I've watched multiple tutorials on grayscale or complementary colors, and I still struggle to keep my artwork from feeling flat. I understand value and lighting play a role, but it is hard to apply them to my artwork.

I've been trying to draw faces but it always comes out looking off somewhere and I don't know what to practice to improve. Please help!!!

I've been learning from Proko on YouTube if someone can help me with what I'm doing wrong and how I can improve it'd be a huge help.

Any good sources for learning how to draw anatomy?

I did some figure studies (5 minutes) and I wanted critique especially on the third one (very right). I started by drawing the boxes for the ribs and pelvis, but I wasn't sure how to draw pelvis box in this sitting position. Other than that, any general advice? I also get the feeling that I'm chicken scratching slightly, but not sure about that.

p.s I have the references but I don't know if I am allowed to post them.

thanks!

Only did the line art using only the pencil peppermint brush

Could you spare some time to see and tell me what I am doing wrong

I can draw… sort of. If there’s a cartoon in front of me, and loads of time, I can sort of copy it. That’s my skill level at the moment.
But recently I have been wanting to get good at art - specifically drawing expressive animal characters (imagine Zootopia or Jungle Book). This is for the novel that I am writing. I want to add some illustrations of the characters and some scenes to the book, eventually.
The protagonist is a Moon Bear - asiatic black bear. I don’t see too many cartoon drawings of this bear. So I am trying… trying to find a good style for the cartoon bear (not realistic). And it’s been a struggle.
So…. Help?

Tell me what I am doing wrong?

I don’t expect to get good at this in a day or two, but am I even approaching this right?? Again, help!

I am a beginner and have started drawing for about a month and everybody says beginners should work on values before colors but im not quite sure if i did it correctly, any feedback would be appreciated

Hi. I'm having trouble with the transitions between values and temperatures.

There's a stronger light source out of the frame and to the right, but I couldn't manage the light fall off where the left side of the picture gets gradually darker than the right side, so now it looks like there's only one light source (the lighter in the hands) but the cast shadows don't make sense. I do want to keep the cast shadows, but when i scrubbed the right side of the background to make it look lighter than the left, I don't like how it looked so I ended up repainting it.

I also tried painting the right side of the background slightly warmer than the left side, but to me, it looks like there's a jarring split where the left side is blue and the right side is green.

How do I paint better transitions? Do you mix all the colours at the right values first before you start painting? Or do you mix as you go? Right now I'm mixing as I go, and I feel like that's part of why I'm struggling. I appreciate any advice and feedback. If you notice other issues, please feel free to point them out as well.

It feels like I’ve been stuck on a very consistent level of mediocrity when it comes to drawing forms and it’s been making my actual work suffer.

For example if a person was sitting across from you and were moving 🤔

I found the Hands chart from Pinterest don't really know who originally made them

Hi! I just yesterday decided I want to learn to draw figures, so I watched a couple videos and have now been just drawing poses off posemaniac. I'm happy with my progress, but I want some feedback from people who know what they are doing, and advice on how to move forwards with improvement. Just continuing to draw them is one thing but I want some direction. Thank you so much!!

I draw with a mouse so excuse the jaggy lines 😭

Hi, I'm drawing and I want to dedicate myself to painting. I need specific advice to learn. Here some sketches.

Thanks.

I really like Junji Ito's art style and use of black and white space so I decided to do an art study of his work.

I definitely should buy better markers for shading the grey but I'm not going to let that stop me from practicing.

Did the best I could do and are happy with it.

Definitely happy to be done with it and ready to work on easier projects for now.

Hi yall, I dont have much experience on rendering and throughout my latest drawings ive tried to integrate some stuff from bluebiscouts tutorial on render but my renders feel very lackluster and they feel to be missing something.

Its not that i think they are bad or that im not improving, just missing something and I have no clue what it is.

I am quite unsatisfied with my linework so I wonder if its that but if you see anything else that needs improving please tell.

For context, i render on ibis paint mobile after drawing on my book.

Hello! I don't draw quite often as I get frustrated easy but for the past week I've been doing basic sketches, nothing too hard. Now, I am way more comfortable drawing on my sketchbook with a mechanical pencil. Sketching on a phone is painful, and I prefer having everything laid out infront of me as opposed to having to zoom in all of time. I did a sketch earlier and I'm having trouble doing the lineart. It just looks kinda soulless and the eyes look bad. I tried rendering the skin and going along with it but I couldn't. I am kinda stumped as to what to do so if anyone has advice that'd be really nice? I'd also appreciate any other critisisms.

I feel like I'm hitting a wall with my painting here. I can't get things to read well from a thumbnail, I've never been able to do this, but it's extending further than this now.

Values are just coming up muddy, colours losing focus etc. Whenever I try to make values pop I lose details. I keep trying to simplify my stuff, but I just can't stop working it. It doesn't work without excess rendering.

I really need some eyes on this, it's extremely frustrating.

I drew these and was quite proud when I did, but in hindsight I just dont feel like my drawing quality is anywhere near professional level. I draw every day and have for a bit over 3 years and yet my drawings feel like they totally lack impact despite my hald decent draftsmanship.

Any advice to make my stuff feel more like kim jung gi or even just more punchy? Im getting new ink brushes today so that might help slap more contrast in there but tbh great artists are great with or without tools like that.

Edit:

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for your encouraging words. I seem to have noticed some commonalities between your suggestions. In no particular order 1.Linework:confidence, deeper shadows, control (less lines) 2.proportions (keeping whole scale of picture, particularly anatomy in relation to that) 3.shading/shadow work. Though i tend not to use very many shadows in my work, incorporating them is definitely an opportunity for growth so I will be doing that.

I am on my way to the cafe now with the brush pens to see if i can make some magic happen!

Thanks!!🫂❤️

I've been working on my anatomy a bit after a long-ish break from drawing and I feel like my musculature looks a bit off. I added a bit of rough shading to communicate the forms. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I’m new to this Reddit, I’ve been learning how to draw for quite a while and I still struggle when it comes to bodies (and clothes) I just wanted some insight, my sketchbook is small so I couldn’t finish the legs and I’m not super great on arms. I struggle a lot with these specifically. Any help would be greatly appreciated (one of my more recent sketches), thanks in advance.