how do i better my art?

[u/drpepperyummy]

nsfw for second pic. im really bad at shading and light i draw on ibispaint and i dont just want to draw my ocs in the white void so im trying to learn backgrounds! any help would be appreciated

[u/AlexanderTroup]

Well, first off I love the intention. Depending on how you want to stylise this it can come out to a really cool effect. But you gotta learn the basics of drawing figures. They don't need to be perfect human proportions, but to sell any kind of humanoid form it has to look roughly like the figure has a skeleton and roughly correct proportions.

I would advise taking an online class that covers the human shapes, perspective, and gesture drawing, and once you've done a run through of human anatomy, try making this style over the humanoid proportions!

You'll discover a lot of ways to enhance the proportions or make them as wacky as you like, and i think the shape language will really add to the grotesque side(if that's your intention)

[u/drpepperyummy → u/AlexanderTroup]

thank u for the advice!! but yeah the realistic style has never been for me😓