My first drawing attempt

[Mchief]

Hey guys.

I've been doing a little drawing exercise on my wacom tablet this night to get more used to it. This is what i got.

Iteration 1:

Iteration 2:

Iteration 3:

Iteration 4:

[Daemon]

Who ate its ears?

[biggeruniverse]

DISCLAIMER: I am not an artist. I failed art class in high school.

However! I really think you should get an anatomy book and study it A LOT. For these "evolved" animals you should study animals in general, wolves/bears in this case. I did a quick sketch of your pose. It's not very dynamic; but, that aside note the curvature of the back to hold the weight at center. You could curve it the other way, but you'd have to pull the shoulders back or change the configuration of the legs to compensate. Also the claw is connected to the forearm, not the upper arm. Nips go on the outside!

[Mchief]

Who ate its ears?

Dunno, maybe the guy who made this here forgot them .
http://www.newerth.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Beast_unit_predator.jpg

DISCLAIMER: I am not an artist. I failed art class in high school.

However! I really think you should get an anatomy book and study it A LOT. For these "evolved" animals you should study animals in general, wolves/bears in this case. I did a quick sketch of your pose. It's not very dynamic; but, that aside note the curvature of the back to hold the weight at center. You could curve it the other way, but you'd have to pull the shoulders back or change the configuration of the legs to compensate. Also the claw is connected to the forearm, not the upper arm. Nips go on the outside!

Thanks for the tips there bu, but this is my very, very first drawing I made. I'm quite sure it's not a very pleasant one as I don't even consider it finished myself. The abs for instance are at different distances from the breast. Those legs always annoyed me as i had to little space left, dont think i will change those again nor the back. Your kinda right and wrong about the claw, it is definitely closer to the forearm but is still connected to the upper arm. Anatomy can wait for a while as I really lack the time for it right now.

[Mchief]

updated.

[Tjens]

nice drawning, shows you put some time in using gradiants and understanding light sources. allot of people forget these abspects when drawing and tend to go for the outlines more (me), making for a less realistic drawning. I think the techniques you're using are nice, but as bigger said, you'll have to keep in mind what you're portraying. especially the anatomy and  proportions on bodyparts like eyes.

I like the ears, neckarea and its snouth of the second and the rest of the first picure. i would advice to make the left hand palm a little darker to portay some depth. Also, by making background portions (in this intance the whole hand) a bit darker will create a contrast so attention will be on face and highlights.

[Mchief]

update 2- mostly clean-up and hair detail


I took your advice Tjens and re-sketched the chest and the left arm(there is still some work left to the hand but iwill consider that later). What do you think about it now ?

[Daemon]

I know exactly how you feel when 1st attempting to draw a savage character with no previous experience and/or proper anatomical studies . Remember my phail Savage? But the point is that it's better to receive feedback that makes you wanna redo the whole thing, than none at all and be none the wiser.

So, your pred's figure is all wrong. First of all, it has a human "frame" and posture (something like a confused dude saying "what?!")


Palms shouldn't be facing upwards at all, and arms should be closer together and to the front, like it's ready to grab some human head off its body.

The pred looks too human, like a fit hippie with a werewolf mask. The pred has a more feral pose, and its head is way lower than you made it, and further up front, the nose being the 1st and best tool that any beast of prey uses in order to track its victim. Being evolved from a bear, it inherited a strong, disproportional upper torso and a muscular neck, compared to the other body parts, only used for walking upright. The hair/mane falls to the sides of the neck, not on the shoulders.


The abdomen is very thin small in diameter, much like a wolf's or a big cats. A wide abdomen impedes fast running, and strong muscles (six-pack) is not really necessary when you're not walking or running fully upright anyway.


Arms are long, they were initially used for running, so they need to touch the ground in a pose similar to a hyena's or werewolf's.


And last, the claws ARE entwined with the forearms, stemming from a common bone connected to the upper arm at the elbow. It actually can't be any other way, since that would mean a very low range of motion, especially fine-tuning, when slicing and hacking its enemy. Practically, a claw welded to the upper arm pretty much means you can't ever bring it to your front by doing any hooks or uppercuts. The other thing that it would do is simply have the pred bump his own claws with his hands, when straightening the arms.

[Renegade]

A talented pen! I am jealous
My feedback here would be putting that external bone known as predator claw on forearm near elbow instead of upper arm. As both bigger's drawing and daemon's model shows it's just good to see someone's still drawing for savage and doing it this good

Ps. dae you're too harsh while criticizing, i know you're just being constructive but this is too harsh for a "drawing attempt"

[Mchief]

Hehe thanks guys for both likes and critics. I will continue the drawing somewhere this week probably, but i will not change the pose. It really is my first drawing attempt and it l will stay like that . I prefer having believable picture of a man wearing  a beast costume than a concept copied from the game. This being said, I am kinda sorry for making Dae write that wall of text, which I read but I will not consider entirely.

What i will probably look at is:
- left hand - not happy with the light
-chest- same problem as above , I might shrink it abit for a slimmer look
-the pred claw- since you guys insist that much .
- scratches and otehr details

[Mchief]

Update 3

[Tjens]

looking mean!