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LearnArt is a free open art learning resource built on the principles of free education and art access to all. Come check us out for feedback, guidance, and discussion!

Welcome to /r/Learnart, for artists and aspiring artists of all skill levels!


Rules for comments:

  1. Remember the person. We are people from all over the world, of many ages, languages, cultures, and educational backgrounds who all want to improve our art. Sometimes miscommunication happens, just be cool.

  2. Give constructive feedback, including examples of what works or doesn’t work. “I like the use of color” or “the legs are too short” are much more helpful than “I like it” or “I don’t like it.”

  3. Be civil. Jokes at another person’s expense, personal attacks, flaming, derailing threads, name-calling, trolling, and generally being an asshole will get you banned.

Rules for posting:

  1. Include images. Include your own work if you have a specific question so that you get clear feedback. Include reference images if used.

  2. Group multiple drawings into one post. Multiple posts made in a short time period will be removed as spam. Post multiple images as a gallery or as multiple links in one text post.

  3. Keep it on-topic. Extremely long personal posts, questions requiring medical expertise, or anything that cannot be reasonably addressed by art learners about making art will be removed.

  4. Unhelpful tutorials will be removed. This includes videos and pages lacking clear instruction, speedpaints, timelapses, and anything with significant amounts of misinformation.

  5. Spam will be removed, including posts of the same art content across many subreddits without a reasonable attempt at engaging with the /r/learnart community.


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Do you think this hair looks okay?

0 Comments
2024/03/12
22:35 UTC

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This drawing I am making for a wattpad story.

The digital software is hipaint, and I don't want anyone talking about the lines since they are already in the process of being cleaned and organized.

0 Comments
2024/03/12
22:02 UTC

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Tried drawing a flower. Dissappimted in myself right now, so mind telling me how I could draw some flowers?

4 Comments
2024/03/12
21:19 UTC

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improvements on my first proper digital piece

1 Comment
2024/03/12
20:02 UTC

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How do I draw a good face from the side on my drawing?

So I’m working on this drawing but I have been struggling with making the face. I have been trying for a while now and I still can’t get the placement and size right. Is there anyone who can help me?

2 Comments
2024/03/12
18:52 UTC

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Piper McLean

Criticism welcome!

0 Comments
2024/03/12
17:18 UTC

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Drawing I made

0 Comments
2024/03/12
16:28 UTC

59

How's my anatomy?

18 Comments
2024/03/12
16:27 UTC

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What kind of drawing skills do I need for Character Design and References?

Hey all,

I am currently studying game design and want focus on creating characters and planning on creating sketches and design sheets that I can reference when 3D-modeling and animating. They also need to convey my ideas to other devs and artists.

These are some sketches that I made for a project, but I am unsatisfied with their quality and detail.

I don't want to dive in too deep, since other areas of game dev still keep me occupied. What skills should I focus on? Do you have any suggestions for tutorials?

https://preview.redd.it/r97lal9y1wnc1.jpg?width=4465&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03355c34724657ef531457d659022a4ade407b2e

https://preview.redd.it/r8ttihyz1wnc1.jpg?width=2863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=811a7bb647f7e47aacd6f8eea147ee780996c0e8

0 Comments
2024/03/12
11:28 UTC

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unfinshed

0 Comments
2024/03/12
09:07 UTC

11

Drake pencil drawing

I’ve been learning to draw portraits using pencil and graphite. Really enjoying learning using online tutorials and critique from other artists. This is my latest sketch drawn for a teenager on request.

1 Comment
2024/03/12
06:13 UTC

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What do I need to add as a focal point in this, while still keeping it loose?

8 Comments
2024/03/12
05:09 UTC

6

Gesture Drawings consistently look bad, any advice?

2 Comments
2024/03/12
03:58 UTC

1

Does anyone know how to rejuvenate dry xylene markers like these?

3 Comments
2024/03/12
03:50 UTC

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HoI would I make this Stalin photo better

4 Comments
2024/03/12
03:37 UTC

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how do I make anakin (left) look better?

8 Comments
2024/03/12
03:27 UTC

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How can I improve my form drawing ability?

Think the basic of basics. No value, just a variety of basic and complex forms with contour-lines. What type of exercises can I do? My boxes, spheres, cones, cut-outs, random shapes, and even more all seem mediocre. It doesn't matter if I sit down and draw 100 boxes from 100 different angles, they all look like something a beginning artist would make. Yes, I make sure they are in perspective, and yes I make sure that if I am drawing the same form in a different angle it has the same proportions.

Are there any specific exercises I can do to actually see some progress? Something better than "draw x amount of cubes, y amount of cylinders, et cetera. everyday" or "try drawing forms for z minutes everyday."

Consistency is key, but I guess I need to find a new thing to be consistent with.

2 Comments
2024/03/12
01:11 UTC

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Any advice on side profiles will be accepted

2 Comments
2024/03/12
01:09 UTC

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Posted the sketch of this a bit ago but would love some feedback on the rendering progress

7 Comments
2024/03/12
00:52 UTC

4

Sci-fi is hard!

I’d love some feedback on this piece please. She looks so crazy stiff to me. I wanted a low key stance but this gives me tension. And I’ve realized that with sci-fi artwork the window of believability is astronomically smaller than with fantasy work.

0 Comments
2024/03/12
00:14 UTC

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Learning about the head

The planes and proportions and all any opinions or tip

1 Comment
2024/03/11
23:41 UTC

3

What is referencing?

I'm not sure what referencing is. Is it for example photo A has a person doing a pose and photo B has a girl. Is referencing like merging the 2 photos together and making the girl in photo B do the pose the person is doing in photo A?

3 Comments
2024/03/11
23:37 UTC

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