/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Just a study. The goal was to try and make an image with elements of multiple references

>>3931036
lower body anatomy is completely fucked, and is way out of proportion with the rest of the body

>>3930990

Any thoughts?

euan uglow study

I need help with the head size and I have no idea how to render

I don't know how to draw arms. Help

>>3931036
Agree with >>3931109
Colors and paint application are nice though.

>>3931755
Here is a photo reference with similar angles to your drawing.

>>3931772
thanks a ton dude

>>3931754
I think the smaller head size looks more natural for your realistic style. If your drawing were in a more cartoony style, the bigger head would look better.

>>3931764
I drew it like that intentionally, to go for a more stylized figure like pic related here. I can see how it’s probably not the best approach to do that though

>>3932030
>intentional
you're not fooling anyone including yourself

>>3932030
The reason the original piece works and yours doesn't is because the one you posted is mostly fucking with perspective to get that effect and yours is just fucked.
It doesn't matter if you did it intentionally if you have no idea why the original artist did it this way to start with.
Emulation is good but try to understand why an artist messes with shit to start with instead of just copying without understanding. View it like a math problem, the end result means nothing all you should care about is how you get there.

>>3931755
--> /beg/

>>3932241
nice

>>3931772
Thank you!

>>3932030
>muh style
Just admit you fucked up.

Thing I started a while back and didn’t pick up till recently only to find out that my style kinda changed and I was unable to finish it so I kinda gave up

How do I draw one of the doors half open (double door swing in this gate) in this perspective ?

>>3932714
draw the door closed. draw an ellipse in perspective using the top of the door as the radius of the ellipse.

>>3932714
My 2 minute attempt, since I never get to mess with backgrounds

Looks cool by the way, should be interesting when finished

>>3931694
more like uglyw

I'm struggling to get the perspective of the face right, could someone possibly give me a redline?

Im failing art school guys

currently working on this, skaven for the most part are finished, moving on to the lizardmen, any critique good or bad is much appreciated

>>3932834
post work

>>3933078
Looks good. Post final when fully rendered

>>3931694
why are you studying uglow anon, genuine question

>>3931754
personally i think the smaller head works better, but in general it looks great!

>>3932746
Man I'm pretty sure this was in Scott's How to Draw, I should've read it more carefully, thanks a lot !
>>3932755
Looking nice ! You found my upper vanishing point while I take a good while to do so if they aren't visible heh, thanks !

>>3933078
I don't like values at all. You could move picture plane little to right, it would benefit composition.

>>3933218
"Not liking values" is pretty broad, care to elaborate a bit, would love to implement this feedback

>>3933134
>>3933139
Rad as fuck

>>3932755
A door with this shape can't open on the inside anon :^)

I don't have any questions, just posting anyway

>>3933296
Very nice

I can't replicate people accurately to save my life.

Rate self portrait

>>3933373
L O N D O N

>>3933191
Which one works better? Someone said to me that I should try wrapped perspective but I'm not good enough at it to know if it's possible,,,,

>>3933373
Bring eyes closer to each other, make them bigger and make the nose wider. I very much doubt that proportions in your self portrait are true to reality. It looks like you made your features smaller than they should be and put them into a properly sized head, although it's hard to tell because I don't know how do you look like.

>>3933488
You warped it the wrong way. Draw from life, our eyes create a fisheye perspective if you start turning your head.

>>3931164
Nose is too much to the left, his left eye (right for the viewer) is smaller than the other eye. Don't use pure blacks, I'd suggest decrease your value scale and focus more on constructing a symetric face, then play with values. Pic rel values could work for your drawing.

>>3933265
You using too much dark midtones, there is lot of great detail but its kinda lost. Popup light in some places a little.

>>3933296
Do you have a blog?

>>3933509
So I already drew a few things with a fisheye perspective but the whole perspective was like this (4pts I think) but I must admit that right now I don't know how to manage it. Maybe wrapping the collumn on the right to make it look even will work ?

>>3933514
Alright awesome, will definitley try this, thanks

>>3933518
Gave it a go

>>3933529
Annnnd I need more studies. Fun but i'm not Kim Jung Gi

>>3933529
>>3933558
Oof thanks a lot!
I don't think I'll change it now that I have most of the lines down and I'll probably keep the one that is not curved, but your sketches gave me a better understanding of all this. I'm definitely saving this for near future use when I'll attempt drawing a background again, many thanks anon!

