/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4807980
there's already a thread going on.

>>4808377
this looks pretty good why is this /beg/ someone red pill me

>>4808674
Because it isn't int, until it's int level it's still beg.

Any suggested courses to take? Not looking to drop bank, but I'd be down to drop 50 to 100 bucks to help me develop.

>>4808390
a CalArts beg thread is literally beneath contempt

What are some good tutorials, references, or guides on learning how to draw ass?

I want to become a Bara artist. Where do I begin? What guides?

Drew like a vampire or something I unno

>>4809902
Forgot pic

>>4809869
ummm, what's going on here

>>4809906
Nice tits

>>4808377
why excacly is chicken scratching bad. sure it's ugly, but doing digital you can just draw over that layer later. I feel like quick sketching from imagination really brings out creative shapes and interesting designs but that involves keeping my hand moving at all times and a lot of chicken scratching.

>>4809906
Any grand thoughts on elves?

>>4808377
chad has literal symbol drawn eyes and i still cant replicate them fuq

>>4810117
Chicken scratchy is trying to draw 1 line but ending up with a lot of short ugly lines in between. Loose sketching is going over the same 1 confident line to find the right one.

wanted to try out some of my new pens. is there any hope for me, anons?

>>4809929
It's a hairless rat sitting next to it's evil brother. The brother has human teeth with blood dripping from them.

>>4810805
don't try to do fast, sketchy lines with pens.

Have been learning with pen/paper, but bought a tablet to practice copying lines, boxing faces etc. Like most people I am going full retard when trying to draw with it. Any good exercises to try to get more comfortable with using a pen tablet?

>>4808377
Still looking for a criticism for >>4809846
If someone can please tell me what specific elements of this draft make it shit so I can fix them for the actual piece, I'd really appreciate it

>>4810805
i like it anon but i'm beg too

>>4811902
Your drawing is very stylized, so it's hard to tell what is deliberately distorted and what is not. It would help if you told us what you were aiming for.

how do i master the brush pen?

>>4810773
kek

>>4811939
Don't make all your lines so thick it needs variety, and plan out your highlights better. There's so many little dots without ink under the chest, at least cover them or make it look intentional. Practice lines on the side before making a full drawing to get better control of your lineweight, and maybe look at black and white Persona art or something.

>>4811902
Maybe it’s just me but the left hand’s pose looks uncomfortable, it takes unnecessary effort to keep the index finger that close to the thumb and away from the other fingers.

>>4812014
Great, thank you, I'll make sure to fix that up

>>4811939
A lot of girls couldn't pull emo off, they often looked like slutty clowns from a Tim Burton movie

>>4812066
Studies of Watterson's high school yearbook, you can see that there's not just an influence from Wat Kelly's POGO, but also from The Muppet Show which had started in early January of 1976 according to wiki

>>4810805
holy mother of soul

>>4812065
at age 33 thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. and i drew a fucking anime girl poorly. if any of you are younger, like early 20s or something, learn a trade. become a welder or something. :( i wasted my youth.

It feels like 1999 again due to the pandemic

>>4812113
you sound dreary, whatever brought you to art?

>>4812113
you're 33?

It's a little cartoony, but any advice on technique or whatever would be appreciated.

>>4812148
Not him, but I'm 34. Software monkey by day. Drawing is a nice hobby.

>>4812152
hes going to ride into that foot watch out!

>>4812148
73 to be exact.

>>4812152
ur a lot better at cartoony, even got some good composition going. not sure if the proportions were intentional but it works. good stuff

initially I thought it was too slanderous and vile but it's actually not such a bad sketch

>>4812163
Thanks, yeah it's easier to relax and have fun when I'm not worrying about proportions

>>4812148
yes, 13 of us manage the whole typing process while the other 20 finish the house chores

>>4812140
i drew when i was a kid because we had no toys. it was only the leftover toys from when my mom was a kid. i was pretty much raised by my grandparents in a house that hadn't been updated in decades. i stopped around high school and only decided to get back into it recently.

>>4812148
I am 33 years old, yes. Born in 1987. Why do you ask?

How do I achieve better likeness? I think it's mostly the eyes that don't look right.

>>4812218
Reference used

>>4812218
Proportions.
Measuring everything out as you go, making sure everything lines up.

