Now, of course, I could draw our subject (Zorori) with an expression of my own, but redrawing can be a good challenge to undertake now and then. Redrawing like this isn't as easy as it seems---trying to 1:1 another artist's lines and curves is very tedious, especially if one is accustomed to drawing one's own way, as I am (though I do make a hobby of drawing the characters of other people, I tend to do so in a way that fits my methods and in my 'style', as it were).
Redrawing's not only good for an experience of drawing, but a good exercise for the eye---when one is attempting some degree of exactitude, one tends view one's subject, and the art one makes of it differently (if done often enough, redrawing can help to hone one's hand-eye coordination; to make sleeker line art, esp. where curves and scale are concerned).
All that said, it's not good to depend on redrawing---ultimately, one needs to learn a method of undersketching if one is to draw characters in 'original' poses. A little redrawing is good, but done too often it becomes a crutch.
As for the my redrawing attempt of Zorori here, I give myself a 79% (give or take).
...The hat, dear Lord--the HAT! XD ...And I should have made the lower jaw a bit rounder; widened the head a bit; practiced drawing that knot before diving into it (etc, etc). Silly, stupid things like that (just need more practice). :3
HYPOTHETICALWATCHER: "You've been drawing these stupid animal cards for years, and you still suck. I used ScribbleKibble to judge your art: you're still at level one, and that's if we're being generous and accounting for your autism!"
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HYPOTHETICALWATCHER: "Now you're copying other people's drawings, no doubt to compensate for your own inability to draw the simplest of basic shapes children learn in kindergarten!"
Nothing wrong with that, so long as one is either in the process of learning or doesn't make a habit of it. Don Bluth said copying the art of others is how he learned to draw.
HYPOTHETICALWATCHER: "Who's Don Bluth? Some furry who thinks your art is cute?"
Um, no ...he's a former Disney animator who began his own studio *coughTheSecretofNIMHcough*
HYPOTHETICALWATCHER: "...Oh"
Please sit down.
Anyway, as Bluth said,
"...Monkey See, Monkey Do. That's a great principle, and that's how I learned how to draw: by watching someone else draw, or by copying drawings in comics or in graphic novels. That's how you learn!"
Again, I'm a little past needing to do this, but it's fun to try now and then. :3
...Also, it appears Bluth is drawing with a Faber-Castell pencil (albeit, I cannot be certain).
Speaking of pencils...
Yes, the featured pencil is an unsharpened 'Zorori' pencil made in Japan. That's all I know of it (mostly because I cannot read Japanese). ^^
One would think I'd have a thing for character pencils ...but I don't. This is among the very, very few that I have and want in my (main/serious) collection. :3
That's actually pretty great! I've tried doing that type of redraw once or twice over the years, and it always feels incredibly off. Even when I'm trying to be exact, it's obvious as heck that it's just an approximation of someone else's style (and a bad one at that). So it's really cool that you managed to capture the Zorori style in your redraw, even though it's not within your wheelhouse. Well done! :)
That's actually pretty great! I've tried doing that type of redraw once or twice over the years, and
