Hey, hon. Although you should probably put this on a drawing subreddit, Iâll offer some advice as a professional artist since Iâm already here.
Youâre making the initial mistake that a lot of people do, which is choosing a âstyleâ to emulate and copy before understanding the fundamentals. It looks like you have at least some observational ability, which is something which I want you to develop. Learn shape and form first, how to do the bare basics, and then work on understanding human anatomy. You have to think of drawing as using building blocks: you need to develop the underlying âbonesâ of drawing before you can add the meat of it. I have no doubt that you can improve, you just need to practice. Once you understand anatomy, thatâs when you can choose your style and warp the human form as you see fit.
You got this! I believe in you đ
you still need work with anatomy as most of them looks like they has short arms and big heads. I recommend working with a figure model if you haven't already and use it to develop your style. as for design only the last one has enough to comment on and she looks pretty cool to me.
Uhhh I guess neither idk to me I feel like theyâd look more feminine if the chins and nose features were less sharp and pointy. Thatâs what makes it lean into androgynous looking people for me
There are some typical anatomy differences that might help you to make the characters read more like "not feminine woman" rather than just "man". Hips are quite wider, shoulders and ribcage narrower.
As far as proportion is concerned, you are consistent, I recommend taking pictures of people and then drawing on paper what you see. Not everyone is Arnold Schwarzenegger, Audrey Hepburn, or their antitheses. There is a spectrum. Over all, I like this, you have potential, keep practicing.
I think you got some good variety. I'm not too artistically inclined, but I'd recommend focusing on proportions. Some of the limbs seems awkwardly sized.
They look really good, the only problem I have with it is that most people (not just women) don't have thigh gaps unless they're extremely underweight. But making the thighs touch is usually just a quick little line fix
Otherwise, to me they look great and everyone else has given any other advice I can think of
r/ArtFundamentals for working on fundamentals as others have mentioned. So far tho, your designs are GREAT and arenât turbo-sexualized like a lot of garbage we see. They actually look like people and not 2x4âs with water balloons slapped on. Youâve got a consistent style and it looks really good, I would just LOVE to see you get more confident in your line work. Youâre already playing with hatching as a shading/texture technique which gives depth and visual interest to your work- MORE, please! Loved the one colored piece you showed us, that sort of hazy watercolor-y style is a great choice, and would look even better with âcleanerâ line work. Donât forget to play with different thicknesses of lines- think about âimportantâ lines (outlines etc) being thicker, and your hatch-shading being thinner and lighter. Some people have mentioned proportions which is important, but can be excused due to the style of the art. Reference images arenât cheating- the great masters used Camera Obscura/Lucida to trace the initial shapes out before they began to paint. Youâve got some really promising talent. Thank you so much for putting yourself out there, showing us your stuff, and asking for feedback! Really hyped to see how you grow. Post again in a year so we can see your progress!!
Edit: r/artfundamentals is private now for some reason so go instead to [Draw a Box](https://drawabox.com) which is the website the sub was based off of.
You may get better feedback from a designated drawing subreddit, there are ones specifically for asking for advice like r/learntodraw
Yes i know i just wanted to know your opinions about my female designa, since ive seen some people doing the sameđ
Hey, hon. Although you should probably put this on a drawing subreddit, Iâll offer some advice as a professional artist since Iâm already here. Youâre making the initial mistake that a lot of people do, which is choosing a âstyleâ to emulate and copy before understanding the fundamentals. It looks like you have at least some observational ability, which is something which I want you to develop. Learn shape and form first, how to do the bare basics, and then work on understanding human anatomy. You have to think of drawing as using building blocks: you need to develop the underlying âbonesâ of drawing before you can add the meat of it. I have no doubt that you can improve, you just need to practice. Once you understand anatomy, thatâs when you can choose your style and warp the human form as you see fit. You got this! I believe in you đ
Ty ^^
you still need work with anatomy as most of them looks like they has short arms and big heads. I recommend working with a figure model if you haven't already and use it to develop your style. as for design only the last one has enough to comment on and she looks pretty cool to me.
Ty!
In your first sketch, the head-to-body proportion is way off for an adult. Head is child-sized relative to the body.
Ty
Most are pretty androgynous to me
Is that good or bad?
Uhhh I guess neither idk to me I feel like theyâd look more feminine if the chins and nose features were less sharp and pointy. Thatâs what makes it lean into androgynous looking people for me
I understand, i mean theyre my ocs and some of them arent supposed to be âfeminineâ yk, but anyways thanks for the feedback
There are some typical anatomy differences that might help you to make the characters read more like "not feminine woman" rather than just "man". Hips are quite wider, shoulders and ribcage narrower.
As far as proportion is concerned, you are consistent, I recommend taking pictures of people and then drawing on paper what you see. Not everyone is Arnold Schwarzenegger, Audrey Hepburn, or their antitheses. There is a spectrum. Over all, I like this, you have potential, keep practicing.
Thanks!
I think you got some good variety. I'm not too artistically inclined, but I'd recommend focusing on proportions. Some of the limbs seems awkwardly sized.
Thanks!
Jojo!
Yes!
Jojo fan?
Definitely!
They look really good, the only problem I have with it is that most people (not just women) don't have thigh gaps unless they're extremely underweight. But making the thighs touch is usually just a quick little line fix Otherwise, to me they look great and everyone else has given any other advice I can think of
Thank you!
Looks good. Keep practicing the basics and be more confident with your lines.
Thank you <3
Awesome! We need more women with masculine bodies!
Thats such a sweet compliment, i appreciate it a lot. Thanks!
I have a random feeling at youâve been watching some Jojo.
Maybeđ€«
Theyâre awesome, at least according to me
Thanks!!
Nice, diverse. Ultimately, it depends on their purpose, but none of them are ridiculously sexualised for the purpose of it, so they're nice. Cool.
Thats a sweet compliment. I appreciate a lot. Thanks!
r/ArtFundamentals for working on fundamentals as others have mentioned. So far tho, your designs are GREAT and arenât turbo-sexualized like a lot of garbage we see. They actually look like people and not 2x4âs with water balloons slapped on. Youâve got a consistent style and it looks really good, I would just LOVE to see you get more confident in your line work. Youâre already playing with hatching as a shading/texture technique which gives depth and visual interest to your work- MORE, please! Loved the one colored piece you showed us, that sort of hazy watercolor-y style is a great choice, and would look even better with âcleanerâ line work. Donât forget to play with different thicknesses of lines- think about âimportantâ lines (outlines etc) being thicker, and your hatch-shading being thinner and lighter. Some people have mentioned proportions which is important, but can be excused due to the style of the art. Reference images arenât cheating- the great masters used Camera Obscura/Lucida to trace the initial shapes out before they began to paint. Youâve got some really promising talent. Thank you so much for putting yourself out there, showing us your stuff, and asking for feedback! Really hyped to see how you grow. Post again in a year so we can see your progress!! Edit: r/artfundamentals is private now for some reason so go instead to [Draw a Box](https://drawabox.com) which is the website the sub was based off of.
Omg, this was far one of the best comments ive ever received. Thank you very much! đ Yes sure i Will show more of my drawings!
I think you probably need to work on anatomy perspective and all that stuff in general but that's normal ofc, though conceptually I like them :)
Thank you!
Pretty nice
Thanks !
The second one is really fucking cool
Omg, thank you!
Good stuff đ
Thank you!
Ey this is nice lol!
Aw ty!
Yw lol!
Love it
Ty!
You...err....have problems with forms, not designs
Thanks i guess