>>4812218
you lack loomis

>>4812227
I usually put up references on my laptop, so I kinda lean back and lock out my arm when trying to measure proportions. Is that an okay way?

>>4812168
how is this still /beg/? seems to me you're just flexing, then again i'm /beg/ so idk

>>4812237
you have low standards

>>4812237
how is it not beg? looks beg to me.

>>4812237
I guess anything that's a worked-up sketch still feels beg if it's not using good perspective, location-sense or being inked with a crowquill pen. The brush pen is doing all the work there.

>>4812237
the hatching is admittedly much better than most begs, but there is no background, the lines are a little wavy and very thick, and the man's head is a little off. hard to say exactly what it is. its facing slightly to the right, but then we don't see any of the left of his head. so it seems off. his hair is actually sticking out further on the right even though it's turned slightly that way. i guess thats whats throwing me off. its not bad at all but if youre looking for crit, there it is.

>>4812218
After covering everything below the lips with a paper it looks alright. Try making the chin extend a bit farther down and darken the neck and hair lines so her head doesn’t look like she’s jutting it forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEQGG73rwAQ

>>4808674
yeah if you think this doesn't look beg...............you're gonna be here for a while.

Is there any digital beginner book / course / whatever? Like actually focused on digital? I've lost interest several times trying to force myself to do tradshit I don't care about. Every fucking beginner book tells you to have fun, but also you can't use the fucking tablet you want to have fun with.

>>4812218
Looks like a goblin.

>>4812279
Thank you! I'll try that

>>4812310
You want to go fully digital or partly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0Mi5jXg88

>>4812347
Fully.

>>4812325
a bit, yeah

>>4812310
https://mega.nz/folder/yiQjCArY#bDWD-YlE2fqW8zlt7f6PGA

So I've been trying to figure out why this looks so weird to me but i cant
can somebody explain what's wrong with this.. entire thing

>>4812373
Thanks.

>>4812380
chicken scroooooooooooo

tch

I've been practicing colors lately. What do you guys think?

>>4812380
tf is going on in the bottom right

>>4812380
There's barely anything 3D about it.
And there's no lineart to carry the drawing.

my very second try at art

>>4812389
Let me guess.
Inspired by Yoshitaka Amano?

>>4812399
you can say that

>>4812395
Read the sticky
That's symbolic as hell

>>4812395
(sorry couldn't find bigger image)

Where do I start and what sequence of progression do I follow?

>>4812442
follow yur heart

>>4812411
I don't understand what's wrong with symbol drawing? Asses are just circles and ovals, tits are just teardrops, etc.

tired some monet shit

>>4812442
sticky

>>4812442
drawabox.com

>>4812455
>Whats wrong with just symbol drawing?

>>4810805
what gives some people to add soul to their drawings like this?

Am I /adv/ yet?

where can i find huston's anatomy videos?

>>4812487
https://youtu.be/-5RBvmAV35I?t=553

I"M A BEGINNER AND WANT TO ASK FOR ADVICE

How can I draw sexy naked ladies? I would like to request guides, or tutorials, or step by step videos teaching you how to draw (incredible sexy) people please.

I am okay at drawing little cartoons but I want to draw sexy pictures plz thank yoyu kind of like this picture but more naked

>>4812380
>>4812391

>>4812546
this picture is a perfect example of style over substance its full on symbol drawing but still looks better than most things posted here with construction

also to answer your question go watch milkymegamega

>>4812546
megamikey

I'm kind of a beginner. Just beginning my journey in learning painting/coloring. Would appreciate some opinions on this piece

>>4812546
> Do studies from real people
> Study artists that do similar things
> Learn the anatomy
> Learn the traits of feminine faces and body

>>4812564
picture is for ants, post higher resolution

>>4812542
thats for kids cartoons. No shit symbol drawing is applicable there

>>4812564
You went a little overboard with wrinkles in the sleeves and the shirt.

>>4812583
My bad, here you go

>>4812734

First time digital painting. Could use some pointers.

