/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3167268
sept 2015 to sept 2017

>>3167290
You improved a great deal anon keep it up

took a whole year to get here.. still beg lol

>>3167305
definitely improving though, keep at it

Haven't updated this in a few months but I haven't really improved lately anyway. I got less shit at imagination drawing and a little more efficient with what I can get done in an hour or two in 2017 but I didn't really raise the bar at all on quality.

>>3167329
Hello Adult Swim

>>3167329
great style

Started drawing a year ago, I realize I still have a long way to go. Wish me luck anons. I just want to draw anime girls but I feel like by the time I'm competent anime will already be dead lol. What else should I draw? What are some of the people on this board interested? What can you recommend that I might have fun learning to draw?

>>3167268

there is absolutely no difference from drawings I made a decade ago from what I do now.

I noticed my practice sketches and tutorial shit looks better but my actual drawings are exactly the same, they all look like crap.

>>3167502
You've either peaked, unlikely given the fact that your art is shit, or you aren't learning properly and not putting in the hours.

Or you are really stupid and unable to learn.

>>3167290
Blog?

>>3167495
That's good improvement, anon. Keep drawing anime since it's vast enough to cover just about every fundamental.

>>3167495
Sorry Anon but you'll never become even a decent art by just studying manga/anime. You know every legitimate manga artist/anime animator all studied at formally and would have practiced life drawing also? You can't bastardise the human form without first understanding it.

>>3167495
>one year
>this good
Is this what you call the spark? Good luck anon. You're gonna make it.

>>3167509

maybe, i believe I have mild retardation, I never understood higschool maths and I cant even divide properly, I have just made one IQ test in my life and I got 86, but they said it was because I was severely depressed.

>>3167516
I know this, don't think I'm not practicing the fundamentals.

>>3167517
Well shucks, you're making me blush. In reality, I've been learning from a lot of tutorials, and also from life-drawing and grinding Loomis-tier books

>>3167502

How often do you finish things?

If you do nothing but practice sketches you'll get good at doing practice sketches, not finished work. Stuff like rendering is basically an entirely different skillset and requires more patience than anything.

>>3167516
>You can't bastardise the human form without first understanding it.
Damn, that actually has some merit to it. I've always thought to ignore it since the anime/manga style is simplistic. Gonna start form the beginning.

>>3167517
dont do this to him

>>3168058
May --> October 2017
From imagination (mostly).

May --> October 2017
From imagination (mostly).

Discipline is the end and the beginning

Not bad enough to get shit on and ridiculed
Not good enough to shit on because of jealously and hatred.

I've posted my work on here and I've never received any negative comments. It either gets ignored or "blogged".

Feelsgood

>>3168154
Link your blog already faggot

>>3168154
>Being so average at art that no one bother commenting
I know that feel dude

Still got a ways to go but I feel like I definitely improved.

>>3167516
Would have put it another way but yeah, you're absolutely right. I had to find that out the hard way and spent most of my years learning THE WRONG THINGS.

>>3167495
let me guess, youre a 20 something year old male who spends most of his time watching anime in a dingy, unclean room and you dream about marrying a pure anime waifu
i just wanna laugh about you
your drawings and your pathetic existence

>>3168190
>projecting this hard

I throw out or delete everything I make so I can't do this.

>>3168217
>how you know someone isn't going to make it

>>3168223
why

pink ponk

>>3168234
How often did you practice and did you study your fundamentals

>>3168248
is this bait?/

>>3168190
Yeah pretty much, but my room is actually pretty clean.

fuck this thread for making me look at my old cringy art...
hope you like that zombie girl's comically huge titties btw

>>3168656
Those are some magical zambie tiddies. Thank you for sharing.

>>3168656
Holy shit I seriously thought I erased my commentary before saving that picture

>>3168659
oh thanks :D

>>3168656
>>3168660
>that commentary
There is something wrong with you lol

>>3168656
B I G T I T T Y Z O M B I E G F P L S

>>3168680
huge
B A P S

It's painful looking at old drawings.

