/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6505776

I'm new to drawing but man I love the way you draw, I will get to reach that someday

time to git gud bros

>>6505820
I doubt they’re his

>>6505776
Sounds fun! I’ll kick it off. I think I remember you from the kawaii thread, nice figs

>>6505776
How much time are you giving yourself for each pose?

>>6505776
Any kind anon willing to rip croquis cafe figuary this year?

>>6505825
why I thought desk dude post here often?

>>6505776
Using brush pen all month

>>6505866
Actually, you’re right, they may be. And isn’t it tableguy?

>>6505873
>>6505866
Yea it is, you can tell by the style he draws faces.

cool, I had just happened to draw some last night for kicks

>>6505776

>>6505776

>>6505776
Hey nice one! Was just about to start figure drawing and was looking for that deleted thread. Ill post my stuff here later tonight. Happy figure drawing, anons

Also, for resources, an anon posted these in a thread a while back and people seem to get some use out of them. So if you don’t have these already bookmarked, they’re pretty good:
https://www.imagefap.com/organizer/385251/Female-anatomy-for-artist
https://www.imagefap.com/organizer/294745/Perfect-Gymnasts

I’ll add that the whole of imagefap is a great resource for figure drawing, men and women, if you’re willing to wade through some tough looking images.

>want to do this
>cant find good male poses
its not easy being a fujo

Using a shitty diigtal camera. Phone broke. Not fixing, not buyng new. FIlling a sketchbook with 5-10 min studies.

and you started day 4 of the month? i already lost it

>>6506077
nta, it doesn't take long to do a couple of poses a day you'll catch up in no time.

>>6506045
have you tried looking at the hm board? Also posespace or grafit studio if you are okay with paying

i sometimes wonder if theres a better way learn on your own but mindlessly copying something in mass
found myself being comparatively good at that now and still total shit at painting from imagination

>>6506116
I usually go to the draw threads to practice my imagination drawing or you can take the figure youre drawing and rotate it

yeah ik i suck but here i am. this took me longer than i'd like to admit. but i couldn't for the life of me figure out the right foot. im also pretty happy with the hand considering i have less than 2 hours drawn in hands and it was a weird angle. the other hand was impossible she was doing ninjutsu shit with her fingers

also i pretty much start out with an oval/egg for the torso in every drawing. but where exactly is the bottom of the egg? i think they're the ribs/belly button for me which can't be right.

I also have no clue what my canvas size should be. Sometimes I feel like I draw too small/big so I just made a huge canvas. will post ref next, got it from >>6505994

>>6506412

here for today. Know that should do them in lines but just cannot force myself

>>6506412
nice. Now do 1000 more of these.

>>6505994
here're some figures from today. couldn't quite get going on these, had trouble loosening up so they're a bit stiff and sweaty. hopefully tomorrow is a bit better

>>6506116
well if you really are 'mindlessly' copying reference images then that'll certainly impede your growth. it can be tough to do for long stretches of time, but really trying to be 100% present helps a lot.
I've stopped having tv/youtube on in the background or listening to music while drawing. feel like I'm taking in information a lot easier now. really has helped me a lot.
maybe a "no shit" rec that you and lots of other anons do, but after 2 years of always having something on in the background distracting me, it was a hard habit to shake. well worth it though.
now I just have 'cozy fireplace with crackling sounds' on so I don't have to go 100% cold turkey.

>>6506412
>also i pretty much start out with an oval/egg for the torso in every drawing. but where exactly is the bottom of the egg? i think they're the ribs/belly button for me which can't be right.
not sure I fully understand what you think 'can't be right' but a oval for the ribcage is a good way to start a figure drawing

>>6506434
regarding distractions good for you but i personally tend to overthink myself to the point of insanity in total silence.

>>6506434
i wasn't sure if it ended near the pelvis area or not, or if that would make the torso easier than if I end it at the rib cage

>>6506446
gotcha. forgive me if you know all this, but just so we're on the same page:
not sure what resources you're using to study with but they should cover thinking about the figure in terms of it's component 3d 'forms', i.e. the ribcage, pelvis, head, two forms for each arm and leg, hands and feet. this is a 'constructive' approach to figure drawing that has you orient these 3d forms on the page in positions corresponding to what you see in the reference. it feels basically the same as posing an action man as you get better at drawing 3d objects (boxes, spheres, basic perspective).
so anyway, all that is a long way to set up that when I say 'an oval for the ribcage', try to visualise the ribcage in the figure you're drawing and mark that down as an oval on the page, and do something similar for all the forms in the figure. loomis and hampton and vilppu can all teach you what shapes you can use.

