[eccentricman]

lol, great morph 😉 I like the way you did the muscles and the weights and then the face too 😉

might want to change the name of the original model though…

[eccentricman]

Thanks Chachi! It's always nice to get a little love on these! I've not drawn anything for a while, but I'll post again soon!

[eccentricman]

A low-carb diet has all sorts of benefits!

[eccentricman]

This was the link to go with the above tag line:

"They say the staff meals are the best perk of the job!"

[eccentricman]

"They say the staff meals are the best perk of the job!"

[eccentricman]

A couple of much more explicit and erotic ones will be posted later, subject to moderator approval.

[eccentricman]

Hello everyone, I think it is time for an update about my general production and the drawings I do in particular.

1) The morphs will be slowing down. I have decided to go completely legitimate with my work; while the old morphs will remain, here and here only, newer ones will be posted less often (if that is technically possible 😉 ). I have negotiated a deal with a photographer to buy the 'morphing rights' to his images, but each morph will now be costing me between $20-25 to buy the initial image rights. You will be able to see all my morphs here, or at better resolutions on http://emperor-justinian.deviantart.com

2) As a result of the restrictions on my morphing, I am now going to be doing more drawings. All of those interested in seeing them can check them out here at normal resolutions, or those which are non-explicit at my deviantart site. The majority of the new ones I post will be EXTREMELY NSFW: if you want bigger copies, PM me and I'll see what I can do.

3) If you like what you see, tell me. If a moderator wants me to remove any of the links, tell me. Feedback is useful.

I'll upload the images tomorrow and I hope you will enjoy them.

[eccentricman]

Cheers, Ratlaf!

[eccentricman]

I'm an architect and I'm also INTP – an "Architect". Hmmm.

[eccentricman]

As a first drawing of many, you made a great start and need to continue. Just look at the work of Archangel Dreadnaught for an example of how a style can grow and improve over time. In my opinion, there are several basic proportional issues with the image, but in this genre and with a possible anime/manga influence there is no benchmark for me to really judge whether or not you achieved what you wanted to. So, I'll say I like it, but that I want to see how you progress drawing by drawing.

I'm not in any position to give advice as guru-to-student (if you know what I mean [as I suck]), but there are a couple of things you should think about if you want to improve and refine your drawings:

1) Practice makes perfect. By drawing this image and then finishing it, you have already made the biggest step. Every drawing from now on in the series should look to improve, anatomically, stylistically or whatever.

2) Drawing from reference is not a crime. If you want realistic, try and draw from photographs of fbbs. The more you draw a body, the better you know it. If anime or manga style is more your thing, see how muscles are drawn in cartoons and other good manga art, and remember, until you get your own style, it is legitimate to say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

3) Buy some books. Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Figure Drawing is the bible as far as I am concerned and there are others which focus on specialist subjects related to muscle. Read up and make the exercises there your own, when you get a grip on them you've done nine tenths of the work.

4) Find a style. The image, you say, is sketchy. I'm also a sketchy kind of guy: I like sketchy. If that works for you, pursue it, keep what you like about it and work on removing the things you don't. If you want smooth or expressive, think about how other great artists do these things.

These are my big four generally, and if you do any of these, your work is almost guaranteed to grow and grow in a direction you are comfortable with. If you don't like what you've drawn, either don't draw it again, or redraft it and draw it a different way, but remember, your goals are unique and specific to you regardless of what steps I suggest and you must choose how to approach your page every time.

A couple of technical tips before I sign off though:

a) photoshop and tablets can be tricky enough without having to learn as you go along. Tracing paper and some nice sharp pencils of different hardnesses will often do the job better than some touchups on screen.

b) No amount of filters will make your image look better, by magic. A filter is a tool like a paintbrush or an eraser.

c) The clever use of layering and masking in photoshop will allow you to turn sketches into fine art, but really still use the same principles of drawing and colouring on tracing paper or acetate. Master those and you can master anything.

d) This is going to sound quite weird, but please bear with me if you have made it this far. As you grow in confidence with your drawing, make your lines do more for you. If you look at any decent manga or painting, you will see that the varying qualities and thincknesses of line are really what animate the scene, in addition to all the composition.

Hope I don't sound too condescending, or pompous and look forwards to seeing more of your work!

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