Opinions on my drawings?

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[darkwoon]

The lines are somewhat faint and pale on the photos, so it is sometimes hard to see the details. If you don't have a scanner (note: a scanner is a GREAT tool for artists!), then I'd suggest you this to take better pictures of your work using the camera:

- Always take the photos in the same conditions: find a good place where to put the camera on a table, and the paper sheet in front of it, so once you get it right once, it will be easy to reproduce good results.

- Don't hold the sheet and the camera with your hands - make a simple holding frame with wood, lego, cardboard, etc to keep the paper sheets vertical before the camera. Trigger the camera with the timer, so no risk it moves and shakes when taking the picture.

- Once you have taken the photo, use a drawing or photo editing program and pass the result through a sharpening filter (most of such programs have that. If yours doesn't, you can still use Gimp, which is a free one) so the lines become more visible.

You won't get results as good as with a scanner, but you'll definitely be able to see a quality improvement.

Now, regarding the pictures themselves: I didn't like the manga character - it looks too much like a reproduction of an existing design (which is maybe the case), and the shading is too primitive/limited. The seal/armories is not bad, but I think it was drawn too small, which prevented you to add more details and shade it as it would have deserved to. The woman serving tea I found quite a good start - not flawless, but I think it properly conveys the overall feeling and the shading underlines the volumes as it should.

Two suggestions for further work: try drawing on larger surfaces for "finished" pictures; I'd suggest A3 or similar (for rough sketches, smaller sizes are ok). This will give you a much better control and choice over line thickness and textures. And second, you'd want to go much further with shading; try different tools (pencils of various hardness, charcoal,...) and different techniques (stamping, cross-hatching, powder blowing...), so you'll be able to render different materials more accurately.

I found your work quite interesting. Don't be afraid of experimenting as many ways of using pencils and related tools - I think you've got the basic ideas right, so now it is time to build on those and engage fullspeed diving - and remember, only practice makes perfect.

Nice job!

[Travis Is Losing It]

^^ cant top that. but i can say they just made me drop my cig cause i rly liked them