Just Looking for Advice (Warning, Mondo Noob Inside)

[MDAICDXL]

So, I've been reluctant to post here because I've had no professional training whatsoever and compared to the worst scribble on CA my stuff looks like soggy tissues someone leaked ink on. I'm a writer by trade, really, but I've been trying to draw the things I see in my head. Sometimes words aren't quite enough, you know? I'm not in art school even a little bit, so I turn to you, O Internet, for help!
If you guys can give me a few tips, anything, for how to learn to draw in the Marvel/DC/Vertigo/white people comic book style, I would really appreciate it. I try to draw whenever I can, whether it's still life stuff or fantasy sketches, but it doesn't help. I can't even begin to try to use an actual comic book as a practice ref.
Whatever the response to this, thanks for just being really good artists I can look up to.

[Diarum]

Well the path to being able to drawing is not a short one, it will take hours and hours of drawing, everything you can think of should be drawn. Drawing from life ( drawing stuff around you) is one of the best ways to improve your drawing skills. Study anatomy, perspecive, and fundamentals. Yea its a lot to do, I would suggest if you really want to learn to do it then start a SketchBook if you have not already done so. Drawing comic book style wouldn't be the best thing to "learn" just because theres really no point unless you want to be a comic book artist, either way you still have to learn the basics and how to draw stuff so you might as well go straight to the basics.

Hope this helps! if it doesn't then.. FUCK YOU..lol jk :D

[Flashback]

funny, white people comic book style!

[Elwell]

white people comic book style
SRSLY?!
:oneye:
(Also, check this out: http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771 (http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771))

[Arshes Nei]

If you guys can give me a few tips, anything, for how to learn to draw in the .... white people comic book style,

Sorry, can't help you :|

[MDAICDXL]

XD
I felt the need to specify. I go to a very, VERY asian-centric school...So regular ol' 'comic book style' is generally corrected with "You mean manga right?"
Thanks for the link!
Yeah, it's hard to teach yourself, especially since I have a super short attention span...But I will practice! (I'm striking a determined pose right now)

[Arshes Nei]

XD
I felt the need to specify. I go to a very, VERY asian-centric school...So regular ol' 'comic book style' is generally corrected with "You mean manga right?"
Thanks for the link!
Yeah, it's hard to teach yourself, especially since I have a super short attention span...But I will practice! (I'm striking a determined pose right now)

Try "Western" or even "American Comics" it's a lot less offensive, since the US and other populations that work in the industry is made up of many different people. Although American would be less accurate since there are many who work in Europe (and even other countries on the books....but they were usually created/founded in the US).

[MDAICDXL]

Ah, the whole political correctness thing never really had sway with me. Seems like you can't turn around without offending someone or other, so rather than be called out for discrimination I am racially insensitive towards EVERYONE! It's worked out okay thus far...though that may be that being one of the 20% of white people in a school with 70% asians I'M the minority this time around...

[Elwell]

It's not so much being offensive, just moronic.