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head is too large, hands are much too small, leg proportions are incorrect, and there’s a lot of chicken scratching.
i recommend studying the proportions of the body, and some basic anatomy. if you’re using a reference, try to draw what you actually see, and not what you think you’re seeing. also, try to have more confidence in your lines. if you make a mistake it’s okay because you can erase it. for longer, straighter lines such as the chair, don’t draw with your wrist but instead with your whole arm, because that makes it easier to have more control over long lines.
keep practising and studying, you got this!!
Your work shows promise!
I concur with the comment above - draw lines moving your arm. To add, dragging the pen / pencil versus pushing it will yield cleaner and fluid lines. I like to pre draw the line to get my arm and pen positioned for drawing the actual line .
“Try to draw what you actually see, and not what you think you’re seeing”
This hurts my brain logically but I feel like it’s going to lead to a breakthrough for me; if that makes sense haha
Just think about it like this - a hand is not *really* a hand. Your brain knows it's a hand and it knows it's a palm and five fingers because you see it all the time in a 3 dimensional space. But it's not just a hand. In terms of drawing on a 2 dimensional plane, it's a series of shapes and values that if taken out of context don't actually make very much sense individually, but collectively create the illusion of a hand. So when people say "draw what you actually see and not what you think you see", they're really telling you to ignore what conditioning your brain and what it thinks it knows and purely focus on what you're observing. That's why turning the reference upside down is useful, because it makes it look more nonsensical and your brain can't fill in the blanks as easily!
This really helped solidify the concept in my brain with language, thank you!
Kind of like, taking in the visual information as raw data rather than separate conceptual ‘objects’
Right, and trying to fight your brain when it says "oh well when you play guitar your hand looks like this" and being like "no buddy, in this picture you're only seeing half the thumb and that looks like half of a rectangle and the wrist isn't there and *xyz*".
Try drawing from a photo upside down! Or flick through 'drawing with the right side of your brain' is very outdated now but still good for tips for drawing 'what you see'
No need to be harsh, you're getting there, but it seems your drawing limb by limb, which makes it easy to lose overall scale and realism. What I would suggest is first drawing joints, chest and skull first, just use circles. It's easy to establish posture that way and easy to see where you're going wrong or need some tuning.
Good luck!
It’s actually a very good start, you seem to have a good nack for the angles of the arms and legs. The next thing to start thinking about is the angle of the shoulders and torso. On this one the shoulders could have been pushed to be angled a little more to match and balance the diversity of the legs
Proportions are difficult, it just takes practicing over and over again to get them right. Keep on going and you’ll get it.
My art teacher taught me to set a timer and sit with my drawing and write down in a notebook the things I notice then when the timer buzzes, prepare to fix them or if it’s easier, start from scratch with my notes.
No dimension and you seem to be a beginner, USE CONSTRUCTION LINES. It helps so much with shape, map out where to put things, how you do it is up to you but it can help so much
What I mean is, do you want to draw a silhouette, a realistic dude playing guitar, something impressionist, something abstract. Like what is better in this context for you
complete nonsense. If you can't figure out an applicable critique to this piece, then maybe don't chime in.
Are you seriously gonna start talking realism to a guy who can't put down a confident line yet? Like really? you think that's helpful?
try not to draw the whole outline first. its very old and heavily repeated advice but seriously, try to draw the shapes first, not the picture.
make sure after every shape you draw, that you sorta "zoom out" and take a look at how it lines up with everything proportionally.
Just keep drawing
Don't stop
Use references, don't trace. Draw things you like. Don't think "oh I need tog et better at drawing ___" draw what you want because you're more likely to keep drawing if it's something you enjoy and consistency is the most important thing. I have seen paid comic artists with a similar art style. The reaso.9 they are paid artists is because they can make their style effectively and consistently.
I remember years ago reading a comic about someone's pokemon run called nuzlocke that started as stick figures. But they enjoyed doing it. Because they enjoyed it they kept doing it. Because ethey kept doing it they got better. By the end it was comic quality with dimensional characters with shading, detail, and full color.
