/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3235415
>Jazza's work is really good

It's really not. It is not to say that Jazza has no skill or know-how at all, but calling him "really good" is such a massive stretch. The main problem is definitely with his coloring and rendering which is still so weak and misses the mark far too much.

On the left and rightmost drawings the value scales are so flaccid it makes my head hurt. They look like not yet finished works. Not pushing value is a common rookie mistake. Middle left is laughable with that sharp black outline around the hair. The orc is decent but still looks a tad flat. Like I said, it's not that he has no ability. I don't know when these we're made, and they're from a compendium of works he has for sale (lel) you have to assume he has chosen these as representative works.

Beyond that his figures are stiff, like he hasn't learned gesture, I don't know that he has any good grasp of perspective or any compositional skills. He tends to just draw forward facing and 3/4 figures in empty space.

Jazza seems like a nice guy and a bro, but you have so many other options that there is no reason to go with Jazza's tutorials. Jazza has serious improving to do himself, not that I think he will. When you've settled into millions of subs and status as a tutorial guru for people worse than you, it might be hard to find the hunger to improve.

I hate sounding like a hater, and I definitely don't begrudge Jazza his online success, but I do think it is unfortunate that the most popular art instruction presence on Youtube is him.