/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5054878
yuck art, sorry

>>5054881
I am not OP and I like it.

>>5054881
your art is yuck

>>5054916
that's how i like it

>>5054878
ilu lunyluny

Someone said it looks like a trans woman, what can I do to make it look like a regular cis dude?

>>5055011
less lip gloss and blush I guess?

>>5055011
there ya go anon-chan

sorry for reposting this but I would love some crit

>>5055031
nose too big, you need loomis

>>5055012
>>5055021
Thanks guys, I appreciate the paint over, that's actually really insightful!
Is there anything else that I could work on, either now or in future drawings?

>>5055031
nothing is defined. everything is all muddy and blurry

>>5055011
fewer soft rounded shapes.

>>5055036
to make manly faces? yeah here are some tips:
- low, thick eyebrows = masculine. thin, high eyebrows = feminine.
- make larger noses. what you did looks like a tiny baby nose, which is cute on a girl, but effeminate on a guy. it can still be straight and thin, just bigger.
- the lower half fo the face is too long, and that makes anybody look ugly. make sure the nose and mouth are more towards the center with a stronger chin.
- he looks like he's wearing makeup. lipgloss, blush and eyeliner. tone that down a bit.
- unless he's supposed to be twinky, give him a thicker neck, that'll make him look 10% more masculine.
- i didn't do this in the paint over, but a square shaped hairline is more masculine than a round one. make it definitively square.
- the eyes are too big and round, which is feminine. attractive male eyes are smaller, vertically thin and horizontally long. also make the crease more prominent.

Where did the male artists go?

>>5055061
what are you talking about? everyone here is a male artist

>>5055058
Actually, I meant in general, like the rendering, anatomy, values, composition, and all that.
But that's some pretty helpful advice as well, thanks anon !! :D

>>5055061
which one

>>5055061
im here, i dont post art, only femnoids need the attention

I’m aiming for a pre-school cartoon kind of look. The bottom left girl is a princess-in-training and the bottom right is her rake uncle who wants to cheat her out of the throne.

What do you guys think of my OC? Thinking about making a comic in this style

>>5055162
Soulful

>>5055160
>femnoids
paranoid femoids?

>>5055166
why eggplant noses though?

>>5055171
idk man, he just has a big nose.

>>5055166
Thanks anon, and I like your style a lot too.

Here's some more

>>5055189
Thanks!

>>5055196
Just realized I misspelled that name so bad ahaha hate when that happens. It's supposed to be Alphred lol.

>>5054878
I don't color often

>>5055336
a more saturated version because i liked the retro feeling it gave it, but i liked the more washed out somber one too

>>5055061
This is a female majority board

>>5055196
so technically this is solid as fuck, good sense of character and some pretty nice linework, but fuck me i can't shake the sense of it looking like some tumblrcore art and i don't know. maybe it's the noses?

>>5055494
It's probably because my style used to be tumblr as fuck and I'm trying to get away from that now but for some reason I find big noses charming so it's hard to shake that old habit.

Still a WIP while I try and figure out how to draw chainmail...

>>5055340
>>5055336
Heh I like it dude looks really good

>>5055741
This'll look so lovely finished, the poses are spot on. Can't wait to see more

>>5055031
His right leg looks wrong. Like it isn't meant to bend that way. I'm too much of a /beg/ to know why though.

Is the shin/sole of the foot meant to be point straight behind him or is it sticking out to the right?

I do like the piece overall though.

Senpai David Finch was on Proko, so i tried to study one of his drawings. Lost focus after 30 minutes and just starting drawing my own anatomy and retreated to "muh style". Is that pretty normal or should I kms?

>>5056024
crisp line work anon

>>5056029
Many thanks

What stands out as the most offensive flaw here?

>>5056059
The broken hand.

>>5056061
I seem to do that a lot with hands
How do I make it more clear her thumb is going around her hip?

>>5056071
Stand up, and take the pose and see what is comfortable, where the placement of key landmarks are and what direction the hand is facing.

>>5056071
Buy yourself a life size mirror and start using that as easy reference.

>>5055011
It doesn't look like a ftm it just looks like a fag. Stop hanging around people that say shit like that, its unironically sexist.

