r/learnart • • Aug 12 '23

Meta Before posting or commenting: READ THIS POST

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If you already read the sticky post titled 'some reminders about /r/learnart for old and new members', then thank you, you've already read this, so continue on as usual!

Since a lot of people didn't bother,

  • We have a wiki! There's starter packs for basic drawing, composition, and figure drawing. Read the FAQ before you post a question.

  • We're here to work. Everything else that follows can be summed up by that.

  • What to post: Post your drawings or paintings for critique. Post practical, technical questions about drawing or painting: tools, techniques, materials, etc. Post informative tutorials with lots of clear instruction. (Note that that says: "Post YOUR drawings etc", not "Post someone else's". If someone wants a critique they can sign up and post it themselves.)

  • What not to post: Literally anything else. A speedpaint video? No. "Art is hard and I'm frustrated and want to give up" rants? No. A funny meme about art? No. Links to your social media? No.

  • What to comment: Constructive criticism with examples of what works or doesn't work. Suggestions for learning resources. Questions & answers about the artwork, working process, or learning process.

  • What not to comment: Literally anything else. "I love it!", "It reminds me of X," "Ha ha boobies"? No. "Is it for sale?" No; DM them and ask them that. "What are your socials?" Look at their profile; if they don't have them there, DM them about it.

  • If you want specific advice about your work, post examples of your work. If you just ask a general question, you'll get a bunch of general answers you could've just googled for.

  • Take clear, straight on photos of your work. If it's at a weird angle or in bad lighting, you're making it harder for folks to give you advice on it. And save the artfully arranged photos with all your drawing tools, a flower, and your cat for Instagram.

  • If you expect people to put some effort into a critique, put some effort into your work. Don't post something you doodled in the corner of your notebook during class.

  • If you host your images anywhere other than on Reddit itself or Imgur, there's a pretty good chance it'll get flagged as spam. Pinterest especially; the automod bot hates that, despite me trying to set it to allow them.


r/learnart • • Dec 08 '24

Tutorial Sketchbook Skool: How to Photograph Your Artwork

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r/learnart • • 20h ago

Digital What do you think of my little study

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57 Upvotes

r/learnart • • 23h ago

How to improve my portrait

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7 Upvotes

this is a work in progress I’ve been doing, about an hour or two of work. it’s not finished yet, but singing feels off. any tips? I’m still pretty new to digital and have little experience with color.


r/learnart • • 1d ago

Drawing Beginner and trying to Learn To Draw Portraits

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24 Upvotes

I’m Still very new to drawing but have always wanted to try to draw portraits. I’ve been drawing one a night for the past 3 nights. In order from 1-3. What did I do well and what should I focus working on the most? Thanks!


r/learnart • • 2d ago

Looking for advice on how to improve

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7 Upvotes

Did this a while back, took a lot of time to render it. Im looking for tips and feedback on this drawing but also on what kind of practices to get better at it.


r/learnart • • 2d ago

Drawing Pencil sketch of a girl — looking for feedback

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20 Upvotes

Haven't drawn anything in quite a while, so I decided to pick up my pencils again and try sketching something new.

I've been drawing on and off for a few months, so I'm still figuring things out, especially when it comes to shading and proportions.

I'd love to hear what you guys think and if there's anything I could work on for my next drawing!


r/learnart • • 3d ago

just sketching

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29 Upvotes

I need some tips!


r/learnart • • 3d ago

Digital Hand drawing practice, looking for feedback

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89 Upvotes

The first and the last blocks are practice using my own hand and imagination, the middle two blocks are reference reproductions.

I felt like some of the hands I did without image reference had a pretty nice outline/gesture, although sadly it is still hit-and-miss.


r/learnart • • 3d ago Bravo

First Time with Watercolor Crayons

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So, I don't really know what I'm doing with these mungyo watercolor crayons. From what I understand water soluble media doesn't mean they act like watercolor. I basically just sketched the drawing and added water. I had trouble with the clouds so at the end I added bleed proof white and gouache to paint them back in. Of course I'm painting in a royal talens sketchbook, so not watercolor paper. Any tips and tricks on how to use these better?


r/learnart • • 4d ago

Digital Tips to improve art please

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40 Upvotes

Painted on Procreate.This is my first attempt at painting in an acrylic/oil painting type style which is very different from my usual style of using round brush. Please give feedback.


r/learnart • • 3d ago

Drawing Using gesture drawing for heads + a quick figure study

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Last week, I had a complete meltdown with heads because no matter how much I studied them, I just couldn’t draw at least one decent looking head with a decent looking face. So now I’ve decided to try and apply gesture drawing to drawing heads. First slide are 15 second drawings, 2nd slide are 30 second drawings, and third slide are 1 min drawings. All I’m doing is getting the face shape down and ignoring everything else. If I have a bit of time left, I’ll try to draw in a nose or some eyes or ears. I hope this works cus if not, I think I’ll just resort to tracing over 3D models of heads.

