Rate My Drawing

[Caitlyn]

4. Grab yourself a pen tablet if you are into digital drawing, you don't have to go full piggy-bank-breaking model, many tablet without monitors are cheap and you can do great art with them. Don't bother with mouse unless you are going super heavy with OCD for perspective background field, mouse is just inferior for character drawing.

A drawing tablet wont make you better. I m getting much better (and faster) results by using my mouse ; )
And I can draw during my break at work >: D

It's fine if you don't like. Constructive criticism is very healthy to improve my drawing skills, you know?

Some critism I want to give here:
1. The "kiss" text doesnt fit. Only use text, if its a comic/manga. Everyone should know whats happening without the usage of texts.
2. The anatomy looks pretty wrong. The arms look to bulky or way too defined for a lalafall/tarutaru. And the face is a bit awkward.
3. The overall drawing/coloring-style is very static and artificial. You tried to let it look too perfect, but with so many mistakes and chaotic lines, it actually ruins the picture.
4. You re doing the typical beginners mistakes: solid black lines, white highlights, black shadows. The line should match the other colors, highlights are better in bright yellow, shadows are more in dark blue/purple. But never just white and black!
5. To many lines and stuff for the pink blanket/pillow/background. Same goes for the hair. Better keep the image simple, so people wont get flooded with unneccessary details.

Sorry, 2 of 10 from me here.


Some tips from a random pseudo-artist here:

1. Do your lineart by using wild sketches. It doesnt need to be 100% perfect. And most important: dont force anything!
2. Look at your lineart from distance. If you think there something wrong, there is. Another good method is to mirror the image. It shouldnt look worse when mirroring it.
3. Less is more. Dont try to be overly detailed. It doesnt need a fancy background or excessive lighting. Most good pictures are simple.
4. Dont trace/copy. Art theft is a no go.
5. When learning to draw, try something simple first. Baby steps.
6. Keep practising.

[ViolaLance]

Want to point out as being a former studio illustrator and storyboard artist.

The advice here is good, some a bit much, but a good portion is good. As well, the most importantly, pace yourself and do not dwell on minor details, this is where majority of mistakes will happen. From lines, foreground, background to colors.

Here is three simple drafts. One. Basic line, the other was after taking a day break to clean up the line work. And final was after another break (working on another project in between).





Not the best, nor greatest. Though the direction can be seen of what I wanted. It's set that through relaxing and resting to ensure frustration is minor.

Do not draw every day, that is worst thing you can do to yourself (even in the studio we had days were we did other things from art to do despite being paid for our art) draw when you feel the urge. Even of you don't know what to draw bur still have the urge too. Just draw. Be it a single eyeball, to silly little doodles and relax after.
All things in moderation, even art. To much of a good things is yes a bad thing, even if you're art is a hobby or not.

[DarkDaifuku]

A drawing tablet wont make you better. I m getting much better (and faster) results by using my mouse ; )
And I can draw during my break at work >: D

No tool will make any skill better, but they can make your job easier. Hard to mimic the pen pressure with mouse o.o+
You can also link the opacity of the brush to pen pressure instead of manually changing it when using mouse.
I was originally mouse user too for years until I eventually take on the tablet and now I can't go without it.
You can still do a lot of work by mouse in a tablet-drawn line drawing, like sorting the layers and create selection layers for later works.
My workplace is kind of chill so I can draw with graphic tablet too.

[Strongfat900]

Eh, is my drawing that bad? Lol.

[ViolaLance]

Eh, is my drawing that bad? Lol.

No, not really. It is a standard drawing. This is what happens when you ask any community, no matter how nice they appear will happen outside of megathreads.

Skill level of all artists from "professionals", studio, freelance/contracted to amateur and hobbiests are of all levels.
When you ask for rating/criticism in an open forum element, you open yourself to their, your audiences' scrutiny and personal taste. It is a catch 22. If you want to get better, you need an outside perspective, but that same presentation given to you can be just as cruel in return. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

As artists of any media, we reap what we sow, good and bad. But this is one area, there are thousands of other areas that may provide different approach. Though, it is doing the same thing again, opening up to strangers to see what they say.

