How do I actually fucking draw Anime #7

[Anonymous No.3269688]

Adoptables Edition

A thread for the science and study of drawing anime and its aesthetics. Users of this thread are encouraged to participate and learn with each other; share feedback, resources, and discuss just how to fucking draw anime. Everyone, lets learn together!

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(OPT) Thread Assignment: Go back to your inner child and use your design sense to create a character you want to take home. These are called 'adoptables'. Try to be unique with the clothing--this is the biggest focus.

previous thread >>3264100

[Anonymous No.3269690]

>>3269688
pixiv how to https://www.pixiv.net/howto

[Anonymous No.3269706]

Do people actually buy anime girl adoptables? I was under the impression that they're mostly for fantasy/furry themed stuff.

[Anonymous No.3269717]

>>3269706
Yes, but it's mostly for chibis nowadays. It is especially popular because of how chibi animation style in the anime industry right now is.

[Anonymous No.3269723]

>>3269688
>be a guy
>unique with clothing
Nuh uh, i rarely even buy clothes

[Anonymous No.3269740]

>>3269723
Chug some tap water down and you'll think like a girl for a few minutes.

[Anonymous No.3269748]

>>3269717
Wow, I've always been good with chibis but suppressed it because I hated that style. Where should I look if I want to market my chibi adopts?

[Anonymous No.3269755]

Let’s play a game /ic/. Was pic related drawn by a nip or a westerner? Explain why you think so in your response.

[Anonymous No.3269759]

>>3269748
5rr, deviantart... you just have to be decent as there are already hoards of girls who can render tender like Yami.

[Anonymous No.3269767]

/ic/ what anime or manga would you recommend to do art studies on?

[Anonymous No.3269772]

>>3269755
Why are the japanese so much better at mimicking cartoons than we are at anime?

[Anonymous No.3269779]

>>3269755
I'm gonna guess westerner. Because a jap would blend the outline more to the render, or at least use a colored outline.

[Anonymous No.3269786]

Which style of noses looks the most appealing in your opinion?

[Anonymous No.3269790]

>>3269786
this

[Anonymous No.3269801]

>>3269786
for painting:
1. the artist's usual way
2. only shadow below
3. only highlight
4. only nose bridge
5. shadow on one side bc :^)

line art:
1. nose tip
2. two nostrils
3. midline between two nostrils + shadow
4. line at nose bridge
5. one nostril
6. no nose
7. line of nose bridge and midline between two nostrils

what are your preferences, anon?

[Anonymous No.3269807]

>>3269755
>tfw I had to look up who these characters were

[Anonymous No.3269809]

>>3269786
Pretty much this >>3269801
Except put "line art: line at the nose bridge" as my #1.

[Anonymous No.3269814]

>>3269786
i like the 80s thing where it's the side shadow with the nose cut out, looks a bit more cartoony

[Anonymous No.3269833]

trying out lineart a little more

[Anonymous No.3269842]

>>3269723
Then you must have a ton of money to buy clothes.

[Anonymous No.3269864]

>>3269833
It's cute, anon.

[Anonymous No.3269940]

HELP SOMETHING LOOKS OFF AND I CANT PUT MY FINGER ON IT

[Anonymous No.3269947]

>>3269940
Check the jawline. The point where the jaw meets at the chin might need to be shifted a little right to be center.

[Anonymous No.3269957]

>>3269940
Head shape, hair, neck/shoulders can be tweaked. What the heck are you referencing?

[Anonymous No.3269966]

>>3269957
imagination, and the design is star butterfly

[Anonymous No.3269970]

>>3269966
Do some more studies on head shapes. Technically the way I redlined is just one of many.

[Anonymous No.3269978]

>>3269940
jesus christ that neck

[Anonymous No.3270008]

>>3269940
Chin and jawline is too angular. It should work if you selected an angular style but given how you styled the face (or mouth and nose), you should've went semi realistic with it. Neck is also too long and thin. With that said, I like the nose and mouth.

[Anonymous No.3270097]

>>3269940
Her eyes are looking in two different directions, her hair is too much to the left and her ahoge is in the wrong spot

[Anonymous No.3270114]

>>3270097
i'm onto you Teal

[Anonymous No.3270142]

>>3269767

gurren laggan or anything by trigger really for the cam shots

[Anonymous No.3270165]

>>3269786
shadow and midline

[Anonymous No.3270170]

>>3270097
>>3270008
Damn, since when do people who can actually draw read these threads, let alone put this much effort into helping someone?

[Anonymous No.3270197]

>>3270097
>>3270008
>>3269970
>>3269957

Thanks for the advice anons!

[Anonymous No.3270243]

>>3269755
Def a westaboo
Lines looks animeish

[Anonymous No.3270246]

>>3269940
Reduse the nose

[Anonymous No.3270253]

>>3269755
Westerner because what Japanese guy would have seen, let alone be a fan of an american-made animated movie from 1944?

[Anonymous No.3270255]

>>3270253
You think Disney isn't as big in Japan as it is in America? Disney is worldwide, anon.

[Anonymous No.3270259]

>>3269940
draw the full body

[Anonymous No.3270263]

>>3269755
>>3270253
Considering it's a Disney movie and Disney was a lot of the original inspiration for anime styles, and still has been even today, it's not that far fetched. I still think it's a westerner for the same reasons as >>3269779 said. That and it feels like it's missing some of the confident structure as a lot of anime art has. They tend have a good flow in their lineart, like they drew it right where it needed to go in a bold stroke. This one has places where things look lumpy or jagged in a way that doesn't describe form, it looks like they were trying to be careful. Like the weird pointed spot on the bottom curve of the red bird's hat, and the thumbs on both of them.

[Anonymous No.3270266]

>>3269755
It's a nip because of the Twitter in the corner.

