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[Moon]

sigh, i really wish i was good at drawing

Edited by Yoshidude, 07 November 2010 - 11:49 PM.

[Russ]

Well I never played Metroid >.<. Oh well, guess I'll try that next =D. Hmm... Zero-suit, or full suit?

Full suit, holding the helmet in his hands. Or better yet, go Metroid II style and have him in a bikini. *shot*

[Koh]

Well, as you requested Cecil cosplaying as Samus (Full Suit). As said on the page, her suit is a total pain in the ass to draw, but hopefully, it came out OK .

[Russ]

Whoa. That turned out really well! Nice work!

[Koh]

Thanks Russ =D! And here, we have Cecil as a Thief from Final Fantasy.

Edited by Koh, 08 November 2010 - 08:18 PM.

[Russ]

The way he holds his left hand seems very unnatural. Try holding yours like that; it hurts. Other than that, looks great!

[Koh]

Well Russ, I was using this as a reference:



I dunno, maybe his arm hurts? xD.

[ZebraStallion]

Wow, I'm digging those Cecil drawings! I could seriously see him starring in some sort of cartoon show. Nice job.

[Moon]

Koh draw cecil as mega man with no helmet

[Lemon]

That's a pretty silly source image.

The problem is that in the original image you can see how his arm goes from his elbow into his hand. Because of your shading you can't tell the difference between the two and it looks like his hands are just really f***ed up. Look again at the form and the way the skeleton on that picture of the thief is structured.

You can base drawings off of pictures, but do. not. forget. structure.

Even underneath cartoon dogs, don't just draw fixed lines on him. Determine a body structure; whether it be circles or squares; some sort of skeleton for him to exist in. It'll help make all your drawings both look better and more consistent.

[Koh]

That's a pretty silly source image.

The problem is that in the original image you can see how his arm goes from his elbow into his hand. Because of your shading you can't tell the difference between the two and it looks like his hands are just really f***ed up. Look again at the form and the way the skeleton on that picture of the thief is structured.

You can base drawings off of pictures, but do. not. forget. structure.

Even underneath cartoon dogs, don't just draw fixed lines on him. Determine a body structure; whether it be circles or squares; some sort of skeleton for him to exist in. It'll help make all your drawings both look better and more consistent.

I do use shapes as bases. I don't use the shape tools, but I do draw circles and stuff and morph them into what I need. And the source image was kinda silly, wasn't it !

And as requested by Yoshidude, Cecil as Mega Man.

Edited by Koh, 09 November 2010 - 08:28 PM.

[Russ]

Probably the best yet. The look on his face is great! Nice work!

[Koh]

Probably the best yet. The look on his face is great! Nice work!

Roffle, thanks! And now, witness Cecil's phobia of Roaches!

[Lemon]

Not that everyone should learn how to draw realistic stuff, but this collection of books is by far one of the best I've ever read, and without taking any serious study into them, just skimming as already taught me some really useful techniques. They're also out of print, but in general considered to be some of the best "how to" books ever.

http://alexhays.com/loomis/

[SpacemanDan]

Not that everyone should learn how to draw realistic stuff, but this collection of books is by far one of the best I've ever read, and without taking any serious study into them, just skimming as already taught me some really useful techniques. They're also out of print, but in general considered to be some of the best "how to" books ever.

http://alexhays.com/loomis/

Thank you for posting these. It'll definitely help me on my way to improving my work.

I haven't drawn anything in awhile. This was the most recent thing I drew, and was sometime ago.

Mermaid

Yes. A mermaid. Leave me alone.

Now, sometime after this, I decided to make a conscious effort to make my work better. Since this is the most recent drawing I spent some time on, I figure this would be a good 'starting point' to see what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong. A little self-analysis helped me figure some stuff out, but I'm sure there's more I need to work on, and obviously, my own eyes are not enough to pick out problems. Tear it a new rear-end. I'm not afraid of some criticism.

Here's what I've picked out through self-analysis:

• The hands suck. Horribly. They looked better in the pencil work, but not much. XD
• The arms are probably too long.
• Shoulders. Especially her right (our left) shoulder.
• The hair doesn't look right. The head's wrong too, I'm sure. XD
• The neck sucks.
• The tail isn't correct. That is, the width is not consistent.
• The eyes. Argh. I have no idea why I drew them like that. D: Even on younger characters, I've never done them like that, and it's bugging me now.
• If her nose was fully fleshed out, it'd cause horrible problems with her mouth. O_o

Though I guess it doesn't help too much since she doesn't actually have legs. XD

But yeah, I appreciate any criticisms anyone can offer. Though it is an older drawing, I'm sure I can learn a few things from it to help improve my future work. I'm also trying to kind of steer away from anime these days, but that's not to say it won't have its influences on me. XD