/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3254670
to actually start studying

Starting from 2018 i will draw every single day without exeption. I am going to grind perspective, anatomy, value and construction everyday. I'd really want to create at least 2 animation's for my YouTube channel and post once a day on social media to gain a steady following.

I hope i can succeed >:)

>>3254686
and also not waste hour's on end masturbating to hentai

I want to get better pens (I use an office pen with sloppy ink) and I want to get better at reptiles and pen shading. Reptiles are by far the hardest animal for me to draw because of the scales and the effort it takes to make them actually look decent.

>>3254678
Same. I have all the resources I need, I just need to fucking do it.

>>3254678
What is "studying"?

>>3254670
Why do people keep making New Years Resolutions even though they rarely work?

>>3254670

Study from February (I think). Had to do with painting and gradient maps...

>>3254699

It's not a magical wish. It's about setting a goal. Whether it work or not depends on that person.

>>3254700

Fuck, I accidentally pressed the send button. Anyways. I'd like to be able to paint better from my imagination. I wanna learn more about gestures, perspective and shit. I also want to learn some stylization and I want to learn 3D better. I also want a magic unicorn. I want people to think I'm good and I want a job doing this shit.

I want to learn how to do line art and I'd also like to get back into shape because I'm getting fat and old.

I am going to publish an experimental art coloring book in 2018!

I definitely want to get back into studying. I haven’t worked on any concrete fundamentals in years and it shows a lot in my work.

I want to work on character/character and character/environment interaction, environments, color/painting, and perspective. Also, attention span. I used to be able to draw for hours and now I can barely sit down to doodle for fear I’ll just be too shit.

Oh, and maybe I’ll finally publish an original comic longer than, like, 5 pages.

>>3254670
Mark my words, I'll become the next craig mullins within 2018 and 2019.

>>3254774
Post blog so I can watch your progress.

>>3254670
To shitpost more on /ic/ and pretend to give good advice to beginners.

Not directly art related, but I'll stop drinking in 2018. I already stopped video games and I don't miss them.
Still... I'm way too often either too drunk or too hungover to be productive.

>>3254678
oh kek i remember that teacup

>>3254670
Start copying winslow homer and james montgomery

just to draw more than i did in 2017, which won't be hard to do

>>3254798
I’m with ya there.

1080P

to draw things other than lolis
I mean, I'm still going to draw lolis, but I also want to start adopting "darker" concepts borrowed from my region pre-columbian culture.

The only thing I want out of this year is more consistency.

My objective is to draw 1~1.5 hour per day and on weekends watch tutorials and draw more.

>>3254695
>snek consisting of only head and a tail
was it intentional?

>>3254821
tfw 240p beta cherry picker cuck

im going to work on drawing bodies in scenes, dabble in oil painting, and hopefully do some more commissions!

To draw every single day.

Art related: Doing more with digital painting! And be more involved with the online artist communities. Who knows, I might even set up a YT one day.

Non-art: become financially and mentally stable enough to live life as an independent adult.

>pic related

>>3254670
>set resolution in 2016 to at least get one commission by the end of the year
>failed
>set resolution in 2017 to at least get one commission by the end of the year
>failed again
>not even confident enough to set up a B L O G yet
Guess I'll kms if I'm not good enough to set up a blog and get commissions by the end of the year. I see people worse than me doing commissions but I feel this revulsion at doing commissions on my skill level.

>>3254941
Holy shit, I was in that thread from last year, nice to see that you're doing well a year later, I guess. I got a lot better and can do requests now, still no blog though.

>>3254670
After doing loomis and drawing boxes i'm finally ready to start painting!

>>3254944
erm, did you respond to the right person?

>>3254951
Yeah you one commission man.

>>3254670
I'll practice gestures more. My shit looks rigid as fuck.

>>3254944
Good to hear you're doing well too mang, didn't think anyone would remember my post from that long ago. We both oughta take a leap of faith and make blogs this year.

