/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Yay one of mine is in.

Which one is yours OP?


blue is overlaying after

>>6994751
>yes, the only rule is that you're using at least something to be able to reproduce what you're copying.
Gotcha. Even just a circle marking the head is enough?

Any pointers to improve this?(mainly talking about the face)

>>6994871
Also this but it's not using a ref, just loosely based on frieren

Do you ever take extended breaks? I feel utterly burnt out from focusing on drawing and learning everyday one day I just stopped and it has been 10 days now and I haven't touched my stylus once.

>>6994845
if you can recreate things using only a circle thats enough anon

>>6994881
I take breaks when I'm sick or when mental issues are starting to take over. Can't remember when I was burnt out from drawing

>>6994871
slow down. using a pencil sketch first to work out the symmetry(maybe a ruler) would help a lot. also the hands seem to be backwards? do that pose, notice your thumbs are facing you, in this pic, his thumbs are on the outside. (maybe intended due to magic, but reads as a mistake)

>>6994881
"getting burnt out" can mean a lot of things, it's probably worth trying to get what exactly caused this. Do you feel like you weren't getting anywhere?

>>6994910
>>6994928
I spent 3 years but don't feel like my output reflects the amount of effort I spent. I am starting to have doubts whether I have that creative "spark". Drawing doesn't come naturally to me, I feel like I've been forcing it all this time.

>>6994955
We can chat about it in private if you want, it could help you get some perspective. On my end I have no one I can talk about art with (who fits the asg mindset that is) so it'd a nice change of pace.

>>6994922
Yeah fair enough can't believe I didn't notice that ty
Tend to go speedy when drawing anime stuff cause if I don't i end up worrying too much about symmetry an all

Fuck anatomy
I‘ll go back to drawing nothing but moeblobs

>>6994955
Idk, I don't feel that "spark" either, it's like a habit at this point. I can't help but draw

Tiera from kartrider

>>6994955
Well, what have you done so far? It helps to be specific so it's easier for us to give better advice to help you.

>it's already been 3 years ago of 4 month schizo posting

Can I get some critique?

How's this for accuracy, guys??
I noticed that the line for her cheek isn't sharp enough by the time i finished this
(Yes i omitted some complicated parts i have no excuse)

>>6995804
indistinguishable.

>>6995804
not great but keep trying, remember to measure things against each other, line angles and distances

>>6995804
>>6995884
oh yeah it's good practice to try doing this yourself so you get better at seeing your own mistakes

>>6995808
I know right

>>6995884
Oh, never thought of doing it like that. I was just using structure underneath that. Will do more with these tricks in the future.

how do I draw like 80s anime

>>6995015
I think I am just burning out in general. I don't have any good ideas to draw, when I see other people's artwork I realise I'll never be on the same level because I simply won't be able to dream up of things the way real artists do. I am a corporate drone, a boring adult, my destiny is to file papers and work excel sheets and then go and drink myself senseless after work, repeating for 40 years until I die of liver failure. I'm utterly defeated and buckbroken, a frog in a well that can only glimpse the birds flying free in the sky. I'm lost as can be.

>>6995952
I'm severely mentally ill so I do take breaks for months, though I always come back and feel I've improved after my break, not as much as if I kept at the grind but still let my brain take a break and process things

>>6995952
You probably just suck at making things work for you. For example, if you just want to learn to color, there is no need to copy the lineart before coloring. Think of a children's coloring book where the lines are already made for you. This pic is from an assignment in the Krenz color course.

>>6996027
you should at least copy and understand the forms

>>6996027
holy fucking shit you should not be giving advice, has there ever been a more clear picture of why NOT to follow krenz's crab advice

>>6995804
where is this from?

>>6996088
Then who's advice should anyone be following? Is there no one that teaches these things properly?

>>6995952
I think you might need a therapist more than art advices but anyway for me I was pretty lost as well some time ago until I realized that the grind in art is closer to research work in academia rather than shut off your brain and press one button grind or in this case brute forcing lines on paper until it looks like your reference or you give up because it’s taking too long.

For example, if you want to get good at drawing anime head, you can choose a good reference (very important) and think of it as a math problem. The problem is considered solved if you can sufficiently reproduce the reference through drawing without brute forcing lines.

To solve the problem you obviously need to do research like watching course videos or reading books about anime heads. Those books or videos will usually offer what I like to call proofs. Loomis head drawing method is a proof that attempts to show that drawing head is at least as hard as drawing a ball with a flat side. Like all proofs it makes assumptions on certain things which means that using this method may not work for your particular problem but that’s okay. At least you learned something. Although it may not be something that can immediately solve your problem, but if you learn enough things through further research you will eventually find the solution.

