How to make your drawings look more realistic?

[lala_ray]

Amateur digital artist here!! Can you please tell me how to make the piece of arts look more realistic... not comical or artificial.. all suggestions are welcome!!!

P. S.- I would consider my self a pretty good traditional artist and really good with pencil... but when it comes to digitiser I suck😑😑

[Xasildo]

Use lots of references and try to add as much detail as possible. Shading is an indespensible tool and it's so important for all realistic pieces. You should play around a lot more with different shades of the same color when you're coloring. Things in real life are a spectrum of shades of colors and getting comfortable with that on a digital canvas will help a lot.
Also pay attention to textures. Things with fur should be colored in differently than smooth things like scales. And consider the contour. It's important if you want to make things pop out to draw and color as if you were creating it in the real world. Everything is made up of many cylinders, cubes, and spheres, on top of that even grooves and bumps. So in your references notice all those details. The most important part of any piece is an attention to detail.
Good luck! I hope you get good advice and become more pleased about your digital art
I think you're already well on your way!

[lala_ray]

Ohh thank you sooo much!!! I will take your advice..🙂🙂 thanks again.

[AnatolianRockman]

Shading is everything, I immediately notice that. It would be nice if you shaded them more prominently. Some forms look like they're cut from cardboard. Lemme model some stuff and shade them for you so you can see better. Work on light and shading more.

Light is coming from right.

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[lala_ray]

Yeah.. you are amazing lol... guess I have to work on light and shade... thanks.

[AnatolianRockman]

Thanks man you are awesome too. Someone have done the same thing for me when I was drawing 2d on Newgrounds (You could check there too, people are very helpful.). It helped me. I hope it helps you too.

[lala_ray]

Yeah sure man thanks again.

[Kitten967]

Check out Draw With Jazza, on YouTube. He has lots of tips and stuff. He's also fun to watch

[lala_ray]

Ohh sure thanks.

[Kitten967]

You're welcome

[Kreneman]

You need more depths, lighting, and deep color details. When I was an college (BFA in Digital Arts), we would take a photo realistic picture and draw every details from the picture (plus coloring by matching the exact feel) in then we practice with more pictures. Once we did it for a long time, you will know how to achieve the realistic skills for your drawings.

[lala_ray]

That's really an amazing idea... i will do that from now onwards.

[SketchForger]

I'm the same way I can't do stuff with digital art for shit.

[lala_ray]

We are on the same boat... lol but your animations are pretty amazing.

[SketchForger]

I am more of an animator than an artist, I put more effort into the execution than the presentation

[owens97]

just take a photo of the 2 things and photoshop it together

[lala_ray]

That's not called as drawing... even tracing is not drawing.

[Truggy]

Shading is very important

[glitchyaf]

Use a camera