Anatomy help

[amber adder]

Hello! I'm a beginner on digital art and anatomy.. i really need help on where to start for anatomy practice because i know i suck rlly badly also reference was from pinterest if you need to see

i also need help with hair🙁

[slim coral]

i didnt want to mess with the art style bc its the thing that makes a drawing unique, but i tried to sketch out the basics that you should try to follow on the body! i also recommend making the finger tips at first more square like to then shape them. i alsi think that the head and the top hair should maybe be a bit smaller but overally youre doing absolutely great! : D

the lines are quite shaky bc im on mobile

[amber adder]

tha,k u so much ^_^

do u have any suggeations on where to find references? or uhh tutorials because pinterest barely has references i like 🙁

[slim coral]

hm what kind of refrences do you prepare and for what exactly?

if youre looking for poses i recommend easypose 3d on appstore / google playstore

[amber adder]

i just need references for anatomy really

[slim coral]

yeah thats pretty great for that in my opinion

[amber adder]

okay thank u :3

[slim coral]

your welcome

[amber adder]

idk how to make the clothes look more like clothes :( and the eyes r really bothering me

[slim coral]

hm

for the eyes start with making them maybe slightly smaller and either the top or bottom of the pupils visible so in the future you could potentially have more expression variety. the clothes just need to maybe be more different shaped and slightly wrinkled on the sides especially when wearing baggier pants with a tight strap. for anatomy your legs were a bit curved on the wrong place and maybe hands a bit unsymmetrical. do you sketch before drawing?

[amber adder]

yes i skwtch before i draw but this time i tried not to use a reference ! then i pur the clothes on top and everything went wrong☹️

but thank u

[slim coral]

its okay. i promise youll improve even if its slow. it went really slow for me too but i recommend taking breaks and not forcing anything.

and youre doing great thats for sure. just dont give up and someday youll reach freedom with drawing.

[amber adder]

thank u very much :3 ive been doing this since i was young but i gave up when i attempted bodies. thank u for your help

[slim coral]

oh ive been in that place. just know that with patience comes progress and if digital doesnt exactly fit you, you can try doing traditional. i mostly never sketch anything on digital, just trace my own traditional drawings over with digital. i generally feel more comfortable with a pencil in hand and an ereaser on the side.

[amber adder]

ohh i see. i also feel that way but i wanted to start digital so i can get into commissions !

[slim coral]

well commissions can be done with traditional too but whatever you feel better with!

[amber adder]

hello! im back again idk if im doing smth wrong :(

i still need tips if anyone can give me some :3 idk if i improved a bit

[rich dagger]

you could trace some guidelines on the ref

so you can really learn some stuff instead of just kinda making stuff up

[amber adder]

okay thank u!

[rich dagger]

stuff like that

stuff that helps u figure out where stuff is n such

[amber adder]

okay thank u very much

[amber adder]

does anyone know how to draw hair? also is this good so far?

[supple finch]

my biggest tips for hair is to give it volume and personality to match the character iykwim and make sure it’s not all clumped together but make sure it’s not too individual/spaced out(????) hair is like a happy medium not too much or too little of anything (sorry im absolutely terrible at explanations lol)

sorry if that made it more confusing

I’d send a sketch but I can’t atm 😭

[midnight edge]

Decide the flow of the hair and go with it.

[amber adder]

thank u guys :3 im still a bit confused but ill try it

[amber adder]

hey ! is this good?

im not sure how to draw belts

[slim coral]

oh the hair is great

just make the belt bigger and make it seem like its on the shirt

[amber adder]

thank u :3 ill try when i wake up later from my nap

[amber adder]

i gave up on the belt idea and made the shirt a bit longer :( but what design should i add to the shirt? and does anyone know any coloring tips? i dont know what brushes to use

[clever sparrow]

A big colouring tip is to have a hard brush and a soft blendable brush.

[amber adder]

ooh okay! any ideas for a good hard brush for ibis?

[clever sparrow]

Nicee you use the same app as me, give me a second I will give you some recommendations

Dip pen hard and fade watercolour mix

[amber adder]

okay thank u sm! :3

how would i render? like i dont rlly know how to

[clever sparrow]

Flat colours first (different stuff like skin on different layers)

Then you can click on the lock button so you don't go outside the lines

[amber adder]

thank u!

[clever sparrow]

I mean technically, I would go about learning lighting and everything first but you probably want to finish the painting so I would recommend practicing later

[amber adder]

alright :) thank u again!

[amber adder]

Hello! is this good?

[rich dagger]

yea i tjink so

i don think there should be a gap where the armpit is tho

the arm kinda touches the body at that pose

if u do that pose irl youll notice that ur arm is basically touching ur body

[amber adder]

is this better?

the only thing botherinv me if the left arm's hand but i cant fix it

i also made this last night :3

[rich dagger]

yea i think so

[amber adder]

is it ok to trace references? i always try to do it without the reference but it always comes out wrong

[rich dagger]

i do it

wait

i kinda trace over the ref and try to replicate it

[amber adder]

ah okay thank u

[amber adder]

i still need to practice hair, is this good so far

[clever sparrow]

Are you sure your a beginner? Your pretty good at this

[amber adder]

yeah i started on traditional but it wasnt like anatomy it was just faces cuz i was praciticng a splatoon style ^_^ but thank u!

