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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.364
Critique of my latest WIP 
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Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jardenon/

this is a hard pose for me because of the foreshortening involved as well as the angle. I seem to be having trouble with the proportions mainly on the female...can anyone give me a hand with this?

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Why do you finish these up within such a short time of posting them here? It seems kind of useless.

The face on the chick is kind of bugging me, particularly the bump on the far side of her face. It looks like an absurdly bulging brow, which has very little place on a female character.

Them shoulders are pretty huge too.

Something I'm worried about is how the junk is the only portion you put much effort into. The breasts and the genitals are all polished up fairly well, but then everything else is just thrown on as an afterthought. I get the idea that you may find it arousing or you really don't care enough to work on anything else, but it looks really, really shoddy. Furries ain't gonna care, but artists will.
Try not to fall into the trap of only finishing what you want to finish as fap fodder and then losing interest in the rest of the image. In any case that you do it, it's kind of pointless to post for critique.

Brush up on the anatomy of the buttocks down to the toes. The torsos are acceptable, but the butt and thigh on the girl look really strange.

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oh holy shit it's a lady

I glanced over it quickly and it looked like a dude getting plowed

ladies should not be mannish unless you are deliberately going for that



[-] [+] No.672
Free Hand Copy 
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Tadda, i've yet to develop my own style but i'll get there eventually

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My opinion, but worst stile to begin with.
Try something more realistic

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>>672
I gotta' agree there. Naylor's stuff is very very stylized. Learn how everything is supposed to work first before you go tinkering with different ways to make it look pretty.



[-] [+] No.670
Hi :3 
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Source: Me

So despite all the refs and adjustments I'm plowed through, the anatomy on this still looks -awful- to me. Especially the legs/crotch area, ugh. Any ideas on how to make this look less terrible/awkward?

Also it just seems really dead and flat to me, idk if anything can really be changed about that, but advice on livening up my work would be crazy appreciated.

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>>670

adjustments I'm plowed through

lol

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The nec seems too long.



[-] [+] No.673
Digitigrade 
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Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3652236

I've recently started tackling digitigrade feet but i feel as I'm having trouble really getting down the makeup of them and digit layout.

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Digitigrade doesn't mean that he stand simply on his tip toes.
Watch some dog legs structure to understand this.
Also keep the draw simple at first.



[-] [+] No.430
Need a little help... 
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Source: SilasFox

This is actually my first time posting anything here...rather surprising considering how much time I spend pawing off here.

Anyway, this is a character of mine named Lilac, that I drew with my pen tablet and I thought I'd throw her up for a critique before I really get to work on her. I don't think I'm a good artist, personally (low self-esteem issues concerning my last relationship and a watermelon) so I tought I'd get an unbiased opinion.

If anyone has any ideas on how to color her, i'd appreciate it. She's mostly purple (heh...hence the name), but I don;t know any good software programs that would let me do her justice.

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>>430 truly a beautiful picture, her posture really stands out and her body masculinty its truly amazing, I hope to see more artwork from you soon

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>>430 Thanks for the advice. I'll see what I can do to flesh her out a bit more. I'm still a little new to digitally painting things, so I played around a bit more then I should have with her shading. I'm going to head back to her outline and throw down a couple layers of shades and see how that picks things up.

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Here; a redline. A lot of the issues here were addressed by the first person who replied. Some of my anatomy might be wonk but I've tried to basically figure out your girl's posture and make the pose more compact/practical.

Also, this is a nitpick but it is my MAJOR nitpick about archery and how people draw archery; her arrows are on the wrong side of the bow. There is a lot of weirdness going on with your bow design that can be chalked up to fantasy, but the arrows are an easy fix.

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Adobe Illustrator (preferably CS3 or CS4) is a great program for drawing her digitally. That's how I do most of my work, and it's a pretty simple program to use.

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>>647
sure the proportions are far more realistic, but it lacks the dynamics of the original drawing. in fact, both should be combined.



[-] [+] No.299
Changes Made 
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Source: Jakk

Alright, I read the various critique you all left me and made a few changes to my picture. I'm posting the line art version as the flat color and gradient background really don't seem to add anything to the pic.

Please let me know if this is better. I do intend on adding more fur definition to the line work before I color it. I'm just getting the shape down at the moment.

Critique please.

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>>325

why is there no edit post option? I would have loved that before i deleted the post. oh well when the picture is finished i will post it so i can stay

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>>327
so it can stay i mean... again no edit post...

