Drawing Nei

[Mono]

I have been practicing a lot of drawing, since I´m gonna start another animation course (it says its "advanced") and I want to get ready. I don´t want to waste time finding out how to draw what I want to animate during the course, so I can have enough time to make some quality stuff.

Anyway, I choosed Nei to practice because she wears only a swimsuit, boots and sleeves, which makes her body pretty exposed. It´s easier to work out angles, movement, perspective. Of course, I didn´t copy the original design, I have given to her my own style. And although it still have a lot of flaws, I consider that I have improved quite a lot in the last weeks. Please, take a look and tell what you think:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... o/nei6.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... o/nei4.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... o/nei3.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... o/nei5.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... i5-cor.jpg (the last one coloured with rudimentar photoshop skills, a dodgy mouse, and a f***ed up sense of colours... hence my nickname :^P)

Just to compare, a full body Neifirst done in 2002: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... o/Nei1.jpg

...and a full body Nei done this week: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/M ... o/nei7.jpg

[Heroic_Chaz]

Wow, these are really good! I wish I could draw that well...

[Abominae]

They ARE quite good. I'd like to offer some critical advice, but for now all I can really offer is learning to get the line right in fewer strokes.

I won't bullsh*t you, it shows that it's amature level, but I really think you have a great deal of potential.

[skymandr]

I like the sketches best. What paper is that? How is it to draw on?

[Mono]

They ARE quite good. I'd like to offer some critical advice, but for now all I can really offer is learning to get the line right in fewer strokes.

Thanks, that's quite a hard thing for me to do, because the joints of my fists aren´t very good (I started walking when I was 6 months old, so I kinda slkipped a lot of early development of my hands... I can push a small truck with my arms, but find it hard to open a can :^P). When I finalize the drawings, on a light table, then I can improve it a bit, though I still find it difficult enough to not try it with ink, since I will most likely screw up the work and waste another leaf of paper. But that´s my objective, and I will work on it.

I like the sketches best. What paper is that? How is it to draw on?

It´s some weird yellowish paper my dad found in his office, like, 20 years ago. It´s not really suited for fine sketching, though :^P

[Mono]

Can I has Deviantart?

http://mono-cromatico.deviantart.com/

[Mono]

Can I has ANIMATION?

[thriwren]

Can I has ANIMATION?

Looks like she was trying to hold something back or push something out there for a second.

[Heroic_Chaz]

Yeah, near the end XD Oh my god, that's funny.

[Mono]

The best thing is that I used a friend in bikini as a model to this one :^P


http://fav.me/d2iposi

It`s been a long time, I don`t remember what the broken PB link should be :^P

[Black Sword]

And with one beautiful sketch, this Nei has become the one that will appear when I think of her appearance and describe her in writing. Great work!

[meteor9]

Ayup, still delicious!

[Tanith]

I faved this a while back on dA; it's one of my favorite piece of Nei fanart. Her pose is cute, and it's nice that you included scenery. Excellent job. :)

[Xander]

I've always kind of liked your drawings and such Mono. You're really quite good at sketching as well. You'll need to put more of your stuff up here.

[Mono]

Nei must die...

http://mono-cromatico.deviantart.com/#/d493nt7