/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3217198
10 years, masterful work

>>3217420
2 days, retarded version of numyumy

we're all gonna make it.

it's kinda embarrassing really

>>3217804
judging from this thread we're all done for might as well give up now

>>3217804

first week?

My drawings are shite. Have some digital exercises instead.

>>3217868
Nice colors/shading

Here's my worthless shit

>>3217869
Not worthless, my friend! But you seem to draw what you see without creating the basic shapes underneath. I'd say you've been practicing for a year or so? Maybe two.

>>3217804
Nine months

eh, just a doodle

practice

>>3218040
Great render. Color is a little flat, bump up the colors next time, throw some cool and warm hues in there.

guess my age

>>3218332
And this one is from a year ago

done without a ref, if it means anything

>>3218373
It doesnt

>>3218404
... Except it does? For shading, values,... Ref does make a difference.

>>3218426
only if you can't fucking draw
and you can't fucking draw

Original

Of course I forgot the pic >>3218471

A. 1 week
B. 1 month
C. 1 year

>>3218332
I'd say you're around 24-27

>>3218477
>portrait_10

1month

>>3217885
wrong.

>>3217866
correct.

though i've been drawing since like, middle school, i only decided to start seriously last year.
then i gave up on art till last week, so. :p

guess

Best posts in thread:
>>3218704
>>3218332
>>3218040
>>3217868

>>3217420 6 mo
>>3217845 1 year
>>3217851 1 year
>>3217868 2.5 years
>>3217869 2 mo
>>3217912 2 years, sadly, because it's terrible, you just look like you;ve been at it a while for whatever reason
>>3217949 18 mo Again this is awful, but..
>>3218040 18 mo
>>3218373 18 mo
>>3218472 6 mo, plus 5 years of "doodling"
>>3218477 1 mo
>>3218704 3 years

>>3217183

>>3218791
>>>3217420 6 mo
not that anon, but 6 months? are you trying to be offensive?

>>3218795
Lol I dunno, what do you think?

>>3218806
15 mo

>>3218795
That's is normal anon.

>>3218981
2 months

>>3218995
I'll sayyyy, 5 mo.

>>3219064

Close. It's six months.

>>3218332
would hang in my house

i draw cartoons but this is my latest technical study, just like a 3 hour session

>>3220209
>>3218767

thanks, glad someone thinks like that

Haven't done the watercolor but here's a basic outline

:)

>>3220195
4 years?
>>3218995
2 years?
>>3218970
3 years?
>>3218941
7 years?

>>3220221
lol I don't know what people are seeing in that painting, but your sketch here >>3218340 is kinda good, nice study of how the form wraps. Based on that I'd say 2.5 years?

>>3218995 Gonna say 1 year. It looks more amateur, but it's a very challenging pose.

>>3220195 3 years

>>3220216 3 years. I hate your style, but it actually looks pretty original. :D

>>3220220 2 years

>>3220228 18 mo. Nice start, maybe make the nose less piggy before you move on. As you paint, start with big simple forms, leaving your highlights and slowly build up detail.

>>3220230 18 mo.

>>3218767
Aww, thanks bruv.

>>3220195
>>3220234
>>3220251
>4 years
>3 years
it's 5
and I still need some loomis

>>3220290
Everyone needs a little loomis, bb, aw yeah.

>>3220251

I'm >>3220228

Thanks for the input. I'm drawing it from a down up perspective, so the jaw is too strong in the sketch. Already toned down the nostrils but glad to get feedback.

>>3218995
>>>3218995 Gonna say 1 year. It looks more amateur, but it's a very challenging pose.

Oh, you already said 6 mo

>>3220299
What's a down up perspective? You mean from below? Right now it looks straight on

>>3218791
Ah shit bro. Bird artist here. Appreciate it.

>>3220251
>3 years. I hate your style, but it actually looks pretty original. :D


Alot longer, I don't really draw as often, I work in 3D and just make drawings to get the idea visualized. Why do you hate these ones

>>3220344
Well, I tried to give you some props because I recognize the bit of skill you have, but my dislike is pretty subjective. I can see someone liking it.

