/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

wip

>>3548247
Is that the girl from VVITCH?

>>3548281
METAL/10

good shit. you should so some mock comic and album covers

>>3548325
you could use darker shadows and brighter higlights, the lights dont giv a sense of depth, try thinking of it as a sphere with the center being each light and how that would fall on the skin

>>3548325
>>3548361

Pointless WIP

>>3548247
Some said something like ib4 drama so I decided against it, I just wanted some feedback because it is the first time I try making a portrait in this way (no pressure, odd brushes)

>>3548305
That is the idea

Anyway here is how it came out, maybe I will touch it up later, besides what I mentioned before the overcast tones and the wide set eyes are a pain in the neck, so I took some liberties at the end

>>3548423
rendering looks like shit

Back to drawing after a few weeks. I really want to render this but I'm still a retard when I try to paint over the lines.

Someone told me my buffalo-ish creature looked like Jontron last thread, so I tried fixing dem faces. WIP.

>>3548382
your art is familiar. what's your blog, in case i dont already have it?

>>3548423
>lifeless like one of firez's painti-
oh. damn dude, ya gotta do something about your faces. always ridin that uncanney valley

>>3548489
As someone who has seen the movie you're a fucking idiot, I think he added quite a bit of vividness in that study

>>3548497
hi firez

Trying to achieve a dark eerie mood while having to making it read, it's tough
please don't just "ctrl+M"-me

>>3548325
too dark to read as a thumbnail. My piece suffers from this too
>>3548281
this is dope
>>3548423
ah weird
The Witch is my favorite movie

>>3548247

Any tips on cel shading?

Drew this based on >>3547935 as a ref.

>>3548608
never have I thought I'd be calling giraffes sexy but my lord jesus if that giraffe isn't lewd as hell
>>3548529
keep it up lad, this is some fantastic shit

>>3548608
Just do it

>>3548677

johj

just finished this yesterday

>>3548729
oh and i've been continuing this one

>>3548677
>>3548608
>>3548597
literally cant open these files without waiting a billion years for them to load

>>3548423
Beautiful. Dont listen to the high school peanut gallery.

>>3548734
>all these posts are under 1MB

sounds like a you problem

>>3548480
Just a few random thoughts that might make this work better:

+ I think the values could use a little tweaking. In particular, I think you can utilize better values to help differentiate the foreground (front 2 buffalo) and the mid ground (predator, mountain & buffalo). You can do this by lightening up the midground so the front 2 buffalo really pop.

A small but important addition here would be the slightly lighter background on the far right to help give that buffalo a better silhouette, thus creating more contrast and giving that area a little more purpose in the composition while still keeping it dark. There's a buffalo there - really show it. I think this is important because the far right is currently a bit of a muddy mess that's hard to read and an overall useless area. You might as well crop it out.

In simpler terms - there's too many blacks; you need to separate things a bit more.

+ Consider adding a bottom rim light to the figure. It really wouldn't seem totally out of place, given that stampedes are pretty dusty (which dissipates light), and it could really add to the intensity of the scene and the intimidation of the predator. Overall I think it could really help things 'pop' a bit more.

+ I know it's a WIP, but I'm hoping you'll be adding some sort of dirt / kickback from all the feet tearing up the ground. For the dust - I recommend playing with a mix of soft and sharp edges.

I hope this makes sense. I'm a little stoned. Looks great regardless!

How can I improve this color palette

>>3548529
This looks like it was shot in a TV studio. Like you can see the edge of the room because the trees just stop and then there's a grey wall. That's an issue.

Also - you're gonna have to buckle down and just redo the figure. I'm sure it seems like a pain in the ass, but it has to be done. Reason being that - as it currently is - the person seems be firing off way to the left and not at all in the direction of the hare, so much so to the point that it's jarring. Like - what's he shooting at? It's definitely not the hare. You can solve this by finding a better reference of a person shooting from this general angle. If you can't find a good one, trying making your own by mocking up a figure in Design Doll or something similar to help give you a better idea of what a figure would look like from this particular angle, shooting at that particular spot.

I saw you thought your piece suffers from a bad thumbnail. I think you can fix this by:
1.) Increasing the size of the figure in the foreground significantly. If not, at least crop the top 1/3 of the composition, as it really isn't serving any purpose.
2.) Separating the foreground from the midground by darkening the foreground and slightly lightening the midground.
3.) Adding a rim light to the right part of the figure & tree - there's presumably light shafts in this forest, so it's not unreasonable to have there be another area of light off canvas providing the rimlight.
4.) Adding a light shaft and overall gradient coming down from the sky to the midground.

Hope this helps - I really like this!

Should i change something?

>>3548789
>retard believes thats how data transfer work
lmao

>>3548423

Tanto tiempo, veo que has mejorado bastante, de dibujar anime pasaste a waifus realista con la cara sucia.