Drew this right now on Sketwhtoy

http://sketchtoy.com/68355692

i'm learning anatomy for a year but I feel like I can no longer progress

>>3168800
June's is unironically better

>>3168806
Why have you done this

>>3168810
cuz why not?

I like anthro birbs

>>3168807
you are unironically retarded!

>>3168807

Why?

>>3168806
1. How is this relevant to the thread
2. Hey why?
>>3168800
New one is better, but the color palette on the old one was a lot more interesting.

>>3168887

Thank you. I'll see if I can make the colors more interesting.

>>3168656
nice leliana

I know they're two different things but they're the two most similar things I have.

oh god i looked at my progress
(2013-2016) absolute dogshit
(2017) incredible jump in skill what in the hell happened

>>3169130
You put in more effort.

Pls r8

Dunno I've definitely leaned a lot. 2015 was mostly photobashing and paint overs

>>3169031
the time difference here better be a couple hours anon

>>3169215
1 month.

>>3169215
Two months

>>3169220
Why is my spoiler not working?

>>3169222
spoilers are to keep people from spoiling content of some type of media. There are no spoilers in art and no spoilers on this board. Its not some cute way to hide your words you know.

>>3169212
Bruh, you really need to finish your stuff and learn to polish. I say this because your early stuff looks a lot like mine used to, and I got stuck on a perpetual "unfinished projects meh" plateau that really fucked me over for longer than necessary.
For me it was the fear of investing too much time on something shitty, which ultimately just left me with a 3-year gap of any actual finished work.
What worked for me was taking on a project completely far out of my skill level with the knowledge that I was absolutely going to fuck it up even after investing 2 months in it. It wasn't a total disaster, and I'm really happy I did it, because now I've done more finished work I can use in my portfolio than all my work combined from 2013-2016.
I don't have my own progress pic, but I'll do one at some point. In the meantime feel free to ignore me if you think I'm larping.

>>3167536
You can't get better if the best you can do is practice sketches for finished art.

Not him, btw, but I'm in the same boat.
All I got is 10 years of "experience", which is mean trying to learn and practice but get horribly depressed when I know I wasn't improving at all. Now here I am, 10 years later since I started going "yeah, this is fun I'm gonna do great" to "why am I still trying, I like my ideas but they will never be realized"

>>3168234
do you ever go to the draw threads?
I'm not talking about /ic/

I'm at least persistent.

>>3169350
Nice improvement.

>>3169350
this is the kind of long-term improvement I like to see, what age did you start at? I hope I'm this good in 10 years.

>>3169250
I do have a huge problem with polishing/finishing pieces. Good to know that it's recognizable. I'm really going to focus on finishing each piece to a solid level of completion now. Thanks for the crit.

As far as your project and its success, that's larp until you post otherwise, but I hope it's true

>>3169354
>>3169373
Thanks!
I always drew as a kid, but got more interested in it when I was about 13-14. (I'm 29 now for reference)
My progress goes back before 2004, but I didn't own a scanner back then and I'm not quite sure where my scanner is.

I'm embarrassed by how much time I wasted, 2012-2015 was like a big 3 year hiatus, been trying to make up for it since 2016.

>>3169350
Going by this it looks like you only drew stylized/anime stuff for most of the trip? did you do drawing from life or other obvious /ic/ fundamental stuff as well and just not put it in the progression image?

>>3167517
Be nice, you bastard.

NZ high school student, now vs 1 year ago.

>>3168656
>everyone is focused on commentary
>no one has noticed the best comment
**Big meaty bone guy aww yeah**

Thanks for the laughs anon

>>3168234
Your drawing starts to get less confident the lower on the body you get. Also stop hiding your hands. Also, good taste in pone, my man.

>>3169519
Pretty much.
My art education at the time consisted of a few tips I learned in highschool art class, tutorials, observing other artists, and basic construction from a Chris Hart book.
The vast majority of my work was spontaneous and from imagination and just a lot of trial and error.

I started taking studying more seriously in 2016 and it's helped a lot.
Now I'm putting in 25 hours a week of study, and another 7-14 hours of drawing for fun.

>>3169535
top is better

>>3169299

not really. why?

