layla michelle's sketchbook

[laymich]

Hey Laymich,

Very nice and cute creature !

The general advice you'll probably get here is to learn the fundamentals of realistic drawings. Of course you don't necessarily need to, there are some 2D style without volume out there.

I think you need first to know what kind of art you want to make. Is it pokemon? manga? comics? realistic painting? then we could give you feedback.

For anything that'd be realistic, or even semi realistic, a good thing would be to learn the basics of rendering : how to render a sphere, a cylinder, a box in pencil, then associate the form of your creature with these basics form (for example the spherical yellow globe on the purple creature look like a sphere) and shade it accordingly.

howdy! really, really sorry for the late reply, i've been really busy with moving and stuff. 

i'd like to tell you what kind of art i'd like to do - but, currently, i'm not really sure! the most i can say is that i'm thinking of changing my major from illustration to cartooning. >_<

also, i took a look at the sphere you mentioned - and you're totally right! it looks like i got really lazy with the rendering, it really looks nothing like a sphere HAHA. i'll keep that in mind and practice more with shapes and shading them! thank you very much!

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here are some doodles of ben 10!! i know it's not much TT_TT but i'm trying to find a style of cartoon-y art that i really enjoy!