/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

after seeing how fast threads go on /vg/ not used to seeing /ic/

anyways, there are alot of mistakes on this piece, i'd like some crit but also where I should go in terms of studying

>>6505193
Some storyboards I worked on last night and colored.

>>6505233
overall, I think you should review your proportions, and doubling down on conceiving each body part as a basic form, first and foremost. Lots of 5-10 minute figures will help

Texture shit is really pissing me off. I can't get my head around how to draw the look of any texture for example fur or scales. Guess I just have to keep on grinding it out.

morpho for warm up (skeleton and bone reference points)

>>6505293
How are you finding the Morpho stuff? Thought of using it when I started figure drawing.

These are nice. Good composition

>>6505304
Meant to reply to this >>6505236

I want to draw but I don't want to draw.

>>6505330
Big anime boobies.

>>6505330
I don't know what to draw cause all the things I want to are so clearly far beyond what I can do. Some guy posted the Notre Dame and that looked sick as fuck so that's my aim.

is this too boring :]

>>6505298
I like it a lot

>>6505360
I like it.

>>6505361
>>6505365
Wtf this guy likes things what an idi-
>>6505360
I like it.

am i polishing a turd?

>>6505360
It makes me feel like I did at my parent's beach condo in Florida.
It made me feel something, so by definition it's above the threshold of boredom.

>>6505381
If you're asking that question, put it down and work on something else.

>>6505381
Yes but contrary to what others will say it's ok to polish a turd. In fact you won't improve if you don't finish your drawings.
>t.didn't finish his drawings and didn't improve

I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD I'M BAD

>>6505398
Pencil neck.

>>6505381
Is left doe just waaaay smaller? And what is up with that bow arm?

>>6505403
I'M BAD!

>>6505398
You may be bad, but your anime girl is cute

>>6505381
they're even on the moon

>>6505412
im a crab
>>6505407
i haven't gotten to fixing it yet but its partially because im undecided how im going to do the grip. the issue the deer is that i needed the left one to be not blocking the character behind so i made its torso more level. i was hoping the head/antler/leg size in comparison to the other would indicate its size but yeah, its still a decent bit smaller.
>>6505389
>>6505390
shit. who do i listen to?

>Things I need to do to improve
Draw things
>Things I actually do
Nothing
:(

reposting from last thread. is this good or can i improve the shading ?

ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!
what the fuck happened to the ubber begs that everyone cheerished here

asuka
that guy who drew giantess goth girls in b/w
touhou bigg booobs drawfag

??? they used to post like every day

>>6505511
It's not good, and I highly doubt you will be able to guess your way to better results. You should draw more instead of trying to shade made up anatomy of floating body parts. But that being said, it's better then that first sad attempt you posted, since you're now aware that shadow is the absence of light.

drew this, I kinda liked it but I think her chest/shoulders are too wide (?) what do you guys think? how can I fix it?

Juya No Yami
Nimi-Chan

I should be doing my daily fifteen minutes of gesture drawing but I feel paralyzed, like I'm too scared to try.

>>6505551
Figure out this area

why is every 'tutorial' for painting some speed paint, skip steps, no paint mixing, no telling you amount of water used, no drying, no telling you if its wet on wet or dry, no telling you it was dry blend, no fucking tutorial? just some stupid fucking tiktok tier algorithm length shit where they spend more time positioning a plant or light and showing off products like holy fuck i hate everyone.

>>6505551
>>6505604
Oh yeah and toss that godawful brush away.

i think i broke her arm
first attempt in a drawing tablet, it's kinda awkward
https://files.catbox.moe/xoppak.jpg

>>6505605
Go find some boring quality channels instead of tiktoks.

Latest drawing I did

>>6505598
do them

>>6505605
bob ross

>>6505658
That face is sticking out like a sore thumb.

>>6505661
what could be improved about it?

>>6505671
It's just a wild disconnect with the rest of the drawing. It looks like you've taken someone else drawing and drawn a shitty face on to it.

>>6505526
Maybe they made it.

tfw no asian hiphop gf

and another sketch im working on

havent drawn in ages feels like

drawings of me!!!!

hitting my head against the wall with the clothes and tail

>>6505381sage
>shoot myself to the moon to get away from the crabs
>get crabbed on the moon
there is no escape is there

>>6505511
nigga learn to draw a proper arm first

>>6505381
The deer look fine

>>6505714
Cute style anon

>>6505659
I did them.

>>6505778
Yes it's bad I know shut up.

>>6505511
Lmfao I thought this was Miku's hair

>>6505785
Doing something is better than doing nothing. Keep doing it and keep your goals in mind

>>6505193
Working on a tattoo design. The person wants a winter aesthetic. Does the right side of the butterfly read as snowy/snowflakes? What can be improved?

>>6505794
Forgot the picture somehow

I saw this being mentioned in the manga thread and gave it a look. I'm not sure whether it's supposed to be encouraging or not. I found it to be pretty depressing.

