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Jerry · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2001 3:52 pm

this is a picture I want to ink and put into my new wallpaper... suggestion, comment, crits?

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ReSistanZ · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2001 5:17 pm

The concept is cool, but you should really go to a library and get an anatomy book. Study that book a lot and optimize it.
The anatomy is not so good.

Dan · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2001 6:05 pm

he's doin the monkey

Darrin · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2001 10:21 pm

ReSistanZ is right, its best to get at least a passing knowledge of the human form. I'm not saying you should stop drawing till that happens, just continue to learn while you do.

One thing that I refused to believe about cartoons for the longest time, was that you need to know how to draw with some level of realism before you start breaking rules. Its true unfortunatly

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strata · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 1:55 am

What I did when I started out drawing, when I was like... 10 maybe, was that I would get a comic like x-men or something that was drawn by Jim Lee or someone like that, and then copy it perfectly. Not trace it but put my paper next to the comic and draw with the comic as a reference, and attempt to copy it as perfectly as I could. I learned ALOT from that, caus after a while, even tho you don't draw from within yourself, you develop a distinct feeling about how the human form works, and when it feels right/wrong etc... so I would suggest getting some anime/manga pics that you really like and then doing the same thing with them. You pick it up sort of subconciously after a while =)

Anthony · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 10:35 am

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Originally posted by strata:
Not trace it but put my paper next to the comic and draw with the comic as a reference, and attempt to copy it as perfectly as I could. I learned ALOT from that

Yeah, I think at a young age that's a good thing to do. I copied drawings of Leonardo and others of that type when I was 11 or so. It gets you to remember the way they construct it. Later on it's important to look at something like Loomis, and draw from life a lot(figure drawing from a model). You can even sketch figures while you watch TV.

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Jerry · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 12:18 am

Thanxa ll of you... I guess I should get some old Game magazines and draw from there... It's really hard to find pictures of full bodies though... I can never draw feets so I don't ever practice on it... I guess I should just practice more while I'm still young...

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Jerry · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 12:23 am

BTW... this is a picture I finished earlier... anything wrong with the guy(s) in this one?
Fearless

Jerry · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 12:23 am

sorry I double clicked

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