I find everything to be too overstated, and shiny and bright, like it's screaming out to me how totally radical it's trying to be. Also, everything is rendered, yet still looks flat. Probably because of thick outlines which don;t describe the form properly. The squid guy looks ok for this, but I can't imagine duckman existing in the round. That's the best I can articulate, it' skinda useless critique.

>>3220344
>>3220363
Oh wait, you work in 3D.. hmm, interesting.

Hae you actually been studying 2D for more than 3 years, or does "alot longer' mean 3D work as well? Skillsets can be quite different I think.

>>3220363
>
>>3220367
>>3220367

I studied 2D work in colelge years ago, and improved quite a bit, I have kinda been stagnant with it since 2014 because I primarily focused on 3D. Started digital 2d in 06' and 3D in 07

>>3217183

>>3220406
Yeah, the drawing style seems to translate better to 3d.. no more lines.

I wish I started taking this seriously earlier

>>3220551
You've never drawn, and you've been painting for about 30 minutes. Nice try.

>>3220406
>doing 3D since 07
Holy shit, that's amazing. Is getting into 3D hard, anon? Or is entry into 3D a lot different now than a decade ago?

Also, your 2D style definitely translates into 3D extremely well. Really digging that sub.

>>3220561
Not as hard as it used to be
ten years ago, you had to go to school there were no tutorials online.

Nowadays it's much easier, there are plenty of maya tutorials and zbrush tutorials online and communities like polycount, cghub kinda sucked way back when.

>>3220581
4 years

>>3217183

May color this at some point.

>>3220212
please link moar
Nice characters you have there

>>3220564 1 year
What is that vertical shape in the center?

>>3220581 3.5 years

>>3220936 6mo.
I feel like this has to be bait... oh well. Dawg if you're gonna make a comic with shitty art, at least have interesting subject matter instead of regurgitating capeshit.

>>3220946 3mo.

>>3221136 18mo.

fresh off the presses

>>3221305
Now I;m gonna do a bunch of airships for concept art before you and steal ur fame.

>>3220238
Study drawing is exactly 2.5 years since I've been drawing in general, that is correct!
I'm actually a printmaking student and that painting is a very small sketch for an aquatint etching.

I'm trying to break away from study drawing and trying to progress in drawing from imagination. Here is a detail from one my prints done today.

>>3221358
Ha, I win the prize!

You never break away from study drawing, anon. I've been at this a while, studies are the foundation of everything, even when doing highly abstract stuff.

>>3220234
>>>3218941 7 years?

Almost, 8 years, but I'm pretty undisciplined.

I'm pretty fucking embarrassed desu

>>3222165
The proportions and perspective are a little off and you're chicken scratching, but you have a great eye and a lot of potential. I'd say you've been practicing for about 5-8 months.

I think you could really shine if you went towards stylized art rather than realism.

>>3221245
Lol "I feel like this has to be bait... oh well. Dawg if you're gonna make a comic with shitty art, at least have interesting subject matter instead of regurgitating capeshit.
" what an edgelord

>>3222191
That's way too nice anon

But Try a year
Chicken scratching for an entire year
I started off near the end of 2016 after I made some money with a game and decided that I would get better and up the quality of art so I don't have to get fucked by art commissions, But like a fucking troglodyte I kept taking week long breaks
Starting off from copying anime instead of grinding fundamentals has really fucked me

>>3222207
your formatting gave me aids

>>3222212
>Starting off from copying anime instead of grinding fundamentals has really fucked me

We all start somewhere. Some phenomenal artists have even started out tracing. As long as you branch off from it, it doesn't matter. It's not detrimental to your progress, in fact it's the opposite; the more art styles you can take inspiration from the more you will be able to grow as an artist. You'll eventually be able to develop your own style based on what you know. Art isn't created in a vacuum.

As for chicken scratching, it's just a bad habit and a lot of beginners do it. Practice drawing smooth, solid lines. Don't worry about drawing anything in particular initially, just draw lines and shapes. Training the muscles in your hand and creating muscle memory is very important.

