drawing in general

[Mr_Suave]

are there any good websites for drawing in general.it would be good to get some anatimy in like a cartoon style.

[Mikahl]

http://www.saveloomis.org/

This will get you started. For free too!

[Attezarf]

Yup,-- the Loomis site that Mikahl mentioned is excellent for explaining Anatomy.

I'm not sure it's the best for a "cartooned style". The Preston Blair books are very good at explaining Construction of cartoon figures. I don't know that there's a site on the 'Net with that material..

In any case, I still find your question too vast & vague to give you a really good answer. I think you really need to be a bit more specific about what kinds of stuff you're looking for.. Maybe list some of the kinds of "cartoony" stuff you're looking for?

-- Rich

[captain_inbetween]

the preston balir site is http://www.freetoon.com

loomis is great, but its kinda hard to learn from unless you spend some time applying his stuff to modern day situations. or u could just learn to draw like him, that would be pretty impressive!

[shadoes]

Ihave and use a lot of the Christopher Hart books. Including Human Anatomy Made Incredibly Easy. Most of the Hart books run only around 20 bucks so prety easy to pick up even on a small budget. Some of them are even cheaper. In fact now that I look at my shelf more than half the books on it about cartoon/anime style are written by Hart hehe

[AntSky0]

i hear people speak of anatomy what is that exactly....

[Xenith]

from some dictionary website

Main Entry: anat?o?my
Pronunciation: &-'na-t&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mies
Etymology: Late Latin anatomia dissection, from Greek anatomE, from anatemnein to dissect, from ana- + temnein to cut
1 : a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms
2 : a treatise on anatomic science or art
3 : the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : DISSECTION
4 obsolete : a body dissected or to be dissected
5 : structural makeup especially of an organism or any of its parts
6 : a separating or dividing into parts for detailed examination : ANALYSIS
7 a (1) : SKELETON (2) : MUMMY b : the human body
- an?a?tom?ic /"a-n&-'t?-mik/ or an?a?tom?i?cal /-mi-k&l/ adjective
- an?a?tom?i?cal?ly /-mi-k(&-)lE/ adverb

when artis'ts use it they refer to the musculatory anatomy and the bones as well

[AntSky0]

from some dictionary website

Main Entry: anat?o?my
Pronunciation: &-'na-t&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mies
Etymology: Late Latin anatomia dissection, from Greek anatomE, from anatemnein to dissect, from ana- + temnein to cut
1 : a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms
2 : a treatise on anatomic science or art
3 : the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : DISSECTION
4 obsolete : a body dissected or to be dissected
5 : structural makeup especially of an organism or any of its parts
6 : a separating or dividing into parts for detailed examination : ANALYSIS
7 a (1) : SKELETON (2) : MUMMY b : the human body
- an?a?tom?ic /"a-n&-'t?-mik/ or an?a?tom?i?cal /-mi-k&l/ adjective
- an?a?tom?i?cal?ly /-mi-k(&-)lE/ adverb

when artis'ts use it they refer to the musculatory anatomy and the bones as well

More confused...mmm...science of art...i guess.

[Xenith]

i'm talking about muscles man like this

[drugmassacre]

christopher hart is the devil. burn all of his books if you have them

[corkbutt]

Loomis is great - but its kinda hard to learn from unless you spend some time applying his stuff to modern day situations

Yeah.
Drawing is hard and stuff. Unless you practice. Then it gets, like, easier and stuff.

[drugmassacre]

i'm going to sound like a huge asshole here, but I soemtimes wonder with questions like these - just how good do you want to get? Why do you want to draw well? What will you accomplish with said skills? How hard are you willing to work at it and how much time are you willing to put in?

When you ask for "good websites" or "good books" or "good advice", what exactly are you hoping to find? I struggle with what kind of answer you could really be serching for with broad questions like this - because really, unless you're intent is to just copy other people's creations, there are not answers. If you need a book or website to tell you that a characters head starts with a circle, andf then two other circles are added for eyes....etc., etc...well, drawing may not be for you, at least not more than a casual hobby.

Being an artist is not something that ahppens overnight. This applies to everyone. you can't read a tutorial and be really awesome. it just doesn't work that way.

[jimmymcwicked]

i like you, drugs. always have. always will.

[shadoes]

christopher hart is the devil. burn all of his books if you have them

hmm I supsect you don't them care to elaborate?

[masseysketch]

i like you, drugs. always have. always will.

"True Romance"... now there's a quality film.