Current Events > Provide me with a character (anime, games, comic) and a pose and I'll draw it.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Or you can use boxes. In this model sheet from the Superman cartoon, you get an idea:


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Vol2tex posted...

nayr626 posted...

Did a quick BS sketch of the pose in the pic.

I realize it is crooked, and I messed up on the hair but this is the basic idea.



This is more or less what I wanted to do, and I spent a lot less time on it.



Which I like a lot better, but her left arm should be up more which I have in a note and I need to work on the hair from the side view.

And if any of you couldn't tell I'm feeling a lot better :).
Which one would you prefer if I were to do a finished one? @Kaname_Madoka

I think here, the legs could turn a bit more to match the perspective of the upper body. If you want to draw her facing a bit outward, the upper body would also have to tilt a bit forward. The best thing to do would be to lightly draw an oval (ribcage), a short cylinder emanating from the bottom, and a connection to a box (pelvis). From there, you can draw the box facing in the angle you want to and the ribcage will more easily be connected to it in the correct perspective.

I was doing the box thing for the previous sketches..I went through about 8 pages before I got to this point.

If you do it from the total side her pelvic box would basically be a square..yeah.

Kaname_Madoka posted...

nayr626 posted...

Kaname_Madoka posted...

The second one because that's the one you prefer

Are you okay with the upskirt or do you want that gone?

I don't like the upskirt tbh

Cool.



My HB pencil is really dull. I think I'm going to try and get a brush pen before I ink because my multiliner is very scratchy in the dark areas.
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Gonna fill in the bows and darts when I get a brush pen. Came out really well.
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is she done? looks great

mind if i sig her?
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Kaname_Madoka posted...

is she done? looks great

mind if i sig her?

I was going to fill in some stuff with black, but if you like it now I can post the finished one later.

Yeah I'm done the black fucked it up...
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What is your ultimate goal in art? Which style or styles do you want to become most adept in? What types of images or scenes do you want to draw?

I know you said you find realistic boring, did you mainly want to do a cartoony style?

I can try to find resources that can best help. For drawing from imagination though, I think that mastering the ability to draw spheres, cylinders, boxes, and cones in perspective will make your drawings look more solid. I've seen studies where they combine them into one structure, which look like sort of a short-cut:



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Vol2tex posted...

What is your ultimate goal in art? Which style or styles do you want to become most adept in? What types of images or scenes do you want to draw?

I know you said you find realistic boring, did you mainly want to do a cartoony style?

I can try to find resources that can best help. For drawing from imagination though, I think that mastering the ability to draw spheres, cylinders, boxes, and cones in perspective will make your drawings look more solid. I've seen studies where they combine them into one structure, which look like sort of a short-cut:

Honestly to enjoy it again.

Maybe get to the point where I can do comissions, but it's just a hobby.

Long time ago I wanted to finish my Bachelors work and move up to Seattle and work my way up to being an artist at Wizards of The Coast, but that's a pipe dream lol.
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I wrote like 3 paragraphs but my mobile browser refreshed and I lost everything. I will just say to keep on pursuing it and that nothing is unattainable. I've seen people over the years progress from being a complete beginner in art, not even capable of drawing spheres or boxes well, to becoming concept artists and art teachers.
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Vol2tex posted...

I wrote like 3 paragraphs but my mobile browser refreshed and I lost everything. I will just say to keep on pursuing it and that nothing is unattainable. I've seen people over the years progress from being a complete beginner in art, not even capable of drawing spheres or boxes well, to becoming concept artists and art teachers.

I feel like I've progressed just in this topic, but it honestly has more to do with my mental well being.

I want to be able to draw decently consistently without having to deal with blockage, but I'm not sure if that's a possibility in my case.
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I definitely think you've progressed as well. What has afflicted you mentally?
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The angle of the picture has really been affecting some of these.

Thought it was crooked as hell, but I shot it from above and it's not as bad as I thought. You can see the line I drew to check <_<.

Vol2tex posted...

I definitely think you've progressed as well. What has afflicted you mentally?

Ups and downs depression.

Spurts of energy/no energy at all.

Complete indifference to everything I do/completely enjoying and loving it.

I want to be able to draw during all these instances. I'm pretty mellow right now I would like to say.
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Oh wow, this topic is still around? Cool.

Nayr, it's good to hear you're feeling better. Keep it up!
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nayr626 posted...

The angle of the picture has really been affecting some of these.

Thought it was crooked as hell, but I shot it from above and it's not as bad as I thought. You can see the line I drew to check <_<.

Vol2tex posted...

I definitely think you've progressed as well. What has afflicted you mentally?

Ups and downs depression.

