Reinbach
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Alethea Finished a note on Suggestions
🕑 Added 2015-08-24 08:53:56 +0000 UTC So here's what I mean by a note on suggestions: If you post anything on the internet you're bound to get some criticism sooner or later. (And that's if you're lucky. 90% of the time it's amazing if you get noticed at all. Damn cat videos!) I've learned to roll with it for the most part. Despite the dozens of torrent sites that lovingly steal my comic, I've only found two sites that have a comment section for me to peruse; Hentai Foundry and E-Hentai. The folks at HF are pretty much all friendly and respectful, while the folks at E-Hentai, while mostly complimentary, tend to be a bit less constructive in their criticisms. (I can't help but think it's at least partly because the poster is some random dude I never authorized and not the original artist.) But internet trolls, obnoxious as they are, can serve a purpose if you let them.Sure, you can't take every critique to heart. For example, the guy on E-Hentai who thinks Switch is "terrible" because my characters look like "transvestites?" I ignore people like that, but every now and then a constructive criticism hits home. And any decent artist who genuinely wants to improve can't help but hang his head and say, "Dad-gummit, they got me good. " (Saying "dad-gummit" is crucial to the acceptance process.)
So long story short I keep hearing that I use the same face in all my ladies. I honestly never gave a thought to it. I've seen lots of badass artists use the same face over and over. Even Reiq, one of my all time hentai heroes, largely uses the same face on all his drawings as far as I can tell. I always just strive to draw the most attractive face I can by my standards. But I think I should expand my arsenal a bit and attempt to become more versatile. So from now on I'll be trying to employ at least a few different face templates depending on the character of the woman I'm drawing, starting with Alathea here. She's what I'll call the "Classic Beauty" face. In that she has a wider jaw than I normally depict and she has pronounced cheekbones. And I'll keep developing new templates as I go.
It may suck at first to hear someone smack-talking your work, but if you really want to improve you need to learn how to separate the legitimate constructive criticism from the trolls who just want attention for one second to distract themselves from their sorry little lives. I'm doing my best to keep a balance and I hope I can count on you guys to let me know if I'm leaning too far one way or the other. :)
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Reinbach
Hey thanks for the input! And I assure you I'm not coming up with new face templates just because a handful of people whined about it. I think it will be a fun challenge for me. I was taught that as an artist, the minute you stop trying to improve and evolve it's just a matter of time before you start sliding backward. I'll take on a new chance to gain new skills wherever I find it. :)
meiwow
Rein, if you enjoy making sure your faces look different then ok, but don't do it for other people. Just do what "you" want and enjoy doing, otherwise you'll end up getting bored or going through the motions, etc. Besides, unless the drawings in question are ultra realistic and comparable to a real person then I don't think you have anything to worry about, that's not necessarily your style. All work that is cartoonish tends to have that issue and it's fine. By the way, beautiful one here!
Reinbach
Thanks! Going to try to hang on to what I learned about how light hits the face here for future drawings.
Bob Fink
I like this one, very well done!
