I've been experimenting with drawing female manga characters(until recently, I haven't been that good at that), and I just wanted to know what you guys thought. I think I could still work on the face, though. Feel free to go ahead and post your drawings in this thread, too.
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Pr33333333zz, I just want ur opinions...
The hair is really nice. But something about it makes it look stange, it must be the eyes and nose or something?
but nevertheless its excellent
Yeah I couldn't figure out what looked wrong either, I just knew something was weird.
I think the face is a little off axis.
and that under-chin shadow looks a little weird.
Shadows are incredibly difficult to do to a standard that looks right without colour, so avoid them in line art IMO.
If you are going to do them to your sketch like above, and then trace straight lines (rather than sketchy ones) onto another sheet and shade from that. also in anime you should generally keep shadows halftone with a straight edge; gradients generally look a little weird.
And AFTER that, you should try drawing some guys, because they tend to be more difficult than girls in my experience.
Like Hossenfeffer mentioned the hair is really nice.
And like D4rk mentioned the chin shadow doesn't work w/o color.
It looks like she has a goatee, no offence.
K, but dark I generally draw guys more often, and drawing girls is harder for me. Just thought I should mention that.
K, but dark I generally draw guys more often, and drawing girls is harder for me. Just thought I should mention that.
haha, fair enough, It's always been the other way around for me
Nice job selk879. I used to draw manga/anime a few years back but i lost my touch big time. ^_^"
i think she also needs shoulders...the slope you have them at now makes it seems like she doesn't have a clavicle, which makes her body a little awkward. make it squared a little more (not squared, but with a less-sharp drop from the neck).
i agree with the statements above, when drawing lineart it's best to work in full blocks of color to differentiate rather than grayscale. it'd help you see how you're doing if you trace over your pencil drawing with a pen/marker. any part you have pencil, fill in black. then when you look at it it'll be easier to say "oh no, that shadow looks like a beard." you can go back and add/delete as the next step, then repeat. adding color can be fun, have you worked in it at all?
