Thread: Tell me how to draw!

I love looking at other people's drawings and telling them what could be improved...but I can't draw very well.

What are some websites I could go to that would help me draw ANIME.

What are some tools I could use? What makes drawing easier?

Unfornuatly my scanner doesn't work so I can't upload my recent drawing...but I'll try to get it fixed soon!

go to google and look up how to draw anime. or i have a book called 'drawing on the right side of the brain' and it teaches you how to draw realistically and gives you exercises to do.plus it is a formal class you can take in college to learn how to draw so it isn't just some random theory on how to draw.it is working for me!

For most things I would say it's very important to work with sketches before doing anything. And when I say sketches, I mean lines, squares and ellipses.

Originally Posted by ray

go to google and look up how to draw anime. or i have a book called 'drawing on the right side of the brain' and it teaches you how to draw realistically and gives you exercises to do.plus it is a formal class you can take in college to learn how to draw so it isn't just some random theory on how to draw.it is working for me!

Exercises would be good. I'ma google that.

In order to get better you have to discover what you're doing wrong and fix it.

I think most animation is done with Maya.

As for drawing. Do it in layers, start with basic geometric shapes, then subdividing them. Then do shading, then do texturing. Actually, that's also how to do things in Maya.

Originally Posted by Mark75

In order to get better you have to discover what you're doing wrong and fix it.

Did you quote that from someone else? Or make it up?

As for Ninja, I should just, let's say, start with a square or circle, cut it up, then start shading it a certain way? Like shading it to give it a 3D looks?

Made it up as far as I know. It isn't enough to say "this picture looks wrong". You have to find what in specific is wrong with it. You'll have to teach yourself to find those things, as well as how to fix them. In other words, you'll have to learn to be constructively critical to yourself. It also helps to get criticisms from other people (which I see you're doing) to help find things you didn't notice or weren't sure about.

Originally Posted by slayer

Did you quote that from someone else? Or make it up?

As for Ninja, I should just, let's say, start with a square or circle, cut it up, then start shading it a certain way? Like shading it to give it a 3D looks?

I meant when you draw something (say a person) you draw them first as geometric shapes, a circle for a head, a box for a body, circles for eyes. This is just for proportions, then start shaping them into the person.

Yes, shading makes things look 3D, that's added after the shape is finished. Then you do texturing such as adding clothes and hair and such.

Originally Posted by slayer

Did you quote that from someone else? Or make it up?

As for Ninja, I should just, let's say, start with a square or circle, cut it up, then start shading it a certain way? Like shading it to give it a 3D looks?

Mark is a lot smarter than most people here seem to give him credit for.