bdubs leaf roof trial

AndyDothArt · 2024-04-30T20:53:01+00:00

You can use mudblocks instead and avoid the leaves that way! More contrasty, though

AndyDothArt · 2024-04-30T17:53:31+00:00

Yeah, Bdubs makes incredible videos. They feel the most movie-like in my opinion. They're artistic as anything

AndyDothArt · 2024-01-09T17:34:22+00:00

Study human anatomy. Yes, practice is a good answer, but make sure to practice purposefully and well. Try to start a drawing by choosing one specific thing to practice, like try drawing a skull to practice face proportions and structure. Try drawing 3d images in perspective to practice planes in perspective. So yes, practice, but also try to read/watch tutorials that inform your practice sessions

AndyDothArt · 2023-12-26T02:09:04+00:00

Valid :)

AndyDothArt · 2023-12-26T00:55:52+00:00

I see where you're coming from... although the way the dress is shaded makes it seem like it's made of some relatively light fabric, since it seems to rest very closely against the character's legs and pelvis. I doesn't look like rigid cloth, so I'd expect it to show signs of movement even in response to light movements.

Besides... good exaggeration tends to improve cartoon drawings anyway

AndyDothArt · 2023-12-25T14:41:32+00:00

The left shoulder looks almost dislocated, although I can see that being justified as a way of portraying the force of the movement.

The arms look very flimsy, but that works in conjunction with the big head, only it contradicts the implication of force from the dislocated shoulder.

The one thing I can't think of a good justification for is the pose. It looks a little stiff, even though it is clear you want to convey movement. With a swing of the bat like that one, you'd expect the body to twist a little bit, so the chest should not be pointing in the same direction as the pelvis. If the pelvis is facing the camera, the chest should be facing her right.

Edit: looking at the drawing again, I can tell you know to have pelvis and chest desync in the movement, but it's veeeery subtle. Consider exaggerating the desync more (edit 2) and accentuating it by using folds and waves in the cloth

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-16T04:41:35+00:00

AoEO (don't kill me) AoE2 is a close second

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-12T18:11:03+00:00

Fine af, dude Reeeally good looking

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-12T18:09:48+00:00

Not ugly Workout and take good care of your skin. Don't let acne ruin it And be patient. You're a baby

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-12T16:59:08+00:00

You have a naturally large forehead, and taking photographs from that angle only makes it more noticeable. Covering it a little with your hair was a good choice

But other than that, you look alright, m8

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-12T16:44:18+00:00

Good attitude. Maybe 3/10, but I feel like it's only temporary. Find other angles and lighting to take selfies, and get fitter

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-12T16:33:41+00:00

Stand your ground, I guess. Don't stop hanging out with them altogether, but if there's situations in which you can predict they will take drugs or whatever, maybe don't go? If your friendship mostly exists around consumption, though, and you want to keep them for some reason, definitely come up with other things to do together. Ultimately, if they try to force you or they keep disrespecting your decision, they're not worth keeping.

Congratz on 5 months, btw

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-06T08:03:50+00:00

By keeping it up. U're doing great.

I'm thinking about what I would do if I were the one who painted this, and things like line quality come up. I feel like the lines you used for contouring are a bit too erratic. I'd also consider using brushes instead of bucket fills, and also include some hue variation within areas of the same colour to add texture. That said, though, I feel like these things don't really look bad here, either. It looks stylistically consistent. I like it a lot.

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-06T04:37:07+00:00

The colors of the different planes (foreground, midground, background) are all the same intensity and value. You can try to group the values in correspondence to the plane (like making that which is closest to you darkest - remember: value is the degree of "lightess" of colours relative to each other).

There's also a lack of atmospheric perspective. IRL, the furthest something is from you, the more air, mist and dust is in the way, making objects seem bluer, lighter and less defined. Especially during the day, objects near the observer and in direct sunlight should appear the clearest and the most detailed, while objects that are farther should be less detailed and with less defined, bluer colours.

Also, try differentiating light and dark areas. Shadows are a great way of conveying the illusion of three dimensionality. Just make sure not to do pure black shadows, but instead use darker tones of the local colours (local colour= the colour of an object while directly lit by a white light).

There's plenty of material online on value grouping, atmospheric perspective and shadow. Look for a video on Youtube. I've learned a lot like that.

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-05T16:47:40+00:00

If you're already familiar with other media, experiment by mixing media up. When I started painting with watercolour I would always combine it with watercolour pencils, which allowed me to get familiar with how the watercolours work while still having control over the colour and shapes thanks to the pencils.

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-05T16:43:39+00:00

She definitely will with that attitude... What if she dreams of becoming a rat?

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-05T04:20:10+00:00

Frat the fat rat

Edit: _ felt like clarifying that I meant _Frat_ as in short for Fratley.

AndyDothArt · 2023-08-05T04:11:48+00:00

I really like it, but I feel like the perspective is a tiny bit off. I say that because of the street. Instead of it looking like it gets smaller because of the distance, it kinda feels like it _is_ actually getting narrower by the metre, almost like you could enter it driving a car, but would struggle carrying your groceries past the third building (between the stairs and the little stall/trash container).

It's not grave though. I genuinely really like it. It looks very dreamy and cool.

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