Constructive-criticism is required here

[Aikoi]

Hello there and thank you SO MUCH for giving this tiny-lack-of-talent topic a view.
So here's the matter, I need some CC on my drawings in order to know how can I improve and make Furry drawings.
So far I can only draw humans -anime styled-. So I'm looking for tips as well on how to make furry styled art.
I know that this may be a complete different gender of artwork, but (this comes from me) every drawing style has its similarities with another one.
Here are some examples of my artwork.

Some of them were made about 1 month ago, others are newest.
I'm still learning how-to color stuff like hair and clothes, so I didn't even bothered with these ones.

Please, pardon the size of them if they're too big for your screen.

 

[Zydala]

Well, it'd actually be more helpful for you is for you to attempt some drawings of anthros and come back for constructive crit with those instead... because as it is now I don't see how any advice I'd give concerning these pictures would really help any future pictures of a completely different subject matter.

All I can really say about these pictures is... they're certainly anime-ish. If you want to branch out into different styles or subjects, practice some more foundation drawing (like anatomy studies and life drawing) and study up on how animals are built. Learn about what features on an animal make them look unique and apply them to your anthro pictures. There's really no shortcut to that part, and like I said, critting anime pictures just helps you with your anime themed style more than it helps you to branch out.

 

[Aikoi]

Well, it'd actually be more helpful for you is for you to attempt some drawings of anthros and come back for constructive crit with those instead... because as it is now I don't see how any advice I'd give concerning these pictures would really help any future pictures of a completely different subject matter.

All I can really say about these pictures is... they're certainly anime-ish. If you want to branch out into different styles or subjects, practice some more foundation drawing (like anatomy studies and life drawing) and study up on how animals are built. Learn about what features on an animal make them look unique and apply them to your anthro pictures. There's really no shortcut to that part, and like I said, critting anime pictures just helps you with your anime themed style more than it helps you to branch out.

Thank you so much for the advice. I really appreciate it, and of course, I will consider it.

 

[dinosaurdammit]

ARG I have always wanted to do anime styled art. OP do you have any tips?

 

[Aikoi]

ARG I have always wanted to do anime styled art. OP do you have any tips?

Huh? It's not that hard... Let me see; here are some tips I use while drawing (I use SAI btw):
1.- Draw an extra line above the already existant skull's line. This will help you when adding the hair.
2.- There's the world-wide drawing tool known as "+" that you place on the character's face when drawing it, so you can place, eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, etc... When drawing, I usually give this "+" another horizontal line, so I can place eyebrows. You can add as many as you need to place mouth, nose, etc.

I could try and make a guide if you want. But it would be so sucky (Tehehe, I'm not that good...).
Oh here's my latest submission on FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6922345/
I'm not uploading these ones here on the topic to FA because there's nothing furry on them! Hahaha

 

[Arshes Nei]

It would be easier to give you crits if you have some of these starting from a sketch to show your process to line art.

In the first picture that is one very small/skinny arm.

 

[mapdark]

Do you have any sketches? Because your account is absolutely empty except for one already clean lineart and one finished drawing.

 

[Arshes Nei]

Do you have any sketches? Because your account is absolutely empty except for one already clean lineart and one finished drawing.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6934118

Well this lineart isn't theirs apparently. So something weird is going on along with the reverse aging.

 

[mapdark]

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6934118

Well this lineart isn't theirs apparently. So something weird is going on along with the reverse aging.

I tried to be subtle but my post was basically meant to say : "I think you're posting stuff that isn't even yours in order to get attention , which is pretty fucking pathetic , please post sketches so we know it isnt the case."

Fact is , there isn't any proof that stuff is theirs ,and they are now not responding at all on top of that.

plus my boyfriend thinks he's seen these before ,adding to the trace suspicions.

 

[Lobar]

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/Thecomicsaga/25qzs4l.png

Uh. This should go behind a NSFW tag at the very least. Don't care if anything's technically showing or not, this could easily get someone fired or worse.

 

[greg-the-fox]

I tried to be subtle but my post was basically meant to say : "I think you're posting stuff that isn't even yours in order to get attention , which is pretty fucking pathetic , please post sketches so we know it isnt the case."

Fact is , there isn't any proof that stuff is theirs ,and they are now not responding at all on top of that.

plus my boyfriend thinks he's seen these before ,adding to the trace suspicions.

Now that you mention it, that third one down looks REALLY familiar.

 

[Deo]

Take a look at their gallery again. Aikoi has posted new stuff, and guys we really shouldn't jump the gun on the "J'ccuse art theif!"

