I want to eat a burger now 😭

Like the other person said, this type of stuff should go in an art thread! There’s been some confusion in the past, so I want to clarify that it’s basically just making just one thread and updating to that

And here’s an example:

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1492853/1

Found lots of cool stuff today

This is a really good idea!! The critique thread we have didn't really work out, but I think having a personal thread like this is a really nice middleground

I've never done 3D otherwise I'd pop in and give advice, BUT I'll keep checking this out and give some feedback if you need any critique/help with 2D stuff!

I will also say, like others mentioned, tutorials like those are designed for beginners. Maybe they do help, maybe not, but at some point it's better to break away and do your own studies/experiments. IMO the people who make tutorials are teaching bad practices half the time, not just art but in other disciplines too like programming. The sooner you stay away from those, the better

If you want to scratch the same itch, you could find some art books that teach theory! But honestly, I think that's why it's so nice to have a community like in here where you can do some studies, apply them to your art, then ask for feedback. That's 100000x more valuable than some frickhead on youtube who has no idea what they're talking about. Those videos are supposed to be for those people who just want to dip their toe in before they start picking up art as a hobby, not people who already have started

Yeah I think these feedback posts are getting a little excessive and it’s not super clear in the start of the post what you need help with. It’s fine to ask for feedback every once in a while, but not this often

Could you start putting these in one thread somehow? Maybe a thread on this project and you ask for feedback there. Because I think this is the third or fourth post in the month of January alone

Ooh nice, commissions can be a double sided coin cause on one hand the deadlines give you that push to make more stuff, but also accepting too many adds a lot of pressure. I hope it all goes well!! If you can get a vgen inv tho that helps a LOT from what I've seen

Fair! I hope she’s able to find a way to share her stuff either way

It's like one of those little egg guys but for love triangles

Aww no I understand, I'm sorry! I'm not sure what the circumstances are, but if it's just because she's hesitant to sign up and not a minor maybe you could convince her? I feel like newgrounds gets a lot of bad rep and I've had that happen with friends 😭

Yeah those would be fine, this rule would mainly be for the art portal. The off topic chat is here btw OP: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1533604/1

I'm not the one who deleted it, but if your sister drew it and you're uploading what she drew, that wouldn't be allowed

Whatever you upload would have to be made by you

Girls mom leaves for milk and cigarettes, girl forms a friend group with a bunch of monster people

Thank you for giving a critique!! And giving a critique on both!!

I see what you mean though, I feel like everything you said is spot on. I didn’t notice that about the whites of her eyes!

Also, by move everything down do you mean dim just the mid tones? Or like everything-everything?

But either way that does make sense and that’s what I was feeling too, that the contrast was too harsh 🤔 I didn’t pay any attention to the highlights though LOL, that also makes sense!

I used to actually!! I try to use my camera for arms and hands, but for stuff like poses it’s weird. I’d have to ask someone to take the picture but then the angle changes, or it’s tilted slightly too far in one direction

Good eye, I didn’t notice either till now but you’re right 🤔 I did have some other problems with perspective in the beginning, I think that was left over and didn’t fix it to also align with the horizon

NOOOO, I’m dumb I didn’t realize the thumbs would be facing the camera LOL

I think I may be dyslexic, I try figure out where the thumbs are by moving my hands in the same pose IRL and I think I just flipped it in my head somehow 😭😭

I’m glad you feel that way!! I tried getting it to look more watercolor-y so it’s good to hear that!! I still have some stuff to improve on but I’m happy to hear that overall it still worked out

Thank you again for giving TWO critiques!! It helps a ton, I definitely know what I need to focus on next time lol

YEAHH that looks way more accurate!! BUT now that I’m looking at it, maybe her current pose fits better with the composition and it accidentally worked better

Either way it helps though seeing your edit!! I was very off lol

Wait really? I didn't pick up on that at all lol, I thought everyone wanted to chime in and help OP :') Oh well!!

This definitely would have been good to do in hindsight, yeah that adds way more balance!!

WAITTT that's a really good point!! I was actually trying to mess around with the spiral before and change its positioning, but I couldn't get it to look good. That's way way better

IT WASS thank you!!

I know we have a critique thread but... to be honest, I've posted there and it's pretty dead (I don't think I get responses a lot of the time, and if I do it's like 1 person). It's a lil bit a weird gray area I feel, so I'm just gonna make a separate one. I don't really enforce using it anyway so EH!!

