New Member Looking for feedback....

[Mike Babich]

Hi Team,
I just arrived here and am so excited to finally be a member at SVS! Ive been waiting for years to join and finally Im here!

I just started drawing and hoped someone could give me some feed back on this little drawing I did the other day. Is this a good start? does it look like something that could enter inktober or make a top 16 in critique arena?

Ive been doodling for years but only now want to do this seriously.

If you have any feed back from me I would love to hear it as I will use it to help me become the best artist I can be,

Thank you
Mike

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Mike-Babich looking great!

[KathrynAdebayo]

@Mike-Babich Looks really cool!

[Griffin McPherson]

@Mike-Babich this is a great start! I would say one thing to focus one for improving is more confident lines. Instead of of rough, scratchy lines, aim to make each clean clear and clean. As for this piece being suitable for inktober and critique arena, you can do whatever you want for inktober as long as it’s ink or ink-like. Since critique arena is based on the specific prompt that’s given I can’t really say if it’s working or not unless this was for a specific challenge.

[Asyas_illos]

Welcome! It looks like you’ve a good start on foundations like shape and perspective. Doodles like this are good for inktober, I would just work on cleaning it up a tad. As for critique arena the judges look for images that tell a story, make you feel something, and generally have a pleasing composition. It looks like you have the skills, but it’s hard to tell from this one image. Take a look at the past challenges on the critique arena website and go through the top 16 and compare yours to those who made it in, as well as who won. Here’s a link.
https://www.critiquearena.com/

[A Former User]

@Mike-Babich Welcome! Looking forward to seeing more work from you.

[Mike Babich]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz thank you so much for your feedback

[Mike Babich]

@KathrynAdebayo thank you so much for your feedback

[Mike Babich]

@Griffin-McPherson I reallt appreciate your input. I will work on my line work being more confident. Thanks so much1

[Mike Babich]

@Asyas_illos Thank you for your awesome feedback. I will work on cleaning up my lime work. Thanks so much!

[Mike Babich]

@Asyas_illos I look forward to posting more. Thank you!

[chrisaakins]

@Mike-Babich hi mike welcome! I like your style. It reminds me of Karl Kopinski’s work. His lines are super messy but he makes it work. It really depends on what look you are going for and doing it with confidence.

Here’s a screenshot of his work:

[Mike Babich]

@chrisaakins Thak you SO much. Karl Kopinski is a person who I admire. He is AMAZING! Thank you!