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Originally posted by Venom_#1:
Best performance would be to watch a few Animes, so look at the details they've used in there. I do so and after that I can draw much better.

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Originally posted by Art Dude:
ya I know I neeed work I'm getting better but slowly need to practis more I just wish I could get better a little faster

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Never hesitate to do fan art!

To this one day, my biggest regret of my early drawing days is that I never did ANY fanart whatsoever, it was against my personal belief. Fanart is a great way to learn new techniques and syphon inspiration, and by retaining a base reference from professional works, you can learn a great deal that you would normally have to learn the hard way. It also opens you up to a wide base of different styles. When you decide to make a living out of it, you simply just don't have the drive to do fan art as in your early artist days.

Oh! Of course, if you have access to a place to do Life Drawings/Studies, that helps a lot too. Also, keep in mind that all drawing (save abstract) is at least based half on observation. Practice makes perfect, but practicing smart gets you there faster. Also, some may disagree with this, but don't exclusively practice anime/manga style. If the only thing you draw is cute anime girls, that's the only thing you will be good at drawing. Drawing is a skill, just as a person who has mastered speaking a foreign language can learn another one much easier, one who is good at drawing in general can learn the anime/manga style quite easily. Usual exception to every rule applies.

Oh! And don't spend too much time on one drawing, or it will suck the life out of you. Above all else, practice structure, proportions and line quality, the three things that if you do wrong, will stand out the most in a drawing. Speed comes naturally, but it is also extremely important, currently my personal focus.

I have a long way to go myself on a technical base, and definitely should eat some of my own advice a bit more (My personal weakness is anatomy, I draw so many cute things that don't take it into account, that I tend to suffer for it), but as long as people like my work, I can be happy. Hmmm... and my smily avatar seems to be gone... back to the profile...

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Another tip, might be to create a "101 things to draw list". This is something I've done, which I can gradually cross off and hopefully at the end of it, I'll become a super artists! Some things I added, which I feel I need to practice include:

Most artists that I know use the angled desk because they prevent you from ruinating your spine and other nasty stuff... that being said, I find it odd that I use a big flat drafting/light table. I love the thing, it saw me through the worst of my animation school days, but it's hard, cold steely sharp corners are very user hostile... particularly since it sits smack dab in the middle of my apartment and older and heavier than 3 of me.

Oh yeah! Bomu. good idea with the drawing list. A lot of up and starting artists often have a hard time encouraging themselves to draw things that out of their field of interest or expertise (Because they either will not like or it, or will suck at it) but like a personal planner or a schedule or any written document, it can be motivational if you have a solid written quota to work with.

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hm Art tips:

Drawing is 90% observing and 10% Technic so take a good look at the world.

remember to measure alot to get the proportions right.

keep old drawings and flip through them from time to time it helps to see your progress over the years, and can be a source of new/forgotten ideas.

hm for drawing I use a Clipboard this way I can draw everywhere (in bed, in front of the TV/computer, outside).

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Originally posted by G.i.A.m.:

hm for drawing I use a Clipboard this way I can draw everywhere (in bed, in front of the TV/computer, outside).

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I use a clip board too for most of my drawing. I wanted a big A2 slanted drawing board to draw on, but would I use it? I dunno if it's worth spending a few hundred bucks just in case I end up packing it away a few months later. Although the reduced back and neck pains would be great. I hate those time when you want to keep drawing, but are forced to stop due to neck strain.

na my connection was down for several month.
But not much changed still the lazy guy as ever.

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No seriously, If you want to draw you must have nothing else on your mind. You shound't force the picture out like a job, enjoy it.

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I second that point. I still remember sitting at my desk, trying to think of something to draw, for half an hour, then giving up through sheer frustrations. What's worse is starting to draw something, then binning it bcos it was crap. I've had several of those episodes already.

Hehe, welcome back G.i.A.m. Was wondering where you'd gotten to! Well, here's hoping the connection does not get FUBAR on you again.

On a slightly related note, it is the job of a professional to work out masterpieces even when they feel like absolute crap and would rather be taking one direction bungee jumping lessons. That being said, professionals of any art form, particularly animation are infamous for nervous breakdowns and mass burnouts (Animation takes many people of talent and production can be a warzone, if you are the weakest link in the house and holding everyone in the chain up, then the pressure is suffocating), not to mention extremely unhealthy diets and lack of exercise...

Sometimes, your best drawings will come on your worst days when you feel at your lowest, and other times, a really bad drawing when you are inspired will ruin your entire day, inspiritation will only take you ultimately so far without still, determination and a threshold for pain. Still, gotta' have fun, and try and minimize stress and pressure as much as possible. When you don't have deadlines, it is really a lot more fun, but still, sometimes they are required for motivation

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