The sketch thread!

[Daxis]

I think I actually forgot to do anything to the hands. I was just DOING them, and then told myself to come back, but when I started on the body, I just didn't care to check over any part of my work besides the face. not that I would have done much anyways, maybe added fingernails.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

yay doodles :toot:

Drew this stuff during a 5 hour band practice. I am the awesome dude playing the clarinet. The curly haired guy is based off of a real curly haired guy I know who also plays clarinet. Sadly he is not as awesome as I am.

Much of this was drawn on the bus. I had lots of inspiration from the endless expanse of dirt and trees.

 

[bacon]

physics |:<

 

[Makasu]

RAWR! Its 5:31 in the am here in Texas and instead of sleeping I felt the need to draw. :p

But then I drew nothing but crap so I decided that I should try to at least doodle something and seeing as how I've been having a hard time with eyes and semi-3/4 view once again. Might as well give it a go.

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Yay for insomnia!

 

[StrawberrySmiles]

That looks splendid as always! :3 I'd say I'm jealous, but I'm actually more inspired. For some reason, I seem to be doodling more and more everyday (as opposed to several months ago when I didn't think I should even bother). XD

Anyway...

I drew some more. XD Fun fun! They're bigger this time 'cause I drew on bigger paper. ^_^

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This one was quite difficult, even with a reference. I most likely messed up on the left arm, the hand, and probably bust. :3

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This one was even more difficult: The hands were hard and I couldn't make her cute.

I'm not quite satisfied with any of the eyes I'm using, but I dunno what I could use that suits me. O.oa

 

[candle]

On the first one, the hand and mouth make her seem ape-like, and on the second one, the left eye is way off and the legs seem too long.

 

[Makasu]

But as a whole you're getting better at anatomy. Hands still bother me as well. :P something I've had with me my entire life and I can't capture them to save my ass. Nonetheless yeah I've gotta go with what candle said and the lips.

I'm by no means an expert at drawing lips because even I struggle trying to make them look good and there are lots of different styles of doing lips as well! So thats also another problem. Anime tends to use a rather simple line to get theirs across and I've never been able to figure that one out while more americanized stuff has definition...

If that makes any sense?

But think of that one little fairy from Zelda the annoying one and that should somewhat help...hopefully.

ALSO! You do gotta try to find an eye style that suits you. Are you looking for a more serious tone? Or a playful one?

I would suggest giving this link a click CLICK HERE! based on your style choice of course.

Forgot to mention on the second one her boob should be that far over. If her arm goes up I THINK [I don't own a pair myself] that the boob would shift upwards showing just a tad bit of the back err rib cage area kinda sorta. I can't explain it because I've never been good at drawing girls with arms raised. :/

 

[StrawberrySmiles]

Okies, thanks for the tips Candle and Makasu. XD

I don't want to draw the full lips all the time unless I absolutely want to draw lipstick. I actually would plan on coloring lips in rather than drawing them in. If that makes any sense. The first one only has the bottom lip drawn in. I am a bit too nervous about drawing a top lip, though - which is why I avoid them. :3

As for eyes I want something that allows characters to show their ages. Something that allows me to make a character young/cute or older/serious. O.oa Making the eye bigger just doesn't seem to cut it, as seen in my second image. :/

 

[Makasu]

Hahaha don't be afraid to color them in! All that is is a single swipe across the lip. Nothing drastic or anything. You're not drawing realism so you don't have to worry about detail as much. When you do realism thats when you have to worry.

 

[Toams]

some concept drawings - more finished sketches but nonetheless not worthy of their own thread

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and so on, etc. etc. ad infinitum

 

[Makasu]

Hey I'm liking those actually! They remind me of that one game feel the magic I think it was called for the DS. Do you work in an ad agency?

 

[Toams]

nah im studying Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) and we have to design products and stuff
also im trying to combine it with setting up my own graphic design agency

these are concept-level drawings, focused on the design and function of the product i designed
not the actual design in-depth

 

[moxie]

Breaking news: Moe still sucks. (obv WIP. trying to work on shading and anatomy and crap.)

I've been really pushing myself lately - I'd like to think I'm getting better, but eh. I've been feeling demotivated lately.

 

[Makasu]

Not bad! Not bad at all. Although since the shirt doesn't have any shading it looks flat. BUT! If you were to erase the lines from the shirt you'd have a verrrryyy interesting concept on your hands.

 

[StrawberrySmiles]

I drew some more as well... Har har har... I don't know what's been compelling me to draw so often now. O.O I also have no idea why I've been having the guts to post my artwork here, either. :3

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There's a chibi character there as well, 'cause I was bored. Although I used a reference, it was cut off a lot so I had to guess the perspective. I assumed her face was closer to the camera than her body. O.oa

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This one was from a reference from an Ultima VII portrait, just because. I changed the hair and stuff, so you can't really tell. XD

 

[9robin3]

Here is something I am using for my Sci-fi game. Its a cloned alien floating above its creation's computer system^^

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It is drawn by hand but colored in the computer..

 

[moxie]

Not bad! Not bad at all. Although since the shirt doesn't have any shading it looks flat. BUT! If you were to erase the lines from the shirt you'd have a verrrryyy interesting concept on your hands.

Thanks, Makasu. That's actually what I ended up doing.

Your work and the guidelines you posted earlier in the thread have been a huge help for me. I'm one of those folks that drew herself into a corner because I got one of those damned "HOW TO DRAW MANGA!!" books as a kid and now I'm trying like hell to actually learn realistic anatomy.

 

[silver wind]

(pencil sketch edited in photoshop)

 

[Daxis]

hehe, not sure what they're supposed to be. monsters? pokemon? design is pretty unique. The lines look they could have been cleaned up better, though.

A mix here's mine, a mix of my favored manga that I suck at and the realism that I've been practicing the last couple of weeks:

http://daxisheart.deviantart.com/art/Re ... -161214369

 

[silver wind]

Thanks ^^. they're for my pet raising game made in RMXP, which I *will* make a thread about eventually. hopefully. o.o

http://daxisheart.deviantart.com/art/Realism-and-anime-161214369

The style is interesting, kinda creepy. The pupils look too big, or is that how he looks in the manga? The straight lines give a very un-realistic feeling, if you're going for realistic you may wanna try curved, natural shapes.