Spurts of energy/no energy at all.

Complete indifference to everything I do/completely enjoying and loving it.

I want to be able to draw during all these instances. I'm pretty mellow right now I would like to say.

Sorry to hear that. What things work to improve your condition?
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I see.

Very well.
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Vol2tex posted...

nayr626 posted...

The angle of the picture has really been affecting some of these.

Thought it was crooked as hell, but I shot it from above and it's not as bad as I thought. You can see the line I drew to check <_<.

Vol2tex posted...

I definitely think you've progressed as well. What has afflicted you mentally?

Ups and downs depression.

Spurts of energy/no energy at all.

Complete indifference to everything I do/completely enjoying and loving it.

I want to be able to draw during all these instances. I'm pretty mellow right now I would like to say.

Sorry to hear that. What things work to improve your condition?

A lot of things barring medication.

Eating (when I'm depressed I won't eat anything all day).
Exercise.
Sleep.
Limiting media.

CE is starting to annoy me especially with the emoji update. Been playing basketball with my roomate 2-3 times a week. Hanging out with a girl tomorrow and having lunch. I'm in a good place right now, and when I'm not I'm shitposting on CE all day.

Trying to avoid it in general. Only saw this because I was going to google and it came up with gamefaqs.

Calwings posted...

Oh wow, this topic is still around? Cool.

Nayr, it's good to hear you're feeling better. Keep it up!

Yeah, it is.

Thank you.
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@Vol2tex

Think I'm gonna scrap this. The initial sketch would make a really cool line art, but I screwed up on the pencil. I want her right arm out more like she's raining fire, her head tilted in the direction of the arm, and maybe her left arm would have to be forshortened?





Proportions are a bit better on the initial sketch as well.
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It's really busy will try to ink it later.
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Your gestures have improved significantly in my opinion. The initial sketch did seem more energetic and possessed better proportions though. In the final drawing, I think the neck area needs more clarity, it is hard to determine the details. The feet likewise. The head should also be bigger, and her right eye should move slightly more towards the nose while the left eye should be higher. The contour of her left breast looks like it continues towards the arm. Her legs are also facing straight, but she's close to 3/4 perspective so her legs should turn in that direction more to match the rest of her body.

I would also try to draw the legs in a more visually interesting position. They are both straight, perhaps her left one could bend a bit forward at the knee?
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Vol2tex posted...

Your gestures have improved significantly in my opinion. The initial sketch did seem more energetic and possessed better proportions though. In the final drawing, I think the neck area needs more clarity, it is hard to determine the details. The feet likewise. The head should also be bigger, and her right eye should move slightly more towards the nose while the left eye should be higher. The contour of her left breast looks like it continues towards the arm. Her legs are also facing straight, but she's close to 3/4 perspective so her legs should turn in that direction more to match the rest of her body.

I would also try to draw the legs in a more visually interesting position. They are both straight, perhaps her left one could bend a bit forward at the knee?

Yeah I scrapped it.

Looked up some stuff online, and did a couple more sketches but the most problematic area is the hair flow. It looks so flowy in my sketch, but when I ink it it's too choppy or the hair is too high. I was thinking of doing a knee bent. I'll have tot tackle it tomorrow. Getting sleepy, and I'm only going to be posting in this thread.

Start of sketch



Stopped inking it because her hair and arm were bugging the fuck out of me.



Did an alt pose but I don't like it either..

I noticed some of her appeal is she seems incredibly elongated. In The legs and arms, and she has a thin waist with huge breasts. Trying to do a more western style with some of these sketches, but it's not working exactly well.



Too big in this one, and I'm not happy with the hands..and that should probably be at a 3/4 view as well. And I really need to move my laptop when I'm drawing because right now it's to the right of my laptop, and I think that is screwing with the proportions.

Want to do something in style with MvC3 Phoenix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3gkRlfQ-Ag
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I don't have a request but just wanted to say keep up the good work man. Art is a cool passion and this is a good exercise to probably practice. Good on ya for putting yourself out there.

Cheers mate.
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Left leg needs to be adjusted so it covers the left...obviously the legs are super thick. Looks like a Spiderman pose.

I don't want to go literal with the phoenix aspect..



Anyways I'm heading to bed..catch you in the morning.
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Draw sara valenstein from ttails of cold steel drinking bourbon together with scerazard from trails in the sky.

The pose, location, etc are uo to you
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C_Pain posted...

I don't have a request but just wanted to say keep up the good work man. Art is a cool passion and this is a good exercise to probably practice. Good on ya for putting yourself out there.

Cheers mate.

Thanks.

Mainly sticking around for people who have been nice over the years.

apolloooo posted...