I may not be a pro or anything but thinking art in this way helps give me a sense of direction and a clear way to how I can eventually draw like those pro anime artists.

>>6996111
imitate the exact artist you want to draw like, supplement with only things that you are specifically missing.
Theres a reason DAB / meme courses / art university itself is a crab trap

I don't know if you drew >>6996027 but just look at it lol do you want to follow a course that ends up with that as a result

>>6996111
look for multiple sources and find common themes among them
find teachers/courses that teach in a way that sticks for you, everyone learns differently
>>6996114
there are so many good courses out there, my favorites being marc brunets anatomy, craig mullins digital painting and angel ganevs doodle warriors

I've been shit for over a year now. I'm ready to actually improve please help.

>>6996177
pyw

>>6996112
I actually forgot fucking everything in just 10 days. Jesus fucking christ. I'm ngmi.

>>6996109
What, the reference? It's from blue archive

can pls someone help, I can feel it is fucked up and lacking form, but I don't know how to fix it.

>>6996245
it looks fine but you should at least try to finish it before asking for someone else to help

>>6996183
loomis doesnt work for anime

>>6995952
pyw retard or take the sob story to r9k where you can feel depressed all you like with other losers

>>6995606
sloppy lines, nonsense shading, amputee, terminally westoid.

>>6996306
>loomis doesnt work for anime
Well what does?

>>6996316
ルーミス

>>6996245
why not just using refs to study and then doing it yourself????

study of oldschool style
'Shawnthethouched'

>>6996324
did you make this, looks nice

>>6996370
whats the korean text say

>>6996235
I think he meant the assignment thing on the left, I'm also curious

>>6996306
pyw

>>6996318

>>6996387
>I say >pyw
>anon responds >pyw
retard nobody gives a fuck about your ""depression"" if you don't want to share cry yourself to sleep without shitting everywhere you interact with up

>>6996389
ty

>>6996390
Nigger wtf? I'm not the depressed fag. I posted in response to the
>Loomis doesn't work for anime
Now pyw.

>>6994779
For 2024, I'm gonna go through One Piece and start drawing panels I think are kinda cool. Currently screenshotting panels to collect as references (Just made it past Water 7)

>>6996418
Don't gather too many refs and get started as soon as possible because there are insights you can only get if you draw. I know my post is irritating to read but you'll get what I'm trying to say.

>>6996405
I'll post my EOY drawing not finished yet, tired of depressionfags really so I just type away when one starts shitting up a thread

>>6995606
The eyes are aligned with each other but not the face as it curves and turns away. Your color mixing/choices could be improved, try making the darker colors less saturated? The eyes shape could be improved, check out raiden's model closeup for reference. Proportions are pretty good, you could work on your linewieght as well. Also if you ever find yourself avoiding drawing hands or things of that nature, don't run away from it. You'll get better as you continue to practice, but it'll look strange if you end up being much better at drawing faces and eyes etc and the hands lag behind due to lack of reps

>>6995606pay attention to the face shape I noticed her chin was really pointy
it lacked shadows on the skin
I really like what you did with the hair highlights
Here's my attempt on it.

>>6996422
>I know my post is irritating to read
No worries. I can tell you're trying to help, and I appreciate it!
I'm gathering about 20 refs per volume, and plan to stop collecting refs either when I hit Volume 59 (So about 20 volumes to go!). I'm going at a pretty fast pace (10 volumes a day) so I should hit my goal just in time for the new year.

>>6996114
You are totally missing the point crab. You do realize a finished piece has multiples parts to it right? This is merely demonstrating how to isolate one fundamental and studying that. You can apply this study to even the shittiest of permabeg doodles you see here and it will just work. You do not need to draw an apple to apply the colors of an apple. Likewise, you do not need to copymax 1:1 every little detail when you can just block them out with shapes.

>>6996510
go ahead and show the results of your course

>>6995914
hello?

>>6994779
help with lineart and whatever else pls

>>6996109
>>6996377

It's from a local discord server I joined. Basically two pro artists made a server to study together (much like krenz's), but their good will was met with the incompetence of us Indonesians so it's pretty much deserted there

>>6996718
look at 80s anime, draw what you see.

>>6996510
what you do need to do is understand the forms to properly apply lighting, polishing a turd is not a fundamental

>>6996806
Nigga, that's what values are for.

>>6996751
it's hard...

>>6996822
Correct.

