/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4740699
Holy shit, is this real? Phew, I can’t believe one’s taste could devolve so much. What was once a dynamic and action packed artist who put his soul into every pen mark, every brush stroke has now devolved after several hundred chapters of run on tomfoolery. Good lord, I can’t even begin to explain how campy and gay the bottom image is, whereas the top one exudes life.

Feels bad man

>>4734152
The anatomy is okay... I SUPPOSE. But it's just so UNAPPEALING. I simply cannot fathom why you REALISTS would wish to exactly copy a subject as it is. Don't you know they have cameras for that? Ha!

Now for an objective criticism of this piece... The posterior is big, which SHOULD mean it's good, but it's far too shapeless and FLABBY. The same goes for those legs. Her butt and thighs have no delineation with which to grab the eye, it's just a doughy, dull, contiguous mass. Not inspiring what. So. Ever.
Her waist should also be much thinner than that. I mean, it's not that she's ugly because she's fat, but she's fat in a BORING and UNAPPEALING way. Dare I say... AVERAGE? NATURAL? Such tasteless plebeian concepts, hmph.
Also, watch that conservation of detail in the folds of skin as her torso twists. All you need are ONE or TWO lines, but you used FIVE. That's simply being a tryhard.
Now for the last item in this rather unappetizing menu- that face is simply atrocious. Just LOOK at the size of that nose, it's disgusting! The nose should be understated to the point of not being noticeable, or else you will make your subject look ugly and OLD. The number one rule for appeal is NEOTENY. Small nose, large eyes, and for crying out LOUD, no wrinkles or unnecessary lines! CONSERVATION. OF. DETAIL!

I suppose you think you're clever by being subtle and understated, that you're "progressive" and "understanding" for deigning to draw the unflattered female form... but *I* see right through that act. Subversion of a trope for the sake of subverting a trope is simply NOT clever. You get no bonus points from me for drawing unsexy women on purpose.
All in all, I rate this piece a FIVE out of TEN, because it is, above all else, like the very subject of this "art" work, AVERAGE. Heh, how very ironic.

Please strive to learn appeal and soul, and MAYBE I'll consider rating you higher next time. Good luck on your artistic journey, for I do believe you need it.