02-23-2021, 09:20 PM
The Takagi fanart looks really bright and cute! :) I also really enjoy the wide variety of topics & styles you have in your drawings (e.g. manga, fanart, fantasy, portraits, etc.) and also the individual designs of your characters. :)
However, maybe its best if you try to focus more on the realistic stuff at the moment. You have some really nice approaches to fundamental aspects in your more realistic digital paintings already e.g. in the ogre I saw in your july part of the 2020 meme you posted on the previous page. In this painting you did a really nice job in rendering the facial (volumetrical) features of the face. Really try to push more into this direction with your practices by starting with the shading of basic volumes (e.g. like a pyramid, cylinder etc.) and then continue to apply what you have learned from this onto your anatomy studies or simple figures like the tom nook painting. I am sure this will be really helpful for you (even though it sounds boring at the moment. I know, I was there, too!)
Another tip I can give you is the the Pen & Ink Drawing Book by Alphonso Dunn (Link) + the additional workbook. It contains a very well structured explanation of the art fundamentals + great exercises to internalize what has been taught. I highly recommend it to get started and improve art fundamentals in a fun way. :)
Plus there is a great twitter account called "kato_anatomy" (Link), which posts great resources to learn anatomy, especially the ones, which highlight different muscle groups in different colors. I found these great to learn and better differentiate the muscles group. Besides the linework on top helps to better understand the 3d forms of the muscles.
I know it's hard and sounds really boring to start / concentrate a lot on these fundamental things, but it helps a lot down the road even though it seems more fun and easier to draw manga & anime at the moment. It took me a while to get there, too, (many, many frustrating years actually) but down the road it really helps your drawings immensely no matter the style you stick with down the road. Plus getting the fundamentals down makes drawing 10x more fun once you climbed the hill and mastered these things, I promise. :)
However, maybe its best if you try to focus more on the realistic stuff at the moment. You have some really nice approaches to fundamental aspects in your more realistic digital paintings already e.g. in the ogre I saw in your july part of the 2020 meme you posted on the previous page. In this painting you did a really nice job in rendering the facial (volumetrical) features of the face. Really try to push more into this direction with your practices by starting with the shading of basic volumes (e.g. like a pyramid, cylinder etc.) and then continue to apply what you have learned from this onto your anatomy studies or simple figures like the tom nook painting. I am sure this will be really helpful for you (even though it sounds boring at the moment. I know, I was there, too!)
Another tip I can give you is the the Pen & Ink Drawing Book by Alphonso Dunn (Link) + the additional workbook. It contains a very well structured explanation of the art fundamentals + great exercises to internalize what has been taught. I highly recommend it to get started and improve art fundamentals in a fun way. :)
Plus there is a great twitter account called "kato_anatomy" (Link), which posts great resources to learn anatomy, especially the ones, which highlight different muscle groups in different colors. I found these great to learn and better differentiate the muscles group. Besides the linework on top helps to better understand the 3d forms of the muscles.
I know it's hard and sounds really boring to start / concentrate a lot on these fundamental things, but it helps a lot down the road even though it seems more fun and easier to draw manga & anime at the moment. It took me a while to get there, too, (many, many frustrating years actually) but down the road it really helps your drawings immensely no matter the style you stick with down the road. Plus getting the fundamentals down makes drawing 10x more fun once you climbed the hill and mastered these things, I promise. :)