Hello! I heard about this place a while back, decided to finally join it. Hopefully I'll be able to keep with it and you'll see a noticeable improvement in my work, sometime in the future! I'll admit, I'm kind of really intimidated by the quality and skill I've seen on here. I looked through the emoticons available for the most earnest looking one and this was the best I could find to describe how I feel: 
Little intro, since I didn't make an intro thread cause I don't know why not augh.
I'm seventeen with high hopes for college and my future. I know I'm not going to be doing art as a career, but I want to develop my skills so that I can do it whenever I'm not doing my main career. This and music. I really welcome critique on anything and everything I do, and please be detailed since sometimes I just can't see what's wrong.
What I need to do to improve is practice everyday, and dedicate more of my life and time to it. That's where I personally struggle the most. I'm hoping this might help me do better.
First off is a more recent piece. My courier (player character) from Fallout: New Vegas. The gun hold was referenced, nothing else was.
![[Image: SyldTzQ.png]](http://i.imgur.com/SyldTzQ.png)
An exercise in extremes, which I have trouble with. I also have trouble with sticking things out, as you will notice by the low-effort legs.
Second is a piece from a few months ago. I only recently scanned this and cleaned up the lines. It's a tiefling from Dungeons and Dragons, holding a storm weir or something I don't know.
![[Image: JYgZtjI.png]](http://i.imgur.com/JYgZtjI.png)
Advice would definitely be helpful!!!!! I have flipped the images a couple of times, and noticed weird things, off things about them, but can't quite pin it down. I also know of Loomis and such, but haven't tried his methods. I get pretty frustrated with "learning to draw". Thank you all for your time!
I think I might try and do some black and white value studies next. I have a bad problem with color, so best to start there.
Little intro, since I didn't make an intro thread cause I don't know why not augh.
I'm seventeen with high hopes for college and my future. I know I'm not going to be doing art as a career, but I want to develop my skills so that I can do it whenever I'm not doing my main career. This and music. I really welcome critique on anything and everything I do, and please be detailed since sometimes I just can't see what's wrong.
What I need to do to improve is practice everyday, and dedicate more of my life and time to it. That's where I personally struggle the most. I'm hoping this might help me do better.
First off is a more recent piece. My courier (player character) from Fallout: New Vegas. The gun hold was referenced, nothing else was.
An exercise in extremes, which I have trouble with. I also have trouble with sticking things out, as you will notice by the low-effort legs.
Second is a piece from a few months ago. I only recently scanned this and cleaned up the lines. It's a tiefling from Dungeons and Dragons, holding a storm weir or something I don't know.
Advice would definitely be helpful!!!!! I have flipped the images a couple of times, and noticed weird things, off things about them, but can't quite pin it down. I also know of Loomis and such, but haven't tried his methods. I get pretty frustrated with "learning to draw". Thank you all for your time!
I think I might try and do some black and white value studies next. I have a bad problem with color, so best to start there.