/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

what do you call those red and blue pencils, and where can i buy them?

>>3205454
PLS SOMEBODY I NEED A SCOTT ROBERTSON HOW TO DRAW PDF I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE REEEEEEEEEEEE

>>3205623
For blue, I believe you're referring to non-photo blue pencils. I found some at Blick's.

>>3205623
I realized by red, I think you're referring to a conte pencil?

anyone able to translate the text in this?

Stupid question: how do I navigate weibo.cn? found a cool artist and I want to look at their galley and favorites but clicking shit gets me nowhere. I don't know if the site has "reblog/retweet" feature or if the page I got into was from the original artist. Any help?

>tfw nobody answered any of the questions I asked last thread

>>3205880
ask again anon

>>3205755
i cant open the pic

Is it better to star drawing humans? because I want to draw animals

>>3205924
hmph, weird.

>>3205925
Then draw animals. What's the problem?

I don't understand these questions. Someone says he wants to do landscapes, practices faces. What's the point. Draw the things you want to draw.

>>3205930
The idea is that if you can draw humans you can draw just about anything

>>3205932
Then it's bullshit. Learn about the things you care for, not some shit people tell you to. You'll learn about the importance of gesture, line quality and construction as you draw animals too. Keep in mind drawing from life would benefit you the most. If you have a pet that would be a great start.

anons i fucking hope you answer me because i'm getting desperate, in photoshop you have this shortcut of resizing the brush with your Alt+RightClick, i did this until now with my stylus top button that is my right click, the thing is out of the blue it stopped working, it works when i do it with the mouse but not when i do it with the stylus, what is going on and how can i fix it? this shortcut saves so much time i need it

>>3205943
Maybe it's a hardware problem, try setting the key to a different shortcut / try to use a different software and see if it still works. If not then the button itself is fucked and you need to get a new stylus or get it repaired.

>>3205944
already did, put my right click on my lower stylus button and it as the same behavior

I've doing the line exercises where I fill a page with lines.
I noticed that when I draw a line horizontally I go from right to left. and vertically from up to down.
When I tried to draw from the opposite directions my lines came really bad.
My question is should I just stick with my comfortable directions , or should I work on getting better on every direction?

>>3205954
>stick with my comfortable directions
Yes. Rotate the page to get the lines you want. No need to learn do do every direction.

https://youtu.be/X7b7ZGuj9rI?t=15m10s

>>3205943
>>3205944
>>3205949
to add up, my shape dynamics is as well a messed up, sometimes it stops for no reason at all

>>3205923
no

>>3205755
>>3205924
Ran it through imagemagick.

>>3206049
Oh right, the text. It isn't very important.

正面 is "front". 真上 is "directly above". 真横 is "directly horizontal". The big text in the corner with 距離 changes from "very far"->"far"->"middle"->"close"->"very close". And the text in parentheses changes from "super far range lens"->"far range lens"->"standard lens"->"wide-angle lens"->"super wide-angle / fish-eye lens".

>>3206049
>lines begin to warp

is that 3-point perspective? i've seen talk about drawing from a fish lens viewpoint, but haven't gotten to studying it yet.

How can I learn to render like this? The artist posted a hair tutorial, but I really like how they draw faces too. How do I get this cartoony painting style?

How much demand is there for NSFW art? It seems a lot of paterons don't really make a whole lot.q

Is most the money in commissions?

>>3206200
money is all about recognition. unless you're a professional or built a twitter/youtube audience, you probably won't make more than a couple thousand at most. and that's assuming you're actually good.

>>3206208
Ah, so it's all about the following, makes sense. I've noticed that most the successful artists have some kind of comic that has a following.

>>3206196
at this point this question should be bannable

>>3206049
>>3206059
many thanks anon!

I need a free and light drawing program with multiply and overlay layer options. Anything but gimp.

>>3206436
just use a combination of sketchbook and clip studio when it's $20

>>3206449
I live in a third world country, I can't afford $20. And I feel guilty about pirating.

>>3206454
then stop feeling guilty
everything is free at the bay

>>3206436
Use Krita. It's free and open source.

>>3206454
You live in a third country. Just fucking pirate it if you have to.

>>3206191
3-point doesnt necessarily warp if im remembering it right. i think fish-eye warping requires 4-point.

>>3205962
tfw you have a screenless tablet so you have to keep your drawing surface at the same orientation at all times, severely limiting the kinds of strokes you can do

>>3206738
Rotate the canvas with R.

>>3206746
well duh, but it's the disconnect between the orientation of the tablet and the orientation of the canvas that's troubling. Rotating the canvas makes the limited motions you can do more effective, but it doesn't give you any more freedom of movement

>>3205454
For some reason Clip Studio Paint is not launching. The only thing that seems to launch is some thing called AggregateMdul.exe

Any ideas on what's going on?

How do I learn to draw mouths? By far the hardest facial feature for me.

I need decent free brushes for clip studio paint. Which aren't shit?

How would you approach drawing people's reflections on mirror, is there a methodical way? (angles? vanishing points?) how do i know which parts are visible from certain angles. i just cant wrap my head around it

>>3207287

What's a good book or video tutorial for drawing figures in perspective? The one I got off of CGPeers doesn't really go into detail on their procedures.

>>3207290
>use diagonals to measure distance

can someone expound on that a little bit for me? im not getting it.

how is this background effect from old cartoons called? I want to find tutorials to do it.

another example

>>3207311
You can divide any rectangle into equal halves by drawing its diagonals, this also works in perspective. An object and it's reflection appear to sit at equally far away from a mirror

>>3207552
oooh, now it makes sense. scott robertson talks about that in one of his videos. thanks anon!

I hate being the "help me with my hw" guy but this art theory project is really preying on my weak points.

>You are a curator for an exhibition of contemporary art created since 1980, a common benchmark for the "death of modernism." You are charged with developing an exhibition theme or thesis focusing on an issue that effects contemporary U.S. culture.

>You have been retained by the Virtual Museum of Contemporary Art to curate an exhibition. Your charge is to design and implement an exhibition of post-1980 contemporary American art exploring an issue that affects contemporary American society. You are responsible for collecting the works, ordering them into a coherent narrative based on an exhibition thesis, writing exhibition label text, and designing the exhibition. You are also responsible for writing a critical essay contextualizing the exhibition.

>You will propose an organizing theme or topic for the exhibition, a theoretical focus, and research and decide upon how to organize it: which artists to participate, which works, and what order. Your exhibition should contain a minimum of 6 works up to a maximum of 12. The works may NOT be works discussed at length in the course text, but you may choose artists who are discussed.

