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graffixnerd
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posted 20-02-2004 06:59 AM     Profile for graffixnerd   Email graffixnerd     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
This is my real first full attempt at drawing any sort of figure in the "manga" or "anime" style of art. I developed her for my digital illustration course in my art school. She is supposed to be an angel/bad girl. She is really a hitman, with very cruel intentions. In the bottom of her dress there is a writting in japanese meaning "good & evil". I am also going to draw her in a different outfit sometime in the future (her goth outfit). Please let me know what you guys think....i know its not perfect (far from it), and my illustrator is still a little choppy. Thanx!

click here to see the image


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Fransgaard
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posted 20-02-2004 11:20 AM     Profile for Fransgaard   Author's Homepage   Email Fransgaard     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
A good way of drawing in Illustrator is to do a rough on paper first, scan it in and then use Illustrator to clean up the image.

Do yourself a favour and try this, maybe you find that you like it better that way, maybe you don't but do try it.

Here I my comments:

you choice of colours are really good except for the back of her cloak (the little snip between her left leg and the front of the cloak. It would be better if it was darker not ligther than the front bit. It gives a better sense of depth.

You might want to do some highlight on the sword handle as well, eventhough it would look like that in real world. Sometimes it helps a drawing with some fake highlights to bring out details like that.

The face is normally the hardest part but I think the face has a good symmetry and a good expression, the hair seems to be pushed to one side though.

Now the bad stuff, The feathers in the wings are wrong, you might want to look at some photos of wings to help you get those right.

Her foot should be turned to it goes flat with the ground and finally the front of her cloak is too straight, it looks like a plate instead of something soft that folds.

You need to pratice but so do we all and for a first attempt this is really REALLY promising :-)

I am looking forward to seeing more


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Bomu
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posted 20-02-2004 11:35 AM     Profile for Bomu   Author's Homepage   Email Bomu     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hi graffixnerd. Interesting idea.
A few ideas to proportion your character out better-

Head shorter (half the current dimensions)
Neck slimmer (half as wide)
Hands bigger (twice the size)
Legs longer (twice as long)

I'd suggest you draw characters with these sorts of proportions first just to get a feel for it before bringing it onto the computer. I'd totally recommend you look at pictures of other anime characters to understand the style better. That's what I do when I want to draw something different- research is as important as the final product

Rei from Eva's pretty typical anime girl http://pantransit.reptiles.org/images/2002-08-11/0rei145.jpg

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Tri_kento
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posted 20-02-2004 02:59 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Well for first try i can't point fingers because mine really sucked bad but this is pretty groosem sry to say but then agian it's your first try and it's great to get into manga style of drawing if you keep on depositing all your drawings and ask for help your become 10x better in no time(well thats what happened to me but i only submited 1 pic because we don't have a scanner yet i hae to go to shcool and use theres) well sry for the pointless bunch of jumbali ^_^!

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graffixnerd
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posted 20-02-2004 04:29 PM     Profile for graffixnerd   Email graffixnerd     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
thanx for your help guys. oh yeah, the reason why i did not attempt to complicate the colors with high-lights is because our teacher just wanted it flat looking. and the wings....well in a way i wanted them to look like that, but i know they could have been alot better. thanx.
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posted 20-02-2004 11:34 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
it's cool would ya mind telling me what grade your in ? and if your not in school i am sry if that seemed like an insult he he ya ok well any ways by the look of it the pic was made in MS paint? if so then i retract my statement from before it is hard to draw on MS paint VERY HARD. ok i'll shut up know ^_^!

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graffixnerd
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posted 21-02-2004 07:34 PM     Profile for graffixnerd   Email graffixnerd     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Well at this moment i am just recently starting in my art school (university). I am there for visual effects & motion graphics (not manga). I am new to this type of style, so that's why it might look like crap now. The colors are meant to look flat and MS Paint looking, because our teacher wanted it that way. I am just uploading to the internet what i had just finished, not a massive work of art that i was dying to show off.
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Tri_kento
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posted 22-02-2004 02:42 AM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
"neh" so is teacher trying to get u guys to learn manga style drawing or was it a one time try for kicks. And once agian i would like to say sry for asking grade i was just wondering not meaning towards your skills ^_^! he ya i am going know

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graffixnerd
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posted 23-02-2004 05:59 PM     Profile for graffixnerd   Email graffixnerd     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
The teacher basically wanted us to create a character. He did not care what it was, but since i am starting to learn the style a bit, i wanted to take advantage.
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posted 23-02-2004 09:54 PM     Profile for Tri_kento   Author's Homepage   Email Tri_kento     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
A cool, well it's a real intresting style that u can never really master but only get better hope it brings u tons of fun.(omg that sounded really corny ^_^!)

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