/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

oh boy here we go
is this ok? can i get away with this?

Found some new texture brushes and wanted to try them out.

>>2004241
Pretty cool but I think the sides need some work
>>2004253
The hole thing is off center and kinda looks wierd
>>2004307
Nice. Looks like something off a game cinematic

We should make it a rule to at least reply to 1 comment.
No one replied last time so here it is again

Thanks to whoever posted this groovy looking broad's reference in that other thread

>>2004234
I'm trying to capture the likeness of a persons face.

>>2004339

>>2004339
>>2004340
You need to include the nostrils. They're not really something that can be left out of a simplification like this.

>>2004340
you should be able to do better with this guy at least, he has a great face for caricature.

>>2004241
Try to find refs to fill in your gaps in knowledge. I found this ref and tried a paintover based off of it:
http://www.lovethesepics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/In-Jordan-the-desert-called-Wadi-Rum-is-also-known-as-Valley-of-the-Moon.jpg

I tried to keep your current composition, but aimed to push some of the values and adjust some of the colors. Notice in the ref the bluing effect from atmospheric perspective, and also from skylight hitting upward facing planes noticeable in the shadows. Some of the lights could use stronger reds and yellows. From the ref I found I noticed that the sky could be lighter and less saturated as you get closer to the horizon. Also notice some of the cool purples on the underside of the clouds. Try to play around with lots of different brushes to create believable surface textures. My attempt isn't great, but hopefully helps.

im trying to improve an old sketch i did 3 years ago

>>2004253
A few points: I think this could benefit by defining a clear primary light source, and thinking about how bright planes should be depending on to what degree each plane faces the light source. Right now that bright yellow along the edge is flattening your forms.

I'm also unclear about the scale of this thing. The design looks like it's something big, but the grass(?) makes me think it's fairly small. I tried my hand at a paintover, but diverged a bit from your original. I tried to push the scale with atmospheric perspective, a lowered horizon, and adding some illumination from blue skylight. I also tried to imply some motion and scale by having debris erupt from the ground. It's not great, but hopefully gives you some ideas. IIRC I think there were a few MTG illustrations showing a similar creature that's probably worth looking into for inspiration.

>>2004253
>>2004397
I did some googling and can't quite find the picture I'm looking for, but I attached one by Jaime Jones that might give you some inspiration. I'd also search gatherer.com with the term "wurm" to find examples by MTG artists. Once you find one you like you'll have to google the card name to find higher res versions of the card image.

>>2004397
>>2004410
Looks like a cross between a crater hellion
>http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=5546&type=card
And a metamorphic wurm
>http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=29774&type=card
Though I think it reminds me more of some of the flora/fauna of Metroid Prime.

>>2004412
I think the one I was thinking of was the Pelakka Wurm
>http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382322

>Though I think it reminds me more of some of the flora/fauna of Metroid Prime.
Oh yeah I can definitely see that.
http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Bloodflower
http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Sporb
It's a little more obvious if you see a view of them opened in-game.

>>2004307
Nice. Shuld everything be so crisp though?

The last draw thread ended defore I got crits on this.

Thought I'd use a multiply layer for the shading like I did when I was young buck... boy did I ever forget how badly they tend to rape the color balance.

>>2004253
Shai'hulud

>>2004319
Really fun facial proportions but you need more structure. Try reading some Preston Blair, the characters are out dated but many of the drawing principles there are worth looking into. Also study moar anatomy

>>2004446
While the saturation and color scheme is pretty good, the intermittent soft edged lines are shitting on the carefree slapdash feeling you probably tried to imply. Generic gradating brushes are poison for confident looking work unless you take the time to hammer down and taper the ends and edges with erasers and shit. (And that takes forever.) In the future try to work with harder brushes from the get go.

>>2004319

That nose is really damn red, bro. I'm not someone to bash the "tumblr nose" but from my experiences the only types that can get away with the red nose are children, cutesy girls, rugged older outdoorsmen, and people who been out in the cold for too long, and that guy does not look like any of those. At the very least you should dial it back a bit but that's a personal preference if anything.

can u dig

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>>2004469
Thanks for the crit. I'm glad you like the color. Yea I need new brushes. I work on a Samsung note tablet, on art flow. We're can I get decent brushes for painting apps? Or is it not possible?

Having trouble with the hands and the left leg. Also, head is a bit wide.

>>2004581
Is art flow the program? shit man, I dunno... you can do it for photoshop or manga studio or painter, but those tablet specific apps are kinda junky by comparison at the moment.

>>2004592

>>2004397
>>2004410
>>2004412
>>2004423

Thanks so much for the crit/references/paintover guys.

Interesting lighting is definitely something I have issues with, I think your suggestion is good. The horizon line is also not something I even really considered, the wurm would certainly look much more towering with a lower one.

I'll take a look at these references and search for some more MtG wurms for inspiration.

Really appreciate the help.