>I kept taking week long breaks

Don't sweat it. It might feel like you lose progress when you stop practicing, but it's not truly lost. All the practicing you've done is stored up in your brain and in your hand muscles.

Observe, practice, learn, repeat. Always strive to improve but be kind and honest with yourself. I really think you do have a lot of potential.

>>3222233
This is by far the nicest thing anyone has ever said on /ic/
Congratulations anon

Understoon lighting and color recently

>>3221303
You copy too much sinix, I can see it in the strokes

>>3222248
Haha just trying to give my honest opinion :)

>>3222250
How many years to understand? My drawing is tight but don’t understand light/colour

>>3222254
took me 2 years to really understand it. What opened my eyes is color and light lesson by tonkohouse on schoolism

>>3222264
Cheers

saga study took like 2.5 hrs. Trying to study fiona staples I love her work.

>>3222207
I don't see how saying something is bad is edgy.

Is your bum hurt or something?

>>3222214
Edgelording

Let me have it anons

>>3222523
Dude I must say that this is awesome. Reminds me of the old DnD rule books, and considering how this is pretty much Adventure Zone fan art, I guess that what you were aiming for.

Oh yeah BTW, 6 hours?

>>3222282
Noice, I also dig saga and Fiona Staples. Good stuff! I'd say you've been drawing maybe 3-4 years?

>>3218477
its 1 week actually

>>3222613
Well done, get famous in a year :^)

>>3222613
If that's true.. I'd encourage you to practice really hard for the whole next year and you will be well on your way to a career. I would have guessed at least 18 mo.

>>3218791
Your vision of reality is fucked. Big time.

>>3218791
Post your own jack ass.

>>3222991
How do you know? Hardly any of these people have responded. Some of my other guesses in this thread have been spot on, I think I got 3/5 correct so far. Do you think I'm guessing too low or too high!?

>>3223000
This was me: >>3218941

>>3223000
>>3223205
tr*ps-kun BTFO

Jesus this thread makes me wonder if I'm just shit even for a beginner or if you guys are just harsh on this board

>>3223618
ic is harsh, but it's also shit, so I'm sure you'll fit right in.

>>3222549
almost 2 years actually

>>3222696
Wait, I fucked up, I thought >>3222613
was >>3222282 for some reason. Well, still p good for a week I guess, lol.

Clouds are my kink

>>3224121
you must be into scat as well because those clouds are pretty shit

>>3224123
damn, where is that from?

Please help. How can I reduce the deep? (It’s a 1st draft portrait, but I’d like to give him a nice expression)

>>3224138
*derp

>>3224127
its a sargent

>>3224138
I took the eye a bit farther away (he actually does have a lazy eye - so that might be what’s throwing me off.)

>>3224138
Done for now.

dubs

>>3228383
thats not how it works faggot.

everyone else; good work. grab coffee and we'll meet backup for round 2.

>>3224147
>a sargent
Man, this is fucking me up because I can't tell if you're purposely being ambiguous with your punctuation as a joke since it's a Sargent, but not from THE Sargent, but by A. Sargent. Pretty clever.

>>3224127
https://www.saatchiart.com/JohnASargentIII

>>3228520
1.5 years

never again

i havent drawn in a long time, i hurt my hand and cant handle it

Sounds fun.

>>3217183

>>3217183

>>3228840
well, damn. hope your hand heals. your shit looks badass

>>3228956

it won't, i split the knuckle and the only way to keep it together is to apply pressure from my palm side. idk what to do other than to switch hands.

>>3220573
this is pretty good but why dont you post something finished?
I'd say like 2 years

>>3217420
>traced JPEG
dude

>>3218806
>traced photo
again, c'mon guys.

>>3220551
45yr old housewife

Current WIP

>>3229062
...>5ish years?

I like the spooky vibe it gives off anon, keep at it!

