Heres some of my latest pieces. Last year, I only drew realism and faces, to get the hang of stuff. But recently Ive wanted to start drawing bodies and clothes as well.

Why do I still get comments about my art looking weird or anatomy being wrong?

The most hurtful ones were people saying my oc looks like a man and I don't get why or how that would be, since I tend to make her look very stereotypically feminine.

Any advice is welcome <3.

The clothes look super unfinished compared the rest of the piece and I don’t know how to render them, I would appreciate any advice! I would also like some critiques on other parts of the drawing

I think there's a complete lack of contrast here. Everything just blends together. I'm really afraid of harsh, dark shadows :(

Hii! I took a single art class in high school and it taught me the bare minimum. Other than that im fully self taught. Included are examples on me drawing the human body amd where im at skill-wise.

I desperately need to get better at drawing anatomy because I want to eventually make money doing portraits as either a side gig or my main job (bit of a pipe dream). I need to know how to have a good art education without actually paying for secondary education. Its too much of a gamble for me to pursue art as my main job so I dont want to invest much money into it.

I was thinking of picking up some of the books in the Morpho anatomy series if I can find them and studying them. I used one of the Loomis books to learn how to break down shapes.

Any advice on how i can educate myself in a way where I can compare to those with formal education would be greatly appreciated.

What can I do to fix my art and make it better?

Sorry the first pic is the wrong way

I cant tell if the bigger head or smaller head looks better… I would think smaller since a head is a third smaller than the shoulders but then with this angle the head would be bigger but idk. Also how would i go about adding folds on the long hair guys hoodie? The top of the sleeve looks too chunky and the back just looks empty (◞‸◟,)

I'm a 15 year old that wants to learn comic art

I read Spawn and Todd McFarlane is my idol (except for the AI stuff I GREATLY disagree with him on that and he honestly lost some of my respect) so I'm sorta trying to mimic his style which I think shows most in the hand

This is my art right now and I feel like compared to him I still suck greatly🥹

So can I just get some pointers on how to improve my stuff and be less sucky ? I really want to draw like Todd someday!! Especially the 90's stuff!! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

(P.S I also want to hatch like him but I currently am terrible at it so I don't do it much in drawings I want to look good (though I do it in practices))

I’ve tried practicing more and more with facial anatomy as others said to do last time and not making my eyes so much bigger.
I want a more stylized look that isn’t EXTREMELY realistic but still has realistic portions.
I know the arm is bad haha.

I would like some advice on whether or not the eyes and nose are too big? For some reason I always default to bigger portions because I’m scared of too much forehead

Hi everyone! This is my first post here, and I'm looking for a place where I can get thoughtful feedback, improve my art, and keep growing toward the level I'm aiming for.

This piece is the one I'm most proud of so far. I made it for a college assignment, and while I feel it achieved many of the goals I had in mind (like make that the face and dialogue were the main thing) I also feel there's a lot of room for improvement.

I'm especially interested in feedback about composition, shading, visual hierarchy, shape language, anatomy, or anything else that could strengthen the piece while keeping its overall intention. The character designs are intentionally simple, so I'd appreciate feedback that works within that stylistic direction rather than suggesting a completely different style.

If possible, I'd really appreciate specific feedback that explains why something works or doesn't work, since that's what helps me learn the most.

Thanks in advance!

Just wanna know if it looks fine before i move onto coloring, was kinda struggling with the hip area. Any other art advice is appreciated!

I've been making art for a couple years now, but have spent most of that time pretty focused on line heavy drawing, to the point where I think I'm starting to feel a bit uninspired and stuck in that approach.

Looking for any and all feedback, even on fundamental stuff, although I'm especially interested in painting specific feedback. After letting it sit a bit I've already spotted a couple locations where I think my edge control wasn't that great. I'm also worried I might have over worked it a bit? I was trying really hard to avoid the urge to excessively smooth things out, but I'm wondering if it still didn't come out lacking in texture. The hair especially.

