/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3568482
if you think there's a trick to making it other then drawing shit you're never going to make it

>>3568486
The trick is to use a baseball glove when you draw.
It gives you a tighter grip around your pencil.

Make sure you oil up the glove first!

>>3568486
Am I good enough to commission though?

>falling for the loomis meme
ngmi

Study Bridgman instead of Loomis desu.

>>3568482
Uhhhhhhhhh yes.
Enjoy practice and work at getting better and you'll make it.

>>3568658
As Is? No.
You need a lot of improvement to sell your work, and to draw from imagination is a whole can of worms.

>>3568482
>been drawing for 30 seconds, ask if going to make it.
>Takes years.
Who the fuck knows anon. It's not about how your studies look right now but if you're still studying regularly 5 years from now.

>>3568688
>Listening to a moron who thinks any drawing system is objectively better than any other.

Op don't listen to morons like this, someone who's probably 14 and just parrots moronic statements he read some other moron say. Taking advice like this is a surefire way to not make it. Just try everything, see what works for you and do whatever helps you improve.

>>3568745
This.
Don't draw all your water from one well.
Look at all sorts of books/tutorials and find the best techniques and styles you enjoy.
Of course, focus on the fundamentals to start, and take it from there.

>>3568482
>2018
>poeple still draw the fucking loomis meme faces

>2x2x4+2002
>actually believing that loomis is a meme

come on

>>3570089
>the only way you can be good at drawing is if you draw 30s cartoon faces of balding men

>>3570130
>implying saying Loomis is a good start means he's the only possible start

pic related

>>3568688
>not scrounging every available book or resource on drawing and cherry picking the best parts from each

>>3568482

I'll share my experience so far with Loomis.

I read the sticky since I wanted to get into a bit of drawing again. I followed the sticky's advice and started with Loomis.

I did my best to draw unique characters (not copying his, I did however take inspiration from him). It feels like I have made some progress quite quickly. I drew in 1-2h sessions/day on and off for the past 2 weeks, and now I've made it to the ball and plane method.

To the left you can see my first drawings following Loomis, and to the right you can see my first ball and plane method drawing. I think that you can see progress.

I'm in no way saying that my drawing on the right is perfect or even good. Just wanted to share my experience with Loomis so far.

the trick is to try and do it but think about it differently loomis is a bad teacher

Your just waisting your time with Loomis.

>>3568482
Remember that when doing cross-contour lines around a cylinder or sphere, the line curves heavily towards the two edges, and it's a common beginner mistake to draw the line too straight.

Also, start dividing your faces into front, top, side and bottom planes (when applicable), keeping in mind the basic rules of perspective. Since your heads are currently perfect sphere, it's possible to see both the top and bottom plane at the same time (or both side planes together), but once you move onto more anatomically correct heads that may no longer be true.

>>3568745
This

>>3568482

envision the drawings you make as being 3d
yours look flat because you're directly copying, you're not imagining them in 3 dimensions

More faces

>>3570353
I don't have the best hand control yet I guess.
Are these curves better?

>>3570650
A bit better but practice drawing clean circles and lines (without erasing).

>>3570667
thanks

>>3570222
Good trips

You're improving, Slowly but surely

>>3568482
All this is great and all but don't forget to draw what you see once in a while. Sometimes you can learn fundamentals just from drawing from life.

>>3568482
You've made it

>>3568737
Not if you're on deviantArt or Tumblr, those guys don't give a shit if you're shit.

Then again, both sites are already shit, so it doesn't really matter.

>>3568482

I too like Having fun with a pencil.
Truth is I'm more of an /agdg/ but am now looking to improve my 2d skills a little. My aim is to be able to come up with cartoon like character concepts that I can later model in 3d for a game.
I wan't to be able to create a distinct style and thus I think if I can practice a lot of 2d eventually, i hope, a style will bloom out of that.
I think the important part is to work through the entire course material and to do a lot of excercise. Also I agree with this anon >>3568747
the more tools you have the better.