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Post by HZ on Jun 28, 2011 23:35:15 GMT -5
Sorella through the ages.Because I haven't drawn her enough, apparently. Just made an age progression chart for Sorella, detailing what she looked like before her more current design. Overall, it was a fun mini-project. I didn't really keep all the designs on an equal level, so there might be some height confusion. I kept the height guidelines, though. So that may help. I kinda wished I used more dynamic effects for this, too. But maybe I'll do that when I'm not terrible at drawing. Anyway, any comments or criticism is much appreciated and thanks for looking.
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Post by Professor Fann on Jun 29, 2011 1:19:39 GMT -5
Wonderful progress of time. I like it.
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Post by HZ on Jun 29, 2011 12:04:19 GMT -5
Ok, so...
Over the past few days, I've been looking over my drawings to understand how my style works and I noticed that all the drawings kind of look odd. Whether they have weird anatomical issues, similar body/face construction, or just things that just don't work with what I intended the drawing to be.
I also find that, when I use reference pictures, the stuff I draw doesn't seem to hold up. (Though this may just be a difference in style.)
I suspect that this is because I haven't been practicing as much as I should, which is entirely possible. But I also fear that it's something fundamentally wrong with how I'm going about this.
So, I'm asking for any sort of criticism you guys have in regards to my drawing style. What works/doesn't work, and how you guys think I can improve upon/fix it, or stuff that just plain bugs you about my drawings.
Doesn't need to be an in-depth analysis, but you can write that if you really want.
Note that this isn't me trying to put myself down, I just want to know how I can make better stuff for you guys in the future.
Thanks for reading, and I await your critique.
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Post by Cem on Jun 29, 2011 12:15:02 GMT -5
I think you just have to mess with the head shapes and the face shapes(eyes, nose, mouth) until it's how you want it to look.
Maybe try tracing with a light board.
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Post by Albireo on Jun 29, 2011 12:55:21 GMT -5
And... After gathering all I could.
Okay. First of all, you're just kinda doubting yourself, I will say first and foremost, you have made visible progress across this thread, looking from page 1-13 will tell anyone that. Furthermore, when you're "referencing", you're not "copying", I would also like to state that, most people good or bad at drawing, experience grief from their result, not being like that of their "intended" result. You're not the only one who experiences that kind of grief, it's normal for any artist, so it's really just natural. Although, you want a bit on your style as well... So... Okay.
Your anatomy is fine, but your character's sense of... Well standing, is sometimes off. There seems to be no defined "ground" for them to stand on, and other times their centre of gravity is off, making them look unbalanced. Just look up "centre of gravity" in relation to drawing, and you'll know what I mean.
To an extent, I also think your body shapes, postures and poses have quite a bit of room for improvement, but that's considering lack of dynamic posing. So I advise reference drawing poses, you don't have to draw the character, you don't have to draw it exactly. Just sketch it, so that you have an idea of how it works, you're never going to get it exactly like the reference itself, so don't fret over it.
Now, to talk about your actual style. Okay, it's cute, it has an element of being truly a cartoon, like this is what you'd show kids, and looks like the kind of style on a kid's show. The way the clothes are drawn as well corroborate with this. You really, just have this cute, child-like style.
If you don't like it, work to change it, but be warned. Changing your style is many times harder than improving it. So here goes. The clothes you draw, well, there's kinda no... Uhhh... Sometimes it doesn't really look like fabric, and looks more like a sheet of metal. Try having some folds, make it "flow", give the clothes movement. This is quite integral, giving clothes movement, also gives the illusion of character movement, I believe you lack some of that.
Now last of all, Random's advice. Variety. You're gonna need some of that. What shows the difference between experienced real-deal artists, and amateurs, is the variety of what they draw. Anyone can learn to draw a single face, but not anyone can just learn general drawing tips once, and draw well over a few dozen faces from it. So yeah, try some variety.
Ask Random for some of that. He's good at noticing that kind of stuff.
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Post by Nightmare on Jun 29, 2011 17:10:33 GMT -5
Pretty much what Al said. I don't think there's any fundamental problems with your style, I think your stuff looks great. I dunno what Cem's on about faces but I can agree with Al that it couldn't hurt to experiment more with dynamic poses.
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Post by HZ on Jul 19, 2011 18:37:50 GMT -5
New arts!This one was a request by Sunny, who wanted me to draw her character, Miyuu, in a kimono. I actually had a lot of fun with this drawing. I got the chance to use some new techniques that I picked up during my down time, (I paid attention to the critique, too. Thanks, guys.) and decided to add some additional elements to the drawing to help make it not bland. To be honest, I'm kinda proud at how it came out. I think it's one of my better ones. Well, I said what I wanted to say. As usual, thanks for looking, any comments or criticism is much appreciated, and keep checking for any other drawings I might put up.
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Post by Professor Fann on Jul 20, 2011 0:21:01 GMT -5
Hmm. A nice looking art. And the kimono too. I couldn't help but feel that it reminds me of manga drew in the 1980s where the eyes were all like that. Big, sparkling ...
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Post by HZ on Aug 15, 2011 22:40:18 GMT -5
NEW ARTS. (Might not be work safe.) Zeer and Reiya having a bit of a sexy moment. Though it doesn't seem like Reiya's enjoying herself. (As far as we know...) This one was drawn as a birthday present for Renegade. Despite his birthday having already passed a few weeks ago, but whatever! Gods this one took forever. I suppose that tends to happen when you decide, out of the blue, to color something digitally, and then get obsessive over the details of said drawing. But it's still very time consuming. Personally, I think I did pretty damn good on it. Especially considering I've never done digital lineart and coloring before. Despite it taking ages, it was pretty fun to do, and it resulted in one of my best works, I think. Might give this another go in the future. But nobody cares what I think here, so let's get on with ending this post already. As usual, any comments or criticism is appreciated, and thanks for looking at the very least.
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Post by Majeh on Aug 15, 2011 22:45:39 GMT -5
Looks good HZ. Nice work.
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Post by Renegade on Aug 16, 2011 1:26:52 GMT -5
I like this very much, and because you took so much time it came out amazing.
The only problem I have with it, is that there isn't a background, but I know how annoying backgrounds are and I wouldn't force anyone to make one just because I wanted one.
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Post by Professor Fann on Aug 16, 2011 11:25:42 GMT -5
It's a nice artwork, and I think a beach (likely a usual for this type of art) background will make the art more awesome.
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Post by Albireo on Aug 17, 2011 11:15:31 GMT -5
I approve of this.
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Post by Bloodbane on Aug 17, 2011 23:51:29 GMT -5
Looks great HZ, then again you were showing me WIPs the whole way through so I knew what to expect
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Post by FDSuprema on Aug 20, 2011 14:14:03 GMT -5
Yay boobies. Looks awesome, HZ.
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