Sum Art Tips Coming Thru (note That I’m Myself Self-taught And I Myself Lack Some Many Skills, But

Sum art tips coming thru (note that I’m myself self-taught and I myself lack some many skills, but this is helpful)

I don’t know how much you’ve already heard, I think your art is cute, definetly a lot of potential and talent shining through, so

I like the way you draw cartoon characters (Invader Zim dog looks amazing, also little Max in the last one aawwww) and faces seem to be your strenght, like in Stolas fanart. I see you have knowledge about basics unless you’re just pretty good with drawing from refference, which is not bad at all; I’ll even talk about it later, but you need to tell why a certain line is there.

Try more dynamic poses. It’s best to start with contraposto (one leg resting, pelvis and shoulder girdle tilted) and some less complicated stuff. Not so long ago I realized runway fashion models (especially men) have basic yet captivating poses, made me realize I’m not drawing too big head, I just draw too short spine heh.

Use different kind and sharpness of pencils (cries in lost pencil set. I’m mourning you my HB, B2, F pencils). It’ll make sketch more clear and easier for you to erase and add lines.

Line weight for the love of God. Coined to the one above; lineart (and sketch in general) is more readable if you apply different weight e.g. far away stuff are thin smudges, single lines, areas with more shadow on them are thicker, details draw with sharper pencil than outlines.

You know this fancy lines you draw when doing a head (if you use circle to create head. My personal favourite, box method doesn’t suit me)? Yeah, let me show you something real quick

Treat you’re base lines as a skeleton, they’re a 3D objects put on paper, you can rotate them in your mind, you can dislocate joints and open a stomach.

When you wrinkle clothes think what and where they are resting on. Pants will be more likely to wrinkle in a joint areas while jackets on elbows and abdomen. So you know where it goes ~refference and observation~. The saints of art, even cartoon one.

That’s it for now, hope I helped. This answer took me long, I genuinely wanted to give some tips considering whenever I ask about criticism I truly want someone to answer and pinpoint what I need to work on, so posts like this are very important for me

i needed somewhere to dump my max drawings so i decided on here!!! B]

(constructive criticism is welcome + wanted!!)