Love your art! But be careful with your animal anatomy. I'm no expert, but I have an eye for dog-like or cat-like physique. For one thing, the torso of many of your animals are too small. And in this picture in particular, the front right paw is too big. There's more, but I'll leave the rest for you to discover.
I hope this doesn't discourage you to draw, but rather, inspires you to improve, as I only give critism to those I see potential in.
Anyway. Thank you for sharing your art! You're an inspiration to me. :)
@Mewsea I get the feeling that it's more of a stylistic choice rather than anything. It's not so much that the torso is too small, rather the head and paws are made larger on purpose to look cute. I think it's a lovely design
@OmegaRobert I would argue with you on that one, my good friend. Style is determined by how realistic you want a drawing to look. And with the amount of detail the artist has added already (notice the defined paws, head and fur), the rest of the body looks off/weird in comparison. It's like me drawing a stick figure with a very realistic portrait of a man's face. Except, not quite to the same extreme.
@Mewsea I get what you're saying - that the realistic elements of the drawing would suggest the artist was going for a degree of realism, but I would say it's possible to blend elements of realism with a more stylised look. For example, chibi characters
@OmegaRobert Sure, but not in this case. The realism too strongly contrasts that cartoony look. There comes a point when the two styles would have to clash, right? Even Chibi's heads are simplified to fit more consistently with the rest of their bodies. Many of them lose eyebrows and a nose, and you'll even notice their contour becomes a lot rounder compared to their normal, anime-like counterpart. Thus becoming more cartoony and less realistic. And the more cartoony you make something, the more room you have for style. But, of course, you still have to follow a basic shape/form.
That's the best way I could think of to put it into words. Sorry if the explanation seems jumbled.
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21 Oct, 2020, 1:38 am
Love your art! But be careful with your animal anatomy. I'm no expert, but I have an eye for dog-like or cat-like physique. For one thing, the torso of many of your animals are too small. And in this picture in particular, the front right paw is too big. There's more, but I'll leave the rest for you to discover.
I hope this doesn't discourage you to draw, but rather, inspires you to improve, as I only give critism to those I see potential in.
Anyway. Thank you for sharing your art! You're an inspiration to me. :)
21 Oct, 2020, 10:50 am
@Mewsea I get the feeling that it's more of a stylistic choice rather than anything. It's not so much that the torso is too small, rather the head and paws are made larger on purpose to look cute. I think it's a lovely design
21 Oct, 2020, 2:08 pm
@OmegaRobert I would argue with you on that one, my good friend. Style is determined by how realistic you want a drawing to look. And with the amount of detail the artist has added already (notice the defined paws, head and fur), the rest of the body looks off/weird in comparison. It's like me drawing a stick figure with a very realistic portrait of a man's face. Except, not quite to the same extreme.
21 Oct, 2020, 2:58 pm
@Mewsea I get what you're saying - that the realistic elements of the drawing would suggest the artist was going for a degree of realism, but I would say it's possible to blend elements of realism with a more stylised look. For example, chibi characters
21 Oct, 2020, 5:44 pm
@OmegaRobert Sure, but not in this case. The realism too strongly contrasts that cartoony look. There comes a point when the two styles would have to clash, right? Even Chibi's heads are simplified to fit more consistently with the rest of their bodies. Many of them lose eyebrows and a nose, and you'll even notice their contour becomes a lot rounder compared to their normal, anime-like counterpart. Thus becoming more cartoony and less realistic. And the more cartoony you make something, the more room you have for style. But, of course, you still have to follow a basic shape/form.
That's the best way I could think of to put it into words. Sorry if the explanation seems jumbled.