/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4295148
crit please?

Starting up digital artwork just now after doing tradart for a while.
Anything to know about XPPEN specifically, and it's tie-in to Photoshop?
Any recommendations on the best keybinds for the 8 buttons + wheel, and the two on the pen?

>>4295155
Try making something without any hotkeys, and whenever you get sick of having to use the GUI to do an action, bind it to a button.

>>4295153
I like it, but are you done?

drawing desu

>>4295155
I use xp pen, yes it's fine with shoop

how does using construction help me with drawing eyes all fucked up because my circles are too deformed?

>>4295179
post drawing

>>4295167
i wanted to render the fog around her but thats about it, because this is where my rendering ability ends... im having a hard time with it

>>4295201
I think you should brute force it and keep going at it. I don't think you're done with the face. Look up guides if you have to, because I don't feel comfortable giving you advice, but I don't think it's done.

So I did the overlay paintover thing and holy shit does it look alot better than just trying to render normally.

I'm trying to study Brigdman's technique for building the figure but he doesn't say how to build the limbs.
Should I just use cylinders or something?

I tried the overlay painting thing from yesterday, i'm still not great but it looks a hella lot better than my previous attempt.

>>4295240
Ah shit it looks a bit too bright mb

>>4295240
The color of the skin in this one is good and looks natural, >>4295247 looks a bit odd to me, like a dark albino or something. The other anon was saying you should darken the shadows, not the entire skin.

>>4295258
I'm retarded, thought this was >>4291702
Seems like you could take the response's advice though.

>>4295258
Ah I got you, still trying to learn how exactly overlay works.

Thoughts?

>>4295286
ref

>>4295286
>>4295287
You're lacking foreshortening, so it's really flat.

how do you guys deal with back problems? just drew for 3 hours and my back hurts like hell.

muh upside down stravinsky

idk what to think, i guess it's ok and better than i would have done normally but i really struggled with scale. from the start i was trying to measure bits with my pencil. didnt really work tho lol.

>>4295307
Have you tried stretching?

>>4295307
i do yoga once a day, i have scoliosis and a dislocated disc and these exercises help me with pain
not some impossible stuff like standing on one finger, just stretches etc, yoga with adriene has fuck ton of free videos

>>4295307
I draw standing up most of the time, since my desk is uncomfortably high in a chair

Okay I'm on my 7th day on learning how to draw and I I've been really enjoying myself, I want to go digital right away, I'm eyeing the Wacom cintiq 16, thoughts?

hello my ruthless comrades ive been reading how to render by SR and he talks about halfway to black should that method be used in all scenes? i need help on measuring light and shadow

>>4295322
No. Don't. Wait a year to get familiar with just drawing on the most basic level, before jumping to digital

Thoughts on the veikk a15 pro? Or should I pay double for the Xp-pen deco pro? Those are the only two that have physical wheel/dial
Veikk wins by having 4 more extra buttons, 1/2 the price too, but I wonder if paying a bit more is worth it.

>>4295329
>>4295322
Theres an art supply thread, use the catalog..

>>4295326
>draw squares, circles and triangles for a year
imagine actually giving this advice.

>>4295337
pretty sure they meant basic as in drawing w/ pen/pencil and paper

>>4295337
Did you try to be this stupid or is it just natural for you

>>4295322
go for it if money isn't a big problem for you.

>>4295175
That's not /beg/

How we doing on the Soul rating?

doing drawabox branches

>>4295384
kek

>>4295384
I'll show you soul.

>>4295391
I mean...I kinda like it for some reason. Soul confirmed

>>4295392
Thanks. Is pixel art allowed on /beg/?

Spheres* make me sad

>>4295402
No clue, I'm new here

what are good exercises for being able to draw lines the way you want them to come out? i've been trying to draw cubes over and over for a while now, slowly starting to look better.

>>4295419
mainly drawing with your elbow/shoulder instead of your wrist. and just general practice of course. studying line quality is one of the few instances in which tracing is acceptable, others being animation or graphic design.

>>4295419
>>4295406

>>4295426
i've heard this advice before and i'll start taking it, but why is drawing with your elbow and shoulder better than wrist? just tried it and lines seem better but it also feels way less stable than resting my wrist on the paper, feels like it would get uncomfortable after a short while

>been drawing on and off for few years. know a lot of technical stuff
>person who has no technical knowledge is better than me at drawing
Im so pissed off lads. why do I even continue

One minute gestures. Are these sufficient enough for practice or am I botching this up and not getting anything out of it?

