[NocTurN]

Hi,
Can any of you cool guys told me how to create a good lookin ass-kickin Sketch?

Here you can see my 1st try, but I'm not gettin it in that way I want it to be :-(



Greets NocTurN

[Spiritwolf]

Sorry man, there is nothing there but a broken image link.

-Spiritwolf

[NocTurN]

Yeah, Ipostet it seconds before the upload of the image finshed, now it works

[Spiritwolf]

Well, I'm going to tell you what others have told me - There is no single solution to creating great sketches except to keep practicing. I suggest looking at some of the lessons posted to this board (they are ussually the ones with lots and lots of responses) and looking pictures of body builders, ancient armor, swords, etc. Also look at the styles in comic books compared to traditional sketches and decide what kind of style you want to work with. The most important thing though...keep sketching and sketching and sketching.....

Well, you get the idea. If I were you I would work on getting the body down first. After that everything gets a little easier to figure out (like clothes, armor, etc.)

-Spiritwolf

[This message has been edited by Spiritwolf (edited June 08, 2000).]

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[Sedone]

Nocturn, my advice is to really work out the proportion and form before you add any kind of detail. Here are a couple of sketches to show what I mean.



Look for the underlying structure. Everything else is just style and fluff.
Keep practicing and you'll get it.

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[Lange_Pisang]

Well, the more you practice the better will your sketches be and the faster you'll draw (hhm, is that correct English?)

When I'm sketching and I don't know how to draw something I'm going to do some "research" on the Internet. Some comic books are also a good help.

Or, buy yourself some drawing books or something like that. I'm going to buy a book about the human anatomy cause I've problems with the proportions. I hope it'll help...

I've also problems chosing nice clothes for the characters I draw. Therefore, I'm looking in some fashion cataloges...
*heh*...

OK, here's a my most recent sketch:
http://www.geocities.com/lange_pisang/Photoshop_Art/RedLightB2.jpg


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-Ryan Hafkamp

[NocTurN]

Thx, Sedone nad Lange for that lessons. I have a little question to u. Do you hate faces and fingers like I do? ;-)

[Mergatroid]

You should probably start by taking alot of figure drawing classes. Be selective about the instructors that are open to you because each one will try and teach you a different way of drawing. For example, you could learn to draw just for the sake of drawing, by getting into the concepts behind gesture and form. Another style of drawing is to do it like your painting working primarily in value instead of line. I recomend learning both in the order in which I just wrote about them, then start taking painting classes. Once you feel comfortable with drawing and painting then let your imagination run wild.




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