/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3194860
This is a hard one to answer. I've done some really close copies before, but something about tracing almost makes that harder? Maybe not, maybe I just don't have enough practice with tracing.

But I suggest you give copying a try, even if you do it in a sort of math way. Like dragging lines across the reference to your copy, so you know where things like chins, or hair lines, or eyes begin, and then drop vertical lines downward to work out the width of shoulders and stuff like that.

I'm not sure how much help that does to teach you drawing, but it'll at least ingrain a bit of the artist you're copying's style into your memory or muscle memory.

If you can copy using construction you'll learn a bit more.

Attached is an example of a copy practice I did earlier this year using the more technical methods. You can easily find the original on the internet and compare it, it's from Gunsmith Cats.

>>2850062

Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it. It's all about decisions I think, the people who suggested making a gesture first were probably right, that's probably the missing ingredient here.

I could have spent a lot more time making sure my anatomy or clothes looked better, or right, or spent a bit more time thinking about my line weights, and that might have helped etc.

But it comes down to, I think, a) I don't color or shade well, more contrast would have been smarter there. b) The hand and possibly forearm are too small or out of proportion, throwing off the perspective and finally c) the drawing is too stiff, and her eyes don't connect to the watch.

So those are all decisions I should have had in mind and been able to make while drawing. Which means to me, I probably am close. I hope anyways.

I feel I probably have enough knowledge of anatomy etc. to be able to do those things, I just didn't take the time, and should have. I also know about gesture, so not using a good pose, was a blindspot and it's good people pointed it out.

As for execution/construction of a drawing, I know I can do that at professional levels because I copy drawings for practice using construction all the time.

So the problem is definitely not making the right decisions during the drawing process/not reminding myself of what's important, or not being aware of what's important at times.

Here for example is a copy-practice of a Gunsmith Cats character - copied using construction. It's not 100% spot on, but it's close enough that it looks right.