I meant that hair IS individual strands but that they go in ONe direction, unlike how you imply in the hair in your drawing.

Rin-chan

rin-chan: ah...yeah. That was partially because I got lazy...and partially because it was similar to the way the hair was drawn in the ref pic. I wish I could remember the artist's name, he was really amazing. I'll ask my brother (it was his book).

kino: Taking an anatomy course helps sometimes. I really want to take a few art classes at the community college. Especially ones that accentuate on the anatomy and drawing. When you know how a person's body works you'll understand the muscular development, and bone structure and how it determines shape and shadowing. etc....

I would like to take a course on anatomy. That'd be really interesting.

If you can't, watch Discovery Health Channel or plastic surgery shows. You'll learn alot about the human body.

Rin-chan

I watch a lot of Nip/Tuck...but I don't think that counts.

Besides, blood makes me squeamish. I'd prefer to learn it on paper, as much as possible anyway. I think it's actually more or less the idea that it hurts, I'm pretty empathetic, so it bothers me to see things that could cause pain. But I'd love to take an artistic anatomy of some sort, I know they offer them at some schools. When I was applying to art school, they had a lot of classes like that.

I wish my high school had an anatomy class... but it doesn't. I wonder if there are any places nearby that have art classes (as in not a college)... but the only options I know for an art class is an art college. A person who does admistions for an art college came to our school and talked to us during an art period (I take "advanced drawing" that's as close as it gets). She said that she HATES "anime drawing things, ya know the ones with the big eyes *shudders* I can't stand those"
Time to look at other art colleges...
Sometimes I feel like learning to draw manga is a hard way to go. You have to be ridiculously good in order to get anywhere. It would take some serious work to get into an art college with it. So hopefully I'll be good enough... someday. I'm stuck with it because even when I try not to draw people in manga style, they still look pretty anime-ish. I can see why that art person doesn't like anime because it's drawing with symbols, the first thing I was told not to do in my first high school art course. It is definately hard to actually get a job in the manga buisness if you are an American. Winning the Rising Stars of Manga is the only way I know... but I don't even know how to enter ...
I write too much.

^Americans hate the fact that they're losing their culture. But we never really had one to begin with. We live in a country founded by the rejects of other countries. All of our "culture" is based elsewhere. Except for...baseball I think. lol

People have a tendency to shut out "American mangas" etc because they think it taints the original art. But it doesn't, it never does. That's just prejudice. Which art school? Out of curiousity. I applied to The Art Institute, they accepted me, but I had to move and couldn't go. Which blows. So I'm stuck with CC for now. bleh

Try checking your local community centers, they usually offer art for all ages. Another thing to do is go to your local library, or look on the internet. There are all sorts of things out there, just gotta know where to look.

Yeah I'm pretty good (if i do say so myself) I usually color my drawings with photoshop
Heres afew, I put the links cuz they're pretty big...
Guy In Window

2 guys on a hill w/ a tree

Guy w/ wings sitting on cliff by ocean

Young man Breathing his last on battlefield

girl hanging up laundry

These were from middle school and my freshmen year in Highschool, my recent works aren't yet scanned

I hope the links work << >>

i'm not that good but i like drawing anime characters chibi

I've been practicing and here's what I got:

I love drawing anime some of my drawings were featured in my school newspaper

The eyes are the easiest part for me to draw.
The hardest thing to draw would be the hands I totally suck at drawing hands!!!! Hair is okay....but it could use some improvement....

I draw - I like to look off of other artist's work and then it improves my drawing ability.. Here's one (the original was done by a guy named Keith)... and I don't trace.




I can draw on my own too.

I can draw o.k just thinking up stuff, but I think im way better at drawing people while fighting and stuff like that... i cant think of the ways to draw still-art! -.-

i can draw anime and manga and stuff but not propperly i cant really do anything from memory and cant really grasp the art of shading well but i luv to draw it!!!
have a look:http://animearthdragon.deviantart.com/gallery/

I draw anime all the time... I'll have to post some stuff later.. ;]
Here's one I'm working on:
http://home.nycap.rr.com/jkeal/Tack_1.jpg

Definitely not me, that's for sure.