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Art critique and advice; beginner artists are welcome to post here; includes an oekaki. (NO FLAMES)

Artists, read before posting!

Before you post your art to ask for critique, please read these tutorials. They explain the basic principles of drawing and figure drawing. Most posts where these basics are missing will never get a response, as people are quite frankly sick and bored of explaining over and over that you would have to pretty much learn how to draw first, before you could improve.

Courtesy of Arne Niklas Jansson: Basic and comprehensive drawing and painting tutorial
Courtesy of Bakaneko: Figure Drawing Basics, Further Anatomy, Hands

These were brought to my attention by Aeresque#Artist. Courtesy of Scribd: Drawing the Human head, Drawing Dynamic Hands, Dynamic Figure Drawing
And for those of you who want it a bit easier, we also have the whole thing as one neat rar with all three books in pdf form.

NEW! These were brought to my attention by MajorTom in #fchan. Courtesy of Andrew Loomis: Creative Illustration, Drawing the Head and Hands, Eye Of The Painter, Figure drawing for all it's worth, Fun with a Pencil, Successful Drawing, Drawing Dynamic Hands.

If you think you know a good basic tutorial that would fit in here, feel free to contact me under Xenofur in IRC and I will add the link.





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[-] [+] No.803
Critique? 
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Soooo first time I've ever posted anything on here. I was kinda hoping for a bit of critique on this? I just bought a tablet and this is like my second drawing I've done on it. Its not finished but I figured I would get a bit of help, tell me what you think!

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>>803

The legs seem a little off after the knee, and they look a little funny the way the align with the butt. Try making the arch of the back more defined so the butt sticks up a little. The breasts wouldn't be round wither, if they're being pressed against a flat surface. The collarbone seems a little too defines and the arm needs to look less two dementional, try making it seem as if it were bending more towards the viewer.

This isn't bad for a second try at a tablet. It takes awhile to get used to it. I'd study some anatomy books a little, but it takes practice. Keep at it, I do see potential here.

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>>803 Try to relax the arms as well, they look too stiff at the shoulders.

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>>803
>>807
NO. Do NOT relax the arms. There is potential for a tensioned look, so my gut feeling is that there are plans for another character behind 'her'. 'She' is in the typical "Ohhhh" and thus the interwebz demands a virgin sacrifice! lol
Joking aside, this is are very good sketch for only being your second try on tablet! ...had mine for years and...
Anywho, I disagree. My gut tells me that there's something else going on in the picture besides a static pose.
Nice job! Keep it up!

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>>803
>>807
NO. Do NOT relax the arms. There is potential for a tensioned look, so my gut feeling is that there are plans for another character behind 'her'. 'She' is in the typical "Ohhhh" and thus the interwebz demands a virgin sacrifice! lol
Joking aside, this is are very good sketch for only being your second try on tablet! ...had mine for years and...
Anywho, I disagree. My gut tells me that there's something else going on in the picture besides a static pose.
Nice job! Keep it up!



[-] [+] No.841
wip 
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this is what I got so far, any critiques are welcome.

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Don't block shapes out with a soft brush

Actually
Just don't use a soft brush.

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>>841
his head is like a blob. there is no structure to it.



[-] [+] No.182
Ways to improve.. anything 
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Hi,

I'm not too keen with art terms and such, I'm self taught up to this point and just do whatever looks right when I'm shading and such. I can't even begin to wrap my head around some of the tutorials out there, so maybe you guys can help me out, and point out what's wrong with this.
It's part of a scene that I just started- the background is just filler for now. I want to hear how to improve this so I can learn and finish the scene. I tried a lot of the tutorials at the top of /crit/, and they helped a little, I guess, but any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

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>>182
i concur

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>>183
Actually, this is quite good. All I would recommend is using vague nouns like "basics" and encourage improving. In that manner, lots of descriptive words are used while sharing absolutely nothing of value to the artist. The added bonus is that you will be proud you actually helped! :)

>>182
Hi,
I'll lend a hand if my troll reply above hasn't scared you away! At the bottom of this post, I'll post a quick activity to do on the current picture. However, I'm going to suggest you begin a new art piece; Your first step should be to find a reputed artist that you admire. Ideally for this study, you would use a piece that has the full body pose of a character that is grounded with a solid ground plane. Whether the appeal lies in the coloring, the linework, the form, lighting, composition, etc. just be ready to completely rip off the art piece, copy, plagiarize, whatever you wish to call it. This is usually considered taboo by people who don't do it; however, they don't improve. This is study.

The purpose: Discovering how you 'see'.

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>>190

I've actually heard of this technique before, but I haven't looked much into it.

Some friends offered me a book on how to draw with the right side of the brain, and reading the first few chapters, the book tells you the most important aspect of drawing is learning how to see (so to anyone who doesn't believe you, you AREN'T making this up :3).

I'll try the exercise you've given me and look more into that book.

Thanks a lot.

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Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. I was going to mention that actually since it's practically a full college course in a book. However, it can be deathly boring (as I'm sure you know from the first few chapters) and you really do need to DO the exercises it lists if you want to gain any benefit. It takes some resolve to prepare and do the exercises but if you're serious about improving your art, that is the book to go for.

