/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2151204
I feel you are focussing too much on the rendering, and not enough on the point of your image. Like...yeah, you painted Venom. Cool. But he is just standing there next to a wall with a very stiff pose. Boring.

Ask yourself--what is it about the character that makes him, well, HIM? How can you show this through posing/body language? Is there a better viewpoint or composition you could have chosen? What is he doing? Why? Could you have exaggerated some parts of this image? How far can you push things before they start to fall apart? Could you have come up with a different or better arrangement using his shadow for a different composition or to be able to tell some other story? What is happening outside of the picture frame?

What color should I make the wall in the background?

>>2151233
Lol Forgo

reposting this b/c last thread died after my post

>can anyone suggest me a vid on how to block in color? do i do a greyscaley thing first or should i use color right away? all the hues are making my head dizzy

>>2151204
Is there a guide or book on how to render like that?

>>2151250
blue-green, block everything in before you get in to rendering to make sure you're happy with the colour scheme

>>2151204
Is that pic yours OP? If so it looks gnarly

Small study for an indie film movie poster I got asked to work on. The final is going to be a Drew Struzan-esque compositon with all the characters.

this is oil on shitty canvas panel. critiques are welcome

>>2151278
I think you should just paint in greyscale at the moment. Make sure you have a good understanding of value and edges (yours has everything blurry) and painting, get all that under control. Then afterwards jump into colour. In my opinion you learn the most just painting straight in colour, but you can only do this if you know your values well.

>>2151218
You're totally right. I made a half-assed sketch as warm-up (procrastination) that I quickly got carried away with. I have a bad habit of letting pieces with a plan sit in WIP-limbo while I invest time into stuff like the OP. Thanks for calling me out before I poured more hours into it.

>>2151291
Looks quite nice actually! If you are doing a Struzan approach though, why not work closer to how he did? Like with acrylics and pencil crayons and stuff. I think it's a faster/easier way of achieving some of the level of detail and sharpness needed.

Have you figured out the entire composition yet? Is there a reason his portrait is viewed from the side? Also I assume you will do the ear fully in the final. It looks fine as a block-in for a study, but for a finished piece you will want it properly painted out.

I got paint tool sai and painting is so much better.

I need help on hair.

>>2151303
And because you guys always tell me to draw from life here is a study.

top left is original, right is the study
bottom left is without lines (i put this there because I was wondering how do I approach coloring in line work) bottom right is the sketch.

>>2151279
Probably, but I can't remember specifics. Off the top of my head there's a basic primer here that talks a bit about stuff like that:
http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm

There's also understanding how light works to an extent. This one is complex but worth revisiting many times:
http://www.huevaluechroma.com/

Gurney's Color and Light is also great. Lots of nuggets of info, but most can be found on his blog. I hear Robertson's How to Render is good, but I haven't checked that out yet.

All I'm trying to do is think about the direction of the light, how it affects basic forms that resemble what I need, and keeping major planes in mind.

As far as textures go, it's mostly a matter of knowing what you roughly want the end finish to look like, and playing around with tools to get what you want. I used some of the more basic Jaime Jones brushes for block-in and rendering, and some of his more speckled brushes for things like the highlights that I wanted to stand out. You can also do washes of color in different layer modes (overlay, multiply, etc) if you need to shift the hue, value or saturation but mostly preserve texture or brushwork.

Lastly, pay attention to marks and brushwork in pieces by artists you like, then try to incorporate them on your own.

>>2151289
Yes, thanks

>>2151291
Looks great at the moment, but you could do with pushing your values very slightly on the face. Just little pockets of near-black like in the ears and in the middle of eye and nose would really help create a bit of depth, and pushing your lights a little lighter too

Paint tool Sai is better than photoshop imo

>>2151317
And because you guys always tell me to draw from life here is a study.

top left is original, right is the study
bottom left is without lines (i put this there because I was wondering how do I approach coloring in line work) bottom right is the sketch.

>>2151292
alrighty t.hanks

I'm trying to do digital linework, but it looks messy, any tips?

>>2151331
I guess just take things a bit slower. Be more precise with your lines and put a little more care into them. If you go too fast in the lineart stage, the result will look more like a sketch.

