idk what i wanna do with this

[Vayne Mechanics]

well sorta. i know i wanna add a bag/backpack of some sort and have her sitting on a bench/log. IDEARS GUYS??????????

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IT'S OK GUYS I FINISHED THE SKETCH

Decided to turn it into Lara Croft fanart 8D

 

[Monkey]

teach me how to draw like this where do i start

as for your question, i really like the character. i do think she'd look pretty rad sitting around in some type of urban environment.

 

[Vayne Mechanics]

Basic skeleton outline first. Always. Gotta build from the basic foundation. Once you create the basic skeleton outline, you add an "outline" for the body to create your figures. Your figures will probably look like shit for the first while, but that's ok. Mine did and they still do. You just gotta think of and try and draw as many figures as possible. Even if they look like trash, you draw them. Study from photos, people irl or other artists to see how someone looks in certain positions so you can work on the poses that you aren't good at. Drawing from the imagination works only if you've created a library of memory references for you to fall back on which you need to create using photos and people. Even when you get better, you'll still always use references.

What I did for mine:
- http://i.imgur.com/Tc6t4Y7.png

My basic skeleton are the circles and the red is sorta how I wanted the pose to look like. Think loosely. They aren't supposed to be perfect. Sometimes a certain pose will become a finished piece (this was like, the 4th figure I was practicing) but most of them won't. Also, if you're taking a skeleton and finishing it up, remember that you don't have to overlay the lineart perfectly on the sketch. The sketch will have flaws. It's just a general guide line. I changed a lot of things from the sketch in the lineart.

The bodies that you draw, the clothes and faces that you add; those will get better the more you draw. But you should always start with some sort of foundation. Especially if you don't know what to draw, it'll help you jump start some ideas.

 

[Ðari]

The leaning trees remind me of fists (in a weird way). I opened the finished one in another tab to get a better look at it, would it be ok to use your lineart for a community "color in" event? I remember you doing something similar a while back, great way to introduce some tutorials and see everyone's finished products.

 

[Vayne Mechanics]

Well, I haven't really touched it much since then so the lineart is really messy and whatnot. However, if you want to work with something for now, you can use this one:

http://forums.khinsider.com/traditi...n-deranged-feat-his-loyal-kitten-winston.html

If I get around to cleaning up the lineart for this though, I'll let you know.