need opinions on how to make my drawings better :)

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 5:09 AM

so i want to improve my drawings so im gonna post some i've done and if you could all tell me what i could have done better that would be great 😊 i've been told a few are perfect but im not too sure on that haha xD

meg/megara from hercules as a child (newest drawing)
http://i40.tinypic.com/2ue0gec.jpg

the corpse bride (done last week)
http://i43.tinypic.com/zmjeo7.jpg

sleeping beauty (done last week)
http://i44.tinypic.com/2ptcxvr.jpg

first attempt at drawing proper hair (done yesturday)
http://i42.tinypic.com/5c0pqr.jpg

ariel (done last week)
http://i39.tinypic.com/280touv.jpg

cheshire cat from alice madness returns (done 2 weeks ago)

johnny depp (done about 3 weeks ago)
http://i43.tinypic.com/2qdtx8g.jpg

the cheshire cat (done about 3 months ago)
http://i39.tinypic.com/t9ihww.jpg

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 6:05 AM

@eldnew

I would say that you are really good already but somethings you can improve on are values. I mean, you seem to have finding the darkest and lightest values down good but work on your transition between them with the medium values. Don't be afraid to go in with your eraser to make things brighter or add a little shine to certain areas and also something that I have found useful when shading portraits is that often times the deepest dark's in your piece are literally right next to your brightest values, that's what makes them look so extreme. I don't know if you do this already but after your final sketch is done you could map out where the lightest and darker values extend to with some simple shapes, it makes it much easier to see where things look good and where a mistake may pop up later.

OH, and advice I would give on everything in general, study everything. Other people's art, pictures, real life things and make a point to see something new in what you are looking at. Notice little details and jot them down either with a quick example sketch or in writing, any way as long as you understand what you saw. Observation is a good way to teach yourself to do new things and expand what your eyes can see. As an artist you are always growing, there's never a peak or end so long as you keep trying.

I hope that made sense, I'm very tired right now. If not please feel free to ask me to clarify things. But yeah, great job on all of them, I'd have to say that I like Sleeping beauty the best.

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 6:14 AM

@whitescales made perfect sense 😊 thanks so much for all the advice 😃 i think your advice should be really helpful, i like the idea of mapping out the lighter and darker values 😊

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 6:27 AM

@eldnew

You're welcome, the mapping really comes in handy especially with complicated ones. Just do it with really light light marks and don't be afraid to mark values within values too, or make up values and details where information is fuzzy or lacking. This is where your observations will come in handy. 😉

yts • 30 June 2013 at 6:29 AM

@eldnew
I've learn something about drawing by copying a lot. I think it's really helpfull.

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 6:39 AM

@whitescales
awesome, thanks 😃

@yts
by drawing the same pic as what someone else has done or like tracing?? 😊

yts • 30 June 2013 at 6:55 AM

@eldnew
For example you find an image you like on internet and then you copy it on paper, you've to make it more similar to original you can. You can also find some body studies on internet and you can copy different poses, I did it one year ago http://ytsukamaete.deviantart.com/art/Body-Male-Sketches-307088700

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 7:03 AM

@yts
thought that was the sort of copying you meant 😊 awesome sketches 😱 😃
for the first mentioned this is the picture i copied from 😊 http://images4.fanpop.com/image/user_images/2609000/buymoria-2609363_524_650.jpg

yts • 30 June 2013 at 7:20 AM

@eldnew
If you prefer a style, for example I draw in manga and anime style, you should find several images of that and than copy them to learn different techniques

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 7:21 AM

@yts okay, i'll try that 😃 thanks for the advice 😊

yts • 30 June 2013 at 8:38 AM

@eldnew
no problem 😊

sony • 30 June 2013 at 10:55 AM

@eldnew Hmm, I like them xD
I'm not a pro in drawing, so, just basically saying this in a viewer's perspectives xD

I love the Sleeping Beauty and the hair 😱 Beautiful hair.

I would say, in your latest drawing (the Meg and Hades picture), perhaps Meg is a bit... disproportionately drawn...!
The head is a little too big compared to her whole body!
And Hades looks cute 😸

Also, aren't the lips were too big on Ariel? o_O
Haha!
But beautifully drawn anyway 😸

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 11:19 AM

@sony thanks 😊 haha the ariel one was a huge fail, the lips are too big xD I never noticed megs head was too big 😱 thanks for pointing that out 😊

sony • 30 June 2013 at 11:20 AM

@eldnew
You're welcome ^o^
Hehe, but you're really good *thumbs up* xD

Deleted • 30 June 2013 at 11:24 AM

@sony thank you... Again 😊