Art Critique and Help Improving

[clAwful]

I'm looking for honest critiques and opinions on my art. No need to sugarcoat anything; you can be harsh.
Any advice would really be appreciated!

This is everything I've done so far: (FA page if seeing them in bigger sizes helps critique)

 

[Keeroh]

There seems to be a bit of a disparity between some of your works. The second, third, and fifth drawings have very particular and clean details, whereas the first and the fourth are a lot more flat and seem to have some minor anatomical quirks. My first impression is that they looked traced (which is not a bad thing! It's great for practice, just gotta ensure that credit is noted for the traced original).
Whatever you are doing for those three in particular should be used as the foundation for development. If it's tracing, migrate to just using the reference image to sketch out the bodies form. Think stick figure, not body outlines. Just sketch in the length of limbs and positions. Then use the reference image to try and complete the rest yourself without tracing.

If for those three, you were using just visual references or some other form of guide, it had a great outcome and you should continue down that path. Still life is also a good practice to get more comfortable understanding shading and depth. Also, this site might be useful for you- It's nice for getting that basic stick-figure form to go off from: http://www.eggazyoutatsu.net/eng/atarichanDrawer.html

Just keep practicing. :3

 

[clAwful]

Thank you for responding! I'm still experimenting so I'm not surprised there are discrepancies. I have a lot of trouble making the lineart look natural and fluid so I guess that's why it looks traced? I don't know how to give it that natural motion and variation like I see in other's art... I kind of just zoom in or turn the stabilization all the way up.

 

[Keeroh]

Thank you for responding! I'm still experimenting so I'm not surprised there are discrepancies. I have a lot of trouble making the lineart look natural and fluid so I guess that's why it looks traced? I don't know how to give it that natural motion and variation like I see in other's art... I kind of just zoom in or turn the stabilization all the way up.

Fluidity and stability comes with practice, and line weight is a good thing to focus on! This tutorial has been a go-to for me: nsio.deviantart.com: Nsio explains: Line Dynamics - Hopefully it helps a bit. ^^