/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

ESSENTIALS:

>>>/ic/thread/3023643
Links to many art books including as Keys to Drawing (Dodson), Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Edwards), Perspective Made Easy (Norling), Color and Light (Gurney), The Vilppu Drawing Manual (Vilppu) and How to Draw (Robertson).

>http://ctrlpaint.com
A website dedicated to understanding the basics and process of digital painting, based in Adobe Photoshop. Library of over 200 free videos.

>http://quickposes.com
Free pose library to practice drawing the human figure (as well as a portrait library). Draw at your own pace or set a timer for quick gesture drawings.

>http://youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
Instructional how-to videos covering mostly portrait and figure drawing from fine artist Stanislav Prokopenko.

>https://www.youtube.com/user/onairvideo
Croquis Cafe - Timed model poses.

>http://drawabox.com
Controversial yet helpful introductory course on the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on understanding the concept of form and thinking in a 3-dimensional mindset while you draw.

>Your local life drawing class
Life drawing is an indispensable tool in your art career. Do not be intimidated based on your skill level - there will always be someone worse than you and someone better than you. Use this opportunity to meet new artists for learning, critique, and growth.

Thoughts?

>>3421941
posting again from last thread since it was almost dead when i did.
would like to know mistakes and what to improve upon.(sorry for shit quality)

>>3422173
Looks like you're on the right track. Keep it up anon.

>>3422173
Nice keep going

>>3422113

>>3422166
When I'm starting to learn should I draw on paper or digital ?

>>3422187
paper

:~) finish of >>3419093

>>3422230
I know you're aiming for a "painterly" please do study more on rendering and blending soft and hard edges. It looks a bit muddy, and hastily finished. Other than that, nice work anon, keep it up. You're on the right track!

Trying to learn anatomy is it better to learn through exact tutorials of anatomical parts and then put them together or to sketch a lot and add detail later

>>3422254
What is construction.

Hey gays, I am supposed to learn how to draw doing exercise with pencil + paper and then move to learn how to use a tablet?

Some mannequins, I use Proko's figure drawing course

>>3422402
Perspective is a little wonky. Check out this guys videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS-5A3Veue4

>>3422230
spoopy

>>3422170
Very cute. Got a social media site you post more on?

>>3422402
I hope this is informative

What can i fix /beg/ ?
If someone have some tutorials/video/books anything to learn color and shadow, i'll take that gladly.
Thanks guys.

why is loomis a meme here? are people being paid to defend it with their life or something?

>>3422543
What software do you use?

>>3422570
Clip Paint Studio, i'm trying to go Photoshop tho.

Hi Bois. What's the best way to study Lewmis?
I find it hard to read photo reference well and translate it into Lewmis even though I can convey likeliness drawing without construction.

https://versiantus.tumblr.com/

3 months of just draw

>flaws in anatomy
>bad lighting
>black is too black
>something about them that hurts my eyes
>symbol drawing?
>wanna learn seinen manga type shit


what else?

>>3422623
Too much edge/10
Use color you fucking faggot

>>3422623
>all anime traces
I think I've located the problem.

>>3422630
you think theyre traced? im flattered

>>3422638
>you think theyre traced?
I think they're slobby as hell, if that were the case.

>>3422648
you again
don't look under your bed at night or a trace'll eat you

>>3422623
wait you draw for 3 month and you are already this good?

>>3422658
been drawing since childhood but it's on and off and never cared about practicing for anything

>>3422561
>are people being paid to defend it with their life or something?
no
which is why no one does that
take ur meds

>>3422623
U should really do a study, especially on tiddies, cuz these are horrible.

roast me senpai, I'm trying to learn proportions right now, using 6x the head for body height. Excuse the chicken scratches

>>3422718
>using 6x the head for body height.
>cuts off legs.

>>3422722
Because fuck the calves

>>3422725
L A Z Y
A
Z
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>>3422774
to be honest i drew the head first, 3x head size for torso, that length times 2 and you get the legs, but I ran out of canvas

>>3422534
Thank you. No I'm a sketchbookist still, but I heard that creating finished products is the best way to improve fast.

Need crits, maybe I shouldn't be in this thread, .

What do you think? I still might change it later but for now i'm done.

>>3422815
Whats the wales motive?

So I've been trying to practice figure drawing and getting proportions right. This drawing was a mess of chickenscratch markings so the smaller details got fucked. Can anyone judge this for me and give some pointers or anything?

When I was going over the picture in a digital art program to make out polygons, draw lines, etc the legs were cut off so I couldn't really include those in the drawn version either.

>>3422815
Saved.

