Need some people to critique my art

[Trekario]

Hi I'm new to uploading and I just need some people to have a look at my artwork. It isn't much but it's only a few seconds out of your day and you would really help me out. This is one of the images on my account. Thanks

[ThunderSpam]

First off, you misunderstand what a proper critique is. It is not merely seconds. Mere seconds would be someone saying, "This is nice". A critique breaks down the elements of your picture, stating what you have done right, and what you can improve upon.

Now I see you have simply taken a picture of your sketch book. That's fine, as not all of us have fancy scanners, but try making sure you have an equal light source all around the picture. Thankfully however, your lines are dark enough to see what is going on.

Now I can tell that you have a base understanding of the basic muscle groups and skeletal structure. That's good. But unfortunately this is undone by a lack of planning. The deltoids are too far from the neck, behind non-existent collar bones. Your shoulder muscles and the biceps are opposing each other, and you have no real elbow joints. The midsection is lumpy and odd, and the hands are facing forward.

So, what is the first thing you can do to improve? Plan. Sketch out a basic figure using geometric shapes. It doesn't matter what you use to sketch, it can be anything. I personally use spherical shapes, where as a friend of mine uses cubical ones. Give your character a little bit of life. Even if the character is just standing, there is going to be a bit of posture, rather than arms limply hanging at the sides, and looking straight on.

I'll sketch you an example of what I mean in a bit. Let's let other people talk for now.

[Trekario]

Ok thanks for clearing that up, I know I have a LOT of work to do. That was an excellent analysis of my drawing and it really made me realise all the things that I was missing. You have really helped me out a lot. Thank you