/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

study

>decide to doodle on some copy paper
>draw something beyond my normal ability, something I'd like to develop more
>but it's on fucking copy paper
And then
>decide to draw on proper Bristol paper
>nothing worth developing, pure shit

Every motherfucking time. FUCK.

>>2773035
beautiful and airy

>>2773035
mirin

study

In progress. Don't know what kind of floor/ground to do.

>>2773035
>>2773069
Now I'm almost scared of posting! Damn good start for a draw thread~

Any chance of seeing this >>2773035 in a slightly higher res? Would love to be able to see your brushwork better!

>>2773089
but thats just a study man. nothing special

>>2773089

thanks! here's a bigger pic

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qP2lz

Does anyone have advice on how to improve burshwork? When you look at Krenz's studies of sculptures it feels like every single stroke was planned beforehand, describing the form.

>>2773097
Thanks a bunch, saved!

Something is weird, but I've stared at it for too long. WIP though

>>2773069
You have all this nice rendering in the light...but then the shadow is suuper flat.
Use the blue skylight to show upward facing planes,and a saturated warm tone as the ground's reflected light hitting and downward facing planes.

Don't lose the form in the shadow.

>>2773126
Eyebrows. It also looks a bit like the shoulder is dislocated.

>>2773130

nigga the shadows are meant to stay flat as fuck for extra realism

reposting for comments

>>2773161
wow, I just saw that it's supposed to have four arms.
one of the reasons you didn't get much comments is that there isn't much positive things the /ic/ crowd might think about it. There are no fundamentals, but plenty of autistic muh sytle to try to compensate. However all this muh style is making things worse, because it's so cluttered and unreadable.
If you were to learn to draw, at some point you'll learn about detail density, making primary forms, secondary and tertiary levels of details. These are rule of thumbs so they can be broken when you're very good, but beginners should follow them.
All of that is way further down the road, your next milestone should be: loomis.

>>2773035
looks like somebody loves Lin Ran's work.

>>2773134
Thanks. Forgot to mention the eyebrows, but hadn't seen the shoulder that way

>>2773161
its messy to say the least. its kinda cool with how the mutliple arms are positioned, but its getting all lost on the overly complicated machinery. i think maybe you should employ a "gradient of detail" if you plan on doing anything similar to this again. what i mean by that is, at least in regards to this particular piece, the picture should be getting LESS complicated the closer to the torso certain parts of the body are. the torso is the most simply drawn, so its jarring when you get to the hips and find all this complicated exposed machinery. either simplify the machinery a small amount around there, or remove it completely.

also work on your shading, its way too hard to tell the arms from the torso, or that there are more than 4 arms to begin with. good effort, but its a mess to look at.

i need a critique on this. i feel like im making a horrible mistake here with something, but i cant point it out.

>>2773032
His ear looks like a pussy OP

>>2773167

>Lin Ran

MY DICK

thanks for saying that name

>>2773201
>i feel like im making a horrible mistake here with something, but i cant point it out.
oh a riddle
something you're making a horrible mistake with, but that you can't point?
it's your life isn't it?

>>2773219
you got me. well played anon, didnt see that one coming. really threw me for a loop there. my noggin' has gone way past joggin'.
no but seriously i have no idea what i should do with this. i dont know if the colors are alright or if anything im doing is good at all.

>>2773201
In my opinion:

1. Crop it

2. There is a missed opportunity to separate the foreground (figure) and the background (inside), and this is easily done through values. Attached is a B&W, quickly (and poorly) done example of that, but hopefully it gives you an idea. You make the foreground darker and make the inside lighter.

As it stands, the foreground is too similar to the background in values.

Does that make sense? Hope that helps!

>>2773231
YOU ARE A FUCKING SAINT! fucking hell i knew i was making a fundamental mistake somewhere.

the explanation makes perfect sense to me, though im not going to crop it just yet for the simple fact that im planning on putting some stuff there (stair case, a bit more background and another figure). regardless, the help is very appreciated.

>>2773246
For sure! No problem. Cropping it is more of a personal preference, but if you've got other stuff you want to add, go for it!

In general, it's "safest" to have the foreground of a piece have the most contrast (ie. the darkest darks and the lightest lights), especially if there needs to be a clear separation of space between the foreground and background. That's why so many standard concept art pieces are darker in the foreground, and lighter in the background, even if it doesn't make sense for "atmospheric perspective" to come into play.

