My first "semi" good drawing (constructive criticism welcome!!)

[woozyelim]

My First "Alright" Drawing

This is my first drawing that is "semi" good. It is a picture of the Yu-gi-oh character Dark Flare Knight.

A FEW NOTES:
-I traced the outline of the image from the original version. I did all the shading myself while I looked at the original. (To view the original search "dark flare knight drawing" on Google images.)

-Please limit comments to constructive criticism. Nothing like "Oh that is horrible! You are a terrible artist."

-And Remember It's my first drawing.

My drawing:


If you can't see the image right click and hit "open image in new tab." That should work.

If you have any comments to make it better please tell me them. I'm always willing to hear constructive criticism. If you have a suggestion of a good drawing for me to try next to help me get better please post how to get the image such as what to search in Google.

Thanks,
Woozyelim

[Atrox]

its alright, you could work on the depth tho, try hachuring, it would improve greatly.

[woozyelim]

What does that mean?? Not to be a noob but what is the hachuring thing.

[Atrox]

derp, i ment hatching

[woozyelim]

I never had any formal art classes so could you keep it simple. What is hatching?

@Atrox

[Mokou-Sama]

There are some strokes that dont fit in the helmet right above the eyes.
And you could darken the outline in the sword (at least) because it can be barely seen.
The rest is epic.

Gratz

[RAWR(:]

Hatching (hachure in French) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing (or painting or scribing) closely spaced parallel lines. (It is also used in monochromatic heraldic representations to indicate what the tincture of a "full-colour" emblazon would be.) When lines are placed at an angle to one another, it is called cross-hatching.

Source: Hatching - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

L2G

[hiyoudie]

hey i hiyoudie tFTWH!!O! u

[hiyoudie]

*i think it looks amazing
(wont let me edit for some reason)

[woozyelim]

thx everyone for the help i think im getting better