Sketching

[cedar oracle]

i have been trying to sketch for 2 years,and my progress seems to get lower instead of higher.

[small knoll]

Please show examples of before and now so we can better direct you

[cedar oracle]

alr,pics might be trash a bit…and most drawing are drew in school tables 🥀

[small knoll]

Doesnt matter what it is or how trash it may be. We need examples

[cedar oracle]

i have rn one pic

2 pics

[broken hollow]

Do you have any specific goals?

Or is it just hobbyist drawings.

[cedar oracle]

I have goals from just doodling to advanced drawing like hands,body,face etc.

i also have a drawing pad from XP pen

[crimson roost]

Have you found your art style yet? Or do you need help finding it?

[cedar oracle]

i need help

But im interested in smooth drawing styles,like sketching and doodle

[crimson roost]

Could you send an example of how you want to draw, like an image?

[cedar oracle]

Like an example from other creators or mine

[crimson roost]

From other creators, but credit

[cedar oracle]

alr

same style of hollow knights,not hard..something like small characters not like the hard complex characters with this type of anime stuff

i need to keep it simple at first

i will get you an example from #🧩・doodle-chat

Sadly,I couldn’t find the examble

[crimson roost]

When youre drawing small humanoid bodies, it helps to get good at shapes first. If youre a beginner it's advisable to use references and start with basic shapes like circles and rectangles, your line of action, when you are looking at the reference look at the negative spacing, and observe what shapes you can use for the body head, e.t.c I can send you a guide for how I draw hands and stuff. Honestly, using references is helpful at first, and you don’t gotta worry too much about details. I'm not quite sure about face though, if you want to draw characters like hollow nights but as you said it is best to keep it simple

[cedar oracle]

yea

[crimson roost]

It's okay, I'm assuming you where talking about this style right? (Credits to Kakenbush)

[cedar oracle]

very close yeah

i want to know which pencil is the best (HB or other)

[crimson roost]

HB is good.

It's best for sketching.

[cedar oracle]

thanks for guidance,but did you see the doodles i drew,it might let you know the style.

its up,at the first of the conversation

[crimson roost]

Yep, I saw.

[cedar oracle]

alr,have a nice day.

[crimson roost]

Have a nice day and a wonderful art journey!

[cedar oracle]

hello again,i started to learn how to draw legs

example:

[crimson roost]

Not bad not bad

You're on the right track, you just gotta keep practicing you'll be all right.

[cedar oracle]

Okay

[cedar oracle]

i drew a hand,but not the best thing

Somethings

is off in this

[broken hollow]

If you feel like you're loosing skill level, take a small break,usually when you do take a break, you come back and realise you've somehow improved while you were taking a break.

[cedar oracle]

i did take a break,for 3 months maybe

[broken hollow]

Then give yourself some time, and make a structure to your study, and really only do art if you enjoy doing it. Thats the best way to make long term achievements.

[cedar oracle]

well,i have been learning how to draw legs and i learned,now im learning how to draw hands…im learning every part of the body in their easy perspectives,then i will learn how to improve them.

Im enjoying what im doing, im not forcing myself.

[broken hollow]

Very good job, this is how I'd recommend new artistd to learn the body.

[cedar oracle]

Thanks

[cedar oracle]

do anyone have any tip for me to get better indrawing hands?

[crimson roost]

That looks AWESOME, something does look off, I could help you with that, so whats off it that the fingers are relatively close in hieght, your thumb is slightly shorter than what ypur fingers are, and i can see you used a curves shape to form the fingers, my tip is to not use a curve for the fingers instead use this shape, (I'll show you)

First thing is that you have to understand the shape of the palm, maybe go on pinterest look at photos of hands and really just observe the palm, how the fingers curve, the flick of the finger.. e t c. so you gotta focus on the basic shape first, you must remember it changes depending on the viewing angle, then, you have to observe the finger and thumb angles and as i said, the pinterest picture or whatever look at the angle of the fingers in relation to each other. find the angle of the thumb and what it has in common with the rest of the hand. you'll come up with a shape like this :

[winged umbra]

Yo XP wsggg

[crimson roost]

Hey AK

[cedar oracle]

oh mb,it took me a while to see your tip…thanks a lot!!