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Anonymous09/24/26, 14:00No.8048113/asg/ - Anime Study General
Why You Should Copy Anime:
https://i.imgur.com/zNDsyF0.jpg
Naoki Saito: https://youtu.be/8jsZGeaWkhE?si=6HZIvG9Bx3y9qoHs&t=12
Hide Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTY4AtphBe8PSqfXT4qfxwdbLgSK0XZ9v
AnimeShijuku: https://twitter.com/animesijyuku/status/1717415459778347358
Krenz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbKqIJcIUCw
**Strive for quantity AND quality.**
Anime Studying:
>Copy anime references exactly and draw them from memory. Use illustrations, screenshots, anime figures, 3D models, etc.
>Don’t copy recklessly. Use construction, color theory, and other fundamental concepts to rehearse a drawing process that you can later easily manipulate for original artwork.
>Post all of your anime studies. Post even when you’re told not to. Create an art community that actually draws and improves together instead of just talking about it.
>Number your attempts and link to your previous posts.
>Critiquers should lead by example by posting their studies.
General Anime Style Discussion:
>Questions about achieving certain styles/techniques/compositions etc.
>Drawing methods, study habits, resources, tutorials, tools, software, etc
>Be specific and try to post a sample of your study attempts before asking for help.
**Draw copies from good anime styled references to mindfully up our mileage, internalize appealing aesthetics, and learn from each other’s processes and knowledge.**
Recommended Resources:
https://pastebin.com/Yz2scAEc
/mmg/ - Manga Making General:
>>>/ic/mmg [//boards.4chan.org/ic/catalog#s=mmg]
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Anon09/24/26, 14:48No.8048147
Lets all try to stay in the containment thread this time.
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Anon09/24/26, 16:00No.8048197
It's nice to see the prebeg and beginners general is still active.
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Anon09/25/26, 18:50No.8048999

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Anon09/25/26, 22:54No.8049176
what do I do if I can't decide on a model? I want someone who draws loli, but many I like don't seem to share their sketches or simplified drawing styles so it's incredibly difficult to study them as a supreme beginner.

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Anon09/26/26, 01:57No.8049325
Tried copying them using guidelines then did them by memory; it's so hard to get the anime head shape. I always think about trying to draw a real face silhouette;I tried human face -> anime and it was terrible.

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Anon09/26/26, 07:53No.8049445
freehand doodled a cute foxgirl from imagination

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Anon09/26/26, 11:41No.8049525
Vagabond Study. i dont know what i was thinking last night, by starting and maybe even finishing to study/copy a whole volume or chapter of Vagabond, but after like 7 hours i couldnt even get the panel size right, let alone capture Takezos likeness (second to last panel) and now i got some thick callous on me thumb. it was an interesting endurance experiment though, i think i'll try focusing on non-painted, singled out pages in the future

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Anon09/27/26, 13:53No.8050173

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Anon09/28/26, 13:52No.8050902
am i retarded? how is this supposed to work

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Anon09/28/26, 15:20No.8050955
am i retarded?

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Anon09/28/26, 15:34No.8050966
is the discord worth joining? last time I tried nobody let me in for like half a day and I just left. I figured its as dead as here
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Anon09/28/26, 16:21No.8050986
its in the pastebin
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Anon09/28/26, 16:49No.8050996
As a thesis I'm not sure copying anime is the way to go. Anime is drawn by people who did extensive life drawings and study. if you copy anime instead of real life then the art will just degenerate.
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Anon09/28/26, 17:18No.8051021
am i retarded? i picked imamura because there's a hundred copycats but i have no idea what i should be even doing. i'm not learning anything from simply copying, should i be breaking his art down into simpler shapes? how should i do it? i'm too autistic to guess by myself

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Anon09/28/26, 17:54No.8051054
i fucked up Oko a little but eh

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Anon09/28/26, 20:12No.8051203
Been drawing for a while, but I want to start drawing anime because it's fun and I'm a fucking weeb.

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Anon09/28/26, 20:18No.8051219
Ive never seen this thread so active before
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Anon09/28/26, 20:20No.8051225
I hate posting on the /asg/ discord because it's filled with a bunch of attention hogging troons.
I'll ask for advice here: what is the ideal studying vs drawing from imagination ratio?
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Anon09/28/26, 20:28No.8051244
although I guess it depends, when youre starting out its probably better to weight studying higher a bit. As long as you dont just fall into the study trap where youre not actually making anything then its probably fine
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Anon09/28/26, 20:57No.8051268
>skill shaming
Fuck you cocky /int/ niggers. You'll get your just desserts soon.
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Anon09/28/26, 21:02No.8051273
my ygger... 48 hours for that?
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Anon09/28/26, 21:27No.8051284
>all these accusations and no drawings
Is /ic/ society just built on being a mean spirited pile of shit?
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Anon09/28/26, 21:29No.8051285
unironically yes
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Anon09/28/26, 21:36No.8051293
just to get another drawing inbetween the arguments, despite not being satisfied with these. i should do more quicker ones going for accuracy alone.

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Anon09/28/26, 23:34No.8051382

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Anon09/29/26, 02:40No.8051510
I think the thing that trips me up the most as someone whose experimenting with anime style after drawing cartoons mainly is the facial proportion/ eye sizeSo far every time I sketch a face I need to adjust the eyes down more before it looks "right"
I've only been at it for less than a week though so it's just a matter of building that eye for it

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Anon09/29/26, 14:09No.8051773
Is figure practice a meme? This Korean artist has really dynamic figure studies, but all of his drawings look stiff as a board.

