Cera I find is one of the harder characters to draw when it comes to the face so awesome job on that!I would like to mention that her face wasn't drawn entirely from scratch. I was using an image still from one of the movies as reference. But I didn't want it to be an exact copy of the scene from the movie, so I did tweak some of the details, including changing the setting to what was planned to be a jungle (as the log was a new detail not in the original image I was using as reference).
Also more of a personal opinion to me is the fact that Cera doesn't normally have eyelashes so I always find it strange to see them on her but I am aware that there are some scenes in which she has them.As it happens, she does in fact have eyelashes in the reference image I was using. I'm aware that she usually doesn't have eyelashes in other cases. For my own personal preference, in any future drawings I do of Cera, I probably will give her eyelashes just because it makes sense to me. As in, how come Littlefoot often has eyelashes but she doesn't? Shouldn't they all have eyelashes?
(I totally made a Halo quip in my feedback. Can you spot it?)@Anagnos: I don't have much familiarity with Halo, so you'll have to enlighten me. :P
As for Cera’s entire body itself, I will say that it is a little bit disproportioned, with the right half of her looking more slumped and shorter than the left half.The reason for that is because, in the reference image, she's at a slight angle. As we look at her, her head is turned a little bit to our right. Notice that her horn is curved on the one side as well. I don't think I quite captured the sense of angle as well as I could have. But oh well. It's all part of the learning process. I'm going to be really busy this next week with client work, but once my schedule clears up, I would like to get started on my next set of drawings.
I would like to mention that her face wasn't drawn entirely from scratch. I was using an image still from one of the movies as reference. But I didn't want it to be an exact copy of the scene from the movie, so I did tweak some of the details, including changing the setting to what was planned to be a jungle (as the log was a new detail not in the original image I was using as reference).Yeah I figured it was the one from the first film. Not that there's anything wrong with trying to replicate from a reference. In fact, I do find that that is the best way to learn as it gives you a way to see where you need improvement and does help with a sort of muscle memory to draw them in the future. While there's a good amount that I draw that's unique I still like to look at some image of the character to help me out.
As it happens, she does in fact have eyelashes in the reference image I was using. I'm aware that she usually doesn't have eyelashes in other cases. For my own personal preference, in any future drawings I do of Cera, I probably will give her eyelashes just because it makes sense to me. As in, how come Littlefoot often has eyelashes but she doesn't? Shouldn't they all have eyelashes?Haha fair enough
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Nov/Dec
One Word Prompt: Humanization
Descriptive Prompt: Haven't you all been wondering what the Gang would look like in our human world? For this prompt, it is your task to design as many LBT characters as you want in a human form. Let's get creative!
I'm no good with drawing humans, but would enjoy drawing the dinosaurs among humans/in our civilization.
In terms of constructive criticism for that piece, I'd say that men's legs are generally a bit more "buff" than women's legs.More muscular, do you mean? Any tips on how I could better convey that?
And these lines are from some actual song?Yes indeed. It's from "The Things We Do for Love" by 10cc. One of my all-time favourite songs. :yes (Amy Grant also does a great cover of it)
Littlefoot's fourth leg decided to go into hiding :lolArrrgh, whoops! I completely forgot about that. Ironically, this was the second draft of that particular drawing, and on the first draft I actually did remember to draw in Littlefoot's fourth leg. *sigh* Oh well.
Are you *very subtly* assuming that I wasn't trying to be constructive? Careful mate, careful :P You aren't even an artist to begin with.
Hello everyone. Thank you for the feedback.
In regards to the first drawing, I actually made it deliberately ambiguous who they are, to leave it open to interpretation. That said, I was specifically thinking of...In terms of constructive criticism for that piece, I'd say that men's legs are generally a bit more "buff" than women's legs.More muscular, do you mean? Any tips on how I could better convey that?And these lines are from some actual song?Yes indeed. It's from "The Things We Do for Love" by 10cc. One of my all-time favourite songs. :yes (Amy Grant also does a great cover of it)
As for the city drawing, to be honest, I think it looks pretty terrible. I'm even less happy with it than my first drawing of Cera. I can't even bear to look at it right now.
:(petrie
I know that, yeah, I'm too self-critical. But eh, it just didn't turn out the way I wanted at all. Spike looks good, but I messed up with everyone else. I'm probably going to stick to more straight-forward pieces from here on, at least for now. I think I bit off more than I could chew with that one by trying to draw something too detailed.
