/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3396153
Any blog?

>>3396153
god that is one ugly fucking drawing

>>3396161
you mean my blog or adding your own blog to the list?
if so,just add your blog as #7 if you want, otherwise my blog is unironically ngmi.deviantart.com

>>3396153
Ignoring the disgusting subject, that's pretty good
>2 years
Bullshit

>since 2012 so about 6ish years
>21
>?
>your mom
>yesterday
>ngmi

>>3396153
>2 years
Lies. And if it's true, method ?

>>3396167

sigh, unzip....

>>3396372
>>3396179
It's probably not his drawing.

Why is OP censoring their own work? This is a red board.

>>3396153
>been drawing for 2 years
>first drawing on da is from 2011

kys.

>>3396417
>censors nipples and vag
>doesn't censor the dick

>>3396153
I guess I'll try
1.4 years, 5 when I get to July
2. 19 Years old, 20 very soon
3. I don't fucking know
4. weed, but stopped
5. September
6. I want to be a 2d animator for an animation studio here in California or storyboard artist. Also want to do degenerate porn on the side. I've seen a lot of people in the industry get in despite having fucking completely shitty figure drawings and draftsmanship. But that makes me wonder, what is the fucking catch. I know the ones I've posted isn't anything to brag about. But I'm following some 4-year college students and someone currently employed for storyboarding and animation that can't even do what I do. DOES ANYONE FUCKING KNOW?

>>3396439

>>3396439
>>3396441


dunning krueger

>>3396153
0. I post my work on here all the time, but I won't for this thread because people don't need to know about my vices.
1. Drawing seriously for 9 years, which started in second year of art school.
2. 28
3. 8, plus a finished piece that took about 20h.
4. Porn, weed, coffee, also, but more rarely, amphetamines, psilocybin, nicotine, and vidya (lol all I play is Diablo 2 now).
5. Every day. It used to be just porn and vidya but I replaced vidya with a bunch of other shit. Sometimes I can quit stuff for up to a year, but it always comes back.
6. It seems doable because I'm semi-pro, but I've been at the same level for about 4 years. Just need a bit of an extra push. However, I'm becoming really cynical and curmudgeonly and all I want to do is work on personal fine art pieces and writing without thinking about the commercial side of things. So if that overcomes me I will be NGMI and will probably go get a STEM degree or something.

>>3396500
What, really? I know my figures are bad. Values all over the place, horrible feet and hands, anatomy in general is fucked.
I'm just having trouble understanding how someone like Elena Manetta or Themsjolly get into the animation field.
Fuck you man

>>3396153
1. Less than a year properly (i.e. every day) a few years noncommittal doodles
2. 20
3. Like, twenty? Idk I draw a lot
4. Drawing and candy
5. 0
6. Cuz I work at it

>>3396510
>>3396439
It's probably wiser to not worry about what other people are doing, just get as good as you possibly can.

>>3396153
I unironically divide paper in half before I start drawing to save trees
I also don't draw on the back side so it evens out

>>3396153
0. I post my work ic all the time, but I won't for this thread because people don't need to know about my vices.
1. Drawing and painting seriously for 9 years, which started in second year of art school.
2. 28
3. 8, plus a finished piece that took about 20h.
4. Weed, but also porn, running, swimming, coffee, furthermore, but more rarely, amphetamines, psilocybin, nicotine, and vidya (lol all I play is Diablo 2 now).
5. Every day. It used to be just porn and vidya but I replaced vidya with a bunch of other shit. Sometimes I can quit stuff for up to a year, but it always comes back.
6. It seems doable because I'm semi-pro, but I've been at the same level for about 4 years. Just need a bit of an extra push. However, I'm becoming really cynical and curmudgeonly and all I want to do is work on personal fine art pieces and writing without thinking about the commercial side of things. So if that overcomes me I will be NGMI and will probably go get a STEM degree or something.

>tfw strangely turned on by that disgusting hairy, warted lustful overweight witch
must be a good painting desu

>>3396153
I love how your ladies manage to be disgusting and aesthetic at the same time. follow your dreams anon

1. Drawing for fun: 17 yrs. Drawing to git gud: 3 yrs.
2. 24
3. Zero
4. Caffiene
5. 2 hours

6. I want to be a comic artist.

>>3396153
>0.
>1.sporadically for the last 5 years, few months of grinding into quitting, these last 5 months have been my most consistent.

>2. 26

>3. maybe 5?

>4. Caffeine, thats it

>5. 0 seconds

>6. getting small freelance jobs already- and I'm not too bothered where I'm working as long as the hours are flexible and I can travel. Making it to me is spending time doing what you enjoy while also building a savings. Hoping to build enough savings to get serious about making more time to do my own game with a programmer friend.

>>3396500
Anon said right in their post that they know it's nothing to brag about. I dunno I feel like /ic/ just mindlessly says "Dunning Krueger" at anyone with un-excellent art, regardless of what that actually means (thinking you're good when you aren't)

>>3396166
I'd say it's a rather nice, not-ugly drawing, with pleasing rendering and a skillful use of desaturated color and a lot of detail for the eye to settle on........ of an ugly lady.

>>3396531
28 here too, the cynicism is really setting in now

>>3396531
Do you have a part-time job or are you living solely off of commissions? What exactly are you trying to achieve? Just curious, I'm like 9 years younger and a little worried

>>3396439
>>3396441
>>3396500
>>3396587
Definitely a case of Dunning Kruger though, lol. Considering the guy's on the cusp of 20 makes it even worse. Can you post examples of the folks working where you're aiming for that have shitty figure drawings? And can you post any of your non-observational works?

>>3396596
Yeah, I work for a photographer part time. My inital goal was to do freelance illustration, either for book publishers or magazines. I mostly work for magazines. I struggle a lot with self promotion and networking, and I'm very inconsisent stylistically.

However, I have deeper seated, less achievable goals. I'd like to publish graphic novels. I've self published a few, but I want a real publisher, obviously. Also, I have developed a desire to do large scale fine art paintings and have gallery shows, but not much progress on that yet, just something I've been thinking about for a couple years or so.

My advice would be to have a clear goal and well planned out strategy, study both fundamentals and the industry you want to get into, learn how to run a business and maybe move to a bigger city. For some reason, I'm just not willing to make the right sacrifices. I kind of want to just lie perfectly still and do nothing for the rest of my life.

>>3396591
And yet it need not be that way. :(

>>3396601
(I posted >>3396587) Maybe I'm missing something but that anon doesn't call themselves good (just says they want to get gud enough to go into animation.)

