DukeMurdock's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sand Sage Umeka (Femal Drawing Practice)]

A good piece! The more you experiment, the more you will learn.
A tip for shading: Imagine a light shining from one angle, the way it shines against an object, and how the shadow would bend around the other side. It will all come down to how well you know light contours the shapes you have in mind as well as the shadows it makes. Perhaps take pictures, be they from your own merit or maybe photographs online, and attempt to mimic what you see. Start with geometric shapes like cubes or spheres and move to cloth folds and the like.

EnderXIII responds:

Again thanks for coming over here and checking out this OC of mine man, means a lot. Thanks for the advice on the shading, All over the place isn't it. Going to binge watch some art tutorials and see some reference picture to try to fix my issues. As I said before, never really worked on a lot of Humanoid character before so never really worried about shading that much on the few I made, but now that I want to step up my game, need to learn. Well any before I go on another rant, Thanks for stopping by and giving the advice, Means a lot.

[Amazing Chest Ahead (Face) (Female Practice)]

A fair interpretation from game to pen, my friend! Keep working at facial alignments and explore different shapes and styles til you find the one that fits you best. You will get there, and the confidence with skill will come in time.

EnderXIII responds:

Mate, thank you for taking the time to coming over and viewing this piece here, Means alot. Yeah, for some odd reason I always have issues with faces (may explained why I allways give my characters a mask lol), trying to fix that, same with working on bodies. Spent most of my time working with Traditional art and non-humanoid things like freaks and machine type characters, so the transition to Digital and Drawing manga/video game-ish characters was a nice BIG challenge and been kinda boosting my already stubborn nature and the major respect to the people who dish up excellent looking pieces.
Oh crap this is a long response, my bad. Well any way thanks for the tip and rating mate.