[amber adder]

ooh i see thank u

i still need tips for hair, im still practicing that :3

[clever sparrow]

Yeah sure, it may take a bit tho brb

This is a hairline, very important to draw also make sure to draw the head as well.

Uh so know what direction your hair is going in as well, so this part is about gravity more than anything. Some people make the hair go more pointing to the face some people do it differently than that. Just make sure that you know what direction hair is falling in

Let's say this is a hair strand, how your actually going to make it look more like hair is in a few shapes

It's a v and a upside-down v, make sure it's following the curvation of the hair too!

Okay that aside, let me show you how to do the grouping and fun part really

Top of the head has a bit more volume, and also as long as it looks like it's flowing correctly you can make it wavy since most straight hair still has a bit of wave. Im teaching straight hair rn because that's easier to start with : )

[amber adder]

okay tysm ^_^

[clever sparrow]

Waitt, not done yet. If your adding bangs you should let the volume show up a bit and draw this hair thing. Yeah now I'm done, all that's next is like erasing stuff.

[clever sparrow]

Glad I could help!

[amber adder]

oh i see, i struggle mostly with the bangs and the back of the hair (if u can see i have repetitive bangs in my drawings :() thank usm!

either theyre repetitive or theyre wonky

[clever sparrow]

If it's a bit too wonky or doesn't look right you can make it into a even more simplified shape. Let me show you one sec

This is a very simplyfied shape, but most bangs will follow this

Just try and follow the simplified shape's curvature, yk how it's going more up in the middle try and acknowledge that

(each hair strand also comes from the hairline so don't forget that either)

[amber adder]

ooh i see

tuank u again

[clever sparrow]

Your welcome! 🤗

[amber adder]

idrk what to shade :(

[amber adder]

is this good for the shading so far?

[slim coral]

well i actually recommend being way braver with the light and shadows

[amber adder]

like uhh higher the opacity?

[slim coral]

i guess

[amber adder]

what about the hair? any tips on how to shade that

[slim coral]

ooh i dont know shit about shading

im literally learning that myself

but first just find where the lights coming

all that i can give you is an exmple of what ive learned

[amber adder]

okk tyy ^_^

[slim coral]

i dont know if its accurate tho im just imagining smth

[amber adder]

its ok! this is what i got from it

ignore the glasses theyre just there

there inhope this is better :3

[slim coral]

add more highlights to complete the atmosphere!

[lucid galleon]

Off topic but aquas grad announcement left me in a constant state of despair

[amber adder]

hai any tips on how to draw in this style?

or uh thus one? (espe6n on twt and pinterest)

[tawny forum]

this person probably has experince in gesture drawing, especially after seeing how expressive the poses are. try getting into that!

[amber adder]

how do i do that? gen😕

[tawny forum]

theres many tutorials on youtube, but ill give you a simple explanation.

gesture drawing is just quickly drawing poses that you see without over-complicating them! theyre usually timed

[clever sparrow]

Those are two different styles but if your going for the anatomy on the first one (well you would need to understand regular anatomy first) you would have to pay attention to the coloring, more boxy shapes for the hands, big stylized head. Expressions are definetly more like Disney like expressions so its exaggerated which makes it look very pretty. For the second one, also pay attention to the colors they are way cooler than the warm colors of the last one. It's anime proportions so long eyes and not every outline is shown to make it easier to animate.

[amber adder]

thank u guys !

how do u get ur confidence back in drawing? i stopped practicing / drawing because i kept getting pissed and lost confidence in my art 😕 i feel like the head is bigger than the body and i feel like it looks a bit weird 😕

[clever sparrow]

There are a few things to realise to get your confidence back in your art, the first thing your doing your best. Second is that you can control thoughts and feelings for when you mess up a drawing or your drawing turns out bad, maybe your feeling a bit negative when I say mess up a drawing, just maybe tho. How to fix this isnt to be harder on yourself but to be a bit easier on yourself and rather then being sad about your drawing go and be more outgoing in this situation "ohh I did something wrong I will keep it in mind next time". Mistakes make your future drawings better so I wouldn't call it bad at all. Another extra thing that could apply but not sure if it does for your situation, so when we usually say we're bad at art were ussually have a really big expectation most of the time the expectation can be comparing to intermediates and pro's who have trained years into this. In tutorials or anything at all you will see really good drawings and perfect ones because it's people who have been drawing for years trying to teach others. But honestly don't think your going to be good in a few months it's not possible.

But it is possible if you keep going

[amber adder]

thank u very much😕 i just get easily pissed when smth doesnt look right to me .

i do need tips for how to make my art more on the cartoony side... originally i wanted to draw in a moe art style / a splation one but not rlly sure how 😕

[rich dagger]

well for me i kinda experiment with how i kinda form the body

like i use different shapes for different body parts depending on what i wanna go for

idk if this can help but

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[amber adder]

okay :3 btw ty all for the help😕❗

[rich dagger]

i couldnt find it 😦

[amber adder]

its okay!