>What is the difference between a theme and a topic, and how does one go about choosing and developing either? The short answer is simply that a topic is global, whereas a theme is more specific. So where "Beauty" might be a topic, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a theme. Ideas about themes and topics will be discussed in class. Once a theme or topic has been identified, a draft proposal for the exhibition can be developed.

Can anyone riff me some ideas? or at least namedrop some good post 1980 artists?

>>3207541
I did it once, look up "starburst/sunburst tutorial", they simply consist of getting evenly spaced out vertical bars and then applying a polar coordinates distortion. I just added a cheap fade out and opacity gradient plus heavy blur on the vertical bar stage of this one, it probably woudv'e looked much better if I redrew the vertical bars as triangles.

>>3207668
thanks!

Question didn't get answered last thread.
Anyone got any tutorials regarding foreshortening on a human figure?

my brushstrokes in krita come out very shaky without the stabilizer on, but the stabilizer's delay really hurts my workflow. how do i get my lines to stop being shaky in krita? it doesnt shake in any other programs.
black lines are no stabilizer in krita, blue is with stabilizer, and red is in windows paint 3d.

Does anyone have any collections of Art Center Graduate portfolios? Or know where I could find a good resource on presentation/portfolio preparation.

i need some feedback. im far sighted so i can only paint environments and stuff.

>>3208015
im near sighted and i paint landscapes and enviroments, nice excuse brah

>>3208020
lol nnah man

>>3208015
I like how the cut planes of roads give it dimensionality, but that sky kinda sucks mang, perspective of that orangle swirling stuff is off, looks like a warped skybox over the otherwise neat environment

>>3208023
thanks bro. i needed to hear that.

So I took a random drawing class at school to stay full time and it was probably one of the more fun things I did.
I can't really justify continuing to do that because financially speaking I can't justify spending thousands of dollars for a useless class every semester, and I also just don't have the time to go to a class every morning for 4 hours.

Are there any weekend equivalents to just taking a fun art class with people?

>>3207193
AggregateMdul is located on /Programs/CELSYS/CLIPStudio 1.5 EN/Common/AggregateMdul/AggregateMdul.exe , it sends Logs. You can deactivate it inside CSP:
Gear drop-down menu --> Maintenance --> Do not send anonymous usage log. It is unlikely to be the culprit for CSP not launching though.
Begin with the most simple check: Right Click on CLIPStudio.exe (the real file, not the shortcut) and select
Trouble Shoot Compatibility. The Wizard should offer you to launch it with new parameters. Do this and report here.

Can someone post a good tutorial for leg muscles, particularly for the lower legs and how they connect to the ankles/feet? I can't fucking draw these things properly and no infopic I find on Google is really helping.

>>3207987
check that the Precision setting on your brush is set to 5

redpill me on the pen tool my dudes

In Photoshop you can follow up a curved path with a straight path in the pen tool easily by using the alt key and converting the previous anchor point. Is there a similar functionality in Inkscape? I'm having a hard time finding it if so. The problem is it just transitions from one path to the other instantly so I'm not really able to mess with it as far as I can tell.

It seems like it would be something that's really basic and useful to know but it hasn't come up in the few tutorials I've seen.

If an artist has a blog are they usually using tumblr? I dont know if there are any other websites to open blogs, i dont really know anything about blogs but id like to open a nsfw one. Any pointers?

>>3208829
Tumblr is probably your best bet. Wordpress works too but it doesn't have the same kind of viral/sharing culture/social media aspect to it

How can I find something that I like? All I do is work, sleep and wait to go to work again.

Weird question incoming : is it easier to become an artist that earns his life or a pro gamer?

Also posted this in /beg/ thread, but posting it here because i know the boards a little slow....

Can someone share an art schedule to help develop strong fundamentals? can be daily, weekly or flexible enough to build on its self as you progress. I saved pic related a while back, and i've seen some others but didnt save them.

I have about 5 hours a day to work on art btw. was thinking something along the lines of:

>Hour 1: work from a book(go through /ic/ recommended fundamental books). Do exercises in the books- stuff like form, line, perspective etc.
>Hour 2: Faces / Figure drawing. Alternate between the two. Use picture references if needed
>Hour 3: specific body part (nose, mouth, hands, feet, etc). Use anatomy book.
>Hour 4: Life drawing. Draw from life; sketch outdoors, friends, still life.
>Hour 5: Free / Creativity. Work on personal projects, experiment with different styles and different mediums, do whatever you want.

Goes w/o saying but not doing 5 consecutive hours, but throughout the day. Thoughts, improvements, different schedules?

>>3209322
>(go through /ic/ recommended fundamental books)
Pic related is what i meant by that. Also loomis and Vilppu. Currently working off "Figure drawing: Design and Invention"

>>3209273
How do you even measure that? also what type of artist?

I dont know much about video games so i dont know how much opportunity there is for gamers, but my guess would be its easier to be a professional (commercial) artist. Mostly if you know graphic design, a little web development and arent super autist, can talk to people, and are willing to try finding paying clients.

>>3209329
>How do you even measure that? also what type of artist?
Yeah of course you can't really measure that, and for what type of artist, I'd say some kind of freelance illustrator that earns enough money to survive.
I suppose, despites the fact that it's still pretty hard to get a professional level in illustration for most people, it's probably easier than pro gaming yeah. I'm mediocre in both and I wanted to try and chose in which one to focus my efforts on, but I suppose that for pro gaming, you have to be in the top skilled to make money. In illustration you can probably have average skills and just be clever with communication/sharing (like some artists that are not that good but make tons of views polishing fanarts of trendy stuff)

>>3209339
>In illustration you can probably have average skills and just be clever with communication/sharing (like some artists that are not that good but make tons of views polishing fanarts of trendy stuff)
Thats why i would think artist would be easier.

Like i said, i dont know much about video games but some of my friends who were gamers in high school spent like 18 hours a day playing. If half of that into art either through art school, a well thought out plan, or maybe even just doing it, you'd be in pretty good shape after 1-2 years.
After that, if you're willing to do commercial work its just about being proactive and knowing the things you need to do in order to get clients.

If you were trying to choose, assuming you do like art(most people do, they're just not confident in themselves), def go for it; it'll be a lot more rewarding.

>>3208285
Well I got it working after closing Chrome. Not sure why that was the case but I'll keep this in mind.

