/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1651428

posting my shitty enviro in full after pulling off a glorious, unprecedented, double drawthread-op'ing combo.

>>1651430

i-i like it

Trying to do a Ruan Jia study. Taking alot longer than I anticipated. Although I feel like I learned alot more from this than all the photo studies I done throughout last year.

Drew a character from a webcomic I recently started reading.

critiques notably on edges are most welcomed. ty
self portrait from mirror

>>1651432

t-thank you. i like you too anon!

>>1651476
question:
Do you start portraits with a line sketch, or do you straight up block in values?

>>1651482
heres a gif if my process. maybe it can help you help me or just help you.

little portrait of my gf, enhanced by photoshop

>>1651488
Thank you, this is really helpful for me!
As of now your edges seem a bit flat and/or muddy, you could try adding some fine shading using a bit darker and warmer tone, almost like a contour on the side of the face, and just clear up and darken a bit the neck. Use this Bernini for ref.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_self-portrait,_c1623.jpg

>>1651490
Is your gf's name Deni?

>>1651495

nope, who is she?

>>1651495
someone that looks a lot like your gf, obviously

>>1651502

i got it, but i thought you can provide some pics of her.

>>1651493
thx ill try that

>>1651503
sure

thumbing

Was trying to do a colour study, but then I got kinda bored. Critiques on the colours would be helpful.

>>1651590
It's a very anime thumbnail.

>>1651589

just because it's a thumbnail doesn't mean you have to just splotch random values on it.Half of those are an incoherent mess I can't tell what' are those supposed to be.Doing thumbnails means you get the liberty to simplify the form and work on composition and lighting, but not to the point of abstraction.

I seriously underestimated the time needed to render stuff.

>>1651440
You broke the ankle on his extended leg. You have it turning almost 90 degrees with respect to the direction of the knee. Try it yourself and see how comfortable that is.

>>1651490
Looks like you made the face too large for the head by a little bit.

>>1651473
Can you shed some light on your technique?

Ok, so this is an illustration for some personal project of mine that I did recently.

And I kinda noticed that it took me a really short amount of time to finish that (around 4-5) hours. Am I doing something wrong exactly, I've never taken note on how much time it took for me to make something but this is the first time I notice it and I am wonder if I am doing anything wrong

The piece is called "The End"

>>1651637
work on your fundamentals before polishing a t urd

I wont take it further.

I don't know what to do with color... It's so stressful.

Can someone please help me out?

The only definite thing I wanted was the robot to be pink. White smoke/clouds look nice. That means the character has to be darker to stand out.

Looks like shit though. Fuuck!

>>1651640
That face looks a little bit wide.

carried it further along, fixed some of the construction issues.

Lighting has been a bitch, but setting up the lamp in my room and keeping it dark with street lights outside has been annoying at best.

>>1651658
God damn nigga soften your edges where they don't need to be hard

Here's my shitty drawing, no reference used for anything.

>>1651467
I like this one, i would move her right eye and lower lip few pixels to right

>>1651661

yeah, thanks. I've been trying to go back over and re-render everything, and that's what's been happening.

I'll keep going with it. I intend to not give in to fatigue on this.

so i started this drawing after waching some vilppu and i think it looks ok but propotions are probably wrong. I never see the right propotions and it looks ok for me even if something is a bit shorter or longer.

anyway wat to fix ?

>>1651633
I'm not really sure what you mean, or that I have much of a technique.
I can try to explain though, is there anything in particular you were curious about?

>>1651677
keep doing what your are doing if you want to draw grannies with saggy tits and skin

keep up good work

>>1651680
she looks like granny ? why ?

>>1651680
>keep doing what your are doing if you want to draw grannies with saggy tits and skin

Good lord...heheheh that reaction image.

something feels off but I can't put my finger on it, help ?

Also I'm interested in how are my edges...this shit is tough...

