Castle Paradox

Ysoft_Entertainment

Recently I stumbled upon a really cool site that teaches you how to draw, so I followed the tutorial and here is what came out. The drawing was done using Gimp 2.4(I love this software:))

Opinions anyone?

ps: Here is the site, check it out, you might learn something. I know I did
http://www.drawingnow.com/how-to-draw-sakura.html(this is the tutorial I followed)
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TwinHamster · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject:

Um, I guess that looks pretty close to what the tutorial told you to do?

Now you should try taking that lesson to make your own stuff.

Blue Pixel · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject:

the neck is a bit too long, and the chin is pointy, but good start. keep at it!
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Jack · **the fool** Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 773

Those eyes are seriously freaking me out.
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Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

Uncommon · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject:

I-it's the nose. The fact that she doesn't have one, but how close the nostrils are to the mouth certainly adds to it.
I think the biggest problem with the eyes is that they're too far apart.
These elements together give her a very...alien appearance.

Okay, so the eyes are the reference pictures fault, but if you'll notice, he put some shading around the nostrils to imply the nose's shape.
Your drawing's missing this and it shows. There are reasons you don't just make nostrils and call it a nose.

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject:

That is pretty cool.

I like the method that tutorial website uses.

I would love to see some step-by-step videos like that for pixel art.

Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:

Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

*flies to the rescue*

I looked at references for Sakura, ignoring everything that is fan art.

1. You have to draw the holes differently to suggest a more human shape. The tutorial uses two very large holes drilled into her face, making her look like a pig.

Reference pic as to how Naruto does it. They used two curved, tiny lines, then they used shading to suggest shape*.

2. The eyes should be one eye-length apart.

3. The eyes were obviously meant to be shaded, so I used tiny lines to shade it since I don't get color to do so.

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*I ended up using traditional manga nose style for my edit.
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

Also, before attempting to continue further in drawing anime characters, learn how human proportions work, and how humans are shaped. I've been trying to improve on this myself.

Anime are just cartoons. They have limitations to them that make them difficult to learn fundamentals from.
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Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:16 am Post subject:

Nice. Its definitely better then my pic. I know that the eyes have to be at least an eye apart from each other, and also the reference I used wasn't that accurate but hey, beggars can't be choosers.
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Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:25 am Post subject:

In response to twinhamster: I plan to do my own drawings after I do couple of the tutorials to get the feel of things.

In response to newbie power: I happen to like manga style approach to drawing, thats one of the reasons I wanted to start drawing in the first place.

Here is the modified picture, I think it looks better then the first I did.

As you can see, I somewhat followed newbiepower's advice. I tried to shade it the way that it looks in the original naruto reference, I think it turned out OK.
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LongeBane · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 312 Location: Tomorrow

hey so what did you learn from this tutorial?