Does anybody know artists similar to TB Choi? I love her work and studies. Day 3 of trying to draw each day, ~40 minutes.

>>6505796
Looks even more generic than an AI image, you will get better ideas with SD desu

>>6505808
>looks more generic than an ai image

I mean it’s not really my vision. It’s a change of pic related

>>6505658
sorry I don't know how to edit so its crude but this is sort of how I would do it, I think something with your head shape and skull size balance is off and the amount of detail in the eyes clashes with everything else. You have a really good base and I really like your image so just keep trying to get a balance with the face

>>6505847
sorry just looking at it again I would bring in the neck too

>>6505576
Saw this Juya No Yami thing before on old thread, what is about?

>>6505193
I'm gonna read both "Keys to drawing" n "Right side of the brain", then I'm supposed to follow with perspective, right? "Perspective made easy" and what else would you rec?

on a side note, those are fundies, but how do I learn to properly use digital painting? Because there are a fuck ton of hacks and tools in CSP

>>6505882
10 Mentally ill classmate
1 Cursed maze like school
Only the last survivor can escape
Starts with Nimiko setting Satoka on fire

Is there a good book or video tutorial about drawing more cartoony stuff, I always feel like I'm missing out on it.

>>6505796
Yeah, it's readable. I'd suggest working on the symmetry a bit more. Try to make the snowflake mass shaped more like the wing, and if you can, try to make the snowflakes themselves more symmetric. Though snowflakes in nature aren't always perfectly symmetric, their flaws still follow the crystal structure - it's things like pieces snapping or melting off, or two snowflakes fusing together. You don't get snowflakes that are bent.

Watercolors are difficult! Painting is difficult! But still, I'm having plenty fun with it.
What are some nice books/resources on learning color and painting? I've heard much about James Gurney, maybe I'll check his book out

>>6505967
Got it, thanks Anon

>>6505967
Agree with this. Symmetry is way off. Maybe draw the one wing, fold the paper in half, trace it onto the other side, then fill in the shape with snowflakes and ink the whole thing when you’re done

>>6505981
Thanks Anon, that’s actually a great idea. I didn’t realize how asymmetrical it was

Contour hatching: Why does the left one looks better? How do you recognize the direction of lines on more complicated figures?

I am going to start pic related. Do I need to purchase any of the art supplies the book recommends, or can I do it with just a pencil and paper?

>>6506082
yeah purchase keys to drawing

>>6506059
alphonso dunn

>>6506059
straighter lines look better, if you haven't look up frank booth

>>6506082
nope just a pencil and paper works

>>6506086
thanks anon

>>6506082
It contains a lot of pseudoscience bullshit. Just skip the text and do the exercises.

Trying out rendering with ink and markers. Shits hard. I didn't plan it out very well at all on the top one, tried to keep it simpler with the bottom one.

>>6505976
Looks pretty clean man. I like Marco Bucci's videos on youtube for painting, he has good simple breakdowns of concepts.

>>6505918
Unironically Fun With a Pencil.

If drawing is neither enjoyable, nor profitable, why do I still want to learn how to draw? I always end up asking myself this and quit trying, but the urge to draw only diminshes for a few weeks/months, before I start the whole process over again. It feels like I'm trying to walk a thousand miles, but I just keep walking the same mile over and over from the start.

looking for some feedback. I feel like the anatomy is off but I'm not sure how to fix it.

>>6506177
Imagine that bootleg xenomorph head going up your ass bros
God dayumn

>>6506211
the arm and leg look a little stiff and the hand isn't really doing anything, I think applying some basic values helps to notice areas that look weird to you too

>>6506212
lmao I'm glad my turd could evoke such strong imagery

>>6506082
>>6506084
>>6506086
>>6506103

NTA,but I have a related question
I'm considering to study picrel, since this book is recommended a lot here.
By studying,you mean just copy it?

Also,has anyone here studied this book?

Do you guys have any book recommendations for soft pastels?

>>6506225
if you just want to copy than morpho's book is better for that. This book is when you want to learn the names of the muscles, you can copy this as well but you might burn out quicker.

>>6505847
thank you! time for more head/eyes practice; i do find them difficult to get right. anime is weird. ;w;

>>6506267

>>6506082
Why can't I do the exercises digitally?

>>6505714
how many twinks with fluffy black hair and eyes who draw themselves are there in this general

>>6505809
>>6505796
doesn't work nearly as well bc the snowflakes are too thick and clustered so they don't feel as airy as they should
it's a bit more difficult but i'd make the wing crystalline and less pigmented, almost like it's sheer and made out of ice or frozen over. no idea how that would translate to a tattoo but i think it'd be more appropriate
>>6505807
try scribbling in the shadows and not just the contours imho it should help a lot with actually learning new stuff

Salutation beg. I am more and more lazy with these!

