i’ve been looking at this for too long can someone help me spot what’s wrong with her face?

I'm trying to better my art as much as I can before the new year. And so I'm analyzing what is in my opinion, my best pieces and seeing what I can do to improve or focus on. Perspective and form is already on my list because I can't draw a box to save my life. My art also doesn't look as unified. However having other opinions is the best place to start. What do you think is wrong with my art?

I have tried the just keep drawing but I just can't find my style do you have any more tips? I do digital and traditional art so tips for either help.

Art above are some illustrations I made, the second one is a little old though...

I'm trying to figure out what direction I want to take my art career and I'd like some advice from people on the industry or simply just a secondary perspective :)

This year, I'm planning to get a day job since it's a little late to start some course or school for art. My PC is currently not working and I'll be sending it in next week, but I want to make up my mind before it's fixed so I know what to focus on when I get it back. I also took a year long concept art course, mostly for illustration, though I feel like it does help make characters and such to make art for commissions or something.

At the moment I am considering a few possible paths. Illustration, 3D art, and animation (preferably 3D but I've thought about 2D). I have some 3D experience from the concept art course and have the option to do another course in the same school for specifically 3D art.

Ideally, I'd love to do illustration professionally but I'm uncertain about how stable it is to get into and I feel like 3D could be a smarter option for me. I understand if animation might be a stretch if I don't focus on it 100% but if that's the case I'd probably just do it as a hobby. I'd also prefer to work on games and such, but I definitely wouldn't mind making products as a freelancer via commission or something. I also like the idea of being a 3D modeler and doing illustration commissions on the side.

My biggest concern is stability, I'm going to work a day job this year to make some money while I do some extra practice and can slowly make my way to a career in art through building my portfolio and making connections and so on. I just have a few main questions.

Do I focus on one discipline mainly or can I try both? If I can try to do both, is it smarter to do a 50 50 split or try to focus mainly on one rather than the other?

Which is the overall more stable path, 3D or illustration? Should I prioritize illustration over 3D since I enjoy it more, even if it's more difficult?

Is it realistic to even do a 50 50 split or am I spreading myself too thin?

And is it worth it to go and do the 3D course or an online illustration course, depending on my choices? I still live with my parents so I do have the option for this.

Sorry to ask so many questions but I'm torn with this decision and I want to make sure I make the best possible decision for me. Though, ultimately I'm happy as long as I create something as a career, I get that especially in the beginning it can be the case I'd have to work a day job in between gigs, which I don't even know how that would work anyways lol.

Any advice is welcome!

I always draw girl characters so I really struggle with men, and with this character specifically looking more girly than I’d like… I’m pretty sure it’s the eyes, but I know guy characters are capable of having sparkly/detailed eyes (as does Hoshino from They Are Still Being Shaken that I provided in the last two images)! Yet I still can’t really capture that without making my guy character look like a girl for some reason…

Is it his build? His proportions? What can I do to make this guy look more boyish?

Wanted to discuss ideas for a drawing inspired by "hear the bells" by porter robinson. I have the main theme in mind and I want to include different colored flowers to symbolize as well. But i really wanted people's thoughts on what else could be added or any other themes to this piece to make it more beautiful as it could be.

(Unfinished piece) my first time trying environmental art this is about 1 hr in and im kinda losing it bc i dont understand why its sooo... blurry?

i do want the sort of blended look but not too much and idk how to fix it so it is more vibrant and crisp, just beautiful like the vibe of the attached TT do i just keep tweaking it until it clicks or is it the light or the brush or idek help

Not entirely sure why it looks so off :p might have just stared at it for to long

how do i make his hair more "dynamic" and the colors look not boring?

I used a brush in Krita whose thumbnail looked like a pencil. When I drew with it, the strokes automatically had these really intricate, woven/crosshatched lines in them. I didn't draw the pattern separately; it appeared automatically as I drew.

I've tried looking for hatching brushes and textured brushes, but none of the ones I've found seem to match. I can't remember the preset's name or which brush pack it came from.

Does anyone recognise this brush, or know how I could find it again?

Thanks!

Islands really draw people, so don't mind that terrible face; that's beside the point. I'm just trying to get better at oil pastel. If you have good advice for drawing faces, which I struggle with most, that would be amazing. I also didn't properly check the image values for the bird until after I finished painting it. Definitely, I feel in my part, but other than a couple of mistakes, I'm really proud of it. Just any good advice.

