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Creative Arts and Media => Artistic Stuff => Topic started by: kylethefox on December 21, 2016, 07:16:56 AM
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i need help drawing anthros, is there some good tutorials or help pics? any ideas on how i can get better? :?
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I can't look up any resources at the moment, but I'll look when I get home tonight. In the mean time, can you tell us roughly what your skill level is now, or show us some of your work? And are there any specific areas you need help with?
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level 1 XD i dont draw furrys very good, and i especially need help mainly in the face
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heres an example, @.@
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That's hardly level 1 :P
It's a lot better.
Anyways, what specific anthro's would you want to draw? Like human-based bodies? Or just ferals with human expressions?
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furry foxes? XD im not quite sure what you mean!
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Anthro's or anthropomorphic comes from the term human-form or like-a-human. This can reference almost anything in that area, but with regards to furry-stuff, it generally comes down to two things.
- Ferals with human facial expressions and/or emotions (The Lion King characters are a good example).
- Creatures/Animals with anatomically human body and an animal head (which I think might be what you're referring to).
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yeah the second thing! a furry fox! XD i need help on drawing those!
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Finding reference pictures can often really help no matter what level you are. it helps to be able to see what you're trying to draw.
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well, i was thinking just a fox furry! XD basically my fursona, do you have any reference pics?
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The majority of ref pics i use are like http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?q=male+poses (http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?q=male+poses) (the link sound really wrong i promise its not >.<)and then i just look up other things as i need them. If you search for fox fursona's you will find a lot of great art and that can help (at least to me) get inspiration and see what to do.
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thank you so much!! this will definitely help! :D
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Ok, I'm home now. ^_^
First thing's first, sketch a lot. And try not to worry about whether they look good. You could even just get a cheap pack of printer paper and some #2 pencils. Sketch, scribble, experiment, play.
As the others have said, references are super useful. Pinterest (http://"https://www.pinterest.com") is a good place to look for references, especially of animals.
Here's my go-to advice to new artists:
When you're drawing, try to break the thing your drawing down into simple shapes and lightly sketch those first before you start working on details and subtleties. That will help you work out the proportions, overall shapes, and composition before getting too far into the drawing to fix any of that. Also, it'll help teach you to see shapes and their relationships. My belief is that drawing is all about seeing. What goes on with pencils and pens and paper, that's secondary.
Here's a couple examples of what I mean (with a fox anthro no less ;) ).
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6a/6e/56/6a6e5691f47405ea719c7dd2848b81c1.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/51/10/fa/5110fad16d239c664b115e105d1820f5.jpg)
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thank you so much!! i will definitely take your advice! i will try to do as you instructed!! XD the nick wilde!
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I had no one tell me how to draw, and when I had art school they were trying to teach me things that weren't applicable to me anymore. (Me and the art teacher didn't get along from the start :P)
I would say to doa couple of steps (over a period of time) to learn how to draw specific things, and then later take those experiences and that knowledge to other things you haven't drawn before.
So you want to draw fox anthro's in particular? But probably later on other creatures, well, here's how I would go about it:
! ) What style are you going for? I see already tutorials how to draw Nick, a rather extremely Toony fox, but maybe you want to go more for realism, or a mix of realism and toony. Figure out what you want, and apply search results and references as such.
1) Look up reference pictures of the following: Foxes (photographs), anthro foxes (drawings), human poses you're interested in drawing. Have like 2 or more of each.
2) Look up tutorials: How to draw fox heads, how to draw anthro's, how to draw fox anthro's, and how to draw human poses. (Remember: You want to look for human poses.)
3) Practise from following tutorials, as well as trying to draw from the references. Mix it up. Not all tutorials are 'flawless', nor are all 'reference materials' flawless. So be careful when you use just one, especially if you're trying to get your own drawing style :)
4) This is a step you can take later, or something you can do as practise in between the other steps above: Draw from your mind, don't use references. Later, compare it to various pictures (photo's/drawings) and see if you feel you got the general idea correct on paper. Is there anything you'd change? Leave the drawing as it is and make a new one with the improvements you have in mind, so you can compare those.
When looking for an art style, as well as trying to get the anatomy down:
It's all about seeing what's similar, what's different. What would you like to change, what would you want to stay the same.