Sorry for the high shitty quality but I can't change it on my phone.

I'm starting to study legs. I think I like them.

>>3422778
>digital drawing
>ran out of canvas
anon are u ok?

>>3423022
kek
i'll draw the legs tomorrow

>>3422166
second time in the OP :D

still stuck on this study, its going very slow.

>>3423032
wowo keep it up anon! post when youre finished, looks great!!!

>>3423051
tnx dawg :)

Did I get this right, or am I still symbol drawing.
I'm working on my lines but its hard to make a single stroke when you're trying to copy things.

I'll keep going though since I started getting /fit/ yesterday and stopped eating shitty food etc.

>"Okay I'm going to start studying the art fundamentals"
>Spend from May 2017 to May 2018 drawing shit like this

why am I such a faggot anons?

>>3423120
Because you have to be specific and set aside time to actually study. Instead of art fundamentals, say faces. Instead of going to start, actually do and time yourself for an hour.

>>3423120
>>3423124
This, you'll notice a palpable improvement as you work on your lines and basic perspective. It's helped me tremendously. My drawings were total poop but now I'm starting to make stuff I'm proud of. And that's all I care about.

pic related, something I'm actually proud of (wip)

>>3423124
thank you anon this is going to actually help me since I was trying to tackle a lot of stuff at once and get burnt out on the same day so this would help in this too

>>3423126
what you said reminded me to work on my poop lines and also you really should be proud of this since it looks great

>>3423126
Wow this looks great, cute 02. Do you have a site?

Posted this in the study thread but want some as much feedback as I can get.

Apart from the nose, is anything else ridiculously fucked?

>>3423140

>>3423140
proportions are real fucked up, the face is taller, eyes lack form and eyelids arent really visible, mouth is too big and flat, since you outlined it and didnt think about the form that much. If you look closely you can see that if you use a vertical line form the corners of the mouth in the original picture it touches the middle part of the eye, in your drawing it goes almost to the outer corners of the eye, you already know about the nose and lastly you are missing values, since you're using one for light and one for light, but you should use atleast 3 at minimum, light, dark and middle tones and everything in between comes from blending.

>drawing some tanks from imagination as an exercise in perspective drawing
>i kinda like one of the sketches
>decide to try inking it
>the further I go, the more mistakes in the original pencil drawing I notice, every one of them more retarded than the previous one
>try to salvage some of them in inking
>made some of them even worse

Welp, gonna post it anyway. Was aiming for a 3-point perspective. How did I do?

>>3423150
Great great, I'll at least try to fix up the values before moving on.

>>3423161
That looks cool.

>>3423140
Before you start with the details try getting the proportions right first

>>3423161
love the shading

While painting I usually use references for form, sometimes texture, and rarely color,, but I noticed my latest painting was rather unappealing in its color, so Ive decided to do 10 real life studies before moving on to the next painting. Will studies like this help me or should I be doing something else to improve my ability to paint aspects of realism?

>>3423180
Do ten then decide for yourself if it helped you.

Hey all

Trying to redraw art from my favorite artists in pencil only by studying their lines and trying to copy them. I'm attempting to put to use the lessons in keys to drawing by not thinking about the lines and just trying to use my eyes to understand them. Sorry for the poor lighting in the hand drawn pic.

>>3423161
Nice hatching. Really gives off the form
There are still some parts off perspective, like the entire top gun along with its cylinder
Also I might just still be bad with perspective, but that looks more like 2-point to me. I don't know if I'm missing it or not. Also, did you freehand those lines?

>>3423163
>>3423167
Thanks mangs!

>>3423192
Yeah, the entire turret is kinda fucked, that was the first thing I noticed.
It started as several boxes in 3-point perspective, but I guess the whole idea got lost in the process. The 3rd vanishing point was supposed to be far down, but now I can see that I fucked some of its lines as well.
And yeah, all of this is freehand, cuz I'm a lazy fart (;

>>3423140
look at what you've done

>>3423192
>but that looks more like 2-point to me

redline please

>>3423184
The character design itself is quite ok, but everything else needs work. Colors are weak, lines look half-assed and the shading is just weird.

>>3422638

i recognize some of these, looks like a scene from a manga I've read...

hmm... and you made it look like shit.

good tracing requires fundamentals too...

>>3423215
Green and red are fine. Purple on the other hand, most of it looks somewhat parallel, or completely off.
I didn't mess this up did I? I'm still pretty new to perspective.

>>3423101
pls respond
I just want to know if I'm still symbol drawing and that I need to go back to my upside down drawing exercise.

>>3423251
It's hard to tell whether someone is symbol drawing or just copying a ref, especially one that is also using pseudo symbols.

