I can't draw people for the life of me, which is kind of a problem considering I want to turn my story into a webcomic. I can do backgrounds and coloring, but actually drawing the people is where I always run into problems. I know I could probably improve if I had enough practice, but like. I have 52 characters so it's hard enough just figuring the story out without having to worry about how to draw them all out.
(Oooohhh! I can do people and am working on a webcomic too, but I can't do backgrounds/coloring for the life of me! I've been looking for someone [IRL, 'cause Idon't know how to collab over internet] to do those things with me.)
Hands.
Are.
So.
Evil.
Hands and male lips are the bane of my entire existence. I can draw lips on female characters just fine, but whenever I try to draw them on my male characters it comes out looking really weird and feminine.
I can't draw people for the life of me, which is kind of a problem considering I want to turn my story into a webcomic. I can do backgrounds and coloring, but actually drawing the people is where I always run into problems. I know I could probably improve if I had enough practice, but like. I have 52 characters so it's hard enough just figuring the story out without having to worry about how to draw them all out.
Not sure if this is helpful, but I've seen a few people on Webtoon who have an artist or illustrator. Maybe you could work with someone and have them draw you characters while you write the story?
Yeah, I've been trying to find someone to work with me. So far all the artists whose style I've liked aren't up for it or just aren't that serious about their art to work on something like that.
I can't draw people for the life of me, which is kind of a problem considering I want to turn my story into a webcomic. I can do backgrounds and coloring, but actually drawing the people is where I always run into problems. I know I could probably improve if I had enough practice, but like. I have 52 characters so it's hard enough just figuring the story out without having to worry about how to draw them all out.
(Oooohhh! I can do people and am working on a webcomic too, but I can't do backgrounds/coloring for the life of me! I've been looking for someone [IRL, 'cause I don't know how to collab over internet] to do those things with me.)
I get that. I'd being willing to attempt an internet collab, but yeah, I'd prefer to work w/ someone IRL.
(That's okay. I'm still trying to get my hands on one of those drawing tablets that connect to a computer, so even if you were okay with the collab, it'd take quite a bit of time before I could give you some sample art.)
(That's okay. I'm still trying to get my hands on one of those drawing tablets that connect to a computer, so even if you were okay with the collab, it'd take quite a bit of time before I could give you some sample art.)
My mom said she has one of those in the house somewhere and will give it to me if she finds it im so happy (although it might not be what i need)
(That's okay. I'm still trying to get my hands on one of those drawing tablets that connect to a computer, so even if you were okay with the collab, it'd take quite a bit of time before I could give you some sample art.)
My mom said she has one of those in the house somewhere and will give it to me if she finds it im so happy (although it might not be what i need)
(Lucky…. jealous, pouty face )
(That's okay. I'm still trying to get my hands on one of those drawing tablets that connect to a computer, so even if you were okay with the collab, it'd take quite a bit of time before I could give you some sample art.)
If you’re going to get a tablet, make sure it has pressure sensitivity! The best tablets I know of are Huion and Wacom brand, they are very pressure-sensitive and they work with everything. Also before you get a tablet, you should probably look into a drawing software, not an expensive one like Photoshop or Corel Painter though, that would be a waste of money when you’re first beginning (and in my honest opinion, a waste of money even when you’re a professional digital artist). Instead go with a free software, my favorites are Krita and Sketchbook, they’re two very different programs but they’re both professional quality and good for beginners. There are a lot of other programs out there and I’ve tried a ton of them, but I do not recommend Gimp, Paint.Net, Project Dogwaffle, Pinta, Microsoft Paint, Inkscape, or Pixia. They’re not very good quality and a few of them are too complicated even for me.
(Ok! Thanks for the tip! I'll keep that in mind.)
I am currently drawing my character Akira for the first time in a billion years. I’ll post it when I’m finished.
Cool! I can't upload photos, so I can't show any of mine.
Hands.
Are.
So.
Evil.
Hands and male lips are the bane of my entire existence. I can draw lips on female characters just fine, but whenever I try to draw them on my male characters it comes out looking really weird and feminine.
Oh. My. God. YES
I also have huge problems with eyes, I always chicken out and draw them closed
Yeah. Hands are the worst, for male lips I just draw a line with a slightly curved line underneath (which may or may not come out looking okay), and eyes are like my favorite things to draw. I love to draw huge round eyes, which make the person look a bit cartoonish.
I’m okay with hands and eyes, it’s the legs and feet that destroy me.
I'm sooooooo embarrassed. My mum saw me drawing and wanted to see. But I didn't want her to, because I knew she would start flicking through the pages. And she thought I was just insecure about them and was like, "No, I love seeing your drawings. Come on, they can't be that bad."
I didn't want her to know it was literally full of strange fantasy creatures I had made up and girls crying, so I refused again. She let it at that, but now I'm worried that she might think I draw bad pictures.
Why does life hate me?
This was me, only the situation was slightly different. It was when I was only just beginning to draw well, and compared to how well and fast I draw now, the drawing was crap. I was drawing on the way home from a store, and my mom's like, "What on earth can you draw in a shaky car in fifteen minutes?" I shrugged and drew anyway. By the time we got home, I had drawn a very pretty body of a girl, and my mom's like, "Lemme see!" So I let her, because I'm only insecure when it's outside my family. So you know what she does? SHE TAKES A PICTURE OF IT AND POSTS IT ON F**** *FACEBOOK!!!
My mom has posted a LOT of my old artwork to Facebook
Ok but the weirdest thing my mom has posted about me has got to be the time when I went outside after taking a shower and my long hair literally froze, and she took a picture and posted it to Facebook. Normally when she does that no one sees, but I went to AHG (American Heritage Girls) the next day and ALL my friends knew about the “time my hair froze” and there was an entire conversation about it
My dad always thinks that I'm drawing naked people when im working on anatomy, but i kinda dont want to refuse to let him see my work because then he'll think im doing something bad.
My dad always thinks that I'm drawing naked people when I'm working on anatomy, but I kinda don't want to refuse to let him see my work because then he'll think I'm doing something bad.
Sometimes I use Incognito tabs to search for references, that way if something bad comes up it won't show in my search history and I won't get advertisements for every article of clothing I happen to google… I discovered recently that it's kinda hard to explain to your siblings though that your 20+ tabs all set to the most sketchy browsing mode possible are all just drawing references and nothing suspicious.
(This is me entirely. but my mom gets pissed if I draw a guy centaur without a fucking shirt! I mean, seriously!?!?)
(This is me entirely. but my mom gets pissed if I draw a guy centaur without a fucking shirt! I mean, seriously!?!?)
Alright, my mom is very strict about the clothing I put on my characters because EVERYTHING MUST BE MODEST (An opinion I agree with, but a few of my characters sure don't) but if I drew a centaur without one I'm 90% sure she'd be perfectly fine with it. You don't draw pants on cats, or underwear on goats, or even gloves and scarves on polar bears, there's no need to draw shirts on centaurs.
(My mom doesn't see it that way… There's actually been very few instances where I've drawn a guy without a shirt, and everything else has rather modest clothing, yet my mom gets pissy with me anyway AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY!?!?!)
You know what's funny…I think I prefer Medibang Paint Pro to Photoshop. It doesn't have as handy of an interface as PS and doesn't have all those high-tech tools but my stuff looks better. Especially since the tapering looks better and there is a stabiliser.
So if you're thinking about programs consider Medibang or Firealpaca which is similar but I think it has more of a focus to animation than Medibang.