Started to browse this board since I'm sorta getting an interest in learning but are half the people on this board in the position to act like they're an amazing artist? As in, people acting like this thing is so easy or acting like this drawing is complete shit (when it really looks like a half decent piece), etc

I don't want to get good, I want to BE good. how in the fuck do I get out of this garbage mindframe?

>>3209469
what do you mean?

Is there a way to get those jagged, MS-paintesque lines in paint tool sai?

>>3209469
Look at everyone that made it in the industry, and look at the ugly boring conformist crap they churn out. Being good is realizing that getting good was a meme all along.

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but does anyone know how I can develop a knowledge of film techniques/cinematography and such for the purpose of applying them to making graphic novels or animatics?

I feel like things like anime and manga borrow heavily from film and I would like to develop the knowledge to do that too.

https://youtu.be/8TM5Tdl9uww

Stuff like this for example, except without literally ripping off scenes frame for frame.

how do you decide on the color for bounced light hitting objects? or any light for that matter?

when i color pick from the environment and brush it on with reduced opacity it doesn't look right most of the time.

just study movies you like. figure out their composition.

read framed ink.

read about general composition and try to find composition tutorials for actual filmmakers instead of people that are drawing and wants to tell you about composition, then combine it with your drawing skills.

>>3209826
>>3209502
forgot to tag

What documentary is this from?

i'm transitioning from digital art to paper and i'm doing some wash drawings. i'd like to use watercolors in my sketchbook on the go. is there a decent way of using watercolors without taking up a lot of space?

>>3209813
>when i color pick from the environment and brush it on with reduced opacity it doesn't look right most of the time.

You need to think of the environment as colored light sources.

Let's say you have an apple lit by a lamp. If you color pick the light bulb, then brush that onto the apple at a reduced opacity it would also look like shit.

The problem here is you aren't thinking about how colored light affects different materials of different colors. A blue ball will absorb most wavelengths of light, and reflect mostly blue light. This object will appear brightest and richest under white light light, similar but not quite as vibrant under blue light (because in the real world it's reflecting some other colors subtly and not just blue). This same object will appear dull and dark under red light or green light - when there's little blue light present in the source, the object can't reflect what isn't there.

Best way to go about learning these color relationships is studying it from life - different colored lights with different colored objects. You could also simulate it to an extent in 3D programs. It helps to know additive color mixing when thinking about light.

>Want to learn to draw
>at most can put 1/2 an hour a day aside to learn due to work/study obligations

bother with it or nah?

HOW DO I STOP SYMBOL DRAWING EYES
THE "DRAW UPSIDE DOWN" EXERCISE ISNT HELPING

>>3210315
Never Ending Man

Looks interesting, I've only seen dreams and madness.

>>3210443
>turn off your brain
>use ref and literally draw what you see
or
>turn off you brain
>draw a plane receding diagonally
>draw sphere coming out of the plane
>then two asymmetrical lids going around the sphere
either a xerox or muh boxes aproach if you catch my drift.
basically stop thinking of what you are drawing as an eye and put marks on the paper that just happen to look like one.

I want to learn to draw. Is it bad to immediately start with a tablet and just completely skip pencil and paper?

>>3210378
Thank you for the detailed response anon. My options for studying from life are pretty limited. I was thinking I might do an exercise where I try to integrate objects into photos, as in pic related. Seems like a good way to study how light affects different colors to me. Am I mistaken? Even doing that relatively simple exercise, it felt like a lot of guesswork went into my process for choosing stuff like saturation and value.

Do you (or anyone) have recommendations for further reading on additive color mixing?

>>3210531
It's more about money. If you can spare some on a purchase that may or may not stick around then go for it.

If you are complete novice the only pro to the tablet is that you won't need to bother with sharpening pencils, getting new paper and such things. Also you will have to get used to how input works, plus learn a little bit how graphical editors work. May take from a week to a month.

Best case would be to borrow it and see if you fancy it.

>>3210531
yes its bad for the absolute beginner. tablet is harder than pencil. makes it harder to judge strokes. don't make life unnecessarily hard for yourself

>>3210437
i mean, what else would you be doing with that time? answer honestly

>>3208043
look on facebook, eventbrite for art events. like industry meetups, drink and draw, that kind of thing

>>3209502
http://everyframeapainting.tumblr.com/
sevencamels dot blogspot dot com

>>3209322
i wonder if anyone has ever performed this to the letter and lived

what are some good art instruction videos, specifically w/ oil paint?

>>3211120
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYGi18U4D4M&app=desktop

Does anyone know of any good resources for learning how to draw action scenes?

I need that image of the blonde nude woman with the red capelet and rapier, I think it was an OP for one of the main threads at some point, does anyone have it? Google gives all kinds of fucked results.

>>3211232
This one?

>>3211237
exactly the one

For those who are pros/close to it, how much constant practice did it take you before you actually started becoming good? I've been at this nearly 3 years and there's stuff just in the beginner thread that still looks better than what I can make.

How do I stop putting so much pressure on myself whenever I draw? It’s like I’m telling myself that every line I draw is bad, and every method I try to use to draw is wrong.

looking to upgrade my pc, first priority for me is 2D drawing,second would be 3D modeling/texturing and/or gaming
i've got I5-4670k , 20gb DDR3 and GTX 660 - which i would like to change for i think GTX 1060 (Not really sure whether 3 or 6gb VRAM either) Is this wise? which variant should i go for? Upgrading which component would help me work with larger canvases and more layers? Even linking to some kind of an article would help, i tried googling but had no luck so far.
Also my budget is p limited so the lower the better

>>3211852
Your PC already sounds decent for basic work. Do you get major slowdowns or something? GPU is important for 3D work and vidya but for drawing you need a bunch of RAM which you already have enough of.

>>3211855
>>3211852
Yes, thing i would want to improve the most is being able to use bigger brushes on bigger canvases really, i usually just have to stick to 3000px resolution when finishing a piece

>>3211863
Did you check the preferences of the programs you use? Change the default settings and allow them to use more of your RAM, the more, the better. If you're using photoshop, it's recommended you change the dump drive (temp files) location to your secondary drive and not your main one.

If that doesn't change things I'd be surprised.

>>3210315
>this much of a self-important prick
>over Little Girl and Airplanes Fairytale #27
this is what happens when you give an autist too much gravity

where can I watch good artists draw or do line art online? Youtube is mainly a bunch of amateurs and the few good ones are sped up.

