Draw Something, Dammit

[Finch]

There are guides and such. Just type whatever you want to know into google and it should bring something up.

Anything in particular that you're looking for advice on?

[arjue]

drawing human features and figures mainly. Mostly, google brings up alot of books, and I have no way of telling whats good and whats trash.

[Finch]

This is how i feel.

For figure drawing, the best you can do is take a class and/or learn from observation. If you have a camera, take pictures of people in the wild and draw from those pictures.
I need to take some of those classes myself.

[Gravity Zero]

It's rama's character. http://www.neo-rama.com/

I really don't know much about max rama but i drew a upgraded version,max rama reaches deep to gain a new power...victory rama.


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[Finch]

No, rama made the character. He'd probably be interested in seeing fan art of Max Guy, though. I wish he'd venture into this lonely place... ;___;

[Ryan]

lol, thats nice!

I've just started drawing again, and this is the first time i'm taking it seriously. Anyone know of any good instructional sites or books? I realise that lessons are the fastest aide for improvement, but I simply don't have time for them.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082...612941?ie=UTF8

Get this book. Even though the medium is Pen and Ink, it can be applied directly to pencil, and give you nice line quality. The book is worth its weight in gold.

For figures you should just take a figure drawing class, and learn your anatomy. Try drawing your hand (seriously). I do it all the time. Maybe I will scan one in later.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078...612941?ie=UTF8

I'm learning my anatomy from this book at the moment. I have read a few others and this is my favorite so far. Very nice drawings text (it is British btw).

edit: Here is a good one on faces:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082...e=UTF8&s=books

[Revoltor]

Just trace comic books.

Worked for me as a kid.

[JM]

Dynamic Anatomy by Brune Hogarth.

[cigsthecat]

My favorite books for realistic anatomy are "Figure Drawing For All It's Worth" by Andrew Loomis (this is freely available to download online, just google it) and then everything by Bridgeman. Two very different styles but there's so much to learn between them.

Nothing will replace live figure drawing, you need to do a lot of that or you'll always be stuck in internet fanart mode. 20 minute poses and under are best, don't worry about rendering as much as getting the forms and how they fit together.

[ChaoofNee]

I went searching for that book, as I need some damn help with this myself. Apparently, most of its sources decided to dick out on sharing it. I found it, and a bunch of other resources, as well.

Dynamic Anatomy by Brune Hogarth.

Is he at all related to the original satirist, William Hogarth?