/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2187972
>how do I get better at playing guitar?
>how can I do more pullups?
>how do I write better?

>>2187972

draw and paint a lot.

I'm going to say something useful OP, pay attention:

1: Read Perspective Made Easy and do all the exercises.
2: Read How to Draw by Scott Robertson and do all the exercises and watch the videos.
3: Read Figure Drawing by Andrew Loomis and do all the exercises.
4: Read Drawing the Head and Hands by Loomis and do all the exercises.
5: Read Force by Michael Mattesi.
6: Read How to Render by Scott Robertson and do all the exercises.
7: Read Color and Light by James Gurney and do all the exercises.

There you go, with 4 hours of focused practice a day this training will last a whole year or a bit more. Also you need money to buy the books and a cintiq or intuos pro and ellipse templates etc.

After you complete that just do what you want for a while, explore styles, what you like to paint and such. THEN make a list of the things you are not good at an you want to learn and get to it.

>>2188029
great advice

mind posting your work?

>>2188035

I'm on step 3 at the moment, skipped a few steps to read Color and Light and be able to paint a bit

Real talk to all my beginners. The sticky is not a meme. If you stay with it, do all the exercises and draw a lot in your free time you WILL IMPROVE.

>>2188035

http://mikejordana.deviantart.com/gallery/52207253/I-LOVE-THESE

I still need to read 3 and a half of the books I listed but I'm trying to follow that plan.

>>2188029
This, also draw a lot.

>>2188044
Not bad, not bad at all.

>>2188044
Did you start by doing the excersises on a tablet?

>>2188052

I paint mostly with an intuos pro and sometimes I use watercolors for studies of plants in my garden etc, but perspective and drawing in general is faster with just a pencil, but I'm saving money to get a cintiq companion so I can draw and paint everywhere, it will make things easier.

>>2188029
I love you.

>>2188029 >>2188044

HEY, i love your colors man,super bad ass.

>>2188029
Wow. That's some pretty cliche advice with stupid written all over it. Did you piecemeal the whole process by yourself or did you have help from your fellow id/ic/ts.

Locking yourself in the basement with books scattered all over different subjects doesn't make a decent learning endeavor. Drawing better doesn't happen because you made flashcard system out of the process.

How many anons before have posted a schedule to grind through? And how many of those anons stuck to it? Now of those anons, how many actually improved? And how many of those have all thier shit look as if copied out of a book (i.e. stiff, formulaic, unappealing, unoriginal)?

Your idea of using a laundry list books is stupid as you.

>>2188123
it's great advice, not his fault if you or some other similar loser are too lazy and undisciplined to follow through

>>2188125
No, it's stupid advice that only a retard from ic would love. It panders to your naive hopes. I can't be blame for your bullshit beliefs. You suck because you believe in shit like that.

>>2188134
>implying its a bad selection of books.
there's no magic bullet that's for sure but i doubt the OP would be going the wrong way by studying those books.

>>2188134
Then what you recommend doing?

>>2188138
Draw from life.

>>2188140
Why not both?

>>2188140

Just drawing from life isn't fast enough, it helps a lot sure but studying from books makes the learning process much much faster, because you learn how you're supposed to think when you're drawing/painting, something that would take extra 5 years to figure out on your own.

>>2188143
There are no shortcuts. Draw from life.

>>2188144
There's plenty of shortcuts. Don't underestimate direction.

>>2188145
You just keep telling that to yourself.

>>2188146
I will. And I'll tell others. Because I'm right and you're wrong.

>>2188140
>bashes others for reading books.
>draw from life.meme
>ignore experience of other PROFESSIONALS
opinion discarded.

>>2188147
Post your work.

>>2188149
its bait you dip!

>>2188150
Your damage control won't work on me. Post your work.

>>2188153
okay i found that funny.

>>2188156
>I-I was just pretending!

Post your work.

>>2188156
>>2188160
BOTH OF YOU FAGGOTS POST YOUR WORK

>>2188161
Stop samefagging and post your work faggot.

>>2188137
>>2188138
Never did implied there is a magic bullet. Don't even know how you came up with that. I dont know all the answere but i know your books are stupid.

>>2188162
>>2188161
>>2188160
you show me yours I show you mine!

>>2188029
this is good advice OP dont listen to the belly acheing fagggots

though you should also draw from life when you can

there isnt any one way to art but going through these books will help you on your way its a good start but it wont get you all the way there

find your way and do your thing go with your gut and youll make it with diligent practice

>>2188169
Okay what are you working on right now?

>>2188147
>>2188149
>>2188150
>>2188153
>>2188156
>>2188160
>>2188161
>>2188162
>>2188169
every IC thread ever. you guys have become the /fit/ of art, all the time with the dick measuring contest.

>>2188184
Competition would only make you better :^)

>>2188186
i would not call this competition.more like noob crushing.

>>2188148
>>draw from life.meme
good one, anon

>>2188029
/ic/ the post right here

>>2188029
Perspective Made Easy by Norling?

>>2188183
oh ... oh my god. that is horrendous

>>2188485
better?

>>2188505
ayy lmao

The two responses I've gotten from artists I like, when asked:

"Draw a lot, draw from life, draw things you like to draw.

[To get good at drawing you] have to:
-put in many hours of work
and
-constantly do things which, whatever level you are at, are still hard to do
…you don't have to be bored, though. So if the task is boring, find another difficult, time-consuming task to work on that feels like it is more what you enjoy."

- Zak Smith
and

"I can only recommend you to learn with an anatomy book of your choice(bammes, loomis, ect) and do lots of gesture drawing from life. Studying your favorite artists, comics, movies, animations a.s.o helps too"

-Saskia Gutekunst

>>2188517
"loomis
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-anon

>>2187972
Draw from life
Analyse masters
Learn perspective
Learn light theory for artists
Learn tricks that make good composition and design

>>2188029
>>2188044
How long have you been drawing anon?

Been at it seriously for almost a year and you're a lot better than I am.

>>2188584
this fucking text combo thing meme needs to die so bad

>>2188029
Well good plan. If I could afford this shit, it'd be even better.

>>2188904

>>2188977
I tried. There's no pdf/scans of Scott Robertson's/Gurney's books that I can find. Turns out that the best way to prevent your books being digitally pirated is to make them physical only.

>>2189314
You ever searched the archive?

>>2189314
Hold on
;)

>>2188044
Fukken followed

>>2189314
you truly are a faggot. give up, if you cant even look at the books thread that has all the links to all the books the OP mentioned you don't even have the ambition.

>draw
>try to improve a tiny bit
>repeat for years

>>2188879
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>>2189314
>https://mega.nz/#F!b15zlCrC
>here you go, you little bitch

>>2189351
Thank you.

>>2189369
>>2189383
>>2189440
Yes, yes, I saw the first memo, no need to hop on the train.

5 pages of Google results and there's nothing but dead links and ad-link scams, and it turns out it's in the fucking catalog.

>>2189440
does this need a password or something?

>>2189459
Sorry, here:
>https://mega.nz/#F!b15zlCrC!_SYEPABBY69rDOWfIk1wpQ

>>2188029
>All these people thinking anon drew that.

>>2189530
If you followed the reply chain, he posted his galley a little while after.

https://mega.nz/#F!es1BSKQR!spODyd0iaQmMelGA2GscFw