[Lexmir]

My first real post of artwork here. Been browsing for a long time and recently just got my Graphire 2. I love it I just wish i had more time to work with it. I am in grade ten so I dont know all the things so as physics of folds and such. Anyways, it supposed to be a skater doing a frontside crooked grind it only took about 20min, and I am in need of your crits.

Thanks guys

[Matthew]

Where�s the Coping?
I think this one is really cool, maybe you could add some shadow under the board so it doesn�t looks like there are no wheels, Wheels of fire.

sk8 or die
Matthew

[St. Seneca]

I hate skaters.

I hate your picture.

Good job.

[phox3z]

Nice smudging...
It needs more contrast too
did you use the smudge tool for everything?

[Lexmir]

yeah basically all i did was lay down some colors and added a darker color and smudged it. Just very early on. Yes, I was referring to myself. I have not been taught that and have not looked into folds and such because I know there are 15 year olds out there that know how. For now the coping is the litte gray part and I added a pattern. I just hoped to see if anything looked out of position before I go far into detail. I was thinking the right foot looked odd. Anyways, thanks for the comments, hopefully I can fit in some time with my tablet between homework.

Thanks

[the_insider]

im 15 and i think i know a good deal about folds and anatomy and such----
to give you some pointers i think you should study or 'practice' some more with people and colors before doing this---the legs are awful short and i think you made it like that partly because your instict told you to try to fit the entire picture on that little canvas size---

maybe you shouldn't work the back angle just yet since thats a bit tougher--
take some magazines like thrasher or whatever you may have and copy some skaters--do some black~n~white stuff to not deal with color just yet because first you should learn about value and shading--

and when you DO work with color--dont use patterns like you did on the grip-tape and fill in the whole piece with the basic colors you're gonna use first--at least thats a more efficient way to me--OH YEA--and did i mention smudge tools are the devil unless you know how to use them--don't overdose on the smudge!!

the ledge lacks perspective--if you use photoshop you can make straight lines with the 'shift' button----but then again you did say this was 20 minutes---POOEY oh well---------laaaaaaaate
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[Lexmir]

thanks for the tips Insider, also thanks to all who commented. Next up some black and white skate pics