Rate my drawings please

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

:lol: i added 3 attachments to this and yea im only 13 so my drawings aren't top line quality... But I'm gettin there. lololol i did these things out of heart so i hope u like em!! plz be honest in ur comments cuz i need to know how to improve

[Neko Koneko]

Your drawings are tiny.

[Marlon]

Your drawings are tiny.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

yea i dont know how to uh put a big one on u know?

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

alright here i fixed the prob. better view now srry hope u like it!http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000296.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000336.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000335.jpg

[Marlon]

The proportions aren't too great and the quality... well, that's not your fault, now is it? Anywho, I think with some practice, you'll be great! :)

[theviolinist]

You said not to criticize and to be honest. thats kinda hard.

But yeah Marlon is right the proportions aren't to great. but other wise there ok. you should keep practising

[Zero X]

You know?
Practice makes perfect! :lol:
My friend drew for about 8 whole years!
(yeap, that means he started to draw anime at the age of 10 years old.)
So, practice makes perfect!
(Man...I should practice too!) :heh:

Suggestion:
1)Try reading mangas or watching anime, and discover it! You'll learn new things.

2)Ask your friend for suggestion. (I know some suggestion might hurt your feelings, but some might be useful to your improvement. :D )

[avaelyn]

Mmm... it's not bad for 13... I definitely think that the proportions could use some work... For example, in the last one, the character's bottom half are too small compared to the top half... And, I would try using a pen for outlining... It makes everything look much cleaner...

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Yea i figured that colored penciling was like.... egh for me. So i bought some new set of markers becuz it was closest thin to photoshop and i know it should be a lot better now. And yes i do use pen to outline. But yea yall r right about the practicing and trust me..... i do... lol ehhh ^^' Anyway im startin on a FFVII drawing right now so i can test out the markers. And last of all.... ive been tryin to get my scanner online so everythin would be like wow! so yea ive got a lot to do ehhh ^^'

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Yea i just got photoshop and started fixing up wat i could :)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000296_edited.jpg
IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000335_edited.jpg[/IMG]
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000336_edited.jpghttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000335_edited.jpg

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Yea i drew this as one of my dream cars, its a self designed product for my own produced company... Apex Generations Inc. Hope u like it!http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000347_edited.jpg

[Marlon]

I like the car... but there's no side mirror (or whatever you call it), on the left side... x_x Meh, it's just a tiny little detail.

It's still awesome! :)

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

ther is, is just u cant c it. I tried to make it bigger but photoshop was bein ghetto and cut the original pic in half, srry

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/th_IM000352_edited.jpg (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000352_edited.jpg)


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/sonjouri2_edited.jpg

This is another drawing of Sonjouri. Ive planned to digitalize this with GIMP. And have alrdy attempted twice but, in 1-4 of the way i tried it kept freezing up on me. I was just so pissed at that, and becuz i kept forgetting to save it in between. So this time ima save it mor. I hope itll look good cuz this will be my first digital to a drawing :)

[charmmykitty1001]

Your Art drawing is really good exspecially that dragon one. I think you should improve the pika-chu one because i think it's to long
and skinny, Pika-chu should be more fat in shorter then it will look so......ADORABLE!!!!!!:worship:

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

lol thanx for the compliment

[Distant Dreamz]

Hey, cool, I like the pics, but u have a couple demensions or something off... I do the same thing too, looking back at some of my drawings now, they just look so weird to me, lol, I'll give you a tip though... try measuring things on your characters to get distances right, like for example: the size of the hand to the size of the face or even the distance from the end of the arm to the knee cap, etc.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

soo ur sayin the size of diff regions is the prob? yea i have that a lot, ive been workin on it an i think im gettin a bit better

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Here... is the new Nissan Skyline GT-R 2008 that is to be the first skyline to ever be released in US.. I made one with a personal made body kit. and vinyl that was a dragon with a samurai sword behind it if u couldnt c.. enjoy :) and wahoo SKYLINE!!! i posted the orginal photo

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/skyline.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/skylinebackend.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/IM000353_edited.jpg

[Pikachu]

WHy do i look so funny in that pic XD

[Leodruida]

You draw well, in the very better truth that I who if want have conditions of postar my drawings here! If a little missed will be written is because I am Brazilian!
Hug!!!

