/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3125408
Care to show your construction? He said you were symbol drawing because it looks like you just add lines based on what you think things look like rather than what they actually do.

Also do a study on abs because you are very far off, another example of symbol drawing is drawing what you believe something looks like without actually studying the anatomy.

Red: A perfect example, you see this shape on a reference (I'm assuming another artist and not a photo), and you add it it without knowing what it actually represents. I get it is supposed to be where the two halves of the ribcage connect from the front but it looks nothing like that, it is much more narrow in reality. If you were to continue the lines you would notice that they don't end where the bottom of the ribcage ends, and considering that shape is supposed to represent the projection of the ribcage, it would obviously follow its contour.

Blue: Another great example of symbol drawing. What does the line represent? Look at real human references, it is not a perfect curve like on the man and I don't even know whats going on with the black girl. What are those lines actually supposed to represent? they don't connect anywhere and your color work doesn't give any idea why those lines exist. A line is the division of colors and forms and those lines do not do either.

Green: Probably the most obvious example of symbol drawing. You have no idea what that muscle is or how it works. The black girl's head is oriented differently from her neck which is impossible and you added those lines in anyways which makes me think you want to include the shape because you saw it on a reference but you don't actually know what it does. Feel your own and see how they move when you turn your head.

I'm not even going to touch on facial features because the left girl and guy are actually pretty good if you look at it from a stylistic perspective. The other two are incredibly lazy. PRACTICE ANATOMY!