>>3931440
based

Work in progress.

>>3931036
Lovely mood.
>>3931440
Really unique, anon. I’m kind of enamored with it.
>>3931694
I like the soft color harmony you’ve got going on.

Working on this right now. Drawing is hard. Any critique is appreciated.

>>3933586
somebody's been watching sinix

>>3933632
:^) he’s why I got into art

>>3933634
dont be afraid to study others too

>>3933643
Didn't realise it looks so similar to his stuff, hoping that it will wash out as I improve more? Honestly I don't do artist studies, but seems like i should since my influences are only like 3 guys.

>>3933648
you might not be doing master studies of his stuff, but if you use to play one of his videos when drawing it will influence you in time. When I used to draw while watching kienan I got into the habit of drawing his heads and eyes, and when I used to watch sicra I drew his eyes and bodies

tried to scoot but it made him toot.

>>3933652
Argh yeah that's insidious. What did you do to develop your style?

>>3933655
I dont have a style yet. When I am drawing a character I try to get as close to the original style, so I am all over the place depending on what I am interested atm. I suppose as I get better I will decide on this and that here and there and will come up to something.

>>3933744
>>3933745
cool. sorry I'm not good enough to critique it.

>>3933760
Thanks, and no worries, anon. I was just trying to be brave and put my work out here.

Painted in the park

I'm pretty shit, how can I improve this.

>>3933974
if from imagination, that's actually quite good.
if referenced, it sucks huge cock because you didn't actually pay attention to the linework you dummy.
so here's the final solution to your problemo: sketch what you want to ink properly before inking it. if you can't even sketch what you want to draw, you ain't drawing it. you are not at that level. in fact, nobody from master to amateur is. the number of great pieces/masterpieces that were created on a whim is the equivalent of a single atom in the entirety of the observable universe. everyone, masters and beggars alike, must start by outlining/brainstorming what they want to make. get your lines right until they are in the way you need/want them to be, then finalize your piece. otherwise you're just wasting a bunch of time finishing something that'll look bad anyway compared to someone who did take the time to get their lines right.

>>3933488
Sealed gates which led to a better world.

>>3933989
This one was from imagination. I tried to do as much of this from my memory of the characters as possible.

I also did sketch this out before inking it. But I guess my linework was so shit anyway that it didn't help. How exactly do I get my lines right and where are the most glaring problems? I know the right pectoral looks like shit and the right arm looks wonky. My friend told me that it looked to fleshy before so I tried to give it some edge so it looks less like he was whereing nothing. In the end I guess it came out just looking bad.

>>3934001
very good, but the perspective on the top part of the pillar looks a bit too flat

>>3933974
>>3934031
Here's a continuation

>>3933974
>>3934031
Here's a continuation

(Fixed repost)

how do you paint a master study and not feel like a total fucking failure? I've heard this is the highest form of study, but it seems like the gap between the two is just so vast, it seems pointless. what am I supposed to derive from this?

>>3933974
>>3934031
Here's a continuation

(Repost with fixed picture because I'm retarded)

>>3934561
You keep doing them and feel slightly less and less like a failure each time.

Its probably the best form of studying other than drawing/painting directly from life.

Puts you into the mind of a master when it comes to things like choices in composition, perspective, values, color choice, idealized figures, texture, etc. Masters like Bougereau had all these things figured out to the highest level.

>>3934144
Great values and color but his face looks like he had the life sucked out of him by his wife ten years ago

>>3934561
>how do you paint a master study and not feel like a total fucking failure?
>I've heard this is the highest form of study
You have provided part of the answer to your question. The other part is that you are not presently at a level where this study would benefit you. Your background is evidence enough of that. The lack of effort is quite apparent.

Master studies are typically idealistic. They are supremely well composed pieces of artwork that pay mind to every detail placed upon the canvas, but the overarching goal was to achieve something in the realm closest to perfection.