Still got something left to do on this one, coloring, shading etc etc, but before I do that, how do you guys feel about the comp?? I made a red line how I imagine the eye trail to be like, could be totally wrong tho

>>2004472
He's wearing a scarf and is surrounded by muted colors, it's probably some pretty intense windchill. Also he hasn't shaved which makes me think he's European/ french and drinks a lot of wine.

Would love some critique.

Almost done I guess.
It gotta be 40 hours or something already, so tired I cant fugure out why does Misato (bottom left) look so bad and what finishing touches and fixes do I do before saying "done"

Anon who told me that drawing stuff that's above my level is tiresome was right, but well all I want lies way above my level.

I was asked to make a duck race poster for work, but I haven't used photoshop in a while so I just downloaded a random brush pack and started going along with it.

Would this kind of drawing seem too "light" for a poster?

>>2005018
I like your style, but I don't know what's there to be said about stylized figures encased in full body armor. I'd try using a broader range of values to give some mass to your figures, but that'd be a departure from the style.

>>2005053
I'm open to trying new things. I'm still bad at mixing watercolours, so do you think doing some value studies with graphite would help?

>>2005055
It will help you get better at drawing figures, it won't make you better with watercolors.

You can try working with charcoal on a bigger surface, it lets you get a better understanding of the figure than paper imo, and its much, much better for values. It's also cheap.

>>2005042
Both figures really lack a sense of depth. You have well-established perspective in most of the image, but I think you did not give enough thought to the volume of the human figures, and how they should fit in perspective. pic related - you can see how the planes of the body (torso, head, limbs, hands) are exaggerated in order to emphasize a feeling of depth and reinforce the perspective.

>>2005077
Alright, thanks mate.

>>2005086
Just make sure to get the right paper. I don't know the English name for it, just ask for it at the supply store. They sell it everywhere, not just art stores.

You can also it prime it if you want to practice painting without spending too much for practice material.

And if you want to save your charcoal work, use hair spray to fix the charcoal after you're done.

>>2005051
And this is what it looks like...

>>2005080
'yes no thats nice meme ive seen it before but glad to see u use it here wouldnt hink it to go that big ;0 its quite the acomplisment isnt it

>>2005161
I dig it, it's cute.

Worked on this a bit more the past few days. Looking for thoughts from a fresh perspective. Anything look too wonky? Thought about adding a dog running away too, but I'm not sure.

>>2005230
i think it'd be a more effective pose for the woman if it looked like she tripped and was trying to crawl away from the river while looking at zoidberg. its not a convincing running pose on her right now. it would also give some variety to what they're doing as opposed to the symmetry of "running away/walking towards/running away"

>>2005237
could even have her frantically trying to get on the bike and looking back at him. anything but what she's doing now.

>>2005161

you need to really liven up that poster man. i can barely see that duck. also, if its a duck race you might want to put more ducks in there.

The text is overwhelming.

>>2005161
I like the drawing but the type is kinda all over the place in my opinion
you should use less colours, maybe just one font, and sizes seem kinda random too.
also you should consider leaving some parts of it empty, it might lead to a more impressive look

I adjusted the colors, changed the fonts to one type and tried moving the text a around a little bit. I agree that it'd look better with less text but they want a lot of information on it.

>>2005276
put highlights on the eyes because it nakes it cuter :3c

>>2005230
Looks like shit. I assume your that same guy that does a lot of fan art, why do you do this to yourself man. Fan art is the lowest form of illustration. You are working to advertise another persons idea for free. STOP IT!!!!

>>2005300
Nice set-up, keep going.
Also blog? I like the way you think.

>>2005018
The left arm looks really awkward.

>>2005053
>I like your style, but I don't know what's there to be said about stylized figures encased in full body armor. I'd try using a broader range of values to give some mass to your figures, but that'd be a departure from the style.
Please never critique again you fucking idiot.

>>2005018
None of your brush lines describe the forms of this character and it makes certain details unreadable (you can barely see the silhouette of the guys mask and helmet, his hands look like blobs, i can't tell what gun he's using, etc). Where's his neck at? His feet need to be bigger. And what's up with his gesture? Not only is it stiff and lacks gravity, is there any reason for him to have his gun up like that while he's not looking?

>>2005204
garbage, like everything else you post homie.

>>2004638
er,the knee does look better anyways

>>2004377
thanks! really appreciate your feedback gonna keep that in mind

>>2005314
Stop being edgy and show your work.
Expose yourself, "homie".

>>2005276
It is still not very good type-wise.
Select 3 font sizes, and 2 colours, and stick to those imo. Dont use those colours at the prizes. Line up stuff in some way.

>>2005393
Here's something decent to give you an idea.

>>2005402

>>2005381
sure.

in the mean time, pls stop thinking you're picasso and that your bundles of broken glass shapes looks good at all, thx.