Hope this helps :)
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A easy way to think about building heads that I use
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thanks ventas! (your obviously an artist!) i never had an art teacher, (considering im homeschooled!) i shall follow these steps and become a level 2! XD also okwaho the image that you sent says unable to connect to server when i click on it!
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No problem, Kyle (if I may call you Kyle? :)).
Hope you keep us updated on your art skills :P
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im actually starting to draw right now! (and yes you may call me kyle!)
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Once you have something down and done, be sure to also show them in your art thread ;P
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alrighty! i hope i get better....
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You will if you practise! ;D
(Heck, I know from the top of my head if you look at work I did when I first joined this forums about 4,5 years back, it looked entirely different than it does now XD)
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XD i wanna see it!!
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Keep us updated on your progress. We can give you more tips and suggestions as you need them. And feel free to send me a private message if there's something specific I can maybe help you with.
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uugghh!! im having such a problem with ears!! scratch the level one thing, im level 0
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what exactly is the issue with the ears?
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incorrect shape, there too long or too thin, or not correctly placed on head
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Looking at the placement of ears on a real fox head might help with that
as john red beard was saying break it down into basic shapes. fox ears (depending on the fox) are normally just squat triangles situated on the upper/ side of the head
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sorry guys just testing something...
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I need help as well! I've tried to draw two furry pictures already but I'm really lacking the whole art background. Here's my avatar at the present moment and it's my first attempt. I really need some advice when it comes to shading and coloring furrys. I don't have photoshop or a tablet to draw a digital furry, so I'm stuck with paper and pencil/colored pencils at the moment. I have used pictures and some youtube tutorials so far.
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heya, have you tried muro? its a good digital art program and its free, and i suggest makijg your own thread so more people can see it, instead of just the ones here! ^w^
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heya, have you tried muro? its a good digital art program and its free, and i suggest makijg your own thread so more people can see it, instead of just the ones here! ^w^
Hello Kyle, I have a photoshop like program called gimp that I could use but I don't have a tablet to draw on. I think it would be near impossible to use a mouse to draw.
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Do you have a scanner? Photoshop/GIMP can be great for coloring drawings, even with a mouse.
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Do you have a scanner? Photoshop/GIMP can be great for coloring drawings, even with a mouse.
Yes I do! I could do it that way but first I think I should learn the traditional way?
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It's definitely important to practice with physical media (in my opinion), but these days, digital skills are also important to develop. If you have time, I suggest doing some of each.
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Do you have a scanner? Photoshop/GIMP can be great for coloring drawings, even with a mouse.
Yes I do! I could do it that way but first I think I should learn the traditional way?
do you have some sort of touch screen device? smartphone/tablet? muro is an online site and it works really well with my ps vita! ^w^
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Do you have a scanner? Photoshop/GIMP can be great for coloring drawings, even with a mouse.
Yes I do! I could do it that way but first I think I should learn the traditional way?
do you have some sort of touch screen device? smartphone/tablet? muro is an online site and it works really well with my ps vita! ^w^
I have an iphone but I can't imagine doing a lot of detail on there...I'm not even sure how much a tablet costs nowadays.
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Do you have a scanner? Photoshop/GIMP can be great for coloring drawings, even with a mouse.
Yes I do! I could do it that way but first I think I should learn the traditional way?
do you have some sort of touch screen device? smartphone/tablet? muro is an online site and it works really well with my ps vita! ^w^
I found one with good reviews on amazon for $30. I might buy it but it's from china.. That means that it will take like two weeks at least for it to arrive.
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Although I've never touched this program, a friend of mine uses Fire Alpaca.
And also there's one called Medibang as well. (Once again I've never used it.)
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pose: (first pic i post after this)
gender: male
muscularity: pretty skinny most muscle in legs
clothing: red scarf
reference: (second pic i post after this)
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part 2:
height: 5.9
eye color: gold
nose color: black
art style: digital
background: no need! if so, black i guess?
eye style: (third pic i post after this)
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less girly though!! XD
Post Merge: February 22, 2017, 06:55:31 AM
but no white around eyes and no black things on muzzle! XP
Post Merge: February 22, 2017, 06:56:59 AM
his eyes! ^_^
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