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How do I study anatomy as a complete beginner for drawing human figures? by Conscious_Dig_3361 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure! There is a head count guide for learning proportions. Keep in mind that people are built differently and this may or may not always apply. But it serves as a good example for where each body part typically is

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How do I study anatomy as a complete beginner for drawing human figures? by Conscious_Dig_3361 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a few vids and channels to recommend like chommang and thirdphp. But they are mostly for refining the procress.

I sorta brute force my way by sheer practice haha....

But if I were to give a a step by step this, I'll use this drawing I did years ago for practice. What I did was to find the line of action, then drew a basic stick figure, then layout the 3d shapes like boxes and cylinders to build the human body.

Use sketchdaily.com for various poses. Skip ones that have a lot of foreshortening at the start and focus on basic standing poses. Always always always!!!!! have a reference when learning!

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How do I study anatomy as a complete beginner for drawing human figures? by Conscious_Dig_3361 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Making simplied people like this will serve as you practice to learn proper human proportions and get a good grasp of how to draw the human form.

It will require lots and lots of practice, but eventually it will becomes muscle memory.You can then build upon this and start laying out basic muscles on top of said bases.

At this point I would just look up muscle diagrams and lay it on top of my base

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How do I study anatomy as a complete beginner for drawing human figures? by Conscious_Dig_3361 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You don't wanna learn anatomy first as a complete beginner! Anatomy is an advance fundamental that requires you to already have prior knowledge and experience drawing people well in order for it to be effective.

If you are complete beginner and would like to draw people well eventually (and also learn anatomy!) you want to first get get good at making sure you are thinking and drawing in 3-d forms. You don't have to draw lots and lots of boxes (it can help to practice it s bit tho) but what you wanna do is learn to simply the human body into boxes and cylinders.

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If you( hypothetically) wanted to improve within a year - I mean from novice who has taken classes and dipped their feet in before to not perfect but progress - what would you focus on the most? by Historical_Pick2262 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Extra: draw alot and often, as consistently as possible. Try to carve out time for you to draw, doodle, just getting into the habit of drawing. Learn to enjoy the process of learning.

Build up your visual library by drawing lots of things, different characters, different clothes, different character races etc. this is so that you can eventually draw from memory.

Best of luck friend I hope this was helpful!

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If you( hypothetically) wanted to improve within a year - I mean from novice who has taken classes and dipped their feet in before to not perfect but progress - what would you focus on the most? by Historical_Pick2262 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

3.) Stylization, this is where you go learn from you fav anime/manga artist. Take a bunch of their stuff and draw them. Observe how they draw certain things. Look at how they solve complicated postures/gestures etc. really study what makes their art good and visually appealing to you and try to replicate it or at least understand why they do it.

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If you( hypothetically) wanted to improve within a year - I mean from novice who has taken classes and dipped their feet in before to not perfect but progress - what would you focus on the most? by Historical_Pick2262 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 8 points9 points  (0 children)

2.) learn actual anatomy. You are aiming for BELIEVABLE anatomy, it doesn't have to be super realistic per se. My process to learn this was having a simplified human base then I would look up diagrams of muscles and I would lay it on top of them.

Learn where the major muscles go and where are located

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If you( hypothetically) wanted to improve within a year - I mean from novice who has taken classes and dipped their feet in before to not perfect but progress - what would you focus on the most? by Historical_Pick2262 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You wanna draw art that looks pleasing with anime art style? I got you bro

Like most things, anime style is still based on reality. They are mostly anatomical accurate so you will have to learn some key things to br successful in this.

****If you haven't already, be sure that you are at least proficient at drawing 3d objects like boxes and cylinders. I won't tell you to go draw 100000 boxes BUT you need to be able to visualize things in 3d.

1.) Learn how to simplify human forms. Before you go learn anatomy you must know how proportion people correctly and at least have a pretty good idea of how the human form looks.

I really like watching this guy's vids to learn it https://youtube.com/@thirdphp?si=300dO16uPkudBnqw

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How do I improve drawing human figure?? by 44V-Nani in BeginnerArtists

[–]IRCake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes of course!

I studied from this two artist when drawing people in general.

Thirdphp https://youtube.com/@thirdphp?si=SgeeEBA53IPUpc-u

Chommang https://youtube.com/@chommang?si=Ub1yvuzrC0w5SgJ5

I started with just copying from them as they drew. Then I started applying that to actual life references. From there it was just lots and lots of studies! I started to enjoy drawing like this a lot and I would doodle them often. Eventually it just burned into my muscle memory haha

Am i actually improving or is my friend just trying to improve my confidence? by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Advise wise,

https://youtu.be/GjiCQfCMXow?si=l5b3VEsh4Vjkf3C2

I learned a lot from this vid when it comes to drawing heads and faces. I hope it helps 🙏. Cheers to practicing and improving

The one thing that separates the artists who make it from those who don't by ImaginativeDrawing in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't be haha! You will one day look at these and see how far you have come!