>>6506273
some anons drank a too much from specific art tutors who make you draw on vertical canvas with overhand grip using only pencil and exclusively shoulder for motions. And none of this coolaid is possible on digital. It doesnt really matter, the skill is transferable between trad and digi
>>6506225
obviously i dont know your power level but if i presume you are fresh beg then studying anatomy will only waste your time and burn you out. Anatomy is recommended (by 2 different art books) only to artists who get a keen interest on the topic. And as beg you should be doing other stuff like grinding observation, feeling the forms and gesture. Anatomy book on itself is good guide for when you want to draw some specific pose of figure and you cannot figure it out how it should be
>>6506183
to prove the world you can do it? Maybe its like climbing mountains and white people
>>6506082
1. you will also need charcoal and anything see through which you can write on with permanent marker to construct view-finder
2. book Drawing for the utter begginer is straight upgrade in comparsion
>>6506059
the left one looks better because your inability to draw straight lines accidentally produces slightly bent lines which follow cross contours of cylinder. tldr left implies form is rounded, right implies deformed box
>directions of lines on figures
thats literally what my current art book is all about: art and science of drawing
>>6505976
cute
>>6505918
https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771
>>6505715
take a big light color towel and arrange it on your bed so it resembles your cloth in picture. then draw what you see
>>6505398
soul and cute, its not bad, just unfinished
>>6505381
composition is kinda bad but i like the idea and originality
>>6505360
>monstergirl in shower with wet glistening skin showing booba and the tiles so shiny you can see your own reflection on them
This has potential! Not boring

far: ok

>>6506424
close: ugly
is it bad?

>>6506238
>>6506401
Makes sense,the book have a fuckton of muscles diagrams and I don't want to burn out while drawing so staying away from this book for now seems good.

Back to the basics then,I still don't get the ''Feel the form" thing, is it like grinding until finally clicks?

Also nice curves and forms, it kinda gives me hope to improve...

Thanks for replying anons!

>>6506059
left has more subtle information than right, on the left aside from the core shadow shape you are also hinting the convex nature of the subject and that gives roundness.

>>6506082
read it, it has a bunch of pseudo science but it was my first book I drop it after the first chapter on perspective but it teach me about negative shape and a hint of composition, after that I moved to marshall vandruff perspective video course and loomis fun with pencil. Still good book aside from meme neuroscience.

>>6506177
new masters academy on yt has a free demo of vilppu doing gesture drawing with ink and watercolors I did except I I used markers instead of water color,

>>6506211
weird buttocks

>>6506225
if you already a solid grasp on gesture, composition and proportions then go ahead if not go back.

>>6506267
I don't like this style

>>6506424
>>6506425
farther away you can focus better on the shapes which is more readable and pleasant to the eye, simple is better, check marco bucci video on shapes, to get a better idea on why it works.

I tried my best

>>6506464
and what do you think, what do you like and don't like?

>>6506464
I like that it made me chuckle, I don’t like the eyes are too close together and his lips are too long.

>>6506211
There should be more arch to the back, with the shoulder slightly behind the head. Hand looks dodgy. The lower half of the body should appear larger from the vantage point of the viewer, paricularly the lower legs and feet. Bottom leg should be more under the top leg.

>>6506467
no, i needed to correct my mistakes
>>6506472
I observe that and i fix it, but he doesnt look like di caprio, he looks like the protagonist of zoolander or dr strange, and their eyes are off

>>6506467
no, i needed to correct my mistakes
>>6506472
I observe that and i fix it, but he doesnt look like di caprio, he looks like the protagonist of zoolander or dr strange, and their eyes are off

So, I shade it and it looks very great :D

Trying to wrap my head around form intersections

>>6506425
I like the close one more

>>6506520
Figure warmups

>>6506656
hot butt

>>6506464
Focus more on observing the relations between the different parts of the face for the next one. The eyes in particular are too close together and the mouth is far too wide. As a general rule, the eyes can fit another eye between them, the tip of the nose is located at 45 degrees from the edge of the eye and the lips end just before the center of each eye.

>>6505193
Coming up to the end of this. Does it look ok? If. Not can you explain why? I want to improve more than anything. Censored red blob for thread

>>6506464
The one on the right looks like ron perlman

>>6505476
>who do I listen to
No contradiction here. Put it down and come back to it.

>>6505742
Reminds me of Shell Silverstein

>>6506424
>>6506425
nice work. post the ref? are you going for a painterly alla prima vibe or autistic photo realism?

I think it partly just looks a little muddy from being overworked, like you started working zoomed in with a small sized brush too soon after getting most of a solid lay-in. there are some micro value shifts that could be cleaner, they look sorta scrubby in the close up (e.g. the shadow above his brow as the form of his head recedes). you also maybe started getting precious with small shapes and high contrast features too early imo. that starts to make it look a little uncanny, I think: notice the eye, especially. it looks strange next to his cheekbone-temple area, which is all flat midtone. the gradient on nasolabial fold where it touches the nose, and the little cleft on the tip of his nose, might be going too far at this stage, too.

try to suss out more medium sized shapes first after the big shapes, and then be very strategic about going in for details and not rendering until the last possible minute. try to find where you can maximize bang for your buck with just clean gradients and picking out hard edges first. your big shapes and value relationships are good already. I ran your painting through a noise filter (picrel), it removes some of the uncanniness and muddiness imo. I think that reveals that you have strong start and were just getting ahead of yourself.