>>3396601
How do I have Dunning Krueger when I constantly worry about my drawings not being as good with even some people on the internet, even fucking /ic/?
All I'm saying is that in that ONE SINGLE aspect, figure drawing, I feel like I'm better than some small minority, NOT ALL OR EVEN MOST, of the very YOUNG rookies currently working in the industry. When it comes to animation, sequential art, color, storyboarding and composition, I know very little because I also lack the balls to actually make something, so I'm in this kind of weird cycle of just doing studies, but I’ve recently been putting more effort into breaking out of that. And before you point it out, yes I realize that I kind of answered my own question and also know that it's very important not to ignore those aspects of art.
I think I've come across like a jerk in my post, I don't mean to disparage anyone, but it's more like ignorance in my part as to how people get into the industry and the skills needed
I'll post some examples hollup.

>1. for how many years you've been drawing
Took it seriously for 3-4 years now? Only started drawing consistently half a year ago.
>2. your age
Early 20s
>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
5?
>4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
Drawing is my drug huhu. I guess I'm kinda going back to vidya tho.
>5. days since your last consumption of 4.
0
>6. the reason you think why you're GMI
lol

>>3396629
>no vices
>draws cutesy cartoons
>20+ years old

Wow, you're so pure and innocent, makes me smile.

>>3396601
First example is themsjolly, I can't find her figure drawings but they are on twitter, and I think they're awful for someone who is paying college tuition to become an animator. I think she's in her 4th and final year.
Elena Manetta is currently working for some studio as an animator/storyboard artist and this is as close to a figure drawing as I can find of hers http://elenamanetta.tumblr.com/post/133001952168/drawing-girls-and-practicing-fabric, I think this animation here is really good http://elenamanetta.tumblr.com/post/125935199008/little-animation-for-kyra-kupetsky-based-on-her
I don't think she's bad, it's just that I don't understand how this is where they are after 4 years of paying out the ass for an education. It's my fault for using myself as part of an example but what I'm really wondering is how there are so many starving artists on twitter and pixiv that are WAY fucking better than them, yet these people get to work for a studio
I know I probably come across as having a "oh I'm better than them"-attitude but honestly, I'm more worried and constantly having a finger on the pulse. I guess I am being a little arrogant, but I think it's fucking dumb to just say "dunning krueger"

>>3396601
>Dunning Kruger

thats not dunning kruger you autist

>>3396628
>being as good with even some people on the internet
I meant to only have "even" on the "even fucking /ic/-beg" part.
>>3396601
I can't find the non-observational works I've done during my senior year of hs. Embarrassing to say I haven't really done any since, part of the on-going problem I have right now. But I did shamefully copy some of Splooge's artwork, just trying to break down and see how he draws

>>3396637
I dunno, they both look pretty solid for a 4th year. They could probably whip the shit out of most of us when it comes to figure drawing.

Compared to the people in my graduating class (illustration, animation and design school, not the best ever, but...), they'd probably be top 5 skill-wise and top 3 appeal-wise. That's about the minimum for 'making it'. Most people going to art school will eventually fail.

Basically they've catered their styles to a specific market. Fundies aren't everything, but they clearly have decent fundies. They probably do study figures, but just like to keep their outward appearance really consistent instead of shitting up their blogs with all their failures.

>>3396628
Dunning Kruger is on the verge of just being a meme here. I think some people legitimately don't know what it means/where it came from. Just stay humble, keep working hard and you'll be fine.

Re the animation industry one of the absolute biggest things is connections and networking (like any industry, but animation is a much more concentrated and small industry so it counts even more.) Meet and chat with other aspiring animators on twitter and they may be able to give you a connection or hot tip someday.

>>3396660
I'm pretty ignorant to a lot of studio and industry stuff. Again, don't think they are bad as an artist, they definitely know way more than me, and have made animated shorts, which is a hell of a lot more than what I can do, just doing some figure studies here and there.

Also would like to say. Msjolly has actually seen some of my figure drawings during AtroxC stream on twitch and she even said that I was better than her. It made me really wonder about what exactly the industry wants, college education and things of that nature.

>>3396663
Oh also stop dunking on other people for their perceived lack of skill, nothing will turn other artists away from helping you faster than if you're sneering at them. If what you posted in >>3396637 is any demonstration, I think you're seeing simple styles and conflating them with lack of ability; learn to respect both the skill needed to gracefully simplify/stylize things, and the marketing talent of those who have 'made it' with work thatt you don't consider good enough.

>>3396665
>she even said that I was better than her.
My dude, that means nothing, almost every artist is self effacing when folks are looking at their work. The exceptions are in anonymous settings (like here) where people who like to talk themselves up without posting their work come out to play.

>>3396666
Good point, I really didn't want to come off as a prick but I guess what I'm doing is still douchey, even if it is me worrying and trying to wrap my brain around what exactly is needed to become employable

>>3396637
>themsjolly
Just looked her up and scrolled the media/images section of her twitter back about a year, saw no figure drawings (maybe I missed them) but the cartoon work posted displays a pretty excellent grasp of shape, weight, motion, charismatic character design, basically overall the skill set of a successful animator.

I believe you that maybe her figure drawings have some problems when judged by, like, figure drawing standards, but it looks like whatever she did learn when studying fundies was the right stuff for an animator's toolkit.

>>3396676
https://twitter.com/themsjolly/status/727966074591793152
Found some, way back in 2016. She's probably much better by now.
I think /ic/ has been a bad influence on me with the whole NGMI, "your art is shit", and "you are dumb for turning a hobby into a job" mentality

>>3396686
Those are pretty stylized (see: cartoon heads, large blocky hands) and I wouldn't call them conventional figure drawings, but even so, I'm amazed that that's what you called "fucking completely shitty figure drawings and draftmanship". They're not perfect but they're bretty gud, and I actually see a much firmer grasp of values and lighting there there than your stuff (except maybe your middle thigh-high lady).

>>3396686
>NGMI
>"you are dumb for turning a hobby into a job
...but...but those are opposites

>>3396687
Yeah I feel terrible for saying that, tried to be honest but I really hope she some how doesn't come find this thread. I don't think she's bad, I am following her after all and trying to learn from some of her stuff since I'm not going to college

>>3396687
Oh and also, by
>fucking completely shitty figure drawings and draftmanship
I was more directing it towards this one person working on OK KO lets be heroes, but I think he got in partly because of writing

>>3396153
1. uno
2. 21
3. cero
4. porn, duck pond, sleep
5. yes
6. Basically anyone who works hard enough could become a porn artist within two years.

>>3396655
>wants to go into animation
>hasn't done any non observational drawing in months or years
anon, what the fuck
Taking the MAJORITY of your art time away from stylized or from-imagination drawings is understandable and good form for people grinding fundies or anatomy, but if you're interested in animation and cartooning I just don't understand why you wouldn't be, well, doing some OCCASIONAL cartoons. Especially since all the animators I know have been workaholics re drawing cartoons, as long as I've known them. Drawing little cartoons and things is like breathing air for animators, esp professional. I myself am a just-for-fun cartoonist with a moderate interest in the field of animation and there was never a period in my drawing life I didn't make at least a couple shitty cartoons a week, sionce after all that was the whole reason I was bothering to learn the other things, and it was more personally enjoyable to me than the figure studies and perspective exercises and shit (like the dessert after veggies).

