/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4025764
Soul/souless

>>4025764
I love dramatic shadows, they give depth to the face. I hate when I see artist no longer shading the face and keeping the tone rather flat.

>>4025765
virgin/retard

>>4025768

Around two years.

>>4025799
bro please lengthen those arms.

Brienne from GoT, four years apart
Still got a long way to go, but at least I'm not /beg/ anymore

>>4025804
>4 years
>Not beg
anon.... im so sorry...

>>4025799
This is a joke right?

>>4025797
Much better

Here is my 2 year progress, the good pieces of each year and 1-2 bad ones.

Censored becasue of content. Actual image:
https://imgur.com/a/HkDXHtB

>>4025835
this isn't a blue board though

>>4025835
>>4025850
>furshit
nevermind, i didn't want to see that actually.

>>4025806
>>4025808
pyw, crabs

>>4025853
SAVED

>>4025854
holy fuck mikufag might have gotten better but he also kept gettign more gross with his toddler bodies

Time flies by so fast

>>4025764
Do a chart with more of your past and present work.

>>4025764
going trad for the second half of 2019

>>4025799
Thanks for the laugh mate. Looks really bad

>>4025894
Good stuff. I got a couple of questions if you don't mind
What age did you start and how old are you now?
Did drawing get easier as you went?
Did you use loomis?
Recommendations and tips?

>tfw you started as a tumblr artist and still can't shake the influence off
Tried to include stuff I both still like and hate on this

>>4026029
the frog boy and the harpoon girl are markedly better than anything you've done before, you should continue in those directions

>>4026038
You think so? I've been wondering if I should try perusing a simpler, cartoonier/more exaggerated style for a while now

>>4026047
they're the most appealing to me. also, you should draw porn of the harpoon girl

>>4026029
Don't worry about the tumblr influence it is not inherently bad, and your style is very recogniseable.

>>4026029
Awhh your stuff is so cute and appealing, love your style

>>4025764
you didn't really improve you understood most of it at the start (2013) took 6 years to clean it up

>>4026029
Personally I hate the Tumblr style but if it's something you like I don't see why you would do away with it. Don't let other people dictate what you want to draw, if you like drawing people in a vague shade of brown then so be it.
The frog is really cute, your issue is mainly with human proportions.

>>4025804
4 years? Seriously this is not a good jump for that kinda time. Almost think is not real and is a troll post.

>>4026029
for what it's worth, the frog pond painting is the only thing you have done that i enjoy at all. not sure what that says about me

>>4026029
Background/scene work is more your bag. Stop drawing people.

>>4025894
based

heres my progress from January to july

>>4026160
Holy fuck good job

>>4026165
oh if only you knew, sweet summer child

>>4026130
what a retarded thign to say

>>4026189
I’m sorry but you need to work on not getting so butthurt when people don’t like your shitty bodywork. Learn those fundamentals my guy. Props to your scene work though.

>>4026281
I'm not the artist, I just thought it's a dumb thing to say. Why should they stop drawing people? Why not draw both things?

Hell yeah

>>4026281
pyw

>>4026286
Fucking yikes 14 years god damn

>>4026287
Lol salty

>>4026130
Why the fuck should they?

>>4026289
At least they improved unlike some people.

>>4025866
Good job, son. I always thought you were good and worth it.

From just now vs:

>>4026331
From 2015

>>4026331
You have an appeal, something that which most of these fags are void of. Continue figure drawing and studying anatomy, familiarize yourself with forms and how to convey them in perspective and combine other forms together understanding what overlaps and how forms behave in physics such as a pinch, a compression and the pull.

Translate these fundamentals into a simplified version that adheres to your stylized approach and you'll be golden. Also underage and b&

>>4026344
Thank you for taking the time to write this, I really appreciate it. I’ll follow your advice, anon, this is really helpful

>>4026251
blog?

>>4026097
>>4026106
Thanks, anons. Style makes my brain hurt so it makes me happy to hear people like mine ;;

>>4026115
I just like drawing cute brown boys ngl
Yeah, I struggle with my proportions looking right a lot. I'm kinda feeling like I should just push them to be more uniformly exaggerated. Could you elaborate on the issues you see in them?

>>4026130
>>4026281
>>4026290
The person you replied to wasn't me. I like drawing characters so I have no intentions of stopping, but if you have any specific critique/advice for how I can improve my character art I would be genuinely grateful to hear it. What are the issues with my fundies?

>>4025866
I think you could work on your color choices, but overall I think your work has a lot of personality and charm to it. It feels genuinely unique, I like.

>>4025854
LMAOOOOOOO THAT BODY

>>4025797
Her gaze pierces into my soul and tells me that she has a lot of corpses stashed somewhere.

>>4026160
that lighting is pretty saucy

>>4025914
>What age did you start and how old are you now?
26, I’m 32 now
>Did drawing get easier as you went?
The challenge / effort is about the same, the output quantity and quality changed. I can draw more faster
>Did you use loomis?
No, I’ve never read the sticky
>Recommendations and tips?
Just draw, copy pictures and references if you need to go on autopilot, but you need lots of mileage starting out. Draw what you like and study what you like. It’s better to draw animu studies that to not draw because doing fundies is boring.

