/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Back from a 6-month break and trying to learn imaginative drawing again. Doing this shit is SO FUCKING HARD for me. It took me 2 evenings to even get to this point with a simple character and easy pose. Any fatal flaws you guys could point out?

BTW do you guys think I should focus more on doing quick and simple gesture studies and construction practice or just keep pushing out these original characters with my limited posing/design- skill?

PS. I haven't created a Draw Thread before so I'm not sure I got everything right here. Just didn't want to create a thread for one mediocre drawing...

how's the read?

>>4654694

Dude, that looks fucking great. Pat yourself on the back. All you can do (that I can see) is keep trying to draw more, different, detailed things. It doesn't matter if it's slow, or if it's hard - just keep doing it! You're doing great!

>>4654782
cringe

>>4654945
why?

>>4654782
blog

If anyone could give me genuine advice I’d really appreciate

>>4655599
I really like it but the composition is backwards. All the nice shading and detail is around the outside, and the main focus in the middle is just a big black block. I'd say if anything doing some research on composition would be super beneficial

>>4655604
Oh yeah that. Basically I fucked up the shading there really badly so in a desperate attempt to save my drawing I inked it in black entirely. The pains of drawing traditional :^/ I really wish I could unfuck my mistake but it’s too late now

>>4654694
It's good, i'd change the orientation of the head. I understand you wanted some contraposto going on but it clashes a lot with the bombastic very arched backwards, chest first standing pose she has.

The draping is very good all arround (especially the flow you have going on with the pants, noice). I'd change the cape a bit, she bunches up against the neck (when the gravity should push it down against the trapezes). It should also folds a bit more on itself for the amount of drapery that is bunching up on that one shoulder.

good job anon

>>4655599
bummer! If you want to invest a little bit, getting a drafting table (the one with the light that shines up) will allow you to trace other drawing easily, so once you get a good lineart you can trace it so that you aren't screwed if you mess up on some colouring.

>>4655668
Yeah I’m studying animation so I’m currently building one. Problem is I had already started coloring before I built my draft table. Anyway I’m switching to digital soon so eh

critique pls

>>4654782
nice rendering. What's the coily thing?

>>4654893

Thanks for the encouraging words. I'll keep on truckin'.


>>4655641

I can't thank you enough for doing this! You make it look so easy... I'm definitely going to fix the drapery. Are you absolutely sure I need to change the head pose? I feel like yours is more correct and appealing but it's messing with the "attitude" I want her to have. Your pose is more heroic whereas mine is kind of "Don't give me any shit or I'll stab you".

I love the stylization you did with her face. I think I'll take her into that direction a bit. Do you have a blog btw? Are you Whitebox by any chance?

>>4656015
>messing with the "attitude" I want her to have.

I see where you are coming from, it's just that it looks physically tense at the neck (just try puffing up your chest and tilting your head down like that, it's not comfortable). For that vicious "don't tread on me" look i'd go even farther and tilt the head backwards and a bit on the side, like those cliché yakuzas you see in mangas.

>Do you have a blog btw? Are you Whitebox by any chance?

I m not Whitebox :). My finished stuff is more painterly (pic related). I almost never do linework. My insta has been dead for a year (occupied on personal stuff, i m building a patreon related project).

Godspeed anon

starting this, some sort of sci fi chic with a helmet any crit welcome

>>4654678
Disregard the top part, it’s garbage. I’m mostly interested in feedback on my rendering of the bike, it was an old art school project so curious to see what you lot have to say about it

>>4656698
Composition is good, shading seems right. However certain values seem a bit odd. Like the colors used to shade the tail next to her head is blue and then right below it turns to this grey pink-ish color.

>>4656719
Long arm is long

Drawing on my dang phone. How did I do?

>>4656843
Reno?

>>4656919
Who?

>>4656735
Oh hi anon. I had asked you a question on another thread right before it died.

You're doing commissions for customers with all flat coloring? Are they always happy with that? Do you have to tell them upfront? Seems like you could take on more jobs if you didn't have to render/cell shade every piece. Also I just like flat coloring.

>>4656843
is it a trap??? cuz i see big peen

>>4655884
I really like this, especially the shading, reminds me of Abe havy shading. The faces looks weird though, is the character a child? Because the face is too adult like and looks off.

couple of new ones. I think Im going to get rid of the foreground white shit in this one

>>4656976
zoo entrance

>>4656963
Horny.

