/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Reposting here
>>6833632 #
Same anon here. Am I doing these too fast? I feel somewhat good about this but also unsatisfied. I feel like I do them too quickly but I also feel like it's really the best I can do or that I feel aimless on what to do? I feel like when drawing this I started off stylized but tried to shade in a more realistic manner which makes it look a bit odd or contrasting. Used a blending stick which I'm still learning how to use.
Some parts look alright with how I did it... but other parts look completely confused on where the lighting is exactly coming from. I feel like I wasn't sure how to do it.
Critique it I guess or suggest the steps I should take?
Reference used: https://pin.it/12ivhqw

>>6833732
timed figure drawings

I'm just a weak pussy nodraw. Art was the only thing going for me as a human being, but I'm incapable for that. Fuck life.

>>6833741
blog / socials?
Pretty much exactly what I want my gestures too look like.

hi fellow begs

>>6833741
What Steve Huston's courses have you took?

>>6833755
Hi, beg.

>>6833746
Literally me except I keep drawing and continue to feel depressed about my lack of skills

Mebbe if Wilma wasn't such a batch and decided to draw once in a while, Fred could stand to be around her more often. Just a thought, kind of brainstorming here with a cuppa coffee.

idk why its so dark

I was going to start coloring, but then I thought about adding a loli eavesdropping.
t's already cluttered, should I add her, or just leave it as is?

a few more arms

>>6833813
Better than the pig nose. What's up with you lines? Do you want them to be sketchy? Is that your style? Or are you going to clean them up?

>>6833817
Thanks. I don't mind a little sketchiness but I'd like them to be a bit cleaner. Right now I'm just focusing on anatomy and proportion practice.

>>6833741
This is /pro/ we don't need more schizos here. Begone.

>>6833836
Pro? I think med/high int. Look at those hands

>>6833745
no blog, no social
>>6833756
2 NMA courses, head drawing and figure drawing by steve huston
>>6833836
im beg and schizo confirmed
>>6833841
rate my hands

>>6833851
Shoulda led with that. Your hand sketches are way better than your minimalist figures sketches
But I stand by my stance, that hand in your first post looked bad.

A classmate let me borrow her ipad to test out procreate, I'm considering buying it for my old ipad for when I go on vacation somewhere
>>6833736
That's nice anon, it's normal you feel confused at first trying new things, keep it up and in just a few other drawings you'll feel much more confident
>>6833741 >>6833804 >>6833851
Zased
>>6833755
Big fan of this little guy, but his left foot is a bit wonky

A classmate let me borrow her ipad to test out procreate, I'm considering buying it for my old ipad for when I go on vacation somewhere
>>6833736
That's nice anon, it's normal you feel confused at first trying new things, keep it up and in just a few other drawings you'll feel much more confident
>>6833741
>>6833808
>>6833851
Zased studies
>>6833755
Big fan of this little guy, but his left foot is a bit wonky

>>6833870
Once again, you spend too much time shading/coloring. It's not terrible if all you wanna draw is loose body parts (I actually like this hand, the anatomy looks stylized) but you need to work on head construction and move away from shape drawing

And also another class mspaint doodle

Another day/portrait

>>6833797
It looks like you're pressing too hard on some of your line work, and it makes them wobbly. Like on a few of Fred fingers and his right foot. Whereas you have nice smooth lines on Wilmas hair twirl and dress
>>6833879
Bug woman aside, looks great. Great shading, and the head looks properly constructed

>>6833851
>2 NMA courses, head drawing and figure drawing by steve huston
Thanks.

What did you guys think?

>>6833797
>>6833886
>It looks like you're pressing too hard on some of your line work
It was redrawn but I think I'm after some odd off-model influence. Like it's leaning toward underground comix at the fringe, like the characters are the same but they're viewed as being more distorted somehow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-VuMwAfXCAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4cJUjFfMo

oil on canvas, 10x15cm

what do you guys think? Any tips?

>>6833961
Uhh...yea anon...ima need you to send me the source file for this, uhh please.
I'm finna-
I mean, I'm looking to use it as reference.

>>6833961
Show the photo of the entire canvas?

>>6833964
it’s baby small i know, it’s only 10x15cm

>>6833971
how big is that?

>>6833971
I was honestly suspecting digital, but I guess you just took a really good photo. I like the melon, anon, although it's a bit too perfect imo.

>>6833974
10x15cm

Character concept sketch, I should work on a way to bridge the quality gap between my traditional and digital art

>>6833874
What class are you in?Looks cool btw

I finally got a tablet
should I continue using paint.net? I used it for minor edits and such with my mouse and got really used to it's simple UI
the only feature I'd like is actual brushes
which FREE art software's like net?

>>6833993
Thanks anon! But I'd prefer not sharing my personal information...
>>6833961
Nice
>>6833989
Très cool, par contre il manque un peu de détail sur son casque, ça serait mieux si la fente du casque était plus petite aussi

>>6834004
>Paint.net
Do you do pixel art? That's the best free one for that.
If not, pirate CSP or Photoshop.

