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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.

[-] [+] No.1446

Fox girl try

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11/12/29(Thu)19:59 No.1446 -

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Hi all, never tried a fur before, or tried female curves. So it was mostly that I focused on.(background is terrible, I know). So critisize the hell out of the character, I would like to know as many flaws as you can find :)

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12/01/08(Sun)17:51 No.1454 -

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>>1452
Hi
Thanks for the feedback! Haha, why would I have been scared away so soon? I've been around for a long time here but just not done this kind of art before, so I know how... some people.. in the fandom can be.
I'm not afraid of critizism though, I'm looking forward to hearing more. I'll make more art soon, but in the meantime I guess I can upload some of my older stuff here too.

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whipped up help Omnicrom 12/01/16(Mon)18:49 No.1468 -

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so the red lines belong to the initial sketch and the blue lines are the cleaner render.
hope this is some help

12/01/17(Tue)14:14 No.1469 -

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>>1468
That helped a ton. Thanks, I'll think about all of that for my next work. I like to try different poses and angles, even if it can be difficult sometimes.

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12/01/25(Wed)16:07 No.1474 -

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Sketch from my latest project I'm working on. As usual, I'm trying a different pose and angle, the hardest things were the hands as I've decided not to cheat with hands anymore, and the head. Now my problem is her chest area, I want to give it a feel like she's leaning towards the viewer a bit

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12/02/05(Sun)19:38 No.1482 -

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Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7351665/

Well, anyway, this is how the pic ended up. I think it's okay, but not much better than that. I have to study alot more anatomy to get better.

[-] [+] No.1586

crit

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laser 12/08/16(Thu)17:02 No.1586 -

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Source: http://furaffinity.net/user/laser

I've been getting mixed reactions to this and want some specific feedback on what i have to work on
things I see myself:
lightsources aren't completely coherent
there is a difference in style beteen the lower and upper body (this actually results out of it being originally only a bust - i added the legs much later)
the pose might look weird because the object his foot is placed on is not visible
shading is too smooth for fur. I'll add fur texturing when i find a tutorial for SAI that works for me.
All of those aren't complete dealbreakers in my eyes, so what am I missing?

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Frank Westington 12/08/17(Fri)06:48 No.1587 -

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I'm noobish in the ways of the draw so take my words with a grain of salt. While it is that the factors that you've listed won't break yer pic, my hunch is telling me what betrays your sense of being finished is... that your subject isn't fully drawn!
The subject is all we, the viewers, see in this picture. We have no background, no supporting characters, only the subject and three props. We need more info to further define as to why the subject is posing as such and his relation to his light sources. I suggest adding in the rest of the character! Complete his body and give in a soap box or sexy servant! Edit the more obvious shading/highlights to eliminate the confliction of where the light source is emanating from (Unless he's close to something which is reflecting the light?)
I wish I could help you further when it comes to light sources and suggestions, but I'm still noobish in the world of drawing. If anything, I'd highly suggest just taking notes of the flaws that you're aware of and just move onto the next image.
TLDR Version:
Finish up the rest of the subject (Legs, hand, tail, soapbox) and edit only the obvious highlights which conflict where the light is emanating from. Define as much as you can for the viewer, it'll help translate the image better. Don't toil on this image too long, move onto the next pic!

[-] [+] No.1456

Feedback

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12/01/12(Thu)06:46 No.1456 -

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This is my first attempt of any kind of sketch using Photoshop,
So can people just recommend how I can fix it, what needs to be changed/added and any more appropriate brushes that are available etc. Thanks heaps, hopefully if I get the hang of it i might be able to contribute some proper and descent works D:

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12/03/13(Tue)19:31 No.1498 -

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>>1497
As opposed to what? Disgusting non-realistic?

12/03/14(Wed)01:47 No.1499 -

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all of you brothers are making contributions to a thread begun by an individual who's desires are to start emotional distress.

12/03/14(Wed)22:13 No.1503 -

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>>1498
Obviously normal, humanoid penises. Looking at dog dicks is too close to bestiality for some peoples' liking.

Uhh... 12/08/13(Mon)15:23 No.1585 -

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You people are all stupid as hell, that's all I have to say. This is a fucking furry art board, deal with dog dick, or stop being a furry.

12/09/13(Thu)00:44 No.1596 -

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BEST.
PIKCHER.
EVER.