>>5056059
How long her ribcage is.
Try to imagine the bones beneath the skin, I think you will notice it as well.
This side of her torso/boob I believe you just winged it <<. It would be nice if you picked up some references for it.
I can also notice how you added the pinkish hue to the BG on top of the character, so there's a halo all around her.

>>5056195
lol I'm not hanging around anyone, it was literally another anon who said exactly that before the last thread died. I really just want advice on my drawing, no need to look too deep into it.

Here's a goblin I'm working on. i would love to hear some critic on what I need to improve. Thank you !

>>5055492
GET OUT OF MY BOARD FEMOIDDDDD

more coom

i dont even know what i was going for

>>5056247
Yes

>>5056239
You are the minority here. Get out scrote

>>5055725
wow cute

>>5055162
I really like this style, though it looks like a cartoon or picture book from the 60s, and I'm not sure it would catch on today. If that not the goal however just keep doing what you're doing.
>>5056228
Rendering is surprisingly good on top of honestly weak construction. The planes of the face and the breast and shoulder and stomach look really nice, but things like the left arm and legs are kinda shapeless, which affects the rendering as well. I'm not sure why there's such a disparity, were you referencing something but could only see part of it?
>>5056298
I dunno but I like it. Maybe not the shape of the head, it's pretty flat and graphical on top of a very solid body.

I was doing a figure study but was on the phone for a while and added the mech wings and sword. Any critique? The tech is really bad I know, I was just...winging it.

P-please respond >>5054948

>>5056417
is the background traced? the figure is soulful but lacks a lot of anatomy even the jaw

Sketching Mario in various styles for my 2D portfolio. Gonna do more sketches/studies then ink and color them.

>>5057138
do mario in sonic style. I wanna see those crazy blumber shoes.

>>5057175
BOOBA

>>5057175
ear is too high

this redraw is long overdue. Any crits? I get blind to any glaring mistakes after a while.

>>5057220
In case anyone is wondering, here's the original from august this year.

>>5057220
It's better technically, one crit I'd say is that they're samefaced and you got rid of blue boys nose which saddens me.

>>5057235
Better but this one oddly had more character

>>5057239
yea I gave him a nosejob and gave another character the huge nose instead. They're twins (not identical) so I kinda want them too look same-faced. Unless it's like a bad kind of sameface-syndrome thing going on, then I'll fix that.
>>5057242
Perhaps. I honestly can't see anything good in the old one and it makes me cringe so hard. They look like creepy fish-people haha

>>5057196
you lack understanding of the third dimension.

>>5055031
You're getting better, he looks really cute.
You did goof the right thumb and leg up though, specifically the knee's structure, the foreleg looks flat and its perspective is off. Check the relevant parts in Bridgman's anatomy to see how to construct them properly.

>>5057113
The background is not traced. I'm not happy with the arms, but what else would you fix?

>>5056024
>Is that pretty normal or should I kms?
Both.

>>5057257
I see, well if they're twins than the sameface I was talking about doesn't apply. Can you tell me what vibe you were going for in this? They look uninterested or bored.

>>5057281
Thank you! I totally see it now, will definitely check those out.

>>5057437
Alright. I was going for a kind of victorian portrait vibe, like they're posing for a photo to be taken or something. They're looking up towards god bc religious imagery and they're ""divine creatures"" (boring character lore). They have neutral expressions but I wanted their personalities to shine through a little. Blue is shy and timid and Red is a fucking sociopath.

Long sperg over

>>5054878
Wait, did /alt/ outlive the /draw/ thread? I thought we were dead bros

>>5057473
damn...

rendering servicable?

>>5057573
https://youtu.be/yvWUDNsZXwA?t=36

>>5057573
ruined

>>5057573
BOOBA

like clockwork

>>5057595
This board's really gone down the shitter, and yes I know how bad it was before.

please give advice sorry it’s edgy

I changed

>>5057737
nice render
you have a tutorial or a Technic that you follow?

>>5056417
Added color

>>5057573
You had lots of nice lines going in the sketch, like the neck area. Now it looks sloppy.

Any major mistakes I should look out for?

>>5057737
Can you show us what it looks like with the linework back?

>>5058199
>>5056417
Wait a minute, did you post a cabin scene here a few years ago?

>>5058480
I did not, only various drawings of this character.

>>5056632
I actually sketch the pose first then ill search for a similar pose and use that as a reference.