CSP is $20 bucks on sale right now

is the company mega jewish? even if it's cheap I might not want to give them money

>>6834006
ouais je vois , c'est juste un premier jet avant de bien pousser le concept

>>6833989
I thought that was earth worm Jim
very disappoint

>>6834004
I've grown to like MyPaint. It would probably be rough for someone accustomed to editing but it's more straightforward than say Krita.

>>6833801
>>6833800
>>6833799
Book of the new sun?

>>6834018
Yes, you won't get new updates with that, only the 2.0 version. If you sub for a year it's 23 bucks, like the program and updates so I have a sub.

>>6834018
The 2.0 release and the new pricing scheme are indeed rather jewish. I just use my older pirated version and I'm really happy with it. It even lets me use the asset store, I got all my brushes from there.

>>6834066
>>6834072
aight

Guess i'l' scour the internet for a download then

What are some productive things I can do to improve my artwork that's SFW? I just do line exercises.

As a fellow /beg/ said here:

>fuck it, just gonna draw cute, gonna die anyways

>>6832776
Some of these poses were definitely above my pay grade. Wish I could do these faster. Can't really execute them rapidly.

>>6833836
Do not scare my enemies away.

Seeing >>6833741 >>6833851 and the red pen gesture anon makes my blood boil and I instantly open Krita to draw. I NEED to get better.

I’m struggling a bit with hands, any good sources I could use such as sites or books that can help me improve sketching hands?

https://perchance.org/object
Generated 5 random objects and used refs from google images

>>6834096
Cute! I drew a plushie from life just over a week ago. They are good models, more well-behaved than humans

Sketching from reference. Don't know what else I can do to escape /beg/dom

finished my gesture course

>>6833916
delícia

sup guys you chillin?

>>6834186
no I'm suffering every second of my existence and will suffer until the sweet embrace of death and then samsara wants me to restar the game and start from level 0 again I hate it I WANT OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>6834056
Just some creatures I came up with. Never read that book

>>6833961
Very nice! It needs shadows where it meets the table.

Hows this for an early draft? It kinda looks off. like crooked?
I want to figure it out before progressing.

Hello beg. Planes and my mortal enemy: circle in perspective

>>6834186
is that white polar bear or a sloth?
>>6834184
you are putting the eye line too high unless there is some construction step where you add extra on top of oval skull
>>6834182
that is pretty solid for a "beg/dom"
>>6834125
use your own hand as reference. remember: not rules, just tools and fools.
>>6834120
>makes my blood boil and I instantly open Krita to draw. I NEED to get better.
based
>>6834096
man these are cute. Slap some color on them, post it on twitter and you will drown in followers if you keep consistent posting schedule there. People LOVE cute things
>>6834004
KRITA. It even has all mypaint brushes
>>6833961
looks like dry piece of melon. And well maybe your ref was a bit dry. Add juice by adding white highlights
>>6833879
very good
>>6833804
just do it! no loli < loli
>>6833797
based cartoonist
>>6833736
you are the drawer, only you can decide what sort of art direction you want and same goes for finishing drawing: it is done when you feel it is done. The crit is easy here: the newspaper is flat, the cute doggo isnt even fully rendered and he is sitting on nothing in room of vacuum
>>6834242
her eyes are too low (not in middle of skull), we cannot see bottom of her nose (head tilted)

>melon-flavoured pebbles
Did anyone eat that cereal? The original image probably comes from that late 80s movie when Pebbles gives birth.

>>6834267
original has a much lower angle obviously, it's not very convincing perspective-wise either however

hello beg
Don’t tell the anon who told me to finish this that I gave up on it. Felt unsalvageable. On to the next.

Thought id take a break from copies and studies to draw from my imagination. Hows this look as like a comic cover?

>>6833741
>beg
Stop flexing and get the fuck out of here

>>6834302
Looks good, do you read from right-to-left? Would it look better without the standing figures?

>>6834296
is that her Spidey-Sense?

Learning and drawing along with Will Weston at the moment, really happy with how things are going currently
Although I'll definitely need to work on my line confidence I'm sure that'll come with time

>>6834325
nice forms, keep it up

got my staedtler noris digital pencil today, gonna try doing my exercises on my phone

Any issue here? Thanks

>>6834309
Ayo its gonna be left to right, and yeah maybe itd look better if the two standing were behind the cityscape, but i dunno

i did a "life drawing" in VR using a screenless tablet to draw in a photoshop window pinned over the game world. this is from super smash bros melee. it's a lot of fun although it is kind of a pain in the ass

>>6834402
cute

Bit of digital sketching

>>6834414
Bit of trad

>>6834395
Her left hand looks a bit stiff an unnatural, I'm assuming you want to show both breasts and tried to fit it in. If not, I'd adjust her left arm to bend upwards (if you can, do this with your own arm in front of a mirror to see how it feels first), it could block at least her left breast but it'd look more natural, as for the hand, I'd think about something like pic related, obviously applying perspective logic to it, couldn't find a better ref because all retards holding cigars are right handed on google images.
If you must show tit then the other solution is to bend her torso towards the camera with her forearm pointing up like before, meaning adjusting the entire pose.

