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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:19 am


halp i need tips. i think its ok.. i have crappy self esteem
Dx
lol so tell me what you think
http://poisongreenspandex.deviantart.com/art/Random-Drawing-124968019
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:22 am


I thought it was Yuki, too. I even left a comment saying so. Anyway, it's a bit flawed but I like it. 'Sides, that's why we're here. Helping each other fix flaws. Anyway, first, I must commend you for using paint. I HATE MS Paint. So you're patience is just fantastic.

And the picture itself actually has quite a bit of potential. I don't know the specific style you're going for. But first thing's first, that jaw line needs to be fixed! mrgreen For the sake of appearances, I'll compare to pictures of YUKI! rofl See, your jaw line is just very strange. I understand wanting to have a more angled face because that's generally the style (usually, you won't find a bunch of drawings of round-faced peoples and stuff; angles are more elegant I suppose). But you can't take the angle too far. The jaw should be distinguishable from the cheeks. There should be different angles. So there should have been some more straighter up-and-down lines signifying the sides of the face (i. e. cheeks, albeit anime cheeks, since actual human cheeks aren't just angled lines). Here: http://eswaranma.deviantart.com/art/Yuki-Sohma-30685639

In this picture of Yuki, you can see that there is a clear jaw line and a set of side-of-the-face lines (where the cheeks are). It's kinda confusing to explain, but I hope you understand. You can't just have one angled point making up the face structure with a chin thrown in the middle. Unless if you use more of this kind of style: http://eswaranma.deviantart.com/art/Yuki-Sohma-30685639

But that only works because the angle isn't quite so dramatic. Not nearly so steep. Whelp, that's all for today. I have to get to bed. blaugh But I hope this helped. Right now, that seems to be your biggest problem. Just go through other people's pictures and see how they do it, and learn from that. That's what we do.

And might I recommend GIMP or some other program that will allow you to create and shade pictures a bit better than MS Paint. It's free. You don't have too, but it has a wider range of possibilities. And, it has this really cool glowy sparks brush that is just fun as hell to play with. rofl

Anyway, have fun drawing. 3nodding

Tarff


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:43 am


MS Paint takes months to get good and decent at, much like every other program. I'm a mouse and MS Paint geek xD I can't live without MS Paint... The old school feel of it is awsome :3 Yes, GIMP is a free version of Photoshop, but more aquinted to drawing than PS is. Okay, before you yell at me... I know they both are editting and drawing programs, but GIMP is more keen to the artist rather than the editor.

Very nice, but it's too straight. You definantly need to work on jaw lines! As Tarff said. And I thought it was Yuki from Furuba too! Haha xD Um, let's see. The eyes, when you go in for skin, after filling that, take your curve tool, the squiggly line, and make a little half circle connecting the lashes useing white or a yellower, or bluer white. But it has to look almost white x: Then you have ... eye whites biggrin Give the eyes more expression, that's possible! And the lips, they could be a bit thicker.

Remember to always sketch on Paint. x: It helps a whole lot ^^ To get rid of the sketch, put white as your background color, aka secondary color, and the color of the sketch as your primary color, or your first color! Take the eraser, make it whatever size you want by useing crtl+the minus or addition sign on the number pad. Right click with your mouse, the one you don't use to draw, and run over your picture! Then, TADA! Gone :3 I've been useing paint for a year nonstop, maybe two now.

My dA here. I have pictures I have drawn and colored in MS Paint useing a mouse on my dA. ^^ You can use mine, I doubt you would, as a reference.
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