>>4295322
>Going Digital
>Cintiq
That’s basically like drawing on paper. I don’t know about anyone else but I usually think of screenless tablets when someone says they’re “going digital” since you basically have to learn how to draw again.
>Draws for 7 days
>Should I spend 2,000 for something I might stop using next week?
I can’t believe that people actually decide to throw so much money at some device when most artists who buy Cintiqs have been drawing for years either traditionally or on screenless tablets.

But honestly I’m just a poorfag that is jelly that you don’t think there’s anything wrong with blowing a couple grand on a hobby you barely started and not even sure you’ll want to continue doing beyond a few months.

>>4295435
For quick sketching. You can’t really quick sketch with your wrist without getting chicken-scratchy lines.
But I still think you should practice drawing lines from your wrist and from your elbow/shoulder since you want to be able to render details. Just prioritize elbow/shoulder lines over wrist lines.

>>4295426
stop telling people this. draw from shoulder for bigger lines. when it gets smaller it gets impossible to draw from the shoulder.
fucking reddit advice that has ruined my art skills

>>4295450
>>4295453
thanks, amazing advice. i don't feel comfortable reading like loomis shit or keys to drawing until i can actually at least control my pen, sort of like learning how to play a guitar if you don't know how to control your fingers properly

>>4295453
The problem is that people on here—and I’m assuming on Reddit—aren’t specific about their advice.
They’ll say things like “you have to draw from your shoulder” without also telling you that there is a time and a place in drawing from your wrist.
It’s a problem that occurs because artists forget about specific things like this since it’s ingrained into their subconscious. They have to actually work hard to retrieve that knowledge from their subconscious which most people won’t really do because it seems like a waste of time.
This is why people like Kim Jung Gi can’t teach and why most good artists give good but vague advice which is why it’s a but annoying when people think “pyw” somehow proves anything. I can see how it works when someone says something stupid that is obviously /beg/ mentality but when someone challenges a position, I don’t particularly think that the first thing the poster has to do is post their work but instead be challenged on their idea. That way we can have more mature conversations and we can actually learn from each other rather than crabbing.
>Nice blog post.

>>4295459
use your wrist for smaller details like the eyes or mouth or nose. shoulder for big lines. I was told on reddit to only use my shoulder and I only got worse.

>>4293808

Didn't have as much time to draw today but I did 10 2min drawings using the other anons advice of using the longest line as the first line. I think some poses are easier than others for me, but I've got it set to random images on quickposes. Any advice is helpful as you can see how beg I am. Should I slow it down to 3 minutes per pose? I wonder if I'm not getting the full effect of my studies by using speed, or quantity, which is why I slowed it down and did less this time. Sorry, I don't really know how to even talk artfully. Again any tips welcome. please help a /beg/gar out. Like I said in the old thread I made, I will do anythign you tell me to do, I want to reach my goal.

Could this be a cute style for a comic?

>>4295402
I really like it Anon, I love the different colors you used in the skin and didn't make everything a flat color.

>>4295500
it was from reference though, don't want to imply I did that from imagination

>>4295493
Work on breaking the human body into basic shapes. It can help with proportion and seeing things simply because some parts of the body aren’t there. That bottom right corner one also needs some perspective and directional work. I can tell it’s from the front because of the nippled and belly button but the neck is wildly disproportionate and oddly bent and the head has no way to tell the way that it’s turning. You’re on the right track though, remember to practice some gesture

>>4295532
Shapes and gesture, got it. I'll apply them to my next session tomorrow. Thanks Anon.

Crit please? Drawing some more on picarto.tv/DullaDoodle

>>4295555
not the right pic

>>4295557
you're not supposed to feel the pinch this much anon

does anyone else have a bad habit of scribbling when gesture drawing? the 30 seconds stresses me out and Im trying to do as much as possible. it ends up looking like a blobby mess.

Critique pls

If I draw something traditionally and its fucked up should I start over or should I fix the original?

>>4295655
part of the charm of sticking to 1-5 min drawings is that you don't go back
otherwise people are always correcting mistakes if it's a long piece, though ideally you've planned out your piece before committing to things

ill post three drawings, you guys tell me what should i study and improve.

