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[Firefly, Joss Whedon; Sherlock BBC, Steven Moffat]

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[Kono Naka ni Hikari, Imouto ga Iru!]

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I used to draw a lot when I was younger. Because of various reasons I dropped it in high school. I did a quick sketch a few days ago and realized I 1. still love to draw and 2. really need to learn the basics.

My problem is that most of the tutorials I found seem to either be aimed at artists who already knows what they're doing ("Do a circle. Do a line. Do another circle. Now draw Superman!") or be all about certain styles (mostly anime and superhero comics).

Does anyone know where I can find good beginner tutorials?

Check out this thread!

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=223686

The whole site is incredible for people who want to put in the effort to learn, I recommend browsing their forums.

Also, I haven't checked out this place, but I've heard that they give genuinely good critiques (on writing, at least, probably on drawing and painting and such, too):

http://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=31

From personal experience, this is my advice if you'd like to hear it:

Start from the very, very basics: Drab cubes, spheres, vases, flowers, etc. (still life), while focusing on their three-dimensionality, the way light hits them, shadows, etc.

Also, vary perspectives, this will help you understand how to translate the 3D of the world into the 2D on paper.

From then, move to slightly more elaborate objects, simple landscapes, etc., and as you gain confidence, work in more and more detail.

You can also sneak in how to draw different textures in-between, like wood, metal, skin, fabric, etc.

Aim for life-accuracy before details.

Once you feel ready to tackle human anatomy (for it is surprising difficult), or if you want to try both at the same time, but I would try to get the still life stuff down firsts, pay special attention to the human skeleton; this will help you learn the proportions of the human body and the very, very general shapes; try moving it around and drawing it in different postures.

Once you have the skeleton down, search for drawings of muscles and how they flex and stretch, and incorporate those.

The face is a whole different beast, because of how much we can move it and how it can vary so much from person to person, but looking at different people to learn from them is key here.

After you get that, adding skin is very easy, and hair is just one more texture to learn.

Really, what I'm seeing is that learning how to make things look "3D" is the hard part, at least for me, and it makes all my drawings look stiff and awkward.

If you can find a good book on actual techniques (perspective, lines of motion, etc.) use that as an aid. There probably are tutorials online out there too.

Don't use tutorials from deviantart and stuff. At least not when you're beginning.

Try going for anatomy books instead. You can search on conceptart.com forums for several books and see what works best for you. Me, I personally recommend Loomis:

http://pt.scribd.com/doc/2433658/Andrew-Loomis-Figure-Drawing-For-All-its-Worth

Hogarth is good as well, I felt his books are more beginner friendly, but if you do study his books try not to assimilate his marvel superhero-like anatomy.

Try also books by Michael Hampton and Bridgman.

i really wouldn't start with tutorials. the BEST way to learn to draw is by practicing the ability to draw what you see instead of how you think a picture should look.

i'd start with copying. lots and lots of repeated copying. depending on what you want to learn to draw, this can mean a lot of different things. i'm gonna assume you'd like to draw people, so i'd start with people.

personally i like to look up pictures of models & such off the internet and do a lot of sketches. starting off, i'd focus on whatever you think you're worst at... for me it was hands, so i would repeatedly copy pictures of hands until they started looking vaguely human. these drawings may look like absolute shit for a long time but the important part is to not avoid drawing them because then you won't get any better. lots of practice is key, but that should be easy because you love drawing anyway. (doodling in the margins counts, too.)

a really good trick to do when you're practicing/learning to correct mistakes is to take the piece of paper you've been drawing on, turn it around (so the back is facing you) and hold it up to a light. this will show you the picture you've been working on backwards, making it easier for your brain to spot the mistakes & fix them.

if you DO make a mistake you can't correct, don't worry! make it huge enough so that it looks like you did it on purpose. (my favorite high school art teacher always told me that.)

very tl;dr but i hope that helps some. good luck, fair anonymous.

Two suggestions!

1.) The book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Ignore the "science" bits - the structure and exercises are all awesome. You can find torrents of this book if you're willing to pirate, or you should be able to find it at your local bookstore.

2.)The Andrew Loomis books are very awesome, though not as good for very beginners. However, they're out of copyright and therefore free! You can get pdfs here: http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/

I found Drawing... to be very, very useful when starting out. I'm still pretty mediocre (one of my bad problems is shaky hands), but that's better than horrible, which is where I started.

An absolutely fantastic book is Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards. You can find it online if you look a little, and I can't reccomend it enough for anyone who is just starting out [or at any skill-level, really.]

Basically it teaches you the absolute fundamentals of DRAWING and learning to see the way an artist sees, and from there you can go on and dabble in anything you're specifically interested in.

Thank you all so much!

If you're still reading this, I found two more book recommendations, if you're interested in getting books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1169737501/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=somedood-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1169737501

and

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195030958/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=somedood-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0195030958

These two are for intermediate level artists, but if you're keeping a list of things to check out later, definitely add those two!

This is my favourite intuitive book. I've seen it around used book stores all the time, so you might try it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Way-Draw-Working-Study/dp/0395530075/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343533957&sr=1-1&keywords=nicolaides+the+natural+way+to+draw

When you're ready to tackle Life Drawing (with a nude model) you can try out the instructions in this book. Once you get the hang of life drawing, you can always use static images from photos or magazines for practice if you can't go to life drawing classes all the time.

And yeah, I love Bridgman too if you wanna try out deconstructing the human form through box shapes. There are ways to combine box shapes with sphere and tube shapes, so look out for that somewhere. :]

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