If you are not mentally ready to acknowledge the most minute of details and strive to capture them, then the study provides you with no benefit. It is not the finish project, but the process in having finished accurately and correctly that is valuable. Simply put, you are not putting in enough effort to gain any significant benefit from this study. Your figure's form is completely off and your understanding of values is basic. The overall composition is amateurish work. Any further investment of your time into this study is pointless.

You need to study your values, work on your lines and brushstrokes, and pay closer attention to/care more about your composition. I believe you made an honest effort, but it was not nearly your hardest.

>>3934561
Coming back and redoing the same master study a few months after is a pretty good way to spot progress. But doing a master study and really trying to delve into the whole process of a masterpiece will teach you the craft hands on, if you do your research that is, and not just blindly jump into such a large task.

>>3933371
It looks silly because of the mouth. Don't outline the lips, instead use value to suggest the lip line just like you did with the nose. Otherwise great work!

>>3934597
>>3934606
>>3934611

Thank you everyone. Your comments highlighted that I was coming at this study all wrong. I came at it like I would try for a photo study, timed and a focus on things -generally- being in the right place, and a "if it feels close enough" attitude. Masters work should be more respected than that. They put much more thought and effort into every detail, I should be treating them with the same respect the had for their own craft. Next time I will be far more respectful with the art. Thank you all for your input. It really wasn't my hardest effort, and the piece (and Bouguereau himself) deserve that I do better.

This is one of the reasons I like this site. I am free to make an absolute embarrassment of myself, doing stupid shit like that, and have it not tarnish my name

>>3934691
It's less about respecting the artist/art, and more about actually thinking in the way the master did. Your goal is to attempt to come to the same result in the same way they did, you're trying to think like them.

>>3930990
Any good methods for learning anatomy? I keep
relying on my shitty imagination to fill gaps for how things should be.

>>3935031
There’s form in your pic, i’d Suggest going to life drawing classes and bring more fidelity to your drawings. Once you get perspective you should just go straight to studying nature.

>>3934144
Cool shit, anon.
Darkening the BG's value would help,. i think.
---
Anyway, pic related is latest commission i worked on.
I'm happy with the result, all in all.

>>3932241
Album cover if I ever saw one

>>3933513

>>3931440
Those barnacle things are neat.

>>3934561
Your really don't see the difference between that and yours? You can't see that the pupil is too big in yours for example? If you can see the difference why haven't you changed it?

>>3932030
Yours isn't from this perspective though. Looking up while near to something like this could distort perspective like a fish eye lense

Wip, thoughts? Need help with the feel of the eye, plus I have no fucking idea what dish to serve

>>3930990
where do i even begin when i redo this?

>>3936007
ref

Some pose sketches I did today.
One is from reference, the other two are from imagination.

>>3936007
with loomis

I am practicing coloring and portraits, opinions to improve?

Just a wee update

>>3936072
Gorgeous. How do you get the skin to glow so well, anon?

yo

current project. getting close to done, but still feeling like i hate it. art is fun.

>>3935978
this is coming along nicely

>>3935997
>>3935999
lovely rendering

>>3936042
loving the gesture here


>>3936072
pure pro, this is incredible

>>3936152
>loving the gesture here
Thanks. I've been really working on improving that aspect of my art. I like to think that is paying off

>>3935999
>>3935997

delicious nurzhan studies

>>3936140
Interesting ideas, but your fundamentals are really lacking.
Have you read about symbol drawing? Right now it's clear you don't quite get how the 3D shapes are supposed to be interacting with the lighting, the light source direction is not clear, light and shadow are distributed kinda randomly. That's making the painting look flat.

Also, colors and rendering are muddy. I think I know the rendering style you're going for, something like how Ruan Jia renders stuff sometimes where he punches rough looking brushes and weird colors on the canvas until they magically look coherent and beautiful, but without the previous knowledge of light and form it just makes your painting look messier. Focus on studying stuff like pic related, study faces and anatomy, how to properly block paint, all while you experiment doing your thing on the side, applying those studies to your art.
It seems like you're studying color, trying those opposite colors, balancing warm and cold, a few saturated spots here and there, but that's the last stuff to worry about, if you nail the basic stuff, you'll see these other things falling into place easier.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHFRfdirLJKk822fwOxR6Zn6

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHGuMuprDarMz_Y9Fbw_d2ws

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39135B8D190B7C97

>>3936070
Is this from a photo?
Use a bigger brush, your strokes are really messy. Learn to block in big shapes and then going for small details. You shouldn't have to go over the same spot a hundred times to make a solid circle.

