Really nice pic! As already stated the thumb is backwards, so that's kinda redundant to say^^' Proportions are really well done, also I'm not sure if you have a trick for proportions yet or not, but if you don't something I usually do before drawing a pic is sorta making a rough stick-figure representation of what im going to draw and then fleshing it out. Also teh coloring is nice, but it seems like it was colored a tad hard. But that could be more of a scanner issue(My skin tones used to vanish completely cuz i didn't color hard enough DX) Keep up the great work!
This is really late- and not going to be well. Discriptive as the others (I swear I always miss these updates). But I think for hands and feet a little heads-up is that they are ushally the size of your head. The head? Hmmm.... where is the grammer police when you need it?
What I mean is that when you place your hand over your face it does cover quite abit. Its teh same with feet. Although pressing your foot to your face is not ushally suggested; feet are again about the same size of your head.
Reason I say this of course is becuase her hand looks a little tiny. Her feet look about right- I think. Don't have my glasses on right now so I could be wrong. Dang things are always walking away on me.
Anyway-
Its a good drawing. I like your style and I think you should keep at it. You'll be surprises at your results I think! *grins* Have fun!
I can't say I'm skilled at drawing on feet and hands (I continually struggle with them D:) but the best tip I can think of, in regards to hands, is to imagine of the hand as a square and simplify the fingers.
Also, look in a mirror or take a picture of your hands to figure out what position they'd look like. Basically, use your hands for reference, practice a lot, and simplify figures.
I noticed in your drawing her thumb is on the wrong side (since it appears her hand is palm up). Again, using your hands as reference if you're not sure about the placement usually helps.
Hope I could be of some help~!
Music Fairy (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 12/13/10 | Reply
I saw you asked for critique on drawing hands, feet and fabric - unfortunately I am not an expert on those areas myself, but I'll try my best^^; Hopefully I'll be able to help a little:3
First of all, I noticed that the girl's right hand, left on the picture, has the thumb on the opposite side of where it should be, so now it kinda looks like the left hand:3 Otherwise, I think your way of drawing hands isn't bad, it just takes a little practice to refine your skill a little^^
The way you draw feet is good in general, but now for the toes, right?^.~ To draw those viewed from above is probably not the most difficult, since you can just draw them all neatly next to each other. From the side is a little harder though. You can never see every single toe in the side view:3 (Probably just - part of - two or three) The toe you're looking at is drawn fully, but to indicate the toes next to it, you just draw one or two little curves between the first toe and the general outline of the foot (wow that's hard to explain, but I hope it was clear enough^^;)
Then my general advice for traditional colouring to anyone would be to colour in the same direction as the outlines of the object you are colouring. But I see you're pretty much doing that already^^ As for creating a fabric effect; I usually find that by colouring the entire surface in several directions on top of each other, you can create a nice texture. Of course you would have to be careful not to press the pencil too hard on the first 'layer', or this technique will most likely not work.
Lastly, a little about traditional inking - I think you've done a pretty neat job!^^ But personally, I like to use pens of different diameters - to use bigger ones for general outlines and smaller ones for details, for instance^^ It's a matter of taste though, I think:3 You could probably experiment with things like that and find out what you like most^^
Now, I hope this was helpful, keep up the drawing!^^ *hugs*
I really love the soft pastel-like colors, it really capters the feel and fits the picture well.
My advice on inking traditionally is pressure, use pressure sensitive pens (if that makes sense). Micron and calligraphy pens are very good for this but it takes a lot of practice! You can also use Bic pens, although they aren't like micron pens or calligraphy pens, you can always find a way to give it an inked look and its a very good way to get started and used to inking in my opinion. :)
The advice on drawing clothes is shorter. What I do is look at my self in the mirror in different poses and observe the creases and the folds in the clothes that I wear. Observing cloth like curtains and such is also good for this. ALways remember that clothes are affected by gravity. Unless there is air comming from a specific direction in the piece, than the clothes hand down. That is always something to keep in mind when drawing clothes. Also, unless the clothes are super skin tight --then they have creases that show and depth (I'm not sure how to explain this sorry, but what I mean is that clothes aren't embedded in your skin) --though you don't seem to have problems with this :]
Now feet and hands (I have problems with this too, but I'll try my best!) are different.
Its good to keep in mind that fingers are not all the same length and are not pointed or pointy (even if you have long nails). They are round, and the palm of the hand is pretty big. The fingers also have joints and noticeable creases. The best way to improve drawing hands is to draw hands! Whether they be realistic looking or not, look at your hand and draw it in many different positions. It doesn't matter if its just your left hand (if you are right handed) or vice versa, the important thing is to get practice on drawing hands.
Feet are the same thing, they are not all the same length, and in general, are rather longish. Your ankle bone only shows up in one side of the foot, and we all have an arc.
Draw your feet! Its really the best way to practice.
For both hands and feet a tip would be to break down hands and feet into basic shapes to guide you.
Another tip (this time for inking): keep your hand loose, and less tense. Don't be afraid of drawing with it. Keep your hand loose its the best way in my opinion to keep steady. Practice drawing strokes on paper, its also good practice for pressure in pens make different strokes on paper and just have fun withit. Do crosshatching and such :D
I really hope that helps out a little (sorry if I was bad at explaining anything).