>>4812772
Dunes imply left side light source, clothes imply overhead light source.

ive decided i will just draw from reference from now on, as it seems the only art i do is this daily head i may as well actually practice rather than just drawing randomly in the dark

The focus was the lower back to the thighs. How'd I do? I'll worry about shoulders and head after I can get the bottom half done

yeah 22 aug 2020

god damn it. one minute im feeling good about a sketch. the next i feel like its completely fubar'd. it doesnt look like the face of the same person from angle to angle which was the whole point. and the hair is shit. i need a vacation

>>4812886
good job on doing this exercise anon, i suggest just doing a simple loomis face down, rendering every face is slowing down your progression and youre not doing this excercise to practice rending are you, focus on why youre doing it, nail it and then move on, also when a face looks down the chin gets smaller not longer,

keep it up though if you carry on with this sort of study you will do well, use reference for each angle as well dont just guess

I don't know what to do or study, and every time I think about putting pen to paper I'm overcome with anxiety and feel like throwing up. How to push past the fear of failure and the stress of the unknown?

>>4812901
Get a 3b or 4b pencil and start copying simple doodles or sticker images

>>4812734
It's cute

>>4812901
when you watch a show or play a game, if a character or landscape seems fun to draw then prt scr it and draw it

>>4812802
why my pp hard

>>4812802
good call

Hi /ic/
Did this in about 20 minutes. How can I improve ?

>>4812916
sticky

do i really need the viewfinder and picture plane or whatever gay ass shit for drawing on the right side of the brain?

>>4812925
nah i didnt

>>4812895
No i think the problem is in the details. the head structure is fine.

>>4812950
no its not, the head looks flat in most of them especially around the jaw area, she has no chin in half of them

>>4812950
everything looks better in speed lol you cant even see each head here

>>4812916
loomis

>>4812950
That head structure looks fine to you? What lol

>>4812389
thats pretty cool anon, i like it

>>4812734
Pretty cool anon. Could use some more work. I was watching a lot of different artists painting today, and what you have looks like it's 2/3rds finished. It has the basic values mapped out but it looks a bit flat still. You have a good feel for the colors though, I think you could develop that into a real strong suit.

>>4812968
its pretty good

>>4812968

>there's no ctrl-z IRL
how does one deal with the everlasting chance of failure when working with pens?

>>4812886
Your craniums are way too small. Your hair is a better size for the cranium. Eyes should be about halfway down from chin to top of scalp.

>>4813040
not
gonna
make
it

>>4813042
would you mind showing me what you mean?

I'm trying to get started figure drawing with Hampton but I feel a bit overwhelmed. should I just doodle mannequins and pray? Do I need more practice with construction before moving on? This is my first attempt with a full body.

its been 19 days since I last drew

>>4813197
draw a line a day minimum

am I using reference the "correct" way?

>>4813266
symbul fut

What would you says are the things I should be learning to improve? i feel aimless at times, right now on my second portrait and experimenting with bodies and clothing (grotesque drawings)

>>4813266
drawing w the right side of d brain

>>4813168
>Do I need more practice with construction before moving on
Practice until you feel comfortable. By the way how'd you draw you knee anon?

>>4813284
Refine your lines and shapes. Still kind of sketchy. For example, the shirt collar is uneven and it's not clear how it's interacting with the suit jacket on our left side.
Another thing is their clenched hand. The pointing hand looks good, but the clenched hand could use better definition and form. Drawl realistic hands to practice, then your cartoon hands will improve automatically.
Cleaning up those little things will help a lot.

>>4813301
yet another that does the same, that's not my drawing anon

>>4813284
>>4813306
you're wasting everyone's time, schizo

>>4813312
Why? Is that your best attempt at offending me, I don't consider you human so why would I be bothered by it?

>>4813301
It's not even his art, he uses Avatars of some anime character.
Be less confusing if her just used a name.

>>4813306
maybe if you posted your art instead of someone elses youd do better

Trying to do texture study from draw a box and im completely confused on how this is shipped to work for crumpled paper. i feel like i cant get solid areas of midtone like paper gets when it is crumpled, and the raised areas just look like lines, it looks flat. But I don't know... why.

What should I do to avoid white backgrounds?

>>4813355
*supposed to work

>>4813168
your top 4th is about 3/4th the size of your 2nd 4th. nipples tp head should be the same length and nipples to crotch but your simple scale on the right is all fucked up. don't build on a shitty foundation.

