I need help with my comic and drawing skills.

[titankore]

Hi everyone, I've been attempting to make my own comic and to get back into drawing but Ive been hitting a brick wall.

So I was wondering if there was someone I could send my pictures to and story ideas to get some feedback. Unfortunately everyone I know is a little biased toward being nice to me to offer any constructive criticism and places like newgrounds and deviant art rarely offer any other comments then WOOT AWS0M3 or shitty mcshit pants.

here is some of my work
http://titankore.newgrounds.com/art/

 

[masterblaze0]

Hmmm... try experimenting more with depth when you draw. Just to help a bit.

 

[JRCB]

Last panel needs a ton of work. Try using more detail. As well, the text could be a bit better written and possibly look better.

 

[titankore]

Whenever I try to get too detailed I end up messing up the whole picture, also I want my style to be kind of simple and clean, but the depth and text definitely needs work thanks.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Add some story and something a little more interesting to look at. With the text you definitely need some speaking bubbles.

 

[Souplex]

My friend learned to draw by tracing other peoples drawings and applying what he learned from it to his own drawings.

 

[Sir Kemper]

Best sugestion man:

Keep working on it, and perhaps watch some cartoons, old ones and new ones.

Seriously, there's some really cool artstyles in old 1900th century cartoons.

 

[shenhen]

Some simple background would be nice.
But other wise, just keep working.

 

[Eekaida]

Your drawings lack 3dimensionality, you definitly need to work on your line quality and every figure has a sense of underlying 'wrongness.' (sorry if that's harsh, but I'm an art student so I hear things like this a lot).

My advice is to do more drawing from life. Draw cans, sofas etcetc. Specifically look at proportionality and the 3dimensional structure of what you're drawing. I know it sounds obvious, but for example a can is a cylinder which is even at the top and bottom, which seriously effects how you would draw it from an angle.
Most importantly, life drawing. Get a sketchbook, go out and draw people. Just find a place where there's lots of people. You'd be surprised by how well your drawings will be shaped, even if they're inacurate. Since your character are anthro, look up the human skeleton and muscle structure to improve your proportions.

Ask me for anyhting more specific.

To prove I'm not talking out my ass: http://demon-lord-dark.deviantart.com/

 

[titankore]

Thanks, I'm currently trying tracing to learn some techniques from artists I like. I don't trace the finished product but instead break it down into its parts, like the skeleton, then basic shapes, layer by layer on different pieces of paper and compare them.

 

[Hollock]

all you can do is practice, practice, practice. I've been drawing for about 2 hours or so just about every day for the last year and a half, and am now just starting to feel comfortable with my skills (comfortable enough to get into a art school). And try to get into an art class. I went to one of the over 9000 local collages to lvl up my skills and the 4 months were invaluable to my training.

 

[sheic99]

The comic is really hard to follow. The wall of text stops the pace of the comic in its place, also don't forget the golden rule of writing "Show don't tell." We only have the characters word that he's now evil, try throwing in a kick the dog [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog]. I suggest you take a look at American Elf [http://www.americanelf.com//comics/americanelf.php?view=single&ID=40945] by James Kochalka. The early stuff is much in the style of what you're trying to do. Pay attention to the way he inks his drawings, and if you draw on paper, get a bottle ink and a brush. You'll get a much smoother finish than with markers.

all you can do is practice, practice, practice. I've been drawing for about 2 hours or so just about every day for the last year and a half, and am now just starting to feel comfortable with my skills (comfortable enough to get into a art school). And try to get into an art class. I went to one of the over 9000 local collages to lvl up my skills and the 4 months were invaluable to my training.

I see what you did thar'.