The Artist Army

[DoctorDraca]

Hey guys!

Not looking for or doing critiques at the moment but I found a cool tutorial that some of you may be interested in. I know there is a page of tutorials linked on the front page but I couldn't find this one there and if it was there than I am blind or way too overtired...

Anyways, this is an anatomy tutorial for winged humans that I found extremely interesting and helpful.

Here! just to recap, none of this is mine! I just thought it looked pretty cool and it might help you guys too. Unfortunately whenever I clicked the link to the original I got an error so I can't reference whatever awesome person actually made this but anyway...

That tutorial is linked under human art - thoughts on winged humans. It links directly to the original artist too. C:
But thanks for bringing it up again! I love that tutorial. It's a super helpful one.

[Irios Atelis]

Heh.... So it is that it's way too late for this >.<

Sorry about that, perhaps next time I shall wait until the morning to search for things. I'll just put myself to bed now guys.

[DoctorDraca]

Heh.... So it is that it's way too late for this >.<

Sorry about that, perhaps next time I shall wait until the morning to search for things. I'll just put myself to bed now guys.

Don't stress yourself out over it. It's a long list of tutorials and it's easy to miss one. As I said before, it's a useful tutorial and bringing it up again might be useful for someone who missed it. c:

[tuna]

aww, thanks, guys!! i really appreciate it.

@PFDC
i think it looks a bit thin (like the legs especially) and the spine is a little bent kind of? but i'm not good with anatomy whoops.
where does this thing live? like, what's its habitat?
umm i'm not that good with design crit + i'm on my phone but that's the first thing that strikes me, so otherwise that looks good!! :0

[Irios Atelis]

@PDFC; Looks really interesting so far! I'd have to agree the legs look a bit thin but what I noticed was that the angle of the joint in the front legs looks odd? If that's the way you have the anatomy then cool but if you were going for something similar to a horse than I would recommend that joint go further down. I love the really subtle wave markings on the first design though!

@Boat; Woah! That looks awesome! Well I have no critiques here (I've never been very good at highlighting).

@-The Rookie; Looks like a pretty awesome species! As for shading techniques I can really only give you advice for SAI since I hardly use photoshop and I'm not sure what you use but if you use SAI I often first just have the layer set to a medium to low opacity before first using the pencil for the basic shading then going over it in the old water colour tool, it looks pretty awesome just like that but I often blur it after that.

@Mituna Captor; Awww! So cute! I love the little sketchies you did! Tips for the body.... uhhh..... this isn't going to make any sense but ferrets are very flow-y so if you try to get that sort of motion in the body it might help? Try to think really fluid when you draw. Sorry I can't give any real solid advice

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As for myself, this is a picture I did a while ago now. I'm still really happy with it but I'd love some critique.
I probably would have tried to make the lineart smoother but at the time of making it, it wasn't supposed to be a good thing, it only became one when it was too late to change the lineart.



Also, I'm looking to try some different lineart techniques, I want to lean away from something less solid black but every time I've tried to line in colour it's always turned out pretty bad. So I have a question for all of you guys.

Do you line in something other than black? If so what colour? How do you make it work with the other colours in your piece?

Cheers guys!

[boat]

playing around with things >w<

which style of shading do you guys like best? I personally think that pencil solid is the best x3

Do you line in something other than black? If so what colour? How do you make it work with the other colours in your piece?
I usually line in black first, then color it in. After coloring, I pick the darkest color on the character, make it a little darker, and then line it with that c:
Sometimes, I also pick the brightest color, make it darker, and then line it.

[EmberWolf]

Do you line in something other than black? If so what colour? How do you make it work with the other colours in your piece?

Yes! Always. I normally line in black first, do everything else I need to do, then one of my last steps to finishing the subjects of a piece is usually coloring the lines. I just like how it looks a lot more normally c: if there is no background, I just do it slightly darker colors than the area the lines surround. Backgrounds sometimes change that.

@boat- I really like the solid shading for both c: although i do have a fondness for line shading, too. Looks really nice though ^u^

[whisky]

Any critique for the above? <3

It's based off this Parapup ^^'

@Nix Jazz Tempesedo, It looks really god nwn

@Boat, I like the pen line shading personally qwq

[Stonefly]

Morning/afternoon/evening/night, folks.

It seems that I need to make a few things clear. Duh has mentioned it before, but the message didn't sink in. If your knowledge of anatomy is not better than the person seeking a redline, please do not give a redline. I know it's a very harsh thing to say, but giving someone faulty redlines will not help them. If you don't quite know how to redline something, then don't redline it. You can help the artist by providing photo references if you'd like to help out.

Also, please remember to comment on all work you find within 10 posts of your own (unless you've recently posted). Not every comment has to be a critique. You may as well say something nice. We could all do with some compliments to make it through the day.

Oh, and if you use stock photos as backgrounds for your art, please be nice enough to link to the source. Photographers are artists too, and it would be nice to see them get some credit if you use their photos. If you can't find the original photographer, then simply link to where you've found the photo.

-just going to hide behind a wall as I post this-

I have noticed a few people recently post their art without saying so I thought I would reqoute this..

PFDC-
I like the drawing, but as a few people above me said the legs look a little to skinny to carry the body. Also, I would try to fatten them just a little..they seem rather skinny..unless that's something your going for.

Nix-
I really love your drawing! I wish I could draw humans as well as you. Looking at it I can see nothing wrong with it.

Boat-
I think both solids look good to me..



I have posted this drawing before in finished but I finally finished it.
image is to big
Could I get some critiques? This is the second time I have worked on a human..

[northy.]

@Stonefly; LOKI!!! I love it, its sooooo good, the only thing I would suggest is use wider tones, maybe darken the eye lines and add a few small eyelashes