rodsal23 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) hi guys! I'm new in digital art...please give me some expert advice and tips on how I can improve in 1 month. boy1.bmp Edited June 28, 2020 by rodsal23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaDE Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Attach the image, please. That will increase your chance to get help. 🙂 Quote Greetings from Germany Micha Please excuse my bad english. I learned it at school over thirty years ago. If you don't use it (regularly), you'll loose it. Windows 10 & iPadOS: Affinity Suite (v1 and v2), all Workbooks (v1, german language), some content-packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 56 minutes ago, MichaDE said: Attach the image, please. There’s a link (to the file ‘boy1.bmp’) in the original post. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaDE Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Yes, but 56 hits and only 9 downloads and 0 replies... 😉 Quote Greetings from Germany Micha Please excuse my bad english. I learned it at school over thirty years ago. If you don't use it (regularly), you'll loose it. Windows 10 & iPadOS: Affinity Suite (v1 and v2), all Workbooks (v1, german language), some content-packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smee Again Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Can't speak for others, a download link does nothing to pique my interest, and usually steers me away from a post. Better to convert to JPG and include in post. snuffleberries and VectorVonDoom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 sorry I'm new I don't know how to screenshot my image. I only did this in 30 minutes but is the quality good enough already? I don't know how I could still improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 there! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 5 hours ago, rodsal23 said: is the quality good enough already? That entirely depends on what you want to use the image for! For example, your boy looks perfectly adequate to me for a birthday card image. 5 hours ago, Smee Again said: Can't speak for others, a download link does nothing to pique my interest, and usually steers me away from a post. I would agree with that. John Smee Again and rodsal23 2 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy_Waller Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I am neither an artist nor an expert BUT Other than that mop of hair that face looks inhuman it is too symmetric - human faces are not symmetric and the eyes seem to look in different directions. My two bobs worth, Jeremy. rodsal23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarKeegan Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 It looks good. All you need to improve, are the desire to keep on drawing (that itch), and an artist or better yet artists whose style you admire, and can emulate rodsal23 and dannyg9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 please critique my newest pixel art😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorVonDoom Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 5:12 AM, Smee Again said: Can't speak for others, a download link does nothing to pique my interest, and usually steers me away from a post. Better to convert to JPG and include in post. I'm usually too lazy to click through to links too! How to improve, practice and practice more. If you want to do people there are lots of tutorials and guides out there on all sort of styles from comic to more realistic, more than probably anything other subject. So look around at what style takes your fancy. Practice doesn't even mean drawing the whole thing, practice eyes, mouths.... Quote Marc ArtByMarc.me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Here is my latest work of art. Am i improving? Thanks for the feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Affinity Photo Facebook post often receive a lot of comments concerning individual works and suggestion., Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 George Gibson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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konstantnnn Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 6:16 AM, rodsal23 said: sorry I'm new I don't know how to screenshot my image. I only did this in 30 minutes but is the quality good enough already? I don't know how I could still improve. Looks really unique — what are you working on? Desktop or iPad? 😀 George Gibson and rodsal23 1 1 Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 22 hours ago, konstantnnn said: Looks really unique — what are you working on? Desktop or iPad? 😀 I know you are just trying to encourage me to pursue actually I already gave up with Affinity, I downloaded it because of its 3 months trial, now I only have 40 days left, I wasted 50 days of my trial, I didn't try to learn how to use it, not because its a bad software, but because I suck as an artist, also I've been tinkering with some other painting/drawing softwares...but a few days ago I tried Isometric, and I'm quite happy with the result , the only downside is that I couldn't use my drawing pen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantnnn Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, rodsal23 said: I know you are just trying to encourage me to pursue actually I already gave up with Affinity, I downloaded it because of its 3 months trial, now I only have 40 days left, I wasted 50 days of my trial, I didn't try to learn how to use it, not because its a bad software, but because I suck as an artist, also I've been tinkering with some other painting/drawing softwares...but a few days ago I tried Isometric, and I'm quite happy with the result , the only downside is that I couldn't use my drawing pen I guess it could sound that way — but I honestly do think your style is unique. Reminded me of a painting my mom had in her house. I really, really want you to remember something — style, “soul” and character is the single MOST important thing when doing art. Everything else is secondary. No amount of technical know-how will be able to cover up for a picture that lacks soul. And I didn’t comment on the contents of your post above. No, not at all. I didn’t comment about image quality, or drawing quality — there is much to say, but I commented