/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I feel like this paintings a failure, unfortunately

>>3376164
I can't expect you guys to understand the symbolism, but even with it I don't like this painting

small sp in bed.

>>3376174
why even write that then?

please crit this

>>3376164
are you aiming for a Van Gogh impressionism style of painting? Then it looks good imo, but the perspective is off, maybe try adjusting it next time? Other than that the colors looks nice. Keep it up.

Been turd polishing this for far too long. I don't like it but can't put my finger on why. It feels soulless.
Anyone know what should have done differently?

Could I please get some advice on the color so far?

>>3376346
it doesn't look like they're acknwledging each other, just staring into space. the girl is staring at his arm instead of his face. if you had an interaction, like both looking away, or both with eyes closed like they're tired they'd look like they were sharing the space more

>>3376354
is it elton john? kind of a bland outfit choice if so

>>3376293
looks more like a gauguin to me, i think he even painted one with mangoes. dnot understand what the blue thing is though

>>3376358
It's not Elton Jon. This is what he wears in the show. It's supposed to be like a breaking the 4th wall joke.

>>3376358
>it doesn't look like they're acknwledging each other, just staring into space.
I'll fix it. Thanks!

>>3376164
>4
Do you use Oils or Acrylics for your paintings?

>>3376439
looks like oil

recently started using a drawing tablet i got some years back as a present

i'm still just fooling around in paint though

My first Tower Girl

I think I got a little too sloppy with the rendering at the end...

tried to make it look like it was very bright, dont know if it reads. critique appreciated

>>3376569
I would say to make it look brighter you'd want to up the contrast. Maybe darken the cast shadow from the hat?

>>3376590
better? i think ill have to put it away for a while before painting on it again, stared myself blind to see whats better

Still new to the digital world. This was a fast sketch to warm up and I thought it turned out quite neat and dynamic.

>>3376346
I liked that, it's spacious and vivid at the same time. Pretty cool. Only thing I'd say is that the light from the background is kinda over-exposed and a bit tiring to the eye. Also, along with that much blur on the borders it looks a bit to evanescent to the scene.

>>3376354
Generally cool, the shadows on the shirt are slightly overdone, I think. It makes the whole look too heavy and dense. I would keep the general shadow layout, but fade those heavier shadows a bit, keeping that shade to the edges, but tone them down and blend better with the blue in the parts near the center.

Crappy day

>>3376346
They look weightless. Also push shadows. The light seems to bright to not be affecting skin tones or the fabric on their clothes or the glossy seats and table. Also they look dead. Aim for subtle facial expressions. You seem adequately skilled to come this far

>>3376647
Fine line work but try switching the horse to face the left side and push for different perspectives and poses

>>3376159
Value sketch (from ref), gonna try to color it later...

>>3376488
You have potential but I recommend getting a program that allows you access to more tools and textures. There are some decent free ones like Krita and Medipaint also Autodesk sketchbook has a free one

Starting a new project

working on this, any suggestions and critiques much appreciated

>>3376691
it looked a little flat, tried to bring out the secondary light
>>3376616
btw, does anyone have names for typical wild west plants? besides tumbleweed i know nothing, would much oblige

>>3376701
Thank you

>>3376190
It's probably apparent to anyone looking at it there's some subconscious item arrangement going on, but as much as that is interesting it's part of what I don't like about it cause I hate subconscious art. I think meaning should always be evident, and paintings shouldn't be difficult.

>>3376360
This. I wanted to do something genuinely symbolist, and didn't know that was my intention til I finished and realized I painted part of my ex-girlfriends face in the reflection on the cup. So lowkey fuck this painting. The sooner I can get out of this post-impressionist phase and start doing actual Impressionism the better. This stuffs too emotional and personal for me, I'm a very private person

I just finished this up. Some dude in the last thread asked for my blog, I've just made one so I'm ashettica on Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr. I haven't really uploaded anything yet, but I will once I've got round to formatting a bunch of older work.

>>3376346
the light behind them is really bothering me. it's too much.

>>3376730
find a mirror and try to make that face with the tongue like that.

>>3376741
But muh style.

