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Now get out

>>5044694
but those are books
i cannot read ;__;

here

>>5044704
Find Touhou pictures you like. Draw them over and over again. Make sure you try to make your lines exactly the same as theirs and take it slowly. (Also, you're probably going to have to read a book on perspective at some point no matter what)

>>5044725
i am jealous of your skill

Practice for several years.

Congratulations, you can now draw.

But seriously; are there any good anime guides out there? The only only skilled anime artists I know are all chinese canadians. Or Japanese.

>>5044694
Nice one, anon.

Learn realism first, then you can go draw anime, or whatever artstyle you want

>>5044773
DO NOT listen to this asshole. He probably waddled right in from /ic/. You apparently now need to be Picasso to draw shitty anime art.

First, you must master cowhou

>>5044773

any art style is good no matter what it is

Yukkuris can't draw.

Yukkuris have ears mind=blown.

>>5044792
Hello Walfas.

I couldn't tell you, I taught myself to draw. Took me most of my life though to get to where I am now.

I've been telling myself I'd learn to draw since 3 years, but I'm too much of a lazy piece of shit.

>>5044822
>walfas
>art

>>5044832
pictars?

>>5044870

>>5044870
Here's a sketch I did a few days ago I guess.

>>5044848
>lol my perception on art is top notch.

No.

>>5044921
Awesome.

Draw the same characters over and over again in different poses with different facial expressions until the proportions start looking normal and the faces no longer look retarded. This goes for everything, not just Touhou.

>>5044921
That looks really good.

>>5045269
>>5044946
Thank you both

>>5044685
Show us what you can do so far, so we can teach you better.

>>5044781
it's true though. It's not really a must but it really helps a lot.

>>>5045299
I drew this like a year ago. I haven't drawn so much since but I really want to get back into learning.

here is something i drew

>>5044832
Same here, but in the last 2-3 months I've finally bit the bullet and tried to learn from books and stuff because I wasn't satisfied with the progress I made from being self-taught.

>>5045419
moe~

>>5045444
thankies

>>5044921

>>5045621
That's pretty good, anything else?

>>5045770
moe~

>>5044685
You are a yukkuri, you have no arms to draw with.
It would be useless no matter how much we teach you.

Learn from the master.

>>5045398
Mainly, start working with proper proportion. A teenager is about 6-7 head tall, an adult is about 7-8 head tall. Pay attention to your limbs. They are not perfectly straight sticks, arms and legs curves in and out. Note that your arms don't fold like tube, they fold with a crease.

>>5045836
HNNNNNNG

>>5045836

1) Draw something
2) Notice where it doesn't look good
3) Think about how it should change to look good
4) Erase not-good-looking bit
5) Redraw part that didn't look good
6) Do this for the entire picture until it looks good

Easy as pie.

>>5045352
The only thing it helps with is learning proper perspective, as there are no (good) guides to this in "anime style." For just about everything else it really doesn't matter if you learn from reality. In fact, I find it's best to stick to what you enjoy, as that motivates you. I feel horrible after drawing 3D because it's disgusting.

>>5048386
And this is how you deviantart.

>>5048445
Not really, this is how you create anything at all. Trial and error. Mess up, fix it.

Even a monkey can draw manga
/rs/

>>5048456
This man speaks the truth. That's exactly how I do all of my programming assignments.

>>5048386
That how I learned to draw spheres! At first they looked like eggs.

>>5045398
Visualize what you want, make a rough sketch, create lines.

>>5048386

Apply 4 and 5 until annoyance level passes redrawing threshold; apply colour in attempt to divert attention from inability to draw.

It 'works' for me! :D

>>5044787
now that's very confusing

>>5044832
>Took me most of my life

like, how long? ......in numbers please

>>5049200
Remember, drawing is 90% time investment, and 10% skill. Skill is gained with experience, and you gain EXP quicker depending on your talent level. But even if you have little to no talent, you can still grow in skill. It just takes a lot of practice.

>>5048456
truth, eventually you do this so many times that you gradually get better and less time is devoted to trial and error

>>5049432
THIS X1000

Best tip here

>>5049432
Sounds like a generic korean MMO.

>>5049432
Can I grind on smiley faces for a couple of years and then jump straight into painting a new last supper?

>>5049432
Completely agree. The more you draw (even if it suck) and the more critic you get (even if they're harsh), the better you'll get.

>>5049774
life is a generic korean grindan MMO

>>5045398
god tier

thanks for the motivation ;__;

>www.icrit.org

Get out icrit devs.

>>5049277
I began realizing I had a passion for drawing around the age of 8. I'm 20 now.

>>5049859
If you grind enough/grind seriously, yes. You also gotta take in consideration on what you've been gaining experience on though. It's like asking, will I get to lv 99 if I'm grinding on nothing but lv 1 monsters? You will, but it'll take forever. Besides that, it's a bit unreasonable to jump from one field to the other (like telling a pure INT mage to fight barehanded close combat). Use your logic mate.

>>5049938

You better do the classic path, grind taking out things of your level and then jump on a harder area.

>>5049138
Bad example! Her big toe is on the wrong side! Also, tail is too small, and her elbow seems a bit too pointy. Other than that, I love that armpit and I know I don't have armpit fetish.

>>5049710

i agree, i started 1,5 years ago but i'm still at this point, still have to go

(always draw at school lessons)

>>5050323
you started 1.5 year ago, you draw like this... well ok everything works if you're 8

>>5050374
well the stickmen-women period it's valid? if it is i started 3 years ago

oh wait, i had a time lag, add 1 year to every date... i totally forgot a year!

>>5049960
Yes, start with simple things, master them and then move on to harder stuff, master that, etc.

Also, learn to DECONSTRUCT. Look at images you like, and figure out how the artist created it from scratch. For example, with clothing, remove layers of the clothes in your head and get an image of the body and first layer of clothes in your mind. Then add on layers until you get what the artist arrived at.

>>5050271
Can be fixed.