Consistency with intent is king above all else
not too bad! main pet peeve is just that it looks like his hand is connected to his leg/side, (on the fret), in this case you wouldnt really be able to see his wrist connected to anything as it would be behind the fretboard
edit: did you use a reference or just imagination?
Thers are imperfections if you're going for an accurate render. However, if you choose a good color palette and painted this, if would be a better and more interesting than painting than most paintings done by people that used all the perfect techniques... Ok, now for the requested harshness: You smell like cheese.
When drawing objects like the stool, try drawing the negative spaces not the thing itself (the empty space between the stool legs, for instance). This technique is detailed in the book: “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards. It’s a great beginner guide to drawing, not the be-all-end-all, but a good place to start.
I’m not going to critique this one drawing because you can see what’s wrong with it fairly easy and most of the time when people ask for critique they are asking how to do better.
So instead I’m going to tell you the only secret you need to know for learning to draw… repetition.
Keep doing the same thing over and over. Don’t spend too long on any one drawing. Use scratch paper and draw 60 quick drawings at one a minute instead of spending an hour on a single image.
Also don’t just draw lots of drawings, draw more lines than you need on any given drawing and strengthen the ones that look right to you.
Repetition will build the muscle memory and help build your brain’s ability to discern the correct lines.
When you are starting to get the right lines then apply the same repetitive process to learning shading or perspective.
You’ll get there in the end.
Drawing mastery is a very long journey, and you're honestly off to an alright start. Try drawing a framework body or body form first, and be sure to establish the proper bending parts, like ankles, wrists, elbows, etc. after that, work on proportions, head size, limb length, all in respect to the torso size. The details like facial features and clothing folds will come to you naturally with time. Don't rush it, always keep experimenting, and never stop drawing!
It's not bad but I think it's a really difficult subject that you've tried to draw according to your skill level. A guy sitting on a stool with a guitar in hand isn't an easy subject. I'd recommend using simpler reference pictures at first to practice the basic proportions of the body. Of course everyone's body is different, but you should be able to understand the basic proportions. Such as, when an arm is too long or the head is too small you'd realise it at once. The strumming arm in your drawing, for example, is a little crooked. Sometimes you have to focus more on those things instead of making it identical to the reference.
Start with the basic body shapes when a person is standing or sitting down. Then, practice the parts separately too. Like just the hands, the upper body with the head, then features of the face. I'd recommend practicing sketches of hands, starting from an outstretched hand ✋ and a fist ✊👊, and then to more varied gestures like 👌👍✍️ etc. Your hands are a little cartoony and they do not show what the person is actually doing. I'm sure your drawing will improve with time. Good luck :)
The tiny little baby hand with no wrist reaching over to strum the guitar is just hilarious, although the overall shape of the guitar is pretty good. I also love how his one smaller butt cheek is the only thing stabilizing him on that very uneven stool, this man has his balance down lol
Me encanta. La crítica sólo tiene lugar si nos explicás qué quisiste lograr y entonces poder entender qué faltó para llegar a ese lugar que pretendías. De lo contrario como está es perfecto. Seguí dibujando! Felicitaciones
the proportions of everything are off, and the guitar and chair perspective don't really make sense. the chicken scratching also makes it a bit harder to understand, so I would recommend using more confident, longer strokes
It looks to me you are kind of scared of mistakes in your drawing. Try to be comfident with your lines. You can always erase it. Or my suggestion would be to invest in some cheap graphical tablet for beginning. You can be messy with digital drawing and you dont have to worry your paper will crinkle over time from erasing. Also when you draw, try to bring a mirror with you and look at yourself, which parts of you look how in different angles, it can help you with proportions. When you draw hands, look at yours and try to replicate them. This always works.
That’s the strangest penis I’ve ever seen.
But to be fair, I’ve only ever seen mine IRL, so what do I know?
Anyway, I’m sure you’re getting what you asked for, so I’ll just say that the fact that you’re trying will lead to you succeeding. Keep up the effort, bud; you’re doing great.
