/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I'll make one right now

Considering my casual hobbyist pace of drawing, can't be disappointed with the results (had to remove the file from other thread, sorry about possible confusion this might cause)

>>1485644
I picked up a marker in 2011. I tried to improve but as you can see from the evidence here, I didn't try hard enough

>>1485650
Also, sorry about the grossly huge image. I didn't know which ones to pick...

i-i swear i don't copy pictures

>>1485656
I'm guessing in 2010 your daddy whoop u ass?

I am ashamed of myself

Yep

>>1485662
>implying tits

Tried to include only things from imagination, because studies are worthless in progress charts.

I need to finish more pieces from imagination.

>>1485667
ah you are the coffee guy. I just sent you an application for your group.

>>1485668
Yeah I got it, thanks. Can't wait to see how you'll improve.

>>1485656
your shit looks better in 2012, but im guessing its using reference vs not

>>1485666
I want her to have small tits.

W-when I'm better, I'll draw her full-body with clothes.

>>1485650
that asian chick in 2011 looks good bro, what happened?

>>1485671
depression

>>1485674
i like that gesture of the chick with the little tree growing out of her head in 2012 though

I wish I could dedicate more time to drawing/painting/reading theory...

>>1485670
the fuck happened in 2010?

>>1485684
oops, meant to reply to
>>1485656

My charcoal progress. Not very dramatic improvement given the time period, but I'm relatively happy. Wish I could find one of my old charcoal figures to compare my current one with rather than a still life.

>>1485681
Naoto's hat doesn't work that way goddammit

>>1485670
i used refs way more heavily in those 2 pics from '13. i've been sort of going downhill lately, trying to get up though

>>1485684
i don't know what the hell happened man. taking a year long break from animu sort of helped i guess

>>1485689
Your use of values has improved greatly!

>>1485677
Thanks. I had romantic feelings for her while I sketched her. Same with the other asian girl in 2011; was very attracted to her. My dick helps me draw

>>1485710
i know that feel bro

>>1485712

>>1485674
I'm sorry to hear that anon. I also got depression and it destroyed my ability and interest to do art. Sometimes I wish I got some other mental disorder because at least I would still be able to do art.

>>1485650
Is that asian chick Kiko Mizuhara?

sorry...

>>1485718
bingo

>>1485715
Thanks, bro. I used to think I'd be able to create deeper pieces once I got out of it.

>>1485707
Thank you! I'm glad you think so.

>>1485719
I have to say that your rendering has gotten really good. I would say be careful of falling into the trap of covering up your mistakes with fantastic rendering. AKA, spray painting shit gold. Your anatomy and understanding of other fundamentals is pretty much the same now as it was in 2010. So please keep up in those areas too as you also improve your rendering. I think a lot of artists fall into this trap, mainly digital artists I've noticed. I myself have done it.

>>1485719
For some reason i lol'd so hard at this

>>1485696
I need to improve my observational skills.

Sorry :/

>>1485576
Am I to assume that you didn't practice shading or value? Your lines certainly improved but that's all I can conclude from what I see

http://i.imgur.com/FDGd0HC.jpg
Error: Image resolution is too large.

I did this in the end of 2012. Sadly, I haven't been practicing since then, so there isn't much I can add to make it better. Sorry, /ic/, I've failed you. Some will even remember me from some of these drawings.

And I won't translate shit, just go by the numbers.

Since I couldn't upload the real deal directly, related pic I put is a recent texture practice I made with SAI.

Back in 2010.

>>1485765
I speak Spanish so I pretty much got the gist of everything you wrote there. Seems like ok progress since you said you got serious about drawing last year.

>>1485830

Recently.

sorry for the bad quality but I think i have come a long way

>>1485847
why a stencil, for fuck's sake

>>1485849
whats wrong with stencils

>>1485847

I like Taokaka the most.

>>1485713
>>1485712
Oh god...pllllllease don't go there, I can't handle the feels

>>1485712
Hehehehe I am still giggling.

I haven't improved.

I'm ashamed.

>>1485900
Want to post your before and afters?

>>1485902
Alright, so I only have these sketches today.

