I hate to say this, but you should try out some how to draw manga books. I usually don't reccomend this, b ut you don't seem to understand the shapes and basics. You are improving, but gradually. Use a one piece comic or a manga comic of your choice to help you if you dont feel like buying the book.
KaiZokuFan22 Drawings(Added at 2/27)
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I hate to say this, but you should try out some how to draw manga books. I usually don't reccomend this, b ut you don't seem to understand the shapes and basics. You are improving, but gradually. Use a one piece comic or a manga comic of your choice to help you if you dont feel like buying the book.
I ahve had a How to draw mang abook for 4 years.. Vol.1 compiling characters..but it does not help
this is the book I have
http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Manga-Compiling-Characters/dp/4889960422/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3564349-2414400?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180819663&sr=8-1and in Barnes and noble.. no manga drawing books.. just manga and character files
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I ahve had a How to draw mang abook for 4 years.. Vol.1 compiling characters..but it does not help
i would say otherwise, i think it will help you a lot.
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is there anything I can use for straight lines? I dont have a ruler anymore and not sure if i need one anyways
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You could use another sheet of paper to draw strait lines as you would with a ruler.
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@Aoi:
You could use another sheet of paper to draw strait lines as you would with a ruler.
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I tried the film..but did not help that muchā¦.
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http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u23/AnimeFan2324/DSCI0043-2.jpgEh, you're serious? It didn't help you? Strange.. it helped me alot.
Ermm.. I do have a book about drawing realistic heads, and if you change some stuff such as eye size you'll be able to create your own style -kinda.
It's in Hebrew though.. so you'll need to follow the drawings, but if there are hard-to-understand parts I can translate..
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I'll try to start drawing everyday againā¦...
This is a drawing of a another character I am working on...right now its a rough draft of a drawing and not sure but notice something on him seems wrong(besides the hand)! Drawing moved
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well I tried a new approach to drawing bodies.. by trying a step by step guide.. not sure how it will turn outā¦I'll i know is drawing this took me 1-2 hours and was very stressful to draw. for some reason.. nothing that is supposed to look good is not ocming out right
oh..well.. as ususal for the last 3-4 pics..opinions are welcome and appreciated:happy:
another thing i am hating is how the pencil smears against a drawing i am finished with and ruins the drawing(using mech.pencil,BTW):sad:
1st attempt at side view!
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For about 4-5 years.. i have been drawing a very small character once in a while for ideasā¦ the idea I guess became a character I drew for gifts and etc. So far,It has been drawn with 2 eyes to the side like this
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not sure which style is better but I plan to make a series of this character ..if I get more ideas(costumes, hairstyles,colors)As usual,comments and opinions are welcome and appreciated
OT: for thiose wondering what sketchbook I am using it is a Norcom Sketchbook
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I finished the drawing just 1 of a big picture I plan to draw each character 1 at a time then put the picture together.
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does anyone know any tutorials or books for drawing anime style hair? the book I have onyl covers how to draw hair in blurprint, Tone,and movement.. no basics.
Also I will be puitting up a new pic in the next few days.. also Am I drawing too much for the past few days?
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does anyone know any tutorials or books for drawing anime style hair? the book I have onyl covers how to draw hair in blurprint, Tone,and movement.. no basics.
Also I will be puitting up a new pic in the next few days.. also Am I drawing too much for the past few days?
http://www.cablenet.ne.jp/%7ejapanime/tutorial/hairmain.html
Julie's tutorials are awesome for the beginner or the intermediate. I only linked to the hair tutorial but there's a link to the tutorial main page on there as well. Keep in mind that there's gonna be a lot of reading. If you really want to improve, how much you read and understand the tutorial is going to factor in. It's one thing to just copy the tutorial pictures, but to understand what they are trying to show you is another.
http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/index.htm
Polykarbon is another great tutorial place that covers most of the basics as well as a few handy photoshop techniques.
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/art.html
Farp is pretty much the only tutorial center I frequently turn to these days. It's an excellent place to turn to if you've found a certain media you want to explore but as far as I know, they have tutorials for the basics too. Again be prepared for lots of reading.
One last thingā¦do you have a scanner? It'll be much easier to see your works if you do.
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http://www.cablenet.ne.jp/%7ejapanime/tutorial/hairmain.html
Julie's tutorials are awesome for the beginner or the intermediate. I only linked to the hair tutorial but there's a link to the tutorial main page on there as well. Keep in mind that there's gonna be a lot of reading. If you really want to improve, how much you read and understand the tutorial is going to factor in. It's one thing to just copy the tutorial pictures, but to understand what they are trying to show you is another.
http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/index.htm
Polykarbon is another great tutorial place that covers most of the basics as well as a few handy photoshop techniques.
