/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3367427
Old one almost dead. Started new one to post this..

Putting this comp together for an illustration.

Basically wondering whether the subjects are recognizable, whether I should keep the snake tongues, whether the hat is making him unrecognizable, and whether the other would still be recognizable if the glasses were actually over his eyes.

>>3367429
Were you the one drawing the smooching politicians as practice for another piece (this) a few days ago?

>>3367461
Correct.

tonight's sketches/practice

>>3367459
Better than the last one but you should really stop using brown for everything it looks drab. Also is she dead?

i'm trying to learn how to draw furry porn for money. how do i draw the anatomy better and make it more fappable?

>>3367429
Peterson and Zizek. But I mostly recognized Zizek because of the snot, and from thinking who could be paired with Peterson. Never seen him wear glasses. I don't like the Pepe hat. Pepe pin on lapel maybe. Or give him his Kermit puppet on the non-lobster hand and have Kermit looking at the audience uncomfortably. Maybe slightly Pepe-fy Kermit.

>>3367581
>you should really stop using brown for everything it looks drab
Color is a pretty personal thing. You might find it drab, while someone else might find it warm and soothing. Can't please everyone.

>>3367602
Dang, how do you think I could improve on Zizek?

The glasses are a reference to the film They Live, which Zizek covers in his documentary Pervert's guide to Ideology. I believe he dresses up as the character from the movie. In the film, the glasses cause the main character to see the world as it truly is: infested by alien overlords controlling humanity via capitalism.

Yeah, was thinking about the Kermit puppet on the lobster hand because it'd be wierd if he had a thing covering both his hands (I guess?), but the Peterson drinking Coke reference is not so well known so I can see why it would be good to replace it... it's just that I like how the Coke connects Peterson to Zizek (Zizek has a famous "bit" about Coke and another about "caffeine without caffeine"). Problem with the Pepe pin is that that seems to claim that he supports some sort of movement connected to Pepe, which he doesn't, it's just a wierd conincidence and something he's fascinated by.

What about just a frog or tiny-full-body-pepe on his head or shoulder? In his jacket pocket?

i hate hair

>>3367584
lol rj dragon anatomy..

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>>3367621
Excuses excuses, you acted the same way with the other picture you made, but then you changed it according to other peoples feedback. Hmmmmm

>>3367746
They're nice paintings, though. But I wonder how much you actually learn, doing something like this.

>>3367751
just call the tracer a faggot and move on.

>>3367752
>tracer
No, I just use the navigator and flip a lot. Maybe try it. And gradually changing it like that makes it worse than it actually is.

>>3367758
liar and a faggot

>>3367758
pathetic

>>3367761
Why are you so upset? Are you feeling insecure today? I sure hope you feel better. Keep making shitty misleading gifs though. Being decent =\= tracing.

>>3367768
mega-faggot

>>3367768
>trys to mislead people with shitty trace
>gets called out with an accurate overlay gif that is in no way missleading
>calls the comparison missleading

shiggydiggy

>>3367768
I'd be curious to see what you can do with just imagination. My guess would be much less.

>>3367777
quads of truth, tracer fag btfo

>>3367777
It is misleading because their gradually changing it. Do a solid change and you can see the difference. I highly suggest you all try to do a photo study and switch between your ref and your painting and you can see what I mean by using the navigator to fix things like proportions/value. Or you could just keep shitposting and not improve your art at all.

I’ve been posting here for numerous years and the only other time I can recall being called a tracer is in a few drawthreads back when someone used my stuff as the OP image.

>>3367788
The tracer is immunized against all dangers: one may call him a printer, copypaster, xerox, photobasher, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat. But call him a tracer and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back: “I've been found out"

>>3367797
Why wouldn’t people recoil? You spend like 8 hours on something to have someone just disregard it? And I’m not so much bothered by someone accusing me of tracing but rather the way they did it. But that’s okay, I’ll just post something again tonight or tomorrow of an non referenced painting.

>>3367746
How does one do that? It seems like a pretty nice way to get logos made for some 3rd party posters/game ads.

>>3367803
>spending 8 hours on a simple grayscale study
you're either a tracer or a retard.

>>3367804
you just need to lurk more

Did this yesterday, Some are referenced from a Japanese pose? book on the artbook thread.
roughly 5 mins each

What do youse think?
Took around an hour.

All the sneks in one basket

thoughts?

>>3367874
lips look like they've been copypasted from another piece

>>3367720

what brushes did you use to paint the hair?

>>3367880

Yes, they looked weird to me as well. Do you think it's because of the black outline being a bit thicker than in the rest of the drawing? Or is it because the colors?

Thanks for the feedback

How is this for a Play Store App logo?

