/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

FAQ:
Something's broken, what do I do?

>The original developer of the site has taken a leave for quite a while, originally due to medical reasons. Progress on the site is almost non-existant at this point. You can try contacting him at @LavaFlake or emailing him at lava@lavaflake.com.

What do we draw?

>Whatever you want. At this point there's no required topic so draw your heart out. Make sure you submit at least a half hour of work or you may get a low effort warning.

What's a low effort warning?

>The goal is to get people to draw every day by turning it into a competition. The low effort warning system is to prevent people from posting last minute, quick sketches when they're feeling lazy. If you receive a warning and it happens again within a month you'll be eliminated.

>This rule has been the cause of a lot of concern amongst newer artists so let me reiterate: this system is to police low effort content and has nothing to do with the quality of the work. New artists are more than welcome.

What happens if I'm eliminated?

>Your streak will go back to 0 and you will have to start again. No other penalties.

How can there be a new Last Artist Standing challenge every week?

>There is no week system anymore, instead new users are given "streaks" based on the number of consecutive days you can submit without getting eliminated. (token losses do not reset your streak)

Will I have an advantage if I join later in the week?

>The winner of a Last Artist Standing will be the artist with the longest streak. If you join on day 1 and last until day 85 then you'll have a streak of 85. If there's only one person left in the challenge when you're eliminated but they joined on Day 7 then they'll need to continue on for another week. If they're eliminated before then, you win.
there. kick rocks.

This is a list of anons who stream once every blue moon, this list will be updated as we move forward, if you wish to be included please post you name/stream profile.

>STREAMERS
VSOCK: twitch channel: professorsugoi

https://picarto.tv/N4F

https://picarto.tv/lordslump

https://picarto.tv/Papashome


Streamers, please let the thread know when you're streaming so people can join the "fun".

You can also hang out with the community on the official discord:

https://discord.gg/atc5REB

This is a library of resources some users have made for the community. Please give it a look:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3GiCtv0swalbDRCN1FYNVExWk0

This is the /las/ discord of inspirational artists. Everyone can contribute to the list and discover new cool artists:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TjFiWtqoAxSCqGH0Z_YJT3tQInZvgxVoNBlJamh1AI8/edit#gid=0

>Intermission
Please compliment or give crits to your fellow lassies if you have time to spare, even if it's only one person at a time.
Lassies like to feed on mentions and attentions.

/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\

I hereby declare no negativity or complaining in this thread

i will never be good and i want to die

Every /las/sie give another /las/sie a compliment! If someone has already been complimented pick someone else

>>3004250
Pijin: That cow illustration is really charming, you stylize animals well.

Pernix: You character design seems to be coming together pretty nicely, I like the shape of the horns/headpiece.

Alm0nde: It's nice to see you do some more environments, as well to see that location start to come together after your initial sketches. Seems pretty interesting so far, hope to see where you take it.

>>3004222
Fuck you I wanna die and my art looks like shit!

>>3004222
Lava is a crippled cuck

CHOOOOOOOOB

Jerrybreem: There is a lot of character to these primitives and their shading

Hman, my man, please look into color theory some more.The colors on your current submission look really flat and lifeless, and this goes for a lot of your work. Push your values some more and read up on how shadows effect hues, with some more study I think you could make some really good stuff.

I actualy like invalidavid's work, he might be a ponyfag, but a cool ponyfag. The dragons are realy charming.

I look forward to Sasori's and Merumera's posts too.

>tfw open windows every morning to beautiful sunlight and gentle breezes
ah :')

>>3004575
>tfw living 500km away from antartica

>>3004575
>tfw waking up everyday after 4 hours of sleep to parents arguing and the boiler is broken so it's freezing in the winter
ah :'(

>>3004586
I hope you realise it's your fault your parents' marriage is falling apart.

Choob, you are a complete failure in life, and in art.

chip

chib chob

dear lassies,

I've decided to leave for a while as I realised I need to work on my portfolio. thanks for kicking my ass back into gear and making me realise what I need to do!

>tfw you know that you could do better work with another medium but you absolutely hate that medium.

Well it's better to be out of the comfort zone right?

>>3004689
Do it

I work faster traditionally, tell myself to get back to it nearly every day but then I don't because submitting a digital sketch is easier.

Which Lasso has the highest i.q.? I ask this knowing its me.

>>3004698
me

>>3004698
me

>>3004698
Kobalt. Who else?

>>3004698
me

>>3004698
your mom

>>3004709
you're*

>>3004698
you're mom

>>3004698

>>3004715
me at top right

Why the fuck do this threads still exist?

>>3004715
>single lasso
Oh that's me

Am I not allowed to say his name anymore? .

