/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3955851

We banged in high school. She was a cheerleader and I was a jock.

>>3955880

Press X to doubt.

>>3955851
go draw instead

>>3955851
Who?

>>3955880
big if true

>>3955928
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=istebrak

Istebrak caught wind of people on /ic/ calling her a sadist queen and her male subscribers were masochists enjoying punishment from their art waifu.
She was complaining on a stream a good while ago how everyone here was an incel.
Which made me laugh a little because she's indirectly insulting a good chunk of her "students".

>>3955851
She seems like a really sweet girl. I'd fuck her.

>>3955938
why did they call her masochists, anon?

Semi religious fundamentalist.

Monochrome studies forever.

I do admire her for sticking up to fundamentals but at the end of the day her shit is uninspired

>>3955851
Pretty limited desu. You posted the nicest one, but all in all it's kinda boring. Is this all she does?

>>3955851
>redpill me on Istebrak

2nd thread on Istebrak today, what a remarkable concurrence of events without apparent causal connection.

>>3955851
Why is it so blurry. Jesus christ woman stick some hard edges in there. Thats like painting 101

>>3956022
Post your work.

>>3956022
pyw

>>3955966

>semi
>fundamentalist

Pick one

>>3955851
She seems nice but I could never really get into her stuff. The videos are just too long, I have the same problem with VolenCK but at least Istebrak paints and tries to explain what she's doing. Not a huge fan of her work either, the faces look alright but she never really does anything else, just floating rendered faces.

>>3955851
She couldn't make it as an artist so she became a teacher. She can't do much else other than grayscale studies. She doesn't want to move on to color because she says she has to master grayscale first. Guess that's why she failed as an artist. lol

Istebraaaph
Queen of farts

>>3955851

She's okay.

>>3955851
Learned quite a lot from her

I wish she did less paint overs and more from scratch, but I like her stuff in general.

>>3955851
Istebraaaaaaaaap

>>3956301
>She doesn't want to move on to color because she says she has to master grayscale first.
That's actually hilarious.

>>3957705
Nice, now work on softening and sharpening some of your edges.

>>3957705
This >>3958072
Really good but you need some hard edges on the facial structure, especially on the perimeter. Would look quite professional

>>3958072
>>3958085
yeah im still learning, thank you for your critique.

>you have to draw realism first in order to draw animu
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAA


FYI she didn't draw the lineart/original picture on the left, its from another artist on deviantart (which she credits in the beginning by showing the watermark on the top right before she ruins it with her garbage colors).
What a fucking crab LOL

>>3955851
i use to take her word as gospel but i found out that doing nothing but gray scale portraits and form studies only gets you so far. Seems shes kinda stuck in her comfort zone. I'll be it, she is a much better artist then me but still.

>>3958177
Same reason I stopped watching her. I mean I did learn a lot. But my bodies are severly lacking, and she isn't helping with that.

I'm still grateful tho.

its not really a comfort zone thing. ive been following istebrak since like 2013 back on livestream.com and she occasionally shows personal works she trashes which are amazing

i know ic likes to shit on her cus she makes you feel bad about yourself but at the end of the day shes her own worst critic. shes always studying but to think she cant paint really shows you dont really watch or follow her

>>3960384

Hi Istebrak

I just want some decent pencil and carbon brushes, I had some but I lost that HDD, I have some brushes if anyone wants tho

>>3961536
fuck wrong thread

>>3956310

>>3956301
>>3958041
Isn't that called "grinding fundies" here?

>>3955938
Literally none of what she said is incorrect

Fuckable voice, but her personality is somewhat irritating.

>>3958177
Albeit

>>3963205
this is what is called learning values

idiots here are such /begs/ that they can't comprehend why you would want to have a strong understanding of values first in order to apply it to color, because its much harder to tell if you're doing it right with paint and color alone

>>3958147
yikes

>>3963905
>strong understanding of values first in order to apply it to color
It's obvious that you should know your values before color. What Istebrak suggests is that you should be a "master" at values before even touching color. There's the difference. She recommends for her students to not even try color until they reach some arbitrary level of mastery. But there is no mastering values as it is a continuous learning experience. Learning color also aids in understanding of values and vice versa. So there is no reason for her to needlessly hinder progress just to try to master something that can't be mastered.

She's very anal-retentive about this and actively discourages people from trying color at all which is why it's worth mentioning. Also if you look at her own art, it shows that she's stuck in grinding fundamentals stage and is afraid to expand her work.

>>3955851
I was watching on of her videos but she's an insufferable cunt. Banging on about "men are bad".

>>3966090
Example pls

>>3958177
It's not like her form studies are good either, she never touches on value range, half to black rule or some advanced lighting theory. She just guesses what value each plane is, making same mistakes over and over.

Very frustrating for a compulsive autist like me.

>>3966277
>half to black rule
>he thinks it's a rule baka

>>3966300
maybe not a rule but her paintings wouldn't suck balls if she applied it here and there

>>3963958
That's fair. You can definitely hinder yourself if you do not experiment with different mediums especially using color. Its possible that she is stuck in a comfort zone. My point was just that she's right to an extent you need to have a good grasp of values to an extent before you add the extra dimension of color ontop of it... Just because adding color complicates things in so many different ways including how you perceive the values themselves depending on your color choices.