My dumb art.
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sharkstache
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The reason why your art sucks is that the coloring and shading techniques are bland, and your anatomy and cloth studies are not apparent. You need to work on your values; for example, using darks in the right place in order to bring out the lighter and important spots. You're too comfortable using pastel colors in general; just because all of the colors you use are all light and pastel, that doesn't mean that they work together. Take some time to study color theory.
Taking a look at your tumblr, it's easy to notice which drawings used heavy reference and which ones did not. Draw the rest of the body and stop focusing so much on the hair and eyes. Get out of your comfort zone and practice and learn more basics if you don't want your art to suck this badly.
Taking a look at your tumblr, it's easy to notice which drawings used heavy reference and which ones did not. Draw the rest of the body and stop focusing so much on the hair and eyes. Get out of your comfort zone and practice and learn more basics if you don't want your art to suck this badly.
Napoleonic
danny devito stan
I almost never use references for digital art, but thanks for the tips. Next time, you should be politer, because I almost took "suck this badly" as an insult. Unless it WAS an insult, I guess. I mostly focus on the face and eyes because this is really a hobby and I like drawing heads better than bodies. Although I do have to work on drawing bodies, I admit. The last complete body I drew was... I think it was a picture of Winston Churchill.
Some traditional art, I guess.
Some traditional art, I guess.
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sharkstache
indecent
I have no intentions on being more polite to you. Why should I? You don't even have the decency to respect your own art. Naturally incompetent people get defensive when their incompetence is displayed.
Are you calling it bad in order to get comments saying "omg wow why would you say that you're good l0l"?
Also, once again in your traditional work, the colors are bland (even for a still life), and you obviously have trouble with using darker colors to show depth. You are lacking color harmony in your paintings. Your light sources are very undefined as well. Are you using black and mixing it with blue in the teapot still life? I can't tell because of the camera quality, but if you are, that's a huge no.
Are you calling it bad in order to get comments saying "omg wow why would you say that you're good l0l"?
Also, once again in your traditional work, the colors are bland (even for a still life), and you obviously have trouble with using darker colors to show depth. You are lacking color harmony in your paintings. Your light sources are very undefined as well. Are you using black and mixing it with blue in the teapot still life? I can't tell because of the camera quality, but if you are, that's a huge no.
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Napoleonic
danny devito stan
No, I'm not looking for "wow your art is great!!!!". I'm looking for advice on how to get better. Thanks for that!
But back to the topic of my art, no, I didn't use black, I used dark blue and dark purple to make shadows. Probably looks like crap because I used an older iPod to take the picture, though. Although the first two were just kind of copied from other paintings, blah. I used to be really good with color and stuff, but I kind of suck now. But, you can only get better at it.
Thanks for your tips, though! I just cracked open a pose generator ( because I know my poses are really boring and dumb. Something I've been trying to improve on a LOT but I always kind of suck. Maybe I should crack open an anatomy guide too. I have a book of that around the place, somewhere... ). Maybe I'll take up traditional painting again. Hopefully, I'll be as good as the artists I admire someday ( probably not, haha. ).
But back to the topic of my art, no, I didn't use black, I used dark blue and dark purple to make shadows. Probably looks like crap because I used an older iPod to take the picture, though. Although the first two were just kind of copied from other paintings, blah. I used to be really good with color and stuff, but I kind of suck now. But, you can only get better at it.
Thanks for your tips, though! I just cracked open a pose generator ( because I know my poses are really boring and dumb. Something I've been trying to improve on a LOT but I always kind of suck. Maybe I should crack open an anatomy guide too. I have a book of that around the place, somewhere... ). Maybe I'll take up traditional painting again. Hopefully, I'll be as good as the artists I admire someday ( probably not, haha. ).
sharkstache
indecent
Honestly, I was purposely putting on a show to get your reaction. I'm extremely supportive of any artist who show a sense of dedication, which you obviously do, and it pains me to see anyone disrespect their own art or themselves. You're inexperienced at most, you do not "suck" , nor is your art "bad", it's practice. As artists, we're constantly practicing and trying to improve. The moment where you decide that improvement is not needed and that you don't need anymore practice is the day where you stop becoming an artist.
Just two cents of my philosophy; good luck.
Just two cents of my philosophy; good luck.
Napoleonic
danny devito stan
Thanks! I think my art is "bad" because it can't compare to artists' works whom I admire, but that's all part of improving!
updates this with some not pixel art????
it's my gaia online avatar except I don't ever interact with anyone on gaia online ever.
another thing I'm never going to finish because I squished her face on accident and it looks weird as heckie.
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It's cute! Nice avi btw - the Pandaista hat looks really nice. That style you drew in fits the outfit very well ^.^
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Napoleonic
danny devito stan
Ok took sharkstache's advice and tried to focus on body and values and colors and
I probably should've looked at what layer I was coloring on because now I can't fix anything. And I should probably look at how clothes work more because ?????? yeah.
Also why I decided to color the jeans with brown I'll never know.
full size more like whoa no messy as heckie
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Thank you very much! I keep changing my outfit because I bought a bunch of stuff, though, and I can't make up my mind.
I probably should've looked at what layer I was coloring on because now I can't fix anything. And I should probably look at how clothes work more because ?????? yeah.
Also why I decided to color the jeans with brown I'll never know.
full size more like whoa no messy as heckie
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Thank you very much! I keep changing my outfit because I bought a bunch of stuff, though, and I can't make up my mind.
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sharkstache
indecent
Hey, it's me again.
Glad you're taking some CC and making good use out of it. If you don't mind, I went over your original image to show what you could improve on.
Remember that in most cases, you will want your colors to work together, not against. This is called color harmony; the opposite is color discord. When you want harmony, you shouldn't use a color just one time in your drawing, but rather in multiple places. For example, you only used the red/brown in the pants, and greenish blues/ purples in the shirt. I roughly went in and airbrushed it to show you could have possibly harmonized your colors.
Also, remember that when you're working with values, turning it into a black and white version is the simplest way to check if your values are correct. In the example posted, you can see that the pants are mainly in the greys with little darks and lights. That's the reason why the brown shading may have looked awkward; there's too less of it and it is not rendered in well, but rather just slapped on.
Overall, I absolutely think that it's a stepup from the girl painting you did recently. The colors are more fun and more interesting to look at. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me!
My edits are extremely rough and rushed because my tablet is nowhere to be found, so don't take them too seriously!
Glad you're taking some CC and making good use out of it. If you don't mind, I went over your original image to show what you could improve on.
Remember that in most cases, you will want your colors to work together, not against. This is called color harmony; the opposite is color discord. When you want harmony, you shouldn't use a color just one time in your drawing, but rather in multiple places. For example, you only used the red/brown in the pants, and greenish blues/ purples in the shirt. I roughly went in and airbrushed it to show you could have possibly harmonized your colors.
Also, remember that when you're working with values, turning it into a black and white version is the simplest way to check if your values are correct. In the example posted, you can see that the pants are mainly in the greys with little darks and lights. That's the reason why the brown shading may have looked awkward; there's too less of it and it is not rendered in well, but rather just slapped on.
Overall, I absolutely think that it's a stepup from the girl painting you did recently. The colors are more fun and more interesting to look at. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me!
My edits are extremely rough and rushed because my tablet is nowhere to be found, so don't take them too seriously!
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Napoleonic
danny devito stan
ok I'm pretty sure I took like a step back or something and the hair's gross but I rushed the hair because I hate hair.
Tried to do the color harmony thing but I am terrible at it evidently and I've apparently never heard of an iron.
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