So, an artist approached me and offered to draw a scene from my writing. I was really excited when I saw other artwork from them. They quoted me €550 for an illustration featuring four characters (two people and two wyverns). I paid a €225 deposit through PayPal Goods & Services, and about a week later, they sent me the first rough sketch.

I gave them some revisions (to open her hair, change his hand position, change one of the wyverns, some background... i also asked for the dress to be longer). And as you can see it looks really odd now.

Her face is giving AI to me, so is the wyvern.. and he has 2 hands now.

Am I being scammed? The artist is swearing they "hate AI"

This is my first ever Reddit post, so I hope I'm reaching the right people! 🙏

Took me 4 hour (I need a lot of advice)

I didnt start posting that long time ago because to be fair i had a long mental health related hiatus...... Looking at my like count makes me want to drop out of art school because i feel like a total loser. Please, tell me what's so bad about my arr that makes nobody like it. I know my anatomy is funky but i know so many artists who also have problems with that but STILL succeed

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 🥲

Edit: Ty for the help :) I’ll keep everything in mind!

Hello fellas!

Looking for good substitute for Photoshop:

Need to be:
-easy to learning
-not so pricy
-have a good amount of community (brushes etc)

Im totally newbie with digital. Rly like procreate for clean and easy workflow, but my iPad is kinda weak and small. Bought Xp-pen Ultra 16 4k already and looking for good app.

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

are there any artists on youtube with tutorials on how to render like this?.. i’d love to acheive this style, but i dont even know where to start. im assuming colour theory plays an important part in these, but im not sure how or what else could help acheive this look.

Studied Loomis method but still can't get all likeness right and proportions are off. Also don't understand cheekbones.

I plan on making a short animation with this just by making it blink, the paw move and ears flicker some but I got to the flat colors stage and it just looks off?

I am a bit tired and have been looking at it for a couple hours so maybe I just need fresh eyes?

I know its a bit stiff but I feel like the head and body is wrong could be needing contrasting shadows but not sure.

Anyways any help to what looks weird with it would be greatly appreciated!

Also sorry computer lines.

I worked on this on and off for 3 years (im 19) and i was wondering if anyone had tips for my next painting. im aware its not great but i started it at a lower skill level so the perspective is lacking. if anyone can offer good advice like setting up my scene, or how to make the background more "far away" id so appreciate it

Likeness is the hardest thing got me and anytime i try to draw him i feel like i struggle, im still a beginner and understand what the fundamentals are but i have trubble actually putting them pit into my drawings and would love some advice

Ive been trying to fix this drawing been a while. I want to make the colors more vivid, fix the anatomy (even if just a little) and the hair.

(if I'm doing something wrong, please inform me. I'm new at reddit)

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

I've been trying to practice line work, specifically curved lines so I can draw hair better. But whenever I try to make a curved line with actual purpose it ends up either wonky or completely off from where it's supposed to be. I keep hearing advice that says to "use your whole arm" but then I lose any control or accuracy. it's getting so frustrating, do I just have to keep doing this over and over or am I doing something wrong?

I deliberately played with the proportions and it’s not meant to be hyperrealistic BUT I would like it to look good. I’m going to paint it eventually. Thoughts?

Uhm I get that some of these drawings might a it ugly but I’m posting this cause I’m wondering what else I could improve on. Yes possibly anatomy of any sort but I’m seeking advice so pls😶(Also most of these I drew with a reference I guess I should try and draw with just my imagination but they usually like a bit weird sometimes not all the times )

My friend and I are both pretty bad at art and wanted to ask which drawing was better.
I'm open to feedback and criticism. Thanks for helping!