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PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:57 pm**

I can't draw worth a flip, but my kids are quite the artists. I hope you don't mind looking over their drawings. My daughter works with prismacolors more these days, but my son prefers the sketches.

This is my daughter's character for a manga she's trying to write. She's only 11.

Pretty cute.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:01 pm**

This is my son's drawing. He's 13 and very talented, I think.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:07 pm**

Hey, that's cool, another aspiring Christian manga artist! We can always use more of those! Would you tell your daughter that she's doing a lovely job so far and to keep it up?

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:08 pm**

I'll place one more drawing from my daughter.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:09 pm**

And then here's another from my son.

I think he did great with the eyes.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:11 pm**

Thanks Ink, I will.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:22 pm**

Oh yes, that last one of your son's is very good too! ^^ Cool!

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:23 pm**

Indeed, they look very awesome.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:05 pm**

Thanks Sangoku and Ink, I'll tell my kids.^-^

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:15 pm**

Also, tell them, if you would, if they want to put up their pics for a more detailed critique (constructive of course) we'd be glad to help them out. I didn't have such an opportunity when I was 11, so I try to help those who are just starting when I can...^^

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:46 pm**

Okay, here's some more.

What do you think of Sarah-chan's shading - that's my daughter.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:47 pm**

I'll show you her faces in pencil. I think she handles the facial expressions really well.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:50 pm**

I need to be fair, so here's another of my son's. The one's I'm posting of his so far are characters in a future manga he wants to write.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:21 pm**

Pic #1: Very nice! Good use of colors, very nice and bright. The hair - very shiny...^^ Also good use of shading. You may want to bring up with her darkening the pupils of the eyes for a little added depth, plus it makes the eyes sparkle more when you put the highlights on. Also, depending on the style she's going for, she might try making the ears a little larger and fit a little closer to the head (in this instance, they would probably disappear behind the hair). However, since ear style varies WILDLY from style to style, it probably isn't an issue.

Pic #2: Also nice! She shows good potential with expressions. The happy face is so kawaii...^^ Something I've found that helps me with expression is to make the irises of the eyes smaller; instead of the "column" of iris that a lot of artists use (which has a tendency to rob the eyes of expression in my case), use a rounder shape, like a real eye (unless they have REALLY huge eyes, in which case an oval works better...^^ )

Pic #3: Another good one! ^^ He looks very intense. Good lines on the shirt's collar; they have a lot of dimension. The eyes have a good shape and the eyebrows are positioned very well. The shoulders might be just a little low though (resulting in a neck that's just a hair too long).

Although it doesn't seem like it ought to be this way, studying a real human form goes miles in drawing anime, so you might have them study real human forms when they're working on their skills. When I was their age, I used catalogs a lot to get form, clothing folds, etc more accurate, even though I wasn't drawing anime back then. Those skills I learned drawing realism oddly enough did translate, plus it gives lots of opportunity for other kinds of drawings and makes an artist -very- versatile.

Hope this helps!

PostPosted: **Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:07 am**

Very very good!

your kids are doing great! That last colored pic is really nice! Ink pretty much covered everything I would have said and more the only thing I can think of that it need is an iris there is no real center to the eye since it is all just one color with nothing to distinguish the center(iris) of the eye. I really like the shiny hair though :jump:

Your sons sketch is very well done! He has the shape of the hair perfect

(your kids do very good job on hair maybe I could learn from them :grin:

) Um the only thing that I would change is the size of the eye (this more personal preference than anything else) I tend to make mine smaller and more narrow but the again thatâ€™s more for
for the older age groups so I guess it doesnâ€™t really mater lol it just depends on what he is going for like the main characters in anime usually has some of the biggest eyes in the show where as the villain has extremely small and narrow eyes but most of the kid genre has really big eyes if he was going to draw something like a samurai then I would make the eyes smaller ok enough with my ranting lol my style is more closely related to Kenshin so when ever is see big eyes I think they need to be smaller lol :forehead:

PostPosted: **Thu Nov 06, 2003 12:26 pm**

I see that talent runs rampant in your family...

PostPosted: **Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:17 pm**

Wow! You're kid's draw really good! Kinda inspires me to go find a pencil...

PostPosted: **Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:14 pm**

Thanks you guys (California term :eyebrow:

). I really appreciate your comments Ink and White Blaze. :angel:

You've all been so sweet about my kid's drawings. Thanks a bunch. :jump:

PostPosted: **Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:53 pm**

true_noir_chloe wrote:Okay, here's some more. What do you think of Sarah-chan's shading - that's my daughter.

aww...that pic is so cute ^_^ . i love it.

nice work guys! keep it up and keep it coming.

PostPosted: **Fri Nov 07, 2003 6:04 am**

I think they're good on their way!

I like these two the most

http://www.christiananime.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1302&stc=1&thumb=1
http://www.christiananime.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1303&stc=1&thumb=1

PostPosted: **Fri Nov 07, 2003 10:38 am**

Aibou, those are my two favorites too. :jump:

Maybe I do have somewhat of an eye for art if you like them.

Thanks also to Senju.

You're all being so nice.

PostPosted: **Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:01 am**

I like em!

You might want to encourage pupils though where huge yellow eyes are concerned

PostPosted: **Sat Nov 08, 2003 7:11 pm**

I've heard that a lot. I'll tell them.^-^ Thanks, JediSonic.

PostPosted: **Sat Nov 08, 2003 11:04 pm**

My son might have an issue with being called "the boy." :lol:

Joshua-kun will be 14 at the end of this month. He will probably never join this board. He's too busy with other things, like his LAN clan, FFXI, and having friends over. He is a cutey though, according to my daughter's friends.

How old are you?

PostPosted: **Sun Nov 09, 2003 8:31 pm**

My son is a big gamer. He's uber friendly and kind, really honorable young man and knows all the gamers around this area. Because of this he's always getting freebies and betas, t-shirts, not yet released games and other stuff. One of his best buds is the asst. man. at the GameStop. The guys at the local game rental place let him go behind the desk and play their preview copies and then let him take them home. He's just like that, people just kind of draw to him.

Can I see some of your drawings?

I'll show you another of his. I think Kirby is so cute.

PostPosted: **Sun Nov 09, 2003 9:24 pm**

To be fair I'll show you how Sarah has been improving on her eyes. What do you think? This is her blue girl.

PostPosted: **Sun Nov 09, 2003 9:26 pm**

This one she did today.

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:59 am**

your kids have quite the talent! ~^ Can't wait to see what they can do in about 5 or 6 years!

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:20 pm**

Nice eyes

You know what's SO FUNNY though? My name is Josh too! Not Josh-kun though :lol:

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:26 pm**

hay wait a minute your boys name is Josh and JediSonic's name is Josh now here comes the big surprise my name is Josh to small world isnt it :lol:

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