I've been trying to emulate this style of painting.
The artist uses acrylic thinned with water on bristol paper but when I attempted it my strokes left visable streaks. Is it the paint to water ratio, maybe the paper I used or maybe I just have bad brush technique?

>>3211834
Draw more

>>3209130
Dig in my man, there has to be something you like.

>>3210443
Draw 500 eyes and think about it again.

First you will try to imitate realism as best you can.
Then you will find a way to simplify the process with symbols you come up with yourself.
From these symbols you can create stylised eyes.
Since you can create stylised eyes with correct symbols, making realistic eyes is only a matter of learning the small details.

These are not instructions, this is the natural way of optimisation you will gravitate to. All you need to do is keep an eye (heh) on the quality, keep checking if your symbols are accurate or you will end up with freakish tumblr eyes.

Symbols are tools, you're just trying to hammer in a screw.

>>3211834
draw on lots of paper with simple pencils, it's ok if your work is trash, focus on quantity and schedule

i've been using this image as a reference for painting, what opacity and brush settings do you use to achieve half tones

>>3212001

Where's a good place to find drawing tutors who could teach over skype or similar? Seems like the ones I find are not great at drawing themselves, or only teach traditional mediums. Open to recommendations, long as they aren't 100$ a minute.

how do i get better?

>>3212217
loomis

>>3212223
thats how i put the people together

>windows does a big update overnight
>now my shortcut for brush size is broken in photoshop
fucking

>>3205454

So my intuos drivers are irritating me. I have two monitors,tablet linked to the right one, and everytime I switch to my drawing software, the mapping gets fucked up and links to both of them.

Fucking annoying: the mapping is correct UNTIL I click the canvas/ highlight the program... then I can only draw with a thin stripe of shit that is mapped to both screens.

Settings are like this on every program.

Help pls.

>>3212231
Are you using CSP? check preferences > tablet and select only one screen

>>3212244

Oh, fuck me.

Thanks a lot, lad, you saved my ass.

I was going to try to reinstall the older drivers.

>>3212228
1800 tech support

>>3212028
go to a cheap college and learn in an accredited environment instead of from joe schmo

>>3210443
draw eyes extremely huge and detailed

>>3211941
try watercolor

>>3211834
being on 4chan will do this to you. it sounds like a problem of perfectionism. you have been browsing this board and absorbing information before you picked up a pencil paintbrush or stylus. hence now you have a big idea of "how things are supposed to be done" and now when you don't conform to that standard then you start to criticize yourself.

imagine if there was someone who just started to draw shit they see without learning anything about "how to draw." they wouldn't have this problem.

i think the phrase is: there is no right or wrong, there is only try.

>>3211693
how often do you draw

i have been making abstract art on and off for 3 years and I have 170 pieces in the portfolio.

Does anyone else have a problem where the button for pen pressure opacity doesn't turn opacity OFF until you re-select the brush you're using?

>>3210531
a tablet that has good accuracy is going to cost a lot more than a pad and a pencil set.

i bought a wacom bamboo for $80. there was a bump in the surface, and whenever I went over it, it would make this quick striahgt line over the bump if I was making a curve or somthing. I send it in for a replacement and the next one has the same problem, or the cursor is very jittery.

and the $80 tablet has like a 6x9" surface. like are you fucking kidding me? how are you supposed to draw large, sweeping lines on a postcard?

for $5 you can get an 11x18 pad and $10 gets you a pencil set that will last you a month if you use it every day.

>>3210437
"bother with it"
dude do you enjoy it? is it a nice way to pass the time/is it something you can feel a sense of achievement from when you make progress? who cares what level you get to.

>>3210347
I think translucent markers are similar to watercolors.

>>3211941
try the little drop technique from here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ8u8dDpRr0

>>3209490
>>3209469
if you hear or read something like this ever again, dont listen

>>3209466
4chan can be a disgusting, horrible, and downright misinforming source of information.

learn from someone who has a face and a name and a reputation to uphold and the bullshit factor instantly drops to 0

>>3209130
what are you interested in

>>3208828
You don't really need the paint unless you do heavy vectoring or graphic design stuff (like logo design or typography) where every line has to be squeaky clean, my dude.

For drawing your average line control and maybe some smoothing like in Sai can do the trick.

How do I learn to appreciate fine art?

I am buying my sister a Graphics Tablet for Christmas, she does Illustration/Graphic kinda stuff, she will use it a lot, budget is whatever. What do you recommend /ic/?

>>3212409
making art yourself helps. taking real classes on art history or literature is good too.

I hate how whenever I use a pen I use it like a pencil and my drawings end up looking very sketchy and not as clean as I want it to. For example I always use construction and stuff in pen and I go over it and it just looks like a mess. Any way to get better at direct drawing and drawing without relying so much on actually putting the construction down?

>>3209502
>>3209826
I would suggest not only movies that you like but look out for famous cinematographers work like Roger Deakins or ask for recommendations.

And also some film studies and analysis videos would be of tremendous help.

For example, why this shot in The Godfather II is so tense.

is ctrl+paint worth the money

>>3212405
the pen tool* I just realized what I did, sorry.

>>3212267
Thanks, but not what I want/need.

>>3212431
This, once you realize Bob Ross had decades of a TV show teaching a pbs audience how to paint landscapes with oil, the mystique of art shifts, possibly dramatically for you

>>3212462
Most of the videos are available in the artbook thread. You can view them and see if you want to give Matt any of your shekels.

Is it normal to be extremely intimidated by 3 point perspective?

I'm watching perspective videos and so far I could keep up with everything and even ended up feeling obvious to me, but now that the guy started talking about 3 point perspective and all these measuring points and station points I feel like he's speaking a different language now.

does clip studio have good brushes for chalk or chalk/pastel pencils?

How do you overcome the part in the beginner phase where you don't want to draw because you know everything you draw will be shit?

>>3212591
Make a challenge for yourself. Make the act of drawing and seeing your progress at the end the fun part, instead of coming up with one finished piece. That's important, but actually doing something is more so.

Examples:
>I will draw one portrait each day for 14 days
>I will do 20 minutes of gestures each day for the rest of this sketchbook
>Once a week I'll fully colour/finish an image and share it on /beg/ or on my social media
>I will read through X book, copying every diagram and doing all the exercises

etc. etc.

I found that doing 30 second gestures every day made me feel more confident in just making things. Not perfect, but as close as I could get in the limited conditions. "Art Challenges" that you see on youtube are kinda dumb but working along with them anyway can give you a goal and a time frame

>>3212591
not gonna make it

quit now and you'll never be good. keep at it and you'll become good even if you draw for only 30min a day. also, any good teachers can only do what they because they've been drawing professionally for years; do not compare yourself.