Igual yo no onions muy bueno pintando, pero me da la sensación rara de los colores porque tu utilizaste solamente colores cálidos en la cara, si mal no recuerdo, en los días nublados las luces son frias (grises o desaturados) y las sombras calidas y esta tienen ha hacer más suaves.

también te falto darle más contraste en los ojos, siempre son el punto focal en cualquier retrato, y también intente suavizar la cara y los bordes, y te entiendo es dificir hacer eso con los custom brushes.

ahora no se si me habrá quedado tan bien la pintada, pero lo hice a la rápida y además estoy mas enfermo que la chucha. Espero haberte ayudado, La verdad es que no sé si usaste referencia o no, sería útil que la postearas porque yo también estoy adivinando.

Saludos.

>>3548923
some good changes but the facial structure was botched, went from realistic to magazine realistic

>>3548699
>giraffe
God damn it
I guess I have to adjust colors to make her look like an minotaur. Thanks for your comment.

>>3548702
I just did it and it looks awful.

>>3548247
trying to make a anime 60s style

>>3549006
made this full color version for fun but i went all out

>>3548986
Do it again, but this time do it better. Now do it another 100 times. Does it look better?

>>3548423
can you post the wip/progress for this?
I want to do portrait paintings like this but I don't know where to start or even where to look for

Color/figure study I did yesterday. I'm fairly new to digital and I always struggle to avoid overblending and choosing the right colors, this was done to try and work on those things.

I know her foot is a mess and the face is weird looking, anything else that really stands out? Tips on signifying brushwork/improving color choices?

>>3548916
head looks tiny, but maybe that's intentional

>>3549088
Yeah it is on purpose but its too small. I See it now

>>3548482
Thanks bro. There you have it
https://www.instagram.com/jordi_milian/

>>3549057
The rendering is okay anon but to say the face is weird looking and the feet are a mess is an understatement; her face literally scared me, one foot looks like a paw and the other looks like a sock. Please work on those bigger problems, don't be a render fag reee

I usually draw comics, but sometimes I paint to rest.

>>3549006
>>3549009
people are sick of the shoe horned diversity, image politics forced nigger, trans, dumpy women, shit.

>>3549057
only add a noise filter on actually good paintings otherwise you just look like a shitty beg trying to cover mistakes

>>3549319
....wat....

>>3549393
ignore that retard he doesn't think black people exist

>>3548423
I only saw your drawings until now and liked them a lot. Not surprised that your paintings are even more awesome. I like the rendering, very tasteful and not overworked.

Memes

>>3548885
Holy shit anon, thank you so much for taking your time to do this. I love what you did and I'm definitely going to apply everything you said, this is very helpful. Thanks!

I specialize in the Clip-Art style of the 90's.

>>3548382
Cont.

>>3548413
Totally underrated

>>3549933
Sorry

Self portrait

>>3550013
Mr. Conforti, your thoughts on the Iliad if you please. Favourite character, etc. etc.

>>3550063
I'd have to say my favorite character is the main character, Iliad

Hey firez, did posting on reddit help you in any way? More recognition or views or something? How can you deal with those dishonest people...

>>3548923
>>3548932

Thanks for the feedback. I went back and worked more on it. I did double down on the changed tone because the overcast one was just not working with color jitter + new brushes + no pressure. I guess it ended up being better but I'm mostly done with it and will not bother you guys again with it

>>3549025
I only have time lapses for my ipad stuff, PS is crashing too frequently nowadays to even attempt to record with it.

This is probably the closest time lapse I have to that piece, I hope it helps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GEZCJUE8ts

>>3549538
Thanks. I'm surprised people like it, unfortunately it is the first time I use this kind of finish for portraiture. I have other stuff with no pressure but it is mostly landscapes.

>>3550079

Not much, I don't have anything like prints and I didn't make hyperlinks to my sites so maybe that was a lost opportunity,

I really did not expect much. I was truly baffled to see it getting 17k+ upvotes
.
To be precise I got like 3 commissions requests, (it was like 5 but those others were interested in traditional pieces). and like a dozen new followers in total.

I guess next time I will try to put more effort in the chilling side and see how it goes.

<---A study from the reference thread

Any ideas on how to improve this design?

>>3550221
well since it is already pretty mechanical, shouldn't there be a steel frame lining the inside of the wings to explain how it is controlled?

>>3550112
Whoa Firez really is popular on reddit

>>3548897
Pick a really saturated color to use really sparingly to contrast the more natural ones you're using, to give life and avoid it looking muddy

>>3549933
>Totally underrated
Thanks mate. Though if by underrated you meant no replies it could be because drawing is monochrome and low contrast so it's less likely for people to notice. Or because it's not that good but inoffensively so (probably that)

>>3549937
Can i get some feedback?

>>3550297
Like a more saturated blue in contrast with the desaturated shades of yellow mud?

>>3550575
its nice done
but there is no any story, picture is a little bit bored

>>3549937
>>3550575
You might want to add a background element behind that flat looking land on the right and make it less straight

>>3549911
Happy to help friendo! Glad a lot of that resonated with you. Feel free to post your next WIP - I'd love to see how it turns out

>>3550575
The piece is just begging for some sort of fauna to be perched right on the rocks in the foreground. Consider adding a coyote or a few.

