/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5083933
You ain't picasso, but that's some damn good improvement anon. you're gonna make it if you keep it up.

I hate to say this, but your left has more soul.

>>5083933
what'd you study?

How many hours a day did you practice?

>>5083933
I just made this collage. Here is my 2020 by the numbers:
> 349 drawings
> 87 studies
> 17 heavily referenced
> 245 imagination / inspired
> 250 days drawing ~8hr a day

> 1+ reams of paper
> 12 microns
> 38 copic refills ordered
> 2.5 erasers
> 40ish pencil leads

> 21 pairs of fishnets
> 30 spidergwens
> 28 dtiys
> 39 Animal Crossing Outfits
> 64 robogirls

Favorite drawings 0503, 090D, 0C05, 0D09, 140A, 1804. Did you guys have any favorites? Or favorite streaks?

>>5084367
>all these stats
I like this autism ima go try figure out mine.

>>5084367
Do you keep a bullet journal ?

>>5084367
You didn't improve much, though you have good skills.

>>5084367
jesus

21st of january

>>5084431
10th of November

>>5084367
What do you mean heavily refferenced?
What's the difference between reference and heavily referenced

>>5084367
All of this and it seems like you barely improved .

>>5084432
good shit anon you are definately GMI

>>5084436
Talent is real duh

>>5084432
blog?

>>5084722
Post this year's progress.

>>5084367

Waiting for 4 months fag

>>5083933

>>5084870
Is this real?

instead of comparing my best pieces I picked two more for-fun sketchy things I spent roughly the same amount of time on.

>>5084894
yeah,I don't know why it wouldn't
it's not that big of a leap

I really wish I drew more this year but I was busy with uni/real life shit.

>>5083933
Larger hands and larger feet please.

>>5085483
Nice, do you have a blog or something?

only started 6 months ago so not a year progress, the numbers are how long ive been drawing

>>5085530
notapil on twitter. i rarely post, though.

my disgusting league addiction made my improvement so slow. i never finished a single piece this year. no longer addicted, so im gonna get some serious gains in 2021

>>5085483
thanks for being my art friend ak, love seeing your works

>>5085483
What exactly are these examples of, imagination drawing, copies of existing artwork, referenced but original work? Some of the later examples vary wildly in apparent skill level, but good work nonetheless

>>5084722
the draeing on the right is by vinne.art on instagram

>>5085672
godspeed :)
>>5085718
stuff like the furby and the phone and the masks are reffed, everything else is by imagination only. none of the figures are reffed in this picture, though. if theres a specific thing youre talking about i can probably answer why otherwise idk. i think im pretty inconsistent

>>5085745
For example that Lilith and the character next to her, was that from imagination? They look far more advanced than the angel statue for example.

>>5085754
Yep. from imagination. I guess it's just different styles but both are from imagination.

>>5085761
That's damn nice, how do you practice that? Anything special like that Effective Art Study Guide PDF that gets posted from time to time or just bruteforcing anything from your mind until it works?

Draw something other than a teenage girl you fucking pedophile

>all these drastic improvements within a year
Thanks for motivating me to draw bros

>>5085672

>>5085535
Not bad anon, keep it up.
>>5085660
Damn, that's some massive improvement.

>>5085793
i have no idea what that pdf is and I don't really think im in the best position to give advice. all I can say is that its very important to surround yourself with artists that inspire you and maintaining a critical eye towards your own art

I don't have a literal progress because I've already reached my full potential, pic related

>>5085811
thank you for drawing bro. merry christmas

>>5083933
Why do beginners always crumple their paper like that? Just light it from above or fix the ugly paper shadows digitally.

>>5086202
There's not a single crumple in that image

Rough as guts

>>5085672
Is that seriously all you did this year

Shitpost champion

>>5086265
Tell me why I suck

>>5083933
I hardly drew at the start of the month, basically didn't draw for 3 months.

>>5085483
Nice.
>>5086269
You have to try, not scribble.

>>5084572
That's very kind of you anon, thank you
>>5084720
big.nika on instagram :)

>>5086322
Horsen pepeHands

>>5086322
at the start of the year*

I literally only have stuff for these 4 months somehow

Started drawing in april, got a wacom bamboo mid may.
It's been quite a journey

>>5083933
Left is what I used to do a few years back, right is 2020.

