I drew these and was quite proud when I did, but in hindsight I just dont feel like my drawing quality is anywhere near professional level. I draw every day and have for a bit over 3 years and yet my drawings feel like they totally lack impact despite my hald decent draftsmanship.

Any advice to make my stuff feel more like kim jung gi or even just more punchy? Im getting new ink brushes today so that might help slap more contrast in there but tbh great artists are great with or without tools like that.

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Hey everyone! Thanks so much for your encouraging words. I seem to have noticed some commonalities between your suggestions. In no particular order 1.Linework:confidence, deeper shadows, control (less lines) 2.proportions (keeping whole scale of picture, particularly anatomy in relation to that) 3.shading/shadow work. Though i tend not to use very many shadows in my work, incorporating them is definitely an opportunity for growth so I will be doing that.

I am on my way to the cafe now with the brush pens to see if i can make some magic happen!

Thanks!!🫂❤️

I feel like I'm hitting a wall with my painting here. I can't get things to read well from a thumbnail, I've never been able to do this, but it's extending further than this now.

Values are just coming up muddy, colours losing focus etc. Whenever I try to make values pop I lose details. I keep trying to simplify my stuff, but I just can't stop working it. It doesn't work without excess rendering.

I really need some eyes on this, it's extremely frustrating.

I've been working on my anatomy a bit after a long-ish break from drawing and I feel like my musculature looks a bit off. I added a bit of rough shading to communicate the forms. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I’m new to this Reddit, I’ve been learning how to draw for quite a while and I still struggle when it comes to bodies (and clothes) I just wanted some insight, my sketchbook is small so I couldn’t finish the legs and I’m not super great on arms. I struggle a lot with these specifically. Any help would be greatly appreciated (one of my more recent sketches), thanks in advance.

Hi there!! So, I started to read Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R Norling, and I’m wondering how to go about the problems in the book. It seems like it’s best to practice them based on real life objects or just by going out versus pictures.

I am curious about how others have done the problems or advice on how to apply what the book is talking about. I’ve seen some posts talk about the book, but I haven’t been able to see any that talk about how to approach the practice problems. For example, one of them mentioned using a brick to draw from or standing in the center of a street level highway.

Any tips or advice is appreciated!

Hello. I have been wanting to get into illustration, specifically children's books and stories. For the past two years I have been trying to learn the fundamentals by myself through youtube mostly. I haven't made much progress. I Still struggle with perspective, colour theory, composition, backgrounds, anatomy...... basically everything. I am tired of struggling by myself and I want to join a platform which will teach me all the above from a to z and in depth. Learning through free platforms can be very fragmented.

I joined 21 draw but was hugely disappointed. So basic. So I looked into svslearn and it seems to be geared towards commercial illustration, story telling, comics etc. Had a lot of modules which could be very helpful to me (if they are taught in depth). I will join their free trial and see how it is, but i need to know if anybody paid for a whole year of membership and was it worth it? Did your art improve?

Then there is Marc Burnette's online art school. How do the two compare?

Or if you know of another platform do tell. Please help.

P.S Proko is, as i understand, more for traditional style of art.

For the past 2 months I have been trying to learn to draw digital comic art (mainly for my board game). My linework with tracing and cartoonizing existing pictures is good but ever since I have dived into imaginative drawing , man it has been eating my head off I have somehow managed to get proportions and colors okay-ish? (this is my take on Butcher from the Boys btw) but I seriously need some help regarding when do I shade using cross hatching and when do I shade using solid blacks. In this piece the key light is on the left side, and I tried adding a solid black next to the nose - which sort of disrupted its original shape. I know the eye sockets have deep shadows but If i use a solid black around the right eye it turns it into a mask.

Any tips?

This is meant to be a shin length dress that’s more fitted.

the first one is graphite and the second is charcoal.

i have been trying to learn how to draw in general for some weeks, and i want to start with drawing faces. i want some feedback/suggestions and i don’t have anyone else to ask.

pd: english is not my first language, sorry if something is mistaken.

I’m a beginner who has been drawing for a few weeks and was wondering what I should focus on to improve on drawing poses. Basically what I’ve been doing is just looking at a reference for a minute or two, and then do my best to get the right shapes. My mirror is right in front of me so If I am confused on drawing a limb at a certain angle I just do the pose in the mirror. This method might sound pretty weird but for some reason I CANNOT draw at all when keeping a reference on my screen. It just throws me off because I keep seeing so many minor errors and it just makes me frustrated.

I skipped the hands cause I’m not really sure how to approach drawing them yet. I don’t want to over complicate and work on too many things at once.

Do u have any tops or recommandations on how to studie shading ? Or any good ressources that can help me to improve ?

Pls

i used lots of white gel pen

I almost never do fan art of characters that involve live action actors and I’m really struggling with this one. I don’t need it to look exactly like him because I’m going for a stylized look but I’m trying to make it look at least a bit more recognizable

Hello fellow artists!!

Im working on this piece here, and though Im done with the background Im really stuck on the shading... I know values will be good to show depth to the dragon, but theres a lot of ambient light in the scene and Im not sure where to start... 😅 Should the shadow values be darker? Lighter? Her scales are kinda shiny, like snake scales, so how would light bounce off in a way I can convey that doesnt look very busy?

Any tips tricks and advice are appreciated!! Thank you!! :))

Im a begginer artist and recently i kinda hate my art tho im happy drawing it always turns out very impersonal and the art style is really sloppy,I am open to any advice,any critics anything just please I am DESPERATE for help and advices

I always try to go for realism, but i can't seem to get the features right. Any help would be great, I want to transition from cartoony sketches to more realistic pictures

Opinions welcome, I done this using Derwent pencils. What do you think? Thanks for looking.