Anybody wanna critique my art?

[catijoy]

Hey. I'm sorry if this kind of thing shouldn't be here; if so, you can lock the topic or whatever you need to do. Anyway, I was wondering if anybody could give me any critique and advice for my artwork. I would really like some, if you don't mind. All I ask is that you don't flame me. ^_^

Here are my three newest (digital) pieces. My older pieces are crap. I didn't know how to shade properly then. I think the new method of shading used in these pictures looks much better.

Chibi Sailor Luna by *Cati-Joy on deviantART

Merry Christmas DeviantART by *Cati-Joy on deviantART

Tinker Bell by *Cati-Joy on deviantART

I would really appreciate some help with this. Anything at all is fine with me. Thanks.

[CaptainThunder]

Eh, it looks a little crude (I don't see any shading...).

But it's far better than anything I could ever produce, good job I suppose.

[AnimeBaby112]

I like it. It is a little...computery but its still good.

[Gwen_Goth]

to make it easier for others; and to aid my critismsm..



these two i think are the best to start with; you mentioned in one of the comments that you've been told you need to work on your shading. let me start by saying that i agree; your basic technique is good, but the light has to come from somewhere; a definite direction; best to use a single source to begin with (I will post a pic explaining better when I'm on my own PC again )


your basic technique is good, and you are improving, start looking closer at lighting in images and body proportions, try copying to start with, until you get a good feel for these things (but if you post up on DA, make sure to cite the original artist; DA has a wonderful amount of stock artists for this kind of thing )

keep it up! ^^

[allie2590]

Anatomy, anatomy, anatomy. That's what you need to focus on the most. Look up some tutorials on DeviantArt. There's some really good ones on there. Just take the time to read them, try a few different things, and practice. ^^
I need to work on my anatomy too, but I'm mainly a photographer and poet, so I don't get much practice with drawing.

[catijoy]

Thanks you guys! I really appreciate the help. ^_^

The way I was originally shading it was by using black for the dark parts and white for the light parts and gaussian blurring it until it was shaded to my liking. However, people on Fanart-Central and ConceptArt told me that I need to shade it using darker shades of color from the pictures (I guess to look more like anime cells) so I did.

I'll try my best to improve! Thank you!

[mangafreak]

It's pretty good. I just think maybe you should add some eyelashes on the tinkerbell, and some more shading and highlights to the hair. It's still better than anything I could create on a computer, though.