Hey,

I have decided to start drawing recently (hence the drawing not great) and I would like you guys(the professionals) to help me out and give some CONSTRUCTIVE criticsm so that I can increase my drawing abilitys. I will update this post every 2 or so days with new pictures I have drawn. You can also rate my drawings. Enjoy,

InsertMsgHere

P.S Sorry about some of the bad picture quality there might be.

Yea. Thanks for the help. Sorry about the size of the picture but i needed to keep inside the 200k size limit. Any help in getting the size bigger would be appreciated.

Mmmm... Sorry, but not very good...
-It's a wooden figure
-Needs shading
-Sketch people to learn perspective

HINT: draw it in a black stift. We can see it better that way ^^

At 2/7/07 01:44 PM, test-object wrote: Mmmm... Sorry, but not very good...
-It's a wooden figure
-Needs shading
-Sketch people to learn perspective

HINT: draw it in a black stift. We can see it better that way ^^

Yes i agree. As I said im new to drawing so im trying to get as many tips and advice as possible. I will go over my work darker next time for you of course test-object! Thanks.

Your drawings lack curve and perspective. For example:

First,you should concider making his head a little smaller and his body a little Bigger.you also forgot to shade and add a horizon line for him to stand on.I am a profesional drawer.

Well he is standing on a boulder but you cant see it very well. I will compress my next pictures so they can be bigger.

Now this is something I drew with a little help from a manga tutorial book. The guy was meant to be girl but then i decided to turn it into boy. Thats why it has girl eyes. Dragon is to be finished later. Enjoy!

I don't know if you start at drawing and how old you are but you should try by reproducing things you see ( from a picture or whatever ) Personnaly I'm MUCH better at night ... don't know why. And I did this when I was 15

And look at the mistake; you can see the front and the back of my hand at the same time

Rofl! Looks good, dude!

At 2/7/07 01:41 PM, InsertMsgHere wrote: Yea. Thanks for the help. Sorry about the size of the picture but i needed to keep inside the 200k size limit. Any help in getting the size bigger would be appreciated.

you can send it much bigger. See the little line writed "Attachment" below ? you can sand a very gigger picture with it. There are already 2 other pictures in you thread that give you an exemple of the size a picture can have

here's my crappy art i drew it for my cousin lol carlos mencia the pedo

At 2/10/07 08:12 PM, Mindistortion wrote: here's my crappy art i drew it for my cousin lol carlos mencia the pedo

Im afraid this topic is for my artwork so people can help ME. Good picture anyway.

Well, i must say, that... it isn't quite good. A tip from a pro: try drawing yourself or etc first. I mean, look at yourself or/and other people and look at different bodyparts, how they look from different angles, and stuff like that. Also, try using a technique to make drawing easier for you. For example, i've thought up my own technique, which helps me somehow.

At 2/11/07 01:06 PM, alex-lapushkin wrote: Well, i must say, that... it isn't quite good. A tip from a pro: try drawing yourself or etc first.

Yeah ... like you hand as an exemple

I mean, look at yourself or/and other people and look at different bodyparts, how they look from different angles, and stuff like that. Also, try using a technique to make drawing easier for you. For example, i've thought up my own technique, which helps me somehow.

Right ! Da Vinci was doing the same thing. He takes a piece of tissue and observe every differences of shadow by moving it. He also studied the movement of water for a really long time but he don't find the answer of the way it moves.

This is a robber guy I drew. Ignore the rubbings out it was going to be a girl.

At 2/11/07 01:16 PM, Alinoe wrote:

At 2/11/07 01:06 PM, alex-lapushkin wrote: Well, i must say, that... it isn't quite good. A tip from a pro: try drawing yourself or etc first.

Yeah ... like you hand as an exemple

Uh... if you need an example, here (bad pic quality):http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8 660/s1010027tz0.jpg

At 2/11/07 01:31 PM, InsertMsgHere wrote: This is a robber guy I drew. Ignore the rubbings out it was going to be a girl.

you know that you can simply erase the eyelashes ?
You should really try reproducing a picture. And you could try abstract art, maybe it's your way and you just don,t know already

maybe you should try not manga cus it doesnt seem to be your style... i cant draw freehand but i can draw pretty well on the computer

At 2/11/07 02:26 PM, Alinoe wrote:

At 2/11/07 01:31 PM, InsertMsgHere wrote: This is a robber guy I drew. Ignore the rubbings out it was going to be a girl.

you know that you can simply erase the eyelashes ?
You should really try reproducing a picture. And you could try abstract art, maybe it's your way and you just don,t know already

Firstly, I accidently drew the eyelashes dark first of all and I did try to erase them. Secondly, I tried to draw me from a picture with no avail. But I will try again today. I will post another manga picture I drew which is a lot better later.

Heres another sorta manga style thing except its kind of based on me. Its one of my better drawings I've done. Tell me what you think.

At 2/12/07 03:43 AM, InsertMsgHere wrote: Heres another sorta manga style thing except its kind of based on me. Its one of my better drawings I've done. Tell me what you think.

How in ANY way is that manga style?
Its a circle with 2 small eyes stuck on, a V for a nose, and random squiggles for hair.

Are you even trying?

At 2/12/07 03:58 AM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote:
How in ANY way is that manga style?
Its a circle with 2 small eyes stuck on, a V for a nose, and random squiggles for hair.

Are you even trying?

I am trying. I only made this thread because I need help. "Random squiggles for hair" Im not going to reply to that.

At 2/12/07 06:26 AM, InsertMsgHere wrote: "Random squiggles for hair" Im not going to reply to that.

Yeah.. y'see the thing is.. you just did.

Anyway, I said sorta manga style. The v shaped chin is 'sorta' manga. Im new to drawing so I dont know these terms very well.

At 2/12/07 06:43 AM, InsertMsgHere wrote: Anyway, I said sorta manga style. The v shaped chin is 'sorta' manga. Im new to drawing so I dont know these terms very well.

i jsut think you should try a different style

Manga is definately not your style. That said, drawing realism isn't going to be much better either. Stick with simple objects for now, and try to really work on shapes and shading. Once you get better try again with humans. Try drawing a bit cartoony (not manga, more like stuff from a comic book) and see if that helps.

Try drawing in Photoshop or Flash, some people are better on the computer.
Or, you could try a different style because this pretend manga isn't very good, sorry.
You don't seem miserable at art, but what you're doing now doesn't work, sorry.

and don't try to make one good drawing per day, it's impossible. Give you some time to find inspiration ... Personnaly I only made 3 or 4 good drawing in my life ( if you think that the one I posted in your topic is good ) and I suggest you to wait the time you will feel it.

And also ... I have a muse so inspiration is way more easy ;)

At 2/12/07 04:55 PM, Alinoe wrote: and don't try to make one good drawing per day, it's impossible. Give you some time to find inspiration ...

Thanks for that advice.