/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4176065
>tfw got into art because grill
>tfw i'm 2 motnhs in and can draw Portraits pretty well but have fully ignored anatomy
>tfw the whole idea was for me to make an OC so we can pair ours
>tfw figuring out anatomy enough to do pic related will take me another month
>tfw things are already slowing down

>>4165804
New fag going through Loomis right now. Although my end goal is to just be really good all around I'm really craving to draw OC's for anime/manga I watch/read. Should I drop Loomis for now and just grind references over and over again or is Loomis essential for this style?

Also, is there any direct order I should follow after Loomis? The sticky just links dozens of books.

>>4176120
By basics do you mean getting a good foundation of most of the stuff in the sticky(https://hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn)) then just using anime art styles im fond of as reference?
>Also post on some anime general
I'll keep that in mind for future reference
>>4176122
I don't think it should take me a couple years to draw like pic related. Don't get me wrong, I'm a complete fucking noob and pic related is incredibly clean, but I plan on taking this as seriously as I can to get as good as possible!

Any links/books would be greatly appreciated too.