>>3376669
Sugoi, how do you control edges?

Any major problem with their volumes and consistency between the diferent views?

>>3376159

This is the same guy that got BTFO the past thread. Same shitty brushes and same shitty tracing

small tank drawing I did. pretty new to digital and am still getting a handle on lines and values etc

>>3376870

>>3376870
How do I prove to you morons that I didn’t trace? Maybe focus on your own art and you won’t be so salty about others that are most likely better than you. But go off I guess.

>>3376942
Do sumthin from imagination.

>>3376872
>>3376942
1. Background
2. Proportions/block in
3. Working on value
4. Refining shapes
5. Detail/hair
5. Refining
6. Highlights/background

>>3376871
well at least you know how to take a picture of a screen so you are well on your way to making it

>>3376956
haha BTFO'd

>>3376956
>>3376955
whups wrong post

>>3376960
LMAO. Well if that’s not proof enough then it’s clear now that you guys are absolutely retarded. I’ll continue to happily post my work while you try to drag people down to your shitty level. Good luck with everything.

>>3376955

0. trace
1. Background
1.5 trace
2. Proportions/block in
2.5 trace
3. Working on value
3.5 trace
4. Refining shapes
4.5 trace
5. Detail/hair
5.5 trace
5. Refining
5.5? trace
6. Highlights/background
6.5 trace

>>3376972
So unbelievably salty. Who hurt you? Why don’t you post your work so I can see how terrible you are that you feel the need to accuse me of shit because I’m probably better than you.

>>3376975

why you keep feeding them?

I am going to read and work through 2 Loomis books. Figure Drawing For All Its Worth, and Drawing The Head and Hands. Does it matter which I read first? Not sure which one to begin with. Asked /beg/, got nothing.

>>3376975
Just draw something from imagination and they will shut up. Otherwise get used to it, newfriend. This is /ic/.

Any advice on how to make this less boring and yet more simple? I want to go for flat colors and heavy inks, but I don't want it to get too cluttered.

>>3377003
whoops forgot the pic

>>3377004
why does she have an ass in the middle of her face

>>3377004
vary you lineweight, the tiara gets lost in the horror vacui of hair.
and think about redrawing the face, its a bit awkward

>>3376757
Well, I started learning the way ctrl paint teaches you...

>new layer
>lasso the area
>make brush stroke
>merge down

... While it taught me some good principles and ways of going about rendering, it was hard for me to incorporate it into my workflow. I mutated it, and experimented for a while, and now I just run with some brushes that has one hard edge and one soft. Much more intuitive for me, but I've had to work harder on my economy (still do).

>>3376159
I don't know what I was doing with the posing, but I was just practicing drawing the body from shapes

>>3377017
Ahh forgot pic

>>3377004
the nostrils on a regular human are a bit higher up than the bit that connects to the lip, it's not a straight line

>>3377004
>>3377026
also try looking up some refs. for example george barbier/georges lepape did some fairytale type stuff and has an uncluttered style. art nouveau in general has a lot of flat styles if you look on pinterest

>>3377026
I'll give it another go. I'm not even sure what kind of aesthetic I'm going for here to be honest.

>>3377042

Thanks! I'll look into it.

>>3377024
Stiff

wanna continue this. it was fun to paint, but dont know where to go with it. any ideas?
also, need more plant species, dont even know what i have painted there

WIP
no clue what to do for the background

>>3376159

>>3376622
>keep the general shadow layout, but fade those heavier shadows a bit, keeping that shade to the edges, but tone them down and blend better with the blue in the parts near the center
Thank you very much anon.

>>3376975
When a crab's flaws are discovered, his fight or flight instincts are triggered, he either goes on the defensive and attempts to create an excuse for the bad quality of his artwork, or attacks the opponent with the phrases "post your work", "can you do better", and "i'm better than you" or one of their many variations.
This though, is only a mere attempt at distraction from his own failings, the crab knows the only thing left for him is to escape until he is forgotten about and return to posting a few days later without learning anything, and to continue the cycle.

I'm pretty new to /ic/, hope I'm doing this right. Any suggestions?