Day 18, continuing the line art, should I continue onto the coloring/rendering after I finish so I can try to emulate every part of the master drawing?

Alright it's from a 1993 movie where Pebbles has twins and everyone's in the delivery room wearing a mask. Hadn't really thought about it much desu

>>6834483
Fellow hanna barbera inspired anon. You are so close. I'm too drunk to redline right now, but Ill try and remember tomorrow

>>6833851
>NMA courses
Any chance I can pirate these? I'd suggest you search up how to rip videos from websites and help out your fellow beggers here ;-)

>>6834502
Okay it will be nice to see a more natural gesture in the pose

>>6834402
>Melee
Takes me back, although I heard Brawl was a bit slower and sometimes that can be kino too.

>>6833732
>tfw made the header
woah, thanks op
i should get into coloring stuff more, i feel a little rusty on that front

Perhaps my favorite thing about Bridgman is the Bridgwomen. His female figures are so good and so underrated, holy shit.
>>6833390
Irina of naked-gymnast.com apparently. It was in a ref pack I downloaded from the reference thread.
>>6833736
Looks cool. Work on hands and look up cast vs form shadows and hard vs soft shadow edges.
>>6833627
>>6833728
Yeah. That’s how the old masters trained and how they trained their apprentices and workshop assistants. To draw without copying or imitating is like trying to learn guitar without playing any songs you didn’t write.
>>6833388
Oh. Pretty good, Anon. Looks like you just need to get back in the swing of things and grind faces, then.
>>6833741
Oh, I was just thinking about you. Nice job, Huston anon.
>>6833755
Foot’s rough, but everything else is great! I love his gloves!
>>6833804
When in doubt, add more loli
>>6833808
Those look good as fuck
>>6833870
Sending you good vibes, anon.
>>6833862
Cool knight. I use procreate. Seems like pen tilt is weird sometimes, but I overall like it.
>>6833874
Cool!
>>6833879
Beautiful
>>6833961
Looks nice. Kind of dry, like Pawell said.
>>6834120
I have a similar feeling, but it’s mostly feeling inspired, friendly competition, and wanting to git gud so senpai notice me.
>>6834096
All else being equal, cuter is better.
>>6834182
Dynamic Sketching
>>6834184
Congrats! Good job!
>>6834186
No; too hot
>>6834242
Is this a master study, or are you just using it as a ref?
>>6834287
looks good though
>>6834302
Based imaginationchad
>>6834325
Oh, that looks really good. Where’d you find will’s stuff?
>>6834395
Her nearest breast might be more deformed by gravity
>>6834507
>>6831458
>>6834474
Up to you. I’d do more line drawing studies, but why not try painting it for fun? GREAT job btw
>>6834414
>>6834415
Nice faces, anon!
>>6834402
Cool idea, cute drawing.
>>6834483
Appealing, but her hip’s at eye level, so we’d be looking up at her chest and head from below

30min today between patients

20min this morning.

Drawing clouds is really fucking hard. taking any pointers if you gottem.

>>6834523
You do a lot of studies and drawing anon, you're gonn make i-
>between patients
Anon, tell me you're a receptionist or some dental hygienist

20min this morning.

>>6834536
I work in private health, seeing patients directly. Mostly strokes and brain damage, but I'm studying to go into ergonomics. Easier on the back.

>>6834534
I've drawn clouds the same way for 20+ years. Since I played Monkey Island 3, they inspired me.

>>6834539
Interesting. I had a few private "docs" help after my motorcycle accident. Are you the same anon who post those nude renders all the time? Because these dont look like it, and I'm starting to think I have you confused.

>>6834516
That looks great, anon! I really like this. Although, I wonder if drawing her face in a more realistic/3d style to match the rest of her body would look better. Maybe not. Purely a style thing, and it looks really good already. Good job.
>>6834523
Oh, hey, you added some highlights and some lighter values, good! That’s especially good for just 30 minutes, too. I’d use reference with harsher, simpler, more direct lighting, because I’m a brainlet and subtlety of lighting can make form harder to read, harder to separate the light and dark sides. Good job, Doc. Keep it up.
>>6834534
Looks cool as hell though. Oh! I can’t believe it, but I actually have something for this. Pic related.
>>6834526
>>6834539
This looks a lot like Huston gesture anon, except on trad. That you? Doctor Huston? These look very good, by the way.
>>6834544
He’s a man of mystery

>>6834547
thanks anon, but i'm still wrapping my own head around finding my footing with this style. when i get into school later this month (unless they fuck me over with my pell grant and don't hold my courses until i pay) i'll almost certainly have an excuse to dabble in more realistic faces and stuff though.

>>6834544
Yeah I'm the same one. I'm taking my time and trying to do a little digital and trad, and the quality of my output is very fluctuative.

>>6834547
Thanks, will do. Also, I'm just a physical therapist, PhD through neuroscience, so I'm still anon not doc <}:^)

>>6834569
Oh ok it is you. My work also varies, but usually because Ive been drinking. Not because of the medium. Yeah man,, you grind out a ton of stuff, def gmi

>>6834577
You anons make it easy. Good feedback, good advice. It's a cozy community and I'm glad I'm back.