>>3548247

Drew and colored this yesterday. I was looking to make something that felt cramped by the canvas in order to make it seem larger than life.

>>3550666
The big issue that pops out to me is that the lighting is completely inconsistent and all over the place, which makes everything feel disconnected. It's almost hard too look at. This is especially true in his right (our left) arm - there's no reason there should be such a harsh shadow on it. The shadow even changes completely between the arm and the hand.

This is an issue across the whole thing.

>>3550650
pic related is my reference. You can see that it's not possible for a coyote to get up there and i'd like to keep it as realistic as possible. I considered adding some birds that are native to monument valley, but the rocks are so massive that you couldn't even see them.
>>3550610
Good point. There is a strip of mountains in the reference photo, that I tried to include in my painting, but it is hard to see. Perhaps i'll try to define it more, but i'm feeling done with it.
>>3550587
I guess it's not very exiting, but that's not really the point of landscapes in my opinion.
>>3549937
I would also like to let it be known that I didn't do any tracing, and I don't think I ever merged the images either. I used two monitors, one with the original, and the other with my painting. You can see that the scale of the land on the right is off.

>>3550679
Fair point. Thanks for the feedback. Figuring out lighting the more complex it gets is still something I'm grappling with.

Anything specific you'd recommend for getting a better handle of it?

Finished this today but I feel like it ended up pretty bland and muddy, with a few exceptions like the flowers.

>>3549937
>>3550688
I'm afraid to say, you basically destroyed the composition. In your pic my eyes go first to the mostly black rock at bottom, then I see the one furthest away in the distance but due to the atmospheric perspective the lowered contrast means lowered interest. The most eye-catching details are in the rocks to the right but the way they are positioned (shoved to the side) makes it really hard to treat them as the point of interest of the painting. This is why others felt like something was missing.
Meanwhile, in the original picture my eyes go to the amazing details of the lower half then gradually they approach the more distant formation until my sight gets lost in the clouded horizon. The sense of scale is greatly enhanced by having a massive foreground and 5 distinct blocks (as opposed to yours remaining 3).

tl;dr you can't just go and crop a photo. Although you did a good job choosing a part that has nice overall value contrast.

>>3550711
I dunno about making the focus in the composition a dark shape against a dark background. The backlight isn't enough to pop it out. Otherwise I like it.

>>3548247
finished this today it's kind of crap

>>3550728
Thanks for the feedback. This is the first real landscape ive done and i dont know anything about good composition. What is a better way to go about things for my next painting? I agree that the rock formation in the foreground is distracting and i didnt really plan on including that part when i started. Should i just make an effort to balance the focal points next time?

>>3550763
it's not bad but gotta work on that foreshortening. also thumb on the other side.

>>3550765
Yeah and also be careful about the relative compositional "weight" of your stuff: the foreground and the farthest rock while they are different in value, which is good, their sizes are almost the same and that's a big no-no, it kills the dynamicity of the painting. If you have 3 "blocks" try to have a big medium and a small one, unless you're doing something with symmetry/negative space.

>>3550786
Thanks for the CC. I think ill study up on photography a little bit to get an eye for framing and composition before I start another painting

>>3550221
the silhouette value is pretty unclear with the right legarm
you could make the wings lined or translucent or something

This is something I'm bumbling through. I'm a vagrant /beg/ trying to force myself into color and light.

Did another self portrait

>>3550829
u looks like a pedophile

>>3550834
Thanks

started this today, gonna do the rest from photo reference I took

Be real with me, I love it but need actual critcism

Not really sure where I'm going with this desu.

>>3551068
Right has some appeal. Left not much at least for me. I guess the face and features of Wonder Woman are the parts that break it for me

>>3551224
Really Lovely face. You will probably get a more nuanced comment or appreciation on the stylization thread though

>>3551228
Oh thanks, I'll try posting it there.
Glad somebody likes it though cause I'm not so sure I do anymore.

>>3551038
progress on this. gonna do the background tomorrow

>>3549298
i really like your irl sketches. wish the people i follow filled their insta stories with more art and less filler bullshit

>>3551275
gonna refine the background tomorrow, too tired right now

Yo, this is my first time digital painting (or painting in general). I used an oil brush pack, which I guess I should probably work up to and not start with. Anyway's, just curious on general tips and feel free to crit the painting.

>>3551362
rendering is nice, but you should learn to paint forms as the nose stick out as being unfinished, good job though

>>3551372
Thanks. The nose gave me a fit and eventually I just said fuck it. Time to go really study some anatomy.

>>3548247
Need some feedback, I went a little too light on the shading, I blame working at night
Hope the right leg came out decently Im not so good with poses

>>3548247

>>3548247
i draw this with mouse, the hair is unfinished

>>3551446
Here's a 3 step guide just for you:
>sticky
>loomis
>/beg/
Good luck and don't give up.

