New Artist looking for help
2yr
Aidan McCulloch
hey everyone!! i’ve recently joined Proko and have been nervous to make my first community post. i’ve been drawing consistently for a little over a year now and have started to break out into different styles. This is my first attempt at drawing a full body person and was wondering if i could get some advice on how i can improve it for the next one!! Anything from shading, like weight, anatomy, etc!! any and all critiques are welcomed!! I hope to post more in the future and am excited to improve!!
Hey Aiden,
I agree with @Jesper Axelsson critique 100%. This is a cool drawing, and welcome, look forward to seeing more drawings. Including what you have already been told, I wanted to talk about the pose. What you have is nice, but to add more gesture and drama, you could do a few things different. I did a quick sketch to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
i seriously appreciate the feedback @Steve Lenze. I cannot wait to implement these tips into my next drawing!! Thank you
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2yr
Hi @Aidan McCulloch, cool drawing! I like how clear the story feels!
It's great that you're posting. I think a lot of people feel nervous about making their first post, so you're not alone :) Getting feedback from others is really important. Keep it up💪
- I would highly recommend taking the Drawing Basics course. It will give you a strong foundation that will strenghten all your work, whether that's portraits, comics, landscapes or something else.
And Stan seems to have put a lot of effort into making the course fun and motivating. Plus, it's still in the making, so if you keep up with the assignments you have the chance of getting feedback from Stan himself.
- In your next drawing, try to look for rhythm between the lines. A curve going one way is followed by a curve going the other way, creating a back 'n' forth like rhythm, that leads the viewer through the drawing. Glenn Vilppu explains it in the beginning of this Drawing Demo by Glenn Vilppu. You might also appreciate checking out @Mike Mattesi's stuff.
Looking forward to see more of your work :)
PS. Try to hold your camera parallel to the artwork when taking the photo, to avoid distortions.
thank you so much @Jesper Axelsson!! I really appreciate the feedback and advice!! for the camera angles i was trying to avoid having a shadow on my paper. i was at work so the lighting isn’t always the greatest!! but still thank you so much!! i’ll be checking out the courses and artists you sent me right away!!
looks cool as hell, keep it up!
thank you so much! i can’t take full credit since i took reference from an artist on tiktok under the name roshan.__ !! but it was a lot of fun and can’t wait to do more and explore more character drsign
