Hi folks! I'm working on an assignment for my Drawing I course, where I am drawing a room with a doorway that looks into an adjacent room. Since my home doesn't have the sort of setup that the assignment requires, I'm drawing from a reference photo, which I'll attach. I'll also attach my drawing so far, though my lines are very light since I'm just blocking things in.

My question is - I thought that the angle of this photo would mean I'm drawing in one point perspective, but now that I'm sketching in the elements of the adjacent room (further away), the angles of shelves the built-in bookcase on the wall seem way too steep if I align them with my vanishing point. I put my photo into procreate just to see if I was crazy, and it seems like they don't in fact line up with the vanishing point of the larger/closer room. Does this seem accurate?

The professor doesn't do a lot of direct instruction in this course, and I can't seem to find anything online or in any of my drawing books that talk about this specific composition. Everything I'm seeing is just the basic one point or two point drawing of one room.

If anyone has any advice or resources or just can tell me if I'm completely missing something and of COURSE there is only one VP, I would be so appreciative!!

If it helps, here is the assignment wording: "One drawing of an interior space with an opening. For example, looking down at a hall and the door
to another room is open. Draw what you see through this opening to look accurate with what is outside the open door. Focus on accurate perspective and the structure of the composition, using close observations and applying all knowledge of perspective and drawing gained thus far. Trust what you see, depict what you see. Goal is illusion to real space and three dimensions."

These are some of my recent practice portraits. I think I’ve sorted them newest to oldest, but I’ve also gone back and tweaked things in some older ones so not sure about the exact timeline.

I’m definitely a beginner, slowly learning more about proportions (including the use of the loomis method) and other fundamentals. Ans as you can see I’m still figuring out how I want to render and how stylised I want things to be.

While I obviously want to improve on all aspects, what would you say is the major skill or aspect holding me back?

Wanted to test my muscle anatomy knowledge again and drew these figures from imagination. How do they look? I tried not to worry about mistakes so I can spend my time drawing different figures instead of wasting time fixing mistakes. Also, I haven’t learned the muscles of the arms yet so I just left them as basic cylinders.

Study of Jim lees value work and trying to apply some recent studies about shading and values to a piece based of this image. Notably this is a work in progress and I want some critique on the figure before I get to the cape. Some questions

-are the values and shading of this drawing too “muddy” if so what makes a drawing “muddy” in the first place

- I used a blending stump to try and make clean tone for this drawing and I wonder if that is causing the muddiness or any other negative effects if so how do I use a blending stump properly or where can I learn to use it properly

-I acknowledge some other elements of the drawing are poor like the death of the gesture and potentially the face, drawing small eyes is really difficult and while thankfully I didn’t need to worry about details or anything some advice on that would be greatly appreciated!

Any other critiques outside of these questions are appreciated!

Sincerely Kudzu.

I’m a beginner digital artist who mainly draws anime-style characters using HiPaint. I usually use the G-pen for line art. I’d appreciate some advice on how to improve my line quality, make my strokes smoother and more confident, and use line weight effectively. Any tips on brush settings, stabilization, or line-art techniques would be helpful!

I'm trying to improve my hands in live figure drawing classes. Poses run from 5 to 25 minutes, the model sometimes shifts slightly, and I can't use photo references.

Drawing lots of hands is the obvious answer, but I'd love to hear about specific exercises or practice habits that made a real difference for you, especially ones that work within these time limits.

I've attached a few of my hand drawings. Some work better than others, so if you spot a mistake I keep repeating (proportions, structure, simplification, etc.), please let me know.

Thanks for any advice 🙌

Hi Folks, I'm working on a little ship design, and I'm a bit lost on where to go next with the rendering.

I know next time I would start by coloring over my line art with the colors of the different sections, but I'm a bit lost as where to go next. I want to do a bit of wear and tear, but I don't really have much experience with this yet, any suggestions on tutorials, or just suggestions in general?

i'm just trying to get into the habit of drawing every day rn, but i do plan of getting into the dreaded fundamentals as i go

1st is from a reference from The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service

only when i stepped back i noticed the body proportions were shorter than the reference, and i just didn't dare to add the arm because fleshy bits are so complicated

i feel like i got the posture right, i think it does look like she's turning, but i'm not very sure about this one

2nd is from a storefront

i started w the box, and i'm pretty proud that i got the box right on the first attempt, but as i started working on Tigger, i noticed the box was waaaay to tiny and had to make it bigger.

i also was able to get most of Tigger right on the first try but that needed a lot more correcting

i don't know why the arm is so buff, it's giving Tony the Tiger vibes

overall very proud of this one

3rd is my own eraser, i was looking at it instead of the picture so the angles are different

again, only after i stepped back i noticed some perspective issues w the box part

i like the eraser part, i didn't think it'd come out alright but i like it

any feedback is greatly appreciated!

