by Pie » Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:03 pm
Hi DB, thanks for sharing some of your sketches! =D They're looking good so far.~ I personally think SD's are probably a bit tougher to critique since their body structure and proportions usually seem very dependent on the artists' style; like how some artists happen to like over emphasizing characteristics such as hands and feet while others like making those small.
A few things I can probably say about the recent SD art you just posted is that it doesn't look like you created a skeleton for your characters before hand and kinda just worked your way down from the head piece by piece. I recommend that whenever doing any kind of drawing, unless you're expected to be drawing in marker in which everything is prominent and there's no turning back, to always draw a very rough skeleton plan first, even it's just a very rough, light, quick skeleton. Working piece by piece without any plan will often get you stuck in a situation where things might not look natural or balanced; you might even get yourself into a situation where you really like the thing you spent an hour so or so drawing and want to add to it, but nothing seems to fit or work out.
Another thing I'd also suggest is to probably not make their necks so long, probably just long enough so to see that they have necks. In DB's case, I think his shirt collar should probably be able to touch his face.
I hope that helped some~ I can probably add a little more when I have time. >.<
Good luck drawing. =)