>>6506442
fair enough, whatever works for you.
but I'll say that I felt much the same way. the first couple of days drawing in silence were like scraping nails across a chalk board. but after not too long a clarity set in and I'm able to focus a lot better now. I'm not able to overthink in the silence because all of my attention is turned to the task of drawing (when all is going well).
so it went: 50% drawing, 50% yt/music, 0% bullshit thoughts
to: 50% drawing, 50% bullshit thoughts
to: 100% drawing, 0% bullshit thoughts
but the process of getting to that point takes time, is painful and I'm not always there, you have to stay vigilant and keep on yourself to focus on the drawing at hand. it's tough! but when you're 100% in that zone, like a surfer in the tube like in surfs up, nothing feels better.

don't know your particular circumstance, maybe you've got adhd or what have you, but I can say for me it was probably a simple case of frying my brain with constant stimulation. checking the phone first thing when you wake up etc..

>>6505889
I'm envious of people who can fill an entire page with nice figures
I dunno, I get caught up on trying to make something that looks wrong look right, when I guess the point of these is to just do them until it looks right the first time without having to redo parts of it

>>6506446
>>6506482
having said all that, there's more than one way to skin a cat. you can think about the torso in terms of other shapes as seen here. just that when i said 'oval for ribcage' that was the train of thought I was using

>>6505866
>>6505776
wait, these are tableguy's? Damn, he should draw like this more often, these are great

>>6505776
I'm a bit out of practice. Trying out Kritas charcoal brushes. Refs are from Grafit.

>>6506647
refs are from super pose book nude

>>6506643
some longer ones

>>6506647
nice, i really like the rendered one

>>6505776
if you drew this op, where do you get the pose ideas from?

why does everyone's rough sketches look better than my finished lineart

>>6506702
Did you not look at the thread he linked, scroll down a bit and you see that someone dumped a shit ton of good references.

>>6506737
I dont read posts, except yours right now

I'm not doing this every day but coincidentally my local figure drawing group got rescheduled and I can attend again now. Here's this week's pose.

>>6505994
Thanks anon

>>6506875
watch your proportions, bitch is like 80% torso

i’d like to do this, but i’m /beg/. would it unironically help to read loomis’ book?

>>6507305
vipplu is pretty good for figure drawings.

>>6506703

Hey there, drawbros. I did these throughout the previous week after a very long gesture grind, I'm trying to familiarize myself with the process of gesture to construction drawings but I'm very slow at it still.

Any feedback and guidances on my figures?

Where can I go from here?
Kinda lost on what to do next apart from improving my drawing times. I wanna try doing them on just 10 minutes or less.

>>6507582
I also did an attempt at shading and rendering. I think I'm pretty good at it ngl. It's still unfinished tho.

>>6507582
work on proportion, you seem to make the figure longer than needed. The shading doesn't look too bad though.

thanks for the motivation to practice these
I'm intimidated to practice on my own so I followed along with this video, I thought it was helpful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhIRClkM034

>>6505776

>>6507659
you got a blog?

>>6506651
Where do you get it? Or is it a physical copy?

>>6507704
@snobbiez

How long do you take for your poses? These are 1 minute poses and I'm not sure If I'm underperforming and should draw faster or if I should give myself more time

>>6506434
didn't do much figure drawing today

>>6506647
wow, such lovely shapes. feel like I must be following you somewhere, but in case I'm not, would you share your blog?

>>6507738
those super pose books were in the artbook thread at one point. maybe you can still get them from the links in the OP

>>6508022
Just enjoy it. Everybody works at different speeds. You’ll get faster the more mileage you get so keep that pen mobile.

I changed the direction of my hatching on 48 and 49. I think it looks better, but i need to experiment more tomorrow.

>>6505820
Just draw lots of figures..

>>6505825
They are mine, i rarely make threads with my drawings as OP, but i was super upset that mods deleted the /swr/ thread

>>6505837
I think maybe 5-10 min. I really liked timed figure drawing. Sometimes you just need the structure of the prearranged session. Drawing until you feel done takes a lot of discipline that i dont have.

>>6505887
I stole the electrical socket faces from the nyzugen bekaliev guy, i never know how to spell his name

>>6506116
Usually around the 30-40th copy something snaps and i learn something new, but for everyone it is different. It’s like brute force method of learning. Around 60-70 i lose it and i have to switch medium or style to keep going

>>6506528
Ive become numb to the fact that people like my studies more than my original work, but it still kinda stings..

>>6506702
Refs here >>6501038

>>6507305
Look up gesdraws videos on youtube, and just follow the timer. Loomis wont help you much. There is no time for construction when you are on a 30s timer. Lots of people are inspired by vipplu, but personally i hate how he teaches. He makes me not want to draw. I dont know how people can tolerate his teaching style.

What's that website called that has tons of model photos? I used to visit it but I can't remember anymore. You could customize your search to guys or girls, action poses, etc.

>>6508132
There are quite a few, should be one of the first couple of links. Went through my bookmarks and organized them if anyone else needed them.

