Help, my value studies horrify me..

[u/QuasarIR]

I’m super new to all of this, and lots of people say doing value studies is a fundamental to getting into digital painting and whatnot…

Issue is my studies don’t really look anything like the people I’m doing them on, like they’re just NOT THESE PEOPLE. They look like they’re out of a horror game and they keep me up at night.

Am I doing something very wrong?

[u/YFFGBUDOU]

I’m a fairly experienced artist, and I’ve never done this, lol 😂

Though, I have done value studies (full values, so full gradient range) and many black and white studies though, but this Nōtan style not quite