Sign In

Close
Forgot your password? No account yet?

Bad Wolf Treats by Summercat (critique requested)

Bad Wolf Treats (critique requested)

Summercat

Looks like this guy didn't read the warning labels on this tin of Bad Wolf Treats.

I'm certain he'll enjoy it.

Sketch done by me as part of my "Do a sketch each shift at work" initiative. Critique welcomed, goodness knows I could use it xD

Submission Information

Views:
586
Comments:
4
Favorites:
0
Rating:
General
Category:
Visual / Sketch

Comments

  • Link

    You actually have a really solid grasp of proportions for the most part and your framework looks good!

    My only big critiques would be:
    1. Thumbs! Looks like you have at least one of them on the wrong side of the hand? I may be wrong. If you're ever in doubt, put your hands in the same position and take note. I have to do that a lot.
    Relatedly, the hands are a bit small in proportion to the rest of him, even taking transformation into account. I have no idea what size hands "should" be, I just go by looks, but the middle finger should generally be the same length as the palm. The palm is usually about the same width side to side [without the thumb] as the length of knuckle to wrist. I could draw up a little basic tutorial about how I draw hands maybe? If you think it would help. I have a lot of hand refs and tutorials in my favorites folders on deviantArt as well.

    1. Ears. Animal ears don't sit right on the tops of their heads, and often in TF art will start much lower, around where human ears are, and then move up as the TF continues.
      In my art, I sometimes draw them a bit too low, actually, so I'm not the absolute best person to listen to [photos of wolves are], but where you have them is almost perfect, just rotate them outward a tiny bit and move them down a couple cm. Hard to explain in text, bah!
      I know there's a really good tutorial out there about this but I can't remember who did it off the top of my head. I'll look for it when I'm not on my phone.

    2. This is kind of nitpicky maybe idk, but when people sit with their knees all the way up, their knees generally reach their collarbones. They way you have them here, they reach about the bottom of his ribcage. However, a lot of times when I try to draw them as long as they "should" be, things look weird, so always use your own discretion. In this case, there is a bit of a perspective thing going on, so I wouldn't end up drawing them too much longer here, but it's something to keep in mind.
      [You've done well with the arms but I've always found it handy to measure elbows to bottom of ribcage, fingertips to mid-thigh so I figured I'd mention that in case it helps you in the future too! All bodies are different so none of this is hard and fast, but it's a good starting point.]

    And for teenier critiques that mostly will come as you practice more...
    Clothes generally rip at the seams first, which you have shown pretty well, but they're less likely to have the hem rip first. Like on the right shirt sleeve, it probably wouldn't rip from the bottom there.
    That said, I'm not sure you've actually drawn him bulky enough to have ripped his clothes as much as they're ripped yet. It's likely he'd rip the chest and thigh areas first, possibly the calf and shoulders as well.

    And for non-critique! The perspective you have going on here, the foreshortening of his thigh and everything look really good. Despite the minor anatomical/proportional issues, the viewpoint reads very well and is not confusing or displeasing to look at.
    Great expression! That's probably my personal favorite part. The posture, expression, limb placement...just all of the body language conveys the emotion very well.
    And this is a weird thing to say maybe, but you did the bend of his back really well. That's something I struggle with sometimes. :)

    My only really solid suggestion would be to just keep practicing. Do some studies on things like muscles [attachment, overlap, placement,etc.], clothing folds [and other cloths like towels], hands in different positions, different species animal heads...these are just general suggestions if things I've found most helpful over time. If you're drawing every day, that's perfect! Just keep at it and you'll notice a ton of improvement in a short amount of time, I think.

    Also if you'd ever like to ask me anything or would like a redline, just let me know!

    • Link

      Whew! Thanks! I just realized I fucked up the thumbs. As for the rest... Honestly, if you wanted to redline it, I'd be grateful. I'm slowly remembering my first lessons on drawing, which was literally 3D boxes and cylinders, and applying that to drawing bodies.

      • Link

        I've been using the 3D box thing recently, I used to just try circles and lines. The boxes are really helping me get some depth and such. :D

        I redlined it, but the way I did it, I think it'll be easier if you download the .psd [which you can open in pretty much any program except paint I think? Maybe even paint by now]. Then you can hide/show layers to see things.
        I redlined each individual part of the anatomy on a different layer in a different color. Most of it I just straight up traced off yours cause it's super already, but a couple things I changed proportions on or slightly moved. It ended up looking kind of confusing so I did a sketch over top just to show what the heck everything is, haha. I hope that's ok!

        https://dl.dropbox.com/s/5icwm1xg009w21k/summercatredline.psd?dl=0

        • Link

          Hey, thanks! Lets see if any of my programs can open a PSD. This should help. And because of gaming and only getting a half hour of sleep I didn't get any art done at work D: I'll do two tomorrow!