I'm back. No one noticed I came or left.

El Banana

Man, it's been a while since I last came here... probably well over a year. Not like I was much active on the short time I was here in the first place. However, I always wanted to come back here, and participate more actively. I finally bought myself a tablet, which I should have done ages ago, so I figured I'd take the opportunity to give this place a second shot.

Obvioulsy, this isn't just a "Hai guys" thread. I'm trying out the tablet for the first time ever, and it's been lots of fun. Something seems off though... The legs, proportion, angling... something's off.
Help me out, guys. I don't care if you shit on my drawing, but tell me what's wrong with it.



Oh, and if you can help me get started on the shadows, I'd really appreciate that as well. Not used to drawing such angled light sources like this one.

lilchingch0ng

shade it first, then we'll tell you what needs fixing. Btw don't be afraid of losing some detail on his armor design; as it is, your current lightsource will leave alot of what he is wearing in shadow.

Mr. H.G. Blob

I noticed when you came. It was everywhere.

Shiboe

It looks like his perspective switches at the belt area. His upper torso is being viewed from above, while his legs are done more straight on to the camera. I'm not in a position to drawover, so hopefully someone more talented will. =D

Also the angle of his inner arm would make his hand visible I think, or at least part of his wrist if it's tucked in.

El Banana

The hand's supposed to be under the little cloak thing, though you do bring to my attention that it doesn't show.

Thanks for the advice, I'll mess around a little more.
Tell me, does drawing horizontal lines with a tablet ever get easier? On paper I always shift it around....

Spectre-x

The linework could be a lot cleaner. Right now it's all over the place, and it makes it hard to accurately make out the details of his get-up.

Also woo Harlock yeah woo awesome.

Ehmavisca

Man, cut that emo bullshit out. "No one noticed I came or left!"

c'mon...

El Banana

Spectre-x wrote: »

The linework could be a lot cleaner. Right now it's all over the place, and it makes it hard to accurately make out the details of his get-up.

Gimme a break, I've never ever used a tablet before.

Ehmavisca

What?

He isn't making fun of you. He is trying to help...

Scosglen

El Banana wrote: »

Spectre-x wrote: »

The linework could be a lot cleaner. Right now it's all over the place, and it makes it hard to accurately make out the details of his get-up.

Gimme a break, I've never ever used a tablet before.

The drawing is bad and you should feel bad!!!

Why don't you give the shadows a shot and then we'll see where to go from there.

El Banana

Ehmavisca wrote: »

What?

He isn't making fun of you. He is trying to help...

I know that, I'm not seriously complaining. And I wasn't serious about the thread title, just being facetious. Relax.

I will give the shadows a shot, I've just been extremely busy these past few days.

TimTheSloth

The skull thing and zipper aren't really in perspective with the rest of the body

supabeast

His spine shifts where his arms cross his chest, making his torso appear to be leaning forward.

Mykonos

The hand's supposed to be under the little cloak thing, though you do bring to my attention that it doesn't show.

This is very hard for me to put into words, vice drawing it out to show you, but I will do my best.

With regards to cloak, I find the design to be somewhat awkward, especially considering that the hand is supposed to be beneath that little flap you have there. The overlapping flap of the cloak over the man's left arm seems nonexistent over the right arm, and the percieved lack of symmetry resulting is quite an eye sore. Now, if I'm wronge and that isn't an overlapping piece, but rather the cloak itself that's folded over the arm, then you need to reaximine the flow the accessorie and add/change the parts of the outline to give it a more natural shape. Right now it looks like some one took some scissors and carved out a tetris shape. Also, with regards to the hand, it would help to apply proper shading and widening the bulge to indicate their is an object (hand) underneath, and the degree of doing is dependant on the desired thickness or weight of the frabric and how closely pressed it is againts the arm.

NakedElf

His legs look too short/his torso too long to me. When I sit, my knee comes up to my shoulder, and my lower leg is as long as my upper. His knees look like they'd come up to his armpits.

His feet look a bit small for your average male.