>>3004721
Choobposter had a rough life :)

Can you change your name on las? considering changing mine to 'me'

>>3004736
"Me" already exists. Well done tho.

>>3004736
(you)

>>3004203
SHRINEY FAGGOT

>>3004203
Linocut is as real as you can keep it.

Respek

>>3004718
No idea.
We have some nice shit going on with critiques and advice every once in a while but 95% of it is shitposting.

>>3004718
>>3004758
Hi chob

Gotta get good and climb tiers. Get hype.

>>3004724
oh so I'm just not allowed to say it...okay

>>3004766
Choobposter, are you actually ban evading?

>>3004767
I'm not him.

>>3004203
First time here, what's "cases"?

>>3004782
If someone were reported for cheating or low effort enough times, the offending submission would show up as a case to vote on.

>>3004782
Also, if I can't comment on the imgur link someone placed, how do I give a comment/crit to them?

Anyway, pbts, water is damn hard to draw so good job. The thumbnail looks good so you got your colours on point, now it's just a matter of rendering patience. If you learn to work with focal points, you can get away with rendering a bit in the center and leaving the rest as is.

>>3004788
thanks

Today is the last day I will be critiquing Choob, I just realized he is no longer alive, it doesnt make sense to be giving a rotting corpse art advices.

http://www.strawpoll.me/13089994

I wouldnt show any of you maniacs what my real art looks like.

We're all gonna make it!

>>3005067
hmm :(

>>3003846
If you hate coding I hope you aren't going into it as a career because you will fucking hate your life. I enjoy it, and at times programming as a job can be pretty heavy.

so who's dropped out of the 30 day challenge? and who's still on?

Hold on, is this an actual productive community or another shitty general? When i joined /ic/ i surmised this to be where all the good artists hang out but skimming the thread it seems to suffer from general-itis and weird circlejerky semi-community status

>>3005087
After day 10 it felt like topic hell, so I stoped.

>>3005087
I'm still on, though I think I'm going to take on some topics quite a bit differently to make everything fit together a bit more so I'm probably going to skip out on drawing stuff like weapons, armor and skills and focus more on the town and it's characters and maybe some monsters.

If that isn't a problem.
Beanhead btw, I've had some pretty bad days recently.

>>3005089
it sucks and is dying now anyways

>>3005087
I've basically given up, I got other stuff I want to than just working through all the prompts.

>>3005089
>good artists
i'll give you productive and circlejerky. the best /las/ can say is that we actually draw, unlike a lot of the shitposters in ic. threads are mostly cancer now, but sometimes good shit happens here

>>3004698
fluffable probably. Do we count dead and discord /las/? If we do: susipari might be the most intelligent

>>3005087
I am still in it, just barely though. I don't like the topics that much but it is a good challenge to push myself, I perform like shit though.

>>3005087
I've decided I'm going to work on fundamentals until the physical challenge ends, and start executing the challenge at my own speed afterwards. I still want to do it, but 30 days is quite steep for an indolent sloth like me

>>3005106

>>3005106

>>3005106
when the fuck was the last time susipari submitted to las?

>>3005106

Oh i thought that the Discord is like a special needs class or something.

>>3005106
>fluffable
Is it because of the autism? If I were smarter I'd be learning and improving faster :\

>>3005106
>someone who thinks birth control is more important than foreign policy is smartest ex-lassie
KEK

V Everything written below is the by-product of stupidity

>>3005122
I plundered the damaged site for statistics; it was filled with painful transparency that told me everything. Am I even human if I search for the random queried trivia of strangers
2016/07/07 or something
2016/07/07 or so

>>3005123
I argue it's more literate than this thread. They don't have to do a lot to understand each other in the discord because they have such a strong localised language game

>>3005129
Administrative organization is a powerful mental faculty, and because of this the fact that over the course of LAS you have submitted work with roughly the same consistency and demand of you time requires a lot of organization and conscious decision-making, as I see it

>>3005132
Oh, really? I don't know then. Who is the most intelligent /las/sie

>>3005132
susi does? you pulling my leg?

>>3005144
The only opinion I know susipari holds is something arguing for the necessity of excess maternity/paternity leave, so I don't know

Does susipari just not talk about foreign policy and so someone would assume that this is less important to her than birth control

>>3005151
she never fucking shuts up in the discord, so its no surprise her opinions on just about anything is common knowledge for those who can endure the discord.

>>3005132
I'm talking based on their artwork alone, you can tell who is dumb based on their streak among other things, Choob for example didnt improve at all over 400 days, he actually went back a level or two, also tracing.

>>3005156
I dunno what you're on about. She's cool.

>being this jealous over people better than you.

Susi what program do you use to animate? I think you're great by the way.

>get into my groove
>start drawing something
>finish it
>whoa this is actually pretty nice
>2 seconds later
>wtf this is shit
Does this ever go away?