>>1651678
Just your working process in general if you would. I like how you draw and how you apply colour, and texture

>>1651699
Made up a little thing for you, hope this proves useful?
I just generally do a rough light sketch of the body shape, then sketch the details/design of everything slightly darker over that. I put flat black lines over that, then quickly put flat colours down, way sloppier than in this image.
From there it's just touching up and adding simple effects, and for a light texture I switch the colour layer of the drawing to a watercolour texture in SAI.

What I do is really simple though, I'd recommend looking at better artists and picking apart their work to try and get an understanding for it.

>>1651716

i'm incredibly bothered by the messed up perspective of the shotgun end. other than that it's amazing!

>>1651718
Haha yeah I'm noticing it now too, shit. All the more reason to check out and learn from better artists than me! (Afuchan is great, if you like what I do)

>>1651677
can someone tell me why it looks apperantly like granny ?

>>1651716
Are you Jake Wyatt?

>>1651716
That's very useful for me. Thanks man, I appreciate it.

>>1651655
Doing more things.

Anything I should improve before starting blocking?

>>1651745
make an effort

>>1651749

Anything else?
You know, like something constructive...

>>1651734
Glad it's useful!
>>1651732
Man, I wish.

>>1651752
what's there to say? You obviously haven't made an effort like this. It won't turn out good, why should it? The anatomy isn't even remotely correct, the perspective is none existent, the linework is lazy

>>1651693
You're not kidding anyone, anon

>>1651758

As useful as your last comment, thank you, that will help me improve. Knowing my draw is shit is completely better than knowing how to improve it.

>>1651761
I just pointed out everything in that post.
also
>my draw
Why do weeaboos say this

>>1651763

Because weeaboos like me are not native speakers, and don't know how you would like us to say it.

>>1651764
I'm sure you're telling the truth considering how every other part of you're sentence was fine but "draw".
I hope you're not implying you're Japanese either

cancer is strong with some anons.

>>1651765

No, I'm spanish (from Spain, not from Mexico, or any other spanish-speaking country), and I would be happy to see someone actually giving advice, instead of throwing shit.

>>1651761
There is nothing specific to tell you, your anatomy is bad as a whole, take a look at her right hand, start blocking?
what are you going to block in? it doesn't even look like a hand. And draw the figure underneath the clothes,
don't just draw cloth directly, everything is all kinds of weird down there.

>>1651745
drop stylized drawing like manga and start doing this realisticly. Then you can go back to stylized stuff.

>>1651693
You make the upper torso and the lower legs too upright. I suspect the upper torso (including arms and head) is too large as well.

Make sure you're always working big shapes to little shapes. If you had the big shapes right then this problem wouldn't have occurred.

The face is also off in a lot of somewhat subtle ways that add up. Compare your zoomed face to the ref. Use your knowledge of construction and anatomy to help you make it accurate.

>>1651762
excuse me ?

>>1651783
I did work big to small...but it seems that I can't get the proportions right.

>>1651733
>>1651677
It's probably the extra sag and creases. The abundant, hairy cross contour lines don't help.

Compare the body of a 20 year old with that of a 65 year old. Note how the skin behaves differently: looser, less elastic, more wrinkles, etc.

A much bigger issue with your piece is your proportions and drawing forms in space. That head is tiny and those legs are massive. There are lots of little anatomical inaccuracies that you'll improve with study. For now, learn how to draw the knee, and how the region changes shape if muscles are contracting or if the knee is bent, and learn how ankles work because what you've drawn looks bulbous, disconnected and broken.

>>1651745
>Composition
>work on your lines, use line weight, line tone
>black on white isn't really the best way to start for a beginner
>separate compositional planes more clearly
>perspective
>seems like you just 1 lined everything, good chicken scratch is 100 times better than bad one lining

>>1651788
>I did work big to small...but it seems that I can't get the proportions right.
Did you abstract your big shapes, such as the envelope around the figure? Are you drawing your shapes with straight edges (line segments) instead of curves? Are you constantly comparing the angles and lengths of these line segments. Are you checking where landmarks that you assign line up with on vertical and horizontal lines? All of these will help.

