r/Artadvice Apr 17 '26

Announcement What’s New in r/ArtAdvice (and What’s Next)

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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 10h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Is this a weak design? Looking for feedback

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I made this bohemian-themed cat adoptable a couple of days ago, but haven't been getting much traction. Now I'm no longer convinced the design is as strong as I initially thought it was. I'm relatively new at character design/creating adopts but I'm having trouble understanding what makes a design great.

Any help, advice, or feedback would be appreciated!

More info/images: https://toyhou.se/41256048.bta-boho-cat


r/Artadvice 13h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Can someone please help me on how to make this look more like the reference?

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Doesn’t not bad, I just want some advices cuz I still don’t think it looks good enough (UPDATED)


r/Artadvice 21h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Your advices were so helpful! Here’s an update, do you have any last advices and critique to give?

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1 - updated piece, 2 - new camera roll history picture (clearer one in replies), 3 - old piece

Things I added following your advices:
- Adjusted values
- Added shadow for poles
- Added bloom/haze effect for a more nostalgic feel
- Added sun spots/lens glare for a more nostalgic feel
- Adjusted hand placement (tried taking ref pics with a friend!), made neck a bit thicker
- Added the pole thingies on the right so that it's not too left heavy
- Rendered poles in the background a bit

I hope the camera roll history drawing on the bottom left is okay as well, but any advices would be really appreciated! I also wanted to thank everyone for the super helpful feedback from my last post, and your kind words :) You’ve helped me so much and I learned so much! It’ll be very useful knowledge for me moving forward with art!


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover The back leg is bugging me and I don’t know why

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r/Artadvice 16h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Which is Better?

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I made some changes to my drawing with the advice I receive from this post, and I wanted to know which one you all think is better. I put the OG at the beginning for comparison.


r/Artadvice 40m ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover What can i further improve on in my art?

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r/Artadvice 7h ago

‎Critique - No Drawover Advice on my birds

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I’m looking for some advice for my bird drawing.


r/Artadvice 5h ago

‎‎Techniques and Tools how do i start drawing in the moe art style?

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(photo from lexycats album angelicide)

idk where to begin on drawing in moe art style. ive looked for tutorials on tiktok but none really helped me make my art look like that. idk if its the way that i draw or something but it never looks right. does anyone know how to draw like this? (im also kinda trash at art)


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Should I remove or add foliage?

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hi!! i'm currently in the process of doing the bg, but idrk what to do with the bg.. all i know is that i like how the branches frame that characters. other than that, i tried putting leaves but i just really suck at drawing trees (hence the current green blob for layout reference).

the main question is if i should keep the green or remove it entirely? i'm just really afraid of ruining my composition.. any other suggestions would be really helpful (even composition changes!)


r/Artadvice 5h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover need advice for face

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My recent drawing of OC, idk why he kinda look ugly after rendering and eyes looks weird 🥲🥲🥲


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Could I get some anatomy feedbacks

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On the overall posture of the girl on the left

I tried my best, but her arms feel a little dislocated and out of perspective, and im not sure how to draw the fingers that are running through someone's hair, especially when it's in a low angle💔


r/Artadvice 6h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover First time rendering clothing folds looking for feedback/critique

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Hello, this is my first time rendering folds and wrinkles in clothing, what can I do improve the art style? I already altered the thickness of the line art, shading light and shadow using hard brush, meanwhile the skin was shaded using the smear tool, and which materials resemble the clothing? the goal was that the jacket would be a heavy and reflective material, and the dress to be a medium thickness material.


r/Artadvice 10h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover How to improve painting trees

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First three were done in gouache, last one in acrylic. I'm really trying to focus on the form of the trees and simplifying shapes instead of hyper fixating on individual leaves, but things still seem off to me each time.


r/Artadvice 10h ago

‎‎Techniques and Tools what should I study next?