Draw sara valenstein from ttails of cold steel drinking bourbon together with scerazard from trails in the sky.

The pose, location, etc are uo to you

Like this dude!

Okay, but only if you take that old apollo drawing out and replace it with this one lol.
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nayr626 posted...

Like this dude!

Okay, but only if you take that old apollo drawing out and replace it with this one lol.

sure y not
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Man the pencil sketch for this drawing was amazing. I think it turned out well after inking, but the pencil looked a lot cooler. Also you can tell my pen is really scratchy. Need to steal my scanner next time I'm home.



@Vol2tex
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God damn it I spent a lot of time on that...

Anyways I'm going to Ihop with a girl that's been flirty...she just turned 18 <_<. Wish me luck. Somebody tell me which one to work on.
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Do you do the gesture with pencil first then go over it in ink, or do the ink drawing separately?
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Vol2tex posted...

Do you do the gesture with pencil first then go over it in ink, or do the ink drawing separately?

Gesture then go over it and ink.

3H
HB
Ink

In that order. I used to have a 4H pencil that I preffered to the 3H but I don't know where it is.

It's really hard to follow my lines sometimes..
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This drawing was all 3H





Line art was super smooth after I inked it.
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Hi, I just saw this topic, but can you draw Fegor for me whenever you get around to it?


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I think my suggestion is the next one queued or something, I'm already very hyped :D
Your drawings are all very nice so far!
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Holy shit I can not get moe down..

I finally got the face right after the 3rd attempt.



The secret is the dot nose <_<.

Also is the monster the size of a chicken or a dinosaur? For scale purposes..

This costume is busy as hell too.



I'm going to slim those legs down, and I'm kind of using the dress so I don't have to show the bend in the leg that much. Hair is a work in progress, I usually try to go for general in the first couple sketches then add details along the other two.

Ihop went fine..she has a boyfriend, but she was telling me that they were kind of rocky. Ate for about an hour and talked..was nice even if she's just a friend. Guess she's shopping around <_<. Damn spent $30 I didn't have lol.
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Legs are good now. Feeding hand needs work. Noticed she has a ponytail and hair off to the side..

Still need the scale on the animal. Gonna order a new ink and nib on amazon. Should be here by Sunday.

Gonna get some zzzz's..

How's it coming along @TarElessar?

Oh and would you mind if I gave either the animal or her heart eyes? Is she supposed to be scared of it or does she think it's cute?
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Oh, sorry for the late reply, different timezone...
It looks awesome so far!
The bird is the size of an ostrich, I'd say about 2m-ish or something.
Cute would be preferred, but it's your decision!
Thanks~

nayr626 posted...

This drawing was all 3H





Line art was super smooth after I inked it.

nayr626 posted...

Vol2tex posted...

Do you do the gesture with pencil first then go over it in ink, or do the ink drawing separately?

Gesture then go over it and ink.

3H
HB
Ink

In that order. I used to have a 4H pencil that I preffered to the 3H but I don't know where it is.

It's really hard to follow my lines sometimes..

It looks like the line art is barely noticeable, so good job. The ink drawing maintained a lot of the gesture too.
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Vol2tex posted...

nayr626 posted...

This drawing was all 3H





Line art was super smooth after I inked it.

nayr626 posted...

Vol2tex posted...

Do you do the gesture with pencil first then go over it in ink, or do the ink drawing separately?

Gesture then go over it and ink.

3H
HB
Ink

In that order. I used to have a 4H pencil that I preffered to the 3H but I don't know where it is.

It's really hard to follow my lines sometimes..

It looks like the line art is barely noticeable, so good job. The ink drawing maintained a lot of the gesture too.

Yeah I should just use 3H for now.

I think I need a better flowing brush pen if I want to do large areas of black, and it strains my fine tip pen so much.

TarElessar posted...

Oh, sorry for the late reply, different timezone...
It looks awesome so far!
The bird is the size of an ostrich, I'd say about 2m-ish or something.
Cute would be preferred, but it's your decision!
Thanks~

What time zone? It should be coming tomorrow. I already notated on the sketch I posted, so I'm going to do a couple and takes to find out where the monster should be.
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Do you have any particular artists who inspire you? I think something that can also help one get better is to look at the works of artists that they like and try to figure out how they reached that level of drawing ability.
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Vol2tex posted...

Do you have any particular artists who inspire you? I think something that can also help one get better is to look at the works of artists that they like and try to figure out how they reached that level of drawing ability.

I think we've talked about this before.