I'm a retard btw so take all this with a grain of salt.

Something I made few days ago, what should I improve ?

Drawing one of these feels impossible. Just going from the first stage to the second stage is so tricky, the slightest inaccuracy makes the features look retarded

>>6506820
wait until you try doing it from memory!

>>6506817
Everything?

>>6506821
I tried and it didn't work too well, although better than when I try to copy loomis desu

>>6506498
It certainly looks better. keep practicing!

>>6506663
thanks, I used myself as reference

>>6506835
So finally I am a /beg/ or /prebeg/

>>6506780
here

>>6506670
I think I will need to use one of these to make vetter art.

>>6506858

>>6506824
I will take this into consideration

>>6506817
if you are going for some cartoon character try add line variation. Everything looks flat.

>>6506829
proportion is the main thing to remember.

>>6505193
turbo beg here, what do you guys do for daily sketching or practice, I've only done full pieces with coloring until now, It's just that every time I want to draw is because I have pictured in my mind a full piece that I want to see through the end, but I guess that's too time consuming. I've been thinking that maybe, I can do quick sketches out of references from characters I might use later in a full piece

>>6506829
Fix your mistakes and try again! Recall is key to learning.

>>6506837
lol
>>6506663
thanks, I used https://www.imagefap.com/pictures/6103546/3v4%20Gymnast%20-%201 as reference

>>6506103
Wasn't there a PDF of this floating around with all the pseudoscience cut out?

Wish I had kept it because it wasn't in the book thread last time I checked.

>>6506858
>vetter art
Can't find a vedder, man

>>6506870
Thanks man but can you show me some examples please

>>6506914
Better, excuse me, I was in the phone at the moment.

>>6506879
>What do you do everyday?
Me personally?
Lately I just find stuff on my phone and copy it to my sketchbook. Before that I was trying to construct humans, but being quite beg myself I was hitting a wall on progress.
My best received work has been sketches of shit in actually looking at, but often I'm at the same places every day and nothing I see is grabbing me.
Pic is the best example. Left is a quick sketch I had less than a half hour to do from life, right is copied over a longer time later that day or the next. (I was going for a primarch Leman Russ vibe if you're familiar with Warhammer.)
Last week I was very tired and busy and drew 5 female athletes from a photo, one per day just to get something done. (See >>6504555)

>>6506879
30 minutes of gesture or anatomy study and then my bridgman copies.

>>6506879
This was what I was doing before that, and although it was loads better than what I had been doing previously, there's obvious issues andI hit a wall. I've since been making better progress copying from photos. I could try drawing people from life, but they don't stand still.

>>6506921
I just wanted to make a shitty pun

I tried something

>>6506935
That wasnt funny, it was more like a complain or something.

>>6506820
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGWbfJ_ZJaQ - loomis plates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu2awnEXSxs - loomis plates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHnXrqdffHs - loomis plates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHcqOjAaoY - full body loomis method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcRnK2-1G6U - using loomis method to get to the doodled faces steps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42zl_DKGTrM - more plates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnTbqPIkuX0&t=331s - plates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vtup-CD4b8 - applying loomis method to some references

basically, get your shit and watch and follow along. he does just draw quick time lapse. its all real time. he explains the shapes he's making and steps he takes. he explains how he is measuring distances and relative anatomy shapes and areas to place stuff and divide up the face. he explains everything as he goes. if you cant figure it out after watching jones, you should just quit. this is the easiest and simplest and best set of videos for understanding loomis stuff and going from 'heres a circle, heres a face!' that the plates typically show. his other videos on channel are taking reference photos and applyin gloomis and reilly rhythms to get the face down and then typically renders them eithe rsame video or next one. if portraits are your goal, his channel is an excellent resource.

>>6506981
Wow, thank you anon. This looks like exactly what I need to straighten me out
> if you cant figure it out after watching jones, you should just quit.
time to find out if I'm gmi or not

>>6507020
Haven't seen any improvement from you in the time I've been on this board, and you never take any advice you're given. Why do you still post?

>>6507024
LOL

>>6507030
I'm glad it's funny to you.

i suck at landscapes and i'm trying not to suck at them

anything to say about this?

>>6507054
learn to draw, then learn to color.

>>6507020
I recognized your style but I actually like your work

>>6507040
use this feeling to improve anon

>>6507064
also my work. still beg, i know, but i think i'm at an okay point to start learning how to approach backgrounds for my characters to live in. no?