[Minique]

They're awesome! And what everyone else has been saying, yes, work on the proportions. I kinda want to see the edited version of your Pikachu! ^.^ You did a really good job on that one. Keep it up! I started drawing when I was really young, so I might know some insider tips, and stuff... lol:sweat:

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Hey guys hehehehhe i did this for a friend on myspace. Hope u like it! tell me what u see in the pic.EDIT: YAY!!! my scanner works!!! its much more detail now!... a bit too much though, this means id have to work on GIMP more to clean up.. :/

http://ser4.imgdump.net/images/s4_aec9dacb8a905.jpg (http://www.imgdump.net/)

[brianrae]

It's ... uhhhh.... neat. Though personally, I don't like it. The one beside me does.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Here's another, Yeah I know... it looks a bit too much like cloud hair, actually, the whole drawing itself. But a bit different. I made the hair through free thinking. I'll show the head example when I got up with the idea. I thought it look better then the full scal body because the head version was bigger. I'll get head version on later..

http://ser2.imgdump.net/images/s2_df2063555420a.jpg (http://www.imgdump.net/)

[xpeed]

:D Great drawings. Keep practicing and you'll get better. I give it a 7/10 because you can improve more.

Here's my own 2008 Skyline GT-R drawing. I "modified" it a bit but I kept it a stock look, but drawing it with a pen was indeed nerve racking. :P

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48/xspeed/SkylineGT-R.jpg

This car is incredible.

[brianrae]

it's cool.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Very well done, I like it.

[Marlon]

LoL. The Pokemon one had me in stiches. It's absolutely ridiculous. XD

(Not that it's badly drawn, just that the idea seems so stupid)

I just think you need to keep drawing. You'll get better as you go along. Online tutorials might help, too. ;)

[Syhamaru]

you need more practice.....i mean alot more practice....

that is all....

[Luis]

Crimson I think your bigges "flaws" are that some of your drawings look short legged (might wanna sketch random poses for practice). and sometimes your accesories seem to hover over the drawing (pikachu's hat and Blastoise's knife).

Practice makes perfect so keep at it, hope to see more drawings soon.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Ehh, I had a big fight with my friend about that, I thought my last drawing had pretty good proportion, but I guess yall proved me wrong. I'll work on it. I'm working on a Initial-D type of portrait right now and I;m hoping it is for the best. Wish me luck on it. AND WISH ME LUCK ON THE ART CONTEST!! -.^

[BombomCloud]

Good Luck!!! And in 3 years, your drawings will improve ALOT! (If you draw reguarly).

[Moonlight_stalker]

Wow wish i was so determined.. -_-
my drawings are on and off... i think it leans more towards off too...

I wish you all the luck in world!!!

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Thanks for encouragement. And to luck of those in the art contest weeee!! AND THEY'RE OFF!!!

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Wow, have I not been on in a while, well, here's a recently drawn picture, well... kinda. Drawn a while back but it took me a while to figure how to upload it right.

http://ser8.imgdump.net/images/11262006/s8_9c445fcbfc326a1.bmp (http://www.imgdump.net/)

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Ok, here is a picture I drew in Social Studies class to keep me awake (I have sleeping problems in there you see, you try doing the same exact thing everyday of class until the end of the year, you'll see) tried to brighten the picture to get the best quality I could get. NOTE: this was done in a #2 BIC mechanical pencil. Everything, even shading, shows how much boredom does to ya.


http://ser8.imgdump.net/images/11262006/s8_e2ee9716c1dfc76.bmp (http://www.imgdump.net/)

[methodx]

A few of your images seem quite familiar. So if I can recall, a long while back we had a devianART thread and I endeavored to check yours. And it was. Interesting.
In reference to the first page of this thread, you have resizing issues. My internet is on steriods right now but the page took three minutes to load. And your block letters could use serious some work. And your style needs to be more refined, it all seems too random. Art needs to have meaning and feeling in it. Well, to me at any rate.
Oh, but those swords and nunchakas you drew are quite nice. I like much.
Am I being too harsh? Forgive.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

No no, don't hold back, I need all the criticism I can get to improve more in my art career. The weapons drawing, again I'll say I did that one in Social Studies class so there's an excuse for that one. As for the dragon drummer, it was aimed at being a logo for my bass drum head. But yeah, I am working on the proportions, and I have a recent drawing of Sonjouri with a much more improved style of proportion, but the color seems a bit high in depth. Witch I intend to fix with the computer. Don't hold back yall, artist need criticism to improve on their works more. What's and artist without a trusty audience?