>>1651793
the orange lines are construction lines the blue one are the main ones.

>>1651693

you are so worried about copying the values of the reference. you need to make the value relationships read WITHIN YOUR PAINTING (caps to emphasize, not yell, not trying to be rude).

but you analyze isolated parts of the ref image and try to copy their value, completely disregarding the relationships within what YOU are creating.

i wish i knew how to explain this in more simple terms. do you think you know what i'm trying to say?

basically: you don't copy values. you copy value relationships and transitions. does that make sense?

>>1651788
Anyone who isn't fucking blind can see it's a sad attempt at a paintover.

>>1651773
>throwing shit
All I did was tell you to make an effort which you know you haven't, and then I told you exactly what was wrong. Looks like someone can't take criticism.

>>1651776

Here, note that she is supposed to be looked at from upside. I don't think the proportions are that bad (I'm a beginner, though), except her right hand, I admit it was bigger than it should.

>>1651795
Thank you, that will help.

>>1651819
dont ever do that again.

>>1651801
yeah I try to but I don't pay attention to them all the time.Because ofi t I had to crop and move the limbs on a couple of occasions.Thanks I'll keep them in mind.

>>1651810
it does,sorta.

>>1651811
thanks for the compliment, but it's not a paintover, bro.Stop being mad and go paint instead...

>>1651821
I think your propotions are alright. You dont need every angle to be the same as in picture thats stupid.

>>1651811
please, stop posting.

>>1651819
oh fuck that's the worst redline I've seen

What do you guys think of this?
Source: https://twitter.com/ssworshipper/status/431803379463905280

>>1651738
me gusta

>Plein air
>40min

>>1651892
mirin

I think there's issues with this, like her face seems wrong, and the perspective is probably all kinds of jacked. could someone give me a redline or something, because I'm not sure how to fix it.

What are those brushes?

>>1651693
Just take a look at the chair and you should spot what's off

>>1651820
>>1651819

that red line omg my sides

>>1651878

dig it alot, thumb reads incredibly well. fullsize is a clusterfuck though. was that really 40 minutes? find that hard to believe.

>>1651693
look at the face closely, the mouth and forehead seem off to me

>>1651819
Oh come on, really?

gesture/anatomy?

i think too many flowers

can't decide on a hair color.
Any Ideas?

>>1651973
maybe make a nose a bit narrower and smaller and remove flower near mouth. overall i kinda like it.

>>1651875
Thanks dude.

Another update. Not sure how often is too often but I'm hoping someone would offer some pointers.

not close to finish yet

I decided to dig up an old piece and go hard to finish it.

Only have gotten the base of the base down so far, there is ridiculous amount of detail in the original portrait. The full pic is scaled at 5000px tall. This is my first attempt at any real painting.

>>1652025
Stop what you're doing now, it's muddy as all fuck. If you're just starting, drop color then focus on maybe 2-3 values and on hard and soft edges. You should be using a bigger brush for larger areas as well. Focus on fundamentals before you worry about details.

>>1652035
I left little attention to the main body because I have to repaint most of it with the accurate color palette from the original. Like I said in >>1652025 its just the underlying colors to work around. Here's the B/W of the original, you can point out specifically what you were saying if you want.

more heads, there's never enough. i should rewatch vilppus stuff

>>1651900
anyone?

Help? Any would be great- There's a forth figure but currently it's not in view. Dose the perspective look okay? Suggestions for lighting type ?