(sort of) quick scetch!
Crits would be appreciated

drew some trees

>>2151343
wow, sorry about the enormous file :s

>>2151346
here's a bigger landscape kinda thing. i need to get better at these

>>2151360
dude I freakin' love that!

did some imagination landscape tonight
any ideas?

>>2151400
It's kind of unclear what they are walking towards. It feels empty but there looks to be something there? Or are those more trees? It's not clear. I would make it an obvious destination (it can be subtle but obvious if you know what I mean). Maybe a building or somehting. Or another figure.

Also the trees are bland. Take a look at some reference of real trees and take note of how they grow. How to the branches split off the main trunk? Are there any interesting shapes of angles you didn't think of? Are there lots of tiny branches as well? Is the bark peeling off in places, or covered in lichen?

>>2151360
that stare is just creepy

almost done with this drawing, just need to draw the sword the guy dropped

>>2151403
thanks
they were supposed to be some creepy tall gangly silhouettes
i'll make them more clear
good call on the trees too, thanks

>>2151317
Hey, I'm going to give you some advice since I like this manga. Mostly about the hair.
But first the obvious stuff : the ear placement is wrong. You should study the skull. Even with the mask and the hair hiding most of the face, it becomes apparent that you need to work on the planes of it (look at how you shaded the upper part of the nose and the eye for example). This is also why the light source makes no sense. The chin and neck area is off.

The fall of the hair seems unnatural, probably also because you don't have the skull figured out well. Look at how hair works - you made it fall in this very regular way, it looks like a hat (especially because some of the edges are so hard - really take time to do proper edges, as of now you seem to arbitrarily make them either soft or hard, same for the lineart, you either erase it or leave it in random places), you should shade individual locks and not just make the whole form go from a lighter to a darker value. Think about where exactly the hair grows from and delineate large locks which flow in either the same or in opposite directions - this applies even to shorter hair. Shorter hair is generally more voluminous btw, Kaneki's hair especially has lots of volume going on, look at Ishida's paintings, it's fluffy. In your pic the hair is not painted in sections, plus the light source doesn't make sense yet again. The fall of the light and the colors are not so regular either when it comes to hair. Its form is a lot more complex than that of a flat surface and light scatters through it more easily. Hair as light as his would have a value range which would be a lot lighter. Where have you seen light hair which has such dark values which arent occlusion shadows in its value range? Another advice I have is don't just use brown for shadows, shadow tone depends on the surroundings.

Pic related to the whole hair talk; looking at canon is important when you do fanart.

>>2151318
>And because you guys always tell me to draw from life
>here's a copy of a photograph

are you retarded?

>>2151434
I worded that wrong.

learning...

this is called "Seedless ( Busting One Out on Her Chest)"

it's about the jews

>>2151435

good as it is, finished and stands alone.

for future drawings, perhaps pic related could help you take a different direction in areas.

doodlin rough

>>2151477
fuck forgot to post resized

Spent hour and half to this, way too high to see scale. Is that head way too small?

>>2151484
What is his armor made of (what materials?)? How does it hold together and attach? Where does it attach?

I would try to think more about functionality now that you have the major shapes decided.

>>2151484
This character is so poorly designed are you even trying?

first post on ic

be gentle

>>2151543
you get tierd when you draw because you push too hard on the pencil. Let it slide across the paper.
Your pose is unnatural because you lack experience. Study real humans.
Your topic is generic because you didn't think about what you were drawing before you started, you didn't do research nor consider what you really wanted it to become.
Take a break from drawing from imagination for a while and focus on learning the fundamental rules of drawing and design.

You have a ways to go but that's not a bad start. A ignorant person might call you talented but it's clear that you've put in a bit of legwork considering your attention to functional details rather than adding belts and knives.

Translated to /ic/ language:
Generic design loomis newfag.

Got side tracked and started to fool around and I started to like it. Need to look up on bird anatomy.

>>2151420
so tl;dr shading needs work so study the human face more and same with hair?

>>2151551
Thanks, man.

One thing I've always had a problem with, and what I think is mostly holding me back is; I have a really rough time with proportions. I'm trying to either get better at it or disconnect drawing with being proportionally accurate.

Any suggestions there (from anyone)

>>2151543
Another of mine

>>2151577
>Hideki Kamiya
>only
>I want
Will writing Asian names on your pictures improve your art skill? Is the Asian power just so miraculous?