[Anonymous No.3270272]

>>3270266
>it's a shit taste furry
I knew it, but not to this extent

[Anonymous No.3270384]

>7 threads later people still use loomis head for anime
give up,loomis doesn't work for anime because proportion and shapes are different

[Anonymous No.3270388]

>>3270384
give it up*

[Anonymous No.3270389]

>>3270384
>implying anime isnt derivative of loomis heads

[Anonymous No.3270390]

>>3269833
No offense but the sketch, to me, looks better because you have /beg/-tier lines.

Try breaking up the lines a bit more and adding some line weight.

However, if you want to keep your lines solid and unbroken, go ahead and do that, but if the shapes don't look as streamlined or appealing, you gotta work on that first.

[Anonymous No.3270391]

>>3269740
meanest post KEK

[Anonymous No.3270396]

>>3270389
>generic head construction is derivate of loomis head
(you)

[Anonymous No.3270399]

>>3270396
derivative*
time to sleep

[Anonymous No.3270436]

>>3269740
But seriously, how do I learn female fashion? I can't come up with anything but cliched anime uniforms from imagination.

[Anonymous No.3270445]

Been lurking for a while and I finally made something anime.

[Anonymous No.3270463]

>>3270436
follow instagrams of korean or japanese models
Look for asian apparel websites like muji or uniqlo for casual wear

[Anonymous No.3270491]

what are these lines for?

[Anonymous No.3270500]

>>3270491
In the manga? Indicated shadow to give the drawings more form.

Here? Pure stylistical choice to copy Araki's way of drawing Jojo.

[Anonymous No.3270504]

>>3270491

This anon
>>3270500
Is wrong, those let you know if an area is concave or convess

[Anonymous No.3270508]

>>3270504
can u explain further please thank you

>>3270500
sorry anon im going to have to listen to the other anon isntead i hope you understand its nothing personal

[my english is really bad No.3270511]

>>3270491
it's to add emphasis on that specific part/form. It also goes well with heavy linework and scenes with lots of action/seriousness. In Araki's manga, it's mostly style because most of the time, the characters have these lines on their faces.

Also, see similar styles like fist of the north star and hajime no ippo

[Anonymous No.3270522]

>>3270390
thank you

[Anonymous No.3270546]

>>3270508
As in to accent the cheekbones and shiet. make it less flat.

[Anonymous No.3270548]

>>3269688
some korean stuff

[Anonymous No.3270553]

>digital
>need at least a 20-30 minute warm up to even have the pen go vaguely in the direction I want it to
>only get line confidence after 90+ minutes of drawing
>if I don't draw digitally for a week or longer, these times get even worse

>traditional
>can draw whatever straight away, no warmups needed
>even if I don't draw traditionally for a month, it's not a big problem
aaaaahhhhh why can't the paper have a built in connection to my PC so I can use undo and layersssssssssssssssssss

[Anonymous No.3270563]

>>3270553
you sure your tablet is calibrated properly? Put a coin on it, trace its outline and check if it's not looking like an oval on the screen.

[Anonymous No.3270565]

>>3270553
How long have you been drawing digitally?

[Anonymous No.3270566]

>>3270563
Nope, it's fine. I think it has a lot to do with not being able to look at my own hand, but then again people who do use tablets with display say it's about the paper texture instead. I'd have to buy one to know if it's true or not but I'm a poorfag even with a full time job.

[Anonymous No.3270571]

>>3270565
5 years, but it's really not a good measurement because I don't draw much. Sometimes I have weeks when I draw every day, sometimes I go months without drawing at all. It's an on and off hobby of mine, among other things that also take my time.

[Anonymous No.3270574]

>>3270566
The cintiq would only make your speed increase and maybe a 10-20% difference in your quality of mark making.

[Anonymous No.3270578]

>>3270548
Gonna
Make
It

[Anonymous No.3270579]

>>3270578
Anon...

[Anonymous No.3270585]

>>3270579
Did I miss something? Is this not anon's? Is this not indicative of an artist who's gmi?

[Anonymous No.3270590]

>>3270578
its not mine, its from a kim jungji/superani post

[Anonymous No.3270592]

>>3270585
Oh, I misread the original post. I guess it might be anon's work after all. Looks like hes GMI.

[Anonymous No.3270593]

>>3270553
make a habit of regularly drawing digital art to practice your hand/eye coordination. Aligning the tablet right below your monitor also helps too. That and you might also need somewhat of a stabilizer pen. Are you using photoshop? You need lazy nezumi to have a nice stable line. Or use CSP/Paint tool sai for smoother cleaner lines.

Photoshop gives me a hard time doing lineart so I switched to CSP. Great improvement

[Anonymous No.3270594]

>>3270590
>>3270592
Nevermind, RIP

[Anonymous No.3270602]

>>3270445
ugly nipples holy shit, nice lineart though

[Anonymous No.3270604]

>>3270508
Like I care who you listen to. The other anon isn't wrong that those lines describe the form - which is what I just said - however their origin is that they are meant to imply shadows. They are the edges of the shadows/ facial planes. The Illustration you posted is misleading, as the shadows don't follow the indicated shadows of the linework, rendering them a purely stylistic choice with questionable merit. If you use light and color you don't need those lines in you drawing, as you have other tools now to convey form.

[Anonymous No.3270606]

>>3270548
Source? Insta?

[Anonymous No.3270610]

>>3270566
I tried drawing with a tablet and monitor and hated it, stayed with traditional mediums as long as I could. Finally got a Cintiq Companion 2 this past Summer and I barely draw traditionally now. Drawing digitally will never be as exact as pen to paper, but a tablet is the closest thing possible and just requires some getting use to and practice.

[Anonymous No.3270673]

This guy has been streaming for like two days straight
https://sketch.pixiv.net/@kyockcho/lives/3451833271885930426?from=pixiv

[Anonymous No.3270685]

Is character design fine ITT?

[Anonymous No.3270690]

>>3270685
zehi

[Anonymous No.3270711]

>>3269940
make her edges a bit rounder and softer maybe?
Also her nose needs to be smaller

[Anonymous No.3270716]

>>3270711
No offense anon, but the original is more appealing and yours looks like an outdated 09's style of anime.

