/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1650238
some water effects, full chroma colours etc.

yes they're in ms paint, but they're also sketches. and i rather think the computer is the best thing for playing with colours.

just got started on this
aiming for anatomy merging the human arm into the deers shoulder

Feels good improving man, feels good

Gesture day

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>>1651027
Nice bone studies. I have a few sheep skull sketches from the other day

>>1651617
>>1651619
>>1651620

You say it's gesture day, yet I'm not getting the feeling of weight or movement from any of your drawings.

>>1651724
Hmm and how can i improve that?

It's a bit lopsided when I flipped the image.

Going to have to pay more attention when constructing next time.

>>1650583
>>1651617
>>1651619
>>1651620
Hey, I recently took up artistry and I'm better at sketching cartoon characters then real human form. Any tips on how to improve my anatomical sketching?
the picture is my best work so far. Tips?

Quick watercolor sketch of my gf after she recently dyed her hair purple.

1 hour value study, focused on getting the values as good as possible, not on anatomy. anything?

>>1651934
Same anon. Just drew this on my lunch break. Generic rpg girl

>>1651963
jezuz this ref is ugly

Can someone give me some resources for finding good figure drawing refs?

>>1651963
Hey, you tried out that ref I posted in the other thread.

You did a better job than the mess I made of it. I wish I still had the drawing so I could show you how bad I fucked it up but I ended up giving it away.

>>1651869
Sorry for the late reply, but you seem caught up in details and contour. You're drawing with your wrist rather than your arm, and that is taking away from your gestures. Use large, confident strokes, and feel the pose.

self portrait fromm mirror wip

decided I would study every single thing from atlas of human anatomy so I can be anatomy

this is my first day, starting with cranium
I wonder how many days should I keep doing cranium

decided I would make a study of every single thing in atlas of human anatomy to become super anatomy sayain

i've been doing craniums the whole day, I have trouble with some angles, might have to stay at cranium for 2 or 3 days

>>1652056

>>1652091
my shitty phone camera really destroys the color in these

not sure if these even belong here bu tI never know where to post small oil paintings so I just stick em here

I think they're fine here

ink!!!

>>1652108
>>1652109
I like it. The form reads well as the lines compliments it.

>>1652091

>>1652091

>>1652023
Did this while watching ballet.
Any better?

>>1652315

posting here because unmotivated losers keeps kicking me. I think I'm posting wrong or something.

Anyways: these are sketches my professor makes me do. About 50 a week, not counting the conceptual thumbnails for upcoming projects

>>1652433

>>1652434

>>1652436
older ones

>>1652437

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>>1652439

>>1652439
aaaa

>>1652442

>>1652443
and i'm stopping nowq

>>1652444
youre 'teacher' should make you drill perspective; youre weakest facet atm

>pic related
your welcome

love & peace

love & peace

>>1652564
Give art site please.

>>1652592
i'm sorry. afraid i might be recognized. but that was very nice of you to ask
thank you

>>1652598
;_; why do you force me to come here everyday in hopes of finding you, I have multiple artists like that.

>>1652603
me? (do you know me?)
i never post here, actually. always look at everyone's things but never post
thank you for your kindness

>>1652615
you are that illustration major guy?

>>1652615
n-no, I don't really know you, but I'd like to.

>>1652622
hey there. no, this is the first time i posted here in years. but thanks very much for the curiosity
>>1652632
you're sweet, anon

>>1652598
>afraid i might be recognized

What are you ashamed of us or something?

>>1652639
ashamed of myself. you guys're the cool ones.

>>1650238
>Remember to use Acid Free paper
why's that

>>1652651
It's fancier anon, the more expensive the better.

get back to work you cackling hens ffs

acid free paper will not yellow/disintegrate over time. it doesnt have to be expensive

>>1652659
don't tell me what to do fag

>>>1651963
>jezuz this ref is ugly
lmao

Is the fallen guy's pose wrong? If so, how could I fix it?

>>1652825
Come on man, put some effort in

>>1652825
is that huge red blob in the foreground supposed to be the fallen guy?

>>1652827

Not again... I don't want to put any more effort on it than I already did. I'm doing this for fun, I don't even want it to look really realistic, just "possible".

>>1652830
Again? What?
Why are you here if you don't want criticism?
I never said anything about realism, but it's obvious looking at that you've put no effort in. Even heavily stylized work needs fundamentals to look good, and there's just nothing right about this at all.

