U use 2 much shading

Very nice. I don't feel right saying it, especially not on someone else's artwork, but if you really want to improve your technical skill, I'll just say that your shading needs some slight improvement. It's a little primitive. But then I see the old man drawing, and he's just perfect. Also, facial expressions are very nice and do exactly what I'm almost sure you meant them to do, but you do need to work on proportion a little.

I would say you are getting there. You have ability but it's raw and needs to be honed. Keep at it and keep studying. An artist is never a finished product you are always improving and working to get better and expand your horizons. Till the day you either stop or die you must be driven never to accept what you did, only to think of ways to make it better and better.

Get involved in a community of artists where you can share your work and get criticism on a regular basis. http://forums.cgsociety.org is a good place. It's mainly aimed at computer graphics artists, but they've got a nice set of 2d forums where people post and critique drawing skills. Specific to your drawings, I see a strong awareness of surfaces, but not much awareness of the underlying structures: bones and muscles. You could probably learn a lot from doing anatomy drawing practice. Pick up a copy of Artistic Anatomy by Richer & Hale. edit: I recommend you don't put your age down on the paper, just the date. By telling your viewer how old you are, you're giving them the opportunity to discount you because you're too young/old instead of really looking at the work.

I think you should change your fonts, the size, color and family of font(Helvetica, Verdana, etc.), it will make a big impact on your B/W drawings. Here is a site to change the fonts: http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/chap08.shtml

You do very well. You do by far better than I ever could. The facial features in your work are really pronounced, but I think you need to spend a bit more time on the eyes. The emotion shown on some of the faces is not really reflected in the eyes. That's my very inexpert advice.

You are talented. You need to practice your technique and you need to work on your spacial placement. I am very impressed with what you have so far. Don't be afraid to use grid lines to get your placement right so your eye can become accustomed to seeing where things are in relation to each other.

You have talent. Just don't stop drawing. I used to draw a lot when I was young and then quit for a long time. I am drawing again now and regret all the years of practice I missed. The more you draw and observe, the better you will get.

I think it is very talented, I'm not an artist so I can't really give you any tips.I think as you continue to draw you will improve. I applaude your talent!!

I luv you work it is very styalised in the way you draw the faces and i like it. I agree with some of the other people above the emotion is not realy shown in the eyes as it looks like you have spent time on getting the eyes right(i still find eyes hard) that you havent protrayed the emotion in them. Still gd work and talent!! And draw more!! Pls!

Its real cool stylish stuff but u need to get bolder. My earlier stuff was in a similair style but when i became more confident with tone i was able to put much more emotion into it. Work on hatching and if u can try an etching as that will really open ur eyes to mark making. Observation seems really good. Ur style would lend itself really well to charcoal, get a charcoal twig ( available in packs) a putty rubber (not expensive frm any art supply store if u don't already have one) and try working on pastel coloured textured paper, pale yellow going to ochre always worked for me. Otherwise real cool stuff, well done.

You're good. Very good. Being unartistic myself I can't give you any advice but I like what you have there very much.

Stop drawing from photographs. If you're serious about getting into art school draw from real life, no more photos. The proportions are way off. Draw what you see, try real hard. On the scale of artists with the best high school artists being a ten you are about a four. You would not get accepted if I were reviewing your portfolio. Trust me, I see hundreds every year for a major art school.

My first impression is that you have got the idea that you are painting light and not objects, which is something that some artists never get. You also have a knack for capturing the personality of your subjects. That said, you have some distortions of proportion and perspective that you need to work on. You also need to work on other shading techniques which will help you to more dramatically capture the lighting that you are clearly striving for. Is there a particular reason why you are copying photographs of stars? I'm not going to discourage you from using photographs, as many artists do use photographs. Even the master's used the camera obscura which projected their subject upside down onto a wall so they could trace the outlines. However, a lot of art is about your style and the emotion you give it. The photographer has already carefully crafted the image of these stars, with the help of makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion designers, etc. What would you do with that face on your own? I'm also going to add, at the risk of getting downrated, don't worry too much about art school. I went to art school, having hardly had a pencil or pen out of my hand in my lifetime and came out never wanting to do it again. Its been almost twenty years since I had any inclination to draw anything when it used to be almost a compulsion with me. I've had other friends who have had the same experience. Go to art school, and you will probably go straight back to school to learn some other vocation. Art comes from the heart, not from education. Art is a compulsion to capture and portray what you love. So many great and famous artists never darkened the door of art school. Think of Grandma Moses, who never picked up a paint brush until she was very elderly. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/moses_grandma.html Go look at what other artists do. Pick it apart until you can see how they did it. Go to art shows and watch other artists working. Learn some techniques. Listen to people talking about art and what they like in art. Know your market. Learn a little bit of business, so you know how to manage the sale of your creations. Experiment. Go out and see what there is in the world to love and depict. Create something new. Love what you do.

I am also an artist and I happen to struggle with people, but I am very impressed with what you have done so far. From an artist to an artist, my advice to you would be this. 1. Grids are a great advice. They help with placement of the picture until your eyes are accustomed to where everything needs to be. Measure up a grid for your original picture and for the paper you're drawing your project on. Make sure your grid is dark enough for you to see, but light enough for you to erase when your project is finished. 2. If you feel uncomfortable with using a grid, then start off with projects that aren't so complicated until you feel more comfortable with more challenging things. I know from experience that people are no easy thing. Start off with something to keep the value drawings going. 3. My last word of advice. If you don't want to draw different things other than people, then maybe try just working on individual body parts. For example, I had a hard time drawing the face, so what I did was I drew the basic structure until I was okay with it. When I finally felt comfortable with the shapes of my faces, I started moving towards hands. Just work on different things until you are comfortable with them. Either way, never give up! You're already off to a great start.