Eventually, u will want to improve faces, or anatomy and then go for it.

>>4025797
Soul: restored

>>4025764
can these even be compared? they didnt bother any rendering the right.

>>4026519
>No I've never read the sticky
Oh it shows anon, it shows.

>>4026519
>>What age did you start and how old are you now?
>26, I’m 32 now
Wow, an actual example of someone that started late and gotten good

>>4026529
it definitely shows in how his work is the opposite of the stiff work of drawabox fags

>>4025894
remember seeing this few years back, good progress

>>4026344
>Also underage and b&
kek, she's never going to outlive this is she, like, even when she hits 18.

Might as well just use it as her handle.

Sure /ic/ I'll do this again. Here are my full benchmarks I started in July last year.

>>4026529
It’s too late now, a few pages of text and some loomis heads won’t change my habits. That shit was so fucking boring, I remember clicking on it, then watching tv the rest of the night.

>>4026530
>>4026538
These are all relative terms, but I do enjoy updating the giant infographic, it’s very nostalgic.

>>4025764
>>4025797
You're one of the few western-looking style artists i like, do you hve a blog? very nice progress too.

>>4025835
don't listen to the tumblrite, you definitely improved

>>4025866
really interesting style and you did make good progress, well done. do you post your work anywhere?

>>4026251
>>4026331
>>4026545
nice ones

>>4025866
Blog?

>>4026588
I'm /beg/ and you are far better than I am, but I don't really like your style, maybe because you didn't "read the sticky" and just drew.
It is nice progress, but also feels like you've hit a wall.
>eventually you will want to improve the face and anatomy
Maybe that's why I don't like it much. I don't think that's the way to do things. Only time will tell anyway back to get my crab ass to draw

>>4026519
>No, I’ve never read the sticky
BASED

I swear I draw other things

>>4026722
Your colours are amazing, anon

>>4026722
Loving those color schemes, what/how did you study to get those so good?

>>4026722
if you drew katarina instead you would be 100x more popular

>>4026722
fuck i wish i could paint like this. blog?

>>4026722
how do you draw the same character so many times and not get board. genuinely asking if you have the tisms

>>4026737
bored*

>>4026722
Is that Devilman?

>>4026737
not them but don't you have OCs or at least have seen artists that do?

>>4026724
>>4026731
Thanks anons, and i wish i could answer that, one thing i've learned is that if you use photoshop adjustment layers to tweak colors enough, one day you'll stop needing them, but even those can't save atrocious colors. Another thing is to never stop looking at art that inspires you, currently there's over 3200 pieces of art in my inspiration folder and i like looking through it once in a while as a reality check. Oh yea, and do photo studies, no color picking mode.
>>4026733
True, but if i were to churn out pinup art there are hotter league girls than Kat imo
>>4026735
fjordline.tumblr.com
or robotboob @ twitter
>>4026737
Most likely, yes. Though he's far from the only bitch i draw over and over again.

>>4026160
hmmm, it seems you're actually improving nowadays brian, gj

>>4026722
Your love for the one character is actually pretty heartwarming

>>4026783
>Oh yea, and do photo studies, no color picking mode.
Good advice. Gotta study photos and artwork I like in this way.

>>4026350
>>4026598
haven't been posting anything other than studies and the occasional fanart but here : https://minimumwagesketchbook.com

>>4026722
These are some really nice color choices, though I kinda feel like your rendering peaked early on and you've been a bit lazy with it in recent years.

>>4026808
Thanks lmao
>>4027180
Yeah i think i know what you mean, i tried to render things more smooth looking a while ago and it looks a little cheap ish, the very last pic is a 5 min doodle with some more painterly brushes i downloaded trying to rekindle the render-flame.
if you have any specific things in mind you think i should be working on, feel free to let me know, cheers.

>>4027169
Thanks, I really love your work. I don't know if it's serious or not but I noticed you kind of self deprecate, and the blog is called "watch me fail" lmao, just saying but don't be so hard on yourself. You already have very good work. I'm hoping to see you post more often and more imagination work like OP's pic not just studies
Actually can I ask you where do you find ref for all the figures?

>>4027345
thanks m8. refs for all the figures :http://www.artmodeltips.com/, croquis cafe and Draw This on Youtube. Also got a free trial at NMA and ripped a bunch of photos.

>>4027366
Thank you I never heard of either actually. I want to start grinding people too like the work in your sketchbook, it's really inspiring when I see someone willing to put out their work like that, even studies and not posting just the cream of the crop, and explaining their thought process while working.

>>4026783
no villpu, loomis or bridgman ?

>>4027383
Never even touched any of those no.
maybe it shows lol

>>4025764
Wow in six years you didn't improve shit.