>>4295666

>>4295669

>>4295148
Anyone know what Joy of Painting episode the Sticky Pic is from?

any tips on putting images side by side in Painttool Sai?
I don't know how to change the size of a canvas and import images

>>4295666
>>4295669
>>4295671
I remember seeing these in the /trash/ Drawing improvement threads, my favorite is the 1st one but that might just be because I’m a sucker for femboy demon creatures in general

I’m a beg too (like almost everybody else in these threads) so take my advice with a grain of salt but try not to shade/highlight with black and instead change the hue slider to blue/yellow depending on the color context of the image, look up hue shifting since I’m not too good with words

>>4295669
Wtf. Not /beg/.
I love the storytelling here.

roast my baby yoda. did it turn out alright?

>>4295287
I tried. Does it look horrible enough that I need to focus something, or do I just need more practice?

>>4295725
this looks way better

>>4295732
Ahh, sorry, shoulda mentioned, I'm not him. I just stole his ref

>>4295737
oh. well im not that other other guy either lmao. definitely still good tho

Thoughts, so far on a redo of my original post? Any improvement?

>>4295679
thanks a lot, i will try that

>>4295688
im a beg, i could improve a lot.

>>4295738
I feel okay with it, but definitely not satisfied. Everytime I used the blending tool, I'd undo it because it never looked better for it. What's the blending tool even for? Also, maybe I should take advantage of layers more to get more details in. I'm going to try this again tomorrow.

>>4295725
Looks good even if she is leaning a lot more in the ref.

>>4295651
Look decent. Top right looks wonky around the leg. Otherwise work on making your lines less scratchy
Also, can you post top right ref photo?

>>4295761
meant to say post top left

Thoughts, so far on a redo of my original post? Any improvement?

Thoughts, so far on a redo of my original post? Any improvement?

>>4295761

>>4295774
thank you mang

What is the best way to learn anatomy? I have a lot of problems with it. And I also never know how to start off my drawings. What is the first step you usually take when drawing a figure?

>>4295406
>put the URL in the corner
>make it unreadable
For what purpose?

what does /beg/ mean

>>4295828
its you

>>4295828
Beginner, meaning this thread is for Beginner artists, so that we can post our art and ask for professional criticism on how to improve.

Don't feel bad if anyone calls you or your art /Beg/, that just means you have an opportunity to become an even better artist by improving :D

>>4295798
Unironically Loomis. For both anatomy and learning to start a drawing. There are free copies of his books (You'll need Loomis' "Figure Drawing for All it's Worth") in the Sticky, or you can buy a physical copy in the book threads.

Trying to learn the proportions of anime faces using semi-realism as a start. Opinions? gonna draw the hair next

>>4295875
Forgot the pic

>>4295798
Hampton/Vilppu are best for figure drawing

Can anyone here recommend any sources for industrial/product design sketching?

How can I improve le animu face?!?!?
I think this drawing is like an alien ayyy lmao

>>4295939
Based Coraline poster

Can someone redline this? what is wrong with the torso?

>>4295950
WTF is coraline?

Can someone critique this?

Hey. I'm really new to drawing and I practiced gesture /figure drawing today. CAn I get feedback? It is also my first attempt at shading figures

>>4295977
don't try to draw details on gesture, focus on the movement
pic related helped me alot, keep practicing

Thank you sir. I will go through Vilppus materials then

>>4295968
Anime style is a simplification of anatomy, not stickers put down on a page. Try to learn some actual head proportions and then when you can draw accurate faces then you can work on stylisation and simplication by removing certain details or hinting at a nose with a thin line, etc.

For your sake, all the facial features are flat like stickers, the eyes are an ok distance apart but the top of the head is quite flat (like having a traumatic injury at a young age or deformity). The shadow on the neck isn't matched by any sort of significant shading on the face to imply some sort of 3d model. If you want it to completely look like a sticker then don't shade at all. If you want to shade then commit all the way. Read books like loomis, and read sticky

>>4295977
try practicing more with actually naked people. It helps to read some books on anatomy/proportion. Try not to compensate for lack of depth with your shading, getting better at figure drawing will help a lot with making it look 3d without needing to shade

>>4295498
No.

>>4295557
I like it. Small tits ftw

>>4295968
Yeah, it looks bad. Copy good anime.

