How can I make my drawings look more 3-dimensional or realistic?

Asked By: lis003 22-25, F 2 months ago

I've read and watched just about everything and I can't figure out how to make things look more real regarding fur on animals and just making things really pop off of the paper.

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MatriarchToThePatriarch - 31-35 years old - female

Posted by MatriarchToThePatriarch Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:21PM

add shade or make shadows

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Posted by interesti Apr 26th, 2013 at 4:05AM

Shading.
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Posted by englishsteve Mar 17th, 2013 at 7:19PM

One thing at a time. Take a break to experiment - not to make art but to find a convincing way of representing fur trying different sorts of marks. I would forget about animal portraits and just concentrate on the quality of a pelt. Do lots of pictures quickly using cheap media - paper, soft pencils and Staedtler erasers which can be cut to shape with a scalpel and used to 'draw' into areas of solid tone. There will be failures and some pointers of a way forward. The idea is to loosen up, take the 'fine' out of art and to get on top of the 'making'. Give it a try:)

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Posted by marblez Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:35PM

YOU cannot "watch" nature,you have to see,stop drawing,take instant snapshots and study how light provides definition.Any natural subject in it's natural environment has fluidity to it's life,if you capture that moment of life truly people will then ask themselves......what was it going to do! A Wolf with hairs raised is offensive,a rabbit with ears down defensive,but when a wolf "heckles" it is the tips of it's hairs it emphasises,not that they "are" raised but THEY ARE RAISED...this can only be portrayed by the study of light on such subjects.YOU have to use light and dark as they do,and they are masters!Try try again,study how nature uses light and i look forward to your drawings

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Posted by Drapier Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:26PM

Make sure your vanishing point(s) are correct. Using a straight edge helps.

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Posted by JaneD0ugh Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:24PM

Shading, Shading, Shading is the best way.

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Posted by CadaverPuncher Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:24PM

Shading and perspective.

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Posted by newman360 Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:23PM

using the infinty factor.remember when an object gets farther it gets smaller so the drawing of a house the sides will not be the same the farthers wall will be smaller

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Posted by rageandhate Mar 16th, 2013 at 8:21PM

Maybe do more shading thats isually where it gets more realistic from

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