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how do i get bettur at coluring??? thanks. this is My patchouli drawing my touhou is it my favorite touhou
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>>7885374
Read a fuckin book you mouthbreathing nigger
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"How do I get better at coloring."
You need to be focused on getting better at drawing. Specifically people.
* Heads dont tilt that far back
* Arms if one are on his/her tippy toes their hands wont reach the floor unless they are extremely flexible and at that point drawing it like that won't create the "all fours affect" you wanted to go for.
* The skirt wouldn't just fall down her waist like that
* The rendering is smudged and it's impossible to tell where the light is coming from.
* There is alot which goes into the "anime" head/face and making it look cute, learn how to draw heads and learn how to draw them flatteringly.
Learn how proportions work. Learn how far limbs can move. Learn the basics of light and shadow. Then and only then will you have the right to ask about color.
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>Arms if one are on his/her tippy toes their hands wont reach the floor unless they are extremely flexible
You're right about the neck but I can do that... granted I had to lose some fat and train moves like that before I could comfortably reach the floor. But I wouldn't call it unusually flexible. I'm not some young athlete. I see life drawing models do similar things.
Her spine isn't going to be arching backwards though. That's not a natural pose. That's like someone reaching towards the ground but trying not to touch it.
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>>7886105
HOLY FUCK are you one of those mentally deficient retards who literally need to have someone hold their hands and show them how to manually get from point A to B with even the simplest
Newsflash, your IQ is in the <80 range YOU'RE NOT SUPOSSED TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES CRITICAL THINKING AND INTELLIGENCE
This isn't fuckin construction you stupid windowlicking nigger, we're not placing screws or installing drywall, we're exercising our imagination and fighting with the emergency of a given medium
The Amazon warehouse or Mcdonalds is waiting for you gorilla nigger retard
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Surprisingly, the hands and feet are okay. I'd recommend improving your drawing first; the drawing itself is more important. But when it comes to shading, you're using too many values. Try using only two or three tones for shadows, and use the halfway to black method. Values are what matters most in a drawing; color and saturation are just finishing touches.
Overall, you're missing some fundamentals like values, shapes, and edges. I won't even mention the face because it's completely wrong. Try to learn something about construction.
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>>7885374
better than ZUN
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>>7885374
Nice pose
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I've had enough of this fucking board. It's full of crabs like >>7887537 who are too much of a pussy to post their shitty art. They love dishing out pain, but they can't handle it themselves.
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two things i've heard really help by some of the older artists:
first thing is to find a color palette you like and copy that. This is basically the color equivalent to copying elements of someone else's art style, but I've seen it work very well. Just to give an example, egoraptor supposedly heavily borrowed from maplestory for his color palette
the second thing I was told was to try out different challenges. stuff like using a heavily limited color palette, using several shades of the same color, etc. This can help you think more creatively about it
the last thing i'd probably recommend is to have a very good understanding of color theory, especially complimentary colors
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>>7885374
Do still lives