:D This is all my work from about September 2009, until now, and I will post more as I draw. I'm going to try my best to put them in chronological order(I didn't date most of them soo...)
Just note, the earlier ones are...let's just say, not as well done as they would have been if I drew them now, so please don't be too harsh on the those. Although some of my current drawings are just as bad...:sweat:

Hahaha, so you did decide to make a thread...!

So, those are scanned, right...? Was that the size of the original...? It looks really nice, but it would look better if you made it larger and added more detail...?

Wait!! I'm not down uploading my pics!!!! Lolz.

The first pic...it was mainly the outfit that I wanted to get down on paper. I wasn't really paying attention as to how the girl wearing the outfit came out.

Okay, the picture, sora_archery, is incomplete. Can someone tell me how to draw a bow?...

And the drawings with the girl wearing headphones...I don't really like it, her hips are too wide, but I like how the head phones turned out XD.

And...the girl wearing the dress...it turned out really nice when I was drawing it in my planner, but when I put it on paper...well...it's incomplete because I didn't like where it was going. If I get the chance, I'll redraw it.

Okay, first off, because this was the reaction I received from most of my friends, I'll say it. Akira and Keiko are not conjoined!!!

XD And in case anyone decides to ask, yes, my most recent drawing is of a cat.

Wow... these drawings are epic win...

around how long does it take to draw each of them...?

:D Thank you. And as for how long it took to draw each...*racks brain to estimate time taken drawing*....Anywhere from 10-30 minutes.

Well, I can definitely say that I'm starting to notice a certain trend in all of your pictures; I think that you've really got your own unique style. I like the designs and ideas of all of them, however most of your characters look a bit stiff. Sorry but I can't think of any other way to describe it. Its like that the characters have been forced into a certain pose. Sorry if I'm being picky but maybe you could mess around with the posing and setting of the characters to give a more softer and natural look. Other then that, nice!

Well, I can definitely say that I'm starting to notice a certain trend in all of your pictures; I think that you've really got your own unique style. I like the designs and ideas of all of them, however most of your characters look a bit stiff. Sorry but I can't think of any other way to describe it. Its like that the characters have been forced into a certain pose. Sorry if I'm being picky but maybe you could mess around with the posing and setting of the characters to give a more softer and natural look. Other then that, nice!
That's because Raining is a.)not using references, or b.)not studying them very closely. Your proportions are decent Raining, but like Tae said, everything is a bit stiff looking. I'd suggest you do some life drawing, and take a break from the anime for awhile. After you learn how to draw things realistically, you'll be surprised at how much better you understand anime. ("Oh! So THAT'S why they draw eyes like that! When a leg bends, it does this?!" Etc.)

So yeah, you're definitely improving, but you'll improve three times faster drawing people from photos instead of anime! You might be thinking "but I want to draw anime!" So I'll just answer that complaint now with: sure, go ahead. But ten years from now you'll look back and say "damnit, I could've drawn realistically for three years, and I'd have been where I'm at now!"

Anyway, good work. You're definitely improving!

Edit: Actually, being serious, you might learn *five* times faster drawing from life compared to drawing from anime. There really is a huge difference. The reason is that with anime, all you have to go by are lines another artist already put down. First of all, the other artist doesn't draw perfectly, and might even draw some things *badly.* You'll be learning how to draw badly, too, by copying them. The second reason is, like I said, all you have to work with are lines. When you copy anime faces, you're not learning what a face looks like. You're not even thinking of *why* an anime face looks the way it does. You're just memorizing things by rote. It really is a crazy way to learn how to draw, and really is a very slow way of improving. Try drawing five faces from photos or friends, taking half an hour to forty minutes for each one. I guarantee you'll be saying "holy shit, so *THAT'S* why they draw anime faces like that!?!?" by the time you're done. And since you actually have to think about *WHY* you're putting lines down where you are when you're drawing from a real reference, it'll be a HUNDRED TIMES EASIER to memorize what you learn. And by "putting lines down" I mean "putting shadows and highlights" down, since you shouldn't even be thinking in lines when you're drawing, even though drawing anime has taught you otherwise. Drawing 3D objects will teach you how to draw believable, 3D looking objects. Drawing anime is going to teach you how to draw flat looking, symbolized shadows of the 3D objects you could've simply learned to draw in the first place. After you've learned how to draw real people, representing them with stylized anime-type drawings is going to be ten times easier, and it'll look ten times more believable. (A secret you might not know is that *any* anime artist you admire got good at drawing anime by becoming *TOTALLY AWESOME* at realistic drawing. It's true!) So get awesome at drawing realistically!

Give it a shot, RS! You'll definitely thank me for it. XD
Just remember: five sketchpads of anime are only worth *one* sketchpad of realistic drawings. Save your time, and save some trees!

o_o...Thank you for your...thoughtful advice, HC XD.
Lolz, funny that you tell me to draw peoples' faces, because that was the assignment I received from my art teacher this week. Lolz.

And I completely understand what you two mean by "stiff"(I'm working on it!!). That would go with what I said in pixiepieberry's drawing thread:

"...it's getting harder and harder for me to draw people just standing around...I'm working more on my manga, Hana Monogatari."

XD While I'm working on Hana Monogatari, I'll definitely try realistic working on some realistic drawings.

(^.^ I'm not ignoring you Taemond! I'm just trying out HC's suggestion first because even with his lack of splitting paragraphs, making it difficult to read, he has a much more persuasive argument!)

Lolz, funny that you tell me to draw peoples' faces, because that was the assignment I received from my art teacher this week. Lolz.
Sounds good! Post them when you're done? =D

XD Yes, I will...but I need to figure out who I'm drawing...

yay you made one! i see definite improvement =) but the characters still look stiff, don't be afraid to make some curvy lines. After you're done with a drawing take a step back and look at the picture as a whole and fix areas that are abnormally straight or pointy. Wings for example, are curved not straight (unless you want straight wings).

This is a self portrait I did today...took me about an hour...
It took me forever to do the shape of my face/head, and it still looks kind of fat XD...or maybe that was because I had to reduce the picture on paint... Lolz. Didn't exactly get the angle right either.

Not bad for a first portrait try. :) If you re-make your eye smaller, surely will look more like you.

:heh: It's not my first...it's my second...

...Lulz, you look emo XP

I think that you might want to try to add shading to your face... I sorta understand that most manga drawings don't have shadings on faces (O_o), which is even more the reason why you should practice shading :D

your angle did come out tilted... but other than that i say it's fairly good. at least for the time you put in. :]

@Mushyrulez. XD Yes, I realize I look emo...in that picture anyways. And I was trying to shade...but 1) you really can't see the shading and 2) it was a fairly bright picture, so I wasn't too sure how I was supposed to add shading where there were no major shadows...

@Ander. :/...Is it tilted?...It doesn't seem so to me, but if you say so XD. :) Thanx.

The mid of the eye is approximately where the lip should begin. I guess the angle thing is how you drew the picture.(if you look at the photo and then at the drawing it looks like you shifted) it's really good though =) have you tried shading in charcoal?

It's not bad for a first (second) try. Your picture is drawn with your face straight up and down, while your reference is tilted. Also, you shouldn't be using any lines when you do a realistic drawing like this. Try to separate the different forms of your face just by shading - there are no outlines in real life! You had the right idea with the hair; most beginners just draw a million little lines to represent hair, where you actually tried to block out the hair using shadows and highlights. Good work! =)

@pixiepieberry. Shifted? XD Thanx. And...no, I've never tried shading in charcoal before.

@HC. Yeah, I know I didn't tilt my pic enough. I did write that in that post, right?...
and...O.O...no lines?! Well...Yeah...I guess your right...XD And I'm not completely a beginner. Lolz.

It's not my first...it's my second...

And I'm not completely a beginner. Lolz.
I meant a life-drawing beginner, not a beginner artist. I know you've drawn before, silly!
And yes, no lines. XD
You can use construction lines and stuff to help yourself out, obviously, but you shouldn't be able to see any lines in the finished drawing. Remember, any white space on your paper is infinitely bright. In your drawing right now, your face is as hot as the sun, as is most of your drawing. Doesn't make sense, right? If it helps, turn your photo reference black and white in GIMP or something, then you'll be able to see what sorts of grays you should be using. It's slightly confusing with color, even though it's important to be able to recognize values in color, too.

Also, draw what you see, not what you feel like drawing. You don't have anime eyes! =P
I'll wait for your next one. Good luck, yo! Remember to be patient. Hastiness is your worst enemy! These should take you no less than an hour to finish, so instead of just drawing at your normal pace, FORCE YOURSELF TO TAKE AT LEAST AN HOUR. Say "I'm going to spend at least fifteen minutes making sure my outline is perfect, and then forty five minutes shading," and then do it. Your next drawing will come out much better just by forcing yourself to draw slower; if you decide ahead of time that you're going to spend a certain amount of time drawing, you'll take more time to observe your reference, since you'll be stuck drawing for a set amount of time either way. Give it a shot!

