r/Artadvice • u/Dismal_Pass_3837 • 2h ago
r/Artadvice • u/M0FB • Apr 17 '26
Announcement What’s New in r/ArtAdvice (and What’s Next)
Happy Friday! We've been hard at work behind the scenes and are excited to share a number of updates we've rolled out to improve the community for everyone.
A Fresh Look
With a new logo and color palette, we wanted to make this space feel more recognizably "us," drawing inspiration from redline corrections seen in constructive critiques, and pairing it with a dark blue background that is easier on the eyes. (A special thanks goes out to a friend in the graphic design industry who helped make this design possible!)
Automod Update
We previously tested an Automod feature that reminded users to include context in their posts. This ended up causing confusion and was mistaken for a warning or removal message, so we've axed it. (See: "In Progress and Coming Soon" for what we're trying next.)
Crossposts
Crossposts have been disabled to keep context easily accessible without extra clicks. Since making this change, we've already seen an increase in engagement and traffic, along with less spam. Woo!
Post and User Flairs
Starting May 1st, post flairs will be required to submit a post. For now, flairs are optional to help users get used to selecting them before posting. We want to keep the subreddit organized and let users filter out content they're not interested in, especially Commissions and Pricing. (The "No Commissions Posts" option is available in the sidebar or top bar on mobile.)
Most users seem to have a solid understanding of the flairs and are applying them well. Here's a quick breakdown of what each one means:
| Post Flair | Description |
|---|---|
| Critique | Ask what to change or how to improve. |
| Techniques and Tools | Ask how to do something or what tools to use. |
| Commissions and Pricing | Ask about pricing, selling, or managing commissions. |
| Discussion and Theory | Discuss ideas, concepts, or "why" questions. |
| Resources and Tutorials | Ask for or share learning materials. |
| Social Media and Growth | Ask about growth or visibility. |
Please keep Rule #5 "No Self-Promotion" in mind when using the Commissions and Social Media flairs.
Some of you have noticed our user flair 🧑🏫 Community Mentor! It's our way of celebrating users who consistently engage respectfully and help others grow through thoughtful, constructive feedback. We appreciate you helping keep r/ArtAdvice a supportive space!
So, how does someone actually earn the Community Mentor flair?
- Provide feedback that explains what works or can be improved in an artwork.
- Offer applicable and practical advice.
- Be consistent in giving constructive critiques.
- Avoid aggressive communication, and always follow the rules.
The Community Mentor flair is assigned manually by moderators. There is no formal application process, and users cannot request this flair.
Note: This flair does not mean the user is a professional artist, or that their opinions are authoritative. It also does not mean they represent the moderation team.
Have ideas for new flairs? Let us know in the comments!
Rule Updates
As previously mentioned in our Community Feedback & Suggestions announcement, our rules have been updated to better reflect the purpose of the subreddit, which is to give and receive art advice. The core principles remain the same, but they have been expanded to better address common ambiguous issues that tend to arise in Reddit communities.
In Progress and Coming Soon
- A new subreddit banner is in progress.
- Our community wiki is currently in the works as we await Reddit's system migration. This will become your go-to hub for information on rules, flairs, policies, resources, and more!
- More detailed policies, especially regarding AI, will be added soon.
- In the meantime, please refer to Rule #4 "Keep Art Human" for a quick rundown of how r/ArtAdvice handles the topic of AI.
- We're working on implementing an Automod response triggered by keyword phrases that automatically provides a list of resources, allowing users to focus more on anecdotal or specific feedback.
- As the sub continues to grow, we plan to reopen mod applications in the coming months. Those who are active and engage with the community will have our focus.
Community Initiatives
There's something exciting brewing in the background! Along with all these changes and updates, we're planning on:
- Developing structured guides exclusive to our community.
- Hosting AMAs and/or interviews with working artists to share their insight into what has or has not worked for them in their process.
- Involve members to contribute to the community wiki to help curate a reliable set of resources.
- Contests and giveaways to help growing artists thrive in their career or hobby. (We just need to dust off the old law book to make sure everything is in compliance before moving forward.)
