/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Correction for the Stylization thread, go here to draw your Waifu :
>>3130657

> Your Waifu a shit, though

>>3133160
Great op

I need some help. Does anyone have some experience working on card games? I need to give a quote to a small publisher but I don't know what's a normal price range since I've been working with individuals all my life.
I have some idea what the high end prices of illustration are since those get talked about more, but how does is the low end?

What's the best way to enter the comic industry? Make fan art of their IP and hope to get noticed or make a simple comic and upload it somewhere?

I'm forced into a situation where I have to earn at least 3k USD by the end of this year through freelancing. I have zero connections and have no one to hit up to ask for freelance work.
For the past two weeks I've been lurking a ton on upwork.com but the competition must be incredibly tough considering I'm not getting any responses. Pic related, artwork of mine. I know it's not exactly on a "professional" level but do you guys think I can make 3k within 3-4 months anyway?

>>3133680

>>3133680
>>3133786
Hell, I have the exact same situation. :/ Gonna be homeless in 2 weeks. Similar skill level. Lurking for answers.

How do you grt good, clean shapes when coloring lineart in photoshop?

Normally when i just attack with a brush then turn off the lines, all my shapes are all over the place since the lines already establish the shape's edge.

I'm just thinking having better shapes can help transition from lineart to a painting.

>>3133790
Got any work to show?

>>3133680
That happened to me a lot during the summer and then I got a lot of offers one week. Now I have no offers again. I think Upwork's algorithms are to blame.
What's your pricing though? People on Upwork are cheap as fuck.
You're better than me but I bet I'm cheaper.

>>3133794
Don't wanna be recognized on 4chan, anything that's finished enough to show will go to my portfolio and Facebook trying to get some gig. :)

I was hoping to get into DnD commissions... but don't know how to get them.

What exactly is it about Kim Jung Gi's art that makes it so much more appealing than other artist's? I look at his work and compare it to say, Michael Hampton, and even KJG's figures are more likeable.

This is a general trend I find, Korean/Japanese artists are a lot more aesthetically pleasing than their western counterparts with few exceptions. Am I just a pleb?! What am I not getting?

>>3134002
KJG is a cartoonist, so he exaggerates certain features. It's really obvious by looking at all of those faces and even the animals.

>>3134006
But even when he does more "realistic" drawings he's still much more appealing than Hampton.

How do you go about learning how to "cartoon" -- I've seen people who caricature and the style doesn't appeal to me, is he doing something different? Are they the same principles?

How do I stop playing video games and start focusing on drawing more? I love both equally, probably drawing more but vg are so much easier ;_;

>>3134124
Stop playing video games and start focusing on drawing more. If you loved both equally, you would spend just as much time on the other, but clearly you don't and are lying to yourself.

>>3134127
Good point. I thought it was because with vg I didn't have to beat myself up over being bad but yeah.

I've been learning to draw boxes in perspective but i'm not sure where to go from here, should I be trying to visualize a face or whatever inside the box or am I thinking the wrong way? i'm completely stuck after this stage.

>>3134124
I had this problem. The only solution I could come up with is getting rid of my video games and notebook that could run games. But it's a bit extreme, maybe you can find another way.

>>3134449
You're doing it right, I think. Everything can be break down into simpler forms (cube, cylinder, etc.) so the idea is, if you're able to draw those basic forms into perspective, you just have to refine them to draw the more complicated stuff. I drew this to explain the idea behind that: my man is crude and basically a wodden mannequin. Loomis, Reilly, etc. have more complicated and accurate models to follow, but the idea is exactly the same. You don't know what the arm should look like, so you draw a correct cylinder, now you know what the arm should look like.

>>3134513
Ahh I see, I'll try to make things more complex, having alot of trouble visualizing the image I want over the forms if that makes sense.

I have terrible self-confidence and that makes me too scared to finish a drawing, even a sketch because it doesn't look perfect. Heck, it's been 2 years since I even uploaded something new because I'm nervous that what I'm drawing doesn't meet up to anyone's high expectations.

How can I get out of this mindset?

Just curious, what's /ic/ opinion on John Buscema?

>>3134562
Don't be afraid to be wrong my friend, be afraid that you haven't even try it. Ofc it will not so good at the beginning but if you put your heart into it and with a little of patience, you will get better :D

Anybody know any good tutorials on shading? I just want to learn basic shading for people and I don't understand how to shade.

>>3134562
get a sketch book , say to yourself you dont care about it, dont show what is in it to anyone, fill it with any drawings , say to yourself you dont care about these drawings in this book that you dont care about. when a good one pops up , copy the idea into the sketchbook or whatever that you do care about then finish it.
stop caring so much about your drawings. dont be scared to fuck up. analyze to figure out where you fucked up , dont do it next time.

>>3134694
The key to good shading is understanding how forms work in 3d.
scott robertson's book How to Render, it goes into detail about how light works and how that creates/affects shadows.

And if you don't have a solid understanding of perspective already, start with how to draw. there are copies of both in the art resource thread.

Is there a way to get at least some money with no\low skill in drawing? Pic related. Cannot into portraits and such real life\reference accurate copying. Hardly ever can get my shit together to even color\shade stuff. Very prone to drop whatever I do, somewhat infantile.

I don't want to draw commissioned porn, fursonas, pony OC aka fursona 1.1 and such creepy shit.

How do I go about setting up shop? How do I collect money? I suppose I'll need internet wallet of sorts? Is there a preference for one or I can roll with whatever? If I do commissions, should I accept payment partially or fully upfront or secure the money otherwise? I doubt I'll have a contract over a 5$ doodle or whatever, but what should I do if a person won't pay me at all?

Or should I instead of proposing people to buy my commissions seek out already existing demand?


If I aim to be a legit professional artist in the future, how much do they even earn? Say, illustrator or an animator.

>>3134956
Pic related is not too bad if it's yours. What you say and what you show are different things. In any case, you need to get your shit together before anything. You can also google all the questions you're asking.

>>3134956

Grind the shit out of the figure and form like a mad man and you'll be making money soon enough. The bar is very low but $10 can't even buy you a bag of chips these days.

>>3134956
Always contract, they're legally binding and can hold up in small claims court if you get stiffed on a somewhat large sum. Either pay upfront or have a staggered payment plan. If they refuse to make the initial payment within the timeframe you've given them via paypal invoice after you show them the sketch, then move on and sell that pose as an adoptable or YCH sale. I've seen ych.commishes.com used for those kinds of things.

