Zicka Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Yeah, whatever. I'll try making a topic with a link to my dev account. This thread encourages advanced critique of any piece there, for I am trying to improve. Any comments would be most welcome. Enjoy. http://arcthoudor.deviantart.com/gallery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 You have a pretty nice style, I consider yourself to be one of the better artists here. Anyway, that's quite a bit to critique at the moment. If you want us to ciritque a certain individual piece at a time I am sure we'd be more than happy to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zicka Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 Probably the latest pieces, for more specific critique. Or you could comment on a characteristic prelevent throughout most pieces that can be worked upon. I'm not to picky, a good art critique site that I used to go to dosen't exist anymore, so I kinda miss getting critiqued. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhazonFox Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 [walloftext] First off, I'd like to say that I like your artwork very much. It's easy to see that you have an eye for detail. What I'm going to be doing here is not exactly critiquing, because where you're at, there's nothing major to critique. Sure, I could nitpick, but that's not going to help you much, is it? Looking through your gallery, I see a general resemblance among all of your drawings. Most of them are characters standing or in some sort of attacking stance, with lots of fine detail given to the armor, weapons, and things of that sort. In this, there's not a lot to improve. You have a very solid foundation of anatomy, posture, detail, etc. You could continue drawing the same way, but it probably won't help you much. You're already good at what you're doing now, so challenge yourself. Find your artistic limits and push them. Work on everything that you'd like to draw but can't. That's the most advice I can offer. If you want suggestions of things you could do... Try bringing more emotion into your work. Most of the characters in your gallery either have a blank stare, or a slight smile or frown. You could try expanding that. Rage, pain, fear, compassion or hatred for a wounded enemy, the distant sad look of an old soldier who's seen too much, the agony of a man kneeling over a fallen comrade... The ability to show the character's feelings in a way that it affects the viewer is a mark of an outstanding artist. One other thing I've noticed about your work is that compared to the extreme detail you put into the clothing and whatnot, the heads have a rather cartoony look. That's not necessarily a bad thing. If that's simply your style of drawing an anthropomorphic character, then there's no reason to go trying to change it. But if it's something you'd like to bring more realism to, you could consider learning some advanced fur shading techniques, for one. Also, a more realistic looking face would greatly enhance the emotional impact, if you try the previous suggestion. Again, this isn't something you need to do, just one path of many you could take. Heck, if you REALLY want to blow everyone away, you could practice cleaning and inking your lineart, and use Photoshop to color and shade it. The point is, there's a lot of directions you could take your art. It never hurts to experiment. Your stuff looks great now, so there's a lot of cool things you can do with it if you try. [/walloftext] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zicka Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 Thanks, that really does help. When I look back at this stuff now, It appears I am starting to outgrow my old cartoony way of drawing anthros. I admit that I am quite lacking in the head department, being the most difficult thing to draw for me. I will most likely dig up some old wildlife books and practice with those. And yeah, I really need to get into inking. Would there be any types of pens that you would recommend? Thanks again. I always like it when people critique my work rather than compliment it. I will keep your advice in mind when I work on my next piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeWalker Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 You've got a good style going. If nothing else, you seem to have hands and feet down. The faces need work next. However, kudos for the Redwall pic. I like the cartoony style you use there, and I think you should actually cultivate it. Sure, it's not as realistic, but it's very clean and pleasing to the eye. It'd work well for a comic strip or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhazonFox Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 You're welcome, I'm glad I could help. To be honest, I really don't know what kind of pens would be best for you. I'd try asking a few more experienced artists what type(s) of pens they prefer. I'm not an artist. I can see what's right and what's wrong in someone else's work, but when I put a pencil to paper, I have absolutely no grasp of what I'm doing. I'm trying to learn, but I think I'm more suited to being an "art appreciator." =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XG Fox Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Wow, you're pretty good! Awesome DA gallery. Inking drawings... well, I -used- to... and I used Pilot Precise P500 pens (but idk if they make those anymore, so i had to go with the 700s) They worked great, but then I eventually took to Flash MX and instead of inking, I vectored each image after scanning them. Looks a lot cleaner that way, but of course if you still want to ink, there's nothing that can't be Photoshopped to clean it up. : P You're also a lot better at shading than I am, so kudos for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zicka Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Hehe. Getting advice and comments from such an established artist is quite an honor indeed! It does seem that the fads of artistry is heading for computer assisted artwork. Meh... Thanks for the comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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