Mina's horrible Artwork!

[madammina]

Just some of my stuff for critiques


I know the trees, Gau's hand, and just the background is bad. Any ideas on how to help?



I know I forgot his ear and the tube. I keep on meaning to fix it


The background, their legs, and Pru/Mia's face. (Some characters dressing up as Phoenix Wright characters. Hair, eye, size, "endowment" etc is a knowing change)

[Random Queen]

My advice is that you practice. Your drawings aren't bad though. But if you are aiming to come up with better backrounds and to draw it better then yeah, practice.

[Artistry of Schedius]

practice. again and again. try and look at some anatomy tuts.

TIP: Draw on paper first (on clean paper. not lined paper). then scan. if ya dont have a scanner then...were stuck.

but you're not half bad ^^

[meertallica]

I don't think theyre bad, I think theyre kooky. I especially like the style of the first one, its different :)

[Azrael]

*vomits* Practice. Practice. That's all it takes.

[King Wolfe]

It isn't horrible per se, but as they said practice ^^

A little redundant now that I think about it :/

[Organization_42]

Well, I can't NOT love the Ghostbuster Cloud one for obvious reasons!

For the Fey sisters, I can't say much on the littlest one because I'm not familiar with her character. I think Mia's nose looks a little off, but Maya looks cute!

[madammina]

Originally Posted by Random Queen

My advice is that you practice. Your drawings aren't bad though. But if you are aiming to come up with better backrounds and to draw it better then yeah, practice.

Okay, any tips how? Like linking to tuts, advice, etc.

Originally Posted by Artistry of Schedius

practice. again and again. try and look at some anatomy tuts.

TIP: Draw on paper first (on clean paper. not lined paper). then scan. if ya dont have a scanner then...were stuck.

but you're not half bad ^^

I only had the lined paper when I started, but I try to use clean paper (or erase on GIMP)

I'm working on Anatomy. Gau and Cyan were taken mostly off of references.

Originally Posted by meertallica

I don't think theyre bad, I think theyre kooky. I especially like the style of the first one, its different :)

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Azrael

*vomits* Practice. Practice. That's all it takes.

And more specifically? Excercises, ideas, etc.

Originally Posted by King Wolfe

It isn't horrible per se, but as they said practice ^^

A little redundant now that I think about it :/

It's alright. Don't worry.

Originally Posted by Organization_42

Well, I can't NOT love the Ghostbuster Cloud one for obvious reasons!

For the Fey sisters, I can't say much on the littlest one because I'm not familiar with her character. I think Mia's nose looks a little off, but Maya looks cute!

YAY! Specifics!

I'm glad you like. I could like and say Mia's nose is Pru's nose... but I'm pretty sure her nose was my error.

[Crimson]

To be honest, Mina, your drawings look like they have been drawn by a small child. :/
First off: proportions. When drawing humans, the right kind of proportioning is vital. Also, add details. For example in the first picture, the trees are just thick, brown sticks with a green ball on top. Add branches, don't draw the leaves as a big bunch of color, don't make the trunk evenly thick and completely straight. If you are aiming towards a realistic look, read books and/or good tutorials about anatomy and how to draw for example eyes, noses and hands.

You still need a lot of practice. But keep on drawing, that's how you improve! :)

[madammina]

I know the trees suck.

And I'm working on proportions. When I can use tutorials (Sometimes I can't) I do use them.

[Needle]

When you draw humans, start with a stick figure, and draw shapes for their arms, legs, head, ect...
Then work up from there, adding clothes, and details like eyes, mouth, and hair.

I would suggest, looking at pictures of the human body for awhile, and memorizing where things are, how they look, and their shapes, what muscles are where, and then draw them.
You can develop some techniques to remember positions of things like hands, and how tall somebody is to help as well.

I think the average human is 5-7 heads tall, and 1 hand can fit inside of their head. Also about 1/3 of their head is how far out their shoulders need to be. Their arms end at the middle of the thighs, and elbows to the tip of the torso.


On youtube, subscribe to Mark Crilley, he's an artist that has a lot of tutorials.

[madammina]

I know my problem is the body.

I've found some tutorials on DA, anyone want to link their favorite tutorials?

[Needle]

Originally Posted by madammina

I know my problem is the body.

I've found some tutorials on DA, anyone want to link their favorite tutorials?

Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons

You have to register, but there are a ton of them here.


Oh yeah, vanishing points are something you should learn about too, they're very very helpful for drawing backgrounds.

[madammina]

I figured out about Vanishing points from the Pepper Clan pic.

I couldn't figure out how to get them to work for the FF6 one though.