>>3367874
Good colors and drawing, but if you want to work with flat colors without opacity, you better work on your color shapes. Try to be more clean and smooth with them, and also you could work on some economy on the shadow side of the face

>>3367864
Beautiful line and I really like the face, but the shadow is very confusing specially the face's shadow. Also, the leg that is coming out from the face is not on prespective unless it's taking a step. And overall check your prespective on the wings, I'm not sure, but it looks flat.

>>3367841
Nice sexy torsos, but be carefull on going too loose and simple on the extremities

>>3367873
You are waisting a lot of time on hatching the hair. You will end up scratching your tablet and it really doesn't look all that good except maybe on the facial hair. Look for a smoother and more eficient way. Aside from that, the dude on the bottom looks dope. He must have some strong eyebrows to strech the headband like that though

>>3367895
Fuck, forgot my file

>>3367895
>but the shadow is very confusing specially the face's shadow
Yeah, i fucked it up.

>Also, the leg that is coming out from the face is not on perspective
I drew the leg as it was in my reference, I'm not really sure what is happening there, i might fix it later.

>>3367896
You should render the blood some more, looks really flat

Started this yesterday

anatomy tips?

>>3367888
I think the black outline makes it stick out more on the lit side of his face, maybe a lighter color or just no outline?

>>3367895
Thank you anon i'll keep note on that.

Drawing Insects now to practice shapes.Very Relaxing to do.

>>3367896
how large are the icons displayed?

>>3367912 the line indicating the calf is too far up, indicating she has no knee joint, there is no rythm to the leg. legs aren't straight lines, bones are not straight lines. the foot bones should start higher up than you have them

>>3367958
It must be 512x512

>>3367958
is this better?

>>3367427
Small Aprox 4''x5'' charcoal study after Velazquez.

Anything off?

>>3368071
Not sure if it's because the doodle is cutoff but from the breast down everything looks too small or feels like its missing a good chunk of body.That alone makes her look like a midget but other than that doesn't look too bad.

>>3368085
Oh yeah I think I see what you mean. Thank you for pointing that out, I'll try to make her torso and waist look more proportionate.

>>3368071
face too big, left thumb kind of fucky, tummy makes torso look short as hell, everything else pretty good to my eyes, nice linework too. good yob

>>3367459
>>3367581
disagree, it looks cozy

>>3368099
Thanks anon I'll try to address those things. I'm not sure if I'll mess with her face though, I really like it the way it is now, but we'll see.

first time trying watercolors! can you guys pls give some constructive criticism? I want to get better :)

>>3368241
Stop taking pictures with random shit around the drawing.
It reeks of insagram fags who use it to impress normalfags by being artsy and in this one you can't even see a part of it because its out of frame.

>>3367459
nice work my friend

does anyone have the wojack with a whole bunch of art supplies drawing a stick figure? Also spent about 20 hours on this thing

>>3367580
I like the trees in the background, very comfy

>>3367908
doing great latin girl

>>3368268
Bretty gud. Would work great in a videogame methinks

>>3368268
this is fuckin sick

Gift art for a buddy's webserial. I've been "brushing up on hands" for ages now and still feel incompetent with them.

>>3368268
I like this. I like it a lot. Envious of dem fleshed out shapes, man. You have a page to follow?

>>3368268
The hand on the right, hos left hand, looks backward.if your looking at the back of his hand then the thumb should be on the inside, it looks like it's on the outside. That entire arm sorta looks off to me though, like it's dislocated or bent at weird spots, might just be the armor tho. I do like the rendering and design of the creature.

>>3368254
oh... i'm sorry. I won't do it again. I just wanted to show that i didn't need to use extremely expensive paints, but sometimes crayola can do the trick. As for the rest of the picture, theres nothing there anyways. it just where i mixed my colors because i don't have a color mixing bowl yet :/

>>3368241
You seem to have avoided all the beginner's mistakes with watercolour
So just keep going

>>3368333
After looking at the drawing for a little bit longer I can see the hand is facing the right way but the dark line and shading over and around the index,middle finger and thumb makes that part of the hand look like the back of the hand

>>3368332
Thanks, I got an instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wicksz/
>>3368365
you got to the hand issue before I could chime in but yeah his hand is facing up. I'd also noticed that forearm's awkwardness as I put in the finishing touches but didn't think anyone would notice haha

Some lads and a lizard.
>>3368268
>>3368332
These are fucking awesome. I love the color in the second one.

>>3367788
>Do a solid change and you can see the difference
It's pretty obvious it's a trace. This is coming from a tracer.

>>3368607
Good shit, is that a scan?

>>3368622
Thank you and yeah it's scanned pencil.