I just, I'm really baffled. Do you actually enjoy making cartoons?

Here's what my daily warmups look like. Each from imagination takes about a minute to 3 minutes
1. 4 or 5, don't really feel as good as I should be for how long I've been at it though.
2. 27
3. Iunno
4. coffee
5. 0

I feel like I should be god tier for the amount of time I've put in, yet I feel like I'm still only above average... especially compared to other people who have put in the same amount of time.

>>3396423
I'm sure he is only counting active dedication to drawing, otherwise there would be no point to the question since all of us have been drawing since we were kids

>>3396700
Months, graduated hs last year.
Okay I did these godawful pieces like way back a couple months. Before anyone says, I never said I was better at design, appeal and what not.
I just can't feel satisfied until I can get some really professional looking stuff I guess. I know, I need to lower my standards and accept my shit for now.

>>3396714
Oh god they look awful, I accidentally took a long break because of muhdepression during end of Dec-March. Taking steps to make sure that doesn't happen again, these >>3396655
>>3396441 are more recent

>>3396423
Most people on /ic/ have been actively practicing/learning/doing exercises for a certain period (two years, for that guy) but interested in art and maybe sometimes posting some for a longer period.

I've certainly been on the grind for a much shorter time (maybe 3yrs) than I've had a fuckin deviantart for (since 2009 jfc)

>>3396153
0. I don't really save stuff but here's some crap i shit into existence yesterday while doodling before work
1. I deluded myself into thinking I was good at art when I was younger when I actually sucked ass and never practiced so let's just say about 2 months of actually trying, still symbol drawing like a mofo
2. 23
3. I kinda just do stuff on a drawing tablet i got as a gift so idk 2 maybe?
4. vidya
5. today
6. I just want art to act as a source of extra income since I already have a kind of real job. I'm not above degeneracy so that's a bonus.

>>3396153
that drawing is pretty good, blog?

1. 19
2. 19
3. 4
4. Reading or drawing, I guess.
5. 0 days

6. I've never considered whether or not I'm GMI. Art is just something I do for fun, not my career. I do work to improve my work, but if you're defining GMI by how much money my art nets me, I can't give an answer because I don't do commissions.

tl;dr don't know, don't really care

>>3396862
>1. 19
>2. 19
You were drawing as a literal baby, huh

>>3396867
Likely not. I'm just trying to say that I've been doodling for as long as I can remember.

>>3396153
1. since a guy showed me Loomis. 4-5 years
2. 17, about to get 18
3. I'm guessing around 5, lately mostly scribbles hardly any studies
4. porn I guess
5. 2 hours
6. I just like drawing, someday I'll probably go pro I hope

>>3396881
>underage

>>3396886
what about it

>>3396889

Global 4chan rules buddy.

>>3396903
oh right, guess I'll get banned then

>>3396905
before that send your blog link

>>3396905
Indeed.

But your work in >>3396881 looks nice. You're on the right path.

>>3396854
>>3396167

tfw everyones below 25, good on you lads you'll all make it.

it's all about the neuroplasticity

>1. for how many years you've been drawing
4 this May; started picking up the pace this 2018.
>2. your age
21
>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
1 digital A4 canvas
4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
Vidya
5. days since your last consumption of 4.
A week ago
6. the reason you think why you're GMI
I think my goal's achievable. I'm in STEM, so I'd consider myself to have 'made it' once I can produce drawings like these (next post) and get the occasional commissions here and there. 5 more years to reach my target level doesn't sound too absurd. I've already had a few who asked if I accept commissions (which I have declined as the quality of my drawings so far are inconsistent and still not that good imo); so I think I have a small potential audience out there.

>>3396943
You can teach an old dog new tricks, just takes longer, and older people usually have more responsibility.
Stop letting assumptions control your life.

>>3396953
My goal.

1. 4, but last two i would say hardcore
2. 21
3. 1? i don't really do traditional much
4. Video games, taking walks (with dog potentialy), coffee once a day, green tea twice a day
5. few hours

6. am i tho?

>>3396943
I know this is just a meme at this point, but you do realize that neuroplasticity is only present in young children, right? There's a huge difference in neuroplasticity between a 6 year old and a 19 year old. The difference in neuroplasticity between a 19 year old and a 35 year old however is basically nonexistent.

>>3396704
I like them man. You have pretty nice lines and a cool construction.

Sorry if it’s sideways

1 I’ve been drawing seriously for over a year now. I have mainly just been focusing on getting anatomy and perspective down. I just draw cool dudes mostly. It’s starting to be a lot of fun and giving back a lot.

2 22

3 somewhere between 7 and 14 probably I’m not gonna count by that is my usual amount. One or two a day.

4 porn, jammin out on piano or guitar, mindless Netflix, weightlifting, video games some times, I want to play sports but all my friends are nerds or stoners.

5 I worked out, watched like 10 episodes and the iron giant, jacked off to degenerate filth, and played piano today so 0 I guess.

6 I don’t think I have a super high aim. I like 2d Disney style stuff. It has a lot of charm but it isn’t so tough. I think by 25 I will have passed my goals and be working on projects like comics or something. I take my hobbies pretty seriously as far as consistency goes. I learned how to play guitar really well so I imagine I can do the same with art.

>>3396631
But anon, he draws porn of chubby raccoon boys.

>>3396153
nice photo/3d overpaint, nigger

>Drawing for 10 months, started in July.
>Turned 23 this year
>Dunno I don't count pages and I usually don't date when I draw.
>Don't really know what dopamine means.
>No particular reason, I like to draw.
https://gs95.tumblr.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gs95draws/

1. 12 or so? Just started trying to improve my drawing semi seriously for about a month now
2. 18
3. 37
4. Porn, working out
5. One
6. I'm still young and I've made tangible improvements in the past week and the week before that and I still have tons to learn (ie I haven't gone through many learning resources, only 4 proko videos so far and fun with a pencil)
also pic related isn't original in case anyone recognizes the model from quickposes.com

>>3396578
keep it up taytay
>>3396629
david i love u, ure gmi baby!!
>>3396699
i love this, would buy as a keychain
>>3397116
MDJ in the making lmao

0. your work
1. for how many years you've been drawing
probably 7/8 months ?
2. your age
16
3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
2 or something idk
4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
coke :/
5. days since your last consumption of 4.
1
6. the reason you think why you're GMI
lol

>>3397626
hey buddy, just wanted to tell you that i've contacted the local shaman to curse you and your bloodline with a 1000 years of bad luck for not rotating your image.

>>3397626
underage

what does GMI stand for?

I would do this meme but I'm retarded and idk what GMI means

>>3397669
>doesnt know what gmi is
>ngmi

1. err does doodling count?
did that a fuck ton when i was a kid but stopped drawing when i entered HS, decided to take it more seriously in 2015... then i guess formally it's 3 years then
2. 20
3.1, really busy this week...
4. Milo can
5. yesterday
6. i'm a brainlet and naive...i have a lot to learn about this and the world
personally i'm not overly ambitious, soo... i guess if it pay bills and i can live comfortably is enough for me, but for now i want to focus with the present
i just want to create something cool that i can call my own..