>>2773201
>>2773228
The ninja himself is really desaturated compared to the rest of the scene. I know ninjas are supposed to be hard so see, but...

>>2773285
thats a fair point. guess ill start working on desaturating the inside and saturating the ninja a bit.

>>2773305
That's not totally necessary. Again - the problem is not the colors - its the VALUE of the colors. The ninja is not hard to see because of the saturation, but because of the low-contrast between the ninja and the space behind it.

>>2773306
eh i already did it (on seperate layers so i can just delete the changes if i have to). i also changed a lot of the colors around just to see how it would go.

>>2773201
Values are way too similar, makes the image very hard to see

>>2773317
is this any better? is the issue the floor? i have a feeling im a lost cause when it comes to color and contrast. i should probably take a look at some color theory sometime.

thoughts?

tryin to make a cute face without ref

>>2773381
doing pretty well anon

Study. Just recently upgraded from a tiny Bamboo to a decent cintiq 13hd. Really fun! Whoever said that it doesn't matter what tools you use never used a tablet with a screen! Hoping to get some advice on colors, blending and textures.

howd i do

>>2773479
fuckin revolutionary

>>2773479

>>2770780

Finding my way into colors, I notice use soft shadow give the illustration a calm tone. I´m trying to not use black to make the shadows, just like those chinese dudes this board so much like.

>>2773484
i got this reply to the picture on reddit. it's like... do they even know when they're being made fun of? how am i supposed to respond to that? nobody is as sincere and naive in person as they are on reddit. that website brings out the stupid in people.

>>2773536
respond with:
"I wanted her to look like she came from another dimension -where things are drawn differently. She's a real human being trapped in a cartoon world."

or you can say:
"you're a fucking idiot if you think this deliberately shit drawing has any merit to it"

>>2773546
its such a hell hole. you say even one slightly negative thing and they all turn on you. if i said "it's just a prank bro" i'd get downvoted to hell.

one time i posted a figure drawing, just any other normal figure drawing, and i titled it "I bet this only get's 5 upvotes", and it did. and the thread was flooded with "WE DID IT REDDIT" type bullshit.

it makes me hate the internet. it makes me want to just rip off stalenhag's work as blatantly as i can for upvotes just cause fuck them.

>>2773533
you dont need to use black but your missing contrast. you need more range in shadows and light. thats why it looks washed out.

finishing up, cause I'm starting to hate it now

Here is a study I am working on, its a crop of a medium shot but trying to work out skin tones

>>2773571
the jaw and eyes seem a bit off, decent values tho

>>2773553
I think one of the reasons why they do not like people giving out criticism, is that they don't want to get it themselves. Everyone there can barely draw and they all want to live in a world where no-one points them out on it -it's depressing how much denial there is.

>>2773582
that's the case really blatantly once in a while. something really mediocre will get to the top of the front page just because it's relatable. people think "I could do that, and look how popular it got" and it snowballs from there.

it's that horrible adage of "if it's so easy why didn't you do it" but the answer is always "BECAUSE IT'S EASY YOU IDIOTS"

>>2773553
you call reddit a hell hole, but you care about downvotes and post your shit there. you don't like the type of people that post there, yet your personality is no less disgusting.

all from imagination, critique?

>>2773611
He/She doesn't care about the social currency of downvotes, more the vapid denial-infused hive-mind that encourages people to use them on what would be genuinely fair criticism or alternative artwork. He/she's sick off the fostered mentality that mediocre is great and that people shouldn't own their ineptitude.
Sadly for them, real life is nothing as soft and fluffy as their life on a subreddit.

>>2773615
looks like a corpse

>>2773615
This greatly pleases my dick

hows my stalenhag ripoff coming along? there's gonna be machines in the distance

>>2773641
did i do it? am i a meme?

>>2773671
this is just... a big, sloppy disappointment. try a little harder. jeez.

frame study wip

>>2773641
your color's dont feel as photolike as his. he also has very painted look. where you can see the strokes. etc.

>>2773674
>try a little harder.
but thats like my whole thing though

>>2773620
people set their own standards. im not saying that setting it too low is a good thing, but setting it too high is not good for your mental health either.

Expression practice, posting again for comments

Here's a comic I've made. Opinions?

>>2773716

>>2773717

Crit my shit up guys

>>2773716
rotate it. most aren't even going to bother.

