Jack-in-the-Box Drawing

[battlewraith]

You don't have to have realistic perspective, shadows, anatomy, or anything really. Especially if it's some horror creature that is distorting reality. The problem is that, in order to demonstrate that reality is being distorted, you have to give the viewer enough information for them to arrive at that conclusion. In your picture, all we have to go by is the jack-in-the-box. So I can only judge it by realistic standards: as Smitty points out, the hand is larger than expected. The lighting seems a bit inconsistent. But I can't tell you if something is actually wrong or not because I don't have enough information.

How big is this thing? Where is it? Where exactly is the light source? Is it the sun? A lamp? Is this a nightmare?

I suspect that you sat down to draw something cool and came up with this. And then once it started taking shape, you put more rendering and work into it--but this leads to problems because maybe you didn't have the lighting planned out or maybe this lighting and perspective isn't actually the best way to show of this entity.

My advice is this: Don't stress over it. It is a cool drawing. Don't **** it up by erasing and trying to make everything correct. Use it as preparation for future work.

[RedHawk88]

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated Smitty.

[RedHawk88]

You don't have to have realistic perspective, shadows, anatomy, or anything really. Especially if it's some horror creature that is distorting reality. The problem is that, in order to demonstrate that reality is being distorted, you have to give the viewer enough information for them to arrive at that conclusion. In your picture, all we have to go by is the jack-in-the-box. So I can only judge it by realistic standards: as Smitty points out, the hand is larger than expected. The lighting seems a bit inconsistent. But I can't tell you if something is actually wrong or not because I don't have enough information.

How big is this thing? Where is it? Where exactly is the light source? Is it the sun? A lamp? Is this a nightmare?

I suspect that you sat down to draw something cool and came up with this. And then once it started taking shape, you put more rendering and work into it--but this leads to problems because maybe you didn't have the lighting planned out or maybe this lighting and perspective isn't actually the best way to show of this entity.

My advice is this: Don't stress over it. It is a cool drawing. Don't **** it up by erasing and trying to make everything correct. Use it as preparation for future work.

Same as you. I definitely treated this piece as a chance to expand my learning. I did learn a lot about shadowing and some perspective even if it did come out looking a little warped. Either way, thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

[Bryan E.Warner]

Well PJ'r you got the best crits...I'd feel privileged...You got a Cool Drawing...an You Know how to make it better with your next project... Keep That Pencil Busy!