Timed Figure Drawing Sites
https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing
https://quickposes.com/en
https://www.adorkastock.com/sketch/
http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en

3D Models
https://pose-trainer.com/
https://www.posemaniacs.com/
https://www.posemaniacs.com/tools/thirtyseconds
https://doll-a.net/terawell/
https://www.rkgk.org/
https://figurosity.com/quick-poses
https://hunmer.github.io/figurosity/#

Text poses for drawing from imagination
https://lifedrawing.me/randompose

Load your own images, web-based
https://abuldraw.com/get-started

Load your own images, software
https://github.com/adnv3k/GestureSesh

5-10 minute figures

Some stuff focusing on clothing i copied from a morpho book, any critique?

>>6508207
phone postings going to spell the end for me + heres some more

>>6505776
Sure I'll spam my trash here why not

>>6508224

>>6508225

>>6508227

>>6507343
>>6505867
>>6505906
>>6505896
What brush pen are you using? Are you under sketching or just doing straight inks

>>6506420
I always feel like painting figures is harder than lines

>>6506647
I’m no foot fag, but I like how you draw feet

>>6506875
Granny tits

>>6507388
Nice proportions

>>6505832
Oh yea! I thought I recognized your style. That was a good thread. I wonder what happened to OP, we never got to finish that book.

>>6505776
It a shame, loved those ref threads. Posted a few works there, like this one >>6503586

At least this time i can change for a more simple thing.

>>6508239
Faber Castell. I’m doing a quick under sketch but not much detail. Mostly trying to capture the shadow shapes of the forms on the body

>>6505776

>>6508104
Ah okay. Honestly, I didn’t think they belonged to you because they were so fucking good that I was sure that someone outside of /ic/ had made it. Not that /ic/ has bad artists, you’re just really good

>>6508239
I just realized by under sketch you meant pencil. I’m under sketching in pen, so straight ink I guess.

>>6508239
Yeah it was fun but the crabs ruined it

>>6508228

>>6508963
wew those are great
what references are you using? what time?

>>6509033
thanks!
I only do croquis
from left to right first 3 were 1 min, 2 min on the next 2 and 5 min on the last one

>>6509060
noice, thanks for the answer
I might be missing something but I googled croquis and it seems to be a method/way of drawing, is there a specific reference site/set with the same name that you're referring to? I'm asking about the references because they seem to be of athletic females which is one of the things I enjoy drawing most and I've yet to find reference sets that feature them (I usually draw from quickposes.com or sketchdaily.com and those websites have a ton of different mixed models)

>>6509072
I was referring to Croquis Cafe
they're one of if not the biggest names in online figure drawing which is why people like me just shorten it to simple "croquis" :^)

so uhhh any rips of the figuary videos? i was able to snag last year's when a based anon was sharing them on pixeldrain

>>6509294

>>6508043
some quicker ones from today

>>6508165
You are a star, bless you.

complete /beg/ here. I picked up Hampton's figure drawing book and I already feel lost.

>>6508165
>https://www.rkgk.org/
this ones great thank you

>>6509465
watch his gesture playlist on youtube

>>6509374
couple more from today. haven't drawn male figures in way too long. think I'll draw a lot more this month

>>6509465
these are good for a complete beg. starting drawing is very disorienting. so many things to learn. but yeah, looks like you're on a good track. >>6509469 this is good advice. maybe check out other teachers as well. see if you vibe with their style of teaching more.

>>6509481
To be more precise, I'm a complete beg at figure drawing specifically. I've been drawing for a while now, but I've just started to take it a little more seriously.

>>6509469
Checked out the playlist, it is so much easier to comprehend. I guess I don't like reading all that much.

some playlists of timed poses for figure drawing

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYRqaApAQGGCUm1mPME4HVOzay3OcTgH
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kHWtVjHMVod1ui5BAQf7NG56a3OHuW
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UULFxYQHZZMpu9I-oMBpR5_7lg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7EWYwaF6E-H65W-hXeKvvO_xNA_kIs5w
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVK1154-DZLrCyXFSobZ2SVisLGmmNapd
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM4KHKxlcUnq1OgSOPl_jZNgJP7t_rvNP
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM4KHKxlcUnozQVtEl3K1M8TksQae6L2L

animals, body parts, portraits and figures
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvt8_pMl6ywlRDjkYGot-ZPV1ZryTf8cF

>>6508249
Second try.

posting this here to draw along to later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhIRClkM034

longer poses

>>6506420
does it actually matter what technic to use for these?

>>6505776

>>6510147
nice work, do you use a ref?

>>6508963

>>6510185
Thanks, yeah, I just draw figures from op’s link, only I do my own take on the character itself.

>>6505889
CAD?

>>6509481
3 figs from today. starting to really enjoy drawing muscly men now.

>>6509500
gotcha, all the same, good stuff for starting out figure drawing

these took me way longer than I feel they should've

>>6510619

>>6510639

bad day today

>>6508104
Now i can’t remember which figures i have posted, i think these are new. I’m having trouble hatching the asses. It’s just a sphere, but i just cant wrap my head around it.

>>6508653
Aww thanks anon

>>6508663
Ah bold moves - looks good

>>6508963
>>6510186
Lol i saw you on /las/ keep on keeping on buddy

>>6510147
>>6508889
I feel like a loser for wanting to read the quotes on your posts, but i always enjoy them

>>6509604
Nice hatching, i guess less is more

>>6509611
How long is longer?