>>3377126
Appealing colors, but that jawline annoys me.

>>3376622
>>3376739
Yeah I don't know what I was thinking with the light.

>>3376660
I kind of wanted a sort of flat and cartoony feel, but I probably botched it. I completely agree with the facial expressions.

Either way I'm not enough in love with the concept to continue with it. But I'll keep all crits in mind for my next stuff. Thanks a lot!

>>3377166
lol i see your point
ty for pointing it out

started yesterday on hands, these are from today and yesterday. The smallest hand was traced, and then I used it as reference.

I can't seem to study any other way except diving in stupidly and just continuing to draw until I start breaking it down. Distances, shapes, etc.

Only my second day though, and I plan on doing nothing but hands for quite a while, lots of them.

>>3377200
Decent start but I can pinpoint your primary problem at a glance; you're visualising shapes in terms of outline, not form. A lot of this is down to inexperience, most of it is down to anatomical ignorance and a poor grasp on perspective. Hands are notoriously tricky to master anyway on account of them being effectively 5 independently dexterous limbs attached to a trunk.

You bought any books yet? I recommend Bridgman, Constructive Anatomy. You ought to study construction first in general, it'll save you a world of pain in the future if you pack it away now whilst you're still new.

>>3377208
No books yet, I've just been using online resources. Thanks for letting me know though, I kind of feel that if I tackle hands first, and can get a good grasp on them, the rest shouldn't be quite as difficult.

Why so many /beg/gars in the drawthread?

From photo reference, need some first impression crits cause I'm considering giving it away as a gift and I'm not sure if it looks good or not.

>>3377447
complete art pleb here
i think it looks great but her left eye is a bit too low
at least to me it looks that way

>>3377454
thanks, yeah I can see the eye is a bit low, you're right. But I can't really tell if it is obvious or not... I think it's within a margin of error.

Hey /draw/ how long do you think a process like this >>3376352 should take for a drawing of about the same size and detail?
If you could would you give me both an estimate for a really experience person and one that's a little more lenient?

>>3377447
whyd you go with a shehulk color scheme? Its not really flattering imo. But i suppose you cant change it now. Maybe theyll like the unhuman skin/hair tones.

>>3377157
/beg/ and read sticky first.

>>3376955
>>3376942

Lol this is pathetic

>>3377136
This looks like a paintover plus colourpicking, but maybe you just have a very unbalanced skillset.

Basicaly, the placement and colour and values look really accurate, but the rendering is super amateur.

>>3377565
really nice feet, those are hard to do

>>3377565
oops wrong version

Come and light my fire.

>>3377569
lol this is like a patchwork of different shading methods and styles that dont add up. what a total fucking abomination

>>3377643
I like it because of that. It means they are looking, observing, and experimenting. It means that they are learning.

Which is more than an asshole like you will ever achieve.

>>3377568
good. perhaps a bit boring in terms of textures and surface details

>>3377670
this
>>3377643
Why did you become such an jaded asshole?

Never used anything but pencils (too scared to switch).

>>3377694

>>3377621
Why is she holding her right chest? Isn't the heart supposed to be on the left side of the human body?

>>3377725
perhaps it's a reflection, and symbolically you're the lady, or the painter even

>>3376956
nice advice cunt, I didnt want to search my pc for the picture/am unorganized

>>3377569
The body is trying to be realistic while the face is unrealistic, it really just doesn't fit.

>>3377682
Go to DA if you want a hugbox, faggot.

>>3377695

could someone share some reference of clouds with cross hatching? any advice? will try a few more studies

>>3377851
it came out sideways for some reason...

>>3377897
skin is too warm for the background, here is fix

>>3377792
>>3377788
>>3377695
Back to /beg/

>>3377512
yeah I followed a yt video where a guy said to use any color and it will look good, but I see your point. Maybe I'll do another one. any color suggestions?

>>3377914
or this, for a sort of heavy metal magazine look

>>3377841
not him, but that wasn't valid critique. it was a useless dick comment

>>3377200

Did more hands this morning. I'm taking the advice of >>3377208

and I'm ordering Constructive Anatomy on amazon. It's only like 9 bucks for paperback, so I'll keep working on muh hands until it arrives.