>>6507086
Ignore that faggot, your shit looks good
>>6507064
Pyw NIGGER

I can't copy this hand help

>>6507128
What artist?

>>6507131
Acky Bright

>>6507128
trace it

>>6507045
nice

>>6507086
Is this really considered beg? I've been surprised by my progress after 3 months of focused daily practice but I'm not really anywhere close to this. It's stylized but there seems to be a lot of understanding. Or does beg just last forever here? Maybe I just suck?

>>6507137
I'd rate high beg

>>6507137
/beg/&/int/. Read nigga READ.

>>6507135
I did that but I didn't learn anything

>>6507137
not really, int or mid-int in terms of line work. Consistency is what gets a beg to int level.

>>6507148
read it again, they call themself a beg.

>>6507148
I know, he called himself beg though. Just wondering if this is really beg.

One more bug with a thousand of construction lines for my beloved feng zhu

I've been drawing for around a month. I suck hard, but it's already better than I started with.

>>6507155
>>6507157
Damn I was the faggot all along

>>6507137
i consider myself beg because I can't pull a drawing like >>6507086 outta my ass without relying heavily on refs.

in case you missed it, this >>6507054 is also mine and clearly needs a lot of work which I wouldn't even know how to begin with...

picrel is another example of why I need bg help

>>6507137
beg is relative

>>6507174
cute now draw anime girls standing in perspective.

>>6507174
Excellent buggo

>>6507174
is the top left pic your reference?

What happened to esdeath kun? Is he on a drawing training arc?

>>6507356
is this HxH?

>>6507358
yep

>>6505193
>Dynamic Sketching w Charles Hu
Is it for beginners? I'm thinking about doing it after Keys for Drawing and maybe right side of brain.

>>6507356
after once again refusing to accept help he decided to leave

>>6507356
He was trying to get into an art school unironically

>>6507438
Lol you shouldn’t take someone seriously who hangs their own permabeg art for their mom to see.

I've realized at my current speed, I'll make it by the time I'm about 80. We're all gonna make it.

Fucking kill me. I want to draw like Ian Mcque, but also use watercolours. Maybe I should focus on just one building? I don't know. I'm so disappointed in myself every time I fuck up an idea.

>>6507561
work on perspective.

I’m kind of high rn so I don’t have it all together but I have to describe this

I just zoot imagined up the best goddamn idea for an animated music video for a story I’m working on and I have NO art skills. None. And I know that I don’t have, what, two, three years I assume to figure out all the mechanics of this thing to make it work in any amount of time that will make it relevant, (the series ends in two months, it’s sort of a ‘hey here’s a fucky moment in an AU, see if you can figure out what happened’ in media res thing) let alone animate it to a song.

Anyway, what would be the best way to save this idea on paper for sober me or likely artist I commission to make it for me and match the crazy movie in my head? Don’t just spam shit I gotta read to git gud, I want to triage the brain fart into something real before I forget it.

Fuck it’s already happening help.

What's a good website to create a 3D room and get to see it in first person to use as art reference?

>>6507561
you're being too hard on yourself, this is pleasing to look at and that's the most important part, the rest will come through studying and millage

I WILL learn how to draw pretty girls it WILL HAPPEN

>>6507678
you’re getting there
just work on your facial proportions a bit

>>6507682
Thanks man, the proportions are what always get me.

>>6507678
hes cute. now draw a girl.

Some funny studies from Michelangelo, I really like the way I fucked up the left one.

First time using acrylic for the main medium, bit of airbrush as well

Thoughts?

>>6507735
Coming from someone who’s only good at drawing naked men it’s well done

>>6507823
I'm so sorry but this is hilarious

>>6507831
Yeah I def botched the wreath, and hair, I’m gonna tackle it when it dries tmrw

>>6507823
Looks like he's about to hammer his dick desu

>>6507843
Anon I think it's time to move on

>>6507861
yeah.

>>6507843
hands lack texture compared to the face

Thought so far ? i feel like the hair looks very flat

good day beg. my drawing speed is extremely low but at least i draw, right?

>>6507843
looking good so far but it will need a lot of work to finish
>>6507823
drawing on clothes is cool but i am afraid the composition screwed you over. It looks like he is hanging off that arm with the hammer because it aligned perfectly with the jeans fold. And then the stone looks like his ball sack. The composition is just as important as your subject
>>6507678
thats the right attitude. pro beg tip: the distance between the eyes should be 1 eye width
>>6507641
at this point you might as well pirate SIMS 3 or 4 and use the game for designing interior backgrounds
>>6507561
its very soulful. So simple yet so nice. Especially the rock wall so much depth and texture
>>6507412
you got lazy with the hair but it still works
>>6507128
what do you struggle with? just break it down to simple shapes first. isolate the anime thot and simplify her outline. then work your way into the complex shapes
>>6507054
very simple and yet still oozes soul and good vibes. I love the flowers. If i were you i would make the water darker and put omega highlight in middle (reflected sun) for extra eye candy and the contrast
>>6506936
furry alert :-D
>>6506879
i just go book by book and follow them. So far it seems to be working
>>6506817
i suggest keys to drawing
>>6506756
its very basic but nothing stands out wrong to me. If you want fail-proof method how to improve then do master studies: pick the best artwork in style you like and then copy it down to the brush stroke. that should level up your rendering skills