[-] [+] No.1584

Thoughts?

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12/08/12(Sun)00:40 No.1584 -

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I can't sleep so I decided to try making a furry drawing. I've never really drawn furry stuff before but it was fun.

12/09/15(Sat)07:39 No.1600 -

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Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/silverlonewolf/

First time drawing furry? This isn't bad at all!
And this is coming form another artist.

[-] [+] No.1581

Critique and tips plz!

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12/08/04(Sat)02:13 No.1581 -

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Here's a wip of a new wolf character I'm trying to draw. I want to know how my anatomy is, and muscle work is. Any critique and constructive criticism will be greatly appreciated.

12/08/08(Wed)12:14 No.1582 -

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It's Banjo... It's a bear.
Please read over the tutorials at the top of the page, practice - a lot - more, and come back in a few years.
Simple.

12/08/11(Sat)05:18 No.1583 -

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>>1582
A few years?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
...
Okay! ^^
Wait a minute...

[-] [+] No.1572

Tips?

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Sinkio 12/07/27(Fri)23:24 No.1572 -

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Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8513991/

I have problems drawing hands, and I was wondering if anyone could assist with that. This is my most current piece.

Doctor D 12/08/02(Thu)07:03 No.1580 -

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You are drawing with one hand but where is the other?
Fill pages of drawings based off your observations of your own hand and the hands of others.
There is no shortcut, and since hands are something we tend to focus on, you will have to practice.

[-] [+] No.1315

First furry drawing, constructive critique please?

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11/07/18(Mon)06:19 No.1315 -

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fchan made me want to try and I did...more or less sucessfully >>
I'm not extremely experienced when it comes to human anatomy (read up on the basics of course, took a few figure drawing classes and practiced in private, but the majority of my drawing time is taken up by animals) so I'm afraid the poses look a bit stiff and unnatural, what can I do to change that? /Things I should pay more attention to in the future?
->All critique on the anatomy/proportions is welcome, though I'd rather not have you comment on the subject (I don't care if you don't like lions/wolves/gays) and/or the shading (which is half-arsed and messy, being awake at 2am does that to me.)
Also: No flames! Don't tell me it sucks and run off, either give me tips on how to improve or don't comment at all, thank you.

tj 12/05/19(Sat)08:36 No.1543 -

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Great job but the only thing that really bugs me is the thumb. It's too long and it makes the hand look unnatural and even uncomfortable. The right arm on the wolf also looks kinda off, the perspective just looks weird to me, I'd suggest finding a reference or even taking a picture of your own arm in the same position to help out

12/07/01(Sun)07:16 No.1565 -

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Thank you for taking the time to write something -even though it's one year too late to make a difference xD
Haha, back then I thought this was pretty good, now I look at it and think 'oh dear god, this monstrosity needs so be destroyed'.

[-] [+] No.1317

First Sonic Drawing

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11/07/25(Mon)13:22 No.1317 -

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First furry-anything drawing really.Yeah, another Sonic in a sea of childhood-ruining Sonics : /
I think the biggest mistake I made was restraining the chest size to within the peach colored fur. imo it looks slightly awkward. I also forgot to make the canvas bigger than the final size, so the lines aren't as sharp as they could've been. Other than that there's probably a million other smaller things I can improve on, so please critique this.

11/07/25(Mon)16:34 No.1318 -

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Your biggest mistake was drawing anything Sonic related.

11/07/25(Mon)17:22 No.1320 -

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>>1318
Yup, I know :D

[-] [+] No.1428

Digital Sheep

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Omnicrom1 11/11/19(Sat)17:17 No.1428 -

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Source: Omnicrom1

Worked out this pic in OpenCanvas, I think I managed to convey a certain softness of the figure w/ midtones, any additional advice is appreciated.
Also i might start doing commisions so let me know if you'd be interested.

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Omnicrom1 11/12/03(Sat)17:47 No.1438 -

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Nazi gorillas

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omnicrom 12/06/17(Sun)21:33 No.1551 -

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Source: omnicrom

update with some new work

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omnicrom 12/06/17(Sun)21:34 No.1552 -

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and some more

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omnicrom 12/06/17(Sun)21:48 No.1553 -

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last one for today

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omnicrom 12/06/17(Sun)22:14 No.1554 -

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forgot to aggregate some of the stuff I posted some of the other threads from a couple of months ago

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