(pic is the finished art and my client likes it)

>>5056024
It's pretty normal. if you'd forced yourself to continue studying after losing focus you would end up mindlessly copying.

>>5058105

I just know a couple of three tricks that I observed other artists do
>>5058477
I don't have a linework there was only a sketch and then I painted this on top (with a clipping mask first)

>>5058551
That makes sense. Well it's good they're happy with it, I'd say put emphasis on studying construction; your rendering will get even better at the same time.

>>5058551
>my client likes it
do you think this is a valid excuse?? what is going on in your head when you say this? >>5056228 you say you want some crit and you got it, dont dismiss it because it hurts ur feelings -___-

>>5058736
oh i'm sorry, I don't meant it like that.
I do get the critic and want to improve but when I read the reply on my post the client already approved the finished piece and it was done. I'm planning to do what the critics say on my next work and possibly improve my constructing on pose, I will try to use more reference from the start and see if there's something wrong before I send it to the client.
Thank you !

>>5058657
Thank you!, I'll try to use more reference from the start and see if there's anything need to change.

>>5057573
Face is too blurry compared to chest. In most cases you want the face to be the most sharp and detailed part of the character. Especially in a portrait/bust.

>>5057870
Move her right eye inwards a bit and it'll make a difference.

Is there something wrong? help please/

>>5059578
Also, i want to draw another character with her.. but the background is kind of blurry so it looks like the distance is unclear. How you guys add a character in this perspective?

>>5059578

Thanks to someone, kinda fixed it

>>5057220
>>5057235
I think you had the right idea from the start, giving pink more rounded cherubic features, whilst blue has a longer face with more delicate features, but lacked in the execution. While you have addressed the problems that made your faces seem so "off" before, I think that perhaps you have over corrected in some areas in trying to make them more appealing and pretty. Blue's nose for instance, the issue wasn't simply that it was "too big", as some anons may have told you, the real underlying issue was that your facial proportions and head construction were just fucked.

>>5054878
blog?

Who knew me posting shit ops would kill /alt/. Honestly amazing, now asukafag is considered one of the better artist here.

>>5059822
the seaniggers are just waking up shhh

>>5057220
The thick eyebrows and rounded noses make this look calarts. I like the original better.

>>5059822
you gonna put that on your resume, fag?

>>5059822
based
>>5059911
seething

>>5055031
I'd shade the wings near the body. Look at pic related. He shades the wings so that the body comes to the forefront and wings backwards creating space.

Any tips for rendering something like this? Where one area is extremely bright overflowing into other areas of the picture?
Excuse the extreeemly shitty picture best I could find but you get the idea right?

>>5055166
Holy shit i actually love your drawing

>>5058800
would give cheese/10

>>5057235
>>5057220
This anon, >>5059793 , pretty much nailed it.

>>5057737
Might have gone overboard here, but in general I think it just needs more polish. The torso has much more definition and darker outlines/lines in general, so you need to make it more equal. Putting more detail into the eyes especially and going in with a smaller airbrush will make it a lot more appealing I think. Of course you don’t need to go as anime-ish as I went, but maybe it can help you with some things to look out for.

experimental doodlings
hi

>>5060407
looks better with the small button nose
good job

>>5060424
hi

>>5060475
whats up

>>5060424
love this kind of stuff
post blogge

>>5060479
i have mostly garbage but here
https://twitter.com/razzpberri

>>5060407
also thank you very much this looks so much better

is the action here clear? tried to mimic the action to see what orientation the blade would be and still working to get that slash effect right.

>>5055340
Superior version imo, I'd round the knuckles out a little bit more but other than that looks sick.

>>5060875
dat hip squeeze

>>5060875
Shoulders too big, and the arm holding the burger is too fat compared to the other one, even considering foreshortening. Getting better with volume though, you're probably gonna get lots of booba commissions soon enough.

>>5060893
Yeah it's clear to me. I like it, and I like the colors. I'm beg so take my critique with a grain of salt..
Maybe add motion to her hair, like she just did a super speed hitsurugi style slasher. And maybe the skelly guys right hand can be open more to express surprise/pain. Not clenched, it's a little too stiff. And this is just some beg nitpicking and totally up to your preference cause i know it's a skelly, but adding some expression to his bone features might help. his left eye looks kind of bored and his mouth closed could be better being slightly open but that's just to convey more surprise.