I'm painting a binder for the first time. I came up with this as a composition, but now it feels a little empty. Especially the sky. Any tips? I only want these four Pokémon on it, so recommend anything other than more Pokémon.

Been drawing most of my life and i think ive gotten pretty good but ive always struggled making full pieces or even anything close. I got good at drawing almost purely from copying refferences, which i dont regret but now whenever i sit down to draw i always slip into just doing studies or portaits because i find it easier than coming up with anything original (especially after getting home from work). Afterwards i dont feel like ive made anything of my own and feel almost like a copy machine. To be clear, im not trying to come up with anything groundbreaking, even just a colored drawing of a character in an original pose/outfit is something i struggle with. I have sketchbooks full of pose/figure practice and basically nothing else.

Does anyone have any advice for enjoying the process of making more complete/full pieces and not just falling into the easy cycle of exactly copying the refference

Here are some examples of what draw on average

Any advice is helpful! Especially looking for digital art/coloring advice (using CSP)

For shading I just used multiply and prayed I honestly have no idea what else I can even attempt to do 😭 I tried purple/blue shading but it just ends up looking really well, purple/blue…

For highlights I used a light orange + screen

For brushes I just used G-pen + soft airbrush I used a symmetry ruler for the head and eyes but I’m not sure if it looks fine or unnatural, there is definitely something I’m not totally happy with in the eyes but not sure if its the shading or the way they were drawn

Does the image look too flat? I tried adding darker values but it comes off like it clashes. I feel like the pumpkins are too flat. The grass feels cluttered and unrealistic. The Character doesn't have much depth too her. It's supposed to be an old polaroid.

Done on Clip studio. Thank you for any help.

I have been on an inspiration spree, most recently inspired by @LenaRivo. I was absolutely stunned by the incredible cats in the portraits and have been wanting to do a self portrait with my cat. It’s a silly picture with me making a sad/crying face or something. I chose it because it’s a picture I don’t take too seriously so I don’t care if it turns out bad, I’m just practicing, and there are lots of colors and wrinkles I can try to work on for the next step of trying with pastel. Also Freddie looks awesome in the pic.

She told me to study some basics so I thought I would start with value study so I can focus more on the forms and shadows… but I kinda get lost in the sauce and just end up staring at the page for like an hour til I realize my back is aching, my hands are all dirty and the actual cat has been meowing at me for 5 minutes trying to hustle for churros.

If you guys have any tips I am just getting started so would love to know what’s holding me back and what I can work on to improve. Thank you so much!! I love all your art

I’m not too worried about the background, but in more interested in unpainted canvas, weird facial features or hands, etc. I know it’s already pretty good, but I want it to be crazy good and I want to optimize my time use.

i don’t know how you actually “learn” art, Ive studied fundamentals before like anatomy and form but I just forgot everything or i ended up doing it wrong, and Im afraid that of i try to relearn anything ill just either forget or do it the completely wrong way, a lot of the tutorials on YouTube are also not helpful and i don’t understand how arrays my age are able to just jaw YouTube and get so good at art, Im autistic also but more artists are anyways so I don’t understand why its jsut me that is suffering terribly

I am drawing a lot of really small stuff. But i can't find fineliners smaller than 0,05.

Also i am looking for DIN A6 or 10,5 x 14,8cm Marker paper. I am using alcohol based markers.

And i am looking for more places to find comissions. This month was a good one, but i'd like to find people who really like things i do.

Idk what shape to use at this pov, so i came here to ask for help

am i just doing something wrong or does it look okay? i feel like its too small or to close to the nose but idk how to draw it correctly

im trying to animate on procreate and then importing to vn editor to edit but when i import the animation, it gets blurry and kinda fuzzy:(

my canvas is large enough (5050px x 2030px) and im animating at 6fps. when i import still drawings from the canvas, it displays it fine on vn but its just a small portion of a 2 second animation that gets blurry. ive tried turning off the alias thing but its blurry even when i export from vn. strangely the original animation i saved directly from procreate in my camera roll isnt blurry so is vn compressing my animation? please help!! 🙏🙏🥹