Just Starting

[CobraR2000]

Hey, i know there is a post "Important: AF Sketching and Drawing FAQ" but I'm looking for something easier to find, with out searching all those pages. I'm looking to start out either 3-D Cartoon Drawing or Realalistic drawing. I was wondering if anybody has some pointers they can throw out. I have one picture but its like 40% drawn and 60% traced haha it came out great, but cuz it was traced

Ive done a lot o tracings lol and they do come out great, i Just want to move on from that and say its actually my work. I would take actual pictures from the net and magazines and work from there. My first was of the Steeda Mustang, its got a front, angle, and the Steeda symbol on the page.

Any help would be quite welcomed!

[CobraR2000]

Oh, if anybody wants to see the pics, just tell me how to post them lol

[Mshkttck]

First, upload the pictures onto your computer via digicam, scanner, etc. Then, save it in a folder. Go to www.imageshack.us. click on browse, and open the folder that the picture is saved in. click on the picture's file. Next, click Host it. copy the link that says [img]...[/img] and paste it in your post.

[GAMsALeh]

Well. first you have to upload you pictures onto the internet. Go to your gallery and select 'upload picture'. The picture mustn't be bigger than 80kb. when it is uploaded, post a reply. You'll find a picture icon, click on that and enter the link to your pic (you get the link by right clicking your picture, goin into the properties, then copy the link). Then hit ok. and your done.

Hope you understood that.

[GAMsALeh]

Looks like Mshkttck beat me to it, lol.

[mike@af]

We have to see your drawings to give you pointers...check out the Tutorial thread up top otherwise.

[asaenz]

Don't go to the FAQ go to the tutorial page.

Also what body kit is that on the Stang in your avatar?

Thx

al

[SeCrEtMoDdEr]

yah, you gotta go to the tutorials.

there you'll learn elipses, shading,grid method,and othr stuff you need to know...it's very informative

and yes.you gotta post your drawings, i wanna see

[Mshkttck]

Originally Posted by GAMsALeh

Looks like Mshkttck beat me to it, lol.

haha... I suggest you try www.imageshack.us. It has a whopping 850kb file size limit!

[CobraR2000]

IM workin on the pic gettin it uploaded and what not

my avatar is of a Roush 380R, the real Roush not the body kit im a big mustang guy

[CobraR2000]

Ugh, its too big, i tried to upload on walagata.com but it says its corrupt or something. every pic from my digi camera hasnt worked on walagata. anybody with some ideas?

[Mshkttck]

Originally Posted by CobraR2000

Ugh, its too big, i tried to upload on walagata.com but it says its corrupt or something. every pic from my digi camera hasnt worked on walagata. anybody with some ideas?

did you try www.imageshack.us ? Make your picture smaller using whatever photo editing software you have, and it should work there.

[GAMsALeh]

Open your pics on microsoft paint, then save them as bitmap files, this should decrease the size.

[Desi Z 07]

A way that i found was good, which avoided tracing, was to make a grid. I'm pretty sure that there is a tutorial on gridding. It works well, and your drawings will come out nice. Try gridding out your first few drawings, it helped me out a lot.

[CobraR2000]

The image you attempted to upload is 1483 kb. Please resize the image so that it is less than 850 kb.