Thanks for the feedback however I must say: 1)I actually rounded the chin off more than I usually do, and more than all the instruction books I have tell you to 2)How do you know it's not a feminine male? Just because it's got wide eyes, broader shoulders, and earrings doesn't make it a female. 3)this is based off of me, and I happen to have broader shoulders than most women, so this looks fine as is.
The fact that I didn't put anything to indicate male or female is on purpose. Think like Chrona from Soul Eater. No one knows if Chrona is male or female.
Thanks again for the feedback, though it wasn't really all that useful, thanks anyways
There's no such thing as "correct" in art. I took a look at some of yours, and just like to you mine looks like it has to pointy of a chin, to me yours look like they either have no chin, or they have really really fat faces. It's also a matter of style, perspective, and how we individually learned how to draw. I draw typical Shojo style, sometimes I'll dapple in bishojo(which has longer faces but squarer chins and even broader shoulders)
To me your style looks like a cross between chibi and bishojo. It's not bad, just not something I find aesthetically pleasing. It may be different for you, for you, it may be my style that's aesthetically displeasing.
Again, just because I put teen female in the tags doesn't mean that it's a female, I could have mis-clicked or forgotten a tag, etc etc. Never take things at face value.
lol I love Soul Eater, but it took allot for me to get into it. At first I didn't like it because of the complete insanity and craziness of the style. But now I'm UBER into it. lol
*chuckles* Largely because due to the lack of feedback here, I don't post as much as on my DA... Though, if you look at Gabriel in my gallery, I gave him a softer more realistic chin while trying to keep to a more ethereal/ambigender face =D *so proud* It is a work in progress lol
I know my comment was kind of hypocritical, but I know my style is immensely flawed, merely trying to help you improve faster than I did
I'd always interpreted my drawing style as based in shonen, but as my digital are developed, being colored in a more soft shoujo-style. Funny how people see things so differently =p
I don't watch much anime anymore. Recently I have been watching Kuroshitsuji and FMA: Brotherhood, but college kills free time
I have noticed that you are very talented, and I was thinking that your style looked somewhat like a shonen style, just that they would need to have slightly thinner faces...a good example would be the characters from Bleach. That's one of the most well drawn shonen that I've seen in awhile.
I also go for trying to make my characters look younger, with more teardrop shaped faces(though when I start out I start with an upside down egg shape for their head) I'm still working out proportions on the body and such, but for the many instruction books I've read and re-read this is the typical style they recommend for beginners like me. For a long time I just drew, it didn't matter to me what style was what or anything like that, now though I found my personal style is best put in the young adult/young teenage shojo style. Though I am also trying to develop a bishojo style of drawing as well, I always seem to find myself going back to that teardrop shape instead of a more angular face...which is why I am also not very good at drawing older men lol
I generally read manga. I only watch anime if I'm bored nowadays. The only anime I'm actively following are the Bleach english dub and DuRaRaRa!! english dub. I do read Kuroshitsuji, but I cannot STAND FMA Brotherhood. I know it's supposed to be more like the manga, but to me they cannot compare to the first FMA and this new one completely fails in quality. To me at least. It also bugs me that I cannot find ANY FMA stuff that isn't Brotherhood anymore....makes me sad, because my old FMA t-shirt is faded and like five sizes to big for me..... lol
Depends on the shonen... DBZ and Pokemon, which I started with had some pretty big faces compared to Bleach.... ... Lol. Bleach may be well drawn but I find it endlessly derivative... I like Hitsugaya (sp?) And Ishida (sometimes) but that's it XD;;
I have trouble with older men as well, but my main problem with them is how to show the jaw and squared cheek bones... Why my males all end up looking feminine or young when drawn, even if I imagine them differently...
I read manga mostly myself... I have A borderline insane collection XD
lol I have a pretty much insane collection, though it could be and is getting worse. I know the books always show tons of different ways to draw the face to get a certain look, or style. My style starts out with an upside down egg shape that is refined into a more upside down teardrop shape. Some people start right off the bat with the teardrop, however sometimes that can lead to a WAY to long and pointy chin(like more so than mine are)and a lack of forehead. Some people start off with a circle and then change it to an oval, then an egg shape, then sharpen the angles to give a more masculine chin...really it's all different, so it's just a matter of finding what works for you and what you prefer as well. Just like I prefer egg-to-teardrop
225 volumes of manga and that's without my How to draw collection....
