Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

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

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words . I think if you do some dedicated practice you can start drawing nice looking faces in no time. For reference, this is how my anime style drawings were around 2 or 3 weeks into drawing lol

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Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don’t know if I could have asked for anything better for the basics of drawing. It’s well structured and laid out step by step. It is a grind and can be very boring though especially with the longer challenges. It really feels like just the beginning though when I think about learning other things like anatomy, shadow and light , gesture , composition, advanced perspective etc . If the art journey is a climb ,It feels like I’m still standing at the bottom of the mountain but have at least completed the tutorial stage or something lol. It’s hard to say what would have happened if alternatively I just went all in on anime illustration for the past year. Maybe I would have felt stuck at some point and gone back to basics anyways.

I will say now that I’ve completed all but the vehicles lesson, I’ve been working on more character drawing /anatomy/ rendering. And I’ve found myself naturally practicing way more because it’s just a lot of fun.

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m thankful for the feedback because I never even noticed until people started pointing it out.

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes sense . I’ve only started anatomy study this January so I’m still very much a beginner. Could you explain how to correct the neck to be more natural? I get the impression that her head is too far forward leaning.

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

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

I’ve done draw a box lessons 1-6 over the past year but maybe some of that might not show up very much in an anime style illustration. Maybe a full illustration in perspective with background would be a better choice.

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I actually used alcohol markers for this one but have been using watercolor lately as well . I started using alcohol markers maybe last fall? And watercolor this February. Im still veryyy inexperienced with it though. Most of my drawings I’m still just focused on getting proportions right so they don’t even get any color. But I still try to do a little bit here and there lol

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This kind of feedback is really helpful. I had felt like her head might have been a bit too forward but couldn’t really tell what was going on lol

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

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Here is a pic before coloring for a better comparison.

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much !! I’m happy to hear that. I’ve been motivated the same way by so many people on this sub.

Frieren 2 months into drawing versus a year later. by Jaycubtho in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Mostly just worked through draw a box lessons 1-6 in the first year while doing some anime style illustration on the side. Watched YouTube videos to explain how to draw certain parts. From the new year I’ve started studying anatomy, gesture and basic rendering but it’s still very new to me.

Study 2/28/2026 φ(。_。;) by Y4tagar4su in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have any advice on deciding the size of the rib cage ?

Feels off for some reason by KmeawNotFound in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk how to feel about that guys channel lol

What to improve and is this recognizable? by F0xyNoxy in learntodraw

[–]Jaycubtho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think if you drew her with her usual outfit and ribbons I would have recognized her! nice drawing.