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🎆 [NEW PIECE ON PAGE 2]I tried to draw. Please tell me how to improve! 🎆
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Aria Nook Violet
Senior Member
Hi! Maybe I am not the best person to help you out but I will try. I think you need to study body anatomy in general. Women have curves and I don't see it in your drawing unless you're trying to draw a kid. The eyes are to close to each other. The shoulder are to wide for a woman and the legs too far apart. I really hope I was helpful.
boujee
Senior Member
Oooh yes
I'm practicing drawing myself, so I can give a few pointers in what to do.
Anatomy! You need to understand the fundamentals of the human structure. I can see what you're trying to do but it's stiff, especially in the neck, shoulders, chest, and hips. I suggest you practice gestures! It's like stick figure drawing but you're putting liveness it, such as mastering poses, positions, etc. While you're doing this you'll start learning how to see the placements of human body(adding structure).
I suggest looking at these:
I don't want to be as critical for I am practicing myself but I do want to help.
Beginner to beginner.
I'm practicing drawing myself, so I can give a few pointers in what to do.
Anatomy! You need to understand the fundamentals of the human structure. I can see what you're trying to do but it's stiff, especially in the neck, shoulders, chest, and hips. I suggest you practice gestures! It's like stick figure drawing but you're putting liveness it, such as mastering poses, positions, etc. While you're doing this you'll start learning how to see the placements of human body(adding structure).
I suggest looking at these:
I don't want to be as critical for I am practicing myself but I do want to help.
Beginner to beginner.
Jacob
Senior Member
Yes, Aria explained some really good tips. Anatomy practice is a must when drawing people. And the best way to get better at drawing bodies and realistic things is to practice. The more times you draw something, the better it will end up. (I do not mean using a template of your first drawing, just keep starting from scratch.)
The eyes, as also explained above, are too close to eachother. I recommend you make the head shape way bigger, and draw the hair partially covering larger eyes. Make the mouth and nose larger as well.
Try going for symmetry. What many people do not understand is that symmetry is a main factor for intriguing art. It is often not acknowledged, but people know its there and it makes the piece look 10x better automatically.
The legs on this particular piece seem to be a little far away from eachother, and the arms are a little more "wiggly" then normal. This all will fall into place with anatomy practice.
The hair should be more individual strokes, or look it rather, than just a flat color job inside the lines.
You should definitely try adding shading to your drawings, as that always looks nice too!
You could also work on making your lines vary in size and color. Making them less sketchy and pointy is also a plus, so try different lining techniques!
If you are going for something more realistic (if not, then just ignore this, as my art is more focused on realistic rather than cartoon) always remember that black lines should be eliminated all together. Try erasing the black lines at the end of a drawing to see the result, and if you are not satisfied, put them back in. You would also need to learn Lighting Values for your shading and highlights, to grasp the viewer's attention.
All in all, this is a good drawing! Definitely keep up the good work!
Things to work on:
~Anatomy
~Shading
~Highlight
~Softer and quicker strokes
~Perspective and Proportion Values
Good Luck!
Mega_Cabbage
Meh
I would also work on the line art. They seem to be wobbly and disjointed at some parts. Have you tried sketching on paper first? If you get the basics down on paper, you can transfer it to digital art.
doveling
peace n dove
like everyone else has pointed out, i think you need improving on your anatomy first. We can talk colours later and whatnot, but for now i think you should google some anatomy tutorials to help you c:
