Before you post your art to ask for critique, please read these tutorials. They explain the basic principles of drawing and figure drawing. Most posts where these basics are missing will never get a response, as people are quite frankly sick and bored of explaining over and over that you would have to pretty much learn how to draw first, before you could improve.

Courtesy of Arne Niklas Jansson: Basic and comprehensive drawing and painting tutorial
Courtesy of Bakaneko: Figure Drawing Basics, Further Anatomy, Hands

These were brought to my attention by Aeresque#Artist. Courtesy of Scribd: Drawing the Human head, Drawing Dynamic Hands, Dynamic Figure Drawing
And for those of you who want it a bit easier, we also have the whole thing as one neat rar with all three books in pdf form.

NEW! These were brought to my attention by MajorTom in #fchan. Courtesy of Andrew Loomis: Creative Illustration, Drawing the Head and Hands, Eye Of The Painter, Figure drawing for all it's worth, Fun with a Pencil, Successful Drawing, Drawing Dynamic Hands.

If you think you know a good basic tutorial that would fit in here, feel free to contact me under Xenofur in IRC and I will add the link.

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TJ 10/04/27(Tue)22:53 No.708 708

So my cousin asks me to help him design his tattoo. I can't really draw, but I made this little scribble while hearing his disruption. He says it's supposed to be a sparrow, shot through the chest with an arrow, with one of it's wings open. Head cocked back, chest up, more or less what I doodled.

Can you guys help me with his tattoo, do I have the anatomy wrong, or anything else?

10/05/10(Mon)17:53 No.723 - 723 >>708 If I was you i'd put the arrow vertically (like it was hit straight on), and spread the nearside wing a little more, for effect.