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This is the sketch that sent me on a trip to Art Block Land TAT

I've been trying very hard to reference Iris-Zeible's picture, but I can never get the back of the foot right. I tried drawing the other leg correctly, too, but I can only get the right foot the way I want it crying Could someone please help me? It would be helpful to draw red guidelines or something if it isn't too much trouble. =(


As you can tell, it's similar to CLAMP's style (I've been a fan of them since childhood!)

no, I agree with pyro.

make the foot on the right just the back view and angle the foot on the left slightly. that should help. (:

also, your person has no butt! I understand it is styled after CLAMP (I love them, too) but the person is missing critical rear mass! ...yes, I'm being silly, but work on that tush please.

alsooo, this is a lil nitpicky, but your person's left eye is a lil too wide. since you drew the face in three-quarters view, the left eye should be a little more narrow than the right eye. since you drew the eye like that, the face shape is also thrown off a little.

I actually like your style a lot. I've always liked really anime-geared styles; I just never pulled them off well.

i think its really coming along i think the foot works but i dunno maybe i'm just picky but i would have done it a slightly differently. unless he's like in mid turn? normally feet are parallelor they angel outward i'd also think about incorporating some twisting creases in the shirt.

as for the light it depends where is the light coming from?

sure i'd be more then happy to. but i'm out of town atm. so if you do;t mid waiting till mon/tues ish. i'll try to get my hands on a scanner or tablet before then but no promises =

haha okay i have good news and bad news. i found a scanner where i was staying but i only had line paper and a pen. i hope its clear enough.



okay in fig. A i made a sphere in the way you would like to light your character. it's shaded slightly more realistic then how you would want to shade your anime style character. the reason i did it that way was for you to understand the difference in how light creates the shadow. basicly what you need to understand is the reflected light. in this instance core and secondary shadows will be the same for you. reflected light is light that is reflecting off of a surface near what you are shading. it also usually takes on the same color of the reflecting surface. this is very important to shading faces because it almost always happens on the underside of the jaw.
okay in fig 2 i made a mock up of all the possible shaded areas. the reason i say possibles is that in art we can make choices of what to show or what to omit. its a lot like watching a movie. what we see isn't always what's happening right? i went ahead and included the lip shading so you know what its like. tho it is usually omitted on men and children. the upper lip is always gonna have a slight shading when it comes to an upper lighting situation. even in the case of women it is usually hard to spot cause the shading is always very slight. you'll prolly what to skip the lip thing anyway but i thought you'd like to know. fig 2A is just a close up of what it would be like to shade that area



okay this one will be shorter, i hope. okay for the twisting body i went ahead ad drew the muscle groups so you can understand what's happening i our body's. the second one is with the shirt and how i'd prolly make the wrinkles. now that i'm looking at it i'd add maybe 2-3 more in the middleish area. if you're stuck and don't know what it looks like put on a shirt and strike a pose XD. i know you'll feel kinda silly but it works i do it alot when i need to do facial expressions.

well i hope that helps and i didn't bore you too much and good luck ^_^

I love his hair and face and eyes. Loving that hand, too! XD And the details in the clothes are beautiful *w* ! Now for some advice/guidelines that you wanted XD hahahahah~
1. Someone probably thought he was a girl because his chest was poking out or something. xD That is a no for guys. Unless you purposely gave him boobs.
2. The human body doesn't have straight lines. biggrin Someone told me to make my arms less pointy.. So don't let that happen to you!
3. He srsly needed a butt. xD Someone told you this before I think. Yes, guys have round butts. Some of it can be hidden by his shirt, yes.
4. His thighs were like, crazy short compared to his shins. xD They should be near the same length~
5. I forgot to put the five. Direct your attention to that curves arrow thing near his right leg! It should have a little curve at least. I shouldn't be straight even though it's a stylistic choice maybe? :3 Iunno, but if you start off drawing certain parts straight because it's part of the style, you won't understand the basics~
6. I think this is the desired angle for the foot. :'0 I drew some diagrams for you, too!