/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4013699
Who made this?

Good OP image choice

>>4013595
I love it.

Finally done laying down the flat colors... it took over 24 hours and now I find out I did it wrong by doing them all in the same layer, instead of using a different layer and a transparency block to only select and fill what I want to. Not pretty.

If anyone has a critique on the color scheme or values it'd help me. I think now all that's left is to pick the airbrush and add highlights and shadows maybe replacing some of those ink blobs for actual colors.

Finally a good OP image.

Done with this
Somewhat disappointed, forgot when I started it how many limbs/breasts Satan is supposed to have
Coloring is just lazy too, but I'm glad I finally finished.

Anything to keep in mind for next time?

>>4013894
looks like 6 fingers or a swollen pointer. not sure which way the light was intended, second lvl of boob + neck suggest its upwards and parallel with shoulders from her right. the right arm in shadow below the deltoid is a bit confusing. the raised forearm could be casting a shadow on her torso to help reinforce direction if it is really coming from that direction. id say just more decisive light source and cleaner edges should help in the future. cool art anon.

jus trying out diff colors/print

WIP. I need to unfuck the perspective and work a lot more on the foliage, and actually start working on the character. How is the composition looking so far, is the top left corner too busy?

>>4013959
show feet

>>4013959
also drew this last nite

>>4013962
?

>>4013959
this screams 90s power pop music

I'm just tired of this. Need to study muscles now

>>4013960
the left corner simply has too much detail in comparison to the foreground

composition looks good though

>>4013959
cute

>>4014143
Thanks, I tried toning it down a bit. This look any better?
I think I'm mostly done with this.

>>4014135
I love the rendering on those pants. Do you got a blog/twitter?

>>4014135
Damn nigga what are those

>>4013783
thank you

>>4014213
Thanks. https://twitter.com/inkpleb

>>4013577
I was just thinking about Ikeno earlier. The way he draws muscles is crazy good. So I guess I'm writing this as much for my own understanding as for yours.

The short answer is "very strong fundamentals." Nobody can guess his exact routine/inspirations, but that much is apparent. Don't know your skill level but yeah, it won't happen overnight anyway, so it's best to just focus on the big goal of getting good rather than emulating Ikeno specifically. You can always study him specifically later.

In my opinion his work is founded on five "pillars": drawing, gesture, anatomy/form, light, clothes/drapery. These may overlap. For instance, his gesture informs the flow/billowing of his characters' clothes.

So, draw a lot. With pencil whenever you can. It's less fussy than a tablet and is easier to build line confidence with. Study from life and photos of course.

Study clothes and clothing folds. Try not to think of them as just lines/creases but as ridges and bunches, with form, that wrap around and drape off solid volumes.

Study anatomy rigorously, when the time is right for it. Mainly the arms, his arms are insane. This is something you'll come back to again and again, even Atelier trained figure-drawing guys like Proko have to constantly refresh their anatomy knowledge.

Last but maybe most important, understand light through and through. Reflected light, occlusion, everything you can learn on the subject. Try to break down what's causing the lighting and value changes across an image. Learn how soft and hard edges play into form changes, if you desire realism. You can learn about light from all kinds of unexpected places, not just from art teachers. It helps to really understand the science behind it, but here's a start https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBt8qdO03-k
Also, get comfortable with using reference. He definitely does. But he's in control of it, not the other way around (he's not a copycat).

>>4014380
Forgot to mention, set your value slider in your art/editing program to luminosity (HSL) instead of value (HSV). Some programs show both at once. It's luminosity, not value, that affects how bright a color actually appears.

>>4013965
I like this, but think you need to do more drapery studies.

>>4013959
>>4013965
gib blog pls

>>4014291
Cute dog, 10/10 love it

>>4014213
Please don't stop! You can add so much more to this! Keep going!

>>4014617
I worked on the values a bit more and cleaned up some of the rendering. In all honesty it's not my intention to make him look dripping wet, I wanted him to be just a little moist.

