Something is seriously off about this picture and I legitimately can't figure out what it is. It just looks -off-.

LunarHunter9000 said:
Something is seriously off about this picture and I legitimately can't figure out what it is. It just looks -off-.

Something to do with her shoulders or her neck, I guess. Either one is too high, or the other is too low.

The head is too big, the shoulders are too small, the torso looks like it was broken in three places, the arms are too thin, and the overall perspective is just wrong. I'm guessing most artists on pixiv never took an human anatomy class/lesson, so you see many pictures looking pretty bad in professional standards. The same thing goes for most manga artists, the chins are too pointy, and the bodies are very lanky, not to mention the eyes,oh god let's not start with the eyes in most manga/anime. Anyway, the point I'm making is if your going to draw a human being, not only must you have a strong grasp of the human anatomy, you must also master proportions, perspective, and the difference between good stylistic, and bad stylistic.

D_The_Man said:

The head is too big, the shoulders are too small, the torso looks like it was broken in three places, the arms are too thin, and the overall perspective is just wrong. I'm guessing most artists on pixiv never took an human anatomy class/lesson, so you see many pictures looking pretty bad in professional standards. The same thing goes for most manga artists, the chins are too pointy, and the bodies are very lanky, not to mention the eyes,oh god let's not start with the eyes in most manga/anime. Anyway, the point I'm making is if your going to draw a human being, not only must you have a strong grasp of the human anatomy, you must also master proportions, perspective, and the difference between good stylistic, and bad stylistic.

Not to mention her right eye looks like a rupee...

Oh, and and there's more than one type of female body type(I think Kyouko would be kind of endomorphic, for example)

Wiimeiser said:

Not to mention her right eye looks like a rupee...

Oh, and and there's more than one type of female body type(I think Kyouko would be kind of endomorphic, for example)

This is a problem with most artists, not just Japanese. In order to draw a human, you must study what a human looks like. There are tons of books, and classes out there that can teach you all about the human anatomy, and body types. Also, I think Kyouko is more of a mesomorph.