r/learntodraw

I am quite unsatisfied of how it turns out right now even though it’s not finished yet

What do y’all think? Is the face area too visibly crowded? I feel like the hand really goes under because there are too many similar colors next to each other + no real contrast

I dunno how to fix that except some rimlighting I think but I’d love to get some advice how to get the best result out of this <3

I really love the art style of a specific TikTok and instagram artist. His name is Ibruh, and something about his art and style scratches my brain and just fuels a desire to be just as good as he is.

I have been drawing seriously since freshman year, and I’m currently a junior in high school. Ibruh himself said he’s been drawing for four or five years now

I think I’ve found my style, but I never really learned the basics much past a simple understanding level and my art class kinda skimmed over it, as my teacher decided to teach us calligraphy and also leans more into 3d pieces.

Ibruh has a really good understanding of perspective, anatomy, line work, style, and a certain confidence in all his work. All of his stuff seems so dynamic and pops out to me, and I really want to get to his level as fast as possible.

The things I’m working on currently is mostly anatomy and poses as I’m more focused on character doodles.

I would really love any tips or advice on what he does best and what a beginner should focus on to get to his level

Things I personally noticed I could improve:

• is making the manmade objects more straight,

• cleaning up my drawing to make it be more sharp,

• incorporating more soft shadows,

• using texture brushes to add a little bit more,

• increasing the contrast and incorporating more middle tones,

• filling the empty space on the wall with textures,

• improving the expression on the face,

• improving the facial structure,

• and increasing the sharpness on the main butterfly to make it stand out more.

• making the backround more detaila and fixing the path.

• fixing the perspectice of the path because it looks cut off

Any critique about anything that pertains to the art would be appreciated.

I wanted to make it more stylized but I always end up rendering it too much. Going for that messy-sketchy look. Although, it still does look a bit off but I can't for the life of me, figure out what makes it look off. Feel free to give any tips.

One thing that bothers and demotivates me is the inconsistency between a drawing I make by copying a base (I look at the base drawing and copy it) and a drawing I make on my own (whether it's with different references or just something free). For example: the image I posted. I can't feel joy or pride in having drawn those hands knowing that, when I try to draw on my own, something will come out with the image on top of the hands (or even something uglier), and I genuinely don't know how to fix that. 🥀

I was trying to do references where people are in diferent angles, I plan on doing the box thing a month in, so in a couple weeks

Failing to understand the distinction here. Halp.

So I started this week with the box rotating grid

and Im facing a one problem only with it

that is with rotating the box downward

I know that the right and left sides of the box r converging toward a vanishing point below , but I kinda find it HARD to find the right proportions to the top-front face of the box ( in these red circles ) when it's rotating down

So is there any trick to find that right without EXPANDING the box itself?

I've been diving into art and drawin' recently and I stumbled across this image drawn from genshin impact (or hoyoverse, its so good!

Honestly I know this will take years to achieve, but I think knowing what skills I should be studying to get closer to this would help me tremendously. So I've come to ask you guys since you guys are genuinely helpful.

Thank you guys :>

I recently got a 24-pencil tin of oil-based coloured pencils and I’ve been enjoying figuring out how to layer them and build a process that works for me.

I’m generally a fan of bold contours, but I also want some of the fin edges to read softer and more wispy/translucent. Advice on process, layering, colour choices, or anything that looks off would be appreciated.

My current approach is to get the big 2D shapes/proportions down first and then develop the 3D form through value, planes, and rendering, so feedback on whether that’s reading well would also be useful.

BTW, I’m not too concerned with making my piece a one-to-one copy.

Thank you!

Ignore the text. Anyway, the larger drawing is what I drew from memory. How do the muscles look? Also, is the breast placement correct? Do they look like actual boobs and not balloons? Cus I’m having one of those days where this stuff is becoming frustrating and I just don’t feel like looking for mistakes.

This is the very first time working on 1st point perspective after working on some of the box exercises and looking at a couple of videos.

I've decided to print a refrence and trace where the lines converged into the vanishing point, and then drew from that traced picture. Im not sure if that's the best method on learning how to do that, but it kind of worked for me (I guess?)

Anyways, am I going towards the right direction? Let me know what you guys think.

(Btw, the circles and notes is where I left off at. I got kind of confused and overwhelmed, which caused me to take three hours on it.)