Hey fellas! Ruined a few ole drawings, just wondering how I can preserve my next ones! I believe there’s a spray folks use but isnt that for stuff you’re framing? Not stuff you’re constantly opening?! Once again sorry if not the right format/truly dumb question!

I'm practicing drawing with the whole arm instead of using just the wrist. Am I doing right?

At the age of 39 I decided to learn to draw, specifically faces and portraits. Lots of ups and downs and hundreds of drawings between these two. Some better and some maybe not, but I thought I would share these two since they are similar enough. Small improvements over time have kept me going and interested. It’s hard to find time to draw every day at my current age and lifestyle but have tried to be as consistent as I can.

Ive been trying to draw this chinese woman from a reference photo, but she just does not "look chinese" like the woman in the picture.

I included the reference.

Like i know the woman in the picture has her eyes open and looks down instead. And i know I lowk messed up the mouth. Its whatever. I just want to know why she looks more middle eastern or sum, and not chinese at all 😭

Edit: Note: i have already made some changes based of people's feedback. But ofcourse i am open on feedback on that too!! thank you to everyone who took the time out of their day to give me advice and tips! It really is much appreciated!

And a thanks to the people who gave me compliments on my drawing skills. You guys are too kind! Ive never had these types of compliments from fellow artists and art loves :p i am blushing

I will revisit the drawing again tomorrow and try to remember to post an update in the comments. But I want to say that you guys have been extremely helpful!

I deem this a new hybrid!... banana-koi-ghost fish? 😂

This was just a quick one, I need to practice the actual koi first so critique isn't necessary but welcome. 😁

Month 2 complete: Progression update

Now Day 60.

For my monthly finishing art, I redrew my Doctor Doom piece from Day 30.

This month, I focused on value and background; doing studies on environment objects, ribbons, silhouettes, terrain, 4th and 5th POV, emotions, and organic shapes. I also noticed massive improvement from what I did in month 1 especially on faces, mannequin posing, and hair. C52's weeks 4 to 7 were also done.

With most of the fundamentals tackled and improved on, I believe I'm ready for the next big step, also being the main focus for Month 3 --- Rendering.

What are your thoughts on my progress?

Pic 1: Day 60 drawing

Pic 2: Day 30 drawing

Pics 3–6: Weeks 4–8; end of week challenge.

Remaining pics: other studies/practices.

Today's challenge is dedicated to Bioware, with the sad news of their closure. Dragon Age and Mass Effect were foundational games for my younger brother and I, and I will always carry those stories with me to commemorate the work of all those talented people who were part of this organization...

Recently i have been focusing more on personal art but still made some redrawings:)
first is talia yang from the new season of cyberpunk
second is hitoshi from my hero official art

I’m just looking for more ways to improve drawing as I am extremely new to drawing

Hola, estoy empezando en el mundo del dibujo, la verdad me encanta el estilo de arte de los comics de Marvel y Marvel Rivals, use esas dos imagenes de referencia. ¿Algunos tips o algo para poder mejorar? Muchas gracias 🙏🏼

I basically started inktober as a personal challenge, I did not draw from and eternity and I tought It could be fun to do all the month.

I rushed a Little the days,however I think somehow i improved...

However I noticed that now It seems I got some regression... And i am losing the 'magic' so i want to restart from the real basics.

These are the improvements (day 2 vs day 31 vs)

I really want to continue to some simple muscles and anatomy, but my body sketches are inconsistent, the bodies are usually wrong in proportions, and I still feel intimidating drawing body in perspective and hard angles. Should I continue practicing or move on to the anatomy?

come si studia anatomia?

forse é una domanda strana, ma non capisco come dovrei fare, cioé, semplicemente ricopiando da manuali saró in grado di capire come funziona l’anatomia e riusciró ad esempio quando disegno dal vero a fare il corpo umano con le giuste proporzioni? non capisco, se qualcuno ha dei “consigli” su come fare mi farebbe un grosso favore.

cioé ad esempio, dovrei aprire il mio sketchbook e copiare dai manuali? basta questo? c’é un modo per “”studiare”” l’anatomia in modo MOLTO efficace?

ad esempio, le foto allegate sono copie dal vero di un modello, per migliorare le proporzioni studiare anatomia sicuramente mi aiuterebbe, credo

scusate le ripetizioni o se il mio inglese non é buono, ma non é la mia prima lingua.

Trying to practice rendering and just making a fun drawing with the main characters from The Passenger (2023) but I’m just not sure I’m catching the resemblance between the characters (included a reference photo I’m using at the top right corner).

I know some bits are off such as the far eye and eyebrow, and I think some of the issue can be attributed to my not so great rendering, but I still feel there’s a larger issue that I just can’t seem to pinpoint.

Im mostly just looking for advice to help make the drawing look more like the actual character, but any advice is welcome. Thank you in advance!

hey folks, I am trying to learn to render faces, however I am struggling with understanding what makes a drawing look 'finished'. I am usually stuck at the stage shown in the pics attached where there are some major light/shadow blocks but everything feels very rough. of course overall critique about coloring is welcome!

(art by spiikyun on instagram). I’ve seen some art like this and wanted to try making something like it but I don’t know how it’s done.