>>3377485
Anybody?

>>3378182
depends on the person, perhaps an hour or less if you've got a good idea of what it should look like, maybe idk 3 hours if you need to work things out

>>3377851

>>3378210

>>3376616
If you want something to look bright it doesnt necessarily mean add more white. Use saturation to show light as well.

>>3376701
cactus? yucca? joshua tree? creosote bush?

in progress, some elements will be added.
kind of at a loss on what to do, at this point i just wanna finish it.

>>3378259
maybe some narrative elements, like a reason for the greenrobe to be there, or if he's there for the monster maybe evidence of other people who have failed, aka some skeletons n' shit

>>3378259
did it emerge or is she just worshipping it?if it emerged you could have some lava or something

>>3377897
I agree with the other anon that the skin doesn't blend well with the background but I don't agree with their suggestions so I made one myself. I used Color Balance on this and painted a little more of the blue from the sparks onto her to tie it together more. Not perfect but I feel a more reasonable approach to harmonizing it.

>>3377682
>>3377670
go render those black toes you samefagging nigger

>>3378211
>>3378210
thank you!

>>3376622
>I thought it turned out quite neat and dynamic.
It didnt.

>>3378268
>>3378292

that's fair. i was thinking of putting some type of light circles around the humans hands, mirroring the color of the skeletons eyes. as in he's controlling it, but the reaching hand of the monsters makes it unclear whether it's working.

i was more wondering if there's anything in terms of rendering i can last minute fix.
i was trying to push the light on the skeleton more, but it never looks quite right with it's colors.

>>3377922
Fuck you

>>3378320
Hey bitch text me back

>>3378320
You're such a turd

>>3378320
Oh shit guys is that what's her face?!? From the fucking thing?!? With the shit and stuff?!?

>>3377621
>tfw no lavren gf

>>3376524
it doesn't look like you're at the end desu. when rendering chrome, you should keep an idea of the environment the object is in, and follow the rules of reflection for that.

>>3378320
I see what you're doing and honestly not impressed

>>3378293
>>3377897
this.

scrappin this.

>>3378192
Wow 3 hours is the generous option huh? I'm so fucking slow.
Thanks anon.

>>3377621

The flower brushes ruin it IMO

>>3378313
Immensely helpful, senpai

trying out new things on digital

>>3378409
this. if you're too lazy to handpaint silhouettes, it implies the rest is photobashed or some shit.

>>3378313

>>3378482

nice

>>3377643
i mean I havent finished it yet lol

WIP
Please ignore the horrible typo and name

>>3378176
Start by drawing more in terms of edges and sharp lines. That way, your hands won’t look as cartoony or inorganic.

>>3378430
he's right tho

>>3378482
good shit

>>3378755
i like the artstyle.

>>3377621
love it m8

>>3378838
legs seem really off, possibly a little short but more of the problem is in that pose. his left leg is especially broken and the pose doesn't seem fitting of something who seems like royalty. also he's holding the weapon like it's a torch and it looks awkward, his left arm looks strangly held out too

Working on personifying the seven deadly sins. Obviously lust was first on the list.

Never been able to get faces just right so I'm hoping for some constructive feedback.

kittibyte.deviantart.com if you want to check out my other stuff and give me some feedback on there. It would be greatly appreciated as the place is basically an echo-chamber of "great job!"'s

>>3378896
great job!

>>3378896
>personifying the seven deadly sins
>makes lust a sexy woman
wow how original, anon

Finally got back to my goblin dude. I poured some wine on my old computer and I think computers don't really like red wine so I bought a new one for 70€ and then I had to do an art test for a mobile game thing. Maybe I'll finally render this guy out. What an ugly motherfucker.

Anyways if you have some crits or design ideas, I'm all ears and stuff...

did this. Tried to make it cleaner like you guys told me in >>3367874

Thoughts?

>>3376710
>I think meaning should always be evident
there is no meaning .
you should be ok with this fact as an artist.

