[COOLDOGOOO]

so um ive imrpoved i think personally quite a lot , but , mostly in terms of anatomy. i still dont like how SIMILAR all my faces are :c

i have aphantasia, so mostly i rely on muscle memory, and i think thats a bit of an issue with the repetetiveness.

but how do you all draw faces? i want to kinda draw it w both eyes visible, but that uh, just doesnt work. and front view doesnt even LOOK like my style tbh.

dont get me wrong im happy w my improvement and def glad n thankful , but id like to learn more :3

any help at all is appreciated! maybe techniques or like , anything ig. redlines ?? i dunno lol whatever you see fit best <3

(also wow that tail was SO FUN TO DRAW?? i need more chars w fluffy curly tails like that. PINE!!)

edit 1; GUYS . THANK YOU SO MUCH! i needed help and i got it and im just so unbelievably thankful for the cs community. yall are awesome. tysm <3 im planning to just do a bunch of practices sometime, and ill link it here for my own reference but it might be useful if anyones dropping by with the same questions i had ^^

[^RukaDog^]

Marking, I’m def giving this a go. I also have aphantasia I feel u bro 😔✌️

[COOLDOGOOO]

Marking, I’m def giving this a go. I also have aphantasia I feel u bro 😔✌️

ay tysm ruka !! and yessss it does make drawing stuff trickier. half the time i just have a FEELING and thats what the art really is lol.

[Spiritstar3]

This is so cool
Also, i hope I’m not bothering you but did you still want to do a gen thing with me? From Error’s gen thing

[hookfang]

For me, the best thing that helped with getting a lot of variation in my faces/body types was references! So many references! I use references for most of my drawings and it helps so much. You can only do so much with muscle memory, the more funky references you use the easier you’ll find it gets to draw pretty much anything.

A fun exercise to do on your own is find art or images that inspire you and break them down. It’s a training technique that’s been around forever and it’s absolutely super. Trace over your chosen image, figure out the shapes and why the artist chose to draw it that particular way, try drawing a little study side by side and see if you can figure out how they drew it. You’ll learn a lot from these little exercises. Just obviously don’t trace someone’s art and call it your own ^^’ these should be private little studies you just do for practice. Watching speedpaints and studying them is super helpful too. <3

[COOLDOGOOO]

This is so cool
Also, i hope I’m not bothering you but did you still want to do a gen thing with me? From Error’s gen thing

ty spirit!
OH MY GOSH I COMPLETELY FOGROT i feel like an idiot im so sorry omg . agh id love to but cause of the time of year lifes really busy unfortunately. pls poke me and ill try to do it sometime !!

For me, the best thing that helped with getting a lot of variation in my faces/body types was references! So many references! I use references for most of my drawings and it helps so much. You can only do so much with muscle memory, the more funky references you use the easier you’ll find it gets to draw pretty much anything.

A fun exercise to do on your own is find art or images that inspire you and break them down. It’s a training technique that’s been around forever and it’s absolutely super. Trace over your chosen image, figure out the shapes and why the artist chose to draw it that particular way, try drawing a little study side by side and see if you can figure out how they drew it. You’ll learn a lot from these little exercises. Just obviously don’t trace someone’s art and call it your own ^^’ these should be private little studies you just do for practice. Watching speedpaints and studying them is super helpful too. <3

ill def try those out, thank u sm !! it makes sense actually im wondering why i didnt try it before haha. i sometimes look at other artists works but i find it a bit tricky sometimes lol

[neapolitan]

ok i dont wanna post this on oekaki bcs itd look kinda messy, but here's some general notes + drawovers i made!
this sounds so messy but its what i think about when i draw personally.

- the front view is cute as heck, so no need to actually mind what i did there too much. my front views are very different too so its fineee (example:)

- face shape is very square in your art, so the face and snout end up at the same level. if you start the snout at half the face you'll have space to add the other eye! i showed this with the circle + snout thing
- necks are a bit slim, i didn't know how to fix it really but i personally add more fluff at the back of the head and the front of the chest (so not the whole neck!) to give it a more defined and cartoony shape
- eyes should be higher up :3

i draw a lot off dog images i find so i've picked up on a lot of small anatomy things i can use and simplify, so id reccommend that if you struggle remembering the "dog shape" off the top of your head
last notes:
- cover face imperfections with eyebrows and blush
- cover shape imperfections with fluff
- use lots of curved shapes, even if it feels weird in the sketch

all these things combined gives you a pretty well rounded dog drawing. thumbs up

[Spiritstar3]

This is so cool
Also, i hope I’m not bothering you but did you still want to do a gen thing with me? From Error’s gen thing

ty spirit!
OH MY GOSH I COMPLETELY FOGROT i feel like an idiot im so sorry omg . agh id love to but cause of the time of year lifes really busy unfortunately. pls poke me and ill try to do it sometime !!

Lol
Do you want me to send you the link again, or wait until after the holidays?

[COOLDOGOOO]

ok i dont wanna post this on oekaki bcs itd look kinda messy, but here's some general notes + drawovers i made!
this sounds so messy but its what i think about when i draw personally.

- the front view is cute as heck, so no need to actually mind what i did there too much. my front views are very different too so its fineee (example:)

- face shape is very square in your art, so the face and snout end up at the same level. if you start the snout at half the face you'll have space to add the other eye! i showed this with the circle + snout thing
- necks are a bit slim, i didn't know how to fix it really but i personally add more fluff at the back of the head and the front of the chest (so not the whole neck!) to give it a more defined and cartoony shape
- eyes should be higher up :3

i draw a lot off dog images i find so i've picked up on a lot of small anatomy things i can use and simplify, so id reccommend that if you struggle remembering the "dog shape" off the top of your head
last notes:
- cover face imperfections with eyebrows and blush
- cover shape imperfections with fluff
- use lots of curved shapes, even if it feels weird in the sketch

all these things combined gives you a pretty well rounded dog drawing. thumbs up

ok i know ive been saying this a lot but this seriously makes so much more sense now omg waitwait . the snout thing is SO HELPFUL especially !!! i think sometime im gonna just play around with this haha i have gotten so much advice.
MORE FLUFF!! YESSIR i shall do that with vigour 👍 i feel ive always struggled with eyes lol and their placement, ty for the feedback hahah. i think i remember u mentioned once like use lines and curves for the char to follow in dynamic poses once, so ill try to apply that too haha
tysm again neo !! <3

This is so cool
Also, i hope I’m not bothering you but did you still want to do a gen thing with me? From Error’s gen thing

ty spirit!
OH MY GOSH I COMPLETELY FOGROT i feel like an idiot im so sorry omg . agh id love to but cause of the time of year lifes really busy unfortunately. pls poke me and ill try to do it sometime !!

Lol
Do you want me to send you the link again, or wait until after the holidays?

ill probably be able to do it after the holidays so thatd be great yeah haha c:

[Spiritstar3]

ty spirit!
OH MY GOSH I COMPLETELY FOGROT i feel like an idiot im so sorry omg . agh id love to but cause of the time of year lifes really busy unfortunately. pls poke me and ill try to do it sometime !!

Lol
Do you want me to send you the link again, or wait until after the holidays?

ill probably be able to do it after the holidays so thatd be great yeah haha c:

XD awesome, but I need to know if you want the link now, or later. I can’t tell which part of my post you were responding to (I’d assume after the holidays but…I don’t want to assume anything, so that’s why I’m asking.)