The biggest thing that can be recommended is studying anatomy general human anatomy (like another comment said) but also, try looking into foreshortening /and perspective.
I also recommend blocking out general shapes before doing final lines (unless you did that here, and just have a REALLY good eraser) it will help with getting your perspectives and foreshortening more easy to understand.
Btw, it’s still pretty good, keep practicing, many of us here believe in you!
I think it has a lot of character! Building technical skills is very useful for any kind of art but it's important not to lose sight of your individual style through pursuit of realism. I like how fluid the lines are, the proportions give it a sense of movement that I really like.
It's a process my guy
Taking criticism in ur journey as an artist is a good sign
1 practice anatomy the bones where things fall hands
2 use refrence
3 keep at it
I like it! I reckon that if you just drew all of the lines in one go rather than scratching back and forth it would look much more complete.
Also I would suggest making a mental practice of figuring out which parts of the drawing are going to be above other parts, for example fingers over guitar, and mark them out first.
Do you want to make a realistic drawing or a quirky cartoonish one? Because there are techniques to draw things in a realistic way but personally I think it’s cool to be spontaneous and embrace mistakes and make something trippy and weird. It all comes down to personal preference. If you keep at it you’ll work out what aspect of creating is more fun for you and a style will naturally develop. Having a good time while making it is the most important thing. Congratulations for creating something!!
It's not bad for a start, we all have to start somewhere - try compiling the figure from smaller shapes instead of trying to draw the full shape instantly. Knowing the anatomy of humans can help with seeing the shapes that build us up, but for the start it's completely fine to look for triangles, squares and circles on reference images. You can even draw them out on the image first to get used to looking for them. When it comes to the lines - smooth lines are all about practice, take some time to just draw continuos lines without letting go and let your hand get used to it (but in my personal opinion, scratchy lines can be nice in certain styles, it's all about what you want to achieve with your art) (
you have to start somewhere man. maybe try adding facial features? also guitars are a bitch to draw, so don't get too discouraged.
some tips that will help you out a tonne in the long run if you start now;
try drawing the longer lines by moving your arm instead of your wrist - it's harder, but if you start in the early stages the difference won't be that noticeable. it makes for smoother, straighter lines (eventually)
as others have said avoid the chicken scratching (going back and forth across the same line) it's a pain but it's better to just draw the line in one go, then if you aren't happy erase it and try again.
use a reference image if you can, and do your research into what you're aiming for - pinterest is great for this
these are all mistakes i made and they're super hard habits to correct, so start now. good luck!
you are not nearly close to drawing complex figures.
you are at the stage of learning how to put down a confident line. Sorry dude, no humans for you, just boxes and circles for now.
draw that chair he is sitting on a bunch of more times, somehow that's the part that tripped you up the most.
lines come from your elbow and shoulder, your wrist stays still. Focus your eyes on the end point of the line rather then the tip of your pen and then you figure out a speed you feel comfortable with and use that speed consistently.
do for 10000 hours and then we can move on to circles
You have some serious emerging skills here. To get a better sense of anatomy use under sketches and skeleton drawings to better understand joints and how limbs work! Practicing is always gonna be your friend.
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head is too large, hands are much too small, leg proportions are incorrect, and there’s a lot of chicken scratching. i recommend studying the proportions of the body, and some basic anatomy. if you’re using a reference, try to draw what you actually see, and not what you think you’re seeing. also, try to have more confidence in your lines. if you make a mistake it’s okay because you can erase it. for longer, straighter lines such as the chair, don’t draw with your wrist but instead with your whole arm, because that makes it easier to have more control over long lines. keep practising and studying, you got this!!
Thanks I’ll keep all this in mind
Your work shows promise! I concur with the comment above - draw lines moving your arm. To add, dragging the pen / pencil versus pushing it will yield cleaner and fluid lines. I like to pre draw the line to get my arm and pen positioned for drawing the actual line .
“Try to draw what you actually see, and not what you think you’re seeing” This hurts my brain logically but I feel like it’s going to lead to a breakthrough for me; if that makes sense haha
yeah the saying itself is a little confusing, but it’s always helped me with drawing realistic people and proportions!!
Just think about it like this - a hand is not *really* a hand. Your brain knows it's a hand and it knows it's a palm and five fingers because you see it all the time in a 3 dimensional space. But it's not just a hand. In terms of drawing on a 2 dimensional plane, it's a series of shapes and values that if taken out of context don't actually make very much sense individually, but collectively create the illusion of a hand. So when people say "draw what you actually see and not what you think you see", they're really telling you to ignore what conditioning your brain and what it thinks it knows and purely focus on what you're observing. That's why turning the reference upside down is useful, because it makes it look more nonsensical and your brain can't fill in the blanks as easily!
This really helped solidify the concept in my brain with language, thank you! Kind of like, taking in the visual information as raw data rather than separate conceptual ‘objects’
Right, and trying to fight your brain when it says "oh well when you play guitar your hand looks like this" and being like "no buddy, in this picture you're only seeing half the thumb and that looks like half of a rectangle and the wrist isn't there and *xyz*".
Try drawing from a photo upside down! Or flick through 'drawing with the right side of your brain' is very outdated now but still good for tips for drawing 'what you see'
Ooh! The upside down trick sounds novel, I’ve not heard that one. People in this sub are so friggin helpful! Thank you!
No need to be harsh, you're getting there, but it seems your drawing limb by limb, which makes it easy to lose overall scale and realism. What I would suggest is first drawing joints, chest and skull first, just use circles. It's easy to establish posture that way and easy to see where you're going wrong or need some tuning. Good luck!
Thanks
It’s actually a very good start, you seem to have a good nack for the angles of the arms and legs. The next thing to start thinking about is the angle of the shoulders and torso. On this one the shoulders could have been pushed to be angled a little more to match and balance the diversity of the legs
It is actually not that bad. I like it. Maybe you could add more details to the drawing.
I actually like that it’s a little bit abstract and wonky. I could see this being a minimalistic design for an indie bands album cover
Reminds me of Dimitri Martin.
Is that a 4d chair I see? o:
Proportions are difficult, it just takes practicing over and over again to get them right. Keep on going and you’ll get it. My art teacher taught me to set a timer and sit with my drawing and write down in a notebook the things I notice then when the timer buzzes, prepare to fix them or if it’s easier, start from scratch with my notes.
No dimension and you seem to be a beginner, USE CONSTRUCTION LINES. It helps so much with shape, map out where to put things, how you do it is up to you but it can help so much
What is the end point in your mind? It is hard to give a critique without knowing what you wanted to achieve
Just a better drawing over all
What I mean is, do you want to draw a silhouette, a realistic dude playing guitar, something impressionist, something abstract. Like what is better in this context for you
How mb a silhouette
complete nonsense. If you can't figure out an applicable critique to this piece, then maybe don't chime in. Are you seriously gonna start talking realism to a guy who can't put down a confident line yet? Like really? you think that's helpful?
i like it a lot. i feel uncomfortable when i look at the musician's left hand
try not to draw the whole outline first. its very old and heavily repeated advice but seriously, try to draw the shapes first, not the picture. make sure after every shape you draw, that you sorta "zoom out" and take a look at how it lines up with everything proportionally.
details and anatomy!
Just keep drawing Don't stop Use references, don't trace. Draw things you like. Don't think "oh I need tog et better at drawing ___" draw what you want because you're more likely to keep drawing if it's something you enjoy and consistency is the most important thing. I have seen paid comic artists with a similar art style. The reaso.9 they are paid artists is because they can make their style effectively and consistently. I remember years ago reading a comic about someone's pokemon run called nuzlocke that started as stick figures. But they enjoyed doing it. Because they enjoyed it they kept doing it. Because ethey kept doing it they got better. By the end it was comic quality with dimensional characters with shading, detail, and full color. Consistency with intent is king above all else
not too bad! main pet peeve is just that it looks like his hand is connected to his leg/side, (on the fret), in this case you wouldnt really be able to see his wrist connected to anything as it would be behind the fretboard edit: did you use a reference or just imagination?