>>3376159
can someone tell me what's going wrong here, in particular with my edges? I feel like its working at thumbnail size but when I go in to try and detail things it all falls apart

>>3378904
lighting and colors need work i think the rest is ok. brush work a bit sloppy but nothing that stands out too much

>>3379071

I feel like your edges are fine but the bright white water looks odd and dominates too much.

>>3379071
might be a bit hard to say without a more detailed explanation or an example.

would like to sharpen my anatomy

>>3379071
nice dick

>>3378755
colour palette could be more refined. what era of film poster are you using as ref?


>>3378896
listen to >>3378899
there's something faintly doll-template about the colouring of this.
also her toes are scary, make them more small on the tucked foot

>>3377930
not the guy you were replying to but I find when doing unrealistic colour schemes it is best to try them out on a different sheet. maybe do a real quick 1 minute sketch of the portrait and try some colours

>>3379242
looks neat in the thumb. i really hope you have the capacity to polish it up real shiny, it could almost use a bouguereau type academic level of polish

>>3377569
I like this and how it handles smoothness vs sharpness. I wish the feet were drawn better / simplified (like bargue did it)

>>3378353
Noted, although I probably won't do anything else with this piece in particular, I didn't go into it with any specific environment in mind. Any good resources for understanding how to render reflective surfaces? Up to now I've mostly been guessing based on studies I've done from reference.

>>3379220
okay thanks for the tip, I'll do more of these and sketch first.

>>3376524
Hey you should make a comic and sign your name as Moe B. Ius
;)

>>3377275
>>3378337
>>3378224
can any of you lads help me out with these

>>3379465
you could definitely be doing worse anon, those proportions are more or less right. you need to learn back anatomy the most, the 4th one with the woman's back is probably the wonkiest. her feet are also not on the same planes. the bottom left one or the sitting man is probably the best

also it will help you to get better at line quality to give your stuff a more immediate appeal. that 'force' book by mike mattessi should be available in any of the archived art book threads

>>3379493
thank you for the critques of the figures. the problem for me there is a simple innacuracy in observation as those were from reference. i was asking about my particular task of painting in the lighting from imagination. i would really appreciate some advice regarding that. thanks in advance.

>>3379097

Thanks for the crit. I agree on all points. I think I'll add another dimmer light source from the right to get a better 3D feel and just keep wrapping around my forms with some more deliberate brush strokes. This guy needs a lot of cleanup...

>>3379454
lmaoooo

>>3376159
I was aiming for a Doll-like and Vintage feeling but i think I failed pretty hard, some thinks stills look cool I guess.
Critique would be very appreciated.

nice to unwind with some painting, even though at times it seems WAY HARDER than anything else in my life

>>3380029
really cool background

>>3380029
Nice colors, painting is really fucked tho.
Everything is really muddy and I think you were aiming for abstrantion but that jug looks really choppy.

>>3379876
if youre going to keep the shadow i suggest removing highlights from it.
also.. the ear

Could I get a proportion check?

>>3380191
gay

but smooth pickup line

>>3380211
god damn it.
That made me laugh.

>>3380211
took me a minute

working on a commission. can i also get a proportion check?

>>3379465
lads?

>>3379071
the tower looks like a dick honestly

>>3380249
They look really good for the most part. The tricky part of doing lighting is when you have objects with different local values, like clothes for instance. I think you'll really start sussing out weak spots if you move on to trying things like that. Also a little trick that tends to make shadow areas look nicer is actually having the darkest part of the shadow be right near the terminator (the line where the shadow area meets a lit area) and have the main part of the shadow be a bit lighter. This is because there's often a fill or bounce light that shines a little bit of light even into shadowed areas. Occlusion shadows (places like creases or an object casting a shadow that's really close to the one it's casting a shadow on) should still be darkest over all. If you go for chiaroscuro you can eliminate fill light.
Good stuff though and good luck.

>>3380261
ok so im on the right track with this, just a bit more practice and add in some ambient dark for the nooks and crannies?

>>3380362
Yeah I would say so. Again I definitely think you should practice lighting on objects next to each other that have different base values to really assess it but so far so good imo.