>>6996818
peak value performance

>>6996841
Looks like he’s underwater, but the water surface is at the top right.

>>6996841
That actually came out well

>>6996841
looks more like cloud than saber

>>6996864
wait thats...not supposed to be cloud?

>>6996970
Not unless mandella effect kicked in and cloud now wears a breastplate and ribbon.

cat trampled and drooled on my paper, so now I don't have to try and clean up a million genshiny accessories. thank you cat.

>>6996245

Didn't take my time, but I think I have the basic copying skill down the pin2d playlist from asg really helped me out

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC1w0JHZX_rhdv__lLHVhEoHb5j6LOvrD

>>6997231
Now it's practice time

>>6997224
Cute, but something wrong with the eyes. They are not aligned in 3d.

>>6996745
Can I join? I want to study with you and them

>>6997224

>>6995606

>>6997277
I dont really like the idea about dropping the link right here but i hope nothing goes wrong with this
https://discord(.)gg/8XapThHC

I do want to say that most of members there is indonesian (and i'm currently on a break from this server cuz quick sketch is too hard for me now)

>>6997233
How about trying to copy from complete illust instead of just sketches?

Anyone know where I can find character design sheets for Voltron? I've already checked sakugabooru and their wiki
.

>>6997224
Great work anon. I have some suggestions to possibly enhance the cuteness of your daughter.

>>6996429
>>6996448
>>6997292
Thanks for the tips, I'm gonna work on face/eyes and skin shading

>>6997224
>>6997285
>>6997406
I don't understand at all. I am about ready to kms.

Haven't done an original piece in a while so doing one to wrap this year up

>>6995606
>>6996448
>>6997292
cute

>>6997292
I like how this ones body reaches the edge, as it appears as 'full bodied' even though half the legs are not in shot

>>6997321
what is she eating

What stabilization level is common to use when doing lineart? I am trying to make my lines thinner and find I am having difficulty controlling my strokes.

Please help something feels off here but I can't tell what is wrong. Frills make me shit brix.

Please help something feels off here but I can't tell what is wrong. Frills make me shit brix.

>>6994995
this is ideal female character body

>>6997427
she is eating squid on a stick I guess

I don't know the lore or if that's even what's supposed to happen really.

>>6997525
10/10 burger grip

Trying some akebi chan studies. Its Hard!

>>6997639
should be a list of art begs shouldn't bother trying to study, hiro and yamamoto souichirou would top it.

>>6997524
The opening of the dress should be facing down. It's below eye level.

>>6997646
and why is that?

>>6997524

>>6997655
It's like trying to learn some stretches by copying cirque du soleil. They do a lot of silly and playful things that take obnoxious amounts of skill to pull off.

>>6997668
gotta start somewhere
copying the masters (of manga, in this case) it is.

>>6997646
>>6997668
no

>>6997639
>>6997683
>>6997655
if you like that artist keep copying him, make the face at the very least closer to what it is though coz its far from the original

>>6997524

>>6997727
>>6997661
cute, posts like these make coming here worth it

>>6997691
I'll try my best <3

>>6997765
Anime

>>6997646
agreed lol
hiro is also crazy intimidating to try and study from

hey my paintnet itsuki made it into the op! Looking back all the proportions are cooked

Is there a certain skillset I would build up before copying?

>>6998218
just copy, don't think

>>6998218
Don't listen to >>6998303 start with drawing foundations there are many on youtube but this is complete as it gets

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXbAPr21di-Ox-dmDwL2riWedei1dn9S

Just copy is one of the shittiest advice in this shithole. The idea is to draw to the point where you are close to 80% accurate of what you are drawing by starting with the most basic of basic shapes. It will teach you everything necessary to copy anime not just 1 to 1 but in any position in space like Kim Jung Gi. Now get to it and don't return until you have a decent copied anime girl.

vroom vroom

>>6998356
random pro appears, how long have you been drawing anon

finished and not really gonna change it but any critique or advice on what to fix or avoid for next time around i know i messed up on the hands but anything else?

>>6998431
She has no pelvis.

>>6998381
A--EEE--AAAI.

is there a specific name the japs gave for this type of style that dominated early 2000s.

>>6998431

>>6998218
Watch that first video OP posted. It will tell you how you should approach this copy study method. The other anon already gave that playlist, so you can search there for materials

>>6998502
damn i like that

>>6998303
Based
>>6998327
Cringe

>>6998573
pyw

>>6998327
>>6998583
cringe unironically

one day krenz will be banished from crabbing this place

Is there a resource to learn on how to draw eyes? Not the rendering part but how to make eyes look 3D. I have problems where my eyes always end up looking like pasties stuck on the face.