>>3367908
update pls

I've been gone for a while so I'm gonna post some stuff from the last 2 months and maybe someone could give me some crits?

>>3368841
reminds me of Cosimo Galluzi, I like this
try to post one thing at a time though

bishop thing still wip

stuff I've been working on

>>3368964
and another

>>3368964
>>3368966
These are nice, Especially the blue shaded one.
Only thing that looks like could use fixing on the blue one is the guys arm closer to the girl.
Probably could've been smaller to make the perspective more believable

>>3368850
I love the line art style. Uhh you should make the colors lighter especially the black hair. I feel it conflicts with the lineart and ends up lookign choppy. Consider making her hair a darkish purple/blue

>>3368241
ID on watercolor set? Looking to get into painting

page from a manga I'm working on

>>3367746
btfo

>>3368268

>>3368881
Thank you! Galluzi's been a huge influence recently. Sorry for posting so much last night, got way too eager.

>>3369036
This a little better?

>>3368849
The clouds are a bit weird but i like how everything looks so slimy.

>>3369137
hi! I used crayola lol!

>>3368268
Nice work my dude.

I'm a lil bit frustrated with this

hair is hard

>>3369263
thank you!

Happy Easter !!
I was wondering if i could receive some critique on this, i'm still polishing it and fixing a few issues.

>>3369712
try to blend the skin more, it's making the surface appear too rough, instead of painterly
she's got a bit too much chin for Jessica Rabbit, her jawline and skull structure is making her look like a man in drag
ear is a bit too cartoony for me, no detail whatsoever, looks like a pixar ear (pic related), ends up clashing with the rest of the piece
I like the texture on the dress and gloves but her hands don't have much detail, try adding some folds in the gloves, definitely refine the hands a bit. If she's putting a lot of her weight on her left arm, try making it look like it
bunny ears are a lot more closed near the head, and usually furrier

otherwise good work, with a lot of drawings here it's that there's so much off that you don't know where to start and you end up ignoring people, or sending them to /beg/. I think you have a clear path to making this better and that's because of the base you have already, keep it up

I'd like some Feedback on the concept art in early stage. Any thoughts?

painting

>>3369754
You need to work on your linework bro.
Also that axehead is way too thick to be realistic, and don't give me "muh stylization" because everything else you drew is realistic.
Also I dunno if that face is ethnic or just fucked up.

>>3367746
certified dick biter

Portrait study with charcoal. I didn't notice before taking a pic, but it kind of looks flat. Especially the beard.

>>3369763
Nah, axes are not stylized, they are just bad. Paid most Attention to armor and slacked on weapon. What's wrong with the face? How is it fucked up to you?

>>3369771
A sharper defined nose tip would be nice, i think

>>3369781
The eyes look like one was made and then copy pasted, they don't look like different defined eyes in perspective (insofar as there is perspective over four centimeters)
The lower lip is fucking massive, like he was stung by a bee.

>>3368937
hi welcom 2 chilli's

>>3369792
I did not copypaste eyes, and honestly don't see anything wrong with them. But the lip is really big, and i did not notice :D

>>3369795
Also the eyes lack character. Is he shifty? Wise? Fierce? Calm? He doesn't look soulless, he just looks like a corpse.

>>3369798
You are right, concept art should convey character traits along with the mere outfit. I will consider it in the second Iteration.

>>3369712
i really like this and the face, it looks like a more realistic veronica lake type jessica. pic related.

i'd say the main thing that stuck out to me is the legs. the paintwork is weirdly distractingly patchy and the slit of the dress is in the wrong place. also arm proportions are funky. ear should be longer also

>>3367874
go back in and soften the proper edges either through tighter tiling or just ‘blending’ the soft edges

>>3369782
Thanks, did it, looks a bit better indeed

>>3368071
her left arm is too stiff, partly because she looks a bit too slouched, but not in a relaxed way. maybe the chair arms are too high. i think the fingers could be a little more femenine in their shape design, and there might be too many lines in the cleavage area, it reads weird to me. i think you should focus on getting a more fluid gesture throughout the whole body, try sketching out like 20 different gestural ideas for a pose before you go into finishing a piece. but overall lookin good, everything looks technically correct, just could use some better shape design in some areas. the head, hair and eyes look especially nice, gj

>>3369712
>>3369743

Thank you so much man.You really saved me !
Here's an update.
I really hadn't noticed how her face was, I hope it's a bit better now. I'm still working on blending her skin and adding detail to the hands. :)

>>3369758
I like the stylisation and colors

>>3369803
Thanks !!
I ended up changing the face before i saw your comment :(
About the "funkyness" of her arms, maybe if i changed it's position and made it a bit longer it would be better ?