One more thing, the size difference. Are her lower legs the same length as the monsters? If that's the case, why is the monster big on the top half but then small on the bottom? Is he falling backwards? Then you may have to make some perspective changes cause it doesn't convey that. It may be better to have her legs in a more standing motion than squatting to show the proper height/size difference. I hope I explained that well enough.

>>5060875
BOOBA

>>5061664
fuck off

>>5061696
where her neck nigguh

>>5061660
thanks for the feedback uncle.

I opened the hand a bit and added some expression to skelly.

the legs on skelly were supposed a bit smaller that their upper half but not the same size has the heroin's. I feel the squat position would make the most sense after the action she took, but I could experiment with her standing, or having the right thigh point towards.

>>5061898
skelly is kind of slipping from the attack, their legs are sort of doing the splits

I want asukafag bf

face cute?
this might be my new style bros..

>>5061950
creepy

>>5061950
Close. Keep at it, you're on the right track.

>>5061950
Did you get more followers after doing this waifus eating fast food thing?

>>5061965
Yes today is 1 month from the first drawing in this series and I gained 400 followers and one of my drawings had 1k likes very big success

>>5061950

Here's a very rough wip, just trying to feel the forms. Thanks a lot for all the feedback!

>>5061950
>>5062002
TOO BIG
TOO BIIIIIG
AAAAAAAAAAAA

>>5061969
Wow, who woulda thunk it.

>>5061950
cute means anime please consider next time drawing anime

>>5055011
The eyes are too soft particularly the expression, the brows are too high and the lips are too soft.

>>5058624
show me those tricks pls

>>5062177
Cute, but that nigga is obsessed with norasuko so he wants anime with lips

>>5062177
S H I T taste detected.

Real chads appreciate both.

>>5062002
>>5062177
both of you made it worse

>>5058199
I wish you had cleaned up the linework, it's the only thing I really don't like in the drawing

>>5062560
Same here. It makes the piece look sloppy and traced.

POV you are rat boy

sneed

>>5062659
kys

Horse man...Fighting the urge to draw porn of this guy...

>>5062560
Thank you, I'm considering it. It was just an MS Paint drawing that got wildly more ambitious.
>>5062576
I dunno why you're so convinced it's traced, I can make a process gif if you want.

>>5062509
I disagree

Does his right hand (viewer's left, in the rough blue chickenscratch) look alright enough to begin inking it? Something about his wrist bothers me.

One that is settled, I'll ink the rest and do the remaining corrections / cleanup.

>>5055162
The princess design on the bottom is adorable, keep working with that. What colors were you thinking?

Any tips for better background? Feel like my skill is still quite lacking in this department.

>>5063268
Add some contrasting colors, like red flowers. Also trees maybe for some vertical movement. You know what things are outside, just think about it, and find reference.

>>5063259
BOOBA

>>5063259
why is she sad about eating a burger?

>>5063259
Face does not look connected to that body.

>>5063259
>>5063299
I tried. Donno if it is an improvement.

>>5056059
Her right hand, and the lumpy waist.

>>5062177
>anime is a style
>anime is one style
Run.

>>5061950
You remind us so much of Firez. Maybe this is why there's so many that give you a pass on your fuck ups despite repeating ourselves over and over again.

>>5063484
who's Firez?

Magmar wip. Haven't played with linework weights enough.

>>5062888
Your art style is weirdly erotic and I don’t know why. I mean this in the nicest way possible but this isn’t my usual taste yet I can’t get enough of your art.

>>5063546
Un-ironically one of the nicest things someone has said about my art. I'm glad you like it;)

>>5063607
kys fag n take ur art w/ u

>>5063613

>>5063546
Back off she's my queen!

>>5063259
I think you just need to add a line for the neck (the right side) to give it more presence. You painted a highlight to express the same thing but I think it's to hard to read.

>>5063326
I prefer the other hair, it was more interesting to look at with the tilt.

>>5062642
I haven't thought of simpsons hit and run in years and now I have an irresistible urge to play it

Alright, I feel like my art is going into the right direction, but at the same time I feel like there is much room for improvement. I am mainly interested in the faces and the dynamism of the figures, but can I get feedback in general?

