/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2912111
real life reference, preferably things in front of you and not pictures
look at a body
never let your pencil off the paper when you do it
don't construct the body with shapes
let the line form the body

Do gestures

Forever

>>2912154
>let the line form the body
What do you mean by this?

>>2912161
i mean look at the negative space when you draw the body
think of it as if you're drawing a big shape, not building a robot
both techniques are good, but it's all better for you if you do both

>>2912111
Learn to draw in 3D before you try something as complicated as anatomy.

>>2912184
I've learned and practised 3D for year, though I'm probably a bit rusty

>>2912111
Start with learning to draw the head. The head in your image looks like shit.

>>2912111
You tryna learn anatomy without being able to draw a straight line is like a beginning pianists picking Tschajkovski.
Drawabox, Peter Han, learn to draw form before applying it.

>>2912259
What do you suggest I do?

So clearly I'm not ready yet.

What kind of exercises should I be doing?

>>2912290
atelier

>>2912222
these are great, like comicky loomis. who's the artist?

>>2912308

Al Río. Who is dead.

>>2912164
>tracing

>>2912111
As a beginner myself, I was recommended to use DesignDoll. It is a posing tool that helps you visualize poses in 3d space. It is important not to trace the pose, recreate it as a reference. Tracing teaches you nothing and the tool isn't detailed enough to give you accurate muscle definition.

Learn anatomy at a bone level, then at a muscle level, then at a skin level. Start by drawing skeles in different poses.

>>2912111
Find references and draw them.

You don't have to draw from life, photos work just as fine "you have to draw real people who are in front of you" is shit that's being pushed by art schools so that they can charge students $10k every year.

>>2912312
RIP

>>2912438
you dont know too much about it, do you.

first thing you should learn are proportions
do gesture drawings often, they not only give life to your drawings, but hammer in proportions simply by drawing people all the time
what you are trying to do in your picture is using forms, but you don't have a good grasp of perspective yet, read up on the basics before trying to tackle advanced topics like anatomy

>>2912318
forgot to mention it should be stuff in front of you

>>2912438
Or you could draw from models you buy on jlist and have the best of both worlds

>>2912160
those aren't gestures

>>2912581
yes they are dumbass
there are more than one ways to do a gesture drawing

>>2912305
Can you elaborate? I've just taken some after school art classes, an intro painting class and high school art classes and I'd like to practice now.

>>2912222
I tried it out. Thoughts?

>>2914608
Guys?

>>2914608
For future reference, please resize your images so the largest dimension is 1000px or smaller

>>2914735
Sorry about that

>>2912154
>never let your pencil off the paper when you do it
HOWWW

YOU DID IT AGAIN?

*closes the door and locks it*

WHAT DID I TELL YOU, NEWFAG? WHAT THE *FUCK* DID I TELL YOU LAST TIME?

*undos belt*
*grabs you from behind*

STOP MAKING YOUR OWN FUCKING THREADS!

*throws you on the couch*
*starts beating you with the belt*
*smack*
*smack*
*smack*

STOP *smack* MAKING *smack* YOUR *smack* OWN *smack* THREADS!!

READ THE FUCKING STICKY! *smack*

POST IN THREADS THAT ALREADY EXIST!!! *smack*

*you're bleeding and crying now*
*smack*
*smack*

GET *smack* IT THROUGH *smack* YOUR SKULL!! *smack*

YOU'RE WHY MOMMY LEFT, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!! *smack*

STOP MAKING ME DO THIS!! *smack*

*smack*
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*smack*

FUCK!!

*throws you to the ground*
*you lay in a heap sobbing*
*reties belt*

I HAD BETTER NOT SEE ANOTHER *FUCKING* THREAD FROM YOU AGAIN. YOU POST IN THAT GODDAMNED /BEG/ THREAD WITH YOUR RETARD FRIENDS AND YOU DON'T COME OUT AGAIN!! YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!!!

*unlocks door*
*leaves you to find the loomis books*

>>2914756
What thread might that be?

>>2914756

>someone took the time and effort to type this out

>>2914814
Probably the /beg/ thread

>>2914756
this turned me on a bit desu

>>2914756
>anon recounts his life experiences

>>2914756
Is this gonna become an epic new /ic/ meme?

>>2915313
*smack*

>>2915313

>>2914756