Message from @Sarai
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I find drawing all the curves in a female body far more challenging.
If you want to argue semantics, females are basically a smaller version of a male with a larger chest and more hair.
if you want to draw females your whole life, all the power to you. But the reason its important to learn both is to understand anatomy better, which is the core of drawing humans. For example it will help you identify why certain features may look more masculine or feminine.
My gauge usually ends up being a mix of "does this look attractive" and "does this look close enough to the reference", and I erase if something doesn't look the part. Basically ends up filtering out any masculine characteristics in the end, since I'm not in favour of them.
so you're always gonna draw off a reference?
Pretty much how I've been doing it the past 54 days. Drawing from observation of images or still objects in the same room as me.
your reliance on having a reference is going to hold you back in the future if you don't draw males as well
Primary reason I use references is because I was told to use them to improve.
Yea, it's good to use references, but you aren't going to forever
Anime is all about simplifying realism, and understanding what details to neglect whilst still making someone look feminine or masculine, which is hard to know if you don't have a fundamental understanding of both sexes. The difference between a mediocre artist and a great artist is a mediocre artist blindly follows what others do but a great artist understands *why* they do it
maybe im giving anime too much credit since its one of the easiest styles to draw, but whatever
Theres actually a part of me that wonders if I'll even touch the anime art style anytime soon, since I only picked it out with the assumption it'd be easier than realism. And then I was quickly told otherwise, and that I needed to learn fundamentals first.
My main context for even wanting to draw it was to be able to make reference drawings for 3D models.
But even in the 3D space I was told to learn how to 3D model real people first.
Ended up with a cycle of, if I wanna get good at 3D modelling people learn to draw and then 3D model reality first, and that if I wanna learn to draw, draw from reality first.
If you wanna be a good artist at realism, you just have to draw both men and women, hell, you have to draw all sorts of stuff, kids, old people, animals, whatever. It's part of reality and it will all help you understand it and how to portray it more. If you absolutely refuse to draw males, you're preventing yourself from becoming a better artist, you're limiting yourself just because you're attracted to women only.
And no, you don't need to know realism to draw anime. You could even start drawing anime and then move to realism because anime is a more cartoonish, simpler style.
i didnt know "more catoonish simpler style was a synonym" with "trash"
stfu fiction, no one cares for your opinion, im just here to trash talk anime
I was just gonna share a drawing I made, but nvm I gueess
A dog chooses, a **SLAVE** ***OBEYS***
I actually only draw anime lololol
idk lol
It's saitamaa
that ear looks really good
u look really good
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idk what colours to use :<
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Blue-ish purple?
An opaque pink would look cute >u>
Black and blue and yellow and white OWO
@Sarai for the dress?
@pockypaints yes
Sometimes I am amazed at what japan produces
Tfw I have no clue what kind of male character to draw. Never had any favourites that werent completely engulfed in armour.