I've really been wanting to draw lately, especially given how people seem to be so talented at making pictures and such that leads me to wish that I could draw like them, but unfortunaly my drawing skills are....not so great.
I've drawn a few pictures about certain Spore cells, but unfortunaly that's all I can do that can get at least 'Okay' quality, and even then they're not so good. I want to draw actual humans, but unfortunaly I am at Skill lvl. 0 when it comes to that, so that kills any possibility of me being able to make the pictures I wanted to make.
In other words, I keep drawing but I keep not improving, so I may need to use other ways to be able to improve my pictures. I want to draw pictures like these:
And not terribad craply made pictures that look like they came out of my rump like this one:
If you really are a "Skill lvl. 0 drawer," start off with copying others' pictures. See how other people draw. Learn and imitate their shading, lighting, perspective, tone, whatever. Don't stop at pictures either; try other styles like abstract, comic, still life, even a movie scene, whatever suits you.
Once you think you got the basics down, try drawing things on your own.
Edit: And yes, never trace other people's pictures. Even if your drawing is horrible when not tracing, it's still a steady course of improving to make your drawing eventually much better.
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Learn the essential 3 basic 3D shapes; cube, cylinder, and sphere. And then try to construct images out of those shapes. Also if you may want to draw at a larger scale. And yes, use reference images, especially those from other artists. But never trace, you'll never learn from tracing.
For drawing humans I suggest learning anatomy, it's the best way to get their shape down.
Drawing like many other skills is not something you CAN just pick up and become a master at, you have to learn and practice at it.
If I tried to remake pictures from original authors, it would probably look like poop and I would have insulted the original author's masterpiece by rendering it like crap, but I'll try. Anyone has reference pictures, or I'll have to find them myself?
If I tried to remake pictures from original authors, it would probably look like poop and I would have insulted the original author's masterpiece by rendering it like crap, but I'll try. Anyone has reference pictures, or I'll have to find them myself?
Here, the shape is simple, try using the three basic shapes to construct the body (and some of the clothing) and then add all the details afterwards.
If I tried to remake pictures from original authors, it would probably look like poop and I would have insulted the original author's masterpiece by rendering it like crap, but I'll try. Anyone has reference pictures, or I'll have to find them myself?
Direct tracing isn't all that useful, you gain nothing. But reference tracing, is useful.
What reference tracing is, you basically just have a picture opened and look at it time to time and try to draw it the best you can.
But here is the question point.
What kind of artist do you want to be, traditional or digital?
In either, what kind of media, pencil or painter or digital painter or vector maker are a few to name?
What sort of tools will you work with, or programs you will use?
What of goal do you wish to get to, this is such as type of detail you wish to achieve?
As hobby, or as serious student > professional?
Lastly, are you good at imaging stuff in 3D in your mind?
Unfortunately, I only have bookmarks involving pencil work and digital painterly.
This maybe will be useful to you. Lot of this stuff can be incorporated into any category (except vector).
I learned quite differently from others, but how I learned was to imitate other's drawings. Draw in other's styles. Get a picture or something and reference it. Don't focus on shading, colors, or perspective; just draw it the best you can. And do it over again. It'll look like crap at first, but it'll improve if you practice.
EDIT:
Also, go into others' styles. Once you believe you are ready, mix and match different parts to create a new style. Although I doubt you'll make it this far. Don't just focus on one style though.
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As someone who has been drawing for a long time, i have to say that patience is key. I was really bad the first few weeks, even months. But the drawings kept coming and steadily improved. Granted my brother is a pretty good drawer as well, so he helped me a bit.
Direct tracing isn't all that useful, you gain nothing. But reference tracing, is useful.
What reference tracing is, you basically just have a picture opened and look at it time to time and try to draw it the best you can.
But here is the question point.
What kind of artist do you want to be, traditional or digital?
In either, what kind of media, pencil or painter or digital painter or vector maker are a few to name?
What sort of tools will you work with, or programs you will use?
What of goal do you wish to get to, this is such as type of detail you wish to achieve?
As hobby, or as serious student > professional?
Lastly, are you good at imaging stuff in 3D in your mind?
Unfortunately, I only have bookmarks involving pencil work and digital painterly.
Though if anything, for manga, I'd suggest the book series Sketching Manga-Style Vol. 1-4.