>>2004345
if you are going to crosshatch, make it serve a purpose. do not just random big gap crosshatch dude. it has to be done well for it to work. crosshatch along the forms of the face, as you would be molding the shapes with clay, but with your tool.

>>2004234
finished this

currently working on this whenever i get a chance., guy is supporting his arm on a sculpted head, ill later put some clothes on the guy.

>>2004234
Can I make something out of this or is it a clusterfuck?

>>2005423
Jesus what is up with the anatomy??? Try looking at some bat wings and some lizards and dragons and stuff.

>>2005423
why is the under-drawing for the warrior guy black?

>>2005423
>flying turd rider

>>2005407
what the fuck is up with that head

>>2005448
It's a meme and that version of it has the head vertically squished because it's funnier

>>2005426
>>2005440
In other words: clusterfuck so ditch it?

>>2005428
Because I redid him five times and probably will a sixth. Decided to figure out the pose/perspective before adding colour again.

>>2005407

WIP. I think the head is a little too wide and short... But I can't tell for sure.

Also, perspective may be jacked up. Once again, I can't tell for sure.

Thoughts?

Random LoL Sketch

In progress. Critique plz.

>>2005522
Left head has fucked perspective

>>2005481

Lol, do you think you improved on the original there? hahaha

didn´t leave work at lunch hour, stayed doing this

>>2005494
Did you shave your pubes onto your paper?

>>2005449
not that guy but can you explain this meme, I don't get it

>>2005494
shit game

>>2005204
I really like this, but don't expect /ic/ to appreciate anything that isn't neckbeard concept art or loomis, you'd be much better trying other sites

Got a tumblr?

I drew weebshit.

Criticisms, shit I should've fixed/done properly, angry rants, etc, please.

Yes, my camera is a potato.

>>2005606
cleeeeaaann nigga, looks good

>>2004234
gotta get ready for landscape painting in the summer. just warmup stuff. done in acrylics. theres a lot of snow outside

>>2005613
The paint that's supposed to represent the branches doesn't make sense.

The ground is great though.

I think you should've done the opposite of what you did - rather than taking a white surface and smearing bits of various greys on it, you should paint the surface greys and smear whites on it.

Don't have too much experience in painting but that's what it looks like to me.

The bit on the left center that looks like a receding road/path is great though.

>>2004307
Posture is a little odd for shooting a bow.

If it were animated and that was a still frame it'd be acceptable, but as it stands it doesn't really make too much sense.

>>2005618
if i could've done this in oil it wouldve been nice but it was snowing all day so i couldn't get outside until about 2 hours ago. as a general rule though I work from light to dark unless its night time or im painting someone with dark skin.

I started with about 20% grey as the underpainting though, so I was able to make some white areas brighter.

>>2004446
Ref?

>>2004345
Head appears slightly squished off to the right side.

As if there's a dent on the left upper portion of the head.

>>2005598
it's a response for when someone asks you to post your work.

it's a forced meme

>>2005482
Perspective of the head is jacked up.

The way it appears, it's a helmet with a very well defined frontal plane.

Draw the plane in first depending on which way he's looking, then work in the rest of the helmet.

Right now it looks tilted upwards relative to us but nothing else supports that, so it just looks vertically squished.

>>2005522
that chin on the left should be more of a _ than a / sort of line.

It's like his face is facing us but his head isn't.

>>2005284
Cry more.

>>2005603
Thank you. And yes i do.
http://alvaroquiceno.tumblr.com/

Doing studies with drapery, but I'm still finding it hard to make them look good.

>>2005678
I would guess it'd be easier if you had real drapes rather than drawing from a reference.

When constructing them what I do is I just note the tension points (knees, pins, etc) and draw either caternary curves or just V shapes coming out from there.

I'm not very realistic though my draperies are stylized bullshit

Texture study

>>2005230
why the fuck is zoidberg in this painting. is there a joke i'm not getting? and why are his outlines thick and lifeless?

>>2005665
>>2005603
samefagging isn't cool, homie.

>>2005695
Absolutely love the little specks on the thorax, they give the impression of little sharp bumps. It's not completely smooth - kind of blocked out, which reminds me of the way my fingernails are.

Overall I think it's great texturewise. The legs and tips of the jaws/pincers/whatever aren't too well defined yet/flat, and the forehead above the eye has two very obvious light brush strokes. Same with the large flat grey area near the center, on the abdomen.

Better than anything I can do, keep it up.

>>2005700
yeah its more weird than funny. and outlines should generally be a darker version of the color they are containing, not one color around the whole thing. makes it look like a sticker you slapped on top of another drawing.

>>2005703
No need to. I´m the one showing something and my tumblr (even my name)
But you are the one being a edgy racist, a loser with no talent but talking shit. Go back /b.

>>2005644
Yep, that is what it is supposed to be. Him looking up. I think I maw re-draw the whole thing on a vertical piece of paper so the legs aren't cut off

>>2005481
>>2005533
I know that I did

>>2005716
Well if it's supposed to be him looking up, the next and rest of things should support that.

