Hi, This is my first cartoon art and my family say its good, but they are family so have to say that :D so here it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/c please

Sorry for this post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no shading.Line work is terrible, Default colors. Bad anatomy. You copied the mermaids and gave them different colors? Come on.

 

 

 

The tree doesnt look nice, though he doesnt have black outlines, thats a plus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And last but not least, do those mermaids float in midair? I mean, what the hell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Id say never post your first. It usually looks like crap and youll be C/C blasted to smithereens.

thats the reson i posted it, c/c stands for constructive critism so, It would help me. so how do i add shadow and stuff?

Hey! you didnt spaz out, your no fun :lol: .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alright. Shading is adding a lighter or a darker tone to it, so it looks more 3-D. And try to use the sun as a lightsource where the lighter tones should be.

so your saying the left side of the mermaids should be lighter colours should slowly blend to a darker colour?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and about not spazzing out, I don't mind helpful critism like yours :D

Yea, thats exactly what I ment. There are some helpfull tutorials around here. In some sticky theres a whole lot of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glad I could help :

how old r u? O.o

Gallery FAQ is your friend.

is this any better??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I added a shadow for it

is this any better??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I added a shadow for it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no

and why not? runemesta dont just say no, It is considered spam

Take a look at this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's made by MisterXMan. Then take a look at your own. Do you see any difference? In Xmans sig you can see how the colors change many times in one place. It's called shading. Wich part is away from the Lightsource is darker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, take a look at the shape of the characters. Do you see any difference? Your characters are made with line tool. The're squared. Then Xmans; it's made by free hand. It's rounded. It's more realistic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And take a look in details. You just have 'water', 'island', 'mermaids' and the 'sun'. Then watch Xmans. You can find tens of details. Just watch it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, don't use default colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's what i think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wasn't spamming you, just answered your question. Use the tutorials in Gallery FAQ. It's your friend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope that using Misterxmans picture is okey with Misterxman...

ok, see now thats more helpful than "no" I see what you mean. I'll draw it on paper and plan it properly and do the tutorials and then I'll do it on the computer :) and thanx Misterxman, because it help runemesta help me :o

Here is some linework i never used. You can practice some shading on it. If you do that, you can use it as your sig as far you profit me from linework.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some helpful tutorials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tutorial by Terley

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

Tutorial by Imhomer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My name is still Runemetsa, no Runemesta...

kewl, cheers

You need to make it look like the mermaids are actually in the water. So cut one in half around the middle, and make the water look disturbed where she floats.