>>4656932
Similar style artist that posts here

>>4656976
>>4656978
Can’t wait for your book anon. Glad you still post here :)

>>4656976
>I think Im going to get rid of the foreground white shit in this one
I think that's a good idea. It works in this one >>4656978 because we can see pockets of well lit areas, so the white foliage in the corner works well as it's consistent with the rest of the drawing. In >>4656976, there is a much more even dark lighting to everything, so the white detail in the foreground is a bit more jarring and inconsistent with the rest of the piece. I do like the higher values and I understand what you're going for, but maybe the foreground could be brought down to a midtone? (like the attached pic)

>>4656976
>>4656978
Very solid work my man, please proceed

Decided to do a piece to learn rendering rough waters.

>>4657016
Rendering and lighting-wise it’s good but realistically rough waters would have some cross chop. Think like a blanket picked up at multiple points. This is because there can be multiple wind and ground swell sources which cause the chop.

>>4657022
Hu funny thing i had them in my sketch but i couldn't make it work in rendering. Going to try and insert them back thanks man.

>>4655572
No blog
>>4655964
A pillow

>>4656976
>>4656978
These are really good

Some criticism is always welcome, the harsher the better, i need to improve

>>4657016
Looks stiff as fuck. This technique you're doing of leaving a flat, grey sketched figure and coloring things bit-by-bit is a just poor way to draw. Instead of making a cohesive composition, it looks like a bunch of separate elements plopped down next to each other with little regard for unity.

I think you could benefit from thumb-nailing your values + composition before you jump into more details.

>>4657084
True true, i should probably solve what's going on the boat before rendering.

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>>4657084
I’ve seen people use that workflow to good results. Karl Kopinski works that way in oils sometimes. But he’s pretty much godlike.

>>4656973
no matter how i look like it, it still looks like a child's face to me. the size of the eyes and how the nose is placed higher was intentional to make him look young. the smile is somehow meant to unsettle you. can you elaborate why he looks like an adult to you?

i removed the smile and i guess that might change how you see him?

>>4656976
solid
>>4656978
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you using procreate brushes?

>>4657049
It's really hard to read desu.
Maybe doing a black & white thumbnail where you can read the shapes better might be a good idea. Also: the hand is kinda flat. Like you stamped some textures over the drawing.
Do the thumbnail excercise is really useful!

>>4657661
There are many issues with the anatomy. But most of all, it seems that you might be working in a really small piece of paper.
Try working bigger so you can visualize it better, remember not to hunch over and grab the pencil further from the point. So you can have a full view of the drawing.
Try to visualize or look for reference on the legs and arms, and specially the hands.
Keep it up!

>>4656461
cont. from this

I'm ashamed of how little time I had to continue on this, from yesterday to today, just a few minutes. Any crit and opinion is appreciated

>>4654782
Learning from Sinix?

>>4656997
>>4657016
>>4657036
thanks anons!
>>4656999
yeah you're right, I think maybe just invert to black could look better, thanks for your input anon
>>4658256
thanks anon, yeah I'm using procreate 5 with pencil brushed mostly. The effects are good enough I think

>>4658423

yeah thought I recognized the brush, great work.

DUSK fan art. my monitors color range is low so i'll never know how the colors look until i look at it on my phone, feels bad man.

>Client asks if there could maybe be purple mist in the back
>thinks: damnit thats going to look dumb
>puts in the mist
>actually LOVES it
>loving the monochrome blue look with the purple to highlight the characters
>sends over to client
>client: hmmmm Im not sure if I like it or not, I'll have to wait and see until you add more color
>fuck
>had no intention of adding more colors

>>4658545
lost pic

>>4658547
What do you guys think?
Color or monochrome?

>>4658586
middle looks best but i like the purple. I think the fog would look nice if it had more volume instead of just being a flat transparent layer that fucks with the values behind it

>>4658256
That's some great critique my dude, ill try it next time, i did start with a thumbnail, (the one i posted now) but i ended up straying so much away from it its not even a joke ill try to make it easier to read next time
And regarding the hand/arm yes that is just a stretched pic of the beak/mouth thingie but maybe its too obious

Anything I should fix so far?
Her eyes don't really have irises and I'll still add on the eyebrows.

>>4658586
blog?

WIP coming out of a short Art Block

>>4656976
>>4656978
You're a hero, amazing as always

>>4656843
GigaCute, the face is a bit confusing, but love the rest. Blog?

>>4654678

>>4654678

>>4659269

>>4659151
thanks man, you draw childrens book or something like that?

>>4656976
>>4656978
adding another one I just finished

>>4659491
also working on a poster thing for my game

>>4657661
It's the lips and eyes that look like they have heavy make up, reminds me to how josei mangakas draw women.

>>4658625
What's your insta?

>>4659340
"I mave have gone too far in a few places"
At this point it feels like every muscle insertion point is wrong

Doing some body horror.

