I'm looking to create some animation and with designing my characters. any help be appreciated.

I am wanting to create some original characters for some concepts I'm working on.

Hello, I'm trying to improve my visual character design and make characters for the comic I'm working on. I was looking for critique and advice for this character. I plan to create an illustration/splash art for her and use her in a comic later down the line. The theme of this character is a Fashionable Field Scouter who's secretly a bug queen. This character is planned to have a human and bug form. I wanted to give off the feeling if you look long enough you'll notice minor details that she is an insectoid. So I was wondering if the shrug jacket and skirt are too bland? With the clothes, I wanted to portray her expressing herself even with the straight-edge uniform. I was thinking of adding a pattern to the shrug jacket but I feel like it would become the focal point of the character when I really want the eyes to be that and the first thing people see when they look at this character. I decided not to go crazy with the render yet to see if I could add something to them before adding the material. I wanted to ensure the human form was decent enough before I started working on the bug form. Any other critique or advice is welcomed. Thank you.

Practice Painting using Ian Mcque's work as reference. I want to learn more about drawing mechs.

Here I was just planning out the thumbnails for color and I was aiming to get a vintage plus a spooky feel simultaneously at first I tried this but later I thought to like to go very abstract so I did whatever came to my mind So would these color combination work. My main aim is to get a evil spooky feel with the character plus a vintage feel simultaneously

This is my character Catastrophe for my concept portfolio, her background: she is designed to be a character for apex legends, she is similar to rampart with her appearance.

All feedback is welcome and thank you!

Hi! I don't have a drawing this time ,but a question about drawing monitors. I was looking to get one for under $500 , and these are the two options I picked. Does anyone have any experience with either of these monitors ? I have windows 10 ,by the way. Thank you! :)

I am taking Aaron Blaise character design course. This lesson was on simple character expressions. The characters are not the same. The focus is whether or not the characters convey the correct emotion. Some were easier to figure out and others took quite a few iterations. Any feedback on how to improve the designs or your process for character expressions.

This project is still very much trial and error. This concept art is inspired by Ubisoft's game "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora". I recommend checking the full progress, to avoid misconceptions: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lDgQ9Y Based on your experiences, what do you think needs improvement to be accepted into the concept art industry, especially for AAA games?

Hello everyone the following is a fusion of a telephone and binoculars and hand(the spherical ball is the dialer of the telephone)and he is someone with whom you can cantact Lucifer and then sell your soul to him and I wanted to make it look evil and shady also I wanted to use this character in making comics and an animation on it so I wish to seek y'all feedback on the following- 1- shape design 2- visual weight and balance 3-personality *The binoculars would act as his eyes and with the telephone handle he would speak and listen If you feel anything else that you wanna say about this piece feel free to tell

I’ve been using AI to generate references. Not all of them, but some of them. Especially for concept art and world building. Does anyone else here do that? If not, honestly, I suggest it. It’s so versatile. You can change the colors and lighting as you want. But the image is never EXACTLY what you imagined so you’ll still have the added challenge of making your personal changes. Thoughts?

Hello! I have this character whom I plan to use in a comic someday. He is a vigilante trying to take down a corrupt, dystopian government. He utilizes kicks, punches, and a Bo staff when fighting. Taekwondo is the main inspiration. With this design, I am struggling with showing personality/fighting style, colors, and the shape language. I use red and white to show that he’s actually a pretty angry dude, however he tries his best to keep it contained. The black belt is because…well, he’s a martial artist. However, I am not sure how to show his kicking-dominated style effectively. Not only that, but I feel that the silhouette is bland; there’s little variation in the sizing, but I don’t know what to bulk up or slim down. Finally, I am disappointed with the black-on-black (undergarments & belt), but the belt being black seems important to me, and I don’t know what to do for the undergarments. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. :-)

Hey, im an aspiring concept designer. Im looking for feedback on my latest designs for a personal project i'm working one. Please be as honest and brutal as possible.