The face plane should be placed higher, we should see the bottom of the jaw, and so on.

>>2004393
Why did nobody comment on this? It's awesome! The only thing I'd say is that the bottom right's composition is a bit messy bit other than that is nice

>>2005740
>>2004393
barrel of the gun isn't the correct ellipse, it looks like they stretched it the other way.

Unless the bottom of the muzzle protrudes out, in which case I'm retarded.

Other than that I really don't have too much to comment on it.

>>2005718
How do I do that effect?
For science

>>2005766

>>2005642
Do people think it's a bad piece or a bad design or what?

>>2005403
>>2005402
MAGYARBARÁT DETEKTÁLVA

Does anyone know about this guys artwork?
Pic related

>>2005774
Szia:$

>>2005718
This is great. Sav'd

>>2005393
I tried raising the bottom image and added the network's logo to use to contain some of the text. I kind of feel like I should try using a more basic-looking font but I'm not sure what to switch to.

im not sure if i like this one or not. i think its alright for a random pic, but its not a good pic of yuno gasai *the girl its supposed to be*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZICo-EqPns
first time draw.... is it going good?...or i should stick to /b....cant get the lips right

>>2004324
your welcome

>>2005853
I'm pretty sure you could stab people with that chin.

>>2005767
It's kinda cool what amount of jelly and hate kron's works did. I would have mor respect for him if he didnt appologize before "omfg you doing so much gosh and I dont" audience

>>2005853
Sycra is that you?

>>2005905
not brown enough.

>>2005897
Why are Anime chins like that?

>>2005908
lol bcause im not a very talented artist. i already fixed it because i didn't see that.

First thing i've drawn in a long time, let it rip

>>2005922
Pose doesn't feel stable at all. Why is he leaning to one side?

aside from that I can't find anything blatantly wrong with it

his calves are way too thin but that's the end of the drawing so I can't tell

Also the straps on the knee/thigh don't wrap around the way they should, they're kind of flat

>>2005606
Got access to a scanner for a bit.

Here's a more detailed scan.

In retrospect I fucked up the foot. Need to do a lot of studies on that. Too bad its in pen...

>>2005930
Thanks for the feedback.

I've come to notice i have hard time keeping things straight when i draw, I'm not 100% sure why but i'll keep working on it

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>>2005940
Lit portion of the zygomatic arch near the viewer looks like it's way too high.

first time ever posting in one of these threads, appreciate any feedback

>>2005952
lol why the fuck would you sign that

>>2005955
because I'm a fucking idiot that's why thanks for the feedback teddy.

>>2005952
You should post in the beginners thread >>2004127

You're not a lost cause but at this point there's not much to critique until you spend more time practicing the fundamentals. Your drawing shows a bit of perspective but you need to study perspective and the placing of basic shapes in it a lot more.

>>2005963
thank you

>>2005950
Thanks pal.

I need to buy me one of those.

Dare I draw a simpler iteration? *universe rectally prolapses*

doodled something. It's suppose to be some group of people which have an appointment with an emperor or some high rank dude.

>>2006155
my dick has an appointment with your mom and her hot friends tonight.

>>2006160
wait wut?

>>2006162

>>2006126
man, i thought you stopped posting here.

>>2005230
Why do some parts have a huge black outline?

>>2006419
I really enjoy adding bold line work to the most important elements of a drawing.

>>2006429
Stop doing it. Looks like stickers. Even cel-shaded animation doesn't go this far.

If you're going to add outlines make them a darker version of the color that you're outlining. Happy Tree Friends does this and it works out very well.

>>2005849
Looks much better. Try useing some sans serif font like helvetica.

too dark maybe?
>>2005300
>>2005304
thanks, not sure how you can know the way i think though and i got a tumblr i update every once in a while.. srionart.tumblr.com

>>2006537
the helmet itself is nice, but the values in the garland do not read well. up the contrast/shading

>>2004234

>>2006293
I'm undergoing secret training. The future of the world is at stake.

But I did sure as hell give up on oekaki, that rat bastard knife in the back drawing program.

>>2005628
Here ya go.

>>2006572
I dont care for the design/composition but this is veary cool. It remindes me of MC Escher's "dream".

>>2006572
Also MC's "bond of union"

>>2006572
the "person cross section" is so played out at this point. why go for this? its been done to death. especially in digital art.

lady painting

I know, I know, I always draw animals as guards, next maybe a weasel archer or monk?

>>2006624
argh forgot the image

>>2006615
i've never seen this done before. Maybe I should leave my room more lol

>>2004234
same guy who posted "bench"

>>2006646
how many months ago did you post it and its still not finished

>>2005042
it may be on purpose, it's your creation, but the fact that the cross doesnt line up with the floor grid kills my OCD

>>2005042
by reflective shadow, I mean the shadow has a brighter gold outline around it.

