Why You Should Copy Anime:https://i.imgur.com/zNDsyF0.jpgNaoki Saito: https://youtu.be/8jsZGeaWkhE?si=6HZIvG9Bx3y9qoHs&t=12AnimeShijuku: https://twitter.com/animesijyuku/status/1717415459778347358Krenz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbKqIJcIUCw**Strive for quantity AND quality.**Anime Studying:>Copy anime references exactly and draw them from memory. Use illustrations, screenshots, anime figures, 3D models, etc.>Don’t copy recklessly. Use construction, color theory, and other fundamental concepts to rehearse a drawing process that you can later easily manipulate for original artwork.>Post all of your anime studies. Post even when you’re told not to. Create an art community that actually draws and improves together instead of just talking about it.>Number your attempts and link to your previous posts.>Critiquers should lead by example by posting their studies.General Anime Style Discussion:>Questions about achieving certain styles/techniques/compositions etc.>Drawing methods, study habits, resources, tutorials, tools, software, etc>Be specific and try to post a sample of your study attempts before asking for help.**Draw copies from good anime styled references to mindfully up our mileage, internalize appealing aesthetics, and learn from each other’s processes and knowledge.**Recommended Resources:https://pastebin.com/Yz2scAEc/mmg/ - Manga Making General:>>>/ic/mmgPrevious Thread:>>7861986
>>7902209Not a single reply in 6 hours lol
>>7902209Necro bump with my head studies from Hide’s latest lesson
>>7897466Made another Xiao, just got the flat base colours on this one but I think I want to try rendering her this time, will look up more tutorials later. I tried messing with proportions more this time, made her hands and feet bigger, for the sort of character she is in the game I think it looks a lot better. Also gave her a different expression but it makes her look way way older for some reason kek.
>>7902500Cute heads.>>7902644Cute Xiao, try to make the fingers a bit stubbier and shorter, keep at it tho you're doing good work.>>7903149Rin is a piece of shit worse than that babylonian tier worm eaten incestuous whore of a purple haired skank. Nice drawing.As for me, I tried my hand at some imagination drawing without any refs to take a break from the ball breaking grinding. Who knew that I have no idea how to position hair or how those Asian garbs actually look like without a reference.She turned out cute at least.
>>7902209Didn't finish today but will another time
Krenz Day27
>>7903180I enjoy the neatness of this, it looks like you put love into every line
>>7903166Thanks again anon, I tried something weirder with her hands in this one since she's kind of got freaky monster hands in the game but I'm still pretty newbish when it comes to drawing them so trying to make something that breaks the rules doesn't translate as well. I should probably watch or read some tutorials but to be honest when I do that I end up getting bored and just go back to drawing balls to the wall on my own again...I like your art too btw, it looks very *soft*.
>>7903568thank you anon, I try my best for my wives
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>>7903532Do you have this basics course on Pixledrop or something?
so, I watched third week's practice and the teacher said that only primary and secondary forms are enough now. Okay, should be faster, me thought. Tried to implement it (picrel) and to give less fucks about lines and... 40 minutes... again!!!!!!how this shit can be real??! how can fags in figure drawing thread shit whole human figure in 5-10 minutes repeatedly?? while I fucking cant copy 30 lines in bloody 40 minuteswhat the fuckwhyit may be me not get used to new display and to drawing on angled surface yet, but fuck, it sounds like fucking copiumshit is enraging and depressing
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It's over
>>7906854Have you drawn anything else besides copying these? Anything at all?
>>7906854That's hilarious ngl
Krenz Day28>>7907137does a year ago count? do cubes count?
>>7907546*the last one is 2 hrs, not 3daylight saving time tricked me
>>7907611cute face
>>7907546No that doesn't really count. Listen friend I think autistically trying to use this many geometric shapes to describe something this basic is genuinely fucking you over. Spending almost an hour on these doodle ass drawings is insane to me and I'm not sure if it actually teaches you anything useful. My foray into the Krenz method was extremely short because I found it woefully fucking inefficient for any study period. My advice for you is to ditch all of it except maybe the most basic outline and then just use your eye and your eye alone for everything. Try bargue plates or keep drawing anime if you're into that but seriously try ditching this bullshit with basic shapes for every little thing. It just slows you down. Here's an example of my work to prove I'm not just a shitter talking out of his ass. I copied this piece entirely by eye (with corrections after overlaying the drawings after I was done with a chunk of it) around a month or two ago and it took me 2 hours 36 minutes according to the CSP timer (and I suspect at least one hour of that was me desperately trying to copy those eyes because I suck dick at them but I can't recall the details anymore).