>>6507879
>and then the stone looks like his ballsack

Mind explaining this a little more? Maybe because I know what the drawing is I don’t see the stone as his testes but if you don’t mind pointing out what makes it look that way I’d love the extra help

>>6506059
because they're all going in the same direction

>>>6507879
You have no idea how appreciated replies like this are. Thank you

I've been slacking

the virgin vector line art and smooth blending vs the chad just fuck my shit up

>>6507937
Uh ?

https://a.uguu.se/UHvFSlDr.jpg
Is catbox down? I can't access it.
Since I'm not good for /salt/ I'm posting here. First time painting by the way.

>>6507945
Yakuza gonna get you

>>6507949
I'm not in Japan so I'm gonna be safe XD

>>6507945
take it to /lsg/ pedonigger
you suck ass btw

>>6507982
Not a loli, lol, seethe.

>>6507982
redditor triggered

>>6507982
go back, faggot

>>6507883
He's full of hot air. You'd get better and more consistent advice from a magic 8-ball, and in a much more concise manner.

>>6506879
>30 minutes gesture, ends up being about 2 pages
>bridgman page or two
>whatever anatomy I'm working on at the moment
>doodles and fun stuff at night
once every few days I'll do thumbnails to get ideas out in case I want to do a finished piece, usually when I'm feeling inspired and just want to capture the idea of a pic but no go into the whole thing
try to do one full color finished piece a month just so I remember how to do it

>one year of practicing drawing for this
ITS OVER
I started drawing a little over a year ago... This is my first time doing fanart. I wanted to do something that wasnt copying (i just had reference for clothes and the initial pose). FOR THE RECORD.... I've never practiced coloring, rendering, hair, hands, or anime. But I feel like I'm still pre-/beg/. Am I ngmi?

>>6505715
Worse than the last one, but I still enjoyed and that's what matters
still doing the same mistakes but I can identify them

>>6507883
That person is low-key a schizo. It doesn't look a ballsack at all. Cleaner shapes will help, but overall it reads fine.

>>6508074
>I started drawing a little over a year ago
Come back after ten years.

>>6508088
Cute! That brush isn't doing you any favors though, try switching to something thicker.

Day 2

>>6508074
>But I feel like I'm still pre-/beg/
I'd say this is at the start of /beg/ but at least I knew who the character was. all the usual applies, read the sticky, study and draw draw draw
one tip is to flip the canvas horizontally, this makes asymmetries like the eyes and chest stand out so you can correct them before moving on.

Trying to get back into the habit

Is this hand fucked up?

>>6508074
You... want to draw anime but you haven't drawn anime in a year??? What the fuck have you been doing??

>>6507879
oh, the idea of adding some sunlight into the water is a fun idea, I'll try that. thanks, friend!

>>6508125
You know the answer

>>6508138
ok so tell me how to fix it

>>6508125
You're upset because you know the hand's redraw would require you erasing those two back fingers that look really good on their own perspective. Try redrawing the hand from thumb and first two finger's perspective, and one from the perspective of the back two. Then when you get it right with both of them, compare and you'll find the hand you wanted to draw.

>>6508148
I thought the back two were the weird ones that looked off...

>>6507335
lmao

How do I draw chins/lower half of the face? I can draw the circle fine, and can map out eye position, nose position etc, but can't draw the jawline and chin to save my life. And every tutorial I look for feels like pic related.

>>6508144
redraw until correct.

>>6508118
Your 5 minute scribbles look better than my 5 hours works.

I woke up early to get things done
But I'm doing nothing instead
Send a hitman after me

>>6508185
I want to be able to draw without thinking. Maybe that’s just another way of letting myself be lazy.

>>6508125
Changed a few things, remember that the thumb has a mass of muscle connected to the base creating a "bump" of sorts + lengthened the 3rd finger to look more in proportion since I'm assuming the perspective on the hand isn't *that* extreme?
I suck titties at hands so take this with a grain of salt but I hope this helps regardless. Looking forward to the finished piece!

I am struggling with these things, how can I make these sketches more appealing and less... lifeless?

>>6507591
Probably too late now but write it down and sketch what you can, doesn't matter if it's shit it might trigger the memory.

>>6508163
She can board my spaceship anytime.
>>6508259
They're sketches nobody cares.
It for you isn't it?
Or do you want them to be part of your portfolio or something?

>>6508270
>do you want them to be part of your portfolio or something?
Not really no, just trying to understand how to make them more appealing/interesting so they are worth putting the effort into making them into actual presentable things

>>6508275
Sorry man I really don't get it.
You clean up the sketches with rendering or linework and it's appealing or not idk what you're getting at here.