I wondering what it take to make one before you start production on a project?

main question is: should I create a portfolio even if my art is not professional quality yet? Also would a good choice be artstation? So you can have some context on my skill level, I have included a design for a world I am developing for fun and to improve my skills for the goal of becoming a concept artist or illustrator. Bear in mind that I am new to digital art and this was drawn on my phone as I am mainly traditional but the career I want is digital. I have been trying to learn fundamentals but become discouraged when I am only practicing and not implementing them. Also, please can you keep the critiques objective but truthful as I am sensitive... Thank you to anyone who can help me

I am learning to work with shape language to design readable Character Designs. At the second Image you can read what I intended the shape language to be for. Whether I succeeded or not I another thing. So I would like to hear your options, on the Ideas that I had for the character design, but also what I should have done to improve the concept that I did in the end. Because I think that I should have exaggerate some elements of the character even more to highlight that characteristic. Thank you for your Advice's.

It is a turnaround I made

I'm looking to crate some concept art for a comic. But I'm not 100 percent sure how to go about it.

These are some character sketches I did. I gave more emphasis on designing the face, I feel like there's room for improvement ,but i can't get my finger on it

I wanting to design my own design my own comic. But I having hard time designing them from imagination. any tip or courses.

hey everybody, I've set on a journey to create my own manga, and I need advice from everybody from every platform, so I'm 1/3 away from drawing every character in the manga, I don't have a name for my manga, and I need to have a good plot characters(so far); Akira Kibo Marvin Ichikawa Emma Himari so the characters are in the year 2031, and almost all the populous all have powers, the 10% have a form of "chakra" from Naruto, but it's different. so does anybody have concept designs for the characters setting? if so, send it to me at s27mlegassie@students.gwusd.org or on proko.com, I also need a character that's half Arabian Japanese that has a power called "genie" genie grants 5-8 wishes a day, the user can wish for whatever they want (if awakened, user can have infinite wishes) , if they past their limit, they can be paralyzed, the character needs to have no hijab, representing freedom. let me know if anyone has something in ming

Hello everyone! I love to design characters, and I think I'm some kind of intermediate artist now. Fundamentals are still lacking, especially regarding human anatomy - but what I'd like to know is: What exactly looks wonky about my artworks? Are they interesting or rather boring, and why? How high/low is their quality? Is my art style generic and how would you describe it? What does it feel like? I know what I struggle to draw & to envision, I know many of my limitations very well, but these questions are just impossible for me to answer (well meaning friends & family can't either). If anyone would be willing to help me here, I'd be so happy. Thank you in advance!

Trying to figure out a creature design. I'm enjoying the shapecarving approach. Would love to get some feedback.

I've made a character design from an AI prompt, and originally it was a shapeshifter, now it's a navajo skinWalker, Hope anyone has tips!

Hi, can anyone tell me which color options they think are the best. Just that, thank you for comenting. Also paint overs are welcome!

Hello everyone can anyone give me feedback

2023/10/9. Good evening everybody. Here's a concept I made after taking an online lesson about how to draw quick background concepts. Thanks and goodnight.

Hi! I have a drawing I started yesterday( which is still in the sketch phase),and would appreciate any feedback on how to improve on it. Thank you! :)

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting here and I'm excited to get some feedback and be part of the community . I made these characters some time ago for a fictional wacky video game to use in my portfolio. Right now I'm trying to improve the designs, so if you could give me any comments, critiques, paint overs or advice, I would totally appreciate it. Thank you for your time.

I'm working on this character design. The intention was to create a slightly distorted perspective in order to give the character more grotesque shapes, but I'm not sure if it's working. What am I doing wrong? The character still needs to be rendered, but I want to make sure the shape is functional first. The prompt for this character is a Crazy Bluesman who could fit well in a Southern Gothic context. Thank you for your attention and any advice.

I did kind of a copy of an elf head. The original was done by Izzy “Talin” Collier. I did bounce a bit between mechanical and clutch pencils but I’m not sure which I like better. What are your thoughts?