>>3205454
Are there any /ic/-approved sources for nsfw drawing specifically?

do you use different brush sizes for digital line art or do you stay with one brush size?

also, are there any good tutorials on cell shading/coloring?

>>3212759
Best coloring course hands-down is KMR's course. It's not free, but you can find around, and it's worth it, anyhow. Also includes cel-shading, btw

realistically with 2-4 hours of practice a day, how long should it take you to go through a book of study? for example, it feels like I've been going through the first 30 pages of hamptons figure drawing book over and over again because i'm not satisfied with what i'm producing because of my lack of understanding.

should i just move on anyways?

>>3212767
what about how to render and color and light?

>>3212776
If you don't understand his gesture try other books that explain it anon, you've tried enough. Then get back to Hampton.

I do it all the time. Don't get something? try the different methods till you get it. You have Proko, Hampton, Loomis, Vilppu, Huston... the list is endless. But make sure you get the concept before you move on.

>>3212767
This? https://www.udemy.com/coloringcomics/

It's really cheap

>>3205670
you bitch ass honkey fucker, check the artbook thread.

but here ya go anyway, BUDDY

https://mega .nz/ #F!es1BSKQR!spODyd0iaQmMelGA2GscFw

put the link together and go to Books and Articles, then Perspective and there it is.

>>3205454
How can I do lighting where a fire is the light source? I don't have the one hammered down.

What other books/courses are there that contain exercise plans, like drawabox or Nikolaides? It really makes progress easier for me.

>>3209471
They (>>3209469)
don't want to put in the effort to acquire the skills, they just want to possess the skills.

This, of course, is impossible.

At best, they're just lazy and need to accept it's all about the journey, not the destination. At worst, they're merely in love with the idea of being an artist, and need to go find something else they'll actually enjoy doing.

>>3212272
~3-4 hours a day. Sometimes double that, sometimes a bit less.

I've read this a good five times now and I still don't understand it.

>our eyes adjust to the light, then as the light changes so does our eyes and then something balances

>>3212903
Replace "illumination" with "light" and it should be clear.

>>3212903
Human colour perception is not absolute. A red apple, under various lighting conditions, will look red to you. In a sense our eyes correct our perception towards white light.

This "colour correction"or "white balance" feature is also present in some cameras.

I'm sorry if this was already asked, but I'm not in the mood to sift through everything to find it; I'm considering setting up paid commissions for art, but I've never done it before, so I don't know how to go about pricing (I don't want to overcharge or undercharge). Could I get some help from someone with experience?

>>3212903
Take pic related for example, there is no red in this picture, it has been edited out. But you still these strawberries as red right? I think that is what is meant by that.

>>3212914
>>3212928
Ah, but the thing is there was already a page about that concept but he called it 'Colour Constancy' which is why I'm so confused.

>>3212941
The same color looks different depending on the local colors. Depending on the colors in the image, it can either be a "warm green" or a "cool red".

>>3212941
That picture is wrong, or at least the photo of that painting is inaccurate, based on what the color picker in Photoshop tells me.
The one on the left has more orange in it, while the one on the right is darker and has more green in it.

>>3212986
I think it's more a problem with the scan or photograph of those pictures than with the image itself

you can find a lot other examples like this that are digitally made and express this point clearly

>>3212928

> use eyedropper tool in paint
> 'I swear to god this is fucking red, this has to be red'
> 'If not maybe purple? Dark blue?'
> mfw it's dark grey

Where can I get the latest full version of SAI for free? All the downloads I find are for 1.1.0. I'll post boobs for you if you help me.

>>3213030
That's a screencap of a .pdf that was scanned from a book, it'll be a little off.

>>3212887
find a working artist and work with him or her in their studio, and see if they will advise you

or take a real course with someone

you need to talk to a real person

>>3210455
What the fuck. I get called out for symbol drawing and that's what I do. I feel like I have no idea what the fuck symbol drawing actually is and Google doesn't give me links.

>>3211941
Who's the artist?

Is this the right board to talk about sculpting (with polymer clay)?

>>3213374
Probably want to go to /3/ if you're wanting to stay on 4chan. It's geared towards CG, but better than nothing. Way better sites to go to for sculpting though.

>>3205623
you probably mean prismacolor pencils, and amazon.

>try to draw self portrait from a mirror100 times
>it still looks like shit
Im obviously doing something wrong and somehow my understanding doesnt increase.
What can i do to refresh my vision?
Also the idea i still dont have a decent self portrait is looming over me like a dark cloud, like i cant start with somehting else before im able to make one.

>>3213542
What I like to tell people is to walk away, take a break and do something else.

With practicing something for a long time, what tends to happen is we just get into a routine of just mindlessly doing it. In this routine, we don't learn anything fresh and we are more likely to ingrain bad habits as mistakes are not corrected, but enforced with each repetition.

Taking a break also refreshes your vision. I am sure I am not alone where I would think a piece is going well, then come back to it the next day and see that it not as good as I thought it was.

In the future I plan to spend some money commissioning a bunch of simple pictures for a card game I am developing.

Where is a cheap, reliable source for commissions? Getting tired of looking through a sea of anime, furry and vector shit as I need 100+ digital doodles.

>pic related
It's for kids, so I'm looking quick, cheap and flat.

I can't save files on any folder with SAI or Clip Studio. Should I just do a clean install of windows?

>>3213534
i'd be glad for any website recommendations.

does anyone have the pdf for The Graphic Artist’s Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines

>>3205454
godfucking dammit what is it with fucking recaptcha and it's insane problems with scriptblockers?
I can't even log into my tumblr account without disabling all ublockers and whatnot, because it let's me solve 5 different pictures till it gives me a verify button, and after that "please try again". same goes with 4chan.
do you guys have any solution? also why is only taking full pic grids, but not small tile photos? whenever I am supposed to click on one of these, click all cars, the pics just fade away and it doesn't register my input.

>>3213770
Try saving in mspaint to where you want to save it to try eliminate hardware problems first.

If it saves successfully ,try uninstalling/reinstalling the programs. You may have to clear all their registry entries afterwards for a thorough and clean install then try again.

If problems persist, format.

I started in Vilppu and am confused on what to do when he means to analyze the gestures?

I feel like I still need a more specific guideline to drawing gestures so they don’t look like meaningless spaghetti

Also having trouble with feeling and not copying. The problem is that when I try going by feel, it doesn’t look right. Any advice? Is this something I just have to practice more?