>>6508259
I like these but they’re so light it loses impact. Maybe use a darker line or try a simple value pass on top to make them pop more?

>>6508281
Hmm.. I'll try
>>6508279
Yeah, maybe I am being stupid

>>6508158
show work.

Warm ups

>>6508236
I can't believe I just completely forgot the little heart bump that's on the bottom of hands
I used to be good at anatomy I swear

also being remembered feels both flattering and violating

>>6508283
>maybe I am being stupid
Or maybe I am idk, I just don't get it.

>>6508313
no worries it's easy to forget seemingly simple things especially when you're pushing yourself, so keep up the good work.
>also being remembered feels both flattering and violating
Well to be fair, the design + lore was *pretty* cultured, ig I'll just say I'm a fan lol

>>6508185
You need to do some gesture drawing exercises then

Keys to Drawing. "Lounging Figure".
Holy shit did I sink a lot of time into polishing this turd.
I shouldn't have done the background. The face looks retarded. I had to redraw the hand on the right several times, but it still doesn't look right. I noticed a lot of proportion mistakes when I was nearing the end, even though everything looked ok to me on sketch stage.

>>6508496
>shouldnt have done the background

i bet the 30 second scribbles really cut into your workload

>>6508510
Yes, they did, they made it much harder to fix anything in the top half and the figure got harder to read on the lower half, an 10B pencil still looks grey, instead of black, no matter how much I layer it. You would have known that if you drew.

Some clothes

>>6506464
You messed up his eyes and mouth but you got potential. Really try measuring the distance between facial features, like for example the space between his brows is much larger compared to the ref.

>Want to draw
>also dont want to draw
Being human sure is a pain the ass

>>6508558
When you think you don’t want to draw you end up drawing and realize you actually did you’re just lazy. So go draw

>>6508522
Nice work Anon.

>>6508571
Thank you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TImmiAS1USQ

>>6505381
>crab moon
great

>>6505193
How do you cope with the feeling of self loathing after finishing something?

>>6508639
By starting something new

>>6508639
By trying to learn something from my failure and turning the page on my sketchbook.

Feedback please
I worked hard on this

>>6508671
It's good, hips seem large and lines could be better

>>6508671
Honestly Anon the shading looks sloppy and lazy x especially on the breasts and pants. Take your time. The anatomy is good, the clothes are decent, and I really like the hair. Just clean up the lines/shading and it’ll be much better

>>6508211
thats the Zen way of drawing my friend

>>6508671
Flip your canvas at every stage especially construction and use liquify tool (or lasso > cut > transform) until it looks right both ways.
It looks decent to me, her left eye is a little low, maybe raise it up just a tiny bit.
Flipping the canvas helps you see these things early on
And if you're going to use 3D models you still have to know basic anatomy to fill in the parts the dolls don't have

>>6508673
>hips seem large
And that's a good thing

>>6508496
>>6505390

How would you do the fur on the fluffy parts of the squirrel's fur when they are near hard parts? The hard parts are kinda like chitin if that helps any. I have no idea how to do fur.

>>6508496
You shouldn't regret doing something in the pursuit of getting better.From this turd you can learn how to make a diamond.

This is my first painting ever do I have natural talent?

>>6508725
lol

>>6506464
>>6506498
>>6506511
>making the same drawing over and over until satisfied
GMI

>>6506545
Good lines friend

This is probably a dumb question, but when doing the spherical forms section of The Vilppu Drawing Manual, should my drawings look more like the ones on the right, very basic spherical shapes kinda like snowmen, or should they try to copy things like the arms and butt and breasts. The ones on the left still have evidence of the spherical forms, but they're much more curvy and detailed and I don't know if I'm intended to go that far yet. I know he quite literally says "Don't feel pressured into feeling that you have to do fancy detailed drawings" but I'm not sure if he's directly referring to these, or if I'm expected to be able to copy these too.

>>6508758
You should be drawing both, the ones on the right as a base and then overlaying more forms on top of those.

>>6508759
Oh, I see, that makes more sense. It eases you into it. Thanks

is she hot bros?

>>6508800
would

>>6508800
Chiseled jawline and balding.

>>6508800
Hard to tell yet, keep going

>>6508725
It’s ok try a face maybe

>>6508671
Like the Colors but it could use a little bit of cleaning

I got to continue mine a little bit review appreciated

>>6508758
based architect Vilppu forcing his students to draw bbws

>>6508671
It's a good effort I like it
I tried to do a quick paintover of the things I'd change hope you don't mind
>left eye angle looked a bit off to me, and the right iris is bigger than the left which makes it look wonky, also her head is angled to the left but the eyes are level, I spun them both to the left a little
>the head shape is a bit out of balance around the right ear I liquify tooled that up a bit, flipping the canvas makes you notice if this is happening so you can fix it when you draw in the future
hope this is of some use

>>6506059
left looks better because it follows the form of the object

I have no mental capacity to finish the hair and hands

How do I deactivate schizo mode?

murdr

>>6508671
Ah yes, the classic "anime cat girl stiffly poses while two guided missiles soar in the background" portrait Anatomy/construction is off. Clothes could use more detail. The lighting ia confusing. It looks like you still have a lot more to do before you're finished.