>>3005206
take it as a positive, you have reached the point in where the dunning kruger effect has worn off, now you can truly learn.

>>3005215
This has been happening since day 1 tho

>>3005178

It just measures how you're dedicated to doing art, if you think that it measures intelligence then you're pretty dumb.

>>3005229
Not in Choobs case, I read his blog over they year, he couldnt figure out how he wasnt improving, funny stuff.

>>3005139
>Am I even human if I search for the random queried trivia of strangers
Aw you can't make the same joke twice

Nice submission by the way, looks great.

Here's a tough challenge lassos. Pick 1 submission you liked today and explain why. Also one you disliked and also explain why. Don't pick a submission someone else has already picked.

>>3005237

He should just go AWOL under a new alias while signing up for Crimson daggers. I'm doing the same

>>3005267
I like Boygivingup's colors and brushstrokes.

BadatAnatomy's colors are too saturated.

>>3005087
IN IT TO WIN IT.

But I'm behind a few days. Not even sure what day we're on.

>>3005268
His art would probably still be recognizable. Nigga's doomed forever unless he can reinvent himself to avoid the autist.

>>3004353
no there isnt is just a lazy excuse of work. i think i gave up again. aof all the pathetic stages this has to be the worst. fuck me.

>>3005067
i doubt it. 4 more years to know if its an hero time or not.

>>3005268
>>3005297
His Tumblr wasnt private what are you niggers talking about? I follow about 20 Lasso's on Tumblr, I had no idea it was considered stalking.

>>3005297
Reinvent himself? he hasnt even developed a style yet, all he does is trace photos.

>>3005363
then he needs to start tracing another specific style iono, damn.

Is choob's stalker schizophrenic?

I'm pretty sure they are one of the people in the discord.

>>3005368
you're the one speaking in 3rd person.

how to 2 into choob lore? late to the party

>>3005383
There are different versions, youll probably get Choobs version since you're him.

>>3005383
Fellow newfag here, from what I've gathered from going through the archives, Choob was revealed to have been tracing most of his submissions after some blatantly traced Overwatch fanart came out.

>>3005394
thanks guy.

Is LAS still active or is it dying? I might start, but if its dying I don't care.

>>3004250
Naf: pls notice me senpai

>>3005402
it's actually become active again, not sure why

>Tfw las is my only form of non-familial social interaction
I wanna leave this place but I can't. Any advice? I'd rather live in complete solitude than with the false comfort this thread provides. I've been here for too long and now it's basically become ingrained in me to keep visiting the thread.

>>3005539
There's hardly any discussion going on in these threads you place way more importance on it than it deserves.

That being said, just stay and draw stuff.

>>3005433
Because mercury is in retrograde which is rekindling the /las/ spirit

Science

What are your goals for this month?

I want to do studies and get better at construction

>>3005721
At least 10 things worth posting on my blog

>>3005721
to expose Choob

>>3005721
Same as every month. To not kill myself and to keep drawing.

>>3005721
I want to get better at anatomy and drawing figures from imagination

>>3005721
filling in the gaps for my anatomy knowledge
learning to draw good expressive hands/paws

>>3005721
Finish this stupid challenge.

>>3005721
doing all of ctrl paint's courses and then doing michael vandruff's perspective course, haven't figured out what to do after that yet might revisit how to render.

>>3005884
Ambitious. I say start small. Wanting to do so much will only lead to failure and disappointment. Set clear, manageable goals.

>>3005363

He should take the extreme route and larp as a progressive who draws furries and ponies.

>>3005368

It's called "discord" for a reason you know.

>>3005721

Do perspective course, work on animation, complete anatomy studies for books, and study illustrators.

>>3005888
He doesnt know how to draw though.

>>3005721
I want to get into the habit of treating my art like a proper job. Work from eight to four and then take the rest of the day off, rather than spending seventeen hours a day watching animu while browsing the net while drawing. I started about a week ago, and the results so far seem promising - I might even be able to take an entire day off every week by the end of the month!

>>3005721
I want to loosen up and get better posture while drawing so I stop giving myself tension-related injuries all over.

>>3005721
not lose my sanity

>>3005721
to stop being a failure.

>>3006214
jerry?

oob

Why do the days go by so fast?

And why is my progress going so slow?

>>3006363
Because you're doing the same things every day. Like opening a door: your brain registers less of the events as time goes on if you repeat it enough

>>3005258
Oh nonono; the image I attached was by susipari. Nothing I produce ever looks great

Thank you though

Which lassie has the most wasted potential

>>3006406

Which lassie poster

>>3006406
I can't say me because that'd imply I have potential. I'd say lava. He'll have perfect draftsmanship and anatomical knowledge in a few years, but zero imagination to use it on, and no color, value, or composition to give it life.