>>3396167
Followed, nice stuff man. But you really are gonna ngmi if you keep drawing fat slobs.

>>3397606
How the fuck did you get so good quickly? Are you taking college classes or something, maybe life drawing classes at an atelier?

>>3397783
Talent

>0. your work
ok
>1. for how many years you've been drawing
since i was 12.
>2. your age
im 19.
>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
i draw whatever i want. idk
>4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
im not really addicted to anything besides sleep. i love sleep. its precious to me.
>5. days since your last consumption of 4.
years.
>6. the reason you think why you're GMI
i have a real job/patreon/constant commissions/donations/merch sales/ and my fans love me despite me not updating very much. i appreciate them and they return the favor.

>>3396153
5 months
23
0
video games
0
im ngmi because i dont grind fundies or even try to

>>3397615
Who the butts is MDJ I found a guy called Mathew day Jackson but I have no idea how I’d be like him. He is into 3D avant-garde stuff. I just like drawing cool dudes.

0. your work
1. 16
2. 23
3. 4
4. Antidepressants and weed
5. 0

6. What is GMI

>0. your work
always cyberpunk shit... or titis and ass
>1. for how many years you've been drawing
10 years ago, 6 ago for focus on get a unique style
>2. your age
im 29
>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
16 (between half and entery pages)
>4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
nicotine, sex, scotch wisky, beer, vidya, coffe
>5. days since your last consumption of 4.
right now, my typical sunday night (deeper and deeper week per week)
>6. the reason you think why you're GMI
I have a lot of contacts in the creative industry, work constantly with some clients, involve in a pound of Fanzines and get money from my shitty half time job (as freelancer, better than anothers jobs, believe me), one patreon and some commisions from my friends (5-6 per week)

1. been doodling as long as I can remember, but rly started to improve once I got on /ic/ last Inktober.
2. early 18
3. 4pages, but mostly with nonsense doodles.
4. basically all of the above except coffe and gambling. Should rly stop otherwise i'm NGMI.
5. yesterday.

6.2 reasons; first off, I have lots of friends who are gonna make it big for sure, which mean Ill have connections. Second off, just seer time spent drawing. I am allowed to draw during classes, ect. ready 2 get 10k hours in.

>>3396153
> can't post personal work, so here's a study from the other thread.
> will be 5 years next month
> 23
> none, i'm a digital artist
> none..
> ?
> i've already half made it. As in, i'm already a working professiona. I'm just not making as much as my end goal.

>>3396153
>viable art career in sight

Actually you might be hitting some niche market if you keep going on with such paintings. I like it for some reason. I'll be watching you, faggot.

>>3398161
Moderm Day James.

onions

>>3396153
>GMI
> 8 years, 3 that I actually stopped being as shit
> 19
> 0
> Video games
> 3 hours

0. This piece was a recent experiment in comic book style shading. Try not to judge too harshly.

1. I have drawn my whole life but took it seriously about 3 years ago.

2. Probably the oldest mother f ucker here. I'm halfway to being a goddamn senior citizen. 37.

3. My work is 90% done in digital and I only use a small notebook for thumbnails to get my layouts figured out.

4. Hahaha um.....cigarettes, weed, dope and myfreecams and street fighter.

5. Hahahaha damn near every day.

6. Because even though I do the things listed in no. 4 I spend that time being high to study and practice. I don't go out and I don't have a gf, so there isn't much to distract me other than work and when I need to eat, shit or shower (Everyday)

Between illustration, vectors, motion graphics and zbrush I know I can land a job in a art related field. My issue is mostly commuting to a particular chosen field, which I'm leaving open because the job will sort of dictate this.

As far as my drug habit goes, the learning curve of software added with the pressure I put on myself for success and personal expectation can be tremendous. The chemicals don't affect me like other people. I don't turn into a dirtbag and start sucking dick for another bag or steal your vcr, I go straight home and paint. It's a tool I use, it doesn't use me.

>>3398625
ONIONS

Yesterday dudes
25
I forgot the third question but I think about vices coffee maybe
Porn artist
Haha fuck forgot all the other questions here’s a picture don’t think you know a thing about the commander

>all these people my age or younger who are way better than me

1. Some years
2. 28
3. 15
4. Working, I also love books and read when my body forces me to eat since I'm unable to use my hands effectively.
5. 0
6. Question too interpretive.

1. My whole life, but I got serious about 4 years ago
2. 22
3. Maybe 2?
4. Alcohol, porn, vidya, and fell back into tobacco recently
5. A couple hours ago
6. I'm not sure if I am honestly. Drawing is an extremely stressful and uncomfortable experience for me most of the time and I lack the consistency to put out regular work. I don't know if I could handle the stress of it being my actual job

>>3397740
>>3396166
>>3396179
don't listen to these fags, gross is the new sexy

1. 8 years but i got serious last year after joining /ic/ and caring about the fundamentals.

2. 19 going on 20

3. 12

4. vidya but i had to quit it as it started taking up too much of my time, now its watching anime.

5. this morning

6. I feel like i stagnated for a while and that haunts me a lot but this year i have gained a lot of insight into what i can do to continue to improve and it seems like it will just be a matter of time until i get to where i want to be.

>>3397783
I had a intro to figure drawing class, but that class was more about getting rid of symbol drawing rather than studying figure drawing techniques and applying them and I failed it lol.

I spend most of my time at home critiquing my own work and I don't have anyone teaching me. Basically I just draw a lot and try to keep an open mind. I also ask other artists a lot of questions even if the questions themselves are pretty simple.

My basic study cycle is attempt>study>apply. I work mostly in traditional. I'm just brute forcing improvement by drawing a lot. Also I enjoy the grind a whole lot, it's fun.

>>3396516
I like this a lot! It's loose but still coherent.

1. ~18 years, mostly just as a hobby when I could.
2. 26
3. 0
4. Video games. Mostly fighting games, assuming I win, don’t lose too badly, or just have a pretty fun set overall.
5. 2 days
6. Probably NGMI, not until after I finish grad school for my MS in Chm. I get offers for freelance work, but I can’t accept anything until I finish grad school, next semester.

>>3399520
Judging by the incoherence of your reply, it would seem you've ingested more than just coffee....

>>3396587
>>3396439
>>3396441

> But I'm following some 4-year college students and someone currently employed for storyboarding and animation that can't even do what I do. DOES ANYONE FUCKING KNOW?

>someone currently employed for storyboarding and animation

>can't even do what I do.

>DOES ANYONE FUCKING KNOW?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias wherein people of low ability have illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their cognitive ability as greater than it is. The cognitive bias of illusory superiority derives from the metacognitive inability of low-ability persons to recognize their own ineptitude; without the self-awareness of metacognition, low-ability people cannot objectively evaluate their actual competence or incompetence.

