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Hydrasius In reply to Tsukanaii [2016-06-10 10:49:51 +0000 UTC]

I used photoshop cs5 along with the intuos comic. (For the past few days I've been learning a lot more on colors and how to blend and how values work and I feel I should have learned that before jumping into this but at least I'll have something to compare later) Thanks for the critique  

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Tsukanaii In reply to Hydrasius [2016-06-11 00:58:35 +0000 UTC]

Alright, I'll be focusing on how you are using photoshop and then character design.


There is a lot to improve on, and I can tell you are just starting so you should read a basic photoshop guide and then take focus on this:

To begin with, if you are on photoshop it is wise to begin a painting at a high resolution-- 4000 x 4000 pixels at least (more room for detail), and find an artist that you like and copy their brush set. I won't explain how to import brushes (look it up), but I'll recommend link you the artist that I think provide a good brush set.
Essential Illustration Brushes V3 Extended  (Recommended)
Deharme BRUSHES / Photoshop-CC  (CAUTION: VERY ADVANCED and fits a different style, may be better for a year into the future)

That way, your brush stroke will seem more natural as if you were drawing on paper. 

Your current brush set makes your outline looks very bold, choppy, and unnatural. Some artist like a defined line art to fill in and then adjust the color from there, while other artist make a clean sketch layer and then place the layer with color beneath it. Discover which one you are more comfortable with.

Now that that is out of the way, lets talk about the guy you drew and assume you like a more realistic design rather than anime.
Practice drawing individual pieces of the face: eyes, nose, lips, ears -- all with a reference. Understand that the eye isn't how you drew it in the picture, but kind of an almond outline with creases above the eye lid and dark outlines at the edges. 
Then try to think more about the shading. Shadows are composed of two pieces, a transition from light to dark spots AND strong shadows. Men , traditionally, have stronger jaws and bone structures so expect regions (indented into the skin) with dark shadows near the jaw and between the shin and neck. 
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The second take away is that the neck is straight and the muscles near the shoulders make the appearance of it being curved. I make this mistake a lot, but it's important to recognize that difference for better connection between your drawings's head and body. 

Theres a lot more, there is your start.

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Hydrasius In reply to Tsukanaii [2016-06-11 02:54:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for taking the time to write this First of all, I've been considering brushes but I thought I'd wait before getting any, simply because, I want to get  accustomed to the program itself and how to paint with normal brushes. For this drawing, I was trying to use the pen pressure for both size and opacity which resulted in this weird outline but next time I'll do something different. Also, I still don't know what my style is which is why this is a mixture of both anime and more realistic (it's crap I know, but with more practice I'm sure I'll get to something more pleasing) Thanks for all the advice once again! 

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Hydrasius In reply to SvartabergetArt [2016-06-06 17:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks It was my first time doing backgrounds so I hope I'll get better 

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