Drawcrostinating

So it's been a long time again since I've drawn, don't think I have this year yet as I've been super busy but the other day my eyes landed on these papers in the store and I figured what the hell, maybe I can take a moment to think while sketching some stuff.

This was my first attempt from the reference in the picture and the source below.

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I noticed everything had gotten so much more difficult, where to start, so many constant looks back and forth depending on proportions but worst part was how quickly you got tired. I also have to admit I didn't scan the reference well enough before I decided to go with it, halfway through doing the shadows I realized how great this artists does them, knowing dragon ball from the past you could in many places see the lines that would be visible if it wasn't so dark. They were really difficult to copy and at some point I just went automode and starting thinking about something random I was listening to while just filling it up. Was pretty chill but I think if I'm gonna do this a bit more often I'm gonna have to do some less time consuming ones in the near future before I can move onto my own anime faces I want to start doing - or at least try and find a stlye I enjoy, then maybe move onto digital where I can create them for comic purposes. Not really sure yet what I want to work on but I might figure it out along the way.

Anyway, this pic was pretty cool cause the Super Saiyan race remind me that there are no limits and much like the tech we are using we will be spending a lot of time training and building before we come out of nowhere and show our real potential. =)

Having said that, this drawing may have some more potential as well if I were to color it with some markers (that's why I didn't draw the eyes in case I make it just as dark as original), but for that I'd need markers, any of you drawing pros have any good recommendations for anime stuff but not limited to it? I hear copic's are great but they cost so much it would feel like I'm overestimating my skills which are barely existent so far for original drawing.

Let me know a good recommendation and why and get a vote for your time! :)

Shoutout to Hive account@artbyclark for the motivation I got to pick up a pen again after viewing his content, go check it out it's really awesome!