Demonic_Avenger

Update

Mysterious Flame

Zapros. He's not done yet, but getting there.

Yeah, I just noticed that. And my Ipod mysteriously has 666 songs too. Eh.

Anyway, sure, I'll do requests. Just post a screenshot and I'll do it as soon as I have time.

Another update.

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Mine is like this

Basically, it just allows you to do everything you would with a mouse, except it acts like a pen. For the artist, who is used to pen/pencil, it makes drawing much easier.

Thanks White

Here is a little update.

Well, I have been browsing the art forum for quite some time, but never got around to posting anything.

Yesterday I got a tablet though, so
now I thought I'd post some quick sketches!

Fiddling around with photoshop, and trying to get used to the tablet.

Anyway, here are a few

One

Two!

Three!

And of course

Wings!

more wings.

Hope you like

I can hardly see your drawing, so, that means, even if there was someone out there who wanted their character done by you they wouldn't know it. Try rescanning or inking then scanning your piece. Maybe you'll get a bite.

You guys are losers for not liking pens Nothing frees your hand like them, the way they glide over the paper, the way mistakes don't matter, the way some lines are crisp and some are sketchy. Pens are great.

And I don't mean for finished pieces or for practicing clean lines (though both are great uses). I mean for the simple purpose of allowing you the freedom to draw loosely, and afterwards saying "Wow, that is pretty good considering I couldn't erase". Plus, ink, especially blue ink, really looks beautiful to me.

If you do it as a hobby (I'm young, so I don't know where I'll go, it will probably always be just a hobby for me) that is an even better reason to not look at your art as inadequate, and simply as 'where it is'. If it is just for the fun of it, than you have the freedom to simply know you can get better, but not put it in such a self hating way as "I suck". Rather, "I can get better". And don't forget to add "I am so awesome, it is simply unbelievable" A little arrogance never hurt.

And, yes, basics are always first. Stick figures followed by quick gestures (like this)

are the best way to get better. Plus, I just love figure drawing, so gesture are always fun . Oh, and a great artist once said that an artist spends 75% of the time observing, and 25% actually drawing. Honor him. Do that.

Unless you don't. Another way to practice is to take a pen (screw that pencil! When you use it you always are holding back the freedom of your hand because you expect the finish product to be 'good') and just draw. Fast. Don't worry that much about the final product (though if it looks good, hey, that is great) just draw. Find a nice pen too, one that glides over the paper and try those gestures. You'll get better fast.

Oh, and if you find that hands start screwing up your beautiful pieces, well, the only way to fix that is to draw a lot of hands. I basically spent a summer on more-or-less hands, and that gave me the basis to easily draw them. If you don't spend a lot of time just on the hand (or just on the head, or any other part of the body that is a bit complicated) than you may get frustrated by it.

Anatomy books can help. I can recommend "Human Anatomy made amazingly easy", though I didn't end up using it much. I just love looking at the nice anatomy pictures

It does have some nice drawn reference pictures that are simple and easy to understand. However, nothing beats (especially for hands) just looking at your own. Look at your body, base drawings off that. They may not have the perfect ideal natomy, but that can come so easily later, by just lengthening a limb by a hair, or widening the neck, whatever.

I have to say, while I agree with the obvious "practice, practice, practice" saying to yourself that you suck is not the best way to go. I think I am a great artist. I don't say to myself I can't improve, and I don't think I am better than artists that are just that, better, but I don't look at my art and say "Wow, this guy sucks because his deltoid is slightly too low". I take note of that, but looking at your artwork in such a pessimistic light is not the way to go.

And never shackle yourself to a style. Sure, you can try for anime, but really, anime is so widespread and so cheap that it is incredibly hard to be noticed as a particularly expressive artist through it. I'm not saying it can't be done, but do as others said, learn how to be a great 'traditional' artist, and than switch. Just look at picasso. In 1905 he was painting perfectly proportioned people. After that his art became more and more abstract. And the reason it is great is because he *could* have done perfectly. He could have done whatever he wanted, but he chose to make his art cube-like. And because of that (and because he did it well) the artistic community took notice.

There is nothing wrong with this idea. It just is critique. If someone puts up a work and actually wants comments not just the encouraging "wow, that is amazing" than what is wrong with the person who is giving advice copying the image, and circling some spots to show what s/he is talking about? We can't point through the internet, so this is the next best thing.

While I agree that the first is clearly superior (sorry that you feel that your unique drawings was better), I think he was saying that because he DIDN'T trace he was able to come so far. The same point you have been making.

On the first page there is a guide that says it is the ultimate fire control guide. It really is, go to it, and any question you'll need answered will be.

Just for reference, this guy is amazing.

If you want a reference to a limb or other body part for its anatomical structure, go no further than this web page.

Copying is a better approach IMO. Of course tracing will help, so will anything that gives you an oppurtunity to steady your hand and practice your linework. Drawing something on a clean paper without any reference but your eye though, that is something that is a skill that must be practiced constantly, and the beginning is as good a time as any.

Personally, I would start by copying some drawings you like. Comics are a great place to start because the lines are bold and clear. It is much easier to copy these because you can see the basic shapes making up each figure clearly, compared to, say, a photograph or a watercolor painting.

If you want to trace, by all means, it will still advance you as an artist, but I think there are better ways. Plus, I find it more fulfilling to look at a finished work and know that you didn't trace it. Copy it, maybe, but you still did the work without the line right in front of you.