Would you buy this? Looking for prices and criticism!
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Money Hunter
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There's a lot I can say about this.
First of all, have you drawn this with a mouse or a tablet? If it's with a tablet, you might want to get a lot more used to it by drawing sketches and random stuff before you try to do more. If it's with a mouse, don't draw with it. Take a picture of a hand drawn sketch and line it on gimp using the paths tool. A good tutorial for that would be here and here for color. She uses photoshop but doing it in gimp is very similar (i use gimp too.)
As to how you've drawn it, its OK but there should be more detailed. The picture should be bigger so that you can add more details. What you've done so far is very simple. Even the simplest style has more detail than this. The hands are verrry thin. Look up human anatomy and you'll see it's very much different.
There's so much more to talk about. First of all, skirts are never straight lines across. The have folds and stuff. The T-shirt is drawn like it's part of the hand which was I problem I had too. The hair is drawn very poorly, hair is never like that. It generally flows down and you've drawn it like it ends suddenly. The reflections of the eyes don't have an outline. The nose is usually more than a dot.
For the color, you need to add shadows and lighting. It's a very complex concept that's really difficult, but you just need a basic idea of it. The skirt lines to indicate folds go straight down which rarely ever happens. For more information on folds, look here
As for pricing, I probably wouldn't buy anything like this IMO.
First of all, have you drawn this with a mouse or a tablet? If it's with a tablet, you might want to get a lot more used to it by drawing sketches and random stuff before you try to do more. If it's with a mouse, don't draw with it. Take a picture of a hand drawn sketch and line it on gimp using the paths tool. A good tutorial for that would be here and here for color. She uses photoshop but doing it in gimp is very similar (i use gimp too.)
As to how you've drawn it, its OK but there should be more detailed. The picture should be bigger so that you can add more details. What you've done so far is very simple. Even the simplest style has more detail than this. The hands are verrry thin. Look up human anatomy and you'll see it's very much different.
There's so much more to talk about. First of all, skirts are never straight lines across. The have folds and stuff. The T-shirt is drawn like it's part of the hand which was I problem I had too. The hair is drawn very poorly, hair is never like that. It generally flows down and you've drawn it like it ends suddenly. The reflections of the eyes don't have an outline. The nose is usually more than a dot.
For the color, you need to add shadows and lighting. It's a very complex concept that's really difficult, but you just need a basic idea of it. The skirt lines to indicate folds go straight down which rarely ever happens. For more information on folds, look here
As for pricing, I probably wouldn't buy anything like this IMO.
Locket
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This is my first try, and I don't use a mouse, I use a mouse pad (easier to draw with), because my tablet is HORRIBLE for drawing. I had no referecne and went with my mind (mainly because no body ever wants to buy it)
Money Hunter
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If your tablet is bad, you should practice with it to get a hang of it. Almost everyone sucks at using their tablet for a month or so.
You said that this is your first try, but you said no one wants to buy your drawings. How do people know what your drawings look like if you've never drawn before? (me is confused)
No one's first try is good enough that people would want to buy it. Most artists on here that are getting commissions for decent prices have been drawing for 3+ years.
If you think you need references to draw(everyone does when starting out) draw fanart of characters.
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lazuli
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what do you mean your tablet is horrible for drawing
is it the actual tablet itself or the program
like photoshop doesnt work well with mine but sai is gr8. try different programs and see which one is best for ur tablet.
(id critique the actual art itself but imgur is blocked at school so i cant see it)
is it the actual tablet itself or the program
like photoshop doesnt work well with mine but sai is gr8. try different programs and see which one is best for ur tablet.
(id critique the actual art itself but imgur is blocked at school so i cant see it)
Mega_Cabbage
Meh
I wouldn't buy it.
Locket
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They don't buy it because it's traditional and tooken by a bad camera.
@computer trash: I think it's the tablet. It's small and has a horrible screen.
lazuli
Senior Member
Though art being traditional isn't really a problem, many people like and buy it, but you usually sell your original work (I guess scanning or taking picture here in exchange of TBT is an acceptable offer with good gears).
What tablet do you have ? (Franchise and reference like "Wacom Intuos pro S" for exemple)
Locket
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Nextbook 7 I think. REALLY bad to draw on.
Tinkalila
Unhindered Eccentric
I would not, but I am picky! Don't let that stop you though, of course. But I would suggest practicing more before making a shop! Maybe start with a gallery, or a request thread?
Money Hunter
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Draw traditional, take a pic, then use the paths tool in gimp to outline it. It'll look much better.
Vizionari
still not giving up
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These people mean DRAWING tablets, not stuff like the iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_tablet
If you're looking for something cheap, Wacom bamboo is under $100. My personal drawing tablet is pretty small (I use a 4 x 5 Wacom Graphire, which they don't sell anymore), in fact, I prefer small over large cuz it doesn't stretch out your image.
And I know having your art criticized can sometimes come off kind of rude, but if you ever look to improve upon your art, you're going to have to learn how to take and handle criticism. Learning from criticism is quite big in the art world, if you can't handle it, you better learn how to soon. Giving excuses on why your art is bad tends to leave bad impressions on others.
These people mean DRAWING tablets, not stuff like the iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_tablet
If you're looking for something cheap, Wacom bamboo is under $100. My personal drawing tablet is pretty small (I use a 4 x 5 Wacom Graphire, which they don't sell anymore), in fact, I prefer small over large cuz it doesn't stretch out your image.
And I know having your art criticized can sometimes come off kind of rude, but if you ever look to improve upon your art, you're going to have to learn how to take and handle criticism. Learning from criticism is quite big in the art world, if you can't handle it, you better learn how to soon. Giving excuses on why your art is bad tends to leave bad impressions on others.
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Locket
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I've gotten really good criticism so far. They are really helping. I'm really not trying to, it's really hard for me to stop it if I do.
I'm also looking for some tutorials to draw better chibis!
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Locket
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OK, I'm trying so hard, and I am reeeeeeeeaaaaaalllllllllllly confused.