>>3936293
this pic, also pic related is a good practice for brush economy

>>3936302

>>3936306

>>3936307

>>3936309

>>3933371
eyes nose mouth and hands are all bad. work on those things individually. and how wide is that neck? and why is the hair just a black blob?

>>3933371

>>3936140
really cool but just a few weird things. the texture of the hair doesn't look like hair. the eyes look pretty flat, left hand is really big. clothes need some shadows. but its definitely got potential. skin and lips look good. refine it, see what you can do with it

>>3934561
How many attempts have you made? You can't just expect to copy the result of years, if not decades of experience by a master artist in one go. On top of that, you're attempting a masterwork by Bouguereau in oil, and translating it to digital, which is a challenge for even experienced digital artists - and a painting towards the end of his life, at the height of his skill.

The point of a master study is to get hands on experience figuring out how the artist solved problems and approached the painting, getting hints and insight into composition, color, and texture, even paint strokes if you're looking at it in person. (students often copy paintings in museums).

You're rushing towards the goal, without looking at the painting. You haven't accurately captured the form, and then compounded color and value errors on top of that. If you're not going to actually study the painting, and how it's constructed, starting with the form, what do you expect to accomplish?

This is above your skill level. Nothing wrong with admitting that - you need to understand the fundamentals of painting, color, and composition before you can start deconstructing what he did, and rebuilding it in your own version.

AT MOST, pick one part of it, like the face, and start there. Draw it accurately. Tru to figure out how to translate what he did with glazes and subtle brushwork, and pay attention to the hues, the values, and the lighting.. Bouguereau was an incredible painter, I've been lucky enough to see his stuff in person and see how subtle his work is close up. It's hard to detect paint strokes, and he worked LARGE. His colors are too subtle for photography.

Try something easier, or do studies of small sections. You're painting what you think is there, not what really is. Look at where her hand is near her face, and where the one you attempted is. Do you know how to measure? Because that looks like you didn't even try.

It's not surprising at all you're frustrated.

>>3932488
Pretty neat, not sure about the background color

>>3932786
What's bothering me more is the ear

>>3932834
Post work and we can begin to spoon feed tou

>>3933361
Would skull fuck/10

>>3936152
>>3936229
thanks guys

Dynamic pose study

Painted in the park again

>>3932786
first redline, not sure if it'll help
i put down some guides anyway

>>3936293
i tried lads, i tried.

>>3933523
>>3933078
>>3933296
>>3936072

um, one question
are you already making money at this skill?
just asking tho

>>3936007

cleaner lines
anatomy (right arm, left arm, torso size, shoulders uneven, hands are lazy, shoulder blades, spine)
hair is patchy needs to be cleaner looks like straw

>>3936533
I uploaded a second draft of you look about 2 posts above yours

A study. Someone posted the reference on one of the threads but I forgot which one, so I'm just posting the study here.

>>3936537
And this; some of the references might be from the recent reference thread.

>>3936537
I don't like where this is going but I do like the style

>>3936491
Sucks

>>3936517
Don't redline people if you are as clueless as them. Trust me on that, your head is far from being good.

Does anyone have any child figure references? Usually I just take photos of people in parks or on the street if I need natural-looking references, but taking pictures of people's kids seems like a good way to lose teeth.

>>3936569
Why is this such a common question

>>3936575
Because taking pictures of people's kids seems like a good way to lose teeth, and people like their teeth.

>>3936578
How about you like not be weird tho

>>3936537
>>3936540
Got a blog, anon? I like this a lot.

>>3936569
Pay for reference pictures on a stock photo site, asking for pictures of kids is weird

>>3934001
Dual Rooms. I'll do the fantasy one later, if you have any crits on the presentation, I'm taking them.

