How to; Beach addition ;D

Hey there, everyone! So I got bored as of recently (yup, obviously) and decided to try out drawing some step by steps with my rather random, kind of anime-ish stylizations. I decided beach theme would be appropriate since the weather is absolutely lovely outside! So, here they are

Oh, and I'm still not great at drawing feet so if you're trying to learn how to do those, this would not be the area to learn from xD.



First step: Make a base!

The base is important when trying to figure out good proportioning ^_^. You usually don't get that wonky arm or the leg thats too long when you try to plan out the pose of your pieces before you jump into features and what not!



Second step: Erase unnecessary lines!

All those structural lines can be a hassle later on so erase what you don't need now and you'll have a relatively nice body shape without any details. Thats the fun part though ;D.



Third step:

Add some features!

This is not only a time to bring some life to those said characters, but also of adjusting and fixing what may not have looked so pretty in the structural step. So, add some features and you'll start to have an interesting drawing!



Fourth step: Add some clothes xD

You don't want your character to be naked! So try and be as realistic as possible. Think of the body and where there may be lumps and bumps. Clothing should drape, not jut out in random places. I suppose this is a bad choice for clothing xD but it gets my point across enough!

This is also the time to fix up and adjust .



The last step would be to shade! Give the body more than just a line-art look. It'll be more rounded and realistic!

I also did a male version so this would be it ;

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There you have it!

~Walker

Awesome!! Solvywantstolearntodrawlikethatsobadsosheclickslikeandtellsyouthisisawesome!

This is a really good tutorial I would like to say =] I really liked the subject matter in general and you explained it in a way thats easy to understand, I think. Great job =]

Bravo, this is amazing This is perfect anatomy and I think I'll use it for reference!
I don't have any critique whatsoever, I'm just so glad you made this! I really think it will help a lot of artists on this site!
Love to see your work!
~black

I love you! There is no other way to put it. I've been looking for drawing tutorials since forever because let's face it, I have about as much artistic talent as a squashed worm. As everyone else has said this is an extremely good tutorial and I'm already grabbing out my pencil, eraser and paper to draw. I've searched Deviantart for some tutorials though only few are really step by step like this (well, the ones I've look at anyway are only one image with different coloured lines that look like a demented octopus). This is extremely helpful. Thank you, again.

This is awesome! I think that I'm so drawing disadvantaged, even this awesomely amazing tutorial couldn't help my helplessness.

I greatly envy your ability to shade. T-T And make the proper proportions. Your style reminds me a lot of mine, except better. XD

The one thing that isn't completely perfect is that I think the guy's waist looks a bit odd. Like, his lower half doesn't exactly match the size of his torso and head, so the place where his waist curves makes him look very skinny, and a bit odd. But like I said, you're better than me, so... Yeah. XD

Excellent job, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that I'd love to see more How-tos like this.