Page 1 of 1
Ok... need help
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:21 pm
by Heed
Ok, I need some help here
I love to draw anime. I have been doing it for a while. Here is the problem. I can only draw girls really well. Everytime I try to draw a guy, I mess up horribly, the female figure is easier for me to draw.
I am a guy so whenever someone sees my art they ask why 85-90% of it is girls, and I tell them that reason.
Anyway, in order to develop my abilities with drawing, I like to see pictures of anime girls, and copy them. The only thing is it is hard to find a site without hentai.
I want to inquire is anyone knows any anime sites that has good quailty pics that isn't a perverted site, or a site that doesn't blatantly show hentai.
Any help in this area would be appreciated.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:40 pm
by Joshua Christopher
The best thing to do is go to the google image search and set the filter to the highest, and just type in an anime.
Sure, stuff will get throug sometimes, but hey...
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:07 pm
by Gypsy
Well, I think "anime" is a little broad to do an image search on. ^^;
I'd suggest first of all an anime/manga artbook. Some of them are raunchy, but the good ones aren't hard to find. But if you'd rather take the online approach, here's what I'd do:
What's your favorite anime style/artist? Look up galleries for those series and see what you come up with. Most true fan sites aren't going to have horrible stuff in the galleries, and if they do, they'll often mark it. Just pay close attention to the site description *and* name before clicking on any links in a random search like that.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:13 pm
by the_lizardqueen
You could also try studying real life models, or photos, or pictures from a magazine, and converting them them to an anime style. You would probably still need a couple of anime reference pictures, but it might give you more options and a definite artistic challenge.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:27 pm
by Alice
This is interesting. I think I draw men better than women. Perhaps it's more practice or something like that?
My only advice is to search for pictures of specific characters (carefully!!). But I don't know how well this will work, especially if you're looking to just do anime style and not necessarily learn from specific characters.
Maybe it would be good to get one of those "draw manga" books. (They can be so generic, though.)
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:38 pm
by inkhana
I think one of the biggest mistakes I ever made was not familiarizing myself with the real human body before taking on sincere projects. So my suggestion, aside from the topic (I'll come back to that 
) is to actually do some life drawing. You don't have to draw nudes, figures in swimsuits/trunks work just fine too ^^ It helps immensely.
http://www.northarc.com/images/ <---NOTE: on the site, it says they've deleted the hentai images, but to be safe, stick with series you know are clean. I do know that they once had shounen-ai on there.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:03 pm
by Joshua Christopher
[quote="Gypsy"]Well, I think "anime" is a little broad to do an image search on. ^^]
I meant the title of an anime, like "Giant Robo" or "Getter Robo".
EDIT: Why not check the Bishie thread? Not all of them are girlie-boys. ; )