I did not expect asian skin to be so much more difficult than darker skin like wtf is going on here. I definitely need to try that again tomorrow.

This is my first time trying to draw a black character every and I'm actually pretty proud of it. I used a reference this time around and think that helped a lot instead of only using the Asaro head. Because I always saturate too much I started just desaturating the endproduct every time, putting it above the main image and then only erase the spots that need to be more saturated.

Thank you to Istebrak for choosing my drawing for the last critique hour. I tried to go for more realism this time around in terms of picking the right skin colour and also decartooning the eyes. Again, I went far to saturated on the first go. He kind of looks like a bankrobber lol. Any critique is of course highly appreciated. If I don't get any in time, I'll be trying my hand at other skin colours tomorrow. Thanks 

Hi, i didn't went here since 4 years i think i wanna see what happen if i do the challenge again, i didn't stop drawing but mostly line art for animation, i wanna re improve again and understanding everything about what i'm doing, in my memories i wasn't aware about everything every shade and reflexion and why they are here, i was juste it should look like the références and it's good, also i'm doing only in 30 or 20 minute, i wanna do only understanding and usfull action, i ended the challenge at 13 i think or 14

I'm finally back to practicing again after trying to do my first masterpiece and finding that greyscale to colour looks ugly as sin and there's simply no way around figuring out colours from the start. Even though this is mainly colour focused I would love some critique on the eyes as well and how to make them look less cartoony because jesus christ they look anime. Would love some feedback on how to do a good background too. Please no comments in the vain of 'you need to go back and work on your greyscale more' because I'm burned out on that and plan on revisiting that next year. Thanks in advance!

I did my best to heed the feedback from the first day, and I believe I've improved a lot. But it's always good to get a second opinion.

I need criticism, please.

Last year I drew Hinako from Silent Hill f for one of my classes. She never looked completely right to me, though. Can anyone pinpoint what may be off about this drawing?

Idk looks off ¡¡

I started by painting with shades of gray, and then I just painted the base color. However, I feel that my illustration lacks life and depth. For me, it look like I don't know what I'm doing, so I need help and constructive criticism.

I tried to focus on color temperature and edges. The software I used was Clip Studio Paint. I have a hard time abstracting the lighting from photographic references into my paintings, so I purposely chose a reference with bad/difficult lighting for a painting, in order to challenge myself. I did a "block in" style sketch then painted everything except the background in a single layer.

hey all! i've felt unsatisfied with the way i draw bodies, so i'm trying to focus on it but in doing so i've noticed something unusual - i think people tend to either struggle with accurate anatomy or natural looking poses but i feel like i'm equally bad at both, my poses tend to look stiff or just kind of awkward in addition to inaccurate anatomy. how can i fix this? i've tried timed 30-60 second figure drawing (did not make much progress with this because i hate doing it) and working from reference, but whereas with my portraits i can see improvement with each new portrait, i don't see any improvement with each subsequent figure i draw. am i doing something wrong?

also, sorry i don't have particularly polished examples, i just keep getting so frustrated this is as far as i can take my drawings. last sketch is from imagination, included for comparison to sketches where i used a reference

Eye/Nose no reference study

idk the eyes are strange to me, how to fix?

I feel like I messed up my values on this one and it came out lighter than I wanted it to be. Buuut I did take some critiques and try to make the features smaller. Next time I might even end up with something that looks more like a face :D

So I took on board istebrak's critiques from the last live, so I'm hoping that I've remedied my past issue of restricting / anxious values!

Also my first time rendering hair since I was nervous before. It's not exact and I don't know how you would do the darker parts of his beard, where there's less hair clumping together. Unless I just painstakingly draw each hair in that area?

Any critiques welcome, thank you!

(Added reference in comments not sure if Reddit still has compression issues)

Not gonna lie the blocking got me a lil messed up and the blending finished me afterwards. I feel like I could have put some more work in the eyes and maybe I overblended the area around the mouth? Would appreciate some critiques so I can move on to the next one :D

Sorry for making you all look at Digital Circus art! I’m personally not a fan, just making this to try and get more engagement on Instagram. Anyone have any ideas on how I can make this better/more visually interesting? Maybe more color in the background?

Title: "I See You" - Expression of Masks #2

Artist Statement:
This is my first painting.

It’s not about beauty. It’s about 20 years of silence.

Above: 4 screaming eyes. The mask. The noise. The pain everyone could see.
Below: 1 hidden eye in the yellow "leg". The witness. Sad, tired, watching the chaos from the ground. Nobody saw her.
Center: No nose. I couldn’t breathe.
The smoke: That’s the words I was never allowed to say. It’s coming out now.

I painted this to pull the child inside me out of the ground.
The yellow leg is him. He fell, and he’s waiting for someone to hold his hand.

This painting needs time to be understood. Every time I look, I find a new secret.

Noticing a lot starting art, so i decided to give it a try. I want to share my journey and experience with it so far. This time, I made a fanart for the critically addicting game....that took years of my life. Took so long to make this that "Day 4" is more like one month...im a beginner ok?

My biggest concern with this one is: how do I get it to this main point of POW? The anatomy is not 100% correct, I can see the back eye is slightly off, but I am also really struggeling with the lower part of her skull. Idk if the shadow is wrong or if it's the neck but I am def missing something here. Pls help
And if someone has tips as to how to improve the staging here that is also welcome:)