>>1652832
oh I see it now, he just has a way too massive head.

>>1652825
I have no idea whats going on here

>>1652825
what exactly am I looking at here?

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>>1652839
>>1652841

Maybe this will help, forgive the quality, though. It is supposed to be a bottom look of a street, with a "fallen guy", being attacked by some kind of mech, while another guy is trying to interfere.
I'm learning animation, so I need to keep it simple, since I'm trying to work with silouettes.

>>1652846
the postion of his hand in the foreground doesn't make sense if its laying on the street. Also his head and torso are too big. And heads are shaped like that. Learn to anatomy, perspective, and gesture especially if you're trying to get into animation.

>>1652850
*heads AREN'T shaped like that

>>1652850

I wasn't sure when drawing the hand, but when I'm trying to get up from the floor, I point it in the direction I want to move (in this case, to the camera, running away from the mech). About the head, I know it is huge, but isn't it supposed to be bigger as it it closer to the view point? If you are comparing it to the rest of the body, then the feet would be tiny.

It's only a sketch, anyway, but thanks for the help.

>>1652846
I don't get it at all

If you're trying to keep it simple and study silhouettes, you need need NEED to use reference. You won't learn anything from your own imagination, especially not at this stage

>>1652861

I really find it difficult to not get it at all, but maybe it's just that I actually painted that from my imagination. Do you know anywhere to start studying.... gesture, I guess, other than the sticky?

>>1652859
Even at that angle, the head should not be that big from the cameras perspective. And I'm not referring to the hands direction, but rather how it would sprawl with laying on a flat surface like a street. Pic related, some examples with my hand. Right is how it should be, left is showing what it looks like yours is.

>>1652869
There's really no substitute to drawing from life. This is especially good for gesture considering people outside don't intend to be your subjects so they won't sit still.
Look at Vilppu's Drawing manual, that's the go-to for beginning gesture. It explains all the necessary fundamentals in it and the things you should be thinking about when drawing. I would go into detail but I can't give better advice than what's in that book. It's pretty easy to find a PDF of this in lots of places on the internet, I'd urge you to go grab it as soon as possible and start working through it.

Additionally, contrary to popular advice, I'd urge you to stay away from Loomis to begin with. The stuff his book covers are interpretive form techniques which always make newbies mad and make their drawings retarded because they don't know how to use his techniques properly as they don't have the prerequisite knowledge to use it.

By the way I've been the one telling you to make an effort. Just to tell you I'm not trying to berate you but to help you.

>>1652878

Thank you, I was reading the Loomis one right now, but I give Vilppu's a try. Would you recommend me practising every single step I learn from it, or rather learning a bunch of stuff, and the try to draw with that knowledge?

>>1652886
I wouldn't worry about practicing everything meticulously to begin with, but have a read through it, think on what being said and take the exercises in. The few circle at the beginning exercises may seem pointless to begin with but they are valid, just don't fixate on them *too* much and neglect the rest of the book. Make sure to practice the stuff as you go but ofcourse when you're finished reading the book, continue to draw and apply what you've learned. I've read this book years ago when I was just starting out and I still go back to it.
If you're studying animation, honestly this book will give you the edge on your class mates. Gesture drawing is absolutely key to expressive animation. It will give you fluidity, form and balance while also letting you train your understanding of human proportion.
Best of luck.

>>1652889

Thank you, really, I'll start right now. My last question (I hope):

I'm currently drawing with a mouse (I'll eventually buy a tablet), so I think practising may took some extra time if done digitally, so... Should I practise on paper, and left the digital painting for a while?

Just practicing inking today

as of lately i've been triying to learn how to color with pencils, problem is i dont have many at my disposition

>>1652965
your gesture is good but it can be improved. Nice facial expressions; I can tell you want to put some variety into your characters. Work on your color pencil work though, it looks like you're pressing down on the paper too hard with them.

>>1652968
will do, thanks

>>1652903
your line is very clean, i like that, your characters while nice, dont seem to have depth to them, they look too flat

>>1652965
thats one hour during november right, not the whole month

>>1652991
they lack effort in general

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>>1652056
looks great man. my only criticism ia that the lips seem a little too res and the transition between tje neck and the face ia a little off in terms of color

>>1652063
continued my working on my heads I tried building skulls out of references (the three on the lower right) it didn't went very good

>>1652063
continued working on me heads, tried building skulls out of references (the three on the lower right) it didn't went very good

>>1652487
Oh. Why do you say that?

