Okay, so backstory: My art journey began a couple years back, and they were very rough sketches than, over the year though they've advanced to what they are now. And being fair, I only got a scanner just yesterday, so getting that configuration right could be factor as well. Here are the first 2 scans made, need to copy and paste to see:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13QrJFKRgBz1Ps_DFc2z3HJYGTXovl3x4RFVy4C1-HsE/edit (Scanned pics)

Any tips to make the resolutions better? And how these are better suited to the site? I'm merely asking for clarification, I personally think all of these are still cool.

https://e621.net/posts/3041029
https://e621.net/posts/3975607
https://e621.net/posts/3955508?q=traditional_media_%28artwork%29
https://e621.net/posts/3952422?q=traditional_media_%28artwork%29
https://e621.net/posts/3928380?q=traditional_media_%28artwork%29

hentaifly said:
Here are the first 2 scans made, need to copy and paste to see:

file:///home/chronos/u-ade204e2253637bab59351e993bd3b674ef1972a/MyFiles/Downloads/Jul's%20star.jpg
file:///home/chronos/u-ade204e2253637bab59351e993bd3b674ef1972a/MyFiles/Downloads/Poke%20Flings.jpg

Sorry, but we can't see these files, unless someone hacks into your computer.
You need to upload them somewhere.

edit:
This isn't a late April Fool's joke, is it?

mantikor said:
Sorry, but we can't see these files, unless someone hacks into your computer.
You need to upload them somewhere.

edit:
This isn't a late April Fool's joke, is it?

Nope, I was just trying to make the links work.

file:///home/chronos/u-ade204e2253637bab59351e993bd3b674ef1972a/MyFiles/Downloads/Jul's%20star.jpg
file:///home/chronos/u-ade204e2253637bab59351e993bd3b674ef1972a/MyFiles/Downloads/Poke%20Flings.jpg

yeah if you want us to see these scans you'll have to upload these on an third-party host like google drive or something like that, you basically just pasted the file location on you computer and that didn't upload the actual pics like how other sites let you do it

dripen_arn said:
yeah if you want us to see these scans you'll have to upload these on an third-party host like google drive or something like that, you basically just pasted the file location on you computer and that didn't upload the actual pics like how other sites let you do it

I fixed it!

mantikor said:
Sorry, but we can't see these files, unless someone hacks into your computer.
You need to upload them somewhere.

edit:
This isn't a late April Fool's joke, is it?

It's fixed now my dude!

1 - If you are serious about improving, look up and study the drawing fundamentals. Be it through youtube tutorials or drawabox.com

2 - For better resolution, consider drawing digitally, or check your scanner settings to see how high it can go. You can draw with a drawing tablet like most do, or you can also draw with your mouse, doing vector art. You can also vector over your traditional drawings.

3 - Just a personal opinion, so take with a grain of salt, but scribbly coloring doesn't look very aestheticaly pleasing, either fully color the drawing, which is slow, or don't color at all :p

You mentioned these are the first scans, and your journey began a few years ago, do you have anything more recent? '3'

m3g4p0n1 said:
1 - If you are serious about improving, look up and study the drawing fundamentals. Be it through youtube tutorials or drawabox.com

2 - For better resolution, consider drawing digitally, or check your scanner settings to see how high it can go. You can draw with a drawing tablet like most do, or you can also draw with your mouse, doing vector art. You can also vector over your traditional drawings.

3 - Just a personal opinion, so take with a grain of salt, but scribbly coloring doesn't look very aestheticaly pleasing, either fully color the drawing, which is slow, or don't color at all :p

You mentioned these are the first scans, and your journey began a few years ago, do you have anything more recent? '3'

Thanks my dude! And ya, I do have some recent drawings, but they were without a scanner: https://www.deviantart.com/fatefulbrawl/gallery/66972854/azure-fairy-verse

However that scan with the twerking Alakazam, that's recent actually.

Seconding drawabox, I started with it and I feel there's nothing I can't draw if I want to. Line control and volume are the most important fundamentals.
Line cleanliness and smoothness if you do fine cel styles like me is also important, but painting is a lot lazier on this.