Also why do people put their ugly sign on everything, it honestly takes so much from the work and it's usually embarrasing

>>3551482
u jelly

>>3551482
lol, this crab

>>3551468
Like the eyes, anon. Amazing work with just a Mouse. Why don't you own a tablet? They are somewhat cheap these days.

Don't know where the hq painting is. I properly lost it in a factory reset, but I still have this one I send to a friend. Sorry for the shitty jpeg.

>>3551491

They are very complicated to obtain in my country, and I do not know what to start with

Update

>>3551508
Sorry to hear that. What country do you live in? The Wacom Intous series starts out pretty "cheaply" and they are somewhat easy to get your hands on.

>>3551508
They are everywhere in the Philippines.

>>3551516

I keep asking you for a place where I can see more of your work but I never get it. :((

>>3551516
this is amazing!!
do you have a blog?

>>3551516
There are two things that bother me: one is that her waist is not parallel to the ground, I think you wanted to show that, since her right leg/arm is not sustaining her, the weight is pulling her down. But given how unrealistic this creature is I think it would be ok for her to have perfect balance even while standing on one limb; the second thing is, what is she doing with her right hand? She gives me sphinx vibes, so I guess she is gesticulating while speaking in riddles or something but honestly it looks more like a "what the hell man" hand gesture than anything else to me. Not sure how it would work with the overall design/concept but maybe including some kind of mudra would benefit the storytelling. Otherwise I guess you could put something in her hand? But then she would have problems walking.
Also I guess I don't like the corset, I think the naked doll body was better, although I can understand including the skin to add value contrast.
Still the rendering is extremely fappable.

>>3551516
negative shapes are ass. need better value grouping and silhouettes
youve rendered a lot already. But I think you could utilise the top down lighting for a more dramatic effect. something like ruan jia

where do you learn how to render tho?

>>3551525
in Mexico, inflation makes it more expensive than it really is, and being a student does not help, but it's fine, I'm sure if I save money for a while I can buy one, until then I'll settle for the traditional drawing, thanks for the recommendation

>>3551567
You can literally go to MercadoLibre and get a Intuos Pro M for a decent prize, not even taking into account that they have a Mexican branch with a physical store in Mexico City. I don't understand how it can be "complicated" outside monetary reasons.

Some random heads.

>>3550816
Welp, here's what I ended up with as the final. I struggled a whole lot with the shoulder pad shininess.

Any thoughts, critiques, or insults would be greatly appreciated.

>>3551516
You're so good at painting but all your ideas are absolute dogshit. Take some months and focus on getting up your visual library and design sense. Would be such a shame to see your level of skill wasted on all these horrible ideas. Godspeed bucko.

>>3548536
Thanks a lot man, this is a huge help
Hopefully this thread won't 404 by tomorrow

>>3551516
Going in the right direction

Just finished this today. I think I might have overdone it to be honest.

>>3551356
why is this 100 times better than your last set of model paintings.

>>3551769
Spent longer, better canvas, better palette, better brushes.

According to rules of deliberate practice I should focus on just a single biggest weakness at a time when improving.

What should I focus on to draw better cute girls?
I want to get good enough to start doing commissions.

>>3551815
well for one get rid of that massive schnoz

>>3551811
ok, cause this one is really nice in almost every aspect. Post the ref my dude? I love tanlines

>>3551815
that face
study cute faces

What I was last working on, few months ago
I only get the urge to draw every so often, and I rarely finish my pieces

>>3551815

learn to draw noses, because that isn't it. there shouldnt be a line extending from the nostrils.

furthermore, your nose is off center. the septum should align with the chin and philtrum.

your lips are symbolic and strange. actual lips aren't that long, and don't have that "smiley face" dimple thing you have going on. they're also way too low on the face.

eyes are asymmetrical. her right eye appears to be drooping. it should be even larger, considering that her eyebrow is raised.

is she supposed to be raising one eyebrow, or is this eyebrow just floating away? eyebrows are anchored to facial anatomy. her face should deviate from that blank porcelain stare. the other eye should squint. there should be creases on her forehead. think of the eye area as a bag of water. when one end is crushed, the other expands.

The breasts are facing away from the body. the middle of the breasts should line up with the belly button and clavicle.

in my opinion, they're also too big to be cute. is this part of the 'cow person' gimmick?

you have a serious style problem. you have extremely accurate core and cast shadows, but you're using black lines. when you get to the level of rendering that you're at, lines look strange and surreal. you're using them as a crutch and it's time to abandon them. your skill will improve rapidly if you do.

you don't know how to draw hair. go on a wig website or Instagram and draw some real hair.

good luck

>>3551815
Form.

>>3550829
oh no u'r balding

>>3551990
I'm not balding omfg I just got a big forehead

Finished this last night, used microsoft paint. I only just started drawing this year.

>>3552065
I like it. Reminds me of Courage the Cowardly Dog. You should try expanding on this style on other directions it looks very versatile based on this drawing

Some friends of mine are playing DnD and while it's not something I personally get into I do like drawing their characters for them.

Just finished this one depicting one of my friend's characters following the loss of a party member in a fight.

long time no see drawthread

>>3551886
use a soft brush. all these hard strokes draw attention to areas without importance (her thigh).