Draw from real life reference photos if you actually want to see where you stand.

>>3423271
My life drawings are awful.
and I don't know what to do or what/how I should practice. >>3412252

>>3423128
>>3423131
Thanks for the compliments friendos <3 I haven't put up my stuff on a site yet but I'll definitely post on /ic/ when I get one up. I love drawing 02!

>>3423278
Well, what's an endgoal piece you want to draw, make something similar to it. See what's missing and find tutorials/reference.
Make sure to keep practicing fundamentals like 3D shapes.

Also do a couple of bargue drawings to learn how to copy something exactly, it will be impossible to symbol draw if you follow the directions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znr1OY-aHhM&list=PL3aPoNPQSJnSJVw2_GUVR7jC0nbnksq6F&index=5

>>3423285
>Make sure to keep practicing fundamentals like 3D shapes.
This 1000%. Learn to draw boxes and spheres in 3d space then draw them connected in ways that create bigger and more complicated shapes.

>>3420441
>>3420484
>>3421515

I tried to do what you guys told me, thanks for the help, i think im done with this one.

https://mydrawingtutorials.com/a-drawing-exercise-every-beginner-artists-should-do/
This tutorial makes me happy. So reasonable and simple.

>start doing upside down drawing
>halfway through the damn thing gets so big I run out paper and can't finish
How the fuck do I stop this

>>3423457
Just keep reading. The book has something for that issue.

Feedback? New to working on environments, mainly just do figures.

>>3423457
start with the center of the thing you're drawing, put that in the center of your page

>>3422166
>rough sketch looks messy but exciting and dynamic
>lineart looks refined but stiff and lifeless
Does anyone else have this problem when they draw?

ANOTHER shitty unfinished study. I'm too embarrassed to post it in the anatomy groupdraw thread. Maybe I should spend more time studying simple 3D objects for a while?
Maybe I'll draw some apples or a bowl of eggs.

And I just discovered that perspective is more fun to practice on large paper with soft charcoal.

Original pic
>>>3386468

Meant to toss this one on.

>>3423511
>>3409111

>>3423503
Why don't you get a nice contour down before working on the shading? Like how an unfinished house can mean a useless cross section or a nice stage with a bit extra on top.

Damn the reference was so good i had to use it on something, It also looked like satsuki-sama a lot. and im actually kind of ok with the results.
I wish i could do this all from imagination, besides the reference I used the kill la kill sketchbook to reference how satsuki looked too.
I'd like some crits and shits since i can see some serious flaws on both drawings.
for the left mainly the larger torso, unforshortened arm, the whole figure leaning forward and short right leg, clothing out of place or nonexistent are some red flags, and for the right drawing the shitty right hand unforshortened left arm and clothed in a wonky perspective (mainly in the breast/neck area and torso) and the short blade kind of annoys me to look at now
I think i should just draw more.
>>3423503
you're doing yourself a disservice by not posting on the groupdraw thread anon, Old Op gives nice crits and that's the purpose, studying and getting crits not just posting pretty pictures
what I can see from your picture its not as bad as you say it is, proportions are ok except for head and left arm though i think you havent even finished those, what it does lack is construction or atleast something to show it has form
>>3423511
nice, anon it looks to me like something norasuko would do
>>3423463
I cant figure out what most of the enviroment is, maybe a sea/lake? or a field? whatever it is i feel you just jumped into details (or a thinner brush) way too soon, take me with a grain of salt tho, I dont paint that often, or rather at all
the wizard is cool tho
>>3423457
Draw the outside contours of the thing you want to draw first and then the details inside of that frame/contour you just draw, that way if you draw it too big you wont feel like you wasted that much time/energy
>>3423126
man this is really cool anon, be proud of drawing best grill

>>3423527
this is some of the ref I used from the official klk sketchbook

>>3423120
draw the fundamentals along with what you like, in shorts burst and little by little with small goals like studying an eye and then drawing one from imagination in another angle, stuff like that really works
>>3422878
It feels like its slanted but its because it has no depth or perspective, if you draw a line from the end of the clavicle to the knees the result would be a vertical line, but in the reference its actualy going at an angle, that's because you didnt take perspective in consideration and likely just took measurements. same for the head.
the gesture is also kind of stiff but for the time just focus on getting your perspective on point
>>3422815
I-is that an octopenis?

>>3422718
This is new level of chicken scratch, get rid of this habit asap, anon.

>>3422230
Looks like a boy can you at least make her face look feminine and cute ffs

I’ve been looking at this so long I can’t tell if it sucks.

