If you also happen to have any general advice on exercises or things, I should be looking at to overall improve the quality of what I want to draw in an anime/manga style, I’ll be more than happy to take some advice and constructive criticism, I really do want to hone my skills
I just recently started trying to learn to draw, and the skill level that I find myself currently at is something like this, but I want to improve to the same degree that I see a lot of your other manga style art are at. So if someone could explain, explain some of the ways to improve these I would be most appreciative.
(PS: also if you have any suggestions on how I improve my art in general, I would be most appreciative)
Hi, so I recently just finished college and while I’m in between schools, I decided to try and learn a new skill. I wanna learn how to write and draw a webcomic since I do a lot of creative writing in my time, I started drawing only to find my skills are not quite up to par with those I have in writing, yet I love putting my ideas on paper and found that I do enjoy drawing quite a bit. However I don’t know what I’m actually doing, I’ve been watching tutorials and practicing as often as I can for at least 30 minutes a day. I want to learn a more manga/anime style art, since that’s what I enjoy most, so I’ve been using clip studio art to draw, taking a photo from my favotite manga artists and trying to recreate there work (my process is I will take a screenshot of what I wanna draw and put it on a layer, then I brake down the image into a maniquin, hide it, then try and recreate the image from scratch while keeping the original hidden, only opening it to get an idea of placement for lines). Is this the way to go about learning how to draw in this style? I’m not trying to steal someone’s work and I always keep the credit to the artist who make it originally, but I’m not sure if what I’m doing will actually help me get better at drawing.
PS: my ultimate goal is to draw in a manga style from imagination, but I’m not sure if what I’m doing is helpful or hindering my goal. If I do need to do something different, then what should I do instead?