>>4015332
I think I remember you, anon! I always thought your stuff was pretty appealing

>>4015036
awww he is so precious X3

>>4015036

>>4015423
this is the good shit man

>>4015435
*blocks your path*

What do you think?

>>4015460
>What do you think?
You have a 0.001% chance of success. Dance like you want to win!

>>4015486
Why are you doing this to me?

>>4015507
This white bitch, had the fucking nerves to call me a nigga when she the one paying her surgeon for her lips to get bigger, do you get the bigger picture shit is backwards my nigga

>>4015541
What are you talking about my dude. I just wanted some feedback on my shitty drawing.

>>4015667
Fucking nice linework, does wonders for the form.

Any artists with very appealing anime-styled faces that does tutorials? Or hell, even if they don't, I just want someone to study.

>>4014380
>>4013577
ikeno made an anatomy book for sf style characters, it's in one of the artbook megas iirc. there are also some excerpts online. he more or less follows the same drawing approach as other constructionists i.e; the russians, zarins etc...
one anecdote from naru omori's thu presentation was that ikeno studied lots of bodybuilders and gay porn

>>4015670
Like its a klans man right?

Just a /beg/ experimenting and practicing.
How are you guys today?

>>4013959
>>4013965
hyper nice

>>4015036
>>4015423
adorable

>>4014547
absolutely love these

>>4015670
VERY cool.

>>4015670
'e's got a mean streak a mile wide!

>>4015667
Don't skip hands!

>>4015667
What's your process? I really want linework like this.

>>4015942
is my weakness and also i want to change the arms position to something more appealing. maybe pulling off the swimsuit.

>>4015947
i study folds on clothes. that give a lot of appeal on your drawings i think

tutorials on how to draw like koike?

>>4015692
I think the SF anatomy book is an excellent reference point for beginning artists looking to study muscle anatomy. Some people just can't grasp how each muscle interacts with one another, so the ultra exaggerated muscles of SF helps make it abundantly clear how each muscle behaves.

>>4016019
by using basic observation skills, and no I'm not shitting you. That artstyle is so simplistic that any artist that knows fundamentals can replicate it. If anyone would have to explain it to you, whatever they say can easily just be summarized by saying "just look at it, why did I even have to explain this to you?"

>>4015670
10/10

>>4016019
its literally just stylized characters with high contrast flat shadows and flat colors

>>4016020
Can confirm as a beg. SF characters are much easier to draw than most real life references. Parts are big and distinct.

>>4016020
>SF anatomy book
Where do I get this?

>>4015878

>>4016255
Bueno

>>4016030
>>4016030
>>4016049
too bad i found a whole book about it losers

>just look at it
lol no shit.. but it doesnt hurt to look for books/tutorials and part of the hunt is cumming here and begging anons to share their links

spend your time bieng a troll on 4chan some more you fucking idiots.. see where that takes in you in life.. ill pray for you xDdddd

>>4016255
give me ur brushes

>>4015423
Ah, I love seeing your work on here. This was great, man.

>>4016769

>>4016798
LAST ATTEMPT at mspaint

Does anyone have experience in making this kind of super clean lines? I was assuming they were vectorized but looking closely they do shift in weight so maybe not.

Do you like this? I got inspired by SMT and Persona 1 & 2. I'm trying to see if it's appealing despite being so simple

>>4016890
What prevents vectors shifting in weight? There are like dozens of stroke path options even in free programs. Some specifically made to fake natural strokes or something like ink brush strokes.

>>4016890
Vectors can shift in weight. If you boot up illustrator it's under the stroke options. There's constant line, pointed on either end, fade from thick to thin, custom profile, etc.

>>4016924
>I'm trying to see if it's appealing despite being so simple
I think you're missing the essence of those styles. Like you said, they're built on simplicity and smooth, clean shapes and shading. What you have here is very messing shading and lines. I think it would do you a lot of good to practice doing clean lineart, yours is looking rather scratchy. It can also be helpful to do cel shading, and then blend it rather than just laying down strokes of color haphazardly if your goal is clean simple shading.

