A Stormwind Girl

[Nightsky]

I decided to make some art because I was jealous of everyone else's AWESOME art. This is my first attempt.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/ecornillon/Donna.jpg
This is the little girl running after the boy and yelling 'Gimme back my dolly!!' I know she's not to good but it was a first attempt. Suggestions are accepted since I want to improve as much as possible.:D

[Villayna]

awww, so cute :)

[Xaraphyne]

Keep practicing! You'll get better!

One thing that helped me when I was starting out was taking a picture and "copying" it. It's not original artwork, but it helps you learn a lot about technique and proportions.

[Nightsky]

Well, I used a manikin and I've now colored it in thin markers and I actually did the outline in pencil. I think it is one of my best drawing though. But I like the idea of "copying" of photos:D. Thanks for the idea. I will be posting more and more little drawings that nobody thinks of as art.

[Rand_Shea]

My first drawings looked about like that, except they were of horses. XD

And as Xaraphyne said, copying someone else is a good way to learn. That's what I did for a long time, though I never scanned or uploaded any of it. The guy I copied was an anthro artist who went by the name RavenWolf back in like... 1998 or 1999, and I filled up entire line paper notebooks with drawings that I made eyeballing his stuff.

Other stuff I copied was drawings from some comics and mangas, or styles from animes such as Slayers, to draw non-anthro characters such as humans. Once I have more time (and patience), I plan on seeing what I can do to mimic and learn from the styles of E.J. Su (Current artist for "The Transformers" main storyline comic books).

And for the record... copying the works of other artists is what makes up a large portion of the Freshman and Sophomore classes (possibly even Junior) at nearly all accredited colleges that have art majors. It's not theft until you attempt to claim you came up with the concept and/or try to sell it without permission from the original artist.

You can also look into tutorials. A lot of artists will post up tutorials on their webpages to show people the basics they use to make their stuff. Deviantart.com is a good place to start looking some up.

Keep drawing. You'd be surprised what you can get yourself to create with just some spare time devoted to random doodles, sketches, and practice.

[Swerto]

Still better than mine >_>

[Nightsky]

If anyone has any more ideas I would be happy to see them. And hopefully later today I will get my colored picture on.:D

[Xaraphyne]

It's good to be practicing inking and coloring at the same time as you're just starting to draw, so you don't end up behind in those later :D

[Sifar]

One idea: you could draw some of the pets you've collected. As I recall, you have a rather large collection. Maybe even them playing together?

[Irontoe]

I think the best suggestion at this point is "practice." Once you attain a certain proficiency, more detailed critique (that a layman like me could not provide) is more helpful.

[Setrema]

I started drawing...Oblong horses. Truth. ANd it's been what...16 years of practice and I still see so much I want to improve.

One bit of advice I would offer is not to limit your subject matter. I can do people well, but give me a rock to draw and it looks like...well, not sure.

[Nightsky]

Sorry I have been kinda inactive. I lost the colored Donna too :( I have made some others though. I drew them of my pets like Sifar suggested. I do Have quiet a few I did start collecting them when I was 100! :P I 'll post them in a few minuets.

[Nightsky]

nvm not a few minutes