>>6834524
anon from >>6834242
im just using it as reference.

Wait, is the Sticky for the board deleted?

>>6834634
no, maybe you have it hidden >>1579290

>>6834634
>>6834637
oh if you meant the link, yeah it seems dead
you can use this one https://discover.hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn
there is also another one in the OP

>>6834642
sad. feels like the end of an era

Autism

>>6834305
how is that not beg?

This power could be yours if only you stopped using reference!

i cant draw circles but the fountain pen brush is cool :}

>>6834507
bump

op plz do le screen recording and send

Started on the second assignment
I actually feel like I'm learning so much, it's nice

>dreamt of drawing lolis again

What do you do (artistically) when you're in psychotic rage? I want to scream from the top of my lungs, rage and break things, I hate this world.

>>6834765
do you have any vent art

day 54
ive been coping hard that the reasons messy sketches by my favourite artists look good (despite anomalies like rectangle knees or shit) is because they have good shilouettes and shape language which i don't
I've been trying to draw very slowly and thoughtfully, the goal is for your hands to move slower than your brain but my brain is so fucking slow it takes me so long to get a few lines down im such a BRAINLET fuck

>>6834759
i dreamt of drawing twink at least a few times
what do you dream about drawing anons?
>>6834547
nice guide
>>6834516
soul... SOUL
>>6834415
i kneel
>>6834402
my god the future is here...
>>6834395
the "issue" here is that it's not my pov this very moment
>>6834182
hey it's the same reference i used once, fellow pinterest-chad
>>6833961
the perspective is isometric but that just makes it more SOUL, legit good painting would hang on my wall
>>6833879
pretty
>>6833755
beatiful
>>6834668
this exercise is so bullshit, i always fuck it up, it boggles the mind how someone can do this just by sight-seeing

feel done with this for now, time to figure out what to draw next

Posted some of my work here >>6834780

Would appreciate some info on what to work on
(Also gives a bit of background info about me if you care enough to read the OP) much love x ;)

Character sheet, help me name them

Kookaburra
>mfw still have to use fraudulent messy lines to hide mistakes
Welp, guess starting with drawabox is the only way. Btw should I post drawabox exercises on their page or is alright to keep them to myself?

Damn I am trying to draw gestures and volumes but keep drawing the contour.
Its hard to destroy bad habits.

>>6834758
Had to start from scratch because i didnt save the file, kek
i dont really mind since I get to practice more

>>6834833
Aaand done LESSGOOOOOOOOOOO
Really enjoyed this exercise, definitely gonna revisit it in the future

>>6834862
watch the critiques, you probably made some mistakes and don't even realize it
the critiques are 70% of the course

>>6834832
Ok after browsing the board I think I need to read Vilppu

>>6833732
timed figure drawings

:(

>>6834867
Sadly don't have access to those so I'll just press on without

>>6834871
After reading Vilppu I realised I was practicing completely wrong.
I just tried to accurately copy the photos but Vilppu said I should analyze the model first and find gestures.
Damn at least now I know the way.

>>6834833
>>6834862
where is this exercise from?

>>6834910
based and vilppu-pilled
>>6834912
not telling you, lole :^D
jk, its Ahmed Aldoori's "meds map". So far I'm recommending it

>>6834916
lol thanks :D
I've been trying to find some /beg/ friendly exercises for rendering

>>6834918
Yeah I understand since im beg as well
I think Aldoori breaks it down pretty well when it comes to rendering form and coloring. There's a ton of stuff in his course, so I'm only like 5% done with it

>>6834474
What's your routine for mastering lineart? It's something I need to do too.

>>6834774
>reference i used once, fellow pinterest-chad
Is it getting worse? Every second image is an animated ad (at least on my phone). They also tailor everything to a female user. I keep thinking there has to be an animation app resource that outdoes it.

>>6834930
did you pay for it or did you find a torrent somewhere? ive looked for it but its not in the video course thread

>>6834972
idk i use it on pc

>>6834802
penis dickling the goose, and scalbelawsis jim

>>6834936
>mastering line art
anon i'm not even 3 weeks into learning how to draw, i am NOT the right person to ask this

>>6834999
Bill nye?

>>6835050
Anthony Quinn, isn't it?

>>6835050
idk who this is

>>6835104
Anthony Quinn, Actor.

>>6834788
bump

tried to draw a character from the ace attorney series. the first time I've really tried to shade anything. what did I do wrong?

i somewhat have reached the point where i understand the structure of the head, by my proportions are ugly and unappealing

what should i do to fix this?

>>6835136
Which direction does the light hit this?

>>6835144
Proportion is not just height. Think about the breadth and width too. Do some heads in side profile.

