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>>3088310
is this your drawing? that's some fine hatching

>>3088347

Yeah, mine. I have some more. Gimme a few.

>>3088350
post rhino or stag beetle if you got them, fucking love those buggers

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>>3088353

Like this?

>>3088354
yes noice. do you just draw as a hobby or do you plan to illustrate for books or something like that

>>3088361

Just a hobby, I guess. Picked it up again after a few years of seldomly drawing.

>>3088310
alphonso dunn

>>3088400

what?

One last ugly bugger for now.

Doing some more, hopefully I get some front perspective ones right.

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Forgot pic.

Good stuff, post more! Saved

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>>3089524

Thanks.

Quick sketch of a wasp, proportions are fucked up, I know. Was fun though.

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Finished another one last night.

I'd appreciate more critique.

Enjoy.

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>>3088310
i'm a fan of drawings of bugs, i don't really do it myself, but bugs are just perfect for nice little ink drawings i think, which is what you've done, so i think you have a really good aesthetic going

there are some very nice lithographs of bugs around, more for science than for art i think, but i feel like they often portrayed them in a surprising sympathetic way, which you also manage to accomplish

>>3090759

Thanks man, appreciate the critique.

Gonna start working on some drawings with more bugs, great inspo, thanks!

I like ants. Eusocial insects are hard working.

Your bugs look too lumpy though. They look like giant sized versions of themselves.

>>3091353

Thanks for the critique. Any ideas for me to work on my drawings? Draw them with surroundings, maybe? You know, sticks or rocks or something. To give more of a feeling of tinyness?

the only thing i would suggest is to draw more than one bug in a scene.
like, make it something that would look nice on a shirt design, more composition is needed, other than that, the lines and anatomy look sound.

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>>3088354
You have potential m8.

A lil' tip - a huge advantage of hatching is that it has direction, it has power. You can use that to effectively communicate volume, but only if you wrap it around the form.

>>3092918

Thanks, anon. Will follow your suggestion.

>>3092722

Thanks anon, working on a bigger composition. Will show tomorrow.

>>3092918
You dont need to follow the contour when you're hatching. Make sure you get the values correct.
More importantly you need to stop hooking your lines

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Hello guys, back with another one.

The caterpillars themselves are a bit sloppy, I know.

>>3093780

What do you mean, hooking lines? You mean straighten them up and not swiveling around at the end of the line?

>>3090608
I think the eyes look a bit cartoony

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>>3095865

Yeah it's hard to get it right. Often times there are some kind of "pupils" on bug's eyes, but it's difficult to do them without making them look dumb.

Anyway, thanks for the critique.

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>>3094745
you could try hatching at not-90 degrees, it can look a bit more lively and natural, i don't think you need to do it or anything but you might enjoy giving it a go

>>3088310
really cool. saved them all.

>>3096315

Nightmarish. Really cool.

>>3095865
>>3095871

Looked it up, it has to do with the structure of the eyes. The black dots (pupils) are caused by the light hitting the compound eye directly. It gets just absorbed and create the effect of a pupil.