[XaoTiKGuNz]

The dragon with the drum set looks nice. Pinoy Pride :P
I too am trying to improve my drawing skills. LOL even though I can't draw if my life depended on it. But online tutorials helped me a lot, give them a whirl :D

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

I have, and they have helped some.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Ok, here's I commission I did for somone on DeviantART, his name is Werechu, and he's a were-dragon I guess, the original look looks better than this one, the scanner really made the shading deep in depth, I mean they aren't even that dark on my original drawing. But, o' well it's the best I can do. ENJOY!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/WerechuDrawinggraphiccopy.jpg

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Damn! How long has it been since I've done a Sonjouri drawing, what was it... like... last year? Yeah! last year! wow... that's a while. Anyway, here's an update on Sonjouri, I changed it a lot as you can see from the last image, I figured changed the hair the hung over his eye, and altering it into bangs makes him look more authentic, although I've looked over it many times now, and I'm not overally satisfied with the look, I'm rethinking about the bangs and swithcing it back to the "hang over" style, but in a different way, also, I've been thinking about changing his hair from blonde because, well because it doesn't really fit him. If yall have any ideas, I'm wide arms open for them, need all the help I can get. And I'm trying to get off my lazy ass more and draw, so I need all the encouragement I can get.

Thanks! And ENJOY!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/SonjouridarkenedliningOnlinescrap.jpg

[methodx]

Urm. The dragon is quite good but I think the mace on his tail is overdoing it a bit. Need to work on your shading too, or maybe your scanner sucks. XD

And that dude. The way you drew his hand and arm and the gun is very nicely in proportion. But his face, especially the hair thing, is a tad messed up. And his neck is too short. I think that's all I have to say on the matter. Otherwise, good effort. ^_^ Better than me by a long shot. XD

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Yeah, as I said, the scanner is really..... I don't know, wierd. It seems that when the light thingy scans the paper, it makes the picture come out shadowy like that. The unscanned version looks way better and detailed than that. I think it's because the light is very dim. * O' and about the mace thingy, that was what the dude I drew it for wanted for it, I thought it was kinda wierd too, but he's the dark,evil type...
-------

Thanks the compliment of the new pic of Sonjouri, yea, the head I found out was too much at an angle compared to the position of the body when I looked back at it. But it was too late to fix so...... Hey at least it's better than my earlier ones.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Well, I've got a graphic update for the Sonjouri drawing. I'm still working on the cell-shading and a good background, I'm open for any ideas for the background if anyone has any. This is my first color graphic of one of my drawings, so my coloring may be kinda noobish, but I'm still practicing and reading loads of tutorials.

Any Advice is gladly welcome.

Enjoy!!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/Sonjouridarkenedlininggraphiccoloro.jpg

[Mistrust]

his head seems a little big and out of place the hair line needs to go up some more becase it looks like he doesn't have a forehead. need to work on the hands a little. keep working on it. you'll get better i'm sure oof it!

[Taiman]

:O The fingers and gun perspective is awesome! =D Other than that, Mistrust is right- and there's also the neck and shoulder part that seems a little off. Maybe it'd look better if he had a bit more neck. Other than that, keep it up! :)

[kitty9]

hmmm...i think...your drawing(for a 13)is not so bad...
tips are:you should give your drawing some light....
and backgrounds...if you can't draw background,than it's ok.
oh,also try practicing drawing the folds on clothes.
for example,the guy holding the gun,
the belt there,the jacket should have a fold on top and below the belt.
if you know what i mean.... sorry if i'm too honest!!
*even though i can't draw pretty well*
:heh:

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Nononono, critisizm is a crucial part in learning how to improve. Learning by experience is much easier to remember than just by watching someone else. Thank you for the compliment and I am now 14 about to turn 15 in Sept. by the way. As for the folds, yeah I've been trying to practice that, I got some really good info from a book made by tokyo pop on how to do simple things such as that. I'm working on it. And now that I look back I think it would have been wise to put like a cave in from the jacket where the belt is placed.

As for a background, I'm still working on a graphic background on my computer that is best fit. Any suggestions are glady welcomed.

[Mistrust]

needs work. you could look at some pictures...stock pictures are th ebest. if you need something to look off for bodies then tpye in stock photos and thereyou go! it help me a lot. i wish i could show you but the only i can is if i pm....well might as.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Just got Adobe Photoshop a yesterday, I look foreward to experimenting and having lots of fun and learning in it. Though, I'll still work with gimp every now and then just to hold the memories and to show other artist that it is not at a cheap useless software. I might even mix the two softwares on my drawings with the features that each has the other doesn't.

[pixiepieberry]

awesome! can't wait to see what you come up with! =D

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Alright, so I've been dead for quite a while now, but I've finally got a drawing completed... Again it is my star character for the manga that I've yet to initiate... And I've also began thinking about renaming my character because it sort of doesn't hold its ground.

And hopefully at the most, I'll be able to produce some of the other characters (especially the women, oh man what I'll have with those...).

But I was so surprised to see how well i've improved for the past 2 years since I started drawing manga style... And I was very pleased to see that I really improved on my proportions. I found that it is much much MUCH easier to get the proportions correct if you just do a half body. I plan to just do full bodies on a much larger scaled paper instead. And I listened to much of yall's support and advice about proportions.... And hopeless, I gotta admit, drawing a million hands does bring out the best lol.

