Been wanting to get a bit more feedback on things, so Im gonna make a lil thread I'll update now and then. while I'm constantly critical of my work, I'm never that sure which things need the most work, so feel free to point out the glaring errors and holes. I've been trying to do this seriously for about a year, but I don't feel like I'm getting better.
This is a recent effort- something is off, but theres too many things to point out
another one I did a while back. again, somethings off...
a thumbnail for a stupid animation i made
At 2/13/16 05:55 PM, HochiganMeat wrote: a thumbnail for a stupid animation i made
I think overall you have some very appealing stuff in this thread so far. Quiet is by far the strongest, she's got an nice stylization going as well as color pallet and shading going on. Cammi is your weakest because of the patchy filling work in the coloring makes her look unfinished, visible strokes can be used to add to stylization or interest to an area but here it just looks patchy but it is an interesting to pursue in the future. Your hitler guy again has a nice color pallet and some good contrast going but it's simplicity doesn't leave much to say about it.
As for where you say somethings are off I think what may be responsible a lot of that off feeling might be the coloring and shading juxtaposed against the almost Disney like quality of the shapes your using to make the character (Quiet in particular). I think when most people see the style your doing the line work in their first expectation of the coloring is for it to be more graphic and cell shaded rather than the painterly approach you have, which I do enjoy by there way. The hitler drawing definitely looks like it would be much cleaner in terms of shading and coloring.
Another factor in it appearing off is your actual formatting and composition on these. I feel like quiet is awkwardly placed on the page, she takes up almost the whole space except there's a lot more space on the right side, I think going her some more space on one or two of the other sides may help, Look up the rule of thirds and golden ratio for more information on compositions. Also her chin/jaw looks to go out a bit too far from her neck.
Hope that helps, I'm in a rush so I can't go as in depth as I'd like, keep up the good work!
thanks dude- i actually forgot about this thread and didnt know how top find it ^^'
just a few updates- these were some excercises in stuff like anatomy and posing that i ended up trying to finish
At 2/13/16 05:55 PM, HochiganMeat wrote: a thumbnail for a stupid animation i made
HITLER CHAN
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some more drawings. I really need to take care of this thread
At 2/13/16 06:39 PM, JackDCurleo wrote: I think overall you have some very appealing stuff in this thread so far. Q
woah
when did you get modded
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At 9/29/16 05:17 AM, zornuzkull wrote: You're art work is of a decent quality... There isn't really much to critique...
Any gripes I have would just boil down to aesthetic choices...
like what? colors? composition? proportions? aesthetic choice is pretty much the foundation of art other than technical ability
Aahhh, I'm so happy! I found my greatest rival, you're really good! Though you're best drawings I'd say is the Boxer girl and the gum girl one you posted and Mario. There's definitely something appealing going on with that style. It seems you focus on gesture drawing quite a lot. So things are going in a neat direction. Keep at it!
At 9/30/16 12:58 PM, zornuzkull wrote:At 9/30/16 10:01 AM, HochiganMeat wrote: like what? colors? composition? proportions? aesthetic choice is pretty much the foundation of art other than technical abilityColours really... I dislike them a great deal...
Purples and pinks don't really do it for me... That's why I figured it would be unfair to judge your work on my own personal bias regarding the palette...
that's fine! I do try to keep things varied, so I'll just take note of that- being able to vary color palettes depending on mood is something i could work on, too
At 9/30/16 02:25 PM, Rustyhound wrote: Aahhh, I'm so happy! I found my greatest rival, you're really good! Though you're best drawings I'd say is the Boxer girl and the gum girl one you posted and Mario. There's definitely something appealing going on with that style. It seems you focus on gesture drawing quite a lot. So things are going in a neat direction. Keep at it!
thanks! and this isn't an anime dude- I don't have to be your rival. we have different things going on in our lives, so it's unhealthy to keep comparing yourself to others when you're drawing false equivalences. i've been there, trust me
and thanks for noticing the gesture stuff
gonna try to post one thing a day. might get a bit hectic, but im gonna aim fora year. if i dont post any one of them here, its on my twitter or my gallery
will try to do better next time- tuesdays are tight for me
this is a gif on my gallery. not too happy with how it turned out
not that happy with this, either. might just start posting sketches instead of fully coloured
stuff, i get too caught up in post
At 10/28/16 04:32 AM, HochiganMeat wrote: this is a gif on my gallery. not too happy with how it turned out
Eyyy you seen Minus8's parody of Rhythm Heaven Fever? Doesn't matter one way or the other, because I'm going to link it anyway. It's amazing.
As for the work, colourful stuff, fun to look at, a bit simple though. It reminds me a bit of rtil's stuff, who stopped posting on this site about a billion years ago, so if you want something to aim for I suppose that's something. I know it's lazy to just compare work to someone else, but I'm a boring asshole and don't have much to say about the art proper so what can you do.
And yeah, man, absolutely feel free to treat it like a sketchbook. It's not a portfolio, we're all artists here, not like you have to impress anyone. I've found it's helped a lot more, anyhow.
I hadn't but I have now- its brilliant, I love it! it looks so good, I'm wondering if he used the assets from the game for the backgrounds. it's impressive either way, very creative
I want to do more lewd stuff myself, but I'm trying to build up to it- starting with the simple stuff and building on top of that. giving myself a day to do these with all the other real life shit is actually more challenging than i thought it would be. so yeah, its more like an excercise in consistency rather than skill or quality, I'm realising. anything good coming out of this would be out of these self imposed constraints, which is hopefully what will make me better in a creative sense.
I plan to make more 3d looking stuff like yours too, but I've never been able to do it T_T
and I love rtil, too, i'm flattered. he's fairly active on twitter, i think.
i was blown away when i first saw his runkachunk animation in the sea of intentionally bad brawl parodies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoIaHI8F3sI
so ive kind of figured out how to make animation in photoshop
easily my worst submission, hope to make up for it
Honestly, don't be hard on yourself if you post something crappy or low effort. The point of doing something every day is to keep yourself in the habit, not even really to get daily practice. A daily habit that means two good drawing per week is better than just putting it off constantly and maybe drawing something once a month.
that's a good way of thinking about this... thanks!