>>3254670
Last year my new years resolution was to grind 8-12 hours a day all 365 days and not worry about anything else. to help motivate me I bought a calendar where I would write down how many hours I did everyday, I used a stopwatch to track my time. my goal was to not not get distracted by anything (money, commissions, social media popularity, a following etc) to just use the entire year to practice. In reality I ended up doing anywhere between 1-12 hours, but I still never missed a day. Thanks to all of this I officially "made it" this month after I finished up a portfolio in November (by made it i mean I'm getting big jobs and literally living off my art). 2018 is going to be fucking great, it can only get better from here. especially since prior to making it i was poor as fuck and prone to depression all the time.

Learn actually fundamentals instead of half-assed fundamentals

>>3254988
Got a before/after? Good shit btw.

>>3254790
deets?

>>3254988
whoa... i'd love to see your work man! nice calendar btw

>>3254988
Aw, anon! This is great! Congrats on the work!

>>3254988
post your work non ironically pls! i really would love to see a before and after!

>>3254670
I want to stop being a degenerate.
Stop going to sleep so late, eating junk and wallowing in sadness and procrastination.

>>3255052
pic related inspired me

>>3254846
Yes I kept trying to make the body and I got pissed off when it kept looking like shit so I said fuck it

I'd like to revisit the prospect of drafting a comic that incorporates glitch art into its illustrations

>>3256371
pic related, old test render on a couple otomo panels from like over a year ago

2 git gut at fundies and painting.

also these
>>3254687
>>3255052

I don't want to convince myself to quit art and I want to develop a healthier attitude when it comes to drawing (not associating my current output with my self worth, not being scared to draw, etc.)

For more concrete goals, I want to finish off a portfolio with perspective and story telling focused pieces. I want to understand how to approach mechanical subjects and dip my toes into 3D. There's a lot of things I want to improve or do, but I think these are small enough for now. Most of my problems are mental, so if I can overcome just a bit of that, 2018 will be a success.

>>3256371
awesome glitch pic on its own, anon. keep it up!

6 hours a day everyday and make a blog at some point.
I did 2 hours a day this year and succeeded with noticeable improvement but I really need to step it up if I wanna git gud within a reasonable timeframe.

To make an animated short film (like 5 minutes long at the most), I'll try to grind as much as I can and storyboard it before summer and do the bulk of the work during summer vacation. Don't really have any ideas yet but I feel like if I keep putting it off I'll never be "good enough" and I'll never make anything. Wish me luck lads.

My resolution art wise is to master poses both Dynamic and casual. I also hope to get better at my linework. This piece was before I discovered the stabilizer.

Maintain a regular update schedule on my blog
Maintain a regular study schedule
Keep experimenting
Make more money
Read more
Make art and fitness gains

>>3254700
What method/workflow did you use to colorize that anon?

learn to study way more often and actually draw environments for characters

2015 my new years resolution was to be able to draw at least semi-decently by the end of 2015
2016 I told myself I will draw 1 hour every day
2017 I told myself I will start going through Keys to Drawing on the 1.1.17

And here I am at the end of 2017 still unable to even properly draw a box in perspective. I feel like I've wasted so much time that it's better to just forget about drawing rather than being reminded of all the time I wasted every time I would attempt to draw.

>>3254670
To start making a living out of art. Around 1k would be enough.

Realistically... to regularly earn around $500 by the end of the year.

>>3254670
new year resolutions are for chumps. I'm above that.

I want to learn how to write a passable comic strip before the end of 2018, and study how objects work so I can start drawing my own /m/echs and /m/achines.

>>3254670

I'm hoping to get further into 3D stuff, like world machine and keyshot

>>3256798

I've made a bunch of gradient maps from human skin tones. I'll put them over my image on color, overlay, soft light or multiply depending on the situation. The trick is to make it really dim in the beginning. Then you start finding more tones with other adjustment layers. You don't want to stop here though. Now you over paint it picking from the image itself so you get some more natural looking strokes. The shirt is just something I painted because I didn't get any grand ideas. You also need to paint the fill light and bounced light by hand after applying your gradient maps and all that bullshit.

This technique is NOT efficient but it tends to give me relatively consistent results so... Yeah.

>>3254670
To git gud as fuck. But that's more of a life goal and not NYR.

>>3256850
Thanks, this is really useful!