Edit: Oh, this one already took you an hour. Well then, set a time goal of an hour and a half for the next one. Pay special attention to your main outline; if your outline is wrong, no amount of good shading will save your drawing, but if your outline is perfect, your drawing will look at least decent, no matter how bad your shading is. Getting the basics right is the most important part!

:( I wasn't trying to draw anime eyes...

>< And I did take at least an hour! *reads edit* Oh...

Sir, yes sir....*looks around for another realistic picture*...

When you say "life-drawing", do you mean realistically drawing people or realistic drawings in general?

When you say "life-drawing", do you mean realistically drawing people or realistic drawings in general?
People. ;P

Just remembered I had these on my computer...

These are from my art class, and they were done last year...before summer.
And the third one is my first self portrait.

EDIT: Just realized my self portrait is sideways XD.

Woah, what'd you use to make those?
The self-portrait is pretty awesome, and the flower design is too; however, I just get that feeling that the banana/mango/lemon on the left is.... really crooked. Nice job though!

:heh: It's a lemon, eggplant and apple...
The fruits(are eggplants fruits or vegetables?) were done with oil pastels, flowers with watercolors, and I know that I painted my self portrait too, I just can't remember with what. Probably watercolors...

I like the texture on the apple, but its shape isn't even close to being correct. Remember to never start without a great outline, otherwise your drawing won't turn out well, no matter how good the coloring is.
And why are you showing us stuff from a year ago? How are we going to help you out if you're showing us ancient artwork?! XD

XD Yeah, I know the apple's shape is messed up. Lolz. It was the first thing I ever did in art. And my first fruit drawing....I think...

Aand....I'm showing you stuff from a year ago because....I forgot to post it a year ago and I feel like posting it now. Lolz. And I'm trying to prevent this thread from dying due to my lack of updates...>< I don't want to post drawings of people without they're permission, but I don't want to post a whole bunch of self portraits either...

Aand....I'm showing you stuff from a year ago because....I forgot to post it a year ago and I feel like posting it now.
lol, fair enough.

And I'm trying to prevent this thread from dying due to my lack of updates...>< I don't want to post drawings of people without they're permission, but I don't want to post a whole bunch of self portraits either...
Just do celebrity portraits then; they obviously don't care about being shown off in public, hahah. And there's nothing legally stopping you from drawing *anyone,* so don't worry too much about it.

XD GO YOUNHA!!! Lolz.

Yes, I realize that my drawing is much larger than the picture, and that I didn't draw her jewelry. I didn't draw the jewelry, because I was focusing on drawing the face, hair, clothes, etc. And I also realize that in my drawing, it looks like she's looking a bit more up than she is in the picture. And that her facial expression is a bit off....I spent about two hours on this, btw.

EDIT: And after looking at it after I uploaded it, I see that I drew the eyes a bit too big...again...

It looks good. You're improving fast. =)

Yep. I like it :) Some lines seems like you go making the long ones slowly with short lines. Try to avoid that and go straight with the long line.

It looks good. You're improving fast. =)

:O No five paragraph essay on how to improve??!! Who are you and what have you done with the real HC??!!!

XD Lolz, jk. :) Thanks. Everyone's comments helped me out a lot!


Yep. I like it Some lines seems like you go making the long ones slowly with short lines. Try to avoid that and go straight with the long line.

:heh: Yeah, I do. My art teacher tells me to avoid doing that too...I'll try to break that habit, and hopefully I'll have it fixed by my next few drawings.

Yeah, I do. My art teacher tells me to avoid doing that too...I'll try to break that habit, and hopefully I'll have it fixed by my next few drawings.
Yeah, we shouldn't be seeing any lines at all, remember? =P
Try using some tissue paper or a blending stump to blend your drawings. You'll be surprised at how much better they look. You could even try it on the one you just posted, if you wanted to.

:O No five paragraph essay on how to improve??!! Who are you and what have you done with the real HC??!!!
It's a pretty good likeness of her, and there aren't any glaring errors. There's not a whole lot for me to critique, so the only things I can really say are "good job" and "keep practicing." ;)

why don't you redraw the eyes. it's always good to redraw if you know what's wrong with it. well... i guess only if you want to. it's not a project or anything. ^_^

Yeah, we shouldn't be seeing any lines at all, remember? =P
Try using some tissue paper or a blending stump to blend your drawings. You'll be surprised at how much better they look. You could even try it on the one you just posted, if you wanted to.

:/...I use my hands...and my kneaded eraser...>< It doesn't always work though. It smudges other parts of the drawing to easily...

What's a blending stump?

http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/shop_images/product_fullsize/432750106.jpg

That is a blending stump. With that you can be more precise and wont get your fingers dirty. :P

:O...Great, how do you use it?

You use it when you want to smooth things or when you want to create a smooth degradation of tones.

Here is a nose:

http://www.dueysdrawings.com/nose_drawing_tutorial.html

This is something I drew as a present for my friend's birthday, and it's a combo of realistic and anime style. :)

The head seems sorta out of proportion, and the left side of her body looks like an optical illusion... -_-

However, it does look pretty awesome; the realist-anime style looks a bit strange, to me, though; I feel it's blending two distinctly separate styles into one...

For some reason I like that mouth, lol. The drawing looks too width. And there is nothing that I can say it has realistic things. Remember, the more realistic you want to go with a drawing the less lines you will see.

The head seems sorta out of proportion, and the left side of her body looks like an optical illusion... -_-

o.o...How does it look like an optical illusion? Care to elaborate on that?


For some reason I like that mouth, lol. The drawing looks too width. And there is nothing that I can say it has realistic things. Remember, the more realistic you want to go with a drawing the less lines you will see.

XD Yesh, I like the mouth too. Lolz. I think it's because it's not the normal anime smile, that is perfectly symmetrical. Well...that's why I like it anyways :D

:/...And in my opinion, it's partially realistic in the sense that the face is fully shaded as it would be in a realistic drawing, the nose(it's not a straight line!), and somewhat the hair.

Well... the left side fades in shading, and then becomes dark again; almost as if there's nothing there, when it's actually her sleeve... it's just that, at first glance, I couldn't find the border between the space around her and her sleeve -_- (now I realize there was no space there at all)...

And manga =/= non-realistic. There are many styles where they actually DO draw the nose (many manga artists actually shade in stuff!)... there's a thick line between manga and realism; realism is... real, manga is everything after that...

...I didn't really understand your description on the optical illusion, but okay...

And in my opinion, anime-style is different from realistic, but there are anime-styles that are more realistic than others. For example, Angel Heart and Until Death Do Us Part. They are drawn in a more realistic anime-style, compared to something like Nagasarete Airantou or Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

EDIT: Anime-style = manga drawings.

she seems like a manga/anime character to me. her hair somehow seems to fit her. i don't know if you were just drawing a random character or if she's supposed to resemble your friend. in any rate i think she looks pretty good.

i don't really care about the body. i think it could be that her left shoulder is behind her body compare to her right one. i just let me imagination finish it up... unless it totally doesn't make any sense. i kinda want to see you draw 3/4 view and a profile view of faces.

o.o...Realistic or anime/manga-style?

The head would not look as odd if you elongated the chin more or made the head more oval-ly shape and not so peachy shaped. the mouth does look excellent though!

o.o...Realistic or anime/manga-style?

hmmm... which one do you like more? from what i see... you like to draw anime/manga-style... but that's just me. you should just draw whichever you like more because in the end that's what you're going to be good at... again though, that's just me. ^_^

Okay, the first one was supposed to be a 3/4s view...but as you can see, it's not :heh:...It's a present for another friend this month...

The second one is a draft, because I'm horrible with perspective, and need help....

The last one, I started in school today, and finished just a while ago. When I started, I had planned for the character to be a girl...but then I changed it to a young boy...which is why the head seems so disproportional...and I also realize that the shoulders and eyes, especially, are a bit off. That's because I'm still not used to 3/4 angles...I'm working on it, and advice would be greatly appreciated :lol:

EDIT: I took a look at the attachments and realized that the quality for the drawing of Teruo is horrible, and I don't know why...at least it's only a draft...

Nice job not shying away from the foreshortening in the sword-kid one. =)

Wait...so I did the foreshortening correctly??

Wait...so I did the foreshortening correctly??
I grade on effort, not outcome. XD
That said, the foreshortening is pretty good. =)

=D

From my view thats you might be want to try in order to add shading onto your face. I shortly understand that most manga drawings don't have shadings on faces (O_o), which is even more the reason why you should practice shading. Not any other source are available.

oh man.. i had all these nice things to say about the angel boy... but i guess i took too long to type... and it's all gone.

i guess i'll just give you the quick one then. your lower face of the boy should be longer. and i mean longer. the chin needs to come down vertically... and i say the eye (the bigger one) should fit just right in between the original chin and the new chin. naturally your nose will get longer and you mouth will be lower and your jaw will be longer, and etc.

i really like your eyes. and your ears. the head might be too big.. but that might be your style. that's why i feel kinda uncomfortable telling you what to do.. but hey... we all need someone to tell use how terrible we are. anywho... i especially like the eyes... maybe it's because of the eye brows. good job though.

o.o...I would've liked to read your big description on my angel character...><

:heh: I know it's the head is a bit short...like I said, it was originally intended to be a girl...But I'm kind of confused about what you're saying about the eye....