>>3423630
Ref

>>3423236
>most of it looks somewhat parallel, or completely off
Thats because a lot of them are completely off, I'm also pretty new to perspective (;
Pic related is kinda what I initially had in mind with the 3-point perspective.
Then ofc i screwed it up when drawing.

>>3423630
Looks pretty good to me.
But the way you angled the jaw makes her look older than the ref, and her nose looks flat like a clothes iron.

>>3423645
you could get away with two-point perspective and nudging the outer lines in a bit to make it look three-point
I think three-point is only really worth it when you are staring at tall things close up

>>3423630
Flip the canvas

>>3423527
Both legs are too short

>>3423527

>>3422166
I'm not strictly /beg/ but I figure this is a /beg/ relevant question.

I've always had trouble "grounding" standing characters, ie. drawing their legs/feet in the right position so that weight is evenly distributed, they don't look like they're about to fall over etc. without an exact reference of the pose I want. Somehow this is an issue I don't have with sitting poses, action and so on.
Are there any techniques to make it easier to work out?

>>3423839
Loomis has a chapter on this ircc.

>>3423602
I'm trying, but this is my first tablet, pretty hard. Also I'll add another layer with normal lines once I'm happy with the sketch

>>3422878
if you take the time to draw out the perspective and then draw a box you'll get a better feel for the forshortening

>>3423884
Not him but you just convinced me to 100% dedicate myseld to learn perspectve desu

Answer your email. Don't make me summon you.

>>3422878
>>3423884
I'm seeing what you mean, thanks! I'm going to retry this taking perspective into account.

>>3423884
What is this grid even supposed to be? I can't tell what you're going off of.

>>3423884
Who are you? Where can I learn more from you senpai?

/BEG/ ART FAGS EXPLAIN WHY I CAN'T LEAVE MY COMFORTZONE OF DRAWING ANIME GIRLS

>>3424290
Post your work. It's likely that you do, but just not very far and that's okay.

are u a BeggineR in whaT? loneLinesS? :)

I WANT TO MAKE IT

>>3423217
This is the original; I just applied a bunch of filters. Thx for the feedback!

>>3424386
You look like you're going to make it if you keep studying like that. What's your motivation that keeps you going?

>>3424386
I would bury my soul in that ass

>>3424386
uh you ruined the look of the ass by giving lineart

This is a simple exercise
My goal was to play with custom brushes

I was trying to show ticker brush strokes on the first ball
How can archive that?
Am I doing wrong?
How can I improve?

Will I make it ?

>>3424604
Yeah. Congratulations.

Economy practice

10 brush strokes
No counting drawing and local value
15 total
Opinions?

how do i make the tiles look more like tiles?

>>3424610
How did you manage to learn how to paint like a 3D modeler program, anon?

>>3424612
what did he mean by this?

>>3424612
im pretty sure he traced over a 3d image, aand
>>3424620
He wanted to know how he got his ref.

>>3424620
>>3424624
i just took a picture of myself and observed

>>3424610
check the square attached to the nuke thing he's sitting on
the horizontal lines should converge to a vanishing point

>>3424636
they do its just not in line with the tiles.

>>3419721
yesterday i made a sketch,doodle,whatever.
today i tried to draw something bigger.
some anons advised me to get some books but i'm not swimming in money right now so all i can do is keep drawing,looking at what i think are mistakes and trying to fix it.
the mistakes i can see for now are the tiny hands and the way the gloves were drawn,the baseball bat looks off,it don't fit the "hands".

>>3424022
i used the cross on her feet to get the 2 point perspective. and for the thrid perspective i based it on her for leg and the center line of her left arm.

i'ts all basic perspective. the box could have benne made smaller. I based it on her position of the feed...but i could have used her head instead. Maybe it would have been more helpfull...but then it would have crossed the body and made the whole thing read a bit less.

>>3424651
oh i can't forget the arms,they are drumpf tier.
while peanuts characters have small arms,this is still a mistake i made.

>>3424023
the work i'm having posted on the internet isn't very recent. It's mostly stuff from 2 years ago. Since then i'm been working on samll project and couldn't post much so i prefer to not link it for now. But i often lurk ic when i'm to bored to actually get working haha.

I drew my favorite movie

guys got any tips or criteaqs?

how do I stay motivated

>>3424845
Escape your mental prison.

>>3424845
just draw

I don't know how to digital do colour. I'm using CSP, though I'm positive this shit exists in other programs, but things like the combine mode confuse the everliving heck out of me and I don't even know what kind of brush I should pick. I've spent all my time practicing line art and perspective but I wanna delve into colour.
I have CSP & the complete Daub brush set, does anyone have like a brush combination to simply get started with so I can start experimenting and trying shit?
thank you kindly in advanced.

