Don't draw what you see. Break it down into basic shapes. Rough it out lightly, if you can't control yourself in drawing lightly use your left hand. When making lines, make "one" forceful stroke in a direction, feathering out bit by bit just makes the end product look gross.
What do you want to draw, subject wise? What if any materials do you have? And as for starting... try drawing something, scan it and allow us to judge what you should do next.
well mostly I am looking to draw comic book characters (like CoH fanart for example) I will try to draw something and scan it on (if my bloddy printer will work) so you can judge it
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Well "judge" may be too harsh a word, but seeing your current progress with what your intentions might be, would help a lot.
Telling you to draw this or draw that without knowing what you can and can't do yet is like asking a blind person to drive a car... if you will forgive the bad analogy.
Sure it is a way to progress, but it's a bit generic. I could have said draw each day as soon as you get up. While helpful and slightly true, if you don't have any ability, it's kind of futile.
I do believe that if you can draw a curve, a straight line with some consistency, that you can be taught to draw a certain way. But it won't give you passion, which is key, and it won't give you flair, which is a starting point of developing your own style.
Breaking down art into shapes "will" make you understand it, and to a point allow you to recreate it. But what you recreate will be a static sometimes uninteresting piece. It's like all those John Byrne/Jim Lee clones you see out there... while nice to look at, they pale to the original...
The most you can get from studying the people you admire, is applying their "aesthetic" to your own passion. That is invaluable and to me the only true reason to emulate someone, or a traditional style. Artists have had apprentices for centuries, and while some of the apprentices can copy their masters, only a few will ever become the master.
Okay now I sound like an episode of Kung Fu.
Anyway will be happy to help, once I see where and if I can help...
LJ
May I recommend the book, "How to draw comics, the Marvel Way". Or at least something close to that title.
I'd be a great place to start.
Oh, and practice but have fun with it, cause if it's not fun, why do it?
Todd
"Scumball in the side pocket." - 8 Baller
That really is a great book... infact, the 6-8 books I bought this year have made a world of difference. Check your local library, I bet they have that one...
I just have these pictures in my head that I WANNA put on paper but when I do...it looks like a cat coughed it up :P
my brother on the other is a natural ( I keep telling him to put his stuff online but he thinks it's crap)
I am gonna put some of his stuuf on just to show you
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these are my bros
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc148/JG_Hopkins/07-29-2007062148PM.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...07031204AM.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c.../spazboyp1.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ins/bunny1.jpg
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but lightning does the work.
Okay well then if you are nowhere near your brother's level of storytelling, which is rather nice, then may I suggest this book to help free your mind a bit... It won't make you an artist, but it will allow you to think in different ways, so that you may do something artistic:
Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
There are many exercises in the book to help your brain process what an artist sees, and perhaps that will help you be creative....
I found this site which has an online exercise from the book - Try It HERE!
Hope that helps...
LJ
cool ty
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but lightning does the work.
Here too is an extensive site with diagrams to help you at all levels:
Draw Space.com
Click the lesson you'd like to learn, and try the exercise... good luck.
LJ
EDIT: You will have to register to see the lessons, but it's worth it, they are extensive and can be saved as Adobe .pdf files. Enjoy!
gah! i told him not to put those online!
SPAZBOY! isnt done yet o.o
as I have stated (I think) that I would love to start drawing but I can't draw straws
so I was wondering if anyone here had any tips to get started
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but lightning does the work.