>>3380387
arent you supposed to just paint the light the same then overlay the base value under it?

>>3380211

You win the day.

>>3380191

Who's this supposed to appeal to? Dude looks like a skinny-fat, lesbian, pedofile DMV employee of the month who's waiting for his cat to come and lick the yogurt he poured in his asshole for celebration.

I made it into a comic. Selling the rights to DC tomorrow. Tough luck motherfucker!

>>3380390
There are plenty of ways to do it but you never know what problems you might run into until you try it. If you move on to painting full images you're going to do it eventually, might as well get a head start.
>>3380396
This is why I didn't want to post this here but the porn thread didn't respond.
I just want to know if the body is okay so I can continue working on it fuck sake...

>>3380421
Not that anon, the body is fine. But the face is fucking horrible, the smile is very creepy and makr the nose smaller. Also try to make less expression lines the guy looks old AF.

>>3380441
Thank you, I can now move on with my life.

I've started doing comics based off NBC's 'The Facts of Life'... I noticed that my sketchbook was full of ideas that centered around that show, even though I haven't watched it since the early 90's...

>>3380473
>>3380476
Are those anime eyes? They're really throwing everything off.

>>3380477
Not really. I just wanted this intense Germanic stare in the blonde character.

>>3380477
It's unsettled at the moment.

>>3378917
...Anyone?

Also i just started this drawing, trying a more realistic look this time

>>3380473
Do you have a blog? I dig youre style

Does this look like shit or does it look alright?

its for a friend btw

>>3380558
>Does this look like shit
yes

>>3380090
>abstrantion
cant even type a word, but apparently he's an artist

>>3376159
I see no question thread so I'll ask here. How I become faster at drawing? My drawings are turning okay, but I take 30-50 minutes to draw the figure. I end up drawing just 4-5 figures every day, because I get tried. I want to be faster and do more.

>>3380774
>>3377858

Attempting portraits for some characters of mine

another 1

this is a 360 pano painting, here's the link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BNeqA

I'm not sure I want to do this picture, it seems like it's going to be a lot of work and I'm treading too familiar ground, but it could be pretty neat

10 minutes sketches.

>>3380558
i think the problem is with his face, i think it would be better if it was more feral

>>3380775
they'll just send him back here '-'

A thing for an anon. Just wanted to get something drawn today and picked a random request.
>Sketch; working on line work

>>3380791
getting mad junji itou vibes

expressional study draft

best i can do in a night

>>3380230
underwear could curve around belly a bit more

>>3380230
>commission

>>3380211
i couldn't contain my autism

Can anyone help me here, just drew this from imagination and I need someone to tell me if there are some glaring issues with it, I know the torso is a bit long but I think it's fine.

>>3381300
well because the torso is so oblong it isn't as easy to tell if the arms are too long. the wrists should roughly line up with the bottom of the pelvis. the leg closest to the viewer is definitely off

help me

>>3381481
pls shrink the image before posting

>>3378838
I fw the hard light but that palette is p garish

>>3381412
Hey thanks for taking the time to do this, really appreciate it. Also, you're definitely right about the leg.

Cheers.

Fucking bandaged ET hand. Besides that getting more of a feel for calligraphy pens.

morning studies + doodle

>>3381587
finish it

Satisfied w/ the progress i'm making
Anyone know a better way to paint in PS? I just kinda say fuck it w/ color dodge

>>3381701
sorry forgot to shrink image

rough tulip still life. slowly getting back into drawing w/ ipad + procreate. need to be more patient and probably use lasso tool to make my edges less shitty

>>3381701
watch some ctrl paint videos or something. Otherwise a better way to do shading would be multiply layers IMO

>>3378904

Spent another ~3h. on this guy. Gave him a bunch of dazzle with some rim lights and other crap. I think I'm just about done with this. I'm so fucking tired of doing this style. I don't even know why I'm doing this anymore. I've actually moved on to other things but I just had to finish this so I can put him in my shitty portfolio.

Tell me if something looks fucky. I know a lot of it does.

