Buisiness Man Assassin

[MethKnight]

Hi, I'm new to these forums, and I'm not sure if I'm doing this right (I read the rules) I made a picture and I was hoping for critique, It's my first time putting something up for critique so please don't be too hard, I wanna know if I should change anything without changing the simple style of it, The only thing I'm unsure of is the hair

Here's a link to the actual size pic since I had to resize this for the post-
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6846/
buisinessman.png

Thoughts?

[VividGrim]

You say you don't want to change the 'style', but it doesn't look like an actual style - you seem to just lack understanding of the basics of anatomy, composition, etc. But that's only going off this one picture; I'd have to see more to come to any conclusion.

So, since you state you don't want to change your 'style', what, exactly, do you want out of a critique? What kind of artwork do you want to make?

[MethKnight]

At 6/10/11 11:46 PM, VividGrim wrote: You say you don't want to change the 'style', but it doesn't look like an actual style - you seem to just lack understanding of the basics of anatomy, composition, etc. But that's only going off this one picture; I'd have to see more to come to any conclusion.

So, since you state you don't want to change your 'style', what, exactly, do you want out of a critique? What kind of artwork do you want to make?

Like basic cartoons, I mean like should I change anything about the shape of the gun, the facial expression, the hair, etc.

[Jhrawr]

I'll try to be as nice as possible.
The picture is far from perfect, but it's a good start. First thing you should improve upon is anatomy. The proportions on the arm that's holding the briefcase are way off. And the head looks a bit too large for the face and the hair. Even if your going for a simplistic/cartoon style, you should know the basics of human anatomy or your drawings won't look good.

The other thing you should study is lights and shading. The shading on the head works okay because his head is shaped like a ball. But the way the light hits your briefcase doesn't work because the shape resembles a box more than anything (check my drawing to see what I mean). The same applies to his hair.

It never hurts to google some reference photos either. His shirt/coat looks like something a doctor would wear rather than a businessman's outfit.

Drawing cartoons is not an excuse to half-ass your drawings ;)

The best advice I can give you is keep on drawing and you'll improve :)

[test-object]

At 6/12/11 10:55 AM, Jhrawr wrote: The best advice I can give you is keep on drawing and you'll improve :)

Pretty much this. You're on the bare basics of drawing. Don't take this as an insult of any kind, you simply still need to learn quite a lot. Try building upwards to a character instead of jumping in blind with you mouse at the ready. Hand-draw a sketch of his basic stance using simple lines and/or circles. Then give him 'meat' so to speak. Go slightly more detailed, make sure every part of his body is connected. Everyone has a neck and shoulder/elbow/wrists. We can give you more specific critique if you spend some time manually drawing on paper, instead of using preset computer tools.

Go for it, MethKnight.