# I can't sketch well =( **URL:** \ **Category:** Animation discussion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967 "2012-04-21T01:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Eric1223)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/1 "2012-04-21T01:12:20Z")
Hi. I need a lil bit of help with drawing. I can draw some, but I would like to become better at it. Usually when i draw, my sketches come out terrible. They are usually so bad, that i can’t use them as a trace sheet I would have to use it for a reference of poses… However, the final drawing always come out better.I want to sketch well enough so that i they can become traceable onto Synfig. Are there any sites i can go to for tips, or do you have any direct tips? I know the basic stuff, like, refering everything as a shape first then start filling it in, but the problem is how to go about doing it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rylleman](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/rylleman/32/35_2.png) [@rylleman](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rylleman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/2 "2012-04-21T19:12:34Z")
I recently read a thread on [Animationforum.net](http://Animationforum.net) regarding this, [http://www.animationforum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13962&highlight=draw](http://www.animationforum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13962&highlight=draw). I think it migh be useful to you. Perhaps not as much the link in the first post but the replies later in the thread. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![DaveJ](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/davej/32/93_2.png) [@DaveJ](https://forums.synfig.org/u/DaveJ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/3 "2012-04-22T11:17:53Z")
Fantastic link rylleman! There’s a really good document linked to later on in that thread… [floobynooby.com/ICAN102/How\_ … mation.pdf](http://www.floobynooby.com/ICAN102/How_To_Draw_Cartoons_for_Animation.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Eric1223)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/4 "2012-04-23T16:51:29Z")
Thanks! I like the part where he says think of it like sculpting instead of thinking it as drawing. Thinking this will help me give it depth, like a scultpure. ---
**Author:** ![jcome](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/jcome/32/3512_2.png) [@jcome](https://forums.synfig.org/u/jcome)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/5 "2012-04-23T23:24:47Z")
Johnk‘s animation school: [johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com/](http://johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Eric1223)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/6 "2012-04-29T01:17:19Z")
I’ve looked through some of the tips, and it helped improved some of my sketching because before they were alot more scribbily scrabble. They still are sorta, but it will straighten out in time. This is what I sketched after I read the tips. ![Glasses Bot temp 2.png](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6a8cae5f9df1a1c223a6e4a19b6d77f104a1ee3e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Eric1223](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Eric1223)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/7 "2012-04-29T01:19:54Z")
And here is the final design. I know its simple, but unlike before, I was able to follow my sketching for the most part. Now I have to practice at it, and learn more. Thx again. ![Glasses bot temp.png](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b6c67e50f9de50703c89ec7a703f09add18d92b3.png) ---
**Author:** ![kaushalsingh](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/kaushalsingh/32/123_2.png) [@kaushalsingh](https://forums.synfig.org/u/kaushalsingh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/8 "2012-10-26T08:55:09Z")
I can’t say anything before seeing your sketches because i 😕 about your problem can you give some samples of your sketches than i give… ---
**Author:** ![aaron1](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@aaron1](https://forums.synfig.org/u/aaron1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/9 "2012-10-29T07:37:43Z")
The same happened with me when i started skteching… 😃 You can do one thing just try to sketch it again and again…this will help you understand what is going wrong 😊 Dont get upset you’ll start sketching like an expert soon 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Headtoon](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/headtoon/32/142_2.png) [@Headtoon](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Headtoon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/10 "2014-10-03T15:45:47Z")
Yes this is something no beginner wants to hear, but the truth is you only get better at it by doing. One artist wrote you have 10,000 bad sketches/drawings in you, and you have to get those out first before you can get better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sinkestistie](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/sinkestistie/32/3782_2.png) [@Sinkestistie](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Sinkestistie)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/11 "2015-04-13T15:08:40Z")
Just read a lot and draw a lot 🙂 Another good way is try to copy the drawings of others, and you will learn the techniques. You can learn about anatomy of human if you want to draw characters. Good luck! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![punamjaisawal](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@punamjaisawal](https://forums.synfig.org/u/punamjaisawal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/13 "2018-02-17T08:25:20Z")
This is very useful thread for me i tried for many times for that. I think practice makes my drawing perfect. ---
**Author:** ![alessiomarkz](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@alessiomarkz](https://forums.synfig.org/u/alessiomarkz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/14 "2018-03-07T12:02:17Z")
This can discuss with that artist without any flow ---
**Author:** ![InfoCentral](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/infocentral/32/221_2.png) [@InfoCentral](https://forums.synfig.org/u/InfoCentral)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/15 "2018-06-05T15:26:08Z")
Vector graphics is for people who can’t/don’t want to sketch. You layer shapes instead of drawing them. Something to consider if your not good at drawing a box. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/16 "2018-06-05T19:35:27Z")
> [@InfoCentral](#): > > Vector graphics is for people who can’t/don’t want to sketch. You layer shapes instead of drawing them. Something to consider if your not good at drawing a box. 😃 Vector and raster graphics are just two different drawing techniques and both of them require talent. Vectors are easier to interpolate between two keyframes (the original Synfig was made to avoid manual tweening) Nothing prevent to use them together in a project (manga are often mix a vector, raster and 3D) ---
**Author:** ![paulyvalent](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/paulyvalent/32/4175_2.png) [@paulyvalent](https://forums.synfig.org/u/paulyvalent)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/17 "2018-10-02T10:30:55Z")
the basics! you can learn in 10 lessons…how to draw realistic things with an excellent method… how to draw with the right side of your brain! [click here!](http://www.drawright.com/) ---
**Author:** ![KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/konstantindmitriev/32/3_2.png) [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/i-cant-sketch-well/1967/19 "2022-11-01T14:23:59Z")
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