Try to find ways to keep it fun. Good luck.

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>>182
Something about this picture.. I really like it. you definitely captured the emotional aspect :P i can totally read the experssion it's beautiful
perhaps the right foot could facing more toward the person looking at the picture as his head is turned so that foot should be as well, if only a litle
but yeah, beautiful but the feets are a lil' off :P



[-] [+] No.817
Critique 
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Critique needed please, I wanna upload this in DA, but I wanna know if I need to change anything first. Thanks in advance.

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more like this?

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>>823
yeah

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Is this better? Or should I round out the upper left-hand side of the tummy more? I don't think she looks like a "Slinky" any more >_<

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Looks all right, Shnider

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I'm finally finished re-doing it



[-] [+] No.832
Paper drawn sketch is paper drawn 
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its a pretty simple drawing on line paper... i understand i should be using a cleaner sheet of white paper >_> but besides that hows it look?

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oh by the way i apologize for the really small size



[-] [+] No.809
Critique request. PS the feminine physique is intended and i know i need more hands practice. 
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>>815

>>812

Sorry, I'm stoned.

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>>812 is to blame for this.
Fixed color saturation.

DOUBLE ABEJA KICK to Mcfoxx Nancypants Ninnypoof and it's all over!

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>>822
Best redline of the year.

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Take more time polishing it up and work on the head

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>>809
eww. It looks as bad as neoneon's crap. Tiny tiny eyes.



[-] [+] No.802
Engage My Instincts 
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This is the line art for a picture I'm working on. I'd love to get some critique. I already know that the hands need to be completely redone, if that will save you any trouble. I'm interested in technical critique and critique of the poses and the emotion that is perceived.

Ultimately, the picture will be colored and shaded.

Thanks!
Bral

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>>802

Here it is with colors. I intend to shade and texture the pic, once I redo the hands. (yes, I'm putting that off until last. XD) If there are no other errors I will proceed.

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Place the dicks not on the stomach. They're at the bottom of the pelvis, they should go there.



[-] [+] No.155
need help with ROUGE'S proportion  
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hello my alias name is Equinox

I am an artist in training im trying to develop an art
piece on lezbian domination

it features rouge the bat and blaze the cat as her love slave i take my work very seriously and am dedicated to improving my artwork

im trying too bring certain points on this image into perspective

any help would be appreciated : )

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>>159

You also cannot select who views your shit either. Once you post it to a public place, it's a free-for-all and you're helpless to stop it.

deal with it.
/crit/ has had enough of you porn noob types polluting this board everyday.

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I'm not even going to bother red lining this. The OP's attitude as a whole just doesn't make me want to help out at all.

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Now now lets all play nice, Equinox if you are still visiting this thread my advice to you is chill, true dedicated Sonic artist are a rare breed nowadays, specially ones that can take bull from others who simply don't tolerate our side of the fandom, considering some of those who criticize you started finding their furry either with Sonic chars or heck even Sonic Porn they found on Google...(v___v)

now...as for your pic, the angles are well done, don't forget center of gravity and as for Rouge proportions relax, making Rouge huge on both departments is not really the main objective, since you are working on a two character plane, still keep working on this pic and never give up no matter how much bull you get, remember the old internet proverb

~Do not feed the Trolls - It means they win...

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>>158

Leave.

If you're going to be like the million other pre-teen stuck-up artists that believe their sub-par garbage is the 8th wonder of the world, the internet, nay, the entire world would do better without your unwarranted ego.

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>>805
Shit's ages old bucko, just leave it be.



[-] [+] No.795
Complex pose 
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There are a few things that are giving me grief about this pose, namely the right arm and hand in relation to the buttocks. There's also the head, perhaps being at a bad angle with the jaw, but for the time being I'm just gonna' call long neck/fluff/flat head on that one and'll fix that one on my own time.

I'd like some help with that arm/hand, or anything else I might have missed that would make this look better before I go about inking.
(Oh, and yes, that is a bird-penis down there. That's where the left arm and hand is going.)

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>>795
Here's what I noticed

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>>797
Take your right hand and place it on your right butt cheek. Now move it over to the left one. your thumb faces which way, now?

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>>798
The thumb should be facing right.

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>>799
And once again my use of sarcasm has failed me to just being direct. The thumb *is * facing to the right, I'd meant.

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>>800
Sarcasm rarely works on the internet :p
Anyways, I think I've got the hand figured out now, here's some notes on the anatomy



[-] [+] No.791
Missing something... 
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My fursona: He's kinda dull atm. What's he missing?

Also, anything that could be improved, art-wise? Critique from anon always helps.

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I would flesh out his right shoulder; the other shoulder implies he's quite built depending on which of those two lines you're gonna go with. His left hand needs more clean up as I'm not sure thats a very casual/comfortable pose for that arm.
I understand it's WiP, just that you get into a lot of detail around his crotch and not so much anywhere else (in regards to the folds); just something I noticed, if you wanna draw attention there, I did~
Good job though.



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