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# I've been trying to draw again
Any hints or tips?



(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:01, archived)
# i was gonna say use pen + paper but you seem to have that down pat
nicely
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:02, archived)
# Don't use lined paper.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:02, archived)
# also this^
but ignore that v
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:03, archived)
# Read down there v
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:04, archived)
# get naked
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:05, archived)
# thats brilliant advice
everyone works better nude
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:09, archived)
# not eskimo
prostitutes
(Marty McFly's Father You're not getting any peanuts until we get home!, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 5:32, archived)
# Oh yeah
use more magenta.
(I helped save b3ta! Zhmei HEY B3TA I WAS ON YOUR DINGY ISLAND AT LAST!1!, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:03, archived)
# Hint: Post more.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:03, archived)
# no, draw more, and more, and more, until the results ARE WORTH POSTING
 
or just get a deviantart account lollololol
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:04, archived)
# Owch.
You cunt :(
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:05, archived)
# no seriously, keep on drawing.
 
it's the only way to get better.
However, don't go copying anime shit, or anybody else's style, for that matter.
Draw what you feel - draw from life.
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:07, archived)
# are you an art teacher?
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:11, archived)
# can't be
art teachers want you to copy other people's styles
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:12, archived)
# my art teachers were unemployed painters who smoked dope in the darkroom.
Sometimes they'd forget to show up to classes.

not that they didn't show me a thing or two.
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:15, archived)
# art teachers seem to like showing students their things
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:45, archived)
# ohhhh this is depressing.
 
This guy was one of my painting teachers, who got me over my very fussy, illustrative habits..
fifteen years ago he was doing these massive, aggro oil paintings but now he's doing piss-awful watercolours

www.julianhooper.com/
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 0:07, archived)
# Why is b3ta so cuntish lately?
I don't get what's happening around here.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:06, archived)
# I'm being constructive here.
 
when I was a kid I always had pen and paper out.. I even wanted to be a cartoonist
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:09, archived)
# I wanted to be a cartoonist, too.
I used to be shit at it.
Looking at what my drawing skills are like now, that's fucking shocking.
/can't draw
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:10, archived)
# I have many wasted talents.
 
CURSE YOU, DAY JOB
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:11, archived)
# i think it's the 'until the results are worth posting' that has upset people
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:11, archived)
# Yep.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:17, archived)
#
lately its always been full of cunts
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:09, archived)
# i may be a relative noob
but hasn't it always been? that's teh funovit :o)
(I helped save b3ta! doph no time like the precedent, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:10, archived)
# B3ta has had a thing against deviantart users for as long as I can remember.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:11, archived)
# And yet many many many b3tans use deviantART.
Classic b3ta hypocrisy.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:16, archived)
# and with the exception of foof and amoebaboy, they're shit.
 
SHAZAM
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:22, archived)
# Even me?
*cries*
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:22, archived)
# you're improving.
 
: D
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:31, archived)
# :D
I am glad.
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:40, archived)
# it's what makes b3ta b3ta.
We're lovely inside, but on the exterior we're gruff and bitchy.
(I helped save b3ta! hexachordal la la la la la, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:13, archived)
# ARMADILLOS!
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:14, archived)
# I'm gruff on the inside too.
That's what you get for living on carpet samples for 15 years.
(Jeru War and Piss, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:20, archived)
# less lined paper
more shading...

....also the hat on the 2nd drawing is too shallow, it doesn't follow the flow of the skull
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:03, archived)
# Were thinking that meself
And the lined paper thing is cause I got bored in Biology and that's all I had.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:04, archived)
# you should start using the age old
circle oblong oblong method to get the right shapes then go over it with finer detail
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:08, archived)
# I use a different method that I learnt from a book
can't describe it. Basically start off with an oval, and add some more basic lines. And for the frontal view, use a cross. Yeah.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:10, archived)
# using your eyes will serve you better.
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:12, archived)
# yup thats the kinda style i was
trying to describe...

however...

www.b3ta.com/board/8307104
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:13, archived)
# maybe his skull is that shape
maybe
(I helped save b3ta! KittyVomit more super than a can of Tennants, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:04, archived)
# perhaps....
...


i have nothing to come back to that

*weeps*
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:05, archived)
# rape! it's the answer to everything!
(I helped save b3ta! KittyVomit more super than a can of Tennants, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:06, archived)
# How are you so wise?
*fears*
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:08, archived)
# comes from being a straight girl in brighton
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:10, archived)
# the sexiest one here!
with bad tooth ache...bloody wisdom are hurtttttttttin.
(I helped save b3ta! KittyVomit more super than a can of Tennants, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:11, archived)
# i (think) i only have one left to come through
and it's been a bastard recently, although is behaving itself at the moment
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:13, archived)
#
a the
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:15, archived)
# well yeh
although i think i met another one on friday,
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:16, archived)
# oooer?
come and meet me. i'm fun.