>>3424561
These look real good
I have no clue about brushes, but could you link/share (?) the ones you used?

I tried to do something without references, can you tell me if the anatomy is alright and what should I fix ?

>>3424931
Balance is a bit off, draw a vertical line down from the tip of the nose to find where the weight should be, approximately. Remember that the pecs insert into the arm, so the arm should be in front of the torso. The arms are also in a weird position considering the rest of the pose is reasonably neutral. Lats need a bit more definition, right now it looks like she has none. The ear should also be taller; usually the tip of the ear lines up with the eyebrow and the bottom with the nose. Another observation is that you seem to draw most of your lines twice; some places it looks bad (mostly on curves) but it's a minor nitpick.

It's good anon; clearly you have a good idea about proportions and some anatomy. I'd encourage you to try drawing the hands, legs and mouth; you can't get better if you never try. As for suggestions on what to look at next; gesture could be helpful, and also the anatomy that connects the legs to the torso and some arm stuff. Proko is obviously very good for this, but obviously there's others if you search for it.

>>3424850
default hard round is all you need

>>3424947
Thanks for the detailed answer Anon, I really appreciate it ! I'll try to fix it when I get home, I hope you'll have a nice day, /ic/ needs more people like you.

>>3423804
>>3423649
Danke schön

>>3424290
because you have bad taste

>>3424931
was not sure if female or male...but well.

>>3424951
wicked, thanks. saves me a whole lot of trouble.

>>3424931
Collarbones can't be rotated like that with the rib cage pointing that way

this was fun. critiques? i know i got some blending to do but besides that

>>3424609
Is there a reason to practice limiting your strokes?
>>3424845
Rely on discipline instead
>>3425046
This has got to be a joke

>>3425072
whats the joke?

First sketch, any critiques?

>>3425097
Flip the image vertically and try again.

Thoughts and Prayers?

>>3425046
dunno if ur serious, but the anaotmy and porportions are rly fucked up.
if I was u I would not use color yet,
also very stiff.

>>3425082
the lightsaber isn't aligned with the portion that's below and above the right hand (put a ruler to your screen)
the abs...
and anyone muscular enough (or w/ low body fat) will have other definitions that show
the "come get me" hand posture is unnatural
rendering comes off as unfinished
i'm not comfortable giving critique on anatomy, but the torso + upper arms are definitely off
and from her face it looks like she's got an extra chromosome

>>3425046
well i gave up halfway...but the anatomy should at least be a little more accurate

>>3425072
Brush economy anon
I think you know about it
Tips like
Use the biggest brush possible
limited brush strokes
Don’t over render
You know

>>3425046
Same shit different day. At least you've added most of a body to your odd heads.

>>3424413
Jesus Christ was not a hard taskmaster. He understood our little failings, understood the weakness of our poor fallen nature, understood the temptations of this life. We might have had, we all had from time to time, our temptations: we might have, we all had, our failings. But one thing only, he said, he would ask of his hearers. And that was: to be straight and manly with God. If their accounts tallied in every point to say: "Well, I have verified my accounts. I find all well."
But if, as might happen, there were some discrepancies, to admit the truth, to be frank and say like a man: "Well, I have looked into my accounts. I find this wrong and this wrong. But, with God's grace, I will rectify this and this. I will set right my accounts."

>>3424947
I went to see a few videos about balance but I don't quite understand what is it, I tried to rotate my drawing and I guess it's a bit better now ? I fixed the arm as well, the ear and tried to erase some lines on the curves.
>>3424990
Thanks for the redline anon, it was a female actually, but I fixed her look for her to look more feminine.
>>3425004
Fixed the collarbones.

So, is it any better ?

>>3425116
you also gave it a few extra pounds

>>3425114
>but the anaotmy and porportions are rly fucked up
damn i know the anatomy mistakes but are the proportions really that bad and over anatomy bad? stiff is a MEME idont care what anyone says

>>3425115
fuck i didnt take that into consideration with the body fat. ill just make her a chubber so i dont have to worry about muscle def. this is the ref i used for the hand. i think her abs need to curve 'under' toward her pelvic instead of being vertically straight

>>3425116
i intended for the hand to be extremely foreshortened so the pose change is a bit to much.

>>3425138
pls critique proportions and anatomy

>>3422166
Need some colouring/lighting and facial anatomy advice. It sucks but I can't tell how I can fix it.

>>3425111
I prayed that you become a great artist, particularly when working from your own imagination.