>>4295715
Roasted baby yoda sounds delicious

>>4295987
Not him but what if I want my characters to look like sticker-faces as an aesthetic choice?

thoughts?

can someone please show me how to construct and draw a foot from this position? its a right foot facing away from the viewer if you cant tell

>>4296056
this is nothing to do with your art but stomachs are fucking hot

>>4295968
Looks good overall based on that this was drawn out of imagination, but I'd say you should try use reference for your work there's plenty of animay out there that might appeal to you and might serve you as you develop your own art style.

help

>>4295997
Lmfao

Can I make it guys?

>>4295185
4u

>>4296106
shit this looks good, I barely understand what I'm looking at but it looks really fucking cool

Learning the head right now, is pic related a waste of money or should I buy it?

>>4295672
the one where bob paints a mountain

>>4295236
looked up the technique, who tf is this guy , all i find is shit about nuclear reactors or something

google search aside , it looks similar to a figure drawing method i recently learned here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyiM-Z3NZc&list=PLq1TGG6lDQ2y6sm5ODEIPWZu8pBPpuN3E&index=5

In terms of bulding the limbs, yea , use cylinders... watch out at the ends as they will taper off in a certatin way
Also can someone critique my construction?

>>4296187
Seems like a wase to me , idk , never had one tho

>>4296199
Forgot pic

>>4296106
>>4296108
>>4296110
That's some cool ass shit thats what you doing, besides I've never seen that type of Homer looking cloud in >>4296106
before.

>>4296077
The top needs to more angled I think

tried to do a body study (sorry for the box head, I omitted it because it wasn't the focus)
what am I doing wrong?

>>4295990
>Try not to compensate for lack of depth with your shading, getting better at figure drawing will help a lot with making it look 3d without needing to shade

Mate , trust this guy , since i learned basic perspetive and 3D figure drawing my construction looks much better (havent gotten to an actual piece because art block and i just learned it 3 days ago but i imagine it whould look much better)

How are the courses on Udemy? I feel that I will learn best with a course and schedule/routine and they have several courses on sale. I have a shitton of artbooks from /ic/ but I never know how to continue after Keys to Drawing. Do I go to anatomy then perspective or what?

>>4295715
I'm sure Reddit will love it

Drawing spheres makes me sad

>>4296236
i saw bab yoda and i clapped

>>4296235
no, Udemy is trash
Do dynamic sketching to learn basic construction then something like Hampton's or Vilppu's figure drawing class

>>4296106
This is pretty fucking cool

>>4296151
you're really good already go to /alt/

>>4296211
this really helped, thanks a bunch

>>4296215
youre not cute just because you added that face

>>4295447
Try to build off of the gesture, if you can't then figure out a way to capture gesture that works for you.

>>4296265
I think he's pretty cute uWu

>>4296239
iktf. I did this shit for 2 years on and off, it definitely helped me a bit and gets easier, but if I posted my heads people would still tell me to study loomis and do that exact fucking exercise.

>>4296239
dont torture yourself like that man
just draw a few dozens and then draw what you want to draw while trying to apply what you learned

>>4296273
you're not supposed to draw circles until you're sick of it, have you even read his book?

>>4296277
I didn't just draw the circles, I read fun with a pencil as well as drawing the head and hands.

>>4296281
>drawing the head and hands.
Seems like you should read it again, because you clearly skipped the text.

>>4296284
How would you know that? Which part are you refering to?

>>4296284
shut up you stupid faggot

can i get crit pls? i would really appreciate anything about color because im struggling with what colors to choose in shadows, how to get a drawing that doesnt look like one color but just different values, etc.

>>4296304
Post ref, or is this from imagination?
Also, I'm not sure how you mean that with the colors, are you telling me you weren't going for this look?

>>4296265
it's just a placeholder.
I'm looking for tips on how to draw better bodies.

So I started watching Steve Huston's 3H video about constructing the head and I noticed he sometimes uses eggs to construct and other times he uses the sailboat and isn't this shit just confusing as hell? At least Loomis uses the same circle plus cross and it just works, this dude teaches construction using two different methods depending on angles and how much of the skull is showing. Should I keep bothering with his method or go back to Loomis?

I'm quitting art forever after 10+ years of failure and minimal improvement. I guess I just don't have it in me. Good luck to you all, I hope you'll be able to persevere and achieve your goals

>>4296399
k bye bitch

>>4296399
cmon it can't be that bad, show us some pieces with a few years in between.

