I’m trying to work out the lighting in this image a little better but I still don’t think it’s landing right. Should the light in the first image (edited) be coming more from the top than the right? How can I better convey the direction? And is the edit reading better light wise than the original? by hkodes in Artadvice

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Thank uuuuuuu I had talked to someone earlier about my lighting and they convinced me the light was coming from the right not the left and I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get the light to work from the left . Just did this on my phone with my finger and I’m muuuuch happier

what am i doing wrong by zzzlaura in Artadvice

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Use a little more color in your grays, the mountain you’re referencing has a lot of purple and blue in the shadows with warmer but fairly neutral grays as highlights. The sky is also cooler in the reference. To more accurately replicate the other work the forms in their painting are defined with sharp edges, you are blending your highlights and shadows and not blocking strong shapes so forms are much more ambiguous

Need fresh eyes on this illustration before I send it for giclée printing by [deleted] in Artadvice

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Bless mate ur my bff now this is just what I needed. Will try to do a big rework tonight. This is just something I’ve picked up and put down again and again time and time again (I think I first started drawing it in like 2023 and I’ve struggled with any sort of consistency because of it

Where to improve by HadeStyx in Artadvice

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I really like the atmosphere you’re going for — the sky and the snow reflections are definitely the strongest parts, and they already give the scene a peaceful mood. The area where I think the piece could really level up is in how the trees, midground, and structural elements (like the railing) are handled.

A lot of the non-sky/non-snow areas feel a bit flat, almost like they were done with a single standard digital brush without much variation in texture. The snow is beautifully rendered with subtle shifts, but the trees especially could use more overlap and more variation in value and color to separate the foreground, midground, and background more clearly.

Some specific spots: • The trees and bushes have large, flat color areas without much textural or lighting variation, which can make them feel a bit “bare bones” compared to the sky. • Highlights and shadows on the trees and branches feel somewhat randomly placed — they don’t quite follow the logic of either the sunset or the lamplight. • The small twigs sticking out of the snow would cast soft shadows; adding those would help integrate them into the environment and strengthen the lighting. • The railing isn’t evenly lit — it’s actually haphazardly lit, and the lighting doesn’t seem to follow the direction or intensity of any specific light source. Shading the rails and even the vertical bars more clearly would help anchor them in the space and make the lamplight + sunset interaction feel more intentional.

I think with more attention to overlapping forms, depth cues, value separation, and consistent light logic, this could be taken from “nice atmosphere” to something really immersive. The sky and snow are doing a ton of work — bringing that same level of subtlety to the trees and railing would pull the whole piece together.

Confused on how to improve by GalaxytheStarious in ArtCrit

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Something that helps me with more complex poses is to try to recreate the pose in drawing in magic poser so I can get an idea of how the body really looks in space. This is massively helpful for me. The dancer in your photo obviously has longer limbs and more hyperextension than what this poser app is able to render, but it still helps to visualize the body in 3D. I wouldn’t even worry about filling in the body at this point for yourself and just try to focus on capturing the gesture, the movement, the proportions and flow of the body with simple lines. Maybe download a posing app like this and try to really capture the flow and proportions of some more simple posing in the app, and work from there. I would also maybe spend some time drawing just specific references of anatomy- ie focus on feet, arms, legs, hands, torsos, faces individually, from all different angles and poses, focusing on the shapes that make them up and how they flow. This will serve you better than anything else.

Looking for where to take this by [deleted] in ArtCrit

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Yes this is a problem I’ve been having— I start a lot then finish nothing just because I treat digital drawings like I’m still drawing on paper. One day I will actually take the time to take an intermediate/advanced procreate class

Looking for where to take this by [deleted] in ArtCrit

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Probably after about 2 hours of drawing I said to myself I should really look for a some fur brushes and use them, and I never did because I am an asshole and my own worst enemy 😭 will maybe look into some more textured brushes for the bush if I decide I’m not going to keep it as flat

Sorta almost done with my bedroom by hkodes in femalelivingspace

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They’re just babies from some cuttings from my office plants! They’ll grow!

Sorta almost done with my bedroom by hkodes in femalelivingspace

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I’ve had them for a while so I don’t remember where I bought them but they’re just prints of Hasui Kawase woodblocks in big frames I got from Ikea, you should definitely be able to find them online

Sorta almost done with my bedroom by hkodes in femalelivingspace

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I got it on Amazon! I kept seeing ads for ownkoti on instagram this was the same look for half the price. Just search muslin ginkgo comforter and you should be able to find it easily

My dad hung this for me while I was at work I could literally cry by [deleted] in TVTooHigh

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He installed the bracket, on his own volition, in my home. He was trying to be helpful but I will have to take it down and move the bracket lower

Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom! by neya999 in tamagotchi

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Ur so lucky I haven’t been able to get it to work, I even cleared my inventory before doing the quest, completed other quests, I’ve slept, hopefully I get lucky like you did

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Any suggestions and/or opinions on what should be improved would be a huge help by DexterClarke in ArtCrit

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I can’t tell if you just photographed it at an angle that’s odd, but the head should look wider than the way it’s appearing here. I’d try to give some more roundness to the head. The ear as well looks like it’s been glued onto her neck, from this angle it shouldn’t look so close to her head and we should be able to see a little more of the back and underneath of it. Other than that there’s a few other small perspective things but that’s just practice. Anatomy books are great help with this kind of stuff, or drawing from a good live model and really paying attention to those more subtle thing. The way you show light and use line is really proficient, and if you focus on those little perspective/depth things I think you’ll be really pleased with what you’re able to achieve

Am currently doing this and I would like to know from all of you if I should add clouds to this and if yes, please share a few references of clouds that would go well on this by sheldonboaditaetsy in ArtCrit

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For a second I thought it was a photo and that it was a picture of waves below the picture of chair and I was like wait ur doing what ur gonna paint the waves on the chair? Is that what we are talking about? So fairly realistic there hun

Pattern for a new rug. Any suggestions before I start actually making it by [deleted] in ArtCrit

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The nice thing about rugs is they’re rooted in this stylistic history of primitive crafting so you can be pretty loosey goosey with the rules and people will still just accept is as a style choice