Need some crits

[Scratch N' Brain]

Hello, I'm new here and this will be my first post for critiques or any compliments. I'm going to IADT for animation and this is some of my first quarter work...enjoy and feel free to give any comments.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/Mussin/Bruce.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/Mussin/LadyLifter.jpg



I apologize for the bad quality I need work on getting these ready.

[Scratch N' Brain]

Just one last dump im sorry for this ill make em smaller next time lol at least you get to see the nitty gritty details....*ugh*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/Mussin/Harry.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/Mussin/Lucy.jpg

One more...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/Mussin/Truckin.jpg

And there we go so far please feel free to say anything. These I had lots of fun with especially the lady on black paper with colored pencil in the last post that was for a study of light color with colored pencil.

[emily g]

Hey, I really like the drawing done with colored pencil on red paper.
Are you in a life drawing class?
I would say anatomy is the thing you need to work on the most.
Some of the anatomy of your characters is a little "lumpy."

Best of luck and keep it up!
emily

[difi]

welcome

The second picture I like the most!
The first one looks imho a little bit flat...
Don't give up!

[dogfood]

It seems like you spend a lot of time finishing these up with all of the color and rendering and I applaud you for it. I am horrible at finishing pieces.

I think you would actually profit more, however, by first concentrating on getting your forms correct. Most of the pieces seem to be tilting to the right. This may be the influence of the way you imported them digitally, but is also a very common mistake that people make. Make sure to really nail your basics, such as the shapes, perspective, relationships, and line strength.

I know you're exited to do fully finished pieces, but unless your time is unlimited, I would recommend nailing your basics, first. Pieces don't have to be in color or even really "finished" to be startling and harness beauty, just look at a couple of the sketch threads (Marko's and Wes9000's pop to mind). You would be stunned how much better you'll get by following a semi-structured method to learning art. Drawing bottles and watches that are sitting in front of you will make you much better at drawing monsters and cyber-babes from your imagnination. Even if you are only intersted in drawing comics, those artists who are good at anime or superheroes are fantastic at real life. Only by knowing the rules can you successfully break them consistantly. Trust me.

I would recommend joining the CA Academy.

[Scratch N' Brain]

Thanx for the feed back so far. The picture of the lady is actually on black paper with 2 colors of light i think pink and blue from opposite directions. Now with the forms, I know my anatomy is pretty bad atm but what is the best way to learn anatomy from a book, should i trace the pictures first then draw them, or do most people just use anatomy books for reference when drawing picture? I cant see a model that often maybe once a week if i can get it around my schedual. The best way i can think of is I'm starting to come out of my "shell" and going out and drawing gesture sketches of people around me. I;m also drawing some objects and computer devices and machines since i want to get into Sci Fi art.

Also, just one more thing, I'm doing the courses provided by the Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain anybody else have experience with it and really get a good fill of knowledge from it...? Thanx much

[Scratch N' Brain]

Sorry i just learned that photobucket.com is having some probs with the servers so my pics wont be showing only until they fix the problem.