This is an embarrassment for myself

>>3229200
7 months and Can't paint my drawing, I'm bad at picking colors

>>3220551

You were on some kind of phenethylamine

My colors are fucked I know

Ded thread

>>3234730
then contribute something, there are many posts with no guesses

>>3233899
4 months
>>3233914
a year, but your perspective is kinda fucked
>>3233866
6 months
>>3229774
2 weeks
>>3229596
2 months
>>3228900
wew lad, anywhere between a week and 8 years, honestly if that's more than a month you should have quit already
>>3228877
3 years

Doodle while being on hold for ages

>>3217183
done in five minutes, couldn´t go on.
Family ALWAYS call out my name when i´m drawing smut. always.

raaaar

>>3235067
4 years
>>3235068
7 months
>>3235069
2 years

Man, I haven't drawn in years!

>>3235021
damn, two months? how'd you know!

>>3235068
2 months

*burp*

>>3235021
4 months?
I've been at it for a little less then 2

>>3235263
A month

>>3220581
saw this as a sketch, i really think you shulda took another anons advice when you posted it , and removed the orb rod. it clutters up the whole thing. maybe let his hand rest on his knee? maybe make him shield his eyes from the sun as he looks out???idk man.

>>3229210
how can you tell?not theguy who posted, just curious

>>3235068
do you doodleordie?

>>3235537
ill take your words onboard.
thanks.

>>3235219
1year

>>3235263
a minute maybe

>>3235069
1,5 - 2 years

This thread seems pretty fun.

>>3235842
>>3235077
>>3235163

>>3235915

>>3235915
Get a trip already.

>>3235940

>>3235546
all the colors are simply taken 1:1 from the digital photo with the pipette (i) tool. It has the typical, cold colors of a digital camera. while the background, jacket and cap are absolutely carelessly drawn, just for them to "be there", the face was covered directly with the brush tool with a little more attention for details. the strange, red edges on the shadow and ears don't fit at all, which comes from a lack of understanding why they are there in the first place (traunslucency in the ear)

>>3235862
>1year
pretty close, more like 1.5 years, but i took a 3 month break midway trough

>>3236038
a week

>>3236042
A year or 2 actually

>>3236048
oof

>>3235862
>>3235445
oh ok

My boyfriend let slip that I draw for a living to his workplace so now I'm drawing the office dogs.

It's gonna look dank af once it's fully coloured and had the background added though.

>>3236104
Post work you earned money on

>>3236112
I draw porn for a living so me associating my work with my identity in any way is a terrible idea. I am making £120 off of this once completed though, so I guess this technically counts.

>>3236525
Not my most recent thing but one of the better pages in my sketchbook

This study is 2 years old though.

I'm trying to finish my paintings in a shorter time, so I only start to vigorously hate them AFTER they're done :D

>>3236617

This still a WIP? Looks nice anyway. I'd say about 3.5 years of "real" studying and you've drawn shit just for fun since you were a kid.

>>3236619
>This still a WIP?
Kinda but not quite, this is the "full" version. Only difference is the comicbook cover stuff, which hides the unifinished upper part of the drawing. It was sort of a spitpaint, done in one day and polished a little bit the next morning.

>I'd say about 3.5 years of "real" studying and you've drawn shit just for fun since you were a kid.
You literally couldn't have nailed it more if you knew me, I started getting sort of serious about studying around 2014.

I need honest opinions on if this painting is “cool” or not.
If it’s a sellable piece that would be acceptable for me to add to my collection on Gallery night.

>>3217183
>angryscreeching.jpg

>>3236624

Cool, mang! Same situation as me so I guess we're learning pretty much at the same pace which is comforting... I know you didn't ask for a crit but I think you could have gotten rid of some of the line art on the floating figures there. I'm only saying this because you did such a good job on defining shapes with values on Visions face there so I'm presuming you could do the same with the tiny versions. Gj dude/dudette.

I need to practice more. it looks so flat and dimensionless, and the colors fucking suck.

>>3236525
2-3 years of rigorous practice
>>3236528
bait
>>3236601
your style is well cut so anywhere between 2 to 4 years
>>3236617
3 years
>>3236625
3-5 years

>>3236633
Thanks dude! yeah the floating figures were the last thing I painted in, so I never got around making them look less like drawings. I'm still trying and failing to streamline my process (which is why, except for this one, I take really long to call any piece "done").

