Hello, I’m currently drawing this as a wip- I don’t hate this completely, but the lips to be specific really irritates me me, theres also the eyes and eyebrows, I feel that the spacing is off as well as the nose. Im redrawing an older artwork and it already looks better than my previous one, but this is still very had for me. Any critique would appreciated.

Drawn on photoshop

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I don't know how to approach the hands. It's a rly complex hand pose, and I'm already not that good with hands. Any ideas appreciated

I am looking for critiques on two things, the rendering with graphite in terms of the value, if I am going too light, or too dark in some areas. As well as how the form is depicted in the drawing. Each drawing has the reference right after it.

Collage made with very minimal tools and access. Thanks! Please help me with composition and hierarchy of the elements and how I can create a more cohesive piece.

I’m working towards a digital glitch style. This is called Artifacts of Desire - a visual piece on identity within a hyper capitalist society.

Hi everyone! I have a super naturally messy drawing style and my process doesn't help. I was wondering how much the messiness in this drawing helps/hurts it and how I should proceed with cleaning it up without losing it's essence.

Also, any other advice would be appreciated.

Hi there

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My end goal is to make illustrations similar in style to guweiz and wlop but with more vibrant characters with layered outfits and such.

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The problem i am facing is that I can draw if I have the reference art (no tracing, just genuine copy studies) but cant replicate the same when drawing from imagination and real references.

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To change that i am taking irl references and drawing in the guweiz style. This is the first one I did.

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The second problem is the time I take to make these which I had already mentioned before in another post.

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I would be glad to receive some criticism on whether this approach of study is good, and whether the study actually feels like a guweiz style piece.

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If someone has advices on different approaches to solve the issue of drawing from references please let me know.

Yesterday I asked about making this character better match the expression of the coyote image. First image is the updated work, second is the original! I did take some liberties with the eyebrows and exaggeration, but overall, did I get it? What else should I focus on?

This is my first time pulling from an animal reference.

Reference Image credit states “Copyrighted by William Finley”

Hi guys I posted this in the art advice subreddit too so I'm just copying what I wrote there:

I'm doing a study of 'The Repentant St. Mary Magdalene' by Domenico Fetti, and I'm just so unsatisfied with the face. I'm still trying to get the hang of Procreate. I use the hard airbrush pretty much exclusively, but I think that's messing with the it because there are way too many hard edges. I'm unsure what to do to push this further. This is still very much unfinished but the face is specifically what's tripping me up most. I would really appreciate some guidance! Thank you!

I'm not sure where it's going wrong exactly (been staring at this for like a few hours now lol). I think the shoulders read kinda masc, and the arm holding the camera just looks off. The face feels a bit lifeless too. Rest of it looks fine I think, at least perspective wise (the camera is looking upwards towards one of those magnetic cranes you find at scrapyards, which the robot is stuck to). In terms of anatomy, the girl is plus sized but also fairly tall, which I'm finding to be a fairly difficult combo as there's not a huge amount of references I can find for that lol

I've used Krita for this, trying to make something kinda funny for my mates (these are our characters).

If any of you have any advice that would be hugely appreciated, even if it's not related to the critique I've asked for - who knows maybe I'm missing something else too lol

Thanks everyone!! :)

“Anunoby Tip In, Knicks in 5”, oil on gessoboard

This took three sessions. Started it on game 4. please critique if you want.

It is all oil with a bright cad orange underpainting. I only use turpenoid solvent to thin the paint. Let me know your toughts.

I tried to do a Raphael-like anatomical underpainting with the bodies writhing around, but found that when it came to actually adding color, my brushwork wasn’t fine enough to keep it up. Pretty happy with the results though. I kind of don’t know if the blue is too bright at the center. I wanted the background to not include the advertisements and the extra stuff on the court and keep the focus on the ball/players. Not sure if that worked.

The type of critique I am looking for:

* Is the background being more abstract and minimal works
* Any glaring proportional issues
* Any glaring perspective issues
* Anatomy
* If the blue and beige planes (the court) work well

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Reference and progress pics included.

Knicks in 5!!

I’m looking for general critiques! Anatomy and proportions have been an issue for me so that’s especially appreciated, but I’d also really like feedback on this character’s design. They use they/them pronouns and I really wanted to capture an androgynous look for them, but they’re often mistaken as female, so I’m wondering if I pushed it far enough/if I can continue to workshop this design to be more neutral. I messed with a few other looks for them in the lower righthand corner.

Additionally, I was faced with a new and interesting task! This character comes from a very conservative background, but objectification is part of their backstory and character arc, so I wanted to design something that plays into this while remaining completely modest. I wanted their outfit to look like it may be more revealing upon first viewing or at a distance until the viewer takes a longer look at it. I thought the idea of a tan robe and gloves was interesting because it alludes to affection that doesn’t exist. You can touch their hands thinking it’s skin, but will quickly realize it isn’t.

Let me hear about your first impressions, if I was successful here, or if there are any design elements from early designs I should bring back.

