/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

what if I don't have a sketchbook but doodle on pieces of printer paper?

>>3671624
Then post your printpaper"bookpages", you don't have to be so autistic about the wording.

>>3671628
Not that anon but I hate trying to keep up with multiple papers in a binder and a sketch book. I don't have a paper press/hole press to make them fit on the rings and I don't want to hear the paper by forcing them down so I shove them all in the little folder compartment of the binder. I keep all my legs and cringey drawings in a binder and take my sketchbook with me into public. I usually just scan whatever I drew on the printer paper and then throw the actual drawing away for some reason. I just don't want to keep up with loose papers. If I tear a page from a sketchbook, it will also likely be thrown away.

>>3671612
I've never filled a sketchbook in my life. I always drew on scrap paper. What are some tricks I can do to overcome this?

>>3671673
don't think of it as some grand, ceremonious thing. It's a place to experiment and learn and just accept that every page can't be perfect

>>3671673
I use blank college blocks as sketchbooks, I still am too intimidated to use the actual sketchbook I bought like 4 years ago, but the college block ones don't feel as precious so I just draw everything in them. Doodles and my "pieces" (if you could call them that)

>>3671703
I like your lines.

>>3671731
>>3671673

>>3671766
I think It just stems from upbringing. I didn't have money for sketchbooks as a kid and spent it on the cheapest paper I could get. I mean, why not get a 500 paper value over 100 pages?

But I'm a grown ass man now so sketchbook buying isn't an issue yet it feels intimidating at times. I guess other anon has a point. I should treat it as a place of improvement.

>>3671612
Oh shit, I used to follow you on tumblr. What's the name of your blog again?

>>3671673
buy a cheap sketchbook or hell even just a notebook and tape the scraps that you like in there. Maybe even intentionally ruin a page so there's no pressure.

>>3671612
I try to carry 5 with me at any one time. Can't do it at work anymore, boss didn't like that.
>some in pic and my burrito bowl.

>>3672046
what are you eating fatass.

>>3672060
A burrito bowl. From moe's. Its terrible but I didn't have to cook today

>>3672046
thats a big meal

>>3672073
close up of the eating process/bowl

>>3672075
Yeah. It's all I'm eating today. Money has been tight so food is rice, chicken, shitty stuff like this. But I'm still trying to draw as much as possible

>>3672081
I didn't finish. I put it in the fridge already. I can show art or something

>>3672088
ok. first show u finishin the food

>>3671641
it's nice to have the physical copies to look back on in the order that you did them. problem with printer paper is it's really easy to rearrange shit so it's not in the same order, and it's not as tough.

>>3672138
A couple cuddling?

>>3672143
yes

>>3671890

insta @living.void

I tried to change between tools while drawing to avoid getting too much into my comfort zone and to trie out more different Pencils and Markers.

>Also i feel to retarded to use a brush pen at the moment

>>3672657

>>3671805
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>>3672663
Me: >>3672647

Drawing traditional too, how the fuck do i get my black lines more crisp, sharp when photocopy/scan my drawings?

>>3672680
Try to increase the dpi on your scanner to at least 300 or more.

If that doesnt work you can still edit the scan with Photoshop

Here is a tutorial by sinix on the topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwRc9-f_zN4

>>3672046
Thats autistic
Like the guys at /k/ who carry 5 extra clips in their vest just to go to wal-mart

Youve been out and encountered the situation where youve filled up 3 sketchbooks and wished you had more? Are you doing one little doodle per page or what

>>3672710
And another thing what job are you working that your boss gives a fuck what you have in your bag? Do you work for your dad?

Is buying old scanners off eBay a bad idea? It's so difficult to find a large scanner that isn't going to cost you an organ...its like they don't make them big anymore.

>>3672690
Superb, thanks. So photocopy with a regular camera is fine, always thought you could only get good results with a scanner(according to the video)?

>>3672794
not necessarily, if you take a decently lightened photo of your sketch and edit it the right way, it can work too

Copied from art station. Don't know the artist

How do I stay interested in making on nice piece? I tend to just doodle something and kind of leave it after one sitting. Do I just need to draw moar and get used to being patient?

>>3672997
When I went to school they had us spend weeks on a single drawing. Get used to the idea of delayed gratification if you ever want to get anywhere.

