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pi-natsuu
15 years ago
As the title says, post something helpful. Whether it be links, notes, images, experiences anything that will help your fellow F!'s artists.

I'll start;

helpful links:
Spoiler:

ignore porn ads, lots of handy images
http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=438003&x=Drawing+References
http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=232601&x=drawing+anatomy+resources


Left brain vs. Right brain
Spoiler:

Note that this may only apply to beginning artists. If you are not, it's best to not pay any mind to this, trust me, I've been there not a thing you need to know unless you really want to and it may poison you.
http://drawsketch.about.com/od/suppliesbooks/fr/draw_right_side.htm
http://www.drawright.com/vaceface.htm
(sorry, can't find one in a free adobe pdf form)
Very very helpful to starting artists.


Tips:
Spoiler:

-It is a very good idea to stick to one or two styles of drawing anime characters when starting out, and don't think it's a bad thing to copy other's works, you have to start from somewhere and that somewhere may be the artists you really admire.
-It's good to study anatomy but there's more to it than your characters standing around with perfect anatomy than a character with a slightly anatomically incorrect character with a visually attractive pose. In other words,
anatomy=good
TOO much anatomy=bad, as it may result to lifeless characters
study:movement, camera angles and effects, facial expressions etc... a book is very helpful


Oh, and i need help in motivation. Someone got anything helpful for that 'cause that's my main enemy right now, aside from coloring
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MRG
15 years ago
Helpful Links:
Spoiler:

http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/
http://idrawgirls.com


Tips and Such:
Spoiler:

-if you're not getting results that you like and getting aggravated, take a break. Watch anime, read a book, just take a break.


I'll add more as soon as I actually think of some. Also I believe this is a great topic that you made Pi, so you deserve a +rep
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Cross_Over
15 years ago
Tips and Suggestions :

Spoiler:
- you have 2 ways to improve your understanding about anatomy :
> use other artworks then copy the bodyline making it in plain
nude form.
> use the basic, line form or the stick/match drawing forming
a human made out of stick then afterwards, adding the basic
shapes of the characters.
- For beginners, learning anatomy is a good idea but remember that,
ANIME/MANGA Characters doesnt possess normal human anatomy. ANIME/MANGA
Characters exceeded all the normal features or in other words, they
must be drawn exagerrately.
- This is the most important thing "when drawing a character, they must be drawn NUDE"
like humans, when we wear clothes, we "wear" clothes, so to
simply put it, we dont disattach our own body parts just to
wear the clothes. This is the most basic and most reason why
some beginners mostly get wrong in balancing.


well hope this will help you. I might add later if I have enough time
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Kuro1/2
15 years ago
Tips and suggestions
Spoiler:
-Like MRG said, if you feel frustrated and feel like you aren't improving at all (or you feel that you're getting worse), just take a break and try again the next day. Frustration is one of our biggest enemies, but keep practicing (even if you feel like you're not improving). You ARE improving.
-If you still use regular pencils, drop it and buy yourself a 0.5mm lead mechanical pencil. There is only so much you can do to improve with a normal pencil. With a mechanical pencil, it's a whole different drawing experience. It brings you to the next stage, allowing for more detailed and clean drawings (enough with the graphite smudges).

That's all I can think of at the moment.

Really good topic. +rep
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pi-natsuu
15 years ago
Just remembered a tip:

- sometimes deadlines help you keep focused and motivated, pending entirely on your personality, though. So setup a made-up deadline and DRAW!


