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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:10 pm


Im sorry to open an Topic for this, but i would like to hear
some Critique or Opinions about the way i draw, about the
style and what i made wrong. I always want to improve myself
but wherever I post my art, I just get a "looks nice" or "I dont like it"
from the other people. That dosnt really help at all.

I tend to play around with my style a bit (they dont change that much),
so here are 3 examples of what i draw.

http://files.homepagemodules.de/b151123/f23t46p451n13.jpg

http://files.homepagemodules.de/b151123/f23t46p451n8.jpg

- ignore the clothes - i just added them out of boredom.

http://files.homepagemodules.de/b151123/f23t46p451n10.jpg

Normaly i dont use alot of Colours but i tought i still should show them.
*I use the Traditional way to draw*


In another Topic i saw someone of you asked what experience the person
got in drawing. if she/he was in an art school and stuff. Well for me, i never
actually had Art Lessons or something like that - so in the end this is what
i'ved teached myself.
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:32 pm


is art classes something that might interest you?

Your art style is nice, you pay close attention to details, and you do have a quality to your lines which renders the drawings more interesting. However if your looking for things to improve I'd suggest taking life drawing classes and study the human figure a little more closely.

Your general anatomy is good, but its not as accurate as it could be *I won't go into details of each drawing since your asking for cretics on your general drawing abilities* From what I can see, your drawing style is loosely based off realism, so I think life drawing classes or even paying closer attention to references or real life models might help fine toon your proportions. Also if you could take courses on the human anatomy, what forms muscles have where there placed exactly and how they move it could help improve your drawing.

I noticed in your drawing you have a little bit of shading. Which is nice because it gives us some depth to your drawing instead of being a flat image, but I think you could take it a step further. If you rendered your images with more of a three Dimention to it, it could render your drawings much more interesting, regardless to weather you add colour or not. I think by adding more definition in your shading to your forms, you could add more life and interest to your drawings. If we can see a difference between the fabric on your characters body and there skin, instead of everything being shaded and treated the same way we could gain a higher level of appreciation for your art.

I also want to talk about colouring. I know its something you said you didn't put much attention towards, but I think its something that demands a lot of attention if ever you integrate it into your drawings. Colours can add a lot to your drawings, however if there placed just for the sake of being there, it can also render a drawing less appealing or interesting. This is why its important to pay close attention to what colours you put in your drawing, and how they work together.
When looking over your drawings, I noticed most of them had colours here and there, and the most definition you gave to your colours were adding a darker shade of the same colour over your drawing. I think you should really try exploring colours more if this is an avenue you wish to pursue. Try combining different colour variations in your clothing or even skin. When we look at things that exist in real life, like your skin, we find we have many variations of colours in it, than simply one colour. Ex. If I look at my skin, I'm not just tanned coloured. My skin also contains areas were its more blue or purple, due to veins. Or red and yellow do to irritation, or blood circulations ect. These are things that if you incorporate into your drawings, I believe can make for a better drawing.

Last thing, is your posing. Try creating more dynamic posing with your drawings. We can see you trying this a little with your second example, however dynamic posing also incorporates in your head shots as well. Try to include emotions in your drawings, and facial features. Make sure there easy to read and really give us a better understanding of what kind of character your drawing has. This allows us to create a story in our head and really adds more depth to your drawing. An example of this is this painting by Max Ginsburg

http://www.artcriesout.com/images/PA2007/PA07-22.jpg

Notice how our attention is brought upon the women right away, because of her reaction, were left to ponder and fill in the blank about what just went down. This story telling allows us to become much more attached to the character than if she was just laying there expressionless. So try to exploit that in your drawings more often and I think you could really make some interesting drawings.

In general you have a solid base for drawing. Your drawings are very nice and detailed, what your missing is the extra step, the push forward to make your drawing from just ok, to something truly exceptional, and breath taking. Aim high and you'll get there, keep up the great work : )

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:17 pm


I've never had a formal art lesson either (high school art is useless to me..) but someone did invite me to an 'art school' on deviant art (basically where users give you assignments and help you improve) they have a few different classes to choose from, and you can choose more than one.

I really like the way you color, and your hair is very nice too ^^

Im not so great with critique ^^;
but the first one:
The ear (inside) is very thick I've noticed, I believe that blue thing is a ponytail holder right? I would try and make it more distinct that its in a ponytail.

Third one, the bridge of the nose looks a bit to wide.

Hope I was soemwhat helpful ^^;
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:36 pm


Thanks for the nice comments, but i dont rly think i want to take art class - it will just feel like i have to draw something ppl want me to, dont know how to explain it. Well first i started to try more "real life" drawings but that actually wasnt my thing since i wanted to let my fantasy out more.

Well im drawing like 1 till 2 pictures a month.
But yeah youre right Kai_Chi about the expression.
I worked with them some time ago and still have got alot to learn about them, sadly i dont always feel like im doing it right so in the end my characters start to seem a little bit emotionless - and when i actually want to put emotions in it
i just do headshots or something like that since it takes me alot of time to finish such a picture.

But im rly thankfull for the critique.

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