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[Strawberry]

I'm an amateur artist, but I love to doodle sooooo much. It's fun! Why am I posting my sketches here? To get comments and critique. You'll probably see a mixture of a bunch of styles, and boy will it vary. o.o

Sketches:

Realism of Aelina Rowan from my current game - Ghost Shards Requiem

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Side-view of Aelina Rowan from Ghost Shards Requiem - drawn today

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Concept art for a story I was working on

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Girl from same story as above (not Ghost Shards)

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Random girl - inspired by a real life girl I saw that day

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Illenia from an 8 year old story

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Jewel from an 8 year old story

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Attempted Coloring:

Nelly from an 8 year old story - sister of Illenia

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Corinne from Celestial Sphere (an abandoned game)

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[X-M-O]

Wow, you've got a talent for drawing!
These are brilliant! ^^

You make very good facial profiles, and the second image (in particular) is remarkable.
Very nicely done - do you plan on colouring the rest of them?

[Strawberry]

I should color them, but my digital art is lacking. We got paint.net for coloring and that's about it. XD

But thanks. Glad someone likes them. ^^

[X-M-O]

Yes, I do like them. You should give yourself more credit. ^^
You are good at drawing curves well, in my opinion, sometimes I think people see curves as square shapes when they draw, but you've got the curve-drawing down quite well. =D

[Nanashi]

From what I see, even if you are not confident in what you have at the moment, you will be soon~ You have your faces down near perfectly (if not for how pesky angling can be) and your anatomy is coming along very well! Worry not, your artwork will speak for itself and the talent behind it will be something even you will find hard to deny. As for the coloring, it does take time to get used to using digital art and what style works best for your drawings. I'm in that process myself and if you work at it, getting used to it will come to you easily~ What you have now is exceptionally wonderful!

Keep up the wonderful work and remember every time you put pencil to paper, you are progressing~

[Strawberry]

Hi hi guys.

Everyone says my faces are fantastical for some reason. o.o

I should try digital some more. XD I wonder which one I should do digitally. o.o

A blurry image of an RP character that's not mine... I should've taken the picture better. I draw on graph paper to help me, by the way.

[RandSummers]

Speaking from a professional standpoint most of these pictures are nearly good. The one that REALLY stands out is Random Girl. I'd suggest getting in some more practice drawing random people than go back to the fantasy aspect of your work because the less real your artwork is the more its going to suffer. In the long run you want to make sure you get all your proportions right and then exaggerate them.

Great work kiddo!

[Strawberry]

Thankies! And yeah, I should draw from real life, just finding the right references is hard. ><



I have this that I drew several days ago. It's all the same character, but I can't for the life me decide what to make her look like. She always looks like every other single glasses girl out there. ><

[X-M-O]

Hmm... I don't know, I think she resembles Velma from Scooby-Doo. =]
Could transform her into some cousin of Velma's and give her a boyfriend like Shaggy, lol. =D

[Strawberry]

Darn, haha.

I like Velma too.

She's supposed to be very smart and unsociable, but no matter what I do - she never looks right. Gah.

[X-M-O]

I think she looks pretty good, actually.
Are you trying to make her look more distinct by comparison to other drawings?
Try to add something that matches her personality, but makes her stand out from others that have a similar appearance.
For example: raise her cheekbones, or change her eye shape, or raise her brow level.

[Strawberry]

I'm trying to make her look more different than other girls with glasses I always see. I even kept a folder for awhile called "Illenia sightings". Haha.

I was thinking of getting of her glasses, but I don't think my partner would like that. XD

Those are good ways to make characters look different, though - thanks!

[Strawberry]

Another sketch on graph paper. D=


This is the main character of my game, Ghost Shards: Requiem. o.o

[X-M-O]

She looks really good. ^^
I bet you could do a lot more artwork if you had a tablet!
I'd especially like to see this one coloured. =]

[Strawberry]

I was thinking coloring it, actually.

I do have a tablet, but I don't think I can use it effectively. XD

I could try, though. I don't think I have a good free program to use, though - other than Paint.net...

[X-M-O]

I would give it a try, at least. ^^
Paint.net isn't that bad, especially for being free.

[Strawberry]

More artwork. ^^

A creature that might appear in a story I am writing with my best friend.


A random girl. I like her hair. ^^


You're right, paint.net is pretty awesome. I did make one of art pixel art - but I can't do her hair. ><

[X-M-O]

Hair is generally a difficult task when dealing with pixel art, so I can't blame you there. =]

By the way, both images (above) look great, and the little creature almost resembles Little Red Riding Hood (chipmunk-style?). =D

[Ratty524]

From what I see, it seems your biggest weakness comes from hands (don't worry, I'm working on those myself ). In one image it looks too flat and in another the thumb looks too large and show a lack of basic construction. Other than that, you do have some skill. The only drawing I see that totally sucks is the first colored one (the perspective looks out of wack and the whole body posture seems confusing).

Keep practicing.

[Strawberry]

Ya ya, hands are the hardest thing for anyone to draw - so I've heard. So I can imagine why I can't draw them whatsoever. ^^;

That colored pictured was all forms of messed up. Not sure why I bothered attempting it in the first place. O_oa

I'll keep practicing 'til the day I die, good sir! Let's see if that works. XD