>>3551983
what does this mean? what are 'drawing skills'? do you just mean anatomy?

>>3552067
thanks! I'll try to do some more, also learning to work with ink as I go

>>3552104
I'm used to doing everything with the same brush, maybe that's not a great idea. I'll give it a try

>>3551825
>>3551856
Thanks!

>>3551983
Thanks for trying to help me, but because of how curt your crit was, it wasn't very helpful. After reading crits from others I see how you meant that my construction drawing was done poorly, but if your crit was all I got, then it wouldn't help me at all.

>>3551952
Thanks a lot, Anon! I appreciate your tips, especially how specific you were when pointing out my problems with anatomy. And you are totally right with me not knowing how to draw hair, and yes, big breasts are a part of cow person gimmic.

I hope I won't come off as defensive, but could you please elaborate what's so wrong with drawing lines?
I've seen a lot of really cool, sometimes realistic pictures where lines were used, pic related.
Is there something in my style that makes it incompatible with linework?

I'll go out again tomorrow maybe and get a good copy

I'm trying out a Cintiq and I'm having an awkward fucking time. But it's good fun.

>>3548281
cute, good hatching

>>3548325
yeah. the blue contrast highlight is getting a tad passé, the figure is leasing. Change the light's color.

>>3548382
adequate MAD comic illustration.

>>3548413
not enough to go on, I'm not a fan of the concept

>>3548423
Her right eye, what have you done? Amend it immediately.

>>3548468
fun, light hearted, just right for media used

>>3548480
wew

>>3548529
quite good. bit of movement though!

>>3548536
yeah, feely feels.

>>3548597
groovy

>>3548608
pretty much there.

>>3548671
bit of cleaning up please, nice pallete!

>>3548677
yeah, well done, very good.

>>3548729
start over, you took too much on

>>3548733
you're acheiving an illusion of motion blur almost, the hand shatters your hard work. edit it out.

>>3548818
The hair for the win.

>>3548897
good start, pose is a bit awkward, do you have a reference?

>>3548916
nah, it's just rght

>>3549006
you must not chew gum

>>3549011
?

>>3549057
have another go at the arms,

>>3549318
It must be very upsetting for you

>>3549359
calming, just right

>>3549556
ready to pin up

>>3549931
resize -50% pls.

>>3550829
have you checked your contents insurance recently?

>>3552311
>>3552312
>skipped

>>3552316
your implication is vague.

Pen challenge

how do i unfuck this statue? it's supposed to be an owl.

>>3552332
Damn this is a pretty cool style

>>3552337
maybe try actually drawing an owl

did a quick sketch of my friend

>>3552445
and this portrait of her

>>3552635
anatomy is fucked

>>3552635
the absolute power of a kim jung gi wannabe

trying 2 draw without reference

>tfw you just found out you're an actual retard when it comes to SFX
Loomis didn't teach me about this, I guess I know what I'm studying this week. Almost done with this one, besides that layer of dust, debri and the like.

By the way guys, how long do you all take with your pieces in average? I feel like I'm abnormally slow with my finished paintings, I'm talking weeks from start to finish, sometimes over a month. Less than a week is "fast" for me, but I know pros can make mind blowing stuff in a couple of days. Granted, that's their full-time job, so...

>>3552669
>trying 2 draw without reference
why?

>>3552678
oh i just for fun. not one of those 'references are evil!!1!1' guy, dw

>>3552676
please excuse my retardation, and dont take it like i know what im doing, but imo in a stampede there would be more dust and debris, like there wouldnt just be pieces from a single footstep but rather youd be able to see mud from previous stomps in the air due to the speed

>>3552684
Nah, you're probably right actually, thanks for the input. I just feel like crap when I have to completely cover parts of a drawing after I spent time on it, but that's on me and my lack of foresight. I might just go ham with the dust, but first I'll look at actual references and give it some thought+compositional consideration.

>>3551485
>>3551483
What the fuck?
Reading the sticky is the first thing you should do as a beginner, you should check the artbook thread instead of jumping straight into loomis tho

Stop samefagging your shitty anime symbol drawings and dropping ic buzzwords

>>3551446
>>3551483
>>3551485
First: stop samefagging. Seriously, the exact 60 seconds of diference between your post is a dead giveaway. You think you slick.
Second: look at your favorite anime artists and mangakas, pay attention to how they know their shit when it comes to drawing a muscular dude. That's because they studied their shit and know what they're doing, I'm not telling you to stop drawing anime, but also study your fundamentals if you want to improve your anime (so do like the other anon said, read the sticky bla bla bla Loomis bla bla bla)
Third: no, the right leg did not come out decently. You fix it by knowing how a leg works and looks 3dimentionally at the most basic level.
Fourth: don't stress it too much, judging by your posts and the fact that you think you're hip and cool by drawing edgy nazi anime girls, you're probably like between 12 and 16 at most. So don't worry, if you keep drawing consistently and studying, you'll git gud,
But maybe consider dropping the nazi lolis. It's cringy.
...if you're not actually 12 to 16 and you have read the sticky, I'm very sorry for you. There's no fixing.

the chimera of art block

>>3551458

I never feel like drawing anymore.
I know I could make it if I try, but it feels too much like a chore now.
Dammit.

