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Please Critique My Work
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The first thing I am noticing in your drawings is that you are cutting right to the chase and going for final lines rather than build up to it. I don't see much along the lines of construction and such. They start to feel a little flat. I'll also suggest trying to sketch with a little more looseness in there.
There's no one way to go about drawing, but I find it extremely helpful to lightly sketch out a foundation, and rough out the form based off that. This way, I can work and rework a drawing before I get to the final lines. Getting into the habit of keeping construction in mind helps you build up a drawing.
Basic examples/guides for construction:
http://bitnoidabam.blogspot.com/2009/08/learn-to-draw-cartoon-construction.html
http://www.onanimation.com/2009/11/20/advanced-animation-by-preston-blair-pdf/
I use a light-colored pencil such as a col-erase to sketch and construct with, and I can then ink and erase the rough sketch. The more you draw, the better hang of it you'll get. The color pencil sometimes doesn't completely erase away but if you're digitally coloring an inked piece, there are ways around that.
I'd suggest keeping a sketchbook for drawing, and when you draw-- start thinking about how to build it from simple shapes. Start thinking about the line of action. Don't worry about the final lines, just work on building it up. Shapes, line of action, and looseness.
Also take a look at Glen Keane's work--
http://cartoonconceptdesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/glen-keane.html
His drawings have a lot of fluid motion to them. There are some very lively sketches in there that are very rough and loose. :D
I hope this helps!
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I have a copy of that Preston Blair Book, it's at my home in texas at the moment. I can look it up as a pdf, thank you for the critique and links to the other sites. I just use the simple pencil and paper for the traditional work and for the digital work, I usually scan and make copies to work with, when using Gimp and Picasa 3. I don't have any of the Adobe programs. I will continue to draw more and use the line of action, looseness is new to me, since im so bent on getting something to look right the first time, i give up and not work on a drawing anymore. i will continue to make that a task at hand, draw. This helps out a lot but when im done sketching and even think of working on a finished piece, it just doesn't come out right.. This helped a lot, thank you :)