>>3369453
Halp

>>3369828
did you do something to the lips? they look swollen.

try laying the fingers flat together instead of splayed, it's sexier

>>3368966

looks familiar... hmmmmmmmmm......

crit?

>>3369824
Thanks for the feedback anon. Since you brought up her left arm you also made me realize I forgot to finish the sleeve on that side. As for the wrinkles in the chest it's meant to be a design woven into the fabric. I'm planning to define it better with color.
It sounds like with a few more tweaks I can start coloring it. Thanks again everyone for the help.

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>>3369793
this made me chuckle

>>3369900
tips on how I can improve, plz? I'm the guy that posted way too many pictures

Where did I fuck up

>>3369954
when you decided to make this drawing so big and use such thin lines

>>3369900
Your taste is beyond shit

>>3369964
typical team creme

>>3369961
That's likely true but I was going for a specific style I've seen that is pretty much that, few thin precise lines. How to make good?

>>3369954
Linework is pretty good but the expression is just weird. It looks better if the direction of looking is the same as the side of the raised eyebrow. Also, the eyebrows should be drawn as one continuous curve in terms of angle, a curve that slopes downwards on the lowered side and then slopes up on the raised eyebrow side. Your eyebrows are not linked by a curve.
Finally, the mouth should twist a little in the direction of raising.

>>3369968
> it looks better if the direction of looking is the same as the side of the raised eyebrow
Holy fuck how did I never realise something so true

>>3369972
In reality the human face is fully capable of looking to the side opposite to the raised eyebrow, I can only raise one eyebrow so I have to do it, but visually it's better to unify them.

Comes under the general ethos of composition which is unity and emphasis.

>>3369996
>Comes under the general ethos of composition which is unity and emphasis.
nonsense sentence

>>3370001
How?

Composition is all about unifying the elements of a piece and emphasizing the subject and/or meaning of a piece.

Take for example a villain with two of his soldiers. You want to make a scene where the villain is in control and mocking the hero, with just him and his two soldiers in the shot.

How do you array your three elements? Well, you can't do any arrangement that puts the villain's head below his soldiers', that makes him look weaker. Alright, so his head has to be high. That's emphasis.

Then, we need to array his soldiers around him. Let's say the shot is from the side. If we put both soldiers in front of the camera with the villain in the very rear of the shot, it makes him look like an afterthought compared to his men. We don't want that. So what if we put him in front of the camera with his men in the rear of the shot? Now his men look ineffectual. Finally, let's put the villain in between his men, so that one grunt is right up against the camera looking threatening, the villain is next with his head held high, then there's another soldier in the background backing up his threat. That is unity, and correct emphasis.

You're a /beg/, bro.

today's practice

>>3369900
so this is what a combination of weapons grade autism and severe blindness looks like...

Worked on this kitty today!!

Posting here because /alt/ is autosaging and I'm working on painting anyways.
Values look fine? I kinda messed up early on and had to repaint the hues for a good portion of this.

>>3370272
Lovely kitty.

>>3370293
Actually I just realized that the values around the eye region should also be pretty light since head structure and all.

Work in progress. First time doing digital art from scratch instead of using hand drawn as a foundation. It's going to be a fantasy character wielding some sort of blue magic. What can I improve on this drawing?

>>3370315
...and yeah, I know the dagger needs to be fixed. heh

>>3370315
His left arm is too short and the hand too small. Linework seems to be going okay on the part you've tidied. Eyes are too high up for a downwards-angled face.

>>3370293
Define the chin a bit more and add some harder shadows in the ears and at the corner of the eyes.

Didn't think I had it in me today to start anything but I'm glad I did.

Been trying my hand at one of those panorama paintings the past week or so. It's kindof frustrating but also very rewarding.

here's another angle

and the link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BNeqA

>>3370381
I like this, dude

>>3368937
>>3369793
lmao

>>3368844
Looks very Moebius-like, I like it. Only thing being, maybe I cannot understand the size of that thing. Seems like it is supposed to be giant, but the perspective is wrong then. I am no expert, but if this thing were giant I wouldn't be able to see the back "eye" above the "head"

i haven't done any tonal/value study in forever and i'm trying to expand my scope beyond heavily stylized comic stuff and focus more on rendering. i'm not liking the ear and may fix that up in particular either tomorrow or sometime in the coming week, but other than that, i feel like this looks kinda okay for the most part

>>3370415
also, i borrowed the reference for my drawing from this, specifically the second man from the left on the bottom, and may try drawing the other ones too

>>3370416
oo super useful more me. tah

yea

>>3367427
An unfinished pencil portrait of my daughter .... 2 hours in and got disslussioned as to whether I had started well enough to continue .... constructive criticism appreciated

unununfinished I want to go home

Also, girl, I want to give you superlove.