Lolz, and don't worry about bossing me around. XD I have an older brother, and HC does it all the time, so I'm used to it. And honest critique is much better than empty compliments :).

okay... what i'm trying to say is that, your angel character is looking down... but the angle itself is just a simple 3/4 view, meaning if there is a camera guy... he would be eye leveled with the character (he won't be below or above the character).

so with that in mind the lower part of the face should be close the the length of the upper part of the face. at this point your top half of the face is already kinda big... so the lower half should be a little less long as the top half. hope that makes sense.

so, what do i mean by the eye between the original chin and the new chin? what i'm saying is that you should bring down the chin straight down and the distance between the new one and the old one should be the distance between the height of the eye (at least that's the ideal distance). come to think of it... it might even have to be longer.

simply... make the nose longer. place the mouth lower. and don't be surprised if your shoulders look weird afterward you have "fixed". it just sucks in a way... because this drawing could have been pretty nice... if you have made her (originally) proportionately.

Okay, the first one is from early last month, so don't even bother with it, and don't ask me why I didn't put it up a month ago when I drew it...

The second one I drew on the 24th of March(I remembered to date it!), but I didn't have time to put it up until now. It's supposed to go with the black winged angel drawing, but I don't like it as much.

The third one I started on Monday...didn't work on it on Tuesday, then finished it on Wednesday. Like some of my other recent drawings, I was going for a realistic-anime style, so please don't tell me that the eyes are too big.

The last one, was started and completed on Thursday XD. I don't usually make drawings with more than one person in it, so in that perspective, I think it came out good. Aand...IGNORE the feet, they're blocky, I know :heh:.....
Oh, and also ignore those lines in the background. I was trying to draw a background, but...that never works out too well...

The second one reminded me to Xenosaga's Cover. The third one is pretty good, but the eyes are a bit big. I like the last one.

Getting better!

the third one of the boy is my fav

The fourth pic you drew with the boy&girl is Kawaii!!!!

o.o...That's a violation of the forum rules, lolz.

:heh: Sorry for not replying sooner, everyone! I took a look at all the comments before, but it was really late at night, so I figured I'd just reply the next day.....then I forgot. Lolz.

:) Thanks everyone!

Aand...


The third one is pretty good, but the eyes are a bit big.

T_T You said that on purpose, didn't you......XD

I came up with the idea for this one in Language Arts class, lolz.

I can't see too much wrong with it other than the fact that it looks a bit stiff, so some constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated :).

The shadowing on her left eye makes it look like she's a fur. Outside of that, it looks pretty nice.

A fur?....

Do you guys think you could give me some advice on drawing 3/4 views and side views? Not only for faces, bodies too. I'm having some trouble with those....

the last entry of a girl with an umbrella is quite nice to look at. a lot of details and a nice posture of the character. i kinda hesitated when i tried to look for her other arm... and i'm guessing it's behind her. it's good to copy things when you don't understand stuff (and especially if there's no one around you for help) that way you kinda understand the function of the thing you don't know about by observing and remembering.

p.s. the couple with their hands locked with each other is probably the best one so far... and it's fun to draw more than one person in a scene, isn't it?

A fur?....
Anthropomorphic character -- an animal drawn with human traits. The lock of hair contrasts the critical zone of the face too much, making the entire segment look like a giant animal nose on a human body.

the last entry of a girl with an umbrella is quite nice to look at. a lot of details and a nice posture of the character. i kinda hesitated when i tried to look for her other arm... and i'm guessing it's behind her. it's good to copy things when you don't understand stuff (and especially if there's no one around you for help) that way you kinda understand the function of the thing you don't know about by observing and remembering.

p.s. the couple with their hands locked with each other is probably the best one so far... and it's fun to draw more than one person in a scene, isn't it?

:) Thank you. And, yes, her other arm is behind her.
If I can find some good pics on 3/4 views and side views, I'll try to copy some poses, but as for now, I have nothing.
XD And it is fun to draw more than one person in a scene, but it's hard to get the feel for sometimes, especially if they're interacting.


Anthropomorphic character -- an animal drawn with human traits. The lock of hair contrasts the critical zone of the face too much, making the entire segment look like a giant animal nose on a human body.

:O....Oh....:heh: I'll try to fix that up when I get a new pen for my drawing tablet. >< It's been broken for a few months now. A wire inside snapped or something....

:) Thank you Gand, for fixing the image formats for the attachments!

Okay, the first one is a magic staff for one of my main characters of Hana Monogatari, but I drew it forever ago, lolz. It was hiding in my art folder, so I never got to scan it...

The second one is also forever ago XD. I was doodling in pen, then thought that it was okay for a doodle, traced it, and came up with what is posted. I was thinking of Yozokara Quartet when I drew it, not that it resembles any of the characters in it, lolz...

The third one...I drew 2-3 weeks ago, but I don't like it. It seems...stiff to me. I started out drawing it and liking it, but then I came across a block, and started to hate it....

XD The fourth one is my favorite, I was really into it when I drew it. It took me a bit longer than a normal drawing would have though, about 1-2 hours. But just so everyone knows, the characters in the drawing aren't the same two characters I drew holding hands. They may look similar, but they're not...

The fifth one...I liked the idea of it at first, but then it started becoming stiff, and I lost interest. This was where my block really started last week, and you can tell, since I didn't even bother to draw the guy's face...I just couldn't find the right expression....so I covered his eyes up with his hair :sweat:...

coming along really nicely. random girl 2 (which i'm sad that you didn't give her a proper title to it) is by far my favorite one. her feet are little stubby... but you it's a really nice drawing to look at. your face is really good too. like... really good with the hair and all. good job.

o.o...If I had known someone was going to like it, I would've tried harder, lolz. XD Thanks Anders, I'll fix it with my pen tablet later when I get the chance.

These I did in my art class. Btw, I just took pictures of all of these.

The Mandarin Duck was done with watercolors and some other type of paint that I don't know the name of, lolz. It was for a duck stamp competition, but a week before it was due (in March), I found out that the Mandarin Duck wasn't on the permitted species list >_<. It wasn't finished, but after 3 months of working on it (I only go to art once a week), I was sick of it, lolz. The actual picture can be found by searching it on Google, since this isn't original.

The bird was my first time working on a canvas and with acrylics....but it was cheap paint, so the colors are kind of off, lolz. This wasn't original either, but my art teacher has the picture so...

The glaciers were done during the same time period as the bird, and also canvas with acrylics. The two were finished recently...last week. This also is not original, it was a picture on a calender, lolz.

Wow, you should try more of these coloured works :D
IMO the thumbnail of the bird actually looks better than the fullsize :/

Lolz, I think they all look better in a reduced size. :X You don't see the mistakes as much...XD

Thanks Mushyrulez!

Lolz, I think they all look better in a reduced size. :X You don't see the mistakes as much...

Thanks Mushyrulez!
Yeah, but some drawings look worse in fullsize. I think drawings looking good when they're sized down shows that your choice of colors is good (which they are in these, so good work), whereas drawings looking good when they're full sized shows a high level of polish. These are good though, especially the duck. Very nice color choices. =)

:3 Thank you. The Mandarin duck was a 9''x12''...I think, and the other two were...small, lolz. 5''x6'', maybe?...

I'll have some more drawings up this weekend; I meant to put them up last weekend, but I got busy with other stuff and forgot, lolz.

i looked at your drawings (looks more like a picture) a few days ago, and i realized i'm not the crazy one. whew! the duck looks friggin' real. like real life picture real. like as if someone took a picture of it real. lol. you get the idea. but yeah, when i zoomed in... it was ok. but it's quite interesting how you pulled that off. good work.

i think i know what you're problem is now. when you draw a self portrait.. i think your position changes... so naturally you get different parts of your face with different angles.

Lolz. XD Thanks Anders.

=/ And I've also noticed that I have a problem with angles...Both the Mandarin duck and the bird are actually on slightly different angles that the originals...the duck more so than the bird...Lolz, not that you can tell without looking at the original.
But yeah, I have trouble with measuring things properly...correction, I only learned how to do the measuring thing with your pencil last week...is there a name for that method of measuring? Where you keep a straight pencil or something out in front of you and find the halfway marks and translate it back onto your pencil?...I find it really confusing, but that might just be my inexperience. :X And I guess it's kind of off-topic since we're talking about drawing from pictures and that's for drawing objects...

Regardless, what I meant to say is that I have trouble with my measurements which throws off my angles, lolz. I'll practice some more, but any advice to speed up the process?

Gee, I should really stop by more often lol. Your canvas paintings look lovely. Very modern lol. Great to see you're doing other things other than just anime style. Nice work :lol:

XD Hey everyone, I didn't get a chance to upload my pics over the weekend, so I thought I'd procrastinate on some homework and do it now, lolz.