>>4813040
As proko said, don't be scared of using erasers.
Remove unnecessary lines as much as you want.
Also, you're not a 6 years old kid anymore.
You don't have to use all your strength to draw the lines.

>>4813355
the paper i crumpled

>>4813355
yeah i like how he tells you to use crumpled paper gives no direction how to capture the texture besides just draws shadows lmao and then uses a much easier example with fried chicken

Kamvas 13 came in, haven't really done much with it besides drivers and calibrate it. I'm a shit, but this feels so much nicer than my old Intuous.

I need to start doing studies for mouths, noses, brows and hair. I ended up just pulling those from some references. Guess it's time to pull out my sketchbook and get to studying.

>>4813388
I feel completely lost with this entire texture section :( Am i out of my depth?

>>4813361
Yeah, I stuck the scale in after I drew it to see how everything lined up. Thanks for the info!

>>4813297
I just did pretty much exactly what Hampton does in one of his examples. You sort of tack a cylinder onto the bottom of the leg and join the forms.

>>4813411
attempt at the whole thing, with gradient.

guys,I don't know that the fuck I'm doing,how can I really learn how to draw? I feel like a retard whenever I attempt to pick up a video/class/book,my mom says "just copy, retard"but I don't know how

very happy with this one, my best face by far i think

>>4813460
your mums an idiot, read the sticky

>>4813460
>just copy, retard
Betty Edwards will teach you how to do that.

>>4813467
maybe but she knows how to draw,any.
thanks anon,I'll give it a look

>>4813455
You've got potential, kid, keep it up.

Just sketch this out.
considering coloring it.
thoughts on it? it's supposed to be a the gynoid from the second Ghost in the shell ova, hope i captured her likeness.
also should i ink it before coloring it? i'm going to use watercolors.

>>4813455
I realized the contrast between black and white was too heavy, and the edges were too "sharp" so i rounded it out and tried to add more grays... but I still don't think I see it. I wish the video did paper instead of chicken.

>>4813493
Not beg?

>>4813494
ears are from bottom of nose to eyebrows

>>4813512
I keep getting told to go back here in the draw and alt hreads.
where the fuck am i supposed to go lmao.

>>4813524
I don't understand.

>>4813527
you fell for shitposting. you're not at a professional level but you're safely not beg
also get better lightning, or better yet a scanner

>>4813461
Another fallen for the loomis trap

trying to get better at drawing the head, wondering if any of the proportions look off

>>4813530
I think anon is trying to tell you something like this

>>4813477
I'm so confused about what I'm doing. If you have any advice please I'm all ears

What are flaws I could improve?
I'm still starting out, please be nice desu

>>4813266
dAT jewess got sum bunyans ma do0d

>>4813572
nigga thats just an eye, why don't you put two of them on a fully drawn head and post it here

>>4813572
That's just an eye. and it's stylized to boot so any critique i may have to offer can be deflected with muh style.
there's nothing to critique.

>>4813585
Well I just started, so I just wanted to know if somethings off or twisted before I move on. It being recognizable as an eye sounds good already kek

Memories made in the coldest winter
Goodbye my friend, will I ever love again?
Memories made in the coldest winter, winter, winter
Goodbye my friend, will I ever love again?
Goodbye my friend, will I ever love again?
Goodbye my friend, will I ever love again?

If spring can take the snow away
If spring can take the snow away
Can it melt away all our mistakes
Can it melt away all our mistakes

>>4813604
Are you gonna draw anon? Or did you mistake this for /lit/

anything glaringly wrong with this yet?
am I finally better than /beg/?
I dont know how to color this in at all without the edge of the lineart bumping around

Art, why have you forsaken me? Gave me all the love but none of the talent
>>4813617
I've failed with yet another drawing, tried to only use the shadows but I ended up messing up, the size is alright but not the something, can't explain.
The art of your heroes turns insulting when you fail, mocking me for being talentess, a bird without flight.
My face turned to stone when I heard the news
What's on the news?
Channel cruise

>>4813604
what is wrong with you

>>4813644
Looks solid

>>4813647
I know you're schizophrenic, but no one can help you if you don't post the fucking work, but also, you need to stop seeing every single drawing you do as a failure or you literally will never get better.
If you don't enjoy the learning process, you will never become better because in art, there isn't such thing as ever "making it". You won't ever reach a time where you're "good enough" and have "succeeded" without making a single mistake.

