New OC drawing. Feedback wanted.

[Blue Moon 6,341]

OK, so I decided to make some artwork of a random OC I came up with to test out shading. The original drawing was made on paper, then it was scanned and I traced it on Paint.NET and finally, I did some shading on Paint Tool Sai. Tell me what you think of it and please don't be too harsh with the criticism as it is my first attempt.

 

Edited May 21, 2013 by Blue Moon

[Ruddboy Olaf 10,628]

Sorry nothing.

Edited July 23, 2024 by Ruddboy Olaf

[Blue Moon 6,341]

Awesome!!!

 

Better than I can do!!!!

 

Good job!!!!!!

 

I have never tried shading,so I don't know what to say.

 

Keep up the good work!!

 

That is all (bows)

Thank you, kind sir. I'm glad you think I did a good job. Let's hope the others are as positive as you. Shading isn't too hard to actually do, but it is rather difficult to know where the light shines and where it doesn't and you need to know how light works. I need to work on that.

[Ruddboy Olaf 10,628]

Sorry nothing.

Edited July 23, 2024 by Ruddboy Olaf

[Blue Moon 6,341]

Indeed it is hard to know where to shade. I also should probably work on it.

 

Since I am a gentlecolt,I tip my hat to you good sir

 

(Tips hat)

Well, good luck to you on your drawings.

 

Thank you for the tipping of the hat. I shall tip my nonexistent hat as well.

 

*tips nonexistent hat*

 

Just bumping this back up. I really want some feedback on this, positive or negative, so feel free to leave some below in the replies.

 

Bumping this up one last time. Please give some feedback on it. I desperately need that. My whole life depends on it. Please, I beg of you!

 

Just kidding, leave feedback if you want to. But I would prefer feedback.

[SwiftMotion 130]

really good but when shading you need to decide were the light source is coming from to give it the best effect e.g: say the lights to the left its dark on the right were i curves the pony's main and the head 

[Blue Moon 6,341]

really good but when shading you need to decide were the light source is coming from to give it the best effect e.g: say the lights to the left its dark on the right were i curves the pony's main and the head 

Yeah, I had a little trouble with that as you can see. Thanks for the tip though. Oh, and thank you for complementing it. I'll make sure to use your advice next time I make some artwork.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Blue Moon

[Cocodrillo 1,565]

Since you want feedback but not the critique, I'll leave you with this:

 

 

 

 

The proportions could use some work, especially the legs. The head is okay.

It's been already said that the shading depends on the chosen direction of the light. The leg shading refers to the light from the front - thus, everything in the front should be lighter - including the belly, the nose, even a cheek.

[Blue Moon 6,341]

Since you want feedback but not the critique, I'll leave you with this:

 

 

New OC (Needs Shading).png

 

 

The proportions could use some work, especially the legs. The head is okay.

It's been already said that the shading depends on the chosen direction of the light. The leg shading refers to the light from the front - thus, everything in the front should be lighter - including the belly, the nose, even a cheek.

That picture is actually quite useful. Thank you so much for that.  Yeah, I'm a beginner artist and proportions aren't really my strong point nor knowing where to put light and where not to put light. I'll try to work on getting my proportions better next time and I'll probably try to better visualize where the light is shining from.

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to provide some useful tips and feedback on it.