I suck at drawing CnC please on these drawings

[xxxLatiasxxx]

Just some drawings of my Lati character Spock (yes named after the Vulcan in Star Trek) I'm a new artiest and I'm still doubting myself as one some times I feel like I want to give up please give me your honest opinion on these drawings CnC is much appreciated.

http://xxxlatiasxxx.deviantart.com/a...tars-142066228


http://xxxlatiasxxx.deviantart.com/a...-Day-142065105


http://xxxlatiasxxx.deviantart.com/a...-sky-139353340

[Oli]

These are cute.
Just keep drawing and drawing, also the colors are a little crazy for me, but a good start.

[Stardust]

Well first of all, one must understand that you don't become a fantastic artist off the bat. It takes years and years of practice, but stick with it and you'll surely get better. Don't give up.

I'm no expert artist myself by any means, but I'll try to give you some basic pointers.

If you ask me, the nighttime one is the best of the three. One of your main problems I'd say is that you're making your pencil lines waaaay too thick and dark. You need to make them very smooth and light so you can erase mistakes. I should barely be able to see them when you've finished coloring, if at all. In fact, you should color over the edges of objects with black or a darker shade of whatever color you used for that object to give it a much more natural feel.

Speaking of color, your coloring is a little bit too harsh as well. You've got dark patches between the stars where I can tell you colored harder/faster. Place the pencil/marker etc. at a slight angle when you color and sweep it across the paper very gently to avoid that for the most part, as it will keep the color pretty light. There's very little shading going on in these, but don't worry about any of that for now.

Other than that, I'd just say worry about your proportions. Sketching lighter should fix some of this. Your stars came out a little lopsided, and Spock's proportions are a bit out of whack as well, but no worries, you'll get better -- proportions are very hard to do, especially with animal-like things like Pokemon. My suggestion: look up pictures of the Pokemon Spock is based off of and try tracing those, then copying them, until you get a basic idea of what the proportions should look like. Same for the stars. Also try using baselines when you think you've started to improve, i.e. simple shapes that you connect to turn into the actual picture.

Don't give up, we all have to start somewhere and it takes time and practice to get great at drawing. I'm not very good at it myself but I hope I've helped a little ^^ I'm looking forward to your next pieces.

[K'nuckles]

Reminds me of me when I was younger. Like the others mentioned, just keep on practicing and you will be a good artist soon enough.

What helped me was being books on how to draw tutorials for anime and manga. I'm not great but better than I was before. Good luck.

[Nashida]

You've got a good start, especially on the night one at the bottom. That's a tough angle to draw in and you've got a good grasp to start with.

I guess the best tips I can have are to try looking at screenshots of the Pokemon Spock is based on and use them as a reference to get the proportions and anatomy correct. Do you have a figure of Latias? I used to use my Pokemon figures when I drew so I could mess with angles, light/shadows, and all sorts of stuff. And also, just keep practing. You're not going to go from doodle to Da Vinci in a week's time. Some artists have been drawing for years.

[Skittles]

You should never doubt yourself, and you should always give it your all.
You don't get great at the beginning.

I like the third one best, it's really cute but it bugs me that I can see the outline of your colour pencils. it goes back to what Stardust said, you should easy up lightly when it comes to colour pencils. Especially black. Go easy on it.

But all I can say(that hasen't been said.. really..) Is practice more and more. Just sketch around other Pokemon and practice your shading and colouring.