Yeah so I want to create characters for a sci fi high school story. That I am working on. Like I guess what I am asking how do I develop a style and good design.

Same character but I wanna know if I drew my main Ghanaian mc girl while also looking like a 30 yo women. Most of my ocs are teens but I wanna draw more adult characters and trying to escape my whole same face syndrome ordeal

I still don’t have a name for her sadly but for some reason I’ve been very hyperfixated on her as of recent. So basically she used to be an every 5 days a week early 30 yo office worker just trying to get through life and it’s hardship. She hates being on her own and it’s worst that she has to live on her own due to job. However her life isn’t completely miserable due to her close bond with her friends, coworkers and especially family that have her not see life as completely hopeless or crappy. However, in her past life/world, people, animals, public figures, and even complete buildings just immediately disappear. This started ever since she was born but it’s just a big coincidence lol. However, she sadly became victim of this strange disappearance which leads her being sent to a completely different world as well as one of her close friend/coworker, but they were separated. Now she has to find a way to go back home in this magical yet mysterious world. Whats yall thoughts on her?

Hello, this is my first time trying out Proko's Community! I wanted to sketch out my design, but I ended up lost track for what I wanted to implement for the mockup design including ribbons, buttons and butterfly. What would have to change for you to recommend this product? All criticism is appreciated. Thank you

Concept of an ancient aquaduct that defies gravity. What are your thoughts on it? I'm still struggling with colors. All feedback is welcome and advices are welcome!

So i been creating concept art for a video game and have a few questions 1. What are the rules when designing said concepts 2. where and how much does a game programmer cost

These works were created for a school project based on H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Shadow over Innsmouth." The main objective of this project is to create an engaging visual interpretation of the story that captures the dark and unsettling atmosphere of the original narrative. comments and criticisms of all kinds can be helpful!

Am currently going through the Fundamentals of Character Design course by David Colman and working through the second assignment. We're to do traditional figure studies and then approach the same subjects with an eye to design. So, I guess I'm gonna take what I've got here and try to design from it. If anyone has any suggestions on how to approach the design half of the assignment I'd love to read em. Apropos of nothing - I've never drawn with markers before and I'm having a blast doing it!

Here's a cave creature design that I came up with. This is my first real attempt at drawing from imagination without reference since starting Proko lessons a couple months ago. Any criticism or critiques are welcome!

2023/10/3. Good evening everyone. This is a study on rendering materials for drawing backgrounds and objects in a cartoon style. Thanks for your comments and suggestions.

hi all guys I don't know if this is the right section sorry if I'm wrong, I made this drawing to practice drawing from my imagination without using references, and I must say it's quite difficult, apart from the anatomy I'm studying I feel that there are errors especially in the part of the pelvis and legs, someone expert could help me understand and correct these errors thank you very much to all

Hello I am an aspiring concept artist and I'm currently trying to work on some pieces for my portfolio. My objective was to put together a piece that showcased the thought process and was easily readable. The cloth around the handle was particularly challenging to paint, I took inspiration from Thomas Chamberlain´s style and overall I feel like the whole thing could be better so your critiques and feedback are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time.

So I am still in the midst of learning to draw, and I feel like I have gotten better with interpreting shaped in 3-dimensions. But I still struggle with shading and line weight. Below I made a fakemon which is a mix of Magikarp and Tyrunt, but it still feels off, like I think it is my colours, shading and line weight but I'm not sure. What would be a good place to start for improving this creature design?

Hello! I was hoping to get some feedback on this drawing I worked on a couple days ago. Next time I'm hoping to do something more dynamic,but this one was more about the rendering. Thank you for any help! :)

I am working on a female elf druid character concept. I would like feedback on design and anatomy. Anything else you see that you think could help, please mention! Thank you for your time!

