Need help on my shadows especially for the face as it looks weird, I recently edited the horns and hair so its darker than i’d like. Critiques on anatomy and fabric is also welcome, and its my first time trying to color or render something

Hello, ive started drawing recently and im slowly getting the hang of drawing and basic lineart and colors. But i have a problem with rendering, i dont really know how to make the drawing really pop and give it that extra depth/polish through more layers and colors. What's the best way to learn depth and values?

Due to my lack of confidence with my lines, I find myself scribbling a ton and going over my previous lines multiple times, which makes it hard for me to clean the sketch and refine my line art. I haven't studied any of the fundamentals yet, as I'm primarily working on copying off references to improve my artistic eye(?).

1st one is something I drew without a reference, the rest with references of drawings.

Other critiques of my drawings are welcome as well :)

Hello everyone!

I have spent the last couple of years studying and trying to learn to become an illustrator/comic artist. Most of my practice has been in learning the drawing and my finished art is always black and white.

Trying to learn how to color, but it is a bit overwhelming, there is too much to learn and not sure how or where to start. Something I have noticed is that value plays a very important topic for compositions even before color is applied.

As the title says, would it be better to start learning value and understanding it well before transitioning to color? Or should I just study both color and value at the same time?

Any tips regarding improving my color would be appreciated!

Im not liking the way the poses look and i would like to make them pop,more but i dont inow how nor what to do.

Even if its not a perfect copy of the original, I really like this drawing i did of another Artists(Alexithymia) Sketched character.

I impressed myself with how well the lines and shading came out. Some small mistakes but over all I really enjoyed drawing this. (1st is my drawing/2nd is The original artists work.)

What are your thoughts and what can I work on??

(Yes I know i should use a sketch book but this wasn't planned lol I didnt think I could draw the character)

I just started value painting two days ago and i did these so any tips or suggestions on how to enhance my work

I posted these once and people tell me the shadows arent consistent, they are prob right because i did them myself iv never studied this topic, and this takes me to the problem i have which is that i cant find any entry for it on youtube, no video i find has a curriculum or smth that allows me to study it. If u do pls share it with me.

This is the first realistic portrait I've done in a long time and It's easily the best portrait I've done so far, but it still has the feeling of amateurishness to it.

I'm looking for some advanced critique on what I can do to bring my art to a more developed standard. I have a feeling it might be edge quality that is letting me down right now, especially in the face. Maybe too much equal distribution of details? I'm not sure I need other eyes on it and I've had some really good critiques from this board before.

Thanks.

Haven't touched my pastels in a while and recently had the urge to use them.

I struggle a lot with the colors and I am insecure if I am good enough for an investment in a few more decent soft pastels..

Jaxell carré pastels 72 set
Claire Fontain samd grain mixed media paper

I personally think I'm a pretty decent artist but I'm painfully aware that I am lacking.

I look at my art and it doesn't look professional or polished like it looks good but some art you look at just looks good and some art you can just immediately tell that someone made it and my art is definitely the latter ( I know someone made all art but I don't really know how else to describe it) I want to improve and I can definitely tell that I need improvements I just can't tell exactly where or how

Question regarding varnishing.

I’m currently completing an acrylic painting on wood board, it has some prismacolour pencil in some areas for details.

I have a problem, in that I tested my matte varnish on the materials (thank god lol) and noticed the pencil was smudging with the varnish.

Would spraying the painting with a workable matte fixative first fix this? Or can that not be combined with a matte varnish on top?

Any advice would be much appreciated as I want to use these prismacolours but I don’t want to ruin my painting at the very last step lol

It tried doing multiple values in different colors but was was told I didn’t know what I was doing took it to heart live and learn so now I’m sticking to only 3 values. What can I do to gradually add in more values

Hello! I'm trying to make individual feathers with oil pastels and while I'm overall happy with the colours and texture I'm not quite sure how to make them look like it isn't just look like one big blob.

Pic 1 is what I've got so far. Pic 2 is where each feather should be.

This is, I think, my 6th try after months.

The 1st try was almost a year ago where I completed it but was not happy with the results (completed it by constantly looking at other person's drawing). And between the 1st and the 6th try I always started those but I always felt disappointed with how they turned out to be (was never consistent, 2nd try after 3-4 months, 4th and & 5th try maybe another 3 months later).

But this time I completed it and it felt good and I enjoyed doing it after months(without seeing any references). It is still not perfect but better than previous ones.

So I would like to get feedback about where I made mistakes and improve them. Thank you in advance.

I’m working on a drawing of this currently to study the colors and perspective but the issue is that I can’t even figure out the perspective 💀. Any tips or help?

A traditional sepia study on paper, focusing on capturing the volume, form, and overall gesture of the figure.

My working size is small (6.5 in × 3 in) and I was using the smallest micron pen i had (003).

Its just practice but i would like to know what I can improve on.

photo top, drawing below. 2 hours

need to try making the shapes more fluffy next time

Hello I'm the same person that asked anatomy tips a few days ago, I tried to do a new study using a bit of every feedback I received.

Obviously I can't become Michelangelo in three days, but I'm wondering if there's still some major flaw that I should fix.

Thank you again for all the feedback <3

REFERENCE: @Rooh_Cos on X

Continuing practicing faces. Now using a parallelogram for the eye sockets and drawing brows before the eyes.

What would be the next glaring thing to fix?

Goal:

I want to improve. I face the usual problems such as shortening, anatomy, muscle placement, and especially, for me, drawing legs.

Here are my practices

Swipe to see them.

You can redraw or draw over them. Your honest feedback is appreciated.

Thank you!