Creative Corner

4754

February 12, 2018 14:23:39

@SunglassesArlo

like this? :O

@Mintiani I'm afraid that I can't give much advice about shading, because I'm still struggling with shading myself. However, I don't think your shading looks that messy at all! But someone else with more experience about the matter will probably have some more helpful things to say about that :>

As to the angle, your second attempt is definitely a step in the right direction. The problem is that you tried to do an upwards 3/4 angle, but ended up drawing what's pretty much just a sideview, pobably (I'm just guessing here of course) because you simply didn't know how to properly draw what you were going for. I'd suggest looking up pictures of various animals that are drawn or photographed from a similar angle and using them as reference!

It's pretty late where I am right now (past midnight), so I'll stop here, but I'll probably be back in a few hours and try to gibe some more solid advice! :>

applejuice

373

223

905

9055

February 12, 2018 15:25:48

@Mintiani I'm afraid that I can't give much advice about shading, because I'm still struggling with shading myself. However, I don't think your shading looks that messy at all! But someone else with more experience about the matter will probably have some more helpful things to say about that :>

As to the angle, your second attempt is definitely a step in the right direction. The problem is that you tried to do an upwards 3/4 angle, but ended up drawing what's pretty much just a sideview, pobably (I'm just guessing here of course) because you simply didn't know how to properly draw what you were going for. I'd suggest looking up pictures of various animals that are drawn or photographed from a similar angle and using them as reference!

It's pretty late where I am right now (past midnight), so I'll stop here, but I'll probably be back in a few hours and try to gibe some more solid advice! :>

@Mintiani

Feel free to download/ask for clarification if you can't read anything.

Kumie

577

159

848

2257

February 12, 2018 17:15:06

@Mintiani

Feel free to download/ask for clarification if you can't read anything.

Last edited on Feb 12, 2018 17:15:26 by Kumie

@Dragonartist24

my jaw dropped... this is so helpful, thanks so much!!

Mintiani

4754

February 12, 2018 18:21:51

@Dragonartist24

my jaw dropped... this is so helpful, thanks so much!!

@minitani

Yes yes :3

Biird

0

190

386

1777

February 12, 2018 18:26:42

@minitani

Yes yes :3

arlo
she/her
x
x
x

@applejuice

Sorry for the delay I missed your ping!

You did indeed guess correctly lol, I tried to find references of a snake in that angle but wasn't able to. How artists manage to find so many references to use eludes me.

Again, I really, really appreciate your time. Thanks for being here ;w;

Mintiani

4754

February 13, 2018 12:07:23

@applejuice

Sorry for the delay I missed your ping!

You did indeed guess correctly lol, I tried to find references of a snake in that angle but wasn't able to. How artists manage to find so many references to use eludes me.

Again, I really, really appreciate your time. Thanks for being here ;w;

@Kuroikari @digsie @SuperNinjaDragon @SunglassesArlo @coyotewest @MangoLlama @HyperionForge @Dragonartist24 @applejuice @Aetherna Hey again! Here is stuff I did yesterday, commisioned from my new [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/2375286]art shoppe[/url], which I started as motivation to practice more! I've tried my best to incorporate advice from everyone. Let me know if I forgot about something or if something needs work. Colors are all flats since that's what they paid for, is there a way to make flats less... bad? Should I stop using the eyedropper tool for sake of a unified palette? I don't know! Apologies for the watermark. I've decided only the commissioner should have access to the unwatermarked version ^^ (is that common practice? I don't know :O) [img]https://i.imgur.com/j0S98Ft.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/EBIvpcI.png[/img] I won't be posting for the next while because I was commisioned for a TWO big pieces!! I wasn't expecting it but I'm going to try my best! If any of you have advice for drawing backgrounds and incorporating characters into them, I'd really, really, appreciate it. I'd probably even pay you a handful of gems!

Mintiani