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December 14, 2023 at 4:50 pm #169722
My style is somewhere stuck between realistic and cartoony. I learned to draw from realistic-based books, but the vast majority of my early references are animated TV shows…..
I’ve learned to draw faces as a circle with a jawline connected to that, if that helps.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
December 14, 2023 at 5:20 pm #169725@highscribeofaetherium @loopylin @whalekeeper @keilah-h
So, I took you’re advice, found some reference pics I liked and started drawing. I messed up one within the first thirty seconds and couldn’t find a good eraser, but once I started again and got in the grove…š¤Æ I CANNOT believe how fast and easy that got! It usually takes like…idk…ThreeĀ hoursĀ of straight drawing to get what I get, and this took like 15 minutes!!!!!Ā
So, without further ado, my attempt:
( @freedomwriter76 I drew Chase!)
"You need French Toast."
#AnduthForever (hopefully š)December 14, 2023 at 5:22 pm #169727His arm looks a little thin now that I look at it…
@Loopy, I think I could use those perfectionist tips!
"You need French Toast."
#AnduthForever (hopefully š)December 14, 2023 at 5:49 pm #169733There you go!! Itās pretty satisfying once the inspiration strikes you, isnāt it?
ā¦ Iām working on a sketch of Marc rn, Iāll share when I finish
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December 14, 2023 at 5:56 pm #169735Anonymous- Rank: Chosen One
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@rae šššššš
There’s my beloved babyyyyyyyyy!!!
He looks amazing!!!
AHH, I LOVE HIM!!!! š©·š©·December 14, 2023 at 6:14 pm #169738Yay! That looks great! Especially the mouth and the nose. And the clothes. It looks really good!
Ok, hereās some tips. Remember that theyāre based off of my own art style and personality, so they might not be as helpful to you as they are to me.
First off, itās helpful to have a sketchbook that you donāt care about ruining. Donāt waste your money on fancy looking sketchbooks because, if youāre like me, youāll be too scared to draw in them because you donāt want to ruin them. My sketchbooks are usually just plain black and spiral bound.
Sometimes, when you just want to get some drawing practice in, quantity is actually better than quality. You can pick out a bunch of reference pictures and just start drawing. Flip the page when youāre done with one and donāt bother going back to look at it. I also like to blast music to keep my brain distracted so it doesnāt try to start overthinking.
Draw really simple, dumb stuff. Like memes. Or almost-stick-figure comics.
If you had fun drawing something, draw it again.
If you get a cool marker that has a really pretty color, fill half a page with it. Add little polka dots of your second favorite color.
When you donāt like something and itās bothering you, write a little note in the margin about what you donāt like about it and maybe how you could do better next time. Then move on.
Donāt be afraid to scribble. I mean this literally. There was one time I was feeling art blocked and I was staring at the blank white page, feeling sure that whatever I put down was going to completely ruin it and be a waste of paper. So I handed my sketchbook and a pen to my little cousin and told him to scribble all over it. He did. Now the page was already ruined, and so no matter what I put down on there over the scribbles would be an improvement. One of my favorite drawings is now on that page.
Another thing is to separate yourself from your art, kinda. If you mess up drawing a hand, youāre not a bad artist. You just havenāt learned how to do hands the way you like them yet. Donāt think of your art as individual finished projects, but instead as fun things you did to help shape your art skills as a whole. Failures teach you just as much as successes.
When you see more experienced artistsā works, let them inspire you instead of discourage you. Look at the individual things that you like about their drawings and try to apply it to your own.
Aaand, thatās all that I can think of. Writing all that out was actually kinda helpful for myself. Hope it helps you too! Sorry itās super long.
āNothing says autumn like slurpinā apples.ā -my uncle
December 14, 2023 at 8:58 pm #169761December 20, 2023 at 2:59 pm #170474Anonymous- Rank: Chosen One
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@smiley @mineralizedwritings @whalekeeper @loopylin @keilah-h @anyone-else
I did my first piece of art in a while yesterday afternoon/evening, and I’m really satisfied with it, haha š©·šš
I used a reference pic, and it turned out even better than I expected! <3
I hadn’t drawn in a while, so I was kinda scared, lol! XD
But anywho, y’all wanna see??š
(I think Miley will like it the mostš)
December 20, 2023 at 3:13 pm #170477Anonymous- Rank: Chosen One
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wow, the difference between that sketch above and this one I did months ago is hard to believe y’all
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December 20, 2023 at 3:18 pm #170479@freedomwriter76
Oh, good job!! ššĀ The eyes look really good!!!
Flaz: *yawns* Did the sun just come up? In the west?
December 20, 2023 at 3:20 pm #170480Anonymous- Rank: Chosen One
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@grcr Aww, thank you so much!! š©·š©· Yeah, they took a while, but I got satisfied with them in the end XD
December 20, 2023 at 3:25 pm #170481@freedomwriter76
Wanda!!! I LOVE ITā” YOU DID SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do me a favorā¦. Tell Cress I meant it
-ThorneDecember 20, 2023 at 3:27 pm #170482Anonymous- Rank: Chosen One
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@smiley I’m so happy you like it!!! š©·š©· TYSM!!! āØāØ
December 20, 2023 at 5:57 pm #170507@freedomwriter76 nice!!!! That is pretty good!
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
December 20, 2023 at 6:19 pm #170514Anonymous- Rank: Chosen One
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@keilah-h Tysm! š©·š©·
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