>>4296399
Anon don't give up and please comeback to /ic/

Critique please? Yes I know anime style but any help is valid.

Also its a tiny bit old.

>>4295997
Eat baby yoda i must

>>4296399
Please post work and improvement.

It cant be that bad

>>4296268
>Try to build off of the gesture
I don't understand, did I not communicate the gesture properly?

>>4296411
The decorations look like you are a girl (not that that's anything bad, just stands out)
First thing, the eyes seem to sit on a straight line while the hair suggests to me that we aren't looking at her straight on. The eyes and lips look very unappealing to me, I'd try emulating a few different artists who you like for those features and encorporate what you learned. Don't use pure black for the eye outline but also use some darker outliens for the other stuff. Hair looks a lot better than the face so I'd definitely focus on faces for now.

Nothing wrong with stylization, but always keep form in mind and study real faces at some point in order to better understand how to stylize (especially in different perspectives).

Not the style people usually ask for help with but here I am.

>>4296414
>Draws every other week for ten minutes a day.
tEn yEaRs lAtR sTil sHiT fUk tHiS

>>4296436
Mkay thanks a bunch for the help! I've been hella wishy washy with my art style lately but I do tend to focus on the hair a bit too much. XD I guess I should work on the face some more.

>>4296309
this was the roman/egyptian ancient portrait meme so i mean, i didnt look at any photo, but i did look at the original painting >>4296279
i was going for warm colors with cool shadows, but as you can see everything is very warm and i feel like there isnt enough cool hue in the shadows... like i take a blue color and try to paint in in the shadow but it looks crazy so i just swirl some muddy purple colors until it looks acceptable?? but i see all these pros using blue looking shadows. sorry if im talking nonsense. this is what id like to achieve: https://i.imgur.com/kwYJTga.jpg light is warm and shadow is cool but it looks amazing

>>4296411
i like rendering in her hair so maybe also use it in face? like add some values, changes of colors? im not a pro obvs but i think the face looks flat/too bright in comparison to hair

>>4296399
post your fucking work, I cannot believe you made minimal improvement in 10 YEARS

>>4296452

How exactly would I do that to her face tho?

I really need critics on this one

>>4296454
There's people who literally have not improved in a decade, or rather have DECREASE in improvements and rather have gotten worse.
See: Lonbluewolf, rather they're a genuinely awful person but literally have gotten worse with anatomy, perspective and shit. And they delete/ignore all criticism

>>4296459
huh you know, look up planes of face, how light creates shadows on them etc. you can look up some basic tutorials like this

>>4296485
>Lonbluewolf
>a genuinely awful person
huh?

Today study, i still have hard noticing the shadow around the forms

Also i finally reached lesson 3 at drawabox didn't do the challenges yet, but here is some stuff i did drawing along with him

>>4296485
Let me guess, lon didn't drew your request and now you think he's an asshole for that, isn't.

>>4296510
This is not the thread for it and you can check the /trash/ artist/commissioner hate thread but details
>tl;dr
>2face liar/manipulator
>ignores/deletes criticism
>made/posts cp/cub porn on Lulz.net and 4chan, was ran off both sites when exposed
>actively ignores and mistreats anyone and anyplace who supports him
>extremely lazy and just shits out the exact same wow spanking drawings for free cash from one autistic Commissioner and puts low effort into everything (extremely sloppy linework, etc)
There's more but again this is not the place for it.

Remember to all /beg/ to always stay humble and commit to improving, it DOES get noticed

>>4296538
>This is not the thread for it
>proceeds to fucking try and MAKE it the thread for it
Dude just fuck off.

I paint too thiccly

Anyone know an efficient method for digital painting because i have no idea what I'm doing.

ref
>>4295287

>>4296544
Stop using acrylics

>>4296545
what software and brushes are you using?

did something while i was bored in class

>>4296549
>stop using this medium I don't like

>>4296544
House kinda looks like its sinking because the foundation is curved

IDK if it was intentional but i think i like it more as is. I am just stating in case you didnt catch on

>>4296570
I think this might be too simplistic for actual critique

>>4296552
CSP and I'm using "real pencil" and "dense watercolor" brush, they seem to work well enough. Also did a bit of blend tool for the brush bands (idk what the call them).