>>6510655
>>6510639
>>6510619
These are nice, do you come up with the poses or just bang through refs? I can only imagine the same pose over and over again, you’d think by now i would imagine something else.

>>6510666
Yeah i kinda burned out a little, just make more and then the bad ones will make your good ones look better. It’s like having an ugly friend to hang around you

>>6510681
I’m trying to get ahead, going out of town for a few weekends and i dont want to fall behind at the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn9VzqHcgjA


>>6510681
>How long is longer?
Was 1 hour for the whole page, 10 to 20 minute for each figure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7p8VRS4tg

>>6508104
>Ive become numb to the fact that people like my studies more than my original work

i like your oc more <3

>>6509604
Testing shadows.

>>6510681
Don’t worry table dude, I feel like a loser for writing them.

>>6510873
Watch your hatching, the thickness is starting to look like grotesque body hair. Some areas don’t need it, like the jaw, chin area. It winds up looking like facial hair in my experience. Keep hatching uniform (one direction) to avoid the dreaded body hair look.

Already playing catch up but im feeling up to the job. Spent a bit over 3h ranging from 5 to 15 mins per pose, i didnt really measure the time spent.
Pics used are the following: anonfiles com/wfe3M5Way1
CW: tats on female, i know some people bitch about that
>>6506116
i find doing a single much longer pose paying attention to proportions and structure and then doing shorter ones is really helpful for developing shortcuts and visual library.
> found myself being comparatively good at that now and still total shit at painting from imagination
that's because those are two different things and they dont feed off each other as much as you'd think. you have to practice both separately if that's what you want.
>>6506412
u doing gud bro, i saw the ref and in all fairness those are some fucked up hand poses. about the bottom of the oval thing it changes depending on the pose, i think eyeballing it for now from reference is fine. And dont worry about the canvas size, do what's most comfortable.
>>6506692
veri nice, mid tones have always been my weakest point in figure drawing.
>>6510681
veery niice tg
> I’m having trouble hatching the asses.
im my experience hatching a core shadow diagonally to the lighsource, doing a single smugde pass and then modelling a bit does the trick, u should try it
>>6510873
very nice consistency with the hatching, though i see a whole lot of hooking in some places

>>6511582
someone didnt skip leg day

>>6511679
Like your style change from 10+. 15, 16, 19 are my favourite. Overall good job anon.

any tips on keeping consistent proportions?

>>6510682
Made it to 100. Looking back at my first set, these are getting really stiff. I gotta loosen up. Maybe it’s the hatching. I dunno.

>>6511679
I’m still fucking with it, im going to try to radially hatch. But the hatching vs the lighting direction does make a difference. I dont know why. It’s like do you hatch to show form or to show light gradient or to indicate direction? Who knew lines could be overloaded with so much information.

Also these figs are fucking nice.


>>6512542
Use negative space to maintain landmarks. So watch where the elbows and knees make shapes with the body and try to replicate those. Also just erase and redraw it, that is probably easiest.

Does anyone draw figures from imagination? I'm at the point where I can draw relatively okay figures from references but my brain starts shitting itself when it comes to imagination. Especially when if comes to waists and legs.

>>6512648
>Made it to 100.
ABSOLUTE CHAD! Great stuff Anon! Thank you for sharing your work!

>>6512652
Yes, but you need to be able to understand each part of the body like a 3d form. Not perfectly, just in simple terms. See picrel. If you can master each isolated part of the figure, then you can put those pieces of the figure together without ever needing to reference a photo. It’s like a 3d model in your mind.

>>6512652
Also practice rotating the form pieces to get good at drawing the figure from any angle!

>>6512679
>>6512675
I agree with all of this but don't post these pictures ever again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWfVRICLec&list=UULFxYQHZZMpu9I-oMBpR5_7lg&index=5

>>6512652
I would recommend starting with just changing a limb or two to start with. You can also draw a reference from a different angle. Re-drawing a figure from memory helps too. Redrawing something you just drew shows you what you need to work on.

>>6512542
Getting a full figure down quickly helps. Once you can see the whole figure, it's easier to notice what is off. With less strokes on the page it's easier to fix the mistakes too. With a gesture drawing approach likes Glenn Vilppus, about 30 seconds is enough to get the major masses and limbs down. At that point I just check that the hips are at about halfway of the length of the figure and visually measure that it's around 7 to 8 heads tall, that's usually enough. For longer drawings or harder poses, more time is spent double checking stuff. You may find you keep making the same proportional mistakes, so that's something you can study and be on the lookout for.
A lot of the time you have to deal with foreshortened limbs and overlapping forms so it takes a lot of practice. There is also choosing what to exaggerate or idealize. For example, you can make the legs longer and it will usually look better, so when in doubt you can make them a bit longer.