Some finishing touches left to do but tell me what you think

Some finishing touches left to do but tell me what you think

>>3370611
as they debate
who will be the one to light the fire

>>3369900
bizarre mish mash

any critiques for this wip study of >>3369013
rather than complete accuracy, wondering how can I make the study more lively and pleasing looking

many thanks

>>3370652
Solid work. If you're working in grey scale, try making the darks darker and the lights lighter.

If you're feeling like doing a little exercise, try setting a custom direction of light for your work (like top left corner) and then add really pronounced shadows and highlights in accordance with that.

>>3370611
something about that underarm crease seems too sharp or too high

>>3370621
The hand appears to be completely detached from the body. Like it's another dude sticking his hand from underneath the drawing.

The geometrical shape of the cup is wrong.

Imo both are pretty bad, because they are in the foreground.

On the bright side, the face looks good. Personally I would crop it, add the coloring and save it as a smaller format work.

my oc without his trademark hat

it was an existential crisis for me lol

>>3369900
Thank you based God of 4chan for your in depth critiques and other worldly insights. You're really helping people improve and we thank you immensely for taking the time out to help us with our hopeless pursuits. Now if you'll excuse me; I've gotta go back to study loomis'n shit.

>>3370707
Don't worry dude, it's muh style :D
I'll see if I can fix it in Photoshop when I have time.

Anyone here who i can commission some art i need to get done today?pic related

DRAW MORE SKULLS NOW!!

NOW!

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>>3370134
Yeah, so it was supposed to be a lighthearted jab at team mini vs everyone else but apparently they removed all the labels after April 1st so now I just look like a dick.

>>3370763
lmao good one fucko try harder next time

>>3370753
me, what u need

>>3370768
add me on discord
Hammey#6124

>>3370763
looks like you got goofed by hiroyuki

>>3370349
Oh hey, this makes a lot of sense, thanks!

>>3370675
Thanks! I wasn't too sure about what you meant with the darks darker and lights lighter ..is this better?

I might try that exercise with my next photo study.
First time drawing an elderly person so it's already a struggle haha.

>>3370541
>having a daughter
>owning pencils
>speaking English
>posting in the draw thread
>being anonymous
>on a website
>having a computer
>being alive
>on a planet
Nice try, anon. Not this time though.

>>3370370
Almost finished.

>>3368645
still figurin things out

>>3368645

armpit and boobs look off to me

>>3371275
tit looks kind of slumped. and the right one shouldn't be visible unless her boobs are walleyed or you exaggerate the back more

>>3371275
I'm not sure how to really describe this but I think the angle of her lower back and waist area is too extreme. I think it places the butt too high. I know it's going for exaggeration but it looks broken to me. Another way you can emphasize that curve is by having her upper back and torso leaning back some instead of straight up and down like that.

>>3370386
this is pretty fucking gorgeous anon
only thing that I don't like is the extremely hard and straight shadow cast by the vertical cloud, it doesn't match the contour

here's a warmup thing from imagination

>>3370386
this is pretty fucking gorgeous anon
only thing that I don't like is the extremely hard and straight shadow cast by the vertical cloud, it doesn't match the contour

here's a warmup thing from imagination

>>3371229
10% face 30% white 60% black empty space. nice use of the canvas.

also learn how to use paint

>>3371380
It sounds like you think the face should take up more of the composition; why?

something of a perspective exercise

>>3370293

Did this today , rest tomorrow , also lol photoshop took like 2 minutes to resize this before i posted here guess I need to buy more ram , or stop working at 6000

I'm painting my sister but the reference was taken in our living room so its not the most appealing background for a portrait. What do you think would be the best colour for the back? I was thinking that a reddish colour would be best since shes wearing like an olive green but now I'm not too sure after blocking in colours...

It's the bombchu bowling grill from the best game of all time. I know it's horrible but aside from 1.Boobs too big, 2.Too much color and 3.Just plain shit, what else is wrong with my drawing.

>>3371619
>I'm painting my sister
you're a stronger man than me. sounds too uncomfortable. ive painted my mom's portrait a few times though.

Quicky of a kitty.

>>3370611

I would sex your art. I mean she's unfinished but finished in the right places. Maybe do some Splice monster thing and give her claws instead of hands that way you don't have to draw the hands and it worked fine for Kate from Kate's Playground or whatever her name was (old porn thing)

>>3371628
>ive painted my mom's portrait a few times though.

It's only hard if you're hard.

As for the sister portrait. That wine red is fine with maybe some desaturated blue for shadoes and peach for light... kinda like what you have there. THe hard part if making your sister not look ugly or she's get mad.

