/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2894601
the secret to drawing anything attractive is to try and understand why you find it attractive in the first place

breakdown what the artist(s) does in their work(s) that you find appealing. for me personally, what i really like about big just slightly larger than realistically muscled figures is the proportions along with the silhouettes (an how much bigger they are than other characters, mmmmm size differencee), the certain shapes/stylistic approaches to certain muscles

take for example this promotional drawing by bengus of alex from sf3, i really like the way he drew the pectoral muscles here.
note how the pectorals are kind of small compared to the arms, which makes the arms feel huge, yet the pecs are stylistically squished to make them feel wider, the deltoids even overlapping the outer edges to increase this effect which in turn makes them feel bigger than they actually are which makes up for them being smaller while also making the arms as well as the chest region feel larger/wider comparatively

but this is just a very specific insight into how i breakdown a specific artist's work that i like in the hopes of understanding how to incorporate it into my own pieces.

i hope this gives you at least some help in trying to find out what/why you like things and hopefully then work your way towards putting that back into your work

(also ps, who drew that, i know it's one of ritts' characters but that doesn't seem to be his current style)