>>4027421
yeah it shows that they are a waste of time and you should practice what you need to learn instead of those BS fundies.I should get back to practicing rendering instead of all these "feel the form BS" thnx anon

>>4025764
>literally the same but with more pronounced cheekbones

nice progress fag

>>4025764
good progress anon, very impressive for five years

>>4027445
>>4027451
>>4027470

>>4027450
they aren't useless, but they aren't godsend miraculous problem solvers either. maybe don't jump from one extreme to the other like a tard.
you can learn how to draw anything with just reference. the point of those things is teach you concepts that can help you with the process

>>4027491
now try to rephrase that like an adult instead of a spoiled child throwing a tantrum

>>4025854
imagine sitting at your pc, and trying your hardest to render a toddlers body, fucking gross.

someone please report this pedo to the fbi.

Three years, found on tumblr.

Everybody in this thread is better than this artist

>>4027576

>Everybody in this thread is better than this artist

>>4027563
done

>>4026601

Eh nice enough for one year I guess but I need to pick up the pace.

>>4027774
This is great.

havent done much drawing this year

>>4027774
Really good

>>4027886
keep it up id like to see a full scene drom you, something dynamic. I like that centaur guy you did

I find it hard to learn since i never developed any sort of work ethic when i was young and now im playing catch up

>>4025765
if your soul is retarded...

>>4027527
i seriously hope for you this is bait, or you're gonna have a hard time being able to draw anything well with a brain this fucked.

>>4027774
Based Henry Raeburn back from the dead.

>>4026123
Not everyone has the same amount of time to dedicate to their art.

But he also called himself "not /beg/ anymore" so I don't know what to think.

>>4026722
>There's always 1 fag out there obsessed with a champion
>Riot just reworks it and more often than not make him a different person
Scary stuff

>>4027169
what brush is this? you seem to use it for most of your work including OP's pic if i'm not mistaken

>>4026722
YoUr cOlOrS aRE aMaZinG

>purple red cyan black

This fucking board

>>4028377
It’s the way they used the colours, you seething fag

>>4026631
>feels like you've hit a wall
I feel the same. Around 2016, I stopped drawing regularly. I’ve been in maintenance mode until 2019. I hope by the end of 2019 I’ll have a new direction, I’m averaging 15d/month drawing which was my goal.

>that's the way to do things
Whatever motivates me to put pen on paper works for me. The best negative feedback loop is something like
>post drawings of X
>anons make fun of you for Y
>do studies of Y to save face
>anons make fun of you for Z
>do studies of Z
>repeat as required

>>4028394
Pyw faGGOT its not hard bet you cant even comprehend it

>>4028394
Ignore and report, m8, ignore and report.

I think I've improved a bit on the chicken scratches part, but I'm still terrified about colouring

>>4027576
Wtf it's the same lineart

>>4027890
>tfw the one on the left is my current art level goal

kill me

>>4028433
>m8
i bet you say that in real life too autist

>>4025799
Well, there is some improvement. At least you are doing full bodies, now.

>>4025799
>>4025804
holy shit, this has to be a troll

>>4028369
Some Japanese pencil brush I downloaded off the clip studio assets page. Let me know if you want it and I'll upload it when I get off work.

I did OP and most of the last few months studies with a round brush I made in Clip Studio. I'll upload that too of you want it.

>>4028746
if it's possible, yes it would be much appreciated if you could upload them

/beg/ anon who started drawing like one month ago.
Three weeks apart. First one is an abomination (please don't look at it for too long) while the second one is better but still lacking refinement.
At least I'm improving and grinding muh fundies

>>4028902
Kinda like the first one’s face more desu

>>4026329
>>4026356
>>4026601
>>4026626
Thank y'all very much for taking your time to compliment my stuff and enjoy'in it
As for the blog i don't have one..i deleted em to focus on my art as i realized i rather focus on my life and my art than being known sorry to disappoint.

>>4029050
Please make one, I want to be able to look through all your works at a size better than those tiny thumbnails in your timeline

My art style changed a lot over the years!
left side are my recent work and the right was 5 years ago

>>4029076
Very good improvement

>>4025764

The one on the right doesn't like me. She's faking a smile, and the eyes just say "ick".

From seeing a billion of these threads over the years I really think people shouldn't be posting 1-3 month progress updates or anything over give or take 6 years.
1-3 months you're almost guaranteed just cherrypicking a lucky study or illustration. Anything over 6 years is like...okay who cares, anyone should be able to go from stick figures to industry standard art in that amount of time with decent studying.
I see people on twitter all the time posting improvement pictures with a full fucking decade in between. This doesn't speak to tracking improvement or looking for advice to me, its just trying to show off. Not the point of doing progress charts!

>>4029219
So what is your ideal progress chart?

>>4029228
a cluster of your favorite work from every 1-2 years

>>4026601
>don't listen to the tumblrite, you definitely improved

Glad to hear it
I wish i did more

I see these threads, make my pic and then I can't get myself to post it. So much time and I improved so little and I know it's my fault.

>>4029444
Do it faggot.