>>1652082
I am not an expert so take this for what you will but the shading is way way too blurry. Take a lamp or any light source and hold an object between it and a wall. Take note of how the distance from the wall/light determines the sharpness of the shadow. Some things look rather arbitrarily shaded as well. For example, the box beside the blue one is shaded as if it were a rounded object, even though it is quite clearly supposed to be a flat surface. You can also see parts where it looks like it's glowing around the left most person. I think you need to use a harder edged smaller brush and actually determine the proper color rather than painting things black with a multiply layer.

any tips before i add values and completely ruin it

>>1652102
ref

>>1652064
i know that feel bro. i'm >>1651918

>>1652103
i know it's not nearly finished, but i just want to get the values right from now and for it to look like there's a light source in my painting. i don't feel like i'm learning anything form this, though. any tips?

>>1652193
Concentrate on an area you want to focus on (in this case value) and don't worry too much about the details. Just focus on the values of the big shapes and ignore the lesser details.

I'd also say get a better reference with more natural lighting if you're just starting out. It might be more helpful value wise.

>>1652193
A phone drawing inspired by you

Am I doin it right?

>>1652359

dethhelm isn't /ic/ related

>>1652359
I am dissapointed in the works of an anonymous poster, you have failed me more than you have failed yourself.

How did I do?
Ref should be on /s/

>>1652466
I like it, i'd work on the left arm a bit more, it kind of blurs together and looks weird.
You got a site?

>>1651680
vegeta?

>>1652403
cool

>>1652476
good paint application and colour choosing. hands and feet could use refinement

>>1652476
hopefully you didnt use the picker
torsos are easy
hands feet and faces are not
the only thing you got was the color/value the rest is garbage

>>1652024
I love the colors and the atmosphere.

>>1651603
proportions are off nigga.

>>1652466
CP is not allowed.

>>1652519
Are you from Australia?

>>1652519
>developed hips
Its not only the breasts that grow.

experiment, c&c welcome and appreciated, self portrait from mirror

>>1652560
are you my landlord?

>>1652569
Yeah, I'll have your rent by paypall this month if you don't mind David

>>1651738
Oh hey!I remember you!
I was the anon that tried to help you last time you posted. It looks great!

>>1651467
epic work so far! reference please ?

>>1651819
When asking for criticism from more experienced people, don't ever say "well, i think you're wrong because ___." about anything. Unless it is, in fact, complete bullshit. You can usually tell when your being snaffu'd. Or if you actually know what your talking about, which in this case you dont. Anon's are actually trying to help you, a beginner, get better. You obviously know little about composition, perspective, and anatomy/proportions. Study real life, like how the pros that draw manga did, then stylize. It's a process. When you defend yourself instead of absorbing advice, people wont want to help you anymore and you wont learn anything, and eventually stop drawing because you cant figure out why your art looks like shit.

>>1652359
Dem monkey arms tho

Newbie here, I drew this in class the other day
any comments? It's a sketch, but it would look neat if i finished it.
I'm a senior in HS. so id like to know what to work on now so it doesn't bite me later

>>1652593
Aha thanks! Is done and online. Right after that my computer crashed and now it wont boot, not even system restore is working, and i dont have a recov disk.... backup is lineart only so welp. Wish me luck

>>1652602
>so id like to know what to work on now so it doesn't bite me later
You can't just post one single pic of a few eyeballs and ask this.

>>1652604
shit anon that sucks, best of luck to you

>>1652611
yeah makes sense
I have two more that i drew recently i just saved to my computer, these were a bit more serious and were sketches of drawings done on larger paper.

>>1652602
well, i'm sure you think what you drew is a pretty cool idea, but honestly it's the kind of thing beginners always do. if you want to do art, just start learning the basics and practice, there isn't much else anyone can say to you.

This things been killing me, trying to do it without any references to pick up where my knowledge is lacking.
Having some major problems with edges with overcast lighting.

>>1652711
did you matte composite that tree?

>>1652711
The child's face is too adult, imho.

Other than that it's a great painting, keep it up!

>>1652711
Too many issues scap it get ref start over. <3

>>1652711
This may be a bizarre criqitue, but I feel the plants are out of place. They look like they belong in a jungle, and not on the arid planes.

