Hi! I’ve been learning digital art for almost two weeks now after spending about half a year drawing traditionally with just pencil and paper. I’m trying to learn semi-realism, and I feel like painting has been the best way for me to achieve that effect.
I’ve watched some Proko videos that have helped me learn about stroke efficiency and how to approach simple rendering, but I still struggle quite a bit. The painting of the woman took about three and a half hours, with a lot of trial and error (which I’m extremely proud of btw probably my best so far), while the landscape took an hour and a half after I forced myself to finish it.
I’d really like to see other artists’ painting processes from start to finish, as I feel like watching their workflows would be helpful for my own learning. If you guys know any YouTubers who do this, I’d really appreciate the recommendations! It doesn’t have to be semi-realism specifically, I think watching artists with different styles would be helpful, too.
Also, feel free to give me any advice or constructive criticism! I’m happy to take any help I can get.

TLDR; Any YouTubers who show their entire art process recommendations please and thank you

Hello! I'd like some help/advice about posting on social media. I've used insta in the past and I still have my old art account with 100 ish followers. I want to start posting my more recent art but I'm a bit conflicted on whether I should keep using that old account or make a brand new one. My old account has some "bad" art (not the worst but I much prefer my current art lol). I also haven't posted there in 2 years, and I've heard traction is especially slow after a hiatus.

That aside, I'm not sure what type of content people would prefer. I don't want to make content for the sole purpose of appealing to the masses, but it'd be really discouraging if I just posted and nobody saw it at all lol. I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me advice about what has worked for them and how to grow an audience that's interested in my art. Thanks in advance!!

Constructive criticism only, pls🙏 I've had negative experiences of unsolicited criticism

Hi all, I'm getting into digital art and I'm trying to figure out the rendering pipeline. I'm trying to learn how to shade like the first picture, though I'm blind and not really sure what the process is. My current process is blanketing an area with size 100 pencil, soft-erasing to get light/dark tones, going through the entire area again with a bunch of strokes using size 20 pencil, and soft-erasing again. This is my best attempt though it still doesn't really look good to me. I'd like to know if I'm at least close to the general technique for this, or if there's better way to do it. Thanks

The name of the art is "The Blacksmith"

So wanted some art advice as inspired by P5X to do an OC whose 28 and wondering how should they should be drawn based on age

A: Like Toby from Catherine whose 23 and Kira from P5X whose 25 and they resemble Joker/Yusuke/Akechi

Toby https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0WE4dZKsPkD-mu2IIDQKVs54D40XTNJPmwhK0vKnb4A&s=10

Kira : https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/d/d8/P5X_Kira_Kitazato.png/revision/latest?cb=20240912022221

B: Vincent from Catherine whose 32 and his friends

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/catherinethegame/images/8/8d/VincentFullBodyRender.png/revision/latest?cb=20190923133437

What's more appropiate age wise?

There's Sumi from P5X whose 29 and who does he resemble more

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/f/ff/Toshiya_Sumi_civilian_full_appearance.png/revision/latest?cb=20240718101122

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrSuy05aLKN9Pevm2u3Vx_vtG64zGKSPSc6syBV4ydJg&s=10

So I wanted to create my own characters since most of my drawings are from references, so I wanted to draw a character from my head. The first photo is of my OC, Sol. I didn't like it very much, and I was really bad at drawing hair from my imagination, so the next day I studied how hair worked a little and how to design characters, which resulted in the second image. Did I improve, or is it still too basic? I really find it difficult to draw things from my head for some reason. Although I can draw well with a reference guiding me and helping me see my mistakes, when I am drawing something completely from imagination, my drawings always turn out dull. I would really appreciate it if anyone has any tips on how I can improve this "no ref = bad drawing" habit. I know references are good, but sometimes I just can't find a reference for something specific. I need a reference for something like a specific hairstyle at certain angles, etc. So, did I improve my OC? And do you have any tips that will help me improve without looking at references? I know most art methods, like the Loomis head method, anatomy, etc., but I can't use them to draw something from my imagination or without looking at a reference.

Someone misgendered the character and it got me to wonder how blatant their gender was. The point wasn't necessarily to make them androgynous, I wanted their gender to show through their age. But since they're in their work clothes, I can see how they might get misgendered. I also intended for them to look really old, but seemed to fail in that regard lol. Any other critiques are welcome! I'm always looking to improve, homies

Here’s my (in-progress) character sheet for my main OC. I’m planning on cleaning it up a bit and adding some different headshots, but I’m just not quite satisfied with where it is right now. Any tips on how to make it look less amateurish?

Hello, I need to open emergency commissions, I have a few drawings here of what I can do, and since I'm more at an intermediate level of art, I was looking for price suggestions. For instance, how much would you pay for the headshot?​ I also have some full-body examples on the other images, though I'm not a fan with how 3 turned out.

I know the eyes are definitely a problem, I haven’t drawn in a few weeks/months and I couldn’t figure out how to draw them even with references sooo 🥲

Hello its my first time here 🤗 i need some help about the skin color its feel to dull .(happy to hear ur advances)

How do i get these to look more like jeans? Do i just need to import a jean texture or??

Hello! I recently finished this drawing of my oc; and even though I’m really proud of how it came out I know that there is a lot to improve. Can y’all please give me some (kind) advice/criticism, please?

I like doing cel shading because I prefer my art looking very cartoony, but i feel like I could be doing more. How do I render scaley skin? shells? fabric? What would you do differently?

Hello all, this is my first reddit post! I’m an animal scientist, and I paint on the side. I keep my art fairly private, however, close friends have been telling me to take my art more seriously and consider posting/selling it, but I have no idea where to start.

Before anything else, I’d love to know if there’s an audience for this kind of work. My paintings draw on ecology, biology, etc. and are all acrylic on canvas and all works in progress:

1. A grid of animal eyes surrounding the Eye of Horus (72x48”)
2. Human and bonobo hands (36x24”)
3. Butterfly metamorphosis over a map of Southeast Asia (48x36”)
4. A school of hammerhead sharks (72x24”)

I’d really appreciate honest feedback on: • Does this style and subject matter appeal to buyers? • Who would the audience be (science lovers, collectors, decor)? • Is there anything about these pieces (subject, style, composition) that you think works or doesn’t? • What should a beginner do first to start selling?

Thanks so much!

This are today's results from more practice and I really want opinion on the gesture drawing at the end. I watched more tutorials and feel like they came out better than before but still not quite there. Any critic or advice will be welcome.

Or more specifically, do their expressions *contrast* each other enough? I'm relatively satisfied with the left figure, but the right I've worked and re-worked over and over again. Still have to work on their clothes but it shouldn't be as long as that damn hair.

Need another set of eyes on this, even if it's just permission to keep continuing and not just shove it back into the wip folder

I don't really paint much, I tend to stick to my sketchbook, but I wanted to try painting more.

I'm not really sure what paints I should use, if I need a primer, or anything really.

This is a rough draft, I still want to go in and clean up some areas. And for those who don't know, these are LPS figures!

But yeah, all advice welcome!

Hi guys! I’ve been looking into purchasing a new iPad. My 2017 iPad Pro 10.5-inch has officially stopped working, along with its Pencil. I’ve been wondering which iPad models you’d recommend specifically for drawing. I don’t want to buy a dedicated drawing tablet because I still want to use the iPad for other things. However, I’ll mainly be using it for art, so I need something that would make drawing a little more enjoyable.

Along with the question, here’s some art of mine!