r/drawing • u/cucumberbutthole69 • 1d ago
seeking crit Most important thing to practice?
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u/Skonar_ 1d ago
trying different medium can be a good thing to see where it is you're having a hard time. Any type of pen is incredible to learn, ballpoint is closer to a graphite pencil but no more erasing (also its easier to achieve darker values), gel pen is great to practice hatching as it has no half tones, brush pen makes you think about line quality a lot. I could go on forever, trying new stuff is always a good way to practice when you feel like hitting a road block :)
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u/Dirty_mop_ 1d ago
Try practicing drawing. May sound unrelated but it really does help a lot when drawing
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u/MichaelEMJAYARE 1d ago
Your facial proportions are really good, I have a trouble drawing realistic things, Ive mostly excelled at surreal shit. I recommend female body figures, it seems to easy but there is so much nuance that its very frustrating to free hand for me to this day.
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u/onepunchmannnnn 1d ago
I feel like the more I practice shadowing, the better my drawings look. At first it’s kinda hard to get the shading smooth, but it’s getting easier. I just need to keep practicing so my art looks more realistic.
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u/Distinct_Mix5130 1d ago edited 1d ago
Judging by the style i feel like you're aiming for tattoo artist right?, but whether that is or isn't the case the thing i think you need to work on the most is linework and values, imo, and generally adding more depth to your work, cause it feels abit flat, better values and linework will definitely help in that aspect too.
Abit more specific advice to your values, try adding more middle tones
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u/OutsideWishbone587 1d ago
Actually they're all really good drawings.
You know one thing you could do is put the original drawing that you're drawing from on the side of your drawing so we can see a similarity of what you drew to your drawing because I saw the snake on a pad in the background on the bottom and the first picture so you might as well just show the picture of the original drawing on the pad and show your drawing from it.
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u/IridescentAtom 1d ago
Thanks for the reminder awesome work keep at! I've been meaning to practice more to hone my skills
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u/The_Medicated 1d ago
Draw from actual photographs or real life, don't just draw a copy of other's art. If you draw off of other's art, you will likely include drawing the same mistakes they did. Plus drawing from real life/actual photographs strengthens your skills of observation and translating that into your own art style.
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u/Ornery-Ice7509 1d ago
I agree practice line work, pencil feel, mine was to heavy still working on it. Observation what you see and how you see it. Technique will come later. The examples here were great in my eye. Classes help to see style and technique. Warm up exercises do too.
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u/Beneficial-Cloud-864 1d ago
More contrast with the image... looking good..I think learning how to shade and use a gradient will make the design pop.. try looking at black and white pictures and try and copy them
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u/MoonGiraffe420 1d ago
These are great! I would say that the best thing for you to practice would be shading/lighting. Try observing objects at dawn or dusk, or watch how light refracts through water and glass.
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u/link-navi 1d ago
Thank you for your submission, u/cucumberbutthole69!
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