/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2213798
I approve of the concept, mmhm.

Your stuff is flat because it lacks a sense of form. There is minimal shading, hardly even noticeable. There's a lot of things you could do to improve on it, but I'll give you a couple ideas. First, check out the grayscale version of your pic. See how it all kinda blends into each other, with very little variation? Deeper/more shadows will help that immensely. Do some value studies (still life is king, but honestly anything works). No color, just value. If you're having a hard time with it, don't be shy to color pick to help you figure out what you're seeing. Experiment with cell shading, could help you see contrast. Another suggestion, draw something up and really push your darks to stupid-high-contrast-levels to help you get comfortable with it. It's ok if it looks like shit, the point is to get out of the comfort zone.

Also, part of what makes this particular pic look flat is that it's not very harmonized. Bucket-fill bg with a loud blue suggests a lot of contrast, but the shading has very little, so it flattens things even more. That kind of high contrast style works so long as you have good contrast with shadows. Doesn't usually work as well with soft/low contrast.

Also more biker pearl plz gl anon