>>3936537
god I wish that was me

This is my first drawing with color and an attempt at a backround

Never tried a landscape before '-'

>>3936540
Tell me anon, are your lines smooth because you erase and redraw them, or do you keep them and you can draw them smoothly

watched the new ross draw video

I am not classically trained and I am not the actual artist for the developing strip, but I have come up with the ascetic/style for the book

Please rate?

Most work here is incredible, I really hope each one of you utilize the gift to some capacity!

>>3936526
put some more time into it. head is too small, and i made notes on the picture. but at this point the values are the biggest problem. i have no idea what im doing, obviously

>>3936583
>>3936597
Wait, fuck, thought this was the reference sharing thread. My bad.

What can i improve on? i know the space from the mountains and the lake is really empty

>>3936606
this takes me back, got a blog?

not sure where to go from here to make it more appealing.

>>3936701
You need to paint closely from reference for a while.

>>3936721
Yeah this wasn]t from reference,

>>3936726
He’s saying you need to do a lot of studies from photos or paintings. I agree with him.

>>3933152
because ive done a metric fuck ton of portrait studies lately and i wanted to try something stylized and fun

>>3936711
soften it up a bit more, mines not the best example but i just wanted to give you a visual.

The one in the middle is closer to what I'am going for style/design wise. Wanted to do what Trash mob Minis does, but for my self for when I DM or just have a collection that my DM could use for battles.

Going to have more poses and weapon variation, 3 poses of spear, sword&board, bow, sling, casters etc...

Any feed back is welcomed.

>>3936526
You didn't quite get the values right, but that's not your fault in this case, you just picked a really bad reference to practice. Lighting is really flat and certainly photoshoped into oblivion, it makes for a pretty, slick photo, but terrible for practicing values and form.
Number 4 on this video is really helpful on this subject:
https://youtu.be/LrHfrncvODQ?t=3m3s

>>3936655
It's ok for the anatomy to be a little fucked if the goal of the study was rendering. Of course he should also study anatomy, but that's beside the point.

>>3936701
I'm sorry, anon, but everything is wrong with this picture. Seems you underestimated the level of skill necessary to make a good, interesting landscape painting.
You need to learn to draw properly, from the beginning. Learn form, perspective, values, then composition, color theory.
Study what makes other landscape paintings work, study from real life photos.

Pic related is from an Edgar Payne book, a badass landscape painter.

>>3936911
Thanks for the opinion

>>3936711
Front view is kinda dull but fine. It's obvious you've painted symmetrically at some point and you need more variation to avoid that look. Proportions are kinda messy, very wide cheeks. Study the planes of the head to help you figure out how to shape the form of the face, it's not a plaque

Also, hand paint the stupid clip-art

>>3936900
just to be clear i made them both and youre exactly right about the values and reference. thanks for your comments.

>>3936007
If you already know about landmarks in anatomy, how to triangulate measurements inside the drawing, there's not much else you can change in your process. Just grab a new reference and keep going. Your eye will eventually get better at picking up proportions

https://youtu.be/Qwt_wggUFHg

https://youtu.be/AzDGO0LssEM

>>3936585
Thanks! It's pollenoxide on twitter and newgrounds. Mostly porn stuff though.

>>3936617
Not sure, but I reckon it's both.

Just finished working on this piece.

>>3937136
The eyes are...severely misaligned. Is this a meme?

I think I messed up the shoulders. And the hands... and the rest of the upper body, too.

how is this for 40 mins? too slow?
ref from line-of-action.com

>>3930990
Stalenhag inspired study

I picked a game project back up and got frustrated

feel free to use this however

>>3936805
no, please the first one is a lot better than soft.

How to paint please

painted my friend

I suck at doing backgrounds any advice on that?

>>3938534
Ctrl+Paint on Youtube will get you started

>>3938550
i really like this anon
any instagram or blog etc?

>>3936998
>pollenoxide
I like your studies and doodles more than the art you present on twitter. and not because it's NSFW but it literally looks tens times better than your porn, but hey thats just me

>>3938490
its not even the level of softness im talking about, i was just giving an example for some areas, no need to be a jackass even tho i said its not the best example. shit face.

>>3930990

>>3930990
Trying to get back into drawing/painting. Been a while. I see lots of mistakes/things that need work wondering if you see them too. What can I do better? What works for you?

