How to draw clothes right?

Question: How to draw clothes right!?

I like drawing anime and sometimes realistically, but I suck at drawing clothes cus I never know where to put fold lines and creases and stuff!.!.!.does anyone know any tutorials on how to draw clothes more realistically with all the extra lines, so it looks like the clothes are actually falling onto the character/person!? I mostly wanna learn to draw shirts and tops etc!. and jeans!. Thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

The BEST tutorial is for you to go out and practice drawing from real life!. There is no, ONE way to draw clothing realistically!. Different materials will behave in different ways!. A leather jacket will not fold in the same manner as a silk blouse!. Thick wool will not drape the same as polyester!.

And I know ECACTLY what you are asking, because, by your question, you already know that clothes to not fit on top of the body like a paper doll's!. Materials will hang, drape, crease, fold, flow, pinch, billow and react to gravity!. (which all over the world, pulls in only one direction!.)

No tutorial can give you more than a handfull of hints, when a single, live, drawing session can show you much more!. Take a sketch pad to a local park and begin your observations!. I notice that way too many people are afraid to practice their drawing skills!. They seem to think that every page has to be a finished masterpiece!. It doesn't!. That's why they call it practice!.

An artist cannot begin to draw, realistically, from memory, untill he knows how real life works!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you don't know what something would look like, put on a shirt and bend your arm in the position you want while in front of a mirror and observe what happens!. also materials folds in an angular fashion, so drawing the softness of the fabric is not the way to go!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

All you have to do is practice, focus on doing certain parts, work on lines proportion, shadows/shading come later!. also, observe other people's work that have clothing in their drawingsWww@QuestionHome@Com