(I helped save b3ta! KittyVomit more super than a can of Tennants, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:20, archived)
# well she's my mate's missus
and she added me to facebook over the weekend and is in the brighton and hove network

what amused me is the fact that i've not got her boyfriend on facebook at the moment
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:21, archived)
# what's 2 x 2 ?
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:09, archived)
# FACE RAPE
(I helped save b3ta! Sir T. Skellington, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:10, archived)
#
www.b3tards.com/u/23925b16ee60d4243068/rapeman1.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:12, archived)
# Get really drunk.
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:03, archived)
# Would if I could. No money.
/works at McDonalds blog.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:05, archived)
# Then grab many nuggets, squeeze the juices into thine gullet.
Your gullet will thank you.
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:06, archived)
# I must have nicked
about 30 quids worth of nuggets from the store I work in. And free food for lunch. I gotta start losing weight.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:09, archived)
# Drawing burns calories.
Not my words, Gandhi's

(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:11, archived)
# Gandhi was a fool!
and his drawings were shit. Stickmen!
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:15, archived)
# draw things that exist, either real life, or from photos
figure out proportions
sketch the shape before adding final details
use a decent pencil on unlined paper
practise

and trust me on the sunscreen
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:04, archived)
# I tried that once
and got bored. The thing is I don't have enough time either. I drew these when I got bored in a lesson, going through stuff I knew. All my spare time at home is spent working revising, or pissing about on here cause I am too tired to do anything else.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:07, archived)
# when i was bored at school
i'd spend my time drawing my desk, including my hand drawing the drawing of my desk

i'd draw other people in the class

i'd draw the woodgrain of the desk
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:09, archived)
# Yeah. Well.
Ok. I'm really shit at drawing actual stuff. And seeing as I'm the scientist type, I don't think I'll get much better, which is why I like drawing fantasy stuff.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:12, archived)
# hey!
just listen to Mictoboy - it's good advice, you have to work at anything you want to improve at.

*mothering ends*
(I helped save b3ta! sonofabun wouldn't hit a man with no trousers on, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:15, archived)
# I just don't like the idea of hard work :(
It's quite bad really.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:17, archived)
#
"seeing as I'm the scientist type" is meaningless shite. i've got a phd (in SCIENCE, BABY) and i'm still dicking around drawing shite pictures, and i believe i get a tiny bit better with each picture i draw. i'm still crap but i'm getting better with each one and i believe i'll end up actually being half-decent.

"drawing fantasy stuff" is a way of saying "i don't think i'll be good enough", which is just another way of giving up. do. not. give. up.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 0:49, archived)
# If you're trying to draw figures...
I highly *highly* suggest getting an artists reference book of nude figures. I got one off of amazon for about a tenner. Would link you but I can't find it.

I always struggle when drawing figures but the book I got is bloomin' marvellous! It really helps with the understanding of the shapes of the body and shading.

Also, practice, experiment and have fun.
(I helped save b3ta! vix0r was not Matthew on, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:14, archived)
# ^this
drawing things shouldn't be work, there's not much point learn to art unless you're having fun with it.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:21, archived)
# I did have a book that explained how to draw
figures in fantasy type stylee. Which is what I like drawing. Fuck knows where I've left it.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:21, archived)
# Before you can make figures anything, eg fantasy figures...
You've got to have an understanding of the body and how it looks.

I would recommend looking at real figures and poses to become familiar with bodies before you try to customise them into a genre.
(I helped save b3ta! vix0r was not Matthew on, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 0:48, archived)
# i'm not an artist by any stretch of the imagination
but if you're looking to draw cartoons, i think the best thing to do is find a shape that you like drawing and start making that your style. my favourites on here for people drawings are happy toast and the we are the lemon, they have really distinctive styles and their characters are instantly identifiable
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:17, archived)
# Ah this is just some random trying to draw well shit.
I have a distinct character set for me cartoons.
(Ethong is enjoying Cardiff. Especially Bogiez., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:23, archived)
# I have trouble distinguishing the lemon from the Neville sometimes
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:23, archived)
# different stomachs
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:40, archived)
# aaaaaaaah right.
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 0:17, archived)
# Get one the those little posable wooden blokes.
Or failing that, sketch your basic body shape first and use that as a guide to the final piece.
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 23:23, archived)