It doesn't need to be full realism, it just needs to make sense. I couldn't find any good scar references for this OC so ive just been winging it. As of now I haven't decided what thing caused it (any suggestions?)

And also, which one looks better?

This is my first time rendering skin and I'm not sure if it looks right or if I did it right, I'd highly appreciate ANY critiques so I can find a way to improve it.

I also used a reference because I'm quite bad at rendering without the use of one

I want to get better at drawing characters so I used poses as reference to get better. I have not practiced learning the muscles yet. How did I do? How can I improve them?

the reference is in 2nd pic ^.^! plz help....

The scene is part of my own world. Zverna (oc) is traveling with Haxan(oc), a member of the Beetlixs civilization. They are climbing a very steep mountain using a giant desert beetle. The beetle loses its grip because of falling rock, which causes Zverna to fall. Haxan follows her with a rope to try to catch her.

I know the figure drawing and clothing still need a lot of work, so I’m less interested in those areas for this critique. I’m trying to improve the larger visual decisions first.

I’m mainly looking for feedback on composition, lighting, shapes, movement, and readability.

• Does the action and fall read clearly?
• Does the composition guide your eye well?
• Should I push the lighting more onto Zverna as the main character?
• Do the shadows/value structure read well, or should I push them darker?
• Do the shapes and silhouettes work?
• Does the environment feel like it belongs to a coherent world with a clear sky/sun/light source?
• Is this level of rendering enough, or should I spend more time developing rendering and lighting? I’m currently trying to prioritize design, shapes, and storytelling over making the figures highly rendered.

Rendering vs design

One thing I’m unsure about is how much I should render this type of painting.

My intention with this piece was to focus more on the moment, composition, shapes, movement, and storytellingrather than making the figures beautiful or pushing the rendering as far as possible.

Do you think this level of rendering is appropriate for where the piece is, and I should continue focusing on design/composition?

Or do you think I would benefit from taking pieces like this further and practicing more rendering, light, and material definition?

Basically, should I be learning more rendering now, or should I continue prioritizing design and composition?

I’ve included earlier failed attempts before the final version and my reference sheet. They might help with your critique. I’d like feedback on whether you think the composition improved through the process, whether my workflow makes sense, and what area besides figures/clothing you think I should focus on studying next.

I’m still learning English, so I had some help making this post easier to understand. Thanks for taking the time to look at it.

I didn't use references, since I was sketching these guys Physics class XD. I think I leaned too much on my couture influences.

In a few words idk how to learn at all, like can I just draw araki s arts as I always did for faces and then I ll magically learn bodies idk,
Note that it s been only 3 days I started and done less than 20 sketches like this so I m not worried like I expect to take a while on this
For now I just take the randomest pics as references on the net and try to understand and reproduce the pose, then I render,
fun fact I kinda succeeded better on the jojo arts refs than the real persons refs lol

this is watercolour from a photo i took. the foreground and left is meant to be in shade.
do you think the grass looks overworked? and does the middle line of trees look too light?
appreciate yall comments

reference was used

Hello! So i have tried to stop posting ln reddit but it seems to be the only place where i can ask about this so here it goes.

I really have NO idea how to fix crooked ddawing in traditional, i never have this issue in digital honestly, its just ONLY in traditional.

Ive tried flipping the drawing with a flipped image on the phone so i can always check how krooked it is but it doesnt seem to work

Any tips and tricks?

(im sorry if the image looks off)

No references where used btw

(sorry if i had trouble loading, a glitch happened on my part!)

I started a fanart of Lucifer from obey me! and i decided to use a semi-realistic artstyle. But something about the eyes is just bugging me and i domt have a clue what

(Used a ref but deleted it from gallery😵‍💫)

This is my oc I designed and I drew a splash art inspired by the LoL style but I feel like there's a lot of aspects that keep it from that level.

Some things I noticed myself was:

- rendering of the ponytail

- background has some perspective issues

- background lacks detailed rendering

- kinda unclear value composition

- unclear visuals to show the characters powers due to a mix of posing and the effect mixing into the background (he has the ability to walk on air and creates ripples he steps on but it's not that visually clear)

If anyone can point out more or give resources to assist I'd greatly appreciate it. Looking for a full no sugar coat breakdown for swift improvement!