>>6835144
copy some faces you like
think about their structure and proportion as you do so

>>6835144
keep trying, try harder, slow down, dont rush

>>6835144
Don’t try to construct your own style. Reference beautiful heads, realistic and stylized. That’s the only way to learn how to draw what you want

ok what did I do wrong

>>6834973
not part of sekrit club? sucks to be you I guess :^)

>>6834973
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>>6835177
cheers, don't know how i didn't find it before

meching

>>6834972
>Every second image is an animated ad
It's fine as long as you use an adblock

>>6835164
>Sword has way less detail than the rest of the piece making it look off and it's a generic katana for weebs instead of one from the game
>where's her dick
>you could try making the white parts whiter to pop more against the background
>forgot the flying cube thing which contributes half the SOVL of any piece of Nier Automata fanart

In what ways do you think I could've improved the composition on this piece? What do you feel was done well?

>>6834524
>Oh, that looks really good. Where’d you find will’s stuff?
Thanks! I found it online-courses(dot)club
I scanned all the files with my anti-virus and they seem clean, good quality files too. Although the critique portions are missing so basically half of the content

Tried out sycra's method
Something feels odd
Where am I going wrong?
https://files.catbox.moe/4yuhl6.jpg

Anons, what’s the best way to get over perfectionism and self doubt? Sometimes it feels like I can’t grasp basic art concepts like color blending.

>>6835255
DIFF
Do
It
For
Fun

i've been drawing heads wrong for a year and i feel like an idiot

I’m still not drawing because you idiots think the purpose of this place is to discourage people.

>>6835273
But (you) can change it
Don't listen to the bait threads

Is it possible for someone who's a writer to become a visual artist? I've only ever written because I thought I could never be good at art and now I'm finally trying it for myself.

>>6835255
Accept the fact that just about everything you make is going to be a failure of some kind in your eyes. The best you can do is try to make each new piece a little bit less of a failure than the last.

Think of it like working out. There's no point getting mad at yourself for not being able to run a 4 minute mile or benching 300 lbs or whatever because no-one can do that their first time at the gym. But everyday you're there you're getting stronger. It might be painful at times, but you can still find a way to enjoy the process and take pride in the small victories you make on your way towards your goals.

it's hips day

trying to work on my color

How do I get better at drawing? I'm autistic, with ADHD. I can't focus on trying to get better at all or even come up with anything to draw without just giving up and going back to looking at my phone and doing something else.

No matter what dosage of adderall I take, it's not enough. I literally can't even draw without just doing circles and then just getting bored and staring at my phone.
I've legitimately never been able to commit myself to any serious hobby and have gotten lazy over the years with my only actual one which is writing and the only reason I'm good at writing is because I wanted people to be able to understand what the fuck I was saying and I wanted to write good stories because I thought I'd never be able to make them in a visual medium, but that's it. I've never been able to commit to a serious routine, schedule, or anything. I just sit in my room online doing basically nothing.

Everything I try feels daunting and impossible.

>>6835297
Stop with any media, don't game don't watch videos. Once you're truly bored you WANT to draw. Trust me.

>>6835313
This is true
I really wanted to draw or study all day after a dopamine detox of 1week

>>6835287
Is this Bridgman? Looks great

>>6835297
Remove distractions. Give your phone to someone and tell them not to give it back to you for an hour or however long. Sit at an empty desk with whatever it is you're drawing on and whatever reference material you feel you need as long as it's not connected to the internet. Set a timer but put it somewhere you can't see it, but you'll be able to hear it when it goes off. Remind yourself why you're doing this, what your goals are, what kind of a person you're trying to become. Be thankful to yourself for creating this opportunity and environment. Then just do it.

If you can manage, do it at the same time every day. make it a habit and you wont need to worry about needing willpower, it will just be automatic.

>>6835313
I don't play video games anymore either. All I do is just sit around in my bed, look at my phone, jerk off and go to sleep. That's it.

>>6835313
>>6835316
>>6835320
my friends this is a notorious troll who does not care for your advice please stop replying now

>>6835318
It is. It's very fun to draw, even if sometimes I need to cross check with an anatomy ref to understand some of the drawings.
I see now why anons recommend it.

>>6835320
This doesn't work for me. The moment that I try to sit down with no distractions, I literally just draw circles until I get bored, stop, lay on my bed and stare at the ceiling which is more stimulating. I can't focus on anything even with my fucking adderall. All I want to do is pace around the house.

If there's anything you know you should be studying but you're not studying because it's hard then you're a loser. If you're doing drawings you like that means you're stagnating. A good comfort zone drawing is worse than a bad drawing where you gave it your all studying something you can't draw well yet.

DON'T AVOID HANDS! RUN TOWARDS THEM!

>>6835333
Learn to meditate, I guess. If you can't subdue and direct your wandering mind then you'll need to practice by observing and analyzing it until you can. Beyond the purview of this board, though. Do your own research, and don't use your ADHD as an excuse.

I won't respond to anymore of your posts unless it has something you've drawn attached.

>>6835247
Please guys

>>6834883
Be careful about drawing in a shorthand way too much. Try to copy the old masters more, or even just modern artists you like. It will help you see the structure and design in life better

>>6835384
Something I did a month ago.

