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anima241

anima241

Holdin onto the past!

If you check out some of my art works youll see that i still need some improvement, i really need some tips and ideas on how to make my sketches a much more dazzling experiance, how can i do that? You guys are the experts SO HELP ME! XD

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fireflywishes

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fireflywishes

Calgon, take me away~!

Hey there anime241! Well, you're taking the first step by asking for help. Looking at your gallery it seems that you've got the basic sketches down, but your pieces could benefit from a bit more shading/detail (or even some color). Lucky for you, we've got some really great resources here at MT from doujinshi support groups (links in my sig) to a tips thread.

The 'Tips for Doujinshi Artists' Thread Rewriting Project

Hope that those will help you! If not, there are lots of talented members here who I'm sure will be able to give you some more advice as this thread continues on. :D

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I actually attend art school and the only way to improve is practice. Try drawing from real life observation, not photos. It also helps if you can depict fundamental objects such as boxes and spheres because at some point, you're going to need to draw your figures in context (as in, with a background). Arranging these mundane objects will help your composition skills, and lighting them will help you with shading them.

I know drawing some of this stuff isn't "fun," but you're never going to grow as an artist if you don't address the fundamental formalist issues of art: composition, light, proportion, etc. They're intrinsic to everything you create, and if you ignore these things, you can't produce good art.

FutatsuNoNegai

FutatsuNoNegai

Our Utmost For the Highest..

~.~ I'm not a great artist..But I went through what you are now..Well I never looked at photos or such,my art teacher never really liked me drawing anime he tried very hard to push me to draw real-life,anyway thats not the point.I improved by watching anime actually,I've watched a lot of anime(well it's very little compared to some of the MT members),other than watching the show I took notice on how they drew the eyes,face and hair;manga is also a way to observe,every artist has their own technique,I'm not telling you to copy,but as you observe how they draw you try them,and slowly you'll come up with your own way of drawing your own characters.Oh and I notice some of the proportions of your character are not really er...proportional.There are really great artists here in MT such as Rythem-san.

It doesn't hurt to have company by your side.

well, besides what marysonnie said, try speedpainting...

It is about using value, color, texture, and composition to create a compelling and narrative piece within a relatively narrow timeframe. The pieces usually have an "unpolished" appearance, which stresses the importance of every stroke made on the canvas, digital or otherwise.

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azyl12

azyl12

Raijin Thunderkeg

How can I say this...Hmm...

I have checked your drawings. The sketches are fine, still, it needs "proportion". There are some parts, body parts, that still needs to be in place. An example of what I mean is, when you make a side-view sketch. Drawing the eyes, it must be placed above the nose. It must not be aligned with the nose. Get my point?
*Can't explain well*
Second, your sketches need more details. In the hair, show the hair strands. Make some lines on the hair part according to the flow or shape of the hair. Loose clothing, or just clothing, has folds in it. Arms are not just straight line. Muscles are to be shown, either small or big, because everyone has them.
Third, brighten it up with color. Lastly, ink it so lines may be visible. If you would notice on my sketch with color, the lines are not that seen. That's my mistake. Haha.

Nweiz, I hope I helped!

merged: 12-01-2007 ~ 03:35pm
Oh yeah, don't forget the shadow.

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infiniterising

infiniterising

Cosplay extraordinaire

I second those who say practice. I t won't come easy and quickly but you'll start the notice the faults in oyur drawings if you do them more often.

"Individuals who make their abodes in the vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles."

oh... and doing quick sketches helps, like 30 second drawings, speed forces good proportion out of your hand, gesture and expression is more important than accuracy in art.

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anima241

anima241

Holdin onto the past!

hmmm, thanks for those tips, i think i'll work on my proportions and on my speed. considering i want to become an animator i'll have to be able to do drawings quickly. so i'll take your guys advice and tell ya guys if it helped. (proportions suck so much!)

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draw much and learn from other peoples style! or draw things that you are bad at^^ that is important! >-<

I took some art classes in college, but I couldn't really afford (tried to double major in other things) to take much more but I spend quite a lot of time drawing. Now I make my walking around money by selling the stuff I draw and paint in my free time. A lot of the advice given already I'm going to repeat:

1. Practice. This is probably easy for you; I mean, you like to draw right? Art is one of those things that you improve by doing.

2. Study up. As you practice you will notice things that are "off" in your art and your weak spots. Look at what other artists have done and try to figure out how they did it. Whether or not you can figure out what they did is inconsequential to this exercise: the point is to use other people's art to help you come up with a creative solution.

3. Push yourself. This is the hardest part, I think. For everything that I draw well, I could do something else better. I pick out those things and practice doing them over and over. Often I see little improvement, but part of the issue here is confidence: I can't draw well what I have had trouble with in the past because I feel uncertain as to whether or not I can pull it off this time. Also, draw things you normally wouldn't. Draw your toothbrush. Try and draw your shoelace in an extreme close up. These are probably things you might never actually include, but figuring out how to draw the bristles on the brush (knowing what to draw so that you get the suggestion of bristles instead of drawing every single one; or trying to draw every single one and see what that looks like), or get the curve of the handle in perspective right _is_ something that will improve you.

merged: 12-28-2007 ~ 06:18am
Oh and:

The point of drawing manga/comics or art related thereto is to draw something as realistically (even if it's not something that's real we are trying to evoke something real; that is, we may be drawing a giant robot or an alien, but it doesn't "work" if it seems fake) and efficiently as possible. One of your finished peices may not ever contain a close up of a shoelace but the things you learned while drawing a shoelace (how to draw cloth material close up, how to show weight and detail in a pattern without the thing looking to heavy) will help you because it improves your "vocabulary;" that is, the more you draw random stuff, the faster (ie more efficiently) you can draw something (no pausing to figure out how to draw a certain pattern).

merged: 12-28-2007 ~ 06:21am
Oh! One more thing!

There is nothing wrong with tracing. Obviously, you can't claim credit for a work that isn't yourse, but tracing (well) can help with proportion and can help you figure out how someone might have drawn something (that is, how they got from one stroke to the next).

I've been drawing since 9yr old and often go on and off in drawing. So after all these years I still consider myself to be new at drawing. I have no problem at looking a picture and draw it, whether it may look exactly the same or vary by certain level. But when it comes to coming up with a character and pose, I can't seem to get it right. I really want to improve, and lately have been practicing a lot, I draw from looking at pictures and try to memorize the skeleton of it then draw something else that is off from my mind. I also took a lot of looks in various tutorial sites and tried to grasp anything that I could.

Lol sorry for speaking so randomly... I've been quite upset with my drawings lately, just wanted to vent it off somehow. I know I still need a lot of practice in drawing, so I guess I will just keep on drawing from still images, anime or real-life until I can finally come up with my own drawings that is just from my imagination.

EarthAngel1

EarthAngel1

Hero's Aren't born their made

Well when i started out i was pretty bad but the more i practiced the more i improved. but a few key things i learned and read was if you style is basic anime/manga style you want to make the characters as 3d as possible make there joints flexable, give them detail. use references people you know characters from you own imagination. But the One key thing i've learned is Have Fun.

Yeah have fun. When you're stressed out or frustrate for not getting what you want, that is the time when you should put down your pencil and take a break. It's hard to draw smoothly while being under those states.

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Well, I just finished my first sketch... please take a look at it and tell me what you think. Harsh answers are needed! :sweat: hehe

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