>>1652733
what is oasis

>>1652359
>defined serratus anterior and pectorals
>beer belly
>dat perspective
No.

>>1652738
That doesn't really change the fact that desert plants look different from jungle plants.

Digital Painting sure is a task but it's very rewarding. Here's my first one, I tried using no reference.

>>1652711
Why are you still copying Tehmeh?

studies.

>>1652773
also this. first thing i thought when i seen it... become original you got to become original all of the people 311 etc..

>>1652711
your eyelevel doesnt match your drawing in regard to your characters, they are sitting on a different plane than the one you are showing, also the guy sitting down is way too small compared to the distance you are visually showing. But yeah try looking at the plane the feet are standing on, and think of them as boxes, and extend lines, should give you an estimate of the horizon. Also now that i think of it, the guy sitting down is supposed to be a kid, but your kids are looking too old, which fucks it up. Also something about the shape cloud right side is annoying me, its like it doesnt want to go anywhere, but generally be carefull of crowding all the corners of your composition. Especially plants in right side bottom corner have a vignette quality to them, and they dont seem very thought out/designed. i think you can create a more interesting foreground if you spend time on it. But yeah, basically you are crowding all the corners of your comp. Just my thoughts, use what you can, discard the rest.

>>1652773
I didn't know painting brown people = originalconceptdonotsteal

>>1652821
practice perspective and anatomy

>>1652823
it's a sketch

how did i do?

>>1652834
This is a critique board. Don't post if you don't want feedback.

>>1652849
Are you working from a reference?

>>1652773
I started this piece back in june of last year, I was still pretty new to doing original pieces and got stuck real bad & scrapped it shortly after. Been going back through old pieces to see if I could finish any of them off with what I've learnt since then, any resemblance to that piece is purely coincidental. Though I do think i may have used a brush from the set someone uploaded a while back. Sorry, I'm a brush hoarder, don't castrate me.
I spent months trying to imitate other peoples styles and all it got me was bad painting habits and a wasted year. The last thing I want to do is be a shit clone, it's just taking me a while to find my style.

>>1652791
Great points man, thanks - notes taken

>>1652733
Not bizarre at all! I only know how to paint a few plants - Gotta do some more learning I think.

>>1652720
Yeah, i think I just painted a middle aged mans face onto the kid, at least I know what I need to study now!

>>1652834
That means nothing. This is "just a sketch" by Singer Sergent.
There is quality in the mere sketches of talented artists because their fundamentals shine through.

This board is for people who want criticism and to improve. If you want pats on the back and to wallow in your mediocrity, go to DeviantArt.

>>1651878
>>1651951

Thanks i need to work on that also yeah im pretty slow, i give up once the scene changes too much.

another 40-45 minute one.

>>1652024
I did not work as much as I wanted today.

>>1652493

Thank you

>you will never impregnate a monster girl

why even live

>>1651476
ur qt

>>1652877
Teen Wolf?

>fuck yeah

>>1652759
more value stuff

>>1652914
Hotline Miami actually.

>>1652928
Close enough B]

crits on this ? thx!

>>1652877
Love the game and think you've captured it well. Something I can't get past in this image though is the walls that are leaning. I'm not sure whether it's an artistic choose or not. If so, no worries, but be aware that it can through people off when the perspective is wrong, intentional or not.

i practically perfected squidward. i should really do some life drawing

>>1652025
First attempt at a hand

>>1652912

>>1652942
edges.

Tell me why it's shit, anon, but be gentle, this is my first landscape attempt.

>>1652773
I thought that was from the other one

>>1653070
It seems like you need to learn about composition.
The robe guy is the main focus there, therefore he should be more detailed and have brighter colors or higher contrast.
Don't give those hills at the right too much detail because they are competing with the main focus.
Also, stop with those small brush strokes, they are useless and make your painting look messy.

At thumbnail size it looks kinda decent though.

