02-10-2013, 11:49 PM
By all means, make mistakes! =D They are such a great way to improve further down the line.
All I am saying is that if you start by following these drawing tutorials you won't develop the understanding of "why" something works or doesn't work. Definately do it at some point, but don't start with it. It is like building the floor of a house and trying to fill in the foundation afterwards. Maybe it will look like it has worked after you're done but it is not going to hold anything that you'll try to place on top of it. So don't use that as your method of learning if you're thinking about dooing this for more then a week.
If you don't want tracing lines, I suggest you go look at refference drawings of this nature:
http://dragonghosthalfa.deviantart.com/a...-117025842
http://scilentor.deviantart.com/art/Fema...-161791494
http://mermaidundersea.deviantart.com/ar...n-48857304
http://moni158.deviantart.com/art/Drawin...-182278160
http://moni158.deviantart.com/art/Feet-d...-183732637
(I can't remember what the english word for them is at the moment, sorry XD')
I wouldn't really reccomend to start with these, actually, seeing as they will not only teach you a lot but also require just a slight basic understanding, but the value of knowledge to be gained is not to be overlooked. Maybe a combination of these with the copy thing you've been using above would work.
All I am saying is that if you start by following these drawing tutorials you won't develop the understanding of "why" something works or doesn't work. Definately do it at some point, but don't start with it. It is like building the floor of a house and trying to fill in the foundation afterwards. Maybe it will look like it has worked after you're done but it is not going to hold anything that you'll try to place on top of it. So don't use that as your method of learning if you're thinking about dooing this for more then a week.
If you don't want tracing lines, I suggest you go look at refference drawings of this nature:
http://dragonghosthalfa.deviantart.com/a...-117025842
http://scilentor.deviantart.com/art/Fema...-161791494
http://mermaidundersea.deviantart.com/ar...n-48857304
http://moni158.deviantart.com/art/Drawin...-182278160
http://moni158.deviantart.com/art/Feet-d...-183732637
(I can't remember what the english word for them is at the moment, sorry XD')
I wouldn't really reccomend to start with these, actually, seeing as they will not only teach you a lot but also require just a slight basic understanding, but the value of knowledge to be gained is not to be overlooked. Maybe a combination of these with the copy thing you've been using above would work.
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If it's funny, make sure people laugh. If it's not funny, make it funny (unless it's actually really serious). (silvercheers)
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