>>2773479
"i really want /ic/ to find me funny and like me wat do"

>>2773571
pls go to sinix' channel on yt
look at how he paints skin
just

(say what you want about sinix, he is great at painting skin tones imo)

tried doing a vintag-y looking portrait of some woman from imagination

>>2773533
An improvement, not so big but looks better. Thenks anon>>2773559

pastels

>>2773703
http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

>>2773716
this is good pal, pls rotate and shrink a lil

>>2773088
>Don't know what kind of floor/ground to do.
Wooden floor, Rustle tier, that is your new goal in life.

>>2773564
oh, saw it on insta. Rly like it

>>2773622
>>2773615

yeah reminded me of House of Wax hah

The right arm is too big? looks off

>>2773381
cute? not sure.. Sad, kinda-dead-elf-look.

>>2773338
any1

>>2773032

>>2773338
because of the straight hatching for what is exterior, I find it really hard to distinguish between details of ridges the tentacle also loses depth the further up it goes and I feel like the suckers should be done in a similar way to the hole in the middle, in a way that goes with the curvature of the form.

tl;dr idk make the shade curve

>>2773634
That lower lip looks like dried fruit. Other than that pretty tight.

>>2773675
Muh dick

>>2773743
Atos was a shemale?

>>2774143
Good point. Thanks

>>2774186


>>2774143

not u shitty frog

>>2774161
you, thanks

>>2773615
ease up with the highlights on the face, looks a bit too shiny. give her eyes something to focus on, they're currently just staring blankly into space. fiddling with the eyebrows could also really give life to her expression without you having to redo any major parts of the face.

It's impressive that that all came from your imagination, but at the same time the realism comes at the expense of it looking very interesting or alive. maybe play with the hue and saturation a bit to get rid of the corpse colors.

foot studies

>>2773748
>>2773842
Fuck sorry, god damn chinks technology
Thanks tho

>>2774737
Sorry about the spam

>>2774738
Aaaand last one

yeah, hair is horrible, maybe you advise some tutorials?

i probably spent way too much time on this

>>2774783
cute

>>2773126
The angle of his right pectoral muscle is weird

>>2774398
did you do these from imagination or from photos? if it's the latter, do you mind sharing your source material?

>>2773719
I want more. I'm not the best at reading french but the art is pleasing and I like what I do get from it.

>>2774431I get that this is animu, but the nose on the right protrudes a bit too far imo

>>2774737
>>2774738
>>2774740
I like your linework

>>2774818
Thanks, I'll work on that

>>2774801
a little bit of both.

I got all my refs from this thread >>>/s/17145086

/s/, /fit/ and /hm/ are all pretty decent figure recources

>>2774431
Okay, worked a bit on her face. It looks much better now.
>>2774818 Thanks for pointing this out.

>>2774815
Thanks man, appreciate it. I should write more in english actually. Here are some watercolors from m'y sketchbook.

>>2774826
Thanks anon, I wish my inking was better tho. It's pretty garbage at times.

>>2774141
Thanks man, I appreciate it

>>2774972
Looks much better! A few other things that stick out:
Girl with hat has a messed up arm and her right leg just disappears. Also put more effort into drawing the gun.
Other girls left arm should be visible if she's standing still.

>>2775010
This looks great though, what do you use to draw this, pens and marker?

JUST

>>2775010
Mixed shits

>>2775043
Holly shit I'm way too retarded. forgot the fucking file

>>2775032
Thank you. Pen and China ink, Old school style

>>2775032
Thanks anon, I'm going work on these things! I'm glad I've posted it here for feedback.

>>2773335
Not that anon: Better, but do more. At a glance the image is still very mono

>>2775122
Sick. Post when done pls

>>2775122
that feet is fucked up yo!

it's missing something. something is off.

FUCK YEEEEAAAAAAH

Gonna fix the body pose on this and render the entire figure, going for a bloodborne/fallout look

im told this is the correct place to put this. Can I get some concrit?

Having some trouble with perspective of bodies on the floor. Please advise

i didnt like how it i finished this one but here it is-.-

>>2775820
A tree was cut for this.
>>>/beg/

>>2775829
it isn't much i know. Still trying to get better.

>>2775638
What is his poses trying to convey? And to me it reminded me off the bat of nuclear throne/risk of rain type character, just sayin.

