/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1873787
she better be underage

>>1873787
lol you put THAT as the draw thread image?

>>1873796
Why not? It's a good painting so far.

>>1873796

>>1873802
could you not post reaction images in the draw thread

>>1873787
>that original picture
oh boy...

workin on a self portrait study.
Still playing with the contrast.

>>1873787
Diggin the colors in your image OP.
Any pointers, tips, or books that help you work in color?

I keep tryin' to work in color and for the life of me can't get it yet :(

shit

>>1873833
your darks are too light and you are overstating musclesway too much. Also too beefy for an elf, it looks kind of laughable. shrink that back a little, too and make the head a little bigger.

>>1873834
is a centaur not an elf but you are correct thanks

into the trash it goes

I need to know the artist of the thread image plz

>>1873830
For resources, there's:
http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm
http://www.huevaluechroma.com/
Gurney's Color and Light *most of the information there is found on his blog

As for tips that have helped me:
1. Learn to first paint in 'monochrome'. If you were using traditional paints, you would make your palette from white, black, a warm red, and a cool red for example. Focus on color temperature changes.

2. For making a warm color cooler, you can shift it's hue but more important you can also pull it closer to gray. Grays appear cool next to warm colors, and cool next to warm colors. Don't omit your grays, and they'll make your saturated colors pop without needing to go too rich.

3. Pay attention to the qualities of your direct and ambient light sources. Are they warm or cool? How intense are they? Is there a lot of falloff in brightness?

4. Paint a lot of still lifes with different lighting conditions. Stick with simple forms (apples, mugs, vases, etc). There's a lot of color information that's either lost in photos, or is harder to pinpoint the source of these color shifts.

5. When painting from life or a photo, establish one of your largest color shapes accurately (this is often the background). With it you now have a point of comparison for all of your other colors (how does the hue compare, what about saturation and value?). Colors only make sense in the context of the surrounding colors. As long as the relationships between colors is correct, it will look correct. This is how you can paint something in high or low key and have it still look right.

6. If a color seems off, try to get it to be the correct value. Then check the temperature.

Grain of salt for everything though. That's just what's helped me so far.

>>1873787

damn that girl is cute. also very good control of saturation in that study.

Who's the artist of the girl painting, seriously

>>1873883
ref

Can't quite decide whether or not to keep the lineart. It does give an interesting effect, but at the same time it does look a bit odd. Thoughts?

>>1873890
And yes, the background is a photo with filters applied, because it looks way better than any background I'd be able to draw, and it's not the main focus of the picture anyway.

>>1873890
no lines and his nose abs are making me feel uncomfortable

>>1873897
I was starting to lean towards no lines myself. You are the first one to comment on his "nose abs" though.

>>1873890
it looks like cel-shading with the lines..so...idk if you want people to think their 3d models keep em

>>1873890
the line art just draws attention to how shitty the drawing is

>>1873426

thanks anon!

>>1873912

don't get complacent!!!! i like your work too but i sense a slight imbalance between your drive to post cool sketches and your drive to improve.

>>1873915
you might be right. thanks for the kick in the butt. but I am working on a small series of illustrations for children's book (to send it to several publishers)
I tend to remain at the sketching phase and the positive review kept me in good mood and driving. I felt so cool, I was considering to purchase the red leather jacket of michael jackson on ebay.
anyway, thanks for the wake up call anon

>>1873919

Not sure if being passive-aggressive

>>1873920
there's no real passivity

>>1873920
>>1873921
no I seriously, anon told the truth and it's good advice - I only tried to be a bit funny.

>>1873890
The rendering is a bit too detailed for lineart imo, but without it the head almost blends with the background...

>>1873890
i think you should have thought more about the structure underneath
even more so if its a made up skull
the nose and mouth dont follow the curvature of the skull
im not sure if that thing on his neck would be like a strernocleidomastoid muscle, if so why doesnt it is not on the other side?
also no lineart on my opinion

>>1873943
prefer his

>>1873943
Thank you for the input. You're right about the nose and mouth, but the general shape of the skull I'm actually quite happy with. I personally find it a good mix between orc and human. As for the neck muscles, they were only visible on that side in the reference I used (although I amplified them quite a bit). And his beard covers the area where it should be, anyway.