>>3381783

Oh and I posted this earlier but the base for this guy is my first real drawing done in iPad/procreate. Most of the rendering was done in Photoshop though but mang, it's fun to sketch shit out on that little pad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NkVlcx1LVs

>>3381804
oh cool, i just started using ipad too and it it feels pretty good overall. not as good as PS with a tablet but its real nice for still lives and not being attached to a desktop

>>3381930

I actually prefer the brush engine to the one in PS. The pencil stuff is great! Still can't paint on the fucker though... Not sure if I just need more practice or if it's just bad for that type of thing.

>>3381967
i can relate honestly. i feel like i can paint way more easily in PS like i have more control or something. I think procreate's brush engine is probably better but I still prefer PS i think. For sketching its really nice though but their inking brushes feel gross to me.

>>3381783
gud work

>>3377569
asterisk crotch and really weird proportions near the middle.

>>3379169
the heart wants what it wants, and this heart wanted a skinny naked bitch to be lust.

Doll template? What is that and how would I improve that?
And gotcha on the foot. I just now noticed how flat the whole thing looks

>>3378899
The heart wants what it wants ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>3378898
Thanks anon! Need to clear up some shading issues but I'm getting there I think

>>3381481
when going from light to dark try upping the saturation as you get darker until it merges with the blackness. Right now you have grey skin that gets greyer as it gets darker, which leaves the whole image very monotone

studies for today

plus apple dragon... still needs rendering work

>>3382233

>>3382249
>tasty mouthful of cum face

>>3376669
Beautiful! I'm having a lot of trouble with monochrome and identifying values for more subtle lighting situations (minus the hooded area). Do you have any videos or resources to help me draw from life/reference and observing values? Everything I do from life looks flat :\

>>3376848
really dont care about yr question, but those without borderline look great.

>>3382234
what a cutie, i think her right eye is kinda too large

>>3378294
you are lazy and boring, this type of drawing on a foto is gives art aids.

I never do digital art because of how much it throws me off, but decided to finally sit down and do something with my tablet, and the result... I've got some ways to go, but I tried and that's all that matters, right?

>>3380791
Diggin it, ya got a blog or somethin?

I'm >>3381783

Had to design some mobile game-y chicks for a thing. This is pre-he-he-hetty far from my comfort zone but I had a fuckton of fun doing these. Would be great to get some crits on these.

Two options for a naval female character for a hypothetical mobile game.

>>3382485
heads are too big for my liking but that's just style, not getting a naval vibe from the one on the right

>>3382514

Made the heads smaller than what they told me to but I do agree. I like more realistic proportions in my own work.

She's wearing a red naval uniform goddammit! It's okay if you're not getting the vibe though. Has to be my fault since you're the audience... I guess I goofed. Ehh... Penis. Pic related.

>>3382518
woops meant the one on the left

>>3382541

>>3382544
fair enough

>>3382518
I think it's the pauldrons maybe that are subtracting from the naval vibe

>>3380980
neat

do you guys think their pose looks weird?
my friend says it looks like he's about to roll off

>>3382592

>>3382634
Yep, it lacks gravity. Also they looks like they are posing for the camera

critique please?

>>3382652
goddamnit

>>3382673
He looks comically thicc

>>3382677
I intended to make him more thicc and grotesque than muscular, but not 'comically' thicc

thanks for your thoughts, maybe i should slim him down some, but i'd to hear some more thoughts first

>>3382683
slimmed him down just a little bit from the ribs down

>>3382485

The one in the right looks way less rendered. The left one is great

>>3382634
>>3380797


I really, really, like your work. Have you made any tutorials?

>>3382700
a tip to help you with proportions is placing your figure in the center of a square canvas with plenty of bleed and working that way, you'd be surprised how the canvas can affect your proportions/eye.

Crit my first piece using alcohol markers

>>3382485
cool, really like the face on the right one. one thing that was bothering me with the left hair was that it kind of looked looks like theres some net covering the hair, like a pantyhose or something. tried to do something with it, dont know if i made it any better..
one thing you should try if what you are going for is shiny locks is think about what angle each lock is in relation to the light sources. look up anisotropic hair.