>>1652564

Working on creating figures without direct reference. I feel like I've got a decent understanding of the core, but everything else needs a lot of work- hence the unfinished nature of the thing.

>>1652904
If you're still here then definitely on paper. Drawing with a mouse will really stunt your growth.

>>1653137

I am, I started Vilppu's mannual a few hours ago, and I think it is helping me "feeling" the movement of a figure. On the other hand, I could use some proportion, and perspective knowledge, in order for it to look good. I am just at the beginning of this book, though, but if this doesn't improve, I think I should study Loomis at the same time. And again, thank you. I hope I will get some money soon, so I can get a drawing tablet, since my scanner seems to be broken, and I need my drawings to be digitalised. Do you guys think there is a specific "tier" in wacom tablets (I'll probably get one of these) that I shouldn't go down, not even for the price?

>>1650238

>>1653209
Same guy again, best thing to get is a bamboo. It's the best for value and is enjoyed by beginners and pros alike.

The best thing for learning proportion and stuff is drawing from life. If you can seek out a life drawing class (ask around your university, when I was there the animation class had one every week and the lecturors don't mind you bumming in on it), but drawing people IRL in the park and stuff is good too.
Also there's websites like this
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing
which are great.
An exercise which I did a lot of when I started out was 30 second drawing, it seems impossible to begin with but it will allow you to break the habit of over detailing things to make them look good rather than begin by laying out solid fundamentals. It will help you develop muscle memory of how people should look and at the same time help you with yourenergy and balance in pieces. I still do it today.

>>1653312
>bamboo
No too small.
Read the fucking sticky

>>1653334
It's not too small at all.

>>1653337
enjoy your carpal tunnel

>>1653338
If you have no intention of going pro or drawing more than a couple of hours a day, the bamboo is the best option.

>>1653352
We get it, you are a shortsighted idiot.

You can fuck off now.

>>1653385
I'm not that guy you argued with, I just thought I'd provide some insight into what tablet to buy, I'm sorry.

>>1653334
>>1653338
>>1653385

Maybe you are right. Which one (for a similar price) would you recommend, then?

>>1653338
>>1653352
If you look closely you will infact find that the majority of pen marks left by your stylus on your tablet are in the center two inches of the tablet.

I have been trying to find a bamboo, but I have seen a few "models", and some of them even say they are supposed to be used with fingers, not a pen, so... Could anyone give me the exact name/link of the bamboo that was recommended?

>>1653500
Exact model I use is Bamboo Pen CTL-470
Not that this proves anything since I'm totally anonymous, but I'm a professional working in house and lots of guys use this same model.

>>1653500
The new models are called Intuos. And the old intuos are called Intuos Pro.

>>1653507
ingsoc at work

>>1653238
Did a full page of gesture/figure studies on Wednesday. Felt amazing.

The ref pics weren't as lewd as depicted save for the pant-less sweater girl above.

>>1653548
>>1653551
are you a grill ?

>>1653565
>implying girls on internet
>implying girls no how to draw.
>implying it's not a trap

>>1653565
I bet 60% of people in this thread are grills.

>>1653567
I bet you're all girls.

>>1653568
I'm not a grill so that can't be true.

>>1653569
but deep inside your heart you want to be the little girl.

>>1653596
You know me so well anon.

>>1653505
>>1653507

I found a few ones in amazon. The announcement says that the package is damaged, but the product is still intact, and so the price was lowered to 55,71€ (75,9$).

I'm not sure if that's the model I'm looking for, neither if I should buy a package-damaged product, so, sorry for bothering you guys with this, but, what do you think?

http://www.amazon.es/Wacom-Bamboo-PEN-Small-Bol%C3%ADgrafo/dp/B005ZRYADG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391987457&sr=8-1&keywords=Wacom+Bamboo+PEN+Small+-+Tableta+gr%C3%A1fica+%28Bol%C3%ADgrafo+incluido%2C+Nivel+de+presi%C3%B3n%3A+1024%2C+Peso+del+bol%C3%ADgrafo+%2813%29%29%2C+negro

>>1653614

Forgot to say people on the comments are saying that it doesn't recognise pressure when drawing on it. Is it something I should expect from this model, or is it due to it being an old version, or something?

>>1653624
The bamboo does have pressure sensitivity, if people are saying it doesn't, they are retards.

.

;_; I'm trying

>>1653772
dont stop the body rock

>>1653007

>>1653540
Gtfo
>>1653583

>>1654288
No U!

