That's a pretty drawing and I love the overall composition. I've always loved cliff drawings, they look so cool!
What quickly drew my eye was the character and how good your anatomy is. For such poses, getting the anatomy right is not very easy but you did incredibly well. I read on one of your comments that you have some trouble with female characters. I supposed you've been drawing males mostly? I have this problem when drawing males as I used to draw females too much but slowly I'm learning the differences. There are various tutorials all over deviantART and probably on good too that show the basic differences. Don't look for anthro only. My advice is to look at any tutorial to learn what differences there are (a simple line can change everything, really!). It's important to understand how it works first. After that you can adjust it to your own style! ^^ Well, the pose itself makes thing harder. Some more curves on the back would halp and also stonger eyelashes. They mae a huge difference. Overall, you did just great on her! You could probably work a little more ont he hair to give a softer feeling because some parts look as if the hair is a solid thing but it can still go this way and not bother anything in the drawing. (I just love soft looking hair...)
The background is good, which show that you know the basic things. I really really love the tree. It looks quite unsuall and brokena t some parts but this makes it look really great! It's perfect I could say. The rock looks good also, I have nothing to say here about it. The grass, however, should have gone a little further to give a better feeling of a cliff or even if it's not a cliff it looks a bit caught and makes the drawing go a little off there. The mountain in the background looks great and I like you blury effect. It gives a real feeling of distance!
Let's move on the colouring now. I read that you are still learning (always do some research before giving a critique ). I don't know for how long you've been drawing in digital art or if this is your first attempt but for a beginner it looks pretty neat. Whether you'll choose hard or soft shading it's your choice but the shadows on the character are too soft in my opinion. Digital and traditional art have this difference. While in traditional art you don't have big problems with shading as you can combine the colour pencils in digital art it's a different story. Next time try to make them harder so the eyes can cach them fast. The way the shading is makes the drawing look flat coloured on a first look. Flat coloured drawing are great but as I see you aimed for shading I had to point this thing out ^^ I'm not commenting on highlights as this is optional. I've seen great drawings with no or little highlights but good shading.
The colouring on the background is good considering you're jst starting but I notice you have the same problem as myself (which is a shame on me for being a digital artist for 3 years OTL). You need to learn how to pick the right colours. Mostly about the rock and the tree in this case. Colours make a huge difference and can turn a real rock into a fake/plstic one in no time. Shadows, of course, play a huge role too. All I can say here is to look at other artists who draw landscapes in their drawings and try to use similar colours untill you obtain that instict of what colours you should pick every time. At least, this is what I'm trying to do.
Also, try to make a reall soft lineart in the background. So soft that is barely seen and add shading near them. This give a feeling of reality. That's someting I've learnt at school while shading bottles You can make "lineart" using shadows and highlights. I think that if you do this you'll make great backgrounds even if the colours might not fit very well.
And lst, the grass is great but need improvement as well. While you did grea with it, it looks like grass you've caught it and that gives an awful feeling. Grass is like strings and don't be afraid to do them that way even if they might look too much. there are actually tutorials about how to make grassand I'm sure you can find some here. (well pretty much all you have to do is search for tutorials, they helped me a lot ^^)
A few things you could add to make the drawing greater is adding a few leavs flying, this increases the feeling of wind. Clouds is also a nice touch in any drawing and fills up the sky. You can make some cool effects with them and give feeling of awe to the viewwer depending on how/where you draw them. I'm still learning on that myself
To make my critique short, you did a wonderful job ont his drawing especially being one of your first. Keep it up! All you ned is will to improve and patience. Then, everything is possible!
First off, I think you did a good job with the picture. The colours are what drew me to this picture to take a further look at it.
