Free Handed pictures... Opinions?

Two pictures that i just free-handed... Opinions? i know the second one is crooked.. the paper was crooked and i didn't realize it til the end.... more to come.. I am a fan of constructive (harsh) criticism... so lay it on me

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The first one looks like a tattoo I've seen. Not too shabby there. I didn't see the second was crooked, but since you mentioned it I really noticed it. It's not symmetrical, but still it works.

haha yeah, i was freehanding it, and my arms are really shaky due to my back pain... so it was hard to keep everything symmetrical, but thanks for the opinions... i love harsh stuff, so for everyone else, rip me a new one! cuz without harsh criticism, optomism leaves no reason for improvement, if ya get where im coming from

No need to be hyper critical of it. At most they can say they like it. But it's art man, everyone had different standards. I could say it's not very dark, you could have used pen rather than pencil. Perhaps used shading instead of just filling it in. Might have tried rubbing the lead otherwise. Too many ifs, maybes, and buts. I took 8 years of art classes and the only thing I really took from it was that it's too much work to please everyone. If you don't like it is the main thing. If you feel something is missing keep working on it.

I think your restricting yourself via your medium, ever try paint and canvas? Or block printing? Your pictures do look like block prints, now that i think about it, thats opinion...

Their isn't much wrong with your art, but it seems more conceptual then detailed. Realism obviously isn't considered, aside for a form...

So i get how you want critasim, but i have none to offer, except that your coloring could go beyond the monotonus shade you used.

Haha thanx and yeah, I don't want my stuff to get messed up, so I'm trying to start small, then I will add different stuff and shading... i think my next project will somethin with shading... having a persob in a hoodie and their shadow is like a devil or something, i can work really good with shadows with something like that

If I can move myself to pick up a pad and paper I'd try my hand at drawing again. But with work writing is the most I'll commit myself to. If I can borrow friend's scanner I'll try to post something if possible. Like Junko said experiment with stuff. I say try simple lines and shading first. Simple can be just as effective as the more complex stuff and colors. Myself I rarely use colors. Black, gray and white the main things I ever did.