>>3169718

yeah, i got too used to stopping my drawings at the thighs, so my weakest parts are the thighs downwards.
And i only hid the hands cause it's hidden in the original pose. And thank you haha :D

>>3170039
Why did you ignore me bitch

>>3169268
That's been my exact situation. 10 years of learning the wrong things. The only way I was able to make a big jump in improvement is to pretty much start over and ditch the things that I thought I was doing right.

i started this year but i think im actually doing really good can anyone help me with some stuff?

>>3170513
and i know some people dont like anime but heres my real stuff

>>3170513
Nice, how are you practicing.

>>3170532
i just scroll on 4chan or when im bored and see something i like i just draw it im really good at copying a picture but thing is i dont have a style of my own

>>3170515
at least you got started on it

better now than never

>>3170538
thing is i wanna learn how to make things my own all my arts i looked at and just drew i wanna be able to sit down and draw from my imagination whenever i try i make so nice images in my head and i try to put it on the paper but it always comes out wrong or not how i pictured

>>3170548
>>3170513
read the sticky and pick a relevant book, you are still symbol drawing so maybe loomis will help

>>3170553
what is symbol drawing and what the fuck is loomis?

>>3168190
Whats with the hostility? Who cares what reasons people have to draw as long as they have the desire to continue and improve it's commendable. That's like making fun of a fatfuck who has been regularly going to the gym for a year.

>>3170554
Symbol drawing refers to drawing a symbolic representation of an object instead of how the object actually looks like (as if it were 3D)
And Andrew Loomis is an illustrator who wrote books useful for beginners

>>3170554
please read the sticky at the top of the board

not the best but i'm glad i've improved some

(i was drawing similarly to 2010 up until two years ago when i found /ic/)

>>3167392
How'd you improve so quickly?
Did you just copy art until you got decent?

one on the left is from 2014 july, one on right was from about two months ago... I really need to draw more

>>3168096
i think its shit

>>3171561
Lmao coming from the fucking loser, you're clearly jealous

>>3171563
not me

>>3171563
Not likely, You're trash.

>>3170606
Its actually pretty easy to improve if you have a direct focus like that guy and practice the same thing repeatedly. Its super boring though.

>>3168190
You sound like a projecting loser.

>>3171592
Yes and no. If you focus on something specific, lets say drawing kangaroos, you'll improve quickly at first but you'll also hit diminishing returns a lot sooner.

it's been a weird few months for me
I don't think I have improved as much as I could.

>>3169225
movies are art, therefore there are spoilers in art.

>>3167305
excuse me, can you tell me your source to study art ?

>>3171953

learning from sinix videos?

>>3169212
could you post that lain on the bottom? looks really good

>>3172227
Sure, its in the Draw-thread actually
>>3172180

here's my progress over 30 days.

it seems to have improved a LOT but I feel I'm not adding in enough effort.

>>3172443
ugh

>>3171919
Loomis.

I've improved a little bit, I'm planning on getting a drawing tablet pretty soon so hopefully my artwork will be much more cleaner. I'm currently learning on fixing up my anatomy so I could end up becoming a drawfag one day.

If you want to see my older stuff here it is:
https://luigi2600.deviantart.com/


Let's just say I'm not fond of it at all.

I rarely look at my old art but holy shit I think I was colour blind at one point. I'm working on actually getting better now

>>3171563
haha holy shit the worst reaction to critique possible

>>3169212
i love the waterfall painting near the bottom, really nice colours

>>3171958
i don't know what you mean by source. it's literally just doing a bunch of studies and actively internalizing the form (basically fall for the form meme)

>>3172719
Not the guy but do you even know what critique is or is this a joke?

About to turn 21 years old, looking to buy a tablet and actually try investing some time into drawing.
Looking at some of these comparisons is pretty daunting, but it's something I've always wanted to do, just never really had the time or motivation.
Lately I've come to a deadend with most of my hobbies, and I really wanna try.
Just wanted to thank the people posting, and I hope in a few years time I might be able to be one of the people posting in here.