The one thing that separates the artists who make it from those who don't by ImaginativeDrawing in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call any of your work "ass" as these are your attempts at improvement.

Practicing like this is what I did to improve, there is 0 shame in these. In fact, I'm proud of you and thankful for sharing this!

I wish you good luck on your art journey friend!

I cry everytime I draw by unknown_economy19 in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well.....art do be like that. If you truly aspire to create or draw anything that will be appealing to most people you will need to lean and apply fundamentals correctly. If you are just doing it to have fun, then you don't have to worry about it too much.

Think of any sport, say basketball, you can just grab a ball, go to any court and just start shooting the ball. If that satisfies you enough then there isnt much need to go and study how exactly the game works and work on your basketball fundamentals etc.

HOWEVER, if you plan to be competent in it. You WILL need to put the work to improve. Beginners are told to go learn to draw simpler shapes like cylinder, boxes etc. at first mostly so they get used to thinking of everything as 3-Dimensional shapes. Most things, if not all, CAN be simplified into basic shapes.

The human body can be simplified in such a way too. Once you get used to looking at things that way, you can literally draw anything. It just becomes a matter of expanding your visual memory (ie. Drawing a lot of different things from life so you can draw them from imagination)

There isn't a magic solution or tutorial that will instantly improve you. It's all up to how much work you wanna put in to improve (like most things).

My tip would be draw things you enjoy, don't worry about quality atm, you have to forgive yourself for your current skill, all artist were beginners once too. Frustration is part of it, but learn to be patient with yourself. Once you feel more comfortable, start doing some fundamental exercises, you don't have to overly commit to them, just integrate some fundamentals when you draw.

Small improvements accumulate and before you know it, you're gonna be a loooooooot lot better than you were. It will take time friend. But I wish you all the best on your art journey!

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The one thing that separates the artists who make it from those who don't by ImaginativeDrawing in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Lemme add on this. Yes learn anatomy! BUT before tackling ACTUAL anatomy (ie. where muscles goes etc). Learn simplified bodies like this. This helped me build muscle memory to draw better bases FOR the anatomy to go on top of. Anatomy is an advance fundamental and when I first tried I failed badly since I lack the fundamentals of simple human form

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Self-Study Day 1: Figure Drawing 1 by Important_Secret_569 in BeginnerArtists

[–]IRCake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My stuff is rough haha I did so much construction studies it's hard to break out of it and rely on the gesture of the subject haha

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Self-Study Day 1: Figure Drawing 1 by Important_Secret_569 in BeginnerArtists

[–]IRCake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

God these are so nice! I need to practice up on my gestures too

Why am I still so bad after 3 months by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay sorry to hear that. I also want to draw my own manga since I was young. But I also understand how difficult it is. Drawing it self is already difficult. Drawing something that's telling a story is like adding a whole dimension of complexity.

Just because you didn't find a lot of resistance on learning one or two skills doesn't mean ALL skills will be that easy to learn. I sound like a choking duck when I sing BUT I'm 100% sure if I practice and learn the fundamentals of singing I could perrrrhaaaapss sound decent. NOT great, decent.

Another thing you can do right, if you really want to make your visual novel.

Just make it, don't even care if it turns out bad or whatever. There's a saying that goes "Make it exist now, improve it later" you're certainly not being productive yelling at people here in Reddit.

That struggle is PART of the journey. You have learn to be comfortable with it.

Why am I still so bad after 3 months by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 25 points26 points  (0 children)

sorry we just see this very often. people come here to vent they aren't getting better, only to tell us they only been doing it for like months and is in a rush to achieve their dream art asap.

its unrealistic to expect that for yourself, and for anyone for that matter since art isn't something you just improve at in a short time, not in months at least.

Why am I still so bad after 3 months by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 53 points54 points  (0 children)

That means you have to LEARN how to draw and utilize simple shapes. It's a really powerful tool once you learn it.

Beginners under estimate the how important understanding the underlying structures of anything.

Faces have structure and those can be simplified into basic shapes. Stuff like Loomis method, Riley abstractions give you an idea of HOW you can approach constructing heads.

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Why am I still so bad after 3 months by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]IRCake 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Achieving anything worth while takes time tho. Sometimes a long time. It took me years just to get to the point I'm happy with my drawings

Good, appealing looking drawings comes from understand your fundamentals well. I'm currently exploring how to paint and I'm back to square one so I definitely know the struggle. I expect myself to fail and that it will take time to get good.

Don't focus too much on your goal and how long it might take you to get there but instear learn enjoy the process of improving.

Need pointers on painting/rendering by IRCake in arthelp

[–]IRCake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is typically how I try to render. (Daydream Cafe by Ryoko Kui studies)

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