>>1654318
Thanks for verifying your filter worthiness

>>1654362
Anytime, friend. Also, why did you tell me to GTFO earlier?

>>1654365
I think his point was, why are you posting when you agreed that /ic/ is a bad place to be?

I normally agree, but the sketchbook threads are one of those few great places to be.

>>1654368
I don't think it's a bad place to be, I certainly learn a lot here and get inspiration from other artists, but there is a lot of petty negativity with half of its denizens. A mod deleted one of my comments because some anons got angry that I criticized what I thought was a lackluster piece by Tehmeh or Catbib or someone.

Just don't let yourself be dictated by these people. There was a whole thread once where the OP was lamenting about how his art became a loveless endeavor because he only drew to please /ic/'s standard rather than himself. I like to draw furry sometimes, which a lot of people here hate with great vehemency, even though they're okay with loli and foot fetishes.

I just say screw'em and keep drawing buxom dog women or cat boys with long dicks and firm butts.

>>1654372
Point is that this place is great as long as you keep your boundaries and don't let these guys push you around. It also helps to discenr what is critique and what is just /ic/ insulting you.

I think I had a tiny personal breakthrough

>>1654174

I posted this in the drawthread, meant to post this here a few days ago.

Discusses edges

http://dipaola.org/lab/research/rembrandt/

I actually didn't hate myself too much for what I did today (except for the one in the upper right)

>>1654690
that giant head one is soooooooo funny. extra because it's a naked girl for some reason. especially with her making that serene face.

>>1654735
That looks quite similar to Henry Moore's works while he was in an underground shelter during WWII.

>sage trapped in a bunker

a sketch!

I am trying to learn the face more, the proportions are pretty messed up; I noticed after I scanned.
CC plz.

>>1651934
love the colours!

Can I get some tips on how to improve?

I'm new to this

Just got my Bamboo. I'm trying to get used to it (even if I configure it, it detects the pen far away from the tablet itself, and the pressure needed for a "click" is too low, even changing it in the settings. Do you know if it is possible to fix it?)

>>1654711
fucking this

>>1655213
stop posting

>>1655256
at this stage its raw volume. drawx10k

>>1650238
>WARNING: Possibly "furry" content ahead. If you are easily offended over silly things that don't bring harm to anyone, do not activate the link.

Image in link

http://imgur.com/bkaG7xu

Realized that the figure looks stunted, right now I'm trying to finalize the image in pencil before I possibly ruin it in Prismacolor marker.

>>1653540
>>1653238
That feel when no critique.

>>1655495
Shading needs work.

>>1655497
Thanks. Suggestions or specific points on why it's bad?

>>1655498
I would really just work on your cross hatching. Closer together with more lines means darker and further apart with less and less is lighter. In some of the figures on the first page, it just looks like straight up chicken scratching and landmarking.

That's also another thing, be aware of your line economy. I see you're maybe trying to get out of chicken scratching the figures (outlines, not shading/shadows.) but, you're still doing it for some such as the kinda bent over lady with noface. Make more confident lines, bigger strokes.

>>1655503
Thanks. I'm trying to develop a style of shadin that's used with hatching, but it's kind of difficult and doesn't come out well for darker values.

Also, the first page was a bunch of quick drawings trying to get the specific angles of Hebe and Ganymede at the MFA in Boston, so that's why it's so scratchy. Thanks, though, I'll try to take care of that. Also, as for the No Face lady, the figure page was originally supposed to be a gesture study, but soon it turned into a figure study page instead, hence why the top two are so scratchy and featureless.

Thanks again, your advice was really helpful.

Some sketching from imagination

>>1650238
I've been practicing with Andrew Loomis's Fun With A Pencil, which seems to be the kick in the pants that I need.

But I've been progressing slowly. I've only just now finished page 16. Is this a sign that I'm not drawing enough? How far should I try and get through in a day? I was going to make my goal 10 pages a day.

Unrealistic?

>>1655652

I don't think you should do the individual pages, such as page x for example. Instead, I think you should practice the exercises and there's no limited amount you should practice said exercises. Practice until you feel you have a good grasp on what the exercise is trying to teach you.

I see you need to work on line control/economy and getting those forms to look three dimensional, as they are looking quite flat at the moment. Sometimes it's ok to leave in the construction lines to indicate form as you are not doing an illustration, but rather, you are doing a study.

Notes and sketches before attending a karate tournament

This and previous one via pen.

