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What do you think of my drawing?

THIS IS MY VEGETARIAN
DRAWIIIIINGGGG

Jokes aside, I wanna know if it looks alright ;v

Also a side note, I normally draw in some anime-ish style. Except I guess it's stylized since I hate moeblob shit and refuse to draw in that standard style.
So yeah, I don't really draw anything too realistic normally so I wanted to try my hand at something.
What do you think of my drawing?
 AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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simrananime said:
umn its good,you draw good...but maybe you could use some better shading techniques then it will look even better.
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Doesn't help that my phone's camera is shit either. But thanks.
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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np. u can use the smudging techinque or soft pastels ^_^
simrananime posted over a year ago
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I try ;v
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
CokeTheUmbreon said:
9/10 tbh. Welkomen ('Welcome' in Dutch) back :)
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Heyo thanks Coke uvu
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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NP.
CokeTheUmbreon posted over a year ago
Mauserfan1910 said:
I normally enjoy shitting all over bad art on fanpop, but this really isn't bad. The only problem that I have with it is how you added shading on the hair but nothing else
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If the shading you mean the top part being lighter, it's supposed to be like that. His hair starts off blonde and fades darker. But thanks. uvu
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
Freeme11 said:
it’s really awesome em somthing about the lips i don’t like
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posted over a year ago 
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What might that be??
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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lips r too big
Freeme11 posted over a year ago
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Not really?
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
Rihanna312 said:
So, I didn`t really understand from what you said - is this supposed to be realism or anime style, but for now I`ll assume that anime. It`s not bad. One thing that stands out a bit for me are eyebrows. I don`t know anything about this character, but males usually tend to have thicker eyebrows without as much curvature/sharp angles as females. Another thing that stands out (only for me) is the small nose. For more masculine look usually nose is a bit wider at so called 'ala' area of the nose. But that`s more my pet peeves about character not drawing itself. :) In anime style it`s more about character expressions and emotions, so there any proportions and too realistic looks can be forgotten.
About the drawing technique, shading is a bit weird in the hair and face overall needs a lot more shading. If not light crosshatching, then just a small blended shade would be nice. But you can add it to your drawing anytime really.
But the composition is nice and base sketch also isn`t bad at all. 👍
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What I meant is I'm used to drawing in an anime style but I'm trying to branch out. Anyways the character that this is doesn't really look...too masculine?? He's oddly shoved between being an even mix of masculine and feminine. Also I don't even know how to shade pictures-
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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Ok, I checked out your inspiration for this drawing. The nose and eyebrows are totally fine for him. Maybe nose should be a little longer, but nontheless it resembles him ^_^
Rihanna312 posted over a year ago
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Yeah I thought the nose should be longer too, I was just too lazy to fix it.
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
kingcesar67 said:
100/10 bro!
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Thanks dude
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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Anytime
kingcesar67 posted over a year ago
SilentForce said:
It looks great
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Thanks man.
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8theGreat said:
Overall it looks really nice! I wouldn't say it looks "realistic" though- it's definitely still very stylized and you can see a lot of the anime influence. A lot of the features are still very exaggerated- like the eyes and chin in particular- and that can make it a little difficult to tell what was done intentionally and what wasn't. It still looks really nice, though. Especially the hand.
You've got a pretty good grasp on proportion and placement so it still looks pretty solid even with the exaggeration.
I'm not a fan of how you've approached the hair texture, though. I don't recommend drawing every single thin strand as you have- it can look a little stringy and lose some of the form. I understand why you would chose to do that as i's a pretty intuitive step, but I think you would get a better result by thinking of hair as different clumps and how they would respond to light. It would be a lot stronger if there were noticeable highlights and shadows in the hair. Other than that though it's pretty solid.

This doesn't have anything to do with the quality of this specific drawing or anything but I cannot stress enough to you how important it is to study the fundamentals of art and drawing. Don't skimp out on studying real-life anatomy, proportions, and value even if you intend to keep drawing in a very stylized way. You don't have to be a master at those things by any means, but having a basic knowledge of the realistic figure and striving to further your understanding of it will also benefit your stylized art tremendously.
You're probably sitting there like "Yeah well duh I know that" but I've seen too many talented people fall short of their potential because they wanted to only draw anime or cartoons to not say something.
Some resources I would reccommend:
Books
Andrew Loomis- Drawing the Head and Hands, Figure Drawing for All it's Worth
Jack Hamm- Drawing the Head and Figure
Burne Hogarth- Dynamic Drawing Series
John Vanderpoel - The Human Figure
Harold Speed- The Practice and Science of Drawing

Youtube

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Anyway I hope I didn't bore you too much.
Happy drawing!
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Nah it's fine man. So far I've learned that everyone thinks the hair looks kinda bad so now I know that's something I should really work on with the rest of it.
AquaMarine6663 posted over a year ago
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