>>4656979
YES PENISMM

>>4659491
I do concept art for a living, but on my spare time I prefer to do this

>>4654875
The thumbnail looks good. I like the colors and contrast, but if the silos are your focus, they seem a bit obscured by the pipes and beams.

>>4659491
What program are you using?

I don't know how to colour

>>4659680
make blog?

>>4654678
Am still new to digital art. Tried a more stylized version of a female because strong realism is hard for me to achieve even in traditional. I get stuck at a certain level though, still figuring out shadows and values desu

>>4659151
thanks. I'm xztzl on deviantart.

>>4659151
unnapealling and has glaring mistakes.
You need to go back and use shapes and lines for construction. If you are younger than 20 sorry for being that harsh.
If you're older jesus christ...

>>4660305
I like it
why are you so mad bro

>>4660313
go ahead, post blog right now

>>4656976
>>4656978
>>4659491

these are really nice, anon

>>4660313
i-is that merc_wip?

>>4654678
For the enemy NUKE is only answer

>>4659018
oh WoOw no one's asked before
Its hellototie.tumblr.com but I don't post very much

>>4659013
looks good so far, nice subtle values in the face as it should be
>>4659169
that's an interesting color pallete. I feel the need to always mention when something comes across to me as early 2000-2010 era. Kind of reminds me of Pscyhonauts or other like, kid's horror stuff of the time
>>4659393
is this using that True Grit texture pack? I was thinking of getting that. If you are I'd use some kind of very faint texture in the negative space, like maybe somethign over the full picture. I don't PERSONALLY like the way you used it, I think you need more refining of it. It looks like, a bit too hap hazard right now.
>>4659493
this is so fucking cute. Blog?? I can't really read "a game by....maru luna?"

>>4659935
you mean the style of the illustrations?
>>4661024
thanks anon!
>>4661978
thanks anon, I don't have social accounts but you can check my portoflio website here: marcoluna.co

>>4659680
program?

stripper pirate!

>>4659013
that face looks great. Let's see it finished

>>4659501
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBX-7r2q-S_/?igshid=1ellmaumqj6uw

>>4659151
Another WIP

>>4662061
Illustration on its own. I do lots of quick sketches and designs with concept and dont get to do polished turds

>>4660313
Gorgeous, post the rest when done pls

>>4660100
Underrated

>>4660305
Damn, that's very constructive. I'll make sure to use lines and shapes the next time

>>4664113
>Damn, that's very constructive.

you guys really arent familiar with real critique huh

>>4659680
The feet are too big and the butt is lopsided

>>4661083
lol

Just finished Huston's head drawing course today. Wanted to draw a portrait to celebrate.

>>4663799
i don't really know how to render a car.

>>4664221
>>4663799
Try reading Scott Robinson. I hope Nissan wises up and makes idx. The new Z is kind of a disappointment, design-wise.

>>4664247
stop it with the scott robertson. you npcs make me sick

Sketch I did a few months ago.

>>4664262

And this first week of Corona Hoax Thanks Scumbags!

Another sketch.

>>4664159
I was being sarcastic, anons coment is nothing but crabness

Halfway there, i need to render mage armor (glowy magic armor) on top of the character at the end.

>>4658256
cont.

Some crit? How could I continue this?
I have been doing studies mostly and wanted to try my luck at a more polished piece

>>4664221
Check out Kim Jun Gi for perspective and car rendering you won't regret it

>>4664256
post your rendering.

Sorry to intrude, I once stumbled on a picture editing request thread but don't know where I ought to search for something like it. Maybe my memory is betraying me and it was just some /v/ thread of folks being helpful on some meme-y shit.
Anyway what I'm aiming for is so edit out a watermark signature thing covering up part of a nice picture I want to get a poster print made of.

>>4666754
The watermark is probably there so you have to buy a print from the artist and can't just print one yourself.

Porn boards regularily have uncencoring threads, maybe that's what you're thinking about? Sometimes people also just post editing requests in the draw threads on other boards.

>>4666790
Yeah I know it sounds scummy but the ideal here would be to donate to the guy after I take advantage of some Groupon deal. Regardless there's no way to contact the guy that I can find.
Thanks though, I'll consider that.

>>4664273
the clouds look amazing

How long should something like this take to do?

Every one of my drawings drag on for days and I feel like i'm doing something wrong...

critique guys

>>4666754
>Anyway what I'm aiming for is so edit out a watermark signature thing covering up part of a nice picture I want to get a poster print made of.
Doesn't Photoshop have watermark removal?

>>4666735
SICK

>>4666806
>donate to the guy after
yeah we both know you aren't doing that...

Whats the point of trying to not come off as a scumbag? you're on an anonymous imageboard...