>>3672731
depends on the OS you're using, up-to-date drivers for Windows or Mac can be difficult to come by

>>3671612
dude i'm loving your stuff why aren't you famous yet

also do you use watercolor? do you have any tips for someone who's never tried it?

I guess I can post a few things for once seeing as I only really ever have sketchbook drawings

>>3673245

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>>3673251

>>3673254

>>3673255
Alright, there's more... But I'm done with my mini dump

>>3671703
How'd you learn how to draw owls?

uhhhhhhhh

sketchbook minidump commencing

>>3672710
It's just to have my characters from other sketchbooks available for reference and study. Not because I'm some sort of drawing machine. And I was caught drawing too many times on the clock drawing. I even started drawing on receipt paper. Retail doesn't like that I guess.

what can i do to make it look better? i think some stuff feels a little off

>>3673002
>weeks on a single drawing

That sounds like absolute torture, I'm so fucking trying that. Thanks.

I can draw eyes, but that's about it.

>>3671612
something i aquarelled a few days ago in my travel sketchbook

Well I have this page full of shit doodles

>>3675212
Me again. Sleep tight everyone.

>Harold Copping (25 August 1863–1 July 1932) was a British artist best known as an illustrator of Biblical scenes. His 1910 book The Copping Bible illustrated by himself became a best-seller.

>>3675509
couldn't resist.

>>3672657
>>3672663
Dude, these are great, I like your faces, do you have an instagram or tweeter?

>>3675678
Thanks mate my instagram is: https://www.instagram.com/elektro.lurch/

but you also will have to deal with my half ass tries at digital Painting

>>3674254
line variation, thicc and thin
and his beard looks off on the right part of his face.
other than that it looks dope, anon

>>3675916
Awesome, thanks!

A little test I did tonight before sleeping, it was pretty fun

>>3676021
lunaticmoonart is it you? Everybody i follow seems to be on /ic/ lately

>>3676034
yeah its me! hello fellow anon follower! ^_^

>>3674647
hello yes may i marry this drawing?

>>3673318
still, why are you carrying around 5 sketchbooks? do you not take photos of your art for reference?

churches

>>3672046
>That autismo coworker that goes everywhere carrying 5 giant notebooks drawing unfinished elf by himself during the lunch break

>>3677347
>That shitposting frog fag who uses the same two images as an avatar, has never drawn anything in his life and won't fuck off the art board and kill himself

>>3677367
>That autistic guy on /ic/ who gets his OCD triggered whenever he sees frogs or sonic with blue arms

>>3673301
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>>3673296
Good shapes, stealing this look thanks

sketches yesterday. B pencil on A5.

>>3678368
Niice

>>3678368
11/10

>>3678368
Do you have a blog or Instagram? I actually have some of your drawings saved from a draw thread a few years ago

>>3678430
and the page before

>>3673296
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>>3673301
This is so cool. Awesome work man

>>3672088
You play Eternal, don't you?

1/3
My phone camera can't handle the red for some reason and swallows the lines. Oh well.

2/3

3/3

>>3672657
>Unbenannt 1

Hallo Bernd.
You should use your talent to draw some comics. German comic scene is starved for new, interesting content. It's all crappy topical comedy with garbage art and "graphic novel adaptation" regurtiation of classic literature such as Goethe and Kafka theses days.

>>3678368
gj anon

Obligatory digital post bye

>>3678613
Thanks Bernd!
There are actually some decent german comics (check "Das UPgrade" from Sascha Wüstefeld").
Sadly most Normies here just want another "funny" newspaper cartoon collection.

>>3673272

>>3677347
I only carry my 6'x8's with me daily. Anything bigger would be weird and cumbersome
>doesn't carry 5 sketchbooks minimum. NGMI.

>>3671612
some ballpoint sketches I did this week in my A5 pad while on the bus or at school

>>3678888
awesome mate!

>>3678368
I'm mostly /new/, but how do I into drawing like you? Blondie and hoodie/kneesocks are like what I want my stuff to look like.

>>3678840
I'm sure there's plenty of good niche stuff (will check your recommendation) but it doesn't really reach bookstores and audiences. Germany lacks a cultural awareness of comics as opposed to France.

I may not be as good as some of you guys, but I like drawing

>>3678888
Very nice

>>3677054
Did you go there or are these from photo?

>>3672088
any tips you got for drawing cowboys?

