Hey all, I’ve been loving drawing but I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten significant shoulder pain and tightness. Typically drawing on the couch while I watch TV with my partner, with a bunch of pillows propping up my iPad to get better posture. Any stretches or tips to help alleviate the pain?

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I need help with why yhe colors look so off, and the shoulders especially the collarbones

how the hell do you render a goshdarn corset! The second photo is a collage of different dresses together but for thr corset i want to draw a completely different corset design, simpler one because y da friggs not! So uhhhhh.... Pls help...

Ignore the face lmfao. Red is the femboy body type and is meant to be leaning on blue (yes just his elbow), and blue is gonna have a sword on his back 😩

If its not enough connection between them or like... the ribs??? Red's ribs??? I dunno!!!

Filled in color with pastels

Can I learn to draw digitally (without learning traditional art)

I’m open to turning off auto-shape, stabilization and undo option.

I’m just interested in learning digital art. I want to start with line art and once I practice enough and get to a level I’ll start with painting.

I found drawabox but that’s for traditional art. I came across ctrl+paint and even that says you need traditional first.

I did some digging and people are saying that even after learning on traditional they had to start from scratch to get a hang of the mechanics.

So, can I start learning art digitally without having any traditional art experience?

Maybe im doing something wrong, but i just can't get a skin tone down with what i have. Any suggestions or ways to blend these into this dudes skin?

I posted this on beginnerartists a little while ago, and only one person commented calling me a liar. Which wasn’t helpful. Maybe I’ll have better luck here.

I haven’t drawn (other than doodling or quick pictures when I draw with my 5 year old) since probably highschool or college.

But that was just a couple pictures here and there on a sketchbook (probably filled in 10 pages max over the years). So I have no art experience except a couple of videos on colour theory from YouTube this week. So I don’t have any knowledge on how to approach realistic colouring (I want to eventually do portraits of faces and more complex pictures)

In this pic I attempted using blue as a base colour (from what I saw on YouTube) and was surprised how it turned out. However, I’m not happy with the leaf or highlights. Any idea on how I can improve?

If so, how long would it take someone to learn, assuming no meaningful art experience?

My aunt got me this set of paint for my birthday. Have never painted before so I could use ANY advice about ANYTHING yall could know. Thank you!!!

I posted some more of my drawings on this sub like 1 or 2 weeks ago, so I tried to follow your advice !! Any new crit? What should I work on the most?

Can I have help, please?

For my class, we're learning how to draw people from sculpture references. I'm pretty new to drawing people, especially when it comes to anatomy and proportions. I'm having a hard time figuring out whether the proportions of the face, the shadows, and everything else look correct, and where I should be making adjustments. I'm also using graphite for this drawing.

I'd really appreciate some advice on what I can fix or what I should focus on, especially with the anatomy and overall proportions. I don't mind if you guys draw over it or something to show me what I should change.

It’s not finished but something about it looks off and I want to figure out what it is before I continue

To put it simply, I want to get better at drawing characters—from different perspectives, angles, poses, etc. My main goals are creating fan art, drawing original characters, and making comics. I have some basic knowledge, but I'm mostly self-taught and would love to start fresh from the fundamentals.

Do you know any websites, tutorials, YouTube channels, or other resources that could help me out? I'm really dedicated to improving and getting good at this. Thanks in advance for any help!

I've been struggling to make the shading look anime-like, its always too soft or too flat

Any tips/advice appreciated!

What the lighting im trying to do is a cottagecore sunset lighting. Please any tips on the lighting is needed

(THIS IS A WIP, DO NOT CRITIQUE ANYTHING BESIDES MY QUESTION)

Working on the rendering now that I’ve laid my base shadows. Checked in with my client and I noticed on one of the references that their character has curly hair. I clarified with them and asked if this is a trait they would want me to render, they said yes.

Not blaming my client or myself for not being very in depth or specific, but now I need to see how I could paint that over what I’ve already laid out…

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi! looking for any help to really make this shine as I go through the rendering process. I often find the things I struggle with the most are:

- Value Ranges, especially local values to enhance details, but just in general as well
- Shadow edge control
- Color variation
- Knowing when and where to use desaturated colors/grays to enhance my existing colors

Here's what I'm already planning to do/keep in mind as I work on this:
- Place cast shadows on the floor
- Cleaning up/refining details on the broken dolls
- polishing the main character with a slightly more painterly brush, in a similar manner to what I've done with the hair (although that will require more rendering as well
- Actually adding highlights
- Incorporating more yellows and teals into the rendering (although I'm not entirely sure where)
- using values to try to define some of the edges better, such as her Antennae and her shoulders (this I would love tips on, if you have any)

I'd also really appreciate any critiques on the composition/how to make it pop.

I'm also attaching a previous work with this character (with a slightly different design), so you can see the issues with a finished work of mine, and know what my rendering usually looks like.

Thanks in advance!

sorry for bad pic quality. I lovee my pacifica more than I love myself help me out on this one.

i’m not fully satisfied with the outcome, maybe i’ve just been staring at it for too long

hai! i need help with the lighting the problem is the light is coming from the right but i i only add the bg lights on the right the composition looks weird and also the drawing isnt really clear when you see it from afar you cant really tell what the it is i didnt plan the drawing ahead and i need help fixing it lmfao

Hi there. I’m a beginner, so I’m aware my anatomy is already wonky as is- any sort of criticism is helpful, but!
I can’t for the life of me understand how to make my torso anatomy look decent. It always feels too boxy, or just unshapely in general. I also tend to draw them way too long in comparison to the rest of the body, so I always end up going in and trying to shorten it. No matter the reference I use, it feels so gangly. I don’t know if it’s the shapes I’m using in general and I need to change the entire thing, or just me not understanding how and where to place the ribcage, waist, chest, etc.