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Title: drawin classes
Post by: f0d on March 6, 2008 10:56 AM
what are th best drawing classes you've taken

cuz ive basically doodled my whole life, i only took one real art class. i need to improve my skills... basically all i can do right now is copy other stuff, my own style is kinda iffy.

i hear figure drawing is an excellent class for improving your skills but you have to look at old naked men for hours on end. and i would like a class more relevant to animation style drawing, since im taking classes at the ucla animation workshop right now. also i fucking hate anime so anything involvin that is out of the question

Title: drawin classes
Post by: anigen on March 6, 2008 11:14 AM
go to a starbucks and draw people

thats what rtil said i should do and it really works only it really doesnt because i never did it but still
Title: drawin classes
Post by: rtil on March 6, 2008 04:35 PM
figure drawing. contrary to popular belief though you do not draw old naked men. at least around here it's probably 60% women and 40% men, and most of them are young and very fit. if they weren't, they wouldn't be able to do dynamic poses and show how the body works in movement
Title: drawin classes
Post by: Sonni on March 6, 2008 05:08 PM
Well, I never took any art class (unless the one at primary school counts) and I'm ashamed to say that I start with drawing anime :(

I try to practice drawing various stuffs and things. Pretty much just doodle like you did.

I agree with figure drawing because my friend who studies art said that too.
Title: drawin classes
Post by: Philip K Dick on March 6, 2008 05:27 PM
i teach art classes free of charge
Title: drawin classes
Post by: Loathsome on March 6, 2008 05:50 PM
I never took any artclasses actually. I've been doing figure drawing from websites. Works as well for me. Google pose maniacs and you'd probably find it. Although, I'd like to take classes (yet I don't know how much difference that'd make) to improve too. At least try it.

Oh uh.. Don't ask people to pose naked for you.. These guys knows what I'm talking about.
Title: drawin classes
Post by: Philip K Dick on March 6, 2008 05:53 PM
http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tutorialyb9.swf (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tutorialyb9.swf)
Title: drawin classes
Post by: zomfgbie on March 6, 2008 06:21 PM
so there are jobs out there for people who are young and in shape to just go stand naked and get painted?

im intrigued
Title: drawin classes
Post by: f0d on March 6, 2008 06:40 PM
Quote from: LoathsomeI never took any artclasses actually. I've been doing figure drawing from websites. Works as well for me. Google pose maniacs and you'd probably find it. Although, I'd like to take classes (yet I don't know how much difference that'd make) to improve too. At least try it.
ah good idea

never spend money on something you can get for free through google
Title: drawin classes
Post by: rtil on March 6, 2008 07:24 PM
what i hate about pose maniacs are the retarded camera angles. still, it's better than nothing

however, a lot of art museums have life drawing sessions a few times a week, it's typically as cheap as $5, and it's about ten thousand times better than the shit you can learn from the internet

drawing it in the flesh is so much better than seeing it on a flat screen. you will benefit from actually drawing real people
Title: drawin classes
Post by: bcube on March 6, 2008 10:33 PM
Well, I didn't really have classes... I learned by looking at people, or looking in mirrors. At times I copied poses around til I understood how that pose worked... It's kind of like looking at how people bake a cake, then baking that cake. It'll be your own different cake but it'll still be a cake.






Okay, bad example, but if you don't have the money for classes like most have suggested, just practice with pictures, people in places, or even yourself with a mirror.


and with hands, usually the best thing to do is look at your own hands
Title: drawin classes
Post by: mishkamash on March 6, 2008 10:39 PM
Quote from: BizzareCubejust practice with pictures, people in places, or even yourself with a mirror.


and with hands, usually the best thing to do is look at your own hands
^ this

i do this
Title: drawin classes
Post by: Philip K Dick on March 7, 2008 12:22 AM
Quote from: mongrel architecthttp://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tutorialyb9.swf (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tutorialyb9.swf)
Title: drawin classes
Post by: MRat on March 7, 2008 02:29 AM
Fuck life drawing. Armon just posted the best way to learn to draw.
Title: drawin classes
Post by: f0d on March 7, 2008 09:15 AM
Quote from: MishkaMash
Quote from: BizzareCubejust practice with pictures, people in places, or even yourself with a mirror.


and with hands, usually the best thing to do is look at your own hands
^ this

i do this
i think im ok at drawing faces and hands i just need to learn figure drawin and maybe anatomy so i can get a more fluid and realistic motion in my animation without looking too much like anime.

lmao and i use the armon style of drawing all the time
Title: drawin classes
Post by: f0d on March 7, 2008 09:23 AM
fuck it, this is all the figure drawing i need
(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg91.imageshack.us%2Fimg91%2F1733%2Fdsedfdjg1.jpg&hash=2b212059de419e995e5fcddfa97a2c6167c73900)

lmfao it was a request on th ss boards
Title: drawin classes
Post by: psi43 on March 7, 2008 05:26 PM
lmfao this is great
Title: drawin classes
Post by: zomfgbie on March 7, 2008 05:51 PM
just google spritesheets and your art will be widely respected on newgrounds
Title: drawin classes
Post by: Loathsome on March 7, 2008 09:17 PM
Quote from: rtilwhat i hate about pose maniacs are the retarded camera angles. still, it's better than nothing

however, a lot of art museums have life drawing sessions a few times a week, it's typically as cheap as $5, and it's about ten thousand times better than the shit you can learn from the internet

drawing it in the flesh is so much better than seeing it on a flat screen. you will benefit from actually drawing real people

I agree. I think I was being a bit misleading there.

I'd actually take those lessons if I'd be able to. I need to search for this a bit more I guess. Oh and by the way; Since it's nude, is there any age limitations? Not that it would matter since I'm 18 in may but I'm just curious.
Title: drawin classes
Post by: f0d on March 8, 2008 03:36 AM
yeah there probly is age limits

if they let 15 yr old boys come in, they would just sit there with boners not drawing shit and occasionally leaving to go to the bathroom and whack off. on the days when nude men were the models, theyd ditch class
Title: drawin classes
Post by: MRat on March 8, 2008 04:02 AM
Well I did life drawing with my art class in grade 8 at 12 years old.


But when I would go to private sessions, there was actually a 19 YO limit, and I had to weasel my way in by showing my samples so they knew I was serious.