>>6996370

>>6998592
What u actually need is a resource on how to draw actual human heads to understand how anime simplified it

>>6998592
What anon said. Just watch some Proko vids or w/e teacher you can tolerate and sketch while making sure to think about how things look like in 3D. Doing that will change the way you look at anime trust me.

>>6998586
not him,but krenz is okay
/asg/ is just retarded and only takes things on extremes and absolutes

its over im ngmi

happy nys anons


added hands feet and started clothes

>>6998618
keep going anon!

>>6998618
It can't be over if it never started.

>>6998503
Doesn't really solve the issue, the legs are attached to the bottom of the stomach with this whole plane just deleted.

>>6998467
>>6998503
>>6998789
thanks ill try to avoid that mistake next time

>>6998789
Yeah unforunately he'll have to just go back and redraw it, I tried to just warp and slightly paintover what he had to avoid changing too much but it can't be avoided

please help me this is so embarassing where do i even start

>>6999044
Draw jet so you're not getting bullied by fluffy hair.

>>6999058
but muh husbando

>>6999044
>>6999062
Good effort.

>Trace the first 2-3
>freehand, start to lose It around the 4th-5th
>trace again
>rinse and repeat with the other eye
I've had to go back to the trace less and less, so I'd like to assume I'm learning something. Or am I just wasting my time?

>>6999329
oh kek i'm a jackass and forgot to resize

Anime style can be frustrating, because a lot of references and examples can look really simple (and are), yet drawing them yourself makes you think you're missing something. I don't know how much detail to add, and in what places. I can think something looks decent (for what it is), then get absolutely dogged on when I actually post. Not in these threads specifically, but some others. And I'm not always sure if it's people not liking the anime style, or if it's just much worse than I think.

tried a chibi

asking for critique

>>6999474
Rendering is ok-ish but the face is just too unappealing that it ruins the entire work

>>6999075
Use it in your own work now

>>6999329
I look like this

>>6999474
coneheaded and missing back of her skull, broken right forearm.
there are some other shape issues, but they're actually concrete shapes and are okayish, it's not the cowardly /beg/shit where they leave an indecisive blob and the viewer doesn't notice the searing pain in his eyes.
nice colors but wtf is the background come on m8

>>6999497
>and hope* the viewer

>>6999497
what does coneheaded mean, also yeah the background layer was turned off

>>6999490
what's unappealing about it?

>>6994779
Beg here. Can anyone please make a list of free translated anime art tutorial authors (ex.: Krenz, Naoki Sato), starting from the ones I should watch first?
Important: please privilege the ones who deal on how to reverse the massive handicap that graphic tablets put on your line drawing (pic very related)

Spent most of my time doing the left hand more and the foot again, cant make the foot more appealing w current level

i dont know where to start ive tried doing youtube courses class 101 courses but nothing has helped me so far can someone please give some advice on where i should begin

>>6999706
Your question is pretty vague if you think about it. Art isn't something you start at point A and finish at point B, it has more to do with what you'd like to do and your reasons for doing art.
So with that in mind and to answer your question on where to begin: do you have any favorite artists? Do you have any recent drawing you did which you can show us?

>>6999712
my favorite artists are yusuke murata,samdoesart,yoneyama mai and Oh! great. my recent drawings [https://files.catbox.moe/ztgzsv.JPG] [https://files.catbox.moe/2s8n34.jpg] [https://files.catbox.moe/v5h28g.JPG]

>>6999706
pyw

>>6999474
the neck doesn't look properly attached to the torso

>>6999795

>>6999805
wheres the reference

>>6999805

>>6999808
followed Chommangs tutorial, refs used pinterest but cant find them now

I think the problem here is I am not paying enough attention to proportions and perspective?

will try making another painting with that in mind, and solicit some critiques

any advice?
I think I am not paying enough attention to proportions and perspective, esp on the face?

I will try to make another painting tomorrow and solicit critique

>>6999891
looks fine do another, the tree shadow on the face is too intense though and takes away from your picture.

Also the hands look like bird talons more then anything

Is it wrong to colourpick as a beginner? I don't know how to colour for absolute shit.

>>6999517
The center-back of her head was the highest point in the picture, and there's a divot where the proper highest point should have been from this angle. So her head feels like a cone instead of a nice full ball, and the hollow spot at the base of the skull doesn't help any.
The giant divots in the neck where there are supposed to be muscles is kind of unnerving too, also disagree using a line for the meat under the jaw connecting to the neck since it reads more like the jawbone is running away.