>>4813644
>am I finally better than /beg/?
we won't know until you finish.
a floating loomis head sketch isn't indicative of anything.

please give me something to draw, I must atone to art for failing so much
you already know my current level, one I lament, I wish my drawings were better

>>4813548
bucci? hampton? huston?

>>4813671
this should be simple enough.
no stop blog posting and go draw.

>>4813496
need 250 boxes

>>4813674
now*

All the memes about HARD ROUND BRUSH inspired me to try digital painting for the first time. Any critiques?

>>4813671
make a oc

>>4813659
I fail and keep on failing anon, the next drawing I make I fear will be a failure too
>>4813668
All drawings that I've done are subpar, I fear that none so far gives a sense of potential or talent, there's no good enough there's only art.
>>4813674
Thanks for the reference anon now don't expect a good bartok but I'll try

>>4813496
use hatching

>>4813647
>The art of your heroes turns insulting when you fail, mocking me for being talentess, a bird without flight.
>My face turned to stone when I heard the news
>What's on the news?
>Channel cruise
Unironically good prose

>>4813692
last three lines are Kanye, so no.

>>4813680
tumblr nose

>>4813680
learn to blend

>>4813647
>The art of your heroes turns insulting when you fail, mocking me for being talentess, a bird without flight.
Absolute fucking gospel, except with the part where anything remotely artistic becomes judgemental.

>>4813703
Too bright red?

>>4813708
I thought beginners were supposed to avoid blending until you attained a degree of skill with accurately blocking colors?

>>4813687
Crap, I thought in the video he said hatching isn't a catch all, but on a rewatch he also says to use it to provide shape to the shadow so... now I'm even MORE confused. Tried to do a corrugated metal sheet for the second row but it also didn't go too well... I'll try more deliberate hatching for the third row.

>>4813720
forgot pic again... im not good at computer i guess

>>4813716
The proper beginner process with digital is learning to all the basics in grey scale and then convert. it helps give you a better understanding of value without being overwhelmed by color and most of what you learn in greyscale carries over.

>>4813686
all my drawings are failures too. so what? there's nothing at stake. relax.

>>4813722
Thanks anon. My next painting will be greyscale.

Be honest anons, am i gonna make it?

>>4813674
wasn't able to do it, don't know the skull to be able to do the other eye, outline was fine

>>4813742
are you the same guy that endlessly ruins the vg gamedev thread?

>>4813735
You need to work on the profile face. The top toso is a bit wanky but it's not the worst thing I've seen on this board.

>>4813749
gamedev thread? I don't like coding

>>4813742
if you outline was fine you would've gotten the nose and ridge right and if you got those right you would've gotten the eye right.
Loomis method is fullproof.
try again.

Applied figure drawing basics i learned today to my animemes with great affect
I'm improving!

>>4813763
don't press so hard on the pencil when you're just sketching, also you might wanna practice hands.
good job either way. keep at it.

Alright so I'm at a loss here. I want to start cel shading, but I have multiple light sources in the BG. Do I just do the BG light and the entirety of the background shading and then plop the subject so I know where the lights hit?

>>4813752
so yes.

>>4813735
>>4813680
>>4813548
gmi

>>4813757
Construction? Loomis Method? But I want to do it like in Keys to drawing, and to be able to use the Loomis method you need a solid grasp of perspective, my perspective is lacking. Something about my ovals that need lots of work to be able to use them.
>>4813774
?

>>4813686
>I fear that none so far gives a sense of potential or talent
Yeah, because you're fucking new. Of course you aren't going to just randomly create a drawing that shows "potential or talent" because Talent isn't fucking real.

Hey, you guys. I've been going at this art thing for quite a while now and am not sure if I am on the right track with this. I do quite a bit of measuring/matching angles when drawing from reference, but I am not sure if I am applying construction well or what I need to specifically be working on. I've mostly been trying to use the Hampton method but I don't know if I am getting it right or able to apply it well in this situation.
How would you guys do the construction for this pose? What do you think I need to specifically work on? Any help would be good.

