/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2222436
How about something less ugly.

>>2222437
k

or here's a few more

/ic/ is the most useful board by far

thanks anons!

>>2222436

>>2222887
> ic is the most useful board
Your new aren't you

>>2222887
/fit/ is more useful

>>2222887
Are you being sarcastic?

what am I doing wrong?!

>>2223350
Not going dark enough. Also it looks like you need to draw the construction more before you start painting.

>>2223350
You barely looked at the proportions

>>2222443

>>2222436
Is that a man?
How about we study something different than faces?

Landscapes, figures etc

>>2223350
angle of the face doesn't match the angle of the head

>>2224028
Try using a harder brush. Right now all those soft imprecise edges and shapes are muddying your image.

>>2222443
spent too long on this

>>2224161
looks like you could of avoided a lot of those strokes with a bigger brush

I started this one after some anon posted it, pretty fun guys. greyscale is better though.

>>2222447

>>2224253
nice dude

>>2224253
really nice for some reason I feel like that background color really makes your painting pop out alot

>>2224182
study, don't think I'm gonna finish it though.

>>2224476
Nice man, very clean and controlled. It's a bit odd that you polished the face so much and neglected the rest of the head (not even blocked in!). I think too you went a bit hard on some edges and can do with a bit of softening of the form in places, maybe just glaze a bit over some areas with an airbrush carefully.

>>2224476

Pretty sexy, anon. Looks very three dimensional.

>>2224284
complementary colors anon

>>2224476

Good job

It's my first time doing a study like this. Was loads of fun and learned lots

Erased the hand so much that when I got it sorta right I wasn't able to draw it

For studies, am I not supposed to use the color picker at all? Just eyeball it?

>>2224869
Study however the fuck you want to study, it depends on what you're studying. Are you studying how to eyeball colour, then do that.

>>2224869
Don't listen to >>2224880
So yes, try to eyeball it even if you're not training your eye for color, you don't lose anything by doing so and you gain a lot.

>>2224869

There's no specific way you're "supposed" to study, it depends on your goals.
If your objective is "eyeballing colors" then obviously color picking won't help much.
If you're purely at the "identifying colors" point then it helps a lot. Obviously better to test your knowledge and try to eyeball it later, though.

>>2224487
thank you, that's because I literally have 0 technique as this is my second study ever. coming from Lineart type of drawings, I just can't for the life of me work with huge blocks of colors/values. It becomes way too much to handle for some reason, so I just work detail by detail until the part is finished and then I pass to an other.

Pic related was my first study a while back from the study thread here, and as you can see, I need to draw lines first. I also can't finish them, cause to me this is waaaay too time consuming and boring.

>>2224488
>>2224530
thx anons

>>2222486

>>2225150
Your value hierarchy is a bit off. Speaking in terms of a binary light/shadow divide, a lot of your light shapes look like they belong to the darks. You've also darkened all of your lights except for some specular reflections that you added, which further hurts the light/shadow divide.

Some of your edges (especially around the eyes) are a lot harder than they need to be. Makes some areas look overmodeled.

>>2223350

>>2225104
Hm, not sure why it would be too much to handle. It's actually easier to keep all your values and such in check when you work the whole canvas at once since everything is relative.

Here's a demo I did for an anon like a year ago. It's a bit more structured an approach than I actually use (I tend to do several steps at once) but maybe it will help a bit?

>>2225168
I think that was just me trying to "emulate" the rocky-marble feel of the statue. But seems like it didnt work out too well. I'll try to work more carefully with my values now, thanks anon

>>2225232
holy shit, that's exactly how I want to do it, even though the way I did it works, it's fucking tiring and boring. always thought this method would be easier and faster, but when I tried it ended up being a huge shit fest and didn't really know what next thing to do. I actually saved this pic a while ago but never really looked at it, this is great, thx.

also, are you the one who did this one ? I also saved it cause this is exactly the part I struggle with.

>>2225289
Glad it helps then. Out of curiosity, how long did those studies take you? If I remember correctly that demo was done in around 45 minutes, including the making of it with the steps and writing. I think speed comes more with efficiency of thinking and markmaking more than a specific technique, but there are certain approaches that are typically faster, or are faster for certain things.

And no, that image you posted wasn't done by me.

>>2225310
the first one was around an hour, the new one was minimum 2/3 hours. And yeah, I know that's slow, that's because I literally can't move on unless I REALLY finish the eye for exemple.

To be honest I want to finish it now, but I have no idea how i'm gonna do that hair. i'll try your method first, thx.

>>2222438
any higher res for this one ?

>>2225341
biggest i could find

>>2225491
that's already a LOT better, thx bro.

K I L L M E

Seriously, fuck fountain pens forever.

please critique around ink splotches.

>>2222444

Honestly, I am learning so much from these studies. This is the third one I've ever done and already I'm learning about the baffling amount of subtleties needed with painting skin. I'll probably finish this later but any advise is helpful. I am still very much new to this.

Question, is it considered a bad habit to use the top layer painting to correct garbage underlying linework or is that normal? Because I notice that I do it ALOT when I can't quite get my lines to go where I want them to and just sort of feel it out with colors.

>>2226239
Areas around ink splotches look great.

>>2223736
nose is too thin around the middle. Her left cheek is too sharp.

sizing of right eye is too close to its eyebrow. Eyelashes on same eye could use re sizing

more diagonal angle in the right cheekbone. it goes too far upward, and makes her face look thinner/older, when you want round/young

the lips. yours is kinda restrained looking, and its cuz of the edges where the darkest shadows lie. the models lips are more straight and revealed, than tucked into shadow.

