Without hair or clothes because I don’t want to hide behind the costume.

I'm feeling like I want to give up on this because I feel like my drawing doesn't look like him at all. How do I improve features to look identical?

Also do yall think i could put it in my portfolio?

shes fairly new so i haven't figured out much about her except that: shes a troubled vampire teen that lives in modern day southern California. i want her design to portray that better but im not quite sure how to do so. she kind of just feel like another generic pretty face and i want to be able to tell a story through her better

Hi y’all. Im an artist that has only does mostly unfinished sketches and works too long on linework (including examples) because ive always been uninterested with colors and love line art. Im finally getting out of my bubble snd want to start actually improving with directed effort
today is my first time trying to render / paint in procreate (first image), man it’s tough trying to work past the ugly phase. It took me so long to even get it to this point. Any tips, videos that you’d recommend, etc? Or just general tips for my art. This is my first time sharing online, and so I’m very blind when it comes to my own art.

Hi,

I need your opinion. Would you buy these bottles? How much would you pay for one?

I struggled a lot here so I’d love feedback on the anatomy and any areas of improvement. I’m not feeling very confident about the finger proportions especially

I’m trying to learn art instead of using AI garbage and I really want to learn this kind of style but I’m unsure how to do it or set up a proper pen for it. Anyone able to help me?
Credit:omochichowder

Here are some more morpho arm studies I did previously. I kinda wanted to just finish these as I was trying to draw a character portrait but couldn’t sketch it or get any of the angles how I wanted it to, and these were both easier and something different to what I had been doing.

I feel like this is my problem with art as before this I had been looking a while at art books/videos explaining the main structures and features of the head, and even if I could somewhat apply them to real life references it was hard to get anything out purely from my head, especially if I wanted to stylize them.

I think it’s worse with gesture drawing, as I see that as a much more foundational element of art. Michael Hampton was my main introduction to them, and even with his guides and various others, and being to emulate how they do it, I can never make them look right on my own.

These maybe are specific examples but I feel like there’s a bigger problem of me being unable to make sketches of general forms to create finished drawings in the way I watch other artists do, or just get any ideas out. And that I’m just copying. How can I fix this?

I'm trying to make my paintings a bit more dynamic, I'm giving up on trying to have interesting brush work on this one as my hands are determined to render it to death lol. But is there any thing I can do with the lighting? I've tried adding the "hidden colours" in the shadows and a saturated edge on the edge. It still feels a bit flat looking even though I think the vaules look OK.

And secondly, is her anatomy on point? I keep flipping the canvas and fixing stuff but I can't nail down what looks off, I think maybe her mouth is flat? Or maybe her temples are not right?

I'd really appreciate any feedback or draw overs, thank you

Hello, this is a piece im working on to post over on r/moemorphism. Usually I'd be fine but I'm having a lot of trouble with my ruffles and mostly the necktie area. For the life of me I just can't picture how it should look and its throwing me for a loop. If anyone knows how to draw ties and ruffles I'd appreciate it.

Kinda funny that I have breasts myself and can’t draw them. But yeah, they look very…. Not correct anatomy wise and I’m not sure why. My character is suppose to be wearing a bra

Might turn it into a webtoon, who knows…anyway just curious how much would this be worth? Maybe 4 usd? Less?

I use this method when attempting realistic art, especially animals and people. I use the general shapes and lines to get used to the way an entities anatomy flows. Do you consider this tracing the picture?

Second image is ref

Something feels off on the torso and just the whole anatomy generally but cant really say why. Couldnt finish the sketch with this weird feeling

so there are these three really cool artist I follow but I’ve been wondering how on earth do they color/render! usually if I wanted to learn I would just yk watch a speedpaint but understandably they put there speedpaints behind a pay wall or they don’t post them at all to my knowledge. I don’t wanna copy them verbatim but I’m genuinely curious as to how they manage to color the way they do.

im an ibis paint x user and genuinely cant seem to figure out how the heck they color. the only thing I know is that they all tend to go from gray scale to color..any help or maybe other artist that are similar and have tutorials or processes?

Imo, she doesn't look like a character and more like a random oc. I've kinda tried adding things to show who she is, but I feel like I can add more to that

She's supposed to be an overworked-underpaid 21yo woman who's very messy who's just about to start fighting for her life. She grew up in poverty, solely relying on farming, being the "adult" between her sister and herself. I do feel like her M mark it's a bit too thick, and maybe place correctly the patch on the knee

The artstyle is messy and supposed to be like someone colored and then sketch it over to give it more figure. I'd probably post a few follow ups of the other two protagonists. But this is so far the character design

A guy posted a really sketchy drawing here yesterday asking for critique, then deleted it, and after some pushback he shared this image as proof of his progress. The skill level is all over the place and there are little mistakes throughout, so it looks a lot like AI or a trace drawing from an outdated AI. Honestly, I don’t know how to feel. I’m not even mad anymore, just tired. It’s kind of funny and kind of sad at the same time. Not all of us are suspicious by default, but most of us get a tiny jolt of panic when we see big gaps in skill within one piece. Artists make mistakes, of course, but the better someone gets, the harder it is for those mistakes to slip by, and when they stay, they usually feel intentional, part of the artist’s style. Here it just feels incongruent, like the parts don’t belong to the same hand. It’s hard to put into words. What gets me is that we used to look at a drawing and see a person behind it, the hours, the struggle, the choices. Now that’s something we have to question, and that quiet loss is what makes this somewhat sad. Welp, what can we do, just keep drawing.

Okay well, I took one class of art my freshman year of highschool and I loved it (I never was into art or such before hs).

And well I only liked drawing.

But we did so much of not drawing that it took my experience away from art in a way, or well the path I wanted to go down (it was still really fun class)

The first picture is a drawing I did freshman year, and the second one is I did start of Sophomore year (two years ago), but I finished half and got burnt out and finished the rest today (this year now).

The last two are just random cool sketches I found, but I feel like I had more I think I just threw my old notebook out.

And finishing the second drawing today made me realize I have no clue how to draw.

I can only really draw with a reference or picture right in front of me, but that doesn't really feel like drawing? It feels like I'm just copying the art and I'm not really making anything new or truly using any artistic value.

I want to learn to draw from memory or like I don't know just apply myself more how other people do.

Before you say look up a tutorial or read a how to draw book I have tried that but it feels like I can't learn that way.

I spent freshman year and sophomore year trying to learn anatomy, angles and depth through drawing boxes and pipes and those little mannequin figures in different poses, or with scenery with those intersecting lines that all go through the middle, everyday and I think after not seeing myself improve after almost a full year I gave up and threw my notebook out.

Drawing today kind of inspired me to try and get into the hobby again but I just don't know where to really start.

like giclée prints maybe? please be honest! thank you ♡

I am currently practicing in doing shapes and proportions and I want to know where I need to improve to get the overall basic shape of the subject correct thank you, and be as harsh as you need to be.

I'm just struggling to actually design an outfit that reflects his character visually (a teen, antisocial and mentally unstable) but is also appealing.

Truth be told, I have this problem with every human character of mine but this one is my most drawn human oc so he takes priority.

I would appreciate guides, ideas or just tips and tricks on how you design clothes :)