dog with flip flop

Hey there Sammierae98 ! The messiness of the line affects art's the finished product by multiples ways :
1) Can make the lisibility null. See it cheek's fur body side ? My eyes are unable to see wich row is closer to me, so my brain conclude that is because it is flat. So, unable to see the z axis, i misinterpreting the elements from your draw.
In your shoes, the way i would have employed to solve that problem could have been to make the lines from the closers elements more thick and use a more satured and darker hue to color the farthest ones.

2) lines forms induct a feeling. Scratchy are usually unconfortable ; Spiky are threatening ; smooth are reassuring or friendly. You don't need to tell to the eyes of your viewer that is fur so much, just here and there is ample, otherwise it can induce discomfort when reading.

My teachers usually say that a good drawer is a good liar : If you find your drawing believable even when you watch it the next day, then it's OK.

(It is not about the messiness of the lines so i'll let it as a post-scriptum but keep care to the hue you use : the doggo being in warms tones, it eyelids protrude too much being in cold ones, giving the impression of beings added to the body. If you limit yourself to the eyeballs and retinas then will his gaze stand out, giving more and more emotion to your drawing)

Otherwise, well played ! I like it, it is endearing !

Hope you the best, ++

Well, Sammierae98. Nicest work on your textured scruffiness in your dog drawing, but those lines are farthest too itchiest. So, how would you care to go for warming up your hands and shoulders with some warmup drawings, but then do 5 minutes of 30 second dogs, followed up by 6 minutes of 29 second canines?

As a result, your curves against straights will become the least cowardly (Dilworth joke, you know), but mostly freewheeling and gutsiest in your doggies and other animals. For most details, look into the 2 volumes of The Walt Stanchfield series.

Good luck to you.

Hi,

I like the direction it's going line wise. You could even take it farther.

The messiness of the lines here isn't a problem for me. It's a style that can work expesicially with the loose watercolorish tones you're using behind it.

What i would suggest is that you tighten up the basic underlining forms of the drawing.

Even if you're not aiming for a photo auracte render it still needs to hang together a bit better. the head works pretty well, but the paws look off and unsure. The proportion of the body to the head and the hind leg have the same problem.

the shoe is "OKay" but if your not going for a tight render then TO ME the shoe could have more "character" it looks (for lack of a better word) unispired or lazilly done.

Overall it seems you enjoyed drawing the dogs head and the rest you just kinda made your way through to get it done.