>>4016890
Not sure what you’re asking here. You can get these kind of lines with any nearly any basic inking brush in CSP or Photoshop.

weebin' out

Muh studies

>>4017093
Good shit Anon! I am liking this!

>>4013699
Anyone know how to emulate Hirohiko Araki's style like in OP's pic?

h a n d s

>>4017093
Very nice

>>4017075
the nose is awfully flat into the face and you should define it and its bridge more otherwise you give the appearance of voldemort

>>4017191
by being a good artist

>>4017270
>>4017147
Thanks - I should have stopped while i was ahead
>ba-dum tssssss

>>4017093
Finally in the mood to draw faces, but I drew too long and burned myself out.

>>4017191
Just become very good at figure drawing and designing costumes for your characters. You won't need to emulate anyone's style. Also use lots of references.

>>4016706
>>4015407
>>4015878
Thanks, anons.

>>4017075
I like these colors a lot, though I do agree with the other anon about the nose.

>>4016706
>>4015407
>>4015878
Thanks, anons.

>>4017075
I like these colors a lot, though I do agree with the other anon about the nose.

>>4015423
Cute!

I feel like Ruby's head is a bit too small here. If I go any farther with this it'll definitely need fixing.

Moar Ruby. Planning on painting over this one, inspired by the anime shading timelapse thread thing.
>>4015423
Cute as heck
>>4015670
Cool as hecc
>>4014547
Beautiful shading/10
>>4014135
I like this. Very chonky and the stylization is cool. The jeans are top notch too, great texture.

Since I didn't get to post this in the previous thread.

>>4017982
Ohh I love the way you shade

I did this today

>>4014696
love this

>>4017985
thats cool as hell, nice anatomy

>>4018001
>>4018002
Thank you, kind anons :]

>>4017982
+1

how did you pick up that style?

>>4015460
I personally love the stylization here. It's very unique and has a nice feel to it. Keep it up with good fundies practice/review and you'll get better with time.

>>4016551
no shit there's a book about it, it's form and light basics
>>4016890
these particular girls were done for animation, either toonboom\aftereffects or a more niche tool for gamedev. Regardless, if you wanna do still images you can do it in raster easily

Tried applying a new lighting setup but the values seems off yet I don't know what went wrong, probably need to do some value study later.

>>4017985
This is so cool! Would totally buy a print if I ever see it in a con.

>>4017791
This one is pretty good imo, I think the head size is fine as it is unless you want to make him/her/it cuter.

>>4017623
Nice lineart you got there! Would love to see it coloured.

>>4018073
Didn't upload somehow

>>4018062
hey fuck you you stupid faggot why didnt they recommend that in the first place?

I'm not 100% sure about the difference between this and /asg/, but I'll post these here and a step-by-step there.

>>4018073
>Would totally buy a print

That means more to me than you’ll ever know, anon <3

>>4017246
Breathe in the atmosphere...

>>4018098
Is it that woman from LWA

>>4018152
Croix, yes.

I was so unhappy with her nose+mouth that I just put a mask over her, it’s a cheap trick but eh

>>4018478
The before

>>4018621
Nice

>>4018478
>>4018480
what kind of pen do you use?

>>4018662

>>4018784
flip your canvas when you draw

This is from two years ago and I wanna redraw it, aside from the obvious anatomy/proportion/perspective mistakes, what should I improve in the concept?

>>4018797
give her a visible camel toe

Wip. I was originally just going to have this be the character on a simple background but now I'm feeling like drawing something more complex for it. How do the colors work? I'm trying to experiment with using more desaturated and cooler colors again.

>>4018797
>what should I improve in the concept?
I think you should try thinking bigger if you want to show off your improvement. Perhaps you could show us her full body, or place her in a scene instead of on a gradient background, or put her in perspective to make it more dynamic. Perhaps instead of the simple smile, you could give her a more unique expression, you could try to really show us her personality with her expression/pose instead of having a straight-forward pinup.