>>4029444
you're anon and nobody gives a shit about your progress, faggot

>>4028763
round brush: https://www.dropbox.com/s/63kx6cog8k3ioxp/Pen.sut?dl=0

pencil brush: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gslec2u9ec07mdr/great%20pencil.sut?dl=0

>>4026029
Make raincoat boy your baseline for quality and keep improving from that, do not make anything less than. If you do this you're gmi. If you continue with everything else you've been doing, besides maybe whale girl/frog boy, you're ngmi

>>4029908
Do you mean this in like a stylistic sense?
Tbqh I draw mainly for fun and self-fulfillment so I'm NGMI anyways.

>>4028902
stop watching whyt mangas videos, there trash

>>4029918
No, not style specifically, just how likable it is to look at

>>4029601
thanks a lot friendo

>>4029444
What are you the literal worst in the world, you think a literal baby can do better than you or what?

>>4029920
I don't watch any of those kind of videos though. I'm just trying to copy from reference. Pic related

April because I don't have properly finished pictures in May, June, or July for all 3 years.

>>4029444
Come on mate, I'm sure it can't be THAT bad.

>>4029476
pyw fuckhead

>>4030238
Damn that’s appealing

>>4028902
>Grinding muh fundies
>Sloppiliy copying an already made sketch

>>4027886
I know I've seen you on here several times so I'm sure it's been posted before already, but blog?

Something small, but I graduated high school 2019 and have been grinding ever since. Drew the very right one yesterday and the one to the left of it right after christmas.

>>4030489
Most of my time I grind fundamentals. The rest I use to draw whatever I want and/or copy artists I like.
These drawings are of the latter. As sloppy as it might be, it's still a vastly improve version of what I drew previously.

>>4030504
Alright then. But here's an advice: don't male progress pics that are less than a year.

>>4030506
I understand. I couldn't contain myself from comparing and posting this time, but you're probabrly right.

>>4025764
I never keep anything I make. I finish stuff and throw it away or delete it.

>>4030512
You shoul keep it. Archive it. That way, you can look back on your drawings and compare how much you've improved between each drawing.
Sometimes you improve vastly, and other times you might not improve so much. Having an archive of your drawing history can tell you what you need to do in order to improve at a steady pace.
Keep your drawings, anon. No matter how much disgust you have for them.

>>4030518
I'm afraid I look at my work a year from now and I haven't improved at all. Now I can blissfully just keep on studying and just go with a clean mind. When the dreaded day comes and I realize I'm a hack fraud loser it's game over man.

>>4030503
>hiding hands
>no colors
anon can you post something of you going 70-100 percent on a drawing

>>4030523
This isn't a race, anon. Having such a negative and simple mindset is hurting you in the long run. I get being impatient and insecure about your work when you see other peoples drawings and such, but you just have to let yourself go and trust in yourself. You will improve if you just keep drawing while being aware of your mistakes and how to fix them.

>>4030541
>This isn't a race, anon.
It is, you are some young whippersnappers having fun while on a recess, I'm an old incel with taxes, I have no time to be loitering around.

>>4030547
I’m probably older than you, and pay more taxes than most people’s salaries. It’s not a race, it’s a journey. Enjoy it while it lasts

>>4030554
But were you an old tax payer or a young cobbler while starting drawing?

>>4030555
I was an old tax payer - I worked for 4yrs before drawing and another 5yrs after I started

I doodled monsters and stuff as a kid, but didn't really start seriously trying until 2017. Did a 30 day challenge for March in 2018 and inktober in 2018. I feel like both of those helped a lot. Trying to push myself more in 2019, learning more about fundamentals, and I'm drawing a lot more in general. Usually it's just sketches but it makes me more comfortable working.

I'm a bit uneasy because I don't know that I've improved very much from last October to now. One thing I'll say though is that I can work faster and more consistently since I don't need to redo my construction a hundred times like I often did in 2018.

I tried picking mostly things I remember liking from each year. I'm hoping that I can see a more obvious improvement when I do inktober again.

>>4030559
Without any previous experience? Well, I made myself completely redundant

>>4030503
>underage
>fujoshit
out.

>>4026331
Looks great anon, you're GMI, keep grindan

>>4026332
I'm not even here, fucking hell I quit.

>>4030572
This just motivated me a lot! I’ll work harder, anon-senpai :D

>>4030576
Try quitting. See what happens

>>4030565
you can gauge my previous experience >>4025894

I’m not in a rush, if you like drawing, then you should draw what you like, and practice what you want. I keep all my drawings because it’s part of the experience, but to each his own

>>4030583
This is very inspiring, thanks for sharing anon

>>4030583
Yeah ok, fuck you.

>>4029076
Really nice mate

>>4030583
>not even close to the skill of 2013 anon
>atleast 6 years of shit to even get a glimpse of art
What's the fucking point

>>4025894
its progress pics like this that give me my energy to get back practicing, I boil with envy every time I get shown that I'm just a whiny faggot and all it takes is dedication and effort

you even started with kill la kill fuck man this feels like a personal attack

>>4030582

>>4030603
If you want to do anything well it will take time and effort, might as well start today. Everyone wants to excel at things without putting in the work.

>>4030627
>If you want to do anything well it will take time and effort, might as well start today.
I have no time or effort to give.

>>4030623
Young man do not walk out while I’m talking to you!

