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Optical Throng
Faded_Sneakers
City of AngelsRegistered User regular
City of AngelsRegistered User regular
Hello people. Trying to draw things more consistently and thought I'd try posting again. Hopefully this will last more then a single week this time.
Any criticism on colors and shading would be a huge help. Though any advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
Cats meow ... literally. They do:
Self portrait:
Any criticism on colors and shading would be a huge help. Though any advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
Cats meow ... literally. They do:
Self portrait:
Instagram: fadedsneakers
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Pouncing of your face 0_0:
I caught him but he got away:
My first thought for critique is that your way of drawing folds in clothing seems a little random. The white shirt on the guy in the first image is streaked with lines that don't really do anything.
You've got an interesting style here. If you have any idea on a style/look you're aiming for, that would be hugely helpful to us in figuring out how to better critique you and give you advice.
Currently, it seems like some color theory might benefit you. In the leprechaun piece, the shading is looking a bit muddy. While this link talks about oil paint mixing, I think it still may be useful to you to read:
http://emptyeasel.com/2006/12/22/how-to-make-better-oil-paintings-tips-and-techniques-for-correctly-mixing-color/
It discusses things like "warm" yellows and "cool" yellows, and how to mix those with "warm" blues and "cool" blues to achieve different hues of green.
The other problem with the leprechaun piece (and to an extent, the first piece you posted) is that your shading seems to be so dark it's interfering with the black lineart, and making the forms a little harder to read. Maybe try mixing colors on a separate piece of paper, or in a section outside of the art first, just to experiment to see what would work best...maybe try mixing with lighter colors in general - try to avoid going too dark too quickly.
[edit] This piece, for instance, is shaded in a very clean manner, and generally all the lineart is still highly visible. They are using lighter colors much more often than you seem to be, so maybe that's something to consider:
@Ollie: BAH! Folds. You're spot on. I'll try to work on that. I want to define folds sometimes without going to far or not far enough and end up using line work where shading would be more appropriate. Thanks for the comment.
Here are a couple pieces that were partly done before I read the above comments. I'll do a couple color studies and cloth studies before I post next time.
I could be talking completely out of my ass here. Who knows?!
Here is an attempt to avoid muddying up the colors and avoid going too dark, more similar to the image @NightDragon posted above.
I like the idea of using double complimentary colors for adding depth to background and foreground. I'm looking forward to playing with some of those ideas.
Not shading the cat and mouse was easy to resist but oh my god I was literally fighting myself to stop myself from shading or overlapping colors on the hummingbird.
Um, I do have a thing for cats. O_O
A friend asked me to redesign the Thrasher Goatmouse/Mousegoat logo for him and this is what I have so far. I think Im going to take one last run at it because these both have certain ideas I like but don't feel right yet.
Couple of ladies:
So my room mate is a fan of all these detailed/ornate? (not sure what they'd be called) kind of things on Instagram and said I should give it try. Challenge accepted. Not sure if successfully but meh.