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 Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:02 am
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii How to draw Mango guild. Though I'm TRYING to not draw in a Japanese-ish way these days, I think whatever I do can still classify as stuff that fits in with this guild (maybeeee?). I gots a few drawings I've done over the past little while that I feel like having criticized a bit.
Also, totally understand my laziness with the two that have colour. I still feel it's better for me to do certain aspects of a drawing outside of Photoshop. I'm incapable of drawing decent lineart in Photoshop.
6 Drawing sketchdump from June/July
Chie Satonaka from Persona 4 and a Medicham (A Pokemon)
Birthday drawing for tlwelker of Deviantart (Her OC is supposed to be a succubus, and pretty casual)
Pancho and the bull from Looney Toons cartoon "Little Pancho Vanilla"
I...I'm so sorry for this. For ALL of this.
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:56 am
While this is the How to Draw Manga guild, we don't really have a style requirement; all forms of artwork is accepted. :3
Anyway, you have a unique cartoony style, and I really like how solidified the shapes are. But, you don't have direction in a lot of your drawings/sketches. They feel disjointed due to strange anatomy or a lack of force within the sketch. Despite cartoons having a different anatomy, it doesn't mean that they don't lack anatomy. Another thing I noticed is that all your characters have a spine that pretty much goes straight up. It doesn't bend with the character's pose or anything. For example, on that last sketch, you can probably push the character into a stronger pose by bending his spine.
At this point, I can't really tell you how to improve except one thing; draw from life. Learn to draw real people in settings around you, not from photographs. You definitely have a style pinned down, and the only thing you can do with it now is to push it forward by sharpening your skills in anatomy, gesture, and force. I highly recommend reading/getting Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators. Even if you're not going into animation, that book can teach you a lot about how to unify your characters and strengthen their poses. Your artwork is fantastic, you just need to keep pushing yourself to become even more amazing.
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:44 pm
I figured as much about the styles, but that whole stuff at the start is just me being dopey on the internet. It's what I do, even though it isn't funny.
I like a lot of cartoons that follow anatomy properly and still exaggerate the hell out of everything (hence the fact that I keep referencing Ren and Stimpy), so I kinda understand the concept of not going too far off the deep end with the exaggeration until things become a mess. It's not a good enough grasp to make me good at it, but an understanding nonetheless. As for the spinal issue, yeah, I totally agree. I've been using posemanicas as of recent, but I've never really tried poses outside of my comfort zone for the longest time. I always end up drawing some kind of basic pose with a straight spine. I'm kinda starting to vary myself, but the spinal trend continues.
You know, I REALLY don't draw from life as much as I should. I think the last time I might have was in my home when my dad had some people over, and I doodled him amongst more Pokemanz fanart. That was one or two sketchbooks ago, which was quite a while. I think I've got an issue with being in a public place and drawing stuff. Anxiety kinda sucks, and I think it's because of my tendency to doodle stuff I don't want people to come by and see. As a result, I don't see a lot of unique poses outside of photographs.
My confidence, she sucks.
I took a quick look for some scans of the tutorial book you suggested. I think I might be interested. I'm not in animation at the moment, but I'm always up for a tutorial book that can give me an idea on how to emote outside of facial expressions, so thanks for the suggestion! I am considering going into animation or something like it after I go through the Architecture program i'm in at the moment. Course, I'm gonna have to learn how to draw from life a lot before THAT happens.
I'm surprised you actually think I'm decent though. I mean, you study realism, draw from life, and actually take animation schooling. I just draw Chie Satonaka a lot.
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:35 pm
Posemaniacs is a great resource... if you understand human anatomy already and do a decent amount of life drawing on a regular basis. I hate to say this, since I was singing its praises when I first found it, but it's really not that good if you want to become a better artist. They have a very limited range of poses, not to mention the models are limited to an idealistic male figure and an idealistic female figure. There is no variation, therefore, other factors aren't taken into account (height, weight, body shape, etc. )
I understand the anxiety behind drawing from life. It takes nerve to go out in public with a sketchbook and follow people around, but it's completely worth it. I spend once a week going to the mall and just drawing people. I wear a pair of shades and a brimmed hat to keep myself from being noticed. XD Coffee shops are also great places, because "artsy people" are usually more welcomed to hang out there.
I really do like your style, and I'm positive with practice in the right direction, you'd really excel. Animation is perhaps one of the hardest art forms to learn and understand; you have to know how to work with simplified forms, yet still be able to convey believable anatomy and actions like you would in real life. I'm terrible, really, that's why I push myself ridiculously hard.
And now I join the "my confidence is crap" club. @w@
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:01 pm
not bad a cartoon style. the porportions need work but nice designs.
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