The first two were done within the same week, but I think the girl turned out much better. She's kind of cut off at the bottom because I originally meant it to be a perspective looking down at her, but that didn't really work out so I changed it, but I had started out too low on the paper so...yeah, lolz, I had to cut off her feet. If I ever finish some of my other drawing projects(that I'm coloring digitally), I'll work on her and all of the other ones I said I would :D. The guy with the guitar...he turned out kind of weird; I think the guitar's angle is off, but I'm not really sure. Any suggestions on that one?

I drew the fairy a while after looking at Ander's upload on the girl slouching with angel wings XD. I was going to do angel wings at first, but after looking it at, I felt like drawing fairy wings, so I did, lolz. It was really messy at first, and I tried to clean up the lines a bit, but my friends told me they liked the sketchy look. I'll make a neater version later if you guys think it would look better.

The random schoolgirl...ignore her, lolz. I was just kind of playing around and seeing what I could come up with.

The realistic hand I drew in my art class. I was drawing this clay thing...I have no clue what it was, lolz. I just know that I drew it, and it was really hard and annoying. I still think it looks kind of weird, but overall, it looks pretty similar.

Where do you get your work ethic? You're going to be a pro in a few years if you keep this pace going. ;)
Keep it up, hahah. =D

Where do you get your work ethic? You're going to be a pro in a few years if you keep this pace going. ;)
Keep it up, hahah. =D

o.o...Work ethic? Meaning...

Umm...I'm not sure if that's a positive note or a negative one, so I'll assume it's positve :heh:....

Thanks HC!

o.o...Work ethic? Meaning...

Umm...I'm not sure if that's a positive note or a negative one, so I'll assume it's positve :heh:....

Thanks HC!

it's a positive thing.

i personally like the school girl you told everyone to ignore. :mellow:

:P

o.o...Work ethic? Meaning...

Umm...I'm not sure if that's a positive note or a negative one, so I'll assume it's positve ....

Thanks HC!
How could it be a negative thing?! XD
I was saying it was good how you're always practicing and posting things. You'll improve much faster than most people that way!

ethic
-noun
1.
( used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2.
the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.
3.
moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4.
( usually used with a singular verb ) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.

Because the definition of ethic given to me by Dictionary.com (yes, I realize, I have a small vocabulary, lolz) was confusing me.

XD But disregarding that, I saw that the rest of the message was positive.
So, thanks HC and Anders! :)

:D Haro!

I hit another block, and didn't think I'd be able to post anything for a while now, but I edited my black-winged angel drawing, and want everyone's opinions before I work on coloring it :).

Btw, it's a bit messy, since I'm planning to go over everything with color. Also, ignore his right eye, I'm going to cover that with his hair...

i'm going to ask you what my art professor asked me.

"step back... and tell me, do you see anything wrong with it?"

i'm not saying that i'm in a position to quote my professor... but i do ask myself that question from time to time.

...eh?

Is there something noticeably wrong that I should be noticing?...

well... i see that his head is way too big for his face.

Really? Like...the forehead, or the whole head?

If you're talking about the whole head, you're right, it does like a bit big...but that's because of the angle it's at and his hair is...poofy?...

Edit: Um...How "too big" is is head for his face? It's probably just my inexperience, but I don't think I'm seeing what you are...

Ignoring the past few posts for a moment, I've temporarily overcome my block, and drew some really nice fantasy pics of two characters last week :).

The first one was actually drawn the week before, but it doesn't really matter... I really like how the girl, Suzume, turned out, but I took a survey from my friends, and mostly everyone thought the boy, Takao, was better because he looked cooler?...

The second one is of Takao, I meant for him to be about the same age as the first one, but he turned out looking older. I liked the way the eyes turned out, so I didn't bother changing it. This is my first (or is it the second?) drawing of someone flying.

The third one is of Suzume, I also made her a bit older. She didn't turn out as nicely as Takao, and I could use some advice on her hands, and how to make it look like she's actually flying...

The last one is a anime/manga-realistic stlye portrait of Takao, and I accidentally made his eyes too big(as I do with most of my characters :sweat:), so he looks a lot younger.

Btw, the quality isn't going to be as nice for some of the first one and the last one because I had to reduce the size so I could upload them as an attachment...

After taking a look at the first attachment, I realized you could barely see the characters' faces, so here are the close-ups.

I like the ones of the girl. The way you make your legs is noticeable that is done by you. =P

the portrait of Takao came out pretty nicely. especially the hair. and the nose is very fun to look at.

and the nose is very fun to look at.

Umm...I'm not sure if that's a positive comment or a negative comment, but regardless, it made me laugh, lolz.

XD Btw, thanks for not letting my thread die Ander!
Anyways, a bit random, but about last year, in my album, I put up a submission to my school's literary magazine's cover contest. I entered again this year, and I finally won! :) I drew it in March, but we didn't get the magazines until school ended(which was actually about two weeks ago :heh:), so I'll scan that and put it up later...

Okay! XD Finally decided to not be lazy and scan some drawings!...or I just finally had some drawings to scan...

The first one is the the cover that I mentioned in my previous post. The name of our school's literary magazine is Pandemonium, hence the flying letters...
I think I'll make a colored version of it sometime...later. XD

The second one is a sketch I drew last night.

The third one I did in art today. I kind of rushed it because I wasn't really in the mood to draw a pine cone, lolz. I think it still came out okay...

The fourth one is a close-up drawing that I did of the same pine cone. I think it came out okay for a first?...

I like the second one. Made me want to make one alike. xD The pine is ok. The important there is to work with the tones.

Ed:

I like the boy in the first one, he looks cool like that. :P

first... congrats on your achievment... and second i thought it was a pine cone... but the close-up one doesn't look like a pine cone... but then again i guess the close-up does have that effect.

let's get back to the magazine cover. i like how you filled up the whole scene. i think there's a certain terms to that... "composition" i think. balanced is, i guess, what composition means.

as for the couple... i think i saw this one before, or something similar to it. why not try to draw the same thing from a different angle?

and as long as i live.. i won't let others die... unless they really really really want to. heh.

I'm gonna break this up like HC always does, lolz.


first... congrats on your achievment... and second i thought it was a pine cone... but the close-up one doesn't look like a pine cone... but then again i guess the close-up does have that effect.

Thanks, lolz. Yeah, close-ups do tend to have that effect...


let's get back to the magazine cover. i like how you filled up the whole scene. i think there's a certain terms to that... "composition" i think. balanced is, i guess, what composition means.

:) Thanks again. I was originally going to keep the background blank(just the boy and the girl flying away on balloons with the letters), but then I figured it was too....blank, lolz. I'm not too sure about the "terms" for a composition, but if you say it's one I guess it is?...


as for the couple... i think i saw this one before, or something similar to it. why not try to draw the same thing from a different angle?

I drew another one similar to this couple pic a couple months ago...my characters change, but my themes tend to stay the same :heh:...what other kind of angle do you think would work for a couple pic holding hands?...



and as long as i live.. i won't let others die... unless they really really really want to. heh.

...?

:) Here's some more stuff I did in art.

A drawing of a picture from a Time magazine(who knows how old...), colored(black and white soo....shaded?) in pastels. It was done on a black background, and my first time working with dry pastels.

A Sharpie marker sketch(?)...of part of a mountain-hill-thing in Korea. I don't know the name of it...
Don't ask about all those squiggly lines in the forest background, I was obviously not focusing on the trees XD.

And another self-portrait, this time in pastels. I don't really like how my hair came out, but coloring hair with pastels...I learned is very hard XD. I'm still working on getting my face shape right, lolz... Also, the reason there's so much hair showing on the top is because I was looking kind of down, in case anyone is wondering.

That first one got depth there! I like it! is it finished? If not, you should work more on it. One of my favorites. :D The self-portrait is nice, you looks pretty. :) Keep drawing, you are doing very well missy!

That first one got depth there! I like it! is it finished? If not, you should work more on it. One of my favorites. :D The self-portrait is nice, you looks pretty. :) Keep drawing, you are doing very well missy!

:lol: Thanks.

XD Yesh, the first one has depth! Lolz. >_< Unfortunately, it is finished. Unless there is a special way that I am unaware of, it's really hard to work on small details with pastels. If there is a way, would anyone like to share the secret with me?...

If I remember well, I sucked at pastels greatly, even when I took my illustration course in university. xD

Illustration course?...

=/ I like pastels, they're fun to smudge(I LOVE to smudge XD), and mix colors and stuff. But like I said, they're hard to work with when it comes to details, and I also love adding details...>_<

Anyways, here's something I just(and finally) finished after...almost a year of working on it. And also the original, because nobody looks at my albums anymore, lolz.

the first two was okay... the first one, i gotta say, is better than the second one. the self portrait is awesome. you and pastel go pretty good together in my opinion. and i totally get the angle.

:lol: Thanks Anders.

