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[Lunatique]

That's actually a really bad suggestion. Comic book artists typically stylize a lot, and many of them aren't exactly experts on anatomy, clothing folds, or good at naturalistic figures. There are more bad comic books artists out there than good ones.

The best way to learn is to draw from life and photos. Sketch people wherever you go--on the bus, at the train station, at the cafe..etc. Draw you family and friends if they let you. If you use photos, make sure you use good references taken with long lenses (so it doesn't distort like wide angle lenses). Buy good books on anatomy, figure drawing, and clothing folds. Learn about how weight distributes in different poses. Study how clothing folds follow the stress points of the protruding/compressed body parts.Study the links provided in the sticky thread here on top of the forum.

Essentially, that's how good comic book artists learn, so why not go directly to their sources for learning instead of learn what's been filtered through them--which includes their own mistakes and biases.

Believe me, when artists make a comment like "This guy probably learned how to draw from comic books," it's usually a negative remark, meaning that the guy is making all the cliched mistakes that bad comic book artists make--except those mistakes are amplified even more in his work. It's like a bad copy of a bad copy of....you get the idea.

[Rebeccak]

Robert is right, it's much better for an aspiring comic book artist to study the real vs. the comic figure.

I encourage people to do Master Copies ~ See this useful thread with links to Master Copy Resources:

Master Copy Resources (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=354836)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=354836


If you would like to you are welcome to create your own Personal Anatomy Thread here:

Personal Anatomy & Sketchbook Threads (http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=200)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=200

See this thread for information about creating a personal Anatomy Thread first:
FAQ: Can I Create My Own Anatomy Thread? (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=341167)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=341167

Links to all Personal Anatomy Threads can be found here:
Anatomy Threads of Individual Users: (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2817397&postcount=12)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2817397&postcount=12

I encourage you to look at other peoples' threads and to see what they're up to.

Erich is one person who has done a lot of Master Copies:

Anatomy Thread of Erich Schreiner (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=297560%20)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=297560

Here you will find useful book links:

Anatomy Resources : BOOKS (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=257424)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=257424

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[SHEPEIRO]

if you wnat to be a comic artist, look at how they are painted or styles that they use by all means, as knoledge of these will help you create your own, but as said above, learn your forms etc off real life, as second hand drawings just accentuate any mistakes made in original, and add nothing.

another thing you can learn from comics (not copy) is what poses work to implie what movement, but dont copy the image, get freind to copy the pose then draw them.

or love your floor length mirror:)

[robvmonte]

Alright, cool thanks

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