Again, thank's for the input, I appreciate it.

>>1873890
It seems like the underlying issue is the lack of fundamental portrait painting skills which is accompanied by overrendering. The head lacks form and structure and though the rendering at certain parts is nice it doesn't have the underlying foundations to back it up.

For the question of with or without lines? The lines dont really add anyting so probably without, though personally I'd just scrap it and re-draw

>>1873948
Thank you for your input. I am still learning, and this is a massive improvement over my previous works, so I wouldn't call it a complete failure, though. It's a big step in the right direction for me.

And it's always good to know where one needs to practice, so I appreciate your comment.

>>1873943
i understand what youre saying but you fucked up that tooth
and what? you just scribbled a dark line over the original jaw line?
but i do agree with the cheek bone enhancing on the right of the face. the OP should definitely take that on board

quick one from yesterday

trying some brushes

>>1873952
Every painting is a success even though none of them are perfect. Just be careful of getting into a habit of polishing too much

How do I anatomy, /ic/?

I've typically drawn things that aren't people for most of my life, I only got into drawing people for the past year or two.

shit phone, shit pic.

>>1873988
Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. I've always had a difficult time refraining from going into tiny details before the groundwork is finished.

fuckn' yoni n' shit nigga, rough sketch. might refine the line to do a tight rendering. Took some liberties with the lighting as I kinda want more cast shadows please. Yes thanks

Critique coming in next post

>>1873995
what's the point? like what are you trying to get out of the drawing?

Thoughts, /ic/?

>>1873989

Aight so lookin good mostly except I can see you've redone the face a couple of times in an attempt to conform to an anime style that you don't really understand yet. Unless she is actually a doll, and unless her eyes are actually been stuck on to a cotton wool face then that deadpan expression is not cutting it right now.

Keep in mind that the major planes of the forehead and the brow ridge still define a) the silhouette of her head and b) occlude the tops of the eyes at most angles where the camera is above the eyeline. She could use a more protruding brow line, and while you're at it give her nose a bridge even if you just imply it. don't think that because it's a simplified style that certain shapes - the cylinder of the mouth or the box of the forehead or the protrusion of the cheekbones - aren't there. I refer you to the work of yoshiyuki sadamoto as a reference of a style of anime that can simplify but still maintain an element of '3D' spatial drawing.

>>1873998

Accurate landmark measurement + contour indication, with some solid terminator lines to render later. In hindsight I realized I royally fucked up the pectoral muscles and some of the abdomen, the hand is shit but when is it ever not?

>>1873998
Oh. and also slowly working Charles Bargue into my reference drawing process.

>>1873989
get good anatomy books like elliot goldfinger, this will be your best friend for a long time.
watch vilppu vids to learn how to draw forms and anatomy.
vanderpoel book is also good for the rhythm of the figure.
also of course, draw.

>>1874001
Love the detailed texture on the trees, although in hindsight making the lines denser or less dense for some shading would've been nice.

>>1874001
I like this shit. Keep working.
My only concern is his pose; is he sitting on the penguin? I cant tell.
If he is, try shading the top of the shins a bit more, to show that they're buckling under the upper legs

>>1874012
>>1874041
Thanks, guys. It's not mine, though. Posting for a friend who wanted critique.

>>1873842
Thanks anon!
I'll take some time to peruse the links and consider some of your pointers.

>>1874005
>>1874010
Alright, thanks

>>1873809

bleh

experimented with this. zbrush+photoshop

>>1873969
nice values. did you use any ref?

>>1874122

>>1874130

lol what

dont really know where I'm going with this

>>1874001
Trees got me in a trance

>>1873975
more testing

>>1874130
thanks, no ref used

>>1874197

Quit talking to yourslef anon.