>>5063851
yes, stop drawing your retarded furry

>>5062888
Oops

>>5063977
Does everyone that visits this board eventually become a degenerate or what?

>>5063989
i've been saying he is a retarded shizo fag the moment i saw his retarded drawing

>>5063989
>>5064004
>implying I haven't always been a degenerate
:)

>>5064010
i know, your parents told me, that's why they havent talked to you in years

>>5064015
why are you mad?

>>5064020
who the fuck said i was?

>>5064022
idk man, you seem pretty mad to me

>>5064025
thats your schizo acting up

>>5064029
ok, gonna take my meds now.

would love some crits (i kno face is wonky >.>)

>>5064141
the whole body is too god damn parallel, head is too big(make sure to use the torso and chest as reference points to correctly adjust the size of the head),man tittes( was it done on purpose?!?!), stop drawing the dang shoulders as a standalone objects.

Is there a book or guide on rendering for beginners digitally?

>>5057580
This is still one of the best/worst things in the world

>>5064711
CtrlPaint

>>5064732
God bless

>>5056024
I want to touch his tiddies

>>5056298
Ask me how I know ur a tranny.

>>5057573
Her boobs are more rendered than her face.. this is your brain on coom, kids.

But in all seriousness, looks good but the face needs more midtones

>>5063851
In general you have no idea what you are doing. I'm not even talking anatomy, even though it is fucked, I'm talking the basic forms. Try to build this same image out of boxes and other simple forms and then see how fucked up it is.

>>5060875
BooBa

>>5064141
>>>/beg/

Wow this general truly is dead.

>>5066350
of course it is, trannies killed it

ehh worth a shot

>>5066376
>probably traced chicken-scratch coomer shit

No.

>>5066376

>>5061772
Huh, now that you mention it it's not too visible from the back

>>5056059
fix your form. Her body has no well defined side planes or little implication of it. This isn't a perfect fix I posted, but it you should get the idea. It's just to show side planes. (I know the sky is overcast, so the shadows won't come out as solid, and that the ribcage isn't a rectangle.)

How is everyone doing?

this was for class but it turned out okay

>>5066378

Not traced, so I'll take that as a compliment.
No need to be upset you can't draw anime.

>>5066378
also

>Coomer Shit
>pic related

Seems pretty tame to me desu

>>5057580
why does it sound like he's fucking possessed

>>5062455
BASED GLOSSCHAD !!!!!!!!

>>5062455

i did this meme twice

>>5062455

>>5054878
can i have some critique? which are the worst looking areas? tear me apart pls

I made a lil man

>>5063535
All finished. I think having nothing going on in the background takes away from it a bit, but I'm not sure if it's just because I've been looking at this for so long. Thoughts?

>>5066906
Honestly I think it looks pretty good, the main thing that stands out to me is the expression/face really. I know she's supposed to be smug but I feel like the current expression doesn't really fit the pose. I would personally go for a more happy expression, but that's personal choice. Other than that, I would maybe draw a bit of her right thigh showing in the space between her arm warmers and the belly. The foot is in perspective but in that case you should be able to still see a tiny bit of thigh in that pose.

>>5067260
Good job based butthead poster

>>5057044
You used reference for the body? Right? Find references for mechanical devices and such. Make the wings feel real.

I don't know if this really belongs here...
but drew this for /co/

>>5067873
You belong here

Post more often

>>5055021
Saved because I have the same issue and this comparison is really helpful

>>5067924
thanks, I will

>>5067353
thank you anon!, i'll grind a bit of anatomy and practice more expresions and the features of the head ^^

>>5067422
Thanks fellow boober guy

>>5056298
based
blog`?

How's this? Pretty cool right? I heavily stylized on purpose this time around as if it was a videogame

>>5068390
10/10 for ambition

>>5068336
qt

I think i can get one more draw in before the end of the year, went all out and used a sheet of Bristol board for some extra space. Unapologetic comfort zone drawing.

Trying to put everyone in from the island. Finished Judy, Chester, lily, zucker, and tia. I still have to add Raymond, beau, fauna, pietro, and merengue. Maybe I’ll drop an Isabelle and some Nooks if space permits.

>>5069639
I know what you were trying to do but it looks more like hes inflating then his chest is rising and falling

>>5056417
>>5058199
Neat and saved.