>>4813673

I practiced drawing loomis heads before hand from the book and i took steve hustons beginner head drawing and did the exercises. I havent looked into hamptons anatomy stuff and i found buccis head course useless

>>4813814
I would draw the forms of muscle groups after constructing the base skeleton forms. A good reference for that kind of shit is Anatomy for Sculptors. You're on the right track, but start applying that anatomy for sculptors shit and you'll start to really feel the forms and get a hang of the construction.

>>4813786
Isn't Keys to drawing method observation and measuring? you dont need perspective or construction or any knowledge of the skull, measure and draw what you see.

how to shade

>>4813720
For the third row I tried to do more cross hatching on purpose following the shape of scales. That leaves the whole exercise done. It was a lot harder than I thought... where did I fuck up the most and how can I do better next time? It's so hard to tell.

>>4813843
yes, but that's also hard.

Is gore allowed in these threads? And how gorey?

>>4813821
>i found buccis head course useless
Why?

>>4813644
couldn't figure out how to do the base color for the face even after googling and using magic wand select so I just did it in grayscale like this shit lord I am

>>4813858
>how can I do better next time?
https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/4/grinding
They are nice for a beg
Move on to the next lesson

I have some experience with digital art, however I'd like to improve on dynamic poses and learning to shade.
Do I still need to read the very /beg/ essentials such as Keys to Drawing and Drawing on the Right Side of the brain?

>>4813902
I'll move on to the next lesson, but eventually I'm going to have to texture actual things I draw right? (implying I'm going to actually draw anything)

>>4813886

mainly because he focuses on teaching only separate parts of head (Forehead,chin,nose,lips) but not how to bring everything together to draw the whole head. also overall his method didn't click with me.

>>4813915
https://drawabox.com/lesson/25textures
You can do the challenge(2-3 texturexday)
take your time
It took me some time to understand texture (couple of weeks)
https://youtu.be/4Y0XVPprbYY

>>4813927
thanks!

>>4813814
Absolute gmi right here. Just start detailing a bit more and you're there.

I don't know who needs to see this, but Hampton actually has a youtube channel with a bunch of videos that supplement his figure drawing book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSW9L_HGHw

I don't know if organs are against the rules.
I'm more looking for critique on my coloring and painting. I wasn't trying to be a photocopier.

How should I learn from drawing references?
I feel like I'm now copying a result, and not learning the process of the drawings.

when should you stop grinding loomis heads?

Why would I want to let people edit the tags of my drawing on pixiv?

>>4813535
?

>>4814135
>t. serial killer

maybe you should start dissecting animals so you can see what they really look like

>>4814135
Looks good to me

>>4813722
>>4813730
Well I tried painting in greyscale, but the results were so terrible and embarrassing I deleted it and painted in color again. I painted myself cringing at my own work

>>4814380
painting in color is a crutch, the values on this piece are a fucking mess learn greyscale you pussy and stop going back to what you think looks 'good'

>>4814380
Regardless of color or greyscale, try going dark to light. Wash the canvas in a dark color, then gradually layer lighter colors on top of that, working your way to the brightest spots. It's not mandatory, but it's a simple technique that looks good.

>>4814386
Should you paint in greyscale from a b&w reference or should you use a full color picture? I tried the former and had a tough time of it.

>>4814396
why would you practice greyscale on bnw? obviously you would use greyscale they're completely different

>>4814258
wondering this too.

>>4814401
Stop grinding Loomis heads when you can do them just like the book on your own without looking at them. When you can rotate a Loomis head 360° like its nothing. Thats when you can stop.

I really don't know help

I have problem with the skin color, any advice?

>>4812389
Got anything I can follow you on anon?

>>4812389
gorgeous

>>4811939
Saw this on twitter lol xd

First attempt at detailed figure from reference. I was feeling unconfident while laying down the gesture but I thought I'd keep drawing just for practice's sake and I'm pretty happy with the result. Been going through Steve Huston's and Proko's fundametal figure courses.

Whats the best course for learning to add weight and motion to my drawings

How do I make limbs better? First time posting but I feel like my arms are a little big for the body.

I just feel like i could change something for a better here ,idk what

>>4814434
>>4814434
Shit looks cash.

How did it come out?

>>4813355
Looks like my attempts at Yoji Shinkawa...

