The Advice Thread!

[Buried_Alive]

I didn't really meant that...
i meant, like, how it also is displayed in books. etc.

[jonnylovescookies]

In reply to Will;

The best way to work on the development of your proportional studies on the human form is, and I cannot stress this enough, to get yourself to life drawing classes as often as you can (Nude Drawing)
Usually you'll find adverts for them in local papers or at art centers, try searching online too.
You may have to pay, but usually it's never more than around €3-10 a session (usually lasting 2 - 6 hours)
The amount you learn in these, especially the tutored ones can be phenominal, I spend every Friday drawing a single nude model for about 6 hours straight and my anatomical drawing ability has increased substantially.
Studying human form in biology books and stuff helps too, it's good to understand bone and muscle structure and to understand how a body moves.

In regards to perspective, draw things at the most messed up angles, sit outside a tall building, very close to the wall, and look up and draw.
There is no substitute for drawing from real life, this applies to everyone. You need to draw objects from reality and not from books, comics or anything else. This is the fastest way to improve your drawing skills
Check out books from your library on perspective, that is really an area that requires alot of theory work in it.

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For Falzz;
Anatomy is something alot of people struggle with, so I recommend you read what I wrote for Will.
There is a simple trick I found to keeping a body in proportion, this is the rule of heads.

On average, the length of a male humans body is roughly 7-8 times the length of his head, so whatever size you draw the head, the body will be about 7 times as long. (including the head)

Arms when at a rest should never go past the mid-thigh at the fingertips.
The legs are roughly around the same length as the torso and head combined, sometimes less depending on the person.
Very importantly, the shoulders are the widest part of the body (in terms of bone structure)

Like what I said with Will, nothing beats drawing the real thing, if you can't afford to attend life drawing lessons, or don't want to, ask a friend to pose (clothed) for you and just sketch them, literally several 5 minute quick drawings, Never get pedantic and spend hours on a single drawing like that.

See Kay's section for face issues

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For Kaykipz;

You have what appears to be a good basic understanding of how to construct a face already, so i'll just list a few simple rules of how to construct a basic face from the eyes;
- The eyes are always halfway down the face, from the top of the head to the chin.
- Draw them in circles (i'll do a guide later) start lightly with the eyeball, then move into the iris and pupil, you can draw the eyelids on after.
- The nose will be equal in length to the width of the eye twice.

- If you draw a line down from the center of the pupli vertically, you will eventually meet the corners of the mouth.
- the top of the ears are level with the eyes, and the bottom with the mouth
- The neck is equal in width to the face when looked at head on
- There is about an eye width of space between the mouth and chin

There are loads more, and i'll do a tutorial on how to draw a face sometime, but they should help you out a bit for now!

More to come!

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*still waiting for Jonny's advice*