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Just some practicing on human figures. Made the torso much too large, didn't even wanna bother with hands or face. Probably gonna do some bust type drawings to get practice in that area. Faces are very hard, probably gonna look at some tutorials for that.
If you’re interested in improving human-like figures, I’d suggest look at references, art, anatomy, tutorials, and anything else to get a sense of proportions. I don’t recommend looking at an art style too different from yours for proportions though. (Just think how different chibi and realistic is for example.)
If you can’t find an exact proportion style you like, I’d recommend looking at a real person, and adjusting the proportions yourself. (But if you can find a person with an art style similar to yours, definitely learn from their art! I draw in an anime style, so I don’t really have a problem finding proportion references, but idk if you want your art to look like that or not.)
Find the areas you struggle with the most or feel like they’re the most important, and work them individually. For example, say you need to work on the face. You just can’t get a nose to look right, or maybe you struggle with drawing the eyes evenly. Look up a reference of your choice, and use it to draw the human face in the front-view several times, then side-view, 3/4, and so on.
A year or two ago, I used to always look up a pic of a cat, person, or any kind of animal and copy it on paper. I’d look at the drawing, then sketch it myself on a loose piece of paper I had. I especially did it when I got a ‘how to draw anime’ tutorial book. I drew the drawings in there so much haha. I can honestly say it helped me develop my own art style, and before I knew it, I could draw anime characters without the book.
So don’t feel bad or anything if you rely on references and copying, I did it all the time, and it really boosted my skills. Just make sure you don’t copy another person’s artwork and say you did it. That would be rude. (This doesn’t count for references like this: )
(I’m talking about completely copying a full finished piece of artwork. You only do that for learning purposes.)
Another thing I noticed is that it seems you drew details in before you finished the overall basic sketch. Now, I know it’s tempting to draw in clothes, accessories, shading, and any other little quirks before finishing the body and pose, but it’s crucial to have a good, fully drawn and proportionate basic outline sketch, or things may look wonky at the the end. It’s the base for your drawing, and things become significantly easier when you have it all roughly sketched out, and you just need to add little details in afterwards.
Trust me, I’ve learned that the hard way haha.
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Heck yes I did.
New sig time.[/S]
Oh yeah btw Echo, I used your tip on layers of color for the bowtie. The first one I used was too brown, so I did another layer with my yellow, and look how it turned out.
Haha it’s great! I love it.
Ooh, your layers made it turn into a golden color, just like the real one! I’m so happy I could help <3