And the before is...well.
Idon'tevenperspective
Idon'tevenknowwhatsgoingon

>>1485914
I love that belly-vagina.

just imagination shit. i'm going to try and work up to a far longer work day for the next few months which will hopefully cause some real improvement

>>1485929
you really like glassy eyes

i didnt save much back then
i see improvement but i dont feel it

>>1485576

>>1485940
LEAVE MY SIDES ALONE

>>1485937
dat toothless looks cute though

My progress.

I feel like I've hit a plateau these past couple years. At least I'm starting to be able to draw backgrounds even if they're just ultrasimple ones, they look much better than plain white.

Although not good yet, I feel like I somewhat know what I'm doing, for the first time. Thank you, /ic/.

>>1486117
you really need to develop some edge control

>>1486118
I understand.

>>1485576
That's some pretty solid progress. Keep going.

>>1485650
you... got worse.

>>1485576
if you like flat shapes, plains, and solid colors so much, why not work in illustrator?

>>1485671
>>1486159

>People actually trying to do something else than realism
>OMG U GOT WORSE WTF U SUCK

He already proved he could draw realistically. The man wants to try do something else, it's not getting worse, it's called "experimenting".

Call me a nerd for raging online, but it's people like you that ruin the fun of others in drawing.

>>1485719
Teach me how2render

>>1486161
>implying he still isnt trying to render realism the 2 2013 picture

I guess I did improve a little

>>1485710
>>1485712
>>1485865
that feel when 80% of all the portraits youve drawn in the last 2 years were of cute girls that you don't really know
>that feel when people ask who im drawing, i answer "someone i know"

My work has such a serious lack of variety.

>>1485731
It's one of those people who don't want to know shit about anatomy. He just draws his fetishes and exaggerates them a hundred times + good rendering. Like that genzoman person and basically whole deviantart.

>>1486264
What the hell. The proportions look like they're meant to be fucked, but I supposed they're not. The rendering is decent, but hell, do you have eyes? Where's that dude's mouth?

Actually just did this one yesterday..Nice to actually see my own progression

>>1486295
Great progress, I feel like her left eye shouldn't be shiny under where the shadow should be though, I know the sparkles look nice but adding that shade will make the eyes look a lot more striking.

>>1486290
There are literally thousands of people on DA who have a better understanding of anatomy than you will ever have.

>>1486295
awesome, in that short time!

>>1486259
>>1486161
i just dont have many serious works to show off. most of my stuff is in my sketchbook nowadays. take a look: mo-yi.deviantart.com

>>1486318

I would bang your eyes round

>>1486318
> My dick helps me draw
> dat deviant art profile pic

my life is a lie

>>1486318
>>1486332
>Other Interests
>money. hire me please.
topkek

>>1486291
>rendering is decent

Thanks a lot :B

>>1486084
thank you

>>1485650

I can't express how much i love this picture

Honestly, I would buy it

>>1486318
oh you're the dude with depression. I tought only ugly people had depression.

>>1485715
Depression killed my interest in music when I was starting to finally get better. I am going for 3d now, picking up stuff from here for my lesser 2d skills.

I just posted cus it means something to see someone else who gets it.

>>1485765
I love this frog.

>>1485576

don't quit your day job

I'm new on this

>>1486265
Sometimes i like to think that girls will find it really romantic that I paint them but realistically I know they will find it creepy as fuck.

It's been a while since i made one of these. I hope you guys enjoy the images as well as a bit of a story about my progression. I ended up typing way too much...

Left side: 2010. This year was when i realized i didn't have to adhere to any "rules" with art. So... things got weird. I made a TON of art and a lot of it. very odd subject matter, almost like i didn't care. I was comfortable with using markers only but started experimenting with ink. Also dabbled in some digital work when i got a tablet PC. Sadly I was so stuck on using markers, that using other mediums often turned out sloppy. Two high school painting classes helped me pull out of this habit in late 2010, however, my application was still muddy and whacky.

