Fakku Art Study Group

Hey Fayte, it's turning out pretty good. I'm not sure if you've put down heavy lines yet, but i'd change up that left eye a little bit. Because of the angle of the face, the left eye would be slightly less wide then the left one. this is because the face is tilted, and the left eye would be slightly further away from the viewer then the right eye.

When drawing the face imagine a sphere/ball, as opposed to a 2 dimensional shape. I'll comment more when you complete more steps of the drawing. Also great job posting your first pic here.

Here's a reference picture.

VERY Informative video, try to watch as much of it as you can. It talks about a point in art that people rarely address.

It's so long tho...

I totally forgot some simple work I did for Life-Drawing.
So, it was basically tackling the "Copying" I encountered on another thread/elsewhere. Instead of EXACTLY copying/tracing the drawing/statue (using a photo reference here), you simplify the body!

What you do is put a piece of tracing paper over the photo of the drawing, and with the help of the handouts/examples that tell you how to build the body, you recreated the drawing in a much more simple manner.

I would suggest doing it multiple times AFTER doing working with gestures.

That's all from me (for now). I have a shit ton of reading to do, and I have to work on another project.

Added merriment to the group, welcome Merriment! hope you learn lots with us.

There was a rule before where we only posted assignments here, but feel free to post up any artwork here. IF You're looking for critiques, this is not a gallery thread.

I don't have much confidence in my art but well, let me know how do you guys think of this one, or some bits about what specific point should I focus on to get better on my future artworks~

Hey high time, glad you could join us, we mostly operate on Skype nowadays. I have quite a bit to say, so this is going to be a bit of a read. If you throw me your skype i can invite you to the skype group and go over it in more detail. Also i have a lot of PDFs i can send you that would be very helpful.

I would look into gestures and basic shapes/forms, mainly gesture for now. the pose is very static which gesture can help with. The picture itself lacks depth, one of the key things artists of all types do is to essentially create the illusion of 3d on a 2d medium. When drawing a girl/woman, instead of thinking of the body itself, break it down into simpler three-dimensional shapes. Interpret the character in 3d. This'll be the biggest hurdle to get over.

I'd look into studying some basic anatomy at the same time. You don't need to push for a realistic figure, but Anime is an exaggeration of the figure. So the more you know about how the actual human body works, the more you can push your anime girls.

Another thing to note, Before you start drawing make light marks on the paper to kind of get an idea of what you want it to look like. You set in dark lines only when you look what you see on the paper. Use stick figures and simple shapes to construct the figure and the pose.

Lastly, make sure you observe and analyze. You can basically do this 24/7, i assume you watch anime or read manga. If you see a cute girl think to yourself "why do i think she looks cute? how can i create that feeling in my art". Anime and Manga art has a language to it, eyes that are large with big bright highlights are inviting, it creates an aura of innocence (example below).

There's alot of body language involved as well, that's something to look for. Know before hand what kind of character you're drawing. What i like to do is to write down 3 - 4 keywords which best describe the character i'm drawing.




Also i did a red-line over your original piece, it's kind of a messy job i did but it gives you a general idea of how the figure can be improved. I modeled the proportions on a standard Anime Girl measurement.

Okay I get the general idea on how to improve, thanks a lot for the help, it was very encouraging for me to start over again~

Here is a page of what i mean by exaggerated expressions. these are mostly faces so not a lot of body language.

Fukken saved, I think this will help out a lot in the future =D

Seems like a cool idea. Registered just to say that I'd like to join. >.>

I been a fakku! addict ever sense i discovered the site, but never registered , this art group seems like the perfect reason, so i'd like to join to improve on my drawing/painting.

I would like to join the group .. . I haven't touched my pencil / tablet for months and now I feel like I forgot how to draw again those basic shapes ....

Do you have a Skype? or do you plan on participating just on the forums?

Can only do forums ....

Here's assignment 0
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Th image is not loading .... says no hotlinking XD

hmmm was workin fine.... ok i moved it to another host , let me know if it works

Oh i spot frazetta in that chart, excellent.