>>1655655
>as they are looking quite flat at the moment
This has always been my biggest problem. Everything I draw looks flat. Like I can't grasp the idea of 3D on paper. Even when I draw cubes, they just look flat to me.

Is there anyway I can trick my brain into seeing what I want?

>>1655765
Study perspective.

>>1655765
draw from life ffs

so what's up, does this smell like shit so far? I wonder if I should do more sketching before proceeding?

Some harpers bazaar adverts

Some more adverts

>>1656220
This is the FOURTH fucking time I've seen you post

>>1655164

>>1655164

How it look so far In regards to detail?
I'm not going for proportion and it is in progress

Does it look reasonably decent so far?

>>1655164

>>1655164

>>1655164

>>1655164

>>1655164

Day 1 of my shitty sketches (I suck, I know)

Day 2

>>1656506
4chan is 18+

>>1656506
Work on your fundimentals if you want to not make sex-posed noodles.

>>1656343
haha. oh boy. nightmarish and anxiety ridden as usual.

Wouldn't have minded being trapped in a bunker today, tbh.

>>1658117

>>1658116

>>1653551
>>1653548

I liiiiike this! :3

Couple of sketchbook pages pasted together, not sure how well it turned out so if it reads badly or is shitty in any way sry about that :I

Would really appreatiate any general advice/ where to go next.
Or How to approach light and value effectively (as in books, resources. What materials to use, I only ever used HB pencils)
Think that would be the next best step for me as it's the only fundamental that I haven't tackeld apart from composition and colour. Of which both won't give me much atm.
But tell me what you think I should do different/ start learning/ stop doing.

>>1652564
That nose is migrating north!

Big file... 4 consecutive sketchbook pages.

>>1658116
>going outside
whats that like?

Any critique?

Also, reference.

>>1658518
stop chicken scratching. this pic is an insult to my eye sight

>>1658520
What do you mean by " chicken scratching"?

>>1658523
Going through the same line over and over.
Make one straight line, practice until you're confident enough to make one stroke.

>>1658547
ok, fixed

>>1658450
It sucks and I wouldn't recommend it.

How is it so far?

How is it so far?

>>1658552
Never use a straight line again for fucks sake. Stop. Try again.

Decided to work my way through the whole of Loomis' Figure Drawing For All It's Worth.

Picked up a couple of Moleskines the other day, here's what i got so far.

Should I spend less time on these and just sketch out the exercises fast or is taking more time and being more considered actually a better idea?

>>1659190

>>1659191

>>1659191
>dem tits
lel

Did some ugly sketches of myself.

>>1659202
I could say something mean but I won't

>>1659202
Dang, why did this get rotated?

>>1659212

It was better when it was rotated

>>1659219
ur mum is better when she's rotating my dick in her mouth

>>1659270

Are you a boy!?!?

>>1659293
>!?!?

>>1658116
niiiceeee

>>1658116
where did you draw this, have you posted whats on the other side?

I'm at the beginning of Vilppus, and I'm trying to "give life" to some boxes. I'm not sure if it is understandable for other people what the boxes are supposed to be representating, so if it is completely shit, so I need some feedback.

The first ones are simply boxes, but there are others on which ones I tried to represent sadness, happyness, or doubt. As you to the right, there are also some scenes, like a dancing couple, a few fights, and a policeman aiming/arresting someone who was fleeing.

What are the most obvious mistakes in this, and how could I fix them? Thank you.

>>1659331
local mall at the food court, and no because I don't think those pages are all that interesting. Some contours and old people faces

>MORE FURRY STUFF FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. DON'T CLICK IF YOU'RE AN EASILY OFFENDED SILLY BILLY.

I really need a better scanner. Also, I wanna go over this in pen now that it's immortalized in computer pixels, but I'm scared I'll fuck it up.

I'm planning with coloring in the robed figure with Prismacolor.

First Half
http://imgur.com/xkFyK94

Second Half
http://imgur.com/TELE9Sj

Comments and Critique?

>>1660118
The cat-woman's breast look like grapefruits hanging out of ankle socks.

>>1660126

Huh, they do. Jesus Christ, they do.

>>1660118
It looks as if her hips don't belong to her torso.
I can't explain it properly.
She seems distorted.
Yeah, let's go with that.

>>1659506
ha, cool idea. I did some of the beans too but always thought them as of torso. never thought they could represent emotions.

