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Take sometime to play with perspective you will see big change
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Hi there. I agree with Darktiste, you should definitely focus on perspective, it looks a bit confused in some of those pieces. Many of us here would recommend Scott Robertson's How To Draw book, which contains some very thorough information and exercises on perspective. As well as this, for a nice little start on it, I personally would also recommend Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling.
Another facet I would suggest working on is your lines in those sketches, they look a bit undefined and wobbly. You should avoid "chicken scratching" your lines and try to communicate more with less lines. Same with your painted stuff, try not to make your strokes too rough.
Anyway, pretty good stuff so far, keep posting!
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I agree with what has been said above. Don't be in a rush to develop the fundamentals of perspective, anatomy, value, composition... These are corner stones of your work. Without a solid understanding ofthese, and sad to say they do take time to develop, your work will always seem "off". Great start, keep working hard.
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Hey bud, best bit of advice I can give you for right now is to work from an anatomy book on construction daily, Loomis, bridgeman, Hampton doesn't really matter whatever you've got/can get. The construction you learn from those books can be applied to pretty much everything you draw. I'm glad to see you doing some life studies, I would omit color until your feeling like your getting your values down correctly. Keep trying to be consistent - It's the biggest struggle when you start studying but you just gotta keep at it.
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Lovely work and improvements. I look forward to more from you!!
Ps. Thank you for swinging by my sketch book. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and all the best.. keep up the great work and Happy 2015
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I think you would improve your shading technique much faster by just drawing still life with pencil on paper. I know it doesn't sound particularly exciting but if you remove the challange of trying to draw something from imagination and the challange of using various brushes and colors in a program, it's easier to focus on essential things. Being able to do hatching in pencil while following form translates well into making brushstrokes with paint (or digital brushstrokes).
Apart from that. Good job :)