If you're on DA and charging five dollars, you're on a good site for that. No one on dA ever really wants to pay more than a couple of bucks for something because it's mostly children on there spending "points". If you're going to use dApoints, charge 100pts=$1 b/c dA takes 20% when you export it to paypal. (You don't need a credit card for paypal, btw.) On dA, there's shit tons of cute girls/anime/commission groups. Join as many as you can and see which ones do not have a submission limit or need approval. Submit to at least 5 groups with several thousand members.
Comment on lots of people's artwork, even if it's shit, no matter the site. If you comment on a profile or artwork of someone that doesn't get a lot of comments, you're more likely to be followed by that person because they're more likely to check out your page. Cast a wide net and try to leave comments on art that is similar in subject to what you draw in the hopes they'll follow you. Just keep the conversation going and make friends with lots people.

If you're going to try instagram, you really have to draw things that are stylish and what's in style. Instagram mostly has normal teen girls on there, so while you can get a following if you draw pastel rainbows and cutesy stuff, I don't see a whole lot of money coming out of it.

If you can handle it, you can try to do a commission stream on either picarto or twitch and make sure you get them to pay up first with the invoice. If you're going to stream, have a nice/ semi complete picture up at all times to pull people.

I have an issue with Wacom Tablet when every 10 seconds my stroke goes full opaque without pressure sensitivity. What do?

>>3133160
I want answers as to what the anime girl is doing

Is there anything stopping me from signing up for new masters academy for a month and using something like fraps to screengrab a shit ton of their videos?

>>3135064
has anyone done that before? if not i'm curious as to why

>>3134956
get a tumblr and make a commission post with examples of your work. use paypal that's what everyone uses. get all or at least half the money upfront and secured.

>>3134124
you're gravitating to vg because they're electronic skinner boxes. the progreess is clear, the work is solid, and you get instantly rewarded with a level up or whatever. whereas with drawings the progress is less clear cut
set yourself clear goals. remind yourself that you can only waste your life on so many things

>>3134694

Does someone have paintings with well rendered hands covered in black oil? like in photo related.

Is there a way from keeping the line quality in flash from being significantly lost when zooming in to its normal size?

>>3133680
blog?

i'm trying to teach myself value. i'm doing a lot of studies of photos. is there anything else i could be doing that will help?

>>3135726
Apply it to your own works from memory/imagination.

>>3133680
>>3133786
wtf how are you having problems finding work? Are you earning from other places? Find it hard to believe people have money issues at this quality level.

>>3135780
Because OP is an idiot.
>I have zero connections and have no one to hit up to ask for freelance work.
>For the past two weeks I've been lurking a ton on upwork.com
No network, looking for work on upwork of all places. Didn't even get a blog from reverse search. It's like all OP has been doing is gitting gud, but forgot about the getting noticed part. It's been said time and time again, being good isn't the only thing you need.

is it worth getting a linked-in account?

>>3135862
If you have a resume.

>>3135131
I mean I haven't found any torrents or anything with stolen content from there (although I don't have a cgpeers account). I'd be willing to do it but idunno if there's a good reason why I haven't seen it floating around already

>>3135782
>is it worth spending time maintaining a completely word-based profile while engaged in a visual medium

Does anyone have experience with kneaded erasers? Bought one and it's pretty cool.

How do I know when it's time to replace one? I heard they last a long time because they don't lose material. Will it just get progressively darker to a point where it's inefficient in erasing?

>>3135904
>>3135862

>>3135906
They're cool. I used one for charcoal and it gets all shiny and smooth, so it doesn't erase anymore and instead just smears. Useful sometimes, but not always. But yeah, it gets to a point where it doesn't erase anymore and just makes things dirty.

Lost the pencil icon in the left tool bar in Clip Studio paint. How can I get it back?

>>3135131
When you're doing halftones do you have to use a soft brush? Or do you block brush then erase?

I want to download my entire favs on sankaku complex so I can have them on my computer. What program can I use?

>>3135933
Google Chrome is good.

>>3135917
Nevermind I didn't looked ahrd enough, just had to hold shift when starting CSP to reinitialize whatever I want

If an image doesn't read well as a thumbnail, have you failed even if it looks okay full size?

>>3135957
It depends all the time on what you did specifically, so a general answer isn't going to cut it for you.

I've been learning watercolor for a few months and I found out my father owns this, Vintage Faber Castell Goldfaber wat. I've been looking for a color chart with the color names everywhere, but apparently F. C. doesn't even make sets like these anymore, and the numbers the color have don't match up with the modern color charts. Any help to identify them? I'm fucking lost.

What the pencil brand do you recommend?

I'll buy the things tomorrow (pencil, paper...) and I wanna buy something decent.

I can't wrap my head around cast shadows. I understand the examples like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1hxYypsq04
but how do you connect everything when you can't see the line or horizons, points are outisde of the canvas, etc?
Do good artists go through finding those points and lines everytime (they probably just eyeball stuff and get it right cause of habit?) or is there any alternative method?

>>3136102
Eyeball it or actually extend your canvas to reach that point.

>>3136103
I don't think the second method is good? I mean, the fucking sun. If you were trying to use points with that...but the thing is, I don't really get how to eyeball it either. Probably do it with lines until I understand roughly how cast shadows are supposed to fall in every situation?

>>3136105
Learning it in the beginning is a lot of work since if you care you might plot it all, but if you don't really care, you'll just constantly eyeball it until people call you out on it when it's wrong. It's quite simple in that all you have to do is know where your light source comes from and how three-dimensional objects and angles work. Simple, but takes practice. Yeah, though doing it with lines until you understanding roughly is a good idea.

I've been meaning to ask why is hampton so autistic

>>3136160
He believes in your potential and that you can make it.

So people say that traditional skills transfer to digital, it just takes time getting used X program, what are good methods to get used to it? Should i stick with video tutorials or just fiddle with every tool until i know what does what, i am already doing the latter but it is taking me too long to get used to it, since sticking to traditional is basically a dead end nowadays i would like to know if i can speed up the process

>>3136165
There's no shortcuts, just keep drawing on digital like you would for traditional. It helps if you're already good at drawing.

So, what's with the beef with drawabox? Why is it listed as """""controversial"""""" in the /beg/ thread?

does anyone have tips for the background
i have a hard times design them

>>3135904
a photographer i know has one.

>>3136165
stick to just values at first, it will help you master the new program faster

>>3135780
I worked in a studio environment but got laid off. For the time being I'll have to freelance but I might get another position in january.

How do I finish my work?

>>3136349
remind yourself it's ok if it's bad, the important thing is that you did it at all

Oi how come you cant scale down a layer in krita without degrading the quality? I tried every filter and it always looks bad. The preview looks great but when its actually applied its garbage.

What's the equivalent of hard/soft round brush Clip Studio Paint?
Alternatively, what are the basic brushes I (a beginner) should use/settings that I should look for? (equivalent of "flow" in other programs?)

>>3136607
Watercolor section has soft brushes. Oil and Pen are pretty hard. Flow doesn't exist in other programs, it's something CSP has and just read about it. It's meant to be like ink flow and you can change it around so that the ink flow is random and comes out a lot or little to get a more natural look.

>>3136615
Thanks!