>>3172750
fag, prepare to NGMI

>>3172752
>NGMI
No idea what that stands for, but thanks for the encouragement. /s

>>3172754
we got a fresh one for our bucket boys

>>3172756
Could be worse, crabs are pretty cute.

>>3172758
just get in the bucket stfu and start drawing

>>3172762
I can't, I've got finals in a couple days. That's why I'm waiting for my birthday to get started.
I don't even have a pencil or a sheet of paper to my name at the moment.
But thanks for the encouragement!

>>3172750
I think buying a tablet and using something like Paint Tool Sai will really fix my artwork and make it much more cleaner. I'm planning on getting one soon. I'm look for ones with a screen rather then a screenless one because those are usually dire.

>>3172611
nice improvements and style anon keep working hard

>>3172750
I felt that way once upon a time. Don't get too discouraged and try to have fun with it

what if all i do is draw porn of animals

>>3174138
anthro?

if so, then make your way to the nearest drawthread on /b/

i dont have any of the in between as im on a new laptop.

>>3173731
actually i had my wacom pen and touch for 6 yrs before i lost the pen. worked great. now im making art a hand me down graphire, buying a tablet isnt gonna fix yr art, for reference, im >>3174218 and the first art is when i got my first tablet and paint tool sai. personally, i like the tablet because it saves me money on painting supplies, but its not going to magically make yr art better.

>>3174144
feral

>>3174515
make your way to the nearest draw thread on

/b/ times 10

I'd like to think I'm improving, but its hard not to stagnate when people keep paying me to draw the same things over and over.

Any suggestions on how I can branch out further?

>>3174629
The key is active study/improvement. Sooner or later artists hit a wall when they just keep doing the same stuff over and over.

It seems real life study is always the answer you hear from better artists.

>>3171399
You do, there seems to be absolutely no change at all.Actually, the left one is more appealing to me.

>>3169181
>>3168184
you've improved

>>3168126
now with color!

>>3170595
The before image doesn't even have much, you can't really judge progress.

>>3172445
You just started spilling ink all over the good bits as you progressed. jk, you got better.

Just wanted to comment on everyone who was ignored.

still fucked up on the right looking at it now

no flowers this time. wasted those months.

>>3174802
Really digging your new style. Do you have any finished piece?

>>3167495
Isn't this kyle? Am I the only one in on the joke or is memory fading me and my plasticity is taking a toll?

>>3167268
Posted the unfinished version of this a few months ago and haven't been back to the board since. It's not what you're asking for but maybe it'll give insight to a creative process that could help people with their rendering.

>>3174804
no, sorry, i barely draw.

>>3174637
post your shit

>>3174802
that's nice.
that style looks familiar, with the plane definition and the.. triangles. i remember seeing an artist who did a bunch of stuff that way, and similar colors too. forgot his name though.

>>3174943
greeel, like his stuff too

>>3175025
i'm a million studies away from him though, heh

>>3167268
Am I improving guys, it's an abstract to scale representation of my penis

>>3174218
What do you have from imagination though? If you want a comparison to your old work.

>>3168234
Are you a girl? Be with me bby lotsa love.

>>3175546
Can't wait to see your work in 3017
Keep at it, anon

>>3175578
>>3175546
This behavior is borderline Reddit.

>>3175600
>no fun allowed
It's a joke, lighten up

>>3168126
Love your stuff Eric!
Great improvement!

>>3175025
yeah! hah, i was hoping you'd know who, because i forgot his name.
can't find any of his work though, looks like his blog is totally wiped.

>>3176113
oh, i already mentioned that i forgot his name...

>>3175558
the left is from imagination :/

>>3174629
You art looks like you want to draw anime but are too influenced by western cartoons. It's a disgusting style.

>>3176113
yeah, sadly. i saved everything i could pull out of google cache and archive.org, that's not much though.

>>3170513
Are you the guy making yugioh videos?

>>3167268

The newest ones are at the bottom. Left are studies. Right are from imagination plus references.

I don't have older things because I've never bothered to save anything.

Funny thing, as incomplete as these are, they are my most finished pieces.
I just can't into backgrounds and almost never pass the sketch phase. Which is what is holding me back I think.