>>2773161
This is the first time I've seen robot with ham-stuffed-into-fishnets legs.
>>2773335
I kinda liked the flatness of it before. The light is too soft and just not rendered well enough to fit in with the rest of the image. so far, cropping would still improve this drastically.

>>2773455
The colors look fine to me, in a low-rea myspace photo kind of way. Are you saying you didn't dropper them and trace?

>>2773636
I enjoy watching the armor portion of this. The hands and legs rub me the wrong way, no homo

>>2774349
It's real tough to see what's going on with how messy the lines are...

>>2773809
Pretty bioshocky, if that's what you're going for.

>>2774737
I am really enjoying looking at these. Your panel layouts are nothing to write home about, but I really appreciate your line work. One thing I think you can improve on is your shading over large areas. It's looking pretty splotchy. I'm wishing my french was less bad, so that's a good for you,right?

>>2774755
Maybe just try varying your line width a little?

>>2775765
The central figure's feet don't line up with the horizon line suggested by the bodies. Just fix one or the other so they match.

>>2774972
shitty version of klk

all these years and yet I still have no clue what is ruan jia's magic...

>>2775924
damn government won't stop blocking 4chan
>>2773069
Nice! I always love an artist that organize his value

>>2775937
we should make a draw thread on /pol/ so that we can see flags

>>2775940
I gotta admit, being too nice on social media is counter productive to criticism; but if you guys are not complete dicks to each others sometimes, we could get a facebook group or page running ( /ic/ page's been dead for years)
Some of us are too depressed to go to 4chan often anymore.

>>2775646
Can't tell whether the blurriness of your edges is entirely due to the shitty picture you've taken or not.
The shading on the skin and the roses makes them look muddy.
I'm not even sure what's going on, is someone abandoning their child in a forest, covering it with leaves? What's the blown out white thing? Looks like a dead cuttlefish.
Seriously learn to take better pictures.
That said, it's probably pretty decent.

>>2775646
Ugh, babies and roses.. Apart from the subject; one eye (iris) is bigger than the other and they are not facing the same direction. (mb its just fugly baby) Also whats the stuff on its head? Is it covered in leaves? the hand is difficult to read. I dont like the background. Other than that, i guess its ok

>>2775947
kik group anyone?

Http://jyassart.deviantart.com

Man talk about talented people there is a lot here !!

did this with a ink brush. rather proud of the shadowing.

>>2775983
Ugh. Anime shiet in gangnam pose. Thas like double nigger. Hideous.
>>2775984
Do you mind making it freaking smaller?

>>2775080
im back. had some major creative blocks to overcome so updates took a bit longer than i would have hoped. contrast was pretty meh and it didnt really pop in a good way. i think i was too focused on the purple beams from earlier and not enough on the surrounding objects that would, you know, influence how they appear to you. still unsure but im starting to feel more confident in my color choices. or more complacent, i dont know. this is a weird feeling...

>>2775883
the flatness was doing a disservice to the overall structure, because nothing was clearly defined. the poles were blending in with the floors a bit, but they also not framing it how i wanted, because the guard just sort of disappears into nothing at a glance. ill definitely try something with some flat colors next time, but for such an angular drawing i think have so many similar colors is going to kind of shit it up. also im going to change that red, its starting to grate on me i just realized. too bright.

idk where to go from here

>>2776042
wtf just delete it already, all you did was change the floor color. And it hurts my eyes now. And, overall looks like something done in Paint

>>2775883
Guess so haha. Thanks anon. Yeah, I really need to work on this, it's a mix of lack of confidence in my shading and simply my weak understanding of this subject.

Some life drawing of a wax scorched figure

>>2776011
there you go

a bunch of value sketches from imagination, just trying to establish a decent composition

>>2776054
Anon I love this idea! And it's pretty good.
Some stuff you should do in my opinion, make his hat, coat and skin a bit warmer in color, because of the green it looks a little bit dead right now. Tweak and try it : )
The angle of the nose right now, you have your face pointing one direction, it's good, but his nose is pointing a little bit too much to the right, it;s also small tweaks.
The shadows should be darker! You need more contrast in there man, I love low contrast pieces, but right now it's too low, put a very very dark dark between the hat and his hair, then use it to tweak the other values!

Keep going I like it! And hope I was helpful

>>2776042
You're only getting the silhouette inside this green box. His legs blend into the pillar and make his silhouette pretty unrecognizable at a glance. He should really hang further out to help with that problem, also to help differentiate him from the rest of the very vertical elements of the composition. Right now he seems very stiff. It could also help if his head was actually turned towards his target, and not just off to stage right.
Also I've circled a number of little annoying overlaps. If you're going with this kind of illustrative style, that's something to pay close attention to.

