andiishere

hey guys, i was just wonderin'..... where do you start your pictures?
for example- i start by drawing the head and then the torso then the libs, and some times i start by drawing the eyes (these pics often go wrong..!) and what type of pencils do you use? i start by using a '3h' then when i am happy about the pose and BG i use a 'B' to out line and shade it into have some tone depth.... well i am just curious how you guys draw realy!

Nurika

I start out with some guidelines, then I start doing the head. Basically, I just draw from head to bottom.

Zero

If I'm doing a full body pose, I start with a basic stick figure to see if my anotomy is alright. From there, I draw some shapes over the stick figure. Then I do the details in the flesh, then I add the clothing.

If I'm doing just a haed shot, I draw the shape of the head, then the eyes, the nose and the lips. From there i add the hair.

Jes-X

i use a standard stift pencil (donnu what it's called in english) with a stard HB - then i just change the hadness i draw with to shade and stuff

and i start by sketching the whole body and surroundings - then start out with the guidelines and eyes - then once the face and hair is done i start working on the enviroment, and finally the body

Shien

well.. I use a .5 mechanical pencil, I start with the eyes for mines.. and then from here I do the eyebrows, nose, and mouth.. I then draw there hair to understand the shape of the face. I then outline everything out then start on the bg with whatever goes with the picture and finish it with coloring.. ^^

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jaderabbit

i start with a no.1 hb hard ; then do the face first. Then use hard hb for main body, erase and fix mistake when done. use a soft 4hb on the outline of the body. And for the shading. next i roll up a piece of paper to sharp point and slowly smooth out my shadows. The i laminate .
hehe kinda complicated my life it is.

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Kasai

Sadly I cant draw..but hearing about all your techniques is pretty nice ^^;;

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Jes-X

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Hibiki Tokai

It differs in people, but for me, I usually start on the face structure, then the nose line, then comes the eyebrows, eyes, hair, ears then down to torso. I usually use a 2H for sketching, then a H for touch up in sketching. Then a 2B mechanical comes in for the final work. Tones and shades will be done with HB, H and 2B pencils, depending on the tones. Then I'll do the inking that will be combined with technical pens from size 0.1 until 0.5, and color will be 0.8 and black markers. This is kinda long, so stopping here Hope this is a detailed enough expalination of my process

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Winter

Well, for me, I usually start with the head and work up with the hair, then down with the neck, body, arms, legs, feet then accessories, etc.

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animecutie23

I start drawing with the eyes o.o