Figured I'd post my current wip and get some advice/feedback.
Making this for a person, so the symbol is a ripped thing from something else that they sent me, not original

>>3552712
wonky but weirdly endearing, i love it

>>3548247

>>3552745
really love the water colour and pen, looks nice
wish you'd spend just more time with the pen on the hair, make it look less messy
but still really cool anon!

>>3552745
looks better sideways

>>3552751
Looks like your main problem is symmetry, maybe use a few plumb lines next time

>>3552751

>>3550829
do you have autism or you just cant draw anything else than yourself and apples

>>3552669
the back leg is so much skinnier, I get foreshortening but that's probably too much

>>3550829
dw I think it's rly good :)

>>3552731
thanks

>>3552880
oops pardon the watermark outside of the blog share thread

>>3552880
Anon that's freaking adorable. Love your stuff, please post more.

>>3552311
>pose is a bit awkward
is it the legs/arns?

how do i make it stop hurting

>>3552954
left shoulder pulled little bit back would help for the pose..

>>3552971
I can't tell what's wrong with the left shoulder, it looks fine to me

idk

>>3552954
>you search anything and yeah it's a 'thing'

Make the pose yourself to find out and take a photograph , your tablet usually has a camera with a timer. I like the rough quality of it as a style.

HOW DO I INTO COLORS REEEEE

>>3552995
I hope no one ever leaves you alone with their kids. There's something wrong with you. You sick piece of shit.

>>3553010
her arms are too short compared to tit and head length

>>3550221
Also try to keep an consistent shape so one of your wings don't end up looking like a used condom.

>>3552842
i also painted >>3552447
>>3551356

>>3550656
Stop with the leaning the character looks like she is about to fall backwards. have one clear light source she is right now beeing lit up form so many angles alsoher feet are being distorded alot like she has a broken bone in the leg and feet for the raised leg

>>3551068
if you wanna make it more realistic studie anatomy. if you wanna keep it cartoonish still studie anatomy as you will get a better understanding of the body. what jumps out in my eyes is face is flat she don't got a stomach you have many confligting light sources, clothes are either to much to one side or the other and no one has connecting skinn when they spread there legs or are walking. her head sould benefit if you did some shadow and light source studies. but keep going some of the things you do i good

>>3551356
her ass is way to big and the neck is to smal if it is covered by the hair show that better her shoulders seams to hight and her nose looks like it is pointing towards one of her eyes

>>3553016
Don't work on a grey background.

>>3553078
lol what

>>3553078
Why not

>>3553119
I'm pretty sure grey backgrounds are only good for values, dealing with colors is better work on titanium white or order base color, my nibba.

>>3553010
Hope this helps you out

>>3553126
this is very wrong, shut up

>>3553074
this is a bad crit, but I did more to the nose outline and hair.

>>3553110
>>3553119
>>3553139

This >>3553126 pretty much. A background shouldn't be such a complete afterthought or considered something that's not important - it's most definitely part of the image and will affect your (and the viewers) perception of the colors. Even something as simple as a colored background to compliment / work with the colors in the portrait would help a lot. One of the biggest benefits is that you start to create a distinct color palette for the piece instead of having it be muddy (which it is now).

Another major issue that is sort of related is that the range of values within the colors is very limited, which contributes to the timidness and muddiness and does little to help describe the form.

I attached one example of a direction this could go in to avoid muddy, bland colors. I simplified the colors / values just for the sake of illustrating how a better range of values can help create a better form.

>>3553140
You really should get rid of the tan lines and just keep the tits to match the rest of the torso and fix the sausage fingers.

>>3553147
how do you recommend I "get rid of" the tan lines?

>>3553147
>just redo the entire thing, make a new layer, hit ctrl-z

I think you need to stop doing digital, anon...

This took me days.

>>3553167
I also did 2 small sketches, for practise.

what do you think about it?

>>3553154
>>3553166
Make the tits the same color as the rest of the body? It's a small fix not an entire redo of the painting. I find the change in color contrasts too much with the rest of the body, but do whatever you want, it's just a recommendation.

>>3552332
expanding

>>3553180
I think it's garbage because everybody knows that Triss was left with horrific burn scarring running the length of her chest and upper torso from the Battle of Sodden Hill. She would never choose to wear something so lowcut and makes a point of stating it in the books, but the artist ignored that canon is favour of "hurgh tiddies".

value study.

should you worry about light/shadow transitions when doing value studies? or is it better to focus on getting the base shapes right?

Trying out some stuff

i really don't know how to make a piece feel finished.

How it looks in general, and is it clear at least what is happening on the pic?

