'-' nice..marker and color pencil? the best markers i ever use was prisma colors but the bleed like hell on normal paper but if it is on like manga boards then its awsome

mine are all in my little spot in the fanart section of the ohtori.nu

but i got other random work on my DA
http://utenafangirl.deviantart.com/

man i feel like drawing something now -.-....geeze but i got hw...maybe later

UtenaFanGirl wrote:

man i feel like drawing something now -.-....geeze but i got hw...maybe later

lol when i said i feel like drawing....i did..here ya go my doodle cause i felt like drawing
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42211339/

Click and be amazed at my sad/first attempt at drawing Utena-style fanart!!1oneomg

Obviously, it's not enough that Juri got tormented by Shiori. Now she has an amateur artist using her as a victim of drawing gone wrong. Yes, I'm self-critical like that. :3

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ArkiObviously, it's not enough that Juri got tormented by Shiori. Now she has an amateur artist using her as a victim of drawing gone wrong. Yes, I'm self-critical like that. :3

all artist are harsh on themselves when criticing...its how we get better by wanting to improve and not make things look like crap...XD i can like show you alll the mistakes i did on my pictures and totally degrade all my pics cause they are utter crap to me

so keep on drawing to improve!

Here's a somewhat recent one, of a size that should fit okay here:



And here's the rest of the stuff, at my site:

http://www.winternet.com/~milo/rose-colored-lenses.html

This odd little Utena+something else fusion gets its own art page:

http://www.winternet.com/~milo/fiction/ … llery.html

ShatteredMirror wrote:

Aw, we love Utena/Anthy. At least, "we" as in the "royal We."

I...don't think I get that. But I have another unfinished pic of them.
What I'd really like to do, is to make a few decent paintings of Akio/Anthy/Dios and Utena/Anthy/Dios, but I can't do that before the weekend 'cause I need money to get myself some acrylics.

Arki wrote:

Click and be amazed at my sad/first attempt at drawing Utena-style fanart!!1oneomg

Obviously, it's not enough that Juri got tormented by Shiori. Now she has an amateur artist using her as a victim of drawing gone wrong. Yes, I'm self-critical like that. :3

I think there's nothing wrong with it.  But I think you should have inked it all though. ;D


Hey I've seen your drawings before, Suncat. They're very nice and different from most! I guess it's because of the style
But it seems that everyone here can draw anime better than me.

Arki wrote:

Wow, kudos to all you artsy people. The pictures you've posted are really nice. n_n


Being critical of your work is helpfull, but it can get you into trouble aswell. A bit of advice: Don't go complaining about your 'bad' drawing to your friends that have drawn anime for a lot longer than you have, but are on the same skill level as you. Oops.

lol i go to an art school...most of em are better then me

Suncat wrote:

I didn't start out drawing anime-style (as you can see on the other art pages at my site). Y'know what helped me learn the style? Direct copying. Like from manga (where you've got black-and-white line work) or the production sketches like in the Empty Movement gallery. Exact copying was the key to learning the distinct proportions used in the particular art style in Utena. Not claiming that I've mastered it, mind you, but I've definitely improved since I started drawing these characters.

And then confuse yourself by learning the art style from a different series or manga artist. Switching between Utena and say, Rumiko Takahashi's style is guaranteed to make your drawing hand confuzled.

yep that is how I learn..direct drawing..if you look in my begining of my gallery its full of direct drawing...and as you can see i did plenty of direct drawing of different anime soooooo i learn plenty of different styles!

but dont forget to learn anatomy XD that is what screwed me the most sooo get some figure drawing books and draw draw draw!

Work in progress:
Yay Juri!

Suncat wrote:

Thanks! I gotta ask--can you define "different from most" more? This is the first time anyone's said that about my anime fanart, and I'm really curious.

Well, sometimes when I see someone's drawings I get a feeling that they're unique or one of a kind (though all art is), but sometimes I just sense it. I dunno why I get that feeling sometimes, it's weird. Sorry, I can't really explain myself!

Suncat wrote:

I didn't start out drawing anime-style (as you can see on the other art pages at my site). Y'know what helped me learn the style? Direct copying. Like from manga (where you've got black-and-white line work) or the production sketches like in the Empty Movement gallery. Exact copying was the key to learning the distinct proportions used in the particular art style in Utena. Not claiming that I've mastered it, mind you, but I've definitely improved since I started drawing these characters.

And then confuse yourself by learning the art style from a different series or manga artist. Switching between Utena and say, Rumiko Takahashi's style is guaranteed to make your drawing hand confuzled.

Hmm, I see. I haven't tried copying 'cause I've never really liked the idea. I guess I'll see about it.
Or maybe I should take a look at some anime/manga tutorials.

Maarika wrote:

Hmm, I see. I haven't tried copying 'cause I've never really liked the idea. I guess I'll see about it.
Or maybe I should take a look at some anime/manga tutorials.

In truth, art is all about copying...people draw from what they see...what people draw is what life has influence on them

in how to draw books..what do they want you to do...copy what they do

its a process of learning...and in basic terms if you draw like 100 ovals trying to make the same size and shape...you probably wont make it the first time...but if you were to do 700 ovals lest say 100 per day of a week then you'd get better
It would be the same process with drawing a character...you draw a character..get a knowledge of how things flow and then you keep on doing it till it becomes secound nature and then you expand from there learning how to pose, gestures, anatomy

as long as you dont sell your copied work then that is when copying is a bad idea...

"the good ideas are taken from something, the best ideas are stolen" -My background teacher (mike tracy)

copying is a start...tracing is for beginners that is when you dont know how to space your drawing and draw lines

but yes if you were really want to draw...gotta get the "never like the copy idea" out cause that pretty what art is unless you want to do like "fine art" and be abstract then thats a little different cause that be all about emotions and how you "copy" your emotion down into paper/craft for the idea in your head to have substance

Dematrah wrote:

Work in progress:
Yay Juri!

Hey, that's really neat. Such an unusual angle to work from and yet somehow it suits her. The style is very much your own, too.