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Where is the anime/manga topic!?
« on: July 26, 2008, 10:45:18 pm »
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Lol.

I am just wondering what are some good sites for learning/improving anime and manga drawing skills?

I have only one book but it sucks so much !@#$%.
This is one I found: http://www.mangatutorials.com/

If we get enough resources in this topic, then we could possibly get it stickied cause I know there are actually a few of us who like to draw and whatnot.
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Re: Where is the anime/manga topic!?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2008, 05:01:09 pm »
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I suggest you stray away from anime and manga style and study more realistic styles if you wish to improve, or else you'll probably be stuck doing crap like this:



I find sites like http://www.posemaniacs.com/ helps me alot with deciding poses when i draw.
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2008, 06:10:42 pm »
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Quote from: Desgardes on July 27, 2008, 05:01:09 pm
I suggest you stray away from anime and manga style and study more realistic styles if you wish to improve, or else you'll probably be stuck doing crap like this:

thats not crap! how is it crap?
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Re: Where is the anime/manga topic!?
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 06:44:22 pm »
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well first off, its so incredibly generic you cant differentiate it from 7000+ other anime/manga characters, the neck is way too fat, and the anatomy of the face is completely off.

also some great drawing books by loomis http://www.fineart.sk/index.php?cat=1
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 06:56:27 pm »
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Quote from: Desgardes on July 27, 2008, 06:44:22 pm
well first off, its so incredibly generic you cant differentiate it from 7000+ other anime/manga characters, the neck is way too fat, and the anatomy of the face is completely off.

also some great drawing books by loomis http://www.fineart.sk/index.php?cat=1
yeah, you are right, I recommend anyone who wants to improve to visits conceptart.org, best place to practice drawing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2008, 06:59:49 pm »
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Quote from: Desgardes on July 27, 2008, 05:01:09 pm
I suggest you stray away from anime and manga style and study more realistic styles if you wish to improve, or else you'll probably be stuck doing crap like this:



I find sites like http://www.posemaniacs.com/ helps me alot with deciding poses when i draw.
That doesn't have to be true, I never studied for realistic styles and I draw 'crap' like this:


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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2008, 07:07:17 pm »
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Quote from: TheRealDragonboy on July 27, 2008, 06:59:49 pm
Quote from: Desgardes on July 27, 2008, 05:01:09 pm
I suggest you stray away from anime and manga style and study more realistic styles if you wish to improve, or else you'll probably be stuck doing crap like this:



I find sites like http://www.posemaniacs.com/ helps me alot with deciding poses when i draw.
That doesn't have to be true, I never studied for realistic styles and I draw 'crap' like this:



but I am sure you can't do stuff better than those two :P try to draw real life people and you will have a hard time
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2008, 07:15:35 pm »
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Quote from: - tomy b.g. on July 27, 2008, 07:07:17 pm
Quote from: TheRealDragonboy on July 27, 2008, 06:59:49 pm
Quote from: Desgardes on July 27, 2008, 05:01:09 pm
I suggest you stray away from anime and manga style and study more realistic styles if you wish to improve, or else you'll probably be stuck doing crap like this:



I find sites like http://www.posemaniacs.com/ helps me alot with deciding poses when i draw.
That doesn't have to be true, I never studied for realistic styles and I draw 'crap' like this:



but I am sure you can't do stuff better than those two :P try to draw real life people and you will have a hard time
Why should I waste time drawing realistic stuff that I find ugly? Instead of drawing real life people you can better combine influences from both manga and realistic styles, or even western styles. Look at the Zelda artworks by Nintendo, they have influences from realistic and western styles, but especially manga.

It's obvious that Theforeshadower likes manga more than realistic styles, reading manga-drawing books are just as helpful as reading a realistic drawing book for anatomy.
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2008, 07:29:17 pm »
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Yeah I agree, I too mix both real and manga styles in my art, but if you only study one, your art will be extremely limited. 

The problem is see with most "draw anime!" books is that the impose their style onto you, and show you that their style is the "right way" to draw, and really skimp out on anatomy from my experience.
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