>>3169181
>tfw 2015 looks exactly like my drawings

You've given me hope.

4 months between each

sorry for the mess but here some pixel art stuff

>>3178119
stop smudging to shade it looks horrible

>>3178311
Wow I actually love this anon. Blog?

>>3178119
It looks like you carried that second drawing around with you like you are a 5 year old with a teddy bear. Did you play in the dirt with your teddy?

No more smudge shading. Shade with hatches or gradations with a pencil.

Before left, after right. My god the top left one is horrible.

>>3167268
Old one, reckon form around 2013 but aye, around 3 year difference during a time when I drew more frequently comapred to nowadays.

>>3167290
Old one but the left is from around 2012/13 and the right 2009.

>>3179305
give me your brushes

>>3169181
did you develop parkinsons through 2016

After left, before right. No idea why thats the case, old comparison from 2013. Around 3 years difference

>>3179388
Look up pelengs brushes

>>3168248
Autism aside, the eye in the new one is out of focus, move it inward so you don't have a thousand yard stare

>>3169535
Draw regular people

>>3179485
jealous of your improvement and style

>>3175601
Hey this is /ic/ buddy, if you want fun on 4chan go to /b/ about 5 or 6 years ago.

>>3179533

ty

i first started drawing in 2011 but it was all in sketchbooks and printer paper. unfortunately i didn't keep any of it. got a tablet in mid/late 2012 went almost pure digital from that point.

Started drawing in 2011 but it was all in sketchbooks and on printer paper. got a bamboo tablet in mid/late 2012 and went almost pure digital from there.

sorry for the crazy size. I feel like im getting too caught up in anatomy and shit and losing my drive.

>>3181405
2014 isn't really where you started, is it? Stuff already looks great there

>>3181405
POST YOUR FUCKING BLOOOGGGGGG

>>3176795
>willingly drawing in anime style ever

>>3181405
shut up fisher

>>3181430
no, definitely not. I was sketching for a long time before that but 2014 is where I started taking it seriously and around when I found this place.

>>3178684
Hey thanks alot! I post some of my stuff here http://nathansimpson.tumblr.com/

>>3178311
nice stuff man, definitely improved

>>3179305

im seeing improvement. keep going anon

i'll not gonna finish the last one but there it is the comparison

>>3182456
Very nice.

~8 months "progress"

>>3178079
Can I get a full image of the portrait of the blonde woman

>>3175546
how did u improve at lightspeed ?

>>3182494
You got better at taking pictures!

>>3167329
The top left image looks cool can you send a link

Your art has so much character and color. We really need more artists like you

>>3183687
http://ilovebedsart.tumblr.com/post/147748159561/something-i-did-for-bout-7-hours-but-the-question

its pretty old but thank you for your kind words

I'm still pretty happy i improves so much in a month

>>3167268
Started art this year, but i'm shitty at marketing

>>3171887
Did your example need to be kangaroos? Did it really?

>>3174629
I really like this, anon. Do you get a lot of commissions?

>>3185781
Is this thread a joke to you? Don't ever post again.

How do I practice? just doing studies?

>>3181405
i love your shit so much
can i ask what exactly you studied?

>>3188134
There's some improvement there, calm your tits.

>>3182456
only girls draw couples.

>>3172611
How did you learn yo draw expressive anime faces like that? Resource recommendations? Huge improvement btw

>>3169350
>2012-2013: forgot to draw
REEEEEEE

I have not improved one fucking bit. I want to kill myself immediately.

>>3188134
Get the fuck over yourself. You act like this thread is some sacred thing. You're on a 4chan thread for art, you're not special. Try going outside.

>almost 1 year and other anons improved faster than me because they actually do what I don't and are not lazy
JUST
help me

>>3188592
i think you've improved as far as color theory goes! don't give up anon, keep practicing and improving

>>3188155
how is this possible?

>>3167495
Don't listen to them anon. You will be fine. Just make sure to actually study anatomy and try to understand the shapes you are drawing.

>>3188847

Fundamentals

>>3188847
Jesus Christ, stop drawing anime.
Even >>3167495 has better progress than you. NGMI anon. Very NGMI.

