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Anime
Does anyone know any good sites that can teach you or help you learn how to draw anime. I don't want ones that like advertise books to teach you im just wondering if there was such a site.
i just wanna learn how to draw anime so badly. though i really stink at drawing (probably i do it too fast and rash) but still i wanna draw anime. anyways i like have no life,i made a long chain out of soda can tops,did origami,write poems, and play my computer, and i wanna occupy myself with anime now ^_^.
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no one can teach you how to draw anime. it takes a long time to do, you need to study hard (manga/ anime) you need to be independant about it. it took me 5 years to get where i am. juat keep tryong, you might suck at first but stick to it and keep studying and practicing
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Anime is a really difficult thing, despite its simple appearance, because it is using extremely well-taught artists' talent and simplifying it with style. I'm talking about excellent artists such as Hayao Miyazaki and the artists of CLAMP.
The books that "teach" how to draw anime are a load of worthless crap. They show you how to draw circles and ovals, and then how to add big armor and long hair and all the useless surface designs that look like anime. However, the talent of drawing is a very deep-running river and is the basis of all good anime.
The way I started (I am a senior Illustration major, about to get my degree in May) was by watching anime--simple childrens' anime such as Miyazaki films (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro) and Pokemon. Most people just copy drawings over and over. I admit I did this too. Almost everyone does. XD But you'll be doing this for a few years, usually three or four.
At this point you have a choice. You can learn to copy drawings, maybe even learn to copy someone else's style pretty convincingly by practicing the way someone draws hair, eyes, breasts, dragons, etc. You will get a lot of compliments and have lots of stuff to hang on your walls. But at some point you will find yourself at a crossroads and wonder "Am I happy here, or do I want to make something more? Do I want to make my own designs, use what I've learned, do something else?"
Many people are happy just ripping off other artists (look at [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) sometime), and you can stay there forever. But if you decide you want to branch out and really create something that looks different, cool, and proper, you'll have to break into actual art. Anime is a surface thing, I can't stress this enough. it looks flashy and cool and because of that, the very solid visual arts background is often overlooked. I love anime. I watch it all the time, my background is there. But I also have four years of an art degree that has taught me figure drawing, composing a space, painting, graphic design, and all sorts of other intense things that have made my illustration my own.
If you've made it this far through my long answer, then that's great. XD I don't want to intimidate you--art can be a good hobby, but for some people (like me) I wanted something more. However, picking up anime idly as a hobby is like saying 'cars' is a hobby. There's a whole extreme, obsessed world for it and you can be as deep or shallow as you want.
If you find you want to be more artistic than just surface design, the one and only best piece of advice I can give you (I wish they had told me) is to pick up a Figure Drawing book and sketchbook ASAP. Do it today, do it now. Start drawing exactly as it tells you, from the skeleton, and the blocks. Nothing else will give you the knowledge and training to draw really beautiful, in-depth human figures. You have to know the bones & muscles to make it look alive, and nobody wants to do that (I watched people drop out of my figure drawing class left and right). But that's my best piece of advice if you're going the artistic track. It's very rewarding! Just enjoy yourself and draw every day, and you'll start making breakthroughs.
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pick up your own style by looking at what others draw, dont use the exact style but adapt'd(sp?) your own style on to it and pretty soon all the different styles you pick up it'll be nothing but your own style .
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