Student looking for feedback!

TrentonB

Hi folks,

I'm in my first year as an animation student, and am a bit out of practice with my illustration and design work. I would love to get some feedback on some of my recent work so that I can look to keep improving! Cheers!

ifuxedup

you're drawings are decent ,how ever the cartoons appear to be a little stiff and lack a confident flow. 

TrentonB

ifuxedup said:

you're drawings are decent ,how ever the cartoons appear to be a little stiff and lack a confident flow. 

Thanks for the observations! The character faces are my first attempts at an expression sheet ever, so that's probably why. Do you have any advice? Or tips and tricks for improving on that?

Marshkin

Here's a piece that I love when it comes to expressions http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

ifuxedup

TrentonB said:

ifuxedup said:

you're drawings are decent ,how ever the cartoons appear to be a little stiff and lack a confident flow. 

Thanks for the observations! The character faces are my first attempts at an expression sheet ever, so that's probably why. Do you have any advice? Or tips and tricks for improving on that?

Yes.Don't use an eraser when you're sketching. Get into the habit of making mistakes over and over and moving on to the next drawing, you will improve quicker, especially when it comes to animating cartoons, erasers are often not useful(unless you're doing illustration).Practice for hours every day.

TrentonB

Marshkin said:

Here's a piece that I love when it comes to expressions http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

That looks like some great advice, and reference! I'll keep that in the inspiration bank for next time! Cheers!