>>3213796
>scriptblockers
you are asking for trouble with these. That said I have no prblem with ublock origin nor any other adblocker.
>it doesn't register my input.
It does, when you get that grid, you are supposed to get rid of all cars until no new picture of a car appears.
There's also the legacy captcha option in the settings

I already made my own thread but I just noticed this one

I want to make pixel art on my ipad pro, preferably for games. which app do I use and where can I find info on how it works in combination with making a game with it? (my bf does IT programming and nerd stuff so no I don't mean making the whole game, but the pixel art aspect)

You see these two lumps atop the guy's thigh? I can for the life of me never visualize what those are. One is probably the tensor, but the one beside it?

Could you name both of those bulges and draw the iliotibial band over the model's leg and connect it with the relevant muscles?

>>3213766
upwork maybe?

>>3213800
I just started the Steve Huston book and I think he explains it very clearly if you don't get it from Vilppu although i didn't really have a problem with that

>>3212231
call the company

>>3213823
its cancer.

what's the most efficient way to grind values

>>3213823
Tensor fasciae latae, and gluteus medius.

How many of you are actually subscribed to Creative Cloud and how many of you use pirated Photoshop?

>>3213796
>>3213807
this, holy shit use legacy captcha, I almost never have to deal with this pictures shit and I keep seeing people complain about it
I don't understand why people miss it, maybe it's just on 4chanX?
it's still annoying because like 2/3 of the times it doesn't work, but it ends up working after a few tries.

>>3214493
I'm switching to Krita to avoid the issue
I know it may not really be one because they don't go after the small guys yadda yadda, but that way I'm 100% safe.

So, I've been drawing for a while now and have gotten relatively competent, but I feel like I've stagnated, partially as a result of drawing without a goal, a plan or a purpose.
I figured the next step for me is to go back to basics, and I want to go through the equivalent of an art academy. I realize I can't get feedback without actually going to one, but other than that, what's the closest I can get emulating an art academy education?
I feel I need to be directed, given a course plan, follow lessons and so on.

Is Villpu a good place to start? Should I just download the videos and start from there?

>>3214493
nobody has ever bought photoshop.

>>3214739
Happens to everyone, especially self taught. More than likely your "gains" have evened out, but you're still thinking you should be progressing in bounds and leaps.

Before you go throwing down a bunch of cash on tutors or academies, pull up a few pieces from your favorite artists you would want to emulate. Take 30 min to an hour, and draw/ paint it side by side. After the time, compare. You're not looking for photocopy quality, just the broad strokes. Look at what your major mistakes were: value, perspective, anatomy, etc.

Now put the piece away, and do it from memory for the same amount of time. Again, compare. Are the mistakes pretty much in the same category as when you had reference?

If you are finding the same mistakes, those fundamentals will your first target.

"But anon, you incorrigible dick-goblin, I asked how to emulate an academic art education". The most crucial component of art education is expert critiques. Unless you're willing to shell out the cash for it, you'll be living on a prayer asking for feedback in most communities. All the tutorials in the world will only get you so far so fast without expert feedback. Thus the master works serve as your guidance.

Can it be done without having a master's direct input? Of course. Plenty do it. But is it the fastest or academic way? No.

i'm caught between studying perspective, values in digital painting and color. which should i start with?

Is that Blick set of 24 markers any good? Where can I get a jumbo round brush for cheap?

I'm checking those Watts videos but he says that among the materials you should use Conte 1710B pencils but I don't think I can find any place that sells them here in Mexico or at least not online.

Are there any similar products I can use?

Where can I get the best deal (bulk or otherwise) on stuff to correct ink? (This kind, not the cheap BIC stuff.) Also why are there so few brands? It seems like something every analog comic artist would need. Open to suggestions of other brands too.

>>3214493
>>3214686
I am currently subscribed to Creative Cloud.
I plan on switching to Krita, but I'm waiting for some of the features (particularly text editing) to be up to PS quality before I cancel my subscription. I have to say that the alpha inheritance system in Krita is so much better.


>>3205623
non-photo blue pencils have a very good bulk price on Blick.

>>3214855
What do you want to achieve

How can I get photoshop to draw better in? I've messed with the performance settings. I have 12GB of ram. I set the scratch disk to an alternative one. But there is still lag when I put down my stylus onto the screen sometimes. With other programs there is virtually no lag or hickup in the strokes.

>>3214966
Clip studio use to do well. I mostly use Tvpaint, and there rarely an issue..

>>3214966
>>3214971
I vote for Clip Studio too, but it might also depend on the brush you are using. Iirc I got a brush stroke to run smoother by turning off that 3D preview simulation thing that shows a moving model of the brush.

anyone got a recommendation on a computer monitor?

considering this one right now purely because of the deal https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX69326

>>3205454
How do I stay motivated? Do motivational videos help?

>>3214924
....concept art street cred.

>>3215292
is your problem motivation, or procrastination?

Proportionally, how far from the bottom of the chin is the mouth?

>>3215230
IPS or bust

Could someone help me, pic related is me trying to draw from imagination, I start by just drawing a line and then building forms off it, however the results are usually completely random, and I have trouble putting the forms that are in my head onto paper without them looking flat, like a head for example looks like a bad symbol drawing. I heard someone say it's easier if you imagine a silhouette but i'm not sure. Does anyone have any advice on this?

How do I combine shapes?

I can draw arms, legs, torsos in a decent manner. But when I start adding other body parts the proportion and scale goes crazy, like its 2 seperate drawings rather than one object.

I'm thinking of buying an ipad pro for drawing. Is buying the 10.5 inch alright for drawing or is the 12 inch the only way to go?

A circle in black and white only becomes a ball when you factor in a light source. Where is the light Shining from? Where does it hit the object? You decide. Once you decide, determine where the darkest blackest shadows are. Begin there, and graduate shading from the blackest shadow to, the lightest possible gray, before the pure white of light hitting the object. This is how a flat drawing becomes a 3 dimensional object.

why are all my brushes on Clip Studio Paint shitty and pixelated?

The Turnip pen used to be fine, but then I was using it a moment ago and all of a sudden it turned to shit. What's going on here?

>>3215348
>....concept art street cred.
Perspective first and foremost then.

>>3215975
anti-aliase

>>3216060
What?

>>3216060
Ah I see. That's really odd because I never go in the settings part. Thank you!

What's a good fashion website for reference? There was a Japanese one posted in the artbook thread but the link didn't work.

