Tips? Critique?

[PersonUnknown]

I recently drew this, colored it, shaded a bit, but I'm not all that pleased with the results.
This Picture is what I'm talking about. If you can give any tips at all, or offer constructive criticism, that'd be perfect.

[bc4life]

At 9/5/11 10:37 AM, PersonUnknown wrote: I recently drew this, colored it, shaded a bit, but I'm not all that pleased with the results.
This Picture is what I'm talking about. If you can give any tips at all, or offer constructive criticism, that'd be perfect.

1-I suggest you increase the size of the lampost,as it is quite small,and would be smaller than the guy standing up.

2-the hood of the hoody shouldnt stand like that,it looks stiff and full while it should be empty,so it need to be more flat out on the back.

3-the hand holding the ipod you drew it backward,the thumb should be inside and propably hidden by the ipod a bit.(try holding your ipod or a similar object you will understand by what i mean by hand backward)

Well I'll just give you three points,to work on ^^.
hope you enjoy my critic.

[PersonUnknown]

thanks for the tips/critique! I will work on it and post the newer version soon.

[ThunderSpam]

Okay, let's take a look at this... This needs a lot of work, honestly.

I'll start off with your figure. I had trouble seeing the exact shape of the head due to the black hair with no contrast against the background. After screwing with the lighting in the picture, I managed to clearly see what you meant to do. Anyways, his head is far too small, and his hair has absolutely no life to it. His forehead is a weird shape, his nose is at a bizarre angle. His eyes are wacky to the max with black irises. He has no real cranium, and his ears are oddly placed. I suppose his spine juts out at a ninety degree angle after it leaves his neck to follow the curve in the back. None of the limbs have any real shape or form, the shoes are huge and don't match his attire, and his back arm is coming out of his back.

Listen, I could pick this thing apart in detail, but it wouldn't be a productive use of either of our times. This isn't a complicated pose. You can pretty much find pictures of it by looking up "Sitting Floor" on Google images. Find images and use them as reference, or go and take some yourself. Even if you have to trace, you are going to learn more than trying to draw freehand without knowing anything to begin with. So, get some pictures, and use them as reference. Constantly check back to them, and compare your drawing with a photo. Eventually you won't have to use reference anymore.

I am not even going to talk about your line quality, colour choice, or any of that other fancy schmancy stuff. Honestly, just focus on basic object structuring.

[Fifty-50]

Please post pics in the forum. I suggest you take a look at the rules before you post. Seriously.