Artistic opinions wanted

[kozman31]

Alright, I got one of those drawing tablets a little while back and I've started to draw pictures and whatnot. I've been drawing for the past two weeks or so and I'm wondering what people think of my work and how I can improve and what I need to work on. My pictures are here under "Art by Elliott". Any feedback is appreciated because I have had none so far. The stuff under "Art by Stefan" is stuff drawn by my friend Stefan, who is also SWirth86 on these boards, so feel free to comment on his work too.

 

[2002R1Rider]

You have only been drawing 2 weeks?

 

[MacBaine]

Alright.. I'm not gonna touch this one...

 

[StageLeft]

It's fairly simplistic, but it's got an interesting style to it and certainly better than what I could do. I prefer the black and white ones, like cowboy, for instance.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I am no expert but i have a little bit of formal training in drawing. I would suggest that you continue to work, and that you practice not so much on creating images, but on practicing technique.

examples:

you should be able to draw a rectangle, where one end of the rectngle is 100%black and the other end is 100% white, with a smooth and even gradient in between.

you should be able to draw a shape by drawing the shadows, rather than the outline... practice on simple shapes like spheres and pyramids.

you should be able to draw in way that shows where the light source(s) are.

EDIT: btw your drawings are not too bad...you just need to develop technique.

 

[kozman31]

Originally posted by: 2002R1Rider
You have only been drawing 2 weeks?

Well I've drawn before but not much.

And thanks for the advice yamaha, I'll work on that. Guess I'll just keep practicing.

 

[Azraele]

Your style is indeed simplistic, but that could be a good thing. Give it your own style. Practice, practice, practice.

 

[FrOsTxxbYtE]

practice is all that is needed

 

[SWirth86]

bump


how come noone comments on mine? is it that horrible?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I like it, but that doesn't mean much intellectually. The insane one is not good, because the proportions are all wrong, and it doesn't look purposeful. Look up a diagram of facial proportions.

 

[hjo3]

Ugly, ugly, ugly.

 

[Ameesh]

im sure maddox has something to say about it

 

[Ness]

You should try working from a subject, rather than just free-forming ideas.

(with people in specific)
When you work from a subject, try to concentrate on a piece of the picture rather than something whole. As in... don't think "hand" think "finger, fingernail, this knuckle, that knuckle, the rest of the knuckles, bend in skin..." The problem most people have with drawing is that they don't consider human form... as in, they draw two straight lines and call it an arm... whereas a real arm has so much definition and shading from muscle that it's hard to make a perfect replica of it.


If you REALLY want something activities to do, go out and find pictures of people, preferably in different poses and just trace them as best you can. When you get curves of the body down, try doing some shading. It's easy to get the idea of shading, but it's difficult to make it convincing in many situations.


Most importantly... DON'T RUSH. You'll get better to the point where you won't have to rush sooner or later, but for now, take your time and don't be afraid to work slowly and give detail to the picture.