>>4018868
Crap I forgot the image

>>4018823
Brilliant mind
>>4018868
Ohh yeah you’re right, at first I was thinking less ambitious than that, thank you anon. Your stuff looks pretty cute

>>4018098
those hands are ungodly

>>4013699
Shouldn’t his stand be a giant erect white penis?

>>4018670
damn always thought u were a girl from the way you drew.

>>4018977
I am a girl

my hands are just short and ugly, sorry to disappoint

>>4018977

I'd appreciate critiques on values and shadows, any mistakes in general as well. I'm not sure how to improve the pants and hair

funny flavor of month pokemon boy. you can crit if you want and stuff but im not going to change it, im done with it. still appreciate it though

>>4017507
Cute

Something about the leg looks off though. The underside of the knee where the calf meets the thigh. Could just be me.

Glad you went back to using less washed out colours.

>>4015423
>like your art
>want to be your friend
>don't/barely draw at all and middle school tier
>too afraid to break the ice

I really enjoy looking at your pieces, keep it up!

>>4016189
Second this. I'm a big fan of ST and it's cool to get inspiration from it.

>>4016255
>massive dick

Idk about this bout this but....

>>4018869
cute and appealing

>>4019527
>>4016189
>>4016020

i just went and found the images online and compiled them. no translation. enjoy. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VspKldJLnkfJXRjz7XGBNqrOpDW5bJ90/view?usp=sharing

what do you guys do when you can't figure out what to draw?

studies or something?

>>4019612
yes, or just blow a paper on doodles that might up focusing on a subject and becoming quasi-studies

>>4018093
>why didnt they recommend that in the first place?

Because you don't need a book for that shit. You would have to be an actual special-needs person to not understand how a certain artist drew with higher contrast and sharper shadows. If you don't have the literal basic observation skills to replicate that kind of shit then you need to work on it otherwise you'll be forever stuck reading books that walks you through it for 100 pages longer than required because you lack the ability to use your eyes.

>>4018869
I think I'm mostly done with this. I feel like I lost something when I added the background, but oh well.

>>4019507
Thanks, anon.
I don't really see it myself, but I do definitely need to study leg anatomy more.
>Glad you went back to using less washed out colours.
Hah, don't expect me to stick with it. I just like experimenting with different kinds of palettes all the time, because I get bored if I stick to the same type of coloring for too long.

>>4019515
Thanks, anon. I don't care about art skill when it comes to friendships, anon. But I am a boring person to talk to, unless you wanna talk about cute boys.

>>4019790
not him but I'd love to chat about anything /cm/ but im equally boring and also anxious to talk to anyone

>>4019532
this is my modus operandi

>>4016279
danke

>>4016627
csp’s default india ink brushies but super tiny

>>4017075
love the colors but ur clavicles scare me ;-;

>>4017507
>>4017791
>>4019790
cute!!

>>4017828
are you anon who drew those cute milf types? love your work regardless~

>>4018074
mommy

>>4017985
Thanks anon. The way how you control hatching is dope! Really wish I could do that!

>>4018014
Alot of influence from other artists, like Yusuke Kozaki's stuff on NMH, Yoji Shinkawa, and Hirohiko Araki. That and I try to figure out what I can do with the brush pen.

my linework needs practice

Did this Tifa today after murdering myself cleaning house.

>>4020101
LEVEL 6

>>4017191
just study his art

>>4020104

LEVEL SIX???

>>4017191
SUCK LOTS OF COCH

>>4020129

No that's just how you get a stand.

>>4020095
I feel like I've seen this character before but I couldn't really remember

>>4020101
The text reminds me of islamic calligraphy somehow

>>4020147

Lmoa, like 20 people in discord told me that too. The truth is it's just my shitty penmanship + a calligraphy brush tool. It seems improving at drawing only has fringe benefits to cursive.

>>4020147
>couldn't really remember
Fuck you - that’s motherfucking cammy. I’m so offended that there are people on this planet who don’t know that.

>>4020095
Excellent work

>>4018098
>>4018912
I made them smaller, also colored.