>>4659013
>>4661978
>>4662852

Here's the finished piece, thanks for all the critique !
I'm not really fully satisfied with how it is.
Do you guys have any advice on how to improve the appeal of it for future drawings?
What is lacking, what could i do that would make future drawings in a similar style better ?

>>4666813
Maybe you lack a more efficient routine on how to approach this type of drawing?
Like, start with the sketch, refine it, define base colors and only then start with the shadows, and so on.
Having a method like that can make thing go by faster.

What kind of brush is this? I always see it in people studies. It would be nice if someone can share the settings for sai 2.

>>4666872
Looks like charcoal / dry pastel / maybe some oil pastel kind of brush

>>4666872
I'm the guy who drew that. It's Dave Greco's diamond shaped chalk brush

>>4654678
I have trouble with transitioning from traditional to digital. I posted my stuff a few times now but the only critique I got was : clean up the drawing.

Should I strat with the Bargue method, and after initially setting the linework down focus on planes / shadows??

>>4667129
Digital version is too dark, I can't tell what's going on. Even if the piece is supposed to be moody/nighttime, you still need some higlights to describe the forms

>>4654678
Worked on these recently

>>4654678
>>4667196
Trying to get a Kaiju fight going

>>4667197
Still thinking about doing more on this one

>>4666815
The mouth is too detailed and gives uncanny valley vibes with those detailed lips and no nose, the rest is cute. The page looks dirty with the graphite. The neck is too thick. The rest looks good, you have great proportions and shading.

>>4667179
thank you anon!! will take this into account. cheers

>>4666815
Girl seems not to be standing on anything.

Thoughts before work on it further?

mrahh

been doing requests in tg any critiques welcome

im struggling with inking

>>4668266

There's a good line of action through the figure, but I feel like he should be doing more with the weapons, or perhaps his expression, to tell us more about his personality.
'Might give it a little more character to him.
I havent done digital in over a decade, but if you apply the basic rules of line weight- thinner lines towards facing towards of the light source and thicker, darker lines in the shadow- you should be ok.
Personally, I had an easier time doing linework in SAI, rather than Photoshop. SAI allows you to select individual lines and use a slider to make them bigger or smaller.

>>4666739
i already did. im the one who asked the question.

Trying something new

Are /beg/s allowed to post here? I’m only seeing intermediate and advanced artists in this thread.

>>4666331
crit pls

(I gave feedback on other posts)

>>4669348
You are only /beg/ if you believe you are. The /beg/ thread is actually a trap for people who have no self-respect. You can definitely be a beginner and not be /beg/ and you can be an int/adv artist and be /beg/. Don't let the name fool you. /beg/ is for people who don't want to improve and would rather shit on each other.

>>4667199
Oh hey it's Rust guy. PTSD from Rust guy here. I think I wouldn't fuck around with it any more. Although I'm not sure I'm in love with the MS-Paint-Airbrush effect that's happening around the torch I'd just leave as is and start something new.

>>4669296
Looks like a robot but the bounce lighting looks nice

>>4667129
I recommend to use a hard round brush (any simple brush is fine) if you are new to digital. Its not as cool but it will expose your mistakes without any texture getting in the way.

any critiques welcome I'm still struggling with putting outlines and values

>>4666331
still in need of feedback. (pls)
PLS

>>4665177
There might be an issue with the position of the forearm in relation to the arm/shoulder, or the arm is too short or the elbow is not going forward enough? If I weren't at work I would try to do a redline and figure it out. Maybe use some ref for the hand holding the staff. But the rest seems ok, keep working on it.

>>4666735
I really like how you painted that ref, the brushwork I love. I wanna see you putting effort on those hands and feet. Good excercise!

>>4666813
Some really good pros take 15 days for piece, focus on improving and things will be faster with the years but you're painting, it's not fast.
(not a fan of his right hand tho and that foot is gonna be troublesome to make it look nice) good piece overall so far, wanna see how it looks finished!

>>4666839
good job anon

>>4667129
do less complex excercises first, when you go from trad to digital you need to do all the basic shading excercises again. At least I found it helpful.
Although the drawing on the left has its own issues.

My friend wanted to do box art redraw challenge with me, not really happy with how this came out but I didn’t wanna work on it anymore. Anyone else get really excited to start something and then increasingly demoralized as your ability can’t reach your vision?

>>4668251
I think this could really benefit from not using such pure black values. It just creates poor colors and an overall amateurish look. Part of the reason for this is that those stark, dark shadows would be caused by a lone light source in a completely dark room. The fact that you have a lighter, saturated blue midtone as your background contradicts this, and makes it look like it doesn't 'fit'.