>>4813703
Only on /beg/ you'll find retards who haven't looked on the mirror in 13 years to realize noses are the reddest part of the face second to the lips and maybe the ears

>>4814984
bro I look in the mirror every day and the only time my nose been redder than rudolph like that mother fucker is when I've been punched in the face of some shit

Designing a demon character for a comic I'm making, but I think I got too ambitious and have gotten myself stuck, I wanted to give him a mouth that stretches across his face lined with unusual looking teeth, but I don't know how to draw the teeth on the sides of the head without it looking weird as shit. Highlighted one of the sides I'm trying to put teeth in red

>>4814996
shouldn't looking weird as shit be the point?

>>4815005
Not in the sense I want it too, it looks weird because I don't know how to draw it properly

>>4813572
it looks good. I think you should move to the face now by placing it on something.

How do i even learn anything?
Does the "just draw" route gives visible gains or should i put more tought into practice?

>>4814996
I don't think we'd see much of those teeth from this angle, you could just add some lines to show there are some but not draw them with much detail.

>>4815111
read sticky

>>4815111
If you just lift weights you will get bigger inevitably over time. If you want to effectively improve at the fastest possible rate you absolutely need structure in your diet and a workout plan. Same rules apply to drawing

>>4815111
You need to get a basic understanding of how things work. getting gud is mostly practicing but if you don't read a book every now and then you'll go way slower.

>>4815111
if you don't know how to draw something then you won't learn how to draw it if you rely only on your memory
do studies for things you tend to draw a lot and use references for any part of the drawing you aren't certain about

>>4814977
another quicky

After spending the last 3 days learning ass I wanted to try an ambitious "face down ass up pose" . I think I did an okay job on the ass to calves, but I just cant seem to get the torso and up. It just seems weird anytime I try to connect them

>>4815116
I'm trying to line the sides of his face with teeth too to make it look like if his mouth opened it would look like a hinge. Drew a scribble to try and show you what I mean. I tried drawing lines to show there were some there but the perspective and mouth angle is messing me up. Couldn't find any references for similar sort of mouths either.

>>4815143
Still shouldn't make something that's not necessarily in focus like the sides of a face as detailed when it isnt necessary at the moment

>>4814977
>>4815128

i like it. looks comicbookie.

>>4815146
I guess so, but this pic of his face was going to be on my reference sheet for him, I'm probably going to have to draw hundreds of pictures of his face so I need to make it look really good (for my abilities anyway) and even when I tried and draw the teeth out of focus they look really janky

>>4815143
>Couldn't find any references

I'd try using dogs for that one. there's probably a decent picture of a dog skull somewhere to give you an idea, or at least some furry vore fetish art that might work

>>4815147
Thanks, that's exactly the intent

>>4814329
I used a surgical video for a reference. But I wasn't trying to make it picture perfect.

>>4815164
Lmao, never even considered that, good thinking, I'll try. Thanks

>>4815168
did you do it from thought or copy?

>drawabox
>box perspective lesson
You know, I didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I am.

>>4815255
post it

>>4815270
I'm not done with it yet.

>>4815172
First one from memory of this image, second out of thought (it shows)

>>4815273
fucking nice looks fun
did you use a straight edge for the hatch?

>>4815280
Yea, that's what was recommended for this lesson. The other stuff really doesn't have you use a straight edge.

I've still got wobbles in my circles, it's mostly I feel from hovering in this box while using my shoulder. Something I notice and catch myself and correct each time, and then fix for a few before it comes back.

Most of this would seem boring, but I'm starting to get certain concepts on moving my arm and what angles I work best at.

>>4815286
you aren't forbidden from using your wrist when you draw, especially when the movements are small enough to justify it

>>4815311
Oh I am using my wrist for the smaller stuff, It's more there is a medium area, where my arm/should just doesn't seem to worker. Especially in the lower right for circles. It's a weird spot that I can't quite figure out.

When I make a circle, sometimes instead of curving the bottom right, it'll almost go into a small straight line and then start to curve again. I'm not sure if it's a indent in my sketch book or not.

>>4815273
did you learn your lesson

>>4815319
I learned the idea of vanishing points. Which to me has been great to get a grasp of. The other lessons have been nice since I'm viewing them just as a tool to understand movement and flow.

