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This leg position is really awesome. Technically speaking, it isn't anatomically perfect, but it's great this way! I love the sinuous quality of the way the legs are interacting with each other.
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Yeah, my leg anatomy has been getting fairly stylized over the past few months, and it always seems to be changing. I'm really glad to hear you like how it's going though! Thank you~!
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Tell me about it, I'm the same way with feet 
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I'm going to have to go back and see if I can see a tail now. 
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It really is! Quite honestly, my current style is the inevitable outcome of the way I drew back in middle school. I went through a couple of different stages where I tried to make anime people, thicker people, more realistic people, but this won out in the end just because there are always features you're drawn to. The more you practice, the more your style will develop, and for me it was never a conscious decision to start drawing people the way I do. I'd venture a guess it's the same way for most people who have a recognizeable look to their work, and it might work out that way for you too
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I definitely agree. 
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Damn skippy! 
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I took two art classes back in community college, but that's about it. They were both intro classes, so I went in thinking that I'd know everything the prof had to say, but boy was I wrong.
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Actually, I graduated last winter with a degree in illustration. They really put you through the wringer if you do the art school thing!
A lot of what I took were electives, but the requirements included at least a couple of digital media classes, "foundation" drawing, an intro design course (usually typography)... stuff like that. There were "techniques"-focused classes for watercolor, and then gouache/acrylic/oils. Senior year was mostly comprised of portfolio prep classes and more on the "business" side of illustration. Then there were the gen-eds: science, math, history, English... and a bunch of art history requirements. For electives I ended up taking stuff like nature drawing, costume drawing, character design, an advanced Photoshop course, and the one that REALLY inspired me was Comic Book and Storyboard.
Quite honestly, I didn't like life drawing much. I just don't feel like I'm very good at it because it's hard to put real feeling into a drawing that I didn't conceptualize from the ground up. If you're looking for something to improve your skill, do life drawing, but if you're looking to solidify a style, look for something conceptually based, like a book or cover illustration course. Of course, it's good to do both of those things in tandem so you can swap out what you learn and get the holistic experience, but honestly, I never did that in my classes
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Awesome! I always thought it'd be neat to take a comic book class. I tried making a comic once in high school, but I never got past page 11. I always felt like I had to go back and redo the first few pages so they matched the style of the later pages, and I ended up doing page 1 probably about five times.
But as for life drawing, I know I should probably work on that more. My best work seems to come out of me actually taking the time to pose in front of a mirror like a total dork. 
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I've done that! 
Men are hard for a lot of female artists. My friend *talaith is really insecure about how she draws guys (I don't think she's bad
I hear you on the life drawing thing. Whenever I draw for myself, I'm concerned with getting across a mood or a personality or a moment; when I do life drawing, all of that takes a backseat to drawing THIS MODEL and THIS MODEL'S STRUCTURE. As a result, all the life drawing I do seems to, ironically, have no... well, life. Sounds like you know the feeling. If you find it useful to have a reference, though, do the life drawing. Take pictures, even. See if you can get friends to pose for you in the position you want, then photograph it and build up a mental visual reference. That might help
Thanks so much for the watch, btw! I'm so glad you find me amusing enough to keep an eye on
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Yeah, one of these days I should just borrow my friend's art books and just practice with that, and maybe draw some of my guy friends. I think another problem is that women tend to wear tighter clothes than men, so it's easier to get real life reference for women just by looking at people walking down the street.
And no problem!
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Hm. good thought, that never occurred to me. The female form is just so iconic that everyone knows what shapes to break it down into...
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Omg so awesome! I love the coloring, and the way you did the shading with the inking really makes it pop off the page. I love how you use the background color as a base for everything else, it just looks really good!
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Thanks~!
Heehee, using the background color as a base is all I know how to do.
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well, at least you do it well!
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