I block out my entire figure mannequin style. Just recently added a parallelagram to make the chin XD Or, in males that's how I do it. Still haven't figured out female yet
yeah it would be. I tend to win bitching contests only because I'm as stubborn as a jackass, and therefore most people just give up after my reasoning stops making sense. lol
Wow. I have allot of manga, but not that much yet. I have aproximately 2000$ worth of manga(as an average, because some books were more than 10$ and others were less, so I averaged them out to 10$ each)
I have different ways of blocking my characters out, depending on their poses.
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Otherwise, seems alright...
When you can, figure drawing classes would probably help immensely
1)I actually rounded the chin off more than I usually do, and more than all the instruction books I have tell you to
2)How do you know it's not a feminine male? Just because it's got wide eyes, broader shoulders, and earrings doesn't make it a female.
3)this is based off of me, and I happen to have broader shoulders than most women, so this looks fine as is.
The fact that I didn't put anything to indicate male or female is on purpose. Think like Chrona from Soul Eater. No one knows if Chrona is male or female.
Thanks again for the feedback, though it wasn't really all that useful, thanks anyways
2) Because you put "Teen female" in the tags
3) Alright XD
I don't watch Soul Eater XD;;; Never cared for it
To me your style looks like a cross between chibi and bishojo. It's not bad, just not something I find aesthetically pleasing. It may be different for you, for you, it may be my style that's aesthetically displeasing.
Again, just because I put teen female in the tags doesn't mean that it's a female, I could have mis-clicked or forgotten a tag, etc etc. Never take things at face value.
lol I love Soul Eater, but it took allot for me to get into it. At first I didn't like it because of the complete insanity and craziness of the style. But now I'm UBER into it. lol
I know my comment was kind of hypocritical, but I know my style is immensely flawed, merely trying to help you improve faster than I did
I'd always interpreted my drawing style as based in shonen, but as my digital are developed, being colored in a more soft shoujo-style. Funny how people see things so differently =p
I don't watch much anime anymore. Recently I have been watching Kuroshitsuji and FMA: Brotherhood, but college kills free time
I also go for trying to make my characters look younger, with more teardrop shaped faces(though when I start out I start with an upside down egg shape for their head) I'm still working out proportions on the body and such, but for the many instruction books I've read and re-read this is the typical style they recommend for beginners like me. For a long time I just drew, it didn't matter to me what style was what or anything like that, now though I found my personal style is best put in the young adult/young teenage shojo style. Though I am also trying to develop a bishojo style of drawing as well, I always seem to find myself going back to that teardrop shape instead of a more angular face...which is why I am also not very good at drawing older men lol
I generally read manga. I only watch anime if I'm bored nowadays. The only anime I'm actively following are the Bleach english dub and DuRaRaRa!! english dub. I do read Kuroshitsuji, but I cannot STAND FMA Brotherhood. I know it's supposed to be more like the manga, but to me they cannot compare to the first FMA and this new one completely fails in quality. To me at least. It also bugs me that I cannot find ANY FMA stuff that isn't Brotherhood anymore....makes me sad, because my old FMA t-shirt is faded and like five sizes to big for me..... lol
I have trouble with older men as well, but my main problem with them is how to show the jaw and squared cheek bones... Why my males all end up looking feminine or young when drawn, even if I imagine them differently...
I read manga mostly myself... I have A borderline insane collection XD
I block out my entire figure mannequin style. Just recently added a parallelagram to make the chin XD Or, in males that's how I do it. Still haven't figured out female yet
Though, I tend to win the bitching contests on DA. When it comes time to whip it out and measure~ lol
I always get the comment "But you're a girl! You don't have any balls!"
I usually answer with either "exactly!" or "Got more balls than you!"
lol
I have different ways of blocking my characters out, depending on their poses.