Also, that brush is not doing you any favors. I recommend using something sharper and more opaque.

idea dump page, working on pirate/steampunk concepts that can be translated into low poly 3D models.

>>4670282
IM GONNA COOOOOOF

>>4655884

Sovl

>>4655884
Is your paper grey or is it your scanner/camera?

>>4670286
I'M COOOOFING

Last thing I did.

>>4654678
Hi, I rarely post, starting to do smut drawings. My anatomy is still shit despite drawing for years, but I'm good enough to impress norms.

>>4669392
Ahh whats up KurakArt. I love overrendering things to the death tho lol. I have been trying to get my lighting and shapes decided a little earlier before I introduce color this week.

been working non-stop for the past 2 weeks making fast commissions.
I don't usually draw this kind of things but money is money

>>4666810

That's because he didn't draw them, it's a photo.

>>4670678

>>4671366
desu the outlines makes it look like those illustrator traced drawings. Plus the opacity in the brush makes it look ugly. Adding noise can't solve ugly brushwork

The values are alright tho, so it's a valid excercise. Don't trying to put you down. Keep going, maybe try the same excercise without the outlines. My two cents

>>4671513
The pose is really stiff.
Like I wouldn't recommend you to continue on this one. Maybe do some anatomy excercises to loosen up the hand on figures.
Then come back at it with a fresh par of eyes.
I know it's kinda hard to hear but it's my opinion.
Don't give up, we're all gonna make it.

>>4671513
I actually like the pose. But the face is a mess. It looks masculine and lopsided.

>>4671670
spooky

>>4669972
A new challenger!

>>4672170
>I am God.

>>4672170
>hang in there baby!

Want to rework the hand and her expression, before I start going in and refining the brush strokes. Any suggestions?

>>4654678
idk if i like the dust particles

>>4672518
Since some of the outside edges are so high contrast, it's weird that there are no similar transitions among the interior shapes. Makes it seem like a painted sculpture made of some soft material. Some hard transitions might be useful in the hair and eyelashes.

The softeness is nice though, and the light and forms seem generally good.

>>4654678
I'm redrawing a redraw from some time ago but I'm not sure about the body hair.
Thoughts?

HEHEHEHEAOIEHOHOHHSHAHSH

Short hair makes me want to commit die. Also, red pencil feels like sex to use but can't be erased, like, at all.

First round of fixes.

First round of fixes.

>>4673058
Get yourself some prismacolor col-erase.

>>4670013
>wanna see how it looks finished!

>>4673058
BLACK LIVES MATTER

>>4673293
not to me

>>4673293
It's a random picture I had in my reference folder. Chill the fuck out

It feels incomplete. Considering rendering the hat and the fold's textures/shadows.

>>4674004
You should add detail on the hat, it's the main focus of your piece (the spiral brings the gaze to the face/hat). I m not sure about more detail on the drapery.

You should work on the face a bit more too.

>>4674004

The face is really bland and dumb compared to the rest.

>>4671698
good call. My brushwork definately needs work I just can't stand the fiddly photoshop brushes. Still have a long way to go experimenting before finding settings and brushsets that best emulate charcoal.

>>4669296
cute

>>4674156
I love to use the hard round brush for painting it's the chaddest move.
This one looks way better, glad I could help, man.

>>4674004
Flip the image, you'll see lots of issues.
Try doing anatomy excercises everyday.

>>4673271
I like it anon! the foot is underwhelming, sometimes is harder to make 'em look good even when it mimics the reference. Sometimes we ought to change things in order to make it appealing/believable. Like his right hand doesn't look good yet.


Hope this type of CC is helpful.

It's a wip.

drew some stuff on a stream then got bored

>>4674004
the hat is floating above her head. If it were actually sitting on his head it would cover a lot of his face though. I get that you want to show his eyes, but that's something to consider. Are you going to add detail to the face or mostly cover it in shadow? looks a bit od with that low level of detail right now.

Finished it this morning
Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/justin3613

>>4674458
ngmi

>>4674480
;)

>>4674480
Rude boi

>>4656976
>>4656978
This is REALLY good, do you have Twitter/Instagram?

>>4672518
This looks nice but like the other anon said it would really benefit from harder brush strokes and edges in some parts, mostly in the hair and clothes I think

Wip, anything to fix/improve before I finish it?
I know the face and shoulders are kind of wonky and lopsided but I think it's too late to fix that.

>>4674822
Pretty hard to go backwards in watercolor. Maybe add some translucency to the jellyfish by painting in her shoulder below it a bit? Some water prism effects would be nice but I wouldn’t know how to add it at this point, gouache might be too heavy handed. Gouache highlights could work in areas.