>>6512687
Haha, they were just quick sketches to get the idea across. Basically this stuff should eventually flow from your hand naturally.

>>6513134

>>6506052
>>6508285
>>6510207
>>6512044

Pen died, its fun with a pencil tonight. Its easier too.

>>6510186
>>6510681
Arigatou gozaimasu Table-Sama!!!
your stuff is still so inspiring aswell :>

wait, there are a lot of efforts here. I thought you all are lazy motherfuckers.

>>6513297
Haha Idk why you thought that Anon. I’d honestly say the vast majority of people on /ic/ to actually draw in real life, and the amount of drawings per thread shows that

>>6506491
It's definitely worth spending time to hammer things out until they're right, but yes, iteration is your friend as well. Gotta go for quality and quantity, and if you can't do both then alternate them from time to time.

>>6510240
no, SAI

but yes

>>6513297
bad-faith niggers like you are one of the cancers of this board

>>6511679
Moar, still catching up. 3 1/2 h, i tracked how long most of the poses took until the last two where i lost track of time. I notice the process for drawing from reference is night/day compared to drawing a pose from imagination... maybe i should try looking at a ref for a while and then draw it from what i gathered and hopefully that mixes both approaches somehow.
>>6511799
thank u apprecianon
>>6512648
>It’s like do you hatch to show form or to show light gradient or to indicate direction?
that's the thing, all of those are options laid out for you to try. in my opinion hatching to show what's in shadow and what's in light and if the transition between those is that of a harder edge or a softer one gives enough info about the shape itself, so there's no need to hatch to 'show form' per se (imo), unless ofcourse that's what you want to study in the first place.
>Also these figs are fucking nice
i kneel, thank u.
>>6513251
very very nice lines, i think what you need now is to sharpen the soft balance between structure and flow of the poses.
>>6510147
would hit.
>>6513297
there's gains to be obtained anon, a step closer to GMIness.

>>6513409
Thx !

>>6513297
I can’t not draw. Not an option.

Buzzfeed fired a bunch of people because of AI, do you think art studios will fire a bunch of artists this week?

>>6512648
>>6510681
bit of a scrappy demo, simpler 2nd and i tried to model more midtones on the first but it's too fucking late rn

>>6513438
no

>>6513438
it is probably due to the slow economy more so of AI. Disney laid off some people recently and with the WB merger they cancel some shows as well.

>>6513454
>>6513456
Ssssshhh. Ignore him.

>>6513438
Get out of here with that shit, you crabfuck. We’re vibing in here.

knock knock

>>6513472
I'll bite, who is there?

>>6513483
AI, ready to replace you

>>6513483
It's me reality check

>>6513483
my extremely small dick

>>6512648
120/280 out for the weekend, you guys better not let our little thread get nuked by AI spam while i am away. Trying a new hatching thing where everything starts from a point then fans out. I dunno it could work, it’s like a poor mans gradient made out of lines.

>>6512652
I have to construct when i draw from imagination, and it takes like 10x longer to draw it and i end up with the same contrapasto pose with the boobs out and the girl on her knees.

>>6513251
Damn pencil looks nicer than pen. Who would have thought.

>>6513409
I’m no footfag, but i would do unholy things to the feet of 33

>>6513436
No pearls of wisdom today?

>>6513442
Man the hatching still makes the ass hairy. I have come to believe that less is more for hatching. Like just use the minimum amount you need to communicate. But i guess that is true for everything.

>>6513297
>>6513472
>>6513438
Draw me some figures you cum gobbling lazy fuck

How do you draw so loosely with random scribbles and it still looks great? I carefully draw a circle and its crap, but you guts draw spirals as circles and it looks good. I feel like I'm playing Operation when I draw.

>>6510607
more buff dudes

>>6513664
I think that's mainly a product of mileage. just drawing a lot, getting comfortable with putting marks on a page, naturally gaining in confidence. when an artist is sweating their lines and lacks confidence, it's immediately apparent and off putting to a viewer, we gravitate towards stuff that seems effortless. in the mean time, between now and years down the line once you've been drawing more, try and loosen up as best you can and be more assertive with your lines.
honestly though, it's something I have a lot of trouble with, someone else in the thread might provide better insight.

>>6512652
yep, that's why I do figure drawing. to get better at stuff from imagination.
like others have said, constructing the body out of forms is a must for this.
I think I have a bit of trouble getting my figures to not be stiff. finding it difficult to marry gestural poses and a convincing form read in my figures from ref - something I'm working on.
this's some recent stuff from imagination I'm noodling with.

How long should I be taking on a figure? These took about 5 minutes each

Got the shading down to a tee but fuck me do I need to work on my proportions. Will be drawing a lot of mannequins in the near future

>>6513751
I don't mind my figures looking stiff if I can at least make them look correct.
Stiff but correct figure>gestural but fucked up figure with strange proportions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJ6v0Mmap0&list=UULFxYQHZZMpu9I-oMBpR5_7lg&index=6

>>6513811
I prefer correct and gestural but ydy

>>6513821
20 minute poses

>>6505776
is this your wife?

