The Key to Artistic Success: STRUCTURE!!!

meiloyn · 03-18-2007, 08:16 PM

OK, I decided that I would explain a very simple and almost self-explanatory concept which I think every artist should learn. You need to know this stuff before you are able to draw anything properly. THEY'RE VERY USEFUL!!!

Here is a complicated-looking picture of Lucia, Hannon, and Rina from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch that I grabbed from some website. A novice trying to copy-draw this might only draw the final contour lines, only to result in a crappy, disproportional mess.

MOST EXPERIENCED ARTISTS DO NOT START BY DRAWING THE LINES YOU SEE IN A FINISHED WORK.

Here are the basic structure shapes that make up each girl's body. The artist of this picture most likely drew something like this BEFORE she started on the details.

03-18-2007, 08:16 PM	#1
meiloyn FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: n00b Ridden (altered name of real city) Posts: 291	The Key to Artistic Success: STRUCTURE!!! OK, I decided that I would explain a very simple and almost self-explanatory concept which I think every artist should learn. You need to know this stuff before you are able to draw anything properly. THEY'RE VERY USEFUL!!! Here is a complicated-looking picture of Lucia, Hannon, and Rina from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch that I grabbed from some website. A novice trying to copy-draw this might only draw the final contour lines, only to result in a crappy, disproportional mess. MOST EXPERIENCED ARTISTS DO NOT START BY DRAWING THE LINES YOU SEE IN A FINISHED WORK. Here are the basic structure shapes that make up each girl's body. The artist of this picture most likely drew something like this BEFORE she started on the details. __________________ My little corner of Local Reality Quotes: Zack: Okay, I've got tampons, a Venus razor, now to stop at Victoria's secret. Joe: Uh, I think you're taking this joke a little too far. Seriously. I can understand going off to buy a bra, but TAMPONS? You're starting to kill the joke. And do I really have to come with you? Zack: Shut up. It's funny. Last edited by Meiloyn : Today at 06:09 PM. Reason: Removed NSFW content Last edited by meiloyn; 03-18-2007 at 08:19 PM..

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