So when are we killing the general and relying purely on discord? Or are you autiste too afraid to tie a name to your posting?

>>3006416
Clinical autist right here. I'm using my name

>>3006416
I'm not, but I don't want to read all day about feminine hygene products on the discord.

I don't like this 4chan discord meme either, it's killing the boards.

>>3006406
the hard workers improve while the un inspired or late started stagnate. makes me see and regret all the time i have wasted. something about every piece i make turning into a failure really puts me off from trying harder.

>>3006423
That really a philosophical/expectation issue. Learn to enjoy the process and being in the moment. I've burned out twice while being stuck in the loop of relating paintings with inevitable failure in the future. What keeps me coming back is the simple realization that i ENJOY painting and will continue to paint whether or not I work professionally.

>>3006426
>something about every piece i make turning into a failure really puts me off from trying harder
a war against yourself.
>dont try harder dont improve
>dont suffer? dont improve
no room for fun until you make it. van gogh does not seem so crazy now.

>>3006416
I tried the discord and didn't like it for a couple reasons.
1. It's dominated by power users.
2. A good chunk of conversation is just random small talk.
3. It requires a heavier time investment than the threads. (You gotta stay and talk instead of making a post and checking occasionally)
4. There's a couple different cliques and they're not always welcoming to new users.

Threads4lyfe tbhh

>>3006423
dont try harder try smarter
drawing in a bad mood leads to failure easily

>>3006434
Oh and also a good chunk of people there don't even submit to las, it's kind of become its own thing now.

>>3006431
No the trick is to learn to enjoy the never ending search for improvement. Im not complacent or content with where im at. I simply feel good when I paint, both after and during, and feel bad when I don't paint :)

>>3006434
thats correct, 4 years of high school was enough for me too

>>3006434
>mute non art channels
>post art and ask for crits
>join in conversation if bored

Wow difficult

>>3006423

I lost focus because life hit me hard. It's astounding how a single event can immediately turn your life into shit. Trying to keep a routine, but now I'm break from /las/ while trying to draw every day.

I like your apple, Carl

Shut up Grammarly; I just want to listen to Edgar Froese. Stop giving money to Merlin

Perhaps Tugelbend isn't coming back? I hope he comes back

>>3006462
he left to make money anon. he was always too good to stay with us.

>>3006454
there's also a lot of passive aggressive cunts like you there so I'll pass

>>3006476
>im too autistic to interact with normal people

>>3006483
>I use meme arrows instead of making actual points
lol why are you so vehemently defending the discord? I didn't even say it was bad just that I didn't like it personally. I think you're the autistic one if you take everything so personally. Why even come to the threads if the discord is so good?

>>3006483
Wow, such a pleasant answer certainly will compell people to join a place with people like you.

>>3006490
>>3006492
Autism

>>3006497
>place with people like you

>boygivingup's submission

>>3006502
>implying I'm actually in the discord

i wish the current challenge wasnt so long. i want a new one

>>3006457
also came to tell carl he did a good apple

thats one great fruit, carl my boy

Is Choob an active person in the Discord?

>>3006626
Choob is an active person in the Discord.

>>3006629
Thats so creepy.

>>3006406
dickbutt

>>3005318
Jerry: try drawing from photos? Helped me a bit. Clearly not a lot, because I'm only tier 3; but it will expand your visual library.

Alternatively: maybe practice creating little individual facial features and then building the face out of components. Pottery

>>3006457
>>3006521
Cheers! :) Tbh I am just tryharding to climb the tiers at the moment. Weird how that motivates you.

>>3006861
nice apples

>>3006861
Idk if anyone's told you this before but you paint really nice apples

>>3006878
>>3006909
Give me a new subject to paint, no lollis pls.

>>3006920
Goya's "Saturn Devouring his Son"
Or something by Peter Doig

>>3006923
Gonna give Saturn Devouring his Son a go, I'll probably butcher it badly but I always appreciate a challenge.

>>3006925
The more you butcher "Saturn devouring his son" the better it will look

>>3006928
Straying further away from Rubens version seem to be very possible at the moment.

>when you work extra hard lately and nobody notices

>>3006931
But 51ip: you work hard all the time. if you think about it: there's a lot of good Artists that haven't been noticed over the span of the last three threads outside of the tier lists, like Tabascoshrimp, Nyra, coinhero et. al. It seems people here won't notice you until you do something really stupid or are exceptionally outstanding.

Anyway: good work whoever you are

>>3006931
while i appreciate it, that ain't me

>>3006931
I thought those knees were big boobies from the thumbnail. Disappointed.

>>3006931
That just means when you git gud faster people will say "damn, when did that happen?"