I drew this octopus a while ago and colored it using Ohuhu alcohol markers and Prismacolor colored pencils.

I wasn't originally planning to stop here. I wanted to add light to the water at the top of the piece, but I'm not sure how to approach it without potentially ruining what I've already done.

I'm also unsure whether there's enough contrast between the arms, especially where they overlap. I'm worried some of them blend together too much.

Does this look finished as it is, or would adding water improve the composition? I'd also appreciate any advice on improving the contrast and giving the arms more dimension.

Edit: added missing words

Hey everyone !

So, I recently decided to do a lot more figure drawing and incorporate it into my (almost) daily warm-ups. I want to improve my pose dynamism, variety, and silhouettes, for both male and female figures.

I've been finding this exercise really interesting, but I feel kinda... stuck? I don't feel like I'm making much progress.

I usually do 30-minute daily sessions on Line of Action, working with different time limits: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes. You can see a few selected studies in the images attached to this post, arranged chronologically from left to right.

So, I was wondering: what can I do to improve in this area? I'm open to suggestions and constructive feedback !

I sketched my tea pot yesterday inspired by the Larry Gluck video, today I drew it in colour.
I have two issues:
- making it even on both sides (but I suppose all I can do is practice?)
- making the shadows correct and making it come off the paper.

Right now I combine draw a box exercises with drawing exercises from random videos on YouTube that I like (i.e. drawing and colouring a flower), so I don’t get bored.

Any advice on how to improve my skills(esp in the coloured drawing)?

This is a drawing of an eyeball that has fallen out of its socket.

The primary difference I've noticed is within the perspective, something about the original's angle and proportions give it an sense of depth and emotion that I've struggled to replicate ever since.

As one person noted, it looks like it's looking through you.

Hi, I would like some advice on how the clothes would move. I am ading layer of just clothes because my goal is to draw them in a way, where people should be able to guess the general stance of the character just from the clothes. And second pic is the entire character, Third is the chlothes outline (I also know I need to improve my anatomy, am working on it)

Edit: MODs I AM SORRY for the post spam, for some reason the discord was loading for like 10 minutes without confirming the post so i just thought it didnt go through like 3 times and gave up, didnt get notice till today.

Also thank you guyzs soo much for the advices, I will check it out and wilk start using references :D

Okay, I've been trying to study anatomy and I just don't understand it.

I want to be able to draw without reference, but it seems to turn out horrible when I do and I don't know how to fix it.

My first image is with reference, it's really easy for me to do and I can do it quickly and easily. I've done so many anatomy drawings with reference and at this point it is a breeze.

The second image is by myself, I feel like I'm learning nothing from drawing from reference and it doesn't transfer over.

I've studied anatomy and the bones and some muscle, yet I don't seem to retain the knowledge for the most part and am unable to draw what I can do from reference onto my own. Also, this seems to be a problem in every area, everytime I go with no reference anywhere I seem to fall short.

Though, sometimes I can draw well without reference(like image 3 and 4), but that is very rare and most the times it looks like my 2nd image 88% of the times.

How do I fix this?

(put NSFW for the anatomy)

Almost finished with this. What do you think? I'm curious to know what criticisms people have about my work. I work illustrating concepts and scenes, but my work has never had a very good reach, and the studios I contact never get back to me. What's wrong with my art? 🙃

I'm struggling so much with drawing arches and vaults correctly with the right measurements in one point and two points PERSPECTIVE and YouTube does NOT seem to help with this so please gimme suggestions

Anyone have any resources that show how to rotate form in 5 point perspective? I'm pretty good with paralelle lines but applying the curves to rotation messes with my brain.

Hi !

This us a drawing I did last week. But, it feels so off and so bad to me ! Can you please roast it ?

Thanks a lot and have a good day !

i feel like there’s something wrong here with the anatomy but idk what exactly so if you notice what’s wrong pls politely tell me why (am somewhat a beginner when it comes to drawing anatomy)

Does anyone have any book, youtube video, or websites that will give me guidance on how to improve my color theory?

I think the hardest part about these studies actually wasn't the values but having to force myself to draw what I see, not what I think I see 😪 I think I've gotten better at that but still you can probably see my struggle with the pepper especially.

Also, fabric is a nightmare. It feels like it has a mind of its own. I had to really force myself to push the values on that one. I am a little afraid of pushing them too far though, should I just disregard that fear as I go?

Anyway, let me know what I can improve on as I continue with these studies :)