>>3553348
>criticizing boob logic when the MC keeps not one, but TWO swords out of quick reach on his back
Hahahahahahahahahaha

>>3553469
i think it's really nice. i love the bottom left corner. not the biggest fan of how you painted the mountains tho, i feel like they need to be sharper (?) i hope you know what i mean lol

>>3551356
This is lovely, but you need to get out of /ic/ FAST, this place is just not good for you.

>>3553492

WIP. What you think?

>>3553473
character logic is different from impractical logic tho. like batman's cape is dumb but it makes sense on a character level.

>>3551502
look at skulls, my dude. aslo how the ear connects to the skull. the face painting is pretty good though.

>>3553136
thanks

>>3548413
The way the leg connects to the hip is a bit uncanny

>>3552445
Nice lines
The lips and eyes are symbols

>>3550414
Lol looks like that space marine that’s memed here

Unlikely that I will continue working on this, but for future reference: anyone got any tips on how to draw and render scales? Especially a chitin-like appearance?

>>3548247
Done with this, shirt's lazy tho. How bad did I fuck up

>>3553650
So much detail and so little life. Maybe learn expressions via simplification?

>>3553512
Use saturated colors sparingly especially on grimdark characters. Ironically you’re using white and black to shade and highlight which typically desaturates images. It’s giving me a headache to look at.

>>3553654
I was noticing how lifeless it got after I started rendering, I'll start on something a bit more basic next time so I don't get caught up in details while ignoring the feel of the whole
Also drew this picture of a child swapping goblin fairy today

>>3553470
>splashes don’t make sense with respect to the angle of attack
>weird focus on the vines
>Metroid is more distracting than complimentary
>doesn’t really matter since there’s no real focus with respect to composition
>scratchy linework on hair compared to rest of body

>>3548897
Constanze is best girl

>>3553665
I like how you use the black in the image. It adds more contrast and makes it look more dynamic.

>>3548897
for starters dont use ms paint

>>3548911
thanks a bunch for the crit dear anon.
I'm not sure if I was able to cover all the issues but I'm tackling them.Redid the figure but I haven't figured out the correct perspective for the musket.(i'm using the previous one I painted for the other figure). Still haven't messed with values too much
also,maybe this puritan hat might be too funny looking regarding the theme of the piece lol

>>3552311
>>3548729

>start over, you took too much on
I disagree,taking on thing we deem as hard is how we improve

>>3548911
>- the person seems be firing off way to the left and not at all in the direction of the hare, so much so to the point that it's jarring. Like - what's he shooting at? It's definitely not the hare.

Exactly, there is a gutted Dobermann lying on the ground, whatever did that definitely wasnt a hare, I'd say if he isnt firing at hare, he probably chose his target well.

>>3548911
>- the person seems be firing off way to the left and not at all in the direction of the hare, so much so to the point that it's jarring. Like - what's he shooting at? It's definitely not the hare.

Exactly, there is a gutted Dobermann lying on the ground, whatever did that definitely wasnt a hare, I'd say if he isnt firing at hare, he probably chose his target well.

>>3553704
I think its pretty clear that the rifleman is supposed to be shooting at the hare - the hare which obviously killed the dog.

>>3553704
>hare
>at night
>near a dead dog
>in the focus of the picture
>surrounded by light

spoiler: the hare is a witch or demon

>>3553708
>>3553711
Now that you mention it, this hare is definitely on body positive side of size.
If thats the case firing a gun which requires a rather lengthy period of reload without having at least 15 other guns at his back and a rosary behind belt and garlic hanging from neck, seems like a rather fucking stupid thing to do.

Maybe he fired up the lint but then reflexed on implications of firing at a fucking demon and not to piss him off unloaded his gun sideway.

Eitherway, a smart thing to do given the circumstances.

>>3553711
>muh imagination
the absolute state of illustration

>>3553716
what does that have to do with illustration? literally anything made by someone is an illustration you fucking dork

>>3553729
you wouldn't download a car

The beginner thread is ded, but I'm itching to post. Is it alright if I put my shitty Touhou drawing here?

>>3553683
I did a quickiepaintover of your piece.

Holy fuck your all so much better than me please show me the way. This is my 1st time posting here and i only started drawing recently

>>3553767
ye, post away dude

>>3553796
I probably post too much for as little progress as I make, but here goes. I have trouble foreshortening even basic forms at times, so she has no foot. Lines are hairy, very little detail. I warmed up with gesture drawing to get into the mood to draw an interesting pose, but it didn't really work.

I'm reading Loomis to hopefully get to the point where I can consistently draw a basic figure in different poses from imagination.

>>3553778
"lmao just draw" isnt a meme just keep going dude, youre not bad at all

>>3552856
i hadn't noticed. thank you!

>>3552728
bumping, really wanted some feedback

>>3553810
i find it a bit unsettiling

>>3553806
Thank you so much, any feedback at all means so much but im really happy to hear im not shit

>>3553815
Thanks for the response! Any specifics that might be causing that?

wip

>>3553180
pretty good, you should do digital if you aren't already.