Does anyone have some links for tips & tricks for adding detail to logos? Like choosing proper colors and shadowing. The /gd/ wiki's got nothing and there is no questions thread there.

>>3133160
Is there are chart anywhere showing the height of a woman from say age 6 up to age 24? Not just from those two ages, but how their height changes as they continue to grow and such.

>>3136287
The guy running the site doesn't really know how to teach or is all that amazing, he's regurgitating all the things peter han teaches himself. The stuff han teaches is legit though, so you can still get use out of the website imo

>>3133160
any links that has randomly placed shapes kinda like pixel loving but with shapes.

>>3136058
Don't be concerned about a color chart, you knowledge of color theory will make that unnecessary

>>3135064
Their website works like netflix does, you can't screenshot or take recordings of the screen, it will come up as a black box. I guess the way around that would be to play the videos and set up a camera but I doubt you'd be able to record everything in a month if you were doing that 24/7.

I hear there is some way to save the videos but they'll know you're doing it and ban your ass fast so I don't know if I'd go that route.

>>3136997
Yes! Here you go.

>>3137169
and one more for good measure

>>3137169
>>3137170
Thanks!

>>3137169
MODS

I see C curves, but not S curves?

where are the S curves? Aren't S curves just C curves but swapped around at the top?

>>3135906
If you are not like me and keep loosing them they last forever. When it gets dirty you can just knead it until its clean again. At some point it will get too dirty but that will be months.

>>3137689
if you look at the image on the top right, the stretching side has an S curve, so does the spine. the negative shape (in purple) is therefore "fluid and rhythmic".

>>3137689
They are all over the place

>>3137716
No, those are just random lines. OP, next to the text you encircled there is a purple box and yellow box. That represents the image of the left, not the larger image below it. The passive side has the purple negative, and the pinched side has the yellow negative. If you look at the purple (passive) side, you'll notice that side has an S curve, while the yellow side has a bunch of C curves for pinches.

How do I learn to see shit in 3D? I try to visualize what shapes the things I'm trying to draw are made of but my mind hits a wall a lot. Is there more to this than just triangles squares and circles?|

>>3137720
No, those are just random lines. OP, next to the text you encircled there is a purple box and a yellow box. That represents the image of the left, not the larger image below it. The passive side has the purple negative, and the pinched side has the yellow negative. If you look at the purple (passive) side, you'll notice that side has an S curve, while the yellow side has a bunch of C curves for pinches.

>>3137720
Are you clinically retarded?

>>3137720
>these are the kind of people giving "critiques" on this board

>>3137689
I was going to call out those dudes giving shit to the other guy but this shit is even color coded and kinda recursive but here you go anyway.

>>3137723
to learn to see in 3D you first need to learn to see in 2D, and then you need to learn to turn 2D into 3D

you said shape, but what you're actually trying to describe is form, or "volume"

I advice you to give a look to drawabox.com

>>3137723
Read Loomis and Keys

>>3133160

Does anyone have the name of a Spanish illustrator, he made some great illustrations of knights, one where a handful of knights are walking to the left, down a sloped hill of low wheat during sun down. Another is a Knight on a horse that is holding up his Lance while looking into the picture. The last i remember him doing was a bunch of knights assemble on a little riverbed/ forest grove where a king is knighting or crowning some guy. He has one of those Spanish names with three words if i can remember.

If anyone can help it would be great, I lost my old reference/inspo folder when my old computer crashed ):

whats the optimal practice schedule

>>3137840
Just draw.

How do I make a painting have the feel and look of pic related?

>>3137868
Too complicated of an answer if you have to ask. Study all the fundamentals and see how the artist used them in their art.

>>3137868
Do everything that artist did throughout their life. Good luck.

>>3137868
you're going to have to isolate and name exactly what you like about it and why first

>>3137840
one that doesn't sacrifice sleep and emphasizes thoughtful analysis instead of mindless drills. everyones different and we don't know what you need the most help on

>>3137838
is he contempary or a dead guy? what medium?

>>3137720
Post your work, please.

>>3138093
I mostly like the textures in it, if I had to pick out what really sticks out to me.
However, I don't know how to go about creating something like that specifically.

>>3137991
you don't need to do that to study an artist's style identically, I should know as I've done it.

>>3133791
Bump

Anything?

>>3138327
Just be more thoughtful in your painting. Something something, every brush stroke should mark a change in plane. I think Craig Mullins said something like that.

>>3137716
>>3137797
Ah I see. Thank you Anons. I didn't notice it was colour coded either, in all honesty.

How does adobe illustrator compare with inkscape?
What are some good resources to learn how to work in vectors?

>>3138327

you either paint opaquely over the lines, or gradually lower line opacity as you refine the painting/edges, or transparency lock the line layer and brush the neighboring colors onto it then do additional refinement.

Hey /ic/ I need your opinion on this selection of work, I need to understand what is representative of my drawing. (I think that's the word)

Does my artwork feel sterile, boring, unfinished or lacking or does it feel something positive. I need brutal honesty of what my art comes across as to you the audience.

>>3139200
The only real boring work is the poses. Try making poses like you're animating. Use weight, direction/speed, and the pulling/dragging of body parts from the masses that are in motion. If a pose looks boring then keep adding more weight and speed.

are there any abstraction methods for figure drawing like the reilly method for portraits ?

>>3139367
Vilppu

>>3139200
As a portfolio page, you're drowning the viewer in too much to look at, and pieces too small to really take in. It all feels claustrophobic, and the overall feeling is depressing, from the over-use of grey and dark colors. The layout is also awkward - it's all light pieces at the top, and dark, hard to see pieces at the bottom. You should highlight 6 pieces at most per page, and have enough room around the central focus of each piece so it has room to breathe. The overall feeling i get is you're not very confident of the work, so you're hiding it behind small sizes and flooding the page with too much information.
The quality of the art isn't bad - it would get you into art school. For a job...not gonna cut it, especially as half of it feels unfinished.
This feels like a typical portfolio of someone who's trying to appear as something, like a conceptual artist, but doesn't have any strong work in that field, so you're trying to act like you are. I don't really get a sense of what you're good at. Nothing here makes me think "Wow, that's really good" - mostly because I can barely see any of it.

>>3139200
is this school entry, or work entry? if it's school, this is fine, just have a shit ton of life drawings to supplement it.
if work:
do you have any paintings featuring a character close up? add em if you got em

monkey girl is nice but why is she on a stool? draw her sitting on top of an areoplane or a mech or something- there's not a lot of visual storytelling here except the blind girl in the desert canyon

tank girl drawing is nice, but for work portfolios, you need to be really clear about your drawings and what you are saying with them, so they know you can communicate. at the least, edit the contrast on those sketches with photoshop so they are more easy to see. same with sword dude, his lines could be darker

get refs for the poses. hand placement on staff in bottom pic is awk, but a few secs in photoshop with lasso tool would fix it.