Any comments on my digital edits/colorings?...:unsure:

Illustration course?...:P

Yes, I had to use pastels when I took a class of advanced techniques of illustration, and in a class of traditional art too. Pastels, charcoal, watercolours, chinese ink, pencils, pen, markers. The only I did not love was pastels and charcoal. I get messy. :P

Great to see your digitally coloured one finished :lol: I love how you've done the shoes and the torso. The only thing that doesn't seem right to me is proportion. I can't put my finger on it but something just seems a little odd. Just remember that even the white parts follow the same shading direction as the black. It seems that the white parts have a centre light while the black parts have a light source from the left. Just a thing to remember. Other than that nice work!

...The only thing that doesn't seem right to me is proportion. I can't put my finger on it but something just seems a little odd....

it's her arms. they are long compare to her body. the forearms should be shortened. but i do like the color you have chose. there's something about a blond with a black attire. it's sexy.

:heh: Yeah, I realized her arms were too long a while ago, but wasn't sure how to fix it without messing up the whole thing...

let me be more clear actually. now that i look at it even more.. her right forearm should be shorter... i think her other arm is quite alright.

=) More drawings!

You guys remember my black winged angel pick from a while back? The kinda-really disproportional one? Lolz, I made another one - different person though. I had a lot of trouble with this, so if you guys like it, yay! :) Credit to Taemond who helped me out with the weird angle. If you guys don't like it though, don't blame him, he never saw the final product o_o;;. (Btw, I think this is my first close-up of an in-action scene.)

"leave me alone", I drew while I was at Barnes and Nobles(a bookstore, for those of you who don't know). I'm not always the most creative with naming my artwork(I almost never do), so I just threw the title on there, since it seemed to match the feeling of the girl's face :3(not that that's happy...). I'm not too familiar with the style of dress I drew(what the heck did I draw?), so if I could get some info on that, that'd be nice.

The third one I started meaning for it to be happy(remember how Ander suggested that I try these couple pics in some different angles?...), but then I got this idea, so I drew it :heh:. I know that both the girl's and the guy's legs are a bit thick, but I had a lot of trouble with the feet/shoes, so I left it. In case someone can't read cursive(or the light scan), on the guy's side, it says "Please, I love you. Give me another chance." On the girl's side, "After all you did that hurt me...you're asking me to trust you again? Get your hands off of me..." :sweat: Shoujo, but not exactly a happy love story.

The one of the crying girl...She started out as a happy chibi(which is why she's a bit out of proportion), but then I got the idea that...well, the idea was supposed to be, that she was at a party in a castle(I couldn't draw a dress to work for that though =_=), but something happened, and she went outside by the fountain(fail, I cut it out), and started crying. Sorry if you guys(and it is mostly the guys who seem to hang around to leave some critique...) aren't shoujo manga fans...

Lastly...the sketch. XD Great title, don't you guys think? But really, it was just a sketch, I wanted to try something a bit more shounen, so I drew a samurai being stabbed(Don't ask me where the person stabbing him is...). I originally intended it to be a woman...but...yeah, I changed it. Hope he doesn't still look like a girl, lolz.

Edit. Just noticed, most of my drawings from now on will probably have that weird shading from the bottom left corner because I finally decided to start using my sketchbook instead of wasting computer paper... My sketchbook is a bit larger than my scanner, so it's hard to fit it to not get that shading.

Hahahah, I always love your art work, because you're always tackling the hard poses. You're a brave artist, RS. You're gonna be awesome at this in a few years if you keep up the hard work. =D
You might like www.posemaniacs.com. It's good for doing a bunch of quick sketches from all random poses. It'll probably help you learn even faster!

XD Is that a "yay" for originality?
(Brave but not stupid...right?...)

Woah, you can see the muscles and bones...and there are a lot of different poses....and you can rotate the image...that's really cool...o_o;; Strange, I feel like I've seen this site before...anyways, :lol: Thanks a lot HC!

Hahahah, I always love your art work, because you're always tackling the hard poses. You're a brave artist, RS. You're gonna be awesome at this in a few years if you keep up the hard work. =D
You might like www.posemaniacs.com. It's good for doing a bunch of quick sketches from all random poses. It'll probably help you learn even faster!

that is one gnarl-y website.

anywho... back to RS's sketches.
i personally like "leave me alone" and the samurai. isn't it funny how different atmosphere change your art? it's just relaxing.... to the point where you don't care whether or not people see your drawing. you're just in your own little world. well... at least for sketching.

i really like the samurai one. the expression is and the pose just make sense to me. Now i wonder where that sword will go to. lol

RS64, I really love your style of drawing! Its so ... simple yet really holds a lot of thought and detail! I wish I could draw like you!

So jealous!!!!!!

Something I am really licking of these drawings is the facial expressions. You are giving an emotion through them. The girl dresses are cool too. :)

The first drawing I like the body position, the clothes, facial expression and the clothes shading.

The dress of the second one is really nice! Reminds me to the other dress you did. I like the facial expression.

The third drawing made me lol.

Looks more like he is acting bad to her. Like "Rgrgrgrg where do you think you are going, rggrgrg, rgrgrg. Like a possessive action, and grabbing her arm very tight. And her eye which I originally saw it as her eye was white, no pupil, and the black being something additional to make her look like he scared the shit out of her. But I see now her eye is wet? She looks scared and tense, lol. I know this is not what you tried to convey... but that was my first impression. xD

The crying girl is cute. the dress looks like you could have done many things to it. But simple is cool too. :) I also like that you showed an emotion here too!

The Samurai was fun. I like it . I was like "Eh... eh... there is a sword in me... oh my god... ah... ah... a-a-ah... A-A-ACK..." :heh: Nice body and facial expression. :)

This was fun to see. ^.^

i personally like "leave me alone" and the samurai. isn't it funny how different atmosphere change your art? it's just relaxing.... to the point where you don't care whether or not people see your drawing. you're just in your own little world. well... at least for sketching.

i really like the samurai one. the expression is and the pose just make sense to me. Now i wonder where that sword will go to. lol

Lolz, actually, I was pretty nervous about putting some of these up o_o. But I figured, what the heck, if I did something wrong, you guys would let me know and I could get better :lol:.

Yeah, I like the samurai one because the expression and pose make sense to me too ^_^. The only thing I would want to change is take the guy more...tense? I think that's how I should describe it...


RS64, I really love your style of drawing! Its so ... simple yet really holds a lot of thought and detail! I wish I could draw like you!

So jealous!!!!!!

:) Thanks mangaluva! If you also draw(or want to), you should make a thread and let us help you out. X] We don't bite, I promise(although a lot of critique will go back and forth).


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Looks more like he is acting bad to her. Like "Rgrgrgrg where do you think you are going, rggrgrg, rgrgrg. Like a possessive action, and grabbing her arm very tight. And her eye which I originally saw it as her eye was white, no pupil, and the black being something additional to make her look like he scared the shit out of her. But I see now her eye is wet? She looks scared and tense, lol. I know this is not what you tried to convey... but that was my first impression. xD

The crying girl is cute. the dress looks like you could have done many things to it. But simple is cool too. I also like that you showed an emotion here too!

The Samurai was fun. I like it . I was like "Eh... eh... there is a sword in me... oh my god... ah... ah... a-a-ah... A-A-ACK..." Nice body and facial expression.

This was fun to see.

I just realized you were right about not being able to see her eyes in the Broken Trust pic, so I made a close-up. :sweat: Hopefully you'll see the anger in her eyes now. The guy's emotion was meant to be...very pained.

:D Thanks for the positive notes everyone!

Oh, haha. I see her angry face now!

(Brave but not stupid...right?...)
Brave, or stupid. Either way, you'll make a good artist. Hahahahah. ;D

Love your art forever!!!!

I kinda wanna see some fantasized pictures ^-^

Fantasized pictures? (...Elaborate please...)

You just keep getting better and better! I just love how you've established your own style. One thing that always jumps out at me is the facial expressions and the dresses. The facial expressions are definite and purposeful; but the thing I love the most is the designs of the dresses you draw. I personally think they look great, so have some fun and draw more dresses :)

As for things to improve on, not terribly much that jumps out as being "wrong". I'd say the only thing would be proportion. The feet in some of your drawings just seem a little too big (for example, the one where the guy is grabbing the girl from behind). Other than that.........I just look forward to seeing more :)

You just keep getting better and better! I just love how you've established your own style. One thing that always jumps out at me is the facial expressions and the dresses. The facial expressions are definite and purposeful; but the thing I love the most is the designs of the dresses you draw. I personally think they look great, so have some fun and draw more dresses :)

As for things to improve on, not terribly much that jumps out as being "wrong". I'd say the only thing would be proportion. The feet in some of your drawings just seem a little too big (for example, the one where the guy is grabbing the girl from behind). Other than that.........I just look forward to seeing more :)

XD Yeah, I suck at feet, lolz. And whenever I draw legs, they always seem to turn out big, esp. in earlier pics I did of Aya in my albums. I'll keep working on that...

:) Thanks a lot Taemond! (Glad my pics(or most of them anyways) don't have that doll-like stare and stiff poses anymore, lolz)

Just something random I was working on for the past hour, lolz...honestly I like my pencil drawing better, but I think it's pretty good...
With such a small image, I wasn't sure how to define her eyes(and lashes) without making them too dark...it sorta worked, but if someone could give me some advice on that for the future, that would be appreciated :).

