula:

    Hand-Drawn Arrows Tutorial | The Postman's Knock

    To draw a simple arrow, you’ll first start with a horizontal or vertical line. I have drawn several horizontal lines here because I am going to show you several different ways to draw arrows.

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