>>4020427
the problem is more that they don't look like hands in the first place

Groo the Wanderer, Rufferto and some chick that I don't know the name of
>>4019822
Thanks!

>>4020388
Nice, but it's hard to stand with both of your legs bended

>>4017075
eyyy nile

*flip canvas*
*die*

>>4020862
?

>>4020862
I really like the clean cel shading and lineart.

>>4020862
Oh shit i think i know the girl you used as reference

>>4017371
37/50 left - I wish this was digital, i drew strelitzia too high and then she ran into space girl study. Next time ink with the 01 and sketch with the staedtler.

>>4020974

>>4014581
Of course you do, you verbose simpleton, modern dogs have evolved to evoke maximum affection from humans, dont fall for their con.

>>4021178
I like this a lot

>>4021289
What’s up with her hand? Looks mirrored

>>4021102
What do you mean you drew it to high?

>>4021295
I redraw it several times it still sucks.

>>4021485
Like it a lot

Reminds me of the 'golden age of anime' from my childhood when my parents would let me rent out whatever disjointed, random volumes from the local Blockbuster/Videoeasy.

God what a time to be alive. They didn't even care about the parental ratings because 'lol, cartoons are okay for kids'.

>>4021485
I guarantee you'd get huge numbers if you use your style to draw fanart of current popular series

>>4021485
isn't Kamille a girls name?

>>4021485
cute
Reminds me of amuro from gundam <3
do you do commissions anon?

>>4021485
Nice vegetable.

>>4021662
I like drawing the stuff I watch more
>>4021731
>commissions
I'm not good enough yet. but I do need to draw amuro soon as well.

>>4018982
I'm lmao'ing at you, handlet

>>4021485
Kamille is cute.

>>4021485
B
L
O
G

The forest is home to many toxins, distilled and made potent for war.

>>4022231
I love this

>>4021125

>>4019822
post blog fren

>>4022075
Kms

uhh h

>>4022476
>>4022231
>>4021723
n i c e

>>4022541

>>4013699
Asking here because the current /beg/ thread is completely shit.
How do I ink not like someone who has alzheimer or something? How do I ink properly and cleanly?
Any books or exercises for this?

>>4022557
I feel like your inking is good there, you just have to go back and clean up the small markings with the eraser.

>>4022564
I'm sorry, this not my work anon, I just linked a picture for the sake of it.
I do wish it was though, I love Eisuke Ogura's XII-XIII style

>>4022544
damn anon you got a blog?

>>4022557
If its digi, then you have to erase. General tips
>go dark - fill in the black parts completely (like under the pants and shoe, between the shirt and jacket etc)
>go light - you dont need to complete the form like a contour drawing use the eraser to delete some of the light / thin fabric edges or in places where 2 fabrics come in contact or a light seam
>line confidence, long continuous lines are better than short ones even if you redraw a thin line again - erasing takes confidence too.
>use layers, for overlapping areas, you can layer to get long fluid lines and then delete behind it or overlay on top. Ex: ink the hand in front of the jacket, then go back and merge the layers.

But mostly
>>pic related

>>4022606
I see the light now, thanks for the great answer

Is there a way to salvage the colors here? I tried to make the process easier by doing the values first and then painting color over that, not gonna make that mistake again.

>>4022724
why not use photoshop blending modes, its a great way to change a painting overall. (fill whole thing with paint in new layer, use a color you think would look good on filter, cooler more blue, warmer more red, change blending modes see what works)
next time be sure to paint in different layers if possible.

>>4022476
drawing a lot latelly

Doing a steampunk robot design

>>4018096
Who is Yotsuba fighting?

>>4022902
Chi, from Karakai Jouzu no Moto Takagi-san.

Is she cute friends

drawing digitally is hard but I also want to learn how to paint, the hardest choices require the strongest wills.

