I have been practicing animé drawing for over a mois now and haven't improved much. How can I improve my drawing skills?

I've been practicing for a while but this is the best I can do. I've watched every tutorial video out there yet I still fail. The only thing I classify myself as good at drawing wise is the nose nothing else. Honest opinions should I give up cause I'm losing hope. I even wrote down every last detail for an animé montrer I want to make yet I can't really plan out the characters because of my god awful drawing skills. Help me please!
 I have been practicing animé drawing for over a mois now and haven't improved much. How can I improve my drawing skills?
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What dou toi like ou dislike? And I can't draw the god dang hair!!!!!!!!
SymmetricalKid8 posted il y a plus d’un an
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panisepic said:
Keep practicing and don't keep putting yourself down, in all honesty a mois isn't really that long when it comes to learning how to draw; it took Da Vinci 4 years to paint the Mona Lisa and he's a master. Since you've already been watching tutorials try picking up a book on anatomy, pay attention to size relations and how everything is connected. The flow of the head, neck, and shoulders etc.

If it helps, try tracing images, it's fine as long as toi DON'T EVER CLAIM TRACED ART AS YOUR OWN, but it may help toi get a feel for how things should work.
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Thx for the support :) it really helps!
SymmetricalKid8 posted il y a plus d’un an
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Do toi think all in all the drawing is good and personally what do toi like ou dislike. Honest opinions. I learn from anything toi dislike about it
SymmetricalKid8 posted il y a plus d’un an
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I think toi did a pretty okay job on the face but toi definetly need to work on your joints and anotomy like I suggested, get a book on it. (She's got wide shoulders, short arms, and long legs)
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Shining-Pearls said:
I practiced drawing for 3 years. 3 years and yet the best I can do is this. However, don't give up. Observe. Look around you. Look out of your window and sketch. If toi can, get a model (e.g. your sister) to model posture for you. If toi practice at least an heure a day, I guarantee toi that toi will improve. My biggest regret in live was giving up drawing for 2 years when I was getting there. So don't. I don't want someone to follow my path.
It took my older sister 5 years of 3 hours per jour drawing non-stop to get haut, retour au début 8 among 2000 people in drawing.
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 I practiced drawing for 3 years. 3 years and yet the best I can do is this. However, don't give up. Observe. Look around you. Look out of your window and sketch. If toi can, get a model (e.g. your sister) to model posture for you. If toi practice at least an heure a day, I guarantee toi that toi will improve. My biggest regret in live was giving up drawing for 2 years when I was getting there. So don't. I don't want someone to follow my path. It took my older sister 5 years of 3 hours per jour drawing non-stop to get haut, retour au début 8 among 2000 people in drawing.
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Honestly, I dislike your overly long legs. Proportion the body ration. I hope that helps. ( ^ ^ )
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SweetMoonlight said:
I have been drawing for years growing up and did art classes in middle school and high school as well. But I have the hardest time drawing animé style. I've been practicing for a while and I have a hard time with proportions. I am much better at drawing realistic scenes ou being able to duplicate a photo. Drawing from your head is the hardest art toi can do (in my opinion) and I'm just now trying to get better at that.

Try drawing something that is there.... a chair, a tree, a person... and then start drawing pictures already existing (just don't claim it as your own). I trace some animé images to help me improve, just don't claim them as yours and give full credit to the original artist.

Then toi can use those skills of drawing stuff that is there and apply it to your head images. Believe me, it's amazing how much your hand and will remember from practice. Just don't give up. From what I can see the head is pretty good, toi just need to work on body proportions. After toi get proportions down, then toi can work on details and shading to bring it to life. Bad proportions will throw everything else off.
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I'd suggest, then, going to do realistic animé at 1st. as for me, I have issues with completely realistic...as I started with anime...
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zutaradragon said:
Practice...lots of practice.
Use light outlines 1st and start with basic shapes.
IT'S OK TO TRACE AT 1ST!! Not everyone can free-hand, and that's fine. I know several artists that started off tracing until they got the hang of what they're doing. Just make sure toi only trace for the basic idea and make the rest your own.
Learn basic proportions, 2. here's a few universal ones (for realistic drawings)
With arms down, the fingers reach to ou just past the hips
The arms and the legs are actually about the same length. obviously it varies from person to person, but this is a general discussion.
The center of the shoulders is roughly the width of the hips, give ou take a bit. As such, it is the widest the main part of the body should be, minus arms and boobs for females.
Everyone's face is about the size of their hand. (Meaning with the bottom of the palm on the chin the tips of the fingers should be almost at the hair line with fingers spread. there should be about and inch ou 2 from your pinky to your ear)
haut, retour au début of the ears line up with the eyebrows.
Where the ears connect to the head (on top) lines up with the corners of the eyes.
Earlobes hang to line up with the haut, retour au début of the lips.
Everyone's eyes are exactly 1 eye apart.
Generally speaking, the end of the nostrils line up with the end of the eyebrows.
Everyone's earlobes line up with their nipples.
Everyone's feet are roughly the length from the elbow to the wrist.
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 Practice...lots of practice. Use light outlines 1st and start with basic shapes. IT'S OK TO TRACE AT 1ST!! Not everyone can free-hand, and that's fine. I know several artists that started off tracing until they got the hang of what they're doing. Just make sure toi only trace for the basic idea and make the rest your own. Learn basic proportions, 2. here's a few universal ones (for realistic drawings) With arms down, the fingers reach to ou just past the hips The arms and the legs are actually about the same length. obviously it varies from person to person, but this is a general discussion. The center of the shoulders is roughly the width of the hips, give ou take a bit. As such, it is the widest the main part of the body should be, minus arms and boobs for females. Everyone's face is about the size of their hand. (Meaning with the bottom of the palm on the chin the tips of the fingers should be almost at the hair line with fingers spread. there should be about and inch ou 2 from your pinky to your ear) haut, retour au début of the ears line up with the eyebrows. Where the ears connect to the head (on top) lines up with the corners of the eyes. Earlobes hang to line up with the haut, retour au début of the lips. Everyone's eyes are exactly 1 eye apart. Generally speaking, the end of the nostrils line up with the end of the eyebrows. Everyone's earlobes line up with their nipples. Everyone's feet are roughly the length from the elbow to the wrist.
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undertaker!
smartone123 posted il y a plus d’un an
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yes...very much so...
zutaradragon posted il y a plus d’un an
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hes a great man XD
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i suppose that can be taken many ways...and somehow i knew my brain would find the dirty 1...
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smartone123 said:
my advice:
-keep going at it,improvement comes with time and practice
-look at people and animaux and use them for your improvement
-ask teachers and Friends for help
-try books
keep going your doing good XD
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 my advice: -keep going at it,improvement comes with time and practice -look at people and animaux and use them for your improvement -ask teachers and Friends for help -try livres keep going your doing good XD
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x-Yumi-x3 said:
I've been drawing since I was able to pick up a pencil, so all I have to say is keep drawing. Watch tutorials and learn.
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 I've been drawing since I was able to pick up a pencil, so all I have to say is keep drawing. Watch tutorials and learn.
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sieluvzsoul said:
Honestly. I think it's pretty good.



Just keep practicing and do your best. And don't put yourself down like that. You'll get better at it in no time. I just know it.
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2cre8 said:
First off, if your truly l’amour drawing, keep drawing! toi could also take a drawing class. I have been drawing for a super long time and I find we are our hardest critics! Don't give up hope!!
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