>>3236698
I have no idea how long it takes the average person to git gud, but I just wanted to say that this is awesome and reminds me of a scene from one of those Mana games.

Anyway, here’s mine. Probably obvious.

>>3236638
2 years

>>3236638
By all means I think you have used fine colors and have a fine grasp of dimensions!
When I see this piece I think it is beautiful and my only criticism would be that you should use higher quality materials.

Of such curiosity- What medium did you use? And what brand were your paints?

>>3236638
Also to add on, your use of contrast is great in the bottom half of the image, but seems more and too faded in the top half- that could easily be remedied by going back and editing more dark tones in. A small bit of contrast added into the feature on the wings as well would really make it pop.

>>3236817
>>Feature
FEATHERS***

>>3236785
Okay, when I look at the hands and compare to the faces- I’m compelled to say less than a year and that you traced in the good parts of this picture.

That being said, tracing is a great method of teaching your brain to grasp certain subjects. If you pick a subject and trace it a bunch of times in different positions/dimensions you’ll eventually be able ton draw it well off hand by memory.

So this is a good practice method- but in my moral opinion you should only pass off drawings done after that practice that aren’t specifically traced.

>>3236048
Ouch

I am bad

>>3236610
>Post your latest drawing
are you fucking retarded?

Three hour study from last night.

>>3217804
cute cat

>>3236914
Nah, you've definitely got something going on. Keep practicing, don't stop.

>>3236930
Kek

>>3236813
I used Derwent watercolor pencils for the color and Pigma Microns for the ink. I'm not very experienced with either, I used to just use pencil up until a couple years ago. I sketched it in pencil, colored it with the watercolor pencils, then used wet paint brushes to push, pull and mix the colors around. Then i inked it after the paint dried.

I have a lot more control over watercolor pencils and the brushes I use are pretty shitty quality anyhow so that probably is a contributing factor in the sloppiness

>>3236817
I could probably do that. I had colored in detail and contrast with the watercolor pencils but when I actually used a lightly wetted brush on it, it got muddy.

>>3236826
Thank you for your criticism :) actually this ist the first I made :3

>>3229596
I haven't really drawn much these last few months due to school, trying to get back into it. Reading the Jack Faragosso book right now, although it doesn't really show.

>>3236957
This is gorgeous. I'd say 3 years? Maybe a year of regularly using photo references. Do you have a blog?

>>3236957
10 years?

>>3236638
2 years

>>3236625
7 years

>>3233866
5 years

>>3236820
I saw you in the improvement, can't believe you've been at it for nearly 3 years tbph pham

I'm too scared to post anything else, but here's an observational study I did of my hand.

>>3235021
>2 weeks
I'm ngmi

>>3222523
looking at this made me feel really good.
what brush/program did you use?

>>3237234
I personally don’t like most watercolor pencils because they limit texture and saturation.

I would LOVE to see what you could do with a good watercolor set.
Windsor & Newton
(professional tubes but you can start with a cotman set if you need to save money)
-is a good brand easy to acquire that you can’t go wrong with. They can be pricey- but your talents at a point that’s worth the better brand.

>>3237347
When you say 7 years... is that... good?
>_> it’s spot on, but I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or not.
Arts always been more of a hobby of those 7 years and I’ve probably only been ‘dedicated’ for a year or two.

>>3237803
something is wrong with your thumb anon.
go see a doctor!

Hey, I've been doodling for a while now, but I very bad at making finished pieces, mainly because I'm bad at drawing big. All the pictures and doodle and figures I've ever drawn could fit onto a tenth of a page. Any tips on how to break this habit (aside from drawing larger, which I'm obviously consciously doing).

>>3238297

You should show something you've done so it'd be easier to say something useful.

You could try studying photographs or other peoples drawings/paintings and bring them to a really detailed finish. This way you'll learn what it feels like to get something "done". It's much easier to gauge whether you've finished something when you know what the thing is supposed to look like in the end.

From my Slammer comic on Webtoons

I don't draw, I paint.

