perspective on this one sucks

give me those sketches so i can rip them up and burn them in a fire. kthnx

Why are they hovering slightly above the wall? And the girl on the left has some seroius problems with her legs, go look at some real people and see how their legs look.
And the the colouring is just awful, I mean this is on the level of a kindergarten crayon drawing, it shouldn't be on the internet. Put on your fridge instead, prefeably using a big magnet to cover up most of it.

A few tips:
When using colored pencils as a medium, try to smudge them so you don't end up with that "crayon drawing" effect.

The naruto headband thing is a bit overdone.

Try out one of those pose-able wooden models to get the scale right.

To be frank, you need a LOT more practice, but even the best artists take time before they get good. Look at Chalo or San Renard's early work. Don't get discouraged, get better.

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>>380
>Get discouraged, give up.

FIX'D

Eh, turns out i couldn't leave it alone after all...

Did a lot of skuff on the skin, a bit on the feathers and nothing so far on the skin.

With the skin i'm relatively happy so far, except for one patch on the neck.
The feathers definitely need more work but i'm a bit unsure how to continue.

Request for comments still stands of course (or i wouldn't be posting it here)

Your proportions are okay. Refine the linework or loosen up the overall drawing, you can't have that many lines defining the outline AND a stiff pose AND expect it to have much impact.

I like what you tried with the background but pick up a graphic design book and find an example where they use bold colour but keep it in line with composition/type/less colour. I like that there's type in there that isn't in the predictable bottom corners.

Check your anatomy, the muscle bulges are off.

I like the character design, those colours look yum. C: Post more stuff (or crit to my thread, haha).

>>288
I think it was snowing during the Battle for Berlin, the battle took place on January 16th, mid-way through Winter.

Generally though in regards to the character I was referring to the atmosphere. Everything looks brighter with a tint of white, even the tank and the soldiers in front of the blue dragon.

>>295
:T well, the pictures -during- the battle don't seem to show any snow, nor the historical reconstructions, movies about it, videogames or anything. IDK.

And yeah, the color style I tried on this was supposed to look like the old illustrated history books, which often had these pastel-looking paintings. However the character was bright blue and I couldn't quite find the correct shade without straying too far from the original. C: I accept sugestions or corrected versions on how to work this onwards.

>>295
Furthermore, I read around here that final control of Berlin by the russian forces was acquired April 30th. I'm not sure about the weather cycle on Berlin during may-april...

Mid-april '45 already was quite warm and pleasant, so snow in the end of april quite unlikely. Since the red army advanced on Reichstag and the Brandenburg gate from the west (Tiergarten park), and this image depicts the gate from the east (Pariser Platz), the main risk for the soldier depicted would have been to be shot in the back from down Unter den Linden boulevard. Otherwise the square was still enclosed, apart from the gate and the end of the boulevard, by partially destroyed buildings. At that point probably the only seriously contended area likely were the New Chancellory at about 7 to 8 o'clock and 600 meters (shielded from the square by the ruin of a bank and the former academy of arts, then the seat of Albert Speer), and parts of the old ministerial quarter east of that (some of which still exists, including Goebbel's ministry of propaganda).

>>290

You misunderstand my post. I'm not saying you shouldn't post ORIGINAL art you've done that's influenced by someone else's art style -- I'm saying you shouldn't post the reference work you did to get to that point. If you trace someone else's work or redraw one of their images, DON'T POST THAT SHIT or you're going to catch a lot of shit. If your original work just happens to resemble someone else's style, there's no real issue with that (though some people may call you a rip-off of that artist's work, especially if it's below the standard the artist who inspired you has set -- compare Xpray and ICEman's Ferris-inspired art to Ferris' art, for example).

>>292 Well, yeah you are right with that. I just thought you meant something else since I did say ¨as long as you don´t trace their work¨.

Odds are during your drawing class you'll learn all you'll need to really know from a beginner's level. What you can do though to give yourself an advantage is to look into anatomy, perspective drawing and backgrounds. Practise is the bottom line though, draw in your free time, draw when you're going to work, whenever.
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In regards to your picture, there's a number of errors. The first is in regard to the background, it's bland and boring and seems to be on an incline. The perspective is very wrong.

I'd recommend using a reference such as few photographs for ideas. I use flickr.com to get ideas and go from there. Note however, you reference, you borrow ideas from it, you do -NOT- copy the whole thing.

The girl is in an odd pose, it doesn't look natural with her arm out like that. Her body doesn't seem proportioned right, learning a little bit of anatomy will help you with this. But her face is much too large, her neck is huge, her chest is far too small. I can't tell if that's a long skirt or one that reaches down to the ground, if it is the latter, she's much too small. Anatomy will help you draw her out. In the meantime though: You draw the body first, THEN you draw the clothes.

Don't skimp on details but don't go into enough detail that contrasts heavily against the main focal point of the picture (i.e the characters). Practise makes perfect though, you'll improve in time.
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Generally referencing off other people's art is a good idea to get an idea you have off the ground but you shouldn't rely on them too much. Use real world examples instead of things from other people, as on most occasions they make mistakes too.

Follow Sage's advice, I can not express how much drama you will attract by uploading traced art to places. Use it for practise and self reference but never fucking upload it -anywhere-.

1. Trace other people's artwork
2. Use photoshop to make it look decent
3. call said "traced" artwork your own
4. upload to deviantard or derraffinity
5. ???
6. PROFIT

this one was a comission from a friend whos a fan of mike mignolas work. i liked the simplicity

here's an example of what I mean by "softening" the outlines

I'm not looking for any critique on this picture though (unless I'm repeating mistakes), this is shitold

Ok, for clarification purposes, what aspects would you like to have critiqued? Anyone can go on a never ending tirade of useless nitpicky stuff.
What have you been struggling with recently.
What were the main things you tried to work out or experimented with.
Let's narrow it down to just a few things at a time.

>>424
thanks for replying

I'm frustrated with the way I position heads on their necks, the way I draw their feet/paw things, getting any sense of volume in their hands, their eyes (are those anime style? I can't even tell anymore), the blandness and lifelessness of their bodies/limbs/everything.

I'm struggling with liking my style, or even identifying with it. I really need a shove towards something that will let me keep drawing furries (because I enjoy it, regardless of the results) but from a fresh perspective.

So this section is dead too? :(

>>434

Pretty much, yeah. :/

>>434
This section doesn't get enough attention as the other boards, I check it maybe every week or so unless I forget. We don't get enough artists willing to help out others.

Some of these aren't bad at all, but there are a few minor errors I can see.

>>429 That's kind of an odd angle her crotch is on, it should be facing more outwards on a sitting pose like that.

>>430 The only problem with this I see is the breast connecting to the arm, you're missing the top of the ribcage.

>>434 The head section of this picture looks pretty awkward, I've got a feeling it's the length of the neck.

>>436

Thanks!
I´ll look into it.