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[Jason]

Good day everyone, it's been a while.. Been busy w/commissions and if you're interested, just view this link:
Commission Information:
http://helrouis.deviantart.com/journal/35707342/

Samples:
1/18/2011 - My latest work so far:

[Jason]

Practicing anatomy.. Critiques are very much appreciated!

[Jason]

Work done under 1 hour. Again, feel free to critique, will be very much appreciated.

[pkt]

I like your Reimu for all that matter. I'm going to guess you do digital painting.

[shatteredfox]

in your first picture something's off with their facial expression. It shouldn't look like that, as it is right now it looks like(for lack of better words and staying pg-13) they're in heat(especially in the back). Other than that great pictures. There's most likely composition errors I'm easily missing but I'm not an artist, I can only give you critique from an everyday-man point of view.

[Jason]

Thank you pkt, I'm confused which style should I go actually, rough one or the clean one.
Most VNs use the clean/HQ style and somehow I want to try rough to make a difference with my project.
Thank you shatteredfox for the critique, I'll keep in mind to control the expressions next time xD

So here, new sketches, (note that these sketches are done for free. You can try to request one by replying to this thread )

[fortaat]

I want you to try and surprise us. Pick a drawing subject that isn't extensively covered by Anime / Manga, and draw it in a style that represents you as an artist. I'm curious to see what you would do when changing subjects.

This is also my critique - you need to diversify, both thematically and stylistically, in order to improve.

[Jason]

@fortaat
I did attempt to capture how my desktop was at night given a cap of 4 hours: (1 layer (except for screenshot on monitor), paint tool SAI 1.1.0, wacom cte 450)


I know it's not good ~ I'll try submitting a new example. Do you have any suggestions for me to try out?

[Nellie]

Wow... That's so big I could hardly see anything >_< (Sorry for having a small monitor)

But hello there fellow touhou fan =D

[Eken--Death]

I personally think that your art is beautiful.
NOTE: Wait, the girls' sketches, are they wearing the same shirt/jacket? Perhaps you would want to work on clothes diversity? I dunno.
Could you draw a guy holding a rifle? PLEEEEZE??? Sketch, 'course.

[fortaat]

I'm basing this on your DA account, which allows for a very limited view point. Take it for what it is.

You rarely paint textures, and when you do, you often have problems with it. You don't paint a lot of furniture in general, which could explain why you haven't mastered it. You tend to neglect that part, although it should be relatively easy for you, considering your work on fabrics.
The first pic in the thread is a good example - you neglected the desks' texture, the light on the floor has very strict lines, and the wooden frame of the chalk board is grainy (unlike wood).
Tree VS clothes.

Remember that two girls on a bed drawing? The blanket was excellent, but the wall was a one color layer, with some basic gradient over it. It had no texture, although if you knew how to do it, you could have nailed it in ten minutes.
Look at the first pic again, on the wall in the back - same thing.
It happens on some drawings on DA as well.

Polish that desk painting, and make sure the wood looks like wood, the refrigerator's plastic looks like plastic, and the metallic Ipod looks metallic - and most importantly, POLISH the wall. Make sure all of them reflect light properly. It's not very interesting, but it's a good exercise.

Either that, or draw furniture fantasy. Go nuts, just make sure the textures are right.

[pkt]

Because the sketch style is so under done I'm highly considering using it in some on my games. I like the style of your sketches so I think you can pull it off too. Just have decent bg's.

[Jason]

@fortaat
Please critique my latest update

[Fawn]

Hmm, it'd definently be alot better if you could size them down. It's pretty easy, just go to canvas-image size and make sure "Lock aspect ratio" is on. Then take it down a couple hundred pixels.

Other than that, I like the rendering in the background and on the skin. And that dragon statue is BADASS!!
However, I'd work on lighting, your light source seems to skip around. (though, mine's no better lol, it's hard) Put some more colors into the clothing, the bedsheet, and some other areas that aren't as dark. They look a bit plain compared to the nice dark shading on the curtains. The clouds to the top left are a bit pasty looking, I'd suggest instead of using the pen tool to blend them like the rest, you render them with the airbrush tool on a low opacity.
Anatomy on the gals looks a little off, but that tends to happen when you start out with digital paintings.

I'm not an expert, however the guy who wrote this tutorial is, and I've learned alot from it: http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm#licence it's extremely helpful with digital painting and drawing in general.

[Jason]

@Fawn thank you for the critique, I resized the image down too. The lighting is quite messy I admit, I don't know how to pull off the camera lighting in front (there's a camera girl shooting at them so yeah xD, otherwise their faces should be darker or so..)

Thanks for the link, I saved the page a long time ago, but then I failed understanding it since I have barely no idea back then haha xD. I'll work on the drapery. I guess I need better references for anatomy and everything.