Hello! I am currently working towards building a portfolio. I have asked friends to give me three prompts. The prompt below is a Female Elf-Druid. The friend who gave me this prompt is a huge World of Warcraft fan. So I took inspiration from there along with a few other pictures from the internet. The red drawings are my preliminary sketches. Once I felt comfortable with the characters direction, I made 5 designs offering different styles in clothing with the blue drawings. I asked him to pick one of the 5 designs. He chose number 5 and then I drew another 2 different styles off that design. The Bottom Left shows these designs. The left most design is a clean, cut design where maybe the Druid is from a well funded temple. The Right design is more of a 'woodsy, foresty' type design. Please feel free to critique anything and everything you would like to critique! I would really appreciate it! Furthermore, I plan to take any criticism given here and apply it to this piece as I continue it. I will post it again once I have reached the next steps with it. Thank you!

Currently I am attempting to make my first portfolio for character design concepts. Below is the first design of 'Naked Mole Rat with Pants' as given to me by my Girlfriend. That is all she gave me so I went into it and came out with the below design. The Blue pencils are the beginning stages of doodling naked mole rats, trying to find an idea. The Red pencils are the next evolution as I tried to find a personality, and the black inks are the 'final' design. I am self taught and am trying to get myself ready to enter this industry. So please any and all critiques, observations, ANYTHING, fire away. I am here to learn! Thanks everyone! Ben

Hi everybody! This is my illustration I finished today. My concept was about angry flower who doesn't like the insect who is coming and she wants to drive him away. I used Affinity Photo. I will be glad to hear critique.

Hey! Been doing some daily character work and would love some critique and thoughts on these two - let me know what you think!

Cause I am thinking working with a game developers on a website. So my question is what do I need to do so the the video game developers and I be on the same page. So I can my idea for a game come true

Hi! I just wanted to drop in here and ask you guys what you think on this character design I started on earlier. I'm fairly new to concept arts, and this is actually the first character sheet that I've started working on. Before I do anything else, I wanted to get some feedback from some people, because I do feel like the design is missing a few things. The character is supposed to be based off the Hindu God of Death, and I used a lot of references from Indian culture to design him. I attached a few references below just in case you wanted to see them! I would really like advice on what I should add to make his design pop more, and to make him look more memorable and preserve the culture. Also, anatomy tips are welcome, but I already know I made him way too short to be 6 feet, so I'm gonna fix that lol! Thank you guys for the help!

hello! I am preparing a portfolio focused on concept art, and I want to share it with you, I hope you can give me your opinion

Just practicing creating charaters with intresting shapes and design and material rendering , Also photobashed background on some of them. Tell me if there are any intresting once if any.

Well as you may know I’ve been improving my art and want to give making a video game a try. So I was wondering what do I need to create a video game?

Here are three characters I made. I went for more symbolic look for now and I intend to later develop more details for each. However I'd like to ask about their "shape readibility(?)". Are there parts that look confusing, let's say armor part doesn't "read" as such etc. I'm aware that the left shoulder on all looks like it's missing and the right hand is... well it's there.

I'm taking a turn on a darker style, how do you like these? Feel free to comment/feedback. Thanks!

Hello everyone i tried to draw a human eyeball in melted form with centepede coming out from it

Hey everyone :) I am self-taught and have been waiting for Proko's new course to start, but in the meantime I would love some help on things to work on so I can continue to improve my art. Thank you in advance and I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season.

I made this digital drawing in GIMP a year ago and originally intended for shirt printing. I don't have a good reference and experience so this is as far as I got. I'm looking for ways to push my drawing further, especially in areas of shading and values at the back of the torso. The subject in the drawing is a bathing woman in a sitting pose, so you can see she has really nice curve at her back. I did the shading based on my imagination because my reference photo doesn't show well. I'm just signing up on this website to improve my drawing skills and artwork. Please help me with my drawing. Show me how can I make it better.

Hello everybody, I am new here. At present I am doing my first steps in digital illustration and I would like to hear some critique. I use MediBang software and my daughter's old Wacom.

