Should I redraw?

[Dark_linis]

Title is self explanitory. Im not that great at art and I've been slooooowly getting better.
What urks me about this drawing is that the eyes seem a bit weird. I didnt really care and for now I'm aiming more for quantity over quality but a friend said that it was the first thing she noticed so I was curious as to what you guys think. My main area of interest is the eyes but if there is any other critic please do tell.

Thanks :cheers:

 

[ellenor]

Well if we are going to concentrate on the eyes I say you should search for some reference on google ^^
Like > manga eyes or anime eyes
Cause if i am correct you drawing manga ^^
It is alot of other stuff that seem strange to me though...
Like the lineart
Why have you not cleaned it up?
I know it takes time but you should try to go on quality too ^^
Then comes the shading...
Some places have and some places have not... Also you should try to pay attention to folds ^^
The anatomy feels a little strange too but I take that another time ^^

Good Luck!

 

[Dark_linis]

Thanks for the reply!

I have some references and how to draw stuff but I often rush and don't apply what I've learned. A really bad habit. I think later after I'm done with sprite work I'll come back to these and try to improve.

I was mainly curious as to if I kept these would it really be much of a eye sore or not.
(these are menu portraits for a game and they aren't visible for that long btw)

 

[Mascarpone]

to be blunt: yes

always redraw. it's good for you and 9 times out of ten it will come out better the second time around.

 

[Tindy]

Check out some anatomy lessons online or in classes somewhere... The bodies themselves aren't that wonky but the faces are pretty bad. Always try to go for the rule of halves - the eyes are halfway down the head, the nose is halfway between that, and the mouth is halfway between that. The eyes will be bigger than realistically, but in case you were wondering realistically a face is about 5 eyes wide. The ears go at the same level as the eyes, and the nose, depending on race, is about as wide as the inner corners of the eyes (and is usally much smaller in anime as well). The mouth (realistically) is from about the middle to middle of the eyes, but in anime it's a wee bit smaller (as is the nose).

So yeah, redraw, but redraw with your new knowlege. Even anime/manga artists use knowlege of anatomy to draw.

 

[RATED-RKOFRANKLIN]

They are pretty good. Just work on the faces more. The girl has more of a boy's face.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

It's generally not a good idea to shade and highlight with the Dodge and Burn tool either.

 

[NexS]

It all depends on what you are going to be using the pictures for. If you want to publish them in a game then i think you should.

Not only is what Mascapone said true, you should also draw specific lines (thicker than what you have but no so thick as to make it look very silly).

look at it this way, you want the lines you draw to be there. so make them mean something.
i guess what i'm trying to say is dont draw lines for the sake of it, every line must be meaningful and there are lines in your drawings that are not meaningful