r/Artadvice

I would appreciate a correction in rendering and in anatomy! Thank you! I want to improve further..

This are today's results from more practice and I really want opinion on the gesture drawing at the end. I watched more tutorials and feel like they came out better than before but still not quite there. Any critic or advice will be welcome.

I couldn't draw a circle or stick figure to save my life. I think this is amazing, but maybe I'm biased or clueless? She is 14. Feedback is fine in either direction ;) She has other talents and most importantly a great heart/mind. So all good. But as a clueless parent, is this great for a 14 YO or just kinda good? Wondering if my daughter truly has a "gift" or this is just a really good drawing? Her work vs. original. Not traced. I think all colored pencils. (you can tell i'm clueless lol). Ty ty! :)

Idk where else to ask bc I feel hopeless :( getting tested for Tremors too idk if it’s worth it to continue if it’s this difficult

I know this might come across as me fishing for compliments or being self-deprecating, but that's really not what I'm trying to do.

I'm self-taught and never really studied. I just did my thing for long enough until I was happy with my art. I don't know how to paint. I just throw random colors together until I accidentally find some combination that I like. I don't know how to sketch. I generally just draw and hope for the best, and bang, it's finished, usually all on the same layer. And don't ask me about advanced techniques like hatching or perspective (and it's pretty evident that I never learned about line weight).

A lot of people have told me that my drawings are great, and I do appreciate that, but I feel like the reality is that I have very little actual technical knowledge. I've just gotten good at hiding my weaknesses and leaning into the things that happen to work, to the point where the strengths tend to stand out more than the flaws.

But for financial reasons, I plan to work with commissions as a second source of income, and I need to become a better artist. But my fundamentals are rotten because I never really learned them. The point is: I lack technique. How should I go about fixing that, since I would basically have to relearn how to draw the "right" way after years of bad habits?

i’m doing a nude drawing of my friend’s character and i really wanted to go all out, but im really struggling with rendering / shading the skin. i’ve done it before no problem but those were with lighter skin tones, and i feel like trying to apply the same rules i learned in those pieces is making this one look weird and off. is it something with my color choices? how can i improve it? i would appreciate any help or advice, ive been struggling with this piece for weeks now😭

I want the hand to look like she’s about to drop the microphone.. but idk how to do that. You can critique other things too :)

Edit: so basically she’s getting shot in the neck and I want to draw the split second that happens… so I want the hand more relaxed or more ‘open’ as the mic on her hand is falling out of it 😭

It's not quite coffee paper (thought it could be). Please give physical and digital advice (I mean like what I can physically do to a paper and what I can use in art softwares to make it look like that)

Guys... help. I'm trying to practice my poses, and I feel like something is wrong with this drawing from the torso up. Can you tell what parts of anatomy I have been working on, lol? Any advice and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Second photo includes the reference, as well as the original attempt at the pose with a pencil. Yes, she looks nothing like the reference. I don't enjoy drawing faces and it shows, that's also something I'd like to tackle eventually

Any advice is welcomed, be it watercolor or portrait related. Thanks in advance!

Terrible drawing to show how I've always held my pencil/drawing tool. Ever since I was a kid I've held it this way and couldn't hold it the other way. I'm double jointed and its very awkward to hold it the normal way, and I can't draw the normal way, it's very shaky and I have bad control. I've always held it this way, but im now wondering if this affects anything or holds me back? I feel like I draw/write fine enough, its not hard for me, but is this stopping me from anything and is this holding me back??

I don’t know what, but something about the shading feels off to me. Also the bedsheets feel wrong, but I don’t how to render them properly. Also don’t mention the hand, I know I need to fix it I just haven’t yet lol.

I yearn to get better at anatomy and face structure. especially men's, I rarely draw guys cuz I somehow manage to make a man looks too feminine sometimes sobs

any other advices that I didn't mention also helps I really dont mind!! :]