[schabe]

pencil drawing:


comments and critics appreciated.

[TylerHunter]

I would recommend a few things to you to improve your work. Try to study the human figure a little more, I think the the hands on you figure are distracting, A simple way to put it is a hand alone has as many appendages as the human body so treat like a whole body. Add nuckles and bone structure. Another thing is that you might wanna take a look at nature photos for reference on background. Nothing beats practice. Keep working.

Tyler

[Collosimo]

I would also recommend that you work on your drawing a bit more before jumping into colouring.

You seem to be placing very scratchy, pecky, and nervous lines everywhere in your sketch. You should be placing very light lines to start with, now it doesn't matter if these are scratchy. So construct your basic drawing with very light lines, so that you can consider composition, and general proportion, anatomy and whatever else. Then go over, using the 'construction lines' as a guide, and draw some more confident lines. Smoother curves, with less interruptions should improve your drawings considerably. You need to be careful when placeing each and every line, Consider its purpose first, then apply it with confidence. Each and every line on your drawing will have some importance. "Each mark on the drawing surface should seek to beautify the drawing, not destroy it".

Consider things like value, the light and dark aspects of your drawing. Consider lighting, the direction that the light shines onto the form of the body. Vary your line width, and value, to suit the lighting. Therefore dark and thick lines for shadow areas, and light thin lines, sometimes disapearing for the edges of forms that are bathed in strong light. Consider also the weight, and size of each individual aspect of the form. Eg. A Leg will have generally thicker and darker lines to indicate its bulk. In contrast, the fingers on a hand are usually small in comparison and delicate, so use a delicate line.

I would also suggest that you investigate anatomy.

I think your conversion from pencil to coloured art is quite an improvement. You have done well in that respect.

[schabe]

thanks for your comments. yes, anatomy especially hands looks somewhat weird. got to improve skills. thanks for the explanations about better drawing and lights. i try to implement these hints with the next painting.