>>2151598
No idea about the powers, it's just me goofing off trying to show that you can use any picture you want to make something out of if. Here is the real one.

>>2151434

Most of the time I see people on IC do a study they're just trying to replicate a photo.

It's very rare I see people call other ways of deconstructing and learning from something a study here.

>>2151608

I don't see any connection or influence from one to the other, though. Did you just paint right over the Kamiya screenshot? I mean, it seems obvious to me that you can paint over anything.

>>2151343
I think it's amazing what you created with only few lines and shadows. Really nice

I would appreciate some input on this .

>>2151343
This looks great! Do you have a blog or something where you post your stuff, Id love to see more.

robot

trying some different things

>>2151709
and the sequel

>>2151709
>>2151710
Your art style is pretty fuckin cute.

>>2151688
Pretty cool. He needs a pistol or two if you are going for the Man With No Name thing.

Madonna of the Rocks

>>2151755
those man hands

pose has anatomical errors
not digging those colors
did you do a test thumbnail for color compo?
liking the madonnas face

>>2151755
Her left arm looks as if it's missing an entire half. And overall the body could use more fluent positioning. But the rest is nice if you're going for the historical glass staining portrait kinda vibe

poopin'

>>2151755
Dat adorable baby saviour tho.

>>2151360
Das real clean bruh

>>2151514
He said it was a rough fucking doodle
>>2151525
What the fuck are you talking about. Dude is mad skilled yo. I'd get if you had offered some constructive criticism, but that is just fucking bullshit. What a faggot

>>2151652
Right leg looks fucked and out of place.

>>2151204

decided to replace the bum with something more interesting and conceptartistish. how do i come up with a cool design without flatout copying somebody? it seems impossible.

>>2151987
stop thinking in terms of "lemme just put a concept art robot here" and start thinking about what you actually want to design. what's the function, what's the expression, what was it made for, how does it work, etc

>tfw you're a shit tier artist who's been drawing on a table for a year recently just made $250 in three weeks from commissions

>>2152040
did you mean to make a new thread? why is this here?

>>2151628
It's more of something like this I did quite a while ago really. Get some random shapes, add a picture and start looking for patterns and such. It's a thing that helps me ease up my mind if I don't feel like it.

>>2152039

yeah good point. it's just hard to pretend you care about that shit when all i want is a pretty picture.

Kritique plz

>>2152078
hey man i feel you, but there's no shortcuts to any of this, you know that by now

>>2152079
Stiff

>>2152083
Spot on.
Know any good exercise to improve and work on that?

>>2151713
thanks! i'm glad you think so.

>>2152098
gesture drawings

>>2151781

( ._.) b

>>2151910
i like those colors

>>2151484
Looks like he shat himself tbh

>>2151484

work on how the eye travels through the drawing.
this means you should work on your contours.
look at tf2 designs for ideas on how the eye should flow through the entire character.

Is furshit allowed.

>>2152218
So long as it's good.

>>2152229

B-but if it's good why would it be posted in a critique thread.

>>2152234

Risking it anyway cause I have no idea how color works. Cropped it down as best I can but my phone doesn't have a resize option.

>>2152241
man i really despise furfaggots

it's the image equivalent of a text message with lits of :3 :3 :3 and ironic homoerotic flirtation

>>2152243

Thanks m8, critique noted.

>>2152241

>your daily reminder that it's time to leave /ic/

>>2152243
>>2152293

I'd rather see people post a particular genre of art than listen to people bitch about a particular genre of art.

>>2152299
>le liberal everything goes love all the people drivel

>>2152206
Is this a joke

>>2151318
you do realize you're shit, right? but still your post seems arrogant. go to facebook if you want people to glorify your shitty work.

painted a tree today

>>2152311
Nice

>>2151652
both of the boots seem like they are from the same perspective. make the girl's right foot ( to her ) turn a bit more in space.
the hands are a little hard to read as that they are doing.
also i dont really get the picture,as to whats going on, or why should i be interested in it (as a reader in the picture)

trying to get my basic poses a little more solid

This is what drawing humans and humans only does to you kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkgRf8n_Ngg

>>2152367
you say that like you've mastered drawing people...

>>2152374
Not at all, what I meant is that I drew the girl much better than her surroundings, not good, just much better than the other shit in the painting..

