/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3046001
It's all about fundamentals, nothing special anyone can do it especially if its digital.

>>3046001
isn't he just completely ripping off ruan jia? or is it the same guy?

>>3046001
They take the time and care needed to properly render out what they intend to show. Most folks I see here trying to emulate this look just shit all over the canvas and never bother to go in and refine forms.

Learn your fundies and collect your references. Take your time.

>>3046001
TALENT
GENETICS

people here can draw 20 hours a day but they will never reach his level

Is it just me or is his chin, or his nose, off perspective? I saw it really early in the sketch but he never did anything about it. It just looks weird especially when looking at the mouth going around the face.

However what got me the most was that, even just a few minutes into the block in phase, he's able to get a sense of the form almost instantly. The values and color arrangements just work so well so early and it makes even the block in look amazing.

>>3046028
That's false and I could demonstrate it through scientific argument but I cba. Probably because it'd make a great u-tub career, lol

>>3046038
the chin is supposed to be going into a lost edge on the left but the values are too similar..

What's the secret of those chinks, why are they so autistic

>>3046091
China is a hypercompetitive society where you either work like a madman or die in poverty, and there's nothing to do outside of working because the chinese only socialise for networking purposes and have no concept of leisure.

>>3046104
that's a nice way of saying 'i'm a lazy bum'

>>3046114
That and what I said aren't mutually exclusive. You'd burn out trying to work like the chinese as fast as I would.

>>3046114
it's true man, haven't you seen those videos of chinese people mowing down eachother in the highway and driving away? they're very borg like.

>>3046038
yeah it makes him look like he kind of has a weird crooked lantern jaw

>>3046116
That's unfair to the borg because they at least are perfectly organised and work towards a shared purpose.

>>3046104
>and there's nothing to do outside of working because the chinese only socialise for networking purposes and have no concept of leisure.

China is literally the biggest foreign market for Hollywood and other entertainment media.

>>3046002
>everyone who can do it can do it
lol

Can ic just admit that this guy is an advanced digital painter and just leave it at that? Why is it so hard to just admit someone is skilled?

>>3046356
Because they consider themselves skilled, and can't believe that someone who has been doing something for a long ass time knows more then they do and deserves it through hard work and dedication.

And it's a meme now.

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av5313865/

>>3046091
>autistic
This buzzword is retard and have nothing to with real autism. It's just proper art education. They learning how to draw traditionally.

>>3048120
do you have the whole book? I've been looking for it online.

There's an english version also

>>3048131
Seconding this. People who have bought this would've received a PDF copy, too. So there's no need for the hassle of scanning

PDF version:
http://4-art.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=57
http://4-art.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=123

Physical + PDF version:
http://4-art.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=136
http://4-art.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=137

>>3046001
/ic/ is so easily impressed. Academic realism and high amount of details is the highiest form of art for you. You're so narrow-minded that you can't even recognise a good drawing unless it's a realistic study. That's why you should study history of art if you want to be a real artist and not a mere craftsman.

>>3046038
His whole head and arms look too small for that upper body and the face looks skewed like we're looking at a distorted version of it through a reflection or something.

>>3048351
>>3046038

the problem with this guy, Ruan Jia, and others with the same style is that they focus so much on rendering and not much on perspective, composition, and drawing the figure in general. once you get past all the shimmery "digital-impressionism" you can see they neglected their most obvious weak points and that all they've really mastered are painting portraits.

this is not to say they aren't skilled. just that the closer you look at this stuff the less impressive it gets.

>>3048453
I'd agree with your general argument, but RJ has been working pretty hard the last few years at his figure drawing and perspective skills to try to fill out his weaknesses. It's part of what puts him above his many clones.

>>3046001
>using a shitload of references
meh. less impressed now

>>3048523
The 90s are gone, deal with it or get left behind.

>>3048523
Old Masters draw from life models.
Fookin hacks

>>3048453
this digital art looks like crap.

>>3048453
>>3048340
>you need an education to know if something is good
>neglecting the fact that most gods are extremely shitty versions of obscure no-name masters

>>3046001
you obviously just need his brushes, geez

>>3051400
Does anyone have his brushes or similar brushes? Who can point me in the right direction as far as literature that can help me improve my color theory? Its a subject I've been neglecting because I'm color blind

>>3046001
That chin is very lopsided

>>3046008
you'd think it would bother one of them that two talented artists style's are so interchangeable

>>3048757
ruan jia proudly displays it on his artstation page!

>>3048340
Chunbum please leave

>>3046001
Alright honest question here, should I learn to paint in this style ? in the wei/jia style ?

considering my current skill level I recon it would take around 6months to a year to achieve a level close to that. but where would I possibly look for work after that ? it looks good but aren't there a lot of chinese artists that can already do that and cheaper ?

>>3051625
>it would take around 6months to a year to achieve a level close to that
>6 months to a year

>>3051643
Well, I'm already pretty skilled so it won't take me much longer.

>>3051643
Fine, since you're projecting that much, let's say it takes me a century to reach that level. Isn't the market already overpopulated by that style ? what would that kind of style bring you as work opportunities ?

>>3051650
ignore this, not me.

>>3051653
I'm not pretending to be you. I'm just saying it won't take ME much longer. I could reach his level in 6 months to 1 year

>>3051426
If I came up with a style and some other chink decided he'd do things exactly the way I do, sell his art and put his signature on them, yes, it would bother me. Honestly, the little golden things and the way he renders faces it's an exact copy.

Why bother to become a rendering god when you can't even develop your own style?

>>3051653
The market is never saturated as long as there is demand, and there's always demand for high talent

I guarantee you that style will land you gigs in the form of promo illustrations, box art, loading screens and whatnot etc

>>3051650
You aren't even producing work that is 15% of the OP image, it will take you at least 10 more years to produce OP's quality, I'd imagine, if you ever get there.

>>3051430
>>3046001
I hadn't heard about Wei Feng, sick stuff, shame he doesn't have an Instagram or something other than Art Station. Both their art reminds me of something out of Yoshitaka Amano.