(Yess I know about the extra ring and that it’s not a perfect circle)

First time doing a realistic eye. I’ve done an eye one other time, but I had pink involved and it was more of a, “I shade in this color then that color and call it an eye” than an eye, eye. The second photos are the references. Also I’m pretty sure that third photo is AI but I still added it because the darker shading at the top gave me an idea to add that.

Just looking for critique on how one would improve from here. Obviously it’s not super good but it’s the best I got right now. Also funny enough, the highlights started to build themselves, so I leaned into it and that ended up working out pretty well.

I probably should clarify, I’m not planing to push into art or anything. If it develops naturally, it develops naturally. I was just wondering what all I missed. And my experience with trying to truly make art, is near zilch. So..??

(Better photo in the comments, in the replies of a half face art piece)

I’m back, and I drew this, this morning. (Yes, “this, this” because this is English, and English totally makes cognitive sense)

I took some advice from yall and started to work on it again first photo is the eye under a light, second is under sunlight (the little glare at the bottom is from the sunlight not design). This time, I worked from what I remembered from trial and error from the other and used that third reference photo for highlights inspiration which promptly turned into what you see now. I made the pupil smaller, iris rounder(it started out as a perfect circle but then it got a little wonky while coloring in. I used two pencils to create my own compass type thing. Worked out well after a few tries.)

Where might I go from here? New colors? More details? If so, what details? Grant it, I only have a certain array of colors to work from. The colored pencils I have are pretty basic. By crayola. I’ve had them for many years.

I’m working on a tinyyy canvas for a group show and was really excited about my concept. Trouble is I don’t normally work on canvas 😅 this does not use a reference.

I use gouache and would typically do some shading with layers of color but I’m kind of stuck and don’t know how to make it more interesting.

The work in progress (second photo) looked more interesting to me 😅 I kind of wish I’d stuck to the monochromatic theme and used a few different layers of magenta (the base color).

I painted this using acrylic gouache (sooo acrylic).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated 😅

I’m working on a 4x6 sticker sheet! The original theme was dark fantasy, but now I’m just going for a more gothic/ritualistic/religious vibe I think??

I’m still rendering a few things like the heart (potion maybe?) and pomegranate, but any feedback on the layout, elements, and overall cohesiveness so far would be much appreciated :)

(I used a combo of a few different references and can post them in the comments if needed, but I didn’t heavily reference a single image in particular)

Yesterday I posted a painting that was somewhat of a triptych/comic book. Today I did a quick sketch of the same concept but with a different take. Same as the last one I used zero reference and took a different approach with the figure.

I am looking for critique on the compositional layout as well as visual hierarchy.

Also this piece is about human relationship with Ai. I am going for a jarring/surreal approach with bizarre figures and somewhat sterile landscapes.

No reference. Someone responded to a post about my portfolio saying that I over render my artwork.. Is this true? I am inspired by the rending style of splash art and my own creative twist. Please let me know how I can improve!!!

This piece is my outlook on AI, simply as an introspective study. What if “we” as in billionaires did achieve this “enlightenment” that allowed them to create a “perfect” world. I used no reference for this. It is being completed with oil paint and it is on canvas.

In the foreground the viewer is place looking out through a window into the perfect world. There are human batteries on conveyor belts and then being led to this gear device (still working this out). To the left along the border there are openings in which these human batteries are coming out. Leading to the top left which has a human like face that is being bent like pipe work. This large red pipe I want to be a recurring theme throughout my series.

The mid ground is a woman being created by this AI “underworld” piece of machinery on the middle window area. I’m trying to insinuate that she is about to walk out the door. There is a cave behind the woman. Above towards the top I want another perspective leading off back into the underworld.

In the right window, there is an outside landscape that I am still working out.

Thanks!

This is a scene in an animation I’m making and I have this fridge that I’m trying to have match (or at least inspired by) the spiderverse artstyle, but I feel like it falls flat. To me it looks boring and 2D. It’s not complete, but what do you think?

Don’t really have a reference, but I’m trying to make it seem like light is coming from a window and shining on the refrigerator.

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I am aware the line art as is could use some work, which I'll refine more later, but how would I make this color palette be similar to a "two/three pallette"? The best one I can think of is the MC ui from Persona 3 Reload. Here's the reference for him on slide 2

hello! I'm doing a class in tone and here is some of my work so far, and the set ups that we were given as references.

I'm really shaky with still life, and all that comes with it (perspective, composition, accuracy) and that first bit is my weakness among others, but I think learning tone is giving me a bit more practice.

I'd love to learn more, but how do I become more accurate with my drawings?

I only used references of my own OCs, and I briefly looked at pictures of lantern festivals to get an idea of what they're like. The goldfish on the left was designed on the spot, inspired by floral japanese kimonos.

Tried doing memory, minimal references except for some muscle group guides