>>4030629
You aren't really my mom, Jerry

>>4028377
show your work see how good you do colors faggot

>>4030628
If that were true you wouldn't be shitposting on an indonesian tranny pride forum

>>4030636
The difference is, shitposting is fun and time flies. No effort still though.

>>4030637
time to an hero i guess

>>4030644
As soon as those wretched old parents leave this realm.

>>4030528
Here, have this
The ones I posted are just little doodles I do here and there.

>>4026160
I'd let you draw me like one of your french guys

>>4030497
@Lambre3 for nsfw, @ohheythatfisher for the rest

>>4030839
Whoops it’s @Lambrey3

>>4028486
cool. just use a brush bigger than 1 px and fuck around with colors, there's nothing to lose

>>4030650
>that hand
Ay dios mio...

>>4030839
>>4030845
Cool thanks!

>>4030622
>its progress pics like this that give me my energy to get back practicing
I takes all my energy away, because I will never have the dedication to get past the kindergarten level.

>>4030977
>>4030603
Sometimes a little dunning Kruger can be helpful. I think the first time I posted on /ic/ I said something like ‘I plateaued’ - you keep drawing because you think it looks good, and you log the crap draws as mileage.

>>4030622
>>4030588
>kill la kill
Happy to share - I think this ryuko was one of my first drawings. I found 4chan because of that ryuko bathing suit meme... such nostalgia

>>4031016
> you keep drawing because you think it looks good, and you log the crap draws as mileage.
But everything looks like crap and crap is crap.

Your first drawing is better than anything I can do now, and I've been trying for ~4 years.

>>4030882
not him, but it's really not that bad, it's stylized though.

>>4025866
requesting a bigger image for the bodybuilder in 2019.

>>4031177

>>4026722
what resources did you learn from to render?

>>4031184
very good color swatching granted its from observation.

>>4031209
it is thank you

>>4031086
Yeah. I don't think my art is amazing, but I don't think it's near as bad as the other 2 anons made it out to be, lol.

I have a lot to learn but im not bad. There's worse on this board that I see get praised so. shrug.

>>4030875
desu I think that's what I need to do, I can't draw endless sketches without actually completing them. I drew this one today. Tomorrow I'm actually colouring it and shit.

>>4030503
>>4030650
>>4031269
If "worse" than you gets praise learn to find the merit they have, ngmi. If you think you're so good take every criticism with confidence and learn something from it, ngmi. Don't get cocky because your weeb high school friends don't know enough to give you criticism, ngmi.

>>4031351
You sound like you're projecting, anon. How is she supposed to "take crit with confidence" when those other 2 anons gave her crit that had basically no substance to it?

>>4026722
4 years and you still do the same topics, the same faces, the same poses, besides the rendering you didint progress too much.

>>4031351

I'm taking crit with a grain of salt on /ic/. Ic is full of people with different perspectives on art, and some of those people can have bizarre views or extreme perspectives on art.

I never said my art was amazing, I just said it wasn't as bad as you guys made it out to be. I obviously have a lot of room to grow as an artist (which I said by the way). But my art isn't bad. I am constantly trying to improve myself as an artist. I don't understand what I did wrong to make you react like this, lmfao. Especially since the two anons didn't explain what I should work. Someone said my hands looked bad earlier, so I have been analyzing how I can make them look better in the future despite being giving no basis on their statement. I agree with >>4031363 . I think you're projecting, and I hope you are able to feel more comfortable with yourself.

>>4031397
didn't explain what I should work on*
sorry

>>4031363
>>4031397
You have to be confident in your abilities and improvement no matter what someone says. It has to come from your mind alone. If it can't come from your own mind you need to do better until it can.

Even low substance criticism is important because it shows a first impression and lack of genuine interest. Insults show a first impression. Even no critique or praise gives valuable info about how interesting your work is and how talented you are in the sea of everyone else.

Don't seek out praise and get buttmad because "worse" art gets praise that you don't. Find the value that you lack instead of thinking everyone else is wrong.

There is /literally/ nothing to project. I'm pointing out your ngmi attitude that makes you ngmi, ngmi. But you can ignore me, no skin off my balls.

>>4031440
Anon seemed like she was pretty confident first time around.
Low substance criticism might inform you on the basics of "do people like your art or not," but other than that it's pretty useless, it's like getting a math test back with a bad grade, but none of the incorrect problems are marked off. The point of criticism is to learn what you're doing wrong and how to fix it, and if it's not specific then the artist won't have much of a grounding to know how to improve.
Basically, you should tone down that crabbiness just a little bit anon

>>4031440
I really don't know what point you're trying to prove? I am 100% confident it my art. I take every crit I get. I said this. I didn't even say anyone was wrong. I was just saying that i'm not too bothered by the comments I got. Besides, how can I know what to improve if no one gives me a clear opinion? Everything I take from this site is with a grain of salt (once again, like I said).