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Anon09/29/26, 14:21No.8051775
I couldnt stop laughing at how bad my study came out. Love csm early part 2/ part 1 art style. Going to have to try this again lol

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Anon09/30/26, 00:41No.8052148
the body is entirely a copy of maeda taison squatting but i had fun with it

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Anon09/30/26, 04:27No.8052243
How much detail am I supposed to draw in the final version

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Anon09/30/26, 22:55No.8052676
Fucking dumbass mods
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Anon10/01/26, 21:32No.8053333
how does one do this

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Anon10/01/26, 23:33No.8053390
i die (and also changed my bg color from the weird dark purple for once)

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Anon10/02/26, 07:24No.8053526

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Anon10/03/26, 02:57No.8054002

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Anon10/03/26, 14:00No.8054202
Line work is still sloppy.

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Anon10/03/26, 22:49No.8054457
am i retarded?

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Anon10/03/26, 23:12No.8054472
am i retarded? what am i doing wrong? i don't feel like this is helping me at all

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Anon10/04/26, 02:33No.8054562
Who need artificial intelligence when we have natural stupidity to stole concepts and references we like from others, and mix them in a pretty nice combo.I can't even say this is an OC, this is more like my take on a obscure character from a Digimon manga I plan to use in a rpg maker project... maybe? I hope??I have still a lot to learn, specially color theory, but I really like how far I am right now.

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Anon10/05/26, 04:22No.8055420

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Anon10/06/26, 01:39No.8056016

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Anon10/11/26, 02:36No.8059529
How do people put up with the Asian accent of an art YouTuber...

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Anon10/11/26, 16:19No.8059811
i feel like i'm contouring more than i'm actually figuring out the structure

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Anon10/13/26, 08:58No.8060944

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Anon10/13/26, 11:43No.8060984
>longtorsovampireloli.png
Araragi has higher standards than this for his wife, cmon.
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Anon10/13/26, 16:28No.8061078
I wanna be able to draw sketches like this, but my dexterity is horrible. I think the only way to succeed is to brute force trying to draw every day.

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Anon10/13/26, 17:31No.8061113
daily reminder that copying will only make you good at copying
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Anon10/14/26, 16:18No.8061677
I can't copy a dragon but I sure will be able to draw one from imagination
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Anon10/15/26, 09:39No.8062312

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Anon10/15/26, 10:31No.8062321
i feel my linework looks VERY amateurish
any tips?

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Anon10/16/26, 10:59No.8062958
studying immr's artbooks, does this breakdown look more or less alright?

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Anon10/16/26, 19:29No.8063244
somewhat learned how to make a face from scratch. It's not perfect, but it's a start.Now Can somebody please tell me how the fuck can i learn anatomy?

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Anon10/16/26, 20:09No.8063263
advanced symbol drawing

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Anon10/16/26, 23:57No.8063374

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Anon10/16/26, 23:59No.8063376

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Anon10/16/26, 23:59No.8063377

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Anon10/17/26, 01:57No.8063427
been struggling with a plateau tried to do a study to shake it up

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Anon10/17/26, 05:22No.8063489

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Anon10/17/26, 16:56No.8063665
what are the most valuable lectures to watch in krenz's kindergarten? i doubt all the 22 are even close to being necessary
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Anon10/18/26, 00:11No.8063942
i dont know how it went so wrong...i love csm art style but struggle so much emulating it

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Anon10/18/26, 10:22No.8064183

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Anon10/19/26, 09:38No.8064834

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Anon10/19/26, 11:10No.8064851

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Anon10/19/26, 14:08No.8064901
How will a grid help me copy better later without one? Won't it just build up a reliance on using a grid?
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Anon10/20/26, 03:01No.8065382
I bought a book on drawing sexy anime girls and I realized it's probably AI. Should I draw it anyway? I think I've at least built up enough confidence with Bridgman to decide to change something if it seems wrong.
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Anon10/20/26, 03:42No.8065412
im trying to figure out hair and head it's just pain...

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Anon10/20/26, 16:25No.8065697
someone redline this anatomy

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Anon10/22/26, 02:11No.8066118
studies and such

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Anon10/23/26, 13:27No.8066918
How long did making a proper copy take you guys when you were starting out?
This stuff takes forever...
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Anon10/23/26, 18:25No.8067027
https://youtu.be/iM63gvrkVe0?si=IE5QjL4BmlByLHZM .
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Anon10/24/26, 06:07No.8067361
y'all watch the new cyberpunk?

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Anon10/24/26, 07:49No.8067387
Any recommendation for illustration video courses on Coloso? I need something that teaches me basic anatomy, perspective, color theory and rendering
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Anon10/24/26, 19:09No.8067627
How do you draw anime clothes?
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Anon10/25/26, 09:39No.8067963
Is there actually a digital painting course or books that actually teach more Japanese-style anime-like illustrations? It seems everything like Med’s Map, and Krenz too, teach you the ugly disgusting painterly brushy concept art-y style. Not sure how to describe it. Like the stuff Neg’s Illustration paint on youtube.
I want to learn how to make cleaner stuff. Like Nippon Ichi artworks.
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Anon10/25/26, 09:49No.8067969
stupid questions general has serious competition here