[Duratrix]

Originally Posted by jimmydorry

Good stuff.

I agree with all the aforementioned points made in this thread, except for the ones made by Duratrix, Hifumiyo, UnknownFact2, and shadow.tearz (although he didn't really make a point).

(Oh and can we assume that you legally purchased these tools that you are using?)

You want to get banned? lol

[goozilla]

Your table lacks depth, shading doesn't have a point of origin, and the floorboards look odd.

Learn to draw in layers so that its easier to edit. Manga Studio was never that good for drawing, so just stick with either gimp or photoshop for drawing. Corel Draw is also a great program.

[gundestiny]

Okay! Thanks for your guys advice.
Ehmm I put a bit more effort into this redone one xD
[Note to self: Don't post crap drawings]

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As for the advice with the hair, I'll give it a shot!

Tough crits is definitely what i'm after, cheers all!

[Shadow Tearz]

the face does not fits the body...am i the only one who sees that??!!!
but it's good..u need more practising....
i guess u need to get use to the programs that ur using...cause i feel theyre not easy programs....

[Duratrix]

So many things wrong again... Where to start? +__+

First of all, it's better than the previous picture.

Main flaws:
1. Her right hand only has 4 fingers...
2. The hair has no volume, shading, etc.
3. The legs are terrible. Or are they broken? Even then it could be better though. =/
4. Oh right, the fingers are too long.

Solutions:
1. Draw 5 fingers. Duh?
2. You could look at other manga/anime pictures for this. Mostly this is done with 3 colors (a main color, a light/bright color and a darker color).
3. Take yourself as reference for this. Take a picture and see if you can place yourself like that and how it looks. You'll remove a lot of mistakes doing this.
When your lower leg reaches the knee, it does not have a huge bult.
4. Hands and feet are bigger than you think, but don't fix it by making the fingers long.
The handpalm is as long as the fingers, so the actual length of your hand is a finger x2.
Feet are about 1,5x your hand.


A good suggestion: Practice every day.
I hope this helps you.

Have fun drawing. ^_^

[gundestiny]

Originally Posted by Duratrix

So many things wrong again... Where to start? +__+

First of all, it's better than the previous picture.

Main flaws:
1. Her right hand only has 4 fingers...
2. The hair has no volume, shading, etc.
3. The legs are terrible. Or are they broken? Even then it could be better though. =/
4. Oh right, the fingers are too long.

Solutions:
1. Draw 5 fingers. Duh?
2. You could look at other manga/anime pictures for this. Mostly this is done with 3 colors (a main color, a light/bright color and a darker color).
3. Take yourself as reference for this. Take a picture and see if you can place yourself like that and how it looks. You'll remove a lot of mistakes doing this.
When your lower leg reaches the knee, it does not have a huge bult.
4. Hands and feet are bigger than you think, but don't fix it by making the fingers long.
The handpalm is as long as the fingers, so the actual length of your hand is a finger x2.
Feet are about 1,5x your hand.


A good suggestion: Practice every day.
I hope this helps you.

Have fun drawing. ^_^

- Lol, the hand was drawn purposefully with 4 fingers cause of the angle. (I guess that's how my head processes the style)
- I didn't get a chance to work on hair techs so I'll be focusing on that next! ^^
- Yeah the legs do look too awkward xD
- Fingers > agreed

All in all, I'll be practicing heart out in different techs and styles etc to see what turns out good. Thanks for all your help!

[goozilla]

Shading is everything. If you want it to look like what you want it to look like, e.g, the right hand with 4 fingers, you need to shade it in a way that the angle only shows 4 fingers. The left and right legs lack shading between them. Again, you lack a point of origin for lighting and shading. Pick a point, use that as a lighting reference, and start shading so it looks like the light came from that direction, otherwise, its going to look like a 2D piece of crap if left colored. The only time it looks decent without shading is in line-art.

An easy way to shade is to use layers for it. Have your original drawing in one layer with flat colors. Then create a new layer and with the brush tool on black, change the opacity and start coloring the areas you are shading. Another way is to use Corel Draw, which is pressure sensitive if you have a tablet.