jim learnin' to draw

[Mr. Rogers]

i started tryin to learn to draw anime like a week ago and this is what i got so far. just some little faces and eyes and stuff. nuthin fancy. they arent the best quality, i have a bad camera that got dropped or something and my house is so dark its like a dungeon in here , so not a good combination. the 2nd one i dont know what happened but the color is weird and i think the girl in the 4th pic, looks a little crazy hehe....but here is what i got so far.

[shooraijin]

It's a good start! Keep it up!

Question: where does your avatar come from?

[Mr. Rogers]

thanks. im gonna keep practicing. for the avatar, i just downloaded a little pic from the cover of a cd from demonhunter, their a Christian metal band. and then just erased the stuff on the outside.

[KarateGirl]

The Avatar looks like a clip from Crest Of The Stars.


-KG

[Heaven's Cloud]

Good job my friend, it is from Crest of the Stars.

Well anyway, your drawings sorta look like mine. Keep practicing, you might wanna consider to look off of some images then start drawing them, but don't trace. Keep it up.

[Gypsy]

Excellent way to learn! You're already picking up facial expression techniques. Keep showing us your stuff, ok?

[Mr. Rogers]

thanks for all your comments. their encouraging. ill do all the stuff you guys have said to do. i've been downloading pictures alot the past couple days. i'm up to 601 now ill have to get some tracing paper or something, printing paper i cant see thru and its the only kind i have. i'll put more stuff on later.

[Mr. Rogers]

hi, here are a few more i drew
ill admit on a couple of em i did a little tracing, but only like the face outline or an eye i couldnt get right or the hair outline and stuff like that. but the rest i did myself.

[Mr. Rogers]

3 more...

[Mr. Rogers]

here are some more drawings i did lately. i think their starting to get better. that one of the girl in the glasses though looks like she got punched in the eye or something, lol. i tried drawing that stupid eyebrow like 10 times, but i couldnt get it right. and the third one, i just traced the face down really quick but i did all the hair and stuff myself cause i was practicing drawing hair that day. now i just have to learn 3/4 view and bodies.

[Razgriz]

They are very good, My favorites are the furthest right on the top row and the right one on the bottom row. Great work!

[Mr. Rogers]

here is my first attempt at a whole person, and not just a face. it's a little messed up on some parts.

[Mr. Rogers]

i was bored at like 5 in the morning so i descided to draw some more. here is another person. it's an elf girl with a sword.

[Mr. Rogers]

here's a few more of 'em. the arms, hands, and feet still need work, but I guess I'm makin' a little progress. I think the arms are kinda the right length now, might still be a bit short. Is it just me or does the top of the hair on the one before the last one look a little lop-sided?

[Gypsy]

Maybe a little lop sided, but that would be a hard style to balance out correctly. I liked the one with glasses! She looks so ... impressed with something. :p

Something that may help you out is to draw very, very light reference frames and such for the body and the position. This will help out with perspective as well. Keep at it! Do you have any colored ones?

[Kisa]

Great start, looks good!
^_^

[Mr. Rogers]

thx

Something that may help you out is to draw very, very light reference frames and such for the body and the position.

what do you mean?

nope, no colored ones yet. i'll have to get some colored pencils or something. any good ones, or can you pretty much just use any kind? i've seen copic markers before, but those things are expensive.

[Mr. Rogers]

i was really bored yesterday so i made this.
panel 1 - girl drinking mountain dew.
2 - some hand pops out of no where.
5 - (bottom left) - I shall fight you 2 da death for that dew!