>>1660126
>>1660132
FUCKING SHIT I SPENT HOURS TRYING TO GET THEM THE RIGHT SHAPE AND EVERYTHING AND THE REFERENCES I USED HAD NATURAL TITTIES GODDAMMIT

>Translation:Thank you very much for the responses, I will go back and do them immediately. Kinda bugs me that the breasts came out fake-looking when I really tried to make them buxom but natural. Maybe the reference I used was full of fake tits.

Doodles while listening to Law & Order on Netflix.

And for no gender bias, more Doodles.

I'm curious, how does it feel to not develop at all?

>>1660234

meh. Sorry I don't bleed *Art!(tm)*

>>1660240
don't feed the trolls

>>1660255

alright, sure sure.

>>1660255
implying he hasnt been doing the same exact shit over and over

keep spinnin brau

>>1660234
OMG.

You are masturbating to this, aren't you? Is this your kink? It is, isn't it? Imagining feeling the grief of someone who has failed as an artist (in the eyes of the vile people, anyhow), does that get you off?
To insult someone on such a fundamental level, that he can only be either crushed by or blasé to it.

And that's what you do, isn't it? You are a monster, spreading misery and bodifly fluids whatever you set your fiendish eye on.

You disgust me, anon. You disgust me.

>>1660272
chin ear face arm stump thighs

dont get lazy the torso is the easy part

>>1660291
Seems to me one anon is telling a namefaggot to get the fuck out of his bullshit little comfort zone.

You are the cancer.

>>1660291
looks like something chick would write.

>>1660314
OMG THAT IS SO SEXIST!!!

>>1660291
>namefag
>muh feel
Bleating cunt detected.

>>1660126
Also, with the messed up titties, which ones are you referring to? The middle figure, the right figure, or both?

>>1660316
OMG

Jolly good fun, people!

See you next month.
Animationfag, wherever you are, I am counting on you having learned something by the 13th of March.
I'd really like to see what you have managed to do in a month.
Again, see you!

>>1660320
gtfo horse fucker

>>1660303
What about chin ear face arm? It's a sketchbook thread, so I'm posting a sketch, nothing refined.

>>1660322
No. And I would NEVER make an advance on your mother.

>>1660326
You have those two odd protrusions on the jaw and neck on the right side.
Define eyes better they are a key focal point
Arm mass is poorly defined/confusing. You copied values without expressing the forms.

> It's a sketchbook thread, so I'm posting a sketch, nothing refined.
Go fuck your mother up the ass with a 2x4 sideways with no lube

>>1660334
>Go fuck your mother up the ass with a 2x4 sideways with no lube
Always nice to get a constructive critique on 4chan.
I didn't say it was good, but you didn't tell me what was wrong and I thought you meant that it should be less sketchy (undefined hands, eyes, no legs etc.) by saying don't be lazy. You really need to calm down, because such behaviour harms you more than those you insult.

How about a little stfu and draw?

>>1660361
how about you scuk my cock anon~
its nice and warm~

Never change /ic/

any opinons on a small sketch i did the other night? Used fine point and ballpoint sharpies and didnt pencil it out first

>>1660379
give up on the abstract and eliminate all creativity in your mind, then proceed to slave over anatomy and loomis for the next 2 years

>>1660382

>>1660382
loomis is shit

proceed with vilppu

>>1651978
she looks fun.
Like you could just pick her up

>>1651989
I believe the gesture pose links are in the sticky

>>1660382

>>1653484
Bamboo is cheap bro.
Wacom gets expensive but its good

>>1660379

>>1660424

Dude, I got it a few days ago, I have been using it a lot, and it works just fine.

Also, Bamboos are Wacom's products.

>>1654245
You need to look at more breasts anon

>>1655331
>parenthesis
don't.

Your problem should be taken up with >>>/g/ or customer support

>>1660291
>damage control

>>1660291
must be hard being a sexually frustrated 13 year old

>>1660379

>>1660435
Don't we all.

