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At 2/6/13 03:45 PM, DelRio1991 wrote: I don't get it, everything I draw, I feel like it looks like crap.

Like, this thing that I drew. It looks so flat and lifeless.

What am I doing wrong here?

I'm not fishing for compliments, I really need some constructive criticism, I want to go into graphic design, but I'm not going to get anywhere with my stuff looking like a retarded 12 years old kid did it.

Well everything just seems off to me man. The arms look too short, the legs are weird and so do the hands. But that's ok because you want to be better at drawing and you have a lot of room for improvement. I've been drawing since I was about 8 years old and I took an art class pretty much every year since I've been in school and I've spent countless hours just drawing and studying drawing. I've read books, watched videos and asked people for tips on how to draw some things.
So some things you can do to improve is to: draw constantly. Seriously bring a sketchbook where ever you go. I always have a small sketchbook in my schoolbag.
Read some books about figure drawing and drawing from life. You could probably Google it and read it for free on a website or find where you can get the books for a good price.
Watch some tutorials on YouTube. I know Jazza has a channel called "Drawing with Jazza" and he goes over all kinds of things like how to draw men and women, facial expressions and a whole bunch of other helpful stuff. I watch it and it has helped me out a lot.
I hope this helps man. Don't give up :)

Hey I'm an artist and I am interested in joining your team. I have 0% experience in animation but I am willing to learn. I could also be a writer and maybe a voice actor( but I don't have any equipment). I'm willing to try out pretty much anything. I'll also work my ass off. So I hope you can find something for me to do because I really want to be part of this.