/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2719120
You can go more raw than this, keep the ideas, the drawings themselves being shit might make you think the idea is shit when the idea is actually pretty cool

>>2719186
Write down everything you did in last 30 minutes everyday for a week or two and you'll see how much time you actually spend studying, drawing and browsing 4chan

>>2719194
Thinking in vanishing points is the same as thinking in xyz, they're both thinking in dimensional space. Your way of remembering stuff for drawing seems awfully rote. Try to understand the meaning behind things and you will remember them forever without even trying.

>>2719206
Consider the size people will look at the image at, zoom in so that you see the image at that level. Zoom in further to be more precise with details.

>>2719340
You can do this with enough practice and discipline but in today's culture few really has the attention span capable of it achieving that level

>>2719407
Side of pencil - soft marks
Point of pencil - precise marks
Both are their reasons for use, if you use only soft marks your image will be blurry, if you use only sharp marks your image will be unrealistically sharp. Realism is the balance between the two.

>>2719598
Good style is a conscious effort that takes years of accurate knowledge to pull off. There's no real right or wrong way of creating a good image, it's what looks appealing and if that means red sky and super long legs than that's fine, just make it look good.

>>2719651
That mindset will lead you down a path of drawing space marines for triple a games companies, if you want to creative something new and interesting you must develop your idea thinking skills.

>>2719326
I agree it doesn't look practical but you can't deny it looks cool. It's aesthetic.

>>2719763
Art is not highschool maths. Art is art, relax a little and draw something


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