>>3676909
Not as much as I should. I need to work on my documenting habits. Plus I enjoy filling multiple sketchbooks at once.

>>3678541
Not really. I don't have any time to play games like I used to. I'm gonna assume it's full of demons.
>>3679279
My biggest tips for drawing cowboys are
1. Have fun. Cowboys are fun
2. Don't make him boring as fuck
3. Look at your favorite artists work
4. Look at Clint Eastwood

>>3679169
copied them from a book about rural churches in Mecklenburg
>>3678430
i like it

>>3677054
I like this

>>3678624

>>3678368
and today.

>>3678406
i'm glad you saved my work. https://legochalk.tumblr.com/

>>3678958
i do like those stuff too. i draw it daily. that's all i can say. i don't have any special regime for drawing.
if you struggle finding ref images, try Asian online shopping websites. such as : http://www.hotping.co.kr/

Did this today

>>3679924
And this

>>3679649
tha't some cool ass shit my nigga

>>3679624
Draw a bunch of skulls

>>3679649
Looks nice anon

>>3678888
Cool stuff, makes me think of https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XZZOn
He does some cool skull stuff.

>>3679649
Awesome stuff!

can I post digital here? it's sketches

>>3680130
>the digital ""sketch"" poster strikes again
One day there'll be a whole thread without it happening.

>>3680319
it's my first post like this

Here's an illustration of why you should warm up.

>>3680862
Cool brush work

What sketchbooks would you guys recommend buying? Almost out of pages on my old one and still stuck on which one to get.

>>3681306

>>3679649
that's it for this week.

>>3681306
Canson Croquis. absolute must. in fact i'm using it right now.

>>3679649
>>3681464

Could you tell me anon how did you get this good?
What books or vids helped you?

>>3681464
Instagram when? Fuck I want to like your stuff and send you hearts via DM. Your art is really inspiring to me for some reason.

Are all of those from refs?

>>3681464
I haven’t seen that sketchbook at any American store.
We do have: mix media, drawing, sketch, and watercolor by them. They also offer hardbound books and higher grade papers.
Canson Croquis Is just a normal sketch pad correct?

Been looking at Jerry’s Artarama, Michaels, dick blick, and amazon.

>>3681588
Croquis = sketch

>>3681106
love this. blog? anymore sketches?

>>3682013
thanks! I don't have any sort of blog unfortunately, I'm thinking of starting a Tumblr but I heard it's kinda dead

>>3681494
I do have a 'philosophy' for learning something. I think it helped me : https://www.ted.com/talks/eduardo_briceno_how_to_get_better_at_the_things_you_care_about
and I've been doing this simple strategy countless times, which is following this steps : 1. draw something using ref. try to replicate accurately. 2. draw again without ref. 3. draw again with 'muh style'. 4. compare all of them.
4th step is critical. you need to understand where and how you've mistaken and what's not appealing.
I did read some books and watched some videos but none of them actually mattered to me.

>>3681571
thank you. but currently i don't have Instagram account.
some of them are, and some of them are not.

>>3681588
I'm not sure. there's Croquis type i think. see pic.

another dump...

Here’s a thing I did for another thread.
>>3682723
Nice, really love the shapes on this one.

>>3671738
thanks, I appreciate that

>>3673272
pinterest and google, those are studies.

>>3682048
If you made a Tumblr I'd follow you, your bunnies are very cute.

>>3671738
thanks, I appreciate it

>>3673272
pinterest and google, those are studies. Also >>3678861, draw the rest of the damn owl

>>3682063
not any of them, but thanks

>>3683789
that's very nice of you,anon,thanks!
i might end up making one, or an instagram idk

>>3686508

I recently found out how to get my printers scanner to work

>>3686553

>>3687651

What you think guys? 10/15 minutes drawing. Feeling I'm really improving my art

>>3687653

>>3687745
Jesus. You need more Loomis.

Am I an artist?

>>3688829
My mum does this on her note pads when she's bored.
Idk Normies might eat it up if you get better

>>3687745

>>3687745
Read the sticky

Everyone else seems to have very organised sketchbooks, i just do this or even chuck in some watercolour paint.

>>3686556

>>3688941
That's because people are too insecure to post actual sketches

did this one during biology

>>3689379
I'm just too insecure to treat a sketchbook like a sketchbook