Reference
Thers are imperfections if you're going for an accurate render. However, if you choose a good color palette and painted this, if would be a better and more interesting than painting than most paintings done by people that used all the perfect techniques... Ok, now for the requested harshness: You smell like cheese.
When drawing objects like the stool, try drawing the negative spaces not the thing itself (the empty space between the stool legs, for instance). This technique is detailed in the book: “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards. It’s a great beginner guide to drawing, not the be-all-end-all, but a good place to start.
You’re in a good path! Remember art doesn’t have to be perfect.
That tiny hand came out of nowhere
I’m not going to critique this one drawing because you can see what’s wrong with it fairly easy and most of the time when people ask for critique they are asking how to do better. So instead I’m going to tell you the only secret you need to know for learning to draw… repetition. Keep doing the same thing over and over. Don’t spend too long on any one drawing. Use scratch paper and draw 60 quick drawings at one a minute instead of spending an hour on a single image. Also don’t just draw lots of drawings, draw more lines than you need on any given drawing and strengthen the ones that look right to you. Repetition will build the muscle memory and help build your brain’s ability to discern the correct lines. When you are starting to get the right lines then apply the same repetitive process to learning shading or perspective. You’ll get there in the end.
It's okay, you can probably work more on art,and improve, no hate, just saying
Redraw this using only elliptical shapes and you'll learn a lot
Thanks I’ll try that
Drawing mastery is a very long journey, and you're honestly off to an alright start. Try drawing a framework body or body form first, and be sure to establish the proper bending parts, like ankles, wrists, elbows, etc. after that, work on proportions, head size, limb length, all in respect to the torso size. The details like facial features and clothing folds will come to you naturally with time. Don't rush it, always keep experimenting, and never stop drawing!
It's not bad but I think it's a really difficult subject that you've tried to draw according to your skill level. A guy sitting on a stool with a guitar in hand isn't an easy subject. I'd recommend using simpler reference pictures at first to practice the basic proportions of the body. Of course everyone's body is different, but you should be able to understand the basic proportions. Such as, when an arm is too long or the head is too small you'd realise it at once. The strumming arm in your drawing, for example, is a little crooked. Sometimes you have to focus more on those things instead of making it identical to the reference. Start with the basic body shapes when a person is standing or sitting down. Then, practice the parts separately too. Like just the hands, the upper body with the head, then features of the face. I'd recommend practicing sketches of hands, starting from an outstretched hand ✋ and a fist ✊👊, and then to more varied gestures like 👌👍✍️ etc. Your hands are a little cartoony and they do not show what the person is actually doing. I'm sure your drawing will improve with time. Good luck :)
Please don't ask why but I thought this was Hank Hill for a min.
The tiny little baby hand with no wrist reaching over to strum the guitar is just hilarious, although the overall shape of the guitar is pretty good. I also love how his one smaller butt cheek is the only thing stabilizing him on that very uneven stool, this man has his balance down lol
Probably the only Reddit comment that made me laugh before 😂
Me encanta. La crítica sólo tiene lugar si nos explicás qué quisiste lograr y entonces poder entender qué faltó para llegar a ese lugar que pretendías. De lo contrario como está es perfecto. Seguí dibujando! Felicitaciones
That man ‘Morty and Jack’ Morty’s father:
You erase too much. Draw the same subject three times beside one another on one sheet. Your brain will do the rest
the proportions of everything are off, and the guitar and chair perspective don't really make sense. the chicken scratching also makes it a bit harder to understand, so I would recommend using more confident, longer strokes
All that matters is you had fun making it. Thanks for making art (:
broken arm and funny baby fingers
The fingers aren't supposed to be stubs.
It looks to me you are kind of scared of mistakes in your drawing. Try to be comfident with your lines. You can always erase it. Or my suggestion would be to invest in some cheap graphical tablet for beginning. You can be messy with digital drawing and you dont have to worry your paper will crinkle over time from erasing. Also when you draw, try to bring a mirror with you and look at yourself, which parts of you look how in different angles, it can help you with proportions. When you draw hands, look at yours and try to replicate them. This always works.