>>3399551

dont look at their age but look at how long they've been doing it.

>since forever
>22
>maybe...2?
>vidya, porn. I don't really want anything to do with porn anymore though. It's just...really not good for you
> one day
>I'm probably not gmi. I'll probably die before that happens, but that's okay since I wouldnt even know if I made it if I'm dead.

>>3396953
Blog?

1. 3.5
2. 25
3. 20-30 (not keeping track)
4. alcohol (need to quit)
5. 0
6. i honestly don't know if i can make it

>>3400197
Partially because of this thread, I just baleeted my entire porn collection 12 years in the making. Never done that before.

160,000 files... mostly hand picked.

My problem wasn't that I was getting into extreme shit (mostly just softcore/erotica) or masturbating 5 times a day or anything. My problem was that I developed an obsession with hunting and collecting. But I finally realised that the task is endless, it suddenly felt like I was swimming through a huge abyss with no hope of reaching the shore. I would rather swim hopelessly in the creative abyss.

>>3396153
My harddrive crashed and my new pieces are still on my tablet, i'll tag myself later when I'm on it
>Whole life but seriously only 4. Dicked around a lot.
>27
>What?
Been trying to fix my computer lately. I don't really work in A4 that much. I finally fixed my laptop so I'll probably be able to draw 1-2 times a week if that answers this at all
>Caffeine, weed but weed makes me draw bad with good ideas.
>uh...20 minutes ago?
>I'm not.

>>3400226
aw. good for you. porn addiction is a thing.

>>3400213
I'm on ig and tumblr under qonashion.

>>3396153

where do you post to get commissions? and how did you get started with it.

>>3400010
Thanks very much, anon.

>>3396153
>2
>19
>not sure what this means
>unironically painting, and lifting, video games
>yesterday
>I am dedicated, and I have the desire to do so, just a simple love for my craft, its all I have ever wanted to do. I am currently employed on my very first design job with a studio(indie admittedly)

>>3400165
>all those people who've been doing it less long and are still better

>>3401041

learn how they practice instead of putting yourself down. if you learn as long as another person and they improve much faster than you it means they're lucky to be born with a much efficient brain or they have a better learning system. Provided you're both are in the same condition. If the other guy is reach and learn from the best teachers then... nothing more to say.

>>3401041
try painting more than 5 hours a week

>31 yrs old
>been drawing my whole life
>I try to fill a sketchbook every month or two
>vidya
I played Far Cry 5 2 days ago instead of drawing
>I'm not gonna make it. That ship has sailed. I work at a fucking call center and will probably die here.

>>3401959
I saw your painting before, you must be one hell of an autistic photocopier if you can make something that looks that good but not have the skills to make it.

>>3396153
sure i could use some head bashing

>no work, caring for dying father
>i've been serious for 2 years
>23
>none, sometimes i feel a strip of paper with faces, but most of the time i focus only on one "major" illustration
>vidya porn coffe
>consume them everyday
>i have to, i dont see myself as a graphic designer making publicity for life

i've also learned 3D blender last month

>>3396535
oh, the last bullet point was “why you’re GMI”. i thought it said NGMI. made it really confusing reading through some of these

>>3396153
0. all of my shit is traditional, and i don't have a scanner so...

1. round 4-5 months

2. 23

3. like, 14? i don't know, i wasn't counting them...

4. same as OP, Porn. though i don't feel bad about it. i'm into some weird shit, and porn is the only place i can get it, so...

5. like, fucking 2 hours haha.

6. I'm a quick learner. at least i am compared to the dope & crack heads that walk the streets here. so, here's hoping i'm at least a decent learner compared to a normal person.

0. your work
never finish any shit
1. for how many years you've been drawing
since I took an autistic melt down at 4 year old until I was allowed to water color
2. your age
21
3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
0
4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
depression,coffee, alcohol, cutting, turning in college essays on time
5. days since your last consumption of 4.
0, 0, 5,3,0

6. the reason you think why you're GMI
I won't, I just do it to feel better

>>3399553
Blog please?

0. Can't really consider much (or any) of the art I do to be 'finished' but that's not important.
1. God knows how long in general, but it's been 4 years since I got my tablet and tried making attempts at learning stuff/improving my anatomy/rendering skills (which in 2014 were basically nonexistent).
2. 24
3. Don't really do much in the way of physical art beyond quick sketches. I've done about 5 or 6 things on 1024x pixel images this week, though a good chunk of those were very rough sketches.
4. Video games, porn, miscellaneous internet browsing.
5. An hour? Honestly have trouble keeping focused on things for any period of time when it comes to anything not completely engaging.
6. I've been getting fairly consistent art/design-related commission work this past year, albeit involving stuff that isn't traditional art. The stuff I draw on my tablet's mostly just for myself/people I know online, and I'm fine with that.

>>3396153

>1. Most of my life
>2. 19
>3. I've used like 4 pages of A4
>4. pure adrenalin
>5. 0
>6.I'm not giving up

>>3401044
How did all of you good artists learn?

>>3400161
why are you like that anon? all that mindless trolling. I've been around here for far too long, kiddo. it's depressing if you come to think of it

stop venting, trying to demoralize other people. worst of all, you're wasting your own time and energy.
be productive man. be kind to yourself

>3
>26
>2 (I mostly work digital)
>Kind of a pointless question, coffee I guess, normal shit
>0
>I'm not gonna make it, everything I draw is stiff and awkward looking

>>3404810
is this your work

>>3404894

Yes

>>3404899
so you started at 23? i'm 22 and i browse here but am intimidated by the skill of most posters here. if anything, you demonstrate that you can have progression regardless of how stiff you might be atm. do you have a blog?

1. 8 months
2. 21
3. 0
4. video games, coffee
5. 0
6. I don't know if I'm gonna make it. I want to make my own webcomic, and I think with time and practice I will be able to achieve it, but I find myself in such a tough position in life right now. Like most people here, of course. I'm not special in any way, just another person trying to find their place in the world.

>>3400585
this looks fucking sick, anon

>>3398335
gotcha bitch

0. your work
no I dont want proof that I visit here
1. for how many years you've been drawing
6 but stopped inbetween for 3 years
2. your age
20
3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
2 but thats optimistic
4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
food, overeating
5. days since your last consumption of 4.
5 minutea ago
6. the reason you think why you're GMI
I dont think I am, see reason 3

>>3406033
thats a study

>>3396153
>NGMI I know
>Probably 0 total. I can't motivate myself to practice
>25
>2
>This hellhole. I don't find joy in anything and always find myself back here. I can't even motivate myself to play vidya or watch anime anymore.
>0
>I like to delude myself into thinking I'll start tomorrow

>>3396153
>for how many years you've been drawing
13 i think
>your age
18
>number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
3 or 4
>your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
Nothing really? I mean not in a sad way just I'm generally content
>days since your last consumption of 4.
see above
> the reason you think why you're GMI
I get commissions once in a while but I don't plan on making art my job, i just do it mostly for fun

>>3396516
I'd totally watch a cartoon with your art style, anon.