[Anonymous No.3270718]

>>3270578
>>3270606
I don't get it. I thought you 4chan anime faggots were all against hints of realism.

[Anonymous No.3270721]

>>3270718
Only when it's unappealing.

[Anonymous No.3270751]

>>3270716
yeah that's what I get after I finished it too
I haven't drawn anything anime for a while so it's a bit rusty. Here's a bit more moe

[Anonymous No.3270753]

>>3270711
>>3270751
I like both of these.

[Anonymous No.3270758]

>>3270718
>hur duurr anime and realism are mutually exclusive

>>3270685
This is nice, anon. Can't wait to see how you develop its colors.

>>3270711
>>3270751
Too stylized for my taste but that's the point of this thread. First one's eyes are tad too high though.

[Anonymous No.3270759]

>>3270758
>hur duurr anime and realism are mutually exclusive
I mean, have you seen the mentality around these parts?

[Anonymous No.3270762]

>>3270758
That is a man's neck

[Anonymous No.3270765]

>>3270389
That isn't loomis, that is just standard construction of the head using forms

[Anonymous No.3270768]

>>3270765
>implying /ic/ differentiates them

[Anonymous No.3270771]

>all these legit skilled artists itt providing their work
What happened? The last several threads were just shitposting and crab bucket

[Anonymous No.3270773]

>>3270711
Overall it's appealing to look at and I like it, but there are quite a few errors. (Eyes and mouth misplaced, ear and blouse collar are flat)

[Anonymous No.3270776]

>>3270771
Those people left because that's how it works. You leave them be and they leave.

[Anonymous No.3270781]

>>3269755
Tell us the answer anon

[Anonymous No.3270782]

>>3270773
Thanks for the input my dude

[Anonymous No.3270822]

>>3270762
Thanks for the spot anon

[Anonymous No.3270882]

how do I draw this good

[Anonymous No.3270925]

>>3270882
Practice.

[Anonymous No.3270939]

>>3270882
>>3270925
Also study the fundamentals and do studies both of realism and artist you like, do one of each after each othe, that will help you understand the human figure while also understanding why each artist stylized it the way they did and you will not get stuck drawing only symbols.
Also, this takes time, don't get discouraged when you feel you're not advancing fast enough. Just grind through it.

[Anonymous No.3270943]

>>3270882
so are "clean lines" just a meme? can't you just vector over them?

[Anonymous No.3270947]

>>3270943
I mean, there's a difference between making a proper rough sketch and just chicken scratching in general. The former already requires you to have line confidence and prior understanding of how the fundamentals work. Most artists usually just do a rough sketch and then paint over it for fast results.

[Anonymous No.3270949]

>>3270685
Nigga, that's kawaii!

[Anonymous No.3271061]

hey, im the OP of the first star butterfly drawing, i remade it and made it more anime.

Critique?

[Anonymous No.3271064]

>>3271061
Her eyes aren't looking the same direction. Specifically her left eye seems to be the problem-some one. Also her right eyebrow is off about ten degrees to the left. Maybe fifteen. Her mouth is off by about three or five degrees to the right. Actually her right eye is lower by about a millimeter than her left eye too. Also she has no ears.

[Anonymous No.3271074]

>>3271061
flip or mirror your drawing, makes it a lot easier to spot the mistakes, especially for frontal/symmetrical views.

[Anonymous No.3271075]

>>3270445
fix the nipples guy

[Anonymous No.3271080]

>>3271074
>>3271064
holy fuck, when i mirrored it was like a completely different drawing, thanks for the advice guys

[Anonymous No.3271091]

>>3270943
There is a big difference between "loosely" sketching and just plain sloppy chicken scratch. Keys to Drawing teaches you how to draw clean/lose as well as sharp/accurate.

Chicken scratch/sloppy lines are basically just the artist not being confident enough to do proper lines.

[Anonymous No.3271094]

>>3271080
Glad to be of help. Make it a habit to flip the canvas while drawing. You'll know you've done everything you can when your drawing looks right even when flipped.

[Anonymous No.3271097]

>>3271080
Yeah, the mirror tool is an amazing way to spot errors and how to fix them. It's also a great way to feel like shit about a drawing you were feeling good about.
>>3271061
I know it's a style to draw the jaw very angular, but I'm just saying it doesn't fit the aesthetic of curved, swooping bangs when they meet sharp, angular facial features. Just my 2 cents. Look to >>3270097 to see what I mean. This person has a consistent style throughout the head. (although they gave her a weak chin for some reason)

[Anonymous No.3271172]

an attempt was made

[Anonymous No.3271192]

Does this stuff fit here? It isn't much, but just some heads and junk; anime faces are difficult, the way I drew the eyes and jaw are very clearly Western.

[Anonymous No.3271195]

>>3271192
That looks pretty anime to me. Everything looks like an Asian drew it too.

[Anonymous No.3271225]

>>3271172
sweet cardboard cutout

[Anonymous No.3271391]

>>3270491
They serve no real purpose in the fanart you posted but Araki uses them to break up a line, this tella you how sharp the edge on the form is supposed to be, look at pic rel and compare the calces to the chest and abdominal muscles

[Anonymous No.3271413]

>>3271097
Nigga, did you just call my chin weak??

[Anonymous No.3271427]

what do i set csp resolution and dpi to

[Anonymous No.3271429]

>>3271427
A5, A4 or A3. Look up their measurements if you want to see how big they are compared to real paper. DPI doesn't matter if you're not printing.

[Anonymous No.3271483]

Can I learn to draw in 3 months like a pro?

[Anonymous No.3271484]

>>3271483
Maybe, you don't know until you try.

[Anonymous No.3271499]

Let's say I was holding a pen and a famous artist moved my hand, who owns the copyright?

[Anonymous No.3271500]

>>3271499
There is no copyright, so nobody.

[Anonymous No.3271511]

>>3271500
Why not?

