06-25-2009, 11:13 PM
Ok kids, ease off. Just because you can draw better is not an excuse to ridicule someone who's clearly just starting out.
It's looks like you tried to draw these free hand, so for your best effort, and for a beginner, it's a brave start. Especially to share it on the internet and ask for help, that's really something. I used to hide all my art with a fervor bordering on paranoia.
Anyway, Rkitagawa has a good point. Have a sit down and take a good hard look at some photos of real people and try and think about how a person is actually constructed. It's a bit difficult because visual construction is slightly different from physical construction but there are LOTS of how-to tutorials on the web that could help you. Try googling.
I learnt to draw by copying and it might help you too. DON'T plagiarize though. This is important. The trick is that by copying accomplished artists work you can get a feel for how a style works. Get a picture that'd you'd like to be able to draw and free-hand copy it. If you really struggle, trace it and then do a second copy free-hand afterwards. Have a think; what was difficult to copy? Chances are, that's what you need to know more about and practise drawing. Use your own body as a reference (I spent hours drawing my left hand in various poses; it really helped). now try doing that picture a third time, but alter something so it's a different person. Hair, for example, or clothes. I sometimes still do this but make the person older or younger or the opposite gender. Once you've
Basically, you've got the first thing down right- you like drawing. Now all you need is LOTS and LOTS of practice. Work first on getting your drawings into proper proportions (smaller heads, eyes more correctly spaced, ears etc), the rest will follow in time.
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