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mrdbristol said:
Why are you confused by my statement.

I gave an honest opinion , which is of more use than just saying " it's alright"

I receive , and digest , criticism from which i try and learn from.

Mark
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is he alllways mardy :D :rolleyes:
 
Just being honest and giving critiques? Id much rather people criticised my work than went "oohh thats pretty" As nice as compliments are, they dont help you to improve...and there is always room for improvement :)
 
ChoÞÞer said:
is he alllways mardy :D :rolleyes:
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Smile or not, that rolleyes says it to me. I think mrdbristol actually offered some decent advice, quite a lot of people get by on comments like 'well done' and 'good effort' but when they really could be told what to improve on, and how to alter their effort for a better style, constructive criticism, it's great to learn. :p

:) :cool:
 
Nimzicki said:
Just being honest and giving critiques? Id much rather people criticised my work than went "oohh thats pretty" As nice as compliments are, they dont help you to improve...and there is always room for improvement :)
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Ooo..do me..do me!
 
wow, all of this from posting one sketch?

thanks for the comments about where to improve it anyway :)

i wont bother posting anything else in this thread if its going to start arguments.
 
Lets try and keep it civil guys. I for one more than welcome constructive criticism. However the key word is constructive. Rather than just saying "Its good" or "Its bad", its always usefull to back it up with why its good or bad, and what can be done to improve it. I think Nimzicki's comments are an ideal example;

The linework shows that there is no confidence in the drawing, its too scratchy, make it one flowing line and it will look a thousand times better. Vary line width to make certain areas pop, finer lines for smaller details, slightly thicker for main outlines etc.

Dont be afraid to use a ruler btw, its a technical drawing, even michaelangelo couldn't draw a straight line freehand
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Comments such as these will hopefully help sunlitsix see where he is going wrong and what he needs to work on. I really feel that this could become a very usefull and interesting thread, allowing people to share skills and techniques etc, but we have to make sure it doesn't decent into arguments and bickering.
 
Cheers messiah :)

While am at it then, gord - I dont know if its the quality of the scan or because you havent finished the drawing yet but you would benefit from pushing the contrast in your drawing. Right now you have a lot of mid-tones going on, dont be afraid to push it further, really darken the shaded areas and bring out the highlights, especially when dealing with a nice shiney object such as a lambo ;)

You've done well in showing form through lighting and not through outlines and the accuracy and attention detail, especially in the headlights is very well done. I took your scan into photoshop to try and and illustrate what I mean, let me know if you'd rather I took this down...as I said, im not sure if its just the scan quality thats letting this down...

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Nimzicki said:
While am at it then, gord - I dont know if its the quality of the scan or because you havent finished the drawing yet but you would benefit from pushing the contrast in your drawing. Right now you have a lot of mid-tones going on, dont be afraid to push it further, really darken the shaded areas and bring out the highlights, especially when dealing with a nice shiney object such as a lambo ;)
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Well, i actually took a photo of the drawing.. so the poor contrast could be attributed to that. The actual darker shaded areas are beginning to go shiny, which is always the point i was told to push to and not let it go any further. I think the paper can be attributed a bit to the problem as well, its artsy farty paper and heavily textured so all the little white bits in the dark are from the low points the pencil doesnt reach, but when a viewer looks at the drawing the eye wont see little white dots, instead it just mixes it with the dark giving the impression of a lighter tone. But as i said, i am going over it again, and removing some of these light spots to push the tones further.
 
Click my sig :p

I welcome opinions/ideas on how to improve... I have got a bit better at shading/colouring in photoshop since any of those were done as you can see in one of my sigs but I havent done anything properly for a while now.
 
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