I saved my 2017 new year resolution, pic related. The only thing I managed to complete is drawing over 500 hours this year. The real number is way higher than that but a lot of it was wasted on aimless studies and mindless scribbles. I learned that there are many wrong ways to study.

For 2018 I'm going to focus on two things
>get better with color/digital painting (FINISHED PIECES)
>get back to animation
Like 2017, I'm aiming for 500+ hours.

Good luck everyone and happy new year

1. Draw/paint every single day
2. Make finished pieces to put in a portfolio towards a specific, achievable studio job
3. Start looking for small freelance work to help the ol' resume just in case

>>3256906
your colors are weak as fuck and you need to improve your shadows. also i can tell you're a furry fag just by your style. stop being a furry it's very toxic, and you will never make it.

>>3256922
im aiming for 3000hrs, 8hrs or more per day. Im a highschool student so this will be a challenge. In screencapping this to

>>3256970
H-how did you know I was a furry?

>>3256970
I'm totally not a furry, and that is literally the 3rd drawing I've coloured in that style. I am crap at colouring and that's why I've neglected values and shading (for that specific work, I still practice it)

>>3256982
faggot

>>3256982
hhahahaha

>>3254670
I'm moving into yarn and fabric craft. Crochet. Sewing. Pattern making for toys. Possibly bone caring, because I've got plenty of old animal bones lying around and a dremel with the right attachments for it. More taxidermy.

That sort of thing. Tangible items you can view three-dimensionally and interact with. My interest in painting and drawing has waned, except for a desire to paint something nice over poor examples of existing graffiti in my area.

I'd like to learn to use a sewing machine, because handsewing take forever.

>>3256970
>stop being a furry it's very toxic, and you will never make it.

Alright, guys. This year I'm going to test the meme from the pic related.
I'm an absolute beginner in drawing, so there is no picture of my current lvl.
See you in 12 months.

>>3257072

I'm going to do that aswell, but in a different order. Plus going to do some Zbrush sculpting aswell.

See you next year aswell.

I just started but I want to at it's good enough where I can do character design and perspective and backgrounds and hopefully by the end of the year start a comic but that's probably too hopeful maybe in two years time

>>3256409
thanks; I did my first group exhibition and got some film prints and put em in a couple lightboxes

Focus more on studying.
Focus on finishing University.
Learn2finish pieces.
Push myself more on social media.
Survive.

>>3257091
You have nowhere to go from here but up. I believe in you, anon.

>>3254670
I want to git gud

Study art every day.
Study japanese every day.
Study programming every day.
Practice martial arts every other day.

This is all I want from life until the day I die.

>>3257249
Thank you I won't fail you

>>3256431
good luck anon

I want to actually use my skills and get to a competent (finished stuff) level by July, if not then I'll quit my job and schedule the shit out of things. And be getting regular-ish comissions by Christmas, if not then I'll go full self promo sending portfolios everywhere and stuff.
Also maybe finish a sketchbook a month.

Cappin' this post to see how things go, I'll see you lads next year. Good luck.

- To stop leaving projects unfinished.
- To not delete things just because I am burnt out and frustrated.

Both are very hard after a full days grind at a day job.

>>3254670
learn to draw

i literally know nothing, and want to learn something.

ive started drawing on the right side of the brain, gonna do loomis fun with pencil after.

I want to eventually do concept art for games and stuff.

I have a surface pro 4 with mischief installed. should i start on paper or on tablet first?

>>3254670
start doing more digital stuff and not letting this cintiq go to waste.

>>3254988
nice!

>>3254988
That's inspiring anon. I went from an average of 4 hours per day to 10 hours now (quitting /pol/ helped a lot with that). Would love to see your work too

>>3257254
That's breddy gud tho

>>3257320
Thank you Anon <3 I just know there is a long way ahead for for me still.
Have another one, sorry for the size

>>3257309
I don't know why but digital feels so fucking limiting to me, traditional offers so many different ways to manipulate your stuff and it all comes naturally, with digital you have to get into these really weird tricks and have to watch tutorials

>>3257288
Looks dope stylistically but doesn't really give any hint at your technical ability so if that's one of your portfolio pieces it's more of a mood thing right?

