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Buckle tutorial 1by ~Mauser712

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For years I've been threatening to put something like this up. I've left countless comments that say "You've got the buckles on backwards." And countless artists have confessed that they can't figure it out sometimes. Everyone from amateurs to published pros have trouble with this.

No matter how professional the artist, there's a 50% chance they're going to draw a buckle backwards. I've seen it in Comics, Cartoons, Anime, even fine art. Maybe they get caught up in the direction of the belt end and put the tongue of the buckle in the same direction, but as you can see, it's physically impossible.

But it's been hard to come up with a really simple and memorable way to illustrate this, to show that the tongue on the buckle points the opposite way from the free end.

Probably the easiest thing is to imagine what the end of a belt looks like when it's NOT buckled. Now you don't have to imagine any more. Here it is, in black and tan.

Perhaps in the future I'll do it for other styles of buckles, or other typical harnesswork features, but this is the first and most necessary reference. Enjoy!

Other things to note: Buckles like this don't lay flat - you've got three layers of leather for a good portion of the connection. I should add an edge-on shot to show this. Also, the entire tongue on the buckle is not visible, typically no more than half or less.

Details: This is done in 2" wide 10 oz (about 1/8" thick) Latigo leather with a 2" Roller Buckle and a wire loop. This is a fairly typical style, although you could catch the loop in behind the first rivet with the buckle. The loop IS necessary to prevent the strap from coming loose when it's not under tension.

These were straps for one of the chairs elsewhere in my Gallery.

=Owl-Flight Mar 9, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

lol at first I thought this was a joke, then I realized how easy this mistake would be to make XDD I dont draw belts very often so Idk if I have

~Mauser712 Mar 9, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I've seen 'em messed up everywhere, even in comics and Anime. I think sometimes artists get into the whole U-shaped-ness of the buckle, the tab and the tongue and draw them all in the same direction. Which is wrong.

Alas, this got turned down for a Tutorial DD, in part because there's no explaining text on it. I might do another version. Not sure if I should substitute that for this one.

=Owl-Flight Mar 9, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

If you do a new one you might want to add a doodle of what's wrong, because it took me quite a wile to figure out what you were saying this was to help with XD

~Mauser712 Mar 9, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

That's pretty much the DD Editor's criticism as well.

*Kanna-Maru Jul 3, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

I recently did a picture with a belt. I saw this and was like "heh, now i gotta make sure I put it on right!"

I didn't. I drew it wrong. o_o I feel like an idiot now so i'll fave this tutorial so i don't make that mistake again.

~Mauser712 Jul 4, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Even the Pros do it, so don't feel so bad. That's why I put this up. Just wish it would get more attention.

=squidli Sep 27, 2011

i tend to break belts in real l life by doing this, but thats just because im lazy...

!MKitten-Ultra Jun 30, 2011

I never even considered this... Thank you~ I'll make sure to remember this one ^^U

~TCPolecat7 Nov 7, 2010

Heh. I remember when you corrected me on how to do this way back. I've made a point of getting them right ever since.

- Polecat

~Mauser712 Nov 7, 2010 Hobbyist Writer

It's amazing how common it is! There was a comic I got recently, 22 pages of story with this chick who had thigh boots with buckles all the way up, and every single one of them was backwards.

Saw it in some Anime too.

I wish I could STOP noticing it sometimes.

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