>>4657016
Push the perspective on the woman harder. She should be dominating the right side of the canvas but as it stands now she's a little too ornamental.

>>4674597
some people need rough awakenings bro

Some thumbnails and limited value stuffs from a class. For some reason, now I'm preferring just hard round inking brush to paint initially it's kinda weird

>>4674822
I love it. Colors need some work, but I wouldn't know which work :^)

Been grinding hand anatomy this week and I think Im getting the hang of it. At least better than what I had before.

I keep getting frustrated because its hard to make it look realistic without the fingers looking like sausages. Drew the three on the right without reference, but they feel kinda stiff to me. Thoughts?

>>4675293
Overall I think you understand the concept of planes on the fingers and hands, but the shapes of the fingers need work. You use too many straight lines and dont connect the pinky side of the palm to the the little finger correctly. Once concept you can do is to contrast some of your straights with more curves, especially on the right ones. Also for those right hands, you didn't even attempt any thing that you couldn't just draw by looking at your own hand and drawing it real fast anyway, so trying to learn those from imagination wouldn't be that useful anyways.

>>4675319
Thanks! I'm glad I asked for advice before drawing a dozen more.

>>4656719
the bike looks nice

Could someone redline/Critique this? I really want to get this right.

>>4671766
>>4671698
Made some adjustments after looking at some lighting reference

>>4658513
Get a little abstract with some brushwork edges and I think you'll capture the DUSK mood nicely friend.

>>4676346
and refine your edges, or it's gonna look ultra muddy. work on that brushwork when your sketch/thumbnail is solid.

>>4672583
>>4674816
tried improving on her using the feedback, but idk if wether i like this or it looksmore like polished turd hair. also dunno how to paint eyelashes :(

>>4676362
but the problem is the whole anatomy. I wouldn't keep working on it. Sorry
Not trynna crab, if you wanna improve you gotta work for it

>>4676543
find someone other than sinix to emulate

Thoughts on improving this?

It's a rework of my previous drawing, I like it a lot more now

>>4676788
get a good chiropractor

>>4676820
kek

>>4674816
thanks anon, no I dont have any social account but you can see more of my work here: marcoluna.co

couple of new ones

>>4676848

>>4676820
Better?

>>4676507

Should've stopped with the first pic and went to a new one.
Forehead and nose look dirty on both pics.

>>4676788

remove blue stripes on the pants it's too much with rimlight and rimlight looks too strong

>>4676927
>>4676852
>rim light darker than pants
What did he mean by this?

>>4676852
the anatomy is fucked up
i know you're trying to make it look sexy but her back is broken and she's standing like a fucking ostrich right now
try a different pose

>>4676820
Lmao my sides are as obliterated as her spine

About to lock in the shadows. Any suggestions?

>>4677108
Yah remove some of the shadow from the underside of the boa (tail?). Need some bounce light on that bitch

>>4676850
>>4676848
Me encanta tu laburo Marco, una lástima no tengas redes amaría poder seguirte y tenerte de contacto.
Eso sí, para que veas que no sólo te lamo las botas diciendote lo mucho que me gusta lo que haces te digo esto: En anatomía 'tas en la mala-mala. Anvil Glow es una mancha en tu portfolio, yo lo sacaría. Pero lo demás me gusto mucho. Avisame si tenés algo similar a una red social para tener un contacto hispano parlante.

Keep up the good work.


>>4676852
really don't like the faces you make kinda ruin all the effort you put in. Looks like "western doing anime" cringe-faces like the Legend of Korra. But good work overall.
The forearm on the right is too long and the hand is poorly made. Take a quick reference pic with your own hand and a broomstick and you'll fix it in no time.
Don't hide your hands! work hard! keep it up!

>>4676532
Post your work

>>4677212
the dude gave you genuine criticism, idiot. fuck this board

>>4677391
>but the problem is the whole anatomy. I wouldn't keep working on it.
That’s a crab response, not criticism. Point him to /beg/ or something or point out the obvious short forearms, or provide a redline. It’s easily fixed in digital, so why tell someone to quit unless you’re crabbing?

>>4677409
is english your first language? He told him to quit on THAT drawing.
u triggered bro?

>>4677414
Why tell him to quit though instead of giving actual critique? Use transform tool or something on the arms, takes 30 seconds. I speak four languages, learning a fifth. How many can you understand?

>>4677409
Letting a bad drawing/painting go is good advice... The sooner you learn this the faster you'll improve.

>Something wrong but you can't quite put your finger on it ?
>gg go next, you'll figure it out later on another drawing

I tried to redline your piece but i can't get anywhere, the whole thing is bizarre, a redline would involve pretty much re-drawing the whole thing.