>>1650283
Looks great so far
>>1651899
"Artistry", you say... anyway, just gotta practice. Read the sticky, look for some anatomy refs, and reproduce what you see to the best of your ability. Repeat until you're good.
>>1651978
Very 80s/90s Saturday Morning aesthetic. Nice.
>>1651989
posemaniacs. Search for it.
>>1652063
Sounds like a great way to burn yourself out... and to be honest it looks like you'd be better off practising construction and perspective. You're diving in too deep.
>>1652108
>>1652109
Nice.
>>1652219
You're STILL working on this?
>>1652315
That looks a bit better, it's more "free". Still keep an eye out for proportions that are obviously wrong, and try not to let limbs or bodies become "noodly". Normally if one side of the body is being stretched, the other side will have a defined "pinch" or compression. Proko has a good youtube vid about this.
>>1652444
That's some hardcore grinding. I'm seeing a lot of linework, and what looks like blind contour drawing and continuous-line drawing. Is there any specific reason for that? Like the other anon said, work on perspective. I'd also like to see some more use of values, even if it's just cross-hatching, but that might not be applicable to what your prof wants you to do.
>>1652651
I've always wondered that too. Is it just more environmentally friendly, or does it have some benefit?
>>1652846
Took me a long time to see what was going on, even with an outline. That's some really exaggerated perspective going on there.

>>1660126
>>1660132
Made minor changes. Better, now?

And I'm still keeping the big tittties. The hips I have trouble with, however.

http://imgur.com/UbpCGHV

Theres something that just reeks of greasy desperation about someone who tries to draw porn but can't draw well. Why do you do it?

>>1660118
I'd say watch the collarbones, they generally don't swoop upward and get pointy in the middle like you've drawn.

Pic on the left has some bad juxtaposition with the bottle she's holding, the barrel in the background, and her leg; making them seem they're all connected. I'd move the barrel and separate it from the bottle. Also, watch your ellipses on both the bottle and barrel, they're looking a tad bit flat.

As for the breasts and what Anon has said, yeah. Keep in mind that breasts don't have to be round spheres and are squishy objects depending on motion and gravity.

And if you're afraid of ruining your drawing by practicing inking, get a nice high res scan and blue line print it out to practice on. Or if you don't have a scanner, get some near transparent vellum from the art store to lay over the drawing and ink it on that.

>>1660925
We all gotta start somewhere... why even do art when there's the real world out there?

>>1660933
Grey, I'm sure you didn't get to where you are by just drawing porn out of the gate. There's a certain hierarchy to learning that has to be addressed.

>>1660587
Damn son look at dem fukn titties

>>1660957
That is true. I started by drawing Doctor Who, Wolverine and logos of classic rock bands all over my notebooks. But by Jr. High and High School I was already interested in drawing sexy/cute/heroic women because... well, Nerdy Teenager, duh. I suppose the topics and wanting to draw them went hand in hand (pardon the pun).

Granted, yes, these days there is a glut of porn 2D/3D on the internet. Naturally some people will want to jump the gun and bypass the basics. But if it provides the budding artist an incentive to start and continue drawing, who am I to say no. That's why when I critique I generally don't comment on the subject matter but more on general artistic principles.

Are these symbols? OTL

>>1661170

Are you from UK/Spain?

>>1661170
are some of them from the hellboy short story the wolves of st august?
this has to be my fav. short story.

>>1660925
Because it's fun. I'm not desperate or anything. Sexual imagery is just one of my drives to draw.

>>1660927
Thanks, GreyDeath. Again, I used a couple of references with natural-looking breasts that I thought would be useful like the photo I posted earlier with the five nude women. I didn't take much notice of the barrel and bottle, though, thanks for mentioning.

>>1660979
Yes, BUT WHAT ABOUT MY FUKN TITTIES, ANON?

>>1661218
I'm from the UK, why?
>>1661284
Yup a bunch of them are from Hellboy. I've been trying to get not shit at drawing scenes and buildings

>>1661199
Yes

>>1652108
what kind of pen do I need to do sketches like these? Would a calligraphy pen work, that way it can serve a dual purpose?

something about hatch shading really attracts me and I think a pen is the best way to go about it.

>>1661409
Looks like a ballpoint.

>>1661319

Some places looked spanish to me.

face study, crit would be useful

>>1661310
I'm sure your titties are lovely. Pic and timestamp to be sure.

>>1661452
Sorry. Since I lost 50 pounds 3 years ago, I shrunk to an A cup.

I meant the titties in the imgur link, you silly billy.

>>1661412
GET BACK TO WORK YOU SQUAWKING HENS

How bad is this?

>>1661599

Note that there are 2 light sources (the beam, and the fire from the tail of the rocket)

>>1660230
>>1660232
Do you draw them in those spaces or put them together in it?

>>1650238
OP I've been wondering this for a while, do you have sketchbooks made out of canvas or something?

>>1661627

>>1661672
Interesting, thank you. I didn't know canvas came in pads.