>>3007108
>then they look at all your bad art

>>3006931
If it helps Anon, I also know that feelerino.

>>3006398
I meant the submission you posted that day. Didn't look half bad

>>3007335
Oh! Thank you :)

chob

>>3007455
who
the
fuck
cares

>>3007463
Hi chb

>>3007465
literaly every single lassie is more interesting than your gay crush

anyone else have two conflicting aesthetics they're shooting for?

I want my art to look like if ruan jia and theo prins had a gay adopted baby and raised it in the mountains to become a master

>>3007463
>>3007473
hide and report, hide and report

>>3007474
Where most would see contradictions in style and aesthetic, the real genius is putting those two next to each other and finding a connection where others wouldnt have. Between Ruan and Theo I mean.

>>3007474
How exactly do those two aesthetics conflict?
I'd never claim to be a connoisseur of concept art, but I can barely tell their works apart.

>>3007474
Where most would see contradictions in style and aesthetic, the real genius is putting those two next to each other and finding a connection where others wouldnt have. Between Ruan and Theo I mean.


>>3007463
I was simply critiqueing Choobs tracing, stop being so negative.

This threads are depressing

>>3007492
I know...

>>3007492
>>3007494
I disagree.

>>3007496
Well I disagree with you

>>3007474
oh yeah?
Let me guess its the reason why youcant get good
just draw n

>>3007497
I agree with you!

>>3007492
>>3007494
>>3007496
>>3007497
>>3007501
This threads are depressing

going to take my dog for a walk, /las/.

>>3007497
What childs anime is that from? I have a 6 year old brother who might be into it.

>>3007503
I know...

>>3007505
Make sure a man doesn't fuck its shit.

>>3007505
See you later; I hope you don't get eaten by another dog by standing in the middle of them during a dog fight. The very, best, of luck to you

The thought of walking the dog terrifies me

>>3007492
We're all gonna make it, even you!

>>3007505
Are you me

>>3007489

in my interpretation, RJ works from a highly logical standpoint.

He begin by blocking in simplified objects in space, adding lighting, and slowly pushes detailing in the focal points to the extreme. He was known for spending a month up to a year even on some of his paintings.

Theo on the other hand works from a more daoist/taoist view (I'm reaching here.) He allows things to come naturally and is very okay with abstractions. His goal is to give you just enough information to give you a believable space, and allows your mind to fill in the blanks. In interviews he stresses allowing things to come naturally, and to experience life, and just assume in some way it'll influence your knowledge.

both obviously have great craft but chose to use it in different approaches

>>3007499
I draw everyday m8, just been experimenting since going full render hurts my body

I'm not gonna upload today. I did draw something, but I want to preserve the last bit of my dignity. If I ever had any in the first place.

>>3007530
Good on you.

>>3006928
It is done, I am angry with you, I lost my sanity as I painted it. Hope you enjoy my suffering.

Wow, for once I don't feel completely awful about what I've drawn.

>>3007530
Good on you. I've lost all of my dignity at this point. I've uploaded so many turds onto las that I didn't want anyone to see. Luckily no one actually bothers looking at my shit anyways.
>>3007580
Wait until tomorrow

>>3007547
Hey, at least you aren't Saturn's son being devoured, or Van Gogh

>>3007643
That was my sanity being eaten away, ah well gotta do another study tomorrow, probably gonna pick something more to my taste this time so I might enjoy it a bit more!

>>3007622

I upload my turds last minute so that no one would see lol

We are united in art my brothas and sistas.

RIP London, yet another terrorist attack :(

>get hyped by watching a bunch of KJG videos and going through his sketchbooks
>fuck yeah! I'm gonna get a brush pen and be a boss like him!
>get a brush pen
>it's even fucking harder to use than anything I've used before
>one wrong move or just a tiny bit too much pressure and you fuck everything up
Holy shit, he makes it look so easy the way he lays down big blocks of value and little snippets of hatching/texture and detail. I already new he was a monster but this makes me respect him 100x more.

Also fuck brush pens, can't even draw fucking stickmen properly with them.

>>3008018
Keep drawing for another 15 years !

>>3007649
Yeah!

go to sleep early tonight lassies so you can wake up and draw sooner

>>3008049
australia?

>>3008049
It's 6AM already...Too late anon

>>3008049
I always draw at the end of the day.
But I want to change that but I have a hard time getting out of bed every morning.

>>3007530
Comfort zone, man. You don't have to show everything you draw. You can share the best, or least worst out of what you've drawn that day. You gotta remember to have fun with it.

I thought I lost my dignity long ago but I still attempt to fix and clean any mistake I'm able to notice till I run out of time, and on bad days or days I don't have much time I don't try to do anything too complex.