My first gif ever

>>2152381

fucking awesome.

>>2152377
that's what you think.

>>2152381
Why does his eye stop glowing when there is lightning? I think you can also push the lightning to a sort of white-blue instead of plain white. Maybe also get a bit of a soft glow coming off the lit areas too, really showing it being overexposed.

>>2152381
No lightning on the clouds in the bg?

>>2152392

You're right, did the animation again fixing some of those things

>>2151204
My attempt at photorealism.

>>2152404
Clouds m8

>>2152343
Thanks for the critique, as for the picture it‘s my first try at a comic this would be the first page and the next page would show what’s got her attention.

1

>>2152755

2

>>2152758

3

>>2152761

4

anatomy practice
posemaniacs

>>2152241

Harden up your shadows. Softshading is safe for those who are unfamiliar with dealing with lighting.

>>2152798
Thumbnail looked look. Also, shrink your shit.

Do you guys know a good tutorial to learn how to draw tits? pic related my problem, no tits.

Trying to worry less about technical stuff and just have fun. WIP

another mary~

>>2152839
What's she doing with her hand? Awkward pose. That wrist is bent >90 degrees too, but that's beside the point.

>>2152870
>2514x3209

Face is kinda squished, but im only at 30 min anyways. Feelin good so far

>>2151204

The characters are painted in oil, scene is a photo

>>2152899
Character second from the left seems out of place with the others but maybe that's your intention.

>>2152889
update, pointers would be appreciated. i feel like im doing something wrong

Assumption of Mary

>>2153007
Really quite beautiful

some vehicles from memory

>>2151360

fucking incredible work man, very inspiring!

>>2151204
here is some super recent process from this and last week

1/3

>>2153174

2/3

>>2153176

3/3

i do EVERYTHING in sketchbook pro by the way, its my drawing program of choice!

>>2153174
>>2153176
>>2153177

draw from life for a while man. digital is holding you back and giving you a skewed sense of skill.

>>2153174
>>2153176
>>2153177

>>2148429

>>2152998
flatten and simplify, too many unnecessary brushstrokes that dont help

>>2153177
go away bones of ruin you still suck

>>2152575
Learn more about values, also if you are trying photo realism measure the shit out of everything and I do mean everything also put in every single little detail.

>>2152381

It's one thing to be inspired by other artists, but completely copying everything, from the inking style down to the very idea itself is just fucking lazy and cheap.

>>2153202

part of the process of learning. zedig also copied everything, from the inking style down to the very idea itself at some point in his journey. chillout brah.

>>2152899
Dude, stop darkening your colors with black.
Learn some actual color theory

trying to work this into the golden ration compostition and struggling somewhat, also i'm lacking in edge control especially in drappery.

Downloaded some vilpuu on drappery and will most likely start some excercises on the weekend for this.

trying

>>2151331
want a tip?
stop trying to be zedig and start being yourself.

>>2153220
Try moving both figures away from each other or just the left one if youre trying to get the golden ratio

Took the critique from last thread about using more reference and it works out pretty good.
Colors and rendering not final, of course.

>>2153220
>>2153243
ended up extending the canvas and moving them apart, looks better i think, ill need to light the bg on the right side to contrast it from the darker left.

>>2153157

i like it

>>2153293
I thought that thing in the middle was a big dong. Maybe make it less phallic-looking?

>>2153397
Yup, going to do that. Thanks

>>2151484
that you senpai?

Not final just yet

>>2151204
WIPsy

trying to push my weak point, landscape and structures in particular
crits/comments?

>>2153571

no shit is that temples of angkor wat

>>2153439

this is cool

>>2153469>>2153220
dope
and on pic related i like the flipped version?

>>2153578
it is, here's ref

muh ppg redesign sans bubbles

>>2151710
>>2151709
qt

Im a trad painter learning how to use photoshop and im wondering how im doing?

>>2153669
and heres the study for reference http://walterlynnmosley.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hh-14.jpg

>>2153669
decent job so far
the flaws seem to stem from a lack of fundamentals rather than issues with the media
keep pushing your studies, i see something there

>>2153669
Not bad for a first attempt. You can use the lasso tool to select an area and move it around, for instance to fix the eye positions rather than repaint from scratch. You can also try using the mixer brush tool (right click the brush icon and select it). That will give you some blending more akin to oils if that's what you are used to.

