Tips on nicer drawings?, anyone?

[ObaBear]

Don't copy.

Don't try to emulate -and for the love of god do not copy comic books.

Look at other art but don't base your own anatomy off of it.

Draw from life and real photographs. Do the same drawing over and over and try to fix it each time.

Draw using volumes -don't draw flat: for instance if you draw a head -draw a sphere and not a circle. volumes volumes volumes. always draw in 3d -do not draw flat.

Amen! The best thing you can do if you're starting to draw is to draw from life as much as possible. I'm no expert, but it's common sense really. You want to draw your cartooned version of some thing from real life, learn how to draw the real life version of said thing first. It might be discouraging at first, but practice. Everything does get better with practice. :D

[Henton Delar]

Backgrounds are perhaps the "cream on the cake" to a composition. A figure needs ground to stand on, it can not simply float in space. A shadow under the figure or having mountains in the background can greatly enhance the drawing. If you put more detail and fill up more space on the paper your drawing will be eye-catching.

[powercozmic]

Don't copy.

Don't try to emulate -and for the love of god do not copy comic books.

Look at other art but don't base your own anatomy off of it.

Copy.

Copy comic books. Comic books give u good ideas especially on exagerating/changing human proportions which is important if you want to try chibi art. Comics also give good ideas on how to draw action scenes and perspective which can prove to be difficult if copying from real life.

Well ofc, drawing from real life is equally important - but definitely not better than drawing from comic books.

Most importantly start now and dont stop

[rexkenley]

1.) Go to art school
2.) Draw everyday objects like folded cloth, skirt, pants on or off people
3.) Draw people, go to art school if you have to draw nekkid people without being looked at as a pervert.
4.) Go to the beach, it has everything from hot tomatoes to beached whales

[Sinborn]

Setting prodigies aside, you cannot be creative if you don't know the basics.

I never learned the basics, therefore my art suffers.

[Cocotroid]

Well ofc, drawing from real life is equally important - but definitely not better than drawing from comic books.

I disagree with that statement. Chibi drawings are a distortion of realism. To distort realism, you must first know realism.

[ObaBear]

Copy.

Copy comic books. Comic books give u good ideas especially on exagerating/changing human proportions which is important if you want to try chibi art. Comics also give good ideas on how to draw action scenes and perspective which can prove to be difficult if copying from real life.

Well ofc, drawing from real life is equally important - but definitely not better than drawing from comic books.

Most importantly start now and dont stop

Never go to the Eatpoo Art forums. They'd eat you alive for the silliness you just said.

[ObaBear]

Backgrounds are perhaps the "cream on the cake" to a composition. A figure needs ground to stand on, it can not simply float in space. A shadow under the figure or having mountains in the background can greatly enhance the drawing. If you put more detail and fill up more space on the paper your drawing will be eye-catching.

That's good advice. I'm horrible at think of/drawing backgrounds.

[teh Monkeys]

If you don't plan the background from the start, don't draw it at all.

[KiddieCake]

mmmm i havent got a scanner , tried some sketches and got pretty close to a cool drawing for my doings, found the trick to just keep practicing, get 10 sheet of papers, i keep trying until im happy with it