Thread 7677222

How the fuck do I learn to do this?
Copying what I see is doable for me with enough effort and time, but actually improving and stylizing it (like on pic related) completely blows my mind.
Help?

>>7677222 (OP)
pyc

>>7677226
Do you mean "post your copy"?
I haven't done much of that, as I feel like I'm not learning that much from it and it takes a lot of time, but sure.

Now pya (post your advice).

>>7677222 (OP)
Its called drawing, you practice doing it and get better over time

>>7677234
He means post your construction you daft twit

>>7677238
Don't have any to show: I'm painting on a single layer whenever I can and it gets covered up.

>>7677240
>single layer
Fucking donkey

>>7677242
>needing more
kek!

>>7677222 (OP)
literally just try to stylize it. You'll figure it out from doing it.
>drawing this straight section ofthe arm... what if I made it curvier?
>drawing the ribcage.. what if i make it 80% of the size?

>>7677222 (OP)
What gives you the freedom to stylize with intent is mastery of the fundamentals. If you truly understand the form and the pose, it will not be hard.

>>7677222 (OP)
kinda bored while I wait for my breakfast to cook so I'll try to answer
it's simple
you follow the shape or silhouette of the photo you are referencing
style comes in through line weight, simplification, and exaggeration of features that you like or want to highlight
the idea is more important than copying the actual image
you add to the image or reduce (which isn't the same as simplification) examples from the OP image, adding horns, ears, tail,
examples of reducing - shrinking down the size and shape of the clothing
changing the faces to an anime style is an example of simplification
also a tiny bit of anatomy knowledge is employed in the OP image but if you're a straight man by this point you should be familiar enough with women's breasts, midriff, and thighs to draw them at various sizes without references.

kinda bored while I wait for my breakfast to cook so I'll try to answer
it's simple
you follow the shape or silhouette of the photo you are referencing
style comes in through line weight, simplification, and exaggeration of features that you like or want to highlight
the idea is more important than copying the actual image
you add to the image or reduce (which isn't the same as simplification) examples from the OP image, adding horns, ears, tail,
examples of reducing - shrinking down the size and shape of the clothing
changing the faces and hair to an anime style is an example of simplification
also a tiny bit of anatomy knowledge is employed in the OP image but if you're a straight man by this point you should be familiar enough with women's breasts, midriff, and thighs to draw them at various sizes without references.

>>7677222 (OP)
>Develop gesture through gesture drawings
>Develop style/shorthand through artist studies
>Break your reference into basic shapes
>Exaggerate said shapes
>Draw over these shapes (on a seperate layer) using reference only to inform details, leaning heavier on imagination/style you've picked up from artist studies

>>7677222 (OP)
I love zooming in on garbage I still can't make out properly

>>7677222 (OP)
You just copy the thing and then change the things you want to change.
Or, if it helps, you cut up and rearrange the reference photo to make it look more like the stylization you want, and then you "copy".
In the upper left photo, for example, you'd make the hat bigger, and the torso a bit smaller and narrower.
In the middle right photo, you'd make the head bigger, the arms shorter, and pull the knee up a bit to compensate.

>>7677222 (OP)
reconstruct the characters

>>7677222 (OP)
I do it like this

>>7677222 (OP)
these drawings are the result of strong fundamentals, style is just the dressing over good drawing ability

>>7677222 (OP)
don't be like me... learn construction

>>7678636
elaborate