Silhouette Practice (With some Shading)

[Rosier]

I made an edit that you might  not completely agree with, but I tried to do what they were saying. I moved the chest forward, bent the legs more, changed the arms, and the mouth looked a little of so I moved it a little. But, here it is:

I kind of want to keep the hand on the hip, but I'll probably remake it or something later by myself, and I do appreciate the edits people make.  I work well with visual indicators. 
She definitely looks a lot stronger than the other one.

I'm getting that I should commit more to 75-90 degree angles from this.  I tend to think that makes it look a bit blockier and unnatural, but I might as well give it a shot if you believe I should.

Well, look at these for example.
It's just, a knee or elbow shouldn't be too smooth, you need some definition.
Also, your arms, legs, torso all have a very even size and proportions, which makes them look noodly and doesn't provide any direction or flow in the anatomy.

I made this one with sharp angles in mind.  Based a bit on some of Rise's poses from Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

I'm not quite sure what you mean by the proportion thing, though.  Do I not want them to be proportionally even?

[Seiseki]

Well for proportions, your wrist isn't as thick as your elbow, and your elbow isn't as thick as your shoulder.
Same with your knee and thighs, upper body and lower body.

Also, if you only use sharp angles it's gonna look weird as well..
You need to know where to use sharp angles and where to use curves..

[Rosier]

Well for proportions, your wrist isn't as thick as your elbow, and your elbow isn't as thick as your shoulder.
Same with your knee and thighs, upper body and lower body.

Also, if you only use sharp angles it's gonna look weird as well..
You need to know where to use sharp angles and where to use curves..

Made it a bit softer with the edges and hopefully fixed a bit of the proportions.


And made this one.  The reference I had was a mostly back view, but that didn't communicate well until I put in that negative space to show which leg was closer.

[Rosier]

Went ahead and added some colors and shading, because I also want to practice that.

[DracoDragon42]

I'm not trying to be mean, but how is the guy on the left standing, and what is the guy on the right holding?

[Rosier]

I'm not trying to be mean, but how is the guy on the left standing, and what is the guy on the right holding?

Left is a mid action pose (Like a leap back, at least that's what I envisioned it as.)
Right is holding a microphone, and that black line connected to it is me having fun with cords.

[Zia]

I think it would read better if you went with a traditional microphone shape, like so: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/50a7a502e4b07b4b7b0bc3f2/t/50eae256e4b0955e46027af1/1357570647561/shure_sm58_microphone.jpg

[Friend]

it's really hard tto read on the white pixelation theme.. maybe give it a neutral bg for now so we can see everything better to crit

[Rosier]

One day I'll learn to not use black and white almost exclusively...

[Rosier]

http://img11.deviantart.net/7d74/i/2013/235/6/8/pose_study_by_kate_fox-d684trq.jpg

Pose based on the first one, but messed with the size and added a few things, like the way she's facing.  A bit simple, but I like how it turned out.