/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5083563
https://discover.hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn

>>5083563
>How do you draw from imagination
You just build up a visual library by
observing things and trying to figure out what you're looking at when you're not drawing.
Absorb every picture you see and redraw it in your mind.
It's all mental training until it's time to practice, the it's repetition and correcting mistakes.
Personally, i only ever draw from imagination because i enjoy the struggle.
Only downsides is that most of the time i want to force myself to be original and actively avoid recreating things or poses i saw and it forces me to apply my raw knowledge, which does slow down creative process by a lot.

>>5083563
Just draw my fellow beglet

>>5083563
There’s this thing called your mind’s eye.

over time you will develop a visual library of things you like, and once you are comfortable enough with the fundamentals youll become more inclined to draw from memory that youve collected. Ive seen hundreds of thousands of coom pictures in my time alive, without hyperbole. Drawing coom comes far more naturally than say a muscle car or a factory setting.

>>5083563
Booba

I just draw shit until I'm used to drawing it.

>>5083566
I've yet to see a hand drawn to correct proportion on /ic/ yet. The draw guide doesn't deviate from this.

>>5083563
In art school they say u shouldn’t draw from the imagination u should draw from life as much as possible or else ur just imagining what something looks like not what it actually looks like.

>>5083938
>>5083680
>>5083574
How do I use a pose reference in the mean time without outright copying it?

>>5084004
You probably can't.

>>5084028
How do you do it?

>>5083938
I was also told this by my teacher, It's really not good advice. My teacher never demonstrated how he drew and would only use Betty Edwards book to teach us. I suggest getting yourself an anatomy book (Richer or Goldfinger), studying Vilppus Drawing Manual (or anything that breaks down the figure in simple forms like boxes, cylinders and spheres like Bridgman or Hogarth). You'll see massive improvements in figure drawing classes which will eventually lead to being able to draw figures from imagination.

Also study enough perspective to the point where you can freehand objects and backgrounds and not have things look wonky (for this, Ernest Watsons book became my favourite)

>>5083938
Or maybe draw from imagination, analyze what you've drawn and identify what's wrong with it
You need to develop the ability to identify issues using your own intuition
Its far more useful than simply getting an unconscious knack for whats right by drawing from life

Actually absorb the things you practice on. Kinda like learning words and getting ready for a spelling test.

>>5084004
I never use references but pic related is how i practiced it one time, since using references is also a thing to "learn".
Might look like shit but it should get my point across.

>>5084276
You clearly need to stop tracing if your simple eyeball contour copying looks that shit.

>>5084276
don't wanna be rude but how is the bottom referenced it's clearly different in almost everyway to the original.

>>5083563
I've struggled with this for a long time.

And honestly the answer is, just copy it.
You gotta get that understand somehow, just don't copy everything unless you're doing a study.
You're likely not going to be that accurate when you're beginning anyways.

Now that being said, it's good to lay down the pose from your mind first, as ugly as it may be. THEN find a reference that's similar, this should help a bit.

>>5084553
also 3d models help

>>5083563
lean and with nice tits? where can i find more stuff like this? to your question op you should be able to turn character around in any direction if you know how forms work

>>5083563
Booba

my only problem with drawing from imagination is I don't know what to have the arms doing
I gesture and construct a great hips, torso, legs, head and then idk what to have the arms do that feels natural

>>5085026
Have them outstretched, index fingers extended, pointing slightly downward in both directions

>>5083563
B C
O O
O O
B M
A A
AWWOOOOOOGGAAaaaaa

>>5084659
>where can i find more stuff like this?
Plastic surgeon's office.

>>5084533
That's should be the point of referencing, you don't want to copy because then you'd be better off just tracing.

isn't the point of a ref to copy it? like, as soon as you draw it a few times, you should be able to just do it from imagination. that's how i go about it

>>5084276
I do a similar process, trying to exaggerate the pose a bit when referencing, and i'm still unable to draw 100% from my imagination.

>>5083563
god her body is beautiful