Anyway!! I've been keeping up with my goal to draw more digital art, and wanted some critique on these newer art. My goal is to improve with my color composition and, well, the overall composition I guess! You also by no means have to critique both (that'd take a LOT of time to write up! so no pressure!)

In this one I used grays for the midtones, and saturated colors for the shades. I tried to keep the main colors as purple + yellow, with some small accents of green, blue, and red. I'm mostly concerned about contrast (if what I did made it too bright), and whether I made it too busy by introducing too many colors

And this one is more unfinished, but finished enough to where I want some feedback. I wanted to experiment more with having mostly vivid/saturated colors, kept the main color pallet as blue/green with some red accents (tho idk if I overdid it with the red lol). Does the overall composition flow well? Also, how is the perspective on the character? I wanted to raise her left leg slightly so it implies the river is bumpy, but I didn't actually define any shapes in the water so I'm not sure if it just makes her look like she's floating on nothing.

I also feel like her right leg might look off. I sit like that irl but it's really hard to get references, so I went off of what I feel I look like when I sit down. She's not sitting on top of it, it's more just to the side and facing up. Apparently it's called W sitting? All the images on google are toddlers which is unfortunate 😭

Like everyone else said, the forums are moreso formatted to make one thread and keep updating it as you go. Thank you everyone for sending OP so many images and helping them out!! That was really kind of you all

I'm not sure if you'd like to make a new thread just for art and lock this one, or turn this one into an art thread, so I'll keep this unlocked for now

Is this paid work?

Nah all good! I think I get what you mean, I think you should maybe just mess around and see what works for you. Maybe it could be drawing too much, maybe not. This sounds like a personal journey you'll have to go on and put the pieces together

I really wish I had better advice!! But it's kinda sounding like this year you might need to experiment around a bit see what might help. I'd try and tap into when you were making a comic and figure out why you felt that way!! And just go with what you feel, maybe it was the 90's aspect for example, and then you could try out drawing 90's stuff for a bit and see how that feels

two things come to mind: you don’t need to feel passion or inspiration for the stuff you draw. I’m not sure how other people feel, but I don’t feel like everyone feels that way all the time! I think that does hit people in bursts, though I could totally be wrong but that’s what I’ve observed

And then the other thing: what does make you feel that strong passion? I feel the same way in a sense that I don’t feel that burning passion over drawing. But drawing fuels that for other stuff, like storytelling, character design, worldbuilding. Making a game too, caused me to feel that. And I think that’s normal! To not necessarily feel that way over the subject matter

I’d say experiment with other stuff you might like, and see how you can use them together

Its really early in the morning so I might’ve misread, but that’s my 2 cents

Exactly this, if you’re sharing your art it’s best to make a thread and keep updating it with new art

THANK YOU!!!! frogs!!!

finished prompt 2 AHHH!!!! I didn't plan on fully rendering it 😭

OH, I didn’t realize that! I just remember seeing you around a lot in the other one so I thought it was you

And thank you!! I sometimes have problems with gender dysmorphia (though I’m AFAB), so maybe that still bled through a little in the expression lol

I just imagine her being uncomfortable in her own skin!!

I'm glad you remade it!! Newgrounds is really strict on ratings, so I hope there's no hard feelings about that last thread. Having more challenges around the forums is great!!

I drew up something for the first prompt, actually my OC used to be a guy but I changed her to be a lady a couple of years ago. I feel like if she were to still be a guy she would be unhappy

Bro this is from 2006, why would you resurrect this

I had that happen too, I was told it was because the gif size was too big? But it was pretty small in size so I have no idea

You might have to upload it to the newgrounds dump (it’s in the same area on desktop where you upload art), it sucks cause it’s just a link but I couldn’t find a way to get it to work

I really appreciate everyone for responding!! I didn’t want to spam reply so I’m making this reply instead

It’s looking like I either made the background too light, or the character too dark, which is not too bad of a fix! I was worried the actual assets like the grass just looked bad lol, that still might need a quick adjustment to make the grid less obvious

I'm gonna try to experiment around, maybe use more blues in my pallet but definitely make everything less saturated

Thank you everyone who took the time to respond! It helps me a ton!