>>4296537
let me guess, english is not your first language

>>4296545
i guess youre not finished cus only torso looks good in here

>>4296544
needs more acrylic

>>4296620
Feedback appreciated

>>4296586
so i should take it to /alt/, then?

>>4296544
at least the rock look rough

so what figure construction method do you guys recommend?
I'm trying to figure out Loomis' method.

>>4296691
Steve Houston's was fun to get trough imo

Tried to take the advice of anons in the last thread. Focused more on form and lines than the grid-ish method ive been doing. Does this look better?
http://gamestudies.org/articleimages/67_Figure5.jpg

>>4296650
yea...

>>4296694
gonna check that one out. Thanks

>>4296586
>>4296707
You can still critique pieces like that on the basis of shapes, color, gesture, etc.
That said, I'm too bad to do that.

How to study facial features and hair?
I studied the anatomy and construction already and I'm wondering how to make more unique facial features.
And also how to do study expressions so that I can draw more than a random girl doing a thousand yard stare.

>>4296691
legs are too short.

>>4295148
Absolute /BEG/ on digital (not that much better on paper)
What are some essential do's and dont's?
Thoughts?

>>4296759
yeah, I noticed that.
the neck also wasn't aligned properly with the rib cage.

the sticky is pretty shit ngl

>>4296809
That's because it's the wrong one:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#
Also, a little extra, just for you:
https://imgur.com/gallery/8eHzD

>>4296851
Oh...
This is more GMI than that other shit.

man this shit is difficult

>>4295175
get the fuck out you are not a beginner you nigger

I made a thing

I've seen artists that while drawing recommend movement more in the arms or the wrists rather than fingers. Am I just misunderstanding when and where to do this or is there a proper way to hold a pen or pencil when drawing than just using my fingers for everything?

>>4297160
easy way to remember, fingers for tiny detailed work, wrists for small work, arm for medium to large work, shoulder for huge work

sketching Uruks

>>4297164

>>4297165

>>4295406
Source?

Sketch

Figure drawing

Feeling the form = depicting gesture with implied lines that suggest the orientation of large forms. Is this correct?

>>4297065
hang in there
we're all together in the struggle

>>4296187
probably good but you can just look at it on sketchfab for free you know.

>>4296215
obviously you made him way skinnier. you gave him a smaller back check neck and arms and the angle of the stomach is wrong. and i think the waste is too high.

>>4295440
Get over it or quit. There is always someone better than you out there, deserving or not.

So, I was doodling a face/head yesterday similar to this one but painttool sai crashed, but anyways:
I drew a more square cheek, and my friend said it looks more 'correct' being rounded, like on the right, though my cheek in real life has a look more like the blue line on the left. I would have drawn it directly on, but didn't want to bury the example template.I understand it's beginner as fuck and yadda yadda, but which cheek is looks more natural?

I feel like we have different opinions because out own faces have the differences in cheeks

>>4295440
What's the point of knowledge if you don't use it?

>>4295461
there's also the fact you can engage the shoulder and wrist at the same time whilst drawing.

I added some darker colors

is it even possible for me to ever get this good never drawn before

>>4297305
of course, but it's gonna be a long journey. are you prepared anon?

>>4297309
How long are we talking here? I'm 28 you're not supposed to attempt to get good at drawing cute anime girls at my age.

>>4297317
A long time. That artist has at least been drawing for 5 years.

What exactly are "fundies"?

>>4297327
god I don't want to be well into my 30s before there's a payoff...

>>4296525
how do people here feel about drawabox? I tried out this exercise on there yesterday.

how I draw like this

>>4297335
I dunno I asked this like a week ago and I was told to watch Dynamic Sketching instead

>>4297335
well, do you wanna be drawing boxes for the rest of your life?

>>4297335
>>4297345
dudes ditch this shit and just focus on drawing what you like and try to draw like whatever artists you look up to, dont waste time on this asperger crap. if you get the basics on perspective then move on. never seen a pro admit they did this or even recommend it

>>4297406
That's a hard way to learn for me compared to something more structured like those. I dunno I just don't know what to do if you're not following some kind of program.

I have never painted or have previous experience before but I recently acquired two canvases that have paintings on them. Is there any protocol or special procedure to do to just wipe the canvas and make it white? I think painting itself is acrylic paint but is there anyway to tell? I feel like just painting white over it sounds like a bad idea.