Does anybody have some good tutorials for learning how to paint portraits/paint in general? Preferably with a focus on digital.

wanted to learn how to do grayscale-to-color stuff, here's something i shaded but never colored, the date is wrong tho
supposed to be 7/17/19

ill be shading and coloring pic related though, so any crit/tips are welcome!

So I normally draw sexy anime girls but randomly I started drawing these creepy kinda things. Mostly I started it as just a way to get better at lineweights and being more deliberate with my lines (freehanding this was a rule, no pencil allowed).

It's very very very loosely inspired by kermit the frog.

Let me know what you think, if you think it's worth continuing these exercises. I think it's turned out cool along with the one other I've been working on (a tree woman).

It's been forcing me to use references a little more (not for this pic) too which is something i usually avoid because I'm lazy and I can "just erase and redraw it later"

I'm kinda shy about it since this is very different from what I normally draw so please be gentle.

lazy brainlet thing

>>4022724
So the thing that's under-talked about amongst artists who start with values then color over is you still have to do a fuckload of painting over the top of it after you're done. It's good if you struggle with having good values when you start off with color but you gotta have a lot of time to work on a piece to bother with it.

I think the coloring looks good so far. Add a little extra depth to the color and give that bitch some nipples, she looks weird without them.

The values on the base of the tail are the strongest for the green parts as well as the bit just below the public area, bring a little bit of that to the other areas cause it looks very washed out, and smooth out the colors a bit. I think the soft coloring on the head is great and it just needs some crisper color on the eyes, the mouth line (where it would open) and the cheek.

The boots are kind of ass though, get you a ref. Even if you're gonna stylize it just look at some boots for a minute bro.

Don't give up on it I think you'll learn a lot if you see it through to the end.

Trying to trial and error out how to do render painting from scratch with no prior linework. This was the first days effort.

>>4023436
I really love your edges

>>4023512

The fingertip blend tool is v useful for that

>>4015670
social links? fucking love this Anon

>>4023436
This is awful..Looks like the stuff I thought was good when I was 13 on deviantart.

>>4023613

Really unsuprised my day one wip doesn't suit you aesthetical tastes but I'm trying to learn.

ahh I'm so lonely and horny

>>4023410
This is interesting but the neck flattens out because the lineweight is consistent across the whole form (doesn't become thicker on one side to suggest shading.

Also the next logical step is obviously to mix anime girls and creepy horror for top aesthetic

>>4023548

living.void on insta

>>4022476
I'm almost finished part 5 so this is hitting me in the feelios, it looks good

>>4022887
This is cool as hell anon, I really dig it

>>4024215
>this is cool as hell

I really appreciate that, anon

>>4021102
Colored space girl + some more faces

>>4021297
The mech was too high up, I couldn’t finish her head, and I didn’t want to erase it all and start over...

erika on drawpie

a n g e r y

>>4023910
Thank you. I kinda did the neck that way on purpose because it gave me an uncomfortable feeling to look at it that way but looking objectively I see what you mean. Is it the inner lines that need more variance or the outerlines if you're still around friend?

And don't worry, that's def the end goal once I get my stride with this :)

>>4024854
OC of a buddy too in a more "mature" style, i guess you could say.

>>4024855
It's weird seeing anons on 4chan draw my friend's oc, but nice Mona.

>>4024859
Oh, you know TC too? That's cool.

>>4024514
Oh damn that’s good

>>4024854
those legs are reaaally fucked up

Hey guys hows my superhero? Her suit is chromatophoric. I wanna come up with a default scheme thats summer/ocean themed. Was considering sand and or blue skies.