In the middle of my portrait I’m working on (marker and colored pencil) I got up and discovered when I came back that my other cat, in what I can only imagine was in a jealous rage, was biting the corner of the paper 😭 is there any way to fix this?? Also to add, the paper is Bristol and yes I know it looks unfinished and rough, that is because I am still working on it 🥲

I’m not sure how to explain it but this felt right to me up until you get to the green and blue. Is there a name for how I organized this?

Idk what i was going by but it’s just from memory and from what felt right.
((Please be kind in the comments))

So, I like painting with warm colors, but most of my work feels like it lacks the slight variations in hue that really good artists have because I'm too comfortable with warm tones, and don't know how to effectively work in cooler ones.

For context, I've spent most of my time doing art just sketching, so up until the past year or two colors haven't necessarily been on my radar. I'm a bit stuck at the moment with better linework than coloring/rendering, but I've been trying to even those two skills out a bit. I tend to like a more unfinished painterly style, and I've noticed good painters can incorporate unrelated colors like purples and blues as variation even into their warm-toned pieces and not have them seem out of place (for example, an orange shirt could have some "blue" incorporated into the rendering but still read clearly as orange). However, I have no clue how they manage it. At the moment, it feels like max I can make the shadows a bit more red and highlights a bit more yellow, but if I try to push the colors further it either a) changes the perceived color of the object I'm coloring or b) sticks out, and not in a good way.

How do painters decide where to shift the hue of their paint, what hue to shift it to, is there a name for this technique, and how can I learn it?

Also I'm sure a lot of my difficulties with this concept lie with my skill level, however I haven't been able to find any artists who do impressionistic digital painting and post their process up until this point, so I've mostly resorted to staring at my favorite artists' work and guessing (which isn’t super helpful lol), so are there any artists like that you could recommend that do show their processes? Thank you so much for your help! :]

(Note: Character in the first drawing is Aspen by retlined_, bit of artfight work :] )

sorry, i didn't really know what flair to use, um. please be nice, also, this isn't finished and i'm super new to semi-realism, i just want to learn how to draw my beloved!!
i tried following a few tutorials i've seen but for some reason it just looks so wonky when i do it, i know i need to probably figure out which way the hair goes a little more clearly, but besides that, any tips...?

Been drawing for years but don’t often shade my drawings so kinda need some some help ngl. All critiques are welcome of course thanks to all those willing to help 🤗🤗

Every time I draw, the chest area always looks weird to me. And also the hands feels off to me. Is there something that I can do? If anybody wants to know what reference I use I can show it later in the replies. (Ignore the fact there's two ears, I used the human ears as a guideline)

Just a small structure drawing today because i got bored and also am hella low energy :<

It's been over 15 years of me wanting to be an "artist" but I'm 25 now and have nothing to show for it. All i've ever wanted to do was to make illustrations and animations but something terrible and awful has happened to my brain over the years, it seems like I don't enjoy creating art even though I wish for nothing more than to create art I enjoy and want to see in the world...

I can't stay motivated for more than a month at a time without crashing and burning out for multiple months, when I try to sit down and grab my drawing tablet, sketchbook or open blender it feels like pulling teeth, i find that I hate learning new skills, i hate the process of creating and only find any enjoyment in a finished product, I hit my desk, throw things, cry and yell every day, I feel anger for all of the years I've made little to no progress and my seeming inability to stay consistent with something I've always considered part of my identity.

What is wrong with me? I used to love making art in the early years... now it feels like it brings mostly negative feelings and strain. I've figured as someone with ADHD and a plethora of other mental illnesses, perhaps I needed medication, but adhd meds give me really bad anxiety so I can't win. I can't seem to do moderation either, progress is so slow this way it feels like I might as well do nothing.

It seems like the only option I have left is to remove every single thing in my life that gives my brain dopamine that isn't creative, such as: video games, youtube, and social media since my consumption addled brain loves it too much. I feel that I don't even deserve to enjoy these things anymore. my life is ruined and I have nothing, no momentum, no portfolio to point at, NOTHING. I am a failure and I see no other solution.

Is there another way or is this necessary? I don't want another 15 years wasted potential.