日本語: Study 1: 目で測る

한글: 1강: 눈대중으로 측정하기

Did you know that you can improve your own drawing with AI? Niji Academy is an experimental program designed to help you learn drawing faster, using Niji. We have lectures every week, but we’re posting the exercises here, so you can reference them, if you can’t make it to lecture!

The key to understanding a picture is taking accurate measurements with your eyes. This is a good exercise for training your hand-eye coordination and building your understanding of the subject matter.

Step 1: Using niji --style cute, select a drawing

Step 2: Using only straight lines, make a low-poly silhouette of the drawing

Step 3: Set the previous step to 30%, Make a new layer, and, using only straight lines, define the general shapes.

Step 4: Set the previous step to 30%, Make a new layer, and refine the lines with curves.

Step 5: Turn the previous step off, and refine the lines more detail.

Checking your work

Step 6: Overlay your work on top of the original drawing, to see the diff