When you're just starting out learning how long should you practice each day?

Why won't Clip Studio Paint let me draw after I alt tab then come back to it?

>>3216128
https://shoomlah.tumblr.com/post/76245310670/claires-fancy-pants-historical-fashion-master

/fa/ and cgl are also good, you can harvest all the pictures off with one of those media download extensions

>>3216046
thanks. i'll bite this badly drawn bullet.

>>3216274
There's no solid answer to your question. Draw as much as you want and as much as you can. Don't force yourself. If you weren't a beginner I'd tell you to build a habit or something similiar, drawing for a few hours each day and sticking to it. But since you only started you need to see if you love it enough first. Don't make it a chore, draw as much as you want and don't forget to have fun. Worry about hours later.

Haven’t been in here in about a year and a half hows the meta? Seems slower, did all the /pol/ kiddies leave yet

>>3215584
Bottom of the nose is halfway from the brow line to the chin.
Bottom lip is halfway from the bottom of the nose to the chin.

>>3205454
HOW TO DRAW LIKE PIC RELATED HHHHH SEEMS SO EASY FOR THEM WOT HALP A FREN IN NEED

Inb4
>just git gud

>>3216515
WHAT ABOUT IT, SPECIFICALLY, DO YOU WISH TO EMULATE

Inb4
>all of it

>>3216499
Good guideline but remember that this doesn't happen with every face.

Learn the basic proportions, get good at drawing faces, and then break the proportions to make distinctive portraits and characters.

Did it take anyone a while to find out what kind of art you started drawing to make drawing fun? I'm going through fundamentals but nothing really feels fun to me yet just more of a grind.

>>3216582
THEY HAVE THIS WAY OF DRAWING THAT SEEMS SO SIMPLE, YKNOW ? I THINK I WANT TO EMULATE THEIR WAY OF USING VERY FEW LINES TO CRAFT SOMETHING NICE.

inb4
>exactly, all of it

THEIR GALLERY : http://drawr.net/jun2000

>>3216595
STILL ME, NO, I DON'T WANT TO SPECIFICALLY DRAW ANIME LIKE THEM. DONT ROAST PLEASE.

>>3216589
it seems to me you enjoy what you are good at. i have become good at anatomy and figure drawing and I love drawing it, especially from imagination. get good and the passion will follow

>>3216589
It wasn't until I found my fetish, so to speak, that I started having fun with things again. There were two artists who really spoke to me through the medium and use of line and I finally "got it" and started aping shape language and little bits of technique from other artists to find my own voice.

This can lead to bad habits if it's the only thing you do or what you copy is shit, but shamelessly ripping a single artist's style to build up a robust vocabulary makes you a lot more confident and being confident makes the process easier because you're less stressed and lost about what to do.

>>3216595
study life drawing, with a focus on gesture. as well as line confidence. mattessi's force book might help, you can find it in the bookthread

the art looks that way because they inherently know what stuff looks like, they are just putting lines around what they mentally know to be there.

>>3216309
The comprehensive website is a fantastic find anon, thanks. I'm digging through /fa/ and /cgl/ right now, but I'm wondering if you've seen an equivalent blog for modern fashion? I give thanks for this bountiful harvest.

Anybody knows how I can paint folds like these? I've read that one book about wrinkles and drapery, that's not what this is about, it's mostly the paint aspect. Any tutorials would be very appreciated.

>>3216609
THANKS FOR THE REPLY!!!!

Is there some super secret one-wird-trick-doctors-hate-him guide to painting detailed soil and ground? Not the billionth shitty speedpainting video "and here we throw on some texture brush" but something where the result is nice and tight like in animu backgrounds?

>>3216628
Texture studies until you vomit.

>>3216631
Also, background artists trace and photobash like crazy.

>>3216631
>>3216632
thanks, time to suffer

>>3216632
>Also, SHIT background artists trace and photobash like crazy.

>>3216632

Some do. You can't achieve a studio ghibli aesthetic by tracing and photobashing

>>3216595

You are essentially asking "how do I draw like someone who is really skilled?"

... and the answer is by becoming skilled. It's more about visual library than line confidence though. They have all the shapes memorized to a high degree so it's that much easier for them to visualize them on paper. Also, these might be "inked" drawings with a deleted underlay of a rough sketch.

>>3216617
glad i helped anon
the sartorist is a blog that seems popular. although sometimes i go to /r/femalefashionadvice and rifle through their imgur album posts.
i think pinterest is the big boy for personal fashion moodboards these days

>>3216626
ANYTIME, ANON

>>3216697
yep. dem aliased lines tend to be the hallmark of someone who draws and thinks fast. pic related has an underlay

What was that one comic hosting website worth a damn?

Am I too dumb for drawing? I can't even understand how to draw a cube in perspective.

>>3216735
watch perspective videos and do what they do with rulers so you can't fuck it up.

you can also open up some 3d software, do a cube and copy it, spin the camera around it, change the camera lens (some software lets you do this) and always copy.

check out moderndayjames videos on perspective, they're really easy to follow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAlCyQqEZSU

if that's too hard you can try the scott robertson's basic perspective videos

and grid through but don't only do cubes come on. draw some cubes or perspective stuff but also draw other stuff mostly.

>>3216697
Totally. This from another thread made + what you guys told me is probably going to be my course of actions for this.

>1. learn about gesture, body proportions, and all that shit that has to do with figure drawing.
>2. learn the actual anatomy. it's much fucking easier than you think. literally get a book that maps out all of the relevant bones and muscles (atlas of the human anatomy), I promise it'll take less than a week to memorize all their names, insertions and origins. Once you do, everything will get SO much easier.

>>3216796
Still me, also this
>>3214600
>>3214535
( First time trying to quote in between threads, will just copy paste if this doesn't show )

Are drawing books Loomis',etc. really USEFUL tools for beginners or are they just cages that keep beginners from really understanding what they are doing ?

>>3216709
Bookmarked. Thanks again.

I tried using the Sai2 beta, and after my first session, it no longer had pressure sensitivity. Has anyone else had this problem?

>>3216735
you might be since you are on 4chan

Does photo manipulation count as original artwork? If so how much does an image have to change to be considered an original (not talking about copyright, just your personal opinions).

>>3217083
original photo (center column).

Isn't changing the flow setting supposed to have more of an effect? I've drawn here at different flow percentages, but the effect is only noticeable at the very ends of the strokes and you barely notice a difference until it's sub-50%. I've seen people say to use lower flow for shading, but for me that just results in nearly totally opaque chunky lines.