>>6513934
No shit, genius

those references are really nice, but is it worth learning how to draw someone doing some insane contortionist pose you will never ever draw otherwise? Or some crazy forshortened pose where you only see their head and feet

I have been drawing for at least 30 minutes every day since december 10th, I would like to know your opinion on my disaster.

>>6514431
looks fine, might want to try drawing people.

>>6513409
>very very nice lines, i think what you need now is to sharpen the soft balance between structure and flow of the poses.
Thanks man, it happens sometimes. Mirin your drawings. Is that a ref pack with the girl in the shirt? Whered you get it?
>>6513618
>Damn pencil looks nicer than pen. Who would have thought.
Pls tell me you also work with pencil.

>>6513289
really stiff today

>>6513409
Getting looser. while the timer says this took me almost 4h it feels like i had to spend all day to fill this up but it's done now, and some of these arent too bad so i get a kick out of that.
>>6513751
these look nice to me and i wonder what your personal stuff looks like. got a blog?
>>6514431
good disaster. keep at it, have fun.

>>6514529
> Is that a ref pack with the girl in the shirt?
it indeed is.
>Whered you get it?
from a grrrrrreat place, but a time consuming one, so here you go, for your interest: anonfiles com/6cy0laX6y8

>>6514586
Holy shit thanks a lot.

>>6514453
>>6514563
Thanks, It means a lot... Here are some More :^)

>>6514806
And More..

>>6514586
nta but whenever I look at these ref packs the faces are just plain ugly. How do I think of them as cute anime girls when doing studies like yours? Pic rel I did a few days ago.

The ref for this one was so all over the place

Seeing other peoples' figure drawings is very inspirational to me, just gets me in that figure drawing mood.

>>6505776
Very rapeable

>>6505776
Anyone have a recommendation for a floating countdown timer for Windows? I use snaptimer but it crashes too much.

>>6505776
>retarded face

>>6513618
I love these references. Which site are you using? I'd love to try these as well.

https://discord.gg/YXBvwWFF
I’ve created a discord for the express purpose of drawing for the sake of drawing. Doesn’t matter what skill level you’re at, if you draw, get in here. Plan on doing fun challenges like this thread, with the focus on getting the pen to page. The purpose of drawclub is to get like-minds together to do what we love to do. No bullshit, no crabbing. Just drawing.

>>6514563
Love your faces man, very appealing!

>>6513618
Nah it was last minute and I was tired haha. Thinking of a snappy line of dialogue was the last thing on my mind.

>>6514541
feelin really bad about this one aswell
gonna start including times from now on specifically to help me cope haha

>>6513251
>>6514529.

>>6514563
im late but here i am, a bit rushed this one but still clocked at 3h. swiftness is increasing and im satisfied.
>>6514836
i honestly simply disregard the whole face for whichever cuteanimegirl style i'd like, and if im interested in the expression i try to recreate it in style. Also i'd like to know what ref pack you got that doesnt have
>just plain ugly
girls, because i'd like to draw them.
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>>6516094
fuck yeah keep goinngggg
>>6515415
>>6516209
im very happy to see u guys using the refs provided :)
>>6515814
thank u fren

>>6516385
graphis collection in /t/ but I only downloaded about 5gb of it since it's too big.

>>6516515
do you recommend any particular sets out of it?

>>6516527
No, I just grabbed whatever lmao.

>>6515521
I use the quickposes desktop app.

After drawing so long with digital, it feels nice to do these with a good old fashioned pencil

I stopped being a pussy and gave it a try, still struggling with proportions and making simplifications of each component that make it easy to pose and have a strong sense of construction, Tried to apply anatomy from imagination, while using these shitty 3d anime models to use as reference so there is a fuckton of anatomical aberrations lol, lmao

1, 2 and 5 minute figures

fuck me I KNEW there was some kind of thing in february, but totally forgot about figuary
gonna start late as fuck in this shit is croqui cafe still paid?

>>6505776
>280 in a month
Damn how much sparetime do you have?
I'm aiming for 80 and already struggling.

>>6516898
croqui cafe is still paid, there are some image set here if you want to use that.

>>6517042
how long does it take you to do a drawing?

>>6517050
Not really sure honestly, I'm having a hard time keeping them short and simple.
This is what I've made since january.

>>6517054
>>6517050

Just made this in 4 minutes.
I guess my problem is I keep going

>>6517062
Forgot pic

>>6517064
Do you do any gestures anon?

>>6517064
This took me 8 minutes however

>>6517072
Fuck again...

>>6517070
I thought this was gestures?
Sorry I'm a /beg/

>>6517073
go watch Richard Smitheman on youtube he has some good video on figure drawings plus he has been livestreaming as well

>>6517073
Those are figure studies, gesture is a bit different, it can be simpler, and you'll focusing more on movement, exaggeration and shapes.
Unironically watch this and you'll get it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyuCq6VWVeA
You should be thinking more about simplifying the form while keeping the pose loose, do you do studies where you pick a pose and try to draw it only with simplified shapes? Like boxes and cillinders

>>6517088
Alright, thank you.