I started with a line drawing that looked really stupid, started using the flat side of the marker and trying to use bigger strokes and not being afraid of using up the white space. It’s still bad but it was fun and got way better.

>>4295148
i love you bob. this world didnt deserve you. i only hope your sadness is over and you found better times in heaven.

hey i watercolor with really cheap paper and watercolors, how am i? i love doing it and would like to get my art out there more.

>>4297438
my work is mostly inspired by mike mignola and jamie hewlett

>>4297441
these are some of my earlier ones which i have saved to my computer, however i've done more over time

>>4297438
its super cute but it could have stronger color in some places to make the whites pop more.

>>4297442
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>>4297443
Also, have you tried using painters tape instead of using hard lines?

>>4297449
i do use painters tape, although i'm a little impatient and ended up ripping my earlier works lmao, my newer ones are much more clean.
these two are from the past couple months.
>>4297443
thank you! i agree

this one is the most recent, it's of me and my girlfriend

>>4297454
and here's one i did after seeing the joker film lol

>>4297454
sam? lol

I remember my grandma teaching me when I was very young how to use painters tape and salt to get some really crisp effects on water color.

>>4297459
i've got a friend named sam but i'm not sam lol

>>4297456
how old are you? do you live in australia?

How do I draw like this?

I drew my brother watching tv.

I'm too retarded for Loomis. Are my noses off center or something?

>>4297487
haha, your bother has a cute butt. Imagine how funny it'd be if you grabbed it and said you needed to so you could feel the forms

>>4297477
no i live in the US why

>>4297477
oh yeah i'm 18 lol

>>4297478
8 hours EVERY day for 4 years, and you MIGHT be able to create something like this

>Hit a new personal best as the first page in a new notebook
>Spill spaghetti sauce on it.
its over bros i'm ngmi

>>4297515
It's the rarest pepe. Love that it existed. Just imagine youre a musician. Music happens and it never lasts. You can try to play a song again, but it'll never be the exact same. You got this bud.

>>4297438
>>4297441
>>4297442
>>4297454
>>4297456
>>4297506

sorry for the spam but it's about over now, since i've ran out of art that's saved to my computer. how can i get my art more out there?

>>4297530
Build a website, blog and post often
Instagram, deviant art, tumblr
follow cool art people, use good tags, get that SEO out there.
Figure out your favorites and best pieces and get prints made with cardboard backing and clear wrap.
Go to local events and shill your work, use your friends that have events or bars around town to set up little tables.
Join local art communities. Go to conventions.

It's a business, just like anything else. You'd do the same thing for a band.

>>4297504
all right, ill try that.

>>4297487
Why did you sexualize your brother mayne

>>4296411
It’s cute, a bit flat though, add shadows or color variation to the face

>>4297295
shifted the bg so it would read better

>>4296411
im gonna pump your cunt full of semen

Okay, 2 minute gestures are definitely too much time

>>4296411
it's shit. Try using construction

>>4297487
creepy! i hate this

Am I on the right track? No ref pic just tryna draw portrait of a pretty girl, my first time

>>4297465
Hey I'm also doing this and I can't fucking draw my lines over each other properly without them looking like multiple lines and I can't draw a fucking circle to save my life

>>4297609
Neither could I. Just keep practicing, Anon!

>>4297595
>No ref pic
at this time, you're wasting time trying to do it by yourself. You don't a large mental library yet, so you have no real basis of how good you're doing as you're drawing.

Photo ref, trace, whatever you want, but you're not improving if you're essentially just doodling

Keep at it. Also it's shit.

>>4297478
No but seriously, how do I draw like pic related?

>>4297629
just bee yourself

how do i draw a circle

>>4297627
Fuck

>>4297609
i think i'm getting better but is REALLY hard to keep the long ones without looking like multiple lines
i don't want to get stuck just doing lines so i will just jump to the next exercise since putting textures into the shapes doesn't require drawing long straight lines
its been a week and having almost no progress in these lines is demotivating but i will keep going

>>4295148
drew this crackhead, can anyone recommend some good anatomy courses? I'm currently doing aaron blaise human anatomy course but it's really cartoony however I think it's a good jump-off point. Should I go for someone more realistic?

