I can't even begin to tell you how this tool has blown my mind. I've been using Notanizer to simplify paintings to their essential structure, but it still leaves too many fiddly bits that drag me down the rabbit hole of unnecessary detail. I only wish I had found this tool six months ago. Thank you for a groundbreaking resource!!!

I've been wanting to do a movie poster for forever now, and I figured, why not start with a full-sized, 1:1 piece? 20in x 30in! This is grown-up size art right here, haha, and I feel like I'm finally skilled enough to tackle it with confidence. So, diving in and getting dirty is what it's all about. The image: white chalk, acrylic, and gouache on black gessoed illustration board. Haven't dipped into the color yet, obviously, but I have a pretty solid idea for a color palette to make this sing. The composition: after a few iteration sketches, this is what I've settled on. My main idea was to direct the eye from the lower moon up through Paul's face and back. This is the meat of the picture and if that's all someone does when glancing at this image, they'll get the gist of what it's trying to say. I feel like I've struck that notion well enough. The line of motion for more inquisitive eyes wraps from the dune in the lower right (cropped a bit in the pic) corner through the worm, up to the moon and through the faces, starting with Paul and Paul/Chani, to Duke Leto, then the Baron, around a nebula which is cropped out back to the upper moon and ending on Paul's face. I know I didn't do it perfectly, but it feels pretty good. My intuition tells me it's good enough for government work, haha. But maybe y'all have other ideas! I know the lighting on the Baron is the wrong way around (should be coming from the right), but... I like it better this way. Feels kind of like he's outside looking in, separate but still lending his uncomfortable, if not menacing, presence in the picture. Anyway, that's my excuse for accidentally doing the lighting wrong, haha. And before anyone might pick on me for doing fan art, I'll add this note. My dad loves Dune with a capital L. We just rewatched the Denis Villeneuve movies together in 4K with my surround sound system and subwoofers bangin', and I actually think the sound design of those movies is the best part. Hans Zimmer's score... Dang! So, this is going to be a gift for my dad! Critiques welcome! Thanks.

This is where one of my WIPs is going. Any opinions about the composition and colors? i was planning to put a mirror somewhere in there, maybe in the right end of the painting idk yet.

Hello! 

I have been doing the Marshall's composition exercise (mentioned in Draftsmen S2 ep15) which is about making small thumbnail studies of masters.

These two pages are in A4 format, so I think I’m working with the good size, though I still have some questions that could change a lot how I think when I’m doing these studies: First, is my level of detail ok? I don’t really know if I’m simplifying too much or not enough?

 Second, (and this is illustrated with the Mucha work), I don’t know how much I can modify value. 
Is the purpose of the exercise to divide the picture into full black and full white (and maybe ignoring the « luminosity » aspect to better separate the different parts (exemple 1 of Mucha) where the face is shown in white and the circle black when the background is in reality lighter) Or is the purpose to strictly divide into two values, respecting the way values are organized (exemple 2 of Mucha) (I want to mainly show the face, therefore the circle in the background is white, the face is black and so on.) 

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, I hope what I said is understandable! 
I would be glad to read any other comments/advice about this exercise, thank you for taking the time to read this. Have a great day!

I am pretty happy with the composition on this one! I like how abstract the distant fog-shrouded forms are in contrast with the stark fine detail of the bare tree. Based on a reference photo from Adobe Stock. Charcoal on 24 x 18 Strathmore 300.

Hey, I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I thought I should try here. I really love just free drawing with ink and pens. There's something about putting a permanent line down and having to fix it if you mess up, rather than just redrawing your pencil outline. But I really struggle with line weight! I can't find a way to make the main figure pop from the background. Does anyone have any advice? I really like how the moose is dark, but I can't seem to keep the owl from blending into the background.

Vampire Visit this is still work in progress, but can you guys critique my composition? I only used one layer for this to get that painterly effect. I also miss painting traditionally . I wanted to use the curtain to symbolize the blood flowing from her neck, and the vampire calmly resisting his thirst. Should I zoom it out a bit or this is okay?

Here is a project I've been working on could use feedback regarding composition and composition basics that I could work on.

I drew this robot, but when I finished, I noticed that the Japanese characters were basically unintelligible. For future reference, how should I put words in a piece?

This is the object study I did in my art college I have been only doing shading for 2 weeks straight cause I got into college but didn't do any practice beforehand so I'm very behind others Please critique this because I am too shy to ask for advice the marked one is mine did I do right or wrong for making it pure white

Working on an illustration for an ongoing set of illustrations related to a story I call AXR2120. In AXR2120 humanity has reached a world that exhibits a phenomena where their underlying inner monsters can exist alongside them and are manifested as a variety of giant creatures in the physical plane. For this illustration I am concerned about scale in the composition: I am wondering if the scale ratio of man to inner monster is portraying the phenomena well... what are your thoughts?

Hello prokoers ;) I will do an illustration traditionally and then digitally, I want to do a knight with a big sword, breastplate and shoulder plates standing in front of an entrance. Wich of these poses do you think is best? Should I explore more, any tips?

Hello everyone I was given a task To make a poster for a bad art club And was given the following two images As refference so in the third image I made the poster I took the style of the fonts like thick strokes and fill from the refference and just made an illustration at the background to make it different from the first two posters because I wanted to do something different this time also I have less experience in creating posters so can anybody give me feedback for it and thank you

I’m looking for a list of different ways to compose a drawing to the right message. Like rules of thirds Fibonacci sequence and others. Also what purpose for each of the techniques if possible

Hi, everyone! I need some feedback on this digital art piece I made recently. I gave it 2 backgrounds but I am unsure how balanced the pieces seem overall and which is better. Any feedback is welcome! Thank you!

I really need a course with lots of examples on how to build up a scene from scratch using perspective but not the basic stuff 1,2,3 point perspective to draw a simple scene but how to draw a dynamic scene like in comics with correct perspective

Hello Everyone! This is my first post I'm honored to come to you for some advices. I'm here to progress with my drawing, specifically anatomy, inking and composition. I'd like to know your point of view on (full body) characters placed in empty space (no backgound) and the way to make the final picture more composed and dynamic. Backgrounds are not my cup of tea but I try to incoporporate them more often. Sometimes I feel that it is not needed, however, when I look back at my drawings I think that something is missing with most of them. I try to respect global composition rules within the character and its props but I guess this is not enough. Here's some example from my personal gallery (some have backgrounds, some didn't). Thank you very much in advance for your help, you're the best! s

Hi Proko People! If you want to develop your composing skills with me this summer, spend twelve weeks (June, July & August) in a rigorous schedule of exercises, prompts, and projects to build your creativity and design strengths. You can read more at the "Composition Bootcamp" link on my home page: https://www.marshallart.com/HOME We just finished a three-month round and it went well enough for several students to take it a second time. I hope for this summer to be the best of all, and to see you there! Marshall

Hello everyone, I want to make a fanart of Luffy Gear 4 Bound Man! But I want to give it that wild and dynamic touch, like @itokazuuuu's drawings or like boichi, giving them a final rendering in graphite. But my sketches look very loose in composition, what can I do to make them more dynamic, the 1st one looks like 2 standing pillars crushing something XD, and the 2nd one looks very generic Any criticism is received and appreciated. Image credits https://www.instagram.com/itokazuuuu/?hl=es Boichi Manga Author