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At first I wanted to be digital, but it seems harder, so I guess I'll just go with traditional.
Huh...?
Usually I just use a pencil or a pen when I want to do some (crappy) doodles, but when I do digital art, I use MS Paint...and it comes out 10x crappier than handmade.
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If you mean by 3D-like scenes, yes. 3D-like objects, not so much. My mind likes stuttering my thoughts a lot, though.
Also, anime style interests me, so I wish I could know how to draw it as well.
Okay, I've drawn a colorless(as of yet) sketch of my Minecraft skin. Other than the fact that it came with a really gay pose(it looks like it's skipping!), it came out rather well. It was a pain to make, especially the left arm, as unlike the right arm, it had nothing to hide itself under, so it ended up looking like it's sticking out a bit.
Now, I'd like to draw a nice Moon background to hide the fact that he's skipping and that he's actually jumping at the Moon, due to it's low gravity(and that it's an astronaut skin). And then later on move into actual humanish characters(and maybe anime characters as well?)
I'd post it here, but unfortunaly I've never learned how to actually use a scanner(plus it's unplugged), so I'll have to wait until I can scan it into my computer.
"A good artist copies. A great artist steals."
I'm not sure who said this, but I heard it the other day, and it strikes me as quite true. Both for better, and worse.
We're shaped by the affordances of our external environment, at least in part. While in life, an attempt to copy typically yields a new original... a copy is still just that, only a copy. It works intrinsically, and draws from little else. Stealing on the other hand, I simply took to mean to take something from somewhere, something, or someone else, and make it your own. Dilute it, improve it, worsen it, change it... all outcomes of the same thing, but it yields opportunities for greater growth. I don't really quite agree with considering it "theft"... it's about as theft-like as seeing a mountain and changing its color and shape in mind to make it something else. But the saying was what it was. I took it to mean using your self as a medium to draw from and encompass elements, and thus alter something in your external environment, making it a new original.
I'd recommend just trying to replicate something you want to replicate, and don't be afraid to draw from other styles and ways of doing things. After a while you can easily start mixing different techniques together to more effectively accomplish what you want. If you like a style, try to break it down in your mind. As a whole composed of parts.
As for the actual mechanical act of drawing, some people are better at it than others. Some people will always be net "better" at spatially making their hand produce the things they want, but everyone is capable of drawing nonetheless. The saying of turning your mistakes to usefulness exists for a reason.
Well, yeah, I'm not really that happy about the strategy to copy other styles. But if I do that, I will likely give credit to the author of the style I "borrowed".
I'd recommend against this but it's your call, really. But if you do this, please, please keep your mind open to other styles and don't be afraid to experiment. It's really disheartening seeing someone desperately try to copy a certain style (most commonly anime and manga), keeping their eyes closed to every other style, and either thinking they were made for that style while their drawings are terrible or just giving up on drawing altogether. Every person has his/her own style and they can good at one style and horrible at another.
You are right about that; this is good advice.
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Just in case you try digital art again (and if you don't have one, make sure ti use a drawing tablet. I'd recommend something from Bamboo. And you can get any tablet you want, but I'd recommend something simple, but a drawing tablet is a drawing tablet no matter the features!
You also need to make sure you have a good computer for drawing. It really matters!
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Yesterday I was on my way to class, when a black cat fell from the sky. I didn't really know what that nonsense was about so I asked him if I could step around him because he was bad luck, but he simply meowed and then disappeared. I was a bit worried that maybe he'd teleported to Afghanistan or somewhere equally dangerous, but a wizard came and assured me that it was alright. I threw my Zune at him because I was 78% sure he was lying. The wizard roared at me and sentenced my mother to thirty five years of chain smoking. I was sad.
I've drawn a few pictures about certain Spore cells, but unfortunaly that's all I can do that can get at least 'Okay' quality, and even then they're not so good. I want to draw actual humans, but unfortunaly I am at Skill lvl. 0 when it comes to that, so that kills any possibility of me being able to make the pictures I wanted to make.
In other words, I keep drawing but I keep not improving, so I may need to use other ways to be able to improve my pictures. I want to draw pictures like these:
And not terribad craply made pictures that look like they came out of my rump like this one:
Once you think you got the basics down, try drawing things on your own.