It's the same amount of effort for all paintings, the ones on the left just look more rushed because I'd autistically detail irrelevant shit in full zoom then try to fill in the empty spaces. I lost a lot of the even older stuff sadly (dead drives), though luckily for your eyes.

Would go through a round of fixing anatomy on that farmer girl but I'm already half-way done on the next painting so whatever.

updated progress pic from the last year
too lazy to make proper compilation

>>5086751
Time to do lots of gesture drawings.

>>5086818
Any good book recommendations to help with that? The sticky only recommends exercises and websites.

Early this year: 30$ per character
Now: 180$ per character
Next year goal: 300$ per character + 300$ background

dec 19 vs dec 20. Didn't draw enough this year, didn't improve much, hope it'll be better in 21

>>5086835
Vilppu or hampton.

I stopped drawing a decade ago because I'm a lazy fuck. Started again this october.

>>5086865
Checking out Hampton, seems like a really good place to start, thanks bro.

>>5085660
gaypill for massive gains

>>5086861
holy fuck dude you post this picture everywhere. you'll stagnate if you obsess over one drawing that you're proud of instead of drawing new things

>>5084367
based, gmi.

>>5085892
thank you!
>>5086943
honestly? yeah. I was drawing exclusively women for years and my progress plateaued massively. I think with women its easier to get by on the appeal of tits/ass, and camouflage mistakes. When I started drawing men I had to figure out ways to make images look good without doing that, although you can see I definitely tried that approach in the left pic

Started drawing in September, stopped for a month and then picked up again in november. I'm mostly drawing just to draw mai waifu and I'm proud of my progress. I'm taking it seriously now and going to start learning anatomy, perspective and everything.

>>5086806
Based CleoCHAD.

This isn't everything. Did a lot studies in this style where I try to visualize through the anatomy. Made a conscious effort to learn how to paint properly and not rely so much on lines in the finished work. It's hard but easier than before. And trying to seriously challenge myself to do more complex pieces going into 2021.

>>5086861
I honestly love your art.

This year was really experimental, this isn't all I've done either.
Did I make any progress?

This year was really experimental, this isn't all I've done either.
Did I make any progress?

>>5084367
based tableguy, where do you find the time?

>>5083933
My Year until November

>>5087633
Aaaand December. That penguin is the sum of everything I learned during this 2020

>>5087633
>>5087639
best wishes that you find your motivation again, anon.

>>5087667
If anything, this month was my best art time since ever

>>5084367
Very inspiring. Keep up the hard work. You are gonna make it.

>>5087800
--I was searching an artstyle that was FAST, for making comics. Using my past brush/paint knowing I tried the shodo technique (traditional japanese inking) + manga style, and some days ago I combined it with the clear line style

That penguin is unironically my champion (clear line, vertical texture, painted wings)

Don't know what I'm doing. Barely draw anyway.

>>5087844
your rendering is really good. being really good at anatomy will make your rendering look even gooder. gl anon

>>5087588
Post your web.

>>5086789
I think you need to learn about line weight more.

2020 was actually a really interesting year. I fell in and out of love with the right things, so I'm optimistic now more than I was before. Learning more tools and skills like user interface art for games (GUI design) which brought me to graphic design, logo design, etc. I want to keep learning in 2021 so I can get good at level design and modular game art. Worked with some clients on some web interfaces and am now looking for more opportunities. For my personal art I gave up drawing sexy girls since they bored me and now keep a side account where I draw stuff that makes me happy and nostalgic. I'm looking forward to the new year, one where you're all gonna make it!

>>5087588

gmi af

Christmas 2019 on the left and Christmas 2020 on the right.

Really made an effort this year to work with color more and start seeing things through to completion instead of giving up halfway.

>>5086671
Everything in September and November is killer.
>>5087473
Nice work dude, Doing It For Her is the best motivation I can think of.
>>5087502
Your style is super cool, love the top row especially.
>>5087639
Neato, would you mind sharing the Shinobu pic?
>>5088504
Very interesting direction to go for improving, I can definitely see your stuff in a mobile game. I've tried graphic design but don't even know where to start.
>>5088574
Your new stuff has a kind of sumi-e vibe, it's pretty unique.