Judging from your picture you're really not that far off and will definetly improve with practice!!
saijinto
Hylian Knight (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/09/11 | Reply
Really nice pic! As already stated the thumb is backwards, so that's kinda redundant to say^^' Proportions are really well done, also I'm not sure if you have a trick for proportions yet or not, but if you don't something I usually do before drawing a pic is sorta making a rough stick-figure representation of what im going to draw and then fleshing it out. Also teh coloring is nice, but it seems like it was colored a tad hard. But that could be more of a scanner issue(My skin tones used to vanish completely cuz i didn't color hard enough DX) Keep up the great work!
kisskiss-bangbang
Otaku Eternal | Posted 12/20/10 | Reply
This is really late- and not going to be well. Discriptive as the others (I swear I always miss these updates). But I think for hands and feet a little heads-up is that they are ushally the size of your head.
The head? Hmmm.... where is the grammer police when you need it?What I mean is that when you place your hand over your face it does cover quite abit. Its teh same with feet. Although pressing your foot to your face is not ushally suggested; feet are again about the same size of your head.
Reason I say this of course is becuase her hand looks a little tiny. Her feet look about right- I think. Don't have my glasses on right now so I could be wrong.
Dang things are always walking away on me.Anyway-
Its a good drawing. I like your style and I think you should keep at it. You'll be surprises at your results I think! *grins* Have fun!
matt
Cinnamon Sparrow
Senior Otaku+ | Posted 12/13/10 | Reply
I can't say I'm skilled at drawing on feet and hands (I continually struggle with them D:) but the best tip I can think of, in regards to hands, is to imagine of the hand as a square and simplify the fingers.
Also, look in a mirror or take a picture of your hands to figure out what position they'd look like. Basically, use your hands for reference, practice a lot, and simplify figures.
I noticed in your drawing her thumb is on the wrong side (since it appears her hand is palm up). Again, using your hands as reference if you're not sure about the placement usually helps.
Hope I could be of some help~!
SaxGirl
Music Fairy (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 12/13/10 | Reply
I saw you asked for critique on drawing hands, feet and fabric - unfortunately I am not an expert on those areas myself, but I'll try my best^^; Hopefully I'll be able to help a little:3
First of all, I noticed that the girl's right hand, left on the picture, has the thumb on the opposite side of where it should be, so now it kinda looks like the left hand:3 Otherwise, I think your way of drawing hands isn't bad, it just takes a little practice to refine your skill a little^^
The way you draw feet is good in general, but now for the toes, right?^.~ To draw those viewed from above is probably not the most difficult, since you can just draw them all neatly next to each other. From the side is a little harder though. You can never see every single toe in the side view:3 (Probably just - part of - two or three) The toe you're looking at is drawn fully, but to indicate the toes next to it, you just draw one or two little curves between the first toe and the general outline of the foot (wow that's hard to explain, but I hope it was clear enough^^;)
Then my general advice for traditional colouring to anyone would be to colour in the same direction as the outlines of the object you are colouring. But I see you're pretty much doing that already^^ As for creating a fabric effect; I usually find that by colouring the entire surface in several directions on top of each other, you can create a nice texture. Of course you would have to be careful not to press the pencil too hard on the first 'layer', or this technique will most likely not work.
Lastly, a little about traditional inking - I think you've done a pretty neat job!^^ But personally, I like to use pens of different diameters - to use bigger ones for general outlines and smaller ones for details, for instance^^ It's a matter of taste though, I think:3 You could probably experiment with things like that and find out what you like most^^
Now, I hope this was helpful, keep up the drawing!^^ *hugs*
~S.G~
ChocoBits
Grand Otaku | Posted 12/12/10 | Reply
I really love the soft pastel-like colors, it really capters the feel and fits the picture well.
My advice on inking traditionally is pressure, use pressure sensitive pens (if that makes sense). Micron and calligraphy pens are very good for this but it takes a lot of practice! You can also use Bic pens, although they aren't like micron pens or calligraphy pens, you can always find a way to give it an inked look and its a very good way to get started and used to inking in my opinion. :)
The advice on drawing clothes is shorter. What I do is look at my self in the mirror in different poses and observe the creases and the folds in the clothes that I wear. Observing cloth like curtains and such is also good for this. ALways remember that clothes are affected by gravity. Unless there is air comming from a specific direction in the piece, than the clothes hand down. That is always something to keep in mind when drawing clothes. Also, unless the clothes are super skin tight --then they have creases that show and depth (I'm not sure how to explain this sorry, but what I mean is that clothes aren't embedded in your skin) --though you don't seem to have problems with this :]
Now feet and hands (I have problems with this too, but I'll try my best!) are different.
Its good to keep in mind that fingers are not all the same length and are not pointed or pointy (even if you have long nails). They are round, and the palm of the hand is pretty big. The fingers also have joints and noticeable creases. The best way to improve drawing hands is to draw hands! Whether they be realistic looking or not, look at your hand and draw it in many different positions. It doesn't matter if its just your left hand (if you are right handed) or vice versa, the important thing is to get practice on drawing hands.
Feet are the same thing, they are not all the same length, and in general, are rather longish. Your ankle bone only shows up in one side of the foot, and we all have an arc.
Draw your feet! Its really the best way to practice.
For both hands and feet a tip would be to break down hands and feet into basic shapes to guide you.
Another tip (this time for inking): keep your hand loose, and less tense. Don't be afraid of drawing with it. Keep your hand loose its the best way in my opinion to keep steady. Practice drawing strokes on paper, its also good practice for pressure in pens make different strokes on paper and just have fun withit. Do crosshatching and such :D
I really hope that helps out a little (sorry if I was bad at explaining anything).
Judging from your picture you're really not that far off and will definetly improve with practice!!
wolf eye
Otaku Legend | Posted 10/08/10 | Reply
I like this drawing and its color it makes me feel apart of this picture
Hyper Mew26
Otaku Eternal | Posted 08/24/10 | Reply
Thanks! I was trying to work on my shading and highlighting here but the shading didn't turn out so well :P