>>3238316
1-2 months

>>3238321
O rly

>>3217183

>>3238332

>>3236649

Artist of >>3236525 and >>3236601

"Technically" 4-5 years, but more like ~3 of solid discipline and practice

I only learned and began to understand the importance of perspective in my last year of art school (it was a shit school for the major and I talk about why in >>3237910 ). Learning how to be "fluent" in shapes and perspective allows you to use it like math to draw almost anything, and check your shapes along the way. Drawing was painful and confusing without it.

Pic related: A pen drawing of some cars we passed while on a road trip. No photographs used.

Anyone who says perspective is not an absolute necessity for representational drawing is either a liar or a fraud. Don't trust them, and keep your money far, far away.

>>3238332

1.5-2.5 years?

Made some minor fixes to your image. I don't know what you were going for with the BG but even if you like the rainbow theme, you should still have used some hard strokes back there. Same goes for the character. Look at stuff from people like Phil Hale for example.

I don't have time/skill to do this shit with proper brush economy really fast but I hope you get my point. I also think it'd be a good idea to widen the image a little more. Yours is split 50-50 and the guys head is also split 50-50 so the whole thing looks kind of stiff. I didn't really go into the anatomy of the guys face or anything but you might want to look at some images of beards and shit. The green-ish tinted background was just the color I happened to have selected when I started the over painting. You could go with a deep red or what ever. Try to make the shadows on the dude match the BG color and only use the soft brush when you want to fade something into the BG. Hope I helped.

>>3238332
>>3238409

Whoops. Forgot the HL layer.

>>3238416

Oh and you can still keep the blown out look if you want to. Just I just think color dodge is a bit overused...

>>3238409
thanks for the paintover!

i don't know exactly, but it's around 4 years since i first tried to draw anything, i was practicing quite on and off tho

i just finished the nose/eye area and i got really bored with the piece beyond that, but i should go back and fix those things, looks kinda cool with your fixes!

finalizing anything is one of my weakest points, even if i notice flaws i just cant get myself to fix stuff up, i just abandon them and move on to the next one

pic related, my capabilities in '13

>>3238428

Man your improvement is really fucking impressive! Inspiring stuff. Glad if I helped even a little bit. I think you could go even further with the rendering even on the nose and eye. See how far you can push it. But yeah. I think you could definitely use some hard brushes. You're skilled enough to do it!

>>3238443
thanks! will do!

>>3217183

>>3239165
quick update

>>3238448
also made this today. this one is a copy, other is not

>>3236957
3
>>3236975
2
>>3238448
1

>>3237803
6 months
>>3238424
1.5
>>3238622
2
>>3239253
3.5
>>3239580
2

smth i drew on my phone

>>3240718
1-3 minutes

>>3240718
i'm going to guess that this is your first ever drawing

>>3241568
cmon is it really that bad

>>3241678
....

yes.

>>3241678
Yes.

what about this then

Dont be too harsh. I never post my art here. This is all i got so far. I hid the original sketch layer.

>>3241928
Stop. Stop. STOP.
The bad anatomy and silly pose, I can somewhat stand before giving you some information about what books to read to get better.

BUT THOSE LINES
WHAT THE FUCK
Don't attempt this shit again until you're able to draw confidently and accomplish what you want to draw in less than 2 strokes of a pen.
I suggest you go through drawabox to hammer the point of controlled lines home so you can happily improve upon your construction, gesture, and anatomy at the same time with renewed vigor.

This was just a travesty to look at.
Those fucking lines will be in my nightmares in a couple of hours.

>>3241939
Kek dude its a sloppy sketch done in like 5 minutes on a phone. Id never use those lines in a final picture. I appreciate the reply tho, thanks bby.

>>3241943
I sketch on my phone with my finger and they come out cleaner than this.
You didn't use a stylus did you?

want 2 fucking die gentlemen

quick shit i did while waiting for my girl. very super generic anime crap with thick lines to hide chicken scratch

>>3228558
2-3 years

>>3228837
2 months

>>3228840
1 year

>>3228910
1 week

>>3229589

4 years

>>3236625
all the years

>>3238328

why are your noses always tilted to the left ???

and her eye is running to her forehead

I cheated a little since all the shit past this were just small and/or unfinished things
>sorry?