>>1874202
haha, chill bro. i am totally happy if you have some constructive criticism for me

>>1874195
;_;

a little update i guess

i dont even

>>1873993
You only lay the foundations once every picture so you need to make a lot of pictures to get good at foundations. You can learn a lot about rendering and polishing from a single pictures they are more iterative. So do a lot of foundations and render the best ones fully I guess

>>1874234
did you even construct the figure underneath?

>>1874250
That sounds like good advice, thank you, anon!

>>1874250
Not even that guy, but this is really helpful now that I think about it

I only make "finished" pieces in my sketchbook, with practically nothing that's just practicing or studying, so as a result everything is overrendered but still fundamentally wrong

what do you think guys? Is it strong from character design perspective? Didnt wanted it to be overloaded with details yet (it will develop in paiting)

>>1874264
It's good and not bad for a one-shot, but it's pretty overloaded.
In a comic or storyboard it would be a pain to draw each panel.

>>1874264
That looks really nice. I wonder if the face on the hat might be a bit confusing, but that might solve itself during rendering.

Also, is the rope on the teapot supposed to be holding it there? It doesn't look quite like it would. I'd suggest adding another rope that crosses over the first on.

But again, very interesting design.

>>1874112
YO! some crit, dudes? Been waiting.

>>1874253
His version is much better. Take the pose for example. His pose is relaxed and natural-ish, with personality. Something i would notice, and a thumbnail i would probably open.

Yours is the action-man.

>>1874264
Reminds me a lot of Skullkid.

>>1873857
>>1873846
>>1873863
who are you, and where can i find more of your pieces? they are brilliant and i am in love

>>1874112
Where your texture overlay repeats looks pretty bad, as it looks like scan lines. Overall it feels like there's too much emphasis on textures, and not enough on modeling forms properly. The owl feet for example are poorly handled, and a lot of your edges are either too soft or too hard.

Aside from the larger owl's head, the thumbnail does read well, so that's good. Spend time looking at more bird references to fill in your gaps in anatomical knowledge. I'm also pretty sure that most birds (owls included) don't have eyelashes, but I could be mistaken.

>>1874270
No need to be so abrasive.

>>1874270
overtextured and a lot of unnecessary fantsy pantsy visual stuff, it looks like photobash instead of real paiting in this state

i had the problem that i would try 100 textures on my paiting and choose the one that matched really (and key word - LUCKILY) nice and subconciously i thought this lucky texture would cover my light and value problems with nice and "professional" visual effect that it adds. That was obviously huge mistake - remember that texture should be cherry on cake, not the base of piece

im not hating by any means. Actually - your image is striking visualy and its the one that catched my eyes when i was scrolling thu topic. So you obviously have skill. Just develop this skill, render more, draw more, and try to create visual effects by yourself, attacking to textures only will slow your leveling

there is a rule: when you can pait something that looks cool without texture, then you can use them

>>1874284
i didn't use a single photo or texture in the process of making this painting though, so If it looks photobashed than i have to work on that i guess.

My goal was for it to have the impression of being controlled chaos in a way. Thanks man

>>1874280
They don't have eyelashes, but i made that for my girlfriend, she requested it and i think it looks good too. Thanks for taking the time bro

>>1874279
oh thank you, i think i will create a tumblr or something, soon. but im only posting here for now.

Why did she do it?

>>1873883
blub

drawing some free forms

>>1874398
creating a tumblr takes like 10 seconds, im not that other dude but id also love to follow your work and make sure i dont miss a pic

>>1873828
>>1873787
imma need that original refrence

Worked on the hair a little bit today. Any criticism would be appreciated.

>>1874234
Proportions are a bit off, here's a corrected one.

>>1874253
Congrats. You completely destroyed the gesture of the figure. You're in no position to be giving paintovers.

>>1874382
Try to use larger brushes to define your shapes and forms, even for the face. Use a larger size than you think is the smallest you can possibly work with for a given shape. Try to layer two large strokes to create finer details.

>>1874382
>>1874415
I should also mention that you're missing a lot of cool blues on the skin and hair from the skylight. Don't just use shades of brown - go to the deep grays in the red hues, and even some grays in the purples, blues and greens. Controlling this grays will make the skin seem more lively.