I could use some help with a perspective issue. i made a blocky "head" so i could look deeper into how the perspective changes the head. My previous assumption was that lines that are closer to the camera would be the biggest/ longest. The orange, and green lines match my assumption but the center purple line is smaller than the lines on the outside... I think I understand what this is. It's distortion right?

>>6835404
it's foreshortening

>>6835408
Can you please elaborate, if its foreshortening? I feel like my understanding of it isnt complete. For example I do understand that because of foreshortening the purple plane looks smaller than the orange plane, dispite the fact theyre the same size, because theyre further away and it gets scrunched up. But from my understanding, the closest edge of the cube is the line is the center one, so the center line should be longer than the ones on the left and right side, because theyre further away from the camera.

>>6835396
thank you, i don't really know what to do other than to keep practicing on craft

>>6834908
anon...dont be a lazy cunt
https://online-courses.club/medsmap-complete-edition-by-ahmed-aldoori-critique-footage/

>>6835415
Here's your explanation of foreshortening. A line's visual size isn't linearly relative to its angle to the camera, it changes slower closer to 90° angle.
>why is the further away line longer
There are two angles. The star-marked line is nearly parallel to the view on one axis and the other one is not, so the other one is visually larger along that axis.

>>6834534
Yeah it didn't turn out the way I wanted so I just said screw it and went all in
1/2

>>6835470
Second practice
2/2

>>6835441
I appreciate you taking the time to reply to the post, but I cant really understand what you mean nor the gif. I do wanna say for the record I do understand if the center line was longer than the sides in this scenario there would be a lot of problems, and i understand it "looks wrong" but i dont fully grasp the why of it.

I really gotta make my own thread now to get opinions on my work? What is the point of this board?

>>6834524
Was this any better? I'm not sure how to do the feet

>>6835499
Which posts was yours

>>6835502
hand is broken too

>>6835193
Cool. Any tips on learning to draw mechs and other vehicles?

>>6835490
Close one of your eyes. Hold up your stylus in front of you vertically in extended arm, notice the length from end to end. Slowly tilt the pointy end towards your eye, notice how the length changes, till stylus obscures itself and you're only able to see the tip. The edge in your example is just pointing more towards your view than the other edges. That is foreshortening.

>>6835499
Prebegs aren't worth it. Follow the sticky and come back

>>6835510
>>6835503

>>6835210

>>6834120
I am NOT feeling it today.

>>6835517
>Prebegs aren't worth it. Follow the sticky and come back

Tried faces today. I need to figure out how to do hair.

I realized the reason I felt like an utter piece of shit mental wreck was because of stress and body tension. This quick low effort comic means to express this.

>>6835517

>>6835517
do a value study

I think I'm legitimately too retarded to be an artist.

I am proud to be an artist

some legs too

>>6835509
yknow i think that helped me understand? if i think of the edges of a cube as cylinders or pens, i can understand how there would be more forshortening the more the edge is pointed right at me, or the camera. I made an excersize to test my understanding. Hopefully I grasped the idea well.

>>6835509
I apologize image size was poor

>>6835564
>Beret, brush and teddy bear
I like it!

>>6835313
Have you read that book, The Shallows by Nicholas Carr? It talks about how the pre-internet state of openness to irl experiences allowed us to exist without having to clear our minds of constant distractions. I think it facilitated an element of conscious decision-making.

>>6835540
That pill looks ominous in her hand, also the the Edvard Munch faces are funny -- can you refine them into something more distinct?

>>6835532
Top left reminds me of the moll who got with Nicholson's Jokester since she was obliged to wear masks. Another beret girl too!

>>6835561
You can do it anon. I have a learning disability and I am doing okay. I believe in you

5min each.

>>6835619

>>6835470
>>6835474
Third attempt at clouds for the day. I’ve got a better understanding now than I did at first, but still obviously not near what I’d like to be.

>>6835661
pyw

1h. Layer masks

Hey beg! The book finally showed its teeth. Now i understand why it is recommended everywhere yet almost nobody finished it. It doesn't fuck around and doesn't explain the obvious.

>>6835619
very cute elf thot + unique head structure
>>6835564
are you the teddy bear artist? since when you went digital?
>>6835532
pretty INT
>>6835502
booba, poopa, smug, anime, extreme perspective... i kneel
>>6835470
this one looks godlike from thumbnail, but it is too blurry when 1:1
>>6835404
literally read any perspective book, even the simplest one will do
https://archive.org/details/PerspectiveMadeEasy/
>>6835321
>look at my phone
>jerk off
Massive waste of time. Start doing some sport like calisthetics, running or swimming to fix your brain
>>6835280
every single art book said if you have enough IQ to write then you can learn how to draw
>>6835263
post wrong and right head side to side and explain
>>6835255
less thinking, more drawing
>>6835247
catbox doesnt load for me
>>6835210
1. /ic isnt really friendly towards uncommon porn ala giants and such. consider emigrating to trash or d draw threads
2. composition is imho doing its job: the massive tits + owner are directly into your face, everything else is tiny. If i were to crab something, it would be the room: what buildings have so tall room yet normally sized doors? also lmao at the pikatchu with blush and sparks, now that is art
>>6835193
i kneel mech anon
>>6835164
nothing, you pro now, pieces like these get 10k likes on twatter
>>6835136
drapery, hand, line quality all beg for various reasons
>>6834862
why did you make the sides of cube blurry?
>>6834822
always PYW even if it kills you
>>6834788
you could start doing some perspective book or any beg book like keys to drawing
>>6834784
demon penis :-O
>>6835677
i kneel

Thought this looked cool.