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/art.html
Farp is pretty much the only tutorial center I frequently turn to these days. It's an excellent place to turn to if you've found a certain media you want to explore but as far as I know, they have tutorials for the basics too. Again be prepared for lots of reading.
One last thingā¦do you have a scanner? It'll be much easier to see your works if you do.
TY and Dpnt have a scanner yet.. seem to be really expensive lately(70+ dollars)
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got a small question:
Is it better to learn drawing manga from a book or to learn by drawing own sketchesI'm still at the ametuer level and this has been something I wanted to do for a while now
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I will be posting a new drawing by monday,
also.. after this.. I will try to get a scanner for drawings
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got a small question:
Is it better to learn drawing manga from a book or to learn by drawing own sketchesI'm still at the ametuer level and this has been something I wanted to do for a while now
See which one works best for you. ^_^ I personally think learning by drawing manga by looking through a manga page helps a lot.
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the drawing I did Is complete
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Ya know what my friend did to get better/ He recopied One Piece Volume 1, Naruto Volume 1. Love Hina (I think all of them?), Trigun Volume 1, and Bleach Volume 1. He was able use use alot of that experince and form his own stlye. Maybe you should give it a try.
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Ya know what my friend did to get better/ He recopied One Piece Volume 1, Naruto Volume 1. Love Hina (I think all of them?), Trigun Volume 1, and Bleach Volume 1. He was able use use alot of that experince and form his own stlye. Maybe you should give it a try.
Nah.. I am actually getting better by drawing freehanded.
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I think your rushing things by not doing important steps in drawing, especially drawing the body, its important to make a good sketch first, more important than geting the details right, so you should concentrate on that, I made a little fast three step tutorial(its not very good, but it gets the point across:happy: ) its in side view to make things easier for me:
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first you can draw a simple stick figure to simplyfy things since sticks don't get distorted when viewed from different angles, try keeping it more proportionate than me
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then you can add all the joints, you should watch out for the size of the joints here(don't take mine for comparison, I usally draw them too small and go fixing in the next step) and watch out since stuff gets bigger when nearer to you so draw bigger balls for the joints that are nearer, takes some time getting used to and knowing some perspective stuff..
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then the tricky part(not really), just conect the joints with tubes and draw the torso stuff, and the neckā¦....you should have a nice loking sketch and now comes the easy part of adding the details.just know this, its impossible to make a good drawing if the sketch is bad, so take a little more time at that then on the detailsā¦.
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I think your rushing things by not doing important steps in drawing, especially drawing the body, its important to make a good sketch first, more important than geting the details right, so you should concentrate on that, I made a little fast three step tutorial(its not very good, but it gets the point across:happy: ) its in side view to make things easier for me:
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first you can draw a simple stick figure to simplyfy things since sticks don't get distorted when viewed from different angles, try keeping it more proportionate than me
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then you can add all the joints, you should watch out for the size of the joints here(don't take mine for comparison, I usally draw them too small and go fixing in the next step) and watch out since stuff gets bigger when nearer to you so draw bigger balls for the joints that are nearer, takes some time getting used to and knowing some perspective stuff..
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then the tricky part(not really), just conect the joints with tubes and draw the torso stuff, and the neckā¦....you should have a nice loking sketch and now comes the easy part of adding the details.just know this, its impossible to make a good drawing if the sketch is bad, so take a little more time at that then on the detailsā¦.
that looks neat.. I'll try that with my next drawing and post when i can
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I am starting to do is do a pen draft of a character and see what needs to be improved, next version will all be brushpen and pencilsā¦this is just a mythical character in the manga series that I HOPE I can get started soon... She does not have a name yet but shes supposed to be part angel,part frog.
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I will be adding Pics soon once I can get my computer fixed or be able to use the USB port on the other computer.
Here is a Rough draft Summary of Ch.1 for my Manga
! Kyra is fighting a poison pixie on a island,Her home island of Peacevale, and while she is fighting,she is attacked and suddenly blacksoutā¦ she wakes up and finds herself drifting out on the ocean on a small boat,not knowing who attacked her and send her away from her home so as to be able to protect her home.. .she soon starts reminicising about her Mother and little brother,her friends and the other islanders who she thinks are now gone in the midst of the destruction.she suddenly starts crying but soon she starts to wonder who would do such a thing but for now she focuses on surviving to the next island.(End)
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I might be getting this scanner by Ear/Mid October not sutre if its a good scanner though.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-N676U-Flatbed-Scanner/dp/B00005MEGA/ref=sr_1_57/002-6469205-6804839?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1189888939&sr=1-57For now..New Pic.. right now I will decide to either on Oct.1st scan all pics and open a new thread and close this one..or just scan into one post in this existing thread.
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Good drawings of fruit :)
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Since I see my main art talent is drawing fruit.. I decided to try some crayn art
Fruit basket with Mech.pencil shadow!
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ok with these i should become a wall border artist
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