>>1874409
Here you go

HI WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY DRAWING

>>1874436
I see an amputee holding a sex toy and hopping through a forest.

>>1874439

beautiful..

more experimenting with layers and colors in early stage of painting

Seems like ive gotta start painting from life to better understand color.

how can i fix the shading? and other mistakes that u see, ?

>>1874273
>That Proko speaking pattern

S-senpai

>>1874454
Right arm looks way too skinny to me.

>>1874448
Lookin gooood.

>>1874414
>>1874253
oh wow what a great redline you two did, did you change anything?

Hey /ic , Here is a little study WIP, any crit would be very much appreciated!

>>1874414
Heyy, thanks man, that really helps.

Thanks to any crits

arent i cheeky

>>1874508
>did
study from where?

still working on this

was going through my old work and found this little study i did in december of last year that i completely forgot about to post anywhere
it's whatever

I have a lot of trouble sitting down and spending hours detailing/finishing my paintings so I'm trying to force myself to do that...

Since detailing is so tedious, my habit is to abandon the painting after 1 - 2 hours of work, but I know that's a horrible habit.

Pic is ~1.5 hours of work and I just don't know where to go next. I've spent the last 30 minutes trying to add details, but they just end up looking sloppy.

Any advice on how I can get better at detailing and polishing once I lay things out?

>>1874552
neck seems a bit thick. Also her left leg is a little thinner than the right?

Could anyone color in the photo for me?

>>1874552
right arm is really skinny. maybe try to make the hand more toward the camera?
shading looks solid to me so far except for the skirt. (the colors dont work)

>>1874565
where do you think you are?

>>1874565
You would learn nothing from us colouring it for you.
I suggest you pick up some Loomis. Your oppressed black man looks like a frog.

>>1874354
I like it

>>1874382
weird fukken gesture m8

>>1874436

how can I approve upon my drawing? Tell me. I need to know the truth

>>1874640
I'm not sure what I'm looking at or what it's supposed to be. The forest and the path are pretty well defined. The foot looks like a flat board with a peg sticking out of it. The right leg is practically nonexistent, and the torso is huge compared to everything else. I'm not sure if there's a head or even a neck, as it's just a thumb sticking out of the shoulders. The location of the thumb on the hand holding the rose makes it appear as if the hand is attached backwards, even though the elbow says otherwise. The lack of any markings on the back delineating the spine or neck/back muscles makes it even harder to tell what i'm supposed to be looking at.

But the forest and high contrast shadows are excellent. They're missing from the figure in the middle though - no cast shadows on the ground.

this was a 20 minute sketch

>>1874646

the figure is supposed to ambiguous! IT'S MUH STYLE MUDDAH FUKKA! jk jk
the figure is not human;however, that is no excuse for botched anatomy. I shall proceed to fix upon these atrocious errors with vehemence.
When it comes to my drawings, it seems the biggest problem for me is clarity. maybe I need to take more time..

nonetheless I greatly appreciate your critique and recognition of my feeble cries for help. you have out stretched your hand to pull me from a voracious quicksand of mal practice. I offer to you a performance of auto fellatio in due respect of your kindness and knowledge. do you comply my kind sir?

>>1874541
The man's left cheek blends into his beard due to the continuation of the motion of the lines on the cheek. Other than that, pretty good

>>1874652
While these drawings are fun, their sense of light and form are pretty weak. They all just sort of turn to grey mush if you squint at them.

>>1874661
I take that back - what I mean to say is that they do a poor job of differentiating and composing forms. They do a decent job of transcribing individual forms.

Still working on this. Any comments or critique?

>>1874553
That's looking really good but you shouldn't put such warm and high colors in the background

I think I've pretty much finished this. I know there are things that could still be noodled, but I'm feeling maybe I shouldn't overwork it? I don't know, I'm just feeling sort of worried about it.

>>1873890
>polishing a turd
For what pvrpose

>>1874646

okay this is round 2. I have fixed up many of the issues and hopefully brought clarity into the image.

Work in progress, please critique.

