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Go on, post your drawings. I will improve you!
Hello and welcome to "DILETTANTE HELPS YOU DO ART", the place where you post your artwork at whatever stage you want, from the sketch at the beginning to the fully rendered glory of the final portfolio piece. I will invite the rest of the community to comment with constructive feedback, which is great for catching anything my AuDHD brain might miss, but the real treat is the advice I, James, will give you for free! Why am I doing it? I enjoy providing methods for improving the artwork of others, having regularly done so on the "Anatomy and Action Poses" Facebook for... well, about 2 years. I can help you improve, even if I don't catch every single chance for improvement, following my advice will ALWAYS net you a better outcome.
I have studied (and failed to achieve) qualifications in Animation, "Digital Art" (real specific, thanks TAFE), Graphic Design (twice!), IT (I got that one, but who cares) and a Bachelor of Arts in which I studied literature, journalism, and political science. This broad field of study includes basic color theory, (your picture of Cammy from Street Fighter looks like a sexy cheeseburger! I'll help you fix it!) extensive media literacy (if your OC has stereotypical Karen hair and you didn't even notice, I'm going to warn you before the normies laugh at your work! And if your furry German Shepherd character is wearing a Nazi rune, I WILL TELL YOU BEFORE YOU SHOW YOUR JEWISH BOYFRIEND!), miscellaneous cultural signifiers (I know why your picture of Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War looks uncannily masculine!), and a bunch of other stuff, it's all a rich tapestry.
With a cartooning habit dating back to 1989 (I was a late starter obviously), a digital artwork hobby dating back to 1999 (Paint Shop Pro!), a passion for comic book coloring dating back to 2000 (when I discovered Layers in Adobe Photoshop 6.0), I am completely formally unqualified but buried in a wealth of miscellaneous education and experience that will help YOU do better art. I can give you pointers on drawing faces and hands (I'm no Andrew Loomis, but I can show you his book and tell you what to focus on!), I can guide you on where you need to go next based on the parts of your artwork that aren't as up-scratch as the rest, and even if I love your work so much that I can't find a flaw, we can chat about your work's cultural background, and reach each other about new artifacts that will broaden our knowledge and add great enjoyment and learning to our lives.
And it's all going to make me better at this, so get in before I grow some self-esteem and start charging a buck a month for this delightful service! By the way, I'm always nice, because I respect you for wanting to improve. Everyone has something of merit in their work (even Rob Liefeld has... energy), and I aim to identify that in my critiques as much as the work's flaws. It's fun!
HERE'S THE PART WHERE YOU POST YOUR ARTWORK.
I do prose fiction and comic storytelling analysis too, but just draw something and post it, okay?
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