>>2006649
hah I had to "finish" it in time for a magazine submission. Im a student and I dont have much time to freehand. I'm sure I'll add to it

>>2004472
Trans Lesbian?

>>2006620
All that empty space is a bit awkward IMO. Not sure if that's intentional.

>>2006659
>How is that cube over her breast?

Hypercube son, ain't gotta 'splain shit.

>>2006722
but that cube matches up with the one beside it, both are placed correctly in Dali's image.

>>2006723
"Correctly" is kind of a weird way to describe... well damn near anything Dali painted.

You can see how the bottom left cube sinks into the larger cube Christ is braced (?) against. There's all kinds of oddities with angles and perspective, not that they're "wrong" by any means but more like Dali being Dali, making cool paintings that also make us slightly queasy.

The other Anon definitely has some more issues, and probably shouldn't expect much from riffing Dali. Kind of turned out into a mish-mash of trying to copy Dali while unconsciously "correcting" things that didn't make sense (like Rei's body is upright while Christ's has a strange tilt to it) which in turn made the oddities copied (cube placement, shadows) feel outright wrong rather than strange.

But 10/10 on effort, pretty ambitious homage.

>>2005871
how am i doing?

>>2005712
im not the person you were replying to but your art is so bad. like. it actually hurts my eyes, why do you do that thing with the colours?
is there something you are trying to convey with your art or is it just some stuff you made when you were bored?

idk

>>2006748
some stuff I made when I´m bored. And you are another edgy kid showing NO work.

>>2006804
wow so art so ddeep

make me think


wew lad

>>2006802
more depth pls. I feel like the cliff is just in front of some sort of white wall or something.

I want you to make me fucking feel like I'm in da mountains looking at some wizard.

Also the perspective is kinda weird and hard to pinpoint..

I know I didn't get the likeness on the second one but feel free to guess

>>2006821
that is not morgan freeman. thats just some other black guy. im offended.

>>2005821
that looks like Simon Stalenhags work
http://simonstalenhag.tumblr.com/

I've always wanted to draw weird and cool stuff....whenever I tried to draw weird things, it always felt... not that weird. Is this weird?

>>2006833
more ugly or gross than weird

So, I can't shade people

been messing around in Krita.

>>2006848
sketcher + krita

How do I into oil?

>>2006850
I like it, mao mao

>>2006868
lots of practice. are you using anything besides the paint while working with it? do you mix it with anything?

>>2006850
>>2006848
I like the way you think

You got a tumblr or something?

>>2005849
so adorable

>>2006868
try to do underpainting and details on two seperate layers. do you underpainting and blend colors, make it a recognizable wet into wet painting of the person, then on top of that do your stippling and expressive brushwork. this works better than trying to do everything in one go. nothing wrong with letting things dry.

>>2006868
this is one i did today where i tried to do everything at once and as you can see the results are underwhelming
>>2006620

>>2006884
thx!
And no, I don't have a tumblr I got a deviantart though:
http://djpsyc.deviantart.com/

>>2005940
im jelly

>>2006877
glad you do!

>>2006884
thanks!
And no, I don't have a tumblr I got a deviantart though:
http://djpsyc.deviantart.com/

>>2006902
why be jealous of something so awful

>>2006936
because i fucked you're mom

>>2006881
Not mixing with anything, the paint consistency is fine, use purified linseed oil and turpentine if needed only, haven't used yet.

>>2006889
That is very useful, I will bled a bit more, smooth out the rough areas and prepare it for the next layer of detail.

>>2006892
Your results were pretty good, to be honest. In my honest opinion you just needed to manage your tones a bit better, push them a bit more in small parts.

Thanks for all the feedback

Still finishing the block in

>>2006620
>>2006892
>>2006941
Also maybe it was your camera but this is what I mean by pushing the tones. I'm not saying this is how it should be but vibrancy can do a lot.

Also there's no focus, the thing that draws the most attention is the dress, add more detail / refine the part you want to lead the viewer to.

Did some hands, mostly from memory.

>>2006969
from memory?! nigga you HAVE HANDS!

>>2006970
No sorry, I'm an amputee.
I draw with my feet

Foreshortening excersisd. Whatchew think mang?

>>2006804
this one's better
hair "shading" is awful and feels incredibly flat
glowing lines don't help anything at all
bowtie design is nice but it looks like you just slapped a pattern on there with no regards to how it'd fold around the fabric
collar is odd, there's a recurve-bow shaped flesh piece that really makes no sense

tl;dr try harder

before you ask, i've already posted work in this thread but nobody responded

no i'm not the guy you're responding to

>>2006996
right rib sticking out?

It probably actually does thanks to the stomach sinking in, but not to that extent.

Also his floppy dick is hilarious but feels attached off-center

I think you did a pretty good job of overall foreshortening though. Right trapazeus or whatever muscle that is on the shoulder/neck joint feels a little too high compared to the left side.

