Is this a good drawing?

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Superior Mind

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Yeah not bad. Keep at it. It looks like you spent a long time drawing the lines which is possibly why it's got that traced look. I suggest you loosen up. Don't worry too much about drawing something that looks exactly like the original, that will come with time and practice.
 

Smooth Operator

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It's a good start, but mastery comes from repetition, draw another, and then another so on an so forth...
 

crop52

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I thought it was going to be a lame drawing of something lame, and then, happiness! Awesome drawing by my standards.
 

Tarkinor

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It's not bad. I'd say if you keep at drawing you're probably good enough to be way better :3
 

Grospoliner

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The line art needs some work, a good rule to follow is thicker lines for closer objects. It may be a poor photo but some of the line art's weights vary in consistency, such as in the eyelashes. Can't comment on perspective but overall form is acceptable. Your choice of medium is terrible, pick up some good 50-60 weight paper for sketching and go with someone like 100-120 for good solid shaded drawing. Invest in some good pencils, learn which hardness works best for you.
 

Erana

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*sighs*
I don't know where to begin...
I don't usually comment on these sort of thing, but you've asked, so here goes:

First off, unless you are creating conceptual art where time is a significant factor in your meaning, the time something took to make means nothing. I know including how long something took can make you feel better, but its just overcompensation. If you go around viewing art as some kind of competition, you're going to have your ass handed to you always and forever. And that makes art less enjoyable.

Second, it really troubles me to see how many burgeoning artists insist on copying other peoples' styles instead of finding their own. And don't take my word for it- CR from TGWTG says that mimicking others without finding his own style is one of his biggest regrets.
If you want to draw ponies, go ahead. But draw them in your own way.

Third: get good art supplies. Get a set of pencils of at least five hardnesses between H and 9B, and a few good drawing pens. Professional markers are also an option if you like graphic art. Using bad paper and pencils now will make future you kick yourself retroactively.

Why are you coming onto a forum asking for peoples' opinions on a single drawing? No, not even their opinion. Just a yes or no about whether something is good or not. This is just screaming for the approval of others.
Ask yourself why you feel the need to do this. And then use this understanding to figure out how to stop feeling this need, because relying on others to tell you if your efforts are worthwhile is a perversion of the valuable act of learning from others. Other people should be a resource to you in art, not the ones to decide how you feel about something.

Also, go look up the Fuck Yeah Art Newbie Owl. Read them all, and if you're doing anything he does, chances are it would be a good idea to stop.
 

Vern

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No. It's taking something that someone else did and copying it. Not even really adding your own spin to it, it's a verbatim recreation of a my little pony. There's no imagination to it. And I realize you say it was made in 10 minutes, but why you would put a 10 minute drawing out there for all to see? There's no shading, no detail, just a straight outline of a shape not of your creation. I draw, and I can knock things out in 10 minutes, but a 10 minute drawing isn't something you should show off regardless. I've spent six months on a drawing using a magnifying glass and pen with a .5mm tip filling every inch of a 12" by 18" piece of paper. I didn't put that in a public showing until other people convinced me to do it. You're fishing for compliments on a hasty drawing of someone else's idea, so I'd say no, it's not a good drawing.
 

viranimus

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Its ok for an amateur, however I would suggest that a place like deviant art or somewhere else would be a better forum for feedback considering mods typically look down on this kind of self promotion.
 

Kpt._Rob

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Considering the subject matter you've chosen, yeah, it's alright. Normally I would complain that it's a line drawing, and a really simple one at that. Not that line drawings can't be both complex and difficult. One of the hardest assignments I ever had in a drawing class was to make a line drawing of a still life (this after years of filling in my drawing with shading and other details that can give a drawing strength in areas where the basic lines may not be perfect). That said, this is not a complex intricate line drawing. But again, considering the subject matter, there isn't too much detail you could've filled it in with anyways unless you decided to add color.

I notice I'm not the first person here to point out that it looks a lot like something which was traced. OP, you've denied that it was traced, and I'm willing to take you at your word. But the fact that people think it looks traced is something that you might want to read a little more into. If you want to get better at drawing, one of the best things you can do is watch other people who have been drawing for a long time, and see how they do it. Even when doing a line drawing, most artists usually rely in a system of transparent construction which can be erased later (though some people, myself included, like to leave it in the finished product, as it can itself add some amount of interest to a piece). This is also true when it comes to cartooning. The reason that your piece looks traced is that because you haven't used transparent construction, so while it is difficult to detect where things are wrong, there are subtle problems which the mind notices even if it can't pinpoint.

Also, can I ask if you made all of the lines as solid lines? Because they don't look sketched, they look like you put the pencil on the paper, made a solid line, and then removed the pencil. That's a pretty common mistake that amateurs make, but the fact of the matter is that you'll rarely ever see a professional artist drawing in that way. Most of us know that sketching tends to produce superior results. Drawing one solid line, ironically, is just way too hard to pull off.

Also, you've drawn it on a piece of lined paper. You can protest all you want, and say that the drawing ought to be considered on its own, regardless of the paper you've drawn it on. But in the real world that shit don't play. Sketch books aren't that expensive. Hell, if you want just steal a couple sheets of printer paper from the library. But if you want your drawings to be taken seriously, you shouldn't put them on lined paper.

All these technical issues aside, I would also say that your subject matter does leave a lot to be desired. You're probably at an age where you want to draw things from MLP or other stuff like that. And that's fine, we all go through phases. That said, I've given you my opinion here much like I would anyone I was critiquing in an art class, so it would be remiss of me not to point out your subject matter. You've drawn a flat 2D pony with no background. If you were going for an abstract look that would be one thing, but I don't think you are. So if you want to really explore the theme that you've chosen, you'll want to start adding a background. It doesn't have to be horribly detailed (in fact, considering the simplicity of your focus I would suggest against it), but it does have to be something. A pony floating in space does not a good drawing make.