need some art advice because I dont think my art is good

[wet swift]

I want my art to get better, because i have to take the college entrance test soon so it is all sketch/color sketch, but I hope that I can get some advice, tysm for reading!!

[opal coral]

Your skills are really solid, the colors of the first one is sick af.

I just want to warn you, idk what type of college you want to join but doing only manga sketch character is not really varied.

I conseil you to present more things and more skills u have. Draw landscape, share observation draw, try to switch medium and share some traditional art. Try also different styles and not only manga, try realism, cartoon or bd's style.

I wish you the best luck hope you get taken

[wet swift]

Ah thank you so much!! Yeah and I know about it and I myself want to get to art college too, I have tried and am doing other type of art in oder to get to the college Im aiming for! But still tysm! I think it was my fault for not made it clear. It should be "I want to improve this kind of my art" since this is what I want to draw the most and to be good at it

[sweet arrow]

yeah i agree with kara. but if you wanna submit some of your manga works too i suggest you clean up some of your lines and also display finished works

you would want a variety of concept works and finsihed works. gl dude

[wet swift]

There is other kind of art Im doing too ヽ(o^ ^o)ﾉ This is the type of art that my aiming college required

[opal coral]

Ok ok that's pretty confusing sorry

[wet swift]

Oh dont be it was my fault, tysm for typing it all for me ∑d(°∀°d)

[opal coral]

Soo for the manga style and character in general I recommend you to focus a lit on body proportions, like the last one have some problem. The chest is pretty high and the legs looks a bit too short

And also (idk again if u do that) but try to present some piece with a clean line art

A finished piece

[wet swift]

If finished work then this, but it all commission and I has done this since feb and later but not till may

[opal coral]

Literally what's sin say I'm dumb

[wet swift]

Yeah im doing painting so I do it all when paint lol, i dont think line art is for me

[opal coral]

I hardly recommend you learning anatomy If you want to be illustrator

[opal coral]

Don't say that 😭

You just need to practice

[wet swift]

I think I can but ehm idk, when coloring it really hard for me to render. Since I alway sketch freely and try to correct it when rendering (I think it really fun)

[opal coral]

Your pose is too static and the left hand is in the wrong direction

[wet swift]

So wahen I coloring a line art it feel so hard

[opal coral]

I understand your problem

But the really really sketchy results is not really professional

The last piece you send looks better af

[opal coral]

This

[wet swift]

Im not using any line art for this piece tho- maybe it is because it is my latest finished piece

I stop try to finish a work since it takes too much time

[sweet arrow]

tbh have you ever thoguht of using a cleaned up sketch as ur linework?

its how i get around not doing linework lmao

[opal coral]

Your face is good but you have problem un the body

[wet swift]

Oh this one is actually my latest fully rendered piece

[opal coral]

Cute aaaaah

[wet swift]

I always try to mess up when coloring so tbh even if I get a cleaned sketch it not really a line art for me

[wet swift]

Thank you !!

[wet swift]

I will notice it maybe I will have to look at ref more often

[opal coral]

Yeah

Took reference for everything u do

It's the best way to understand and progress

[wet swift]

Like this one is sketch but I think it clean enough, Im trying to sketcj more this way too

Same with this (the anatomy looks off i will try to fix it later )

[opal coral]

The line are great

For me your line and your color/rendering are great, you need to focus on gesture /pose/anatomy

Why not composition if you want to do illustrator

[sweet arrow]

https://characterdesignreferences.com/character-anatomy

heres a great source for learning anatomy

i always rec you also do studies of irl ppl to

[opal coral]

I agree

Really insane website for reference/ inspiration/ art culture and so much more

[sweet arrow]

such an underrated website too

[opal coral]

Every animators need to know this website, just for the pre prod draw and the model sheet 😂

[wet swift]

Wah ty both so much for the website iy is so good !? ? ? ? I never know about it truly tysm!! @opal coral @sweet arrow

[opal coral]

Np hope I help you well 🙌