>>5088380
https://dunkleshreken-at-work.neocities.org/
https://twitter.com/dunkleshreken
you can find me here.

How did I do /ic/?
Lacks a lot of more doodley or basic study drawing stuff that I just trashed when done.

>>5088985
I think you should focus on continuing in this direction

Both are fanart. One from January and the other from like 3 days ago.
I must say this year I had almost ni time for art. I did had to make like 18 figurines each week but those were more work than anything

>>5088654
>Neato, would you mind sharing the Shinobu pic?

Sure. Hajime Hueda was my study subject during this month, and there I was trying something new with colors

>>5089070
Thanks, I like this quite a bit. The shapes are extremely Ueda so you'd need to combine it with other influences, but the coloring is quite different, it reminds me of Eric Carle's art.

>>5089037
Well, I propably continue in both directions, as I'm studying industrial design by day and am quite interested in character stuff too.

>>5087502

Based cartoonist chad! Love your work.

>>5084292
Perspective Made Easy, Vilppu's Manual, and the first 1/3 of his NMA renaissance drawing video course (still going through it and taking my time), the rest was copying artists I like and doing referenced gesture, box, sphere etc exercises.

>>5088022
Thank you anon

>>5086322
I recognized the second one from December. You made it bruh.

>>5084367
I see no improvement. In fact, I see regression.
Your weird, warped style is holding you back.
You've posted several examples of drawings where you went out of your way to draw differently than how you normally do and they were all better than anything you've posted in months. You went off the deep end around the time you started drawing r63 mario fire braps.
The beg yes men on this site have poisoned your mind.
You have the skills to pay the bills. Pay them instead of buying drugs.

>>5088627

not sure how much progress you made but you're pretty talented desu, hope you post more in the future

>>5088985

just work on gesture, dynamism, and some proportions/anatomy and your characters there will liven right up!

I struggle with consistency and can't figure out a style

hopefully i can draw more backgrounds for 2021

>>5089479
t-thanks
Yes I'm always posting my new stuff for feedback.

>>5089539
yo this is great

socials?

>>5089486
but you have a style

I didn't draw very much this year
>>5089539
October is so fuggin kawaii I love the style you have going on there

>>5089486
Your art is amazing though

march-december

>>5089920
Very cute style!
Your rendering is coming along really nicely.

ITS UNFAIR BROS THIS FUCKING ANIME """ARTISTS""" IMPROVED MORE IN MEER MONTHS THAN ME WHO STUDIED FUNDIES EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR FOUR STRAIGHT DOING BOXES AND CYLINDERS! WAAAAAGHHHHGHGHGHGGGGHH FUCK YOU ANIME RETARDS I HOPE YOUR WRISTS BREAK PROSTITUTING YOUR SOUL AND SKILL TOWARDS DRAWING FUCKING PORN THE RETARD THAT YOU'RE AAAAFGHGHGHGHGHGHGHFHFGHFGHF

>>5089944
Love you

I had more time to draw this year due to covid and I got faster with my figures/gesture and workflow compared to last year, I think(?). My most productive was July bc of ArtFight. I still hate painting, enviros and realism :( hopefully I can push through more backgrounds and colored artworks for 2021.
right are some more finished works I did; mid+lower part are some of the studies I did that I liked

>>5089539
>>5089920
>>5089821
really comfy style!
>>5089539
I like the multiple hues you use on May and April!
>>5089486
I'm a fan of your food series!
>>5085660
very noice sukuna

>>5084367
what's with the huge variance in your output? many of your drawings are high skill, spectacular while others are almost childlike in how bad they are.

>>5083933
Eh em.
>several years progress instead of 2020 progress
Didn't read.
>anime
Didn't read.
>was already extremely good at the start of 2020 so progress is almost unnoticeable
Didn't read.

>>5090051

v clean studies! keep up the good work

>>5090051
Your art has soul, keep it up man.