So, professionally, and personally do not take it to heart. The worst thing an artist can hear is not being told anything at all and left alone in their own thoughts on what they did right or wrong.

As I keep repeating, pace yourself. Even here with the comments. Yes, there are some harsh ones and some more structural, but they do what was asked.

They broke down your piece to give you insight from their own view points what needed work. Don't dwell, or pounder if there is any deeper meaning. Criticism on art can often be taken at fave value and noted. One an done type of deal.
You asked, they gave, deep breath in and move on to the next piece taking the good and bad into mind.

[Strongfat900]

No, not really. It is a standard drawing. This is what happens when you ask any community, no matter how nice they appear will happen outside of megathreads.

Skill level of all artists from "professionals", studio, freelance/contracted to amateur and hobbiests are of all levels.
When you ask for rating/criticism in an open forum element, you open yourself to their, your audiences' scrutiny and personal taste. It is a catch 22. If you want to get better, you need an outside perspective, but that same presentation given to you can be just as cruel in return. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

As artists of any media, we reap what we sow, good and bad. But this is one area, there are thousands of other areas that may provide different approach. Though, it is doing the same thing again, opening up to strangers to see what they say.

So, professionally, and personally do not take it to heart. The worst thing an artist can hear is not being told anything at all and left alone in their own thoughts on what they did right or wrong.

As I keep repeating, pace yourself. Even here with the comments. Yes, there are some harsh ones and some more structural, but they do what was asked.

They broke down your piece to give you insight from their own view points what needed work. Don't dwell, or pounder if there is any deeper meaning. Criticism on art can often be taken at fave value and noted. One an done type of deal.
You asked, they gave, deep breath in and move on to the next piece taking the good and bad into mind.

Yeah. I guess there are both constructive criticism and personal opinion one should learn to take in, right? Personally, I'm trying to make a unique art style for myself which is also something I greatly enjoy.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5637707

[Caitlyn]

Eh, is my drawing that bad? Lol.

When you share your work with other people or asking for feedback or ratings, you should be realistic and open for criticism.
Positive criticism motivates you. Negative criticism improves you. For me, I value negative, constructive criticism much higher than the standard "like it, good job"-feedback.

And since art is subjective, the reactions are totally mixed. Additionally, you should ask yourself: Are YOU also satisfied with your result?

So. Is your drawing bad? In my opinion: yes. But that should NEVER stop you. Learn from it, try to make it better and keep practising.

[Caitlyn]

I do love my drawing, but yeah, judging from what people had said here, it is..a bit horrid, isn't it?

Its always. I know. But dont take that personally, especially when you asked other people to give a rating.
They rate your picture, not you. I know it can be frustrating, when you spent alot of time into it and people didnt give you the feedback you hoped for.

You said you re drawing for many years. How many years exactly?

[Strongfat900]

Its always. I know. But dont take that personally, especially when you asked other people to give a rating.
They rate your picture, not you. I know it can be frustrating, when you spent alot of time into it and people didnt give you the feedback you hoped for.

You said you re drawing for many years. How many years exactly?

Since childhood, rofl. Btw, I redacted my old post with a new one to you.

Well, I am happy with it, and while some of the comments including yours can be very..discouraging at times, I would say that I need to value some of the constructive criticisms and put things that I personally enjoy to heart. I put some posts including yours to the side since that, while I am looking for more constructive criticisms, I don't wish to meet the standards of everybody really. As you said, art is subjective which is true for things like beauty. I know that my style isn't everyone's cup of tea if you will similar to artists like Vincent van Gogh and etc which a lot of people back then called his art as simplistic, primitive and degenerate, but hey, I enjoyed and proud of my work really.