We love hearing from the community, so if you have any feedback on these changes or suggestions to share, please leave a comment below or send us a message via Mod Mail!
r/Artadvice • u/Jellyfish_Mushr • 4h ago
Commission and Pricing Would you pay $15 for 2 chibis like this?
I originally planned to charge $25 per piece, but due to an urgent situation, I had to lower my prices to start at just $15 for 2 chibis.
r/Artadvice • u/Chikenuggg1259 • 19h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover am i good at mixing realistic features with anime-ish artstyle? recent works as examples
before i already posted chuu (girl with red ribbon) artwork here (i fixed it slightly) and tried to apply critique with my work. hope i made progress since the :D
i'd also like to take criticism on anatomy and composition or whatever
r/Artadvice • u/theplotnuggets • 2h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover new to drawing/painting - critique welcomed!
I’ve found a hobby in oil-inspired digital art that I want to get better at. Here’s a recent painting I did and a reference photo that I didn’t try to exactly repeat. (Mine is first and I don’t know who created the reference unfortunately)
I know that I need to work on depth, right now it looks like two flat layers on top of each other. Any tips on how to achieve better depth? Any other critique is welcome too!! I’m eager to learn and get better :)
Used procreate on iPad
r/Artadvice • u/RisingFlames93 • 3h ago
Critique - No Drawover Color and Hsadimg practice
Left is the reference, right is my drawing.
I’m trying to improve my art right now and would appreciate any tip and feedback on this!
Edit: sorry about the typo in the title… it’s color and shading practice
r/Artadvice • u/Street-Raspberry-67 • 2h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Anatomy help??
I need to practice anatomy more but I can't even draw basic geometric shapes. I struggle with boxes & making things look 3 dimensional. I've tried gesture drawing but that always felt I was just drawing scribbles & I wasn't learning anything. I know I need to practice more, but I'm impatient & I can't deal with making mistakes. I also have motivation issues.
The images are not in order. Some of them are older. Tbh, I feel like I was better in the past than I am now.
r/Artadvice • u/Veronica_Moss • 1h ago
Critique - No Drawover Painting
Hi everyone,
I am new to painting. Does anyone have any advice for me related to style or any improvements I could add or anything your eye can see that mine can't? Should I change the colours? Any idea what to do with the giant space to the left of the canvas? Thanks!! I just feel like it's really missing something.
r/Artadvice • u/Lyme_min • 2h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover What can i improve?
So i've been comeback to practicing fundamental of the head using loomis methode, but i always feel that sometimes the head is too big and the ear is far away from it's suppose to be (like on the bottom right) i don't know what's wrong because i've followed the methode but sometimes it's just doesn't look right (is it because the angle? Or perspective?), oh and the facial feature too sometimes it's looks flat especially the eyes and lips
And what can i improve from this? because i'm really on fire right now to practice ୧(^ 〰 ^)୨
I'm open to any critique (soft-spicy), i would be really grateful for any because as a selftough artist i have no friend/teacher to ask critique/advice
Thank you very much (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)
r/Artadvice • u/Nongtae_1294 • 1d ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Looking for critique on my art style
Inspired by Etherington brothers' drawing, I've been trying to build my own style. However, I feel like my anatomy or proportions might be inconsistent. I'd love to get some honest critique on my style and what technical aspects I need to improve.
Thanks.
r/Artadvice • u/Icy-Sandwich-3798 • 7h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Struggling with ethnic features...
I did this attack on someones OC (credits to "Edyn" on artfight) and their character is black. I tried to draw them but I feel like he looks more south asian?? And his jaw feels like its jutting out but when I liquify it back in he just looks more white. His eyes are meant to be slightly far apart too (on the original character) but it looks strange, idk.
r/Artadvice • u/Late-Guard9451 • 5h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Really stuck and cant get far into details because i feel like theres structural issues
first portrait ever
r/Artadvice • u/Itz_3x0 • 1h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover I tried studying anatomy with what little knowledge I had. Help!