Why do girls IRL look ok at 7 heads tall but in anime 7 heads looks uncanny?

how we doin, i trace then try to do it myself is rhis a good workflow. imm mostly focused on getting facial proportions and the skull shape and eyes shape right

>>7000530
forgot the dang picture

>>7000531
Yes its fine、relax on the loomis though as anime heads are not based on people

>>7000547
I know there's some kind of way to structure anime heads but I can't figure it out, I might be getting confused between methods from seeing such a variety of tutorials lately

>>6999474
Where the character is looking is important, mainly. Also, what the others said: forearm, shoulders n neck need some work. Otherwise still rly good you're attempting to draw an interesting pose and rendering it also.

Newby here. I'm having trouble visualizing objects like a torso for example, being rotated. Will drawing objects in different angles help me get it? Or am I retarded?

>>7000606
holy appeal

>>7000615
It will, yeah. Rotating forms is a good way to train your eye. I know /ic/ is scared of boxes but the idea is that you can break the body down into those shapes so you can wrap your head around where it's facing. But /just/ boxes won't do, you have to apply them to the body organically at the same time, so you're not ending up with stiff figures. I suggest doing an exercise like this (doesn't have to be real life photos, you can use art you like. this is from rinotuna's course) but start with tracing over them first with basic shapes. And then attempt to recreate it on the side. Check out hide channel on youtube for a guide on how to simplify a body.

>>7000531
doing good. You should absolutely make an effort to understand the human head though. the other anon is just trolling you.

>>7000615
visualizing things spinning in your head is just a meme phrase beginners fall for. It is not a thing that has anything to do with drawing well. Just keep drawing, learn about forms, learn basic perspective, learn construction and you will improve over time. drawing things from imagination in different angles is a great idea and if you do that you are sure to improve over time.

>>7000632
I started with chyan's course and he said to draw the torso in different angles, but I am having trouble even seeing squares rotated. I am able to draw the torso facing front, side and back, it starts to become distorted in a bad way when I try to go inbetween those angles.

To commemorate starting my 3rd Month of learning to draw, I decided to do an original drawing

There's a lot of mistakes and mishaps and problems with it, but I put a lot of effort into it so I'm proud I at least was able to get it done

>>7000640
Yeah it's not easy, to be sure. But it will start to click in the more you do it. Some basic perspective can help supplement it if you really feel like you need to understand the nitty gritty. You can get away with it looking good enough though I think. Don't let complete mastery get in the way of you trying it anyway, that sort of just comes with mileage.

>>7000640
Literally find a 3d model and rotate it around

>>7000642
Pretty fucking solid for 3 months

>>7000606
This was really helpful, thanks for mogging me. I'll try to keep this in mind in future work

>>7000703
Good idea, I can rotate the 3D model around as a reference but will I eventually be able to visualize in my head if I draw enough?

>>7000709
Don't think of it as mogging since i'm not even emulating the style you did, I like your attempt and you're doing well. The eye contact does wonders though even if you ended up just fixing that part and moving on to the next thing. Keep at it.

>>7000725
Yeah thank you. I was just joking around, that redraw is really good though, I'm not worthy of that much effort lol.

I'm having difficulties copying from references. My proportion is always off. Is the solution just 'do more of it'?

>>7000744
Trace then freehand. When you feel like you're losing the form, trace again. Repeat until you start to replicate the original with some consistency.

>>7000749
I appreciate the recommendation. I'll give that a try. Thanks.

How do you do clean rendering like this?

I could just blur but it would look weird as some places would need sharper shadows. I assume there are sharper shadows on where the surface if more flatter with less roundness. That said I think there's more to it.
Also there's variation in hue that I'm not too sure on how to replicate. I could just air brush in surronding environement but when i tried something similar it looks uniform and boring.

>>7000777
*sharper shadows on where the surface if it's more flatter

>>7000777
>>7000778
Well, I'm Not Sure if-

>>7000777
>reverse search
>AI art
There's your process.

Introduce kagari, newly designed character

>>7000777
>>7000778
>>7000786
>>7000792
>how do I render like AI

idk... maybe use AI retard?

>>7000801
Well you see, BABY WE WERE BORN TO RUN. OOOOOOH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu4_zVxmufY

>>7000798
Looks like something that would be in World of Horror.

Drew a Genshin Gala party for New Years

>>7000889
Very nice anon、you didnt answer my previous question though

anyone know of any artists that draw in this style or similar to it? i know it's ai slop, but i find it appealing

>>7000961
>>7000777
You're losing, hard.
It is still not too late to learn to prompt.