10-11 months
21
What?
shitposting
0

>>3396153
>1. for how many years you've been drawing
23 (I never really "began to draw")
>2. your age
23
>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
0. Drew on other stuff than A4 pages, tho.
>4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
Coffee, alcohol, masturbation, drawing
>5. days since your last consumption of 4.
I'm drinking red bull/vodka right now (while drawing), and my dick is still sore from my morning fap.
>6. the reason you think why you're GMI
Because I really wanna.

>1
everyone fucking draws as a kid so im gonna say 12 because thats when i discovered oekaki and digital art
>2
im 21
>3
i dont fucking know i always use different canvas sizes but if i were to guess id say about 10 to 12
>4
different juices, tea, cocoa, some vidya
>5
uh a few hours actually i dont think theres anything wrong with having some juice now and then
>6
im probs ngmi, my chances of making it are 0,000001 % which is still higher than just giving up at 0%! gotta stay motivated i guess

>>3407010
fuck. i forgot to resize. im so sorry. i have a huge screen so i always forget how large these files turn out.

>>3407012
The size was good now it's too small

>all these posts
>not a single good artist

>>3407016
There are no good artists on /ic/

>>3396299
>>3400197
>>3400585
nice lookin stuff

1. seriously since 16
2. 23
3. 1, maybe 2, i do mostly digital sketching, but either isnt that much
4. candies, games and scratching me
5. ...seconds ago
6. cuz it's the only thing that i can do (i tried other studies and other jobs and I fail, actually i fail in drawing too the last year, but i'm triying again

>>3396153
for 2 years of being drawing? good job op
>>3396953
you are gmi
>>3399553
love your lines
>>3405192
your #6 i know that feel bro, if you can draw like that with just 8 months, you'r gmi

>>3400469
you have like 2 pieces that are barely decent.. the rest of your girls look like dudes.

>>3407504
Blog

>>3406655
>fear garden
what a wave of nostalgia

Can't post work because of Hiroshima so here's a link to my blog:
https://baphometbimbo.tumblr.com

>1. for how many years you've been drawing
I cannot remember a time where I did not draw i.e. ever since I could hold a pencil.

>2. your age
22

>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
Been working on 2 commissions... each on a basically A4 size. I don't doodle a lot outside of finished pieces though, which is something I need to work on.

>4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
Definitely porn, because weed is illegal where I live and I have absolutely zero street smarts.

>5. days since your last consumption of 4.
Zero.

>6. the reason you think why you're GMI
I just want to draw commissions (mostly porn) but I also started focusing again on my non-porn work and selling it on Society6 and RedBubble. I'm OK with being self-employed when it comes to art, I don't want to "break into the industry" or anything.

>>3407504
Your stuff is awesome, show us more

3rd day of not being able to post images on an image board....i miss moot.

>>3407564
That stuff's whack, you look whack

>>3396153
1. Idk 6ish years? I mean seriously, but ive always liked to draw since i was a kid
2. 20
3. None
4. Video Games
5. 30 mins ago
6. Idk what "GMI" stands for, but from reading other people, i'm usually at a stalemate with my art, i'll draw something and get tired, not draw for another week, though i want to be a game designer so luckily once i 3D model something i won't have to "re-draw" it

>>3407535
>>3407566

if you want to see more this is my tw account ~
twitter.com/Inaniinii

>>3407834
>twitter
you literally have nothing

>>3396167
your drawing of tsunade looks exactly like an ex of mine

>>3407834
How long have you been drawing? I really like your work.

>>3407841
i do, you have to go to "media" to see what I uploud, (it's not much but isn't nothing either :/

>>3396516
were you the same dude who drew that soldier with the VR headset?

>>3407852
read the thread anon, and then go to >>3407504 and you will know

>>3396153
>been drawing and doodling since I was 4
>26
>3
>Porn, and coffee(black), running, lifting, pUssy pls b0ss
>1 day
>I honestly don't wish to be a commercial artist so I guess I'm NGMI. I draw to show people what I think, and I just want it to look coherent and cool enough for people to like, so when I lay out my story(because I'm more of a writer than a visual artist) it'll catch an eye or two.
I weld for a living because I wasn't ever able to afford art school, so I'm hoping by the time I'm 30 I'll have the money I need to pay for a degree. Got screwed by the military so I can't use my GI bill for art school(it's too expensive), so there went a sixth of my total life so far, and my sister got screwed by a cosigner so now she's in debt with zero fallback other than hoping she'll get lucky with her own talents. Yeah, that's why I won't go for loans. I just want to write a graphic novel, and if I ever fail as an artist I can always just write. Drawing's fun.

>>3396153
0. unfinished but it's the only thing recent i've actually saved
1. since i could hold crayons between my chubby fingers - i've yet to really buckle down and get serious about it though
2. 24
3. none and i hate myself for it
4. vidyagames and weed
5. 0
6. i'm not and i'm okay with that. i guess it's the "oldfag" way of thinking, but my goal is just to git gud and be at the level i think is acceptable. i don't want to make money off my art, i just want to make art i like and enjoy myself while i'm doing so

>1. for how many years you've been drawing
7 months
>2. your age
22
>3. number of A4 pages you drew the last 7 days
3
>4. your main dopamine source (coffe, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gambling, video games, porn, weed, etc.)
video streaming such as twitch and youtube
>5. days since your last consumption of 4.
0
>6. the reason you think why you're GMI
because I'm convinced arts the only thing left for me to feel accomplished

What are A pages?

I'm not going to post my work tonight, too depressed for the crabs
1. since I was a child, so let's just put it at 15 years, but got serious around 15 yrs old
2. 25
3. I draw digitally, only about 3
4. tea and dancing
5. 0

6. I dont think I'm going to make it. But I've got a job that lets me work on my art when my brain is not a depressed suicidal mess. And I've got a very patient writer working with me on a comic idea we both love. I don't care if I make it, I just want to stop being miserable.

> around 4 years since i started taking it seriously
>24
>around 20?
>pron/ fear of not making it
>0.5 days
>i've started getting emails to work on projects. must be doing something right.

>>3407938
>i've started getting emails to work on projects. must be doing something right.
congrats anon, proud of you!

>3 years since 2015
>20
>3
>coffee/energy drinks
>0

>I draw most days, get a few commissions here and there, slowly building up some sort of career.

>>3396153
My current drawing is floating around /ic/ somewhere. This is just an old sketch.

