Naked Women

[Lynley]

I think it's a given that the following images are NSFW. I like drawing naked women. I like the curves. I'm also not terribly good at clothes, so this gives me an excuse.

I wanted to draw flowy hair and a long neck: Flowy hair (http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs27/f/2008/032/3/9/Flowy_by_lynleyellen.jpg)

Bored during class: Sitting by a Waterfall (http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2008/028/d/0/Waterfall_by_lynleyellen.jpg)

I wanted to draw wings: Wings (http://fc.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2008/028/6/b/Bald_by_lynleyellen.jpg)

[Kenneh]

I was hoping to see a picture of you.

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[abbey]

The first one's face is really weird. I think you should work on the proportions of all of their faces.

[bizzle]

The first one looks a big like a cro magnon but to be honest, I think you're already pretty decent and have a potential to be pretty good with practice.

[Smooth B]

Needs a vagina.

[bizzle]

You need a vagina.

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[PyroOwned]

Not really that good, most of the faces look like the penultimate stage of the theory of evolution for humans. Their noses and mouths should be much, much higher up.

Also, are you a lesbian by any chance? (No offence.)

[Silverpaperplate]

You have a wonderful style and you know how to draw fingers. You need some study on the human skull though. People shouldn't fear drawing naked humans. I mean, it's the best way to learn how the body anatomical correct. Just work on those skulls and this will be perfect.

EDIT: Do you by any chance have a DeviantART account?

[Relaps]

She does. It's in that "Post your Site accounts" Thread.


Not bad Lynley. They are right, the foreheads look a bit pushed back and odd, but generally your anatomy is correct.

With Flowy hair, her right forearm is bulkier than her left, and she's missing kneecaps. But your hands are awesome.

With Waterfall, her midsection looks a bit short. I know she's bending over, but it really looks like her stomach shrunk.

Wings is terrific.


Hope that helped.

[Rob]

They look like aliens. Work on your human anatomy.

[Spastic]

The first one looks like a cavewoman or gorilla, the third looks like a man with tits. You need to make them more feminine, and human looking.

[CnGy]

I like your style keep it up.

They do look a little bit weird.

[Matterialize]

I think you're great at drawing the female figure. The only things that seem out of place are the heads.

Do you have a method for drawing hands? Or do you just, like, draw them off the top of your head?

[Tweek]

The head in Wings was perfect.

And it may be a bit awkward, but try to draw genitals so it doesn't look like some weird patch of pubes.

[charcoal]

Have you tried going along to a local life-drawing class? I've spoken to a lot of people who do, and they all find it really useful to actually have one of us modelling for them, and if there's a particular pose you're interested in seeing, generally nobody minds if you suggest it. Really might be worth a shot.

[istalklang]

The only thing that stood out to me as odd was the torso in Sitting by a Waterfall. I like the general style though. And teach me how to draw boobs!

[iGavin]

the one with wings looks really lifelike and is a perfect human shape, but the other two look weird somehow.

[exetra]

The first two look like stocky little dwarf people and the third has a really oddly shaped skull. The cartoony/disney style faces aren't great. You really should consider charcoal's suggestion and get to a life drawing class.

Charcoal, if my memory serves me well you did some life modelling yourself at one point, yes?

[Lynley]

All the comments about faces: Thanks, maybe I'll just spend time sketching faces for a while. I've never been terribly good at realistic faces.

Fingers/Hands: Honestly, I learned how to draw them by looking at other people's drawings (anime helps a lot here, as the hands aren't usually as exaggerated as other body parts). I might do a tutorial on drawing hands and post it up like I did for hair, since Matt asked how I draw hands.

Genitals: I'll probably give it a try on my next naked drawing.

PyroOwen: Try talking about the art, not the artist.

Relaps: I know I have problems with making torsos too short. It has happened in a couple of my drawings. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll work on it.

charcoal: I haven't gone to a drawing class or art class since junior high. I have thought about using live models. I'll probably ask a friend to pose or something. I don't really have the time or money for classes, and my past experience with art teachers wasn't great.

istalklang: Maybe I'll do a tutorial on how to draw boobs.

[Rob]

As far as live models, photos work great if you can't get an actual model. Do not draw anatomy from your imagination or it'll look bad, unless you have a lot of life drawing practice already.

[Kaylee_08]

If you enjoy drawing than keep it up. Everyone has their own thing and this is yours thats a good thing to have so keep it up you will get better with more and more practice.

[Tyler_Legrand]

Considering that you want to go deeply into realism and detail, it concerns me how all or at least most of your lines are the same boldness. I think they can be drawn that way successfully, but varying lines have obvious inherent versatility.

Considering that you don't, drawing "real" life drawings will still help. If you want to keep all your lines the same hardness/thickness, you have to find out how to make it work. Lines don't exist in real life, so interestingly you have to decide carefully whether to leave lines in or out.

[Godly]

Wings and Waterfall are very well done, and I find that the torso in Waterfall is perfectly fine. The head in Wings is maybe slightly too elongated, but otherwise it's very well done.

Flowy hair is alright, everything other then her head is pretty well drawn anatomically.

[Lynley]

Considering that you want to go deeply into realism and detail, it concerns me how all or at least most of your lines are the same boldness. I think they can be drawn that way successfully, but varying lines have obvious inherent versatility.

Considering that you don't, drawing "real" life drawings will still help. If you want to keep all your lines the same hardness/thickness, you have to find out how to make it work. Lines don't exist in real life, so interestingly you have to decide carefully whether to leave lines in or out.

I never said I wanted to go deeply into realism or detail. I prefer more realisitc proportions, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm trying to do life drawing.

I do realize that varying line width can help immensely, and I've tried that on a couple of things.

I might stick to not inking my next few drawings and seeing what I get then.

I do appreciate the comment, I will try to improve my inking (or not inking, as it may be) style.

[Bassz]

They're good, but as far as variety goes, I can see you sticking with the profile view. I prefer drawing people in the profile view as well, but you should practice drawing faces in the front view and quarters view as to have a whole range of movement for the body. Overall, nice.

Titties.

[MistyTehMoose]

The anatomy in general is all out of whack. Perhaps try going to a life drawing class or something similar, as the body/limbs/head are all out of proportion. I know you said you aren't interested in full on realistic drawings, but you need to at least have a good understanding on the human body. Have you read any books on the subject? They can actually be very helpful.

Also, if you don't want to draw genitals, then you don't have to.

[Lynley]

They're good, but as far as variety goes, I can see you sticking with the profile view. I prefer drawing people in the profile view as well, but you should practice drawing faces in the front view and quarters view as to have a whole range of movement for the body. Overall, nice.

Titties.

Those actually all have profile views because I usually draw head-on or three quarters. I was practicing that a little, and I know I need improvement, like many people have pointed out.

[Chardon07]

Your pictures are creepy and unnecessary

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[Pyro]

To be honest they're quite good, they have that cartoonish glow about them which Disney cartoons are made of.