>>7000961
first people that come to mind are
@hartovamaverick , @ctchrysler

>>7000968
ooh those 2 are real nice. thanks anon

>>7000961
On the more pro side is maybe Jin kim? but he's more disney than anime

how 2 hair

>>7000969
Hey happy to help :D I enjoy this kinda look too but I can never quite get the more realistic eye proportions when I try lol I usually end up making them way too big or the proportions are wrong somehow

>>6994779
How do you draw skindentation, like from fishnets?

Not just on the (visual) edge of the legs.

>Start drawing
>Realise I don't have anything I want to draw and just filling in time that would otherwise be spent on nothing
>Things get difficult
>Decide I don't want to put in the time and effort
>Stop drawing
>Can't enjoy anything I do in my spare time
>Try to draw again
>Hate every moment of it because I am not pro enough to take it anywhere and don't have potential
>Keep repeating this cycle
I have terminal mental illness. How can I decide once and for all whether to just drop drawing altogether or keep continuing..

>>7000642
If you are doing original stuff, you are making it.

>>7000642
im full mogged, wish I had even half the appeal

I've "ended" my challange of everyday which I did last year, although I've continued so far, its freeing not forcing myself to draw anymore

>>6999694
>>7001009
do you have a tablet? your work gives me an impression of someone using a line-tool. It will never look good in a drawing except for highly stylized graphic design type of work. Your work exhibits strange behaviours like trying to use the minimal amount of lines possible for no reason even when you're not "happy with the hands or feet yet". Definitely don't begin your drawings in this type of fully opaque round brush. You need to get a sketch brush and get way-way-WAY looser before finalizing anything like this. Anyone would struggle with your current process, even though I don't fully know what it is.

Guys, I think im going to throw up and die. I've been trying to understand shading for hours. I only have so much time.

So im drawing a phat ass in yoga pants and the outline looks good now im trying to color it and it's fucking trash.

>Step1: base color
>Step2: Darkest shadows on Separate layer
>Step3: Set to soft Erasser and make gradient from light to dark.
>Step4 Looks like shit.

I can't find any tutorials for shading a phat ass in yoga pants anywhere. I'm stuck guessing at what the good artists do. Please help.

>>7001029
>Step1: base color
>Step4 Looks like shit

same

>>7001029
pyw by the way

I do have a tablet, cintiq and have been using it since I started. >>7001019

I don't really know how to 'loosen' if that makes sense, my process is as follows

>blob / some boxes to get a shape I find interesting
>model in 3d if its something with perspective using an blank figure
>make something similar using a screenshot of my model as reference, construct everything needed
>end up with previous pic related

Nearly all of my works have ended up the same and I have only a single piece I'd consider appealing (made pp react) and subsequently that was my work with the most amount of likes on x etc

I'm the same anon doing all these
>>6994794
>>6993740
>>6992534
>>6991467


Box / cylinder construction
I've done many 3dpd body studies
Stylized body studies
Anatomy studies (Identifying knowing regions etc)
Hundreds on faces of my fav artist
Followed multiple IC shill books (vilpuu, loomis, perspective made easy)


I really want to use your advice and make even a few appealing pieces. I've been drawing now for maybe 1.2years or something


Here's one I finished a while back


All I want is to be able to make pictures that raises my (And other anons) dick

>>7000982
Personally don't like overly tight fishnets but I suppose you can make it look appealing by making the net part bigger. If the segments are too small and there's too many you'd end up making a lumpy mess so be careful. But basically you just "balloon" the nets outward to suggest the skin filling and being pinched. Easier to indicate in the rendering part but you can suggest it with lines

>>7001280
>>7001280
I just found this rendered one on the boorus and it's a pretty good example to follow I think. It's there but it's subtle enough that it doesn't look overly lumpy.

>>7001182
Keep doing original stuff.

>>7000606
i kneel redline sama

>>7000896
ty, ive been on /ic/ for 7 years

>>7001280
>>7001283
Is there any shading trick involved?
Any videos about this?

>>7001417
>Learn how to shade sphere
>Apply to form
>???
>Profit

>>7001433
I know how to shade spheres, I'm not sure how to shade creases(?) like this though.

>>7001451
Ok serious answer. Shade the leg without the fishnets in mind at first, and then determine the parts where the mesh digs into the skin and add shadows around the mesh, and highlights to suggest bumps where the skin would catch the light. Don't overdo it or the thigh will start looking like a christmas ham.

now we draw the spec ops asuka

Are there any good anime artbooks?