In 2011,, I neglected to photograph any of my work from this time. It is likely all thrown away. I did make good progress in that time, from what I remember, because I was able to afford better supplies. Was mainly using gouache and ink. This was first time i felt "comfortable" using liquid medium. I was able to shape up quite a bit by doing studies and using refs. I don't have much work saved from early 2012 sadly.

Right side: Late 2012 to 2013. using more mediums. prefer ink&gesso combination. I don't draw or paint very much at all, so I try to make it "worth it" when i do. This makes me sad sometimes, and often anxious, because i can't churn out work like i used to. I am failing to use references so the anatomy I draw is flawed, often incorrect; but, still, improved due to past studies / paying attention to people irl. my rendering and understanding of light has improved somewhat, but i still don't understand proportions as much as i'd like. Because of my anxiety about drawing & subject matter with humans (oh god why don't i draw clothes ever or real situations), i began painting abstract landscapes, which is helping me work on my painting skills in the meantime.

>>1486523
I don't think he mentioned any plans of doing so, dimwit.

>>1485667
Heh, I recognize that guy in the bottom left from the tulpa website

>>1485576
love how I had little improvement from 2005 until now.

>>1486683
by that i meant, i have not improved at all

its sad but most of my improvements are just learning how to digitally color, as far as anatomy goes its been pretty stagnant. But that just means theres more to improve!!

>>1486725
"stop being gay"

>>1486725
if anything you're getting much gayer

after all these years I don't feel like I've come that far. I need to work a lot on anatomy and learning to use line programs.

>>1486749
>>1486747
>>1486725
:D First think on my mind:
>this guy is getting seriously gay!

That goal made me laugh...

>>1486725

Lost it at "Stop being gay".

>>1485656
i am in love with the drawing of the guy with the red where his head is cut off and whatever. post it by itself?

also here's my shit. i have no idea when i did what and i only have some sketchbooks with me right now and i am not looking for others because its nearly three and i'm tired.

>>1486786
daamn nigga daamn

around January-February of this year

>>1486819
last month

I've reached a massive wall recently and haven't drawn in ages

>>1486683
looks like shit, you got that right.
I've never seen anyone progress backwards before

>>1486683
Did you go through ALL the shit in the sticky post? You might want to go back to the start. You definitely need more focused practice. Read some books. Do every single excercise. You need to do stuff to make progress...

>>1486459
Well, you did improve, but I think you should concentrate on particular skills.

>>1486933
I didn't even go through the sticky? im barely on this site.

>>1486943
You might want to do so then. It's not about this site, but about improvement in general.

>>1485656
Your composition and colors, are awesome. Also i love the contrasts between flat and detailed areas.

Great progress!

>>1486332
That pick speaks volumes

>>1486943
Common Internet courtesy, checking the sticky is like taking your shoes off at the door.

>>1486974
He probably just wanted someone to tell him that it isn't that bad.

Wanna know a secret: It is. I just wanted to help, but if he doesn't want any help, I don't know what he's doing here.

It's funny to see that most of the people here began to draw in manga-style and turned to realistic after.

A few days ago I found a drawing I did last year in class. I tried to draw the same character to see my improvements.

>>1487022
What resource have you been using for your hooman studies? Looks good.

>>1487062
A lot... most of my improvement is from recopying drawings of greats artists

>>1486459
looks like shit tbh
i'd stop drawing

>>1486118
is he too edgy for you?

>>1486979
yeah, you aren't me, i dont need anyone to tell me if it's "good" i fully acknowledge it's bad.

January versus today.
>It's something

>>1487150 for critique

oh god i've improved but im still not nearly at the level i want to be at stylistically

>>1485719
If you, truly, learned how to draw you could be pretty awesome.

>>1486295
Pretty good, but you still need to work on your anatomy and face proportions. Her ear needs to be farther away.

>>1487621
*further away

>>1486725
You have a great handwriting.

>>1487530
I... how do you become so much worse?

>>1487821
its not worse it looks like it just took less effort to draw something that looks good, which is a good thing

>>1485689
>>1485689
>>1485689


FINALLY a traditional media.

im sick of seeing all this retarded IPAD fingerpainting...