>>3008018
same senpai
I happened to buy some cheap (100yen) brush pens (Pentel Color Brushpen) while I was in Japan, ended up writing them off as shitty bc the brush tips weren't smooth and they weren't good at drawing thinly, just large strokes.

Later, I got mad (out of both frustration and sheer disbelief) when I discovered KJG used the exact same brush to illustrate and sign book covers.
I can't imagine how he manages the finer details and makes the thick-thin transitions so flawlessly.

The pocket brush pen on the other hand is great, although much more sensitive to slight changes in pressure.

>>3007474
Hi Taylor

>>3007920

Another one? They're beginning to sound like weather reports.

>>3008049
>tfw did this
>actually woke up early for once

>>3008262
There were literaly more posts about unusualy heavy rain than about the last terror attack on my fb feed.

>>3008310
Where did it rain alot? god I hope it doesnt rain today, I wanted to get some plein air in.

>>3008338
dont worry that was the terror attack before this one

>>3008245
Hiii :3

Choob ruined LAS with his literal bullshit.

>>3008525
No Choobposter, you did.

soon reaching 100 days of las and my submissions are the same thing 80% of the time and I still can't fucking draw that thing properly. what use are all the studies and figure drawing I'm doing when the thing I love to draw still looks like wet garbage in the end

finlay your heads are getting better, good job

>>3008554
You fell for my ruse.

>>3008563
nani!? D:

>had all day to draw
>don't do it
>tired now but must draw
>know I'd barely get any sleep

Why am I such a fucking idiot

>>3008557
No improvement at all? That's strange, what exactly are you trying to achieve?

>forgot about submission #100
I wanted to do a 100 character gay furry orgy for that one

CATH FIX UR SHITTY LINK

>>3008677
Done, don't worry, I'm shitty as always.

>>3008619
It's not that there is no improvement at all (I hope), I'm just trying to draw in a stylized art style and for some reason I have a hard time making it look appealing. Copying art styles isn't as easy as I thought it would be, I guess?

>>3008724
Which part of the aesthetic is giving you problems?
If you're unsure, try copying individual elements (like facial features, facial shapes, body proportions) instead of the whole thing at once.

>>3008724
Would be so much easier to give feedback if you posted something friendo

Unless you're just wanting to vent which is fine.

Fuck i have been feeling uninspired & shitty for about a week now. I guess i have to just wait it to pass.

>>3008837
Try a new medium. Whenever I feel like shit I just switch from pens to pencils or vice versa, recently picked up some cheap water color stuff too and I'm having fun with it.

>>3008843
F-F-F-FUUUUUUUUUN?

>>3008846
Yes sir

VYTONG FIX YOUR GODDAMN LINK

>>3008748
just the side view of the characters heads. There have been instances where I was able to draw them properly, but most of the time the proportions turn out completely wrong. Will try out just copying individual elements.

>>3008768
I'd like to post something but it'd be glaringly obvious who I am

>>3008870
>I'd like to post something but it'd be glaringly obvious who I am
So what?

I never get this, we're all trying to improve. Why won't you post your shit?

>>3008870
its okay! not like you're being an asshole in the thread or something and need to stay anon

>>3004790

Thanks, that's good advice I really appreciate it

We got a bunch of new people in the last few days

Welcome!

>>3008933
NOBODY EVER WELCOMED ME!

I should really get started on that companion character one of these days...

Is the idea of these threads to post our submissions for critique or are they more for just hanging out?

>>3008973
For mocking people who cheat.

>>3008973
We can't comment on the site. You can post your work if you want some help

>>3008973
you're encouraged to comment on other submissions, or ask for advice- just keep it constructive

so has everyone already give up on the challenge except for like 3 people who occasionally post once in a while and naf who probably has no trouble on this "challenge" because he can draw literally anything?

>>3008940
lol I didn't get past the villain
>>3009068
I might jump back on it.

>>3009068
The challenge was topic hell in disguise

>>3009078
topic hell... finds a way

>tfw only naf can make challenges now
>tfw he's only gonna make brutal 7 year long topic challenges
It's over, pull the plug

>>3009068
I'm gonna catch up to it in the next couple of days.

>>3009104
That's what I was saying a week ago

>>3009068
Yeah, I'm done with what I'll be doing for it. It was fun, but I can't keep the pace right now. I might revisit some ideas later when I can draw more.

>>3009068
I'm doing it, but only because I've hit a wall and don't know what to draw without it.

>a month passed
Jesus christ
I thought i'd give up much sooner

>>3009173
Going strong after over a year, I also thought I'd leave this place after a couple months. You're here forever anon. Forever and ever with no escape.

>>3009068
I'm abandoning it to work on a new project.The challenge ended up inspiring me to finally start working on one of my comic ideas. I'm a quitter, but something good at least came out of it.