>>3139403
do you have any recommendations for good portfolios?

>>3140132
It's for a FZD Mock portfolio, I'm now doing a mock entry exam (50 hour deadline to produce as much as I am able/ following everything I gathered from they're curriculum. I needed to know what my designs and painting came across as to the viewer, that way I'll know where to move forward.

I'm this guy.
>>3139711
>>3139733

I'm hoping by following they're working discipline and course structure/homework I can git gud or at least better from where I started.

this might be a stupid question but

Where do i get commissions that aren't porn?

i know about /aco/'s commission threads but again, i don't want to draw porn.

this might be a stupid question but

Where do i get commissions that aren't porn?

i know about /aco/'s commission threads but again, i don't want to draw porn.

This is really retarded question,sage
is this brush usable in art?

I like to draw comics, but I want to meet more art girls irl like this kawaii asian art girl i met at the art section of my college's school store. Im not an art major, so i dont take any drawing classes whatsoever, and there are, if you can believe it, no pure drawing or comic clubs at all at my college, except painting club which meets during once a week during my classes.

What do I do /ic/? I really want kawaii asian girl gf to draw with.

>>3140858
Doubt it, looks like it would stall whatever painting program you use unless you have a good CPU.

>>3140665
I have a greater question, and you seem to be experienced anon

where is the best place to get porn comissions?

>>3140870
Be good. Get noticed.

Is there a name for this type of construction? I'd like to apply it to my own work but i have no idea where to start

>>3140913
https://warrenlouw.deviantart.com/art/IFX-Strike-A-Pose-163076761

>>3140923
aah thank you anon!

>>3140956
No problem, have fun with it.

>>3133160
Is there any way to use this method on objects above the ground?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytW62RhHkDE

>>3140989
Yes but instead of thinking of a floating objet you need to think of it as if it still were conected to te ground, except the lower part is invisible.

The red and green lines are the ones used in the video, but for floating objets you need more lines, I added them in blue so you can easily see them. The green shadow is the one that should be casted if the object was conected to te ground, and the blue one is the shadow that a floating objet should cast. Finally I circled in light blue the points to which you have to conect the new blue lines.

Hope this helps you anon.

>>3141054
thanks, just what i was looking for

I'm getting a lower number of likes on my social media as soon as school started back up again. What should I do to offset this? Should I post at a later time, maybe at 5 or 6 instead of 4?

>>3141911
You can buy likes.

Is it better to grind like a madman before you make an art piece, or start a picture and learn how to do things as you go?

>>3141911
if you can, look at your viewer details and see which country most of your fans/likes are from, and set if for a bit after that countrys usual time for school ending. Most kids are out and about a couple hours after schools out

>>3142122
You start then learn how to do things and grind before you make an art piece.

>>3142122

A little of A and a little of B.

If I were to arbitrarily put a number on it I think 70% grind 30% finished pieces (give or take 10%) is a good ratio. Your finished pieces are benchmarks, where you can grasp what you need to grind for the next little while. If you just grind and study it can be easy to lose touch with why you're doing art in the first place.

what are these circles representing

I feel like I can construct loomis heads decently now but I am having trouble applying it to reference. I'm still /beg/ tier but is it a good idea to just keep grinding shitty reference drawings trying to apply loomis method?

I can never get the head shape right enough so I don't really bother drawing all the features

>>3142507
the glenoid sockets.

>>3138093

>>3137838 Here, I just found him while googling "Jaime Jones composition warosu" ( i also lost my Jaime Jones folder).

Its Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena

>>3142507
I think it's the gap between the pectoralis and deltoid

>>3142507

emptry space between pectoralis and anterior section of the deltoid. a concavity where no major muscle group exists

>>3142662
no
>>3142765
>>3142767
yes

I missed the last discount on Clip Studio Paint, so I started to wait for the next one. Someone here told me the prices regularly drop by 50%. I've been waiting for a couple of months now and still nothing, should I pull the trigger now or keep waiting?

>>3143121
Just pirate it for now.

>>3143121
There was just a sale within the last two(?) weeks, so you just missed your chance. I think the next sale will be more towards the end of November or in December for the Christmas shopping sales, so I guess it comes down to whether or not you can wait 2+ months.

Btw, lately it's been sale price of $25 for PRO, $87 for EX

>>3143149
I guess I haven't been looking often enough. Thanks for the info anon.

>>3143146
It's not like I can't afford it, I'll just buy it.

does this board pass around zip files of art in general (for inspo) like people make for photo ref?

>>3143265
Yeah usually in ref threads, inspiration threads or art book thread.

How long should I be spending on one drawing?
I feel like I spend too much time. How long is too long?

Hello anon, question here.

When you are rendering something from imagination, "sophisticated", how do you know how to render it? I mean I know what is oclusion shadow, core shadow, terminator mid tone, cast shadow etc. thanks to How to render by Scott Robertson but apply to something sophisticated from imagination is hard. It is not like when you separate light and darks (drawing from real life). I can render from imagination but there is some inconsistency. Do you get this "experience" by doing still lifes or just practicing?

It maybe a stupid question but anons... I'm not a genius.

>>3143382
However long you want, at least more than 30 minutes. If you spend months, you may or may not be spending too long depending on the quality.

>>3143383
You must have skipped a book or two then since you would have learned that everything is built out of shapes, sphere, cone, cylinder and cube. Since everything is built out of those shapes, you just render accordingly to where your light sources are if you have more than one.

>>3143390
You are right, I forgot about that. I will show you my drawing with the issue. I must say that when I can see the object, I can render it separating lights and darks but not thinking about the basic forms but thinking in the shapes.

>>3143390
Anon your are right I found the answer. Thank you.

>>3133160
How do I draw faster?

Is there any point to buying clip studio ex instead of getting the pirated version on CG peers?

>>3143382
depends what type of drawing it is. gestures shouldn't take very long at all

should i sign my art?

>>3143830
Practice drawing faster.
Best way to at least get started is do things like timed gesture drawings, they'll force you to get the forms down quickly and you can build up from that. Just google "timed gesture drawing" and you'll get enough sites to work with.

I'm drawing a magic mushroom thing for a picture thing i'm drawing

but when i take away the lines, it becomes hard to tell what it's supposed to be. how do i help to show it's a mushroom? I tried putting an incredibly faint line around the outside, but it didn't really help.

>>3144164
Lower the opacity of your line-work and start working on the values. Right now it looks like you are coloring without taking into account what the lines are supposed to represent, which is where the object starts/stops and how light and shade impact those areas
and texture.

>>3144639
whoa that looks great anon!

A question for some of the more established artists, what helped you finally break into pro territory? I've gotten work and range from mediocre to gud, but I still can't hit a consistent good and have to work pretty hard for passable art.

Were there any books, videos, or routines that really pushed you forward?

