have a comic World Breaker just want to know how to improve upon it's art?
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It's been said time and time again but it's true. Draw everyday. Draw everyday but also be observant in your art and see what you did this time that you can improve on. Do figure drawings draw from real life or draw your pets. Just make sure you see yourself constantly improving.
What art/artists inspired your current style? Take those works that inspired you, and try to nail down what about them looks good to you. Then, take those elements and try integrating them into your own art. Try not to copy a person's whole style, though. Mix and match elements, exaggerate and alter features to fit your sensibilities! Play around!
Additionally, try to work on your fundamentals as well. Having a strong understanding of anatomy can enhance your art, and once you understand realistic anatomy you can exaggerate it as you like. I saw several muscular characters when I read your comic. Try looking at references, like photos of bodybuilders and muscle diagrams as you draw, so you can draw the muscles more accurately!
I'm doing something like that now actually. I see a lot of styles I like. What I'm working on is teaching myself how to draw different things in different situations: Characters at different, even uncomfortable angles; crashes and explosions; I'm also currently trying fanart (like my Westie in a McCree outfit5, I just looked up a bunch of pictures to get it right). Whether it's drawing people and objects or specific situations and fighting angles, I'd Google search some drawings and experiment. Nessiefynn pretty much said a lot. I think you should draw your characters in some complex poses and situations. For me, drawing characters being knocked back with their head tilted like they've been uppercut by Goku would be something cool to practice. ...Hmm. ...I feel like drawing something beyond my level now.
...IMMA DO IT!
The more you draw, the more you'll see yourself improve. I often cringe at art I've made just three weeks ago. This is the only way to know you're getting better. What's great for me is finding artists i love who's work is very very different from mine, and trying to figure out what I like so much about it and devote one page of my sketchbook trying to incorporate elements from their art into my stuff. Also I doodle. everywhere. And I let myself draw something completely hideous just for the sake of trying. Never be afraid to try, okay?
off the top of my head, id recommend looking into varying your line weight. if youre drawing digitally, that could include getting a tablet (i know thats not always possible) or calibrating the one you have - you can also mimic pressure sensitivity, but im not sure how.
if youre drawing traditionally, its just a matter of not pressing so hard all the time, and draw everything bigger. generally, id say, use a bigger canvas.
sometimes the characters you draw stand quite stiff, so id recommend studying gesture and varying your poses - they can tell the reader a lot about a character.
KEEP DRAWING. Look at resources such as real life photos, other comics whose art inspire you, art/anatomy/perspective/light & shadow books. Keep bangin & scribblin in your sketchbook; experiment with what works for you versus what you dont like. The only way your style will improve is if you put forth the effort. The more time you put into it, the faster the turnaround may be...not going to be over night, but you will be able to notice when you look back some months from when you started.
I'm not an expert but i would say that studying anatomy and the human figure (muscles) and going out of your confort zone (Drawing things that you find difficult/ it's not your art style) also help, even if you draw something that you seem that you wont use you can learn some stuff from drawing it.
Learn from the artist that you admire the most, look at their draws and try to figure out how did they do it. And of course do some research about them! If they have books or if they give advice to draw, sometimes little tips can be very helpful.
And of course, draw. As much as you can or as much as you have the time to do. You know what they say, practice make the master.
This is more personal but i found Jim Lee tutorials on youtube very useful, you should check them out. I see that you already do know how to draw persons so it wouldn't do bad.
Good luck and keep practicing!
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