>>4025100
another picc

>>4024260
those faces look extremely western in a bad way
study actual skulls and learn how chins work

>>4013699
YOO im honored my thing got chosen for OP lol

>>4017191
gonna try to give a concise answer as to how i approached emulating his style for this one

the single biggest thing i think that separates araki's art from other manga artists is that while his anatomy and proportions are wildly unrealistic and inconsistent even within the same figure, it's deliberately done so to have a clearer, more dynamic gesture/silhouette, even if the figures look like they have broken spines or w/e upon closer inspection.

i've also noticed that araki uses value not to suggest areas of light and shadow, but rather to clarify the orientation of forms in 3d space (this is most noticeable in how araki shades faces and shoulders). to araki, accurately representing the figure in 3d space is more important that accurately depicting the light source.

the final thing is that his rendering has an almost watercolor look to it (idk if he uses markers or watercolor). coupled with his love of extreme darks (especially when it comes to clothes), it tends to result in a look thats weirdly high-contrast and graphic and yet painterly and 3d

>>4025424
anyways here's a recent piece-- trying to get better at backgrounds and narrative/mood

>>4025346
I think they look cool. I don't think it looks "extremely western" at all, looks very stylized in a unique way.

This is like /beg/ but for people who can actually make it and with people who can actually draw

>>4025531
>/beg/ but for people who can actually make it and with people who can actually draw
So what makes it like /beg/?

>>4025531
it's like what all of /ic/ should be, to be quite honest. IDK why this board accommodates retards who can't draw.

>>4025593
Because most people here are retards who cant draw. Blind leading the blind. Seriously, never listen to anyones opinion here

>>4025597
Imagine learning to draw on /ic/, jesus christ. I only started coming here recently and immediately noticed how backwards it was.

and it's quite obvious these people will never have a grasp on art. They really believe they can learn how to draw by practicing benign exercises and reading books.

>>4025618
I mean, you can learn how to draw like that. The thing is you need to actually draw and these losers get 6 pages into loomis, watch youtube for 4 hours, and then go "IM NEVER GONNA MAKE IT ITS NOT FAIIRRRR"

>>4025531
>drawing anime
>making it
pick one

>>4025624
I dunno, I think that method for learning is restrictive and frankly too slow. It's probably the reason so many of them are stuck and never improve.
The best way to get good at drawing is simply to start figure drawing and copying forms of statues/paintings etc., studying the 3D world.
Sure readings can help clarify certain things, but it cannot be followed like an instruction manual.

>>4025641
>>4025593
Post your work.

>>4025641
Books are supplemental, you need an experiencial foundation. It took hundreds of years to get books by Bridgeman. Artists would literally sneak into graveyards and dissect corpses to learn to draw the human figure and interior. Not that any of these retards appreciate that. You can reinvent the wheel, or you can just read a book by a guy whos been doing it his whole life and learn in like a week

>>4025641
I think it's best to try and learn from a variety of sources honestly. Figure drawing and studying statues can be very useful for learning how to actually draw a human that looks alive, but books can be very helpful for learning how the nuts and bolts of the mechanics underneath work. When you only study from life/photos without guidance it can be easy for many people to miss important details and structure because they just don't know that structure exists.

my camera sucks lol

>>4025662

>>4025666
Not sure why /ic uploads it at this angle lmfao

>>4025666
>(2) Please resize your images before posting
You don't read do you

>>4025651
Yes, I think the problem is most of these people trying to learn how to draw do not think as an artist would. They must think in terms of a methodological approach, therefore they need texts like Loomis or whatever to give them strict boundaries.

>>4025654
Oh I agree, no one should be restricted to one source. I've personally just found that figure drawing/life studies has resulted in the most improvement for myself. Even though I'm still far from mastering forms, I feel as though I improve with every study.

>>4025672
Apparently not. I'll resize my image when my shit is worth looking at

>>4025678
so are you telling me that scott robertson is bad because he has a very methodologic approach? thinking like an artist is the most bs ever

Is there anything I need to work on besides just continuous practice? Am I doing anything immediately wrong that I need to fix?