>>3217083
>>3217084
No, and people tend to frown and spit in the eyes of the filthy pleb who does this.

>>3212415
Cintiq 27HD
As well as a intuos medium

>>3216802
That is in and of itself a meme. it's good to know technique. You just want to read the books with a questioning mind going in. that you draw something, read the relevant bit of the book, and realise what you did wrong and how to fix it. the posterchildren for 'loomis caged me' camp are people who just went through the whole book without trying anything original and just memorised a bunch of rules.

>>3217312
Thanks for the reply, anon. Appreciated!

Does anyone know of a good place to grab Photoshop CC for free? I've tried looking to not much avail.

Recommend me a drawing tablet, my budget is $400

I'm thinking about getting one with a screen although since my budget is only $400 im worried about the quality

please keep in mind alot of things are on sale today

>>3217628
we have a seperate thread for this.

>>3217264
Though I feel like I am being trolled, comments such as this usually have a kernel of truth so I suppose I'll respond. If only to bump the thread and continue the conversation...

I feel like their is a point where the work changes to, at the very least, a collaborative project. I can understand how shopping titties onto someone wouldn't be considered art (that pic was practise for matching skin tones; ended up just grey scaling, then painting the colour in). However, does changing the point of an image from something such as a portrait to something intended to "tell a story" count as adding artistic value? And if so, is it enough to take some level of credit for the piece?

>pic related is a earlier shop I did for fun

How do I stop my faces / bodies from looking flat in a front view?

Is this sort of painterly digital style achieved with the hard round brush? Also art by CGcookie, which is similar in texture.

>>3217801
You have to round them out with your lines, and then your coloring.

There is a reason why so many pictures use lighting, it does wonders.

>>3217913
It can be but it'd take much longer to do with far more effort than with some custom brushes.

>>3217068
No, have you tried the wacom_restart.bat?

>>3217916
In that case, I change my question too: Any good workhorse brushes that at least have some texture?

Anyone have a tutorial on how to draw a circle?

>>3218063
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmqsk1vZSKw

>>3217796
if you don't own the copyright for them images you collaged together, you fucked up son

really this is the wrong board. no one here likes photobashing, you are wasting your time. go ply your trade in reddit's photoshopbattles subforum or something.

>>3218063
http://drawabox.com/lesson/1

Should I just decline a job that I got?
A company wants me to draw them a character to attach to their product for $100. should be very easy, and I need christmas money. problem is the client is Mexican and has really bad english, not in misspellings but in using words wrong and having trouble getting his point across. every other message is like decrypting a code before I understand what he's trying to say. i have a long ass chat of back and forth messages for something that could have been said all in 1 message. Also, he doesn't seem to understand what pixels or resolution means and wants to put them off like "we'll talk about that later". i'm new to freelancing and i'm accepting every job that comes my way no matter but, but this is the first one that's feeling like it's not worth the frustration.

Should I just decline a job that I got?
A company wants me to draw them a character to attach to their product for $100. should be very easy, and I need christmas money. problem is the client is Mexican and has really bad english, not in misspellings but in using words wrong and having trouble getting his point across. i have to read every other message several times over before i can decrypt what he's trying to say. i have a long ass chat of back and forth messages for something that could have been said all in 1 simple message. Also, he doesn't seem to understand what pixels or resolution means and wants to put them off like "we'll talk about that later". i'm new to freelancing and i'm accepting every job that comes my way no matter but, but this is the first one that's feeling like it's not worth the frustration, and it's not even because of the actual job being difficult.

>>3218168
Thanks for the link, draftsmanship is something I struggle with.

>>3218188
Roll with it
I hope you got paid beforehand though

Any idea on how to take good pictures of traditional drawings and watercolor paintings without the need of expensive studio equipment?

Best way to digitalize my inked line work?
Can you turn traditional line work into vectors?

How I learn by copying a book? I really want to copy michael hampton book from cover to back but I see a lot of people who copy his book and just don't improve. I'm afraid I'll just waste my time.

Are there any tricks to getting more followers, faster on Instagram? What should I write in my bio? I mainly draw with pen and ink, are there any spesific stuff I should be drawing to get the attention of more people?

>>3217256
Spacing is also a variable. With low spacing you get more overlap between each applied tip, which can easily build up to near 100% opacity.
You can increase the spacing on the brush, although it will end up looking less smooth. Something else you can do is make a new brush with innate transparency (define a new brush that is about 80% transparent or light grey). That way you account for the low spacing and it effectively gives your flow setting more range.

How should one go trough Watts online atelier drawing content? Should I go like Drawing fundamentals 1 ---> Drawing fundamentals 2 ----> Head drawing 1 ---> figure 1 -->head 2 etc or should I follow them like they are listed here:

https://www.wattsatelier.com/course-previews/drawing/

As in Drawing fundamentals 1 ---> head 1 ---> head 2 --->figure 1 and so fort.

i want to learn acting skills so my animatics aren't solid cringe. are there any books i should pick up? or what would be a good board to ask about this.

>>3218333
add lots of tags. take part in community things like inktober. post at the right time of the day, there are social media time guides online. i don't care about bio, i don't think anyone does.

>>3218401
Should just email them and ask.

>>3218411
Yeah, you are right anon, sorry for being a dumbo.

Is this book serious? Do that guy really expect me to freehand perspective grids then freehand perfect circles that need to fill bunch bunch of rules to make perfect squares and do it with pen in one try?

And those ellipses all over the book. Which is called "how to draw", but it expect me to have few decades of draftsman skill.

Can anyone here even freehand those ellipses that will perfectly fit there? Or is this some stupid shit and everyone just make it digitally anyway.

>>3218425
Anon, drawing a few lines really isn't that hard.
I don't really get the point of this though, (haven't read the book) seems to me like it would be easier to do the grid first.

>>3218425
he uses ellipse guides, it says so at the start of the book

Are there any brands of kneaded eraser I should avoid? I'm looking to get a pack and I have some pretty bad luck choosing art supplies. Any recommendations welcome as well

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Hello. I have some doubts on studying anatomy. I have seen a shit ton of artists, saying "study study study anatomy", but how do I exactly do it? How do I study anatomy? Where should I start? Thanks.

What is the word for describing like certain types of art, for music its Genre, I thought the word was aesthetic but I never get the specific results I want. Im looking for a word that categorizes words in the same group such as; Cyberpunk, Vaporwave, Cozy, Grunge