>>3371631

The cat gets lost because the white stuff becomes the thing you notice the most. Maybe add soem more light colors around the cat to make it stand out a bit. I don't know, I'm mediocre or maybe I have low self esteem.

>>3371628
I'm sure your mom loved it. Good thing I'm not a man!
>>3371634
I actually played around a bit and came up with this. Does it look any better or should I go back to a red tone?

>>3371651
Forgot file.

>>3371652

That's better. Maybe less green near the shirt but don't take my advice as gospel (I suck)

>>3370981
her right eyes a bit wonky

>>3367427

>>3371887
not tryna be mean but you'd get more advice from /beg/

>>3371887
art style is cute. kind of like children's book illustration. do more challenging ones next, or try to take one to a 'presentable as finished' state so we can see flaws better

>>3371303
wouldn't leaning it back make the back look broken? I know it's a nicer curve but I already have the lower spine pushed out a lot
was trying to go for a pose similar to pic
>>3371295
yeah I'll have to ref the sag

>>3371586
dat nigga scary

>>3371275
Eh, the skin fold (idk how to call it) in her armpit is kinda weird in that it should be created by latisimus dorsi. Or rather the interaction of the forms between lats and pecs. Besides, when you raise your hand high like that it causes the shoulder blade to move aside to increase the range of motion which also leads to muscles on the shoulder blades protrude more and somewhat overshadow the lats being in a slightly superior position. There shouldn't be anything there that would create such a depression or whatever. Well, maybe the mishmash of deltoids heads might but they are higher. The back\shoulder muscles kinda obscure the pecs for the most part, there might be a slight portion of it visible, like the part where it attaches to the shoulder bone going under deltoid, but that's about it. Maybe ribs showing up if the person is really, really, skinny. Or at least I think so, it's one son of a bitch of a pose to clearly see in one mirror, so most of this is conjecture from the top of my head so take this with a grain of salt. Ideally use a ref.

Also boobs tend to follow the shape of the rib cage, without support they would hang from the sides, especially if the rib cage is tilted backwards. This matters when the torso inclines. The roundness of the boob is aesthetically pleasing but at the same time it's kinda not realistic, boobs shift their shape a lot since they are like two chunks of fat attached to the body.

IMO the pose isn't really great for articulating that ass, but that's an opinion. The upper portion doesn't mesh with lower part organically, it would be more natural to stretch where you get your weight on one of the hip rather then pushing your entire torso in front. I know the purpose here is to bring the ass to the viewer buuut... It's kinda on the nose, you know? Or maybe I'm just being a virgin, lel.

>>3372077

>>3370981
Very nice! Looks so crisp and colorful, not a single muddy spot. What's that technique?

>>3371390
interesting textures. Looks flat in some places but kind of in a nice way. cant really tell what s going on in the upper left corner. apart from that i really like it.

i'm trying to learn more about hair. what do i need to work on most?

>>3372198
>what do i need to work on most?
The hair part.

>>3372198
Stop studying that crappy tumblr garbage.

from imagination, pls rate.

>>3372198
Hair and subtle lines.
Don't know how to explain it but hopefully this should suffice as a critique

>>3367427
Quick sketch. Nice or not?
>>3367751
Quite a lot imo. You're going to use up a lot of time staring at a picture and study every single detail happening in the picture.
Never really tried tracing but I can tell that this is effective for a person to learn how to paint.
>>3370386
Looks nice. Nothing to critique here.
My only suggestion is for you to use more subtle colors over this one.

>>3372227
I like the shadows

>>3370938
What do you mean by that ?

>>3372304
idk, just felt like typing something stupid

anyways, finished this self portrait mug

>>3372313
here's another angle

>>3372198
I'd say push your values more and don't be so afraid of hard edges. Also try harder to understand the underlying strucutre of the drawing you're studying. The line you have on the inside of her nose (that I think is trying to be her nostril) looks like a continuation of her lip; also her philtrum looks like it's not meeting the base of her nose
>>3372218
>hurrdurr my taste is fucking superior
fuck off nerd

>>3372313
Van Gogh comes to mind when I look at that mug .... not sure why. Excellent work though.

>>3372321
unfortunately van gogh didn't have the resources or interest to do sculptures or ceramics, but he probably would've made some pretty good ones.

>>3371385
lol ok

Updating. I think I got the likeness down. Just have to tighten some places up, fix the mouth a bit, and hopefully mess around with the values a bit so the face reads better.

>>3372361
la creatura

>>3372227
get a better imagination

>>3372198
Kienan Lafferty has a pretty comprehensive tutorial on hair rendering. Look up "KNKL hair" or something.