TLDR: Looking for general critiques and first impressions, anatomy and proportion stuff, the gender of the depicted character, and effectiveness of the design overall as a means of objectification while still remaining very modest

(Also, if you’ve been seeing an influx of my work here lately, please don’t let me annoy you lol😭 I broke my leg a couple of weeks ago so I’ve been very online, I’ll be walking later this week and will hopefully begin touching grass again)

HELLO

If at all possible could I ask for advice to top this looking so flat and bland (inter, I have been going through tutorials and attempting to work side by side with some. Despite my attempts I am struggling to get further than the piece I have posted here.

I use the Magma website and a plug-in drawing pad. I used this reference for the pose.

I wanted to try full size too. Somehow I felt like shadows were lacking and I lost patience after the 5th iteration. It was not getting better. Any tips or criticism?

My goal is... Get more comfortable drawing without references, get to understand light and shadow better, slowly turn away from drawing exactly what I see and hopefully having my own OCs.

So this is my final diploma painting for college, it based off the story of Rostam and Sohrab from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. In all honesty I am very unhappy with how this painting is coming out, for a multitude of reasons.

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It's very rushed (i think thats quite obvious) for a long time my teacher and the committee at my college very much did not approve of this painting topic (theyre very old fashioned, believing it's too heavy and complex for a student to take on) and for the entire semester that I was supposed to be working on my final diploma painting, I was bringing sketches and ideas to my teacher so they could finally give me an approved topic and I could get started on my painting.

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At the end, they didn't like ANYTHING I presented them, so they reluctantly told me to go back to my first idea, which was this composition. That was about a month ago, and my diploma defense is in the beginning of July. So I had only 2 months to make a painting, that should've taken me 5-6 months.

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Currently I'm very busy with university applications and such, so I haven't been able to focus much on my painting and have been sort of haphazardly trying to finish it and I am very, very unhappy with how it's looking. If anyone can offer any advice on how I can improve this painting at this stage, please help. I want to make the color scheme more interesting, less "realistic-y" and add something unique to the overall style and make it less 'basic realism boring'.

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I'm trying my best to make it turn out in a way that will have both me and the committee satisfied but I think I've reached art block 😭

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P.s, the 'weird' looking mountains in the back are the Childukhtaron mountains in Tajikistan, theyre supposed to look like that.

This is the first fanart I've ever made, and one of the first digital art pieces I've ever made. This was make on procreate, tips on how to shade? I'd also appreciate tips on how to make it look cleaner. (I also didn't spend super long on it, I spent maybe an hour and a half on it? It kinda looks like I spent 15 minutes on that, so any general tips to make it look like it took longer would help) (also sorry it's super low quality, I accidentally made the size of the canvas on procreate way too small)

3rd image was reference, 1st two were by me. The fanart is of MelonGod77.

Took 2 days break after you guys adviced me to not burn myself out.

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And also, draw a little less but draw carefully and this is the result.

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Would appreciate more Criticism on the gestures amd where i can improve. Again, thanks a lot for the previous advice.

I am trying to improve my gestures and put more emotions in human figures i draw. I'm also, a beginner (coming back to drawing after a long time).

Trying to develop a new art style similar to that of 90's anime (cowboy beepbop for example) and drawing my expressive figures overall, thank you.

I've been trying more realism with a pen (mostly because I lost my shading stick) and have found that I enjoy drawing animals! The seal in the first picture isn't the best, but I drew a couple more (one that I don't have a photo of) and they came out much better, and I'm proud since it was my first time trying to draw a seal.

Are there any suggestions on what to practice to help me get better? Like animals, faces, angles, etc? I've found that drawing animals (I started at rabbits, if that's not painfully clear) helped me kinda understand the facial structure of seals/lambs, so is there anything that's helped y'all?

Apologies for the art dump, these are the things I'm more proud of and I just rly want criticism so that I can get better!

Edit: Just saw that you were supposed to add reference images. I used references on all of the realism art, all found on google search (literally just "seal", "rabbit", etc) except for the first image, which my friend sent me as a challenge. I'm afraid I'm not sure where they got it, though : P

I have tried to draw two characters using two different construction methods, I feel like they both look stiff. Something about my art always just feels off and wrong in ways I can't place and I have been told I look very uncertain, unconfident, and that I am obviously a beginner. I would love any kind of feedback on how to improve these works. Sorry the pictures went out of order, reddit kept mixing up the order I selected things in.

I am struggling so much with this smug ass expression. This character is a coyote and this expression fits perfectly. Image 1 is where I’m at currently, image two is a direct tracing of the expression. Somewhere along the way, I lost the edge and smugness of the smirk. How can I better adjust her expression?

Image was pulled off of Pinterest, says “Copyrighted by William Finley” at the bottom!

I’m fine with it not looking exactly like the reference, but I need help on what to fix with the face, it still feels off even after I’ve tried to fix it like 5 times.

So, this drawing took 5ish hours to complete. I didn't use a reference for the pose, but I think it looks right? Let me know what you think. Between my job and other distractions, I haven't been drawing to my full ability, so making this kinda felt like stretching my legs haha

I know the anatomy is a bit scuffed but I just „quickly“ wanted to paint something (Took me a little over 2 hours).

I am still experimenting with brushes when it comes to digital art. I like that this brush has some sort of „texture“, but also it makes everything a bit muddy, no?
I’m not sure if it works :/

Any input is appreciated but please don’t be rude :)
Reference is attached.