>>5089480
Thanks!
I did kinda have Vilppu planned up for next year, so we'll see how that goes.

Not sure if any improvement is immediately obvious... I only recently started trying to do fully shaded pieces than leaving stuff with base colors

Working towards uploading more consistently colored work than uncolored sketches

>>5089821
Nice work! It really looks like you're definitely applying real life studies from your anatomy work to your painted anime style, keep it up.
>>5090051
Love the clean, loose lines. Also great use of value and contrast.

This is me going full Kim Jung Gi with straight ink from 2018- 2020

>>5090416
cute guys, blog?

>>5084370
Post stats?

>>5084404
No, i just enjoy the quantification of things

>>5084435
I made a chart. Honestly, it’s been a bit of a gray area, and some of the drawings are mistagged, but It’s mostly the psychology. If i was spicing up someone else’s drawing that I wanted to learn from then its a heavy reference. If I wanted to draw something in my head and i needed help with a pose or something for inspo i just categorize it as inspired / imagination.

>>5087026
>>5087814
Thanks
>>5087591
> where do you find the time?
I do my best to make time, although Animal crossing really screwed me in may. I’ve played over 1500hrs

>>5090057
>huge variance in your output?
These are all the drawings from 2020, some of them took 30minutes and some took 3 days. Probably why there is a lot of variance.

>>5084413
>>5084436
>>5084794
>>5089439
This year was a bit of an experiment. I was getting bored of drawing floating girls with no purpose, and i felt like i had enough technical ability to finally draw something that I could imagine, but i didn’t know what I wanted to express on paper. So instead of banging through studies, i spent the year trying to create as many ‘imagination’ drawings to see what was buried in my brain. Or if i saw something i would draw my interpretation / response to it. In some ways i feel that the drawings before Aug are pretty soulless, but everything starting with the carrot titties felt satisfying like i was scratching an itch.

I’d agree, my technical ability is about the same from the beginning of the year, but how i express myself has changed. It turns out i have lots of grotesque, inappropriate, juvenile thoughts.

>>5090424
I see no progress.

>>5090432
oh are you asking for my SNS?

>>5090424
I see an improvement in fluidity, but keep the quality of those lines in check

>>5090416
The rendering on the December drawing looks really good. Great work anon

>>5090470
the fuck is sns
I wanna know if you got a twitter or some other stuff bro

>>5090449
>I’d agree, my technical ability is about the same from the beginning of the year
idk, when I first came across your work a year ago I almost didn't follow you, but now everything you put out is amazing. You're not giving yourself enough credit

>>5090485
LOL it just means social network sites

but yeah I got a Twitter and most places you can find me as @fatetempest

I upload sporadically

left is old and right is new

>>5090552
fucking isp banned again from posting images.whoever is the fag that posts cp he gotta stop

>>5089486
>the year asukabro discovered food

Not bad I guess. I'm happy with my newbie gains but didn't spend as much time as I wanted. For a long time I got stuck in loomis hell until this summer, but stopped drawing for 3 months or so. Hope this time to last much longer.

>>5091518
bad reference anon, I suggest finding stuff with harsher shadows

>>5083933
decent anatomy improvement. good work.

>>5089095
Thanks dude

I need to stop polishing the same turd for days and do actual studies. It's been a year and I still have no real idea how to paint things.

But drawing started to be fun instead of something I picked up out of quarter life crisis. At this pace, I might even be able to draw good anime by the time I'm 50!

>>5084367
You're the hero of these threads. Godspeed, table anon.

>>5090454
How about now?

>>5092456
dick too small

>>5090051
Really nice stuff man, blog?

>>5085399
yeah, its literal regression

>>5084981
wow, looks real good, keep it up

>>5086269
learn perspective then come back and draw the exact same thing

>>5086322
>>5086415
glad to see fellow role players on the board

>>5083933
>>5083933
Never organized them in a pic before. Damn.. considering the pieces I made in April, I should have ended the year way stronger than I did.
Though my hidden gains show with those pieces I did in September / October, but I just don't like going into full autism mode like I did back then so I'm more prone to leaving pieces unfinished or just half-assing them to finish in a few days, I don't really wanna go into weeks looking every nook and cranny of a drawing.