>>3372357
:)

I'm completely lost here. Aside from studies this is the my first serious painting from imagination, which I somehow can't finish off. What do you think? How's the light and colors? Any suggestions on how to proceed further?

>>3371962
In the photo you posted that woman is leaning forward, and quite a bit. It makes sense for her waist to be at that angle. The pose you drew is really more the kind of pose you'd lean back for, especially with how relatively relaxed she looks. If you leaned her back and tilted down that lower back area, it would still look like she has a nice curve without losing balance or breaking anatomy.

>>3372514
The light looks okay but the colours look kinda muddy, but with this subject matter it doesn’t necessarily ruin it. The expression looks pretty stiff so maybe altering that a bit could add to the painting. Overall you’re doing a good job. It’s really just the small nuances that can really make or break a piece. More than anything, try to pick an expression that could tell a story for you character. Does that make sense?

gave up on this

>>3372514
she's cute

>>3372230
>>3372318
>>3372466
thanks anons. i'll try these things.

>>3372208
oh u

>>3372568
>she

>>3372578
>ignoring the obvious breasts for some eric (You)s

>>3372584
>breasts

>>3372589
>mammaries

>>3372514
Damn she's got some bazookas

how can I learn digital paint techniques?

I painted the mug

>>3372514
boobs look kind of off center from the thumbnail

trying to redo a piece i did in 2012 that i was really proud of the time.... also trying not to feel too discouraged about my lack of progress

>>3372670
ctrlpaint.com

>>3371525
ew

A little easter oil painting.

My dog from life

>>3372908
nice I like it
have a media feed?

>>3372962
lmfao

Glad I could keep the promise to my self to finish this tonight , on to the next thing !

>>3373014
the pose seems a bit unbalanced

>>3372962 Thankssss. I do:
http://christianfrederiksen.tumblr.com/
insta: @cfillustration

>>3372964 ?

>>3373019
hmm i agree , overall i do suck at posing legs I seriously need to work on that

>>3373014
Medallions humming. How you like that silver?

>>3373024
kek

>>3370480

blog?

>>3372720
Where's squidward?

>>3373067
What?

>>3372908
Neat.

>>3368842
>>3368845
i really like this, where'd you learn to draw creatures? i'd love to be able to capture a similar style.

>>3371390
this looks like someone painted a still life that looks like a deepmind AI did it.

>>3370621
>>3370707
Is the arm any better like this? I have no fucking clue how to pose it right. (lineart is sloppy on purpose, I don't feel like spending time on it if it's just going to look like shit)

>>3367427
trying to figure out values. Added the wings as well, which one is better? this was drawn over a picture but it's extremely hard for me to start off with gesture and everything being in proportion.

>>3373040
dont have but if you are serious.. thx i guess (?)

>>3370386
amazing

>>3373073
I guess he's saying your painting looks like a pineapple under the sea.

>>3373349
Hey thanks man! I'm glad you like it. Usually when I'm learning to draw a new creature/animal I like to learn a little bit about it, how it behaves, anatomy, etc. Then I'll try to draw it from imagination, draw from reference, back to imagination, etc. repeat until satisfied.

Stylistically the two pictures you responded to I was trying to imitate Moebius's line-art style so look up his stuff, he's an absolutely incredible artist and much much better than me.

Hope this helps!

Trying to draw with cleaner, more careful lines.

Warm up from imagination. I'm finally writing a simple script and I'll start drawing my comic soon. I'm excited and... A bit afraid.

POST SKULLS LIKE THE ONE IN THE OP

Second Iteration of design

Is the anatomy correct?

>>3373569
i like this a lot, very clear narrative but i think it would be even better to see what the girl is distracted by unless it's the red dot thingy

>>3373734
Thanks! I changed up some colors and also tweaked the face, he is being distracted by the flowers on the foreground.

>>3373731
I have some few suggestions, if you please

>>3373815
Sorry i thought i had it resized :( Forgotten to crop.

>>3370272
Aww, that's cute

painted my mother

>>3373848
really love the colors you used here

>>3373848
Gib mummy pusy

>>3373848
Lovely

I'm making a game, this is a part of the main hub. I'm not sure I'm satisfied with how it looks, what do you guys think?

>>3373815
np, thanks

>>3373934
the sun is quite eyesearing. is it supposed to feel cosy?

>>3373946
yeah, it's supposed to be a peaceful little village, but I don't think I'm getting that completely.