What did you use for colour it?

GIMP...why?

^ I was not sure if was computer or with pencils or other thing. xP

I don't know if that is the original size, but you could have enlarge the original sketch and re-draw the original outline then start filling it with colours? For the slashes, use a very small brush size?

I like her face and clothe. :) The hair colours is the only I am not digesting.

Really? I thought the hair came out pretty good o_o;;...or is it just the color that bothers you?...

Lolz, yeah, I could've enlarged it, but I was hoping that it would come out good enough for me to want to set it as my avatar...unfortunately...I don't like it as much as the original pencil version. Lolz...

I like the hair, I don't like the mix of colours you put in the hair. It's mostly that grey colour, maybe one closer to the original colour?

Really? I just used some brown, black and dark brown for the main hair color...then I added some white for lighting...

I mean it's mostly the gray/white colour that I am not digesting. xP

Always that I see your thread it makes me want to draw, lol.

that's pretty good. i like the way you colored the skin. the hair is nice, too. i think color fits you better.

:) Thanks. I just remembered an old friend's advice on digital coloring, so I used it, lolz.

Btw guys, I just noticed that I changed the angle of her head and eyes a bit when I colored it...maybe that's why I don't like it as much o_o;;...

those kinds of things tend to happen when you do anything else after you sketched out something. some people are very good at following the lines and others are very good at making a new line as they go to make it look better.. well at least that's my personal observation and experience. that's why it's always a risk to go over a sketch with a pen, but practice goes a long way, no?

o_o;; I colored it digitally(using GIMP)...

wow your drawings are realy good! u need a lot of work at the cats but it s good;)

A bit random, but I don't think I'll be able to get to my scanner in a while, :D so just for fun and some laughs(don't even bother asking me what it is):

Haha, it seems cute for some reasons. The ghost want to hug him!

Lolz, I'm looking at it again after you said it seems cute, and I think the boy kind of looks like something pixiepieberry would draw :heh:...

Looks like he is a dog. Look at his face, the black hair looks like ears.

I kinda see how you would see that, but I don't see it. If that made any sense, lolz.

You know what this calls for now don't you........more chibi drawings :)

:) Looks like I was able to get to my scanner.

The first one is a pic of Moriko, the main female character of my manga(that I'm working on...sort of), Hana Monogatari. I have more drawings of her in my albums, but this one is of her between the two ages that I drew before.

The second one is a pic of Teruo, the main male character of Hana Monogatari. Same description as Moriko. (Btw, I know, his head is kind of small. His hair was hard to draw :mellow:....)

The third one is a self-portrait in pencil. I recently got blending stumps, so I decided to try them out, lolz. Once I finished it, I realized that I messed up the eyes and that the face needed to be longer...but a friend told me that it had a fishbowl effect and was fun to look at(and I was too lazy, after about two hours of working on it), so I didn't bother fixing it. (Btw, those weird white flashes are in the hair because of my scanner...I didn't draw it like that XD)

By the way, the quality on all of these are kind of...bad, because I had to make them smaller so I could upload them...

Edit: I just looked at Morkio's hands, and I think I messed up with her right hand(the one holding the bow). I'm not sure though...

I like them all! You are showing a great improvement! I like how you improved with the legs and feet! :P The first one has a great clothes and the pose is quite cool! The only thing I am getting confused is with the left hand. xD The second one is also good, but did not attract me as much as the first one. But good drawing. :) And your self-portrait is the one that shows a lot of improvement in your drawing. The Tones are very good, the clothes, the clothes line, the hair highlights, etc. Fantastic Job with that one. :)

XD Yeah, I finally stopped drawing the legs and feet of my characters as huge blocks, lolz. X] And Moriko is my favorite character to draw, since she does have kind of a cool personality.
As for Teruo...I kind of forced myself to draw him since I did one of Moriko, lolz. It was definitely harder, since I've always had trouble drawing guys...poses are kind of stiff, and clothes...harder to imagine.
:) I'm glad you mentioned everything you did about the self-portrait, because I worked really hard on those(esp. the tones, not so sure about the hair highlights though...).

Thanks for the comments Nyu001, and hopefully I'll get out of my block soon(yes, another block...) and have more drawings up...whenever. :D

OMG!!!! your soooooooo gooooooooood!!!!!!!!

Have you ever thought about making your drawings less fuzzy (with all the lines), and more clear?

They are, it's just that I had to reduce the images(Moriko went from 1026x1354 to 666x944, Teruo - 690X1429 to 516X1160, the self portrait -1700X2338 to 702X980, then they were all reduced again by the forum), so they look a lot blurrier. That's why all the images have "_small" after they're name.

^_^ But thanks for the thought.

first of all... and most of all... moriko is awesome. i like her hair, her clothes and especially her pose. and especially her hair. and especially the way she's looking at something.

only problem, i do agree with nyu, is the hand that's holding the bow isn't quite right. i suggest you have her hand over the bow instead of under. do you get what i'm saying? when i look at her left shoulder, it looks like her arm is going to be over the bow, when BAM! oddity. her arm is actually under the bow. :/ it seems pretty easy to fix... so hope you know what we're talking about.

btw. the other two drawings are actually being overshadowed by your awesome first one. lol. i recommend that you step away from that first one for now and try drawing some close ups or different poses. in the end though... it's up to you.

only problem, i do agree with nyu, is the hand that's holding the bow isn't quite right. i suggest you have her hand over the bow instead of under. do you get what i'm saying? when i look at her left shoulder, it looks like her arm is going to be over the bow, when BAM! oddity. her arm is actually under the bow. :/ it seems pretty easy to fix... so hope you know what we're talking about.


I think I understand what you're saying, but I just tried to imagine her holding the bow like that, and...imagine yourself holding a bow like that, and then imagine yourself trying to shoot an arrow holding the bow like that.
Lolz, I think I gave her two left hands, and that's why it seems so weird XD.


first of all... and most of all... moriko is awesome. i like her hair, her clothes and especially her pose. and especially her hair. and especially the way she's looking at something.

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btw. the other two drawings are actually being overshadowed by your awesome first one. lol. i recommend that you step away from that first one for now and try drawing some close ups or different poses. in the end though... it's up to you.

LOL. I'm trying to debate whether or not it's a good thing that you guys think the my first drawing of the three is that awesome.
Btw, what do you mean by stepping away from the first one and drawing some close-ups or different poses?

XD Thanks Ander!

I think I understand what you're saying, but I just tried to imagine her holding the bow like that, and...imagine yourself holding a bow like that, and then imagine yourself trying to shoot an arrow holding the bow like that.
Lolz, I think I gave her two left hands, and that's why it seems so weird XD.

human body is weird like that. you would think there's only one way a human can move from one position to the next... but the fact is there are many ways. the way you drew is that her arm will rise straight up. but thing is people don't hold the bow like that... it doesn't look natural. it would look natural if the bow was behind her body, but then you would have to change her shoulder too. just think. how would you hold the bow when you're just standing with it. would you have your palm faced toward your leg or away from your leg.

=/...I'm not sure, I've never held a bow before. But they way I drew it looks fine to me, minus the two left hands...:heh: Why don't we have Taemond answer our question, he has a bow...

i thought you might say that. i was wondering if you looked at yourself in the mirror when you drew the bow girl. did you?

Nope. I was at the book store when I drew it, lolz.
It makes sense to me, because in the movies I've seen involving bows, when the bow is out with an arrow drawn, it's held with the back of the hand facing away from the person...when drawing the arrow, the back of the hand faces the body...if you put it behind the body, then the arm would be "over" the bow...I have Moriko drawn so that she just released an arrow, so she's in a similar position to drawing an arrow. I think that makes sense...=/...(putting all this together, maybe I'm not getting what you're saying :heh:...)

Edit: I just tried drawing what you meant as a sketch on GIMP, and I think I know what you mean now. But I'm also pretty sure that the way I described is also a way to draw an arrow, and from the way I have Moriko's right hand drawn, her holding the bow underhand is correct(again, I accidentally gave her two left hands...)....actually, I just looked at it again, and maybe it's even more confusing because her right hand should be over the bow string...I'll make those two changes and post the drawing again(hopefully by tomorrow), and hope that solves the confusion...

well... youre right. the bow's string has to be under her left arm to match what i'm proposing. but since the whole bow is infront of the body... i think it should draw what i'm proposing. try looking up google images and search for the poses of archers in olympic and stuff. i don't know. it's kinda like the same thing when you see my drawings. you know it's something odd about it. sometimes we don't see the things others say cause we are so hypnotized by our drawing. at least that's what my art professor said all the time.

I just some pics up, and just so I know exactly what you mean...you're saying that the back of her fist holding the bow should be facing us, but the string is still over her arm?

Alright, time to clear some of this up. I actually do competitive (and casual :)) archery so I do know the correct way of holding a bow (if my explanation makes sense that is).

