Japanese Cherry Blossom (Sakura) - Drawing Help

I’m still very new and been stressing out at trying to draw something as simple as a Japanese Cherry Blossom.

The problem I think I am having is making the petals all the same and the symmetry. When I rotate my cherry blossom it doesn’t look the same and looks wonky or weird. Not sure where I’m going wrong when drawing it.

Maybe someone can take a look at my drawing and give me some pointers or tips?

That's often the case when you draw. You can't just rotate it, it will look very different from different angles.

But that doesn't mean it's something wrong with it. If you did all petals exactly the same, the motif would probably look pretty stiff.

The trick is to give the impression all petals are the same, without being it. But as said that means you can't rotate it without the motif looking different from different angles.

The one in the middle looks better than the one in the bottom, I think.

If you would want to make all petals exactly the same you would have to measure and draw helplines. There's no way you can do it on free hand. Some prefer to use squared paper to draw on.

Hi!
If you want perfect symettry, use a computer or tools like a ruler and a drawing compass.
Because it takes a long way to draw perfect patterns without any help.
It's just that, your flowers look good!

Don't loose too much time over those little problems and use the available tools, you'll go faster

Peace,

DKJ

This is how I do mine on the iPad or drawn freehand straight to skin, just takes practice, the ones at the bottom are what I have drawn and made into stamps in procreate to make construction of pieces quicker.

Sorry, I completely forgot about drawing apps. There's an app -----> Paintstorm Studio | Professional software for digital painting

You can download it for free. It's great for especially mirrored motifs. You can do up to 100 mirrors.

They look good to me ,it’s a flower yes it’s symetrical but close enough is good enough

use photoshop symmetry brush if u want them all the same, otherwise I prefer the imperfections that come from hand drawn designs.

it's basically pointless to try perfect symmetry on paper

I agree with pretty much all the comments here. Your flowers look good and symmetry is too stiff or static when dealing with generally organic shapes. The small imperfections create uniqueness and style, where as drawing mirrored flowers on an app makes them a little too generic maybe. Not saying it doesn't have a purpose and time to be used, and things like mandalas are a perfect example of when it is almost required. I say stick to what you have going and don't waste your style trying for perfect symmetry in those flowers

Slow down and breathe.
Symmetrical pieces require precision not art.
Just take your time and perfectly match the circle, not everything is perfect though even if it looks that way. So to put it bluntly or TL;DR - You'll never get perfect symmetry, itll just be perceived that way.