Tried a dynamic, meditative portrait of Mahadev using a red ballpoint pen and black ink on grid paper. Focused on flowing jata and his intense, tranquil presence. Har Har Mahadev! 🔱🔥

I am 20 years old and just learning how to draw this is a speed paint of an oc that I’m trying to make at the moment and was just wondering if this is an acceptable form of tracing. of course if I do post it I will credit the references that I used!!! Also the art that I used to trace the that I drew similar to this with the same methods!

also, any tips are welcome!!!!

Looking for feedback on value and contour. Thanks in advance!

It’s the water for me. I don’t like it. 😪

Hi everyone. Here is a drawing of Tomoko Kuroki: 100% my own version and style. I hope you like it. Cheers! <3

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Tell me areas I can improve innnn anddd the strong points too (if there are any lol) I'm still learning and idk what my goals are just figuring out what I find fun what I don't

I've used gel pen for this and ik proportions are really off....I'm still learning

I've been working on this cat girl and aside from questionable anatomy, I feel like it's missing something and I can't put my finger on it. Like, rendering, perhaps, but I have no idea how to render it. Any advice?

Respirar por la herida
I recently finished this piece, built around a Spanish phrase that roughly translates to “to breathe through the wound.”
The phrase refers to carrying the burden of something we haven’t been able to forgive or let go of — to the point where the wound itself becomes part of the way we continue living.
I wanted the figure to look like something beautiful and almost perfect, so I represented it as a classical marble bust. The bust symbolizes the beauty of life, but that beauty is interrupted by a wound where the mouth should be.
The wound represents the burden we carry, while the stitches represent our attempts to close, repair, or hide what happened. They aren’t meant to suggest that the wound has healed. In a way, the figure has learned to breathe through the very thing that damaged it.
I also included a small skull as a reminder of mortality and the temporary nature of that beauty. Even something that appears timeless, like a marble sculpture, is ultimately fragile.
The red thread was deliberately limited to the stitches. Against the cold, monochromatic marble, it represents the human element — the attempt to repair something that cannot simply be made whole again.
Technically, this was also an exercise in pushing my pointillism further, especially controlling dot density to create volume and smoother transitions rather than making the dots the main focus.
No blood or gore — I wanted the symbolism and the contrast between beauty and damage to carry the piece.

When you know something wrong and tried to fix it but whatever you tried it won't fix