>>1661602
All in the same space, drawing larger figures first then zooming in and filling in the smaller voids. Trying to get more density on my sketchbook pages. Normally I only do 4-6 figures on a page then move on to the next. It looks too empty sometimes. Digital makes this easier to do, naturally.

Also done over the course of a couple days as a break from work.

Just some general feedback would be greatly valued.
1/4

>>1661891
2/4

>>1661893
end/4

>>1661892
3/4

>>1656504
>>1656506
Bwahahaha, these are hilariously bad. You need to go right back to basics. Faces are bad, linework is horribly sloppy, construction is bad, perspective is nonexistent.
>>1658116
Pretty good. Do people ever catch you drawing them?
>>1658117
Your stuff's looking nice, although unless it's a scanner issue, I think you habitually overwork the midtones.
>>1658344
Fuuuuck. Your stuff without ref is better than some of my stuff with refs. Bully construction, chap.

>>1658380
Lovely :) Why'd you scribble that girl out, she's better than some of the figures you left? Careful with the anatomy on the muscular monster dude. Use bodybuilders as ref.
>>1658552
Nice ref, stolen. Her torso and leg make an awkward tangent, but still, you shouldnt be representing it with one straight line like that. You also enlarged her ribcage and shrank her hip/thigh. I'd suggest trying again with a different (easier) reference for now.
>>1658554
Too early to really say. Scratchy lines though, and I'm not sure about the breasts. Fairly good otherwise.

>>1660220
Human females are revolting :(
>>1660230
>>1660232
WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING GOOD YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE

>>1661781
The one on the left is hella thin. Also, how come the table has no legs?
>>1661891
All practice is good practice, anon.

hmm, worth painting

So I found a fairly large Newsprint pad, and a box of pencils within some old art supplies in storage. I usually paint in oils, but thought I'd give the pencils the old college try. All my references are just random shit I pulled off of google. This is the result after a couple weeks. In order...1/9

2/9

3/9 I hate this one. It was supposed to be the actress Lauren Bacall, but ended up looking more like maggie gyllenhall.

4/9 once again, I hate this one. I don't care much for drawing women.

5/9

6/9

7/9 didn't care much for this one, either. just a flop.

9/9

8/9 and my favorites..

>>1661456
small tits are amazing though.

This was supposed to be a two handed battle axe, which is used by... let's say goblins.

For some reason, it looks one handed to me, so, am I the only one, or does it really looks like that? Also, any critic will be welcome, but note that it is just a sketch.

>>1661409
Yeah, they're just ballpoint, but the extra dark marks are felt tip pen.

>>1661940
>Pretty good. Do people ever catch you drawing them?

All the time. Some people smile, some people frown. As far as overworking my midtones, I wish you'd elaborate. I'm trying not to just splotch em down. I think that;s what you're getting at?

>>1662380
Possibly because the haft has a curve to it. Most two handed axes I've seen have a straight haft and a double edged head.

>>1662419
It is supposed to be hanging in this angle, so that could fix it. What do you think?

(Don't mind the penis, just joking with a friend. He is supposed to be clothed)

>>1662429

Oops

>>1662430
the head seems comically oversized, which may be what you're going for and all, that's fine. But having such a large head on one side of it really seems to unbalance it. Aside from trying to straighten out the haft a bit (which really does make it look 1-handed), maybe try adding some sort of embellishment on the back end of the blade, maybe a spike or a hammerhead.

I'll whip up something to op the next thread when I get home

>>1662473

When you talk about the "head", are you refering to his head, or to the axe's blade? If it is the blade, yes, I want to exagerate its shape (kind of the one that is used in Log Horizon), but if you are talking about his head, could you tell me how to fix it? (is it wide, bad placed...?) Now, when I see the thumbnail, his head looks weird to me, but when I open it it look good again... Maybe I'm getting obsessed.

>>1662497
the axes head. the figure itself looks fine.

>>1662501

Talking about heads, I think I suck at constructing them, so here are a few ones I'm working on at the moment. Any critics/ideas/angles/shapes that I could use, now that I'm at it?

>>1653566
/fit/ bros?

>>1654690
looks like one of those oversized babies from AoT

I swear I'm not a furfag.

That duck/goose/gangsta bird reminds me of something... Maybe a Disney film. Does anyone know what it could be?

>>1662913
Balto?

>>1662991

Maybe, I don't know

>>1662993
The goose in that film had the same neck and feet as this guy. It could also be the Swan Princess or whatever.