[Anonymous No.3271534]

Went for the 80's look for obvious reasons, judge away /ic/

[Anonymous No.3271613]

lazy mileage

[Anonymous No.3271663]

>>3271613
Nice rick and morty art

[Anonymous No.3271689]

anime

[Anonymous No.3271706]

>>3271663
I'm just assuming at this point that the 'right away' to study animu = slender versions of loomis bodies + vilppu gesture practice + clothing fold practice + hand drawing practice + animu head from favourite mangakas/placement of body features

[Anonymous No.3271707]

>>3271706
*way

[Anonymous No.3271745]

How does one zero in on hairstyles? I just don't get it

[Anonymous No.3271748]

>>3271745
It's basically putting lines where they show form.

[Anonymous No.3271750]

>>3271748
Isn't that just drawing in general?

[Anonymous No.3271774]

>>3271750
I guess you could say that, but that doesn't make it easy, right? Simple to say, a lot more difficult to do correctly. I might as well give you another tip, Draw a dot a bit above the top of the head and then make sure your lines converge to that point. Once you get that down, the next would be to defy that different degrees.

[Anonymous No.3271784]

>>3271745
WHERE YOU CAN GET ENOUGH REFS
Find your fanart refs and figure out where the strokes should go, they don't have to be 1:1 but you've just got to get it to FLOW in such a way that makes sense.

Collect a shitton of refs and you'll be able to figure out generally where the hair should go in order to not look like ass. For animu characters there are literal character sheets.

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WHERE YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH REFS
The majority of anime characters will have a fuckton of anime characters that look exactly like them which can be like a 1000 pieces of fanart for you to reference hairstyle-wise. (Fanart because the official art generally looks like shit)

So for example if you want to draw Altair from Re:Creators you can use vocaloid fanart for example if you are desperate.

Or characters like Reinhard from Dies Irae you can reference Reinhard from LOGH.

The hardshit comes when you want to draw /co/shit as animushit or need to invent a whole new character or draw book characters in which case find characters that match the description and find the fanart that looks the most aesthetic.

You can also try this if you are fucking desperate but I'm sure that from the number of animus you've watched you can think of a fuckload of possible refs.
https://www.animecharactersdatabase.com

And obv you can search pixiv and twitter using the jap name.

[Anonymous No.3271794]

>>3270602
>>3271075
Thanks the nipples were bugging me too. This one ain't perfect but definitely an improvement. I'm gonna spend the remainder of my day staring at nipples.

[Anonymous No.3271795]

>>3271794
Holy shit, that's nice.

[Anonymous No.3271799]

>>3270445
>>3271794
wtf, if you could do did from the start why didn't?

[Anonymous No.3271807]

>>3271799
I was having difficulty as to how to make the nipples and where they went. While waiting for some replies ITT I looked up a ton of tutorials and references from pinups for breasts and nips.

[Anonymous No.3271846]

>>3271172
worked on this a little more but something still feels wrong.help?

[Anonymous No.3271850]

>>3269755
>Shojo background
>Streaks of reflection everywhere
>Eye detail
>Whitened skin
>Soft lines
>Di$ney fanart
>Expressive poses that convey no particular meaning
>Cut clear shadows

Nip of course, and by a woman at that.

[Anonymous No.3271877]

>>3271846
more fixes

[Anonymous No.3271886]

>>3271807
Godspeed,anon. You're gonna make it!

[Anonymous No.3271892]

What are some artists you guys like and why? Are our tastes so different or are we all the same?

[Anonymous No.3271900]

>>3271892
I like Jun Mochizuki. She does all the covers for her manga traditionally. As for general artists I like the boring old Kawacy, Krenz, Pigeon666, this guy https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=74184 and Posuka's backgrounds https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=33333

[Anonymous No.3271915]

>>3271892
I'm more inclined to westaboo artists like gashi and yoshinari and other asians I can find in twitter that draws anything/co/ related in anime style. I also like Murata for his opm works.

[Anonymous No.3271917]

>>3271892
Imaishi Hiroyuki.
His art and animation is so cool and stylish!

[Anonymous No.3271939]

Why can't I draw someone sitting
The legs always turn out angled wierd

[Anonymous No.3271945]

>>3271900
Posuka is really some drawing machine. She draws everything like breathing. People, monsters, machines and scenery.

[Anonymous No.3271952]

Are these anime?

[Anonymous No.3271954]

>>3270758
>hur duurr anime and realism are mutually exclusive

Here it certainly seems to be, yes.

[Anonymous No.3271956]

>>3271954
>just one > when quoting a >

[Anonymous No.3271957]

>>3271915
i have a feeling you're a part of mobtwit, anon.

[Anonymous No.3271958]

>>3271956
if you do two > then it's no longer a quote, dummy.

[Anonymous No.3271965]

>>3271958
lurk more

[Anonymous No.3271987]

>>3271957
Mobtwit?

[Anonymous No.3272011]

>>3270445
Have you ever seen a nipple in your life?

[Anonymous No.3272012]

>>3270762
It's not. It's just more realistic. Anime necks one females are thinner because it's considered ideal.

[Anonymous No.3272015]

>>3270822
That's just not how a neck works in general.

>>3272012
Firstly, it's definitely a man's neck regardless of how you look at it. A badly drawn man's neck at that. Secondly, you do realize that we're in a how2draw anime thread, so saying "durr it's more realistic this way" is a completely stupid argument.

[Anonymous No.3272023]

>>3272015
Diff anon here
Anime isn't restricted to just moe blob shit. There are series with styles closer to realistic ones. They're not mutually exclusive to each other, you know.

Also look for manga series like I am a Hero, they're more close to realism. Pic also sort of related I don't have any IAAH saved but this is close enough

[Anonymous No.3272039]

>>3272023
These have so much more character and life compared to most anime/manga styled art.

I feel like most people itt are limiting themselves by drawing bland studio styles, when they could just develop their own artistic handwriting.

[Anonymous No.3272046]

>>3271939
>Why can't I draw someone sitting
Find a reference and copy it. Or use a model like design doll or copy yourself.