on your style — the single most important thing. The image you posted above from the Isometric app is technically superior, and more “pleasing” (proportionally speaking) but it seriously lacks any personality, soul or character — something that was somewhat expressed in the original image you posted here. I truly want you to remember that technical know-how is easily acquired. Loosing track of why you fell in love with Art and loosing your inner focus and instinct, being obsessed with tools and techniques and doing generic work is the quickest way to kill your true “artist” inside. After going to photography school, and learning all those techniques and “rules you mustn’t break” I thought I was great at photography. Then I looked back and reflected on my work from the past — and it was all blurry, it didn’t follow the rule of thirds (the overly used cliche rule everyone uses), and it wasn’t “technically perfect”. But I found out that they were so much better than my images after I’ve gone to school. I always questioned that, why? could this be… And I came to the realization that no amount of rules and technical perfection can fix a soulless image — and the quickest way to loose your character, soul and honesty in your work is for yourself to stop being honest — to be scared of breaking rules and judgment, and to think that your work must be similar to the work of the “masters” to be good art. So many “professional” photographers have critiqued this image that its “horrible that the sky is blown out, bird is at the edge of the scene, colors aren’t saturated enough” yet I love this image. You can feel the liveliness and the soul of the birds. Doing a technically perfect image would only ruin that character. That would be my only peace of feedback for you. Never stop looking, and never blend in :)! If your instinct and drive tells you to do something, do it! You may not be able to articulate why you have that feeling, but it is the right, honest feeling and instinct you need to create good, your work. You will get the hang of affinity or all these other apps — but please, don’t be a generic geometric designer. Your drawings have much to offer :). harrym and Alfred 2 Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 okay now that hurts....this is the best I could do so far 🤣 Is this good enough for YouTube? 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodsal23 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 9:16 AM, konstantnnn said: I guess it could sound that way — but I honestly do think your style is unique. Reminded me of a painting my mom had in her house. I really, really want you to remember something — style, “soul” and character is the single MOST important thing when doing art. Everything else is secondary. No amount of technical know-how will be able to cover up for a picture that lacks soul. And I didn’t comment on the contents of your post above. No, not at all. I didn’t comment about image quality, or drawing quality — there is much to say, but I commented on your style — the single most important thing. The image you posted above from the Isometric app is technically superior, and more “pleasing” (proportionally speaking) but it seriously lacks any personality, soul or character — something that was somewhat expressed in the original image you posted here. I truly want you to remember that technical know-how is easily acquired. Loosing track of why you fell in love with Art and loosing your inner focus and instinct, being obsessed with tools and techniques and doing generic work is the quickest way to kill your true “artist” inside. After going to photography school, and learning all those techniques and “rules you mustn’t break” I thought I was great at photography. Then I looked back and reflected on my work from the past — and it was all blurry, it didn’t follow the rule of thirds (the overly used cliche rule everyone uses), and it wasn’t “technically perfect”. But I found out that they were so much better than my images after I’ve gone to school. I always questioned that, why? could this be… And I came to the realization that no amount of rules and technical perfection can fix a soulless image — and the quickest way to loose your character, soul and honesty in your work is for yourself to stop being honest — to be scared of breaking rules and judgment, and to think that your work must be similar to the work of the “masters” to be good art. So many “professional” photographers have critiqued this image that its “horrible that the sky is blown out, bird is at the edge of the scene, colors aren’t saturated enough” yet I love this image. You can feel the liveliness and the soul of the birds. Doing a technically perfect image would only ruin that character. That would be my only peace of feedback for you. Never stop looking, and never blend in :)! If your instinct and drive tells you to do something, do it! You may not be able to articulate why you have that feeling, but it is the right, honest feeling and instinct you need to create good, your work. You will get the hang of affinity or all these other apps — but please, don’t be a generic geometric designer. Your drawings have much to offer :). Did you use pen tool for that? I'm having difficulty using pen tool it seems unnatural for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantnnn Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, rodsal23 said: okay now that hurts....this is the best I could do so far 🤣 Is this good enough for YouTube? 😅 Absolutely, but only if this animation you have showed me is actually a part of a huge scenery in the jungle… I’m imagining all these trees, that lion, and something happening with a story… All drawn in your style — it would be so cool!!! I really like the watercolorish feel Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantnnn Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, rodsal23 said: Did you use pen tool for that? I'm having difficulty using pen tool it seems unnatural for me Are you on an iPad or the PC? Quote Hackintosh running Big Sur 11.2.3, Coffe Lake i3 with UHD630 graphics MacBook (Early 2015) running macOS Mojave iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation) running iPadOS 13.5 Vista PC in the attic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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