My drawing has just been getting worse since I stopped taking drawing classes. My pencil drawings are all squiggly and rough. I scribble in new lines on top of mistakes and do a lot of erasing, I guess because I'm afraid to commit to a single line, but those pieces are hard to save.
On a whim, I just picked up a Pilot Razor Point felt pen that I bought for a printmaking class a while back and decided to draw with that because I haven't worked in ink for a while. This is the result.
So here's my plan. I'm going to do a series of drawings like this one in ink and see if I can train myself to make cleaner lines, because there is no erasing ink. The simple act of using ink at all makes me more conscious of what lines I put down, and this is already better than any pencil drawing I've done in ages.
This was done just now, with no reference, in about 10 minutes or less. I find that quick drawings are good for forcing yourself to draw less, so I'll continue to do them this way. I've had the idea in my head for a while that I might draw a comic, but I have to (
mostly) stop sucking first. Working on that.
Download for a really gimongous image if you care.
Also, HER MOUTH IS CROOKED, JESUS CHRIST!
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To help you with the lack of boobs: I managed to find two tutorials on how to draw breasts from the front and from an three-fourths view on DA.
[link] How to draw from the front....
[link] and how to draw them from an angle.
Also, another tip: A girl's shoulders align with her hips.
I think that's all I have for now....
Either way, you have to consider the fact that they'll sag and thin with age, so hers must be like, hanging down to her waist.
Anyway, I digress. I think it has more to do with the fact that I started on the face before I had decided on the gender, so the features appear somewhat masculinized (which also happens with age), and because the hair is short and ratty.
Also, I'd personally say that her shoulders are roughly aligned with her hips, though it may not look that way because of her coat. But you can always expect some variation in real people.
In any case, you make some good points, though I'm much more worried about the mess of lines I've got there. And thanks for the links.