Talk:Jane Hook/@comment-8267955-20131210104911/@comment-14800267-20131213040454

Observation. Jane's ever After High style was done with heaps of references to get all the shapes correct (their basic structure is all the same, eyes, face shape, body shape arm and leg length etc) then a lot of taking what they had and twisting it to fit Jane. Their hair, for example, no matter how long or short or how it's tied up, is always in chunks of colour. The shapes of their outfits are pretty simple, they're just detailled with patterns and shading. Shoes are always detailed etc. I took a huge image into photoshop and zoomed in close to get the right colours and to figure out how they shaded (block for skin, scribbles over block for clothing, scribbles for hair)

Draw what you see, and draw it HOW you see it, don't draw what you think you see. You see they do two small lines to indicate a nose? Draw two small lines instead of a whole nose. you THINK you see a whole nose, but if you look closely, you really don't. It's an artistic trick.

Aside that, practice! Draw on everything, draw everything. people, faces, hands- especially hands- so many people hate hands.

Don't be scared of drawing, it can't hurt you and if you get it wrong, be comforted in the knowledge that no matter WHERE you are in your drawing level you will ALWAYS get it wrong. I get things wrong in every picture I do. But that's how I learn. I fix it next time or I draw it again. With that in mind draw whatever you want to draw, no matter how hard it seems. You might really surprise yourself. If you want to draw a whole ballroom background and your character in an elaborate gown, draw it. Don't settle for a standard standing with arms behind their back smiling pose because you won't learn much for that. It's safe. It's the same. Take risks and have fun.

On a very last note I also always encourage people to find their own style. Sure, draw EAH style, but develop your own as well. Jane looks great in EAH style, and everyone in the fandom knows she's mine... but if that went outside the fandom, no one would know who she belonged to- however, her images in my OWN style, everyone knows. I don't need a watermark because my style claims my ownership far better.