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alexred3600 [2021-12-07 15:58:52 +0000 UTC]
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Sharklight-Express [2020-12-23 12:47:56 +0000 UTC]
Awwww this is too cuteee ππππ
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TigRaidoXXX [2020-04-04 18:43:22 +0000 UTC]
Hiya! You invited me to talk about art critique so I'll give it a go
Cause actually this one is quite a nice piece to look at, and it's worth digging in more
What works well on this one is the color scheme - it looks simple but not dull, and using closeby colors makes a harmonious palette. Good balance of light and dark colors too. And good use of colors to distinguish objects. Did you choose colors according to design, or did you have to pick what you use? In any case I like the result. I love the colored contours too, but it bugs me a little on the spider guy's gloves - there's not enough difference in value between color and outline, and they are reversed too, outline brighter than the color... Not sure, again, if you follow some existing design but to me it would probably look better if the outline went dark purple on these darker parts of him. While the contour in his body looks perfectly fitting in color
I think you did a more or less accurate work on contours, but maybe more variative line thickness and more smooth line would do better.... I take it that you draw on your phone? And probably with finger? If you're limited in drawing materials it's trickier to do lineart, I can tell But some drawing apps (medibang, Autodesk sketchbook, artflow - all these had stuff like that, I think) offer ways to smoothen lines and to imitate stylus pressure without an actual stylus, maybe it's worth looking into Β
The pose and faces work quite well here too. I actually think that emotions and people interactions is the key point of you art as I see it - something that interests you the most. Am I right? In any case, despite not being fond of cartoon style as it is I can see the gesture here. And lots of little but important findings that convey the emotion. That hand on the cat's head - haven't noticed it at first but it's a nice touch. And the way their arms wrap looks quite natural in this style too. And their faces show a cute interaction of one who needs a hug and one who happily offers also looks like a fun challenge, drawing a guy with so many limbs, but you placed them all in a way that makes sense
You complained about not being good with wings, so I put together a little scheme. Not a good enough tutorial, but just some explanation that maybe can help to understand a bit, how wings work. Hugging with wings is an awesome way of hugging <3 good that you kept it this way xD and didn't come up with the idea to wrap them around his body to save the effort.
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Hope some of this is helpful It's cool that you get to draw digital these days, it's something easier to explore and improve
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MismeHellawes In reply to TigRaidoXXX [2020-04-06 12:17:15 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot Now I'm gonna respond your question as best a I can, step by step.
I mostly followed colour schemes of the original designs, except the spider's lineart. In the original, his lineart's colur is dark brown, much like his eyebrows/right sclera, but when I tried to draw him for the first time it just didn't sit well with me. I think it's because of the line's thickness? So I started using dark purple for his lineart. When you mentioned how colour of the lineart clashes with the gloves' I realized the colour of the spider's lineart has become brighter since the first time I painted him I need to keep in mind your words and make his gloves' line darker the next time I paint him.
About the tools, I uh use graphic tablet and laptop I was given the tablet over 5 years ago, but I started to use it more often around December last year, when I tried to fight burnout with digital version of phone scribbles x'D Before that I played with it only from time to time. The reason why my lineart is so wonky is probably the combination of my general inexperience with digital tools and my tablet being a grandpa xD Not to mention scribbling on tablet while talking on the phone may be good to get used to stuff like this, it doesn't really teach how to make a good lineart.
You nailed the thing about emotions and interactions being the key point in my art! Like, I love observing people, especially their facial expressions - there's so many emotions expressed just in the eyes, and then variations of these emotions, variations of variations, the list goes on. And it's individual for each and every human being, it's impossible to fully capture it. In fact, I spend a little too much time on drawing faces and then I'm like "Hands what? Body language who?" xD Anyway, I'm super happy you liked the way I drew their emotions
Small note: the spider actually has three sets of arms, because spiders have eight limbs ;3 The reason why only two sets are visible for the most of the time is because the creator took mercy on animators - this many arms would be too hard to animate x'D So he pops out his third set only when necessary.
Thank you for this tutorial, it's great help! Gotta admit, I sketched the wings as the last part and for a second I wondered if it wouldn't be more logical if the cat put both his wings around the spider. Then I realized it would completely obscure their bodies and I was like "ah screw that, I messed around with their hug for too long to cover it now!" xD
Your critique is super helpful It's very kind of you to analyse and give your opinion on this little piece
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TigRaidoXXX In reply to MismeHellawes [2020-04-06 20:22:54 +0000 UTC]
Hey-hey
Glad you find the feedback useful
With lineart - then I guess you have tools that will let you explore the line and that's GREAT Seriously. Being not used to it is a question of time, I'm sure you'll do better if you pay attention and learn things. And drawing with finger is super-duper annoying, I had to for a while as I lived without a stylus and it was a drag. Tablet makes it a more comfortable process, even a crappy tablet.
Well, if your grandpa has pressure control, then I suggest to try varying line thickness for better lineart. Thinning out ends of lines look more neat than worm-like lines But even if it doesn't, you can still pick different line width for different areas. Thick lines - bigger shapes, hard materials, closer objects. Thin lines - fine details, soft, small, less significant objects. You start with main shapes and thick lines, then you switch to thinner lines and detalize.
Talking on phone can make a person relaxed and improve their accuracy, no? If their company is the right one...
With lineart color - like I said, the purple you chose works very well with the lighter skin. So only the gloves area needs altering. I haven't seen brown variant, but when I imagine it really doesn't seem likeΒ a good idea So your alteration is a good one.
Yeah emotions are interesting And here you do use some body language and hands too. (and heeey, as you told me you spend too much time on face emotions, I noticed that here's where you do use smaller lines to do fine details )
And that's a crazy design with all the extra limbs. But an interesting challenge as well. And wing hugs poses were a challenge for me as well - there doesn't seem to be an angle that shows it properly, because in life it would only be a boring bundle of wings with all the interesting things happening on the inside
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MismeHellawes In reply to TigRaidoXXX [2020-04-07 11:22:54 +0000 UTC]
My god, digital drawing with a finger instead of pen does sound like pain x_x As for pressure control, I tested it in both programs. In Artweaver it works fine; the line is a little shaky, but perhaps it's a matter of practice. In Gimp it's like "lol no". I don't get it, it seems like my grandpa tablet prefers AW over Gimp xD
Dark brown line goes very well with his original design and it looks good in other people's fanart. Then again, my lineart here is a bit thicker than in most drawings of him (not to mention the original design) and brown colour doesn't look very well here
Heh, I'm trying to go out of my comfort zone a bit ^^" (lol I didn't even realize that, thanks for pointing that out ;D)
The next step shall be spider's legs and hoo boy they're scary x'D
Haha, it seems that when it comes to wings and hugs, we're allowed to get creative just to avoid boredom
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InkzyDust [2020-04-01 00:59:09 +0000 UTC]
Welcome to natural habitat were we have a gay spider hugging they're adorable pray this is what
A cutest couple looks like π
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