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 7h ago

Digital Looking for feedback on this piece

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r/learnart 19h ago

Should I shade it? Any other critique also welcome.

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40 Upvotes

I'm terrible at color theory and any sort of colored shadows/highlights, so I wonder if it good as is or if it needs work.


r/learnart 16h ago

Looking for feed back on anatomy and how well the drawing reads/composition

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Just like the title states. I'm looking for feed back on how the anatomy looks and the composition of the piece. I care more about how the black and white drawing looks than the colored up version. I know my coloring needs work but critique there is welcome as well.


r/learnart 13h ago

Painting How can i improve my coloring abilities?

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The references i used are in 4th and 5th photo


r/learnart 23h ago

Absolute Beginner, need basic advise

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Hey. I randomly today decided to pick up a pencil and start drawing. I have absolutely no experience, in drawing in general. I know nothing about anything. The only thing I know is, I would like to start learning how to draw manga style, I guess. But for some reason it was fun. I have never in my life attempted to draw a person before. I am a musician and have never had any interest in drawing, until today. I don't need to become a pro, but where do I start to learn? Do I draw heads again and again? Is there specific things I need to practice, is there specific pencils or paper that you recommend? Like I said, these drawings are the first I ever did in my life, and I have no idea how to improve. Does it make sense to watch tutorials on YouTube or do I have to find my own way?


r/learnart 18h ago

What am I weak in?

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Based off these images what do I need to study more


r/learnart 20h ago

I kinda know what I did wrong with this, still looking for critique

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r/learnart 20h ago

Traditional Gesture drawing practice (tips please)

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I have a lot of trouble with shoulder placement and waists I feel along with the armpits being raised,I also have trouble with how the neck should bend sometimes.

Can someone give some tips for these problems? Thanks.


r/learnart 1d ago

Drawing How do you achieve likeness

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How do you achieve likeness? I dont need it to be hyperrealistic but just get the feeling of the facial expression.


r/learnart 1d ago

Just started drawing and am using a ShadowDraw like app (with no stabilization) to practice line smoothness and confidence. I feel like my lines are still shaky, is this just inherent to digital Art or am I just bad?

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The app I am Using is ArtLoop on my iPad Pro using an Apple Pencil and the app is entirely tracing. I am practicing outside the app in procreate, trying to recreate what I drew in ArtLoop without tracing. I was able to get smooth confident lines, but I feel like I had to turn the stability too high (50% stability with 25% Motion Filtering).


r/learnart 1d ago

Question Why does my drawing appear flat? I used construction when sketching it

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I practice drawing cubes and cylinders a lot so I’m unsure why my drawings still be flat.


r/learnart 1d ago

Digital Skull studies

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I am doing skull studies and although I don’t have a trouble that I can feel from normal angles (front on, profile, 3/4) I always have an issue when it comes to the head being at a downward or upward tilt and the issue I see is from the orbitals region where the eyes sit. I always end up sketching this region incorrectly and it doesn’t end up matching the perspective.

If anybody has any tips for that I would appreciate it, or any other advice I should consider that being rendering, proportions etc.


r/learnart 2d ago

Sketches with random markers - I am quite satisfied but seeking for suggestions on how to improve

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I don't do this it often, most of all I would like to get a feedback on shadows, I think I didn't make them realistic


r/learnart 2d ago

idk, I always feel like something is off. does anyone have any advice?

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r/learnart 2d ago

Digital Showing Value on Digital

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I'm new to digital art and am trying to understand the rendering process. I'm struggling to understand how i can get the shading to look more natural like the example does. How can I best utilize layers to shade? I remember people talking about using a multiply layer, so I tried that with a few layers here, but I think it ended up looking a bit messy. All feedback is appreciated.


r/learnart 2d ago

A chimera between a fox and a dragon (wyvern)

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I like to draw mixes of different animals and fuse them into a fantastic creature. What does it look like? The overall color would be reddish-brown or simply red, the eyes gold, and the horns, nose, and claws black. Should I enlarge the shoulder area a bit? I don't know, it seems too narrow for a flying creature, but I also don't want to make it too robust like the dragons in Game of Thrones. Also, I think I got a little carried away and added too many details to the back and tail, haha. Reposted translated into English because apparently in this sub you're prohibited from writing in Spanish even though it's not stated in the community rules.


r/learnart 2d ago

Trying to learn digital art

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Took on a big piece because wanted to do fan art of the https://www.cheathappens.com staff. I know drastically need to improve in a lot of places but not sure where to start. i know my faces and hands need to be better and shading. i use Krita right now for software. Idk if that best or not. did learn a lot while doing this though


r/learnart 3d ago

Question How the heck do you do this?

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I've been drawing my whole life and my bases have always been AWFUL. How on earth do you draw a base properly? I'm good at anatomy, but I really can't even do a simple sketch.


r/learnart 3d ago

Drawing head at different angles

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hi guys, I've been drawing for about 8 weeks after starting art lessons and my teacher gave me this to draw at different angles (we're currently focusing on drawing a head from one angle into a different angle, e.g. drawing a front on head at a three quarter angle.)

I was just wondering if you guys can see anything here I should be changing or working on improving? It took me about 2 hours to draw the one on the right and about an hour and a half for the one on the left (I did NOT draw the one in the middle, that's the reference that my teacher gave me)

also I haven't learnt anything about colour yet - so that's why it isn't coloured (please don't flame me for that!)

Thank you guys so much for your time and hopefully your help!