harper's bazaar & w magazine studies

I love using these for (female) anatomy. If you know a good, trendy male fashion mag, please, please tell me!

Study I (Harper's Bazaar)

Study II (Harper's Bazaar and W Magazine)

Iduno why I colored that one eye in the corner. P: Butttt. These are my studies for today! Not much improvement, I think, but I have a better understanding of face composition. Now onwards to studying poses~ ! >D

durch den monsun

So I took up the September issue of W magazine and decided to work on some anatomy stuffs. It's all crooked 'cause I was drawing on my lap, but clearly, I am doing some work. :B

anatomy study. [MATURE WARNING]

I've been pondering on putting forth an effort to change my style from the weird anime thing I've got going for me, because honestly, I look at artists like Jordyn ( this pile of doodles cracks me up ) and Twelfth, who have these awesome semi-realistic styles that I admire so much because they can convey so much emotion and I get really jealous really quick.

That was the hugest run-on in the history of run-ons. So shoot me D:

So anyways, now that I'm home from Quebec, I whipped out my mother's anatomy book (thanks to her for being a doctor) and just got to doodlin' skulls and bones and the whatnot. "So," you may say, "why the mature warning for a bunch of bones?"
Because the second one has boobies, and I don't want to offend a bunch of five year olds for studying the human body. : D Hereyouallgo.



And as a final note, I'd like to show you this. Why?
a) It's the best thing I've drawn all weekend.
b) I finally figured out how to crop stuff in PaperPort.
c) Hair should be flowy.
d) LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HER SHOULDERS.O:

animal doodles and mirror tricks.

So I've realized that a lot of great artists I'm friends with (Livvy, Janice, Kitty) can draw animals. I live in a deciduous forest, darnit! I should be able to at least make a recognizable doodle of an animal. So my mission on Day 1 of Bum Weekend was to learn to sketch at least two animals. Not well, mind you, but just to get the gist and to make sure my doodles look like the real thing to some extent. I found a spiffy dove tutorial and some rabbit ones (even a dragon tutorial!) to test my pencil out on. I've got a long, long way to go, but I think I've got the idea.

Critiques are encouraged, mind you.




Is it just me, or does my rabbit look like an evil Asian? Oo That's so weird. Reminds me of... that one movie villain who's name escapes me. Actually, he reminds me of that guy with the notepad from Mulan. Weird. xD My next drawing is actually a gift for my friend Joejoe, who's having it kinda rough right now. I would like Jenna to get her booty back to the PC and tell me if there's any... obvious mistakes.



Spot Ria and get a prize! XD The prize of my... eternal love? o: Anyways, I had fun with this. I don't normally draw guys with long hair (andI'mprettysureGriefhaslonghair), nor do I draw them with mobs of chibi fangirls. x0 I do hope I didn't murder Grief, really.

Ah, speaking of Ria! I drew a doodle page around 1AM last night, and JenJen helped me spot a couple of anatomy mistakes. After I woke up today, I decided to be brave and take the page to a mirror (in fact, the Grief image on the left was taken to a mirror, too!)

It was horrible. I had mistakes up the ying-yang to fix, but I like the new outcome.

So this is part one, where most of the mistakes occurred. The one in the center bothered me the most, I think. Her body was entirely askew, and it still kind of is, but it's definitely better. The one on the right was bothering me, too. Yay for mirrors!









This is the second part. I changed Eric to Saturn, because simply put, I can't draw Eric's hair and Saturn's awesome. : D Surprisingly, the anatomy here was an easy fix since there was little to nothing to correct.

'Cept Saturn has to be girlier.
Oh well. I'm posting a lot of pictures today, and this last one was the first to be taken to a mirror. (: There were a lot of little things to fix, and I think she looks a little too manly, but I'm starting to learn. Bam!


That's (finally) all for today, folks. (: I'll be back later with more art stoof to shove on here.