>>4814796
Good shit

>>4815325
do those lessons give examples of painters using VPs in their works?

>>4815341
I don't think this covers painting, plus I'm only at the very start.

can you help me decipher this?

It says statement, X, honesty, community..!

What is X?

feedback please

>>4815508
hair needs to be lower

23 aug 2020

>>4815557
Cool

first time drawing something that's not a stickman or penis. hope it's not too terrible.

>>4815609
good job anon

oof, this next section is hard. Rough perspective without the lines really shows how bad my perspective judgement is.

>>4815625
well thats why youre doing the section :) keep it up anon

>>4815628
I'm wondering if my desk setup might be wrong now too. Like too high for my chair. Like if I put my arms down to my sides, my desk surface is a good 2 inches above the bottom of my elbow. It feels like I'm having to really lift my elbow, shoulder to draw.

Might be time for a new chair.

>>4815634
when your drawing your shoulder should be around 90 degress but desu whatever feels the most comfy is best

>>4815635
90 degrees to what, like both shoulders 90 degrees to the desk? I feel I've read this somewhere but I'm forgetting it. While I'm drawing my right shoulder is always well above my left, so I'm at this odd angle.

I really only noticed it because when I do medium length lines, I get this weird nob at the end of my lines as I try and finish it. And it always feels like it's because I can't move my shoulder,elbow into that position and I try and finish it with my hand, which can't quite reach, so it' bumps.

>>4815615
thanks. appreciate it.

>>4815643
the elbow makes a 90 degrees

>Think I'm doing well
>Add the lips
>Everything goes to shit

A smilie mouth will have to do. You'll notice the eraser marks where I tried to put the eyebrows, noses, and faces, where I thought they belonged

>>4815658
Hmm, It's not quite at a 90. This is what I'm usually like. Feels like I'm making the top of my shoulder tighter than it needs to be by raising everything so high.

>>4815676
yeah stop pushing into the page, bring your shoulder more down and into your body and youll see what i mean by the inside elbow makes a 90 , but again anon whatever feels the most comfy

>>4815687
See I can't do that, I'm raising it so high because if I do that I'm about 3 inches below my desk. And what I'm doing right now doesn't feel comfortable at all. It's quite bothersome. So I might need to try a higher chair, or I guess stuff some stuff under this ones legs to see how that feels.

>>4815691
sit on cushion?

>>4815701
I grabbed some project board I had and raised it up and threw a cushion on it. This feels way better.

>>4815703
im glad anon, your comfort means a lot to me, please update me if you feel uncomfortable again

>>4815704
>uncomfortable
Oh, it's Mr.Drawabox himself.

>>4815707
? i dont get the meme, wym?

>>4815710
The guy who runs drawAbox, likes the word Uncomfortable, his YT channel with all the tutorials is named that.

day 2 of animemes

is it wrong to skip fundies as warmup and go directly to drawing but doing fundies later?

>>4815797
it's better fundies first so you warmup with the right way to draw for later

>>4815797
its better first but dont sweat if you dont want to

watching the first Michael Hampton figure drawing video and he makes it look so fucking easy. I'm not getting it at all. there's no way I'd be able to see where to put all these curves myself.

Haven't really made much progress because I've been busy shitposting. But this is what I've done so far, going to bed now. If there's anything I could do to improve let me know and I'll read it tomorrow morning. Doing a full body sketch after I've finished the head

>>4814984
Anon get yourself checked.
you either had a cold for your entire life or you've ground all the skin on your nose to dust

>>4815948
the teeth aren't following the perspective correctly they're all the same size too so it just looks like a really WIDE smile instead of actually being 3d. I'm no artist but maybe try drawing the 3d shape of the jaw back toward its vps?

new thread
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>>4814434
giant chameleon dick

>>4815734
I would work on more confident lines. Maybe do line exercises like the ones at the start of drawabox as a warm-up before drawing.

>>4814329
Surgeon would be more legal.

>>4815676
If that's you, your desk is way too high and your chair is way too low. If you want to see what an optimal setup looks like, check out the way pianists sit at their instrument. Basically you shouldn't have to push your pen, but let gravity most of the work with a neutral shoulder position.