The problem isn't just with colors or values, it's the composition that's very static in itself. The changes you're making are very minor and you seem to have hit a roadblock. Try sketching out a new composition with the same subject matter, but go crazy with it. Make the ninja stand out, but not with color. Black and white. Diagonals, bam boom. Look up some ninjas in crazy poses. Make him zig while the world around him stays zagged. Or he quietly zags on a pillar as the world zigs around him.

>>2776092
these are pretty good, but the key figures in your drawings dont stand out. the elk/elf combo should be a little darker to contrast the light background, the giant too. you get what i mean? contrast

>>2776113
Also I decided to go ahead and make a sketch of my own to maybe jog some ideas to get you out of this rut.

Ninjas are crafty. They got grapples and shit. Use this to your advantage when making your composition.
Also I realize in my sketch he's pretty much IN the walkway according to the approaching line. That's something to fix. But that's the fun of illustration. Figuring out a way to fit your figures into the composition. Composition comes first. It immediately portrays an idea or motion. Your subject matter should fit into it like puzzle pieces.

>>2776084

Not bad. I like the idea, its drawn aight. On the subject of shading tho; you use the thickest lines where should the light be. its confusing. You could also use thinner lines on the hatching- work on the line wieght.

Still had to scroll it tho.

I always get stuck at this stage, what do

>>2776161
Make a horizon line. Add magic fantastical castle in the distance. Add clouds. Trees? Aren't dragons cool? I dunno.

>>2776169
Wait scratch that, put him in a barn

>>2776170
Horse optional? Go for it??

>>2776161
what kind of answer do you really want? motivation? tips to help you generate ideas? ... ?

>>2776172
>>2776169
I sort of hit this point where shapes and stuff are established but I don't know how to polish it

>>2776175
shit man, it's the same for me.
I expected people at your level to know that kind of things.
dunno, maybe get back at watching some painters you like paint to try to emulate their process?
or potentially do some master study in the same spirit to get you going?

>>2776178
yeah I haven't done a proper study in a while. back to the old drawing board

>>2775948
>>2775951
>bad picture, ugly baby, bad background, muddy thumbnail, dumb subject

Haha, yeah. The person who commissioned this last year wants another one, and I've been scratching my head on what it is I don't like about this one, and you guys hit all the nails.
This is helpful, thanks!

>>2775937
What is this style of shading called? Just contour?
Looks wonderful

>>2776190
would you have an hour or two to "throw away" on a collab thread some time? I think it would could pretty cool to have a thread with some throwing of thumbs and expanding on them quickly, something fun.
would be cool to have someone like you.

wip

How is it looking so far?

>>2776215
sure hit me up any time, you can use the message on this if you have tumblr
kalisdevals.com

>>2776217
bara af

>>2776220
saturday night then? that's about when anons are the most active
I'll prepare some starters

thanks not-really-anon!

>>2776225
haha sure. i can try but my work schedule is all over the place, send me something any time and i'll add to it whenever i can

>>2776067
reminds me of westworld

>>2776221
No homo

>>2776242
please resize your images....

>>2776230
thoughts on this then?

>>2776250
Yeah, got an app to downsize pictures now.

Any apparent mistakes that my eyes couldn't see?

>>2776322
Nothing besides the tiny black squiggles at the base of his neck.
Also, palette noted.

>>2776322
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think i will call this done

>>2776457
COLOR THEORY
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>>2776461
care to elaborate

>>2776457
I really like the dusty look of
>>2776161
I think I liked it so much because it referenced the background of the piece, alluding to either snow or dust or whatever. It gave the character a connection to his environment, which is ironically more present in the unfinished piece than it is in the current one.

>>2776461
>>2776462
I think he's complaining about the super saturated colors in the distance compared to the unsaturated figure. I think the tengu himself was colored excellently before, but then the subtle blue tones you added to him are throwing me off. I see that you're trying to connect him to his environment, but it seems like an artificial method -- why are his clothes catching that light -- are they reflective -- is the blue earth around him really glowing?