>>3553180
if youre going to steal someoene else's shit maybe don't leave the watermark on the picture and the artist name in the file name

>>3548733
another one that i did

>>3548247
I'm new to figure drawing, can anyone redline these please? I can't help but feel a lot of things are off in the anatomy or structure, but I am too bad to even know what it is. Especially around the shoulders and legs in every one of these it feels like the limbs don't fit in the torso or hips. Anyway all crit welcome I just want to improve I am still very much a beginner, thanks

Jesus christ everyone in this thread is fantastic really. Wow. You guys assure me I made the right choice by not taking up art professionally because I can't compete with this stuff.

I quit art a few years ago because of how hard it is to make it as an artist and followed my other hobby of software and basically back end computer autism but I still draw when I'm bored.

>tfw whole squad smoking weed and texting girls but you're sketching out an image from a nightcore song
heh

>>3551356
Oh my god what the fuck happened to her hip. Way too big my guy.

>>3553970
love the prints, but i love prints so much i might love mediocre ones, so don't feel to great. i think you should explore that photographic black and white thing a bit more, especially if you add in just a drop of that lame teenage anime emotionalism.

>>3553970
Gross clean that bong

>>3550829
I hope you’re just a bad artist and you don’t look that terrible irl.
Feel sorry for you either way.

>>3550829
I think you got good lines especially in the hair. I think you should use the same line width in the hair in the rest of the face cause the face is really thin lines. It would be good to keep them consistent. also the mustache is really flat. don't focus on the lines inside the mustache, but think about the contour. If you really exaggerated the mustache contour ( pushing it outside the contour of the face) you'll get that 3d effect you'r looking for!

Any suggestions for how to finish this

>>3551550
>>3551530
themichaelmacrae on insta and tumblr

>>3553888
anyone opinions on this?

>>3554054
yeah you could try making it face the right way up before posting it

I belong in the /beg/ thread but there’s none open.

I bought Drawing With the Right Side of The Brain and Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, so I look forward to going through them.

>>3554173
Most recent finished drawing.

>>3554176
Nice colours on the real cat

>>3548247
I finished this about two weeks ago, something based on a dream I had in 2010. I did a version of it last year but wasn't satisfied. I'm still not 100% on it, even though it checks all the boxes I set out to do. I still feel it's a little boring? Maybe the composition is too static?

>>3554218
Have a hamster or mouse endlessly running through the snake tube.

>>3552954
I came in late, but drawthread tipped me off. Wow, that's a great painting. So many brushstrokes. This is going to be good.

good stuff anons

>>3554218
fence looks a bit off

Finished this Living Saint Asuka, maybe I'll put some colours and shit sometime in the future.

>>3554244
Is this sarcasm

any tips on how to seal acrylic paint so it doesn't get scratched from people pushing the door open?

>>3554293
acrylic emulsion

>>3554261
i dont usually do this. and its not an insult or anything, but i got pissed off at how good your lineart is and then seeing you go and fuck up the face.

literally 5 minutes work. but like i said. nice linework

Alpaka/sheep/goat creature.

>>3554307
Thank you for your tip, bro. I based it on this expression here, so I think the face in the original works a bit with Asuka.

>>3554293
Varnish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XWRlO0K84s

>>3554324
well. it doesnt.

This is extremely boring because I haven't added the characters yet, but I wanted to have a clean BG slate for this image.

>>3553683
>disagree,taking on thing we deem as hard is how we improve
no point building a jumbo jet if you can't fold a paper plane senpai desu

>>3554359
its very nice. although something about the window doesn't look like glass, maybe it needs a highlight?

>>3554196
Thanks, I couldn’t figure out how to make the nose look like it was sticking out like the cats head was tilted up or the right shading so I sort of finished it early to move on to something else.

Pretty new to digital art so any tips would be lovely.

>>3554491
Also made this silly version of an Orion as a stripper recently.

tried to draw with a larger brush as a single brush size challenge, the forms look messy but I like the general tone of the drawing

>>3554545
wont work it more, as I don't want to polish turd

could use some featback on this one

Wip

>>3554495
don't do the shading dents on the boobs, it makes them look hollow. also get rid of ribcage line. also learn more anatomy, but you knew that.

>>3554434
Maybe. there may be too many competing elements (reflection, texture, lighting, the outside) that make it just kinda muddy. I was having some trouble with it while working on it. Maybe I can tweak it when I add the characters.

another wip,still some stuff missing ,like foliage on the foreground etc
>>3553771
This is amazing,it helped me a bunch! I only noticed the shadowy figure later on haha,nice touch.

>>3554495

https://discord.gg/d6aw6D5

>>3555182

This is irritating to look at.

Great idea, setting and rendering for the most part, but the uncompelling pose throws me off.

>>3553010

Well time for the hard part now

i don't know why but i feel like i need to add something, can someone help me

>>3557003
try it with a lighter background so they're more defined at the bottom?

thinking of turning pic related into a painting that emulates japanese wood blcok memes like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa

>>3557054
be a squeakquel to the time I ripped off Goya with Bogie

Decided to finally paint over an old render I did a couple of years ago. WIP.