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I'm sorry that you had that experience. It's frustrating when people take critiquing as "I can say whatever nasty things I want to."I'd be happy to help critique your piece if you're still up for it.

As for websites, I've heard good things about conceptart.org's critics, but it's more for people who are really serious about getting into the art industry rather than say people who draw more casually.

Pixeljoint seems pretty good, too, but it's limited to pixel art.

Thanks and I'd love that a lot, if you want. :) I write a lot of fanfiction and do comicing. A bit of my artwork would be :

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/215/8/f/aid_prologue_pg_4_by_jaybiejarrett-d6gj574.jpg

http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/202/6/3/samples_from_original_project_by_jaybiejarrett-d6ej57r.jpg

http://jaybiejarrett.deviantart.com/art/Until-You-re-Mine-347589409

Yeah I dunno if I'm doing it professionally just for fun so I don't think those would really apply.

not anon you replied to

you seem to have a decent grasp on bodily proportions, and you have a general good anatomy apart from the human head (although you at least put the face's parts where they belong, so you're already one step ahead than from others I've seen :V), but there is still a certain 2D-ness or flatness to your drawings where there should be depth.

I would suggest trying this exercise:

http://www.posemaniacs.com/thirtysecond

Forcing yourself to focus on the general shapes of the limbs and torso and so on when they are in certain positions in order to meet the 30 second requirement makes your subconscious start incorporating those when you actually look at real life objects, which should start giving a sense of depth to your drawing process as you practice more,

Also, do that in combination with the stuff from this tutorial:

http://fox-orian.deviantart.com/art/Perspective-Composition-Pt-1-118068853

try the methods they suggest that with simple landscapes first, and then move on to applying those concepts to human bodies, and you should see your art getting a better shape

That tutorial also touches on composition, which should help you polish your comic paneling some more (it's not bad, but there are some mistakes there in how to position the people and how to center things that you are making. those are super common mistakes, though -- it's actually rare for comic writers and drawers to notice they are making them, they just get the sense that the comic could look better yet but can't quite put their finger on how)

you already have a good base, though, you just need to combine it with a better sense of three-dimensionality and composition rules to give your art that "oomph"

Also, your colors seem pretty okay so far, but don't be afraid to experiment later on!

same anon

whoops, I meant, not "registered user" you replied to

Thanks so much!

I did always get the feeling that I was missing something but not sure what. That will help me so much.

I had been working on perspective and was struggling with it so the tutorial will help a lot too.

Thanks for the critique. I've bookmarked the one site so I can try that more often.
-JJ

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