Question: Are there any high-profile working artists (preferably in comics/animation, or maybe even a freelancer) who have made the journey from beginner/amateur (while holding down a job/non-art school) to professional and have commented on or documented the journey?

I'm not looking for a "shortcut" or anything. I just want to know what it entails. I want to know what this sort of experience is going to be like.

Hey I've been copying from Loomis' fun with a pencil and I was wondering if I should keep following the book as I'm not currently done yet, or should I also do my won sketches with what I have learned from the book?

How do you guys spend your 6 hours a day of practice?

>>3145100
Light study to begin then study for like two or three hours then memory/imagination work to try applying those studies.

>>3133160
So I want to get a Laptop and a tablet, but can't coordinate a standalone tablet as well as like, drawing on a digitized display.
So I'm looking into laptops and tablets with digitized displays.
Anyone know how well n-trig (like on the surface tablets) compares to wacom digitized displays (like on the thinkpad yoga)?
IIRC: wacom has edge alignment problems and n-trig has stability and wobbly line issues, so I don't know which I'd want for drawing on the go.

Any ideas?

why do east asian artists retain a painterly style with digital tools, but stuff like mtg is mistaken for cgi unless done by a purely traditional artist?

>>3145147
They like the look and learn how to recreate it in their artwork. Also, you shouldn't really compare commercial stuff with personal stuff since it's not always up to the artist on how it should look in the end.

Guys.

I want to color something in Photoshop, then ultimately print it.

Then should I:

1. work in RBG, then convert the final image to CMYK

2. work in CMYK in the first place?

how do you do 17th century style inking? i'm assuming nib pen dipped in indian ink, but what paper should i buy?

>>3145382
Work in cmyk so you don't accidentally use neon green or other unprintable colors and then get sad when your art drastically changes

Anyone here have experience with juggling university studies with art as a hobby? I only have one year left of high school, and after that I've been thinking of studying law at university. Of course, studies like that will likely eat up a lot of my time, at least if I'm going for good grades. Any tips for dealing with this? Is it possible to still keep putting hours into art on the side? What about if I get a job on the side too? I would feel really sad not being able to invest the time I want to into art, since it really is my passion, but doing art for a career is not an option.

>>3146012
It doesn't work out unless you really don't care all that much about art and only want to put in 30 minutes or an hour per day. Although why is doing art for a career not an option, yet you're going into law, kek.

>>3146029
I usually put in about two or three hours a day, although not all of that is super focused studying. But what do you mean, it makes perfect sense to me that law is an option but not art. Art doesn't guarantee a stable career at all, while law definitely does. Also, obviously, my family is expecting me to at the very least do some years of university studies, never mind what subject. I don't want to let them down. Either way, I'm thinking maybe I'll have time over on weekends at least?

>>3146084
>law guaranteeing a stable career
i hope you arent in america because if so then lol

if arts your passion and "youll feel sad not doing it" on the reg then at least try to go to uni for something that is tangentially creative. you dont need to major in abstract modern painting or whatever to "do art". ive met so many people who went to school for x y and z and only realized 4+ years later that forcing yourself to do stuff sucks. then they went back to major in something they actually enjoyed. why not just skip that part. do you even have a passing interest in law

>>3137169
>>3137170
1. What the fuck is up with those gangly ass babies?
2. What book is this?

>>3133160
It seems like the only way for me to avoid symbol drawing is to draw the planes of every nook and cranny of a drawing. Am I retarded?

>>3146532
No I’m not in America. I know it’s off topic but I’m curious about what you mean though, I figured it would guarantee a job there as well?

But nah, I don’t know if I’m interested in law, I feel pretty neutrally about it. I’m not interested in the high school programme I’ve been chose either, but it still worked out well. Law is at least a lot better than that, and it seems like a fun job, and of course it’s usually well paying and high status. Thanks for the advice though. Art is definitely still not a career option, but I could go into less craving studies in some subject I might find more fun, that’s possible although I don’t like the idea of not being sure I’ll have a job.

>>3143927
Reasking this.

>>3136336
>>3133680

Still haven't found a single gig. I found a job at a local supermarket so I'm pretty much a cashier now. It almost pays as well as my last studio job and it's less stressful. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Thanks Loomis.

>>3146622
You mean aside from financing a non-adobe company that has provided a product that you want? From what I've heard (I bought mine, so this is all hearsay) there doesn't seem to be any limits for the pirated versions, you can still download assets/brushes and outside of updates they don't seem to check your license. That's just right now, though. Who's to say down the road pirated versions won't go into lock-down?
If you want a legit version but are concerned about the price, just wait for a sale.

>>3146609
>I figured it would guarantee a job there as well?
there are a lot more law graduates than there are law jobs in 'murica.

i would talk to a careers advisor in your uni to ask about law. read books by law people about what their average life looks like. and don't sign up for a job just cause it's high status or looks cool, that's a good way to get depression

maybe study to be a court artist, i've heard that's a thing

>>3146573
babies do kind of look that way, they're mostly curled up when we see them.

"Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Rogers Peck.

what is a good site to browse and save historical art? wikiart has my country blocked.

how the FUCK do i draw knees

>>3147048
to browse? google's art and culture website lets you look at all forms of art at ridiculously high resolutions.

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute

you can't just right click and save images, but theres probably an external script/plugin/program somewhere that can extract stuff. or just search on wikimedia commons, it looks like someone has already done that work: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Google_Art_Project_works_by_collection

>>3147641
with boxes.

I end up sketching really slow, and get hung up on things and come back later and see the issues much easier; is there a way to catch these things on the fly so I don't spend days just on a sketch?

Is there a way to create a button to flip canvas in Clip studio paint?

does any one have some tip for drawing an desing indoors space?
They allways feel empty to me

>>3148862
>>3148862
you can make a shorcut of it (like the pic) or using the button on the navigator onglet

>>3148879
Oh cool thx

How do you draw a petite woman, is this basically teenager proportions in heads except more curvy?

>>3149335
Let's just say in general I don't understand how to make someone look smaller than the average.

Seriously how the fuck do you draw hands? I thought drawing cartoon hands would be easier than human hands but I'm getting my ass beat with this.

Weird/retarded question but I need to draw teens for a comic I wanna make, except obviously you can't find nude models to see the anatomy like adults (see? weird.) Is there a way?

>>3149335
Petite doesnt mean curvy what are you on

>>3146650
is the industry dying? wtf

>>3149535
idk english is not my first language might not have been clear. Anyway doesn't answer the question, no one ever did ;_;

When practicing perspective (like the activities from Scott Robertson's book) should I only be doing that?

Like, if I wanted to participate in a life drawing class, should I just wait until I'm really confident in my perspective and have finished all the lessons?

>>3149911
Life drawing is more about light and shadow than perspective.

>>3133680
stop drawing orcs and succumb to drawing cute girls

you'll be rollin' in nickels very shortly
>>3133790
same but below skill

>>3149914
But how can you have light and shadow without the underlying construction of something to make it look solid?