>>3382822
Thanks man! I haven't, unfortunately. I'm not sure if I'm really at the level where I can make tutorials t b h
What kind of tutorial do you think I should make?

>>3382823
Can you go into where my proportions could be fixed? Im not home at the moment but once I'm back I'd like to try the square canvas method to see if I notice any difference.

>>3382833
lips, nose

>>3380540

Little update

Thoughts on the apple? I'll finish grass later.

Wip.
How fucked is my composition?

>>3383124
Needs more hard brush. My eyes are hungry for the hard little details and edges but I see none. Mostly just the soft brush

>>3383136
I like it, maybe just give the car *a bit more* visual interest

>>3383136
You are using the title text as a framing device, a mortal sin. I have no idea how to fix that.

>>3383242
why is it wrong?
I need to put the text somewhere without covering the art

>>3382823
I tried the square canvas thing and I'm not seeing anything off with proportions..

trying to do some <1hr portraits. pretty bad, i need to be much more patient with getting the proportions right i think

>>3383334
its good anon, but the neck is a tad bit too long

>>3383349
nah it looks nothing like my ref haha. not bad for the time i guess but i really need to focus more on proportions

>>3383136
you could press the text up against the "camera" like you did the blood. might look neat.

>>3376439
Could be gouache

>>3376730
Face looks too creepy, unless that's the style you're going for.
>>3377569
What is your secret for that type of rendering? I tried using textured brushes and turned into a muddied mess tried the basic brushes with opacity+little flow and looks too blotchy.

>>3383385

>>3381783
you're no dave rapoza and never will be. no mater how much you study his orc tutorial.

>>3383398
epic comment bro!

>>3383409
truth is truth. Suck it up, faggot.

>>3383388
THIS IS NICE ANON !

How do you draw Asian people?

>>3383414
cringe

>>3383385
>>3383388
i highly doubt you are mobble.

>>3383678
You don't have to. She posts some times here

an I get some crits on this plz?

>>3383136
maybe if the text was coming out of the head

>>3382485
something about the proportions on the black one is wrong, she looks more like a dwarf than a chibi. maybe it's the neck?

i think you could simplify thse a bunch more. like all the lines and wrinkles on the right one's sleeves could be smoothed out. the guy on the picture you linked, his sleeves aren't formfitting either.

>>3383984
her horns look very lopsided in spacing, are they meant to be?

>>3384140
Nope and now that you point that out its very noticeable, thank you. I'll fix that when I get home tonight

>>3383425
>how do you draw asian people?
http://cedarseed.com/portfolio/human-types/

>>3382596
>>3382819

Thanks for the crits guys.

>>3382837

You're right man and that's a good overpaint. I think the shitty hairnet effect was because I just threw a lazy color dodge on her whole head at the end which killed all the shadows and 3dimensionality up there. Should've done that stuff individually for each lock.

>>3384138

You're probably right too. Especially about the wrinkles and shit. I had to go with a certain art style for the rest of the proportions though. They're not really supposed to be "chibi" characters but I do agree that they would have possibly looked better if I'd gone all way with that aestethic in mind.

>>3383678
lol i dont even know how to respond

>>3383398
>>3383414


There are more than 5 people up here you know?

Thanks for your revolutionary insights.

>>3382856
Not him but I think it'd look better if he had a more triangular torso i.e broader shoulders/chest and slimmer waist

Just some experimentation with hard round brush and a less realistic style.
Thoughts?

>>3385784

like the muted blueish colors. Would be nice to see some more edge control. Maybe spend another 30 minutes on it and send it again?

>>3385927
Thanks for the comment, Anon! I really did get too loose with those edges. And I'm glad that you like those blueish colours - I wasn't sure about the colour palette.

Do you think that I should blend everything out (like I did with the apple here: >>3383124 ) or leave visible brush-marks to have more hard brush (like anon from >>3383192 suggested)?

>>3386076

I dunno. Something in between? Where do you want our focus to go? Just render that area and render less outwards from there.

>>3386123
>Where do you want our focus to go? Just render that area and render less outwards from there.
That sounds like a good idea - thanks again.