>Been drawing since i was a kid

>27 years old going on 28

>I draw in a sketchbook and on apps

>Depression

>all day erry day

>I'll never quit drawing but honestly I've attempted suicide NGMI MY ART IS SHITTT

>>3408116

1. started 2015
2. 24
3. 7
4. keto/fasting
5. 1 month ago
6. art is a ladder

>>3396153
>This work is old af, I've not been drawing much
>1, very in and out
>23
>0, I've been playing around with digital
>Porn and vidya, trying to quit both for good, was making good progress until recently
>0, been relapsing like a weakling for days now

>I know the secret to drawing is visualization, creativity and memory, and I've been doing many mental exercises which tire the shit out of me; I know art is born on the mind, not on paper. I've confirmed that they're all skills that can be trained, and the method gives me much better and faster results compared to building things and moving things around on paper only. Despite this I feel doubt in my methods since I see nobody talking about what seems to me the holy grail of art - be it visual arts, music, writing, engineering, etc. - and it makes me wonder if I'm wrong (maybe it's just something so obvious nobody really mentions it), and because of this it's hard to find the motivation to keep going, and do the form, light and anatomy studies to finally make good art from my mind.

I think my biggest obstacle is that I constantly second guess myself as to why I want to make art. Deep down, I feel like I want to tell stories and bring emotions with art, but some days that goal just seems so vague, and I can't help but think if that's REALLY what I want. I have months where I draw every day, and months I don't draw at all, and it's honestly really frustrating since I've seen how much I can improve in just one month. Pic related was me after 2-3 weeks of practice, and before that I couldn't even draw a stick figure that looked right. In a way, I never gave much value to anything drawn from life, it was never my goal, and I just see those drawings as kind of stepping stones to acclimatize myself to the process, but I would be lying if I said I didn't feel great about some of those early drawings.

Probably said too much, but it kinda feels good getting it all out, so thanks for listening, /ic/.

>>3404802
Woah anon, thanks for standing up for me. But maybe I do have a slight Dunning Krueger. I don't think I'm better than them but I DID show a little bit of illusory superiority over those two in one aspect of art.

>>3408116
finish your drawings or finish your suicide.

>>3408131
>>3408116
>>3407938
>>3407880
>>3407868
>>3407704
>>3406655
>>3404564
stop slacking, practice with focus and put in few hours DAILY

>>3396153
Well...
0. You can have my shitty 2 minute gesture drawings
1. Drawing as long as I can remember, I was born in 1996 and the first thing i drew was YuGiOh
2. 21, soon 22
3. 2
4. Video games, synthwave music, coffee, daydreaming about useless shit
5. 0

6. I’m young and I still have potential to get shit sorted. I feel like my lifestyle needs a reformation before I can truly max out my art, but I’m trying to do too many things at once.
>wanna get fit
>wanna become neat and orderly instead of messy and distracted
>wanna get better at draw
>wanna get good grades
>wanna improve my writing
>wanna learn animation
>wanna have a social life
Shit’s too much.
Biggest frustration now is learning new software for animation and improving speed/draftsmanship. Been taking paid commissions, and it reminds me to draw for fun.

>>3410809
You can do plenty of those things while drawing Anon.

Having a social life while dedicating yourself to anything is always going to be hard though. I set aside a 'cheat' day that's usually Friday or Saturday for socializing.

>>3407504
Thanks anon, and yours is just outstanding.

>>3407532
Thanks anon, working on it.

>>3408149
Well, for what it's worth I think you're on the right track with visualization. It's what I've been doing and it's worked out pretty well for me. On top of that, I've found drawing from life matches drawing from something you're visualizing much closer than drawing from a photograph. Making stories with your art is a relatively low bar to set though, seeing as that's more dependent on your writing ability and once your audience is hooked it could be stick figures for all they care.

Interesting, I'll bite (mostly for that number 4 question).
0. Not a great example but I've already posted posted most finished pieces here
1. Whole life, starting studying more seriously 5 years ago.
2. 25
3. I have no idea. I've probably drawn 20-30 hours in the past five days though.
4. Sugar ]: Not fat yet but gaining some weight. Also- watching Netflix/Social Media
5. Obv. I'm doing it now. I get my dopamine in short spurts or maybe like 1-2 hours if I'm gonna watch a show. I did that yesterday.

>>3396578
..........I think I may have seen you before.
Did you ever work for an Austrailian guy making concept art themed t-shirts?
I did too and I have a feeling you were the other artist.

>>3410861
A cheat day sounds like a good idea, honestly. I don’t know myself well enough to know if I’m better drawing every day or only 5/7 days.

0. studies to practice painting in potatoshit
1. 16 total drawing.
>anti-social grinding ages 20-23.
2. 26
3. havent drawn an art in 8 days
4. fwb
5. painfully long but over soon
6. never made it. dreams died. dont care anymore. labor paychecks

>>3396166
It's not. Learn to criticize in a more descriptive manner, please.

Thank you all for posting real life failures for 121 people to gawk at, to point and laugh at, all for the sake of your self-reflection. It's good to see that failures gravitate to each other like crabs in a bucket.

I'm glad I'm not in my 20's anymore, wandering around aimlessly like all of you, trying to make something viably profitable in an age where you're not needed anymore.

>>3396153
>been off and on for a long time, right now I'm caught up in undergrad and it's killing my productivity
>21
>no clue
>sugar or porn
>1
>if I do (I won't) I think it will he because people will like what I have to say with my comics

>>3411869
heeey thats pretty gud

>>3410809
Alright I got over my ego, here’s my actual work

>>3396153
1. 3 years and a few months
2. 29
3. 5
4. Coffee on work days, vidya and porn on off days, weed with friends, alcohol with my brother
5. 2 days since coffee, 5+ for everything else
6. Haven't given up yet I guess

>>3408236
As an SVA animation graduate myself (mentioning because artist example you mentioned is sva student) I can tell you that department was RIDDLED with shit artists that just get by on style alone, it doesnt even have to be a pleasing style. They cant figure draw for shit. I imagine this is the case with a ton of artschools. The only advantage they have over you is the ability to make connections with industry workers, we had a program where they take students and intern them exclusively.

Make cold calls, send emails, do whatever you have to do to make friends who are working in the field, it's one way to make it while being mediocre.

Me, I just stopped giving a shit about animation after graduating and went concept artist instead because I realized I like to make one drawing pretty rather than make 2000 drawings for a minute long short.

>>3412338
Thanks anon, that eases me a bit. It's still baffling to me because I'm always terrified at the amount of really good artists on twitter that all don't have an art-related job just because they aren't living on the west and east coast. Makes me feel like I, along with everyone else in the industry doesn't deserve to be in it.

0. No I'm kind of recognizable, I'll stay anon thnx
1. All my life as a hobby, 11 years heavy practice/studying, about 3 years as a sole income source
2. 29
3. Idk what that is so probably zero
4. Kratom, Weed, running, weight-lifting, sex, time with the gfs, comedy podcasts, RLM, reddit drama
5. Never more than zero really
6. Eh, in some ways I have. It's my full-time job to do porn commissions and some crowdfunded stuff. I have a lease and some money to fuck around with finally, after years of scraping by and having normie retail jobs. I've been around for a bit but have noticed my work getting around more and quicker so it's a little surreal seeing the momentum kind of actualizing.

