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Krieock
July 29th, 2005, 10:10 AM
Here's my second attempt at drawing an animal... CnC plz
http://www.rocketsurgery.net/art/pencil/deer.jpg
Alex Jenyon
July 29th, 2005, 10:39 AM
You've got a really great pencil rendering style going on here.

I think if you flipped the image horizontally, you'd pick up on a bit skewed anatomy on the left jowl (left on the picture as it is shown here).

Other than that, great - though I'm assuming you copied a photo?

Why not try drawing the whole of the deer, though? Painting portraits is a skill in itself, but it's nothing like trying to make the deer look like it's actually standing on the ground in 3D space.

AJ
cthomp
July 29th, 2005, 11:13 AM
sweet drawing. got some sugestions though. you might want to add some real dark spots. like under the mouth. in the ears.
Krieock
July 29th, 2005, 11:59 AM
Good crits guys, thanks.
Here's the ref photo:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5271/deer29ji.jpg
The reason I haven't done a full animal yet is because this piece was really just intended as a horn/bone study. I'll prolly draw my cat (full) later.
Danilo
July 29th, 2005, 12:02 PM
Like it, but, as in ur first image, front plane could be darker.
bat
July 30th, 2005, 02:21 AM
Very nice deer. I do agree with the darkening of the forward plane of the head, but still a very nice and definitely a sellable piece of art. Please share more when you can.
Krieock
July 30th, 2005, 10:27 AM
Thx G's, I tried to keep the darks dark and the lights light... But I guess I fell short with my 2B... I'll use something softer for the darker areas next time.
I don't know if I'll sell it, I'm not a professional artist or anything, I'm 16.
bat
July 30th, 2005, 11:16 AM
Well, that is how you become a professional, your age doesn't matter in that respect. You could sell prints of that. I sold artwork when I was younger than 16. Go for it, don't let your age hinder you.
bracomadar
July 30th, 2005, 02:58 PM
Great work. When I saw the drawing I thought "I bet this dude used some taxidermy head as reference", then I scrolled down :tihi:
dorian
July 30th, 2005, 04:14 PM
nice, as was said already, I would really add more contrast here. dare to use really dark values. ears, eyes, horn, muzzle
(I think I can get darker with an HB, so 2B should work already :) )

oh and yes, looking at you work in a mirror can really help spotting some mistakes. you did catch the "likeness" pretty good, though!