>>5060875
the face stylization here is a lot more appealing than what you usually do, if that means anything to you

>>5061950
although rendered out like this it looks ugly as sin

>>5070077
>>5058199
cringe and samefag

>>5070077
t-thanks

>>5070247

Can I get some crit please. I usually only post on /beg/ but I think Its okay If I post here with this thing.

>>5069639
I think the middle frame should be held for the shortest amount of time, with the low and the high pose held for longer. It looks like he's holding his breath in the middle of inhaling/exhaling

>>5069639
inflation fetish? or never seen a living person under a blanket?

>>5062006
i think this would look a lot better if there wasn't such a big distance between their nose and mouths

>>5066479
Better now that I saw your art, looks good man.

>>5070657
you are not ready to exit /beg/ yet

>>5071144
/beg/ Is honestly the one of the worst generals on this entire site. People try to have comfy thread where people give crit and post their work. But without fail, one guy will go off an autistic spergfest because he cant take crit or most likley Schizo anon comes in spamming I HAVE NO TALENT IVE BEEN DRAWING FOR FOUR MONTHS AND IVE MADE NO PROGRESS for LITERALLY 50-100 POSTS till the thread hits bump limit and everyone has to migrate.
I just wanna get out. My honest biggest motivation to grind 5 hours of studies a day is so I never have to post my work there every again, maybe only to give crit and advice until the retards show up and ruin everything.

>>5070247
Get raped
>>5070253
Da proof

>>5071180
At least you know him for his insane personality, so technically he made it. He will be remembered.

gonna try and paint this soon. anything to fix beforehand? perspective seems wonky to me.

>>5071616
No he wont. He'll be forgotten the second he stops posting officially or he gets banned. Hard to forgot someone who literally screams in your ear

>>5071758
the girl looks like she's on a completely other plane of existence from the rest of the cockpit. i'd personally leave her out and just paint that awesome looking biomech you've done

>>5071144
Even if he is /beg/ he can post here for advice

>>5070657
I know you won't like this but
stop drawing anime and study from life and fundamentals

>>5072200
I am? Been doing that for the last month or so. Its just really boring and anime and autistic doodles are more fun.

need to stop drawing girls facing the left

>>5072354
jesus I know that feel
I just made a collage of my art and it's 70% looking left

>>5072363
i don't even know what my problem is at this point since i can draw other things but christ i just default to the left. it is my vice. why can't they at least face right on occasion?

>>5072366
If you're right handed it's just easier to draw right to left because your hand isn't covering up the picture. I gotta remember to at least flip my sketch and keep it that way.

>>5072369
oh this actually makes a lot of sense. i'd like to do more different angles too but it's hard to think of poses for people with weird head angles for me. im ngmi

>>5072244
>awkwardly copies a few poses and draws one bad figure from memory
>nice, i finally learned fundamentals, time to master anime next

>>5072395
>Try to study fundies, girnd a few pictures everday
>decide to take a break and draw something I like
>Wow, looks like you only draw anime! Heh! Nice try kid! I am superior to you.
Fuck off spaz.

>>5072398
if you don't enjoy studying fundies and the process of making art then you're pure ngmi material. studies are fun and if you don't enjoy them you're ngmi

>>5072401
>False premise - the post
I enjoy drawing, but I enjoy drawing stuff I like more. Not a difficult concept to understand

>>5072398
you can draw for fun but why ask for critique my man

>>5072409
and by that i mean only having fun doodling, not having fun improving

>>5070657
>hiding both hands

>>5072409
>>5072415
Im not the one who started talking like a dick. I posted a thing, asked for critique. Got a response, responded to the response, and suddenly im the bad guy.

Im not posting anymore about this, this is going no where. I do my daily figure and gesture grinds for 3-4 hours and thats that.

>>5072418

>>5072419
you're not the "bad guy" btw. maybe insecurity/self esteem-issues are in play here too

>>5072424
Im just tired. Its been a long week

>>5072429
i feel ya buddy.

try to make studying more fun rather than a grind. its possible

>>5072244
Drawing from reference is good but you have to alternate between drawing from refs and drawing from imagination. I'd draw poses and portraints from imagination and then check the proportions and symmetries if I were you.