>>3174802
both of them are really nice

i first started drawing digitally in 2015, and improvement has been slow, but it's there.

I draw once every month at least

>>3189486
>>3189487
T-thanks

>>3189503
Dont listen to those bullies. I believe in you anon

>>3189513

fuck off crab!

Oh boy. I picked this because they are similar chars and poses, The left is from yesterday, the right is from - 3 years ago I think.

I save everything I draw but I wish I had the habbit to timestamp them.

>>3189326
autism

>>3189521
>>3189513
>>3189503
Look who's not gonna make it among you. Hint: the one that drags people down.

>>3189503

You can continue being a waste of space drawing shit animu forever or start practicing properly.

>>3189513

Telling someone to learn fundamentals is bullying? The fuck you talking about?

>>3189541

You know who's not going to make it? Fucking moron like you. You probably can't even draw.

>>3189550
To keep this on topic, why don't you post your improvement anon :3

Its been a crazy journey, I know I will look back at the struggles in the future and they will be the best parts of my life.

>>3189564
impressive

>>3189558

You first :3

>>3189567
I already did :3

>>3189569
Oh yeah? Which one?

>>3189574
Guess! :3

>>3189494
wonderful style, especially the 2017 ones.

>>3172445
This is simple, but one of my favorites in the thread, a really good starting jump of improvement in just a month

you have a blog or anything?

>>3168154
Ah so it happens to others as well.

>>3174637
>The before image doesn't even have much, you can't really judge progress.
It did to me, back then :/

>>3188847
Shit taste in 2hos

>>3174802
Can I ask what kind of brush you used i the 2/17 piece? You achieved a really nice smooth, subtle look.

>>3176921
would you mind posting it in an imgur or something? all i can find is his drawcrowd, which only has 8 pictures on it.

My anxiety/loneliness has caused my improvement to be mediocre even though I've grinded a lot in my sketchbooks. I need some friends or an art group or something.

Don't even have 5 finished pieces for this year baka.

>>3189537
is the one on the left drawn on a paper plate? lmao
anyway, good progress!

>>3167268
....
AAAAA

>>3190285
u wanna be friends dude. You stagnated alot

Any thoughts on this?

>>3190576
>u wanna be friends dude.
Yes plz, though I've never had any so awkwardness is guaranteed.

Have you been having steady improvement?

>>3190576
>>3190712
Can I be friends too? Maybe we can make a discord group or something

>>3190647

Nice improvement! Keep going

>>3190647
Way too much pillowshading and lightplay, it looks like a vector. Try rougher, messier strokes for the skin.

>>3190761
> pillowshadow
it's called occlusion shadow
>lightplay
the fuck is that?
>messier strokes
why?

>>3190768
I didn't mean pillow shading, my bad. I just meant that the lighting looks too blended in and overdone, especially on the chest and ears. And what I meant by messier strokes; I meant that the skin doesn't really look like skin. It's too mushy and blended. Unless that's of course the look you were going for, in which that's fine.

>>3190771
I'm not the one who drew it. Sorry for my rude tone, was a bit mad 'cause the suggestions you were making will detract them from making progress.

For now they still haven't mastered block-in properly, which needs to be addressed (hence looking pillow-y as you said). Messier strokes are not going to help of they don't know what the hell they're doing; textures' importance always will come later.

For now I hope that they will focus mastering anatomy/construction more than anything else first, which will fix their understanding of form/muscle (or as you call it, pillow-y but that's a fucking vague unhelpful term which i hate). They also have an awful choice in colours, though that is more of a lower priority. Thing is, seeing a fullbodypic makes it easier to judge their skills.

>>3190647
Too much softness in shading

I had a rapid burst somewhere in the 3rd year but have seen only incrimental progress since. I've been looking at other artstyles and have tried to break away from the stereotypical anime style with semi-realism/realism when I sorta feel like it.