A project I'm working on rn

Hello, I am new to digital art and have been diving into it lately with drawing prompts from a friend of mine. I draw and paint traditionally for the most part and I am beginning to learn anatomy. I would just love to know your thoughts on what I've done so far and any suggestions are welcome! I know a huge weakness I have so far is varying my brushes. For each of these images I started out with a sketch, then laid in flat color, and finally did a pass of lighting and shadows on separate layers. The prompts are: Draw yourself as a cyberpsycho from Cyberpunk 2077 Draw a rabbit/toad hybrid mutant Draw a children's show mascot eating a child Draw a pigman being held captive Draw a shop in the future where androids are shopping for skin suits They were drawn in the order of the listed prompts.

Please can anyone give their feedback on color also i tried to draw Spiderman as a punpkin

Hello everyone i tried to draw a wolf and a spider together with a split in between them I used blue for the light areas and the hatching for the shadows and red color also for the light area

Hey team, Would love some feedback on this piece I'm working on. Pretty simple stuff here, it's just my bedroom made in 1pt perspective. I'm brushing up on my fundamentals and as we all know your eyes tend to glaze over after a while so I'd love a fresh pair. Anyway, thanks ahead.

Me again! I've been working on these two characters as well and would love some input/feedback. Let me know what you think!

the unfinished one is something im working on rn after not doing much but doodling here and there and the other one is something i finished in January but forgot to update and just wondering if there was anything that i could improve in the future and how i could apply that to the one im working on currently. Any help is welcome.

Hi guys, it's been a while since i posted here. I'm doing these illustrations for a portfolio for illustration in novels and i would like some critique on it. Please tell me in your opinion what could be better. The novel is "The masque of Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe. P.S. some illustrations have a box on the side but this will be removed in the finalized version

When you're having a hard time trying to think of an idea for a concept a great solution can be to redesign characters from existing IPs. Not only is this a great way to expand your repertoire, but if done well, these concepts can be used in your portfolio. In this piece I explored redesigns for the main character and some of his alter-egos from the Sega Genesis title, Kid Chameleon. This was a staple during my childhood, and I had a lot of fun designing these concepts.

Hi all, I've been doing traditional drawing with the aim of becoming a freelance artist working in the entertainment industry. I recently did a quick project where I tried to design a transport bot for a futuristic universe. Kinda like Amazon but automatic. What do you guys think should be my main focus to improve?

Hello everyone please can anyone give their feedback on how to design anime hairs and lighting and form

Hello, there guys I recently tried this Ai image generating program called DiscoDiffusion and I am impressed and scared at the same time. I got the image that wasn't quite there and painted over it quickly. Here's the final result. I would love to hear your views on the piece and thoughts on this new technology and the future of artists. Thanks!

I took this drawing I did in September of 2020(right) and redid it now(left). Let me know what you guys think!! Any feedback on the new character is welcome! :))

Hi! I've been so busy lately that I forgot I even had this app haha. Sorry to anyone who commented on my last post ,I completely forgot to check my notifications. Here's a few new drawings for my book \web comic \ work in progress . Still not sure where that's going. Feel free to give me feedback , I promise I'll answer back this time.

made in ms paint

Hi everybody ! Recently I'm practicing drawing characters in perspective. I did this small scene that I find interesting but I'm not very familiar with adding features to it. I know that there is a lot of talented people here so I submit it to you to continue it if you find it interesting. It could be a nice exercice for you to. (Maybe ignore the person in the bottom, I think I will redraw it in a better pose) I will also try to do mine so every type of advices is welcome :) Have a good day drawing ! 👍

Piece I've been working, any C&C welcome :)

Hello! This is a redraw of my first post here,because I wanted to see how much I improved since then.I was originally critiqued by Steve Lenze ,and I hope I did a better job this time! Please let me know if you see anything that could be improved. Thank you! :)

Hi! I have recently been studying a lot of topics that I struggle in ,but lately I have been thinking about how my work looks. My goal is to ultimately work in the industry as an illustrator. However ,I feel that my drawings are not good enough,nor am I improving. I am seventeen and self taught thus far.Can anyone give me some pointers on what direction I should take? Thank you! @Liandro ,I'd really like your opinion on this! :)

Hello, there guys, I just finished this concept sheet for my OC Iris, I would love to get some feedback on the sheet, Is it lacking anything that is supposed to be there a concept sheet? I was also struggling with the anatomy of the torso in the middle pose, I think it looks awkward, not beautiful. I was also struggling with maintaining a likeness of the face. Any other feedback will be appreciated as well. Thank you and have a wonderful day ahead!

