HOME | DD
marvelzombie101 — DANCE AGAIN
Published: 2012-07-18 17:49:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 769; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 24
Redirect to original
Description
Hey DA! So i have been doing things getting ready to get out of my house for school
but yesterday i got myself a manga book, i wanted to incress my drawings more practice so i went ahead and did this drawing out of my headO_o i can say my coloring has gotten alot better! by following the book, i wanted to try something different in drawing this time! i mean i like to draw disneyXp but im start drawing other things as well Enjoy!
Related content
Comments: 13
I'm with the two comments above me.
I'd already been developing my own style off the back of my own research, no books or anything, and then when I decided I wanted to see if there were any tricks I'd missed, I bought that book, and and only describe my reaction as disappointed.
You are far better off working without any books at all. Not just without that, but in my experience, any.
It seems that unlike some drawing guides for Marvel and DC comics (for example), which are normally written by people in the profession and have worked on those comic franchise (at least the ones I managed to find), most manga books you will find seem to be put together by people with who I think you would never see writing an actual manga. It seems a lot of the time they think manga is an excuse for shoddy work, that it's just an excuse to draw pin-up girls, or that all comics are an excuse for lack of effort and can be drawn by anyone.
Keep at practicing by all means, but Lunar-Graphite is right. Learn realistic anatomy first and then stylise it to suit your needs.
(I also did notice this is an exact copy from the book, but I won't hold you up on it because at least you chose one of the better pictures)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah i mean i wanted to push my art a lil more, and im no that sorta type to like manga? but what the heack its new to draw? to try something different you know. i got 2 more to, a horror, and another monster one. by following the draw on this book was a bit wired with this picture, just wanted to do something new.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That's cool, you don't have to like manga. I was just commenting on how I see a lot of people who make bad drawing guides, use manga as a cop-out excuse for bad work, rather than trying to make decent original work. They think by calling it manga they have an excuse not to put effort in.
But there is nothing wrong with wanting to find something new.
If you want my advice, start with the traditional anatomy as a relatively rough basis, and then adapt it into how you'd like it to look, in a style you find natural and comfortable.
It might not look new to you to start with, but I can guarantee that if you look at enough other artists, and concentrate on learning from them, but without instruction, it will eventually turn into a style you haven't ever seen before.
Because it will be yours. When you find you own style, without using guides, everything you draw will be something new!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I would not suggest to learn drawing by this book since there are a lot of things inexperienced artists may miss and learn to draw incorrectly from the very beginning.
It's always better to study traditional anatomy and traditional arts and adapt em to your style so...
Well, anyway, nice drawing!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
yeah it did took awhile to notice that but i just keep on going,,just wanted to see if i can pull it off, i got 2 more a horror and a monster one, i didnt really like manga as much, but what the heack its something to draw
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I never really liked that book, I felt cheated when buying it as it said there would be both girl and boy anatomy. Boy anatomy my ass D: It's mostly girls with weird proportions 
(not sure in what way you did this out of your head since it looks exactly as the one from the book btw, photo memory? ;3 )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
haha well i did start notice that there was something wired with the book
YES:]
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I was into mangastyle alot when I was younger, trying to develop my own style nowadays though. I prefer looking around the net for inspiration nowadays, cheaper and I find better art than in the books lol ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I borrowed that book from a guy I was dating at the time!! I only have two drawings in my gallery from, yours looks better, but yours is digital, mine are traditional
[link]
[link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ha il take a look at em
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I love that manga book! The monster book of manga right? :3 I recognise your drawing of one of the ones in the dance section ^^ Nice artwork of it!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yes
👍: 0 ⏩: 0