Just finished Keys to Drawing. That makes it 2 books now (read How to Draw on the Right Side First). What now?
The guide in the sticky recommends Fun With a Pencil. Yay or Nay?

>>3425248
I'd say Perspective Made Easy by Norling

>>3425248
But how much drawing have you done?

>>3425256
Everyday from 3 to 5 hours. Plus reading another book wont make me stop grinding the techniques in the previous ones.

any online classes that while teach me doing stuff like pic related?

>>3425301
no.
no class will "teach" you to do this out of the blue in 3, 6 or any number of months you want it to.
practicing for a decade will teach you how to do this.

When practicing gestures and figure drawing, how many drawings should I try to fit on a page? Currently get about six, should I be trying to work smaller?

>>3425230
i just wanna say for everyone shitting on you, you're taking it well
as long as you have fun
i think ygmi
but get stubborn thoughts like
>stiff is a MEME idont care what anyone says
out of your head
:)
>>3425235
is this supposed to be weeb or realistic? if the latter, no asian girl has a face structure like that (e.g. narrow nose bridge + face)

>>3425328
A figure or two per page.

>>3423161
Nigga it looks fine don’t get so fuckin anxious about your work. Just remember most people don’t draw so even if this is flawed to you the average person will generally like it.

>>3425334
>i just wanna say for everyone shitting on you, you're taking it well
Well he's used to it by now.

Have drawn this yesterday(with reference)

>>3422718
now with calves and less chicken

>>3422170
Left tit and eye look to small. Hands also look to small for the face but if that's a style choice because "anime" then it's fine.

Elf ears are no bueno but that's opinion

>>3422402
Work on your gesture, try villpu

>>3422543
Right ear is hella big

push your values more, I can see a bit of suggested values but it's weak in that regard.

Maybe try painting in greyscale first then color

>>3422789
Fucking fixed, right hand is still too small.

I'm not a massive fan of the gigantic edge you've given this thing. Seems like something you should have added in post

My girlfriend got me into drawing, how do I improve so she won't laugh at me anymore?

She said she loved this crappy picture I drew, but that's just because she's always horny for me.

It's cheating to use the circle tool instead of hand drawing a circle, isn't it /ic/?

>>3425370
Blog? That's some nice potential you've got there.

>>3424610
please respond

>>3424610
>>3425449
What have you tried?

>>3425449
relief

>>3425427
grow out your horns first

>>3425427
By drawing every single day.

>>3425466
putting some light on the light side and dark on the dark side. didnt work though. what would you do?

>>3425481
First of all I probably wouldn't have made drawn out every single tile in the first place, but just try to suggest that the floor is tiled somehow.
But how about some kind of texture? or are the tile just untextured?

I seem to be at a new level of retard, I can't sharpen my fucking charcoal pencil without it breaking.

>>3425491
idk much about texture. can you suggest me some guides? thanks in advance

>>3425501
Sorry bud, never looked into textures myself.

I've been drawing for more than six months now, granted this is my first attempt at painting but it's not like i've improved much in other areas after the first few months.

>>3425442
Thanks! I am currenly inactive on every social media account because i want to get better before i start posting again. So no blog for now

>>3422623
Straight from battle royal and berserk right?

>>3425427
commit to it and shed blood, sweat, and tears for the next 10 years

have I improved at all?

far left was a week ago, second was a few days ago, and third was a few minutes ago. each is a five minute sketch

>>3425566
the underlying drawing should be sound before you paint. this is clearly not the case

>>3425621
>week

the more you try to see improvements in this short of a timeframe, the more you're going to be disappointed. try 6 months

these new master academy videos have been helping me so much. I feel like I've made more progress in the last month than I made in years of on and off self-study with books

>>3425641
Which ones? What were you working on?

why can't I get it right? where am I going wrong?

>>3425656
mostly the vilppu, sheldon, and steve videos

anyone ever tried drawing a triangular shape for heads? it's a visible outline of the skull on real people's faces. then you could add cheeks and the bone structure you don't see under skin.

>>3425623
and how do i fix the underlying drawing?
Like i said its been several months since i started drawing and i practice it for at least two hours a day yet i'm nowhere near even competency yet.

>>3425641
all teachers of any subject wish they could deliver information half as well as steve

>>3425675

>>3425657
>where am I going wrong?
If you'd actually read loomis instead of just looking at the pictures you'd might pick up on the answer.

>>3425657
c'mon son, 3 half circles from the top of the head to the chin.

>>3425657

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYjpkg6vrlg

>>3425427
Start learning art fundementals. Sketching all time won't do shit.