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Ehh.
I'm sorry Jakk, this shouldn't be in your thread. If you're still bumming around I'd suggest just reposting your picture in your old thread, we'll see what we can do about this one.

Also loltest.

And you, BDB, GOOD JOB. You made me stop caring.

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>>336

and that's why you've got us hardassed anons to filter out the crap for you firsthand.

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You crazyass anons are highly appreciated.
Just throwing that one out there.



[-] [+] No.653
Looking for critique on some images 
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First one, Sifi, a character I designed for a friend. Started this 3 days ago and finished it today. Her feet bother me a bit. :/

Pic was taken with a camera. i just moved so my scanner is at my old place.

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Here's the second one, Lumineya. I need to finish the armour on the face pic.

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Gideon. This one is just concept art of his body (he is supposed to have clothing, lol).

He's a character in an FPS I'm working on with some friends. The third eye on his head enhances his sniping abilities. He's an Oisin (Uh-sheen), an alien race with gods based off of Celtic Pagan gods. Oisin are lynx+fawn hybrids.

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Gideon's face.

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Last one, and the oldest of the bunch (drawn almost a year ago), Zylos.

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The first two are extremely well done, you have an eye for turning basic lines into a smooth, flowing form. I don't know if compilation pieces are something you are fond of, but I think the images are juxtaposed very intelligently and the space is effectively utilized. You mentioned the feet on the first one don't look quite right, I would recommend looking at some reference pictures to get an idea for how calves and heels are structured. I think most of the issues with the foot on the left could be resolved by eliminating that dip where the top of the foot meets the leg, and expanding the left boundary of the boot's sole to make it look more like it is facing the viewer. As for the one on the right, you have to remember that there is a foot in front of that heel, try using some of that excellent form to bring out the sides of the boot and foot. (Feet are a common point of contention for me, too. It takes some practice).

As for your Gideon concepts, I really like the head shot, but remember most necks (especially on burlier subjects) are thick enough to terminate at or near the ear lobes (actually looking at it again I can see you were drawing a free-floating head, but I left this comment in for general advice). On the full body shot, Gideon is pretty well constructed with the exception of the shoulders and arm musculature. I would suggest smoothing the upper boundaries of the shoulders to meet the collarbone in a more natural fashion. The bicep could also use a redo, try making the upper part of it meet the shoulder more naturally, and as you work your way down the arm make it a little thinner as you go.

Zylos (as with your other full-bodies) is very well constructed. The face is so-so, a little flat but I can see you have greatly improved over the past year.

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[-] [+] No.649
Fursuit idea... 
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So, this is my latest idea for my next fursuit. She's a Coywolf (coyote+wolf) named Sierra. I'd like to make her look a little more feminine, but I'm not sure how...
Anyway, what do you think? Does it look ok? Any changes I should make?
I'm considering possibly airbrushing some kind of typical wolf-pattern onto her back, but idk yet. I need opinions/suggestions!

Thanks :3

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Thin the waist above the hips, and fatten out the chest, a longer tail would be good 2, with softer facial features.

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>>651

Are you critiquing the drawing or the design? They're asking for a critique for the design, proportions don't really matter if it's just conceptual. And... it's a female Why flatten the chest? :p

Anyway, Icebear, I like it. I think something on the right shoulderblade would look good with that heart design you have going on.

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>>658

>why flatten

>>651

>fatten

If it don't look right read it again yo.

Might get around to this thing eventually. Busy week, busy weekend.



[-] [+] No.642
what do ya think? 
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>>642
smaller version

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I see:
Hands too small
left arm too short
Etc.
Many problem with basic anatomy as far i can see.
You should read some of the above link with loomis book about figure drawing, pratice a lot and then come back here to have more advices.

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:| k

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im going to study for one week and come back to see if i improve...



[-] [+] No.633
fish 
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What am I doing wrong?!
And before you say "everything" ugh, could I maybe get a redline please :<
I really dont know where to go with this. :<

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Anybody want to help?

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Yes, as long as you're actually baracudaboy.

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Don't blow my coner D:
I'm like the shittiest artist on the planet and this drawing almost seems like a joke.
WHYYY would I want people to know who I was.

lol, oh, the file name. last time I post on lulz stoned -_-

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Lol, lulz is over there.

It is okay, though.

I will see what I can do.

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>>633
hahahaha, even more evidence I should stay off the computer at times of...brain deficiency. XD jesus.



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