>>1653052
looks great in the thumbnail, lacks for texture and/or detail when zoomed. but gj overall.

thumb seems misplaced though.

>>1651745
Why the fuck are you drawing in a vector program?

>>1653091
Thanks, anon. Can I ask you one more thing, how do I into texture then if not with small brush strokes? If I just leave big brush it looks like flow jelly mass. Or I need just do it carefully and not all over the place?

>>1653096
Use textured brushes.
>I need just do it carefully and not all over the place?
That works too but it's easier with textured brushes.

>>1653057
hmm thx but how do i make them better ? i dont know where to start

>>1653227
Seek unity, everything will come naturaly then, seek unity.

>>1653237
oh ! that explains everything !!!

practice

>>1653237
i tried looking at this but it doesnt help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijr9LQSAPw

I decided to finally stop dicking around and actually study something, but I don't think I have any idea what I'm doing...

I don't think I learned anything from this, except except that value differences are much more subtle than I thought.

>>1653277

it looks good though. i think you are on the right track to strong values.

>>1653285
Thanks, I'm copying from photos so I didn't think about that, I'm just trying to feel the right values. I guess I should have turned the photo to black/white since I was drawing in black/white..

Here's another one. This is really fun but I'm not sure if I'm getting much out of this. I don't feel the learning like I do when I'm drawing from imagination.

>>1653298
your style of painting is almost identical to mine, and I am too alergic to refs

>>1653056
I think I just ended up making it worse. I'm just gonna move onto something else unless someone has a good critique. The base sketch was probably too shitty to continue with in the first place. I seemed to lose control of values more and more as I tried (and failed) to detail it.

I just ruined a sketch by colouring it ;_;
How do you cope with failed drawings, /ic/?

>>1653316
No drawing is a failure. You can't better unless you draw, whether the outcome is good or not. The only failure is not trying

>>1653316

Produce enough drawings that you don't find good drawings precious any more.

>>1653316

you don't. it's all disposable.

you need to reach a state where you wouldn't even care if your entire pc got stolen. the value is 100% inside your head. not on paper, on any screen. whatever you create is just a leaf sprouting out of the tree that is your head. and every leaf regrows.

>>1653313
to much black, you should use that yellow thing as secondary light source

>>1652602
>>1651428
traditional artfag here. physical art ftw.
>inb4 copying photos. nope.

>>1653332
This is pretty mediocre man, you should drop that ego.

Am I FengZhongHua-ing this right ?

>>1653332
Creative way of avoiding faces and hands

>>1653343
no, add more more more more muscle details.

>>1653332
limbs look a little bit flat to me. Better use some form and constructions, and why are you rendering like this with white, untouched areas instead of planning the overall look of the image first? It makes it look like you are copying . Other than that, respect for actual painting with paint

>>1653355
because under paintings are a waste of time, and because I tend to be a tight fisted anal photorealist, so going in without a plan helps me loosen up and enjoy the process more

pic related, and thanks

>>1653341
post your art faggot

>>1653394
hahahahaha, I can't believe someone who calls them self a professional thinks that's valid

>>1653348
better ?

>>1653411
forgot pic :I

>>1653410
that wasn't me

How can i improve this?
Just do not like what i got, dan not really describe why.

>>1653451

The perspective on the cake is wrong and it's a bit off on the cat too. Look at the floorboards and match it to those.

I want to finish this so badly, but it keeps looking like it's not right. I'll darken up colours after I finish her face.

>>1653479
>opencanvas
How does it feel being a fucking retard ?

>>1653479
jesus how long have you been drawing that for

>>1653486
What do you mean? It's fine, and photoshop CS5 crashes insanely fast because of one gigabyte of ram in my PC.
>>1653488
Three days, I'm busy and stuff.

>>1651603
Yeah her face is all fked up

>>1653479
Your image lacks actual form.
I feel like you are copying it, and not sculpting the form in your painting.