>>1874701
its a big improvement from the "pile of slugs" that another anon described it as

anyone critiques/feedback for this? im specifically wondering how i go about making my drawings look 'crisper'
>>1874584

have i gotten gud enough to post drawings here?

>>1874715
I like it.

>>1874729
why is this woman dressed like this in a place like that

>>1874747
Thanks, I spent a lot of time figuring out how to get a rocky texture. Glad I did.

If anyone has any other suggestions I'd love to hear them.

>>1874448
Looks cool, do you have a tumblr?

Some thumbnails from ref.

>>1874809
the tope left is my fave

study
crits are welcome

little warmup study

some figures from imagination

>>1874827
cute

>>1874826
and applying what i learned
>>1874882
i like the brushwork

>>1874882
Great work. Reffed?

>>1874882
Why the hell do people always praise this art style? There are an infinite number of other styles but this 'painterly' 'realistic' one is the only kind that gets any good attention? Whenever I see good stylized art posted here it's never praised as much despite being just as good if not better.

>>1874925
Paintings are first and foremost an illusion, for many people a "realistic" drawing causes them to forget for a moment they are looking at just a painting, and this is a highly impressive illusion to them.

>>1874914
Yeah

>>1874925
For me it's alot more interesting and fascinating with a loose, painterly style. When done right, it's just eyecandy for me

>>1874925

pretty sure its samefagging. stuff like that wouldn't get praise on /ic/

>>1874951
Strange, I'm just the opposite. Loose painterly stuff never appealed to me, but something done loosely with fine hard lines is okay. Insane pen work also gives me a boner.

I've never done a master study before, so this was a good bit of practice. My main goal is to work on understanding the yellow & green skin tones that a lot of these classical portraits have. This shit is hard.

Anyway, general critique is appreciated, but I'm looking specifically for help with colors.

>>1874827
great brush control, but colors are muddy s fuck

>>1874992
I think the yellow is from the white paint yellowing due to line seed oil as the medium

>>1874354
ah man! liking this alot

hard not to get into copy mode

I think I give up trying to do this one stylized. I hope the angle of the head vs body makes sense.

>>1874756

How does it make you feel?
What do you think is going on in the image?
Does it remind you of anything?
What mood occupies the environment?
who Is the figure/what is story?
where would you think he is going?

>>1874448
did you ever finish that illustration with the goblins and all?

>>1875041

Do you realize that all of the girls you paint are wall-eyed?

>>1875047
There's an updated version on my tumblr

However the answer is no. The image itself doesn't inspire me enough to work on it.

>>1875041
>those lips
I am diamonds

>>1875041
Firez firez firez
you would not have any of these problems if you were to construct the head properly, or at least think about it.

>>1875064
>those qt proportions
Now my dick is even harder.
Goddamnit

>>1874925
There were two anons who said they "like" it?

>>1874759
why do you think she is?

>>1874410
where's the swastika?

Sargent study in progress.

>>1874759
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Its pretty hype

>>1875072
and ref

>>1875064
to the editor,
do you have other work or something?

>>1875072
Nice what brush are you using?

>>1874992
values for the face seem good, although the scarf/collar thing appears a bit flat. It almost seems as though it's on top of his jawline/chin and pressing it into a flat line.

The detail/wrinkles areound his eyes and forehead are great and really bring out the depth of the eye sockets, although (personally) I don't like super-scratchy paintings.

>>1875064
Idk I prefer firez' version. It's leaner, more delicate.

experimenting

>>1875101
nice what brush?

>>1875102

um you're gonna have to be more specific

>>1875103
on the mountains

>>1875132

that's a modified version of one of the flat brushes of jaime jones.

>>1875153
can you get the same effect without custom brushes? are brushes what really separates the bad artists from the good ones?

>>1874565
You are welcome

>>1875157

lol what? no. if anything they might hurt you by seducing you to focus on things that don't matter. any textured grainy brush will do.

primarily you should just think of brushes in 3 kinds

sharp edged brush
soft edged brush
textured brush

thats all you need really

>>1875162
then why are you using a flat brush?