My initial sketches to me always seem somewhat passable but as i try to put a cleaner layer of line art over it, its a disaster. So any tips on how i can make both cleaner and more attractive line art?

>>2007008
The initial sketches are passable because of chicken scratch. There's so many lines, none of them very precise, so it kind of approximates and okay shape.

Someone post the video about confident line practice, I don't have it bookmarked.

>>2006996
that flopped penis

>>2006627
really dig your stuff, slothguy

a sketch I've been working on for far longer than is evident (I couldn't get the left arm to look good, ended up going with sort of a cop-out pose)

>>2007008
just make your sketches clean as fuck, skip the middle man.

>>2006743
Third day of drawing... i think progress is good... what do ya bros think?

>>2007236
learn about forms now and save yourself a lot of trouble later on.

>>2007248
kk....forms.... thats a new word.... on it, I guess :|

i know this is missing some hard shadows,and lighter values. but could anyone point them out please?

>>2007258
collarbones should be in 3/4 perspective to the body, fix the lightening on the collarbone on the left

>>2007236
Read the sticky! And try out the beginner thread, it's usually great.

I mean it's not completely horrible, but yeah, forms.

You're not drawing 2d objects here.

>>2007271
kk...good idea...sticky

>>2006730
well thanks.

I kinda wanted to place Rei in a different pose because Christ looks like some sort of force is pulling hin I tried to make Rei like she's pulling her weight up and riding the cube not just being pulled by it.
As for little cubes they are suposed to be inside the corhers of the big cube so it looks like the torso is inside of the cube and I suppose I placed them right, except that Rei is placed differently.

As for the floor tile it does match the cross but there's an inverted perspective.
Dali's upper cubes apper larger to the viewer than the lower ones.

>>2007058
thanks mate

I'm looking for a certain illustration. i've seen it on a poster, it could have originally been 80's rock album cover or a book cover or something, it was featuring a buffed half naked hairy midget in weird diving helmet heroicly carrying a 10/10 chick which was almost twice longer than him (he's a midget.) and the background was something red, like red mountains or something.

When I saw it I really liked it, now I can't find it.

>>2007408
>>2007408

Just started working on this, however, I'm still trying to figureout the anatomy of this angle

suddenly... phallic spaceships out of nowhere

This little illustration thingy I did

>>2007490
that's actually really good

>>2007501

thanks anon!

>>2005042
I know it's way too late but these poses look pretty stiff and awkward, like they were copied from some 3D model posing program. In the future, I'd recommend looking at several photo references of a pose and sketching it a few times to get familiar with it. That way it might have a bit more life to it when you really start drawing.

I have this picture I'm working on and I think it's turning out pretty good and now I'm afraid to keep working on it in case I fuck it up so I'm procrastinating by posting here.
The fuck is wrong with me?

>>2007547
I guess i should.

Actually I was trying do it without references, both because i'm to lazy to actually search for the reference images and because I want to develop my imagination.
But I guess I'm not yet able to do it that way.

I need a red line. I can't find a good reference to figure out the arms. "girl arm up" or "girl arm against wall" doesn't bring up shit.

I also went up to a girl on the street and asked politely if she would put her arm against the wall and pose like the picture (I showed her the picture) and she got really freaked out and ran away.

>>2007667
Literally Loomis.
Go and fucking read it.

>>2007379
Ay Slothbro, you must get asked this question a lot so sorry in advance, but how did you learn that sweet as fuck (cross)hatching?

Just knowledge of form and light and then you just figured it out on your own? Maybe a book or something?

>>2007667
Try and replicate that pose. The arm doesn't comfortably backwards like that. Also the right shoulder is poking out too far and chicken scratch.

>>2005080
Can you elaborate on how the different planes are exaggerated. I can't see what exactly you mean by that.
>>2005168
What?

anything to change/revise b4 going into detail?

>>2007718
it feels like he doesn't have a neck

>>2006804
i dont see a reason to post my own work because our styles are immensely different therefore can not be judged together. and i have posted my art here before, got constructive criticism, so don't be so upset when someone isn't into what you're doing.

think i fixed it, anything else?

>>2007738
You are one giant retard. I´m not upset because you dont like what I do, you idiot.
I´m upset because you call it "garbage" "samefaggin" "shit" and now you call me a "homie" because I´m from south america (Colombia is not Mexico, ignorant).
Everytime you see my work you get mad.

Do some constructive criticism without insulting people.

>>2007745
Green watch, i thinks it catch the eye but have no purpose.

What could i improve, what are the mistakes on this?

>>2004393
If I really have to nitpick, I'd say that the chest looks a tiny bit stiff, the upper part of her right arm is long, and I can't really explain the way she holds the gun. It's leaning to the side a bit, as if she doesn't have a firm grip on it.

Those are all ignorable, though.
I think you did a very good job! Really like it!

