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So, I've been drawing for a couple years, albeit on/off, but I can't seem to improve much. I was wondering what are some resources you've used to learn to draw, and what advice would you be willing to give?
I'm taking art classes in college, but they all seem to be from-life. I'm doing the assignments, and I'm doing them pretty well apparently, but the whole class is just "Take a reference and copy it" essentially. It doesn't feel like I'm really improving my art at all from the class, and my digital/vore art has only somewhat improved. Most likely more from me practicing rather than the from life reference stuff.
Anyways, just wondering what y'all had. Not feeling great about art, so give me all you've got!
Any artists around willing to give advice/resources?
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SoraZora - New to the forum
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Re: Any artists around willing to give advice/resources?
How to draw comics the Marvel way
It’s a great book, you could also get the art courses from the Joe Kubert school of art, but they’re expensive
It’s a great book, you could also get the art courses from the Joe Kubert school of art, but they’re expensive
Everyone has a plan until they end up in someone’s belly!
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GastricAztec - Advanced Vorarephile
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Re: Any artists around willing to give advice/resources?
SoraZora wrote: "Take a reference and copy it"
I'm gonna burst your bubble... that's it. Keep practicing. Draw at least once a day, keep doing that for years, and if you're lucky and have a drop of talent in your veins, you'll be halfway decent at it once you're in your 50s.
If you want to get better at one specific thing, focus on that. Draw it over and over and over, copy from people who draw it in a way that appeals to you. Find books/tutorials on that subject, study it, obsess over it. There's no secret. It's practice.
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jaggedjagd - Advanced Vorarephile
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Re: Any artists around willing to give advice/resources?
I got a lot of skills from sitting down and staring at artwork I liked and copying it for my own practice, its honestly what those art classes are teaching you to do.
Keep doing your class assignments for a solid foundation, its important and makes the difference both for getting rid of that "unknown something wrong" and the problem of taking too much time to draw a single picture.
Funny enough I think vore and lewd things is actually a good motivator for drawing more, haha. If you want to get to actual vore, save pictures you particularly like, stare at it and study it the same way as your classes. Ask "why does this look good? What techniques was used?", try and work backwards the process they used to achieve the look. Even better if you have timelapse videos to study. Try copying parts or the entire thing for practice. I hope I don't need to say to not copy and post these practices as your own too. (Also I feel like AI is going to be tempting to use as references too and I would say probably don't do that. AI art blends up disciplines and styles like a garbage disposer, it'll be confusing and a terrible reference if you actually study it for more than a minute.)
I've seen friends start from scratch drawing and get comfortably good work within 2-3 years with just casual practice, and selling commissions after 4-5 years. Its like playing the piano, it takes time to progress out of "thinking about every stroke you make".
-Use real life references for anatomy. You can find nude references all over with a little bit of searching. https://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/
-Don't believe that you have to draw everything from pure imagination to be a 'real' artist, thats poor practice. I use PureRef to have dozens of other art and photos and inspirations open most of the time when working.
-The "art skill versus perception" cycle (see the attached image) is going to be very rapid starting out and slow down the longer you draw.
Good luck, anyone can draw :3
Keep doing your class assignments for a solid foundation, its important and makes the difference both for getting rid of that "unknown something wrong" and the problem of taking too much time to draw a single picture.
Funny enough I think vore and lewd things is actually a good motivator for drawing more, haha. If you want to get to actual vore, save pictures you particularly like, stare at it and study it the same way as your classes. Ask "why does this look good? What techniques was used?", try and work backwards the process they used to achieve the look. Even better if you have timelapse videos to study. Try copying parts or the entire thing for practice. I hope I don't need to say to not copy and post these practices as your own too. (Also I feel like AI is going to be tempting to use as references too and I would say probably don't do that. AI art blends up disciplines and styles like a garbage disposer, it'll be confusing and a terrible reference if you actually study it for more than a minute.)