>>6517096
Okay I'll give it a go.
No haven't really tried that a lot

>>6516385
started sooner, 4 1/2h, fml. refs from >>6505994

>>6516515
will check it out thx

>>6516094
longer session today :D
chubby model too!
>>6516385
you aswell clean-kun!!

>>6517752
bah, forgot pic

I had a lot of fun with these :)

>>6518255
#36 was done from imagination, I think it turned out half-decent

Here are some 5 minute figures while I watch Will Weston's lectures

>>6518278

the problem with figure drawing is people just draw the figures naked, so when it comes to drawing something from imagination, obviously with clothing, people don't really get how to do it

you've got to get anatomy down, but also understand different types of clothing and folds and connect them together; otherwise you get an idea of how to draw a figure, but can't implement it into any character design

struggled with these poses

>>6507582
I did some 10m figure drawings this week, I still need to optimize my times a little bit more. I also think I should revisit the bean and robo bean thingies as well, in order to fix the torsos.

>>6507596
>work on proportion, you seem to make the figure longer than needed.
I tried to maintain proportions, how about now?

>>6507587
I've also finished this one with shading and rendering

>>6518420
This is my issue exactly.

I have literally done fucking circles around courses and books to be frustrated again and again.

I cannot find a single figure drawing course that is fantasy art based, and also clothes figures with armor and costumes etc.

Its very frustrating to say the least.

>>6517616
Dynamic ! Nice!

>>6516886
Bottom left is familiar, line-of-action, by chance?

This thread is on fire! Nice work everyone

does anyone have a croquis login they wouldn't mind sharing?

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>>6518420
for me personally I always used quick figs as a way of improving my lines aswell as my sense of proportion
besides, there are clothed sessions, free ones at that, floating around even on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV2nIi-JeW4&

>>6518595
the proportion looks better.

>>6517616
getting quicker slowly, just shy of 3h. dont ask what's the point of some poses, maybe im doing cique du soleil sexo mode

also, so many people drawing... that's fucking great, keep it up.

>>6518780
thank u, hopefully i won't keep resorting to my comfortzony poses in my personal stuff after this

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>>6518598
The proportions are very messed up on this, otherwise good job anon.

does 1-2 min fig drawings piss anyone else off? it's like, I think I'm pretty okay at drawing and then I do these speed draws and it's rancid to look at.

>>6519338
I fucking hate rushing. Whenever I try to do timed figures I always end up with fucking shit because I always try to think how to actually draw this part or that part. And when there's a ticking timer I end up scribbling something incomprehensible.

>>6519365
you get me man. there has to be a equilibrium of quality and quantity.. how can you activate the retrieval part of your brain when you're just rushing to finish? 5 minutes is probably better.

>>6513618
130/280
Started to combine the figures with pokemon. I guess I can finish the first gen 150 before the end of figuary.

>>6514529
>>6516770
Pencil clubbbbb - I’m also penciling right now. But I keep fucking up and erasing like a ngmi

>>6513779
Take as long as you want. But usually quantity is better than quality if you are just starting out.

>>6513962
Yes. Let’s play a game, one of the images posted in this thread was a photo of my wife, you have to guess which one it was >>6501038

>>6515519
Your face is rapeable

>>6515537
Your face is retarded

>>6516806
Posing the models always seems like it takes so long. Just copying a reference photo seems so much easier, and they’re are already in an aesthetic pose.

>>6516898
Just do timed figure drawing, you can get 12 poses in 20 minutes off gesdraws. So you’d be done in like 8 hrs

>>6519137
#113

>>6519338
Do a couple dozen 10s drawings, then 1 minute will feel like an eternity.

>>6519382
140/280 halfway there. It’s all downhill now

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>>6519137
140 for the 14th :)) I hope you guys have fallen in love with drawing figures

>>6519929
do you erase or doing everything in one go?

>>6519948
i do erase, i can't quite hit everything right the 1st time, maybe it's inherent to using screenless tablets...

>>6505776
what counts as a "figure" anyway
are 60 second gestures permitted?
yes i'm actually dumb pls no bully ):

>>6519955
how long does it take to do one of those drawings?

>>6519956
figure drawing is what the name implies drawing the figure, yes you can do timed gestures drawings

>>6519961
a single pose might take from 10 to 15 mins, i dont really time them because all i try to do often is to obtain info that i might find useful or that interest me, so most poses result in a replica of sorts, except on the faces, as you can tell

>>6519961
>figure drawing is what the name implies drawing the figure, yes you can do timed gestures drawings
just making sure. thanks.

>>6505776
Holy shit this looks so good, I just want to kill myself, don’t stop me.

