I was curious about how all of you guys draw, also I just love seeing different drawing styles. So, on this thread post the drawing style/styles you use most often. I'll start :)

This is my style, although I'm working on it right now, incorporating more realistic elements into it :)





Can't wait to see all your styles :)

I'm not sure I have one...





http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/scrg/randart/Ziyal1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/scrg/randart/tensi-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/scrg/randart/sentiencet.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/scrg/randart/pseudoshrinesmall2-1.jpg

After all, about the only thing good that came out of Armin van Buuren besides his remix of the 24 theme is the quote 'Don't be a prisoner of your own style'

I think you do have a style there, but you keep if very flexible, if you know what I mean

Hmmm, maybe in emotion but not really in drawing.

Not really sure how to type yours though, seems a blend between Japanese-style, children's books and flash games in a way.

I am locking your other thread because this one includes everybody :]

post your style? what?

uh, idk what that even means, but here goes.

Uh, sure. Why the hell not?



And on the rare occasion I ain't cross-hatchin':

Hyena, that's a rather interesting way of shading there.

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Not really sure how to type yours though, seems a blend between Japanese-style, children's books and flash games in a way.

Yeah I started off drawing Manga, but I've been trying to get away from that. I don't like how over-used manga seems to be, so I don't like my art being compared to it (although I know it does resemble it lol). So I've been trying to make it more realistic recently, and I've found a new way of drawing faces which is slightly more real-looking. I don't mind the comparison to children's books and flash games though lol

This is my style. It's a little rough for me here, but I like the way it turned out for one in this panel.

Hunchdebunch

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Not really sure how to type yours though, seems a blend between Japanese-style, children's books and flash games in a way.

Yeah I started off drawing Manga, but I've been trying to get away from that. I don't like how over-used manga seems to be, so I don't like my art being compared to it (although I know it does resemble it lol).

Japan's the new holy state eh? I think I started off drawing Zealots from StarCraft in ballpoint.

So I've been trying to make it more realistic recently, and I've found a new way of drawing faces which is slightly more real-looking. I don't mind the comparison to children's books and flash games though lol

Well, Japanese-like drawing does have its resemblance to vector art in how it's shaded and all. I think Japanese-like art is a aubstyle of vector in the end.

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Hopefully 2010 is: You realize you're a huge fag for thinking anime only on adult swim=all and that you know barely a fraction of he anime out there.
2011: Become an elitist asshole and guffaw at people who think they 'know it all' from watching poorly dubbed crap on AS while wearing their naruto headband/akastuki robe.
2012: Lie to yourself that Moe isn't poisoning your mind and continue to watch the adorable 15 year old girls talk about unicorns and blush at eachother for being so moe.
2013:One bit of anime merchandise won't hurt, it's for your waifu after all.
2014:Your room is now covered in moe anime poison and figurines, you have set up all repelling barriers for getting a 3D girlfriend, enjoy your hand.

I'm on 2012 right now

I'm not actually really sure why I learned to draw Manga. I used to draw people really badly, and didn't feel confident drawing realistic people. Perhaps that's why. But I can draw realistic people now, and I've noticed that so many people draw Manga and it just hardly ever seems to have any sort of personal style in it. So I've been developing my own style, and though it did originate from Manga (and also losing the instructions on how to draw Manga lol) it's probably got so many tiny bits of inspiration from other styles that I just can't remember what's gone into it anymore lol

I have a manga-derivative style.

Initially, I learned how to draw by copying anime and manga.

But later on, I just didn't like certain elements of the manga style such as
- oversized eyes.
- small mouths that suddenly get big enough to swallow a whole chicken.
- slightly too-large head. Manga proportions have the "normal" figure at 6 heads high.
- small face that makes characters look early teens.
- guys with hair that makes them look like girls.
- girls that are too skinny while having oversized boobs.
- oh the shinyness of the hair. Makes you wonder how can someone still have shiny hair even after getting his/her ass kicked in multiple directions.

As for the storylines and cliches of anime, it took me awhile to spot the brainwashing in them. (hint: an earlier post above that shows dates and talks about Naruto and Bleach only scratches one layer of it)

Skullbie

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Hopefully 2010 is: You realize you're a huge fag for thinking anime only on adult swim=all and that you know barely a fraction of he anime out there.
2011: Become an elitist asshole and guffaw at people who think they 'know it all' from watching poorly dubbed crap on AS while wearing their naruto headband/akastuki robe.
2012: Lie to yourself that Moe isn't poisoning your mind and continue to watch the adorable 15 year old girls talk about unicorns and blush at eachother for being so moe.
2013:One bit of anime merchandise won't hurt, it's for your waifu after all.
2014:Your room is now covered in moe anime poison and figurines, you have set up all repelling barriers for getting a 3D girlfriend, enjoy your hand.

I'm on 2012 right now

I think 2004 on that graph already is your 2012. Or is Texhnolyze on Adult Swim nowadays? I don't think Texhnolyze is legal in America.

I don't watch 'anime', I just watch some films and series, some of which are anime. I mean, they all have their western counterparts. Ultimately Cube is like Blame, Donnie Darko is like Lain, Dark City is like Texhnolyze is a way and so on.

I don't think I ever fell into that list at any year, but I have a rare talent of being knowledgeable about fields that don't interest me, and knowing nothing about those that I supposedly study (mathematics).

I'm not sure how I would describe my style, but I know that I have one, and I try to break from it.

Here's mine:

I love the variety :)

Eh, I've been working with the same kind of style for the last couple years... it's kind of a hybrid, I guess. |D That and it's... well, ever-changing. *Trying to avoid an evolution pun*







Well now that I'm venturing out of the "fan comic" area a bit I'm still tweaking the style a bit just to see what I can accomplish. :)

Right, here's my style now that I've added a tiny bit more realism to it. Oh yeah, they're all bald just so I could concentrate on the facial features more lol:

Skullbie
Hopefully 2010 is: You realize you're a huge fag for thinking anime only on adult swim=all and that you know barely a fraction of he anime out there.
2011: Become an elitist asshole and guffaw at people who think they 'know it all' from watching poorly dubbed crap on AS while wearing their naruto headband/akastuki robe.

This is hilariously weeaboo.

Go to my profile and click on my comics and you'll realize that I have quite a mix range of styles. Even till today I never stick to a specific style.

I pretty much use the same style for both of my comics. Both are this non-generic anime style thing. Though Cwen's Quest gets much more cartoony style shifts to fit the funny mood. VP can get crazy expressions too, but are usually meant more for shock value...but you almost never see super-deformed characters or over the top bulging eyeballs almost the size of their face in VP. =P









I'm pretty bad at consistency I noticed. Through the years character noses have gone from long to smaller and change in style, face shapes just go all over the place and sometimes eye shapes change a bit too. Ugh. ._. Hopefully that means I'm getting better and not just a sign I'm very confused.

I've never been very consistent and my art changes and mutates all the time.

When it comes to color work, I like to do it somewhat "grainy".


and an older image...


When it comes to b&w art though I prefer to go for strong contrast.




from time to time though it changes, and I end up with smooth solid coloring and somewhat "crosshatchy" b&w art.



I have a tendency to oversimplify faces (which can look bad in closeups) most of the time and to draw perspective from my head (or even to warp it on purpose, like on one of the above) rather than use these annoying grids.