>>7001926
artbooks of the artist you want to be 'as good as'

>XVXPX

with or without line eyes

>>7001940
I like the one on the right、ygmi

todays spikes. am struggling

>>7002048

>>7002048
>>7002053

>>7002048
This is generally not something I'd recommend to people aiming to draw girls, but in your case I recommend you to study/copy the Asaro head, like do a few different angles (like front, profile, 3/4 at the very least). This will GREATLY help you internalize the different planes of his face.

You can find 3D models to use for free here (you can even tweak the lighting in some of them):
https://sketchfab.com/search?q=asaro+head&type=models
The simple version is enough for anime, though you can do the original one too if you feel up to it.

>>7002048
>>7002065
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/simple-asaro-head-fd74ad764a4e4619b72733316dc574b4

Now that I look at them side to side, I can see what is wrong

>>7002210
the secret the elites don't want you to know is that you can do this side by side comparison as early and as often as you want.

>>7002210
yes anon, being a pedophile is wrong.

>>7002229
Printing it is just a hassle

(A question about background art rather than drawing) (Go Princess PreCure background art)
How would you achieve this look?
It's digital, but meant to imitate gouache(?) children's book illustration, with the watercolour paper(?) filter overlay(?)
The colours also seem more vivid than the background art of most other PreCure seasons. It's meant to imitate gouaches (or Nicker poster colours) vivid pigments correct?

What brushes would I use?

funny Elf

>>7002273
You need to actually try to replicate it, you can't just solve everything beforehand. Even if you don't reach the exact same results you'll learn a lot by doing so.
That said, look up paper textures (either free ones out there or you can make your own if you got a scanner) if you'd like to give your art a traditional look.

More akebi.

>>7002432
Render the hair coward

>>7002496
I-it's kinda hard! I don't know how to do it!

>>7002564
Based attempt regardless

>>7002564
Don't do this. Always draw each stroke in a mindful manner.

Gonna have to draw some uh, Velvet Crowe. No relations to Russell Crowe; The Pope's Exorcist. Formerly the Gladiator. Because nobody else will.

>>7002564
You should be following the flow of the hair with your strokes. The idea is that you should be trying to imply the form of the hair draping over the skull. Right now your highlights are working against you for implying that draping.

Kinda did a comparison here to explain the difference if that helps at all.

>>7002564
https://youtu.be/Y56mI1IEN3I?si=elL7ItMvq2DejrQV

>>7002712
Fuck off lunaticsoda

>>7002833
that fucking pisses me off

>>7002833
Well you see, it's THE THIN LINE. BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE.

>>7002828
Is the book in the video available on the book thread yet?

>>7002879
ask 'em

>>7002886
It's far more likely that people in this general know the answer (and actually reply), that's why I asked here. I'll dig the book thread later if no one knows.

>>7002911
>It's far more likely that people in this general know the answer
well, IT'S A THIN LINE. Between Drawing and Hate.
The sweetest girl in the world CAN BE THE MEEEAANEST girl in the world if you draw her that way.

with GOLD SHIP

i drew some of those 3d heads in my sketchbook but applying it was too confusing but its good that i have them in my brain now

>>7003035
asaro san wants more reps

>>7002351
>>7002223
>>7002940
oh and we don't get nothing in return

How difficult is it to try to learn how to draw if I already have pre-existing difficulty with spatial awareness in real life?

>>7003206
Probably very difficult. But you shouldn't balk in the face of a challenge. That challenge might also help improve your spatial awareness. Although PT like catching a thrown ball might be more effective in that regard, since it involves more of your senses and body.

>>7003206
pyw

>>7003296
I'm new I don't have any to show yet unless you want to see stick figures.

>>7003355
you're asking how difficult it is so may as well show your current level

>>7003375
Is there really a meaning in this? I'm absolutely new like don't even have a drawing pad or anything.

>>7003418
soul、ygmi

>>7003424
why did you do that to the eyes

>>7003060
very pleased with this one thx for the suggestion

>>7003490
yeah i have no idea what the process for drawing an anime eye is and i gave up like a jackass at accuracy for that part

>>7003035
>>7003520
I'm glad it helped, you're doing great.

>>7003520
Btw once the got the gist of it you're of course free to tweak the planes and find your own formula to fit the style you're going for. Don't get restricted by it as it's just a tool to help you see in 3D.

Pls help, I don't know what I'm doing after the sketch. I tried to apply everything I learned but it looks awkward.