Edit: And yes, never trace other people's pictures. Even if your drawing is horrible when not tracing, it's still a steady course of improving to make your drawing eventually much better.
For drawing humans I suggest learning anatomy, it's the best way to get their shape down.
Drawing like many other skills is not something you CAN just pick up and become a master at, you have to learn and practice at it.
Here, the shape is simple, try using the three basic shapes to construct the body (and some of the clothing) and then add all the details afterwards.
I'll try... I'll post results later on.
Direct tracing isn't all that useful, you gain nothing. But reference tracing, is useful.
What reference tracing is, you basically just have a picture opened and look at it time to time and try to draw it the best you can.
But here is the question point.
This maybe will be useful to you. Lot of this stuff can be incorporated into any category (except vector).
http://ctrlpaint.com/library/
(Digital Only)
http://psd.tutsplus.com/sessions/digital-art-for-beginners/
(Digital Only, and mostly Photoshop Creative Suit or Elements)
And this man.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FineArtEBooks
(Traditonal, but lots of fine tips for even Digital)
Few useful things here.
http://help-me-draw.tumblr.com/ (look at tags on right side)
Some good start tips, assuming you buy and use Paint Tool SAI.
http://www.youtube.com/user/budgiesRcool
An this if you wish to dwell into the depths of hell called Manga (not suggested at ALL for beginners).
http://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley
Though if anything, for manga, I'd suggest the book series Sketching Manga-Style Vol. 1-4.
EDIT:
Also, go into others' styles. Once you believe you are ready, mix and match different parts to create a new style. Although I doubt you'll make it this far. Don't just focus on one style though.
-Abridged advice from Rakanoth
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Granted, I am not the best artist, but I am pretty decent in my opinion.
Also, are you aiming for digital drawings only?
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Also, anime style interests me, so I wish I could know how to draw it as well.
Now, I'd like to draw a nice Moon background to hide the fact that he's skipping and that he's actually jumping at the Moon, due to it's low gravity(and that it's an astronaut skin). And then later on move into actual humanish characters(and maybe anime characters as well?)
I'd post it here, but unfortunaly I've never learned how to actually use a scanner(plus it's unplugged), so I'll have to wait until I can scan it into my computer.
I'm not sure who said this, but I heard it the other day, and it strikes me as quite true. Both for better, and worse.
We're shaped by the affordances of our external environment, at least in part. While in life, an attempt to copy typically yields a new original... a copy is still just that, only a copy. It works intrinsically, and draws from little else. Stealing on the other hand, I simply took to mean to take something from somewhere, something, or someone else, and make it your own. Dilute it, improve it, worsen it, change it... all outcomes of the same thing, but it yields opportunities for greater growth. I don't really quite agree with considering it "theft"... it's about as theft-like as seeing a mountain and changing its color and shape in mind to make it something else. But the saying was what it was. I took it to mean using your self as a medium to draw from and encompass elements, and thus alter something in your external environment, making it a new original.
I'd recommend just trying to replicate something you want to replicate, and don't be afraid to draw from other styles and ways of doing things. After a while you can easily start mixing different techniques together to more effectively accomplish what you want. If you like a style, try to break it down in your mind. As a whole composed of parts.
As for the actual mechanical act of drawing, some people are better at it than others. Some people will always be net "better" at spatially making their hand produce the things they want, but everyone is capable of drawing nonetheless. The saying of turning your mistakes to usefulness exists for a reason.
You are right about that; this is good advice.
Hey, guys. Quote me if you want me to respond. Otherwise I'll have no idea what the hell you want with me.
Friend Code: 1263-6258-8121 (Poison)
Friend Safaris: Poison: Swalot, Whirlipede, Seviper.
It's not so difficult when after you learn the basics
Too much detail for something so small.
Arms also bother me for some reason.
You also need to make sure you have a good computer for drawing. It really matters!
Yesterday I was on my way to class, when a black cat fell from the sky. I didn't really know what that nonsense was about so I asked him if I could step around him because he was bad luck, but he simply meowed and then disappeared. I was a bit worried that maybe he'd teleported to Afghanistan or somewhere equally dangerous, but a wizard came and assured me that it was alright. I threw my Zune at him because I was 78% sure he was lying. The wizard roared at me and sentenced my mother to thirty five years of chain smoking. I was sad.