Give me an advice

>>3425756
Finish the mouth

I keep getting proportions wrong in my drawings. Can anyone give me some tips?

some quick changes to fix some of the flaws now that I have a bit of free time.
>>3423821
>>3423825
thanks anons, godspeed

>>3425674
>and how do i fix the underlying drawing?

thanks for reminding me why i hate this place...

>>3423527
some quick changes to fix some of the flaws now that I have a bit of free time.
>>3423821
>>3423825
thanks anons, godspeed

Will drawing from my wrist limit me in the future?

>>3425775
keep trying. if you know it's wrong, then you should know what's right

>>3425848
you'll eventually get carpal tunnel. you don't want that. if you want to draw for a living, you especially don't want that. use your elbow.

starting another study

>>3425097
stop drawing nazi and war shit. it's a good way to make a large amount of people never engage with you or your work so you'll be shit forever.

learn to construct 3d objects instead of trying to mimic their shapes in 2d

>>3425111
left pupil should be centered because you’re looking directly at it. eyes don’t actually move when you turn your head, baka.

what did i do wrong?

Yeah!
A simple sketch portrait
Fallowing new master academy teacher Christ.

>>3425984
Forgot to resize
Sorry

This is /beg/ enough, right? I'm quite shitty at painting.

Just got keys to drawing, should I just focus on the exercises or also on the text? Can't remember what another anon told to do.

>>3426087
just draw

why does my picture look like goblins :)

>>3426087
If you really want to improve, read everything. You're asking to cut corners already and you haven't even started yet the book isn't even that long lazy nigga just read it

>>3426003
You're in the right place for sure.

Going through keys to drawing up to page 35, how's my sketch of /v/-tan?

Going through keys to drawing up to page 35, how's my sketch of /v/-tan? Nevermind that thing in the back, it was an attempt at upside down drawing wich turned out even worse than this. I don't think that's a good exercise for me.

>>3426087
ngmi

>>3426172
Here's the only other drawing I though was worth saving

>>3426130
Heres another one I just did. Critiques? (Clearly I'm new and need work)

>>3426213
looks like peter judenstein

>>3425756
the colors are completely different
but for something like this you should convert to grayscale anyway

>>3426213
>>3426130
your linework could use some improvement.
Remember, don't scratch it, draw confident singular lines.

>>3426130
>>3426213
Stay on the canvas.

>>3426225
Sorry, the second one was from a ref that was not a full body picture. But thank you, I will try to in the future, I know it will help me learn better.

>>3425965
Its change of hue is way too even, the roundness doesn't come out

>>3426172
Why'd you make him w i d e

>>3426269
He got wider from my shitty image editing, but in general I have a problem with keeping things at a small scale. Had to draw a loose square around him so the drawing wouldn't cover the entire page up

Getting back into painting after 3 year hiatus, pic related is last painting I ever did.
What should I focus on in my next study?

>>3422166
I really want to start drawing and painting, but i always thought it was just one of those talents you have to be born with, like singing. I doodled a bit in my childhood, the usual anime stuff and guitars on my school notebooks, but i never though it was something i was good at. Pic related is some of my work, some old, the deer ones are new and the watercolor paintings are at least 5 years old.

I've been super inspired by Frank Frazetta lately and want to give it another go, is there hope?

Also, if you have HORRIBLE handwriting is it even possible to be a good artist?

>>3426284
This is nice dude.

>>3426320
Give it a go, mate. No way to know unless you try.
Handwriting doesn't mean anything

>>3422166
What's a good Sai brush for sketching

>>3425984
looking good

>>3426284
pretty

>>3426320
>is there hope?
No. There is not. You haven't even started yet and you're already looking for excuses for your imminent failure.
Literally anyone can learn to draw well, talent only comes into play once you reach professional level.

>but i always thought it was just one of those talents you have to be born with, like singing
>like singing
>Also, if you have HORRIBLE handwriting is it even possible to be a good artist?
Is this bait?

did this shit for mothers day lul

criticism welcome

>>3426338
Cool and creative drawing, anatomy looks decent... Not sure of relevance to mothers day though? Did you consider your audience or just draw what you always draw

>>3426341
plot twist: his moms a furry and masturbates to minotaur

>>3426338
Idk about minotaur anatomy but I'd say that lower right arm is missing its wrist

>>3426341
thanks for the compliments.

That said I always draw what I want. I'll only stop doing that if I'm trynna make a living or something.

also see: >>3426346

>>3425566
if ur not improving much in 6 months ur doing something wrong.
R u just drawing or actually doing studies?

>>3425566
Well, show us something done with a method you haven't literally never used before.