I definitely appreciate the effort, but it looks like you've smooshed two ideas together. You need to understand where your character actually "is", and have a good reason for why. Perhaps he does live in this strange world you've painted, but we need more visual connection -- maybe something to create an ironic connection and maybe that could stem from some kind fo social commentary. Otherwise he's unironically out of place and that just leaves the viewer confused and not in an "I want to know more" kind of way.

>>2776474
yeah I see what you mean, admittedly I do just randomly throw colors around without much thought

>>2776474
Back (or still here) with a few ideas:
A trail of footprints or even feathers that he's following
A pagoda on the far side of the cliff
Maybe the rocks DO glow and he's got some glowing dust on his jacket

>>2776478
Random colors are a great way to get ideas started. And that's because it's not "random", you've chosen them with your subconscious. Now that you're already started on that path, follow your intuition and try exploring the setting you've created/stumbled upon. What's there, who's there, why are they there, when is it?

Even talking about it now is getting me thinking creatively. Giant slabs of lapis lazuli, a modern tengu, something something...

Fuck

>>2776203
search gustav klimt pencil drawing, plus I take a bit from zorn's etching too

Brainstorming
What elements strike you, what don't?

reminder to help out the guys in /beg/

>>2776512
Everything is drawing away from the figure. Cut it in half or do it in portrait with a wider fov. Why is peter pan not just flying over the the chinese radiation mine?

I like the concept though.

>>2776643
why? none of them take the advice anyway

>>2776650
Huh I just noticed, why the fuck does that look so much like peter pan?

>>2776656
Oh wait duh, it looks like his hat. Sheeit.

>>2776190
T A N G E N T S REEEEEEEEEEE

>>2776658
There's also the very disney shapes and gesture and those shota proportions. Bangarang.

>>2776643
/ic/ should covertly create an official bot that goes into the beginner thread and quotes random posts with the responses "LOOMIS", "check your proportions", "your perspective is fucked" and "read the sticky" and suddenly the beginner thread is a well-oiled machine.

If they get suspicious, create a counter-bot to respond to the first bot with "post your work". Then another bot to post merc wip and yet another bot to explain that meme to the newfigs.

>>2776684
You don't think that's already been done? You seriously think people have time to post memes?

>>2773743
heres a little somethin something. I painted with my mouse, so it's not great

>>2776684
LOOMIS

>>2776512
lacks depth and having the person on the farthest right does absolutely nothing for the image. rule of thirds friendo

>>2776481
I like you.

>>2776697
Very nice.

Thing is, the person on the right is the point. It's a symbolic scene. It's of course going to be a challenge making it work. I'll have to figure out the balance of style vs space, but I'll keep the rule of thirds in mind. Thank you.

Either way, I'm definitely trying to add a sense of depth. Your smoke effects are great, but I'm not sure how I can use them to make the space feel even more vast. Some of the blobs I had placed probably betray the scale I'm trying to achieve.

If anyone could post some really crazy fantastical landscapes or caves that might help. I need to rife through ever trick in the book for atmospheric distance so I can find the ones I can incorporate into a cohesive style. Thank you very much though. I wasn't expecting a paintover at this stage.

Well, I need to stop thinking and actually get back to making things now.

>>2776651
To keep us from posting in here

>>2776720
alright well incorporate him/her into the comp. then dont throw them off the far right of the image where it draws zero attention

>>2776418
ptsd flashbacks of being called a retarded wood shitter for answering this, its smudge block and smudge bar color both are Mypaint brushes from Loula brush pack.

>>2776773
Ah, I think I've asked you before and my question was what started that whole thing, sorry about that.

The brushes are great but I think what really makes me go "woah" is your color palette, good stuff dude.

it's not finished, but I was hoping i could hear your thoughts on it so far.

>>2773032
Plz commisson

doodled around and (although this isn't an important thing) i can't put my finger on why this feels so off. If someone could tell me the flaws, I'd be grateful

>>2776783
Thank you! I really just spam random colors on the canvas for my palette

>>2776113
>>2776148
yeah fuck youre right. it would be better to start from scrath and work on a different position or whatever. how does some hard black and whites sound? i reckon i could do some neat stuff with open hallways and that stuff (dead guard hanging slightly out of the shadows, ninja reach out with a katana etc.)

>>2776809
It looks like the maxilla is retruded.
Or it's wearing a big crooked prosthetic nose.
Either way, that nose and bite would not coexist in nature.

>>2776840
>>2776809
Notice how the top of the nasal bridge and the most forward point of the maxilla line up.