>>2004923
Too much empty space behind the lighthouse.
I think that its size and the light from it kinda distract the eye from the whales (I'm assuming that they are the focal point) so maybe move it back a little and make it smaller.
That way you'll also get a sense of scale.
I also moved the whales up a bit. That way there's something like a triangle between the 3 objects.
I like it, nice idea!

>>2005042
I'd like to point out that Rei is giant compared to Misato.
Otherwise, it's a nice idea, and it's good that you put a lot of time and effort in this. Continue practicing and you'll get better in no time. Maybe do more gesture sketches and sketches in general instead of finished pieces. Maybe 1 finished piece per week and a lot of sketches in between.

>>2005051
Cute!

>>2005230
I dunno why this piece is getting so much shit.
I think the people are a bit too stiff and orange and kinda blend into the ground.
Foreshortening on Zodiberg's legs could also use some work.
But in general I like it! The upper part of the painting and the sky in particular are very good!

>>2005423
From the thumbnail it doesn't look bad. Put a bit more empty space in front of the dragon. Also keep the grey clouds.

>>2005550
His right leg is too curvy.

>>2005613
Not bad, the thick three is kinda distracting though.

>>2005695
Not bad, make a textureless drop shadow.

>>2005984
Define the chin

>>2006627
>>2007379
Great!

>>2007809
some shadows are too hard, others are too soft
scales don't look 3-dimensional at all

I know this is probably a weird question but could someone recommend me some good rock music to listen to? I'm painting a picture of a rock guy and I could use the inspiration but I don't normally listen to rock so I don't even know what's good and I'd just like some album I could listen to while working on this. Hopefully something in the same style as like Pour Some Sugar On Me?

fixed collarbones and other stuff

Pretty dead today.

crits?

>>2005678
>>2005695
>>2005230
>>2006627

Love all of these! Keep it up!

How am I doing? Anything terribly off that I'm not seeing?

gimy crts.

>>2008010
wow, was there tracing involved?

>>2008078
No, why? Does it look familiar?

>>2007426
the eye on our left is smaller vertically than the eye on our right.

Perspective is usually not so strong with such a small tilt of the face.

Also, frontal lobe of the head could be a little more defined, as well as the eyebrow ridge.

>>2007491
Not bad m8

treehauz

cant draw running pose OTZ

How shit is my rendering /ic/?

>>2008215
really shitty
Line work nice. check the right boob, a bit off.
For rendering, block in first

>>2008223
>incoming shitstorm.
I actually have no idea how to block in shadows, I've always done my coloring with a soft as fuck airbrush.

I don't even know where to go to start learning.

>>2008226
well. To be honest , if this line art is 100% yourself, you should be able to pick out block in value easily.
You can think of it as a total dark object , and being hitted by light.

I will suggest you try to begin with one to two layer of value, shell shading.

NEVER USE A SOFT BRUSH

I start the study value of traditional sketch, drawing cubs, spheres , etc

>>2008227
Guess that might be part of why I having trouble with this one. Original sketch was from someone who requested a color.

Will definitely look into studying cell shading though.

>>2008227
I've heard this from a few other people on here. What's the stigma behind using soft brushes?

>>2008230
Damn it !
Thats why you suck with shading Because you have no foundation.

Go back to loomis and sketch cubes.

photo study

>>2008291
ref

>>2008291
the likeness just isn't there for me.

>>2008291
Better than what I can do right now, but the face seems flat compared to the reference.

Getting back into art / digital art after a looooong ass break while I had a proper job. Crits welcome, repost from the beginners thread.

>>2008051
I kind of would like to get back to working on this so could someone just tell me if any of the anatomy looks really off? I was having trouble with the legs before and making sure they're the right length, if I could maybe at least get a second opinion on that?

>>2008291
You're exaggerating the hues of her face way too much, likewise with the highlights. You seem to be throwing random colours around at times where it doesn't really exist, such as the blue/purples on the hair and lip area, and you've really missed the bounce light on the chin/neck area. The proportions of the face are slightly too enlarged for her face.

Keep practising ultimately, and check your colours with the colour picker at times once in a while at this stage (emphasis on the "check" part, don't actually use it to grab your colours.) The form isn't completely bad and how you've rendered the hair ain't too shabby either.

Doing more grayscales will help with form and to avoid that plastic/2shiny look, and maybe grind more colour studies (but light on the rendering) as hues and highlights are your biggest issues here.

>>2006936
May I see your stuff?

Mine always start horrible. I'm trying to fix that

>>2008326
>May I see your stuff?
>merc_wip.bs

>>2008326
perspective on the chin looks way too extreme

warm up

>>2008326
your chin is fucked bruh

>>2008326
With this anon about the jaw...
>>2008358

The lighting doesn't make sense, even though I see what you're trying to do with defining her jawline.

Maybe try bringing the jawline's value closer in line with her temple area, and darken where her neck underlaps the jaw?

Can someone help me guys please

>>13151169

>>2008372
>>>/r/13151169

>>2005853
h-how old are you?