>>6835164
Why does the arm of the figure in the back overlap the torso of the figure in the front?

>>6834916
>meds map
any link?

>>6835699
I drew the clouds, thanks for the feedback yo >>6835729
You thought right fucker

referenced sketches from this week

how do I improve this?

>>6835827
keys to drawing

>>6835827
...fasting and prayer?

>>6835830
Why keys to drawing?

>>6835836
it will help you stop symbol drawing

>>6835193
You need to practice more perspective, it's off in a lot of places
Secondly, there are parts that are hard to read/make out of what they are because of poor value control. Work on getting better at rendering.
Otherwise, good job. Keep at it

Felt like drawing something big and dumb from imagination, so here’s a nun in a monster truck

>wacom keeps pestering to me register my device
??
what's the financial incentive of doing this?
it probably requires an email right? to sell my data to china?

the fuck is this color picker?

>>6835880
Double tap it to select your preferred one

>>6835699
I think it's better try getting critique from people who might actually draw, even if most can't objectively critique artwork. There are rare instances such as yourself

>>6835875
Cool. Just remember monster trucks dont have fenders going over the tires, they need that room to do super duper stunts
>>6835690
Looks like a giant
>>6835677
Looks good

>>6835699
Also storehouses, warehouses, etc. Can have normal doors mixed with high ceilings. I'm sure there are more examples, not that it matters

>>6835880
hey if you want to paint the great barrier reef that's a great palette
you probably just selected the wrong color space or opengl is buggin out and u gotta restart

>>6835699
>catbox doesnt load for me
Here's the image

WIP. Made a few mistakes, I'll try to fix it up tomorrow.

Timed morning figures (1 and 2 minutes)
Slowly getting more comfortable working digitally, I definitely feel like figure drawing helps me loosen up and get used to working with a tablet

>>6835507
i started meching like yesterday so these are not experienced tips:
- pick easier mechanical stuff like trains, demolition equipment, trucks, tanks etc. and draw them from reference a lot, visual library is very important
- painting is easier than drawing so start from that
- take time to get your perspective right at the beginning, i didnt and it has problems in these mechs like >>6835871 said

idk

is gesture the best way to get good at drawing figures?
how to get good at faces?

>>6835610
>That pill looks ominous in her hand, also the the Edvard Munch faces are funny -- can you refine them into something more distinct?
Oh to be compared to such a great artist! Yes, that drawing was very lazily made, but it's personal to me so I will refine, thanks 4 feedback

>>6835608
thanks!

>>6835699
>are you the teddy bear artist? since when you went digital?
Yes I am, and I have an android tablet that I rarely use, I plan to use it more to easily color drawings, but I would put main focus on traditional single color drawings.

>>6835998
do you ever paint pieces? interested to see how you would make one.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I hate myself. I want to draw and animate things because there's a lot of ideas flowing from my mind but my drawing skills aren't good enough to perfectly execute the results.

>>6836033
Drawing problems kill me daily

Is vilppu‘s drawing manual suited for beginners?

>>6836072
Yes, good to feel the form

>>6836080
does she have 4 boobs or is she fat

>>6836087
My guess is two boobs arranged vertically.

>>6836080
>feel the form
i will never understand what this means

Anyone know how I can "feel the form & volume"?

pretend shes holding an ar15 and also pretend i didnt trace it and make slight changes and instead drew it all on my own

day 55
I HATE FUCKING PAINTING FUCK THIS SUCKS I HAVE NEVER (EVER) DRAWN A HIGHLIGHT CORRECTLY

>>6835827
adding eyeballs and irises to skulls is a consistent way to make them look goofy as fuck, also look up reference to how animal skulls look, nobody can draw that shit from memory unless they're like an animal biologist
Also this is not how our lord satan poses

Practice
actually scary how much better I've become during the last two weeks

>>6836096
>>6836117
see pic related here >>6835699

notice the top view and side view of the car in top left: these are completely flat. no form or volume felt in these. then these are streched and deformed into perspective cube (center, left). and they are still flat and without volume, but perspective foreshortening is applied to them.

and then you FEEL THE FORMS and combine these two views into 3D volume which looks like a car with correct perspective foreshortening as a bonus.

As literature i can recommend book
>Eviston: Art and Science of Drawing
it is basically a book for utter begs lazor focusing just on feeling the form

>>6836136
It's too hard. will read the book Ty

animu practice

>>6836201
Do the first few exercises on Draw a box or art and science of drawing to learn to draw straighter cleaner lines do it now before that chicken scratching becomes a habit

Hello /begs/!

My name is Dr. Crab Johnson. I have been an art teacher for 20 years and have helped many young men with creative aspirations to pursue a fulfilling career in finance, law, engineering and other real professions.

