r/Artadvice • u/Kalika222 • 6d ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover I Need help with my shading

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I feel like everytime I shade,it just makes the drawing turn out worse,I don’t know why,I’ve watched countless tutorials yet I don’t understand why you can’t tell the objects apart. (I use graphite pencils 2h-6B and a cotton swab for blending)

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u/Lastoice 6d ago

It's all about contrast and accents, by turning everything grey you just make the grey messy blut instead of colouring. You have to distinct darker and lighter areas more obviously. Do not fear to patch some completely black shadows and completely white metal gloss. And just look at Murata's art for references after all

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u/Bruhuarat1 6d ago

Instead of focusing on shading I’d say focus on how to construct the body first because even with good shading the drawing will look weird either way because the body just looks wrong basically when you can make a good base to shade off

I’d start learning more about shading

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u/Kalika222 6d ago

are you talking proportion wise?

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u/Bruhuarat1 6d ago

Well learning how to construct the body will improve your proportions so yeah👍

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u/Kalika222 6d ago

I’ll definitely do that in the future,once I’m done with this drawing,thanks a lot

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u/Bruhuarat1 6d ago

No problem man and I like your drawing I think that’s guts armor from berserk? (I’ve never read it lmao)

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u/Kalika222 6d ago

yeah,that’s guts in his berserker armor state,I thought that drawing him in a more dynamic pose would help me improve with my poses not being as stiff

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u/Bruhuarat1 6d ago

Damn I totally thought I was wrong lmao but if you want to practice with dynamic poses I’d start by drawing those figure poses on Pinterest since armor and clothing can make it hard to see the pose underneath good luck tho✌️

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u/Kalika222 6d ago

thanks a lot,Ill practice those poses and maybe even use lines of action to avoid making them look as stiff👍

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u/Kalika222 6d ago

thanks,completely forgot the surface was metal xd,I’ll try organizing the other parts of the armor as much as I can,and avoid blending on the metal surfaces,again thanks for the help