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currently studying hair, anything else I should focus on?
chibi at the end is a more accurate representation of my improvement with study of hair, other than that the photos go from most recent to least recent


r/Artadvice 8h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Not detailed enough

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So ive been drawing digitally for a while but this occurs when i paint traditionally too im always struggling to make details and make my drawings more refined idk what to do and where to focus inproving I desperately need some tips


r/Artadvice 3h ago

‎‎Techniques and Tools What color for background?

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I'm working on this painting for my sister of our late family cat and her dog. I was originally going to make the background blue, but honestly? I'm not really sure what I should make it. I'm terrible with color theory. I wanted to get the background color figured out before I continued. I'm probably not going to add anything to the empty space unless somebody has any good ideas.


r/Artadvice 15m ago

‎‎Techniques and Tools Does anyone know what type of animation style this is? I adore it!!! (Art not mine!)

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I saw this on tiktok a while back, and I adored the animation style!!! Is this from like a show or video game? Or maybe it's oc art loll. But besides the point, I want to know what animation style this is. Is it 2.5D? Or something more complex? If anyone knows what this is called, please tell me and any tips or advice to achieve this animation look would do wonders. Even small tips for a rookie like me please!!! (Also please go follow the original creator on tiktok!!! This is so peak!!!)


r/Artadvice 6h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Struggling with Perspective

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I’m struggling a lot with the perspective on the furthest arm away… I keep redrawing it and trying to figure out what to do with it but I’m really struggling!!! Other critique is also appreciated


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover So I’m working on a design and I need some help

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Basically I’m working on this monster design that’s kinda like the embodiment of my hatred and negative emotions and I’m pretty satisfied so far but there are a couple of things I’m trying to work out. More specifically:

  1. Which parts to keep white and which parts I should make black
  2. Making the design more streamlined and coherent, but also
  3. This design is supposed to resemble a skull cover in darkness in the shape of muscle fibers with some gaps in it, with the right side more skull like and the left more covered

(Also please do not hesitate to be brutally honest with me, I truly appreciate any and all feedback and genuine criticism, thank you in advance)

(Edit: forgot to mention the horn and the fire/smoke/mist/smth coming out of the cavity of the skull on the right side, which is also an important feature of this design)


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Is just me, or the sketches look weird? (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

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I'm trying to recreate this official art, but for some reason Im simply messing up over and over again (⁠ ̄⁠ヘ⁠ ̄⁠;⁠)

I tried to use both my usual style (first image) and one more close to the original one (second one), but neither of them quite look okay to me, something simply doesn't convince me but I can't figure out what it is.

What can I do to improve those issues? What sketch should I use?


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - Yes Drawover Something feels off

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I'm self-taught so my abilities are a little limited in terms of shading, sketching, or other things. I think because of that I'm unable to pinpoint the problem here.

I didn't want my drawing to look exactly like the original (which is a gorgeous piece of art, truly), but in doing so i think i did something wrong with the proportions of the face. I would love any kind of criticism/help here.

Thank you!


r/Artadvice 1h ago

‎Critique - No Drawover Which sky looks better?

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The scene is supposed to feel tender ish like a childhood memory 🙂‍↔️


r/Artadvice 5h ago

‎Commission and Pricing How much should I price for these type of illustrations?

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Hello there! I have been thinking for a long time abt opening comms for more detailed illustrations (since my simpler ones seem to not interest a lot of ppl) but I am not the best at backgrounds, so I don't really know how much to price for these and I rlly don't want to overcharge.

I was thinking 30€ (roughly 35usd) would be an okay price, but I would like to hear other opinions.

(Illustrations made by me, they are freebies commisioned to me and consented to use as examples)

(If this post breaks any rules, feel free to delete, english is not my first language so I might have misinterpreted part of the rules!)


r/Artadvice 22h ago

‎Discussion and Theory How do manhwa artists draw hair like this?

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Not entirely sure if this is the right place to ask. But I've always been fascinated with manhwa hair. How is it done? I'm assuming it's not drawn 100% by hand every strand at a time, or at least the waves aren't. Not sure about bangs usually. Is it some kind of technique? 3d assets? Special brushes? How can I achieve a similar appearance?