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MDetector-5 [2010-11-16 02:32:24 +0000 UTC]

She looks great. I love the long red hair.

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rodentfanatic [2010-01-25 22:58:53 +0000 UTC]

I love her hair, its done so luxriously!

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Wispu [2010-01-03 12:05:17 +0000 UTC]

Yo. You asked for some in-depth critique like the one at A_S a while ago, so I hope you're still up for it. I hope you don't mind that it's just on your most recent picture; I figured a giant wall of text on your page would be too obnoxious, and since there was no real picture pointed out to me, I thought this one would be most appropriate to place everything on.

So, I noticed as I wandered through your gallery that - and I'm sure you saw this coming - you draw a lot of women. They all have the same body type; I know you draw a lot of Ynale, who has a certain body type, but the other women you draw also look just like her.
Now, I don't know your reasons for drawing such ideal women. Could be for the market, could be for your own personal gain, and I know you acknowledge that you do it. However, I will still recommend that you branch out into different subject matter.

If you insist on drawing women, I would suggest drawing different faces and different body types. I actually personally find drawing curves really fun to draw, too. A couple months ago, I tried experimenting with sickly thin bodies, and I found they were the most enjoyable to draw for me, just because they have a bunch of small bumps and ridges, and really test your knowledge of anatomy.
You should try experimenting with a wide array of bodies, from deathly skinny to morbidly obese, and everything in between. Who knows, maybe it'll encourage you to move to something beyond women, and maybe you'll find something that you enjoy drawing even more than your usual!

You seem to have a grasp on anatomy, so I won't lecture you too much. Some of your figures seem off, because it's almost like you're so used to drawing one certain way, that you don't really notice when your anatomy is out of whack. I'll use this picture as an example, and point out two things that jumped out at me right away:
1) Ynale on the bottom left has a tiny head. At first, I even thought her thighs were just a little too wide, but I noticed more as I looked closely. For a moment, visualize that she has no hair. How would she look? Remember that you should always draw a figure out completely before you add on something that can hide it; if you don't you can really obscure the picture in a way that you don't notice yourself, but is glaringly obvious to everyone else.
2) The head on the sketch figure above is too large; a torso should be, uh, I believe two and a half heads' length, and hers appears to be just one and a half. Since you draw women in more of a fantasy body shape that cannot be referenced, it's a very good idea to remember the basic proportions of a human body. Double-checking your sketches before you ink or continue helps prevent this.
I would definitely recommend perhaps letting your serious picture sketches sit for a day or two before you continue with them, so that, when you look back at them, you'll notice some of the more obvious mistakes ya make. (Oh my, that anatomy paragraph turned out longer than I expected it to.)

I usually don't throw a lot of color theory and advanced things at artists, but you seem at that advancing stage, where you should focus more on how your picture is presented, rather than what is presented so much.
In addition to your figures being very similar, your subject matter and composition is nearly identical in most. They're in the center of the page, pretty much staring at the proverbial camera, usually smiling. I think this may be even more important than drawing different figures: you should try to branch out when it comes to posing, placement of your figures, and overall moods of your individual pictures.
Right now, I don't think any of your picture really jumped out at me. The way you make your picture speak is what decides the impact it has, and impact is doubly important if you're hoping for a career in art. You need to be able to present work that can stand out enough to persuade a customer to pick you instead of thousands of other choices.
The key to making a really meaningful picture, that I found, is putting some thought - even a simple story or one word that can describe it perfectly - behind every serious picture. If you think of a certain emotion (feelings always work best for me) for your picture to emanate, coordinating a color scheme, light setting, background, pose, expression, composition, and perspective all seem to come naturally, as long as you remember to actually think about them.
Mostly, I would recommend, for you, practicing more with differing perspectives, poses, and expressions. You could very well get away with drawing the same ideally shaped women, if they weren't all posed the same.
I think an expression meme would be a great place to start, and, honestly, I find expressions to be one of the best things to experiment with when I draw. For practicing poses, I'd either go to a figure drawing class, or, if you have the time, just get a sketchbook, and try to sketch people you see around you. Either one should really help loosen you up after just drawing so many similar bodies. Then I'd study up on body language, by observation and research. From there, it's really up to you what kinds of poses you wanna experiment with.

As a last note, I'll mention composition and finished-ness of pictures. The picture that stuck out most to be in your gallery was [link] And I think it kind of speaks for itself why. It has a very coordinated use of positive and negative space, and it's finished.
However, even this one is placed in the center of your picture. This isn't exactly a huge mistake, but it is more of a beginner thing. Placing your figures in different parts of the picture can make it jump a lot, silly as it may sound. Since you draw people, I think it would be easier to mess around with composition if you drew landscape instead of portrait, and maybe get a few differently sized sketchbooks (since you're a traditional artist). Changing your canvas size to have a lot more exaggeration on one axis than on the other usually helps, because people notice rectangles more than they do squares.

Finally, I mentioned it before, but you don't have many backgrounds or finished pictures. I think this would add the extra 40% you need to make your gallery go from "This has potential" to "This is NICE!" Unfinished pictures are okay in moderation, but not ideal for all the time. This also helps you expand your horizons as an artist; as you draw more figures in your backgrounds, you become more comfortable with the shapes and laws in general with reality. And, again, if you're planning on being a professional, it's a good idea to be able to draw a wide range of things.

So, I think that's all I'll touch on! Keep up the good work, and have fun drawing.

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50calWolf [2009-05-18 20:38:31 +0000 UTC]

XD

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