 

[Arshes Nei]

Take a look at their gallery again. Aikoi has posted new stuff, and guys we really shouldn't jump the gun on the "J'ccuse art theif!"

Maybe, but can you explain the curious case of Benjamin Button going on too and the Ramna 1/2 thing?

 

[Arshes Nei]

Ahh...I guess the person really didn't want a critique after all eh? No sketches or anything since the problem I'm seeing is this generic lineart and not a lot of full body poses. It's also strange on the postings of the gallery style changes for the characters.

So OP can you show us some pre-lim sketches so we can see how you start and we can give you the criticism you "REQUIRED" per your post?

 

[mapdark]

It's also strange on the postings of the gallery style changes for the characters.

This is what bothered me a lot as well.


It's hard to believe THIS :http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6922345/

and this : http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6959783

and this : http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6959611

and this : http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6953134

Would be drawn by the same person.
The style goes ALL over the place , the body structure varies WAY too much.
People tend to build characters up a certain way , it just can't suddenly change between two drawings.

 

[dinosaurdammit]

Ever seen mick 39 on fa? their style is all over the place like a loose hooker but it works for them :/

 

[Arshes Nei]

Ever seen mick 39 on fa? their style is all over the place like a loose hooker but it works for them :/

Hey DD, since no one answered but the people getting free art can you answer why this user has some curious case of reverse aging and gender benders?

Also looking at mick 39's gallery, it looks pretty consistent to me. There's different stylization going on but it looks consistent to how they draw.

 

[dinosaurdammit]

Hey DD, since no one answered but the people getting free art can you answer why this user has some curious case of reverse aging and gender benders?

Also looking at mick 39's gallery, it looks pretty consistent to me. There's different stylization going on but it looks consistent to how they draw.

I do notice style differences and as far as gender bending goes, I havent really noticed it. In anime its hard for me to tell male from female unless one is in a dress with large tits and the other is in pants with squinty eyes and a cigg hanging on the left side of the mouth. Sorry I am of no help :<

 

[Arshes Nei]

Hey, DD I'll PM you. Just on what I'm talking about.

But I don't understand why the user would need lineart on drawing a furry, but can't even try making anime style furries. I'm saying the faces are still "anime shortcut human" with ears. It's apparently easy to draw hands in some pictures (the op), but not even an attempt at a muzzle or animal nose? Paws are harder? OP can draw some pretty convincing wrinkles and costumes but so the rest is really hard for trying to create an anthro?

And with the line weights, they're showing some value and light source. Now while OP claims not to be able to color, why would it be difficult to even attempt greyscale art?

 

[Zydala]

Not to add fuel to the fire or anything but on a lot of the pictures the ears weren't even on straight on the body. one of them the head was tilted and the ears were straight flat on as if it came completely from a different picture and was just slapped on... :\

Even if it's not traced or copied or whatever the style is just so cookie cutter, and however they're doing their lineart a) does not express anything about the way they build form, and b) expresses no consistency between pictures except that they can taper vector lines. Which is why in my first post I decided to step around any nagging feelings I had about the topic at hand and just give good advice I'd give any beginning artist, which is to work on anatomy skills and study the figures and forms of what you desire to draw. Tracing or not there's strong evidence the OP doesn't know how to manipulate forms the way they desire successfully into anything that stems beyond stale anime clones; starting back from the basics will help this.

 

[mapdark]

Ever seen mick 39 on fa? their style is all over the place like a loose hooker but it works for them :/

actually with THAT person (I just looked) , while the stylisation is different from peice to piece , the anatomy and general look of the characters is the same.

You know the same person did that.


In the case of THIS guy it could be tons of different artists on every piece.

Plus I asked around some anime fan friends of mine and they're pretty sure one of them is a Guilty crown character with glasses slapped on and that the bunny boy is from a yaoi anime.
And I would tend to agree with them.

 

[Arshes Nei]

I'm curious how a person reverse ages. One page is 17 which has been around longer, the Elseworld forums say the same but this time is a girl!, and now the OP registers later on FA and is 16?

 

[Aikoi]

I will gladly answer all your questions by PM.
Even the ones related to Elsword Forums.

 

[mapdark]

yea , you definitely have some splaining to do :

 

[Arshes Nei]

You have a larger overlay version Madpark?

Definitely not cool to have plagiarized works.

It explains why the arm looked f'd up. It appears the works are "Frankensteined" something like this. - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=224358

I want to note DD showed me the original drawing yesterday, but before I start banning the user want to see if there's more confirmation to be sure. By the way, that same ban may go for the main site if any of those "Free drawings" are also confirmed.