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Originally Posted by Dream
Well, if your looking for C.C.
it seems like you want to tackle human figures. Which isn't very easy thing to do. Rather its the hardest thing in the world to draw. Without experience in life drawing, it wont be easy to achieve life like quality.
So i suggest drawing from picture reference for now.
next time you draw consider:
a. legs/arms - they are not straight.
b. hair, get the big shape, and other small shape. there is rarely repetetive pattern of hair falling except for the forehead. which varies in size. Most people make mistakes on hair by over detailing it. Make it simple, give points where necessary.
c. hand - holds no.2 spot in terms of difficulty. this will improve slowly as one pratices. So don't panic, but try to get the shape of the hand correct.
See in Shapes.
See in Tones
DO NOT see in outlines.
Outlines in reality does NOT exist.
We actually see in tones.
but in manga outlines are used, that is why people who are inspired by manga to draw is at a bad start. Read shapes and tones, but never make outlines like that.
When i do life drawing, i do shapes and tones and in the final stage i put in the outline and the contour lines.
Remember:
Draw what you see NOT what you THINK you see.
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Your guidelines are incorrect to a point. You have to consider which kind of art style she is achieve. Is it the typical human life figures or more unrealistic figures. There's quite a few artist how doesn't draw human like figure and still do a good standing job at drawing.
a. Drawing's doesn't require them to be straight, if it were realistic poses and figures, it would. But even real figures, the hands, legs or main body isn't straight anyway. Kon is drawing anime/manga style and usually the proportion are rather human like, but some or a few of the human areas are exaggerated, such as the breast, and waist & especially the facial structure.
**If you meant, that they are suppose to not be straight, ignore the above message ^^
b. *nod head* (get the clumps first, then you can add detail to the rest, if necessary. You want to get the shape of the hair first, or at least try to imagine how it will look like. Well... this is how I do it ^^)
c. *nod head too* ^^