>>4677422
Pyw

>>4677454
>mfw I post my work often and you’ve probably liked it
>>4677451
Quitting a drawing and starting a new one is something I do often, but you gain more if you can analyze what you did wrong. You waste a lot of time mindlessly quitting and starting, and lose an opportunity to learn something.

>>4677477
Post it fag

>>4676926
Its a gift so had to try and polish it I guess.

>>4677193
thanks for your comments and criticism. What is wrong with the anatomy in anvil? I know I’m not perfect on that but honestly no one ever told me there’s something blatantly bad with it

>>4677511
I have and will continue to post my work on this board, as well as give thoughtful and constructive critique.

>>4677477
That's a misconception. Problem solving is problem solving period, if you set your mind on solving your anatomy or composition, getting mileage will actually help.

Pilling on mindless unfinished drawings won't help you improve
Getting stuck on a single piece because you don't have the eyes to understand your mistakes yet won't help you improve

(the "you" is generic, not talking about you specifically)

>>4676926
>>4677534
Ah yes, the appearance of 'dirt' on the nose and forehead arises from the use of a yellow in your darks. Probably best to continue with reds there. Pretty hard to notice imo, I think they will be impressed with the gift!

This is my first time coloring digitally and I'm having it rough. Right now I'm working on the face and it just looks bland and gay. Any advise on how to make the fake look less bland and gay?

I don't want to make it too dark, nor too old. I want his face to be lit up and young, but not like a faggot.

Wat do? Should I just go on over to /beg/?

>>4677662

Hey... I don't think the face is the issue here. It's your approach in general. It's generally not a good idea to start with flat shapes if you don't have proper anatomy or value structure established. Try to figure out the anatomy with values or line art (like I did. I'm >>4654694).

I'm not a highly functioning pro who can just jump in and do color/value/design/anatomy all at once and I'm guessing you're not one either so just split your workflow into parts that you can actually handle. It's not efficient but you just have to be humble about it and realize that it's a lot of work to create an appealing character design when you don't have the experience.

My workflow is probably going to be:

1. Gesture (line art)
2. Construction (line art)
3. Design (line art)
4. Refinement (line art) <This is where I'm at now with my piece >>4654694...
5. Lighting setup/BG design (painting)
6. Values (painting)
7. Color (colored painting)
8. Details (colored painting)
9. Effects (colored painting)
10. Final adjustments (Compositing)

You don't have to do line art if you don't want to and you definitely don't need to use all these steps, but you'd still have to paint your character instead of doing flat shapes like you are now. The biggest problem is that your character doesn't read at all without the colors atm. so work on that.

I have no clue how to do watercolor

>>4677821
Be patient and work thin. Recommend just learning how pigment, water, and paper react first. What kind of paper are you using?

>>4677833
Mixed media paper, and thanks for the tip

Anyone got any tips for improving brushwork and rendering hair? For hair I get the general idea of shading clumps first but anytime I try to take it further it ends up a mess.

>>4677901
I can't even begin to list everything that looks awful about this. If there was one easy thing you could do, it would be to ditch the shadow from the paddle that is going across her body. That shadow is blatantly inconsistent with the lighting found in the rest of the drawing. Why did you do that?

>>4677923
Yeah I wasn’t sure about the paddle shadow. Got anything else you wanna list wrong with the picture while we’re here? And you can leave out the hands I know those suck.

>>4677883
Try different papers too. Watercolor is a difficult medium, but you can do a lot of cool shit when you figure out how everything interacts. I guess that’s true for most traditional media.

>>4677950
Yeah. I wanna get a smaller sketchbook to practice plen air(sp?) Watercolor sketching. I'm also gonna practice values and figure drawing. Here's an update

>>4654782 Nice rendering. blog?
>>4654875 I like the general reading, but those background elements could be improved in reading, try to add more surrounding elements to give story. Blog?
>>4656843 Nice shape design bro
>>4666735 Those values and use of color is great, blog?

>>4675248 I like the framing and how you rendered materials, try to detail clothing and back ground with more color variation.

Figure drawing excersise, I'm trying to get out of an artblock and this helped.

>>4677451
The last thing i said was post your work, i didnt respond to anything else.

>>4678010
>Those values and use of color is great, blog?
https://www.instagram.com/akirelll/

>>4678067
it was a generic "you", was not not addressing that anon specifically.

>>4677782
I did make a sketch before I went in and filled the shapes with flat colors, in order to start fleshing out the painting itself. But that's the thing, i never go beyond sketching, so this is the first time I'm doing it. :(

>>4676417
Pretty ;-; I want to be there.