I thought after New Companion was New Enemy. I fucked up.

>>3009219
Sounds like a genuine plot twist.

I can't believe it's been 10 days. That felt like 30 seconds at best

What the fuck do I draw to stop being so shit?

Either no one checks my RPG challenge or the view-counter is bugged.

>>3009068
I'm still drawing challenge related every day now.
Just going to focus on scenery and world building a bit more instead of game mechanics like skills and items.

Been drawing town maps too as a little side project, it's a lot of fun trying to figure out in interesting layout for a town.

>>3009293
From life

>>3009304
I'm not gonna check everyone's everyday.

/las/: can you help me find out why my heads look like shit

>>3009759
its cause ur shit

>>3009776
Ok

>>3009779
Why am I shit

>>3009759
is not so bad, just need more practice

>>3009783
That's very kind and very flattering of you
Would you say this is better or worse?

Name 5 lassies that aren't in LAS right now that you think are good. Hard more: try listing rarely mentioned name.

(Please say my name)

>>3009804
7?

>>3009804
imvisitingearth
Barkode
Mathias
abigguyforyou
maiqtheliar

>new challenge
>draw in another lassies style

tfw you don't have a style so if you join you just gonna weigh others down

Most days I don't know what the fuck to draw.

>>3009843
When in doubt, draw you're mom.

>>3009845
naked

Aw yeah, gonna see Tripfag's penis.

>>3009867
>being a tranny lover
leave

>>3009759
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T7cDY7YDsg

The mouth doesn't wrap around the head. Also the chin is too far away from the neck, like the person is unnaturally stretching it.

>>3008936
Welcome anon I hope your streak will be and full of gains!

>>3009942
Please crit this face I've drawn.

>>3009949
Holy crap Jean Giraud wants me to Crit his art! I'm honored. Could you please post this in a higher resolution Jean, I could redline it for you.

Besides really cool that you are still posting here, even 4 years after your death! That's dedication!

>>3009810
My "style" changes a lot

>2 days
why

>>3009963
Yes, this is me. Please crit this face I've drawn.

>>3009945
>I hope your streak will be and full of gains!
>I hope your streak will be

>>3009999

>>3009999
Haha, I guess I wanted to add "long" or something, but now it reads like I hope this person will end up having a streak AT ALL. Like seriously Becky can you at least reach the bloody two?!

>>3009990
No Jean don't be so greedy I reserve my crits for the living.

A-am I going to make it?

>>3010063
No, only I am.

>>3010063
Shit man I dunno dog but fuck I think we'll all make it someday.

>>3010067
m-mommy?!

Which lassies do you think have improved the most from the start? Who hasn't improved at all?

>>3010099
Jerrybreem

>>3010099
Choobs whole run was forfeited..as it turns out he traced throughout his streak.

>>3010099
I argue Naf has improved the most, honestly. He's the only one I've browsed the submissions of intently, though, so I don't know if he's the person harbouring the greatest improvement or not

Kirikae, you forgot to check the topic box, I hesitated to told you but if you want to be in topic hell that's your choice.

>>3010109
>doesn't realize people in the industry trace.

If you're studying colors/values/rendering and you have limited time tracing is fine.

This is why you aren't good.

>>3010218
He's not in the fucking industry and time is not an issue here, so why bring it up

>>3010217
Made me double check.

Box is marked and there's a lightbulb on the submission, unless I've finally lost it.

>>3010227
>and there's a lightbulb on the submission
bruh...

>>3010227
Sorry, my bad.

>>3010244
Nah man thanks for the heads up, I could totally see a slip like that happening eventually.

>>3010217
Damn, this artist is amazing. I also love all the cables and shit in Japan, it's kind of unique.

>>3010226
Time is always an issue. No rules just tools

>>3010063
Hey, what sparked within you guys that lead you to want to make it?

Is there a discord that is not full of disgusting amateurs?

>>3010289
Most patreons these days have patron exclusive discords with the artist him/herself.

good night, las

nobody knows me

>>3010218
Choob NEEDS to trace, it has nothing to do with cutting corners to make a deadline.

Choob is competely lost without a photo underneath his painting layer.

>>3010314
I've been here since the start and no one knows me either anon. It's just the way it is :(

Which lassos have the most distinct styles? Who would you like to imitate?

>>3010333
I can see how your untrained eye would think that

>>3010378
I like Naf and Lokki a lot, coinheros stuff is always dope, whizzard is neat, headakes thumbnails are always cool(I honestly like the thumbnails a lot more than the full drawings sometimes), they have some nice variety in heads and faces. Just off the top of my head though, there are others I like whose names escape me at the moment.