>>1875050
also his eyes are huge and flat as fuck.
also he has kinda a same face problem(it could be worse though)

>>1875041
The eyes are looking outwards in two separate directions, like a lizard. You need to think more about where the eyes are looking and how far away that object is. The unfocused gaze and blank expression is all too common in your portraits, and are a major contributor to that uncanny feeling. Try flipping the image if you don't see it.

You need to give your eyes a better feeling of intent, and purpose - like there's a mind behind them and not some hollow human-shaped manikin.

Also, remember that the pupil and iris should only be circular if they're pointing at the viewer. As they turn away they become more and more eliptical. Link related:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6-bCgRmcko

Dont want to make a new thread so ill ask here. Guys how do you paint landscapes in traditional media? Its hell of a torchure to me. Here 2 weeks old piece i drew to show my 'notlandscape' level atm. But when it comes to landscapes i have no idea how to make em look good. All they look like blurry non painterly boring pieces of shit. Especially when there is no direct sunlight in it. How the hell im supposed to paint grass for example? Am i supposed to use pallette knifes and shit like Bob Ross? Hella confusing

>>1875169
Why not try a few studies after master landscape artists? Take what you learn from there and try to apply that to your own plein air paintings. Keep in mind that it's hard to paint a beautiful landscape if you aren't moved by it in some way. Try to perceive what you're feeling in the environment and the moment, and try to translate that into your painting.

I'm sure there are at least a few great books on painting landscapes, but I don't know of them personally.

>>1875176
Good idea about copying landscape artists. Thank you. Though i am still not sure how i would manage to achieve decent level of detalisation. Because its different from painting still lifes. For example theres tons of details in grass and leaves that confuses me, also in wood buildings. Its like im supposed to paint real objects in abstract way/ But yeah thats probly what i have to pay attention for during copying.

Drawn with the mouse and from imagination.

>>1875188
Center of the chest appears to be sunk in or pressed in, almost like one with marfan syndrome.

Otherwise not bad from what I can see.

I don't see the question thread, and this one is too stupid to get its own thread, so I'll toss it here because this wonderful thread gets traffic:

Is there a name for those paintings or drawings that include animals in a -mostly- landscape artwork?

Please respond, google ain't giving me what I need.

>>1875169
you know how you paint faces hands and feet more specifically? try to find a landscape that has a clearly defined "face" whether it be a tree or a house. something detailed enough for you to put work into, while you can paint the background lightly and expressively, as you would with the rest of the body on a figure.

otherwise I'd suggest doing a drawing in landscape very specifically, to find out exactly what the best painting you have to offer would look like. push yourself to your limit even if it's for one drawing, just so you know where your limit is. Your limit in landscape is a bit different than your limit in figure drawing.

pic related, but this was a quick one. the front of the house was the "face" while the rest kind of falls by the wayside and just loosely defines the rest of the landscape

>>1875073
kek

Any crits? Not sure how to do clouds still.

>>1875218
add something interesting like a skier

Some studies from today.
Does any of the fundementals look off? Tell me pls.

>>1874112
This looks pretty sick. As the other guy said, a bit too much photoshop magic going on which makes it slightly too messy.

>>1875101
Thumbnail looks good. You should scale down the resolution though before posting it here.
It is perhaps lacking a bit of vibrance in the colors and the guy in the forground needs better form.

Tried sketching out hair, but really, I don't know what I'm doing.

Any advice?

>>1875224
Looks pretty good to me. Good contrast, nice use of color. If that is what you were practicing, then you did well.

>>1875218
Use mild blue and green tones for the ice and snow.

clouds look okay from the thumbnail, but remember that they're also 3d forms, the bottoms of which are shaded.

what do you guys think of this style? I'm a little rusty.

>>1875239
I like it. Try to keep your neck lengths consistent, the girl on the right has a much longer neck than the boy on the left. Also, his hair is a bit flat, probably because of the light outline running across the edge, and the lack of definition where it meets his face.

