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Trying to focus on my anatomy and getting cleaner shading, so I’d love to hear your thoughts or any tips you have.

Hey hey! ^-^

I’m a semi realistic artist who likes drawing men mostly. Recently I’ve gotten motivation and a huge enjoyment in drawing muscles, particularly shirtless. Besides NSFW sites, are there any websites or places I can go to find these refs?
I’ve found this artist on instagram who had gorgeous pieces with dynamic poses/lighting and was wondering if anyone knew where I can find similar references

Thank you!

Context: So this is my original character Elfie. She has the ability to see spirits (the one that hangs around her the most is a white bunny that carries around a moon). One of the problems I’m having is that I feel like I should add an object or spirit on the left side to balance everything out, and logically my brain says “well obviously a stuffed animal or a book” but I keep thinking that’s “boring” because I keep wanting to add something more unique to her and her character. I thought about another spirit but a generic ghost is definitely a bad idea because there’s already a white object in the piece so too much white will be distracting (well and I’m paranoid that the bunny is too white/dominant and is already distracting from Elfie but I don’t know how to tone it down). I could come up with a more unique spirit character but then we get into character design and trying to come up with an original creature is not my strong suit. My mind is just blank.

The other issue I’m finding is that I’m wondering if the blanket looks too flat?? I keep trying to add lines and shadows but no matter how many I add and smooth them out it still comes out flat. Speaking of flat, is Elfie’s face too flat? I added some more shadows in different spots especially the background because I feel like I didn’t add enough overall & the piece just keeps looking too flat.

Totally welcome any advice!!

I've been drawing since forever and I have a certain style I like to draw in that is similar to like a mix of sailor moon, scene or emo art, and other things. but.. I don’t get any commissions really, and I was wondering if its something unappealing with my style that turns them off to it? sorry, I’m not very good with words so I hope this sounds right

EDIT: I know the watermarks suck and are annoying, but can we ignore them for this? it was my mistake adding them, i'm a paranoid person and I saw others putting similar things on their art so I thought there was gonna be like a person coming around and stealing art from people lol

EDIT 2: Even if my art isnt that good, do you think people would still pay for it in animation meme styles? I do those a lot, and have gotten payment for those(just not in ful color), but want to know opinions I guess

I've been think about commissions for awhile alot of people have said I should but I just don't think my art is there yet,

my style is still going through some changes but I'm looking for any possible way to make money rn bc my ferret is very ill,

unfortunately we can't afford the vet bill so any money atp is better then nothing I just want a honest opinion if anyone would actually buy my art?

(Edit) also to clarify the first 5 are my most recent art style and how I draw things atm the others are just some from over the months

Hi !

I’m getting back to drawing/painting after almost two years and thought a good way to re learn everything was by doing masters studies (among others things like figure drawing)

I tried painting one based on The Bridesmaid by John Everett Millais.
The idea wasn’t perfect accuracy but more of a focus on colours and mood. I’m not mad with the outcome but it looks more like a Draw This I’m Your Style than a study, I’ve had the same problem with portrait studies, it ends up looking stylised.

Feel free to critique anything about it, I know I framed the face wrong so the angle is off, and please don’t look at the hair too much I decided to freelance with gouache apparently. Also I intentionally omitted some parts I didn’t want to focus on for the time being so it’s not “finished”

My question is : How can I approach studies to end up with more likeness in terms of style and proportions ? Also is it really that bad that I end up naturally stylising everything?

Thank you in advance !

This is one of my practice pieces where I was playing with shading and allowing myself to go darker than I normally would, and trying to play with dark and lights

I was also trying to practice just general anatomy, anything I could improve on for the future? Or anything I could’ve done better?

I suck at drawing male bodies and I'm trying to actually learn and improve 😭 please point out any mistakes, you can draw over it and edit it

Hoping a pokemon expert or someone who knows what they're doing with animals can help..

My plan was to have Sylveon jumping and curling around the character, with its strands.. Attenae.. Whatever creating a heart shaped silhouette. Problem is, I just can't figure out how to draw them from this perspective or get it to look the way I want to.

Im trying to develop a symbolic abstract form of art that I can do.

Honestly I am not skilled with art right now, I want to get better, and I will keep practicing, but I need a minimalist form of art that I can do with the very limited amount of time and energy I have at my full time exhausting day job.

I am alos trying to publish a science fiction novel and use these illustrations just as decorative illustrations to break up the constant pages of words...

How do I do this in a meaningful way so people dont look at it and "not get it" or just feel like they are looking at meanninglessness , like a banna taped to a wall in an art museum?

Sorry for reposting this for the 3rd time, had to figure out how to actually make the image show without viewing/clicking on the post. But yes, does the shading look flat so far? Please help!

Hi! I have been doing digital art for about 5-6 month now. And while i have improved greatly, i still have some issues

The above art (pic no. 1) is my latest drawing (pic 2 was reference art. Found on google). I use layers but for some reason the jellyfish seems 'superimposed' on the background (which is supposed to be a sea)

How to fix it/make it better?

App used : IbisPaintX (don't have premium)

Brushes : felt tip pen (soft), dip pen (hard) and airbrush trapezoid (40%)

I finger paint (i.e. dont use a stylus) on my phone

Any and all polite criticism is welcome!!

How to make it look more finished? clean and interesting… not to look like a beginner art… I need critique, I can take it all. I added the reference photo but I did not do it the same.