>>1488407
your some time ago looks better than recent

>>1488407

some time ago > recent

>>1488512
>>1488515

I think recent is better personally, but that's just my opinion

>>1488515
>>1488512

I think recent looks better, personally.
But that's just my opinion.

Not bad ...

>>1488407

Your past work had life to it. It might have been rough, but that's what made it interesting.

Try to get a bit more textural. The blonde girl is a terrible representation of skin.

However, your anatomy is more correct. Props to you.

Exclusive to character designs btw (and a few who are just fan art haha). This year and last year i've been seriously venturing into different forms and shapes and volumes so i'm not sure these are entirely comparable.
I need to use the computer again.


If anyone's interested i can also make a Life draw (figure drawing, architecture drawing, portraits ...etc)

>>1488550
Heh mutta

>>1487616
i've been doing studies everyday, but I'm afraid I might not be on the wrong track.

any suggestions...?

yesterday on the left, today on the right

im happy with my progress so far

>>1486658
Yeah, I did drawings on there for a while. Then I was a dick and left without saying anything.

>>1489282
What did you use to learn?

I've been incredibly lazy the last couple of years.

>in before clueless fucks think I'm Skulky for some reason

>>1486725
You... you kinda ruined that hero for me...
But hes a fucking golddigger so its ok.

>>1489327
at least you've improved, work harder nigga

>>1489323
nothing really i just had a quick look through some drawing books and fixed up some bad habits e.g i make a preliminary sketch now and make sure it has correct proportions and that everything matches up alright before adding in details.

>>1486725
>Stop being gay
I like your style anon!

This is a character design for a video, I redesigned her last year and plan on doing the same this year, any thoughts?

>>1488611
yeee don't render like that

>>1490115
Nice.
The color theory in this one is pretty good.

>>1485719
diggin those buff chicks, dude!

>>1486800
dat second picture on the bottom

swwet Jesus, it's beautiful

>>1490115
Awwh, that's cute. Nice colors!

>>1490141
why not

>>1490529
because the whole thing will fall apart
bigger picture-->details-->smaller details

>>1490572
Yeah. Pretty much this. Also because when you render the way you did, you end up just being a human copy machine, not really understanding what you're doing.

>>1487530
Updated.

Not enough progress for one of these, so more just like an archive. Pretty long but I've just been doing gestures so there isn't much else to show.

It feels like i'm missing the eye or the way of thought. AHHH I'M NOT IMPROVING. MUST WORK HARDER.

>>1490609
You're improving nicely.

>>1485719
Now if you only tooks some time and study anatomy and some real people your stuff would look much better

>>1490613
A-AM I?

Oh god, thank you. I've just been going real slowly through Vilppu's books/videos for the past few months. Real, real slow. Just getting impatient that I'm not learning rendering and colour yet - also, not quite sure who to go to to learn that.

>>1490593
No point in that

>>1490572
>>1490574
thanks, that makes sense. gotta get better at looser work i guess.

>>1490621
>no point in improving faces

>>1490609

If it's anything, those free-form form exercises in the bottom left corner look spectacular. Also, you're gesture are definitely coming along nicely.

>>1490609

If it's anything, those free-form form exercises in the bottom left corner look spectacular. Also, your gestures are definitely coming along nicely.

>>1490630
cmon man. 4 days for what is basically the same drawing

>>1490640
Clearly they've improve in those 4 days.

>>1490648
He's gotten better at making that one face, a useless fucking skill.

>>1490724
lol are you kidding. His facial rendering is much better. She no longer has an overbite. Her eyes and hair looks much better. All of these things he can take into account for the next drawing. There's plenty of things to learn from fixing the same face over and over. Go herp somewhere else

>>1490742
He's gotten better at making lines, the difference between the two is due to repeating lines, not due to expanding hs knowledge of anatomy.

All he has gotten better at is that ONE POSE, it doesn't carry over to other poses, which is why it's a neglible improvement.

>>1490756
no, not even. the last one is simply a copy while the other wasn't. I recognize it from GiTS

2 months in between

>>1490593
Dude, stop right there. Learn head anatomy. You are making more mistakes now than in your initial picture (see: wtf the nose is doing now, pointy ass chin, neck??? suddenly GitS hair)

>>1490759
do you post your stuff anywhere?