THE GOOD: I think you are on your way. Again, I really enjoy the use of colours. It is a very soft picture and easy on the eyes. I don't have to strain to look at the picture. I also like how there is a certain movement to this piece. I can feel the character turning his head around and the wind blowing. You did a very good job drawing the back view and the back view is very difficult to draw. )
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: While I do love the colours, it might help to use blue-grays or other hues of grays instead of a true gray. This is a tip that I learned, just as one shouldn't use true blacks or whites. It helps the eye more. The human eye is a very picky thing! ) I would also like to see more definition with lines, texture, shading and light, such as in the rock and mountain and such. Right now, it looks as is he is sitting on a giant caramel instead of a rock, but you started with the definition and that is a good start! I would have also liked to have seen shading and more definition on the character, as well. I am also not sure what he is doing or what his expression is supposed to be. He looks rather cranky, such as I snuck up upon him and he is wondering why I'm bothering him. )
All in all, you did a great job, and with practice, I'm sure each work will be better and better! Thank you for sharing this with us! )
What quickly drew my eye was the character and how good your anatomy is. For such poses, getting the anatomy right is not very easy but you did incredibly well.
I read on one of your comments that you have some trouble with female characters. I supposed you've been drawing males mostly? I have this problem when drawing males as I used to draw females too much but slowly I'm learning the differences. There are various tutorials all over deviantART and probably on good too that show the basic differences. Don't look for anthro only. My advice is to look at any tutorial to learn what differences there are (a simple line can change everything, really!). It's important to understand how it works first. After that you can adjust it to your own style! ^^
Well, the pose itself makes thing harder. Some more curves on the back would halp and also stonger eyelashes. They mae a huge difference. Overall, you did just great on her!
You could probably work a little more ont he hair to give a softer feeling because some parts look as if the hair is a solid thing but it can still go this way and not bother anything in the drawing. (I just love soft looking hair...)
The background is good, which show that you know the basic things. I really really love the tree. It looks quite unsuall and brokena t some parts but this makes it look really great! It's perfect I could say. The rock looks good also, I have nothing to say here about it. The grass, however, should have gone a little further to give a better feeling of a cliff or even if it's not a cliff it looks a bit caught and makes the drawing go a little off there.
The mountain in the background looks great and I like you blury effect. It gives a real feeling of distance!
Let's move on the colouring now. I read that you are still learning (always do some research before giving a critique
The colouring on the background is good considering you're jst starting but I notice you have the same problem as myself (which is a shame on me for being a digital artist for 3 years OTL). You need to learn how to pick the right colours. Mostly about the rock and the tree in this case. Colours make a huge difference and can turn a real rock into a fake/plstic one in no time. Shadows, of course, play a huge role too. All I can say here is to look at other artists who draw landscapes in their drawings and try to use similar colours untill you obtain that instict of what colours you should pick every time. At least, this is what I'm trying to do.
Also, try to make a reall soft lineart in the background. So soft that is barely seen and add shading near them. This give a feeling of reality. That's someting I've learnt at school while shading bottles
And lst, the grass is great but need improvement as well. While you did grea with it, it looks like grass you've caught it and that gives an awful feeling. Grass is like strings and don't be afraid to do them that way even if they might look too much. there are actually tutorials about how to make grassand I'm sure you can find some here. (well pretty much all you have to do is search for tutorials, they helped me a lot ^^)
A few things you could add to make the drawing greater is adding a few leavs flying, this increases the feeling of wind. Clouds is also a nice touch in any drawing and fills up the sky. You can make some cool effects with them and give feeling of awe to the viewwer depending on how/where you draw them. I'm still learning on that myself
To make my critique short, you did a wonderful job ont his drawing especially being one of your first. Keep it up! All you ned is will to improve and patience. Then, everything is possible!
First off, I think you did a good job with the picture. The colours are what drew me to this picture to take a further look at it.
THE GOOD: I think you are on your way. Again, I really enjoy the use of colours. It is a very soft picture and easy on the eyes. I don't have to strain to look at the picture. I also like how there is a certain movement to this piece. I can feel the character turning his head around and the wind blowing. You did a very good job drawing the back view and the back view is very difficult to draw.
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: While I do love the colours, it might help to use blue-grays or other hues of grays instead of a true gray. This is a tip that I learned, just as one shouldn't use true blacks or whites. It helps the eye more. The human eye is a very picky thing!
All in all, you did a great job, and with practice, I'm sure each work will be better and better! Thank you for sharing this with us!
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