I’m doing this painting for my girlfriend and I want some ideas on how to improve this scene. I know I need to reduce the significance of the world in the background to make other things stand out more but with the intention of making the character/dragon and moon the main point of focus, any suggestions? This is a Japanese/Chinese dragon. No wings. There is an anime influence to this overall. The dragon in particular is a sticking point for me. Are usually draw from reference and I am trying to challenge myself by creating something purely from imagination. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I've been missing because of school and work ,but I'm back with an illustration I'd like some opinions on. This is Austin McQuartlin ,the protagonist of a graphic novel I'm working on. At first It was just character practice ,but I decided to add the background later on. Any feedback is appreciated.. thank you! :)

This is a character redesign of Karai from the TMNT verse. I realised it for the February CDChallenge.  I feel that the pose is not readable enough.  Do you have any suggestions or feedback about it?

It's been a while, I didn't remember this section existing, but here I go. I finished this character design recently. She is the priestess of her humanoid water tribe, which lives in a cold ecosystem. A lot of the design was based on Mongolian and Kazakh shamanism. In her tribe, the priestess's descendants get blinded in exchange for the connexion with the spirits. With her lamp, she guides lost souls to the beyond and communicates with the spirit, with her arm covered in armor she vanishes blackened spirits and fights against dark souls. A lot of the design is inspired by Mongolian and Kazakh shamanism. I'd love to get feedback, I shared my whole design process.

Hello, is somebody interested in a concept of flatshare where only concept artists, illustrators and digital painters live in? I thaught it would be a great idea when everybody in a flat inspires the other, giving feedback and get motivation from each other. Would be great to connect with some ppl who live in Berlin to talk about and maybe realize this project in the long shot. What do you think? Did you had some expiriences already?

Before I go into some details, I would really like if you give me some feedback for this =)

Fantasy design for Ferox Ventus (furious wind). First design for the Aviators, classified by the mounts they ride and the weapons they use.

This is a cute  Mythical Creature I've created as my first character design. Any feedback!!

For this exercise I started experimenting with design as opposed to just practice portrait painting. I think I am finding a style that feels natural to me. Comments are welcomed

Here are some other designs I have been playing with lately. Just for fun and study purposes

Hello! I was recently posted a drawing (second image),and heavily took reference from a critique by @Steve Lenze on my second attempt (first image). If anyone can give me their opinion ,I'd appreciate it! Thanks! :) (Mr. Lenze ,I hope you don't mind me tagging you!)

its 4:17. AM i need some sleep

Hello! I recently started working on a new drawing , in which I took reference and added my own twist. I asked a couple people ,and they all said the perspective of the limbs looked off.Also ,I felt that it wasn't quite as dynamic looking as the original reference. I'd appreciate another set of opinions on that. Thanks so much! :)

continuing the study and design of faces

Hey folks! Here's my latest piece. A keyframe I did for the Instagram account @24hr_keyframes (Altough not really, cause I'm way passed the deadline). The second image is the brief they gave for this challenge. I'd love to know some of your thoughts on the piece and how I can improve it. Thanks!!

This was for a school project I did and I couldn’t really render it well and I’m still not very experienced with adding color to my art work any tips?

Hey! Here's a design I'm working on. I just wanted an honest critique on any matter: design, render, local values, color... I thought of him as a royal guard that has bigger aspirations and will do whatever it takes to fullfill his purpose. The archetype could be somehow similar to Scar from the Lion King