r/ArtCrit

Both the representation of the metal and the grass felt challenging to approach and am happy with my results, but want to see how I can improve.

Previously, I’ve started finding my style extremely bland and unappealing. Lacking in charm and enjoyability, so I decided to experiment with different stylistic choices, for the sake of possibly giving my style a more “stylized” look.

Newest step on my art journey! I wanted to get some feedback as to what am I doing right and what am I doing wrong! Cause i know there's a right approach to stylization and certain rules can be broken while others need to be followed. Am I heading in the right direction?

These are all watercolor and pen on paper. Thank you in advance

Edit: I added my reference photos in the comments!

So im currently working on this Acryl Painting on Canvas, and i had quite the struggle with it until now, i think i repainted the colours three times already. And now im quite pleased with the colour palette but - besides of more contrast, shadows and higlights - i feel its lacking some details that makes this more intresting. I was thinking maybe adding like a light gradient behind her head or to the flames or letting some fire sparks flying around or something. But i would love to hear if you folks have any ideas how to improve this painting or what i could maybe add to it?

He is a superhero who is the leader of his home planet. His powers involve harnessing dark matter like lantern constructs. Any tips on how to draw better muscles and legs?

Hi friends 😊

I’ve been focusing on my proportions and face planes lately, as a challenge I did a 3 hour study as I tend to take my time since I’m a beginner (been taking my art seriously for around a year now).

Materials - Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil and A3 120gsm paper.

Process - I began by drawing the proportions, in the first hour I checked the proportions using an overlay tool twice. After which I stopped using the overlay tool.

I struggled with the mouth and the eyes, I find it difficult to capture those areas where there are sharp turns and softer plane changes.

I did focus on the face, choosing not to draw in the hat and the rest of the bust was on purpose as I wanted to keep attention on the face.

Any feedback is appreciated! But I’m specifically looking to improve my proportions, planes and values.

Took me too long to finally post this. I started making it when Juren came out and procrastinated it for soo long. Let's see if yall can point out the easter egg on this one.

I did a recent portrait study of expressions from people on Instagram, however, I feel like their expressions are too robotic and stiff. Could someone who is more experienced in portraiture give me some pointers, please?

Feedback on __:

• Color scheme
• Current "finer" details (scars / stitched-together clothing)

Obviously, if you feel like giving feedback on something else, please go ahead!

Request(s) from me:

• I'd like to add bloodstains around the character (a few on the exposed skin areas and soaked into the bandages), however, with the current style I'm trying to mess with, I'm finding that difficult. If you have any suggests or references, I'll be greatly appreciative!

All of the changes from the previous version to now:

• Removed the tear in the center of the bra
• Added "clothing-flaps" to some of the torn areas of clothing (the little bits of cloth still attached)
• Broke up some of the clothing tears into slightly smaller sections
• Eye shape / outline was changed slightly
• Added stitches to some of the clothing tears
• Added much more contrast to the red colors of the character
• Added stylized scars around the body (used a tutorial from Pinterest by ziegenkind as a base)
• Changed the design of the bra, moving the bottom stripe to the very bottom and adding a new one around the neck area
• Added a tattoo of the Spades (playing cards) symbol
• The legs were also extended, to give some more height and correct the proportions

Since both images are just screenshots of the current design, some details may be hard to see, if you want to get a better look at any of the details, please let me know and I will do my best to get a better screenshot for you!

Saturated color+ details or kinda monochromatic and simplistic?

this is the average level of polish i produce from a digital painting. Im a bit impatient, so a lot of my art has a sketchy look. But I want to know what I can improve to make my art look more polished. I added details ot the backround in order to try to make it look less basic, for example.