Of lassies no longer here I liked barkode, Anon313, Innocent, Imvisitingearth, off the top of my head again. I gotta say though, most if not all the lassies here are distinguishable one way or another, I think that's pretty cool in of itself.

>>3010378
FaggotFaggotFaggot

>tfw didn't realize when the day rolls over

RIP I was in it for all of one day chums

>>3010433
get back here

>>3010387
My trained hand doesnt need to trace.

>>3010473
>tfw sucked at tracing because untrained hand
Inking is a tough job.

>>3010099
Naf because of the time span but Rorg also has made quite a few improvements since joining.

>>3010473
>thinking art is about the hand

Beginner spotted

>>3010573
Shut up.

https://youtu.be/HAROCL8GJhY?t=26s

>>3010579 #
To put it in a way you can understand.

Its like saying learning French is about the tongue. Its entirely about the mind. The tongue is a tool for your intentions to be better understood, but if you don't speak French it doesn't matter what your tongue can do, you won't be speaking French.

Your citing an example where Carlos huante specifically mentions staying in practice when you already have the knowledge.

>>3010638
Jesus you really are autistic. Dont take everything so literally, the trained hand comment was a play on what you said about trained eye, now get back to swiping artwork from unknown Pixiv artists.

>>3010638
YOU MEAN MY HAND DOESNT HAVE A BRAIN IN IT!?

Lazy Nechoomi

>>3010661
>quotes artist trying to defend their argument

>argument gets picked to shreds

>backpedal into insults

gg no re

>>3010674
stop choobposting jozu/susi

>>3010715
How do you know it's them?

>>3010715
>>3010757
Susi is asleep silly

>>3009810
it does not have to be someone that is in the challenge, just in las.

>we're half way through 2017 already
FUCK

>>3010929
>hold me

>>3010698
The Huante story has been arond for years, I've heard it in multiple podcasts from different artists at this point.

>>3011070

Cool beans!

>>3011070
That's an interesting statement but what does it have to do with the conversation at hand?

>>3011136
I read that as googles instead of quotes with all the eye boogers in my eyes this morning.

>>3010285
To be absolutely and totally honest with you senpai, it was anime tiddies.

Lassies, what's your opinion about ppl that only draw from reference? Like celebrity photos or something.

>>3011417
They're Never Gonna Make Iters.

>>3011417
for the love of god leave or draw, but stop being this fucking retarded you stupid samefag

Some people need photos, its impossible for them to visualise things in the abstract.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wNEy_Zffpc

>tfw comfort-zoning again but too tired to stop

>>3011417
thats super boring

>>3011417
They enjoy a rich social life, visual library, and observational skills

>>3011476
how pathetic can you get lol

>>3011536
Again you need to use a capital letter at the start of your sentences, and avoid acronyms such as "lol" in order to impersonate me

Anatomy360 it's an amazing program for drawing figures, I recommend it to all of you.

>>3011476
By the way: you don't sound pathetic

>>3011441
But Anon this is the first time I asked something here and I just drew three hours.

>>3011476
Comfort Zone is life, Comfort Zone is love.

>>3011610
This looks cool

>>3011610
seconding this, it's pretty good stuff

>>3011610
Yep, thats a human bieng alright.

>>3011610
>this looks great
>it costs money
Who's willing to shill out bucks for me?

>>3011714
they have a whole bunch of free images too from different angles and lighting as well

>>3011746
Is subscribing free? I went to check it out and got locked out by that.

>>3011748
yeah its free its like news letters, it just asks for your email

Fellows, we have lost a member of the community..He has selfishly taken his own life.

>Lava writes down his idea for a comic on his blog
>2 paragraphs explaining how the main character plucks his eyebrows
lest we forget his extreme autism

>>3011897
Thats not autism.

>>3011897
Holy shit, I thought you were joking but it's actually true. I wonder what it'd be like if lava was a weekly manga author or something. He'd be writing a shonen battle manga but everyone would think it's a slice of life because the first 30 chapters would be about the character taking a shower and putting his shoes on.

>>3011897
The real extreme autism is reading his blogs.

>>3011917
I'm now imagining a manga that looks something like punpun but goes in that direction. I'd read it and have my mind blown when it suddenly switches to action.

>>3011897
Please stop picking on Lava's extreme autism :(

tfw almost everybody has dropped out of rpg challenge :^(

>>3012244
Sorry :^(
Nobody cared about mine anyways

>bandit dropped out
I liked his stuff

What if we do this, lassers?

>>3012352
you mean post our art?
I'm game

>>3012354
do we do it as a challenge or in this thread?

>>3012352
I haven't been doing art nearly that long

>>3012359
It doesn't matter, use another year.

>>3012293
I-I care(d) anon! :^( I looked at everybody's, now I only check every few days but most of you guys dropped out :^(

ochbo

mew thread >>3012420