>>3217183

>>3229589
5-6?

>>3241983
>>3243363
1 week

Any tips on improving?
Critiques?
Smth?

this seems fun
go on then

guess!

>>3244003
Definitely wrong my dude.
>anon that posted the horror practice drawing

>>3222523

Made in Procreate?

>>3217183
>>3217198
>>3217804
>>3218340
>>3218477
>>3218704
Very, very bad

>>3244276
3 years

>>3244476
1 year

I’m bein a lil lazy with this one but yea :0

I made this between yesterday night and today. I want to improve my skills in illustrator.

Its trash but uhhhh

>1 year
>2 year
>3 year

10mn warmup

>>3245945
2-3 years, my honest guess. Love it, though.

>>3247354
>>3246172
A week or two.

>>3241694
4 years
>>3241928
a year
>>3241983
6 months
>>3244276
5 years?
>>3244476
3 years
>>3244648
5 years
>>3248011
3 months
>>3248743
a year!

I skipped the ones I couldn't judge.

>>3248753
you have a very warped sense of how long it takes to get better than shit.

>>3248753
A year or less?

>>3248756
But agreeing with this anon.

>>3248756
>>3248760
I wouldn't really know because I'm a beginner myself, but a lot of artists I talk to improved pretty quickly. I did my first digital painting right after 3 months of studying so I based that guess on my own experiences, everything else is pretty much just wild guessing. I think I've just about reached 6 months of studying now.

>>3248764
I'm going to sleep for a while so I'm just going to post the first digital portrait I did after 3 months of studying. There's all kinds of noticeable mistakes with it that screams /beg/ and I still don't know how to use CSP but it was kinda fun. So I thought that the bare minimum after 3 months would be to draw a digital portrait that kinda looks like a person almost.

After that portrait I pretty much haven't done anything tho lmao. There's one more digital portrait that I don't have the pic of on my phone that's on my blog tho.

https://gs95.tumblr.com/

>>3248753
This is me: >>3244648
I'd say it has been about 10 years, not 5.

>>3248787
It's been 5 years drawing and studying daily for me, but someone said it was less than 1 year on here even tho last time I was on a thread like this, someone said 3 years. Don't take it too serious though, I guess.

>>3248743
Thank you anon! Yeah i've been around 3 years with this program.

I'd say around the same for you.

>>3248787
>>3248799
i didnt mean it as an insult i was just guessing for fun and i don't really know how quick people usually improve. i really like that little candy cane dude and id like to have my own style and figure out what i want to do with my art in 5 years is all

>>3248799
>>3248846
For sure - didn't take it as an insult at all! Just wanted to say the 'correct' answer.

>id like to have my own style and figure out what i want to do with my art in 5 years is all
I think at some point after you feel confident with your fundies, you'll start thinking about whether you should keep 'grinding', or instead branch off from your raw studies and start thinking about your own unique stylizations. I guess it depends on what type of work you want to do - highly rendered/polished work (more grinding fundies), or more stylized work (more stylistic experimentation), though both approaches are totally great in their own right.

>>3248861
these candy soldiers are cute as fuck. love them.

>>3248861
These candy cane soldiers are really nice

>>3248902
>>3248907
Thanks a bunch! Here's the rest of em, done just for fun.

Bump

>>3248764
keep going man, you will get what i like to refer to as "noob gains".
same thing applies for weightlifting, in the first year of lifting one will see themselves beat personal bests almost weekly, and then monthly ,whilst the gap grows longer as you lift longer to achieve new levels.
same thing for drawing, alot of guys and girls make ridiculous progress in the first year of taking it seriously, and then each following year they start to make less huge leaps after grasping more difficult techniques and knowledge.

keep drawing mane.

>>3248861

Nice Line work, good coloring, solid grip on design/ minimalism..

>>3251142
Looks like it's been distorted by a funhouse mirror, i dig it.

does unfinished count?

>>3251953
between three and four years? that puddle looks strangely bright, by the way.