>>3149886
Women come in all kind of shapes, but as a general rule, taller women look elongated compared to the average woman rather than just being the same girl but scaled-up, and petite women are... well, the reverse of taller women, narrower shoulders, shorter legs compared to the body. Here's a pic resuming those differences. Just keep in mind that it isn't universal.

>>3133160
how do I get followers on social media?
just posting stuff doesnt work.Do I reply to famouse people drawing fanart for them? Is this how you get people to notice you.

>>3136287
like the other guy said, he is just trying to teach what he remembers from peter han, you should be able to find the peter han videos in the artbooks threads or something

Did anyone try it out?

>>3150064
Terrible, trust me. I was pretty interested in the way it was presented and was the very first artbook I downloaded hoping it'd get me on the right track. It starts out ok but then you realize it's atrocious rambling for the rest of the book and doesn't even teach you or ask you to do any work or anything.

Would never recommend this to anyone.

>>3150281
Which parts of it do you recommend to read/skip? I ask because I, eh, supported the kickstarter and the hardcover is collecting dust.

>>3149911
>>3149931
I take yearly life drawing lessons that are basically us drawing the model in our own way. Go for it, it can't hurt and it should help you understand figure drawing in a new way.

I don't think perspective matters as you're looking at the model at a distance. Rather concentrate in the gesture and proportions.

why are asians so good at art
is it in the genes?

>>3150295
See by yourself if you already have it, because I'd quite literally recommend to skip all of it.

question:

where i can find some serious art/animation communities?"

Can regularly looking at shitty art make me draw shittier?

I don't have a question, I'd just like critique.

I've been having shoulder/neck/back pains and it's interfering with how much I can draw. Are there exercises or stretches that can help?

If there's a posture suggestion guide somewhere, that'd be great too.

>>3151708
too much blurring, blurring is generally bad because sharper shadows look better in the grand scheme of the picture, also need to render better, shadows don't seem to even exist in this; I recommend the book Color and Light for the basics, it's indispensable. When you finish inhaling it you should try another run at this same picture and see how much it changes.

>>3151784
exercise, even if it's just a short walk every day

>>3148346
thanks anon.

Am I underselling my cintiq for ~600USD? The value elsewhere seems to be around $800 to $1200 from other sellers. It's a dtk-2100.

>>3151926
Thanks Anon, I'll take what you said into account as it seems to be very true. Do you mean the book by James Gurney?

>>3152200
yea, also didnt mean to be completely steadfast on sharp shadows, blurring should be used selectively though, not habitually

>>3152277
I found a .pdf, I'll go through it when I'm done with my figure drawing one, thanks for all your help Anon.

>>3152146
Try selling it for $1200 first, then continually lower it if it doesn't sell. That's assuming the others listed as $1200 are also second hand.

Is Harold Speed's The Practice and Science of Drawing" a book that you would recommend to a beginner like me?

Are there any recommended brushes for beginners using photoshop? Also, should I mess with the pressure settings on my CTH480? It feels like I am exerting a ton of pressure to get anything done

Any tip to get noticed as a porn artist? I feel like people don't really want to interact with nsfw drawings on twitter because of how it tends to show your followers what stuff you like, and tumblr is filtering most of the nsfw stuff so they don't appear on the search results.
Is there any other site with a big community where I can upload my stuff too?

Just got a Huion Giano, and the pen only works when its plugged in. The manual says just tapping the screen turns it on, but its not working. It's been charging for like 7 hours or so (about how long the tablet took to charge), when the manual says its charge time is 1 hour. Tried googling around but found nothing about this.
What do?

>>3152823
brushes and pressure are subjective, use whatever you find most comfortable. Good artists can draw with nothing but a piece of charcoal or a lead pencil, its just in how you use it, dont be scared of exploring different things

>>3152854
pixiv, twitter; my growth on both has been about equal, there's always a group of people on twitter who follow for that stuff and the japanese ani-twitter is massive. Your ability to generate retweets however is more important than skill, so it's going to start slow no matter what; pixiv functions similarly with rankings if you are a newbie. Just be prepared to not understand most of your followers too, maybe. Pixiv's popularity relies on good tagging and eyecatching thumbnails so youd need a decent understanding of composition; then you could probably just flavor of the month stuff and get attention, if the tags are in japanese. Twitter is word of mouth mostly; only the art connoisseurs would hunt you down for your twitter and follow it.

Getting posted on a site like a booru is also good for popularity if you are okay with repost culture; having your work signed somewhere with an @ or name helps, I think.

I think some other sites exist like hentaihaven or something but I don't really dabble much in western audiences, though my few dedicated followers in the west were obtained through streaming or deviantart which i barely pay attention to.

of course, i could be all wrong, I only have like 250ish followers. I just noticed a small snowball effect in recent months and I've slowly gotten better and it's showing.

Unless you're coming into the market with a dynamic entry and really good art you'll probably be stuck with low followers for awhile; think of imaginative ways to self-advertise.

>>3146650
>>3133680
>>3133786

Another ones bites the dust.

>>3153020
Are you an illustrator for cute anime girls, anon? Also why do you focus more on the east than the west? Do you know Japanese too?

>>3153026
yes, i just drew what i was into and its better suited for the eastern market. I have a bit of an interest in concept stuff too so ill probably poke into the non-anime west eventually.

i'm studying moon, though I don't think its entirely necessary if your art is good enough, i just think it'd be better to connect with fans and befriend them easier; or discuss potential commissions. If you're ever big enough you could make an enty (I think) which is basically japanese patreon; though theres some friction to be had with having two crowdfunders and whatnot.

>>3134027
Whatthefuck. I drew a pose like this years ago and this looks exactly like it. Did I subconsiously copy the pose because Ive seen it before? I dont recall ever seeing this image in my life.

>>3153073
There's a finite number of ways you can sit.

How do I pan in Manga Studio/CSP? I know I can move around if I hold space and click & drag on the canvas but I want to do that without having to click. Tried Krita and Inkscape and they can pan by just holding space and moving mouse/pen around, can I not do that in CSP or am I missing something obvious?

I saw drawabox is 'controversial' but I've been using it and noticed it insists on drawing from the shoulder. If I draw from my elbow or wrist will it fuck me up or is this just a meme?

I'm REALLY struggling using my shoulder, I'm writing on A4 and it just feels like I don't have enough space unless I'm making huge straight line.

>>3153407
Elbow should be fine but avoid the wrist except for when drawing tiny details. Keep practicing the shoulder though it is definitely a helpful tool to make long smooth lines

>>3153407
Elbow or wrist, you're going to fuck up your arm anyways. It's all of matter of which one you want to fuck up first. /ic/ will tell you to not use the wrist, but they won't tell you that you'll suffer pains anyways.

