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  • Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?
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Hi everyone,

Thank you for looking into this topic. I am new on this forum because I just started the digital art school program! I just finished term 1 and enjoying it a lot. Recently, I finished a portrait which I am relatively happy about. But I am very curious about how I could improve in terms of colours and conveying an emotion. Or maybe the pose I drew her in.

I made this princess who is lit from behind and from the side. You can see her fingers on her shoulders (which I did not render very wel I think..). Not including the pupil of her eye is a stylistic choice, but maybe it is not working.

I am trying to have a combination of realism and linework. Kind of like @Samdoesarts

Thank you for taking time to respond

Rosa (@wyngarts on instagram)

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how I could improve in terms of colours and conveying an emotion. Or maybe the pose I drew here in.

Interesting. Those topics have a lot of range. And are rarely questioned about. Do you mean in regards to this piece or in general as an artist “how I could improve”?

I’ll do some research into your chosen art daddy and show you how to apply his style. If you answer the question above it will help me with what direction to go with my answer sheets.

Thank you! I have seen your critiques on other works and they are always very good. I am looking forward to your answer sheets if you have got time !

Yes, you are right, the topics are very broad. I think that "how could I improve?" would be the best question. In case of this piece, I don't know what I would change to make this piece stand out more, or what would work to make it better.

I would love to know what you think and how you would critique this! I also really like the style of Sam Hogg.

Very cool. Just wanted to let you know that I am working on it and it is coming together nicely.

I know I changed the type of person that you painted, that wasn't my intention. I think you did some really hard work and pushed yourself. I wanted you to learn how to observe some things with value and composition and simplicity with your art parent @samdoesarts.

Open the picture in a new tab.

Sorry for any miss spellings I rushed to get this done. This isn't the end all be all of your art education. Keep seeking critique. Pay for it if you have too. Its the only thing that really helps you see theory and application in one.

Hope it all helps.

O my god! Thank you incredibly much. This will really help me in my future drawings. I have read it multiple times and I will keep doing so until it all falls into place, your feedback is incredibly valuable.

About your note about seeking critiques, I joined a few discord servers! For paid critiques, do you have some suggestions on who and where to find that? Or do you also do paid critiques? I also don't mind donating some for this critique because of the time you spent on giving feedback :blush:

Thanks a lot!!

Honestly I think it’s hard to find teachers and people willing to spend the time helping people for free unless they are your friends. Or you run into someone like me trying to get better at teaching, and selfishly using the opportunity to brush up on my own knowledge.

So just help others and make online friends. Help foster the community of art education with links, suggestions etc.

And even then, your friends, they may not have the best knowledge base or just be looking for something wrong in order to help you.

With that, I recommend taking all critiques with a grain of salt including teachers you pay for. Include mine in this list. I always put warnings like I do in mine if you’ve read some of the others, because I can never truly know the makers intention. I’ve had one teacher love things, and another one hate them. And very often I've heard teachers say the exact thing I thought they were going to say and have the thought, "Aw man I already knew that."

You’ll start to think things like, “what would teacher say?” When you are by yourself.

Once you learn enough, you have to be your own worst critic, because only you know your true intentions. Ever try making a piece a second time? A third? It’s interesting what you learn because you will skip whole steps you languished over before, or realize they only take a few minutes.

I don’t really know where this type of community exists other than schools and paid mentor-ships, because teaching art takes so much time. They are fantastic for learning however. You pay for the networking of hard working friends, and a teacher who has friends in the industry. It is also the fast track to learn what you are doing wrong and make corrections to your art work.

Conventions and workshops are pretty good places too. I've looked up all the artists that handed me a card.

I am putting together outlines for products I want to make on cubebrush for various subjects next year, so feel free to support my efforts when they come out. If they ever do :laughing: . And you can hit me up on discord any time.

Thank you, again!

Because I am mostly learning on my own it is very difficult to know what it is I am doing. I am taking courses, however, what you said, it takes time. You have to learn enough to be your own critic. In the meantime I will be active on discord and this forum!

I will keep in touch!

I like the colors you used for the skin, and the way you painted her hair. I felt inspired and attempted to do an overpaint - I hope that is ok.

I tried to push her facial features slightly inward. I added some subtle facial features to break the symmetry, and used some darker colors for the crown. I went slightly more saturated with the darker colors. Finally, I cooled her skin a bit, and added some more color to the background with the overlay blending mode.

I appears to me that you put a lot of effort into this painting, I think you did a great job! I am sorry if I changed your vision of the painting too much. I am not used to navigating the waters of these art forums yet, but I hope that some of this deems useful.

Best wishes

Mads b

Thank you for your paint-over! I am always open to other people's perspective, thank you for yours, it looks good!!