>>3931440
This is impressive.
Does anyone know how does one get to a level where it's possible to draw like this from imagination? I know that volume is important but is there any sort of specific practice I can do?

>>3939101
>Specific practices to get good at drawing from imagination

>Get really good at drawing everything from observation
>Get really good at drawing everything from memory
>Apply everything you learned from the first two steps to draw from imagination.
>Repeat all three steps

That's literally what Kim Jung Gi did his entire life to get where he is. Its not fucking rocket science - you have to actually LEARN what things look like before you can realistically draw them well from imagination.

>>3936527
no sir, just do it for fun, hope to get a career in the future or some sort of commission work, just have to improve my skill set first

How are my eyes?

>>3934001
I don't know what I am doing on this one.

>>3938999
have you actually tried to draw/study backgrounds? Post your attempts please.

>>3936701
The absolute state of /draw/

>>3939495
Not as good as you think they are.

>>3939603
Post your work

>>3939607
What's wrong with them?

>>3933296
>>3936072
Can I ask how much did this take you so far out of curiosity?

>>3936998
i really like your work, didn't expect this style after seeing those other studies

top, bottom or neither?

>>3940036
bottom looks better to me, lighting seems more realistic and less washed out

>>3940036
Bottom for sure. It provides a much more solid, contained atmosphere.

>>3940036
Going against the grain and saying the top ne has a softer, moodier feel. Is that Nibelheim?

I need to better connect the bottom and top portions of this. I’m not sure how to go about it though. Any ideas?

>>3936072
post references

>>3940193
This was the only direct reference used the rest I mostly made up.

>>3940168
Are you the same anon who made that piece of wolves eating (fucking?) women in a forest?

>>3940204
Yeah. They were supposed to be puking them out.


... it’s not my best

>>3940230
Not op but post that one too I want to see.
The one you just posted is really cool. Is there some kind of concept to it that you’re conveying or do you just want to draw cool grody shit?

Obviously referenced from the album cover, but took some liberties. Thoughts & suggestions welcome. Thanks.

>>3940168
I don't know anything about drawing,
But that is a really cool picture.

>>3940241
pretty basic subject matter, but looks pretty good.

>>3940168
what is your art background/education? How did you learn to paint in this way?

>>3940255
Just I learned almost nothing from art college. I just paint a lot and focus on how to improve

>>3936537
great dude.

How's this?

>>3931772
wow what a nice guy

Just finished this 2B.

>>3940470
plz gib blog i admire ur work anon

First drawing in years. I know I'm bad.... can I get critique of things to focus on for next time please?

>>3936491
good shit, do more

>>3940717
Focus on facial anatomy. I see some potential

>>3937432
it's a bit slow, imho. keep practicing.
proportions also seem a bit... off, but i have to see the reference. Legs seem too short and heat too big compared to the rest of the body.
Linework is breddy good, nice work.

Made some textures for advertising billboards to place inside games. Somewhat inspired by the lovely little details inside overwatch map, they just make the world come to life. Gonna sell them on gamedev assetstores and marketplaces.

What does /ic/ think of them?

Not sure if colors are working

>>3941163
They're well made for sure - bright and colorful and created with care.

The only issue I can think of involves your intent. If you plan to sell these as assets for games, then you might get a few bites. However, I think these designs are actually pretty niche stylistically, and they wouldn't be appropriate for a lot of projects. I really think you could increase the sell-ability of these by including more "normal" designs. Ones like 'Petrolux', 'gonzo-color', 'Chiquita Meloncita' -- those are all pretty neutral and would fit nicely into a wide variety of different projects. Designs like 'Thicc Pancakes' and 'Pink Dolls Club' and 'Porkybat Burger' are really wacky and seemed to be appealing to a very narrow tone.

Maybe it'd be best to separate designs into 2 packs, one with more neutral, realistic brands and one with more wacky / fun ones.

Just a thought!

I don't know how to fix the faces. Also, is the hair too realistic for the rest of the artstyle?

>>3941166
You're pillow shadowing my dude, stap it

>>3933652
That happened to me as well, I started drawing very similarly to Kienan

im never going to render anything.

>>3941527
There is absolutely nothing wrong with flat colors and values. You don't have to 'render' things out if you don't want to.