I don't know why you think i'm upset that someone with lower skill than me gets more praise. Frankly, I do not care about the feedback I get from ic. Maybe once in a while, I'll post but not much. There is a trend on this board where people give baseless crits to artists out of jealousy. It's not worth the loss of brain cells when I can just go to someone more reliable and can prove to me that they truly understand fundies. So once again, I say for the 3rd time, I will take your crits with a grain of salt, like how everyone on this board should. I really don't get how me not sobbing over 2 anons saying my art sucks is me saying everyone is wrong. I don't even know what you're trying to accomplish

>>4031458
>>4031475
>I don't even know what you're trying to accomplish

Was trying to help you get off the ngmi path you're on. Too bad you ignored everything I said.
>But you can ignore me, no skin off my balls.

>>4031510
P Y W
O O O
S U R
T R Kngmi

>>4031475
confidence is a good thing. Doesn't sound like you're ignoring crits in general which would be the only downside to being confident in your art, so good stuff.

>>4031475
>>4031458
>>4031397
>>4031363
>samefagging this hard

>>4031510
You're making it seem as if I don't take criticism, and that I don't analyze my work. You're telling me all the things I need to do to "make it", which is stuff I already do. So, how exactly am I on the path of ngmi? If you can tell me how, then I will gladly take your advice and thank you. otherwise I can't help but believe you are speaking nonsense.

>>4031527
pyw

>>4031526
Thanks anon. I really appreciate it.

>>4031527
Not same fagging. I'm not even a girl.

Don't mind me, just here to strike fear into your hearts

Have confidence in myself to improve over 3 years in total. I don't even think the shit on the left was ironic.

>>4026757
No, that's aatrox

>>4031786
really cool art

Wouldn't call right finished, but I lost motivation and moved on

>>4031911
Thanks dude, I've been working really hard

really needed a pick me up, thanks guys :)

>>4027807
Shut the fuck up, gay fag

>>4031510
Admittedly some of the things you said have truth to them but your constant "ngmi" spewing makes you come off as an insufferable faggot, how do you expect people to listen to you that way?
>>4031937
Finished over perfect anon, at least do a full body for this year too so it's comparable.

>>4032256
Is it worth polishing a turd? Figured it'd be better to just move on, get more practice in

>>4032398
There's a happy medium between abandoning a piece that you should have put more effort in to and turd polishing.
If you give up too early you miss a lot of learning opportunities.

>>4026519
>>4025894
>22, even younger than when you started
>still can't put effort into drawing even though I'm a full-time NEET with all the time in the world

AAAAAAAAAAAA

Ive been learning with watercolours like a mad man this was done in April 2019

>>4032879
This is where I’m at now

>>4032879
>>4032885
I did >>4032588 give me watercolor tips RIGHT FUCKING NOW

>>4032885
And a boat because I goddamn love me some boats

>>4032893
>>4032885

You have very poor value control.

>>4032896
I know I self critique a lot and I realise this when I put it in black and white, I’m study Craig Mullins watercolours because that’s where I’d like to reach, I’ve learned a little bit not enough to give solid advice to you fren it could I’m fact damage you as I’m not experienced enough, can say though you should watch some Marco Bucci vids on YouTube they really helped me more so than I could help you.

>>4032879
>>4032885
These colors are good stuff, these paintings are mega cozy. Keep it up friend, I like your work.

>>4032910
For this guy
>>4032890

>>4032893
Another watercolour as I want to just show some variation, I find that’s each watercolour I do has a slightly different styling is this something I should really be watching out for as a negative?

>>4032918
>I find that’s each watercolour I do has a slightly different styling is this something I should really be watching out for as a negative?
Not really, I think it's probably better to experiment with style as you're learning so you gain a better breadth on different aesthetics and techniques, but as you progress you may want to choose a few styles to really polish and get good at.

Nov. 2018- July 2019 about an hour ago

>>4032933
Forgot pic

>>4032256
if you're gmi hearing ngmi should mean nothing

>>4031547
I like the face a lot, but the nose looks off. I think you defined the side too much for how flat it is. the hair looks like tiny braids which is hard to do.

biggest thing you need to do is to study color theory. colors bounce off of each other, everything is not just a gradient of the color it is, it will be influenced by its surroundings. once you start applying that you are going to make big strides. it'll also help you see little things wrong with your painting.

>>4031981
it shows

I've never drawn before and I'm going to start drawing this weekend when I get my sketchbook in! I've been trying to practice my lines and circles in the meantime. Wish me luck, /ic/!

>>4025808
Unironically one of the bigger jumps in improvement that I've seen in these threads.
It's not about where you start, it's about how far you go, and he's got a steady pace going.

>>4032935
you are on your way anon

>tfw look online for inspiration to start drawing
>all these "lol this is where I started" pics are still way better than the crude doodles I do
I'm not going to make it, am I?

>>4032409
this. 100 percent. you need to push yourself on the majority of your drawings. doesnt have to be your life's sole artwork but if you draw and dump too quickly you wont retain much information.

>>4033822
no one shows their worst work, unless they were under 12 when they drew it. just draw faggot

Both old pieces but this redraw shows the most progress

5 years apart. I want to draw pretty anime girls.

>>4033807
Don’t you dare even think of giving up faggot, work hard and draw or you’ll never get those art hoes clambering for your dick.