3 minute figures today, I did not expect them to be so fucking hard

Speeding up the process on this one

god damn tableguy is indefatigable. most i've been able to do was 7 10-minute drawings before my brain just turned off

>>6505832
Kill yourself discord shitter

>>6520557
>>6520661
you dont get good by being fast, you get fast by being good

>>6520689
it's ok anon, if it makes you feel better he's probably neglecting his wife's baby.

>>6506414
Thank you for the reference. Here is my take, I am grateful for any critique

>>6519385
how many years have youve been drawing anon?

>>6519929
those are some smooth lines bro

>>6506412
Read about gesture drawing and try that, it greatly helps with stiffness

Where male figure ref at

Contributing

>>6519929
over the halfway point now
>>6520697
there's benefits to both going slower and going faster when doing figure drawing, enough benefits to not simply disregard one way just because >you dont get good by being fast
>>6520557
>I did not expect them to be so fucking hard
that's right,the shorter time is making you simplify stuff you could only do with a longer set time, and that's hard indeed, keep going
>>6520757
thx bro
>>6521184
fucking solid

>>6520936
Seconding please

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>>6505776
>granny bodies
>anime faces
But why?

>>6521470
>granny bodies
Where?

>>6521470
Post your work. I'm seriously interested.

>>6521482
nta but why would you be interested in some schizobeg's scribbles?

>>6521485
For that precise reason. The contrast between a proficient artist with a positive attitude and the miserable artist with nothing to show.

>>6519385
150/280 i was trying to match the pokemon to the pose, but it wasn’t working. Then I tried to force a figure into the silhouette of the pokemon, but that also didnt work. Finally for the nidorans, i just posed the figure like the pokemon is posed and that seemed to work.

>>6520526
You should look at the other drawings in the thread. This has been the best thread on ic we’ve had in a long time.

>>6520689
I dont think that is a word. Keep at it buddy and post your figgies!

>>6520730
I only draw while my kid is asleep which is for like 2.5hrs a day. When I have less time I focus more effort instead of dicking around on /ic/ and discord. Time has become very precious now.

>>6520755
10 years

>>6521470
You prefer anime bodies with granny faces?

>>6521764
160/280 i like how this set came out. I felt like i channeled the figure drawing and the pokemon appropriately.

got to 50, finally

Warm ups

tried warming up with shorter timed figures and to consciously avoid erasing
my hatching still comes out like garbage though

>>6521764
do you draw for a living or have a different job?

>>6521766
Love the faces man, keep up the good work

>>6521370
I have no idea what I did with the right hand on the bottom left one pls don't look haha

Trying to work on values

Im afraid we're about to hit bump limit. we're drawing so much bros....

>>6521766
180/280 only 100 more to go

>>6522097
I used to sling code for like a decade. I am stay at home dad now.

>>6522445
Thanks - nice ass no homo

>>6521777
Nice trips, only 230 more to go!!

>>6522044
Love the angles and straight lines

>>6522522
People slowed down a lot, but we will probably make it to another thread..

a few quick figures

>>6522954
and here's a 15 min one

>>6505776
Today's work, let's make another thread when this one reach its bump limit drawbros

>>6522993
I know that volleyball girl 2nd from left on bottom.

1hr 23mins

Some 3 minute warmups

>>6505776
how can one draw this much in a day? id hit my limit after 3 of these

got to it earlier today. no ref present and a lot of holes (of information) to fill. very fun all in all.
>>6522869
35-38
>im not a furry but...

>>6523123
i want to see your 3 daily figures anon

ultra /beg/ anon here, how the fuck do I get started with figure drawing bros?

>>6523234
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpH8T2CRlLI
this is a good place to start, he also does livestreams of figure drawings if you want to watch

>>6523123
At a certain point you understand what lines to draw and how to effectively communicate figures that replicating them becomes light work

>>6523123
>limit
the problem u /beg/ people have is overthinking, and probably drawing your lines so slow it defeats the purpose of figure drawing. whole point is to draw fast and capture the figure. draw and move on immediately

>>6523256
Big thanks anon!

Should a /beg/ do gestures or nah? If yes,are 30 sec drawings good enough for getting started?

>>6522995
yeah, do you have more pics of her?

>>6523398
you can do a little bit of gesture. 2-3 minutes. Don't do 30 seconds though. it's useless imo. Spend most of your time on 10-20 minute drawings though.

>>6523438
Thanks for replying,had to ask because I received a lot of contradicting advice about gesture.I wish there were more threads focused on figure and gesture...

>>6523458
it's very confusing, but the further you get along, the more clear it becomes. One of the biggest existential crises I faced when I was a beginner was the contradiction between the way Proko did gesture and the way Vilppu did it, I shit you not. Just pick one and keep practicing, worry the differences later

>>6523468
This. Unironically, just choose the one style you find the most pleasing to look at and stick to it. You'll start to understand the whole coin the more you pay attention to either side of it.

>>6522955
That face will haunt my dreams

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>>6523502
Thanks for the tips anons
You all gmi

I am late to the party

>>6505776
New thread boys and girls
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>>6505994
How do I download the images on those links?