Is this a good drawing?

[Meatspinner]

No, it's not a good drawing. It's an okay trace copy.

*sigh* I didnt trace it. Where would i get a picture if her big enough? If i could have traced a picture if her, it would have looked a lot better.

Trace Copy. I mean it differently than it sounds I guess.

I mean you were looking at a picture already, and tried to copy it. Not that you literally placed a pic under a blank sheet and traced. You did it by sight. You tried to make a copy of a picture free hand.

It's called drawing from a reference and there's nothing wrong with that since it's a good way to learn the craft. In fact lots of professionals do this especial with such stylized art.

 

[Labyrinth]

We have a long-standing thread for art sharing. Find it here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.72805?page=67].

 

[crop52]

*see thread about a pencil drawing on "hop topics" list*

*see people writing out paragraphs in the thread*

Oh Escapist, you so crazy.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Her snout's too pointy, and her body is perhaps a bit too long, but I've seen way worse Rarity's outt here. Yeap, that's a good job, especially for 10 minutes of work.

*see thread about a pencil drawing on "hop topics" list*

*see people writing out paragraphs in the thread*

Oh Escapist, you so crazy.

*whispers* It's...it's the moderators. What they do against low content posts it's...it's horrible! So so horrible!

 

[Lazy Kitty]

It's a lot better than anything I could draw.

 

[SSoSFAGTiaCaGwaP]

It appears to just be a copy of another drawing...

 

[Evil the White]

It's... It's... It's... *sniff* BEAUTIFUL! *sobs noisily*

 

[Screamarie]

It has potential and I believe it shows you have talent. You need practice, but the thing about drawing and painting is that you're always improving and changing as long as you keep working at it. And don't listen to people getting pissy about you "copying", replication is a good way to learn. You can't do it forever, but what you learn from other artists can be used to make your work better.

Beyond that though what matters is, do you like it? If you do then that's all that matters. ^_^

 

[Asti]

You... might want to spend more time on the next drawing before you put an online spotlight on it.

 

[Pegghead]

Pretty good, despite having had my fill of those godforsaken ponies a long time ago. Overall I'd be less of an eager beaver to post drawings online and garner opinions in the future.

I've spent six months on a drawing using a magnifying glass and pen with a .5mm tip filling every inch of a 12" by 18" piece of paper. I didn't put that in a public showing until other people convinced me to do it.

Ooh, is there somewhere I could see it online?

 

[Asuka Soryu]

It's alright for an early atempt.

 

[tigermilk]

Its better than I could do. Its also interesting to see the avenues MLP: FIM (I assume it is the new MLP) fandom manifests itself in.

If you enjoy drawing I hope you always have time to do it and that all the negative nancies don't hinder your enjoyment.

 

[Keepeas]

You know, I clicked on the link hoping it was pony related...

You didn't let me down.

***

Considering this was done in 10 minutes, this is actually quite good.
It is quite rough around the edges and could use some work,
but hey...it's better than pretty much anything I could ever do.

Keep at it and I'm sure you'll get better.
And as stated previously find your own art style, I think you will enjoy drawing a lot more that way.

 

[Rawne1980]

I do have one question.

So My Little Pony was going when I was growing up in the 80's early 90's then faded into obscurity.

So how the hell has My Little Pony made such a successful comeback yet there is no sign of Super Ted?

Bring back Super Ted.

On topic.

I will say your picture looks good but thats purely because I can't draw for shit and have no room to mock as I couldn't do it any better.

 

[MassiveGeek]

*sighs*
I don't know where to begin...
I don't usually comment on these sort of thing, but you've asked, so here goes:

First off, unless you are creating conceptual art where time is a significant factor in your meaning, the time something took to make means nothing. I know including how long something took can make you feel better, but its just overcompensation. If you go around viewing art as some kind of competition, you're going to have your ass handed to you always and forever. And that makes art less enjoyable.

Second, it really troubles me to see how many burgeoning artists insist on copying other peoples' styles instead of finding their own. And don't take my word for it- CR from TGWTG says that mimicking others without finding his own style is one of his biggest regrets.
If you want to draw ponies, go ahead. But draw them in your own way.

Third: get good art supplies. Get a set of pencils of at least five hardnesses between H and 9B, and a few good drawing pens. Professional markers are also an option if you like graphic art. Using bad paper and pencils now will make future you kick yourself retroactively.

Why are you coming onto a forum asking for peoples' opinions on a single drawing? No, not even their opinion. Just a yes or no about whether something is good or not. This is just screaming for the approval of others.
Ask yourself why you feel the need to do this. And then use this understanding to figure out how to stop feeling this need, because relying on others to tell you if your efforts are worthwhile is a perversion of the valuable act of learning from others. Other people should be a resource to you in art, not the ones to decide how you feel about something.

Also, go look up the Fuck Yeah Art Newbie Owl. Read them all, and if you're doing anything he does, chances are it would be a good idea to stop.

Took the words out of my mouth.

I'm an artist, I work hard to improve and I take my time with my drawings to be able to really make them as polished and good as I can. Mind you, sometimes I give into the urge to just finish it up and stop polishing when I'm stuck on one drawing for two weeks redoing, editing, polishing and stuff(I'm talking to you, 20's inspired chick http://i53.tinypic.com/2j4ul43.jpg ... where I just noticed I have to tweak or redo the legs, FFFF-*).

Something that saddens me in the art world of the interwebs is seeing actually GOOD artist only make fanart. Too many times I run into those who only draw Sonic style and wish they would do something else because they have so much potential.

I'm not going to tell you if I think the drawing is good or not, I'm just going to give you this advice;
Don't lock yourself in the evil circle of having to get approval to be able to draw.
It won't get you anything beyond a little feel-good and loads of people lying to you to not hurt your feelings. If you're going to do threads like this, ask for critique, for ways to improve your art not if it's just good or not, because it makes no one a favor.

*Speaking of which if anyone takes a look at the link and spots something that looks off, please tell me, because this piece if driving me insane.

 

[Talal Provides]

I do have one question.

So My Little Pony was going when I was growing up in the 80's early 90's then faded into obscurity.

So how the hell has My Little Pony made such a successful comeback yet there is no sign of Super Ted?

Eight year olds, dude.

 

[PureChaos]

for a 10 minutes job it's pretty good

 

[crazie_soviet]

as a brony only one thing can be said

 

[Farther than stars]

No, it's not a good drawing. It's an okay trace copy.

*sigh* I didnt trace it. Where would i get a picture if her big enough? If i could have traced a picture if her, it would have looked a lot better.

Trace Copy. I mean it differently than it sounds I guess.

I mean you were looking at a picture already, and tried to copy it. Not that you literally placed a pic under a blank sheet and traced. You did it by sight. You tried to make a copy of a picture free hand.

Hold on! Thought you could get away from me did you? You're just describing copying there. Tracing is when you put a picture under it and then draw over it. A trace copy is the result of that. [link]http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tracing[/link]

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, I don't like it. That's because I've seen this image on several places before. I guess it's some kind of internet meme. Anyway, that means that whether it's traced or not, it's just that: a copy. There's no originality there and even the style is taken straight from other images with no personal touch.
But why do you care what other people think anyway? Do you really need the approval of others to validate your self worth? Because being good and being popular are two completely different things.

 

[Hamish Durie]

well it looks good if stand back a bit but up close it looks like a trace(not saying it is)
anyway overall it's pretty good =)