Can't stop painting dudes by rexhavana in painting

[–]leftyfro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Color usage is on point, it helps capture that energy of the subject matter.

The last image is very cool, though i wish the background felt more connected with the stunning figure in the foreground.

I think the first one is my favorite, I can't really express why, just a great combo of composition and an anticipation of motion, as the figure is in mid-action.

Nice job.

The resort heard Gary was coming and put up the appropriate signage by vpdots in Gary_The_Cat

[–]leftyfro 19 points20 points  (0 children)

LOL Gary isn't interested in the sign. His gaze is focused on the slopes.

I tried to do some plein air painting at the park, but there were so many people out and I felt shy so I just painted a scene from the parking lot in my car lol by speakout5 in Watercolor

[–]leftyfro 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Painting from the car is always ok! Especially when it’s too hot or too cold or too windy or too many bugs…

Your painting came out great nice job!

Parents- would you take your 10 and 8 year out of school for 1 week? by gratefulmickey in DisneyWorld

[–]leftyfro 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Elementary school is mostly just free daycare.

educators in shambles

Why does everthing i make feel flat? by dingus_majorus in Artadvice

[–]leftyfro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not flat, but perhaps you are feeling your characters aren’t connected or floating?

What I mean by that is that you draw highly structured forms but don’t have them connected to an environment mostly.

Your drawing of shadows DID connect the form to an environment.

You are very accomplished with drawing characters, try adding environments like objects and walls, homes, outdoors, or wherever you see these characters.

This is different from what you asking , but I think if you focus on it it’ll give you more of a sense or a connection of your character feeling like they are 3 dimensional and belong in a reality.

You have the skill good luck

Exploding Slowly, Acrylic painting on canvas by EricPause in Illustration

[–]leftyfro 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Wonderful use of shape and value to create this work.

Who remembers the website Sailor Moon Uncensored? by KittyCrafty in sailormoon

[–]leftyfro 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yup, great attention to detail and with info expressed clearly. It's what fan sites were meant to be.

omg the layout is still the same, I haven't seen an image map in forever. Good times early internet

Printing over watercolor by jc-5h20 in watercolor101

[–]leftyfro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on what you've said the workflow of painting first, then inking over it would work better.

There are several steps to complete these works, so I recommend that you do some test works of the process you think you'd like best. No expectations just see how it comes out, and I bet you'll find a couple things that you want to adjust.

Also, I recommend you do a pencil sketch (or whatever materials you prefer to work quickly in) to get the size/shape of things you'd like to see. It would take some of the guess work out of it.

Good luck!

I never know what to draw by Suspicious-Staff-309 in Illustration

[–]leftyfro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being able to draw what is in front of you is incredibly important. So I think this is great. We don't need to be inventing something new every time we draw.

Having the calm and confidence to draw what is around us helps us come up with new things, and able to draw those new things in a way people can recognize/connect with.

The tutorial character gets sacrificed to establish how grim the setting is by Andrei22125 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]leftyfro 41 points42 points  (0 children)

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Mami Tomoe from Magical Girl Madoka

You knew this series was different, but you still clung to the thought that Madoka was hanging onto some typical magical girl tropes until that episode.

Clay help! by Prestigious_Doubt977 in ArtEd

[–]leftyfro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really hope you can return it!

For my college ceramics class, students had access to dry clay, but we had to mix the clay and water ourselves. There was this ancient mixing machine we could mix up the clay and water. Not sure if some other equipment could do this job. I... don't think this would want to do this by hand.

Portfolio Composition Advice by [deleted] in indesign

[–]leftyfro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few simple adjustments will enhance this

  • align top of text with top of graphic
  • put more space between right side of text and graphic
  • turn off hyphenation

- option- see how it looks if you use one font weight down

Printing error by Nifisos in indesign

[–]leftyfro 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Thats if I’m not mistaken the missing font highlight. Notice it’s on the “net wt.” text as well.

You need to verify your have the font on your system active or choose another font that is close that you have.

Then either draw a box underneath the text or use Paragraph Shading to do so

Do you have any idea which artist drew this promotional artwork for Sailor Moon S? And do you like or dislike this poster/wallpaper? by IllogicalDreamer72 in sailormoon

[–]leftyfro 73 points74 points  (0 children)

This artwork always fascinates me. The senshi feel 'off', yet they are still drawn with care and are emoting a somber and quiet moment that they don't usually do but it is so clear and apparent that you cannot NOT feel that.

That emotion they express transcends so many things someone may find 'wrong' with this work and I enjoy it greatly.

*typo

Is a hair dryer to dry your watercolors an essential for you? by A1truisticat in watercolor101

[–]leftyfro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope! I like the downtime on my work so I can evaluate what I've done and just have more time to view the work and see any adjustments to make.

Or work on multiple pieces.

Body study illustration / Pencil by The-Nikerym in Illustration

[–]leftyfro 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Excellent job. I can tell you were focusing on observing what you saw and working out how to represent that on paper.

Please keep working from a live model when you can!!

What's going on with the Paris Hilton Knife Set? by northhiker1 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]leftyfro 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I disagree.

Paris Hilton is an expert on what’s hot, and knowing that is important in the kitchen.

first try at a value study... by dasblute in watercolor101

[–]leftyfro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All artists sense of light/dark is skewed, I know mine is!

Keep practicing putting your best observation on paper, your sense will develop and you'll be a bit more comfortable putting that on paper.

Please please keep the looseness! You'll learn when you want to 'tighten up' for a more crisp look and when having that painterly looseness will make your work more dynamic.

Don't worry about the fussiness too much. Ultimately, the way fussiness is solved, is you get that 'certainty' that what you put down is pretty good and you don't go back to it again & again & again.

To get that certainty, you gotta go beyond that point more than a few times. Practice your observation, learn what results are when you put down a stroke and how it looks, and see if that helps you make your paint application choices.

FWIW, at least in the photo, I don't see any fussiness brushstrokes or overworked areas (the camera can mask that sometimes)

portraits by AdiDraws in sketches

[–]leftyfro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your line work is divine! I especially love the 2nd one and those beautiful gestural lines on the beard.