>>1490759
That's not called improvement that's called finishing a study. The thumbnails are exactly the same as well, so you really just took some time to refine and render things.

>>1490765
Yeah, but it's not like that though.Enviro isn't really my thing at all

Spazmatic" on CGHUB

>>1490774
Those are two completely different studies. I didn't just finish the study, i did the same study again two months later. If it's just an improvement of how much time i'm capable/willing to put into my studies, it's still improvement.

>>1486107
i really liked how you moved from people to the environment. you do well in both

>>1486683
you didnt go backwards. you improved a little. im sure if you practiced your anatomy and gestures you would get better.

this is from start of 2012

>>1490831
and this is from 3 or 2 months ago.

>>1490832
that rendering of her face is nice. why did you leave the rest of her body in that grey?

>>1488407
Some time ago looks really good, recent looks plastic as hell. Like you wanted to draw an anime girl in real life or something.

>>1485648
I guess I might as well update since I actually managed to paint something this year

>>1490840
thanks, and i really dont know why, i guess i diddnt know where to push it and i liked the grey.
can you suggest something, because i diddnt see it as a drawback, but now i kinda do

>>1490853
I think they grey is fine but I wish the form was a little more clear in terms of knowing what she's wearing. Also, you have that really dark shadow behind her head. Why not resonate it in the grey region by going a little darker? I think that would add a lot.

Whenever I doubt myself, I always refer to that flower.

Bless whoever made that.

>>1490618
in the midst of doing so. i'm afraid that might be working in the wrong direction though.

i'm still trying to transit from "copying blindly" into the "analyse and learn" stage.

>>1490871
Whelp... I was right about you working on the same picture everyday.


How about you draw something different?

And what the heck happened july 4th, did you forget all of your knowledge of proportion and anatomy? Were you drunkuu?

>>1490884
He tried to draw legs I guess, to this point he's been avoiding them clearly. My advise would be to learn the proportions so it wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb when someone has stumps for legs and oversized torso

>>1490832
I'M USING THE WRONG COLOURS, I AM AN ILLUSTRARTIST FUCK MY COCK.

>>1485847
I also drew the Elite Knight.

tell me what you think. Ive been drawing for 4 years seriously

>>1490898
I always knew you had it in you :3

>>1490898
you should explore different modes of rendering. it feels like you are holding onto one way of doing things.

>>1490901
What do u mean? Are u talking general technique...style...aesthetic?

>>1490900
I draw better than paint imo

>>1490903
i was talking about all the ape models.

>>1490908
Oooooookay

>>1490572
To be fair, some people just work better that way.

But he should defiantly at least try the regular way.

>>1490871
Hey mikufag, can you post that flower drawing?

>>1490922

>>1490787
calm down anon, ofc he is a faggot who dont even read
>>1490851
kick on the balls, what a great progress

>>1490894
hmm should i post something more realistic, just for you?

I sort of stopped drawing since then. I don't have any drive to do it.

>>1490924
Shit is kinda motivating.

>>1491087
Me neither. But the good thing is that I don't have any drive to anything else. So before playing videogames or something I just draw although I don't really want to.

>>1490924
Aww

Kinda embarrassed that I used to think this was good... :/

Been working on this for 3 hours now - I have got to fix that face... Or I'll just restart. Used an image of Jessica Nigri for reference and made her boobs slightly larger (and focused more on rendering). Tried my damndest to do the leather jacket without peeking at the reference material much in an attempt to understand it better.

Yes - I realize there are flaws - specifically with the hair, face, and arms. I will likely make a reattempt at the face, as well as line removal. I understand lines are a change in value that we perceive - I just have to learn how to put it into practice which is going to take more hands-on practice than studying, I'm sure. Also going to have to do more study on lips. I like it and I don't at the same time.

I am impressed with my improvement.

>>1491158

Forgot file... :( I may be drinking....

just made one !

>>1487826
me too A+ post, would read again.