Ironically, even if it's the same girl the drawings are too different I think, so I very little carries over for my next pieces. That cool bike drawing in May? I never used a ref again. The nice 2D style from July 22nd? Never gets used again. Ultra clean lineart from August? Nope, not doing it. Etc..
But whatever, even if I peaked early (though I invested WAY more time and effort into it) I should be glad I got there at all.
I was frankly thinking I could never make it after the lackluster painting from April 2nd, someone even said it looked bored and uninspired which was mostly true. I think I recovered from that low point with flying colors.

>>5092800
These 2 are the very last I'll do this year so they might as well get their own post. I should probably go and finish those other two from December but I'll get to it in January or something.... probably

>>5084432
I see no progress. Anatomy and drapery are still inadequate.

>>5092805

hey anon, gmi. You did a lot this year, hope you keep at it next one too!


>5092809

crab detected, mandatory pyw lol

>>5093801
>>5092809

oops sry thx

>>5084367
Mate would you ever be down to record yourself in the process of drawing/colouring? I'm really interested in your colour work in particular.

We're all gonna make it bros.

>>5084367
You're an inspiration my man. The sheer output, soul and fun you seem to produce is amazing. It feels like you're doing exactly what you want to be doing with yourself.

>>5084870
I disagree with the other guy. It's hard to judge from just two pics but I would say you've definitely improved.

>>5085535
I'm rooting for you man. Keep it up.

>>5086861
I agree with with both
>>5087017
>>5087542
The former definitely applies and resonates strongly with myself.

>>5087473
You've already made great gains man. keep it up!

>>5088574
Definitely improved in stylistic appeal.

>>5088504
Your stuff looks like fun. Insta?

>>5089539
Same as above. Hope next year is more productive for you!

>>5089486
I really hope your able to hammer out a style you like in the next year Asukabro. Been meaning to ask, do you have an insta?

>>5090051
Really like those fancy goats.

>>5090051
Inspiring amount of productive grind. Seconding, >>5092614

>>5092800
>>5092805

Were you posting consistantly in /beg/ a couple of years ago? Style reminds me of an anon there. Did you ever do a big robo angel fight scene?

Either way man keep it up.

>>5094465
Yep same one, though I did way more traditional drawings back then. It's nice to know there's a style to recognize somewhere in there lol
Nice, apparently you also got into digital as time went on, all that grinding paid off you really got some organic poses and the coloring in that guy sitting in the couch looks impeccable

4 months, i drew for 4 fucking months to find out I had no progress whatsoever, this is shameful and unfair

>>5094496
Started on August or some days before, first drawing was this, I would go on to use many resources and grind fundies every single day. I had more than a thousand pages full of fundies

>>5094498
Most of my drawings were lost due to me burning them along with all my materials, but heres some.

>>5094502
August to October, we tried many resources but none seemed to work and progress is nonexistent

>>5094503

>>5094506
I should be better, this is unfair and unacceptable. How am I being impatient from expecting normal progress?

>>5094507
Peoplle that have been drawing for less time with less intensity are better, this is unfair and it brings me despair.

>>5094502
>>5094498
>>5094496
lol

>>5094496
4 months is literally nothing, dude. I'm over a year in and I can't draw anything beyond bug-eyed anime girls. You're doing okay, you'll get good eventually. Just give it time.

But I hope you aren't the retard who avatarposts thirty times in every /beg/ thread, because that particular fucker should be taken out back and shot.

>>5094508
End of my four months of meaningless practice. November, we compltely gave up as such it's a lost month, this would normally bring shame upon us but nothing was working.

>>5094513
December was mostly wasted too, we decoded to get back into it 3 or 4 days ago, we did this.

>>5094516
and this, I completely failed on both drawings, shameful and frustrating. I shpuld be better, at this rate to drae like my heroes will take a century.

I ask of you, what is it that makes me experience no progress? I wish to become an artist, it's my passion yet I fear that I might have no talent.
>>5094518
Today we suffered another failure at the hands of Keys to Drawing, attempting to draw our hand. I've failed.

