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Doodle doodle
Qiaoyun wants me to draw the whole of Studygroup. 
Well, there are a few obstacles in the way....
Although from my earlier blog, it may look like I can draw very well, the truth is, I chose one of my better doodles.
The drawings I have, or the ones you can find scribbled all over my note pads, used papers, envelopes, anything, usually only have one eye. Yes, one eye. Because, it's a bit...I mean, it's very very hard to draw two balanced eyes. I usually end up with one higher, one lower, or one bigger, one smaller, or they don't look the same.
Another problem is I only draw girls. I cannot explain why I don't draw males. The very very few attempts I have tried ended up with males that look like females. Or else they look very very effeminate.
I know lots of Japanese Manga have males that look vaguely female too. I just don't understand why they can basically use the same features for a male and a female and yet they still look distinctively male or female.
The ones I draw end up looking sooooo feminine.
Maybe it's the storyline. I dunno.
Hands are a nightmare too. They are not easy. I have made friends hold their hands and fingers in one position so I can copy it. It's psychotic, I know. Linked to this is body position. The last thing you want is the character you're drawing to look like it broke something trying to get into that position.
Body proportion also presents a problem. There have been times when I have finished the body (hiding the hands at the back) and I find out that the head is too big for the body.
When I was in Secondary school, my best friend and I actually bought a japanese book teaching us how to draw manga.
I picked up some things in there, like the head to body proportion, and also how to do dot drawings.
It's a tedious process. Imgaine trying to draw a bubble. Instead of using a pen and drawing one circle, you use the pen to dot the whole circle. almost like a dot matrix printer. Main thing, you have to have a very good pen and don't use a crappy pen like mine. The ink don't flow smoothly.
Dotting the circle will give the bubble a lighter and airy feel.
Like this.
It's only half because I'm too lazy to dot the whole thing out.
Manga artists usually do this for the background. But this is more old school now. The newer mangas I have seen do not include so much of these dottings now.
The older ones, I have noticed some authors actually dotted out whole roses! And the roses are in the background, framing the lead.
Another thing I learned from the book was to draw lines on the face to make the eyes symmetrical.
This is a good method but it's not practical when I'm doodling. Unless I intend to use the picture I'm drawing, I do not bother with the lines. Hence the one-eyed dragons I have been drawing.
Once, long time ago, I drew 2 girls. I postered coloured them (and I'm not bad at painting :p) and my best friend scanned them into her computer and uploaded them into our long dead first website.
Well, her computer crashed and the images are long gone now.
Maybe, one day, when I'm really free, I'll start drawing and painting again.
But I'm contented with doodling right now.
Oh yar!
Somebody stop me from opening my Christmas Presents! 
Hehe... I know drawing is very tedious. I've seen those drawing textbooks and I have no patience for any of that stuff. :P But if you enjoy it, well, keep practising!
posted by Qiaoyun :
December 22, 2005 11:26 PM
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