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I've decided that I want to really learn how to draw. Drawing clothes on premade doll bases is all well and good but it doesn't leave much room for flexibility. I'd like to be able to draw my own poses, shapes, faces, etc. I took some art classes about 10 years ago. >.>;; I did pretty well at it then but I didn't keep up with it. And I never learned how to draw proper anatomy. Like this kind of thing I guess?



So does anyone have any advice or good resources for me to learn? By the way I'm interested in realistic drawing, not anime style. And I can't really afford to take classes. sweatdrop

look at photographs, study people around you, try to get an image in your head of how people are really put together. if your in highschool, draw in class and use your classmates as reference. you can look through magazines or catalogs (ive used victoria secret before) for reference photos. just try to get the arrangement in your head of how people are arranged.

when drawing, proportion-wise, someone is usually 8 heads tall. (head refering to the size you're using for the head in this particular drawing, use that as a measurement for the rest.) from fingertip to fingertip is the same length as the height of a person, the arms and legs are the same length. if you notice, ones fingertips comes to about the bottom of the a**.

i know how to draw

your arts been looking fabulous o: <3;

practice shading & sketching in pencil. especially the things around you. it can be nature. even a table. anything. smile

Study any kind of anatomy books you can. It will help you be the most accurate in drawing people proportionately.

Also go somewhere you always go and draw something from there. Like if you like going to the library, sit down and draw a bunch of books stacked together. Just draw as much as you can. It WILL help.