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Apr 5, 2014 11:04 PM #1184262
So some guy told me that you would become bad in proportions if you started drawing from anime. I started from anime so...
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Apr 6, 2014 12:41 AM #1184277
Become bad in proportions, no. Anatomy? Probably, if you're just blindly drawing your kawaii uguu.

I don't have much to say, since this is just a simple standing pose.

Cleavage shouldn't be visible since the breasts would spread outward.

Focus on giving the illusion of bulk. As of now you look like you're just tacking the muscles on, copying it as you see them. It doesn't help that the figure is also a little to thin in the limbs to be that muscular. Torso should also start out wider. Just compare it to a reference and you should find your mistakes (Being on the phone makes this rather inconvenient for me.)

If you feel the need to, it might be prudent to draw each body part on its own (torso, legs, arms) in different situations (bending, angle) to get a feel of how the muscles work. Landmarks fromed from bone are also good to know.
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Apr 6, 2014 7:46 AM #1184408
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So some guy told me that you would become bad in proportions if you started drawing from anime. I started from anime so...
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I'm going to assume you are talking about me.
And you're barely decent. Can you draw anything other then anime? At the same quality if it were anime? You could get decent at drawing static, basic, 2d poses, but if you can draw dynamic, moving, complex poses filled with gesture and personality then you can prove me wrong. I didn't say bad proportions that can happen from any over-stylized style. I said bad habits.

Aside from that the drawing is pretty nice on the female, but the male looks broken. His shoulder are too big and it seems like you tried and made him seem built and buff, but it just looks silly compared to how small and thin his torso and arms are. Everything seems really square and blocky.
http://imgur.com/wFfcQ82
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Apr 6, 2014 8:44 AM #1184437
Let me make a correction to what that guy said: You'll become bad at proportions if you draw shitty animes like One Piece, where anatomy means nothing. If you practice drawing animes like Death Note, your anatomy will get really good/perfect.

You can also draw from Bleach, but Tite Kubo have his own mistakes (like freaking long lengs). His style is nice tho

Also, the drawing is decent but you're missing an important muscle on the shoulders:

The trapezius muscle.

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without it, the shoulders looks too stiff. add that muscle and maybe make the shoulders a little lower so it looks more natural
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Apr 6, 2014 9:35 AM #1184450
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Become bad in proportions, no. Anatomy? Probably, if you're just blindly drawing your kawaii uguu.

I don't have much to say, since this is just a simple standing pose.

Cleavage shouldn't be visible since the breasts would spread outward.

Focus on giving the illusion of bulk. As of now you look like you're just tacking the muscles on, copying it as you see them. It doesn't help that the figure is also a little to thin in the limbs to be that muscular. Torso should also start out wider. Just compare it to a reference and you should find your mistakes (Being on the phone makes this rather inconvenient for me.)

If you feel the need to, it might be prudent to draw each body part on its own (torso, legs, arms) in different situations (bending, angle) to get a feel of how the muscles work. Landmarks fromed from bone are also good to know.

Thanks for the CnC. I really appreciate it especially the breasts part.

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I'm going to assume you are talking about me.
And you're barely decent. 1.Can you draw anything other then anime? At the same quality if it were anime? You could get decent at drawing static, basic, 2d poses, but if you can draw dynamic, moving, complex poses filled with gesture and personality then you can prove me wrong.2. I didn't say bad proportions that can happen from any over-stylized style. I said bad habits.

Aside from that the drawing is pretty nice on the female, but the male looks broken. His shoulder are too big and it seems like you tried and made him seem built and buff, but it just looks silly compared to how small and thin his torso and arms are. Everything seems really square and blocky.
http://imgur.com/wFfcQ82

1. I can draw landscapes and not much decent portraits but I mainly started from anime.
2. You're right about these habits. Thanks for pointing that out
Thanks for the CnC, I really appreciate it.I learned something from the picture. I might try to improve myself from these comments but for me, building my own style on drawing anime would be better. It's more comfortable for me and I'm not planning to become a realistic artist so I wouldn't really get into it. Exaggerating would be better for me as an anime artist.

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Let me make a correction to what that guy said: You'll become bad at proportions if you draw shitty animes like One Piece, where anatomy means nothing. If you practice drawing animes like Death Note, your anatomy will get really good/perfect.

You can also draw from Bleach, but Tite Kubo have his own mistakes (like freaking long lengs). His style is nice tho

Also, the drawing is decent but you're missing an important muscle on the shoulders:

The trapezius muscle.

Image

without it, the shoulders looks too stiff. add that muscle and maybe make the shoulders a little lower so it looks more natura
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Thanks for the CnC. And I'll keep this in mind.
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Apr 6, 2014 7:19 PM #1184560
You got the basic sizes of everything fine, above average even. But the male's abs are drawn awkwardly, normally abs start off wide at the top and slowly taper and get more narrow and less defined at the bottom, it looks like the abs get wider towards the bottom though. That's all I notice. Good anatomy good heights good job.
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