If you grind poses like /ic/ suggests for a few years or for hours each day for months you will be able to do a reasonable approx from imagination

[Anonymous No.3272063]

>>3272046
I should start referencing poses.

[Anonymous No.3272095]

[Anonymous No.3272154]

>>3272012
>>3272023
>>3269688
Can we change the title to "How do I actually fucking draw Moeshit" already? If you want to draw realistic you have like a hundred threads to post in. Why do you have to click on a thread that has a moeblob shit anime girl drawn by a chink in its OP. Yes this thread is shit, yes 10s moeblob anime is trash, and please go.

[Anonymous No.3272158]

>>3272154
>says this yet clicked the thread and read the thread enough to quote other posts
???
If anything you should go.

[Anonymous No.3272173]

>>3271939
It's mostly because you drew the left foot the wrong direction.

[Chicocalte !4Ltr1vH/Dk No.3272378]

>>3272154
you are free to post in alt

[Anonymous No.3272392]

>>3269755
Nip, Japan loves this movie for some reason meanwhile Americans have forgotten it

[Anonymous No.3272410]

How do I sketch properly? Is biro scribbling healthy? Will I ever find The Right Line?

[Anonymous No.3272412]

>>3272410
There is no proper watch to sketch, you just find what works for you. What is biro scribbling? You do find the right line if you keep drawing it. Sometimes you have to look at reference of other artists' drawings to use their lines.

[Anonymous No.3272416]

>>3269688
God damn it why is it so hard to get cute proportions?? I reference artists who I want to emulate but when I try, my stuff just doesn't look at cute at all

[Anonymous No.3272418]

>>3272416
It's hard to get a good drawing in general. Tell me more though, I don't know enough about what could be going wrong.

[Anonymous No.3272421]

>>3272378
Who is your favorite artist Chicocalte

[Chicocalte !4Ltr1vH/Dk No.3272629]

>>3272421

I don't have 1 favorite (lots of other artists for specific quirks) but I really love matsuri/misatos works and everything from aqua+

[Anonymous No.3272636]

>>3270097
c-cute

[Anonymous No.3272729]

you guys are over thinking the "why cant i draw anime" thing. plenty of westerners draw stuff that passes for "authentic japanese" shit easily.
Most of the people that have posted in this thread just cant draw in general. Just study moe shit. trace it if its easier. It's not some fucking formula or thing only japanese can do. thats retarded.

[Anonymous No.3272736]

>>3272729
You have to overthink to counter those who underthink. Besides, if it's not for you, you can leave. Don't need to be so butthurt about it.

[Anonymous No.3272738]

>>3272729
>plenty of westerners draw stuff that passes for "authentic japanese" shit easily
Anon, I don't think you realize what you're about to incur.

[Anonymous No.3272753]

>>3269779
>>3269807
>>3270243
>>3270253
>>3270781
>>3271850
>>3272392
The answer is it's Japanese. Made by a guy named jacknaiff ot something like that.
>>3270266
I should have cropeed better.

[Anonymous No.3272758]

>>3270253
It's not like Japan put an embargo on Disney because of WW2.

[Anonymous No.3272764]

>>3270685
FUCKING HOW

[Anonymous No.3272788]

>>3272729
this.
Just fucking draw anime.
Anime is more than just your generic moeblob shit. You western autists are overanalyzing it.

[Anonymous No.3272791]

>>3272764
Just try, you can do it.

[Anonymous No.3272839]

anime suck ass, why are you even trying to study for the disgusting greasy fast food equivalent of ""art""

[Anonymous No.3272842]

>>3272788

[Anonymous No.3272847]

>>3272842
That's anime from like a decade ago. Get some real modern day anime in this shot.

[Anonymous No.3272848]

>>3272847
okay brb

[Anonymous No.3272849]

>>3272839
Post your work

[Anonymous No.3272856]

>>3272848
back

my findings seem the same

[Anonymous No.3272858]

>>3272856
I don't know, anime now seems a whole lot brighter.

[Anonymous No.3272863]

>>3272858

Yeah, but then the trade off is that when brights do show itself it stands out.

[Anonymous No.3272888]

>>3272856
nice cherry picking filthy american

[Anonymous No.3272892]

>>3272888
Harsh name calling

[Anonymous No.3272895]

>>3272888
I picked only the finest cherries. Go watch your inuyashiki reruns.

[Anonymous No.3272896]

>>3272892
only fitting for westerners trying too hard

>>3272895
I don't even watch that shit

[Anonymous No.3272901]

>>3272896
>I don't even watch that shit
Then you cannot judge my cherries.

[Anonymous No.3272904]

>>3272901
I don't need to watch a certain series to know your cherries are shit. Here's your last (((you))) fatburger

[Anonymous No.3272916]

Hmmm....

Not sure how I feel about her design. It's the color scheme that puts me off.

[Anonymous No.3272952]

>>3272858
there does seem to be fewer seinen that actually live up the genre's name, for sure

[Anonymous No.3272967]

>>3272916
color scheme looks p good to me

[Anonymous No.3272978]

copied photo for 7 damn years, i think i should do worth stuff because i'm getting old as shit
what course should i take i will follow only one resource studied ctrl paint by the way

[Anonymous No.3272983]

>>3272916
I feel like it's the colour of the sash that throws it off a bit (for me). But overall it looks really good. I love the designs

[Anonymous No.3272986]

>>3272978
Copy more

[Anonymous No.3272988]

>>3272986
fuck no

[Anonymous No.3272990]

>>3272904
show us your cherries then

[Anonymous No.3272993]

>>3272978
post your work, i'd actually like to see someones work after copying for 7 years.

[Anonymous No.3272996]

>>3272993
should i? i think i wasted countless hour because really boring and retarded shit
there's lot of background story on that
even worse thing is i consider to work on this kind of thing on 2006

[Anonymous No.3273001]

>>3271892
Murata because of Eyeshield. You can really see the evolution of the art and it's inspiring to me. I also love Daisuke Ishiwatari I wish I copied his style more when I was younger

[Anonymous No.3273016]

>>3272996
just do it anon. You might actually be much better than you think.