>>5094510
What makes you laugh, disgraced crab?
>>5094511
Post your art please so that I might gauge your talent.
What's my problem? Be honest eith me anon, can I ever hope to draw like my heroes or am I hopeless and shpuld gain honor and dignity in death?

>>5094524
Please answer truthfully

>>5094524
Just scrolling through a thread and then seeing you makes me laugh 4 months anon. I love you bro no homo lol.

4 months...

>>5094524
Oh, it's you. Here's your problem, you have little interest in actually drawing things. You find shitposting is more rewarding. Getting (you)s gives you immediate validation, and you like that little hit of dopamine more than any long-term gain you could get from practicing art in earnest. You'd probably fail the marshmallow test at age forty, is your problem.

Asking for validation is okay, everyone does it. I'm doing it right now, by posting my turds and winking and nudging another anon to say "aw shucks, it ain't so bad, you'll make it through". But if you want to improve, dial it down a little. Post once a week on /ic/, no more, with all your work for that week. Do this for eight more months and you'll get good, guaranteed.

Here is something I've been doodling today. >>5092318 is my year in autism. You will get better than me in two months flat if you stick to the "don't beg /beg/ for attention" plan.

>>5094583
I'm heavily insecure, I can only do as I'm told, to quote an anime, remember shinji playing an instrument? I can't deal woth failure, real or imaginary, I don't seek attention the say you think I do, I seek reassurance that I'm doing something, improving, otherwise I'm insecure since even practice takes a heavy toll when not done to perfection.
>>5094563
Please, I'm no clown, opinions on my art and "progress"?
>>5094583
I'll do what you say, just please give me resources to use.

>>5083933
You can't progress much when you're as good as I am.

The red star is when i joined ic :^)

>>5094723
overall I'm p happy with my development, I wanna try doing more environmental works, and try to push for variety with my drawings, something that isn't just woman lmao.

>>5094723
I would suggest diving deep into facial anatomy in 2021.

Even if it’s not as much progress as I would have hoped, I feel more happy and optimistic about drawing than I did last year

>>5094754
ilu man more power to your coom work

>>5094583
Practical advice. I'll heed your words.

>>5094465
I'm >>5088504 My pixiv is coconutmilk (@ is ccnt_milk), this is just my personal anime work, not my game work.

I'm happy but at the same time unsatified.
I think about digging digital this year,but I'm affraid of regressing in term of line quality as I have a screenless tablet and I made the "mistake" of buying a gaomon instead of a wacom.
That being said,I know that both Feng Zhu and Sinix do their work using an intuos,so who knows...

>>5095491
*I'm thinking
Sorry

i actually didnt improve this year what the fuck

>>5095541
More Loomis

>>5095491
I think you're making solid progress. You're definitely working through fundamentals like perspective and construction - and I think so long as you keep up a dedicated study routine you'll improve faster. As for tablets, brand doesn't really matter, same goes for whether you have one with a screen or not. My first tablet was a Wacom Bamboo Fun and it served its purpose just fine.

>>5095491
You need to stop making so many sketches and make more finished work that you see through to competition.

>>5094524
Oh my fucking god just stop bitching or fucking an hero already you schizo freak

>>5084367
I am incredlbly jealous of your workflow, you draw so fast and so much.

>>5089539
Very jelly of the colouring. Nice work, anon!

>>5089821
hello ching chong foot fag

It is what it is

Well, I drew this in the beginning of the year, just when lockdown hit.
I'll have to post my most recent separately, can't be bothered making a side-by-side

>>5098272
And I just finished drawing this today.

>>5098282
really cool and unique; what did you use to make them? i like the textures

>>5098282
>>5098272
people like you in /ic/ are rare now

>>5098306
I just used one of CS6's airbrush tools. I renamed it to "Airbrush I Use" years ago, so I don't remember which one it was. I actually drew it in black-and-white, and then colourized it afterwards.

>>5098357
Ave Caesar.

>>5098364
Glad you could recognize him. I think it looks pretty awful now, so I'll probably make a new one. Here's a profile of him I made two months ago or so.

>>5098373
At first I didn't know if this was trad or digital. Why did you decide to go this path?