>>2226251
Ultimately only the end result matters but if you are worried about your lines you can practice them separately.

I've never contributed before, plus I've been banned for a month. Should I post more or is this a boring study?

quick question, where do you guys save these images from? is there a database of photos gathered somewhere?

>>2226788
Google images -> Search tools -> Size -> Large

?

>>2226778
Do continue posting pictures, friend. Welcome back.

>>2226778

>>2226778
How do you get banned for a month?

>>2226818
/tv/ mod immediately banned me because I replied to a thread about documentaries. I was talking about how I hated The Act of Killing, and apparently that's breaking global rule 1

>>2222445

>>2226828
I'd ban you too if I could.

>>2226828
woah dude you fucking deserved it

>>2224476
>>2225104
shit man. have something I can follow you on?

>>2227349
>>2227373
fuck the both of you

Might as well post the photo i used for my most recent study.

>>2224476

welp.
someone who is actually good on /ic/. this cant end well.

(what brushes?)

>>2227662
aaaaand what i actually accomplished. Aside from her left eye being too far to the right and her neck being too thin, i like how this turned out, and i feel like i've learned a lot from it. Next time i think i'll map out the features more carefully before starting so the finished result will actually look like the model.
Anything else i could to do fix this?

Pretty new to this drawing thing still, can't draw faces very well

>>2227690
>lined paper
have some self respect, man

>>2227690
Managed to draw this one thanks to the glasses covering up her eyes. Feels like I wasted some practice potential by not doing it in color

>>2227690
>>2227695
Kill yourself, my man

>>2227690
Don't listen to the asshats; i like the first one.

>>2222447
About an hour and a half of work.
I'm not sure if I'll do more later, but knowing myself I probably won't so here it is.

>>2227509
no sry anon, I only post stuff on /ic/ but those two are literally my only studies so wouldn't have much else to show. the rest is all line art. Pic related is my latest stuff, been having an urge to draw enraged people because of fucking berserk.

>>2227664
Thanks, This was done on manga studio 5 with every brush settings on default, except the shortcuts obviously.

>>2223168
If you know nothing about food, maybe, but everything there is basic /fit/ knowledge that everyone is aware of. This board is actually helpful

>>2223176
No

>>2222486
fun study

>>2225232
oh god your beginning sketch is so simple. fuck. thanks for sharing this, I fucking hate drawing but love painting but kept getting caught up on finishing a sketch before painting. i feel like an idiot.

>>2224476
this is actually vastly more pleasing to look at then the orig. I hope I can get to that point someday. nice work m8

>>2227346
edges are too hard, but still nice work. keep it up fam

Paint this skull, if you're so great!

>>2224182

Unsatisfied but learned lots

I just did a study of this statue so I figured I might as well share.

>>2229155

>>2229155
frustrated.. Help me!

>>2229188
Pay attentention to the shapes of shadows and highlights and their edges. Pay closer attention to the lightest lights.

>>2227942

>>2229155
H-h-here I go!

>>2229156
you might benefit from pushing your lights just a liiiitle bit further because the lighting in the breast area is muted in comparison. Also, you need to take care to watch the proportions of the figure. The flank area is a little too rounded. You need more of a slope. I do enjoy the rendering in blue though. it's aesthetically pleasing on the eyes
>>2229188
Watch your lights in the lower body area and try to push more light on top. The thighs appear to be catching a little too much light and also try to define your edges more. Try to look at the thumbnail to catch the differences in lighting. You're doing wonderfully otherwise. keep going!

>>2229247
I like this a lot. My only suggestion is smoothing out certain things. Like the shadow to the left of the navel and remembering your bouncelight to define the difference between the right thigh and groin more clearly. Amazing job man

>>2222445

>>2229155
I HATE ART

>>2230192
Tried again, half tracing this time to get it right. A bit better but I still don't know what I'm doing.

how bad did i do ?
what can I work on to improve ?

Rendering in color, how does it work

>>2230391
I feel you man. I'm in the same boat but trying to go monochrome first to break shitty habits I had in full color. But this looks alright so far. You doing this from a picture or from life?

>>2230391

I'm just learning how to mix colors in my painting class, but to do it digitally I would follow the method of using a palette to mix from ctrlpaint's mixing paint video: http://www.ctrlpaint.com/dp101-3

but in my class, he simply mixed the color with more and more white to get lighter and lighter values. he went through all of the paints we'd be using and make a 7 step value chart by starting with the color, and slowly adding more and more white.

pic is a value scale with many more steps but you don't have to go harder than 7 to start out

>>2222444
Spent about an hour fifteen on this. Meant to be a warm-up but got carried away.

Drawing is super off, I should have spent more time getting that right from the beginning. The light intensity change was intentional. Don't know if I'll continue.

>>2229296
Thanks! I took a second try. What do you think do more?

>>2230466
This one was from a photo, I did one from real life the other day and it turned out pretty decent somehow.

>>2230344
whites are too white

blacks are too black

Worked on an extra tiny canvas without realizing it. Anything I should focus more on?

>>2231954

Why is there purple?

>>2230760
really nice d00d

>>2231967
My monitor's color display is off. It was supposed to be blue.

fun times with that

>>2227326
fuckiing gaaaaaaaaaaaay

>>2225150

woah nice

>>2227860
don't crosshatch

>>2230760
looks delicious, nice work.

very unfinished but i find rendering so tedious and time-consuming... I try to go from big to small but i feel my brush economy is awful. how do you cut down on strokes but still get smooth vaue transitions and blending and such?

>>2224476
dope as fuck to be honest. Mustve taken some time too I imagine.

>>2222436
https://youtu.be/gidmwIYtEz8