>>1653492
Then use krita instead it's like photoshop for poor people

>>1653451
I would decrease the saturation, match the brightness in adjacent objects, and play with color balance to add some variety to the hues. (perspective is a bit crazy, but I don't see how to fix it now).

>>1653498

you just hurt gimps feelings.

>>1653479
do you even proportion nigga?

>>1653479
the face proportion is way off, you need to learn at least the basic proportions and also if you are gonna start with the wrong colour palette , you should consider work with grayscale instead first.
hope this helps a little bit its not perfect but just so you get the idea.

>>1653526
/ic/, the blind leading the blind

>>1653531
/ic/, the shitposters shitposting

ic is a reflection of yourself's

>>1653531
well i just tried to make the face look human in like 5 min , not willing to waste time on random people of ic.

>>1653587
wok on values.

>>1653587
don't use a tiny brush

>>1653531
casual shitposting and griefing wont help you

>>1653332
decent tecniche, colors and compo are dull, though.

Gotta turn into into a decent cover-type of drawing, so it has to be eyecatching, idk what to do about that though.

>>1653591
how i draw a detail if i use a big brush?
>>1653588
i try work, look

>>1653615
Add space marines fighting dragons in the background

>>1653617
Actually that's a great idea for another drawing!

>>1653617
>>1653622

i bet that's never been done before!

>>1653638
Black Dragons don't count as real dragons you nigger

>>1653639

you just went double racist. never go double racist.

wipwipwipwip

>>1653651

fixed the shitty ass values

>>1653657

Why are you drawing a picture of a guy wearing a weird hat fucking a midget leaning against a podium whilst shouting into his cupped hand on the top of a mountain?

>>1653657

make a post here will you >>1652586

trying to practice colors and storytelling and stuff.

a try at a character. I'm gonna change that awkward arm a bit later.

>>1653690

LOL he is drinking a beer though

>>1653691

would feel like an attentionwhore. appreciate the request though, rly!

>>1652955
The leaning walls are a choice yeah, but I think I can guess what was causing the bad vibe you felt. The two line in the back was breaking the perspective. I removed them here. And fixed a few things.

>>1652955
The leaning walls are a choice yeah, but I think I can guess what was causing the bad vibe you felt. The two lines in the back was breaking the perspective so I removed them, and fixed a few things and added some. Next up, fixing details.

its pretty tumblr but have a rough self portrait

experimented with adjusting opacity with the number keys. I like it a lot more, really gives you maximum control, but it does take additional work to smooth things out

>>1653709
are you gay ?

>>1653710
nah, i just like flowers a lot

>>1653711
well its nice, i like it. but i think you gay

>>1653709
You're so kawaii, anon.

>>1653716
not him, but straight men can't like flowers?

>>1653720
of course not

>>1653717
y-you too
>>1653716
well shit
in that case, wanna fuck? ;)

Hit me!

>>1653726
Ref? She's looking anorexic around the belly.

>>1653726
isn't this your fifteen billionth year of working on this?

>>1653728
Pic related.

>>1653729
Chillax bro. I only posted the unfinished drawing one month ago...

A simple tone/brushing study.
Why do my strokes suck? My values seem a bit on the weak side, too.
How do I improve it?

>>1651658
I actually like the hard lighting, assuming that was intentional

>>1653738
cool man looks interesting even with the cliche skull rock.


playing around with ps.. quick sketch

Newbie here, working on values and shading. Chest needs a lot of work
>30 min

Random drawing study thing ... cant seem to fall asleep

>>1653800
I wonder if i ruined it ... I usually save stuff half way on a different file so i can try going a different way o-o Does that make any sense

self portrait 1 hour

>>1653693
ref

>>1653833
how much did you pay attention to this ref
look at the overlaps. Like look at where his chin and the neck meet. theres clearly some space in the picture, but theres none in your drawing. get your proportions sorted out before you start painting

>>1653840
Nice palette. Where's the actual painting?