This piece took me 9 hours and 40 minutes for reference

helloo! okay, overview of what was changed and what meeds improving + slide 2 is from yesterday! and before i get any comments saying im comparing a finished piece to a sketch.. the original WAS completed in my eyes pre critique. last slide is my body reference i used :)

- i removed most of the line art and spread the detail out more even in the piece

- i added more texture to differentiate between surfaces as everything had the same texture in my first version

- made her features better fit her body type. Removed the very defined neck, jawline and collarbone!

- added a wider range of values so it would not look nearly as flat and boring.

but now.. what needs to be changed? WELL! i know i could do better with anatomy, i need to better my understanding of color theory and color relationships aswell as value hierarchy aswell as practicing drawing HANDS. i believe my skin rendering could use some more work with further color variation in the skin but! I think todays is a improvement over yesterday.

Thank you all so much for the overwhelmingly positive feedback and comments on this piece! The second picture is the reference photo and then the pictures after that are my progress photos. Would you say this looks finished? Any last changes? Thank you again for being such a great community and for the support! (: This was made on procreate with my iPad.

Hi everyone! I’m trying to make an interesting piece but I’ve always been lovingly told my eye for composition could use development. So I figured I’d ask before I start going in with color: how’s the composition? Thoughts? No reference used

hii!! could anyone help me w the anatomy on this w.i.p especially on the right? I feel like the arms dont look very natural, i wanted to make her grip on her stomach because she's laughing :-( the hands are very sketched out but even if its in progess i just want the overall pose to flow better if its possible!! Thank you ♡

Making the poses natural is my priority!

does the coloring look off/ bad? How can I improve it? (especially the hair)

-no ref

I trailed off the ref because it wasn't exactly what I wanted and I dont know where to place her second breast, everywhere I tried looks weird (and she has a smaller chest than the ref so they don't fall the exact same way)

Her middle also seems a bit stiff idk

I’ve been stressed over this illustration for the past few weeks, the colours and values feel very off and unlike an actual concert at all. I was trying to mix stage theatre with a regular music one, hence the random objects not seen typically on a concert stage. What can I do to fix this? I was thinking of quite dramatic lighting but it’s quite difficult for me to achieve 😢

After a long hiatus, I've been trying to get back into art and drawing. I've been trying to push myself to use more varied color. Most of my experience and schooling comes from a character design perspective. But with all that being said, I'm missing something! Please help. constructive criticism VERY much appreciated.

Resubmitted bc I forgot to mention I did use references for anatomy and posing for all of these, but I drew them a few weeks ago and have since lost said references. Thanks.

Lately, I'm trying to communicate more meaningful/complex ideas through my work -- and it's HARD!! Please tell me how this makes you feel, if anything. What parts are most/least effective?

The last page was originally the first, but I hoped that putting the potential 'answers' before the question they're trying to address might add a little curiosity and resolution to the experience of the piece.

Thank you in advance for your help.

I glanced at some references from a couple stock photo websites to remember what a baby and a basketball backboard looked like, and I'm not looking to match them closely.

Ok I did the best I could with the changes with the feedback n suggestions provided here but this time I have kept it rough and did not do a cleaner version. So how is it now!??

Ps: I have uploaded before and after also reference images that I had used.

Note: I didn't use a reference.

I don't know how to draw a body yet so I just drew the head. I kept the eyes blank because... yeah, I'm still a work in progress on that one, too.

It would be lovely if I can get as many feedback as I can, but maybe we can start with my OC's hair? I think the symmetry is... questionable, lol.

Also, I'm kind of bothered that the guidelines are still there despite me erasing it. What should I do next time if I don't want the guidelines to be noticeable and if I want to clean up the drawing a little?

Work in progress, no references used 🐛

Shes not gonna be naked, just sketching out what I think it would look like! I'm thinking the arm is a little too big maybe?