>>3153407
always drawing from your shoulder is definitely a meme. it depends on the length of the line you want to draw. if the line is too long to draw with just your wrist, use your elbow. if the line is too long to draw with your elbow, use your shoulder.

>>3153412
>>3153461
Thank fuck, I thought I wasn't gonna make it.

>>3153416
I've been drawing and painting for probably 40 years now (yes, I'm old), and been using mice for 30 years, and tablets since they became available. I have no pain in my wrist, elbow, or shoulder, or hands. Arthritis runs in my mom's side of the family, but I have no symptoms. If your hands hurt, especially if you've been working regularly less than 10 years, you're doing something wrong, or it's hereditary.

Granted, I didn't onsessibley force myself to draw for 18 hours a day on "fundies", worked with my arm appropriately, took breaks, and worked out most of those years, so I had strong wrists/arms/shoulders.

>>3153407
Drawing from the shoulder on an a4 piece of paper is fucking idiotic, and if drawbox is telling you to do it, they're fucking retarded and should be sued out of existence.

Your arm has many joints, and you use all of them in the appropriate setting. For instance, painting large areas on a vertical canvas, you'd work from the shoulder - but when you zoom in and work on details, you use what's called a Mahl stick and steady your hand on it, and paint from the wrist.
A4 paper, you should be doing work from the wrist and elbow. From the shoulder is no control in that small of a space. Could you link to where drawbox tells you this? I'd like to write them a pointed email about how fucking dumb they are, if it's true.

>>3153407
>>3153947
That's not exactly what drawabox says.

http://drawabox.com/faq#smallfromwrist

>>3154440
Yeah, my take from that was that you should use your wrist just for really minute details. I've just been using my elbow and wrist for A4 and it seems a lot better than when I was forcing myself to use my shoulder.

>>3154491
And I use my shoulder for as much as possible. I remember reading somewhere (maybe elsewhere on the FAQ) that the drawabox guy insists on certain things because of the habits they create, not because they're the be-all end-all. It's a method for teaching and learning, rather than the best way to draw.

I believe he mentioned something about drawing from the elbow increasing the likelihood you'd slip back to drawing from your wrist. Once you build up the right habits, then you can draw from wherever you feel is best for the marks you're going after.

>>3153941
If you're not 60+, you're not old.

>>3133160
What's the haircut on top right called? Like what do I google if I want more refs of this kind of haircut?

>>3155043
Bob except anime style

>>3155049
Oh. Yeah thanks. English not being my first language I couldn't put a name on it

how do i learn to accept compliments on my work without secretly thinking that the person complimenting my work is either tasteless or a liar

is there a photoshop plugin that locks your lines towards vanishing points? whats the best one that does this?

>>3155210
Don't be a massive fuckwad. Simple.

>>3155210
Trust the person enough to know that they know what they're talking about, and is honest. If possible, find someone who is A) an expert, and B) cares very little for you.

https://youtu.be/l0rBZz4_iJE?t=121

anyone else /fit/ic/ here? feels good to have an instant easy aesthetic male form reference whenever i want it from any angle.

How the hell do you draw an AR-15?

>>3155043
'inverted bob with bangs' or 'inverted bob with fringe'

>>3155810
lazy nezumi pro has something similar
https://lazynezumi.com/perspective

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to letting or not letting your hand touch the paper or surface you are drawing on? Would it be advantageous to "learn" to do it without touching the surface?

>A year ago I start development on a game
>Its nothing major just a rpg
>After getting the basics of what could constitute as a game together decide to go get artists
>Only ask for two things, a character and an area
>For the past year
>One does no work
>One does bad work that I have to fix myself even though I can't draw
>Another contributes a waifu design but won't take criticism on why it won't work and no area design
>Another contributes a waifu design that would work but no area artwork
>One is actually fine but is too busy working on their own game
>Another tries to sabotage the project with bad designs and being a general nuisance for the past year before outright admitting that they aren't doing shit
>A years gone by since I started with a stalemate on progress

Blogs aside I'm frustrated enough to either quit or pay someone to do it for me, but having said that where do I find artists who aren't fags about doing work.

>>3156229
>expecting free work
stop being a faggot and pay for quality

>>3156242
Where did I say it was free anywhere in that?

>>3156245
Probably your post

>>3156246
If you're talking about
>Or pay someone to do it for me

I meant the game. As in a whole game. If I find these files i'll shitpost them so you can see how bad the things I got were

where is the contact email for Final Fantasy Mobius / SQUARE ENIX for an illustrator spot?

How do I stop overthinking while drawing?

I always see artists naturally draw form with so much volume without backstepping what they've done, while I need time to figure out the contours of everything and how every shape fits together perfectly. That process makes drawing feel so overwhelming that I get frustrated and move away from it.

How can I stop myself from doing this, from having to draw contours around every single detail to understand what I'm doing?

>>3156428
Iterative drawing: you draw quick sketches and thumbnails, allowing you to try all kind of things (no matter how silly) until you're satisfied. Then you proceed to draw the real deal. All the difficulties have been taken care of in your sketches so you're left with executing it.

>>3155869
I go to the gym regularly but my muscles are hidden by a small layer of fat. I should change my diet...

>>3139367
In the arbooks thread you can find the Faragasso book, where he explains the Reilly method for figure drawing.

I'm trying to make concept art for my game. I have basic drawing skills ( actually giving you an idea what the hell you are looking at ) with NO digital art skills. I just bought a cheap Wacom tablet and had a bit of trouble trying to get it to be detected in my Linux computer, and was a pain to get to even draw something in gimp. No idea how to get the two buttons on my Stylus pen to do something else besides the 'Move tool' and right click function.

Am I doing pic related right? Make super basic sketches of the supposed scene? Should I do objects separately? ( Barrels, scratches on the wall etc in a different window then just paste them and resize them to fit the scene ) Is that how you do it?

>>3156803
I'm not an expert or anything, but I would imagine concept art comes first then other steps depending on what game you're making.
Search up concept art and you'll find it's different from the game, as the game has limitations, and art does not.
On the topic of games themselves, start with a minimum viable product. The absolute barebones of the game itself (for super Mario it would be a 2d sprite that moves on a 2d plane. no enemies, pipes, scores, background, or textures)

>>3156803
GIMP is awful for art, get Krita if you're a GNUgger

>>3156879
Also this, don't bother with art unless you have a playable prototype already, concept art is only good when you're working with other people to develop and communicate visual ideas.

Has anyone attempted the 3d to 2d workflow?
How much detail should i put in the 3d if I'm only gonna paint over it?
Should I be worried about colors/textures?

>>3156887
I wouldn't say not to bother with art, as art is a very important step in game design. Setting realistic expectations is vital for a single-person developer. You'll most likely end up with some Minecraft styled, '90s Doom-esque game, but as a first game it is very enlightening and valuable. Not because experience, but because it is (((your))) first game.

is there a keyboard shortcut to change layer blending modes in CSP like there is in photoshop? like shift+alt+m=multiply

or even better, is there a way to toggle between 2 blending modes (normal and multiply) using one shortcut key?