>>2007236
this is a jab at how shit the other guys drawing is right? i really hope so..

>>2005018
Nice brushwork, but it looks a bit flat. You never did any prior sketching, or construction of the character, am I right?

Do a graphite sketch before painting, so that you can get things like anatomy and shape correct. When you've learnt this you can start to take short cuts, not before.

>>2007745
>>2007807

Try toning the green down. All you need from it is the actual colour, not something that strong. It takes to much attention at the moment.

Saw the RoboCop remake the other day, and I am currently reading AKIRA, so I felt like drawing some kind of robo prosthetic.

Opinions?

Bear in mind that It was my intention to keep the body simple, to not take attention from the arm.

shouts out to the asshole slowing down my internet

>>2008435
Gave it a simple paint job. I think I like it.

>>2008460
Cool design.

>>2008010
Pretty good, but you didn't pick a very interesting photo to paint, in terms of lighting, values are all pretty samey, not many hard edges etc.

But considering what you were working with, bretty gud

>>2008435
his torso should be a lot bigger, vertically and horizontally, but the arm is really nice

>>2008051
head too big, looks a bit unfitting, like he has a body of a teenager and head of an adult man
also, shoulder too small imo, it looks especially fucked up with the hand on the mic

>>2008214
looks like you struggle with anatomy, especially necks and lower body
and lol that dog, fix or delete it

>>2008505
Thanks. Yeah, I know about the body, but don't really care about it with this particular drawing. If anything, now in hindsight I would have wanted the cloth on the sleeve to have been a bit more correct.

>>2008231
Soft brushes are literally essential that dude is just talking out of his ass.

Looking for a critique on this one. Just starting to learn how to pain faces. around 30 min

>>2008538
Looks good anon. Careful of being a little too pink overall especially given the cool surrounding. You might be able to push the occlusion shadows a bit more in places too. The whole face is lit with sort of a soft ambient light but then you have a couple dark cast shadows by the nose and on the neck that don't agree with the rest of the lighting. The eyes are a bit flat too (and asymmetrical and looking different directions), also the lower eyelid lacks a lot of form.

>>2008516
Thanks for the help anon, I didn't notice the head being too big. I'll try and fix that and the shoulders.

>>2007684
well thanks mate

yeah I've allways been using so many unnecessary lines, unsure where to put them. so I learned to calm my ass and think before I put down a line. so it started out more as an ordeal and a compromise (impatient quick drawing vs controlled lines)
They're still rash and I lack some serious anatomy and lighting skills, but I think I'm improving, slowly.

grab some basic geometric shapes, like a cup or box and draw them from various angles. if you have the time, do this on a daily basis as a warmup perhaps.
maybe you can get your hands on some toy blocks (cones and stuff)
experiment with different tools; I am either using an HB mechanical pencil or a very soft ~5B pencil. sharpen often so your lines stay consistent.
try to emulate other artists, like Doré and Dürer
(even though they're working with wood or copper engravings, they're doing the same thing; defining forms with cross hatching)

this book contains only drawings (mostly sketches for paintings and studies) by Leonardo da Vinci and it's amazing how quickly and efficient he's building 3D forms
also it's quite cheap ~16 USD

http://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-da-Vinci-Graphic-Work/dp/3836554410/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425831608&sr=8-3&keywords=leonardo+da+vinci+taschen

I hope this helps
have fun

Why are legs so hard

>>2008563
Thank you!

doodles

workin on some vehicle design

>>2005767
Tried this but took longer than 45 minutes because i dont know how to face.

>>2007491
Somebody give me some advice on this, it's kindof just a quick 30 minute thing but I think it turned out quite well.
Also why do the majority of you do digital art stuff? It's not very well respected by what I've heard.

>>2008998
not respected by who? plebs and autistic art fags?

>>2009003
I've never seen digital stuff in any gallery ever

>>2009021
I'd guess that would be partly because people who primarily do digital stuff seem to be geared towards commercial side of art. More like a tool to "explain" shit rather than to make art for its sake.
I'll also take a wild guess and claim that closeminded elitists want to keep digital stuff out of traditional galleries.

took me a couple of hours ths morning.
Ideas to improve it? Yes this is Peter Doherty

>>2008991
too crisp, blend some more
his right shoulder is way too low

a bit more rendered and shiny and you can be there in some time

>>2009639
make sure you blend it well, then darken it up a bit. looks great

I'm a beginner in digital illustration, with a pen i'm pretty good but when it comes to colors i have no style or tecnique. Need some advices on how to mix the colors in a proper way, now i'm trying and tryin and tryin hoping to improve soon.
Pic is my last work in progress

>>2008538
A little too pink but i really like the style!

>>2008291
Not so similar to the reference but the colors are sooo good.

>>2006969
Hands are so difficult, you did a pretty good job there

>>2007835
>From the thumbnail it doesn't look bad. Put a bit more empty space in front of the dragon. Also keep the grey clouds.
Thank you!