>>3190771
and "lightplay" is "gibberish sensationalism" used to mystify normies.

the real answer here is that he isn't using the light source properly, so he's been getting inaccuratr values. as in if the ls comes from the left, why isn't the hair also lighten up? rim light as you would call it will be needed. ears are not receiving light properly. more of a case of values mistake than lacking in "lightplay".

or you were suggesting him to use multiple light sources , hence the word lightplay.... but be aware that /beg/ are already having difficulties finding values with a single light source. how the hell are they going ti deal with multiple light sources???

>>3179485
>>3179305
nice improvement,good job!

>>3190820
You haven't improved much, have you been studying? Or perhaps you could provide a better reference pic?

>>3190805
It's late and I can't find any other term to describe what I was talking about, sorry

>>3190824
it's ok. I'm sorry for heating up too. Just be aware that misinformation/vague words can be more harmful than helpful!

>>3167268
Not as much as I would hope but eh!

>>3190072
danke anon!

>>3190127
We are part of thd new generation.
I say fuck off, old man.

>>3190572
Haha yeah I work in a pastry shop and draw when there are no customers

Why do 30 year old men suddenly take it upon themselves to start drawing anime girls that are either lolis, stereotypical cute waifus, or have huge breasts (always)- Are these normal people or are they just weeaboos? I could never understand

how do you guys like my ebin artwork

>>3188592
Lmao are you blind? That's some obvious improvement. The colors and the depth and "density" of the landscape is much better. I can't paint for my life and it's killing me a lot. I'm fairly decent at drawing too and I understand color theory, yet...

>>3190828
at least you're... having fun

>>3182456
Okay, please please tell me how you color that well. My level of anime is around your lineart style and I understand color theory and I can do some decent anime screenshot-style coloring, but anything else is seemingly impossible. I'll pick up my digital brush, make a few strokes, and realize that I have literally no idea what I am doing.

>>3174802
Is it just me, or does the girl on the right look Korean?

>>3172750
I have a Huion 580. $45 and has been an absolute workhorse for the last few years (still going strong). Don't bother buying some 4" by 3" Wacom that you'll surely want to upgrade very soon. I plan to get an Intuos Pro or an offbrand Cintiq later.

>>3190920

>>3168656
They all look like the same skill level.

>>3190910
great meme.

Left is from 2015, right is this year's.
Don't draw digitally very often so this was the only thing I had that was worth a comparison.

This thread seems to attract a lot of LARPers

Don't really know what the timeline between this is, but I know I did the first one as a kid in highschool, second one is as of 3 days ago, and I'm 26 now. Not nearly as much improvement as there could have been sadly, I stopped drawing for a long time from when I entered college until very recently.

2007 or 8 and 2017 stagnation.

>>3191480
What the fuck is wrong with her breasts in the upper right sketch? Are they made with elastic? Just because you think you can squeeze tits and ass into every shot doesn't mean you should.

>>3191491
I fucked up I guess, I was trying to make it look like they were pressed against the ceiling.

>>3191491
Hows this?

>>3174814
is it just me or does that one dude on the ground have a long-ass forearm?

>>3182456
thanks

>>3188383
and??

>>3190922
well then you have to do more studies, when I started was with the normal colors of anime, for the skin soft light yellow, for the shadows pink-orange or use multiply and etc
but now I try to understand colors of the artist or the art that i like the most
try to understand light and background and how they react
or use random colors you'll never use and try to make them work together even if it's difficult
idk man it's all about the studies, nothing more
I leave some studies and drawings with some of the names of the artists that inspired/inspire me
if that helps you ...

>>3190910
shit this is too good, i'm not worthy

>>3190647
doesn't exactly look like an improvement as much as an utter change in direction.

>>3168800
I like june better too
it's an interesting and aesthetic picture
today is uncanny walley

>>3191169
1-the left eye and ear doesn't look correctly.
2-dbz characters usually has spike hair, this one has very low hair volume and wavy
3-drawing this anime style doesn't help to improve your art skills, try another one.

>>3191382
Post your work then faggot.

>>3191169
Good, you learned how to define the traps! And nice going with the core shadow! Face's proportions got way more accurate. Scratchy lines are almost gone. Woaaahhhhhh---!

>>3191553
Your rendering got tasty! Better sense of colour composition! Line quality too! Though please don't forget about gestures and anatomy though!