>>7907788And here's some basic bargues I did a few days back. This took me 1 hour and 30 minutes according to the timer. Recognizing basic shapes is cool and all and of course important but not to the point where you spend most of the drawing time on irrelevant shit that won't make it to the final drawing. You gotta train your actual eye instead of playing this silly game imo
>>7907546What do you mean you didn't do anything except this? You never even tried to draw something from the top of your head?
>>7907792You should do these again. There are numerous errors, either with the angles or proportions.
>>7907792you've got a huge ego for a beg
>>7907788>>7907792is this the power of /ic/
>>7907880lmao gotta love the salty perma-begs in these threads. nta but there are definitely not numerous errors, you're just retarded.
>2026 and still falling for the copy and Krenz psyop bucket crab trap
>>79068541 hour per ex is normal. 2-3 is not. and no you are not supposed to be faster. they are prepping you to no grid eyeball exes of the 4th week you will be even slower there.>how can fags in figure drawing thread shit whole human figure in 5-10 minutes repeatedly??they are "gesturing". you are trying to be fucking pixel perfect anally accuraterelax a little either stop caring about how much time it takes you or stop being anally perfect about everything. you will be doing accuracy training for 100 more years anyhow.>>7908074and whats your suggestion oh wise prigo share your wisdom.
it's been a while, did a little study/redraw. I'm pretty happy with the results.
>>7908969you got clean as fuck line work, especially considering you're a chad tradfag. been silently miring you work.
Need to work on anatomy and will start practicing cel-shading. But given picrel is there anything else that I'm sorely lacking?
Anime/moe version of Loomis headshttps://x.com/ekakibit/status/2009984965791101420
>>7907704Thanks
How are you supposed to use artbooks like tenten's or taco's?I'm a gigabeg and i barely have the observational skills to copy so I figure any form of drawing with intent will help me improve, it kinda just doesn't FEEL that way.
not sure if this is the correct place to ask butHow much does cost a dakimura comission front and back?imma ask some artists on twitter but i want to know what to expect lol.
>>7909046thanks anon, but honestly I use an eraser almost as much as I do a pencil so idk about that
Tried drawing Louise again after reading two chapters of Keys to DrawingHere's the older one I did about 4 months ago.https://postimg.cc/9RVmcSpN/bbf06d99Whoever suggested that I read that book, thank you
>>7909560Don't mindlessly copy what you see, look, examine and analyze what you're doing in relation to the author's words. This is most important to do during the "blocking" in phase, when you're fleshing out the manikin. Exaggerate the dynamism of the reference if you're unsure how to proceed.
>>7909940i don't know what key to drawings teach but, i seems like you are focusing on small parts one at the time when you are copying or constructing/blocking, you are missing the base pose or line of action, if you start from big to small it gets really easy to block out the small details later on, for me this is way more important than the final drawing, anyway my advice would be just practice gesturing or sketching the overall shape from refs more than doing final/polished pieces.
>>7910004lol wrong pic
>>7910004do you start copying from those red lines? aren't curves a lot harder to control than straight lines?
>>7910047>do you start copying from those red lines?yesIdon't think curves are harder but maybe it's just me, but you should still do it even if its harder for you.
>>7910062>but you should still do it even if its harder for you.why?
>>7910074nta but drawing people, including anime, means mostly drawing curves of some kind. Better to practice it now than later.>>7910244You need a scanner or a better phone camera so I can enjoy your work properly bro
>>7910319But using curves for initial copying of big shapes means those shapes will be more off than using polygons as curves are ambiguous unlike straight lines in polygons
>>7910004The chapters I read in Keys to Drawing taught me to draw what I see, not what I THINK I'm seeing.I'm still piss poor at gesture drawing, anatomy and using building blocks (or whatever that method is called) at drawing characters.I used this as a guide(There are 7 pages, this is just one of them) to help me me build the body, and then I erased it, and attempted to draw the right proportions over it.I'll try again using your method, thanks!