>>6508676
>>6508673
>>6508689
>>6508825

thanks anons - going to keep all of this advice in mind when i draw next time.

>>6508163
Not gonna lie, this made my pp hard, so it's good in my coomer eyes. Although face looks weird, can't say why exactly. Maybe her head is too big and round for her body.

I'm not very happy with what I've made this year but it's better than 2022's 0

>>6508945
This looks very familiar, but I'm not sure why.

I need to learn how to study but I've no idea where to start. I'm just used to doing finished pieces. How do you decide on what to study and how? Any advice?

>>6509055
post your finished pieces

>>6509064
Well this is one of the latest And >>6507561
Is me too.

>>6509070
Read Perspective Made Easy

>>6508884
I like this a lot

>>6505193

warmups

>>6509177
This weirdly turns me on. Blog?

No bitches?
No new thread?

Hi beg. I wanted to finish the book tonight but alas, drawing figures takes time. There are still ~5 to go.

>>6509055
>what?
observation, perspective, construction, color theory, rendering, master studies
>how
books or video courses. master study is just laser focusing on 1 piece or 1 author trying to copy it as precisely as you can, picking up how they render and the workflow
>>6508884
didnt you already post this like week ago anon?
>>6508882
this isnt schizo mode, this is doodle mode and even your doodles are kinda good and have form
>>6508725
5 out of 5 art books i have read so far said the same thing: talent is meme. If you have enough IQ to learn reading and writing, you have enough IQ to learn drawing if you put in the effort. Apple is acceptable levels of beg but nothing to ogle with awe
>>6508720
literally draw what you see: the line representing a single strand of hair is going from tail at certain angle and literally vanishes into nothing. Draw the line exactly like that. Repeat until you have enough "fur strands". Thats how i made one of my few actually okay drawings: the rabbit https://pawell2418.github.io/p/84.jpg
>>6508639
i pyw it on /beg :-)
>>6508496
solid one anon, you are on right path. you drew the hand on right really well
>>6508259
anon you are drawing static lifeless buildings which are empty. Unless you want to violate the perspective rules and make the buildings to dance, the only other option is to draw some people there doing something. Inanimate objects if drawn precisely are lifeless by default.
>>6508188
i know this feeling too well
>>6508074
did you finish keys to drawing in that whole year anon? if not give it atry

>>6509330
Good effort on the left figure.

Tried rotating the forms, how did I do?

New thread?

hi /beg/ here's my work for today. I caught a cold and thought that would be a good reason to draw- turns out drawing while sick just sucks the fun out of it.
>6509055
your stuff looks cool, you should work on perspective and anatomy/gesture but still do finished works while you study.
>>6509177
cute
>>6508884
is this cut and pasted onto black paper? looks nice
>>6508259
these are actually really nice, but like others said you should go darker on your values, they're really light
>>6508819
is this a wip? face looks nice

ok

>>6509330
>solid one anon, you are on right path. you drew the hand on right really well
Thank you!
>>6508707
>>6508721
You are right, at least I am happy I didn't just give up halfway.

Any tutorial on rendering / blocking out the values?

>>6505193
Hi, I'm new around here. I'm usually someone who does environment/perspective drawings. But lately I decided to start trying to develop my character drawing skills.

I've been studying the Loomis method (I have his Head & Hands book and Figure Drawing book) and various examples. I've been focusing on artists like Freddie Moore, John K, and Anna Cattish. I'm trying to practice a sort of "classic Disney" style with little hints of new stuff. Borrowing from Manga a little, but not going full weeb (they just seem to have their technique down to an exact science and it's hard to not be drawn to that).

Anyway, I've been practicing drawing heads for a week and I feel like I've hit a wall. I don't know what other rules or tips I need to be applying. I also don't quite know how to reconcile the Loomis method with Disney heads, Anna Cattish heads and manga style heads. It feels like there's especially an issue with where the brow line and eye line should go for those different methods.

I dunno, what can I do to improve my heads and practice?

sinix did some videos about something like that. Maybe bucci can be helpful to get some light and color..Who teach process itself well I don't know

>>6509637
draw some facing the right bro

Architecture study, gotta feed the visual library in order to make some cool fantasy medieval houses in the future

Helico bug study

im feeling good about these stuff, im just puzzled about how would I use them for constructing actual pictures

>>6509733
dumass forgot pic

Turbobeglet problem, how do I counter perspective looking weird, when I draw with pencil on a paper, which itself has perspective?

new bread
>>6509776
>>6509776
>>6509776
>>6509776

new bread!
>>6509776