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ac1d1ty

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Hi, just wondering if anyone could give me some tips. I've got an interest in drawing suddenly (go figure :rolleyes:) and have access to an old tablet upon which lies Adobe.

Anyway, I am looking to learn how to draw people. Below is a 5 min sketch showing at what level i'm starting at (0 ;) )


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Any guidance would be appreciated, last time I drew was in year 8 :/
 
Personally I wouldn't start drawing with a tablet. The weight of the pen is wrong and you don't get the same richness that you do using a pencil.

Get yourself some good quality pencils from 6B to 6H and a sketchbook and practice still life first. Keys, fruit, still household objects to begin with. Find a feel for the way you work, start develop your own style. Figures and animals are the hardest things to draw well so I wouldn't advise starting with them.

One last bit of advice I'd give, it's a bit of a weird one, but look at the world and you will notice that objects don't have outlines, so don't draw outlines, draw the object itself.. :)

HTH.
 
People's drawing skills are usually natural you are either good at the start or you have to practice.

I would recommend copying characters from games maybe start with something simple (Kirby from Nintendo) then start copying some more sophisticated characters.

Once you get good at copying I would start doing still life (choose a theme such mechanical, natural, landscape etc...) its very similar to copying but you also have lighting and shadows involved which involves shading.

Then once you get good at that start getting creative and start drawing whatever you feel like (Create from imagination).

You might want to practice facial features (eyes, ears, nose, mouth cheek bones, chin and the most difficult out of all of them HAIR!)
 
I recently bought a tablet and for me im finding it really hard getting used to, I draw a lot using pencil and paper but its a lot different to a tablet. Slowly getting used to it though

Perhaps start with a pencil and paper?
Check out http://www.posemaniacs.com/ half decent site with body poses which should give the gist of body proportions.
Also, what I did was buy random comics and draw the people outta that

Edit: I'm sure we had a thread for sketches/3d work over in the photography section, not too sure :o
 
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Start with these books -

"Drawing on the right side of the brain" by Betty Edwards and "Keys to Drawing" by Bert Dodson.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
She has slightly uneven breasts. May I suggest staring at some more real ones to get a better picture...so as to speak..
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Most real girls have slightly uneven breasts, it's just a more stark contrast here because of the lack of definition, fill and other artsy-sounding words. I've yet to handle a perfectly symmetrical pair of facehuggers.
 
The best tip for figure drawing, I got from my college art teacher. Use nothing but a thick pencil or charcoal, and set a stop watch for 3 mins.

Use large a3 cheap paper, and ask you subject to switch to a random pose every 3 mins.


You will really be able to see your skills developing right in front of you using this technique, in less than an hour. Every 3 mins, scrap what you were doing and start again with a new pose. It might be easier to use Google image search for some fake models, than get a friend or whatever, andd blast out the pose as fast ad you can.

This kind of quick fire practice will really help you get your lines in and your proportions right with out relying only on 'building' the drawing based on a sub-structure of bones and egg shapes, and also help you find a natural style at the same time.

And don't be afraid of getting it wrong, the whole point of this kind of exercise is to get it wrong quickly and often, and move on to the next pose.
 
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