>>2775883
I didnt use the eye dropper. I just focus on areas and eyeball the colors by putting them down and changing RGB sliders and painting until I match the color best. Heres another older study I did. I dont have much experience painting so I was wondering how I could get better textures and blended areas. Probably for skin and cloth right now

>>2776880
also me

Just started this one, blockin in my values and then gonna fix up the pose

>>2776850
>I was wondering how I could get better textures and blended areas. Probably for skin and cloth right now

Anything you draw is going to go by the exact same process.

http://www.ctrlpaint.com/videos/paint-blending-practice

>>2776893
reddit.com/r/graffhelp

you're welcome, now begone

>>2776850
ref?

>>2776903
proportions? everything is so fucked up it's some rob liefield skeleton

>>2776796
looks very nice as a thumb, you have a lot to do. looks very chinese.

>>2776773
I used almost exclusively mypaint for a year, there's nothing wrong with this program, especially for sketching.
brush engines are pretty good and it's very nice to get you started.
don't worry about the wood shitter mongs, they wouldn't dare to post work if asked, because they're most likely worse than you.

>>2776796
the nose looks wierd, like.. the nostrils go to far? Im not sure about the legs position also, makes her look like shes about to fall down. i get the whole crouching-assasin vibe, but still. Mb its the orientation of the knees. i like it, but you gonna tone down the bg right

>>2776978
been using it exclusively for over a year now, I have no regrets. I actually found it amusing that i got shit on my first post after years of lurking here.
Also, I think >>2776903 proportions are a stylistic choice.

>>2777041
I don't think that huge neck is a stylistic choice

rate the spoopyness pls.

study

I finished it

>>2777148
Do you have a tumblr/blog, I need moar.

>>2777148
Nice faces and hair, but awful anatomy. Is this what happens if you only draw anime?

didn't get any answer in the beg and the question thread, so im dropping it here too

i'm getting close to finishing gurney's color & light but i feel like i need more resources on the subject, what would you guys recommend next?

>>2777194
sam nielson vid

>>2777194
Yeah, Sam Nielson's Advanced Lighting. CGPeers used to have it, but not anymore. It's probably the best lighting video I have ever seen

>>2777194
Post your work?
Who knows, maybe you need to focus on another aspect. After a book it's always wise to do some (more) still life. Also you may want to draw from imagination, just to stand out what you have learned so far. This will help you to find your next goal.

>>2777137
whats with the Falkor face? looks aight besides that

>>2777209
shieet, i happen to have it on my hdd but when i play it the audio is very laggy, is there a way to fix it or are my files broken?

>>2777212
here's some recent stuff

>>2777251
not that anon but most of your paintings are I think from ref and in grey scale which isn't bad at all but try to do more imaginative paintings in color then comparing it to real life and what you learned from the book hopefully you will start to see tremendous improvement.

I need my meds
And to learn how to draw

>>2777194
>>2777209
is this it?
vk(.)com(slash)videos-57381262?section=album_50823436

>>2777317
thanks thats it yea

low res experiments
the binary tool in sai is v nice to paint with (being able to use the paint bucket is helpful) but I'm struggling with limiting my palette

>>2776796
this is cool but stop using white
painting with near-pure white always looks chalky

struggling with composition, what should I add/change with this?

>>2777316
Those are some cool as fuck designs.

Experiment. First time playing with white pens, feedback please!

>>2777504
that's cool dude
like I would have that shit hanging on my wall.

>>2777506
No shit huh? with those cheesy 'paint' drops? duely noted. Shiet that took like an hour or so, and most was getting shapes right

experimenting with changing position during the process of a mirror self portrait

>>2777495

>>2777509
Different anon. I like it too. For some reason the paint drops made me think this was ON a wall, maybe that was going to be painted.

I wonder if that'd be cool... Direct to wall paintings.

i'm stuck now
should i color?

>>2777575
clean that shit up first

>>2777591
ooooor lower opacity, block colors under, collapse, polish.

>>2777316
inspiring stuff, really good

>>2777600
Silence fuccboi. He started that mess now he has to spend the time properly cleaning it up.

Currently drawing my first mecha-like vehicle. The legs them to be fucked up perspective-wise. Can someone provide some simple redlines?

>>2777600
yeah this is my usual process, i never end up keeping linework in the finished stuff

Currently drawing my first mecha-like vehicle. The legs them to be fucked up perspective-wise. Can someone provide some simple redlines?