And with my new Photoshop program, I can clean up my drawings much better than I could with GIMP.

I look forward to meddlng with it in the near future.

Again, thanks for the support everyone, I'm glad you really do care, and IT DOES help my integrity and strong will to improve....

Thank you...

And I hope by summer time, I'll be able to put up more drawings and actually get some digital art done.... (And maybe a tablet too!)

Enjoy....


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/Sonjouridrawing.jpg

[Skorch]

\\

And with my new Photoshop program, I can clean up my drawings much better than I could with GIMP.



...Lies!!!

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

lol, it's true, well... kind of... Gimp requires a bit more work....

[M]

Correction: Gimp requires you to do things differently.

Every thing in Photoshop is in Gimp, with the exception of Color Management; which, if you're not a professional graphics artist, which no one here is, does not need to worry about.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Actually, I think there are some wandering around the art forum here somewhere...

But anyway, that's not the point ><

[kitty9]

Wow,you've improved a lot!
Your folds are also getting better..but..you can still make it better.. :D
Like the details on the gun..

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Wow,you've improved a lot!
Your folds are also getting better..but..you can still make it better.. :D
Like the details on the gun..


Thanks!! hahahaha, finally, a real comment. Yeah, I finally (finally!) realized, that the more folds indicate a contraction in a body part... more precisely at the joint. And I've also taken in information from a very valuable "how to..." book of mine on different type of folds.

The gun was especially what I was proud of... I'd say that they were the most pain in the a$$ in this case because it's kinda hard to make two guns that mirror each other and have the same approx. length.

But thanks! That really did warm me up. ^_^

[kitty9]

Wow...you read books?
I usually just take my brother and tell him to pose for me.
It gives a more...realistic view...haha..
You should try it..
Oh and the gun...it doesn't have to be the same..cause usually that's what makes it cool..:D

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Well yeah, but it just a bit more formal that way....

And I don't truly read the books, I just get smalls strips of info that I need to improve my drawings. I would usually use my own body parts to depict the correct proportions... Though I'm quite a small guy so I'm thinking otherwise. And to me, asking somone in my family to pose for a drawing seems a bit....strange...

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

UPDATE!!!!

Yea, so its been a couple months since I updated, so here's what I've been working on recently.

I just completed this, it's my sister's boyfriend's 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Though, after I finished it, my sister told me that he done more exterior work on his car XD.

But here it is!!! And I'm proud to say that I took this drawing from a different perspective, angle, and what have you.

I also tried to improve my shading skills by comparing my drawing to an actual photo of the car so as to get the lighting and fading correct as possible, but in the end, it's still an attempt in progress.

I also stole a bit of the shading techniques from xspeed if you haven't noticed already XD XD XD

So I thank you for being a model for my strive to reach a higher goal xspeed :D... not to say that I'm trying to steal your style, but more of a way of telling you that you are a great drawer and I inspire your work and strive to do something similar. :P

So enough chatter!! Here's the car already @.@

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/xTxBLOODY_DRAGONxTx/2006WRXSTI_edited.jpg

[Vargo]

Page stretching kills a kitten every time you do it.

Smaller images please >_<.

Nice drawings though.

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Yeah the previous pics were quite large, maybe I'll get by minimizing them soon

[Gekkeiju]

Your drawings are awesome, but even more, I love your handwriting =o

My handwriting bears resemblence to something with ink on its feet dying on the paper ><

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Lol I thank you good friend

[kitty9]

Haha!Nice~
I have never drew a car that great before!
Although..one thing..the seats in front.
It's a bit tall I think and if you sit inside it your head won't fit..
And I think putting a backseat would make it look more great!-er...
:D

[{CriMsoN_DraGoN}]

Well the seats, I put them that way because

1) To show the seats in a way that they seem to be farther away from the dash board, but I guess it got taken wrong... sort of like Xspeed's Lexus with the back tire.

2) I had the car at a sort of vertical 30 degree and a horizontal corner angle view.
So the roof of the car sort of covers some of the space in between the space because of the angle I have it in, plus, the fact of the seats being set back aways



And about the backseats... I would do it, but again, as I said in the description... I was sort of using some of xspeeds methods of making the car look good with "simplicity". Which, in this case, just fill the whole space behind the front seats shaded in. I would usually put in the back seats, but seeing as how clean and good xspeed's cars usually are with the back filled in sort of got me into doing it. It saves time, but mostly makes the care look cleaner and saves me the risk of messing up the angle view and proportions

[kitty9]

Ooh..I see...great then :)