>>1488519
it's because you grew up on animu and like plastic, fake, clean bullshit, while the rest of us appreciate the painterly marks.

>>1490742
It's still no studying done, it's still implied animu symbols to represent a face, not a face.

Found this old succubus drawing yesterday i made year ago on my HD and improved it. got new wallpaper for my phone in the process

I've been doing art seriously for five years

>>1491201
its too bad youre still shit at it. And why the hell are you reposting

>>1491159
why are you referencing jnig gross

>>1491252
What's our beef with me dude? I think it is funny. I post shit that shows an obvious improvement. Why the hate?

>>1491270
ignore shitposters, you're fine. Unlike >>1491193
That one seriously made me feel nauseous.

my art is shit ;_;

>>1491278
So only until a couple months ago you were cancer. That's scary.

>>1491280
It's even scarier for me.

I see my own learning curves, but i'm not too sure its enough. :(

It was you guys who inspired me to start taking my art seriously too!

>>1491298
>SAI wasn't going to do the trick
Did you switch over to photoshop or a different program?

>>1491313
I switched to photoshop. Everything in SAI was too "cloudy" with not enough hard lines, which photoshop gives me.

Not to mention a ton of different brushes that look like ACTUAL brushes.

The change over is worth it unless you want to paint anime, or "soft" paintings, if that makes sense?

>>1491315
I don't blame you, I actually recently started using Photoshop instead of SAI and besides trying to get used to the interface/window options I like using it more. Especially when it comes to fooling around with brushes, too.

>>1491298
>2012
>picture signed as 2013
Son, why

>>1491352
On the apples? That's a 12, the star is just kind of in the way.
It was my first digital study ever

>>1491270
You are fine, he'll get banned if he keeps it up.
You are making progress, just not as much as you should be. Its not like this monstrosity >>1491193

A whole year of drawing and they made no real progress. The picture makes me nauseous.

>>1491361

LOL....I think i stalled from 2011 to present. But i feel like i get more ambitious as time progresses

>>1486259
The guy obviously knows how to draw a skull. I'm pretty sure that's just another aspect of the experimentation.

>>1491361
something tells me they didn't spend the entire year drawing

>>1486820
It's in your best interests to get over that wall. Your improvement in that small area of time is quite impressive. It's worth it to keep going.

The only way to get over that wall is to draw, draw a LOT. I recommend life drawing, going through the guides on the sticky, the works. You show promise.

>>1491447

he is correct, ive drawn less than 25 drawings in a year

haters gonna hate

>>1491657
I finished less than 10 drawings in 2012 so that's hardly an excuse for not making any progress
>>1490851

I am currently going through the sticky.
Didn't post any of my actual art, but compared to what I was drawing last year, my current work is worse.
Sadly, what I was drawing last year is not far off from what I actually did post.

>>1491669
actually you improved

the line and stroke economy improved within a year.

>>1491676
So a stick figure with confident lines > a sketchy, cartoony robot?

...I suck somewhat less suddenly.

>>1491268
Thanks for the helpful critique.

>>1491660

ive made huge progress, you just dont see it in that pic

I'd participate, but everything I have for the past 3 years is gay transformation fetish shit.

>>1491716
Then show us your progress, that's kinda the point of this thread

>>1491729
Don't be ashamed of your past. Moving on from stuff like that only shows that you can develop for the better. I used to draw pony oc, how fag is that?

Yeah,.....

>>1491749
>Moving on from stuff like that
About that...

>>1491729
is it like, gay men turning into wolves and bears
or things turning into gay people?

or is it "gay" as in "lame", like women turning into lamps (lamps turning into women - do you think there's a market for lamp transform fetish?)

>>1491795
post some pls

>>1491577
My god, anon. share something of your skillz with me

>>1491795
>>1491803

you know what would make some of us feel real shitty? if you guys post your age instead of the yera of your progress

>>1491821
Trying to see if we have any potential underage bans to issue, aren't we?

I see through your ruse!

>>1491821
Hopefully by now underage d/ic/ks aren't stupid enough to fall for a honeypot scheme.