>>4031527
>>4031535
>>4031537
pyw

I want to draw cute girls with guns and highkey fantasy illustration. Why am I like this?

>>4034087
Oops wrong file. Here's what I meant to actually post.

I just haven't improved at all over 4-5 months. I don't understand perspective or anything. I do the constructions lines and I understand all the forms and then when I try to bring it all together it's just flat and looking right at the viewer. This is fucking ridiculous. Especially when I go to /beg/ and see that I'm not even fucking beg tier.

I'm like the left half of this >>4025799
but with added loomis heads. No matter how much reading I do I just don't fucking get it. I prefer digital art, and there are people in my friend group who have never done art who can make better material with a mouse than I can with a pen/stylus. It's so demoralising, but I'm going to keep pushing.

>>4034088
Your composition and color improved a lot in a short period of time, don't despair anon! I legitimately like the bottom one. You're pushing yourself to explore your imagination and to make scenes with intrigue to them, which is something a lot of artists in this thread struggle with, and is a good thing to tackle head-on. If you keep pushing yourself to draw more and polish your fundies I think you have a lot of potential.

>>4034063

>>4034109
Thank you anon. That really means a lot to me. I've been in a bit of a slump these last few weeks, and I generally really don't like what I make. Your words are very appreciated.

>>4034096
You just have to keep practicing. I do digital myself but I'm trying to do more trad to get the energy out on paper. It makes the digital experience even easier on myself. But don't worry, stay confident. It gets better.

>>4034115

>>4026545
Is nobody going to tell you that the mouth is fucked in your most recent thing?

>>4034157
Not the first dude but I also thought there was a solid improvement. I like the second one, and your two pictures are on a short time scale for improvement in the first place

>>4034403
did you mean to reply to >>4034125 ?

>>4034458
I did yes. Must have misclicked

Maybe next year I'll start to consistantly draw people with their legs.

>>4026722
aatrox is op now

>>4034462
I appreciate this man. I think one of my own biggest frustrations in art is seeing the trees for the forest. Like, how does the work I'm doing now eventually translate into the similar sorta stuff like Puppeteer Lee or Guwez or A-rang? That kind of Korean character design type art is what I'd really like to be able to do, but I've a hard time seeing that my shitty scribbles will eventually transform naturally into that style of art. I've got inspiration compilations of all my favourite artists on a cork board but I don't know how to work towards being like them.

doesnt show my anatomy or anything obviously, but i thought it’d be fun to redo one of my first acrylic “paintings” for practice. not gonna say how many years because i didn’t practice constantly though.

>>4034834
it truly is 2019

>>4034834
2019 looks nice, you improve a lot technically and stylistically. It reminds me a lot of that one Japanese artist who does acrylic paintings of anime girls.

>>4034480
Why does it go right to left? Are you an underage weeb? As for your improvement it's acknowledgable at the least, but your only strikingly good piece is the background of the latest whale painting, everything else looks like it was made by a high schooler on tumblr (which I suspect you are). Don't wait until next year to draw legs, get out of your comfort zone now, sit down with an art book and copy some diagrams or something. Also your necks are on the too-long side. But keep it up.

>>4025894
Peaked in 2016, downhill from there

Haven't colored anything lately, color is my real weakness

>>4034988
Very retro, I like the ideas but the face on the right looks like it’s too big for the head

>>4034996
Not enough cranium you think?

>>4034834
>>4034954
It's definitely dated but dated can be a cool thing, and I think it is particularly pretty art. I would literally buy a poster of it if I saw it irl.

>>4034834
I wish you would have lined her lower right eye with a fine line of red like the left because it would bring out the blush evenly. I know you paired the red liner with above the right eyelid having some red instead, but I think that the blush stands out more on the side with the liner and it looks uneven. Maybe I'm wrong tho and it might look better the way you did it.

I really really wish you didn't draw small lines in her periwinkle eyebrow. There aren't small and/or scratchy lines like that anywhere else in the painting so it stands out a lot and throws off the balance and crispness. I probably sound dramatic but it might ruin the piece.

I tried to show the difference in ms paint with my trackpad. I want to stare at the version without the lines much more despite it being a shitty ms paint coloring. I was going to suggest making the brow match the other, but I feel like the periwinkle brow draws the observer in to look for longer, and the longer you look, the more natural it feels with the yellow eye.

If you still think the brow needs darkness, I would suggest a gradient. Or maybe sparser dark lines that are as thick as the red ring around her iris or lines inside cross.Or using a darker periwinkle because the surrounding darkness makes normal periwinkle pop too much.

Other than that I love it
>I would literally buy a poster of it if I saw it irl.

If the eyebrow was fixed I would buy it online. Still probably would.

>>4035007
Yeah. A while ago I thought that would’ve been a proportionate looking face too, it’s only recently after staring at the side of someone’s head for too long I actually realised the face is pretty small

>>4034954
what do you mean?

>>4034960
madoka? i love her work, she’s one of my biggest inspirations. not a huge fan of her actual style but her clean rendering is incredible, thanks!

