The NSM Advice Column

[MaestroUGC]

Vanity is a bitch.

[ETFROXX]

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Ok I need your guys' help. I'm going to bed and when I get up I better have advice. What do I need to change to make this closer to this:

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[SuperFireKirby]

Um, is the problem that your having trouble drawing him. Or is it....far more serious than that?

...Oh God, you did not.

Tell me you didn't do it ETF.

Tell me you didn't open the Pandora's Box of anime.

[ETFROXX]

I'm drawing it for someone.

I just want suggestions dammit.

[Bubbles]

Im assuming you mean besides drawing the rest

Pay close attention to details, ESPECIALLY the eyes. Eyes are what make up the person, and the slightest change could drastically change the whole picture. Idk what the picture is supposed to be like, but he looks a little...insane? So make the pupils smallee than you normally would, and dont forget the little lines under his eyes for that effect. Try using guidelines to get the nose and mouth in the closest-to-perfect areas

Really all I can say is what I've heard over and over again - just draw what you see, not what you think you see. If a part looks meh, erase it and redraw it until youre satisfied. There was something else I wanted to say but I forgot.

Though people think I'm an artist because I can draw, all I really am is a perfectionist. Just don't stop until its as close as you can get it, but remember that its just about impossible to EXACTLY copy it

Sorry I dont know how much you know about drawing so those are just my basic rules

edit: Oh yeah and after drawing for a bit, step back and look at it. Dont just stop drawing, stare at something else like your wall or something for a little bit, then look back at it from a disyance. Sometimes you get so absorbed in drawing that you dont even see what youre drawing, if that makes any sense XD

[SuperFireKirby]

I'm drawing it for someone.

I just want suggestions dammit.

phew. that was a close one

Well, it seems you've got the bulk of it done. The hair is just a bunch of spikes so that should be simple. Same with a headband, If your want to know how you could improve it ummmm, I dunno. It's looks pretty well done to me. Maybe thicken of the eye-line/lash/whatevs, since they're supoosed to be fox-ish(also known as FOXY)

WAIT, WHY DA FUCK AM I CRITQUING YOUR SHIT WHEN YOU YA WOULDN'T SO MUCH AS COMMENT ON MINE, YA JACKWAGGON.

OH YA, CUZ I'M AWESOME. And board. Oh so very board.

[Bubbles]

How do you deal with someone you cant stand? Just ignoring them/staying away/making up isnt an option

[SuperFireKirby]

There's only one person on the face of the earth I can't stand. And I deal with him by yelling at him and calling him a moron/creep/jerkass/pervert/giant forehead when he gets on my nerves by being a moron/creep/jerkass/pervert/giant forehead.

Prolly not the best way to deal with a person tho.

[Mashi]

Depends on who the person is!  If it's someone of standing, you could always make him/her a rival of yours.
If not, you could try talking to him/her as well.  And if that fails, confront him/her again.  But in front of a bunch of people so he/she knows you're serious!!!  Chances are that if you have to go this far, the person in question is distasteful enough for you to be supported by others too.  In the worst case, the person won't change, but hopefully won't bother you as much!

[Bubbles]

But I dont want them to hate me back, I just want them to go away XD

[Mashi]

What kind of person is it?  How is he/she bothering you?

[Bubbles]

Shes just this girl who is in half of my classes. Extremely condescending and selfish, but also tries cracking jokes once in a while (you can guess how those turn out). She raises her hand during class to tell the teachers that she misses her old school (she left because of bullying) because the people there weren't as uneducated and dumb as they are at my school. Im not even joking. I also have to do a group project with her.

I feel like a little kid but asdfjkldasjf she just makes me MAD

[BlackDragonSlayer]

She raises her hand during class to tell the teachers that she misses her old school (she left because of bullying) because the people there weren't as uneducated and dumb as they are at my school. Im not even joking. I also have to do a group project with her.

Show her that the people in your school are not dumb: explode her mind with wonderful knowledge.

[the_last_sheikah]

Show her that the people in your school are not dumb: explode her mind with wonderful C-4.

ftfy.

[BlackDragonSlayer]

ftfy.

But then Bubbles might end up in jail (or, at the very least, juvenile hall).