Batmitey asked:

some well known comic book artists drawing, they are :- John Romita Joe Kubert John Buscema Bill Sienkiewicz Dave Gibbons Travis Charest

JOHNNY

Nupur das asked:


Japanese Animation or Anime is one of the most beloved kinds of cartoons all over the world. These are basically cartoons that are based on Japanese Manga series, or comics that were brought to life by being animated. If you want to learn to draw Japanese Animation, here are the things that you should know.

They Are Based On Manga

One thing that you should remember when drawing Japanese Animation is that they are based Manga. Thus, the style of drawing would be pretty be pretty much the same, only that they are moving for the animated version. Here are some things that you should take note in drawing this style of cartoons.

Characters Have Wild Hairstyles

If you observe characters in this kind of genre, you’ll see that they usually have wild hairdos. More often, male characters have long hair. In fact, there are some shows that sometimes men are mistaken to be women because of their long tresses. Their hair colors are also wild too. You can see pink and green haired characters. The style of their hair could be very extreme also. Often times, their hair would be sticking up and out to different directions.

When drawing hair, all you have to do is draw them into clumps that would stand as hair strands. For female characters, ponytails, headbands, pigtails and loose hairstyles are common. For men that have long hair, loose let down hair is also in fashion along with ponytails. Bangs are also in for both sexes.

The General Male
Most male characters would be muscular. A lot of them are depicted to be warriors of some sort. A lot of them are also lean and tall. It is normal for you to see blue or even pink colored hair male characters. However, this doesn’t really mean that they are ***.

The General Female

Most female characters are depicted to have slim bodies and long legs. These features are also emphasized by the type of clothing that females wear. More often they wear clothing that shows off their long legs, especially if the setting of the story is in the modern times. The ******* are also prominent. Women also have sharper chins and snub noses.

Little People?

Do not be surprised if you get to see characters that look like little people. These are called “Chibi’s”. These are basically distorted versions of characters. Although proportion is a rule when drawing, Chibis are intended to have a distorted proportion. This is done to achieve a ‘cuteness’ factor. This type of drawing is usually applied for child-like characters. They have big heads, small bodies, big eyes and no nose.

Villains For villains, characters are usually drawn to be more realistic. There is more shading to make their faces look scarier and the lines used are more crooked than smooth and straight. You could usually find them in the form of mafia’s or gangs. Big bosses are also usually not seen. Body parts such as hands, feet or a mouth smoking a tobacco are the commonly used images whenever the big boss is focused on.

Cute Vs. Macho

For cute Anime’s the drawings are often simplistic with huge eyes and a lot of hearts and touches of pink. However, for macho type of Anime’s, the characters have more details and are rendered to be more realistic.



AURELIO

Man-atarms asked:


I am reading a book about drawing and I noticed that most of the drawings look amazing just made of lines.

I have tried to copy the drawings but every time I do it the lines I do look really bad. Very amateurish! I have seen lines in other drawings and they seem so well done.

So my questions are:

How can I get to be great in live drawing? Do they require practice and more practice?

Do they teach line formation in Art classes?

In this book it seems that the artist never lift
the pencil so there is no cut in the lines.
How is that possible? Is it technique and strength on them?

How could I accomplish the beauty of drawing lines?
I know there are contour and gesture line drawing but my lines get so cut in before I even finish my drawing.

Any good books on mastering the practice and use of lines as good approach to drawing?

Thank you!

WILFREDO

Hypocrite Opportunist asked:


I just completed a chalk drawing, and I’m trying to keep it from smearing. I tried this can of Krylon Workable Fixatif I got at Walmart, but the chalk still comes off when I put my finger on it. I also tried hairspray, but it just makes the drawing look blotchy, and the chalk STILL smears. What can I do?

LEWIS

jonlp68 asked:


Is the locations and types of fixtures enough? Are pipe sizes and details checked during inspections without having to show it all in detail on a drawing?

DIEGO

worried person asked:


For example, drawing a box or a ***** would be easy, but what about other more complicated or curvy things? I want to kow this because my actualy drawing skills are bad, so I need to do it the technical way.

BARNEY

sbelle0220 asked:


I’m not used to drawing landscapes, better with people. Any tips on how to draw a realistic dark sky using soft pastels? Layer light to dark, or dark to light?

ADAN

Charles Salmon asked:


It goes without saying that you need to have an aptitude if you want to pursue drawing digitally. It is not an easy process and requires some kind of learning. Firstly, to be able to draw digitally you need the correct digital art software.

Photoshop

This digital software will allow you to draw digitally. It has many tools that will allow you to draw, paint, erase and create shapes. Get started initially with common shapes like a rectangle, circle. You can elaborate on these shapes and use your imagination to create drawings. You can begin withdrawing flowers, trees and other simple pictures. As you progress you will also be able to draw portraits and other intricate things.

Tool for drawing

Your primary tool for drawing would be the mouse. However, now a digital art tool called the WACOM tablet is also available that helps you to draw.

Brush: You will have to experiment with the correct brush to determine the best applicable for you. You have the option to change the size, type and behavior of the brush that you choose.

Eraser: Ditto like the brush, you have the options to choose from a set of erasers from the software. Even this has the option to change the size, type etc.

Burn tool/Dodge tool: With the Burn tool you can make your colours to appear darker. Conversely, you can choose the Dodge tool to make the colours to appear lighter.

Layers: This is one of the most unique tools in digital drawing which is not available in physical drawing. This function allows you to draw in layers. This can be explained like this – it is a transparent cell that allows you to work on every layer in such a way that you can either allow a layer to interact with the other layer or vice versa.

As you move towards drawing intricate things you can make use of the following options:

Grids: Using grids will help you to capture the drawing cleverly and easily. It will enable you to check proportions and placements etc.

Shading: Shading can also be used here like in physical drawing. It gives your photograph the characteristic of a physical drawing.

Colour: When using colours, you need to take care that you make use of realistic colours.

Adding a Background: Giving a background to your picture is quite important. It helps you to give a story to your picture.

The most important feature of drawing digitally is that it gives you a chance to enhance your subject. It helps you to correct and add more to features. Sometimes, this can make your subject look unreal; therefore you need to take care that you do not take away the essence or personality of the subject in the drawing.

Conclusion

Drawing is an art and doing it within a digital ambit it gives the artiste the freedom to experiment and do a lot more with its subject. It is good if you try to learn about art before starting with digital drawings.



LEONEL

baby gurl asked:


I tried using a dsiney world sign but it doesnt look good.

On the drawing, Im planning on having tinkerbell, minnie, mickey mouse, cinderella, the prince and the mice, and winnie the pooh and friends. How exactly can i put all of them together? what kind of background should i use?

SCOTT

tobias6898 asked:


What, statistically, are the chances of an average human being drawing a perfect circle, freehand and unaided?

LARRY