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ScarletChild In reply to Sylvia-chan [2013-12-28 04:48:17 +0000 UTC]

That'd be helpful, thank you. I know I need improvement on a lot of things, but having them narrowed down helps lol

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Sylvia-chan In reply to ScarletChild [2013-12-28 16:59:46 +0000 UTC]

Everyone can always improve, I think you're already pretty great! Feel free to disagree with or completely disregard what I wrote, these are just my opinions, what's most important is that you're happy with what you've created

Personally I think the brown line art is nice; it softens the piece and works well with the white and light green.

The one aspect I think you definitely could work on would be the background. Your background should have a point. If you can't think of a reason to have something in the background leave it empty. Filling it just to have something there is not the answer! It just distracts from the beautiful girl you drew. One of the most important things when drawing backgrounds is making sure they interact with the objects in them. For example, if she's lying on the floor here, she should be casting a shadow onto the floor, right? Also, 'backgrounds' don't necessarily have to fill the entire image, such as sylvia-chan.deviantart.com/art… (the sort of slacker 'background' I add ) the flowers and butterflies here are the 'background' sylvia-chan.deviantart.com/art… there are of course also the super intense crazy beautiful backgrounds some artists create laverinne.deviantart.com/art/E… sylvia-chan.deviantart.com/art… , but even without a 'background' illustrations can still be nicely "filled" shilin.deviantart.com/art/Lamp… . So when adding a background, first think about what you want it to add to the picture (is the character sitting in the shade on a hot summer day? Are they in the middle of an exciting battle? Maybe you just really like drawing flowers, like me whatever the reason, there should be one) and then think about how it balances the image (this is mostly what my flowers do; they don't really tell you much about the setting in terms of an actual place, or what's happening).

The rest are just nit-picky things that I think could be a little different.

So drawing anime-styled people... it's fun, isn't it The best place to start is by looking at photos of actual people, and here's where the nit-picking starts... senshistock.deviantart.com/art… people's heads are more circular (so the hair at the top of her head shouldn't go up so far), and girls' faces are rounder. People's foreheads come out a bit, their hands are a bit larger in proportion to their faces (nice job on the shape of the hands though, they're beautiful!).

Your illustrations will look much more three dimensional if you pick a consistent light source. Also don't be afraid to distinctly define the shadows

I have a thing about defining the hair... See how there are some lines that go all the way through it? princess--ailish.deviantart.co… . I think it really adds a lot of depth even before the hair is colored!

Since I don't think I did a very good job explaining my thoughts (it's easier to draw them than to explain them with words, I think) I quickly sketched them over your illustration, I really hope it helps! sylvia-chan.deviantart.com/art… (the only things the sketch is supposed to show are the hair strands, the hand size, the head/face shape, and the lighting everything else I sort of destroyed with my sloppiness, like her beautiful eyelashes but I hope it's helpful anyway ^^)

Finally, I really love her expression and think you did a great job drawing the fabric, especially her gloves. They really are beautiful. I also think it is a cute outfit (I'd love a pair of those gloves ) and the details, such as the lace, are very well executed

Hope this was helpful, and keep up the great work, you have a lot of potential!

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ScarletChild In reply to Sylvia-chan [2013-12-30 05:32:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the advice! I always get a bit confused on things since I'm not constantly drawing anymore.

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Sylvia-chan In reply to ScarletChild [2013-12-30 14:44:56 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, I hope it's helpful I completely understand, during high school I would draw every day, but now... it's more like once a month and all of the things I wrote about give me a lot of trouble too (especially backgrounds ). Anyway, when you have the time to draw something new, I'd love to see it

Your icon's really cute, and thank you so so much for the watch

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ScarletChild In reply to CuteMageVampire [2012-06-13 03:14:59 +0000 UTC]

That you!

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ScarletChild In reply to vlewis123 [2012-06-13 03:15:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, and your comment did make me simile lol

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vlewis123 In reply to ScarletChild [2012-06-13 03:25:31 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome and haha yay XD

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ScarletChild In reply to Potato-K [2012-06-13 03:14:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It was very aggravating with how I angled her and trying to make the shading look accurate.

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Potato-K In reply to ScarletChild [2012-06-17 13:47:54 +0000 UTC]

lol in the end the angle turned out pretty well and so did the shading ^^ so well done!

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