By looking at what you've drawn, its actually really simple to make it look more natural. All you have to do is reverse the left hand. So move the thumb from the bottom to the top, have the longer fingers starting at the top etc.

I get what Ander is saying and that makes perfect sense as well. But, if you put the string under her arm, like her arm is over the bow, you have to have the hand so that the palm is facing towards the body (in other words we see the fist or the back of the hand).

The technically correct way is what Ander said, to have the arm over the bow. However there's no problem with have the arm under the bow, its just a more casual pose. So if she's perhaps at a practice range, have your pose (just do the hand adjustments that I listed). Or if she is perhaps going to fire an arrow in combat, have the arm as Ander said (over the bow), for that is a more (technically correct) serious pose.

Hope that helps, if my explanation doesn't make any sense just ask and I'll post some pictures of what I mean :)

Fixed Moriko two days ago, just scanned today.

According to what Taemond says, I have her in a casual pose...in what I drew, I meant for her to be hunting...does that require the more serious pose, or is the way I drew it okay?

If she's hunting, the more serious one would be more technically better, but who needs technicalities :P :)

Hmmm, I think the hair can be a little less spikey and overlapped

If she's hunting, the more serious one would be more technically better, but who needs technicalities :P :)

=D Yay!


Hmmm, I think the hair can be a little less spikey and overlapped

Her hair isn't really...spikey...I think...as for being overlapped, it's supposed to be like that. It makes more sense in the front view, but on an angle or at the side...it looks like that.

@Ander. So anyways, I fixed her! Lolz, I hope her hands make more sense now, and I want to say thanks. ^_^ I usually never go back to a finished drawing to make changes, but you kind of challenged me, so I did go back and fix it, and I think it looks better, so...thanks Ander! :)

i like her hair. and especially her eyes... but i think i already mentioned that. heh. and the hand looks great from here.

Your drawings are really awesome and original. :3

^__^ New pics! I don't really have much to say about these, except that I had fun drawing them(except for Teruo T_T).

Oh, and btw everyone, I'll be going on a 5 day cruise to Canada from the 28th to the 2nd of September, so please don't spread rumors that I got H1N1 influenza or something like the last time I went away for a week :sigh:...

Edit. Just realized that I drew the first one really slanted, regardless of the fact that the girl is running...oh well...I hope no one gets vertigo or anything while looking at it :sweat:...

so please don't spread rumors that I got H1N1 influenza or something like the last time I went away for a week.

:blink:????

Anyway,

The last one is the best one! I love the sphere, and the dots/lines in his clothes. The thing he is holding looks really cool. Looks like you spent good time to make a great drawing of him. I am wondering if you put that saw on his hand for hide his fingers? lol Anyway, he looks nice! :)

The third one looks like he is kidnapping that innocent little girl! I like her head. I think you should show more the left leg in a bit different position so it won't look like she is missing the left leg.

The second one is nice, but the clothes does not attract me.

The first one is cool because you are giving an action to the girl. :)

:blink:????

Social groups(that particular group doesn't exist anymore though).


Anyway,

The last one is the best one! I love the sphere, and the dots/lines in his clothes. The thing he is holding looks really cool. Looks like you spent good time to make a great drawing of him. I am wondering if you put that saw on his hand for hide his fingers? lol Anyway, he looks nice! :)

Err...Moriko is a girl?...

Saw? Thing? You mean her staff and ball of magic energy that she's about to blast some monsters with?


The second one is nice, but the clothes does not attract me.

Yeah, that's why I had so much trouble with Teruo...his clothes...if you guys could give me some different(or more interesting) costume ideas, that'd be appreciated :D.


The first one is cool because you are giving an action to the girl. :)

Is giving an action to a girl unusual?...XD

Thanks Nyu001!

Social groups(that particular group doesn't exist anymore though).

Oh, I see. :o


Err...Moriko is a girl?...

*Anime fall*


Saw? Thing? You mean her staff and ball of magic energy that she's about to blast some monsters with?

Oh! So is a ball, I thought was a circular saw.


Is giving an action to a girl unusual?...XD


No, it is not. But it makes things more interesting visually.

moriko's hair got longer.... :\ i liked her more with her hair a little shorter like the previous one. anywho. the pose looks great. the head seems a little small, especially the top half of her face.

the girl with the dark shadow looks cool, too. isn't it easier to draw a little kid's body than a full grown or a teenager's body? i think that's why naruto was a success. it's a bunch of kids going bananas. that's just my opinion though.

the guy with a machete is pretty cool, but not so memorable.

the girl running looks like it needs a lot of work. i think you should just try drawing a figure, or even just scribble a figure running. it's a good exercise from what i can tell you. like that girl i drew who's about to punch a dark figure. (i dont' know if you remember)

you're like America during WWII, just pumping out weapons after weapons. :P

moriko's hair got longer.... :\ i liked her more with her hair a little shorter like the previous one. anywho. the pose looks great. the head seems a little small, especially the top half of her face.
Yeah, I finally did a recent pic of her when she's older/about the age she would be in Hana Monogatari.
I'm not sure about the head being a bit small, but it might be, since I was focusing on trying to make it not too big, lolz.

the girl with the dark shadow looks cool, too. isn't it easier to draw a little kid's body than a full grown or a teenager's body? i think that's why naruto was a success. it's a bunch of kids going bananas. that's just my opinion though.
I actually have a lot of trouble drawing little kids' bodies :heh:...especially the head and eyes...the proportions usually confuse me, lolz. This one just happened to come out nicely, because the girl was originally meant to be a boy chibi :sweat:...

And...I'm thinking you've only read Naruto Ninppouchou, and not Shippuden up to date...


the guy with a machete is pretty cool, but not so memorable.
Teruo...yeah, sadly, I have to agree...help on how to make him cooler would be appreciated X].

the girl running looks like it needs a lot of work. i think you should just try drawing a figure, or even just scribble a figure running. it's a good exercise from what i can tell you. like that girl i drew who's about to punch a dark figure. (i dont' know if you remember)
I don't really remember which drawing you're talking about, and yeah, I probably do need a lot of work on running figures...I just can't see where yet, lolz.


you're like America during WWII, just pumping out weapons after weapons. :P
Err...

Minus the last comment which I'm not sure what to make of yet, thanks Ander!

I actually have a lot of trouble drawing little kids' bodies ...especially the head and eyes...the proportions usually confuse me, lolz. This one just happened to come out nicely, because the girl was originally meant to be a boy chibi ...

well.. i wasn't really talking about the face... just the body.

Hey guys, these are some more drawings of my characters from Hana Monogatari... ;) Just to get some stuff up before I start school tomorrow.

The first one is Yoko, and her design is so far the simplest(which is also why I kinda give her the least attention :heh:)...I can't recall if she was in this thread at all, but there should be two pics of her in my album...I also changed her the least.

The second drawing is of the twins(fourth drawing of the first post), and I finally have names for them! The girl on the left with short hair is Kasumi, and the girl on the right with long hair is Katsumi. If you guys looked at my first drawing of the two, you noticed that I changed A LOT. I made them a bit older...which I like, but also dislike, because the ribbons don't suit them anymore, meaning they really don't have anything that really stands out in their design =/...

Edit: I added close-ups for each of their faces since I don't really have that many drawings this time :sweat:...

i can't believe how well your drawings are coming along. kinda makes me wanna question how you're doing it.

i definitely like the twins. love the way you compose the whole thing. i just wished that Kasumi's skirt was a tad shorter. maybe a little closer to her knees... but not too close. they are twins alright.

were you afraid to draw katsumi's right foot? is that why it's not there?

Lol...

Yeah, Kasumi's skirt was originally shorter...I wasn't really looking at their original design when I drew them, so I didn't realize I made the skirt longer until after I finished the whole thing...I kinda feel dead right now and don't feel like doing work, so maybe I'll go fix that on GIMP right now....X].

Err...and sorta yeah, lolz. At first, I was going to draw Katsumi's right foot, but then I wasn't sure if the leg would be longer or shorter, then when I went to make it shorter, I wasn't sure how to draw the foot...so I ended up making it longer :heh:...If you can tell me how I'm supposed to fix it, I will.

EDIT: Just because Nyu001 pointed it out to me(by mistaking it = =;; ), the "shadow" of Katsumi's right leg isn't a shadow, that's her lower leg. Then comes the description above, where I mention that I wasn't sure whether it should be longer or shorter, and ended up making it longer because I wasn't sure how to draw the foot. It probably looks like her shadow because I shaded it darker, since her boots are black...but really, it's not a shadow. It's her leg.

you know the strap across katsumi's (her) left foot? the thing that's connected to her shoe. have kasumi's toes should start from that level. i'm not telling you to draw her toes on top of that strap... but rather at the same level, as in, have kasumi sit on her foot. at this point her toes are bent, so kasumi should be sitting on her right heel. hope that makes sense.

Err...Kasumi is the one with the short hair. Her shoes have straps. Katsumi is the one with the long hair. She's wearing boats. o_o;;...

