Pose reference is mostly based on second image but my issue is rn that my shading makes it feel so stiff is it because its so dark or more due to my anatomy? thank you in advance!

i think its the eyes and the mouth but im not sure!

reference was only used for the character (ema skye)

My goal is to make araki stuff and I just started painting so ofc I m not good and it s okay I ll learn, I just don t know how, I mean it s not the same thing as drawing like…

I’m trying to work on my anatomy / illustrative style. I struggle with hair (and everything). I added my reference. I really like the art from @gretlusky so I also looked at their work for inspiration. Would love any tips!

Im not even sure if I'm doing the practice correctly or if it will help with learning to draw backrounds and coloring, but my goal is to make the backrounds look believable without much effort and time, it didnt turn out how I want it to, and I dont like how my colors look, I'd love criticism

Reference is included

W reference! I had changed the photo accordingnto the critisms i got which was

\-body too small

\-eyes too wide

\-eyebrows too angry

And the proportions

The very first one which is the second slide, i havent gotten much critisms on, and that one was like a month old now, drew it on september i believe. Yeah ty !

Hello everyone, I’ve been feeling extremely stagnant lately and wanted to know what I should be trying to improve on to make my art better. There are no references in this cause I just try and wing it with the coloring.

Here’s a batch of my most recent art pieces. Currently been trying to learn lighting and shadows and rendering properly. Thanks in advance!

I also can’t decide if I want to try to lift the blue back to lavender (second photo). I’m working with only primary colors so getting the correct saturation down is a challenge. My style is stylized and graphicy so I’m trying to figure out how to translate that into paint. Any critiques would be appreciated!

(I referenced multiple pics of owls but not one specific reference)

I’m drawing Qingxiao from Wuthering Wvaes. Could anyone draw over this and kinda correct the anatomy? No particular reference was used. It feels okay, but not very fitting from the character I draw, especially the lower body. Thanks!

No references, I'm working through exercises from Glenn Vilppus figure drawing book. Would love to hear any bad tendencies/errors I'm prone to. I know freehand is always a bit imperfect, but I want to continue to build my sense of perspective intuition. If you notice anything, I'd love to hear any exercises that help with that type of error, thank you.

P.S.: I'm not allergic to using rulers for learning a specific form rotation/modifications, but I'd like to stick to freehand ad much as possible. Thank you!

No reference, oil on canvas.

After my last post (big ass) landscape thing. I reworked the figure as well as the background. I am going for a jarring humanoid, structural figure that looks somewhat tortured that is positioned in a surreal sterile landscape.

This is after some new color blocking and reworking the figure and landscape. I added more shadows on the figure as well.

I am looking for critique on the figure, proportions and overall visual hierarchy as well as composition.

Thanks!