>>1491850
This whole board is fucking underage. Check the quality of 90% of the works here. babys first art forum ^_^

>>1491821
>>1491854
I swear you must be that Mod fishing for underage bans...

:3

>>1491859
I-I'm 22 by the way don't go swinging that ban hammer at me.

>>1491802
>is it like, gay men turning into wolves and bears
That one.

>>1485656
Can you go back to 2011/12 please

>>1491802
Either way I'm interested now.
>Show us!
<Show us!

>>1491872
I have a feeling that I will immediately regret it if I do.

>>1491873
You are just another anon for me, I won't judge :3

>>1490593
AH HA!
I get it now, it's Kusanagi.
Well, i guess that's good progress for few months. I just hope you've been doing your studies. Surely you've done more than this one pose and character, right?
R-right?

>>1491876
Oh fine. Here's lineart for something I did a week or two ago.

>>1491881
You need to show us progress, not just individual work. For feedback on individual works you need to use the draw thread

>>1491881
ok, I quit.
goor work tho

>>1491884
In that case, here's one from almost a year ago.

...I'm sorry.

>>1491881

whoa whoa whoa;

When you said TF artwork I was expecting some pretty gross fetish artwork, but your art reminds me of some pretty tame were-animal/TF art.

Not much to be ashamed of for what it is bro.

>>1491889
That's actually incredibly relieving. I always thought only people with the fetish would like it.

>>1491881
>>1491888
Hard to tell how much you've developed but from what I can tell the lineart is a lot cleaner. The dude in the new picture seems a bit off-balance

>>1491895
Yes. I really need to start focusing on dynamic posing and balance. I just wish I could seriously sit down and work on some non-fetish subjects to actually learn and practice without getting bored or distracted.

What if you've only been practicing basic forms, 3d shapes and line control over the past month?

I kind of want to retry this again next year but the concept is really boring and unoriginal.
At least I can see I improved.

>>1492211
A month maybe. How are you studying?

>>1492219
Ah, I haven't really been studying all that much. I mostly just look at the tutorials and info graphics posted here. Sometimes I draw figures from my head or a sketch from reference. I've only done about ten hours of figure sketching and two referenced sketches this year. I-I'm not sure if that all counts as studying though. ;_;

>>1486800
Hey! I remember you/

Here's my big one.

Here's my big one.

>>1490924

Morale boosted into the fucking roof.

Thanks you.

>>1486786
Don't stop anon, please fucking continue okay?

>>1486820
You do show promise anon. Go forth and all that fantasy sage message bullshit.

>>1486820
Keep drawing. Only way you'll get past it. Get out of your comfort zone, shake it up.

>>1489327
Your facial structure should wrap around more. Your lips and eyes should wrap around the face more. Do you see what I mean? You have general shapes like almond eyes and diamond lips. There needs to be more perspective pushed on the facial features.

Oh boy

>>1492512
work on your drawing more. A lot of the portrait's heads are mishapen

Though the older one was done in a shorter amount of time, I feel like I improved.

Apologies for the craptastic photos.

I see some improvement - in 2010 and 2011, I basically had no concept of figure drawing, perspective, form or really anything, and even when I observed (ex all those headshots were drawn during different bus trips), it was still pretty shit.


Now, I can freehand figures and stylized faces (even though the examples here are pretty crap), I'm fairly solid on simple perspective drawing, and understand what's *wrong* with pieces I do. My line work is way cleaner than ever before.

I'm my own road block to some dramatic improvement - which, I know it's seriously egotistical, but I'm sure I'm capable of - instead of finishing my sketches or doing full portraits/figure drawings/landscapes. I usually just end up flooding the page with doodles, it's an awful habit. I'm too unfocused, even now, and I really should focus less on *finishing* sketchbooks and doodling every little tiny idea that strikes my fancy, and doing real studies in anatomy, perspective and form.

Not only that, but I should draw more full paintings/sketches of things I want to draw - fantasyt drawings, cartoons, superheroes, y'know, fun stuff. I basically side line those to cartoonish little doodles and never finish them as full, post worthy pictures.

I dunno, what do you think, /ic/? Am I right?