Anyways, I think I understand what you're saying...but Katsumi is supposed to be resting on the balls of both feet...she doesn't have her feet planted flat...Other than that, I'll try to fix it the way you explained...

i was just thinking that. i wasn't sure how to describe it but you totally did it. when i say her toes are bent... i mean her foot should look like an "L" just as she would do when she's sitting on her ball. (it doesn't sound weird when you type it, but when you say it... it sounds weird) sitting on her ball. hahaha

Your drawings are simply amazing! I like the two girls in the picture with one kneeling down while the other one is standing up next to her. Especially the shadings, they're really really good. :3 :3 :3

you know the strap across katsumi's (her) left foot? the thing that's connected to her shoe. have kasumi's toes should start from that level. i'm not telling you to draw her toes on top of that strap... but rather at the same level, as in, have kasumi sit on her foot. at this point her toes are bent, so kasumi should be sitting on her right heel. hope that makes sense.

Hey, did you mean both of Katsumi's toes should start from the same level as Kasumi's shoe straps, or just her toes of her right leg?


Your drawings are simply amazing! I like the two girls in the picture with one kneeling down while the other one is standing up next to her. Especially the shadings, they're really really good. :3 :3 :3

:heh: Thanks, but the drawing of Kasumi and Katsumi is actually currently in editing at the moment. Btw, when you say shading, do you mean the shading I added for different color values in their clothes, or like the shadows within the body?

All of it. :)

i meant her right foot only

Okay, fixed Kasumi and Katsumi!

I shortened Kasumi's skirt a bit, and fixed Katsumi's foot(I think...)....and added a shadow X]. It's not an amazing shadow, but it's decent...I think...

you pretty much nailed it. now imagine where her ankle should be. you don't have to draw it, but you knowing where certain things are definitely helps you when you draw. nice job. i kind like the way it's the darkest of all. it pops.

Just so my thread doesn't die...

You guys all recognize my Pandemonium cover...I was coloring it in my free time over the summer, but then got bored of it/got busy, and stopped. Obviously not finished, but I doubt I ever will, so I'll post it now...that, and although I have been drawing, I doubt I'll ever get to my scanner in the next few weeks...

I like the hearts ^-^

I like the hearts too. Looks eatable.

how did you color that?

I like the hearts too. Looks eatable.

You mean "edible". ...Edible??? o_o;;


how did you color that?

Umm...digitally...? XD

It looks like those lollipop in heart shape. I want one now.

Hey guys, this is something I'm currently working on in art. The drawing/coloring of the collage I'm doing for a Korean art competition(it's due by the 18th), and I can submit pretty much anything...so that's what I'm doing for now. ^_^
Btw, this was my first collage, and I think this is the first time I'm doing something with so many different mediums. The car and wheel are with Sharpies, the bottom clock with pencil(most of it was cut off, but that's what it is...), butterfly with opaque water colors, that orange flower I added with watercolor pencils, and the rest so far with water colors. I'm also going to be adding dry pastel touches to it later. (Also btw, I changed things up a bit in the drawing, as you can see with the blueberries and the butterfly.)

The theme was nature and cars/electronics? is it that the full size?

I like it, RS64 ^-^

The theme was nature and cars/electronics? is it that the full size?

Yup, nature and technology. The left and bottom sides of my drawing are a bit cut off, but yes, that's full size.


I like it, RS64 ^-^

^.^ Thanks. It's turning out better than I thought it would, so I'm excited to see how it's going to look finished X].

i like the theme actually. it's visually nice, too. i hope to see the finished project.

Made a lot of progress today...

I don't know the word in English, but the car part where you put your hands to drive, is it an image or you did it with a pen? I am liking that one if you did it!

o.o I was just about to ask if you guys could even tell what that was.
Yup, the steering wheel I did with Sharpie markers and pens.
My mom couldn't tell what it was until she looked at the actual pic though, so I was starting to doubt myself, lolz.

Edit. Just because I was comparing the actual collage and my drawing and saw how lopsided the car wheel was, I think I'll be practicing some car drawings later on my free time(whenever that is). Time to look for xpeed's car drawing tutorial thread XD.

Yeah, sorry. I couldn't tell what it was, either. Your compositions kind of a mess, with all the objects kind of sharing equal weight like that. :x
Your coloring isn't helping, either. Use solid values, please, instead of this scratchy white messiness. It makes it very hard to see what's going on with your shadows, because they all look the same.

Yeah, sorry. I couldn't tell what it was, either. Your compositions kind of a mess, with all the objects kind of sharing equal weight like that. :x

>.<
Equal weight?

I can see how it's kind of messy, but I thought it was turning out pretty good for my first collage ._. ...


Your coloring isn't helping, either. Use solid values, please, instead of this scratchy white messiness. It makes it very hard to see what's going on with your shadows, because they all look the same.

._. So much for cross-hatching...you are talking about the steering wheel, right?

i would suggest that you color the closest things in very sharp and dark color, and color a little more hazy for the ones that are farther away from us. does that make sense? i hope that works actually... cause i don't know if the same concept applies to collages, but i know closer the thing is to us... darker it needs to be. kinda like looking at a mountain that's really far away. it's hazier than the thing that's right next to you. i don't know. hahahaha. i tried RAINING SILVER! I TRIED!

^_^ Finished the collage. I'll be submitting it tomorrow...

I have more drawings, but I haven't had time to get to my scanner...eventually...

This is how I wanted to see it. It is easier to appreciate it from a distance. xD I like the butterfly, nest and steering wheel. The butterfly colours are very pleasant to the eyes. :)

Now, next time, be creative with your composition. Like giving it a shape or creating an image using many images inside it. The thing I told you weeks ago. ^__^

it's good. only thing i want to ask is... are those grapes on the top left corner?

XD Blueberries.

Blueberries... Yum. :3

On topic, that collage is really good! Was it your first one? *Just to be making sure I'm not crazy or anything... O_O*

^_^ Yup, my first collage, and I think my first composition using mixed media. Thanks.

Hey guys, just thought I'd let you know, the results for the art competition came in today, and I got an honorable mention ^.^. So thanks to everyone for the constructive criticism, and hopefully I'll be posting more stuff soon.

good for you!

Hey guys, just thought I'd let you know, the results for the art competition came in today, and I got an honorable mention . So thanks to everyone for the constructive criticism, and hopefully I'll be posting more stuff soon.
Good job! =D
About the coloring, I meant everything, not just the steering wheel. It was hard to see what stuff was, because all the coloring was really faint. You fixed that up a lot for the final draft, though.

yeah... i had a situation when i was wondering... and stuff. i'm studying illustration right now, so i see what my professor might have said.... which is weird now that i'm thinking about it.

^.^ Finally had time to scan! (Actually, I scanned yesterday...finally had time to post! Lolz.)

i'm not quite sure what's going on with the cat. I see that cat.. but i don't know what's happening.

group picture seems nice. i'm gonna guess that guy got slapped? and has that hand print looking thing on his face? i hope i'm right.

the girl in the bed was whatever. i think the lines were too light.

the couple was pretty good, but i think you need to work on their side view faces.

the trio was better than most.

I think I see where you're trying to go with your art.... and if i'm anything close to being right... i think you're getting better. lol.

Rest of the pics from the last time I posted to yesterday, and the reference pics to my cats and buildings from my cruise to Canada over the summer ^_^. Btw, the cats pic and buildings are very rough sketches...I didn't intend to finish them, nor do I intend to now...they caused me much pain and suffering...= =;;...

Okay, I wanted to surprise you guys when I finished this...but that was many months ago, and now I hate it...so I need help and motivation...

If you want motivation, you should start drawing realistic people, and break away from the anime for awhile. The human form is amazing, and you'll learn much more from studying it than from studying simplified cartoon versions of it. If you want, I can find the link to the Loomis books for you. I'm studying them right now, and they're great!
Also, good work for drawing so regularly. You're definitely improving steadily, and that's really cool. =D

I keep looking at it but I still don't have any helpful advice to give... :(

^_^ Something random.

It makes me smile. :D

Three new drawings...haven't had much time to draw lately, but I had fun with these =3.
Btw, the last one of the chibis isn't done yet.

i see that you've been drawing some faces. I like the last one. It's very cute. Other than that you're bringing out some emotions out of the character's face. I also see a little difference in your pencil work... I can't quite put my finger on it... but I think your drawings are now less messy.

I agree with Ander, the drawings looks cleaner now. I like the first one, the face's lines are really good. :) Only thing that bother me about that drawing is the guy's head. It makes me think his head was hit by a hammer that caused him a cranial deformity. Anyway, it is my favorite of the three drawings posted! :D The last drawing I like the girls, they looks so adorable. ^_^

Only thing that bother me about that drawing is the guy's head. It makes me think his head was hit by a hammer that caused him a cranial deformity.

LOL. XD Yeah, I had drawn the girl first, then noticed the page was kind of empty...so I added more to it...not sure why, but the guy's angle was much harder.

^_^ Thanks for the input guys; hopefully I'll have more time to draw over winter break.

^.^ Colored the chibi drawings.

aww, they're so cute! Nice colouring too.