Imma just showcase my sh*t here rather than make a new thread every time. Im looking for critique so i can improve. just started getting into the habit of drawing for no reason.

Imma start it out with this drawing i just finished



I realized my mistakes but if any of yall can point any more out i'd be glad

props.

sick dude... minor mistakes: the shading on the nose looks a little flat, and the right eye is a little crooked, wrinkles on the forehead are too dark, and hand looks HUGE.. other than that hair looks sick, and shading on everything else is on point

good work

Originally Posted by joshwgnr sick dude... minor mistakes: the shading on the nose looks a little flat, and the right eye is a little crooked, wrinkles on the forehead are too dark, and hand looks HUGE.. other than that hair looks sick, and shading on everything else is on point good work

yeah, those are the mistakes i realized, if anything i think the right eye should be tilted down more. i fixed the hand slightly, thanks for the critique.

Originally Posted by Eqman yeah, those are the mistakes i realized, if anything i think the right eye should be tilted down more. i fixed the hand slightly, thanks for the critique.

The eyes are at the wrong angle, and the right eye is too large.

also, you have nothing showing the plane change between the front and the side of the face. there should be a change in tone/shading following the line going around the eye socket and down the cheekbone...think of the head as a box, that line is the separation of two planes, and really makes the head look more dimensional.

the hand is a bit large, but i dont think its a big deal because of the foreshortening that would be happening at that angle.

and the hair is done real well.

Originally Posted by Arkanjal The eyes are at the wrong angle, and the right eye is too large. also, you have nothing showing the plane change between the front and the side of the face. there should be a change in tone/shading following the line going around the eye socket and down the cheekbone...think of the head as a box, that line is the separation of two planes, and really makes the head look more dimensional. the hand is a bit large, but i dont think its a big deal because of the foreshortening that would be happening at that angle. and the hair is done real well.

lol thats how i imagine a face usually, That picture makes it look like a pastel painting, the actual thing on paper has alot more differences in shading like the ones you mentioned but yeah ill fine tune it because theres only a SLIGHT change of shading on the side.

Thanks man i appreciate it.

sh*t...the other cats already got it!

props tho man some slick work there

Originally Posted by Cutty Olds sh*t...the other cats already got it! props tho man some slick work there

thanks yo, i appreciate it, im working on other stuff to post on here.

i started pretty late at night out of impulse...came out ok I just hate the pic from the camera, it always lowers the Quality

looks like it was rushed... similar mistakes to the first: shading on nose is flat, and i think you need more of a transition from the real dark areas to the light ones.. eg, the hat and neck

good work regardless

Originally Posted by joshwgnr looks like it was rushed... similar mistakes to the first: shading on nose is flat, and i think you need more of a transition from the real dark areas to the light ones.. eg, the hat and neck good work regardless

This one was a little rushed...i wasnt as driven to make the dark areas SOLID black like the previous. My camera blands the transitions from light to dark. im working on how to give the shading on the noses more definition, Thanks.

Originally Posted by Eqman This one was a little rushed...i wasnt as driven to make the dark areas SOLID black like the previous. My camera blands the transitions from light to dark. im working on how to give the shading on the noses more definition, Thanks.

study the shape of the nose. and start by drawing symple shapes, and practicing realistic shading. by simple shape, i mean, draw a doorstop/wedge like shape. dont bother making it look like a nose, just draw and shade the basic geometric shape. do that a couple times, add a sphere to the wider end of that shape, and practice that.

then do studys, draw nothing but noses. 10 or so on a page, just draw them

practice makes perfect.

Originally Posted by Arkanjal study the shape of the nose. and start by drawing symple shapes, and practicing realistic shading. by simple shape, i mean, draw a doorstop/wedge like shape. dont bother making it look like a nose, just draw and shade the basic geometric shape. do that a couple times, add a sphere to the wider end of that shape, and practice that. then do studys, draw nothing but noses. 10 or so on a page, just draw them practice makes perfect.

Thanks for the tips. Do you draw as a career or are you in college?

pretty tight it kind of looks like ludacris

Originally Posted by Eqman Thanks for the tips. Do you draw as a career or are you in college?

i should be graduating from college this semester with a fine arts degree....to become a teacher, and hopefully a professor later on.

hopefully it will be a career. im working on putting a portfolio and website together. ill post some sh*t up here at some point.

Originally Posted by Arkanjal i should be graduating from college this semester with a fine arts degree....to become a teacher, and hopefully a professor later on. hopefully it will be a career. im working on putting a portfolio and website together. ill post some sh*t up here at some point.

cool man im looking foward to seeing your work.

I was all souled out on this one.

WIP- Mobb Deep

Finished-

Mobb Deep

Details/Texture on the jackets are dope man.
Props on that.

Originally Posted by CHRONICLE Details/Texture on the jackets are dope man. Props on that.

thanks man. the jackets are always the hardest to do because when i get to them i dont even feel like working on the piece anymore.

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edit: good to see someones tryin to keep this section going