>>1653692
Horrible composition man, don't render like that until you have a decent sketch.

/ic/ how do i into values? I feel like i'm progressing backwards every day

>>1653708
her drooping arm looks dislocated as fuck, I'd expect it to be closer to the camera unless he's running really fast or shaking her to and fro, but it looks like he's just steadily walking at a slow pace so it doesn't really mesh

Doing a Tattoo design for a mate and i can't for the life of me figure out what to the with the circle at the bottom

Ideas? anything else to do to this shit? would greatly enjoy some critique

>>1653931
>i can't for the life of me figure out what to the with the circle at the bottom
Turn it into a heart, or an upside down brain, or a skull. Right now it just looks like a deformed ballsack.

>>1653934
I tried making it into both of those already, for some reason i couldn't quite nail it down. I've been thinking of making it a spider nest, might fit in with the web designs a bit better.

>>1653931
make it into an eyeball ( • )

>>1653939
i should make a list of things i've tried

-eyeball
-heart
-brain
-glass ball with spider legs wrapping around it
-gypsy fortune ball
-solid black ball
-ball covered in webs (similar to now but without the horizontal lines

and that's about it

i feel like i'm just shooting down ideas but i fucking slaved at this fucking ball for two hours. feels shit.

>>1651716
>samefagging this hard

im actually impressed.

Testan.

>>1653947

that dude ain't samefagging.

>>1653870

Think of the local value more, then darken the shadows accordingly.

>>1653947
Why do you assume he's samefagging?

>>1653960
i have a way with these things.

>>165142
I made this art work today while being high, it's very artistic.

Gib feedback pls.

Chromatic aberration Y/N?
HUD stuff Y/N, more/less?
Iron Man logo Y/N?

>>1653997
Too much chrome
Hud why, looks out of place and makes the pic looks "le edgy" over the dramatic pic
Logo looks mspainted

>>1653966
You realize that it is an extra chromosome and not missing ones, correct?

>>1653997
>chromatic aberration

really....is that wat's hip with the kids nowadays?I bet you have a shirt that says "YOLO SWAG" as well

>>1654013
Deal with it, grampa.

>>1654019
you're gonna have to deal with it when that shit goes out of style in 6 months and nobody would give 2 shits about a screencap study with fucked up colors. :/

>>1654023
Yes, because this is the only illustration I'm going to produce between now and then...

>>1654030
>being this passive and fad oriented about art

you have a grim future my brother...

>>1654033
>Currently a well-paid freelancer

Truly my life is suffering.

>>1654037
>empty words

>>1654008
I'm with you on the HUD, actually. It seemed like a great idea in my head but hasn't come off like I hoped.

Do you think it would look better if a) the background was more rendered without the HUD and b) there was no logo, or the logo was more subtle and understated?

Or c) lose the logo and the HUD and crop the image down?

>>1653840

I actually like this apart from the shit stain in the right lower corner, rest of the colours are really nice though.

>>1654062
Thanks man. That is exactly how I feel about it. Gonna fix that shit when this layer dries.

>>1653902
It's a slow walk, and yeah It does look like it is on the same distance as his body.

Welp, another attempt. Would listen why this picture looks amaturish.

I think I just leveled up a little bit.

>>1654103
There is no sense of perspective, scaling or composition. You should at least try a rule of thirds and work out the composition in thumbnails. Right now it's a mess, you have a giant blob with no indication of flow and direction. A successful landscape relies on strong sense of perspective, it looks like you have no idea how to approach this. Next time, lay down some vanishing points and even grids before you begin.

>>1653755
Help please? I've been working all the time with the same brush. I may have to change it?

>>1653964
>i have a way with these things.
>i'm full of shit

>>1654039
>bitter jealousy

>>1653692
Those goblins are pretty narly though

>>1651637
really interesting texture

>>1653245
I like this alot for some reason, keep us posted