If you rate it less than 8/10 this time I will retire art° - °

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[LunarScyphozoa]

Dude, can you not? 0/10 for your attitude. Come on.

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[EncryptedWriting]

Then why even post this ...?

[KevinReijnders]

For the attention off course

[moontokkym]

1) your attitude is going to get you nothing but frustration from people here, knock it off.
2) what you're asking changes totally depending on where you're from. I'm guessing you're American or a different country where 10/10 is a common mark to give someone, so 8/10 is "good but ok". In France, if you get an 8/10 for art in school your drawing is pretty damn perfect and anything above is to reward exceptional excellence. This is not the case with this drawing.
3) you're saying "lie or I quit". Quit then, we won't lie, and you should love art enough that our opinion won't make you quit drawing.

[rebelliontmi]

man you colors are good, but the illustration is a little effortless, i understand the magical scene, much itrospective, but at least let us rate more images...i won't do morals, it's really "THE WORST" to miss confidence in you art, i know, but there willl always be better and worse artists than you...just do your shit if you love doing it

[NewAgeComics]

Hello guys
I was wondering if anyone would rate this as well. I'm just learning digital art and understanding light and shadows so it would be really cool if I could hear your opinion on it

[wolflu66]

I don't really like giving people's work a "score."
Unless viewed with extremely critical eyes, I think this picture is already quite good.

[rebelliontmi]

well man, you colors sure are cool,and it's clear you studied anathomy before drawing, but ya need more rendering, the shadows are not fluid. don't take it in bad way, but it seems a kid drawing, only because you needed more rendering, like that energy around the hands isn't cool, the pose is static too...i'm only saying this because you have clear ideas, and sure put effort in, i think you can do much better, pratcice is the only way, take your time you got it in your blood, so keep working

[rebelliontmi]

someone can hel me too? i'm not good with colors i would relly like tecnical advices

[KevinReijnders]

someone can hel me too? i'm not good with colors i would relly like tecnical advices

The main issue I have with this piece is that it's not clear where the light is coming from. Knowing your light source(s) is key to rending shadows and light. From what I can tell there are 3 big light sources in your work here. The main light source that illuminates the character, the red fire in the background that provides a rim lighting and then the blue energy from the hands.

When dealing with multiple light sources, you have to determine which is the strongest and weakest, the strongest light source will be responsible for the main illumination of your character.

Another thing you should work on is understanding the volumes of muscles. The piece of exposed skin you show, would not be shaded like that.

[KevinReijnders]

And you know what, fair is fair, I'll throw my hat in the ring as well for a thorough beat down:

[kyupol]

It takes years of endless grinding to level up your art to at least an 8/10. But as difficult as a pill it is to swallow... Sometimes, you just don't cut it and it's time to do something else.

There's the mental and physical limitations that exist that I don't fully understand.

Not everyone can be an Olympic athlete just because you play a certain sport for a hobby.

Same thing with art.

I remember trying to get into an animation program back in the day. Trying so much only to fail. So gave up that pipe dream and did something else. Because they wanted 8/10 art skill at least which looks like this for example...

Fast forward today, I'm making the same money as an animator doing welding/sandblasting.

Don't be discouraged.

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[rebelliontmi]

i'm honestly confused about the muscles part, i meant it with light from above, are you saying i should've used an other light point or something else? because i was pretty confident about the volume...for the light source can you explain it in more extended and tecnical way? i would really like to uderstand how to do that, i've been coloring for just some months, and i don't have the basics, i would really like to use your experience...and since the post will be deleted can you tell me in private?

[Lensing]

Draw using simple shapes, consider the simple shapes when you do the shading,
remember the light source, draw it in black and white first to get the values right

Look at the picture in black and white, it´s really dark and not enough contrast.

I have to say that I´m also just learning this, I have been doing line work for the last
10 years. A good way to practice is to first draw in 2 values only