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There is no particular reference, I used multiple skyscrapers as reference. I did not have a particular reference for lighting too, so most of it is guess work.

Alright, these are my first two actual attempts at drawing since I started trying to learn how to draw. The first one was done in Apple Notes, and the second one was done in a dedicated drawing app called Sketchbook.

I feel like I leaned too hard on the tools and aids in the second one which made it feel kind of lifeless.

Not to mention I accidentally gave Shadow a fivehead. Lol

I know nothing about shading, what are some things I could do for practice?

Where should I go from here to develop my skills. I already feel stuck. Lol

Comments, criticisms, tips?

I’ve been doodling for years but have always struggled with people. I’m so inspired by anime but am never happy with my faces. Any advice?

Hi. I recently picked up some watercolour pencils to start learning colour. I got the reference from Pinterest and I really want to try painting something with warm and cool colours. But I ran into a couple of problems.

First, I don't know how to paint white. I tried using burnt umber and vermilion or ultramarine but it looked like a muddy piece of cloth, so after trying a few times, I switched to raw sienna and dark violet for the warm parts, and blues for the cool parts. I kinda like the final result, but it looks like a colourful piece of cloth, not a white cloth with warm and cool parts.

My second problem is I don't know how to convey colour temperature better. In the reference, the lit slice looks really warm and glowing, and the dark slice looks cooler, but I don't know how to convey the same effect.

I'd like to paint it again, to try and get my painting to have a similar feel to the reference. What should I work on? I also attached some swatches I made of the colours I have. I'm using aquatone watercolour pencils.

I'm new to watercolour pencils and colour overall, any tips and advice would be appreciated!

Been doing gesture drawings for the past week or two so I hope it doesn’t look too stiff.

I'm trying to learn how to study color from this leaf but I'm having a lot trouble understanding the theory, mixing and more. It's like a pale or pastel yellow mixing with a gray blue to then a faded dark gray but how do I recreate this?

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These are OCs that I've been sketching here and there for a few years but I'm just now looking to get serious about developing some stories I've also been working on for years. And I've always wanted to dedicate more time to this, which I now have.

I'd really appreciate some general feedback: this is becoming a real passion and I would really like to push towards something with a lot more depth and strength. However, specifically, what brushes do I use for shading? And what else can I do to make this feel more connected? If that makes sense.

My aim is definitely to draw in a style somewhere between Toriyama and Hanna/Barbera, but I'd prefer to make it my own once I have firmer grasp at what I'm doing.

If there are any recourses for developing my skills or other forums to post in for more feedback that anyone knows about, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks, strangers!

Hi there! I am drawing this chibi character dancing. I am struggling to replicate the exact pose fhe legs of the man in the reference is doing. everything I try looks too disproportionate and/or stiff, or still looks bended. His front leg (his left) looks like it is just that, in front of the other leg, rather than kicked off the ground slightly. what should I do to fix all of this?

The pose is meant to be a little stiff in the legs, but ur shouldnt look like an anatomy mistake.

I started preaching gesture drawing.

I am using a website where the poses change every 30 seconds.

I feel like the portrait itself looks fine but the background colors look very different from the original picture. I’ve never actually studied color theory so I’m struggling a little bit with this one.

Edit: I’ve worked on his nose since taking that picture, comments on facial anatomy are welcome but I’m mostly worried about the background.

Unlikely I will finish this as I have a real problem with finishing anything and have felt a little hard stopped by anatomy in this case. Any advice for how to go about the angles of their feet, calves, and hands? Drawovers encouraged if anyone does that here. Thanks for your time and attention.

I’m not that confident in it

Hey guys! I've been progressing much over the past few months, and I only recently locked down a semi decent style that's consistent but still unstable. Because I do more semi suggestive material and other things, I decided the major way to actually get better with my bodies and stuff is through figure posing. I would include the reference images that came with each post, but a lot of them include nudity and were done on an automated timer and I can't get them back.

This is one of my first mass study attempts to map them all out. How's it look? Any tips or adjustments that seem off? I've only been drawing seriously for about 3ish months, and while I can put out full pieces with color and shading, I want to get myself under the wraps to truly take this to the next level! I'll gladly take any advice if it means I can grow more ^^