As for this drawing I pretty much said fuck it when it comes to rendering lol I know it's bad, I haven't studied lighting at all and barely understand human anatomy

>>4297663
Should I do loomis or hampton/vilppu? I'm probably gonna finish the aaron blaise course than do one of these.

>>4297478

does anyone recommend actually reading the loomis books? They seem kind of full of fluff.

What should I draw in the beginning to build my confidence? I tried drawing a face but I don't know where to start and I can't put down the lines as I see them, so I get really demotivated and then stop caring - it becomes a constant battle from then on of fighting demotivation.

Are there any easier things I should start first that would help me practice one building block?

I guess I have this image in my head of what I want to draw but it's really far away in skill level so I just start with that but end up defeated with the result(of not achieving anywhere even near it)

>>4297777
Forgot to mention, how does the mental health affect it? I feel like my pent up traumas and all really start to be engaged when I try to put the lines down?

Is a clear mind requirement for practicing art?

>>4297663
Airbrush/blend less, especially when you're starting out. And yeah, more Loomis. If you're drawing from reference, you should be looking at it more rather than painting what you "think" is right.

>>4297497
Yes you're not following through with measurements and placements

>>4297777
Checked

>>4297345
>>4297335
Peter Han got exposed in a thread that should still be up, don't fall for this meme trash

>>4295153

finish it.

Would love a critique on this fanart. Please and thank you Anon.

>>4296273

post your head

Tips/thoughts?

I was going to make a new thread for this but whatever

I use Paint Tool Sai but the brushes are fairly limited
Should I switch to Photoshop or ClipStudio, or even upgrade to Sai 2, or just stick with what I’m used to? I’m not even sure how to properly use the brushes and their setting
Picture unrelated but whatever

>>4297329
Fundamentals.

Not sure why I watched this garbage YT video but at least I got 1 drawing out of it

when people ask for a blog, do they actually want to encourage progress or are they just memeing?

Can someone give me a refresher on sketching the body. Been having trouble doing so lately.

>>4297832
Exposed for what?

>>4297785
I wasn’t looking at any reference, I’m gonna start utilizing them more from now on and I’ll look into loomis ty ty

>>4297844
You are getting better mate, this one is a bit of asymmetrical. Now I know faces are usually asymmetrical but this is a bit too much.

Again I repeat my worry is that your faces all have one single expression that is looking forward dead on. So far you are doing good but do try vary it up. A face can have dozens of different expressions an can be drawn from different angles. Learning those can get you great mileage! Go for it!

>>4297877
One more set for the night.

>>4297329
Being able to draw what you see, perspective, anatomy, that sort of thing.

>>4297487
but wheres the ballsack?

>>4297954
Forgot the drawing, oy vey

apple 2.0

>>4296108
If you’re trying to capture the guy slowly fading away, then you need to add less shit the further away it gets from the guy.

another. feeling more comfortable about these. no ref used

okay one more again lol

>>4297182
Literally Loomis

>>4297567
Looks pretty good, many of the less important outlines in the back are a bit too thick for my taste though, also the rendering definitely needs work, but the drawing underneath has appeal. (It's hard to help here so maybe ask some specific questions)

>>4297595
Try drawing from ref and then again the same pic from memory, repeat for multiple pictures, that gives you the most gains for what you are trying to do.

>>4297777
>What should I draw in the beginning to build my confidence?
Rocks, plants and animals without fur, Feng Zhu has videos on this, I think it might be one of these two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLqWX7onVmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5nvzsslajk

>>4298113
For one thing, you have the metalman problem with your values. Try loading up a photo of a woman with the kind of skin you were going for and put it into grayscale (don't desaturate, that's different, pic related)
Compare the darkest darks with your darkest darks and then the lightest lights with yours, and how fast the transitions are.
>>4298138
The values are better in this one, might be an accident because of the darker skin tone though. Vary the hue a bit more when you work with color(use the color picker on some piece of artwork and watch how much it changes from light to dark on an object that has the same local color)
Also you should paint a face from ref now before doing another one of these, I did it like you for a while and that's definitely slower, the best is to work in tandem.

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>>4297781
discipline is a developed skill most people lack
so you fight through the pain of the struggle and eventually get more and more comfortable with it

>>4297906
Thx Anon, i appreciate ali ur support

>>4298100
alright

>>4296755
I am not good enought for that...

>>4296193
Thanks