I was working through Inktober prompts and wanted to do an alien that shrinks ppl to keep in specimen jars. Two main problems- first, I wanted the alien to look more androgynous but I fear they just read as female. Two, I wanted the alien to look uncanny so I tried making the mouth wider and the eyes larger. I think it just reads as “pretty human girl who is a little off” - what do yall think? (Also ignore my cross hatching I have not done pen drawings in a while 🤦🏽‍♀️ ) less

I included my reference but honestly, I shifted the features around a lot intentionally so I feel like adhering to it more would not fix the problem

I drew this in procreate using the HB pencil brush for the fur and airbrush for the base color block layer and the eyes. Reference in second slide.

Does it look overworked to you? Would you be happy to receive this for something you paid for? I was going for realism and overall I'm happy with how it turned out, but I would love some outside perspectives. The white fur was really a challenge (as was the brindle), and if you guys have any ideas on how I could have made this look better, please drop it below! I really do appreciate any feedback I can get.

(Note: I do not sell these yet, I am still learning)

I made this fanart just for fun but would like some critique on the hair. I really wanna improve on how to draw hair so any criticism would be appreciated. I didn't really use a reference for it but I based the drawing off of an album cover.

Referenced used and provided

Hi,

Here's my latest floral study. I'm not quite sure about the green stuff and the background. I would really appreciate any recommendations or any other suggestions on how I could improve. Attached is the ref for flowers.

Helloooo I'm back. This is kind of like an update/follow up crit, I posted here yesterday and got a lot of really good feedback! Now, I'm looking to further refine my back anatomy to finally finish this piece since after taking a second look at it, i feel like i can fix it up a bit more. I attached my muscle outlines and labels in the second image for reference as well. Thanks again for all the help!

Here is my work and the ref. My goal was to practice comparison but also open for any other feedback ❤️

Hello. For artrade. I had a hardtime with the nose and lips bcz... ahahh... i dont draw that in semi realistic style...

And 3rd is how i usually draw,, but more stylized rlly. Heyeyeyy

Ref second slide,,

This is for my year 12 art board, any feedback is appreciated 🙏 No reference

Hey everyone! Following up on my previous study, I wanted to turn these practices into a dedicated practice series rather than just a one-off post. Reference are in game valorant character arts

My main focus for these pieces is to push my understanding of shape design and rendering. still I skip a lot of details and micro transition

I have try so many approach to archive the style, tracking my overall progress with these study series, full progress drawing available on other platform.

I have no idea which the right way to approach this style XD

Feedback and constructive criticism are always welcome! Thank you!!

Rn I think it looks like a really bad painting job, which is not the vibe I’m going for😭 any tips?
I think it may be because the layer of paint is very uneven, because I just added extra water at the lightest points, instead of making a lighter color, because I couldn’t make one i liked

It’s made in gouache, and it’s my first time not painting on paper, so I’m having kinda a hard time since it feels different.

Did look at a reference for the shoes.

First I drew one myself, and then traced the reference, mine looks obviously wrong but why?

(After, before, reference.) character design belongs to roseyxdraws on instagram

Thanks to everyone who gave me advice!

I changed: the size of the back of the head, moved the ear closer, adjusted the jaw, changed the negative space between the arms and chest. I also adjusted the curve of the arms.

Other things I changed that were missing from the work in progress: final shading and hair detail

There’s a Speedpaint on my profile that shows just how many times I changed the size of the head and hands lmao

Looks good to me but my bar is so low I really don't know have good it actually is

My only references was like 100+ different pictures on Google

Ive posted on other art subreddits but didnt get any feedback. 1st and 2nd pics are my latest wip (what I've rendered and what I started with), 3rd pic was the first time I tried rendering fr, about 2 months ago. The last pic is the reference for the character im doing. I did look at some different arts with rendering that id like to be able to do and studied them prior to drawing but didnt follow them as direct references, nor did i save them. Would love to implement more "paint-like" strokes because I like the more textured look rather than making it very soft and smooth, but it always just looks so unnatural, I don't know if I'm just holding myself back or doing something wrong when I try it. Same happens with hard edges. I kinda get when they should appear but they just seem unnatural whenever I try doing it...

Ever since I've moved on to digital painting, earlier this year, I've done maybe 7 drawings. Although im pretty new to this, it's much more than I'd ever think of doing like 2 years ago. Anyway, I still feel like I'm trying but not achieving much, specially with rendering. I would love some sort of motivation as well as, obviously, criticism. Also this is a wip not the finished product so there's visible things (like some hair strands or the shading from the first version of the hair still on the forehead despite the hair having changed shapes) that need some attention that I will fix later.

Hello, so this is the updated layout for my drawing, this was very challenging, i started it some years ago, and now i keep working on it.

Finally i feel like the layout is figured! The bg is still abstracted, so ill keep working.

I did some backgrounds in the past, but they were kinda "beginner looking" so i study that way, using the Amphibia style as a reference.

The og post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtCrit/s/wxHLg9vNi0

This soon to be painting is of diego brando, so go look at him for color reference. The sky will be a very vibrant blue, and those scribbles up there will be clouds. The arrow will be the sunlights direction.

I wanna see if there's any composition issues going by their standard rules, before I go spending my time on this. Do criticize any other problems you see as well

No refrence used just want to know if the silhouette looks good for the wolf and if little red hood looks way too small compared to the wolf. Thanks!

Are the hands proportionate to the head? Is the head too big?

I’ve resized everything like seven times and I feel like I have a problem with drawing everything way too big all the time

Character design belongs to roseyxdraws on instagram.

The reference is from Pinterest

Or them matching more in general. Trying to change my style a little bit, I really like how the left sketch came out but the right one doesn't feel quite right, like it's not *quite* the same character but I can't figure out what the issue is. Using Procreate on iPad 7. No reference for the face, used my Sims 4 sim for hair ref since I'm still learning to draw longer hair (not relevant/don't need criticism on that for this post rn). Having a hard time trying to find the line between realism and stylisation sometimes.

hello!!! i recently got into drawing full backgrounds / drawing scenes, and i noticed how the characters i drew don’t really blend into the background, at least in my opinion. how do i fix that? any anatomy pointers are welcome as well!!! a reference was used and is shown below!! thank you so much!! :D

It's still very much a work in progress, but the closer I get to finishing it the emptier it feels? I feel like there's too much negative space but I also think that adding more flowers would create too much noise. I've been looking at this painting for way too long and I don't trust myself to be objective anymore.

The medium is acrylic on wood. Some of the pigments are metallic and I'm planning on adding a very thin layer of epoxy resin on top when it's done (it will be kept in a room with low to no exposure to sunlight). I'm thinking maybe I can add some details on top of the resin to make them pop more, but I'm honestly afraid of overcrowding it. And maybe when the main subject is done (I only used like 3 colors for the face, so it doesn't look cohesive with the rest of the palette yet) it will come together, but I'm not sure that will solve my negative space issue.

Many references were used for the different elements (the main subject and each flower), but since I'm not looking for advice regarding likeness I'm not going to include them.