>>3191480
Nice styyy-le full of energyyyyy! The old one looks nicer in the chest-waist section due to a more organic (roundish) look. The new one feels more block-ish but it's OK you're finding your styyy-le! You learned how to feel where to place values, greeeaaaattt! Though beware at how you've been neglecting occlusion shadows! And deciding a light source is what you need to do!!! Gestures on the old one seem less stiff, perhaps you aimed more on accuracy in your more recent figures and sacrificed the flow. Well, time for a revenge!

>>3191445
Great job! Your lines are clean to begin with but learning to draw actual figures is a stating point in learning anatomy!!! You focused more on the head than the other parts, aiming for portraits?

>>3190828
Hm-hm, the improvements look weaker here... BUT!!! The limbs proportions are getting better! And you got a better eye for detecting the scale of things? How much figure do you draw regularly? Let's say per week!

>>3190820
Wow you've developed a style, nice! You've also figured how the hair work! And a bit of foreshortening the figure, woah! All in all, you got now a better sense of symmetry, taste, and line work!

>>3191701
Don't do this to them anon. You're better than that.
You know full well it's better not to drag them down.

>>3191705
Is it wrong pointing out their actual improvement? Figured since so many anons got depressed recently, saying some nice things isn't hurting them right? I'm not just praising them though, if you noticed i was also telling them where they should focus on in obvious areas of weakness. If I haven't said anything in regards to what that should focus on is simply because I don't know what their current focus is.

You should all be less cynical for a moment, c'mon! It's OK to be encouraging once in a blue moon, no?

I started with printer paper and a standard pencil. Now I use actual sketch pads and decent mechanical pencils, sketching pencils and assorted accessories.

I started with printer paper and a standard pencil. Now I use actual sketch pads and decent mechanical pencils, sketching pencils and assorted accessories.

>>3191382
>the critics of this thread are larpers actually

>>3191701
>Woaaahhhhhh---!
T-thanks

>>3190737
Thank you, I will.

>>3190761
That's not pillowshading but I understand that I need practice more on lightning sources. 'Skin details' it's something i'm working on yet Thanks for the comment.

>>3190810
That's the idea.

>>3191565
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>>3191709
I really appreciate your words Anon. This motivates me more than negativity desu.

The year is about to finish and my improvement is so fucking slow...

>>3168126
>>3174637
To be fair the first one had a green hair.
>>3175680
Thank you anon!

>>3192098
NGMI

i havent drawn anything in weeks kill me

I figured I'd come in here to cheer myself up, but that doesn't even work.
What I need help with the most is getting over that initial hurdle of stopping with half-finished exercises and starting to really try to make something, and it really fucking wears on me that I never see the jump from 0 to 1.
This thread has plenty of people who went from 1 or 2 out of 10 to a straight 8, but what I haven't seen at all in all my time here is someone, anyone, who went from 0 to 1.
Even >>3190574 last year was at 1. This is what's considered the worst of the worst of the worst, below the level that most Loomis exercises are targeted towards, and when I see that, I start wanting to kill myself.
How do you get over the hurdle that even the newest, even the most talentless and the most intentionally lazy and incompetent people eclipse you through barely anything more than a wave of the pen? I'm getting told every single time that "you don't have to be afraid of failure, you just have to learn the fundamentals and draw", but that's advice aimed towards people who already know how to draw, just not draw well.
It seems that everything I look at, even the most shamelessly beginner-pandering guides and condescending advice, assume that you have some level of artistic skill in the first place, or otherwise, like Loomis, it just goes from "draw a ball" to "now draw faces and hair and glasses and shadows from an angle".
Jesus fucking Christ, I know I have low self-confidence but someone else must have been blocked by this too.

>>3193982
If you're already at the lowest, then you can't fall any lower. You have nothing to lose, so give it a shot!

>>3193982
Post your work maybe we can point you in the right direction. You can start with still lives and learning perspective (1p 2 p) and cubes. Of you are 0 you need to get used to your tools first anyways.

>>3167268
mostly switched to learning anatomy and linework now im moving to more complex poses