[Anonymous No.3273027]

DURRRR ANIME DURRRR
SO KAWAIIIII

anime is objectively shit style why bother?

[Anonymous No.3273030]

>>3273016
https://xana-223.tumblr.com/tagged/works
i'm just poorly educated brainlet gook
but i want change my life this time
in this year i should make it

[Anonymous No.3273032]

>>3272990
gladly

Here's a bunch of random images taken from my folder. To prove that anon's point, anime isn't just about uguu kawaii moeblob. Don't restrain yourselves trying to draw faces with overly large glossy eyes

[Anonymous No.3273042]

>>3273032
wow can you please be kind enough to tell me the artist who drew that orange hair girl holding the flowers and ice cone? Please?

[Anonymous No.3273045]

>>3273032

That was in reference to the animation industry, not illustration. You make yourself look dumb.

[Anonymous No.3273048]

>>3272916
I'd fuck her

[Anonymous No.3273057]

>>3273045
anime can be used as an umbrella term, not just the term for japanese animation. And my point still stands, japanese animation doesn't consist only of loli girls trying to act moe

>>3273042
sorry I can't remember. It's somewhere on twitter

[Anonymous No.3273060]

>>3273057
Yeah but there is no vagueness here. >>3272842
>>3272856 was clearly about television.
>And my point still stands, japanese animation doesn't consist only of loli girls trying to act moe
Yes but you were attacking my selections on film.

[Anonymous No.3273063]

>>3272736
i’m not butthurt i’m just perplexed. i’m just saying overthinking these things isn’t helping your case at all. i’m not trying to give advice because it’s perplexing and embarrassing seeing you guys cry about how hard it is and how you can’t seem to inject “T R U E N I P P O N S P I R I T” in your moe blob drawings.
>>3272738
if you mean a thousand autists screaming about pseudo-anime garbage by westerners isn’t good anime, you’re missing my point completely.

[Anonymous No.3273064]

>>3273030
Hmm. A Korean artist. I'm actually korean myself, just not born there. For advice I'd say that your chibis are definitely your strong point, but that grey scale drawing and the figure drawings need a lot of work.. It's almost as if a different person drew the drawings entirely. Not much of a figure drawing fag myself, because I honestly don't think that necessarily improves the appeal of your drawings.

But regardless, just keep drawing. Try to stop copying so much just for the sake of copying because that kind of limits your ability to branch out and find a style that is true to you. Surely, you've been drawing long enough to know what a general 3/4 view, front view, and profile view of a face look like. Try to draw those things without using reference, and keep erasing and fixing things as you begin seeing mistakes. I find it really helps to draw the eyes at this stage as just a shade of black because it's much easier to erase and fix the proportions of the face when there isn't much detail in the eyes. A simple change of the mouth, nose and eye placement can drastically change a drawing.

[Anonymous No.3273067]

>>3273060
then I apologize for attacking your tastes

also, I thought this was you >>3272154 since it's similar to your >>3272842, 'cause it's more of a response to that guy. Just just trying to prove my point there famalam

[Anonymous No.3273069]

>>3272952
Quite sure he meant the colours and not the subject

[Anonymous No.3273080]

>>3272916
I like it
post more work

[Anonymous No.3273082]

>>3273067

this >>3272842 is me and >>3272154 is not me. I just posted that image because you mentioned moeblob and to show you that moeblob has been apart of anime forever. Moeblob is an /a/ term. Sorry for any confusion.

Of course illustration would have different direction. There are no restrictions or guidelines to follow for simplifying to animate. Same goes for manga.

[Anonymous No.3273131]

>>3273069
so was I

[Anonymous No.3273265]

Here's my attempt at drawing moeblob anime. How's it looking? Should I change the style entirely? I can't seem to get the skirt to look right. Something also seems kind of off.

[Anonymous No.3273282]

>>3273265
looks fine to me anon

[Anonymous No.3273294]

[Anonymous No.3273298]

>>3273265
I agree, it looks off.

[Anonymous No.3273304]

>>3273294
what is this book? title?!

[Anonymous No.3273329]

>>3273304

[Anonymous No.3273337]

>>3273265
I'm no expert, mind you
It's very cute but what seems to strike me as "off" is the positioning of the head, her body is in relaxed posture but her neck is craning outward and her head seems to sit in perspective forward, past her shoulders.

I fudged it a little to show you what I mean

[Anonymous No.3273342]

>>3273265
I like it anon, my only critique is what
>>3273337 said, otherwise it's cute

[Anonymous No.3273379]

>>3273294
>pelvis is just a cirlce
it might work for male characters, but female proportions are going to be off

[Anonymous No.3273412]

>>3273294
I could see this being useful for back in the day when stick figure animation off a NDS was popular.

[Anonymous No.3273467]

>>3273337
Thank you so much! I really appreciate this. I couldn’t figure it out at all. Now I notice that these anatomical errors especially seem to happen in most of my drawings. I’m definitely going to keep that in mind more.

[Anonymous No.3273469]

>>3273294
>don't just look at the poses
>think about the outlines

This is everything wrong with this thread and the people in it. You should all be thinking about figures as FORMS, not outlines.

[Anonymous No.3273474]

>>3273469
It's not telling you to draw the outline, it's telling the children who are looking at the poses to envision their favorite characters posing those poses. You low IQ imbecile, think before you post.

[Anonymous No.3273480]

>>3273474
>"you low IQ imbecile, think before you post."
>posts in an oriental cave engraving community forum unironically

Top fucking kek; have fun never making it.

[Anonymous No.3273482]

>>3269688
The first one was traced, the others I tried doing from imagination lol, sometimes taking something from the traced as inspiration.

[Anonymous No.3273486]

>>3273482
Tracing is only going to send you backwards, not forwards.

[Anonymous No.3273487]

>>3273480
>shit I didn't read straight
>N-n-nooot gonna make it /runsaway

Never change, /ic/.