@MRG- first links can be really helpful but really REALLY gross, i know that sounds strange from someone who studied anatomy but it just reminds me of guro.
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Juggle
15 years ago
Tips / Personal Thoughts

Spoiler:
Don't restrict yourself from what's popular to what you really want to draw. Drawing should be fun for you and for the ones you want to show it to ... be creative
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MRG
15 years ago
Tip:
Spoiler:

-Styles, there are artists out there with styles you want to draw n and styles you don't want to, copy, but more importantly replicate and try to understand how they did certain things like shading, anatomy and such. Of course if you want to develop your own style try a bunch of style and incorporate the things you like into one. It might take a long time for you to notice that you have developed a certain style, and most of the time someone will tell you about it. Currently I myself don't have a style right now, I'm just trying out a bunch of them and seeing which ones are fun and pleasant for me.
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pi-natsuu
15 years ago
Just as they said.
- Practice
- PRACTICE
- PRACTICE!
-oh, and you dont really have to know every latin name or bone, unless you have too. you can just draw guidelines, circles, lines for the body and that's it.
-Draw freely, carelessly. Don't limit yourself with just one body part, such as drawing the face only. Experiment with poses. Practice with parts you're not good at.
There are no bad sketches as there are no mistakes in practices. You simply learn from your mistakes.
Or else you'll become a slave of your own works and be haunted by sleepless disappointed despair filled nights of doubt, whether being an artist is your true calling. Trust me, been there.


Just remembered. How i got better at drawing, i was at novice status when i did this and i can say that i got a LOT better without knowing any of that anatomy thing.
step 1- go to: http://konachan.com/
step 2- find pic that catches your fancy, there are thousands so take your time
step 3- draw

the only thing bad about this method is that you won't get much knowledge about anatomy, but if you know how a body part should look like in a certain position then that's just as good, if not more important. That and you might get addicted and never have the resistance to not press save as. I have about 3800+ in my images folder now <:3
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Quadratic
15 years ago
This thread is useful, but lacking at the same time.
+rep for your effort though
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yagaminoue
15 years ago
Mufty pretty much nailed it. If you're serious about art, starting off drawing anime is a big no-no. Drawing from life and studying anatomy will help you improve much faster, and once you understand the basics, you can choose to draw in whatever style you like.

Drawing from life will improve your overall drawing skill, giving you a grasp of anatomy, proportions, and gesture. Drawing only anime will not help with much.
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tkhnoman
15 years ago
yagaminoue wrote...

Drawing from life will improve your overall drawing skill, giving you a grasp of anatomy, proportions, and gesture. Drawing only anime will not help with much.


Hmm, this make me believe, since i also not just interesting in anime arts.
Just doing anime art makes you can't choose a color correctly also.
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Kuro1/2
15 years ago
yagaminoue wrote...
Mufty pretty much nailed it. If you're serious about art, starting off drawing anime is a big no-no. Drawing from life and studying anatomy will help you improve much faster, and once you understand the basics, you can choose to draw in whatever style you like.

Drawing from life will improve your overall drawing skill, giving you a grasp of anatomy, proportions, and gesture. Drawing only anime will not help with much.

I don't think it matters if people begin drawing based on anime characters. Eventually we will have to go check human anatomy stuff to get a better grasp of details and proportions (muscles, etc). And anime anatomy isn't that incorrect (depends on the anime though).
I started with anime as reference and as I evolved, I began to check more into real life anatomy. Eventually, the real life anatomy helps you with your anime anatomy. Also, it's much more motivating to draw something that appeals you rather than something that does not.
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MRG
15 years ago
That reminds me, I need to study anatomy again, I havent done it in a while, been concentrating on rendering and such. and yeah mufty is pretty much right, knowing the basics will allow you to be much much more versatile allowing you to work with man different styles including anime, but learning anime anatomy, will lead you into smacking into a wall sooner or later (happened to me last year) also what I'm about to say is blasphemy...

Spoiler:
Anime style is overrated, I'm actually tired of it, sure there are great ones and bad ones, but there's too much of it =X


+rep Mufty when I can.
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ZeroOBK
15 years ago
MRG wrote...
Anime style is overrated, I'm actually tired of it, sure there are great ones and bad ones, but there's too much of it =X

For someone like me, that's a blessing.

Anyway, to add to what mufty said, reality is fundamental (and the limiter) for ... well, pretty much everything. At some point or another in developing one's art, one will have to observe reality.
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