>>3934001
Some exercises, maybe one day I'll be good at painting.

wip

This is my first time ever drawing something that isn't lineart based, and even more adventurous, I'm doing it all on one layer (sans freckles).

It's still giga-WIP, but tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong please.

Referenced the hat, rest is from imagination

>>3941934
Oops sorry for the image rotation

>>3941934
I know people think that this practice is common courtesy, but you know you really don't need to inform people when you reference something so trivial.

>>3941960
Oh...yeah true I guess

I started out trying to draw the SPQR flag, but I just ended up with this bird.

>>3939771
Sorry I took so long, hope you're still around.
The lines are all really wonky, lots of random placed lines of expression that don't help convey form, instead they just look like flaccid skin.
Very common marks of a beginner artist's style.

The reason I replied like an ass instead of an actual critique is because you didn't post anything to critique. It seems like you were just proud of the eyes you inked and wanted to show off, trying to hide the rest of the drawing.

>>3941698
use levels tool

>>3942181
Thank you Anon for the tip !

>>3942298
Tried again.

>>3933612
/beg/

>>3933296
Are youe the guy that was doing the dance scene last thread? Can I see the progress on that it looked amazing

Also blog

>>3933586
:^)

>>3942560
Haha 4 u

>>3936862
Not sure to have ears visible on both sides. Going to do a clean up and multiple poses/weapons.

should i go further with ths one?

beginner here, just need general feedback, feel like i have a lot of shit to improve on

>>3943062
Could use some clarification around the head - helmet with buckles or hair with flowers?

Otherwise looks quite nice

>>3942087
Well here's the rest of it.

Anyway to improve it? Kinda stuck doing the shading for the hat and the face.

Are these threads always this slow?

>>3943509
No, don't really know what's up.

>>3930990
Wow I'm retarded I posted in the wrong thread. Sorry.

This is kinda finished but I'm not really happy with it... anyone has any tipps?

did this, feels good to be painting light on a figure again

>>3943949
again, consider adding a second hue. You're painting monochrome for unknown reasons. Maybe you hate emotive work.

>>3943950
Generally like it, the shadows and light don't really show where the light shines from, though.

>>3943953
Haha not really. This is a drawing I finished some time ago.

>>3943974
Haha But no really. You need to think a lot more about colour temperature.

>>3943978
Maybe yeah. I just have a few favourite colours I like to use... I dunno why. Maybe I do hate emotive work afterall. I'll read up on the matter - thanks!

>>3943981
To be less of an asshole, you have nice structure and narrative to your works. It’s dissapointing to me that the values/colour are so weak, it feels like an easy win for you. Go do some photo studies and think more about reflected light.

>>3943984
Yeah I already started reading up on it and started noticing some things I mess up regularly. You pushed me in the right direction thanks :)

I actually own "Colour and Light" I should propably give it another read ( maybe more serious this time haha)

>>3943966
oh dang ! thanks for pointing this out lol. I was using a head plane model I 3D printed and I think I painted a few too many other light sources

>>3943077
you need more fluid movement. maybe practice really quick 30 sec. gestures with a single line of action and move up from there

>>3931754
big head is more similar to digimon's style

>>3941319
the hair looks weird because it doesn't have outlines like the rest of the drawing

>>3943077
study the pelvis more, and how it connects to the rib cage

How am I doing bros?

>>3943488
Dude fix your resolution, I had to copy this into photoshop to see anything...

But Since I already had it in PS I removed the hat and scarf... maybe that helps you to identify why it looks weird... even if you stylize something there are just certain rules of anatomy which you should abide to so it still "feels" right... so basically get back to your head anatomy basics.

And as long as you need it, start drawing the figure without the clothing to really get the structure right.

Having trouble with baboons, tried drawing their skulls but I cannot figure out how to stretch skin flesh over them
Like the skull looks like one thing and their normal photos feel like something else

>>3933296
>>3942554
>>3940168
P.S. this was the image, really want to see how it came out if this was you. Your shit is amazing

I'm trying to learn how to use a graphics tablet, and I don't really like how this is turning out. It's not even a quarter done but it feels extremely flat and dimensionless.