Basically just experiment with the tools a bit as you do this.

>>2153669

I did a study of that painting too using acrylics hehe

redrew this. tracing seems like the way to go on a lot of these. its quick and it looks good.

>>2153689
>tracing seems like the way to go on a lot of these. its quick and it looks good.
It's also infringing on copyrights

>>2153690
im editing the pictures and not profiting from them. i don't see how that infringes on copyrights.

the original didn't have scissors.

>>2153692
Well if you're not profiting it's not a big deal then. But I would avoid putting these in a portfolio to get work, and if you do get work then don't use this process unless you took the photo.

Also adding scissors doesn't make you immune to the law. There is also the moral questions involved too, but I will leave that side of things to you to figure out for yourself.

>>2153700
alright but lowkey fuck photographers. they should be glad someone's using their photograph for something cause they are worthless without actual artists.

>>2151577
i relly like this one, what did you use? oil pastels?

>>2153704
Wut? Did I fall for some bait or something?

>>2151343
i know it's just a gesture, but spend time working on the forms that build the face. You're doing great with most of the big forms of the body.

seraphim

>>2153718
This gave me some crazy christopher hart how-to-draw-manga book vibes

>>2153722

you say that like its a bad thing

im 12 years old

>>2153731
why are you on 4chan?

>>2153731
This is no place for kiddies, only the big kids play here.

I'm wanting to get some feedback on this little bit of pelvis/hip work I started a coupla hours ago. Trying to fully develop the pose on the right.

Any crits?

>>2153739

not really im 23
but the point stands dammit

>>2153792
Lol no it's not, 4chan has 18+ imageboards but /ic/ is not one of them.>>2153739

>>2153731
Stay b& fagit

>>2153797

o yea, I forgot to check the rules.. I AM A BAD SHITPOSTER

>>2153797
>http://www.4chan.org/rules
>Global Rule #2: You will immediately cease and not continue to access the site if you are under the age of 18.

Best check yoself b4 you rek yoself

>>2153806
damn you got me

effect is critical

>>2153223

I love this, the perspective is sweeet

Any tips?

>>2153868

stop posting and burn it

>>2153868
Maybe try more cool/contrasting colors in the shadows of the skin (greens perhaps), for added interest. I don't know if that would improve it though, just something to try out possibly.

>>2153878
shh, don't tell.

Critique please, study for painting.

>>2153927
Sorry, forgot pic

>>2153931
the light source is a little unclear to me... It seems like the left halve of the face should have more shadows.
and the shadow in the middle of the chest seems too deep for a light that comes from above.
His mouth seems like it is pushed forward, because the teeth don't line up with the middle of his face, i think.

but you have a really, really nice drawing here. although, the better the quality and your skills, the more these kind of anatomical flaws are noticeable.
hope you'll show us the planned painting

>>2153364
thanks!

>>2153690
>it looks good

What can I do to improve this before I start pushing it more?

Notes I'm thinking about are, moving the planet, possibly rotating the weird structure in the midground so it's more of a looking in and less of a side view... and lastly adding a foreground element to tie it all together.

I'm pretty knew to this environment shit so pls help senpais

>>2151525

>average /ic/ crit

fuck off retard

Crits please. Work in progress.

>>2151923
>>2153952
>>2152327
>posts in a draw thread
>can't handle criticism
kek

>>2153951
Not trying to be mean man but you really need more understanding before trying to paint an imaginary environment. Your composition is poor with no real focal point or foreground. Because of your background my eye just shoots straight off your painting. It also appears that you don't really understand how basic forms and lighting work.

If I were you I would head back to fundamentals. But I know that's never the answer anyone wants to hear.. so if you really wanted to keep working on this, try looking up some real world references and incorporate them into your painting. Maybe add some real rocks or some bushes in the foreground or something. There's cool looking rock formations that can look alien and actually exist. Right now its all just like a golf course or something. If you are trying to draw ribs for your structure, look up some whale ribs or any ribs and draw those bad boys. It will help your painting a little bit at least.

Sorry if this sounds mean. Just keep at it.