>>4025700
This. "Thinking like an artist" IS thinking in the technical way. Anyone can be """creative"""

I’m trying to draw mokou

>>4025777
I like your drapery

I’m sketching this atm

i think i gonna do a small comic

meme art

>>4026131
Ohhh love it

>>4026131
i can never appreciate this stuff beyond being schlock id see for some cheap Halloween hipster event poster

>>4026132
thanks
>>4026134
thats the point

>>4026134
Same here, anons post gave me a bigger appreciation for some reason

>>4026148
if the point is to create schlock then why create it

>>4026168
meant for
>>4026148

>>4026168
to draw something
it's just glorified doodles

>>4014380
>>4013577
Thanks alot guys, sorry for seeing your cohesive replies a whole week later, i didn't think i'd get replies at all.
I've actually been trying to draw some street fighter lately and i've been really struggling, my understanding of anatomy isn't there yet and i can't make the facial expressions as "explosive" as Ikeno makes them despite trying my darndest.

>>4019565
thanks, i really appreciate you going out of your way to do this.

>>4026131
so cool!!

Still just teachin myself to paint

/alt/friends, do you like one of these? Also how can you possibly decide what colors to use on your drawings? There's too many layer options and hue shifting and I like all of them.. not even getting into Levels or filling the characters with different colors

/alt/friends, do you like one of these? Also how can you possibly decide what colors to use on your drawings? There's too many layer options and hue shifting and I like all of them.. not even getting into Levels or filling the characters with different colors

The brown-scale was the original, I really like this cover. But I'm not as good as that artist so maybe with colors it's better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UUlE-n_AFU

>>4026230
cool drawing, hate the "cutesy text bubble next to my concept art" drawing meme though. it breathes this air of lost confidence, like "if my art doesnt speak for itself, my quirky personality will aid it!" eugh

>>4026357
middle top one and bottom left one are the best.
study hands better though.

>>4025670
Cause you are a filthy phoneposter. Use paint or whatever on PC to turn them.

>>4026229
i believe in you anon. i fucking believe

>>4026323
you have a very solid understanding of lightning, although i think the bottom strands of hair on the right should be darker than the ones on the left.

>>4025993
her ribbon is very tilted

>>4026025
great artstyle and great breasticles.
got any social media?

>>4026389

Maybe so, thanks!

>>4026131
nice!

>>4026496
I really like the coloring style, though your anatomy and drapery needs some work

>>4025346
they look cool tho, so no problem, thats the whole point of stylization

>>4026498
what part of the anatomy specifically? i was having trouble with the lower part of the lower legs, feet and hat

>>4013699
I hate this drawing. It is tecnically well done but I intensely hate it. His face, his mouth, the position of his arms make my blood fucking boil I just wanna punch this fucking son of a bitch in the face I fucking despise this drawing it makes me wanna kill someone

>>4026514
Honestly for some reason it reminds me of Shadman

>>4026394
https://twitter.com/RonmeruArt

Experimenting with vector layers and Daub's Fluid Ink brush. Thoughts on the results so far? (1/2)

>>4027409
Ngl I’ve always loved your line work

This is my attempt at making something dynamic

>>4021178

more appealing version

>>4027856

Just getting into coloring but I’m getting more used to it. Never posted on here before. Sorry if this goes in another thread.

Not fair. I like this little trick but it's too big, all quality is lost upon resizing and facebook isn't even properly compatible with gifs (only 1 loop on regular facebook, infinite loops on Lite but it looks pixelated to hell and only good on messenger with 3 loops).

I guess if I want to post this anywhere I'll have to convert it into a video and play it with some Persona OST in the background until it gets taken down

>>4028030
Your lineart is always good, but the no-pen-pressure binary brush really shows how well you're able to do it. Nice work, anon.

>>4028033
for some reason i always feel like no pen pressure is like using a crutch to draw
but thanks

I should have moved the phone over the tits for some more three dimensional appeal, but I'm too lazy to redraw and reposition at this point.

>>4019822
Thought about while fucking my wife/10

>>4015670
>Right Wing Death Squad

>>4026131
Reminds me of MAD to an extent.

>>4025346
>extremely western
But I like western faces, I like Euro trash toons. I think all my favorites are actually euro artists...

>>4028576
Honestly I kinda like this a bit more than all the moe trash bored shit I see on this board. With a few tweaks it can become presentable an do like purple haired girl. Keep up the good work anon.

>>4028756

>>4028099
blog?