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[amaro57]

I recently entered the RRR Art competition and got last place for my fail entry. <3

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Regardless, I think I've improved very much the moment I hit fifteen (about 1 day ago ). I used to be horrible at basic figures and stuff and was only good at landscapes and other works of art. About two years ago, I decided I want to get serious about drawing manga but mix it with realism. I got some pretty good results so far. My landscapes and abstract pictures are mostly in my sketch books, but I've scanned some to my DeviantART. As stated, even though my style is drawing manga/anime, I want to evolve it and soon be able to draw manga, realism, and cartoon.

These are several sketches over the past few years. They're on notebook paper because I find that the lines help me a lot at this stage.

Sketch for Rain 1
Sketch for Rain 2
S4 League fanart
Arab Man
My friend: KB-Stylez <3

C&C is appreciated ^^

This post has been edited by amaro57: Aug 25 2012, 09:04 PM

[amaro57]

Thanks for the feedback, I'm not sure how I can use the flipping trick while drawing because I do it traditionally and scanning it in constantly to check is a big hassle. I do try it when I finish and it does point out flaws to me. I still haven't figured out how to take advantage of it fully though.

Indeed I am, bacon. I currently am practicing the facial bone structure and basic planes of the head for shading and playing around with age. I find that drawing old men is the most helpful way to practice or aged people in anguish or anger as they express a lot of emotion with their facial muscles and the bones become apparent under the skin due to the stretched muscles. I just tried to see for myself how it would look if I attempted to draw the diagram of all the planes myself, it did look like an aged man at first, but after tweaking it around some, I managed to get it to look like a mid-aged or young one, a form of practice you could say. But I am trying to memorize the basic ones and shade according to them.

Hopefully I can move onto perspective and figures after I'm done with heads. From there it's a trip through Hogarth, Vilppu, Mattesi and so on. With a mix of Bridgman for anatomy.

Thanks for the advice guys, it's much appreciated.