[Dr-Mad]

Hi,

I was just wondering where I can get some help on how to draw realistic. I can't draw for all i can tell you. I want to learn how to draw like pros i know it takes time but I need someone to guild me along. So please kinda help me out please, and as well please send in tutorials on how to skin and model.

Thanx a bunch!

[Jucas]

Get a sketch book, get a pecil/pen, and draw people or things from life. Everyone and everything you think looks interesting. Buy an anatomy book and study that, draw from it.

Take life drawing, figure drawing, classes.

[Dr-Mad]

to let you know.... my school coming up doesn't offer figure classes only art.... I don't really know about the books. I do own a sketch book for my art class. I find that just sketching around doesn't really help me unless I know the facts such as the eyes are in the middle of the head..... and stuff like that.

P.S. I live in Canada.. I don't think we have much up here.

Any more help would really help me and thanx.

[ March 09, 2002: Message edited by: Dr-Mad ]

[jr]

dude, no one can help you. you just have to draw more and relate things. that's how you get porportions right. it's no big secret, just look at something and follow it with your eye and compare shapes and forms. and put it on paper and do that a few thousand times and it'll look right and you'll be a natural, bragging on webforums about how easy drawing is.

[HawkOne]

Dr-Mad you are very obviously not the sharpest doctor around .... maybe it should be Dr-Daft-Punk instead ... ?


Jr : I wonder who that is you refer to about the bragging about "how easy it is part" ... heheh ... I have one candidate in particular in mind ..

[fuel_99]

if there is one secret the its this one:

practice makes you better

practice every day, practice every free minute you have.

this may sound blunt, but it works.
draw a head from your imagination,
then make 200 drawings of heads from life(train, park..),
then draw a head from your imagination again and compare.

[razzak]

discipline is the only way fdorward. i set myself a target of at least one sketch a day. try that, ull get better in no time. also try to concentrate on different bodyparts for start, like face eyes hands, whatever.

[Traa_Vuz]

well Dr. Mad ... don't exactly understand what living in Canada has to do with drawing skills but i can tell u i am from Canada and there's plenty of ways to get help in and around here. What does it take to be a great artist ... it's simple pick up a pencil and really look at the subjects u intend to draw ... sketch, draw, or paint those subjects until your arm is ready to drop, and then start all over. Plus even if you did get into a good art program ... like i did by attending Sheridan College ... the teachers there can't help u until u are able to help yourself.

[Midget Clown Overlord]

One of the biggest ways to help yourself is to draw from life. It helps you really "see" the forms. I would recommend drawing people instead of still life objects though. All it does is take practice and discipline. Dont draw from photos unless youve spent time drawing from life. It will make your drawings look flat and uninteresting. I would also recommend looking at how light and shadow work. There are 6 destinctions of light and shadow:

1. highlight- the brightest poiint on your object.
2. Halftone- The transition from light to shadow.
3.Core shadow- The part of the shadow between the halftone and reflected light. Its usually darker
4.Reflected light- The part of the shadow which recieves the light from the ground or anywhere else that it bounces off of.
5.Cast shadow- Im sure you know what that is.
6.Accent- The darkest part of the shadow. Its the part of the cast shadow that is closest to the object. The part where the least amount of reflected light can get too.

[DeathJester]

Do like everyone says get a sketchbook and a pencil and go at it..

But a another good place to start is to draw basic shapes.. then build up to people.. dont just jump right in and go Im gonna draw this guy on the bus... it doesnt work like that.. You will end up making something bad, and get pissed and frustrated and not want to draw.. Draw stuff you know, something easy like a coke can.. not the label just the can.. or your mouse.. then work up...

Also if you can, buy a big sketch book, or get a big pad for at home, to use.. Its always better to draw big... But get a little one for on the road..

Good Luck,