plz critique my art?? :3

[eijiberry]

One my first drawing, it is of an original character from Sonic I had created with a friend smile and for my Second I attempted to draw a slightly-realistic Amethyst from Steven Universe.Thoughts? and I did not color in Amethyst because I'm not the best at coloring and felt it would look better without it smile there is also a reference photo below of what Amethyst looks like (to those who don't know/watch Steven universe)

any opinions I will graciously take, and tips to help improve would also be appreciated ^-^

ty to who takes the time to critique. Your thoughts and critique are much grateful VwV


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Reference to Amythest: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1c/a6/0a/1ca60aeaedfdaac42bca6e2230d791f9.jpg

[eijiberry]

*tail wags*

[isthisTFMa]

Best art, because Amethyst.

[eijiberry]

TheDarkBean

Best art, because Amethyst.

Ty! ^ ^

[eijiberry]

heart

[The Jester Queen]

I do quite like the second one. heart

[eijiberry]

The Jester Queen

I do quite like the second one. heart

ty! ^_^

[cosmic milkshake]

Don't be afraid to color, it's how you get better at doing so.
You can trace it and color that one, so the anxiety of ruining the original disappears.
No light box needed, just press it against a window if you have to.

Keep drawing, fan art is a good way to start and it's smart of you to pick characters with drastically different body types to help keep a variant in your artwork.


As for the line work, I would try looking into varying your line width, I think it will help your artwork not to look so flat.

Here are some tutorials on how to do so: X X X

Speaking of things being flat, your first character could look much better if you added shading or even simple shadows. Even just three layers, a highlight color, a base color and a shadow color, could make your drawing pop way more significantly.

[eijiberry]

cosmic milkshake

Don't be afraid to color, it's how you get better at doing so.
You can trace it and color that one, so the anxiety of ruining the original disappears.
No light box needed, just press it against a window if you have to.

Keep drawing, fan art is a good way to start and it's smart of you to pick characters with drastically different body types to help keep a variant in your artwork.


As for the line work, I would try looking into varying your line width, I think it will help your artwork not to look so flat.

Here are some tutorials on how to do so: X X X

Speaking of things being flat, your first character could look much better if you added shading or even simple shadows. Even just three layers, a highlight color, a base color and a shadow color, could make your drawing pop way more significantly.

ah, okay ty ^_^
and i didnt exactly have any proper color tones for the second one so I sadly did not have much choice sweatdrop

and ill check the tutorial out smile If itll help me out of my comfort zone with linework im all for it xD

and okay, its something ik ive been needing to work on for awhile but I don't have to proper tools or art stuff to even succeed atm smile all the highlight, bas, and shadow layers I have trouble doing really smile I'll take your advice and use it to help with future work X3 ty so much for the critique~

[cosmic milkshake]

eijiberry

cosmic milkshake

Don't be afraid to color, it's how you get better at doing so.
You can trace it and color that one, so the anxiety of ruining the original disappears.
No light box needed, just press it against a window if you have to.

Keep drawing, fan art is a good way to start and it's smart of you to pick characters with drastically different body types to help keep a variant in your artwork.


As for the line work, I would try looking into varying your line width, I think it will help your artwork not to look so flat.

Here are some tutorials on how to do so: X X X

Speaking of things being flat, your first character could look much better if you added shading or even simple shadows. Even just three layers, a highlight color, a base color and a shadow color, could make your drawing pop way more significantly.

ah, okay ty ^_^
and i didnt exactly have any proper color tones for the second one so I sadly did not have much choice sweatdrop

and ill check the tutorial out smile If itll help me out of my comfort zone with linework im all for it xD

and okay, its something ik ive been needing to work on for awhile but I don't have to proper tools or art stuff to even succeed atm smile all the highlight, bas, and shadow layers I have trouble doing really smile I'll take your advice and use it to help with future work X3 ty so much for the critique~

No problem, sweet thing.
Good luck ~

[eijiberry]

cosmic milkshake

eijiberry

cosmic milkshake

Don't be afraid to color, it's how you get better at doing so.
You can trace it and color that one, so the anxiety of ruining the original disappears.
No light box needed, just press it against a window if you have to.

Keep drawing, fan art is a good way to start and it's smart of you to pick characters with drastically different body types to help keep a variant in your artwork.


As for the line work, I would try looking into varying your line width, I think it will help your artwork not to look so flat.

Here are some tutorials on how to do so: X X X

Speaking of things being flat, your first character could look much better if you added shading or even simple shadows. Even just three layers, a highlight color, a base color and a shadow color, could make your drawing pop way more significantly.

ah, okay ty ^_^
and i didnt exactly have any proper color tones for the second one so I sadly did not have much choice sweatdrop

and ill check the tutorial out smile If itll help me out of my comfort zone with linework im all for it xD

and okay, its something ik ive been needing to work on for awhile but I don't have to proper tools or art stuff to even succeed atm smile all the highlight, bas, and shadow layers I have trouble doing really smile I'll take your advice and use it to help with future work X3 ty so much for the critique~

No problem, sweet thing.
Good luck ~

I shall do my best ^_^~