It wasn't really my intention to draw Petrie and Ducky that large. I didn't realize how big Ducky was until after I finished and compared her to everyone else. But by that point, I was quite far along with the drawing and I didn't feel like erasing her and doing it all over again. And then for Petrie, I decided to just draw him the same size as Ducky, even if it was still too big.
But yes, they are indeed walking on a rooftop. Or more specifically, they're walking across a platform connecting two buildings. :DLittlefoot's fourth leg decided to go into hiding :lolArrrgh, whoops! I completely forgot about that. Ironically, this was the second draft of that particular drawing, and on the first draft I actually did remember to draw in Littlefoot's fourth leg. *sigh* Oh well.
I'm sorry everyone for being melodramatic earlier. Putting myself and my art out there is still something I'm getting used to, and I can get discouraged easily when a creative project of mine does not turn out the way I wanted. I experience it moreso with drawing than with writing, just because my drawing skills aren't as strong as my writing skills, although I do certainly get discouraged at times with my writing as well.
But hey, it was still a learning experience. And I will try again with my next drawing, which I think ultimately is the most important step.
QuoteAre you *very subtly* assuming that I wasn't trying to be constructive? Careful mate, careful :P You aren't even an artist to begin with.
@Ducky123 Wow... thanks for assuming that part about me right off the bat... The comment I wrote earlier was a direct response to your ''rush'' comment, but I did not expect you to react in this way. I did not say that you weren't trying to be constructive, and that comment from you certainly doesn't reflect you on a good light. Think before you speak... And being an artist can mean more than just a person who creates art. A simple detour in a dictionary would've revealed this fact to you.
Ah the legs - yes more muscular indeed! Of course pants can hide quite a bit of that, so it doesn't have to be very defined. I can't read what is being said on this anatomy poster but it does show off the difference between male and female legs quite well:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/21/f3/9d/21f39da98aeefa89158383ca1717c62f.jpg
Men generally have their legs spread a little further apart for obvious reasons. Women's hips are generally a bit more bulky and then narrow down quite a bit for the legs.
Aye, you've been writing for the bigger part of your life time. If this is the first time you've seriously picked up drawing as a skill, you should not be discouraged if you can't get things on paper the way you'd like to. My drawings are still nowhere close to where I want them to be in terms of quality, but you're always your own worst critic. :yes
Just keep up the good work and you'll improve in no time, you'll see!
Now I don't know a lot about drawing humans and I don't really listen to a lot of music so I don't have too much to say in regards to the first drawing, though it's interesting to note that they're barefooted.
Try not to be so hard on yourself. This is a good drawing and I'm sure you'll improve in no time! :)littlefoot
I really found the idea behind this one to be very suited for the prompt theme in mind. Despite the fact that is is still work-in-progress, the progress so far is rather interesting once the final version is completed. The basic art style here is one that many new drawers, and likely some experienced artists use is quite decent that doesn't come off as entirely unoriginal. Though, I did have one small critique about the drawing, and I've already discussed this topic with Jassy: one of Mama Longneck's legs is very out of place, and I'm going to give you the same advice I gave to her; maybe consider cutting the top of the leg out of the frame, to give it more of a natural appearance.
There have been quite a few interesting entries for the prompt, but I believe this one is (so far) the best out of them based on their concept. It will be very interesting to see this completed. Which team shall take the championship? The leaf-eaters or the sharpteeth? :smile
^Of course you would say that. :OhYou
PS: what happened to your discord account? You're not in the server anymore :opetrie
You sure it's not firendly Chomper playing with Littlefoot? XD
Now this is a unique entry for the prompt! Maybe you had some more ideas left over from the humanization one? I can honestly see why you would get frustrated with this one as the perspective it is drawn at is actually quite difficult. That being said, the general shape of Sharptooth here I would say is pretty good! One thing I would say for him is to widen his stance. Generally sharpteeth have their feet quite wide apart.
I think I recognize the pose of Littlefoot's mother from the movie. I find it can be difficult to use references from the first movie as the can hide a lot of detail in their shadows during some of the more darker scenes. If possible I would try to work on a side view perspective when starting out as it's generally the easiest to learn in my opinion.
I know the feeling of losing motivation on a current drawing, so I'm glad you at least were able to share the idea you had! Hopefully you'll have more motivation for the next one! :)littlefoot
I think by adding a line to indicate where the horizon is would help the drawing to look less "flat" as it would create a point of reference and orientation. :)
If you find some time and motivation again, you should definitely refine the drawing, the idea is honestly amazing! :DD
That's Ali on the left and Littlefoot on the right.Without this explanation and colors it is impossible to understand, who is who :littlefoot