Chiyuri the beginer.

• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-01-17 20:51
  Protip: Take a picture of your hand to avoid awkward hand cramps.
  
  Start with light lines and then once you've got a basic outline and such done, go over the outline it again only with darker lines. Use an eraser to get rid of the light lines.
• Kouki wrote on 2013-01-18 03:31

  Quote from Chiyuri;1013118:

  Alright thanks you. I'll try lowering it a bit and see how it goes.. Drawing is too much addicting. I can't beleive I lived all this time without drawing.

  
  
  I don't think you should lower the eyes, because eyes should be at the center-height of the head... unless you're going for Ojamajo Doremi or Code Lyoko style, where the foreheads alone are like 69% of their head mass. xD
  Many people get the illusion that eyes are lower than center, only because the character's hair adds to the head, but you should ignore the hair when measuring, because some characters have more voluminous hair than others.
  
  I think you did great, these look high quality to me, considering you only begun. The only thing for me is maybe the face shape by the cheeks, and the eyes in some of the drawings are a bit close to each other(should be an eye's width apart). The cheeks aren't bad, and it depends on the art style, but for me I usually put very slight definition by the bottom where it meets the chin to be curved very slightly inward, to give a less chubby feel. You could also make the cheeks narrower if you want, to make the side of the head fit a bit closer to the eyes.
  
  I usually put the nose closer to the middle of the eyes and mouth, if not lower. Then I make sure the mouth is between the nose and chin.
  
  Here's a face I recently made in 3D, but it does make a point in how angles affect the face shape and placing of features greatly:
  
  

  [Image: http://sadpanda.us/images/1333738-9CV0ON9.png]

  
  (On the front view, I felt myself I should probably make the sides of the head a bit thinner, too, though.)
  
  Well here are some other things I think are crucial for the eyes:
  
  -Eyes should be an eye's width apart from each other. In any style, eyes being too close or too far from each other will look weird. They should also be at the center height of the head, or close to it. Children and adult both should be pretty much at the center.
  
  -The size of the eyes can vary by the style, but they usually are a factor in the age... adults having more standard size, and children having bigger or rounder eyes. The difference can vary by style too. It's not too good to exaggerate it either, though. I think the most important factor for age, is the face shape itself(rounder face for the young, smaller nose/mouth). In real life, the eye size isn't really that different, but rather the other facial features are smaller that give the illusion of big eyes.
  
  -Do not draw a line for the inner corner of the eye, unless the eyes are realistically shaped and not "tall". I see many western artists do this when trying to draw anime, and it ruins their eyes even if they are good eyes. It usually makes the eyes look too-square shape if they drew the eyes "tall" like most anime. It ends up looking more like western cartoon than Japanese anime.
  
  - For the lighting(the white dot) of eyes, be sure never to make this have a "mirror" effect... always make the light of the eye be on one side (left and left, or right and right). I often see this as a mistake on non-Japanese anime. Some Chinese and Korean art is guilty of this, and it's one easy way to spot non-Japanese drawn anime. I see it a lot in MMORPGs made by Korean or Chinese graphic artists, because they see it as the easy way to save time, but Japanese artists know it's a big no-no, unless the art is so realistic and there is a light source right between their eyes sitting on their nose or forehead...
  
  Studying other anime styles is always good, and you can use pictures as pose references too(as practice). Eventually after you've studied the anatomy of anime, you can start drawing them on your own without references(it's highly recommended to still use references at least for body poses, not even professional fine artists can do perfect bodies without a model to pose for them, unless they have photographic memory).
  
  You can experiment with unique variations of the styles, but try to keep anatomy as best as you can.
  
  Sorry for the TL;dr post. >_< If you'd like, I can try to add alterations your drawings if you want to see any suggestion for the changes in lines.
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-01-23 02:13
  Slight down in drawing, but I still did one drawing per day.
  Also Fran, what do you mean by "adding alterations" ?
  
  
  Anyway, Here is the result of me going back on the basic, my begining: Faces.
  
  

  [Image: http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/022/d/e/faces_by_chiyuriyami-d5se23x.jpg]

  
  

  [Image: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/022/1/4/faces_by_chiyuriyami-d5se289.jpg]

  
  

  [Image: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/022/5/d/faces_by_chiyuriyami-d5se2ao.jpg]

  
  

  [Image: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/022/c/3/faces_by_chiyuriyami-d5se2cr.jpg]

  
  

  [Image: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/022/1/a/faces_by_chiyuriyami-d5se2fw.jpg]

  
  
  Dunno what went wrong with the last one. Doesn't look good, not sure why.
• Sanza wrote on 2013-01-25 08:03
  I think for just starting, you're doing pretty good.
  All you gotta do is practice!
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-01-27 01:53
  Ok, so after an entire day of drawing, I finaly pulled off an entire drawing, head, body, clothing, hair, everything. So tired.. I wanna sleep...
  