I mostly traced it, but tried to figure out the body.
r/Artadvice • u/paperrcutts • 9h ago
Techniques and Tools How can I further develop my art style?
Hi all,
A little while ago, I got super frustrated with my art. I felt like it didn’t represent me as an artist, it was growing very stiff, and it generally wasn’t a fun style to draw in. So I put down digital and switched to traditional — and it’s been great!! I’m so pleased with my new artwork and drawing is fun again.
Generally, I’m happy with the new style I developed! However, I’m curous what other people think about it and I’d like to hear any feedback. My top priority is to have fun and enjoy drawing, but I want my art to be pleasing to look at too lol. Please let me know what you think!! Some pictures of my old style included at the end.
r/Artadvice • u/Easy-Bike8957 • 5h ago
Discussion and Theory How do you identify these subtle shadings in the light area?
Veteran Portrait, trbl, Graphite, 2026
Photo Ref: https://ph.pinterest.com/pin/383298618307490487/
Excluding the ear, I find this type of face skin tough in identifying or suggesting the shade because I feel like I'm looking on an ocean waves. It felt chaotic to me maybe because I got used with smooth surfaces.
So, if I were you, how would you simplify this?
I might be overthinking the details, and accuracy on this one and I am just realizing some of my mistakes as I'm making this post. Anyway, I'd still love to hear your ideas on my query and/or in my artwork in general.
r/Artadvice • u/Ok_Investigator_9595 • 2h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Ok I think it's done! I'm not on Trevor Henderson's level but I think it came out pretty good.
r/Artadvice • u/Scarf_head • 12h ago
Critique - No Drawover Skull with flower
Im torn between changing the background colour and leaving it as is. What do you think?
r/Artadvice • u/MiraMiraMi555 • 8h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover How do I stylize the jaw?
Hello! I have a problem with stylizing jaws. When I draw them realistically, it usually aligns with the reference, but when I try to copy stylized, more anime like styles, the jaw is always too forward? And weird? And I can't ever get it right. Does anybody have any tips maybe? The bigest drawing was referenced using the sims 4, and the other ones are me trying to draw something more anime/cartoony like. I make one part smaller, another starts looking weird. I ajust that thing, another one is breaks.. Like how do I do it? and where to put the mouth when i make the jaw smaller? I would really appriciate some help...
r/Artadvice • u/soapmakingprocess • 7h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover what am i doing wrong?
new to digital art. please tell me how to improve! my art just looks very 'wrong' to me. i‘m not the best at drawing in itself, sure, but i hope to improve. yet whenever i try rendering, it ends up looking a mess.
First I ink the lineart, then I shade with a 'sharp render' blush and fix some spots with an airbrush.
You can see here that I gave up after a bit because it looked so ass 😭 Doesn’t seem like 'trusting the process' will fix this.
I have watched rendering tutorials so please tell me concretely what to fix, don’t just say 'watch a video', I want to know exactly what makes this look so wrong and how I can improve it
r/Artadvice • u/Murky-Difficulty3457 • 6m ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Trying to get better feature variety in characters. This is a sheet I made for myself on 1 eye lid please correct anything I got wrong and give me new or uncommon features to work on.
I made this one on hooded lids since I find them one of the more common and open eye lids and I want to work on my characters features since I can’t do full bodies and I would like to focus on headshots and features.
I would also like little facts and such about rare features.
I’d also appreciate any features changed by unnatural causes and a name and lil info.
If you have a feature in general you think would be nice just put it below please.
r/Artadvice • u/macmoo1 • 8h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover Looking for critique and what I should be focusing on doing or improving on
Recently gotten really into drawing.
r/Artadvice • u/Satxrnsss • 10h ago
Critique - Yes Drawover How Do You Think I could improve my Art? !! :D
HiHi I know there's basic things i could improve on (gesture/Anatomy, as well as body shapes etc) But in terms of rendering, art style or anything like that. What do you think the best moves for my art would be? I'm trying to switch from paint tool sai to CSP (most of these are done in Sai.) so just like anything you think would make my art better pls tell me !