Beastbomb

I hope this is the right place to put this since it is art related, but it is only questions and not posting pictures that I have created.

I have just recently gotten an interest in drawing (and for a beginner, it's not as bad as I thought it would be). I was curious and wanted to ask if most artists or the artists on her use character models in order to create their characters in their drawings or If they just jump straight in and start drawing. I have been told that using characters models is needed to help show scale (after using them I can see why). But it is incredibly hard to build these character models and then draw around them because I end up leaving to many marks and the drawing just starts to look trashy. Is there any useful advice on how to xreate these models more efficiently than just freehand drawing them or are tools (rulers, etc) are better for these. Now I know that experience and constant practice is how an artists gets really good at their craft and I understand that time be taken in order to learn to draw. But I was hoping that I could learn a trick or two from many of the great artists that visit this site. I have purchased/ barrowed a few books in order to gain different perspectives to help me learn a little bit better and I am hoping that someone with greater experience could do the same. (I am learning to draw manga characters instead of more realistic characters, I enjoy their expressions and actions more).

I apoligize for bothering people with this because it has probably been asked hundreds of times and am sorry if this is the wrong place for this question. actually its kinda two.

1) Do I need to have an account on Photobucket to upload sigs, and

2) Where do most people find there pictures for there sigs.

Hello to everybody,

I've been a fan of Naruto for a long time (I began watching the anime when it first came out on Adult Swim... srry, can't remember the year it started). I stopped a little before the cancellation of the original anime on Adult Swim and did not even think of the series until Toonami brought it back in 2012.I was intrigued by the series then and wanted to catch up again. I have been a NaruSaku fan since the show began, but did not focus on the pairing until chapter 615 (never touched the manga until this point). I then quickly searched the internet for NaruSaku assurance and found the opinions here to give me hope again....And thats how i ended up here