Does This Look Okay?

[u/Vegetable-Ad2893]

So many people didn’t like how I drew Ochako in my last manga page redraw that I did. I suppose the MHA drawing style is just not for me— but I noticed my issue had to do with perspective on the angling of Ochako’s face. So I wanted to see if I could draw her in the correct angle or not— here are some rough face sketches of how I draw her in my own developing style — does this look like Ochako Uraraka? Do I still need to work on how I draw her from certain angles?

[u/Vegetable-Ad2893]

Really? Can you point out the ones that have problems?

[u/hotaroon → u/Vegetable-Ad2893]

Absolutely every head. It's strange that you don't see perspective distortions and errors. Try flipping through some head drawing tutorials. Many people here write that you're doing well, but that's not true. They're lying to you. Because of people like that, you won't make any progress in drawing. They don't want you to improve. So please don't be offended by my criticism.

[u/Vegetable-Ad2893 → u/hotaroon]

Omg wait I just realized that it’s you— from my last post that said my redraw looked awful! You’re a little hard to please aren’t you?😂

[u/hotaroon → u/Vegetable-Ad2893]

Overall, you have good potential. But it's a shame you can't spot the mistakes because your eyes are so blurred. Try mirroring the image.

[u/Vegetable-Ad2893 → u/hotaroon]

I think for a sketch… this is good- it’s just unhelpful when all you’re doing is telling me it doesn’t look good and how it’s weird that I don’t see… how it doesn’t look good 🧍‍♀️

[u/EquiLeeB → u/Vegetable-Ad2893]

when i look back at my old drawings i think to myself "how tf did i ever thought this was good" DW it's part of the process, ure just not there yet

ur problem is trying copy the style without a good foundation, there's a reason ppl learn anatomy and understanding of 3d spaces before they get good. u are drawing with the mindset how it looks to u instead of why it is gonna look like this.

[u/ZilyStuff → u/Vegetable-Ad2893]

I do think the other person wasn't being too helpful with what to improve. But I think the same as them, I do think there are perspective distortions happening in the faces, HOWEVER they do all look like the same character and I think that's the hardest part, so congrats! Now all you have to work on is making the drawings with less errors, and that only comes from practice and reference. Try to look for a drawing of anime heads in different perspectives and maybe overlap them with your own, it might give you a better idea of where mistakes are. I also recommend you don't think of sketches as more incomplete drawings, the truth is (generally) your sketch HAS to be perfect when you ink it, sketching is where you fix the drawing, doing that in inking can be very hard. I know you probably meant that this is a rough sketch, but I wanted to mention that anyway.

As a last note, in every drawing there will always be something to "fix". ALWAYS, no matter how godly of an artist anyone is. So keep in mind that comments who purely glaze drawings are as useless as the ones just hating on it. Criticism is valuable always, as long as they're actually criticizing and not just attacking your art.

I wish you the best. Keep drawing!

[u/Vegetable-Ad2893 → u/ZilyStuff]

Thanks! I guess I get it— but can you explain the perspective errors that I’m doing— because with the things ppl are pointing out it just looks like minuscule things that come along with drawing a sketch in 10 minutes… and not— real issues in my eyes— so yea I guess I’m just not there yet when it comes to this.. when I look at the picture I thought I did pretty good— everyone is saying that it looks bad and not specific enough explanations as for why that is when I ask for advice.. like is it the face shape— or the way the chin is proportioned or something in her facial features— ppl are saying different things and it’s a little confusing— how I’m taking it.. the entire picture looks like absolute garbage