>>1492529
is this the progress by unmotivated loser? :>

but seriously, thats good improvement. Your use of values is much better. Your lines

>>1492545
Haha indeed it is.

Thanks! That's good to hear.

>>1485914
Love that sailor doggy.

>>1492527
Ok, i'll start working on that.

>>1492529
good stuff emily

>>1491700
Seriously though, why are you referencing someone who is clothed and has exaggerated, cartoonish proportions when you clearly need to study even the most rudimentary anatomy? Get on that shit son. Nude figures, muscle studies, etc. Unless you have jnig nudes, dont bother with her.

>>1492586
Thanks man, glad you think so. How's it been?

Here's a collection of most of my scribbles from 2012. I spent most of that year really trying to 'discover myself' stylistically. I'm still doing that now, but '12 was definitely a productive year in that regard

>>1492609
aaaand here's a wider look. Still feeling really lost in where Im at and where I'm going as an artist, but atleast there's some sort of consistent learning and improvement

>>1492609
Study the human body anon.

>>1492614
Definitely. Anatomy and gestural practice are my two biggest concerns right now. I'm committing a lot of myself to them and hope they fill the gaps in my abilities

>>1492614
I take that back and you DID improve. You have a strange style and I don't know how to encourage you to keep it up. Please incorporate those color schemes from that prism that you sketeched towards the last of that page. You could be your very own George Kamitami. He uses a lot of ice blue to draw emphasis on things.

>>1492617
It's samefag again, the strange thing about you is that you go from "The Gorrillas" angular to fairly shapely. Once you get a strong feel for anatomy go back to the Tank Girl/Gorrillas artist and then George Kamitami for the more curved forms. This will give you sick as range as an artist. And since you naturally are doing that anyway it won't feel like work.

>>1492622
Thanks so much, I feel like you really saw right through a lot of my stylistic influences and attempts whic his nice to hear. I'm definitely a Hewlett fan but funnily enough, never really drew on him as a direct influence. I sort of came across his comics after realising his art was similar which was a big encouragement. I've never heard of this kamitami guy but I'm checking him out now, thanks again

>>1492612
your line art is very neato, your paintings suck dick, you could of course keep painting until you get better, but you could spend that same time reaching greater heights with the line, a fork lies in your road.

>>1492623
>kamitani
oh duhhh he's the dragon's crown guy. Yeah, he's been a big inspiration. I might have to look through his wider collection as I definitely like his style

>>1492625
Yeah, I hit that fork earlier this year and I feel like it's still weighing pretty heavily on me. I felt like the biggest loser since all I could draw were lineart cartoons and after deciding to study visual art full time, It felt very amateur. I decided I wanted to learn how to 'paint', even if just digitally, and I've spent a lot of time since then trying my hand but I fear I'll just never be able to pick it up. Colour in general just boggles my mind and having such a huge field of illustration that I really do appreciate and want to be a part of so much feel so far out of reach for me has really soured my life as an artist lately.

>>1492430
your work back in 2000 looks best imo

>>1486725

'Sup JustMeGabeNewell?

I can agree about the anatomy thing, but I really do envy your work mang :V

>>1492724
well so much for that then

After getting frustrated with how rusty I was recently, getting mad that I'm not making progress fast enough in comparison to pros on cghub, this makes me feel better that I did this. I didn't even realize how bad I was.

>>1491461
>>1492488
>>1492501
only just came back to the thread, gotten hella inspired by these responses
thanks, mates

>>1491812
Dude, there is a lot of free material there, and some good online courses too lol :D

im pretty much stuck at the same skill level as i was in march any tutorials that might help me improve greatly appreciated thanks

>>1493890
>any tutorials that might help me improve greatly appreciated thanks
Yes, draw from life, as you can see, your construction of heads is pretty bad, keep drawing real face and you will understand how to stylize them.

dont copy other ppl stylization without understanding why they stylized like that. So, no tutorials.

>>1493901
I'll keep that in mind thanks =D

>>1492609
Interesting work. Do you have site/dA?

meh :'( i feel like if i took something in my life seriously i could be a lot better by now

bump

>>1494298
do you have a tumblr?