>>3373951
well, first thing is make the sun less bright in value. like you don't have to put a smiley face on it, but it legitimately hurts to look at and it's in the centre of the picture which only makes sense if it's part of the menu(is it?)

and second, the colours are the key to cosy. try looking at some paintings for inspo, or good cartoons (ghlibi might especially be good for here. or 'over the garden wall') grass doesn't have to be bright green, sky doesn't even have to be blue

it's a pretty good start though. i could actually tell what you were going for and the buildings have cute little details

>>3373968
Thanks a lot! I'll work on it. Here's a little trailer if you have any other criticism, from art to anything else

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iy8yhCwPuU

>>3373435

i'm serious. why you don't have one when you're that good? i've seen people with worst shit advertising their blogs everywhere.

>>3373980
the sun is visible through foggy clouds 0.49?

in general this is well done though. i'd play it.

>>3374043
Thanks, that means alot, hopefully I'm done before 2019

how much flow do you like to have in your brushes? i've watched the ctrl paint vid about it but i'm wondering in general.

>>3374060
you generally dont mess with it unless you want specific results when rendering. like ruan jia uses a chalk with 28% flow it doesnt do much. otherwise he uses 100% opacity and 100% flow on any other brush

>>3374017
doing studies is not hard at all. all my stuff from imagination is shit and in between beg and draw anyway, i'll get better for you!

painted a mango

These shoes need completely redoing. Why can't I still not draw shoes.

>>3374135
All your black outlines aren't really helping you.

>>3374135
very good. have you tried without the outlines? Is it a style choice or do you think it looks better than without

>>3374060
If I'm rendering something fairly realistically, I start with hard round 100%/100%, with no opacity variation, only size variation to block in basic values. Then I move on to typical hard round plus a large hard round with flow at 7-15% Setting the flow like this makes for very natural looking blending acheived with simple strokes. But I just use it in the stages after I lay down my basic values in all the areas where there are soft value transitions. I usually go back to typical hard round, 100% flow when it comes to detailing and edge control. So usually 100% for everything.

>>3374177
One second

>>3374189
alright NOW I'm done

>>3374196
did you change anything?

>>3374171
a complete piece of art, to me at least, has an outline. Being able to dilineate where an object ends and begins, even if it's a really simple skill, is crucial to finishing a piece of artwork. Now whether or not the outlines have to be black, probably not, but for this painting I was simply trying to reach the level of finish an outline gives it without worrying too much about making it the right color. I mean even renaissance art had outlines, they were just so thin you barely noticed them. The Mona Lisa has an outline, and very noticably everything in the Sistine Chapel has an outline.

>>3374211
outlined the bottom of the table (separating the red from the blue). there's only an outline there, and around the mango, so I've properly used them. whether they look good is another question, because as I said in >>3374215
if I was to properly do an outline it'd need to be a color and not black, but for now it's just enough to know where to put the outline.

>>3373609
Trying to draw more difficult poses.

>>3374272
...And I need to study orc faces.

How bad are my colors so far?

I know the arms are too short but they're not going to be showing in the final.

>>3374141
Blog? Very cute.

>>3374337
is he stretching and looking inside a booty?

>>3374344
If you want it to be then yeah sure. I'm not against it.

>>3374343
Thnx m8. I don't actually have a blog yet but I'm making one tomorrow to upload this too so if you stick around I'll post it later.

Why is it so dead around here today?

>>3374063
>>3374183
appreciated

>>3374141
they're not bad, you just made them too big. shoes like that are generally very snug. legs are very well done though.

kitten & stars on wood0

Is this something people would pay for me to make?

got real lazy on the teeth

Can someone post a link to the Discord channel, please? Thanks.

Any thoughts

>>3375060
You're gonna make it if you keep at it, try painting in a few months. Get some cheap canvases and student oils and just paint whatever you feel like painting

You know how sometimes you see a drawing and think "I'm now inspired to draw that thing"? It sometimes happens that I get this feeling when I'm asked to critique other people's works, or when I see bad art that could have potential. Sometimes that inspiration comes from friends' drawings, and I'll draw something I like and want to share it online, but it'll look like I'm just doing it to upstage the other person. What should I do in these situations?

>>3375060
It's not very good, but that's okay. The subjects aren't very clear (it's difficult to understand what one's looking at), there is no focal point, and you really could do with a better use of contrasts.
Also boxes and fundies and all that fun stuff.

Think about what you want us all to focus at, and how we should read the image. Use contrasts and movement to help guide the eye to where you want it. A easy way to enhance shapes and areas of interests is by using broader lines to make them stand out from the rest of the image.

>>3374842
I wouldn't. But people are weird. Maybe if you add fur and anal sex?

>>3375415
Do what you want and have fun. Fuck what the rest of the world thinks. Just don't be a dick about it.

If you're inspired by a friend and they ask you about it. Just say that their art inspired you and that you wanted to do your own version of it.