I've seen friends start from scratch drawing and get comfortably good work within 2-3 years with just casual practice, and selling commissions after 4-5 years. Its like playing the piano, it takes time to progress out of "thinking about every stroke you make".
-Use real life references for anatomy. You can find nude references all over with a little bit of searching. https://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/
-Don't believe that you have to draw everything from pure imagination to be a 'real' artist, thats poor practice. I use PureRef to have dozens of other art and photos and inspirations open most of the time when working.
-The "art skill versus perception" cycle (see the attached image) is going to be very rapid starting out and slow down the longer you draw.
Good luck, anyone can draw :3
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Vitcent - Somewhat familiar
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Re: Any artists around willing to give advice/resources?
I agree with Vitcent,
but I also want to share some tutorials.
Tsavo: On how to draw bellies
https://aryion.com/g4/view/753969
https://aryion.com/g4/view/753971
Tummytrouble: Hands, booty and boobs
https://aryion.com/g4/view/663461
Avezola: How to draw chubb
https://aryion.com/g4/view/645561
vore stuff
https://aryion.com/g4/view/391423
wet stuff
https://aryion.com/g4/view/391422
mirrormind101: How to make something shiny
https://aryion.com/g4/view/510367
KVCarts: Comic tutorials
https://aryion.com/g4/view/581427
deatharms2009: Hair
https://aryion.com/g4/view/309797
unicorn: belly bulges
https://aryion.com/g4/view/224188
Requiem: more vore tutorial
https://aryion.com/g4/view/15274
AvoraComics: preypositions
https://www.deviantart.com/avoracomics/ ... -410953362
For good measure, here's a bunch of other tutorials I've liked.
https://www.deviantart.com/j4b/favourit ... als-i-like
but I also want to share some tutorials.
Tsavo: On how to draw bellies
https://aryion.com/g4/view/753969
https://aryion.com/g4/view/753971
Tummytrouble: Hands, booty and boobs
https://aryion.com/g4/view/663461
Avezola: How to draw chubb
https://aryion.com/g4/view/645561
vore stuff
https://aryion.com/g4/view/391423
wet stuff
https://aryion.com/g4/view/391422
mirrormind101: How to make something shiny
https://aryion.com/g4/view/510367
KVCarts: Comic tutorials
https://aryion.com/g4/view/581427
deatharms2009: Hair
https://aryion.com/g4/view/309797
unicorn: belly bulges
https://aryion.com/g4/view/224188
Requiem: more vore tutorial
https://aryion.com/g4/view/15274
AvoraComics: preypositions
https://www.deviantart.com/avoracomics/ ... -410953362
For good measure, here's a bunch of other tutorials I've liked.
https://www.deviantart.com/j4b/favourit ... als-i-like
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Bright - Heavy user
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Re: Any artists around willing to give advice/resources?
Life references are definitely some of the best things you can get since anatomy and posing will help immensely.
One thing you can do I would recommend is buy some toys. Ones with good articulation especially. Ones like Body Kun from Bandai are excellent for helping you get a pose down if you're having trouble. Building off that, if you get some light clay or model magic that can help you with designing more cartoony bodies if you're going to pull difficult angles or something isn't working. You can even use it to show deformation if you press inside it as if someone within is pushing out.
For things like how to do comics, the book "Making Comics" by Scott McCloud is amazing. It teaches how to use the medium rather than how to draw, giving you tips on how to use angles and panel choreography to improve your work.
One thing you can do I would recommend is buy some toys. Ones with good articulation especially. Ones like Body Kun from Bandai are excellent for helping you get a pose down if you're having trouble. Building off that, if you get some light clay or model magic that can help you with designing more cartoony bodies if you're going to pull difficult angles or something isn't working. You can even use it to show deformation if you press inside it as if someone within is pushing out.
For things like how to do comics, the book "Making Comics" by Scott McCloud is amazing. It teaches how to use the medium rather than how to draw, giving you tips on how to use angles and panel choreography to improve your work.
- Herschal
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