Hi, I'm new here - I'm hope I'm welcome here
 

Hi, just found this site through google. I registered after I found that this must be the best site in the world.

I haven't been with Anime or Manga for that long but I'm already obsessed enough with it to draw like crazy!

I hope I can make lots of friends here & maybe meetup & hang out in real!


Also I'll upload some of my work. Please give me a rating from 1/ 10.
Please be harsh! I need to improve, Please point out things & give suggestions.

Here are some more, please rate them.

Welcome

I like the fourth the most and the hands are great (there is something wrong with the thumb but for the rest it's an outstanding drawing). I noticed something about your drawings; they all have kind of pointy shoulders and are kind of like this "L" while it should be more like this: "し", a more fluent line (not going up like that though, best retarded example I could find)
The fifth drawing is like T_T sorry did you draw E.T? Didn't you notice the neck was out of proportions when you were drawing it? Idem for the sixth.
About Videll. Her mouth is closed. The hands are incorrect. The stance of the eyes should be corrected. The arms, especially the left one, is really too thick. The right foot should be lower then the left one.
Sorry but I'm a perfectionist when it comes to drawing, especially when you give an example. I love the way you work with shadows, that's something I haven't mastered completely. Another advice, you should put there less drawings, this is kind of chaotic. And most people don't feel like critisizing so much drawings. And I have to mention that JF is a forum, it sounds a bit weird if you say "must be the best site".
I hope my comment was useful.

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I think your drawings are wonderful. I wish I could draw like that. Feel free to send me a message.

I like your drawings allot there very pretty you should totally keep up the great work ^^ :pinkart:

Welcome aboard, and let me say that your pictures were very good.:ywave:
I would also sugest Anime forums.com on google for you as well.

I do like them alot. The hands were my favorite those are always the hardest to draw. Some of the necks seemed too long and the bodies need to loose some of that rigidity. Some of the people seemed emaciated but idk if that was intentional. Overall good and just keep drawing.

the pictures are actually pretty great, just remember to relax the pencil in your hand to make lighter, easier strokes to erase. it will also make the linework much more natural and fluid. sometimes moving your hand back away from the tip a little does the trick. good luck!:ywave:

"they all have kind of pointy shoulders"

Yeah, thanks for pointing that out. When I started drawing I noticed that their are a crazy amount of details that you notice while drawing but I guess that one slipped my mind. I'll try and work on that in my future drawings.

"The fifth drawing is like T_T sorry did you draw E.T? Didn't you notice the neck was out of proportions when you were drawing it?"

Yeah, that was one of my earlier drawings. Note that I didn't put the pictures in any particular order but I assume you could guess with decent accuracy what order I drew them in. Also that picture I used a black marker so I couldn't erase anything anyway. So considering I couldn't erase & it being one of my earliest drawing I'm pretty proud of myself. Thanks. L0l.


"Idem for the sixth.
About Videll. Her mouth is closed. The hands are incorrect. The stance of the eyes should be corrected."

Umm, well you see. There is a very good explanation for that. I drew that picture from DBZ episode 192. 5 minutes and 50 seconds into the episode. during the duration of one second the picture changes about 20+ time is my guess. After I drew it I used a program called "Image Grabber II" to take a screen of that picture I drew but take my word for it. Her mouth was open when I drew her originally.

About the hands, your totally right I was killing myself over the hands. I just couldn't draw them at all. I kept trying but with little luck. I erased the hands & redrew them many times.

Also about the eyes, thanks for the pointer. I'll have to take some time later & take a much closer look at them to see how I can improve on them.


"JF is a forum, it sounds a bit weird if you say "must be the best site"."

Just trying to be friendly. yea I know the difference between a forum & a website. doesn;t matter to me. I'll call it a forum from now on then


"I hope my comment was useful."

yes, very useful. thank you very much.

HI, thanks for the reply and the complement. I'll for sure send you a private message later on. But what would we talk about? L0l.
Talk to you later!@

Yeah, I will for sure!! I'm getting ready to wright a Manga real soon. I'm hoping to get it published. My friend & I came up with a really sick story. It's not ripped off from anything so don't worry.

I'm real excited, I WONT quit drawing for sure! You can count on it. I can only get better.
BTW nobody needs to give me a lecture on Manga-ka. I already found & read all the articles on this forum. So I'm aware of how not reliable or whatever this would be for a living. This is how I found this forum in the first place. I was searching information on Mangaka lifestyle on google. I know I'm directly competing with thousands if not millions of Mangaka directly. And the chances of being published anywhere especially Japan is very unlikely. I know all that so please no lectures. L0l. thanks

Thanks, I'll check it out in a bit
and thanks for the warm welcome/. I really appreciate it!

"Some of the necks seemed too long"

Yea, that picture was one of my first. One of my earlier drawings. I have a lot more that turned out even worse that I will probably never show anybody. L0l.



"emaciated"

The use of the word "emaciated" was a bit strong. This is the first time ever hearing this word. I had to wiki it. L0l
Anyway, that is substantial. Please point out which pictures appeared emaciated & what aspect of it. Always room for improvement!

Thanks for the comments, & your time. Hope to hear lots more from you guys.

Thanks for the advise, I stopped doing that for a while "relax the pencil in your hand to make lighter, easier strokes to erase." but I find that yes that does make a difference. Also makes it loads easier. Not only erasing it but to get the line more fluid the way I want it before I darken it.


BTW, is your avatar that girl from Rumbling Harts? I can't really remember but I apologies if I'm wrong. I watched that show a long time ago. Man, after watching that entire Anime. Man oh man, I just wanted to kill the author. That story turned my stomach. But the author knew what he was doing because he made me watch every single episode.................................................................... ........................................................................... ........................................................................... ........................................................................... ........................................................................... ........................................................

i could be your friend if you want i like to draw also but im terrible at it

You haven't even seen my hands. But..... thanks L0l.
Appreciate it!

I do sometimes doubt my hands, after I haven't drawn for a few weeks I worry that I will only mess up the picture I was working on. I worry that I completely just lost all my skill that I have developed and it will all just be gone.

It was like that for the drawing of Videl. It took me a month to complete. Now I would be lying if I said I was working on it everyday for a month. I think I worked on it the fist time for about 4 hours. Then I didn't do anything for over a month then I worked through the night and finished it. I think about 6+ hour.

That's okay, do you use a messenger? We can chat through there or PM each other.

p.s. i see your a fan of Rosario + Vampire. well me too! It's one of my top three favorite Anime of all time!!

yes i use messenger

What messenger? It doesn't matter to me I use MSN, Yahoo messenger, AIM, & Skype. Just pick one, if I'm online then I'm logged into every messenger at the same time.

i use msn and yahoo but mostly msn

~SNIP~

This is my MSN, don't send me any e-mails as I don't use this e-mail account. I only use it for chat. Plus I've never activated this account for e-mailing so it wouldn't matter because I would never see your e-mail. thanks

okkk that is mine

add me
I sent you a friends request.

ok i do that now