/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4022008

I really recommend you go back and study things from life and/or photographs for a while. I can see a lot of improvement between 2017 and 2018 but I feel like you've fallen in love with your "style" which has become a huge crutch for you and it's probably preventing you from leveling up.

The way you use crosshatching with pillow shading re-he-heally isn't working. If you want to keep having line art with soft shading I recommend looking up artist, Djamila Knopf (pic related). She really knows how to make this style work. She also came from a stylized/anime background but she broadened her skillset and it really shows. You should also look at some of Six More Vodka's work on their project "Orken". It also has some pretty appealing, sketchy line work with some interesting shading techniques (even though the subject matter isn't close to what you're doing.

Anyways, try looking at other rendering techniques as well. You might find something you enjoy even more than what you're doing now!

>>4022058

You got the right attitude, my man. I think anybody could get pretty good in ~5 years if they study with proper intent. I feel like a lot of people here fall into the trap of "This is muh style" when they shouldn't even be focusing on style yet and end up wasting years of their time.