>>5072422
well... I mean it IS well hidden

>>5072457
Ill try that. Thanks

>>5070657
>>5072244
The corset feels flat. If it's going to be flat, you should try to stylize or exaggerate it. Make it look intentional. Even as a beginner you can cheese a lot of things that way by thinking graphically rather than literally. Basically, draw a cartoon.
Still, another way to go is to think of the form or perspective. Look up "see through corset" and trace over some examples, paying attention to any perspective clues. Lines, ellipses, etc. Then draw what you traced, and then do it from memory. The essential shape of a corset is an hourglass and you can reduce it to just a few angles and 6 sides (two triangles with tips touching).

You're doing the right thing to do a mix of study and imaginative work. But you might improve faster if you study *for* your imaginative work. Right now your studies are a bit haphazard, which is understandable at the start, but the better you can direct your efforts towards a concrete goal, the quicker you'll see results.

>>5072514
God bless. Yeah I have no idea what direction Im doing my studies. I wanna be able to draw people from imagination in a variety of poses, so I've been just grinding gesture and figure. How would I go about studying for imagination?

>>5072552
If you're aiming for semi-realistic proportions and anatomy in complex poses and perspectives, it's a lot of work. It may never truly end. But you'll better and quicker at analyzing and learning new poses. Leyendecker photographed reference and did studies for every illustration he did.
Once I get an idea, I do exactly what I did with that corset ref, except I go a lot deeper with it and make lots of sketches. Then even after that I'll still use reference to refine my imaginative work.
It can get overwhelming if you think of everything left to be done, so just do one pose at a time. Don't try to master it in a week because that won't happen even after a year. You'll return to the same concepts over and over again, adding something new each time, reinforcing old knowledge.

But if it's really important that you be able to generate lots of poses from imagination, study animators alongside photo studies. They're the best at that.

How do I make this more realistic? Any tips in general? I struggle the most with the background/grass and lighting.

>>5072586
Leyendecker btw. Notice how many times he draws and paints hand poses, each one only slightly different. These are just his studies but they look like finished illustration. Yours don't have to look like that, as long as you learn from them.

>>5072586
>>5072591
Thanks again

>>5072586
>study animators
Do you mean stuff like pic related?

>>5072354
flip them and make them face the right

>>5069013
I got everyone, this poor Bristol board. Glad i didn’t use normal paper

>>5072667
Genius

>>5072660
Yes, exactly that. Genga/production art is what I was thinking of. Sakugabooru and e/exhentai have tons of that stuff. If you do study it, try not to copy the lines and details too literally, even if you trace over them. Audit it. Treat it like you're opening and clock and trying to understand what makes it tick. This is difficult to do because it depends on multiple skills of anatomy, perspective, gesture, but you get better at it through study of those subjects, and then practice.

This video might explain it better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kfK46nruKM&feature=youtu.be

>>5071945
Good point dude. Totally didn’t line her up with the perspective of the mecha. Thanks though I’m gonna go with what you said

>>5056417
Which software did you use pal?

Are people really not posting because the threads hit bump limit?

Well if the threads dying and no one else is posting I'm going to crawl out of /beg/ for a second.

I know the couch is fucked from a perspective and design viewpoint but is there anything instantly atrocious about the chracter?

Any advice on making a better looking drawing or character? I know my faces, features and hair need work. What about his overall design? He's a young adult male mage from the aristocracy about to go on an adventure. Does any of that come through?

I'm still getting used to my tablet and csp. So my linework isn't the best.

>>5057175
Ribcage/boobs are on different perspective. Face is off too and wtf is that ear? Otherwise i like it.

new thread >>5074230

>>5073037
MS Paint

Would appreciate a redline or any crits on this! Trying to get better at understanding sitting poses.

>>5063509
A better artist than you that makes the same mistakes over and over again even tho people tell him exactly what he is doing wrong.

Despite his mistakes, he's still a top notch artist.

>>5062640
>>5062641
>>5062642
Why do you try so hard to be a clown? Stop doing this crap and focus on getting better at anatomy and gesture. And no flipp what Nosebro taught you isn't gesture, he fucked you up really hard and now your art is stuck in a soulless and stiff style.

The only thing Nosebro is good at is proportions and basic shapes/form, then he is really bad at everything else. Get rid of what he taught you and start over, you will improve in no time.