Just a T. rex, wish I didn't add the dark line to it.

>>3257371
That's not a t Rex, t rex have much bulkier heads than that.

>>3254988

>>3257023
that´s cute

>>3257359
its not by me, I just chose a pic from an inspiration folder

Goal is to just start drawing again consistently. Never had an issue with discipline in studying and creating once I actually put a pen to paper. But I had stopped for 3 months, and slacked off too much all year even when I was drawing. Lost my job, and my life long best friend died of heroin overdose in September. Hit me so fucking hard, I talked to him nearly everyday for the past 15 years. Anyway. Girlfriend was cheating on me, I relapsed on crystal meth. Finally got clean, quit smoking cigarettes, but had a serious mood swing and destroyed my computer, as well as smashed up doors and walls in my apartment. Had to sell pretty much everything I own, all I have left are my essential drawing materials. Last night I Bought back a few drawing books I had sold. Got a job again. Exercising again. Feel great honestly. I think I'm ready to get back into the grind.

>>3257397
Sorry for your loss bro but on the other hand what kind of friend would let his brother die of heroin? I would smack the shit out of him if he wouldn't sober up. People like that aren't normal anymore dude, drug addicts would likely kill someone for a fix.

>>3257405
The saddest part is he wasn't an addict. He graduated college with a physics degree, great musician, super positive goal oriented dude. He was a brilliant and hilarious guy, and he had gotten into some trouble with the law after his dad died and started getting into some heavy drugs the last year of his life. Fucked up thing is sometimes something like that has to happen for a person like me to finally get my head straight.

>>3257405
I didn't even know he was using the stuff until it was too late. We lived in different states but still kept in touch. I hadn't heard from him for a few days so I called his mom and found out what happened

>>3254670
I already draw every day and have already dipped my toes in all the basic fundamentals. I just need a little more mileage, and I'd like to draw a greater variety of things than nudes and lewds. Also get into color more, living life in grey gets dull.

>>3254988
>2018 is going to be fucking great, it can only get better from here. especially since prior to making it i was poor as fuck and prone to depression all the time.
Amen brother.

Modern art worthy of shitpostin

i want to do more irl figure drawing. just go to some classes in my area. i also want to learn more about light and how light works- my understanding of it is very poor, and it detracts from my work and rendering.

i want to study artists who have extreme stylization- i want to figure out how they bend proportions without making it look strange or wrong. i really want to study david shannon because i think he knew how to do that very well.

if i improve on those things significantly, i'd also like to work on character design, learning how to make characters look interesting. but that can wait until next year, i think, after i gain a greater understanding of fundamentals.

>>3254678
holy fuck muh mug? nastalgic.

To be able to draw a made in abyss tier background

>>3257536
This.

This year I'm gonna git gud
For real this time
It's gonna happen

>>3257545
This.

>>3257435
Be sure to put things into use constantly anon or you'll forget the things you learn. Also be ambitious, you can do at least some of the interesting characters design stuff this year too.

>>3254670
This year I've decided to use my art to make people happy by drawing obscure fetishes.

>>3254686
your faces are ugly and dont belong in that perspective

To draw more and spend less time on 4chan. Hopefully, something good will come out of it

2018
get feet down to perfection to the point i develop a fetish

;)

TIP OF THE YEAR

2018 any time you are reminded of this date, think one - o - eight ! 108

it is a sacred number for loops and cycles in buddhism

108 / 4 = 27 / 9 = 3 !

3 x 9 x 4 = 108

thus

do 3 studies of 9 objects 4 times a day

the 108 is esoteric in meaning
it need not be questioned

Draw more diverse characters to pander to the SJW industry so I may get a job easier

>>3254670
cut way down on the internet cause it's hurting me bad
learn perspective
fuck about with oils and digital
put out my comic at the end of the year

>>3254670
Draw something every day, change themes every week.
The first week is "Girl + Colour" bc I'm a kuvshinov fanboy.
Here's Day 2: Green.

>>3257868
any suggestions to improve my faces?

To explore different art styles and movements.