>>5098377
I prefer digital purely because of convenience. It's faster, and it's easier to fix your mistakes. That being said, I greatly prefer sculpting with clay over something like Blender, even though the same conveniences would apply.
Also, I'm glad my artwork isn't obviously digital.

kekw i'm bored.

>>5098412
bottom isnt trying so this isn't a great comparison

>>5098473
ye kinda true. bottom was my first attempt at drawing and i tried to copy anime shit i found, but i had no idea what i was doing so i gave up after like 10 minutes

>>5098558
I think the bottom image is a pretty good comparison then, the drawings at the top show a good understanding of the actual process of drawing. The bottom is very "I want to draw but literally don't know what I'm supposed to do or where to start," and the top shows that you've solved this issue well

>>5098412
You've made good progress, anon. You should be proud of yourself :)

>>5098282
Best thing I've seen posted on /ic/ in at least the last 5 years.

>>5098614
Thanks, anon. It's become very difficult to find threads to post my artwork in since almost everything is just anime and coom.

>>5084367
Hey tableguy, what would you say was the meat of your practice (for all-time), that brought you up to speed to being able to construct figures from ref or imagination well, just lots of timed poses/copying artists/inventing but referencing pose or just all of them or what? tell me so i can attempt to rip off your learning methods

>>5098112

Very nice, but why is that massive image a gif?

>>5091518
It was one of the first pictures I made this year so I thought about replicating it later. Now I'm copying skulls.

>>5098690
>>5091668
Fuck wrong post.

>>5098677
Smaller file

>>5098112
how do i get as good as you

>>5098708

Hnnghh, I see. I like how angular a lot of your forms are on your figures and robots. Makes them all look really solid.

>>5098642
I appreciate you sticking around!

>>5098715
>Hnnghh,
What?

>>5084367
>>5090449
Nigger how come you work and still get time to draw 8+ hours a day?
I have never worked full-time, but back when I had to leave for school at 6AM and get back at 6PM, I didn't have the mental energy to do anything, not even shower. Fortunately it was only 3 times a week so on shorter school days I managed to do things I enjoyed.

Amazing stuff.

>>5090449
I'm not a huge fan of your style to be honest but your output makes me envious. Stay motivated anon.

Who else /didntdraw/ here?

I'll be honest, I'm contemplating my life choices.

>>5084367
How long have you been at this, dude? I remember some of your sketches from theads going way back; your style's always been unique and recognisable. Curious as to how long its been in development..

Right now I'm stuck and don't know how to improve.
I'm working on my perspective and also trying to think in 3D.

>>5098808

I'm thinking about that bloated, greasy file size collapsing into a singularity

>>5098865
Two of the 2020 pics are really cool, can you post the tower of babel one fullsize? But you should practice figures more.

>January 2020
>Didn't draw
>December 2020
>Drawing almost daily
Still looks like shit, but I'll get there in time

>>5098715
Thanks my man
>>5098711
Draw everyday and aim high, if you fail you can't get worse than me

>>5098831
> how come you work and still get time to draw 8+ hours a day?
I used a few cheats. 1) I used to keep a polyphasic sleep schedule for 10yrs and I could milk 4hrs of drawing / hobbies a day with 8hr job + 5hr commute. 2) i front loaded a decade of working for a lifetime of freedom. Most importantly 3) tricked wife into being sugar mama

>>5090493
>>5094465
>>5096903
>>5098846
Thanks! This year was a good ride

>>5099090
Updated the big chart, drawing for like 7yrs. Not much has changed over the years.

>>5098675
Hard to say, up to 2015 was a lot of studies of animation frames and anime drawings which I really needed to get motivated / started. I always try to do full body drawings, i hate doing bust shots they are so unsatisfying. Find a goto artist that you like and just copy. I default to creon and Sameyama jiro.

>>5094085
> record yourself in the process of drawing/colouring?
Probably not, too self conscious. I don’t think anyone would be that interested either.

>>5100018
>5hr commute
>i front loaded a decade of working for a lifetime of freedom
Sounds like the five hour daily commutes were worth it. What was your day job?