  

  [Image: http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k497/Chiyuriyami/IMG189.jpg]
• Shanghai wrote on 2013-01-27 02:04

  Quote from Chiyuri;1020826:

  Ok, so after an entire day of drawing, I finaly pulled off an entire drawing, head, body, clothing, hair, everything. So tired.. I wanna sleep...

  
  
  Cool first body sketch. Your lines are definitely more crisp than mine, haha. There's some things that irk me though...
  
  The hands are too small. When a hand is stretched out, it can usually fit over your entire face with some of your forehead added in. Remember that when drawing them.
  Her body may or may not be too short. Depends on your preference/style(and if she's actually just a child), but she's only 4.5 heads tall. Most humans are 5-6 heads, sometimes 8-10 if done correctly.
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-01-27 02:19

  Quote from Shanghai;1020835:

  Cool first body sketch. Your lines are definitely more crisp than mine, haha. There's some things that irk me though...
  
  The hands are too small. When a hand is stretched out, it can usually fit over your entire face with some of your forehead added in. Remember that when drawing them.
  Her body may or may not be too short. Depends on your preference/style(and if she's actually just a child), but she's only 4.5 heads tall. Most humans are 5-6 heads, sometimes 8-10 if done correctly.

  
  
  For the hands, they kinda are partially covered by the sleeve. And well the body is a bit smaller than usual anime drawing. I think it may just be my style more than a mistake. Drawing that way seem to make more sence to me somehow -.-
  
  Also while she isn't a child, the character herself isn't very tall to begin with.
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-01-31 02:26
  well then.. After 4 days of working on it. I finally finished the very first LineArt *clap clap clap*
  

  [Image: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/030/a/d/oc_lineart_attemp_by_chiyuriyami-d5taugp.jpg]

  
  
  
  Now I am so exhausted...
  

  [Image: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/030/d/b/exhausted_chiyuri_by_chiyuriyami-d5taw0a.jpg]
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-01-31 05:18
  You're progressing really well. :O
• Taycat wrote on 2013-01-31 06:28
  Nice progression.
  Eventually you'll be able to pose your characters.
• otto wrote on 2013-01-31 18:17
  Great first lineart! What did you use?
  I will say that her face kind of fades into the background because the lines around her head are bolder. Since the face of a character is usually the focal point, it takes away from it
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-01-31 18:17
  Thanks, through I'll like to ask, what do you mean by "pose your characters" ?
  
  Edit: wow we actually posted at the same time.
  Well Otto. I was my first time using photoshop CS2.. so when I started oding the lineart, I had the brush at 50% flow.
  then I changed computer the next day (technicly had to use a laptop) and the Flow on it was at 100%
  So that's kinda why most of the face and the right arm are more light than the rest. I was too lazy to redo them with 100% Flow
  
  Now I kinda want to try coloring it but.. I have no idea how to do coloring.
• otto wrote on 2013-02-01 01:24

  Quote from Chiyuri;1023250:

  Thanks, through I'll like to ask, what do you mean by "pose your characters" ?
  
  Edit: wow we actually posted at the same time.
  Well Otto. I was my first time using photoshop CS2.. so when I started oding the lineart, I had the brush at 50% flow.
  then I changed computer the next day (technicly had to use a laptop) and the Flow on it was at 100%
  So that's kinda why most of the face and the right arm are more light than the rest. I was too lazy to redo them with 100% Flow
  
  Now I kinda want to try coloring it but.. I have no idea how to do coloring.

  
  
  I think she means you'll be able to try more dynamic/natural poses soon. Instead of just standing ones c:
  
  You can find lots of coloring tutorials online. Some really good ones on deviantart. I'd start with the basics of whatever program you're using, then go into actual coloring tuts.
  The easiest way to learn how to shade is to look into how light falls, and how shadows look when the light is coming from a certain direction. Once you get that you can pretty much shade anything.
  
  I really love coloring, and I think it makes everything a lot nicer to look at, and really finishes a picture. I hope it's fun for you too :D
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-02-01 01:32

  Quote from otto;1023561:

  I think she means you'll be able to try more dynamic/natural poses soon. Instead of just standing ones c:
  
  You can find lots of coloring tutorials online. Some really good ones on deviantart. I'd start with the basics of whatever program you're using, then go into actual coloring tuts.
  The easiest way to learn how to shade is to look into how light falls, and how shadows look when the light is coming from a certain direction. Once you get that you can pretty much shade anything.
  
  I really love coloring, and I think it makes everything a lot nicer to look at, and really finishes a picture. I hope it's fun for you too :D

  
  
  I hope it will be fun too. Through I had more fun making that small sketch of me been burnout than the entire lineart.
• Chiyuri wrote on 2013-02-01 23:05
  Err.... -.-
  This is sad to annonce but I have no more choice.
  

  [Image: http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k497/Chiyuriyami/IMG193_zps45d93426.jpg]

  
  
  There is so many different coloring tutorial that I am completly lost...
  Help \(;-;)/