Can anyone here draw pretty good on paper?

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Can't draw a straight line with a ruler.

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Thats sad pever....

Then I tried and failed as well.

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I'm kind of at the "half-assed" level of drawing. I can draw some simple stuff recognizably in its basic shape, but I know almost nothing about shading or any of those other special things that artists do to make their stuff look really fancy. For example, I can draw a tank, but it would look a bit clumsily made (especially the wheels). Or I can draw a dinosaur or a dog, but it wouldn't be particularly detailed. And every time I've ever tried to draw a human face it was an epic fail.

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I'm decent.

Why do you ask?

CR

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I need a character to be drawn. I will PM you with the details .

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Imma draw a sig for myself sometime.

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im okay. i can only draw certain things though. otherwise i suck.

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I only said that I could draw, not that I'm serving up commissions to anyone who tells me to draw something.

However, let me share the book I used to learn how to draw the human figure much better:

Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis.

It's been out of print for decades, which means the only copy you can buy on Amazon is used and costs $200. However, you can download (in what seems to be a legal manner) pdf files of all his books from this site:
http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/

Be warned that there's some artistic nudity - that is, figure drawings of nude people - in the book. Those of an extremely nervous disposition may want to avoid the book, as well as using the internet in general.

CR

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There is a whole series of books by Loomis. they're really worth looking up.

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if you are looking at chaotic battle scenes with stick figures, then Im your man.
but otherwise no.
but i have a lot of friends who are excellent at drawing.

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Here are a couple of my drawings. I wish I could excel at it. I lack practice and anatomy/motion. (Click on them for larger versions)

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Those are excellent! Very moody and interpretative! I think I liked the second one the best! I've always prefered drawing with as few colors as possible.

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Thanks for the compliments but they're far from being anywhere near excellent. ^^

The second and the third one HAD TO be drawn. I was engulfed by the dream so much that despite having woken up I hadn't been able to come to myself with the "story" whirling inside my head. It went on for an hour or so and I could get rid of the affection after I had drawn those 2 pictures. Top of my dreams list.

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Dreams make good inspiration. Awake or asleep. Even better when you are unaware that they are dreams at all...

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