>>2777611
there's no point in starting a perspective drawing without a proper grid.
place your VPs and you'll get a redline for free.

>>2777546
cool! thanks for feedback!

>>2777506
..and you too, thank you too.

note to self; cheesy paint drops and white lines on dark paper

>>2777541
I like it alot, sketchy and interesting. Got insta by any chance

>>2776903
fix it now, it should've been correct for the most part from the get-go, that's your base, fixing it later will be more challenging.

Opinions? Anything helps
I want to achieve a solid block in, so I guess advice on how to make it as clean/accurate as possible in the early stages is welcome!
Thanks

>>2773035
>>2773069
>>2775937
Great

>>2775924
Name?

>>2776796
Has potential
Also, what this anon said >>2777339
You're in a good direction with the green/magenta reflections, think of the light source

>>2777337
damn, that house looks comfy af

>>2773088
>Don't know what kind of floor/ground to do.
Chalkboard. Ice skates on a chalkboard.

>>2777636
thanks man, it's burrage_art

>>2773675
Nice. Good movie too.

>>2777575
Horizon? At least?

>>2773675
Which movie?

>>2777715
I think that's from Mysterious Skin? One of my favorites. Lovely painting too.

>>2777715
yeah i just added a background, thoughts?

>>2777721
I think the feet are too small even for the perspective. And the guy with the hobo luggage carrier seems a little too small too. Can't really tell where the perspective is actually coming from.

>>2777725
yeah good call on the little dude. perspective is pretty fucked i just eyeballed the whole thing to be honest

I still dunno whether the bg makes it better or worse

>>2777732
I think the background gives a better idea of where the perspective is coming from, so I'd keep it for that.

>>2777725
I thought it was supposed to be fish-eye to be honest.
>>2777732
Make the background curvilinear, it'll mask the fucked up perspective especially on the faggot with the fagot.

>>2777752
>the faggot with the fagot.

finished for now.

I fixed what i could, and took note of what i couldn't.

thanks everyone.

>>2777696
oh im already following you. The yellow dress dude again. cool stuff

>>2777791
oop wrong one.

>>2777759
It's just a pun mate.

>>2773675
i think i actually learned something this time, kinda killed the texture tho.

>>2777715
mysterious skin 2004

>>2774182
>>2777703

ty

rate

>>2777835
mouse/10

did a digital drawing of my friend and her friend and i didnt even get paid for it tear me apart

>>2778026
>expecting to be paid for 6th grade scribbles
kill yourself

>>2778041
well i did it for free... so yes i didnt get paid.

>>2778026
What kind of drugs does it take to draw joy from this activity?

composition and photo manipulation study
any advice can be helpful

some photo study i did

Krita crashed so I did a quick painting study instead

>>2773615
I did this a few days ago, dunno why you deleted it then

>>2777504
The paint drops have a "spider web covered in dew" vibe going on. Maybe that's why they're working.

>>2774737
Any chance you have a link where I can read the rest? Mostly just curious to see what the heck is going on. (looks like it's Hitler, who is having a psychotic episode in a mental hospital, comes to the decision that he's going to lead Germany?)

>>2778532
Nevermind, I figured it out by googling Pasewalk:
"the future dictator of Germany Adolf Hitler was being treated here after being wounded by a gas attack"

>>2778520
It also looks like air bubbles as if the skull is sinking

>>2778520
>>2778601

thank you both (or just you, if you r the same guy) for the input!

>>2777796
Thanks man!

>>2777832
anotha one

>>2778695
I see improvement since last time I saw your work! Keep going

>>2778719
Nice, also your other study looks good!

>>2773032
>My post is the new OP
Well now I have to post.

>>2773146
Did u use this to make a point or is the great miles_art actualy on/ic/?

>>2773035
Sites?

how does a white people work

>>2778786
I never understood how to color in photoshop without that ugly overlap effect. looks nice!

>>2778925
what ugly overlap effect?

Nobody's gonna post on a 299 post draw thread, so let's put up a new one for new submissions.

New thread: >>2778980

New thread: >>2778980

New thread: >>2778980

>>2778786
luv that brush

>>2778919
yor cheekbones started going into orbit, the nose placement is pretty solid. Recheck the other features, using the nose as an anchor.

>>2773035
My god this is frustrating.
How do you people make digital painting look so effortless, do you just polish turds until it "clicks"?