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 Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:05 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:02 pm
1. study anatomy and learn the basic shape of the human body parts
2. find out what style you want to draw and copy art work done by other artists and learn from them
3. practice practice practice
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:02 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:41 am
Only do 1 and 3 from Shuuchi's list, don't do 2.
No offense, but copying another artists style isn't necessarily learning from them; it's just copying an already established style from another person, which would be a lack of originality on your part. You won't be known for your own talent, you'll be known as "that person that draws like this other person."
Learn how to draw realism first, then once you've gotten a handle of that, then you can consciously warp the features to obtain the look or style you want to achieve.
The drawing you did for the school assignment is a great start, Mimi.
Though, when drawing hair I would not advise that you try to draw every strand. Instead, try drawing the impression of hair; the shape that the hair takes, rather than sketchy strands.
The eye looks a bit too upturned. If you look at the photo, the end of his eye bends down, rather than curl up.
The teeth look a bit too rounded; front teeth are usually more square than round.
You need some wrinkles in those clothes! Not unless it's a REALLY well ironed shirt = P
You also need more contrast; darker darks.
When drawing with pencil, you need to really use a larger range of values (values = the brightest white, the darkest black, and the shades of gray between). If you use more values, then your drawing will be more realistic and 3 dimensional, since you'd be able to easily establish what is shadow and what is highlight in the drawing.
Like I said before, it's a really good start. Try drawing from real life references; you'll thank yourself in the future.
The art of realism relies heavily on how well you can see the world around you; when you draw you're translating what you see onto paper.
Take in every detail and translate it as best you can.
The better you can see the way things really look, the better you'll be able to draw it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:14 pm
Haha! I like that you commented on the eye. You see, I had trouble with drawing it and my art teacher decided that she would fix it. All my friends and I sarted to make fun of the picture because she made the eye look lopsided. Then again, it's a picture of Justin Bieber. He has girl lips. XD besides me critisizing him, I'll just say that my neice picked out the picture. (Long story) And the school project was done at the end of the year, like a week before summer. The middle school's art program was nice, but I'm really looking forward to seeing what the high school's is like now.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:41 pm
I kind of disagree with you InColdBloodv. Copying another persons work will alow you to learn various techniques that that artist uses. But you shouldn't "copy" straight from the picture. Observe and study and then try to reproduce that image.
never EVER trace.
that being said, don't JUST copy other people study anatomy, how the body bends, how the muscles sit on the body, how the fat pockets on the body expand as a person gains weight, all of these factor into how someone looks. Also don't just study muscle structure be sure to look at the bones themselves and how the muscles attach to the bones and each other.
You art is not really at the level where good critique can be given yet.
Draw the entire body, just not one half, study and observe people around you. Don't just draw characters and living things, but also draw still lifes. Abserve form and learn to think and draw in 3d.
practice practice practice. keep a sketchbook on you at all times and fill it up, draw whenever you're able. try and create something every day.
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