>>1875230
i never draw hair either, but one thing i read all over the web is to treat hair as a mass, or a composition of masses instead of individual hairs (hair ?) or strands

think of animu style hair: often parallel strands are combined - then just combine more hair to one "mass" and make it follow the form of the head or whatever style is needed. but avoid flatness or else you get anime hair again

I need to practise more on construction, this face looks way too messed up.

>>1875240
to be fair he/she is drawing a character that has that outline built in

>>1875239
I guess it could be the style(i'm really thinking it is) but the torso looks too long on Gon. Also the lines where the hair meets his forehead aren't crisp like they should be.

Kawaii/10

Whats the character next to Gon?

>>1875253
Ara Haan from the game Elsword.
>>1875253
>>1875240

Thanks for the feed back!

>>1875260
>those thighs
brbfapping

>>1875224
Looks good to me. If i was to be harsh, I'd say that your edges look kinda weird in the bottom and left painting (left - no hard edges, bottom - the left side of the island is a bit too soft @ the edges)

>>1875218
Looks alright, but the clouds look a bit too uniform, and like others mentioned, not enough volume.

Any crits on this color study from imagination? Trying to nail skin tones.

>1875284
use different hues. blend and eyedrop.
it looks like you used three shades of one hue for the whole body.

who likes this

>>1875007
dope

>>1875239
>asking what people think of the 'style' rather than the actual drawing

Any style looks good if you know how to draw properly, all style is is pushing certain aspects once you understand them fundamentally.

Halp with proportions... I knew I shouldn't went in with the shadows before figuring out the errors but I couldn't, and putting in the values on was so tempting and fun...

Working on this

>>1875369
Needs stronger contrast on the values of the face to accentuate the sense of depth, in my opinion. If you converted it to grayscale, it would flatten out significantly.

>>1875367
hands are glowing?

hips are too small compared to thickness of thighs and upper body.

Strange kind of pinching at his right knee (our left)

>>1875367
Nathan Explosion?

>>1875367
Did you use a reference? Everything looks off. Proportions and anatomy. The pelvis especially, also the upper arms and abdomen.

Here's my initial sketch for self portrait day.

meh, what can I fix?

>>1875389
everything.

read the sticky. Also, zoom out from your picture and take about 5 steps back, and you'll see the most obvious flaws, mainly the feet being the size of his head.

>>1875378
Not a proper glow, it was the "solution" for the hands not to blend with the wings. Guess I'll make a real glow with reflecting lights

Thx for the tips

>>1875386
I didn't

>>1875396
dude, this is for a cartoon I'm making, it doesn't need to have the same proportions as reality.

>>1875403
Not him but I'd advise getting some general drawing lessons ala Vilppu and the like. I promise you and without any malicious intent that your drawings would benefit from a little studying on your part, even if they are just cartoons.

>>1875099
yea, with libs out of perspective and frog eyes looking in different angles. I dont know man, it is your choice.

>>1875405
ye, I probably should study. Usually if I'm drawing something and for example don't know how to draw muscles, I'd just look up a picture and use that

>>1875403
Dude, his left shoe is bigger than his head. And the right shoe is significantly smaller than that. Hes skinny then has like woman hips or some shit, I don't even

Here is a page from a comic i have been working on, sadly it's not very popular. I haven't taken any art classes so I'm learning quite a bit as i go and chapter 1 is pretty weak. Regardless I want to improve my art for whatever project i decide to do next.

>>1875415
Literally everything except for the people is well drawn and shaded.

>>1875416
Looks like I'm going to have to start working on anatomy I suppose. Thanks for the feedback.
Another random page

>>1875415
>>1875418
Stop working on the comic and start with the sticky on the front page.

>>1875420
I have been telling myself for a while I should probably step back and work on the basics again. I feel like I should at the very least find a good stopping point so the small fan base I have isn't left with half a chapter and no closure to the story. In retrospect I suppose I should have held off before trying to create a full fledged comic.

>>1875426
If your fanbase is minimal (which is probably is) making an announcement that you're taking a break to improve the art will probably be well received.

>>1875434
It is fairly small. Thanks for the tips and everything.

