Hi, so I’ve been using simply the body base to sketch out my drawings for my webcomic. My friend told me this is bad and unethical. Is it? I’ve seen plenty of people use these. I put a step-by-step for my process below. Let me know what you guys think. I also put a finished piece of art with models. Lmk!

I haven’t delved too deep into coloring because every time I do so, I feel like there’s always something missing, especially when I do more painterly art styles like arcane. I feel that I’m decent at inking and sketching, but coloring is when I highkey fall off. Below is a comic book style sample and an arcane sample (with references). Any help is appreciated and please don’t hold back!

For more info: This is an Oc I has in mind since 2023, and drawed him for the first time at starts 2024. I would show his evo. I'm not talking about minor details; I'm talking about things like design, color, anatomy, etc. Tell me what you think improved and what you think should be removed or changed. 1st: 2026 2nd: 2025 3rd: 2024 4th: 2023 (starts of 2024)

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is all over the place and there are little mistakes throughout, so it looks a lot like AI or a trace drawing from an outdated AI.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.

advice and draw overs appreciated! especially any suggestions for the clothing and lighting

Painted this mask for practice. Couldn't quite decide on a subject that would be expressive and wouldn't rely too much on detail since the surface is more hole than surface.

My wife said the skull looked like done by a child or childish and I agree. Apart from the subject being childish by itself 😅

On paper I'd be skilled enough for some more renderingbut this grate swallows detail and gradients don't read well. I tried the wider skull proportions as in the reference but differentiating between illuminated skull surface and flame didn't really work with these colours.

Is it just the missing detailing or could I have done anything else better? See reference (from Pinterest and prob. Ai but it's what showed what I was going for best...sorry)

So here's the deal im not a billionaire and shit I js want fanart kindof like techno blade

Im very sorry I can't pay for the artwork but here is the reference

Thanks in advance and much love

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Hi,

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

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?

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?

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

I still have NO idea how to render, just shade (for the most part), so any tips are helpful!!

(images 1 and 7 are incomplete but they’re the most recent things i’ve been working on!)

feel free to critique literally anything from the composition to the colouring to the rendering to the linework to the anatomy! i just eat critique for breakfast lunch and dinner. id like to know what i could give more attention to in my studies!

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.

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.

this baby is kamari, and I’ve been struggling to design a otherworld yet familiar design for her for a while! All advice is super appreciated! I apologize for the lack of consistency with each drawing 😭💔

Hello, I am new to this subreddit so please let me know if I'm doing this wrong.

For my friends last birthday, I drew her a custom trash animal oracle deck. I don't think I'm that great of an artist, but she loved it. Now, she says her mom also loves it and would like to have me make one for her mom.

I don't want to overcharge her, and hers took me hours to design and draw even if I'm not the best at it. (QUICK NOTE: She is insisting on paying me! I would normly do it for free)

I was thinking $25, since oracle decks are normally $30+ and she's my friend, with 21-25 cards depending on when she needs them.

Any advice on this welcome 🙏 Ive also attached a couple of the cards I'd made for my friend.

Iddkkkkkk, something just feels off about my drawing

This is meant to be a drawing of envy from Scott pilgrim

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

I've seen a LOT of videos on YouTube about contour and cross contour lines around the organic shapes

but none of them tell how to get the right curve around it and I find it a big problem about this subject !

please help!!!1!1!1!1!1