go to a book store and look for a book on drawing/sketching technique (and make sure its not one about comic characters or manga). the reason i say that is because anyone who can draw a comic character or manga character well is someone who knows how to draw from life perfectly, not the other way around. just sit down and draw what you see, that is the best way to learn how to draw.
Sonne said: go to a book store and look for a book on drawing/sketching technique (and make sure its not one about comic characters or manga). the reason i say that is because anyone who can draw a comic character or manga character well is someone who knows how to draw from life perfectly, not the other way around. just sit down and draw what you see, that is the best way to learn how to draw.
Sonne said: go to a book store and look for a book on drawing/sketching technique (and make sure its not one about comic characters or manga). the reason i say that is because anyone who can draw a comic character or manga character well is someone who knows how to draw from life perfectly, not the other way around. just sit down and draw what you see, that is the best way to learn how to draw.
sittingduck said: find any book by burne hogarth ... actually find all of them. dynamic anatomy helped me grow as an artist by leaps and bounds.
that is a must. i started drawing out of a burne hogarth book when i was like 10 or 11 and it really helped me develop my skill especially when drawing anatomy.
Never looked into the Hogarth book because I’ve heard other rigid artist say that the anatomy within those books are akin to comic books, otherwise unrealistic. From what I’ve seen, I think that comment has some merit since his images are highly stylised.
I would recommend Andrew Loomis. You can find more fundamental technique information on a variety of subject, more than just figure drawing.
Don’t know if all the links work, but here pdfs available off the internetz!
books are cool, but you’ll learn a lot more drawing from life. Just do a lot of it, go to a park or some shit and draw everything you see, but try not to creep people out too much, some people are weird about being analyzed every few seconds.
quakerninja said: Drawing from life is to hard. Every industry has a dirty secret.. just between you and me homeless people make great cadavers. gotta catch em all.
drawing is a product of looking. Learn to look more. People who draw real life- watch them- they tend to look at their subject more than they look at the canvas.
after drawing hands for so long- i can actually draw from memory all the lines on my palm in almost the right place.
I’m still aweomely shit at drawing the human form and may be taking some night classes in it, to pratice looking.
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Joey said 4 months ago
marvel cards
adamastephens said 4 months ago
http://emptees.com/posts/5654-comic-characters
Sol Amstutz said 4 months ago
go to a book store and look for a book on drawing/sketching technique (and make sure its not one about comic characters or manga). the reason i say that is because anyone who can draw a comic character or manga character well is someone who knows how to draw from life perfectly, not the other way around. just sit down and draw what you see, that is the best way to learn how to draw.
cajun metal said 4 months ago
+1
sittingduck said 4 months ago
find any book by burne hogarth ... actually find all of them. dynamic anatomy helped me grow as an artist by leaps and bounds.
Ziggy said 4 months ago
Thanks everybody
Kevvbo said 4 months ago
+1 too.
Sol Amstutz said 4 months ago
that is a must. i started drawing out of a burne hogarth book when i was like 10 or 11 and it really helped me develop my skill especially when drawing anatomy.
jimiyo said 4 months ago
Never looked into the Hogarth book because I’ve heard other rigid artist say that the anatomy within those books are akin to comic books, otherwise unrealistic. From what I’ve seen, I think that comment has some merit since his images are highly stylised.
I would recommend Andrew Loomis. You can find more fundamental technique information on a variety of subject, more than just figure drawing.
Don’t know if all the links work, but here pdfs available off the internetz!
http://www.artcone.com/forums/andrew_loomis_books_downloads-t1772.html
molasses4masses said 4 months ago
He teaches proper proportions and placement.
derekdeal said 4 months ago
books are cool, but you’ll learn a lot more drawing from life. Just do a lot of it, go to a park or some shit and draw everything you see, but try not to creep people out too much, some people are weird about being analyzed every few seconds.
quakerninja said 4 months ago
Drawing from life is to hard. Every industry has a dirty secret.. just between you and me homeless people make great cadavers. gotta catch em all.
Aniast said 4 months ago
I mean, what else do you do when you see a hobo?
hyperhyphen said 4 months ago
http://the-structure-of-man.blogspot.com/
horsebites said 4 months ago
+1
Ziggy said 4 months ago
Which book do you recommend I start with?
justgeoff said 4 months ago
Clint English
godmachine said 4 months ago
drawing is a product of looking. Learn to look more. People who draw real life- watch them- they tend to look at their subject more than they look at the canvas.
after drawing hands for so long- i can actually draw from memory all the lines on my palm in almost the right place.
I’m still aweomely shit at drawing the human form and may be taking some night classes in it, to pratice looking.
beth said 4 months ago
Color by numbers...thats what i do