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Pardon me, my good chap, but could you spare yourself to look at my art for a spell?
Awll, aside from him looking a bit like an elderly, fantasy-based Vegeta... it's not too bad. His feet do look too small, though.
You should do some drawings of him in different poses to show him off at varying angles, etc. And when you use ImageShack, you should click on the image when it's loaded so you get the full-size version, then copy that image address to paste in here. It means we don't have to click the thumbnails to see the art, thus more people will actually look at it rather than have their eyes glaze over some blurry thumbnails and yell "NEXT!"
- The hands need fixin'. For instance, the full-body shot looks like his left hand fingers were broken, and his right hand is a small crab claw.
- The closeup of his hand/glove, the fingers are all out of proportion. They actually get thicker as you go from the thumb to the pinkie, which should be the other way around.
- The facial closeup in the corner is very out-of-proportion. Your response to that comment is likely going to be "but it's just a rough sketch, it's not finished". if that's the case, even during a prelim sketch you should have the proportions down, because that's what a full drawing would be built upon.
yes that face was a quick sketch! the whole point of that face is the circlet, but ok, the hands are also kinda mesed up, i didnt really care much for the close ups. but i kinda fixed the pinky thickness problem on the last page.
yes that face was a quick sketch! the whole point of that face is the circlet, but ok, the hands are also kinda mesed up, i didnt really care much for the close ups. but i kinda fixed the pinky thickness problem on the last page.
Then my first comment still applies. Actually, is the face closeup supposed to be the same character? Proportion weirdness aside, the skin on the cheeks should be looser and pouchier, and the chin more prominent. He should also have more age lines around his mouth and eyes, like you have in the drawing above that.
And no, you didn't really fix the fingers in the gloved pic - the ring and pinky finger still look much thicker than the thumb, which shouldn't be the case.
the face isnt suppoed to be him, just a ransom face to show the circlet, also the point of those close ups is only to show wats going on, not to be anatomically correct. thanks for the comments.
So uh, if you don't "care much" for pretty much anything in the drawing, why do you want crits? What else is there left to say then? I guess the fact that your girlfriend may have dumped you makes up for the fact that there are anatomical errors abound. I'll make sure to use this excuse next time my work is sub-par and I don't feel like taking crap for it.
Oh, I found a spelling error! Maybe this is the type of "criticism" you were looking for. "Currias" is spelled "Cuirass" (pronounced queer-ass) - it's a latin word.
bread of wonder on
Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?
seriously you guys are making shit up, i never said i didnt care about my drawing, just the parts that are enlarged are there only to show the viewer whats going on.
No, I think you're just bad at taking criticism. Even if you do have an excuse, you don't need to use it. Just fix whatever is wrong with the drawing and move on.
I'm glad I didn't take the time to write a crit because it would have been a waste of ATP.
Seriously, you don't want crits or else you'd say "Oh ok, I won't do that next time. Thanks for pointing that out." and go draw a better version, or show us something new.
Even the freaky deaky G.W. Bush-troll in a dress has errors, but as most have stated, at this point no one wants to waste their time on a crit that'll most likely be met with "Yeah I know but..."
Both poses are awkward and they look to be leaning to the side. Also, in the first picture, unless the foot on the viewers left is resting atop an elevated surface, it would be below the right one.
His body is also a straight-on shot, but his left (viewer's right) foot is completely profile, so it looks like he's purposely contorting it. This is a common mistake among beginners.
Also, what are you looking for critiques on? The whole drawing, the costume design, the figural stuff? If you know something's lacking, ask people what you want them to comment on rather than letting them just have at it.
I got my college degree studying costume design, and I can tell you from those renderings any costume technician could definately construct that outfit very accurately. All you need is some color and fabric swatches.
That being said... I would just suggest to work on centerline/center of gravity. The poses seem a little off-kilter... or maybe they were just tilted when scanned?
Also... put some sort of horizontal line behind them to indicate the ground, otherwise they look like they are floating in space.
Work on some decent balanced and comfortable looking poses, then dress them up. No clothes will look good on those stiff and unbalanced poses. Also is he supposed to be asymetric. It seems one side of him has a longer arm/leg and face.
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You should do some drawings of him in different poses to show him off at varying angles, etc. And when you use ImageShack, you should click on the image when it's loaded so you get the full-size version, then copy that image address to paste in here. It means we don't have to click the thumbnails to see the art, thus more people will actually look at it rather than have their eyes glaze over some blurry thumbnails and yell "NEXT!"
- The hands need fixin'. For instance, the full-body shot looks like his left hand fingers were broken, and his right hand is a small crab claw.
- The closeup of his hand/glove, the fingers are all out of proportion. They actually get thicker as you go from the thumb to the pinkie, which should be the other way around.
- The facial closeup in the corner is very out-of-proportion. Your response to that comment is likely going to be "but it's just a rough sketch, it's not finished". if that's the case, even during a prelim sketch you should have the proportions down, because that's what a full drawing would be built upon.
Then my first comment still applies. Actually, is the face closeup supposed to be the same character? Proportion weirdness aside, the skin on the cheeks should be looser and pouchier, and the chin more prominent. He should also have more age lines around his mouth and eyes, like you have in the drawing above that.
And no, you didn't really fix the fingers in the gloved pic - the ring and pinky finger still look much thicker than the thumb, which shouldn't be the case.
Dismembered hand.
Maybe.
my hand or the characters? cause my hand is pretty fucked up too. ;-)
What you should stop doing is posting art here if you don't want people to give their opinions on it.
what the hell ware you talking about, i never contradicted anybody. i was only giving honest responses.
im not gonna sit here and be like 'oh yah your right it looks like total shit.'
give your opininons freelly, but accept my opinions also. and im not here to show off, i need some crits.
Oh, I found a spelling error! Maybe this is the type of "criticism" you were looking for. "Currias" is spelled "Cuirass" (pronounced queer-ass) - it's a latin word.
seriously you guys are making shit up, i never said i didnt care about my drawing, just the parts that are enlarged are there only to show the viewer whats going on.
Seriously, you don't want crits or else you'd say "Oh ok, I won't do that next time. Thanks for pointing that out." and go draw a better version, or show us something new.
His body is also a straight-on shot, but his left (viewer's right) foot is completely profile, so it looks like he's purposely contorting it. This is a common mistake among beginners.
That being said... I would just suggest to work on centerline/center of gravity. The poses seem a little off-kilter... or maybe they were just tilted when scanned?
Also... put some sort of horizontal line behind them to indicate the ground, otherwise they look like they are floating in space.
Padmeanda: sweet.
It looks like the parts of his body were twisted around. He just looks incredibly awkward (Did I spell that right?).
Yes, the first three. I did not see the other two. They are a little better, but the guy kind of leans over the left on both.
its a terran marine, from SC. Isnpired by all the new SC thats going on now, and of course, samwise and metzen.