I'm thinking of starting over, as to avoid turd polishing, but i've been told you shouldn't give up on a drawing so you can learn from it.

wat do?

>>3940168
looks like album art for The Sword or Baroness

>>3944470
nice

>>3944681
consider suicide

>>3944438
Thanks that actually paints a really glaring issue but I don't see how that helps with shading and creating shadows???

Is this ugly? I don't even know anymore.

>>3944825
I will see this in my nightmares tonight I'm sure

>>3944825
Not really my type of girl but if that's what you're into.

>>3944804
>Thanks that actually paints a really glaring issue

>But I don't see how that helps with shading and creating shadows

... shading will get a lot easier when the fundamentals are understood. You can't build a house on a rotten foundation.

>>3944825
looks like a living doll

>>3944681
I like it. It will propably look a lot better once you add shading/colours to create depth. Wouldn't give up on this one just yet

>>3944836
I just wanted to make the faces look cute and doll-like, so I kept making the noses shorter and the eyes bigger and darker, but I think I went to far.

>>3944834
Well, at least my drawing has some kind of impact then.

>>3944841
A cute one or a creepy one though?

>>3944840
>You can't build a house on a rotten foundation.
Calm down dude it's the first piece of artwork I've put work into the past few month.

>>3944825
I dunno if this helps you anon. The eyes seem a bit creepy since they aren't sitting in their eye hole and just seem to be black holes. and the nose is pretty pig like. Also moved the ear further in....

Sorry english isn't my first language I hope the picture helps

>>3944850
I agree on the pig-nose. I don't really know how to render a cute button-nose, but I think your version looks already better. I'm not sure what you mean by "eyes aren't sitting in their eye hole" though. Are you refering to the general head construction?

>>3944848
I don't know what to tell you buddy. Maybe look up screenshots from the new Mortal Kombat game Erron Black looks a lot like your character maybe you can find some refrence shots you like.

>>3944853
Just the eyebrow flowing away and the lack of shadow makes everything feel a bit flat - but it's fine if I added too much hard shadow for your taste - I just like hard edges :)

>>3944857
Thanks anon I'll hold onto the other advice you gave me.

>>3944861
Ah, I see. Using hard shadows around the eyes used to result in quite old and tired looking faces in my former drawings, so I went over to using much softer shadows for the eyes. But maybe I overcompensated on that end.

>>3944857
One more thing.

How does it compare to my old one?

>>3944847
creepy

I'm kinda lost on what else to draw in this.

Loosely sketching light and shadows is so much easier than just drawing clean outlines.

I should do it more often.

>>3944825
I suck at shading and drawing realistic stuff but I did try to fix this, take this with a grain of salt. So here goes:
The animu eyes feel unnatural in such position - due to their size they feel a tad close together. Even with normal eyes the probably would be a little close-ish.
The nose is stuck somewhere in between being a proper nose and stylized sphere representing the nose. You should define the bottom more clearly and more defined alae of the nose might be a good idea too. Otherwise you might blend the alae and apex of the nose into single triangular-ish shape like disney do with their 3D cartoons.
Lips are a little too glossy, IMO. See Gwangtaeg Misul's work, he manages to make lips look glossy without smearing the white reflection all over them.

These eyea are 6 weeks apart. Any improvements?

meh

>>3945024
>>3944861
Thank you both for your advice.

I want to draw the effect of light filtering through tree foliage, but the keywords I'm using on Google to find reference aren't helping. I did a rough sketch of what I mean on my current piece. Would anyone happen to have some references or websites handy?

>>3944906
pedophile detected

>>3945564
tumblrina tranny detected

Decided to finally start drawing characters that I love, so here's some Old Loki.

>>3944418
First time doing grayscale like this
Looks like a mess but I'll try to do better time lol

just getting back into personal stuff.

made it into the industry wage cage last month though, so that's cool.

>>3930990

>>3930990
had all day to make some cool art but all I did was make some goofy shit like this

>>3937118
This is actually really cool anon. Good stuff!

>>3930990
new thread

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>>3939513
i dig these dude, try blocking in some tones and getting rid of the lines, might be cool. i like the sense of scale and mystery.

>>3944825
the eyes are way too low, they're in her cheeks.