Here is an excerpt from a critique I did a couple days back. It's a great place for beginners to start or anyone who isn't too sure on how to progress. I'll be using this for now but I'll write a more detailed explanation in the future. Hope this helps!
Getting known is half networking and half having good work. Both work great together but someone could thrive moreso off one other half then the other. What I find with your work is that it lacks a basic understanding of fundamentals. You may or may not have heard that term before so let me fill you in on that.
Things you should always practice and understand are:
Basic Shapes - Practice d
Here's a little introduction onto what these are and why I am sharing them. If you want to skip to the nitty gritty information skip down to the first line of bold text that's where all the good stuff is.
I originally wrote The basics. a couple months back as a means to show people a way to progress in their art. Since it was rushed I never took the time to go back and spruce it up with more detail so I'll be doing that in this journal.
So what are the basics? They are Art Fundamentals. And art fundamentals are the basis for creating a convincing piece that has proper depth, lighting, color theory etc. It's more or less a few rules that are