It's horrifying; now I feel like I have something to lose. It's better than being flat-broke but still.

Pic something that I might use as a ref/fap to

1. All my life but I recently got serious on fundamentals at about 18
2. 25
3. I work digital, and I'm working on a comic, so I work on several things at once.
4. Tea, coffee, sugar, music.
5. 0

6. I dont care if I 'make it' but I'd settle for my comic being a cult classic in the future.

1. on and off since highschool (8 yrs ago) but haven't been somewhat consistently trying to improve until about 2 years ago
2. 21
3. not enough, maybe 10?
4. street fighter
5. 1
6. i don't really think i'm going to make it with my drawings at this point, i don't believe i'm cut out for it but i still want to improve for myself i guess

>>3412914
who is this?

>>3396153

1. I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, but nothing serious though. Mostly it was just Dragon Ball scribbles that moved to Death Note. That kind of thing. I started taking it seriously March 2018. I'm still studying Loomis, but I think I got too focused on the head. I'd probably read up on his other books soon

2. I'm 22.

3.Usually a page for a day. I try to cram studies in one A4 page.

4. Cigarettes and coffee. I could do without the coffee but cigarettes are too difficult for me to let go of.

5. I had both an hour ago.

6. This is the first time in a while that I'm actually focused on gitting good without using any shortcuts. I'm trying to use my time practicing as efficiently as possible

>>3412914
hello shadman

>>3413014
pretty sure that the girl from the young turks.

you are the slave of your own intent. friendO :)

>>3413065

Pffffft. Shadman's a nice guy but himself and every other working artist knows he's bad.

>>3396299
That's really nice

>>3396153
>seriously for 3 but probably less than 1.5 in total since i quit midway through the year, for fun all my life
>23
>20?
>porn, mma fights
>porn a second ago, mma 3 weeks ago
>my country has no artists and no culture of construction or illustration which gives me a massive edge

>>3410991
Not me sorry!!

>>3413002
You have a blog or something?

>>3396535
sugoi

>>3396624
/ic/ can't unto reading comprehension, nor decent, relevant critique.

>>3396666
If all of /ic/ could internalise this advice, it would be rid of 90% of the crabs.

>>3396519
Same here senpai :3 fuck those beautiful trees

>>3396716
I actually like these the most, good sense of form and proportion. The first one's torso is too small and she looks like a little girl. I sure hope she's not... You're way too hard on yourself. I think you should leave /ic/ for a bit, it's definitely not the best place for positive remforcement, or encouragement. Why not start a sketchbook thread on ConceptArt?

>>3396758
Nice expressions. Are you interested in being a cartoonist?

>>3396153
> probably over 12 at this point. but I'm still struggling to get serious
>18
>wot
>weed, coffee, occasional adderall (need a script)
>0
>I'm not.

I mean, if I get serious, and manage to 1.) stop hating myself and 2.) get the ability to fucking focus and relax. I also have no idea what I want making it to be for myself.

>>3416154
whoops

>>3416154
>>3416155
>the 'if I get serious, I can make it in X years, tops' meme
It doesn't work like that anon, your attitude and work ethic right now is already your upper limit; it's as serious as you can get. Rarely can someone change their sloppy work ethic, especially for someone who's been at it for 12 years. Unless you experience some life changing event or just straight out decide to actually get serious (again, really rare), you're doomed to progress slowly and die before you can reach the level you want. I pray that you can prove me wrong.

I'm scared to participate in this thread.
My resolve to keep trying is already tenuously thin without me reflecting on how little I've accomplished for how old I am.

>>3417124
Same boat.
The only consolidation I can give myself is that at least at my age I haven't spent just over a decade since when I was a kid actively drawing (when my only dream was to be an artist as an adult) every day building terrible habits and symbol drawing and instead can look for good study material to absorb. Hell, I'm still trying to break out of symbol drawing, though I haven't been serious for too long.
But I do feel you. Just remember everyone has their own reasons for where they are, had my highschool years turned out differently I'd be a lot different - I might've continued drawing daily and have lots of confidence in my abilities but I could also be doing it terribly wrong. Can only look forward, I suppose.

Fuck it, I'll do this thread.
>1. 5-14yo every day, then on/off (some times once a year), but seriously less than 1 year now
>2. 27
>3. I don't know about A4 but 13 1920x1080
>4. caffiene, cigarettes, weed, alcohol, video games
>5. 0
>6. GMI: unless I continue to actively work on my many mental issues, no. If I do and I continue to work hard, maybe. I'd like to, a lot, though. But I quit almost everything I try to succeed at, so, based on past evidence: no.

>>3417159
I guess that's true. I'm still chickening out on this thread but good on you for doing it.

>>3396153
What is making it tho? Working as an artist?
I’m already working for a videogame studio which was my goal before but I’m aiming for better studios so I guess that would be considered making it?

>>3417111
very pessimistic

1. Since I was young. I'm 22 now. Only been taking it seriously for about a year.
2. 22
3. 0
4. Cannabis (Haven't since like August of last year), beer, porn, video games
5. I'm drinking right now
6. I might make it, I've just lost a lot of motivation and kinda hate myself a lot.

https://bridgeisbroke.tumblr.com

1. I don't remember any fucking more.
2. 20
3. A few sketchbook pages, I'm trying to fill these sketchbooks I have by like, August.
4. Porn and the gym.
5. 1 day.

6. I will keep banging my head against every wall that I come across until my head breaks or the wall does.

1. It was a hobby until a year ago
2. 19
3. 2 (working doesn't make it easy)
4. sugar and video games
5. 0
6. I started freelancing while still studying, doesn't pay much because it's not full-time but still I'm slowly climbing the ladder.

1. Since I was a kid, with multiple year breaks
2. 33
3. 2
4. porn
5. 5
6. ngmi

>>3420120
How do I get as good as you?

>>3420120
way too big

>>3420131
for you

>>3417111
I've started changing the way I draw already, and I've already been making greater improvement than I normally do. Art has changed from a hobby to a passion, but slowly. I doubt this is the upper limit of my attitude and work ethic though, I know I can do a lot better, it's just that I really need to be medicated for the issues I have. It's why I do adderall when I can, I just have very little access to it. I know that it's rare, but just the very idea that I can do it is enough for me. I'll know by the time I actually settle into independence. Because of this is actually my upper limit, I'm legit killing myself. Because this is a problem that bleeds into every facet of my life. Git gud or die. I guess I'll see in the next year or so.

>>3399553
when are you gonna draw big dick trap getting fucked, brah? my erection can only hold out for so long.

>>3396153
>1
>25
>4-5
>weed, and nicotine, beer
>0
>I might not make it but my most experienced art friend and tattooer sees potential in me and wants train me up.

>>3397695
>milo can
ngmi