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[Faze]

So around a month ago I decided to learn how to draw properly (in my own, weird style, of course).

Thus far I've mostly been practicing faces and stuff.

 

 

 

^ don't really like either of the girls here but I like how the guy in upper left corner turned out.

 

 

 

Any tips? :]

[SushiKitten]

You do a good job of placing the eyes! I can draw one eye great and then the other looks awful. They all look so tired and worn out, though. Are they supposed to?

[Faze]

Yeah, actually they are supposed to.
I'm practising different facial expressions as well, and the girls were supposed to look depressed, even a little sad, and indeed, tired. I tried to make the boy look cold and arrogant, even a little angry.
I have some older drawings somewhere with happier expressions, I'll post them tomorrow.

[The Robstar]

Drawing accurate faces requires symmetry and precision. 

 

Here's a helpful tip.

 

The distance between your eyes should be the same length as one of your eyes. (An inch and a half) And the width of your face should be one of your eyes multiplied by 5.

 

I took art classes a few years back.  

[Faze]

Thanks for the tips Rob.

 

Also, apparently tomorrow = almost two weeks later. Sorry about that.
Here's some more anyway, as promised:

 

 

 

^ don't really like either of these but I'm still just practising so I don't care

 

 

 

Aang! This is around a month old, but I think it turned out okay. Even though it's just a sketch.

 

    

 

These are maybe 3 months old. Apparently I forgot to draw the left one a neck, and the right one is ok I guess but her eyes look odd as fuck.

 

 

Also, here's Claptrap, because Claptrap's awesome.

(the random stars are there just to cover up some random writing)

[Faze]

Oh and I forgot to post these as well:

 

  

 

These are only a few days old, and I really like both. I love how their hair looks.

[BloodPrince 2.0]

I love the one on the left, his expression and hair really gets me.
Both of them though are a huge improvement on the earlier ones you posted. I think you're getting better at eyes. Ears is where you might need the tips you asked for - on the left, the earlobes are up too high, while in the right they (or it, I can only see one) are just about correct. The ears themselves are too small. The beginning of the ear (where it starts up there, but not the top curve) should align with the corner of the character's eye. The top curve should be a bit higher - in real life it aligns with the eyebrow, however in anime it can be lower than that if you have high eyebrow on your character's face. I'll sketch out examples of what I mean for you, if you'd like.

[Mister Sympa]

Keep posting these! It'll be fascinating to watch your progression!

[Faze]

^ Roger that

 

I love the one on the left, his expression and hair really gets me.
Both of them though are a huge improvement on the earlier ones you posted. I think you're getting better at eyes. Ears is where you might need the tips you asked for - on the left, the earlobes are up too high, while in the right they (or it, I can only see one) are just about correct. The ears themselves are too small. The beginning of the ear (where it starts up there, but not the top curve) should align with the corner of the character's eye. The top curve should be a bit higher - in real life it aligns with the eyebrow, however in anime it can be lower than that if you have high eyebrow on your character's face. I'll sketch out examples of what I mean for you, if you'd like.

Yeah, I still have some trouble placing the ears, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. I understand what you mean but sketched examples are always welcome, they help me the most.

 

Also, here's an old sketch I found, maybe around 3-4 months old, when I hadn't drawn anything properly in ages and wanted to know what I could do:

 

 

 

and it's also the reason I wanted to learn how to draw properly.

Ignore the odd bunny ears, at some point I just kinda went "meh fuck it" and drew those for shits and giggles and then forgot about this completely until now.

 

Also, if anyone has any tips on how to learn to draw anatomically correct bodies, I'd be very grateful. When I've got to the point where the face sketches look okay in my opinion, I'll move on to drawing bodies.

[Mister Sympa]

Fun fact: I can't draw men.

 

A decade of drawing almost exclusively Sailor Senshi has left me completely unprepared to draw the male form.

 

I've tried a few times, and they come out all blocky and weird.

[Faze]

Me either, lol.

Whenever I try to draw men they end up looking incredibly girly and just plain gay.

Obviously I've spent too much time watching girly anime. >.>

[BloodPrince 2.0]

Here, hope this'll be helpful. Or at least entertaining.


Please ignore the freaked out little guy up there, he's never seen demonstrative sketches before.

[Faze]

Oh that's great, thanks!

You're really good and your style is just the kind that I aim for, how long have you been drawing?

 

... I won't admit I'm really tempted to call you senpai now

[BloodPrince 2.0]

Np, about twenty years.

Haha rly now

[SushiKitten]

Actually yeah can we just call you Blood-Senpai?

[BloodPrince 2.0]

Aw... fuck, sure go ahead. =///=

[Faze]

Blood-Senpai. Uguu.

[Faze]

Update!

 

  

 

   

 

Bottom ones are not so great imo, but I love the left one on the top.