Artist Army {old thread}

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First time drawing a horse..
Critique on the design is welcome as well^^

[TranquilKitty]

Art semester is over ):

That's a pretty horse. I love neutrals. Horses can be tough though. Especially those weird feet they have. For a while I stuck to just drawing the skeleton of them and I've got to say I'm still not very good with them.

Looks like everyone else has been helped out, but if you're desperate for my opinion or critique note me on dA or pm me here. (Busy week)

Wooh! Critique what you'd like. You don't even have to click them if you don't want to. (I can't even get the rest of my pictures posted until I can get a good camera.)
Tiger Contour Line
Painted Dog Scratchboard
Swan Contour Line Practice
Hands Conté Crayon Practice
Beetle Repoussé

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@bwere;
Thanks^^ It was my very first drawing of a horse, actually.
I love neutral colours as well, browns and blues and greys especially^^

I'd like to help with critique on your stuff, but it's either to light, to colourful or to.. confusing xD
Hopefully some of the more experienced (and less blind) artists can help you~

[TranquilKitty]

@bwere;
Thanks^^ It was my very first drawing of a horse, actually.
I love neutral colours as well, browns and blues and greys especially^^

I'd like to help with critique on your stuff, but it's either to light, to colourful or to.. confusing xD
Hopefully some of the more experienced (and less blind) artists can help you~

Too light?! I'm going to have to find a different monitor. D:

[Susiron]

Not, you must have TERRIBLE eyes. My eyes are pretty terrible, but I can see them pretty fine. xDD

The contour ones look cool, and I actually did a project JUST like that when I was in... 9th grade, I believe, so I can relate to them too. :3
Maybe adding some ore variation, and deeper shades to them would help those POP

The detail on the Wild Dog is awesome. I know how difficult scratch boards can be, and I could never do anything like that with them personally, so kudos!

The beetle is also very cool. :3

It's nice to see some change in media around here for once. As an artist who's almost entirely 100% digital now, it's a nice change up.

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Susi;
... Yep, I must xD
That and the monitors probably off, but I can't see some of them because their so bright xD

[Marmoset]

lol i drew this

[Spotty]

My turn;

I drew a hyena. Any crit, comments, or even a redline would be nice. This is my first digital hyena without a reference.
Spotty this is dedicated to you because every time I see your avvie I get an urge to draw hyenas o3o

Ohmai, that is one lovely hyena. It's nice to see someone draw a proper one for a change, they need love too. I love how much attention you've payed to details, especially species specific details. <3
There really isn't much I could crit or help you with, there are only a few details I'd like to point out. The wrists on the front legs are too close to the paws, hyenas have very long hands and the wrist is about two-thirds down on the lower arm down from the elbow. I think that the belly could be sloping a bit more, like the back does. One last thing, which mostly is a matter of character I think, but the face of a hyena is approximatly wedge shaped when seen from the side, kind of like a ski slope. I love the shape of the face as it is though, I think it shows lots of personallity.
I love the soft shading you used for it, it looks adorable and sweet. All in all it's really beautiful, I hope you keep drawing hyenas in the future. <3

bwerecat, I did contour lines back in 8:th or 9:th grade too, I remember it as really tricky. My project was really boring too, not as creative as yours. I like the swan^^. All the other work is lovely too, I miss working with different materials. :<

Marmoset, very cute, I like the eyes. I think the ears looks a bit wierd though, like they are stuck to the top of the head rather than a little to the sides^^.

[Calix]

Ffff you guys are awesome. Thank you for all the help, I'll put it all to good use <3
Marquee- Thank you so much! I'll make sure to fluff up that neck, haha.
Susiron- Oh, thank you so much ^^ That looks so much better, haha. It was just a basic sketch, hence the eyes and paws. Thank you so much though, that'll help so much (:

/runs off to draw


Notme- It's so pretty ^^ I'd just suggest making the legs flow more smoothly, not so..bubbly, if that makes sense? I'm not a horse artist though, so I can't really critique much ^^;


I took everyone's advice and redid it:

I think it looks much better xD
Heavily ref'd from the ref Susiron gave me:
http://fav.me/d2m932r
Looking for last-minute critique before I line ^^