>>3425152
Bump ?

>>3426284
Not beg tier anon
:)
>>3426484
Get rid of those chicken scratches and we'll talk

>>3426484
well this time as a girl....but i just think you'll need to get more confident in your anatomy

>>3426522
just realised that the left arm is to long and the head a bit to big...but yeah...

just study your anatomy and you'll get there

>>3426484
I like your lines

>>3426522

>>3426522
I prefer anons desu.

>>3426522
mh
maybe YOU should work on your anatomy

>>3426522
lmao that face, but 4 real work on ur anatomy and everything basicly.

also this is not a big point, but i think it will be usefull: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVbqoy_JEV0

>>3426577
Don't worry. I know i'm still lacking.

>>3426172
vtan got swole after gaining mad gainz from all those memes.

I keep fucking fucking up these fucking shit ellipses fuck me what the fuck fuuuuck

>>3426284

your trees don't really match the rest of the painting in terms of detail. i feel like you should focus on nicer looking trees.

the rest looks really nice tho (:!

I just want to draw good boobs and bottoms.

>>3426701
do it then!

>>3423191
those hands lmfao

>>3426703
I did it!

>>3426717
hot.

>>3426495
Heh, yeah, I need to work on that.
>>3426522
Thanks again for the redline, I really appreciate it. Guess we both need to work on that.
>>3426530
Aw thanks.
>>3426539
T-thanks anon.

>>3426717
Damn, never knew Patrick had an Ass that THICC.

i wanna draw the next picture posted

>>3426768

I'm looking for a way to help beginners.

Recently started this website but i'm not sure how to make my service profitable yet, that's why i'm giving away free feedback.

If anyone has tips for this beginning coach to get clients and make money, you're welcome!

Here's my website: https://www.artcoach.xyz/

>>3426789
lemme help you first of all, your website isnt responsive.

>>3426792
It was only 100 bucks a year via Wix.com

>>3426792
but thanks, will re-upload the images after i got them through some optimization software.

>>3426755
I wanna join in the fun too!

>>3426811
we have to go deeper

>>3426774
It ain't great but that was a fun ass picture thank you anon

>>3426824

>>3425756
He is clearly scowling in the reference but because of the angle he is at, his brow line is straight. In yours, you moved the center down to show he is scowling so you aren't drawing what you see

>>3426884

>>3422230
Very nice effort! I know you didnt ask for it but i couldnt resist to crit you.

The face is very asymetrical. you would have noticed if you fliped the canvas i think.

you do some nice blending. but i think you need to work on the big shapes/planes more before you blend. Its like setting the foundation for the forms and will make it much easier to make blending decisions.

Also some dark accents (and light) would help to make the forms pop a bit. You put these in the occluded parts like in crevasses. it also helps to frame the face more.

And the last thing i would add is to study planes of the face and textiles more, i illustated and example of how values are usually distributed on a face with lighting from above slightly with the help of plane knowledge of the face.

>>3426811
>>3426884
What do y'all use for the lines? Marker?

>>3426905
Why a lil gal got the face of a mum

>>3426912
I dont paint kiddos, do me a paint over xd

>>3425379
Women have fairly thin ribcages, ofc it varies. But thats how i like em.

Also learn some more detailed anatomy of the chest and stuff.

either way goodjob!

>>3425756
I can recommend that you read "the practice and science of drawing". It will teach you methods for meassurements, blocking in values, building details and fundamental stuff like that. If you follow the steps in the book you'll get results.

>>3426811
s-show off

>>3426811
>>3426884
wtf i love /beg/ now

>>3426884
I like how you can see the difference in skill and fundamentals. /beg/ should do this more often.

>>3426884
hehe

>>3427014
>>3427014
>>3427014

>>3427014
>>3427014
>>3427014

>>3427014
>>3427014
>>3427014

>>3425930
Not him but what if I just think the Nazi's had a really good sense of style?

More good beginner-level Youtubes other than just Proko/Ctrl+Paint?

finished this a few days ago. thinking about taking a solid month off from drawing shit I want to and doing nothing but studies, at least for a few hours a night, every night.

Can anyone help me with getting better with poses or any advice with making/forming poses?

>>3422230
wtf is this? it looks awful, do you even know hard/soft edges, and how to blend bro? smfh

>>3422815
what is color and composition?
nigga it looks like shit, did you even study your fundies? You wasted a couple of hours of your life trying to paint this, trash. Try harder.

>>3423032
this art is one of those prime examples of "muh brush strokes, muh painterly painting" art. Seriously, it looks worst than shit. Next time try to actually finish it aight?

Thoughts?