Drawing Techniques

[LazyReaper]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this or not, but I was wondering if there were any good sites out there that might help me out in refining my drawing skills.

The three things I really wanna get a good grasp on is Body Parts, Clothing (Especially), and Shading. My skills are really lacking especially around the clothing and shading area, and even though my scanner is totally screwed up, I'd really like to refine on the penciling and inking in my drawings.

Would anyone know of any good sites that might be able to help me out with this?


-Aximlli-

[James]

There are some great links at www.2000adonline.com

Try there, I can't recall the pages, but several of the sites there have interviews with pencillers and inkers about how to better your artwork and make it more professional! So good bits of advice there!

[LazyReaper]

Cool. Thanks :)

[Jukka]

have you checked www.polykarbon.com´s tutorials?

[LazyReaper]

Thanks, but I already know of that site. The tutorials in there are very nice. ~nods~ I visit it quite frequently actually. It's definitely helped me out with my drawings. I'm a great fan of that artist's work :)


-Aximlli-

[James]

Excellent! Bookmarked and being absorbed as we speak! Nice site!

[LazyReaper]

Another good site for drawing anime/manga characters is www.howtodrawmanga.com (http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/)

The details and the examples in this site are also very well done. The tutorials are definitely worth a look if you're serious about getting started in art. :)

Besides these sites, does anyone else know of any other sites that might help me out?


-Aximlli-

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

What, don't you believe in Robert Crumb's "There are no bad drawings; just people who aren't open-minded..." philosophy? :D

I don't like "How to draw anime/manga" books. IMO, you should learn how to just *draw*. Style will come when you have become more accomplished, and by then you won't need instruction books to tell you how to draw a certain "style".

[Straya]

I would personally recommend doing some drawing from life, which will aid in your ability to observe. When you understand how things like the human body function while at rest, in motion, etc, you'll find it's easier to draw, in general. Books can teach you some things, like light logic and color theory, but observation and practice are pretty much your best friends when it comes to artistic improvement.