Animation wise: Hao Miyazaki, Joseph Lee for for western comic (Batman Hush specifically), Disney Rennaisance.
Classical wise: Reubens, Caravaggio.
Modern: Duchamp, Pollock.
Pop: Litchenstein, Warhol.
Current: Takashi Murakami.

A mix of heavily stylized artists.
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nayr626 posted...

What time zone? It should be coming tomorrow. I already notated on the sketch I posted, so I'm going to do a couple and takes to find out where the monster should be.



And I'm going to change the outfit. I thought it was a flowy like Kimono but it's more of a schoolgirl.

I'm temporarily in the UK, so usually online when everyone here is offline, unfortunately.
The sketch looks really great!
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Damn it my pen hasn't arrived yet..

I really can't draw right now anyways. Have 227 pages to read by Tuesday, and I don't think I can do that even if I split it up between today and monday..maybe I can read some the day of Tuesday.

Ugggh I'm stressed.
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Damn.

It was in my town that they needed to deliver to last night, and for some reason it went to a different facility 30 miles away <_<. Fuck it all.
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I feel so exhausted.

I don't know if I'm coming down with a cold, but I have absolutely no motivation to do anything to day. Don't feel like eating, reading, drawing, playing the one video game I have..I just can't muster up the energy to do anything but listen to music.

These are the fucking days I'm talking about..I feel like shit.
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It got delayed until Wednesday, so I bitched at amazon saying I needed it today for a commission (lol).

And I got my bank account credited, and I get to keep the package when it arrives <_<. I would buy it locally, but none of the hobby shops carry the pen I use and Sakura Micron pens are cheap as hell and lose ink in 2 weeks or less..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGcFF3XiV4
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It's undeliverable for some reason :/.

Any good replacements for Copic Multiliner SP @Vol2tex? Ebay will take a week for the pen I want, the big art stores don't have them. Best I can do is all pencil or get a fine point sharpie, but those bleed.

Fucking pissed. I just ordered ink and a nib on ebay for $10 should be here in 6 days. From the same seller, so I'm hoping they can combine shipping.

I'll do some pencil sketches in the meantime and I'll ink the best when it comes.
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nayr626 posted...

It's undeliverable for some reason :/.

Any good replacements for Copic Multiliner SP @Vol2tex? Ebay will take a week for the pen I want, the big art stores don't have them. Best I can do is all pencil or get a fine point sharpie, but those bleed.

Fucking pissed. I just ordered ink and a nib on ebay for $10 should be here in 6 days. From the same seller, so I'm hoping they can combine shipping.

I'll do some pencil sketches in the meantime and I'll ink the best when it comes.

6 days is a long time but I hope you'll be satisfied with it. I haven't done much in the way of inking.
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Vol2tex posted...

nayr626 posted...

It's undeliverable for some reason :/.

Any good replacements for Copic Multiliner SP @Vol2tex? Ebay will take a week for the pen I want, the big art stores don't have them. Best I can do is all pencil or get a fine point sharpie, but those bleed.

Fucking pissed. I just ordered ink and a nib on ebay for $10 should be here in 6 days. From the same seller, so I'm hoping they can combine shipping.

I'll do some pencil sketches in the meantime and I'll ink the best when it comes.

6 days is a long time but I hope you'll be satisfied with it. I haven't done much in the way of inking.

It's the current ones I use.

https://www.amazon.com/Copic-Multiliner-Sp-Set-4-Black/dp/B006MO2BVO/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1508215088&sr=8-8&keywords=copic+multiliner+set

They go out of stock and the prices rise up like crazy around the holidays. Got this set and it was $15 a couple years back. I still have the other sizes but it's a bitch to replace every nib and cartridge.

It costs $13 for a new pen, and you can get the ink and nib for $10 or so.
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$34 for 4 ink pens seems like a lot, how long might a typical one last?
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Vol2tex posted...

$34 for 4 ink pens seems like a lot, how long might a typical one last?

Maybe 3 months or so.

The Sakura micron pens aren't bad ink wise, but they leak very easily. The casing around them isn't as sturdy since they're disposable, and when you get a leak it's pretty much rendered useless.
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https://i.imgur.com/KaV3l7k.png?1

God damn it. Fuck this!

Maybe it's a copic problem <_<.
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Literally can't draw digitally.

Figure sketch



Can't get it as flowy as my sketch...best I got it.



I adjusted the neck after the figure sketch after that.

Another version can't get the face right.



I think with the skirt it needs to be thin as hell, and I think I have to have an upskirt if I want any flow to it,,

Did a quick fix shortened the skirt and made her legs longer...



Put her eyes in.

Need to clean up some of the hair and put her shoes in, and then I'm probably going to draw in the monster in a new drawing and transfer the line art.


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