Many books will teach you how make illusions on paper, however mine will show you the greatest illusion, that you have ever had a chance to become an artist. I hope you will enjoy it, after you will finish reading you will never pick up a pencil again.

I won’t be drawing today, either. Because that’s what this shithole is all about. Weirdly, you turds are proud of that.

Started August 24th, total time to complete around 11h.
Self-critique:
>Chose a reference image that was small to begin with and doubling it's size was not enough to be able to work freely.
>Measurements are noticeably off for face, eyes with some less intense deviations everywhere else. As a copy it's poor although it still passes as a human figure.
>Values are inconsistent, brushwork is rough. While a having some texture is desired, I don't know how to make less rough most of the time. Blur is shit, any brush with smudging is making me work overtime to correct said smudge about half the time.
>Trying to preserve a low accuracy lineart was not worth it. I should have painted over them from the get go. I wasted a lot of time trying to retrofit values unto a poor drawing.
>Working dark paintings when there's evening sun shining in my window is throwing off my values. Need to turn off the Sun somehow.

I'm just glad I'm done with something again. I've got several other pieces cooking and feels like I'm spiraling into making studies to understand the problems with other studies ad infinitum.

>>6835976
thanks

arms
how do they work
how do i draw them

>>6836285
an actual tube

Motivation is my primary issue, any advice how to just actually make myself sit down for once and draw?
I manage around 1 hour of drawing per day currently before getting distracted by other things or feeling that I‘ve “done enough for today“ and stopping.

>>6836289
this is a lifelong marathon, protect the journey and have fun, but if you think motivation is your issue, ask yourself, do you really want to draw?

>>6836285
copy all of these
http://www.artgraphica.net/free-art-lessons/constructive-anatomy-george-bridgman/arm-anatomy-bridgman-drawing-book.html

Finished this

>always hear that chicken scratching is bad
>watch a villpu vid
>he does nothing but chicken scratch
???

>>6836298
searching gestural lines =/= chicken scratching

I just tried random stuff to see what happens

>>6836298
you don't understand what chicken scratching means

>>6836295
do femoids really?

>>6836298
>>6836302
>>6836317
Chicken scratching is a meme buzzword on this board. You can ignore anyone who uses the term

>>6836321
Chicken scratching is a major flaw when doing line art

>>6836319
HE'S A MAN

>>6836321
ngmi beg

>>6836319
>>6836332
I gotta be the only anon on this board who is assumed female because my art style. Sorry I'm just a faggot. Hope you like the art though.

>>6836321

good luck with your art journey anon...

>>6836298
>>6836334
>>6836344
Samefag gets corrected and seethes

>>6836346

seek help

>>6836350
MS Paint - color picker - pencil - done

"expressive line making" exercise of drawing a cup

>>6836367
pawell pilled

>Try studying the Google doc
>Get bored and stop and fuck up the first drawing
>Try studying Loomis
>Legit suck at basic trig and can't understand how to construct heads and can't understand how it works
>Get visually overestimulated with sketches and all the lines and interconnected parts
>Have tons of ideas in my head but just give up as soon as I try putting them to paper
>All I can do for drawing is just drawing circles until I get bored and look at my phone >Autistic
>ADHD
>Left handed
Am I legitimately just too retarded to be an artist?

>>6836261
Wonderful, your rendering is reminiscent of Donatello's sculptures.

>>6836201
I love seeing group-based body language, it's a funny scene.

>>6835996
>>6835998
terrific stuff.

Advice on this please >>6836151

>>6836370
kek

>>6836377
>Wonderful, your rendering is reminiscent of Donatello's sculptures.
Thank you, anon. You are much too kind.

>>6836330
>>6836334
>>6836344
Spotted the tasteless shitters. pyw

>>6836219
Yeah, will have to do so down the line.

>>6836377
>I love seeing group-based body language, it's a funny scene.
Thanks! I like making scenes. I want to tell a story someday.

>>6833732
What's the term for when you try to critique your art but can't spot the error ? I was having a conversation and couldn't remember. I apologize for my autism.

>>6836481
Are you asking when you cannot see errors at all or when something feels off and you can't tell what? Both are a result of an underdeveloped eye which is natural. You can have a good eye for some things you learn and a bad eye for others.
There's no term for it as far as I know, it just means you've not trained your eye to detect that specific thing.

>>6836489
>underdeveloped eye
That's the "term" I was looking for, thank you for the answer it was driving me crazy. As you said though, it's not really a term. I apologize, english isn't my first language .

>>6835880
imagine being filtered by a fucking color picker holy

>6836375
>waaah i can't commit to drawing because i lack self discipline
>and i'm gonna blame my adhd for it instead of my shitty work ethic
yes you're too retarded. cope and die shitting yourself. no (you) for you.
>t. had ADHD since i was 6, only got medicated last week, drawn all my life but only took it seriously 5 years ago

>>6836521
Imagine the things she can do to you.

new
>>6836621
>>6836621
>>6836621

>>6834758
What's this from?