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I think your style is a good mix where you can draw a lot of detail and distinct faces with how realistic it is, but not be so restricted that you can't create good emotion!

Oh boy this is such a difficult thing to do, but great thread! and good practice to encourgae oneself :sparkles:

but uh, I really like drawing hands and think Ive gotten pretty okey with them by now

and i like my sketches a lot more than my finished art, they just feel looser and more dynamic somehow

Oh they did... they did. :sweat_smile: Markers are pretty fast as traditional media goes... but even a simple panel still takes me a couple of hours to color. Nearly every single thing in any illustration of mine has at least 3 (often 5) layers of color on it. If anyone's curious, this is what my marker work looked like back in... eh, around 2003?

... I've come a long way in almost 20 years...

Thanks for the thread! I'm a pretty self-doubtful (is that a word?) person by nature- and more so of late- so this should be a good exercise in positivity for me :]

My favorite things about my art style are likely my anatomy and colors. Plus, flowy hair and clothing.

'Anatomy' including my body construction skills and my style of drawing characters in general. I always have room to grow, but I think I can get it pretty correct when I put in the effort, and I feel confident about my skill when it comes to drawing people on the spot without a reference- their faces, bodies, expressions, different posing.

It makes me happy to find how natural and comfortable it feels to sketch them. People have always been my favorite thing to draw... so it'd follow that that's what I'm best at.

Otherwise, I've doubted my colors and shading a lot (..especially my comic palettes :p), but sometimes I think they come out really nice and I like them for the most part. Been experimenting more lately with colored shadows/light, which adds a lot.

The way I light my scenes and artworks might actually be a third favorite thing. c:

@AlydaB - those are some really lovely colors! Nothing to doubt at all!

I uh... I have two art styles. Don't mind me tootin' my horn twice...



With this one I like the movement and the expressiveness of the characters, as well as (from a creative stand-point) how quick it is to draw and do the flats. The colors come out nice too.

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This one just has the intention of drawing sexy and/or cool-looking characters and I think it serves its purpose admirably. The sketchier lines are more natural to me, so lineart is a much more pleasant experience regardless of the program. I love that I can up the masculine side of the art, because it has a very different energy.

Thank you so much!

I love your art style too- especially the lovely color palettes. The third piece you shared (lake of purple spirits) is my favorite and I keep going back to look at it again :smile:

le gasp People who like their lineart? I never thought I'd see the day o_o (Seriously though, your linearts are indeed quite dope :])

@AlydaB I really like how you draw cloth in The Herald's Soul! It's really ... swirly? but it still looks correct and it's so satisfying to look at and I haven't seen anything like it before and I likey :'D


I definitely appreciate my style more than enough and have already tooted my own horn more than a few times, so I'll try to at least be original XD

I think the real strength of my style is economy. It's quick to draw, and lets me fudge details, and lets me experiment with panels like this that'll take me a billion years in literally any other style :stuck_out_tongue:

The idea of trying to do this panel in my style makes me want to cry. Good on you for that economy of line and detail; it's serving you well.

First of all I wanna make a round of applause for all the artists here! It's an honor to be surrounded by so many talented people :cry_swag:

@nekocoa thank you for this wonderful thread! I really love your soft shading too! It's very cozy :blush:

@igneriss they all are so different and all look amazing, great storytelling with illustrations! :open_mouth:

@liaroger I really do like how you draw faces too! Especially noses ^^

@AlydaB really really enjoying your intense coloring, it has such a raw energy!

I think my favorite thing in my art is how fluid, lively and dynamic it looks, and even though I became better, I think it actually had this feeling from the beginning.
My line art is still not that clean, but I really love it anyway :smiley: Starting Inktober last year really boosted my self-esteem, reminding me of the things I am actually good at.

And I actually love how I draw people and faces in particular, I think they are in a nice solid balance of anime and more realistic style nowadays.

The liveliness is most noticeable in my sketches, but last year I kinds broke a wall in my coloring, so now my colors are as vibrant as ever which I really enjoy ^^ Never thought I will be able to do something as colorful.

Ah, I'm so late, I'm sorry. (Had to work every day last week and I just slept until 2pm and still feel tired lol)
But I'd like to give a round of compliments too (and finally reply to the people that addressed me)

@nekocoa Thank you so much! That' exactly what I was going for. :slight_smile:

@Scarlet_Cryptid That's impressive! :open_mouth: I mean the old drawing is kinda cool too, you already had a grasp on anatomy then, but you've come a long way still.

@rumpenstiltzkin Those hands though! They're impressive. And I love the lighting, it sets the mood perfectly.

@Byunnii Oh I love the colours and how painterly and sparkly your art looks. And you have really interesting and unique character designs.

@AlydaB No need to doubt yourself, your art is beautiful. I'm low-key obsessed with the dynamic poses and the shading on the guy's arm. :smiley: And you have very nice colour palettes, they're compelling but don't have too much going on.

@Mallory The first style is so cute! :heart_01:I love the shapes and how the characters all have their distinct silhouette, I feel like that's one of the strong suits of more stylised styles and you do a great job. And the characters in your other style look very cool. I love sketchy lineart too btw, I feel like it really adds to the style.

@Kann I love those colours and how expressive your characters are despite remaining "pretty" - it's like every piece tells a whole story. And the amount of detail is impressive.

@Noorie You have great lineart and colours. And I'd say that you do have an art style and it seems quite versatile, like it'd work well with pretty much every genre. I could picture those characters in a gag a day comic, a romance, a heavy drama, an epic fantasy story ... anything really, and it would fit.

@Stargazer31 I llike our colours too, and how unique your character designs are. And I'm low key jealous because lineart is still one of the most difficult things for me. :smiley:

@EverydayWonderlander Those colours! So nice and moody. And your lineart is so clean ... I also like how you draw clothes and, they look so realistic. (I know it might seem like a small thing but fabric i hard!)

@TheLemmaLlama Toot your horn as much as you want, your art looks great! I love the sketchy feel and that panel ... well, if I were to do it in my style I'd wanna get drunk first, then cry and then go to sleep and never do it. :smiley: Meanwhile you captured the busy feeling perfectly.

@Kelheor Thank you so much! Hehe, noses are fun. I think you already know how much I love your style, how vibrant and expressive it is (and your level of stylisation is right up my alley) ... Suffice it to say that I take mental notes on how to improve my art (and to put in more effort in general) every time I see yours. :smiley:

@rumpenstiltzkin I love the expressiveness of your style and your hands are so amazing!

@Byunnii Wow, your color choices are so lovely! And I love the way you draw eyes!

@AlydaB The poses you draw feel so natural and dynamic; I hope to be able to draw poses like that eventually! And the shading you choose for your drawings works really well

@Mallory Having two different styles is awesome! I think the first style is so expressive and fun and the second gives you room for more serious pieces, which is something I'd like to develop myself someday

@Kann All of your faces are really expressive and I love the way you use color to create an atmosphere!