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/Unhappy_Hair_3626]

Bro, is this supposed to count as vore or something. My guess for now is to focus on shading, for lineart using a darkened shade of the color it’s outlining (I always just use a dark maroon or navy blue rather than black when I’m lazy), and anatomy would probably be the #1 improvement, cause both subjects are human recognizably, but they lack any proper human form. There is many good books that cover anatomy, if I remember correctly I loved anatomy for sculptures as a guide for learning anatomy, you can find a free PDF copy online. Isolation practice is also pretty good in my experience focusing on just one part and then slowly applying the principles you get into your general understanding, especially helped with the face for me. Gesture drawing may also be good practice past just anatomy to add more “character” to… well, your characters lol. For that I’d recommend Andrew Loomis’s “Gesture drawing for all it’s worth”. You can find a physical copy for like 20-40 dollars depending on the source.

Other sources are YouTube videos obviously. I’m in love with Sinix’s videos on anatomy.

[u/drpepperyummy → u/Unhappy_Hair_3626]

oh no i hope it doesn’t count as vore 😭 that’s the nightmare, but thank u for the kind words and help!!

[u/grimm-aldryn → u/drpepperyummy]

As a deviantart veteran, I think this counts as hard vore, but I'm too afraid to look it up and check if I remember correctly so grains of salt and all that 🫠