>>2153961
http://mooffz.tumblr.com/if you'd like to see more and get more view of my beginner levels

I get what you mean for sure, I'm just trying to make originals along with studies mostly to see what I need to work on, so the information is definetly nice to know

>>2153957

but your crit is awful...

lollllll

How do I into armor design guys? I was bored and began sketching this for my D&D character but I have no idea where it's going. I think I'm getting caught up in the layers of the armour, or how it'll look from the different angles.

I dunno, any help?

guhhhhhh

same guy as >>2153792
trying to get this pose right and anatomical for a piece i'm working on, any crit on it?

>>2153961
Yeah no all of this helps a ton, I should be doing studies more alongside the creative stuff i've been expirmenting with. Thanks for the feedback

>>2153931
Thanks. It still seemed a bit off to me, lighting wise you're correct. Had a hard time with the mouth, it's such an odd angle to begin with.

>>2153978

study armor

>>2154003
Going to properly do some research tomorrow, but do you know of any good online galleries or books on armour? Specifically early medieval.

>>2154008
qt af

>>2152839
>>2152879
The hand was awkward so I cut it out completely.
Not going to go any further, but would you guys mind giving critique?

Thoughts on the texture? Also general critique pls

>>2154068
here it is without

This is my first experiment with India ink and Prismacolor markers after I picked some up on a whim today. I had absolutely no fucking idea what I was doing and shit bled everywhere because I don't have anything heavier than 50lb paper. Any tips on how to not color like a child would be appreciated.

>>2152734
nice anon

Can I get a crit on these environment lighting scenarios?

>>2154111
Why are you doing these greyscale? Especially for things like sunsets or light sources within your image you will want to paint them in colour to judge the values more accurately.

>>2152836
very nice, very natural looking

>>2154118
Assignment for class, 3 gray-scale lighting scenarios. I agree it was really hard to judge value this way, but we're taking one of these into color next week.

red flower from cave story

>>2153985

dopppeee

ルベド

pls

>>2154183
nice but would look 10x better if you used a smaller brush size imo

>>2154014
Thanks :D

>>2152329
Looks like Hops

>>2153177

just finished this one

Playing with rocks now.

>>2154059

dropped the ball on the neck, went too dark too fast.

>>2154140
あの女はわるいです

>>2154276
I thought it was a melted pikachu at first

>>2154331
I thought so too

slowly taking shape

Got some octopuses to post, wooooooooot.

(I've got no control on it being slanted on its side since I'm posting from my phone.)

>>2154296
Hard to understand what you're trying to say since you didn't actually type anything...
but I think I see the issues

Still working on this one, the greaves and the forearm plates are giving me trouble.

Was high as fuck again, found this in the morning.

>>2154375
that high as fuck cranium

>>2154376
Exactly, this is something i've been now working. Usually I do the circle, then build face around it and it always ends up smaller than the circle is. Then I need to make the circle smaller, but seems like I totally missed it last night.

morning warmups

This is a fanart I made of Opal... actually it started of as a anatomuy study from this picture:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/af/79/52/af795289acf53db8b7b268dd965e5d6d.jpg

>>2154213

traditional shit, mechanical pencil on printer paper

signed digitally in sketchbook pro

all shit sketches, just thought i would share

>>2154395
Back to beginners, if you're even 18.

>>2151204

thumbnails

>>2154124
>>2154137
>>2154140
read the OP

I am bad at photography but I finished this last week.

>>2154447

>>2154183
Fuck, that is wonderful

I used to draw a lot of weird stuff in middle school/high school. If I take pictures would u fellas let me know if its worth continuing as a hobby on the side?

>>2154466
>if its worth continuing as a hobby on the side?

That should be entirely up to you, if you enjoy it then keep going. If you have aspirations that you wanna head towards then keep going, don't ask some random dickheads to decide for you.

>>2154466

>catalog
>ctrl+f
>beginner

just pointing you in the right direction m8

>>2154488
You in the wrong thread homie

My latest rendition

dis hurts, y it's not fun at all :'(

>>2153673
>>2153676
Thanks for the tips compliments and advice! i pushed the painting around some more and tried to render it out.
>>2153685
thanks for the laugh bro!

>>2151709
Fatlink

>>2151204
Getting there.
Anyway, what's JesseTheArtMaker aka bonesofruin doing here? He's stuff is great.

>>2154583
best tip ever? don't copy the photos

>>2153718
Grace?

>>2154075
Is that suppowed to look like doody on her booty?