[Anonymous No.3273489]

>>3273486
as long as he is drawing it's fine

[Anonymous No.3273491]

>>3273487
No, I read it perfectly fine. You should very rarely be considering figures in the terms of being outlines, only forms. Doesn't matter if it's your favourite anime waifu's pussy and asshole or not kek

[Anonymous No.3273493]

>>3273491

[Anonymous No.3273494]

post more work fagets
stop arguing in circles

[Anonymous No.3273496]

>>3273493
Oh god, you really don't get it all. Stay in your containment thread forvever thnx.

[DR who fan No.3273499]

>>3273494
my latest peace

[Anonymous No.3273512]

i just can't do it sorry everyone

[Anonymous No.3273521]

>>3273512
You can do it, anon! You're likely to succeed if you try!

[Anonymous No.3273581]

>>3270593
>You need lazy nezumi to have a nice stable line.
You don't need that to draw a stable line, practice and confidence go a long way. CC 2018 also has stabilizers now.

[Anonymous No.3273645]

>>3272015
Where did I say it was suitable for anime style? I just corrected you about thick necks being masculine, because actual, real 3D women don't have pencil necks.

[Anonymous No.3273653]

>>3273645
Did you respond to the right person?

[Anonymous No.3273655]

>>3273653
Obviously.

[Anonymous No.3273751]

>>3273080
Sure.

[Anonymous No.3273836]

>>3273032
gib top right most pls

[Anonymous No.3273858]

>>3273751
>nihonmaru

anon... hahahahahaah.
I liked his design tho.

[Anonymous No.3273861]

>>3273751
Looks Korean.

[Anonymous No.3273862]

>>3273858
I actually don't even know what that means. Lol. For all intents and purposes it's a placeholder name, it just popped into my head and I rolled with it.

If it's a name that's a bit silly like Onigiri, then it works, since he's meant to be a sort of tongue-in-cheek parody of the pretty boy rival archetype.

Also, roughs for Nin-Nin variant costumes.

[Anonymous No.3273864]

>>3273751
>nihonmaru

[Anonymous No.3273866]

>>3273862
Nihon means Japan and -maru is a suffix for names.

[Anonymous No.3273878]

>>3272410
>>3272412
How is this sketch (and style)? I like Izumi Takemoto style and I try to do similar, but it's very flawed. The clothing doesn't go naturally when jumping in the air. Having trouble with the hair and the jawline. I'd like to learn how to colour properly as well. Or if I should go back to /beg/

[Anonymous No.3273882]

>>3273866
Lol, I knew Nihon mean Japan, I wondered if there was a way to play with Kanji to get it to mean something else.

Anyway, like I said, placeholder name. I just looked at him and thought, "yeah, he looks like a Nihonmaru." Without much rhyme or reason to it.

[Anonymous No.3273928]

>>3273878
it's shit stop chicken scratching

[Anonymous No.3273977]

[Anonymous No.3273999]

>>3273977
What book?

[Anonymous No.3274003]

>>3273977
Holy fuck it just described me

[Anonymous No.3274004]

>>3273882
He would sound cool with a buddhist name.

Like Ashuku Nyorai.

http://www.ciolek.com/wwwvlpages/zenpages/zennames.html

[Anonymous No.3274014]

>>3273999

[Anonymous No.3274027]

>>3274014
Is it in the artbook mega?

[Anonymous No.3274029]

>>3274014
I think this book is old
But really still cool
It's old skool

[Anonymous No.3274047]

do i need a good monitor for drawing qts , is my shitty 1360x768 enough

[Anonymous No.3274050]

>>3274027
link us up

[Anonymous No.3274068]

How do you make a teeth-baring smile on 2D people look genuine?

[Anonymous No.3274073]

>>3274068

[Anonymous No.3274075]

>>3274068
by not making every tooth distinct

jesus christ that's uncanny

[Anonymous No.3274077]

>>3274073
Makoto a cute

[Anonymous No.3274080]

>>3274073
cute boy

[Anonymous No.3274094]

>>3274047
yeah
we have the exact same resolution. Just zoom in and out when doing qt art

[Anonymous No.3274098]

>>3274068
don't do this

[Anonymous No.3274101]

>>3274068
don't render all the teeth

[Anonymous No.3274114]

>>3273751
>Fen Fang Far
K E K

[Anonymous No.3274118]

>>3273836
can't reverse image search right now so you have to do it

[Anonymous No.3274120]

[Anonymous No.3274150]

>>3274075
>>3274101
>>3274098
I wonder why drawing the individual teeth makes it look weird.

[Anonymous No.3274165]

How the fuck do I get my lines to look like this? I don't fucking get it. If I just make the brush smaller, it gets too pixely.

[Anonymous No.3274168]

>>3274165
Bigger canvas.

[Anonymous No.3274171]

>>3274168
The canvas I'm working on is bigger than pic related, yet their lines are a lot crisper and nicer overall. I don't get it. Do they downscale it? And if so, why?

[Anonymous No.3274176]

>>3274150
Use a thinner line,don't use solid black colors. Try to remove the lines if you're going for the cutesy style and do not to render the mouth too much

I don't have any other appropriate pic tho, sorry

[Anonymous No.3274179]

>>3274171
Yeah. They draw on a bigger canvas, say 2000+ to 4000px. Then they downscale it when they're about to upload it

[Anonymous No.3274191]

>>3274168
>>3274179
Seconding this. Also, you should probably increase the resolution of the canvas before you start drawing (Image > Image size... in PS).

[Anonymous No.3274195]

>>3274191
accidentally replied to myself, meant >>3274179

[Anonymous No.3274270]

So this is kind of my second drawing... The colors look pretty different on my phone so they may look a little fucked, but I guess it's not that bad, right?

[Anonymous No.3274271]

>>3274270
It's not that bad. Good job.

[Anonymous No.3274315]

>>3274270
please be my artist gf

[Anonymous No.3274337]

>>3274270
>the "this is my first drawing so everything's ok" excuse
>no-effort floating head
>"i'm a girl lol" for no reason
One has to ask whether you want to seriously learn how to draw or if you're just trying to save yourself from being criticized.
Jaw is way too wide, no separation between the jaw and chin, eyes too small, crap eyebrows. Go do actual studies for a couple months and try again.