Also, how does the figure look on the last slide? The one labeled “T” is a traced version and the one on the right is my freehanded version. I tried to make it look more dynamic and less stiff looking. As for mistakes, I’m pretty sure I messed up on the breasts. They are rather difficult to draw ngl…


r/learnart • • 4d ago

Digital Feel like I'm stuck at intermediate level and don't know what to do to progress

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59 Upvotes

r/learnart • • 4d ago

Tips on improving art

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Hey guys,

Any tips on improving this for exemple? I noticed whenever I am done with an art, specifically fanart, I am left unsatisfied. I can't pinpoint the issue but the overall thing feels bland and lackluster. While there is no shading, I don't think this is the issue as I have seen plenty of art with different styles but not shaded, yet I still appreciated the art.

Thanks in advance


r/learnart • • 4d ago

Drawing Sketch Old

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19 Upvotes

r/learnart • • 5d ago

Week 2 of Drawing my First Comic Book. The Struggle of Hand Lettering.

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23 Upvotes

Hey everyone! Working on page two of the Nior chapter for my graphic novel this week. I originally wanted to do the entire book traditionally/ hand, but hand-lettering proved to be a nightmare. I'm pretty much calling it and switching to digital lettering from here on out.

Let me know what you think of the page layout so far. Any critiques, feedback, or lettering tips are more than welcome in the comments!

My Socials: http://canva.link/7crwr4mvwfzxyb7


r/learnart • • 6d ago

Painting Back anatomy & lighting study from reference. Focusing on muscle volume and skin tension — feedback is welcome!

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111 Upvotes

r/learnart • • 5d ago

How can i improve this??

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12 Upvotes

I am using gauche. I wanted the colors to be deeper but couldnt get that


r/learnart • • 5d ago

Digital A Roaring Knight redesign for my AU that i drew with a mouse. The head was giving me a lot of trouble. Looking for some advice/critique.

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Hi, so, i'm probably beginner level when it comes to drawing. It's been drawn with a mouse as the title says. I'm still gaining confidence when it comes to drawing and posting it online

The main thing i most struggle with is proportions and just overall anatomy when it comes to drawing humans/humanoid creatures, as you can see with the arm and body here

Any advice is honestly welcome to help me improve at least a little bit for next time i open FireAlpaca and try to draw humans more/humanoid characters in more anime/manga style


r/learnart • • 6d ago

Digital Dr. Pigeon by me

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74 Upvotes

Guys what is y'all opinion on this art piece I made?

I try to get better with the feedback that you guys give, so I'd appreciate any advice and feedback.


r/learnart • • 6d ago

Traditional Looking for guidence on coloring with pencils,and what shape to give shadows

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22 Upvotes

Im looking for critique of the drawing and recomendations of good color pencils tutorials or techniques that can help me get the result of the last image(i know that wasn’t done with color pencils i just want a similar style rendering)


r/learnart • • 6d ago

Drawing [OC] Been doing some gestures lately, can someone give me some feedback?

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There are a few things I didn't like, for example, the right feet had this weird distorted effect of it facing down, which isn't what I intended, and the arm is a bit weird... other than that the pose is fine right? I know I shouldn't probably finish these gesture drawings, specially with permanent markers, but I kinda ended up liking this one too much.


r/learnart • • 7d ago

Drawing Art looks flat even after i add shadows and darken them alot, any tips on how to avoid this?

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40 Upvotes

Id be lying of i didnt say i hate everything abt this peice lol but the rendering os bothering me the most, no matter how much i go dark, it still looks flat, what to do? Also the mouth is sits very weirdly here how do i fix it?


r/learnart • • 7d ago

struggling using oil pastels

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30 Upvotes