>>1875050
>>1875064
>>1875099
>>1875164
>>1875166
>>1875407

Damn... I really thought it wasn't a bad fix/attempt but now I see how messed up it is. I guess I should discard it and try something else.

Thanks for edit, I wasn't aiming to make her face that fuller but it helped me to see other things I fucked up.

>>1874501
What's with the snarky sarcasm?
I didn't see any reason to redline or paintover his piece since it was pretty solid.
I just adjusted the proportions since they were a bit off.
Maybe open both images in
>>1874234 and >>1874414
in different tabs and switch between them, maybe then you'll see the differences.

>>1875434

This. >>1875426
It'll be an excellent feeling once you improve significantly and you can smile with a big shit eating grin at the progress you've made in comparison to the earlier comic strips, if you don't hate looking at your old work anyway.

>>1875057
link us your tumblr please!

>>1875376
Indeed.
Didn't realize that.
Thank you!!

colour study so i feel i have done something today.

>>1875426
Why not work on your basics and continue the comic at the same time?
I agree that you should spend some time with the basics and learn things like anatomy and perspective, but you get good at what you practice so if your goal is making good comics you shouldn't stop doing them either.

>>1875565

>>1875646
LOL!!!

>>1875560
>>1875007
>>1875494
>>1875509

your stuff is great - ms paint or pencil in PS?

>>1875004
thanks mate

>>1875683
thanks! im using ms paint

doing some practice with an oc of mine

I have a request:

We're supposed to make the line width smaller or not draw it at all on a surface that's getting hit by light, right?

What happens if you do the opposite? Can someone draw something like a lip applying what I described above?

>>1875418
>your lines are all jacked up haha
I laughed. But yeah seriously, work on your anatomy and linework.

I like the concept of your comic, but it's gonna need strong mark making skills to pull off.

Quick concept of a roleplaying character of mine.

>>1875714
Why does she have that clothing?
Its out of character for that vicious monster.

>>1875717
It's her casual outfit. She's of a moderately noble birth, and that is the style of noble casual clothing for Harpies in the world she's in.

>>1875718

why is she so mad tho

>>1875719
She is a generally angry character.

>>1875722
one thing though... birds don't have tits!

Practicing faces from imagination.

>>1875729
Actually, Dungeons & Dragons harpies do. Both females and males, in fact. Me and my other artist friends have mixed feelings about this.

>>1875731

this single high contrast brushstroke ruins any sublety in the face. aside from that i think it's great.

>>1875739

subtlety of values in the face*

>>1875041
How about you learn to draw before trying to stylize

>>1875751

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLD-7bCtME

>>1875295
its aight

>>1875224
how long it took you for one ?

I drew a Warhammer squig, critique?

>>1875224
Those studies are fuckn joocy

>>1875739
Thanks for the critique man. Here's another one without the high contrast.

>>1875729
Then why can I buy chicken breast at the supermarket?

checkmate

>>1875779

Still prety stuck, someone help

~40 minute painting from life.
Might go over and refine but probably not.

>>1874925
it takes a great understanding of colour and value to make a painting with such little 'painted' detail and actually still convey material, texture, lighting, etc. So people praise that.

>>1875829
Try to control your edges more from the start

>>1873787

test

>>1875849
>>1875849
>>1875849

>>1875829
How did you mange to sit behind a poll?

>>1875859
it was an old repurposed room, that's a support column
>>1875844
yeah, I kind of panic during the initial block in stage.

fuck it, not going to bother anymore

How is this lookin' so far? I'm really having trouble with the right eye into making it actually look closed. if anyone could help, thanks.

>>1875956
Her opened eye has eyelashes going in the opposite direction.

Use more line thinkness, don't use more lines for eyelashes, make it a part of the eyelid

Going to try tackle hair again, wish me luck

>>1875284

Why are you giving crit when your art is shit

>>1875697
tumblr?

>>1874195
i find this interesting. do you have a ref?

>>1876222
post art

done i guess

Boop boop, Happy Birthday to Adolf von Baeyer, Nobel Laureate who gave us so much indigo.

need critic for this one. oc

>>1876375
paradoxjelli.tumblr.com