I've been on e621 for a while now and I have posted a few of my artwork on it. Looking at the scores that my artwork received, I find it a bit... odd.

Not because the numbers are low but the favcount can be waaay higher. One drawing has a score of 19 but the favcount is 97. If you're gonna favorite a piece of art, why not upvote it? I'm sure there are reasons which I am willing to hear.

If the quality of my art needs to improve, tell me! How can I improve? I always wish to improve with every piece of art that I make. Of course, I'm drawing for fun but I am willing to improve if I want my art to get higher scores.

Maybe I just have to be patient and keep drawing. Perhaps my art is already great but I don't know that. I draw art because I enjoy it and hope people will like it.

So, basically, is there any way I can improve the quality of my art or is it just because I only just started posting on this site?

Please let me know! I don't want this to be turned into an argument, just asking for feedback on what I could improve on (if there is anything to improve anyways.

Thanks for reading! UuU

People can have completely different criteria for what they'l upvote versus what they'll favorite. What's more, it's possible to downvote an image, which lowers the score, while not favoriting it just doesn't push it up, meaning even if everybody did upvote things they favorite, the vote score would still be lower than favorite count.

Furrin_Gok said:
People can have completely different criteria for what they'l upvote versus what they'll favorite. What's more, it's possible to downvote an image, which lowers the score, while not favoriting it just doesn't push it up, meaning even if everybody did upvote things they favorite, the vote score would still be lower than favorite count.

That's fair enough! I can understand and that is perfectly fine! With that aside, do you have anything to say about my work? Does it need improving or is it ok? (Sorry if I sound demanding, I usually don't get a lot of feedback and I'm passionate about my art UuU)

if you want to improve your art, i would recommend studying more how muscles, fat and bones show through skin. right now your characters appear a bit as if they were filled with rubber or jelly rather than something living made out of flesh and bones. this is also tied to the shading which is tad too soft and vague (i would recommend having more sharpness in places where the shadows are hard and defined. do studies from photos). also overall anatomy (like proportions and how joints work) could use some work.

Ruikuli said:
if you want to improve your art, i would recommend studying more how muscles, fat and bones show through skin. right now your characters appear a bit as if they were filled with rubber or jelly rather than something living made out of flesh and bones. this is also tied to the shading which is tad too soft and vague (i would recommend having more sharpness in places where the shadows are hard and defined. do studies from photos). also overall anatomy (like proportions and how joints work) could use some work.

Thanks for the criticism!

I do have a basic idea of anatomy but yes, I do need to improve on showing muscles, fat, and bones through skin. The shading is something I still have trouble with because having it darker shows all the inconsistencies. Since I use soft shading, it's hard to make the shading look neat. Really appreciate the advice so thank you >u<

Hey, Timid! Your work's not bad. Keep at it!

For any artist, the most important thing is to practice, practice, practice. Study your subjects, and just draw all the time.

Ruikuli's advice above is excellent: knowledge of anatomy is critical for good artwork.

Also, whenever you can, take some classes. Those force you to keep working and hold you to standards that will inevitably improve your work and expose you to new styles and techniques. Yes, they can be expensive, but that's an investment. Junior colleges are a great place to take cheap classes, too. I can't recommend it enough.

I'll second the idea of focusing on body structure-- you seem to like more muscular and beefy sorts, so lacking some of that probablyt damages you -- your highest scores are typically on pictures where the character is softer and smoother looking.

That said... don't fret too much man. jsut draw and enjoy it. the score doesn't always really MEAN anything. if you look at the art i've uploaded user:snowwolf (especially once you go back, say, past the screaming mewtwo) there's a lot of really good art there, all with... similar scores to yours.

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I don't know why this giant birb poof gets 18/24 while the smol poof gryphs get 51/73... it just is. Don't sweat it. Enjoy your art, and get better. always grow.

Score and favorite count is indicative of nothing, don't give them any meaning.

Since you are begging to draw, simply draw everything, after you decide or develop your style then work on improving the things you are bad at.

How to get good at art:

1.) Don't care about popularity. It's counter-intuitive, I know, but the need to feel popular will both drain you of creative drive and come through in your artwork.

2.) References.

3.) More references.

4.) Bitch, why ain't you using references yet?

5.) Good artists imitate, great artists steal. -Picasso

6.) Find someone who isn't afraid to tell you HOW your art sucks. They're usually wrong, but they give you insight into how other people see your art.

7.) Consume art to get new ideas. Most artists only do one topic ever and it kills them artistically.

8.) ???????

9.) Hahaha, you're going to die penniless but why give a shit?