Drew some chickens. Something isn't right with the composition here, dunno what

>>4678183

>>4678499

>>4678500

>>4678502
a postcard

critique guys

>>4678503
>>4678502
>>4678500
>>4678499
>>4678183


Stop it with the lions, heathen. Draw bears instead like a true MAN.

>>4678543
Tasteful, though a bit dark. I don't understand what the shape in the background is. Some sort of cloth? What does it mean?

Her should looks dislodged. I understand you were trying to make her do a cute shrug but it looks a bit exaggerated, like you went too far with it. Try to tone down the shoulder-kawaii next time.

Otherwise this is really good.

>>4678550
its the wedding garment thingie the bride puts on her head

>>4678555
Ooooooh now I see it, it starts at the back of her head. Difficult to see. Still, very cute, I'm just nitpicking.

>>4678543
resize your image you poofta

>>4678923
good stuff

Still a good 10h rendering to go.

>>4679272
>>4678923
Blogs

>>4679676
Wait whitebox ? Your faces/expressions have improved if it's you.

>>4679885
The girl is still bland af

>>4678386
Nice job, nice shape design. Looks like layered cel shaded paintings or something. Perhaps having that one tree right in the middle makes the comp. a bit static.

>>4679929
very ruan jia-esque

>>4676507
first class rendering, my dude

>>4677966
The rough textured brushstrokes work really well for the wolf, less so on the man's skin. Use the largest brush possible and don't noodle, make decisive strokes. Watercolor is not for cowards. If you want areas to blend, use wet-in-wet.
Might be a camera issue, but the skin looks rather yellow, like you mostly just used straight yellow ochre to render it. Mix it with some magenta for a more natural tone. (There are some more reddish areas of skin in the piece, but I'm honestly not sure if that's supposed to be color variation you layered on or blood from the injury. If it's color variation, add it to more places, if it's blood, be more bold with it.)
Some areas look like the ink from the outlines bled quite a bit, but others are perfectly fine. Not sure what's going on there.
All in all though really not bad for just starting out with watercolor, I've seen way worse.

>>4674844
>>4675270
Thanks a lot for the feedback, tried to follow some of your directions.

Gave up halfway on the hair because got bored of doing it but otherwise I think it turned out fine even though it has a lot of mistakes.

>>4665177
and done

>>4682017
Klinck, you’re dope kid, keep killin it

>>4683850
This is incredible work, anon!

>>4657231
Kinda Y2K. I like it

It's been a really long time since I tried drawing something more polished, I'd appreciate any advice on how to improve the sketch

1h. Going-to-bed-sketch. Fanart of the witch from the old Moomin cartoons. I think I'll do proper fan art of her soon. It's so relaxing to watch dem Moomins when the world is going to shit...


This is really cute and comfy! I really like the idea too. My feedback would be:

- Try doing the same piece with a perspective grid so it feels more like the characters are actually sitting in 3D space. You've done a pretty good job with the animal but the girl feels kind of flat in comparison. (I should have taken my own advice as my own portrait is all fucked up now that I look at it)

- Do a separate T-posed sketch for yourself where you figure out what she'll be wearing. You could definitely get a nice result with what she's got now but I think you could push the design just a little bit more.

- Get some reference for her pose. Just take a photo of yourself or someone else if you can.

You could definitely just finis this piece as it. Just something to think about for the next one!

1h. Going-to-bed-sketch. Fanart of the witch from the old Moomin cartoons. I think I'll do proper fan art of her soon. It's so relaxing to watch dem Moomins when the world is going to shit...

>>4684586

This is really cute and comfy! I really like the idea too. My feedback would be:

- Try doing the same piece with a perspective grid so it feels more like the characters are actually sitting in 3D space. You've done a pretty good job with the animal but the girl feels kind of flat in comparison. (I should have taken my own advice as my own portrait is all fucked up now that I look at it)

- Do a separate T-posed sketch for yourself where you figure out what she'll be wearing. You could definitely get a nice result with what she's got now but I think you could push the design just a little bit more.

- Get some reference for her pose. Just take a photo of yourself or someone else if you can.

You could definitely just finis this piece as it. Just something to think about for the next one!

>>4685114
That’s really good advice, thanks a lot anon!

R8 pls, charcoal drawing of Arizona mountains.

>>4686216

Why did you invert the image? I can hardly even tell what I'm looking at. There's no value structure or sense of scale to be found. I won't rate it. Get back to the drawing board.

Maybe watch this video before you start your next one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWMMo1v594Y&t=3049s

>>4682017
Legs are way too long

Here's a Unicorn

Here's a Knight

>>4686928
Oops, messed up

Taking a break from drawing wrists... by drawing more wrists