MaiMai's Art Thread [Critique Appreciated]

[MaiMai]

and yeah made more

[MaiMai]

Aaaand another one. Gonna take a break from these, I promise, I have other pictures to draw!!

[chocojax]

I really like the first outfit from aioutfits2, and the third outfit in the latest one. :D

Also, just wanted to point out that the arms seem a bit too long. The fingertips should reach around mid-thigh, and elbows are around the end of the ribcage.

[MaiMai]

I really like the first outfit from aioutfits2, and the third outfit in the latest one.

Also, just wanted to point out that the arms seem a bit too long. The fingertips should reach around mid-thigh, and elbows are around the end of the ribcage.

Thank you! The third outfit in the latest one seems to be a popular one.

I see what you mean about the arms too, so thanks! I'll have to mess around with the proportions so I know what to do better next time!

[MaiMai]

Was testing a new pencil brush on SAI, but then I got carried away

[DarkSin]

Just loving this latest piece. Very nice!

[chocojax]

It looks pretty fine as is, since it has an abstract sort of feeling, but I just wanted to point out the neck. (I think) It usually begins a bit past the end of our eye, in a profile view. I'm also digging those clouds a lot!

(Also, what pencil brush is that? It looks rad. :O)

EDIT: (Didn't want to spam your thread with another post. Thanks! :D)

[MaiMai]

It looks pretty fine as is, since it has an abstract sort of feeling, but I just wanted to point out the neck. (I think) It usually begins a bit past the end of our eye, in a profile view. I'm also digging those clouds a lot!

(Also, what pencil brush is that? It looks rad. :O)

I see what you mean with the neck! I guess I don't see it as much of an issue because it's all covered by hair (and I do remember having a similar outline before drawing over it-- your outline is probably more accurate though, I think my neck was thinner.

As for the pencil brush it came from this!

[khnachi]

Ah! Why haven't I posted here before. Your clothe designs are really cute and I love the latest piece.

[Railgun]

Nice thread!

Actually, I want to comment on what Chocojax said.
About the girl from the outfits images, the length of her arms doesn't bother me because of two reasons:
-sometimes, the ribcage is drawn shorter as a conscious design style
-the fingers can appear lower when the model is bent forward even slightly (to me that's why the body appears strange in the underwear outfit, where the body isn't hidden by clothes)

The hand is too small though and the wrist should be drawn in a higher place.

As for the girl with the sky background, Choco is right but it's not as much the end of the eye (although it's a good indicator) as the middle of the jaw.
I can't stress it enough but always use references even if you're studying anatomy and trying to learn it, because you need to draw from life a lot to memorize certain patterns of curves and proportions.

[MaiMai]

Nice thread!

Actually, I want to comment on what Chocojax said.
About the girl from the outfits images, the length of her arms doesn't bother me because of two reasons:
-sometimes, the ribcage is drawn shorter as a conscious design style
-the fingers can appear lower when the model is bent forward even slightly (to me that's why the body appears strange in the underwear outfit, where the body isn't hidden by clothes)

The hand is too small though and the wrist should be drawn in a higher place.

As for the girl with the sky background, Choco is right but it's not as much the end of the eye (although it's a good indicator) as the middle of the jaw.
I can't stress it enough but always use references even if you're studying anatomy and trying to learn it, because you need to draw from life a lot to memorize certain patterns of curves and proportions.

Thanks for your tips! I do look at real life references, but I tend to stylize so much that I forgo it a lot. I kind of keep my stylized stuff and my naturalistic anatomy studies separate (for the latter, I try to exercise with gesture drawings of real life models from web sources.)

Ah! Why haven't I posted here before. Your clothe designs are really cute and I love the latest piece.

Thank you!

[MaiMai]

These were giveaway prizes for my Tumblr follower milestone thingy. First is sorani/z04's protag from their NaNoRenO15 game and the second was a friend's OC!

[MaiMai]

Still been drawing mostly commissions though. I also give my customers some WIP shots. These here are crossover commissions I've done in the past two weeks

[MaiMai]

Another WIP from start to finish of my most recent commission and something I whipped up really quickly to amuse myself. she could make a cute protag for an otome game with color demon designs or something aha

[Lilan]

These were giveaway prizes for my Tumblr follower milestone thingy. First is sorani/z04's protag from their NaNoRenO15 game and the second was a friend's OC!

@MaiMai: her OC has the stars as her hair?? Awesome oAo I agree you draw interesting clothes. Hoping for more.