[Anonymous No.3274340]

>>3274270
That art style looks exactly like this one.

[Anonymous No.3274341]

>>3274337

[Anonymous No.3274352]

>>3274270
>im a girl tee hee!
Stop whoring yourself

[Anonymous No.3274362]

>>3274352
>talking about whoring onself out when the 1% of the board that can draw all whore themselves out to draw shit porn at shitter tier prices
Modern """""""""""""""""art"""""""""""""""""

[Anonymous No.3274374]

>>3274362
You projecting or something?

[Anonymous No.3274376]

>>3274374
>

[Anonymous No.3274397]

>>3274270
>>3274362
>>3274376
post tits with timestamp

[Anonymous No.3274402]

>>3274270
Is this your second draw overall or second drawing since you started attempting to draw in this style?

[Anonymous No.3274406]

>>3274397
Reposted tits with timestamp

[Anonymous No.3274428]

>>3274270
get better, scrub

[Anonymous No.3274440]

>>3272095
That dot hatching on her crotch looks really, really unfortunate.

[Anonymous No.3274454]

>>3269814
There was a guy on ic that did 80s comic art pretty well
Anyone know any of the guy's web page?

[Anonymous No.3274537]

>>3274165
Are you drawing on manga studio? Does your brush have anti aliasing?

[Anonymous No.3274570]

>>3274270
Fucking whore posting an effortless drawing.

[Anonymous No.3274571]

>>3274171
Big canvas and high resolution are the key to "not pixely" lines. Try putting the resolution at 300.

[Anonymous No.3274596]

new thread? anyone?

[Anonymous No.3274599]

>>3274596
No need. Wait for page 10.

[Anonymous No.3274620]

>>3274337
>>3274352
>>3274397
>>3274570
I'm not a girl, the filename is a meme, you guys need to stop being such fucking losers
>>3274402
Overall
>>3274337
Thanks, I guess, but like I said, it's literally my second attempt at drawing

[Anonymous No.3274630]

>>3274620
I see, got anymore drawings?

[Anonymous No.3274633]

>>3274440
Yeah, it looks like her stubble growing out.
Well, I think no matter what kind of hatching I put there can be interpreted as her bush.

[Anonymous No.3274647]

>>3274630
Not really, only one from a few weeks ago (hadn't drawn since) that I made as a joke for a friend so it's equally as shitty and in a weird tumblr style (in my defense, i didn't indent it to look like this)

[Anonymous No.3274716]

>>3274165
> duplicate linework layer
> gaussian blur 3-5% at 50% opacity or less

[Anonymous No.3274794]

[Anonymous No.3274931]

Which one do you guys like best?

[Anonymous No.3274935]

>>3274931
Conflicted between two and three to be honest. On one hand the additional shading looks nice, but on the other hand, it can look overdone and too dark.

[Anonymous No.3274963]

>>3274931
>tfw you notice some odd inconsistencies that you can't explain

[Anonymous No.3275088]

>>3274931
you drew this?

[Anonymous No.3275097]

>>3275088
No I'm not japanese
I was just curious as to which style people prefer

https://twitter.com/asaba0327/status/922525313040392192

[Anonymous No.3275113]

>>3274794
i thought animu was made all digitally nowadays

[Anonymous No.3275277]

>>3274935
this is why I actually like the first one.

[Anonymous No.3275287]

>>3274931
Her weight is on the right leg, right? Then why does the left hip go up?

[Anonymous No.3275431]

>>3275113
Only some studios do that. Most like to keep it traditional because it just feels better.

[Anonymous No.3275442]

>>3275097
faggot

[Anonymous No.3275445]

>>3274931
I don't know, but I want to get this good.

[Anonymous No.3275596]

>>3272410
You can do it, but it looks extremely sloppy. Some people can pull off amazing linework with scribbles. Yours looks more like you were unsure of where to place things or how to draw them.

[Anonymous No.3275655]

>>3273878
I'm this anon >>3275596

>>3273878
>>3272410
Even if you fuck them up don't hide hands and feet. That just means you should keep practicing them. If I mess up positioning, then I simply draw it to the side. It keeps the sketch looking cleaner and gives me a reference if I redraw the sketch. I do think you need to practice anatomy. I know mine isn't amazing, but some extremely glaring things about your sketch are the inflated latex glove hands and the way the hips are place. There's nothing wrong with using references, which would help immensely

[Anonymous No.3275873]

>>3275655
What sort of brush are you using?

[Anonymous No.3276001]

>>3275873
a ballpoint pen on cheap paper

[Anonymous No.3276297]

>>3275655
dentist-kuns sister

[Anonymous No.3276551]

>>3274931
I like each one a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Too much. Brb gonna shoot rope.

[Anonymous No.3276992]

>>3274931
2 is the best.

[Anonymous No.3277010]

>>3274931
1 with 2's hair

[Anonymous No.3277021]

>>3274931
3 definetively

[Anonymous No.3277091]

why the hell is anime hair so spiky?!

[Anonymous No.3277094]

>>3277091
it doesn't have to be

[Anonymous No.3277096]

>>3277094
Yea, but what started that trend?

[Anonymous No.3277101]

>>3274118
Looks like Ilya Kuvshinov's

[Anonymous No.3277117]

>>3277096
I think has a lot to do with the restrictive nature of the manga industry as far back as the 1970s, where black and white publications were very much the norm. Because mangaka were typically restricted to drawing in monochrome, I imagine this drove a desire for more striking silhouettes as a result. Apparently early mangaka like Suzue Miuchi, when given the freedom to add color to her illustrations for Glass Mask for instance, never settled on a fixed hair color for her characters. Why? Because she was drawing under the assumption that readers would identify more with the silhouettes of her characters rather than how they were colored.

[Anonymous No.3277159]

new thread >>3277150