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11 years ago
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I'm cautiously optimistic about the new year. A lot has changed for me in 2014 (some positive and some negative, some planned and some spontaneous) and hopefully 2015 will bring about a lot of positive changes as well.
I was looking over some of my earlier art the other day and was amazed at how far I had come. I learned a lot more about anatomy, I figured out how to color in Photoshop, draw backgrounds that fit with the characters instead of dropping them onto a photo background, and picked up a lot of friends on the way. I cringe looking at some of the atrocious arm musculature and coloring I did almost ten years ago (has it been that long?) but I keep it around to remind me how much I've improved. This year I had to push myself a lot with that "Fountain of Growth" comic. I'd never tackled something of that scale but it taught me a lot.
Still have a long ways to go, though. I want to learn to draw human faces and skin tone much better so I can branch out into non-furry illustration and perhaps learn to draw on a tablet. I want to get faster without sacrificing quality and start taking more commissions.
I wrote a smilier journal about a year ago, but I'd like to ask your help once again. If you have time, look through my gallery and in the comments, list two things that I have improved on and two things that need work (i.e. poses, anatomy, coloring, etc). If there's something you'd like to see me do more of in 2015, go ahead and list that too.
The support and advice you guys have given me has be invaluable. It's encouraged me when I doubted myself, inspired me when my creative juices just aren't flowing, and helped my identify problems I need to fix. For all it's drama and social awkwardness, I'm glad I stumbled into this fandom.
Take care of yourselves and I'll see you in the new year.
-- Artizek
I was looking over some of my earlier art the other day and was amazed at how far I had come. I learned a lot more about anatomy, I figured out how to color in Photoshop, draw backgrounds that fit with the characters instead of dropping them onto a photo background, and picked up a lot of friends on the way. I cringe looking at some of the atrocious arm musculature and coloring I did almost ten years ago (has it been that long?) but I keep it around to remind me how much I've improved. This year I had to push myself a lot with that "Fountain of Growth" comic. I'd never tackled something of that scale but it taught me a lot.
Still have a long ways to go, though. I want to learn to draw human faces and skin tone much better so I can branch out into non-furry illustration and perhaps learn to draw on a tablet. I want to get faster without sacrificing quality and start taking more commissions.
I wrote a smilier journal about a year ago, but I'd like to ask your help once again. If you have time, look through my gallery and in the comments, list two things that I have improved on and two things that need work (i.e. poses, anatomy, coloring, etc). If there's something you'd like to see me do more of in 2015, go ahead and list that too.
The support and advice you guys have given me has be invaluable. It's encouraged me when I doubted myself, inspired me when my creative juices just aren't flowing, and helped my identify problems I need to fix. For all it's drama and social awkwardness, I'm glad I stumbled into this fandom.
Take care of yourselves and I'll see you in the new year.
-- Artizek
*hugs tightly*
Wings. I've seen a few pictures you've done with them, and they look pretty good, but I get the feeling they could be better. That, and we don't see much of them at all.
Other than that, everything looks awesome!
Annnnd, about some parts need to improve, I think you could try more poses and more species(although big cats are awesome )
Hope you doing well next year~ and hope maybe someday I could get some commissions from you
Keep it up, along with your paintings. Have a Happy New Year.
Two areas in which you may want to improve both have to do with anatomy: lats and glutes. I can get more specific with each. As far as lats go, the traditional "wings" beneath the arms, those are actually muscles of the back and arm, not muscles of the side. They originate close to the spine and cover much of the lower back, and then they wrap around and connect to the humerus. They do get bulged out a bit from the muscles of the rotator cuff, but the muscle itself is still mostly flat and broad. It shouldn't look like a mere bulge out of the side. When the arm is lifted, this muscle should actually be stretched, not flexed, and it should follow the motion of the arm and connect to the arm and spine. Now, for glutes, you usually draw them fairly tiny; I understand that many people do that stylistically since not everybody is fond of manly musclebutt. Even so, the glutes are the largest muscle in the human body. In my opinion, the way you draw glutes seems like an afterthought, and they don't blend well with the lines of the thighs nor connect well to the lower back.