Please can anyone critique!!!!!!
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Anubhav Saini
Hello everyone this is my first try in comic art!!!!!!!! I aspire to be a comic book artist I have the following questions!!! *Please tell me what do you understand from the story *I was having a hard time with the floor tiles * What areas should i focus more on to be a comic book artist * Tips on drawing hands as i struggle with it a lot
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Hey, @Anubhav Saini, thanks for reaching out again! Here’s what I get from the story: the guy gets sad because his friend thought his drawing was bad and mocked him, but instead of giving up, the guy practices, becomes successful and wins a prize, and that’s his way of overcoming the bullying and showing his friend that he’s better than they gave him credit for. Is that it? Well, @Mike Karcz and @Steve Lenze said it all, so I don’t feel I have much to add in terms of critique more so than that I agree with their comments. Mike has given you many precious pointers, and I’d especially highlight Steve’s awesome draw-overs on how to use perspective - really generous of them to take the time to provide such detailed feedbacks, so I’d encourage you to really take their notes into consideration while you keep studying to level up. And, considering you’ll focus on perspective, comics storytelling and hands as potential next steps in your journey, here’s some suggestions of resources I think you would benefit studying from: PERSPECTIVE . CtrlPaint’s perspective sketching series, part 1 (especially the sections where he talks about how to use a perspective grid) - https://ctrlpaint.myshopify.com/collections/foundation-skills/products/perspective-sketching-1-the-basics . Marshall Vandruff’s 1994 perspective series - https://marshallart.com/SHOP/all-products/all-videos/1994-perspective-drawing-series/ LANGUAGE OF COMICS . The two main books by Scott McCloud that Mike already suggested: “Understanding comics” and “Making comics”. They’ll be really, really helpful for you, since you say you want to be a comic book artist. There’s yet another book by the same author which I think is called “Reinveting comics” - it’s good too, but the other two are more fundamental and hands-on, so I’d prioritize them if possible. . Will Eisner’s books, “Comics and sequential art” and “Graphic storytelling and visual narrative”. In my opinion, they’re not as helpful or practical as McCloud’s, so, if I’d have to choose something to start with, I’d go with McCloud. But Eisner’s work is beautiful, and he’s kind of a pioneer in studying the language of comics, so I believe his books are a “must-read” for every comic book artist at some point. DRAWING HANDS There are many resources out there which can help you learn how to draw hands, but, in my experience, the most helpful lessons I ever took on this subject were Proko’s hands episodes, which are part of the anatomy course: How to Draw Hands – Muscle Anatomy of the Hand How to Draw HANDS – Details for Realistic Hands! How to Draw Hands from IMAGINATION – Step-by-Step How to Draw Female Hands Hands Holding Stuff N Things Drawing a Perfect Fist – HANDS in Action!!! How to Draw Foreshortened Hands How to Draw Cartoon Hands (Comic, Cartoon, and Mickey Mouse) (And there’s a bunch more, if you take the time to do a little search on the website). Hope this helps. Keep it up! Please keep posting your future creations for feedback. Best regards!
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Anubhav Saini
Thank you very much and yeah that was the story
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Steve Lenze
Okay, I agree with Mike, just doing two comic pages is an accomplishment, bravo. There are a lot of issues for you to work on in these comic pages, but don't get discouraged, it's just going to take practice. I gave you some notes and did some panel suggestions for you to look at, to kind of get the idea of what you could be thinking of. My biggest note is this: PERSPECTIVE IS YOUR FRIEND!! use it as much as you can to create dynamic panels. These suggestions are not everything by far, but should be enough for you to get started. As far as drawing issues like hands, that just takes practice and reference. Use reference for any drawing issue that you can't draw out of your head, including backgrounds. I hope these note are helpful to you :)
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Anubhav Saini
Thank you very much it is really helpful and i really really appreciate your notes and thank you for motivating me
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Mike Karcz
I think you're off to a good start. Keep studying/practicing your art fundamentals (Figure drawing, anatomy, perspective); you're on the right track. You've already made your first comic which is more than the majority of people have done. To be honest, I don't understand the story: A guy studies with someone, he hands in a picture, someone like a teacher mocks it, the teacher or the main character is sad, the character hypes himself up, he keeps working and then he succeeds and gives a speech while holding a stick of dynamite upside. I would not use cursive as the font for your dialogue; in some situations it could work (like to emphasize something), but in general it distracts the reader (I also can't read it). If you want to become a comic book artist - this is coming from someone who is not a comic book artist so use this advice how you see fit - grab a couple of your favorite comic books and reverse engineer them. Why do your favorite comic books work? What scenes are your favorite and why are they your favorite? What are they doing that you think they're doing well? Can you adopt those techniques? Is your story telling clear? Use what you've learned and make more comics. Study, make more, study, make more, etc. Some great resources that I think will help you as well would be the two books by Scott McCloud "Understanding The Invisible Art of Comics" and "Marking Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels"; and "Framed Ink" by Marcos Mateu-Mestre. If price is an issue, your local libraries may have copies of them, or you can put in a request at your local library to have them shipped over. *I was having a hard time with the floor tiles* - Need to study one point and two perspective. There are online courses and plethora of art books available. This will fix the issue you're having with the floor tiles. I think Drawabox.com has a section that covers it (free resource) *What areas should i focus more on to be a comic book artist* - What I've mentioned above ^ *Tips on drawing hands as i struggle with it a lot* - Hands are tough, but stick with it. Many anatomy courses will cover how to draw hands - Like proko's figure drawing. Otherwise many anatomy books like "Drawing the Head and Hands" by Andrew Loomis, or "Figure Drawing: Design and Invention" by Michael Hampton have sections covering the hands. The main idea - from what I understand - is breaking the hands down into simple shapes and building up from there. You can honestly get a lot of practice just from drawing your own hands - see how your palm forms sort of a boxy shape? Your fingers are cylinders? I sincerely hope this advice is helpful!
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Anubhav Saini
Thank you very much it is really helpful and i will follow your advice
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