>>3156894

Yes.
However much you want, depends on time constraints, subject matter, etc.
You dont need textures. Depending on software, using simple materials will give you more to work with in paintover. 3ds max/keyshot/zbrush can render a variety of metals, materials.

>>3157154
Thanks! I have one more question:
Do you take the time to get a high res render, or do you kinda just take a screenshot of the render camera preview?

>>3157218

Again, depends on context and project. For instance, While designing the scene, I screen cap, find edge in photoshop and draw over, then update my model, rinse and repeat.

For the final paintover painting, it depends on time and the project. Low on time, simple model/blocky arrangement and lighting. Lots of time and Ill use more detailed models with materials defined and use ray-traced rendering. If I dont even have time to render but need detail, then blocking out, rendering with tech filter in 3ds max and doing lineart + flat color/shadow may be appropriate.

Again, it depends on project, time and style, so pre-planning helps answer these questions. Some good artists to study from for 3d-2d are Dorje Bellbrook, Sung Choi, Eytan Zana, Ken Fairclough and Paul Chadeisson.

I'm having alot of trouble with drawing forms and 3D shapes
can someone recommend a good video series on it?

I don't know what keywords I'm suppose to search on cgpeers

>>3157388
peter han, i guess?

>>3157388
Dynamic sketching with peter han might help.

how do you hold your pen when using a wacom bamboo create? I see many people say hold your pen in between your index finger with the middle finger right under it and the thumb which I find good for the sketching/outline, but i also find it good to use an extended middle finger near the tip and receding the index finger to get more precise lines. Do I need to work on the first technique?

>>3133160
For anyone who uses paint tool sai, Is it common to have dragged lines or hooks even on 1-8 stabilizers, I've tried all other brushes and get the same result, I'm thinking it could be the version of sai i use, 1.1.0 released back in 08 but thats probably not it. it can't be the tablet it's a brand new one by wacom other programs run fine with it but sai always gave me this issue. sorry for the wall of text

So for portrait drawings and drawing the head in general I seem to find that mapping the eye socket helps tremendously however when it comes to an expression that brings the skin above the eyelid down or if a character has skin that hangs over the eye that's not easy like an epicanthic fold does this method still work easily? Should I view it more as a gesture for the eyebrow rather than the socket how would you guys think about it if you were to draw an angry or squinting person?

>>3157282
You are a saint, thank you so much man.
Forever thankful

Is it worth it to buy a tablet if I'm still a shit artist? I've just been drawing shit with a pencil in my dollar store sketchbook, but I really would like to learn to colour stuff and make it all pretty. I'm just curious, how long were you guys drawing for before you got a tablet?

>>3133791
You clean the edges on the painting after turning the lines off.

I'm somewhat confident in my figure drawing from reference but not at all from imagination, what should I be doing when I study to fix that?

Thank you f ams.
>>3156879

>>3156887

Just gotten Krita. This is much more pleasant to use. Also yes on the art, it's going to contain a lot of it similar to a visual novel. The actual game play aspect of it will be pixelated and a mix of side-scrolling and perhaps point-and-click style, haven't really decided yet.

I do have a friend who's helping me on the art and he's way better than me but it would help immensely if I'm also on par on his level. My plan would be making tons of concept art on the world/universe that my characters live in. The actual game of course, would be much, much simpler and some of the stuff you will see would just be glimpses in the distance. Then put all of those stuff in a big place somewhere like a website. ( websites are actually cheaper than I thought. ) Where interested people can see a much more in-depth explanation.

Obviously I gotta put a big warning sign that the actual game itself is different and that this is just simply to show people the world itself. As implementing such material is beyond my-- and my friend's reach. Don't wanna disappoint people too badly.

>>3157832

Also on the topic of the pixel art game itself, how hard is pixel art exactly?

>>3157834
Pixel art is just digital painting at small resolutions

>>3157856

Well, I guess there really wasn't anything generally different about it. Besides 'git gud' of course.

Krita is missing the tool bar icons. Anybody know a fix?

is there a photoshop tool/plugin that locks lines to a vanishing point?

>>3157930
>>3155810

is Clip Studio Paint indispensable for making comics, or can i just use photoshop?

>>3156189
looks like a clumsy solution. is there really nothing for photoshop. does krita or similar have this feature?

I have no idea how to update my Krita to 3.0 and beyond. I want to use the animation tool. However doing

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kritalime/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install krita

only gives me the 2.8.5 version for some reason. What am I doing wrong? Did I by accident add an older repository or something? If so, how do I remove it?

>>3133680
Try Artstation, deviantart, patreon ,everything.
Theres oly so much oppurtunity to get your art into exposure.

>>3158161
Lmao just use the appimage on krita.org

Anyone happen to know the artist I'm thinking of? I used to watch his timelapse videos on youtube, but since I don't really use bookmarks I've forgotten the name and it really bothers me. Some things I remember are
>he used to link to a separate video for bgm, I remember Savant being one of the artists
>he often drew girls, some that I remember being a sniper/soldier and a blond girl laying on her back in red sheets
>one video was him doodling several dozen different heads / expressions

>>3156887
I used to use GIMP, I'm so used to it.

Which ones are the best though? Other than photoshop?

With krita I'm kinda uncomfy, because once i turn the opacity to like 40 percent it just smudges and doesnt even does anything ,no colour, only smudge.

>>3158259
If you're on windows try pain tool sai, the user interface is super comfy but sai itself isn't capable of some stuff

>>3158087
i'm not sure there would be much... i knew a games pro who bought autodesk sketchbook solely to use its locked perspective tool then would paste what he drew into photoshop to paint over.

How to train hand-eye coordination with a cheap tablet? Are there any tutorials? I'm not touching real shit until I can do nice circles, loops and what not.

How the heck do I create tapered lines with the paths tool in GIMP/Clip Studio Paint?

I'm so shit at drawing that I try to draw simple anime/manga style shit that I'm literally just copying from a picture and can't even do that properly and just get frustrated that it takes me forever to make something that looks like shit.

I need to learn how to paint city scapes. Where do I start?

>>3158382
the fuck? why does such a useful thing not exist?

>>3158903
boxes in perspective
then colour
you could do 80% of it with the fill tool and accurate lines. the rest you'll need is rendering skill which will be the last 20% of the drawing and 70% of the time learning.

>>3158914
In-house secrets.

>>3158087
Clip Studio Pain has a tool like that. You can set several vanishing points too.

>>3158914
do you honestly think anyone would buy autodesk sketchbook if it did

anyway autodesk are having a special inktober tie-in free trial, go test it out

>>3158776
was there a question in there

>>3159288
>Clip Studio Pain has a tool like that
just downloaded, where do i find it