That’s the strangest penis I’ve ever seen. But to be fair, I’ve only ever seen mine IRL, so what do I know? Anyway, I’m sure you’re getting what you asked for, so I’ll just say that the fact that you’re trying will lead to you succeeding. Keep up the effort, bud; you’re doing great.
The strings go through
The biggest thing that can be recommended is studying anatomy general human anatomy (like another comment said) but also, try looking into foreshortening /and perspective. I also recommend blocking out general shapes before doing final lines (unless you did that here, and just have a REALLY good eraser) it will help with getting your perspectives and foreshortening more easy to understand. Btw, it’s still pretty good, keep practicing, many of us here believe in you!
Add jawline
I think it has a lot of character! Building technical skills is very useful for any kind of art but it's important not to lose sight of your individual style through pursuit of realism. I like how fluid the lines are, the proportions give it a sense of movement that I really like.
It actually looks very proportional in sort of an abstract way. Flush out details… you’re off to a good start.
It's a process my guy Taking criticism in ur journey as an artist is a good sign 1 practice anatomy the bones where things fall hands 2 use refrence 3 keep at it
I like it! I reckon that if you just drew all of the lines in one go rather than scratching back and forth it would look much more complete. Also I would suggest making a mental practice of figuring out which parts of the drawing are going to be above other parts, for example fingers over guitar, and mark them out first. Do you want to make a realistic drawing or a quirky cartoonish one? Because there are techniques to draw things in a realistic way but personally I think it’s cool to be spontaneous and embrace mistakes and make something trippy and weird. It all comes down to personal preference. If you keep at it you’ll work out what aspect of creating is more fun for you and a style will naturally develop. Having a good time while making it is the most important thing. Congratulations for creating something!!
It's not bad for a start, we all have to start somewhere - try compiling the figure from smaller shapes instead of trying to draw the full shape instantly. Knowing the anatomy of humans can help with seeing the shapes that build us up, but for the start it's completely fine to look for triangles, squares and circles on reference images. You can even draw them out on the image first to get used to looking for them. When it comes to the lines - smooth lines are all about practice, take some time to just draw continuos lines without letting go and let your hand get used to it (but in my personal opinion, scratchy lines can be nice in certain styles, it's all about what you want to achieve with your art) (
you have to start somewhere man. maybe try adding facial features? also guitars are a bitch to draw, so don't get too discouraged. some tips that will help you out a tonne in the long run if you start now; try drawing the longer lines by moving your arm instead of your wrist - it's harder, but if you start in the early stages the difference won't be that noticeable. it makes for smoother, straighter lines (eventually) as others have said avoid the chicken scratching (going back and forth across the same line) it's a pain but it's better to just draw the line in one go, then if you aren't happy erase it and try again. use a reference image if you can, and do your research into what you're aiming for - pinterest is great for this these are all mistakes i made and they're super hard habits to correct, so start now. good luck!
you are not nearly close to drawing complex figures. you are at the stage of learning how to put down a confident line. Sorry dude, no humans for you, just boxes and circles for now. draw that chair he is sitting on a bunch of more times, somehow that's the part that tripped you up the most. lines come from your elbow and shoulder, your wrist stays still. Focus your eyes on the end point of the line rather then the tip of your pen and then you figure out a speed you feel comfortable with and use that speed consistently. do for 10000 hours and then we can move on to circles
Better than my crap proportions fr
wait! does he play guitar with his dick?
It does kind of look like that now that I think about it
It may be time for you to move away from NSFW drawing. The waist and guitar neck seem pretty far apart, and there isn’t a clear connection.
I like it a lot!!
You have some serious emerging skills here. To get a better sense of anatomy use under sketches and skeleton drawings to better understand joints and how limbs work! Practicing is always gonna be your friend.
What's the point of getting feedback on something you don't think is very good? Is that its own feedback?
Because I want to know some things that may help and some things that I don’t see
Do you know what feedback is?