>>5100018
>polyphasic sleep
Does that actually work? Trying to find anything actually credible is harder than taking a dump after chugging a bottle of habanero sauce.

>>5099871
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BmZn89

>>5099812
In my opinion, improve colors and gesture.

>>5099871
Oh and thanks for the advice. I'll keep trying :)

>>5099090
>>5100018
Cool to see these charts. They'll be very useful for others here on /ic/. You've obviously got heaps of natural facility. You got good very quickly, but you've been stagnating somewhat for a few years, excepting the added detail you're piling in recently, which is probably due to your reliance on copic markers. Ever thought of getting into painting? I dunno if you're already doing it but you could clearly be making a living from these drawings already by taking coom comissions. So money shouldn't be any obstacle to trying new mediums.

>>5100018
>polyphasic sleep schedule for 10yrs
RIP, I sleep 10 hours a day like a baby, always have. Keeping a 24h routine is impossible and I have tried every trick in the book.

Does that mean you're not working anymore? If so, based. I'm jelly.
Keep birthing your wacky doodles upon this world.

>>5099090
>>5100018
>>5100335
To be honest, some of your drawings are so good you could even be selling prints of them. Ever considered that?

>>5100343
Sleeping less is actually good for health.

>>5094521

>failure
>posts hand that is above what most people can draw

Relax dude just keep drawing, you are showing progress, it just may take you a while to see it really come together. It’s in there, aight? Don’t worry about that and just keep drawing.

Most often, you can see the progress come out when you start doing free thought doodles

>>5100452
pls elaborate. That sounds too good to be true. More drawing + more health? Yes please

>>5100452
Tell that to zombie me getting nothing accomplished because I haven't slept enough and having ulcers from the built-up stress.
I go to bed whenever I get sleepy and my quality of life has improved immensely, despite the inefficiency.

>>5100472
It's not that sleeping less is good, but sleeping too much is bad. 8 hours is very specific. Sleeping for six hours or less and sleeping for ten hours or more can have negative effects on your health.

>>5100040
Used to be a code monkey

>>5100104
It worked enough, I slept 4hrs on my commute, and 2-4hrs at home. I usually got 6-8hrs of sleep a day. That left me with 8hrs a day after work/sleep/commute to do whatever I want.

>>5100335
I was going to try digital next year to practice painting. Maybe do some WC and acrylics??

>>5100343
No more work, that was the deal I made with wife

>>5100356
Ah yea, I should get a scanner. I might try next year, but my follower count is rather small. Was looking to try some alternate social media outlets outside of ic and twitter too.

>>5100760
>I was going to try digital next year to practice painting. Maybe do some WC and acrylics??
I can't advise on digital. To be honest I unironically find digital a bit soulless. If you want to push yourself I would recommend gouache. It should be close enough to your markers to not be too painful a leap, but at the same time it will give you access to opaque layering techniques, which I think your art could benefit from a lot. You can phase it in gradually to your ink work and see how it goes. If you do, do yourself a favour and buy a large white porcelain tray to mix paint in.

>>5085483
Can you post your studies?

>>5085483
This is great. Which books did you study (if any)?

>End of March
>Today

>>5100937
Long way to go friend but you'll get there quickly if you keep up as you're doing.

>>5089944

The difference between you and them is that they have fun drawing

>>5086147

Draw its talons. Then stop posting it over and over again.

>>5099812
You've improved a good deal though anon
Grace the world with more lolis

I got an ipad in July and I actually like drawing again. I never even made one of these templates before because all my past digital stuff was like January.

I still need to improve on color and not having every damn character face the left.

Three years

Still in super beg territory but I hope I can get out next year if uni isn't too bad

>>5085483
>>5098614
Pure talent?
>>5100461
iT'S NOT enough, I must draw like my heroes yet I can't grasp form as of now

Help me anon

Drawing is fun

>>5101401
Post something that took you more than 10 minutes to draw and maybe someone could actually help you

like 2 months inconsecutively

>>5101352
For the love of Christ, guys, perspective isn't a meme! Go learn it, it'll take you a month or two and you'll see improvements

>>5101303
Hey, I remember that Lily study you posted last year. That's some amazing progress man.