Here is my attempt at drawing my floran char from Starbound, I already have a small simple backstory in mind and everything as well, nothing too special but it's nice to have a bit of a personalised character! Also any kind of critisism would be greatly appreciated, i'm trying to improve my drawing skills and i still have a long way to go (especially when it comes to anathomy and shading) So any kind of help would be appreciated.
While you are right in that you need shading, I think usage of layers for neater coloring would be necessary too. Your proportions seem sound and I think it works, though it could still use some work. Overall, I'm not really the guy who should be critiquing considering his own place as an artist.
How does the layering thing work for colouring? I just draw my things in real life with a pencil and then scan it. I then trace it using Krita on a second layer and i then just use the fill tool to colour...in other words i am really not experienced at all when it comes to digital stuff, so do you know any good sites where i could learn about the colouring stuff and how to utilise layers in making a drawing look better? Do you have any tips yourself you could give me? I'd really appreciate it ^^
Well, if you're going to color with digital, I actually recommend tracing over the drawing on a second layer with any sort of vector tool, or just normally if you have a pen tablet, and then coloring beneath it. Alternatively, you could do your coloring on a layer above, but have it in multiply mode so it doesn't clash with the linework.
Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure to learn a bit about the layering and tools...yeah without a drawing tablet it's kinda hard to do this stuff at times, but i do my best. But anyway i'll keep it in mind for future pieces!