:O!
aaaaaaaagh wh
wh ... what artist does this remind me of. ......... ... . .. aaa killing me
this looks spot-on for this one really popular
nouveau artist from a few years back ...
i dont have access to ffffound here @ work but i will try to look it up when i have time.
so familiarrrrrrrr tip of my tongueeeee
when i was in highschool in oceanside, he had put up all these murals at the city hall
i did 2 murals for the city hall right after for this community deal and it was like going on after leno tbh
(our city hall back in the day was very cool, they had a very open door policy, and always were getting artists to display their artwork in the courtyard)
anyway very nice, very slick. your strokes and line management is improving vastly.
you are manipulating the illusion of torso elongation--i don't know if it was intentional, but it identifies a lot about the characters. this is actually a style in case you were unaware, and it does not need to be fixed unless you were
intending for the subjects to look as natural as possible.
in fashion art, it is a common practice to make a model appear to have a longer distance than natural between the breast and the hip. it makes the subject look more slender, more high-class. it makes them appear taller, and gives off an air of "coolness", or "aloofness". you often see them with upturned chins--which creates the illusion of a longer, more slender neck as well--if you wanted to push it even further.
if your intention was to make them appear that way then you nailed it. if your intention, however, was to make them with a different personality, then you're going to have to demonstrate a pose that reflects that.
the chest-thrust-forward look, with the knees locked, is a dominant pose. it conveys pride, arrogance, strength, or regality.
the chest-sunken, hips-forward look, usu with locked-knees, demonstrates apathy, aloofness, indulgence, or a blasé attitude.
slight forward bends convey shyness, insecurity, "sweetness".
slanted to a side at the torso conveys incredulousness, defiance
your girls look a bit generic because of their stances--very rigid. this conveys very little emotion. it's kind of--neutral.
the list goes on and on. take advantage of poses, gaits, and stances.
on the negative side, you are, as i did, suffering from gender bias in your drawing!
ok check these out side-by side if you will:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... natomy.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... natomy.png
(too large to post).
look at the pelvises. in the female, it's all round, kind of butterfly-shaped. in the male, it's very angular, almost spiky. you will likely feel your own hip bone well below your navel, and a good distance from it off to the side. a man would feel it higher up, slightly more exaggerated, and closer inward to the navel.
on a woman, the bottom portion of an hourglass-curve will be seen as an arc leading to the largest part of the buttocks, just above the thighs. on a man (esp a thin/wiry one) the arc will be far shorter & shallower, higher-up. instead of belling out, it will make an "A" shape as the line flows from the smallest portion of the midsection down to the knee.
there is so much more but i've run out of time! more later <3