It's hard to say unless you show us how you want to be like, like examples of certain aspects others have done, technique-wise.
For resolutions your scanner is dependent on that. Drawing on bigger paper and A3 scanning is another thing, A4 scanners can sort of do it.

You have the option of touching it up via digital means, as well. Like, say, in Krita or GIMP.

Anatomy is another basic to get down and practice. The book fun with a pencil is a good way to start. It gets very in depth later on, but just focus on the main concepts it tries to teach.

Doing some challenges on quick poses later on is a fun way to put your skills to the test. Once you feel comfortable with things.

inafox said:
Seconding drawabox, I started with it and I feel there's nothing I can't draw if I want to. Line control and volume are the most important fundamentals.
Line cleanliness and smoothness if you do fine cel styles like me is also important, but painting is a lot lazier on this.

It's hard to say unless you show us how you want to be like, like examples of certain aspects others have done, technique-wise.
For resolutions your scanner is dependent on that. Drawing on bigger paper and A3 scanning is another thing, A4 scanners can sort of do it.

You have the option of touching it up via digital means, as well. Like, say, in Krita or GIMP.

Thanks my dude, and as for the ways I aim to draw like, I'll list them: https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=igphhangout
https://e621.net/posts/3979493?q=joaoppereiraus
https://e621.net/posts?tags=saltyxodium
https://www.tsumino.com/entry/29074
https://e-hentai.org/tag/artist:blacktan

leotheairwolf said:
Anatomy is another basic to get down and practice. The book fun with a pencil is a good way to start. It gets very in depth later on, but just focus on the main concepts it tries to teach.

Doing some challenges on quick poses later on is a fun way to put your skills to the test. Once you feel comfortable with things.

Thanks my dude!

I'm going to be brutally honest here. If you hypothetically uploaded your examples to e621, I'm afraid they wouldn't be accepted as your skills have not yet developed enough. Mind you, I'm sure they will, given time, but you still need more practice in anatomy, perspective, and especially coloring. That top one doesn't look like it scanned in quite right, but I chalk that up to learning how the scanner works.

Please, keep at the art. I think you have potential, but more practice would be to your benefit, just as it is to every artist, including those who've reached Moodyferret's and Ratte's level.

"Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them, and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out." ~ Chuck Jones

clawstripe said:
I'm going to be brutally honest here. If you hypothetically uploaded your examples to e621, I'm afraid they wouldn't be accepted as your skills have not yet developed enough. Mind you, I'm sure they will, given time, but you still need more practice in anatomy, perspective, and especially coloring. That top one doesn't look like it scanned in quite right, but I chalk that up to learning how the scanner works.

Please, keep at the art. I think you have potential, but more practice would be to your benefit, just as it is to every artist, including those who've reached Moodyferret's and Ratte's level.

I am, thanks fr the advice!

clawstripe said:
especially coloring

Especially the coloring.

I'm also going to be brutally honest here. Even as a child, when I still loved to draw, my coloring wasn't as lazy as OP's. Flat shading is time-consuming, but even when done by amateurs, it looks better than whatever it is OP does.
The same OP who wrote "My art journey began a couple years back".
I still think this is a late April Fool's and/or good ol' trolling.

mantikor said:
Especially the coloring.

I'm also going to be brutally honest here. Even as a child, when I still loved to draw, my coloring wasn't as lazy as OP's. Flat shading is time-consuming, but even when done by amateurs, it looks better than whatever it is OP does.
The same OP who wrote "My art journey began a couple years back".
I still think this is a late April Fool's and/or good ol' trolling.

I promise this isn't a joke, wouldn't go towards this in that way about something I'm passionate about. Why would ya think it's trolling when I'm asking for legit advice on how to get better and where to improve?

hentaifly said:
I promise this isn't a joke, wouldn't go towards this in that way about something I'm passionate about. Why would ya think it's trolling when I'm asking for legit advice on how to get better and where to improve?

Maybe because those scans are not quite like something you had practiced for years

watchdog22 said:
Maybe because those scans are not quite like something you had practiced for years

May no look it, but it is. The issue seems to be the coloring. Wait, ya made a forum to talk about this forum?