>>4035039
thanks for the in-depth comment anon ! yeah, i wasn’t sure about the lines either. i like to try out things like that randomly but i guess in this case it could’ve done without it. Maybe i’ll remove them later since it’s not sealed yet !
Also i’m not planning to make any new prints or anything right now but thanks for the compliment!

>>4035066
It was maybe nitpicky and autismo but I don't like specific pieces of art in particular that often. I wanted to give you all the criticism I could so you can refine your talent.

>>4035094
it’s really appreciated !

>>4034096
/beg/ here giving some /beg/ advice so beware, but here's my philosophy and what has made me feel contented so far

Have you tried copying from refrence? I feel that churning endless loomis heads and repeating some arbitrary excercises thinking you'll learn to draw figures that way is pretty pointless. I personally find it more enjoyable to look at refrences and draw/copy them or play with the ideas of a picture and change some things while following others to test what works and what doesn't. Maybe it won't make you a pro but you might be surprised how much better your figures look if you copy aspects from an existing work rather than bruteforcing a figure to canvas from imagination through sheer force of will and some rules of assembly you heard from some third party who may or may not be spewing complete bullshit or stuff that isn't helpful to you on your current skill level

Assuming you want to draw figures then look into anatomy for a brief second. Study the large distinct bones' shape, lay and joints. With some idea of the internal scaffolding you can attempt to overlay it to your work and troubleshoot warped areas

If perspective is your nemesis and you just can't figure things out any other way then you can look into a program that lets you pose figures and then study them by drawing them from various angles. With enough repetition you should eventually figure out what makes them tick

Focus smart. Eliminate one problem at a time. If faces give you trouble then look into the proportions of face and what general rules apply to every head. Maybe even give some thought to sculpting in 3d, it has helped me visualise before but that isnt for everyone

Also try paper. even ballpoint pen and old pocket calendar is fine at start. if you are grinding fundies with an unfamiliar instrument it will only add to your troubles. While I practise both tablet and paper, I do prefer paper's simpleness and reduction of brain overload when focusing solely on learning

1 year improvement.

>>4035178
I refuse to believe this is real

>>4035178
>>>4035178
>~10-13 years old, judging by the style and crayon
>reddit
>identity politics reddit
>incel and mgtow

even /pol/ doesn't like people like you.

>>4035197
>>4035251
reddit.com/user/zashienana
Im an adult you manlets. Check my reddit

>>4035255
That makes it even more pathetic, honestly. You draw like an 8 year old.

>>4035255
AHAHAHAHAHA
fucking femcel. pathetic.

bRo WhY dOn'T gUyS dAtE mE???
gotta be them, right?

>>4035255
Why are you posting someone else's art and Reddit account

>>4035268
>>4035255
found their discord and DMed them about this so if it really is someone impersonating them, they know.

>>4031199
Back in the day i watched a shit-ton of FZD videos and some timelapse vids of chinese artists working and took it from there
>>4031392
>>4028377
lmao im starting to think it wasn't a very good idea to theme that progress pic around one specific character.
>purple red cyan black
that's basically his color palette, but i will admit that i kind of default to red and blue. Tried something a bit different color wise with pic related, maybe i should have used a ref but whatever
>>4034484
Good, he deserves it.

>>4035299
I’m obsessed with your technique, so visually satisfying

>>4034834
Oh shit I think I follow you on twitter. God damn I love how you draw

im always proud of this one
almost the same amount of time spent in both

>>4035703
blog? both are quite nice imo

>>4035703
teach me ur fuckin ways. What books you reading, tutorials you watching, lectures you studyin? What do you study, draw, etc. Give me ur fucjkin brain knowledge P L E A S E

>>4035325
lol thankyou !

>>4035896
the art gives me some chinese digital art vibes. You could look into chinese authors on artstation or something if you want something similiar-ish looking idk.

>>4035847
https://twitter.com/Inaniinii
thanks anon~

>>4035896
desu i dont know exactly what i did, i just try to be conscius about my mistakes and the things i like, maybe like this anon said >>4036621 probably in that moment i was influenced by chinese digital art, so if i had a doubt i try to study a lot on that matter, searching books, artists and everything that could help, i know that sounds kind of abstract but i just try everything that makes me curious
just for you to know pic related it's my folder with books, artists, videos, photos, and everything that could be useful, even medicine or physics books, so ... it's not like i could tell you, read this, draw this and you'll magically learn it xD

>>4036916
>80Gb
>tfw not even at 1/10th of that
>tfw hoarding was the way all along

>>4036934
i dont see it as hoarding x'D, i try to save everything that could be useful and be difficult to find again, i know it seems like i dont see all of this on a regular studying, but idk, it helped me to have my own library
and this could be ironic for me to say but quality over quantity, if you are going to hoard be sure it 'll help you now or eventually

>>4035703
Wish I was the 2nd guy to the right, bros

>>4036934
>>4036916
you are like babies. Watch this.

>>4037518
Today on I accidentally dox myself.

>>4037460
why?

>>4037518
wtf

>>4037518
impressive, but i hope will bear fruits

>>4037548
Wow people know his name. Life is over