>>2152299
I prefer the bitching

>>2154600
You trying to say the guy who can't even copy a Dave Rapoza painting is good?

>>2151204
oil on canvas, 6' x 4' work in progress let me know what you think.

>>2154658
What colors did you use to get the skin tones?

>>2154341
i frickin love the reflection on the front ground, man. i'd say desaturate your mid-ground just a little more.

>>2154660

I'll post a pic of the paints when I get home from work.

>>2154658
it seems to be cut off in the bottom :\

>>2154660
top row is what I used for background figures
bottom row is what I'm using for the main figure

>>2154692
here's a full pic

>>2154697
Thank you!

>>2154700
why is there michael jackson on your wall without pants

>>2154708
because he use to fuck me when I was a kid

okay I dont trust this new beginner thread so posting here. A thing crossed my mind while i was painting it, wouldn't painting animals be better than still life? I mean, even beginner already has most objects one can put in still life in his visual libary, but most of us never saw a bear, a crocodile and such, so animals are more abstract shapes for us, and so they break the symbol drawing better, am I right?

>>2154711
ref. I used.

>>2154711

don't think that matters much tbh.

>>2154711
Still life is more useful because you observe objects in space, and light interacting with them. Drawing animals from life would be similar, but that is hard unless the animals are resting.

>>2154447
Niiice, do you have a place where you post board designs? Are you selling any?

>>2154711
>>2154716
As this dude's saying the big problem is if you're painting animals you almost certainly need to use a picture which automatically puts things in 2D for you. You do still life so you have to actively make the conversion yourself.

>>2154706
no problem

>>2154395
such a shame you signed these, really wanted to steal them xDD

>>2154720

not selling currently, probably in the future.

DA is Zoncanator

wip

>>2153571
the scale of everything is off and work on improving color temperature.

>>2154779

>>2154803
looks good

there are some things in here that i dont even know what they are

>>2154140
this strangely reminds me of a propaganda poster

>>2154583
pope gene hackman :D

great colours, looks good so far

Something wrong with her to me, what i could change - repair before rendering?

>>2154603
kinda hard, considering where this painting is displayed

>>2154369
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cool

>>2154372
cool as fuck

>>2154978
eyes (specifically iris'), nose ridge and brow area, to me. But i'm still learning basics.

>>2154986
Hey thanks man, I never get much feed back on this board.

any improvements?

>>2153951
>>2153961

>>2153176

a little more progress

>>2154716
>>2154728
I see, well, It's probably still better to study from pictures of animals than pictures of still life then.

Working on this for the past hour. Anon with the virgins inspired me.

>>2155035

a lot more progress

>>2155067
I like it

>>2155089
Thanks M8. Bit too sexy, I think, I want to scale that back. Will post finished.

>>2155093
look forward to seeing it

Something I'm working on.

>>2155081
You're the guy that doesn't listen to people when they say that you lack fundamentals and need to go read the sticky

new thread?

>>2155168
Please somebody start a new one.

>>2155081
new wip

>>2154396

well, ...where is this beginners thread everyone keeps talking about? havent seen one yet, next time post a link

>>2155327
here >>2148429

This took me like 10 hours or something.

New to using tablets and draing programs in general. Using Paint Tool Sai at the moment just because I feel the most comfortable with it.


I dont know, I feel im making progress but on the whole I still have such a hard time with learning pretty much everything, it just never stops.

Maybe the picture is hard to say anything about because its too cartoony and tthe composition and colors are all whack (I think?) but I'd love some feedback on what I should improve on.


Also: Drawing rain is hard.

>>2151291
Drive much huh?

I like your skills but its too heavily influenced, or may I say, ripped from this poster, for me to feel like its justified using for another movie.

>>2151343
>>2151638
>>2151680
>>2153716
its done from reference, most likely a painting, I cannot say for sure, but Ive seen this pose.

>>2153795
its good,, maybe add harder shadows to the nostrils and shit

>>2152798
thats not a 60 second pose, let alone 30, you took like 5 minutes for this at least

>>2152367
the human isnt good either, and you could easily improve on the landscape if you tried and used reference

>>2154317
nice, reference or imagination?

>>2153931
eyes are far to big, but nice rendering anon! keep it up!

I drew this to get rid of that awful damaged tattoo

i tried