~How I improve my skills (Part 1)~

I am not a professional at drawing, but I love drawing! This hobby de-stresses me very much, specially during exams, where not the notes but inspiration and ideas will fly through my head. I will grab them down using a page and a pencil~! Okay, not a very good example for those on exams, hehe~

So, what’s the basic of the basics?

Observation is unavoidably at first place. Depending on what you would like to draw, you must first observe, be it real object or fan arts or original characters. For example, female characters are my favorite, but, how to make them appear differently and not always detain the same traits? I observed different female characters, on magazines, in manga/anime, around my surrounding. It is never a bad idea to redraw them down, try to alter their looks to your own style until you find one that satisfies you.

Next, am sure you are already full of it…PRACTICE!

Practice, practice and practice till you can draw without having to actually refer to something. Knowing the traits of objects can aid much when drawing backgrounds, knowing how to situate the light source can help in deciding on the intensity of shadow, knowing how to mix up the different colors to produce different effects…all are based and learnt from observation. Yet, what has been observed has to be put into practice…so just practice already!

And I am still PRACTISING too~hehe~Are you with me?