>>7003849
she seems to have no skeleton, her breasts aren't aligned with her torso, torso too wide, and her hips seem too small but that is only looking in relation to her shoulders, or maybe the legs should be thinner to give shape to her ass (and give thigh gap distance) as the curve from rear thigh meat to ass could be slightly in view
some of the collarbone disappears at an angle instead of having a longer line, know that lines represent an edge or horizon
the fold of the sleeve on the left should be larger imo
arm on the right could be longer but keep the same hand position, ie move the elbow 'back' to be in line with her other arm's elbow
chin could be a bit pointier
just some thoughts, can't draw rn

>>7003849
needs some coomis

>>7003882
holy appeal

>>7003882
>loomis
Too big brained for me, I could never wrap my head around his teachings and I've spent 3 years going back and forth trying to understand how to align torso and pelvis properly (couldn't even begin to add limbs otherwise it would turn uncanny really quickly). Is there any other teacher that I can try?

>>7003925
loomis not needed、coomis only

>>7003955
wtf is coomis

>>7003959
apply the coom(is)

>>7003849
>>7003882

nta
Im this anon
>>7001182
>>7001009

but you've rendered in a way that looks like a Koikatsu character, dont know if u care or if it matters

>>7003965
>Koikatsu
That is bad. If that's how it is I may as well just be using Koikatsu instead and save myself the headache. Everything a fuck.

Starting the Naoki Saito method.
Chosen artist: Akio Watanabe (Poyoyon Rock)
Source: Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream

Want to successfully draw 6-heads pretty girls with long legs like on the right.
Didn't draw with a grid. I drew their proportions too short and they ended up looking 7 instead of 14.
Please point out any mistakes. Should I ink this, or move on to copy another Poyoyon piece?

>>7003993
ink it, yes they dont look the same but I think what you drew look nice

Coomis

Should i post here original art ? or its only study posts ?

>>7004120
Original art very much welcome, all studies are a means to improve it afterall

Like the smoke on the gun a lot, can imagine a desert setting already

>>7004120
Both, but posting original stuff is even better

Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

>>7003993
Well, you failed in making them actual heights but ended up making them more uooah.
Even better, make sure to draw a fat bastard behind them too.

>>7004516
more sexxo suit samus

I tried to copy and give her big titties

>>7004516
only minor irrelevancies like some lines fraying or not connecting smoothly where it doesn't look like you were trying to lose them or weight them intentionally. and i don't think that matters if you're coloring it.
i can't shake the sense that she's leaning though.

>can't think of a cool pose
>realize i can just steal poses from artists on twitter
i'm so back

>>7004677
every video is a million poses, free for the stealing

>>7002940
i love golshi

>>7004516
can you post ref or is that original

I tried.

>>7003882
I feel like I will never reach left. Is there a dumbed down version of loomis or something like a pre-loomis. I am unable to draw the figure no matter how much I try.

>>7004662
Thanks, it seems a lot more apparent looking back on it now.

>>7004987
It's an original I'm working on. I want to get better at basic character illustration and pinups. Any tips or suggestions are always appreciated.

>>7004662
Thanks, it seems a lot more apparent looking back on it now.

>>7004987
It's an original I'm working on. I want to get better at basic character illustration and pinups. Any tips or suggestions are always appreciated.

Reuploading because Clipstudio is annoying with how it resizes images

>>7005058
Have you tried following along with Hide?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AZysLEUCmw

Best of luck with it

>>7004120
Very good shapes, silhouette and use of negative space

>>7005121
Interesting face artstyle, you draw like how persona looks

>>7005126
nice anon ur capturing his energy

Chosen artist: Akio Watanabe (Poyoyon Rock)
Source: Popotan

I made her smock a bit wide, and couldn't capture her demure sideways glance in the head shot.
May practice on head shots (the face is the most important part of an anime drawing) to improve eyes and expressions.
Tried shading a little.
Akio Watanabe's zigzag frills, big simple shapes, and negative space are appealing.

>>7003993
>>7005392
You're inspiring, keep it up.

>>7003849
you should redraw the pose instead of just straight up tracing it from the 3d model, anon

>>7005405
I tried to cut time down by trying the 3D route but I guess it isn't working.

Chosen artist: Akio Watanabe (Poyoyon Rock)
Source: Aquarian Age

Unfortunately I didn't pay attention to the construction, so the hips, tummy, neck, head don't line up properly underneath the clothes. Didn't draw the props or background either... But she seems to be the correct height.

>>7005397
Thank you anon

>>7005499
I'm willing to come back occasionally to this thread just to see you improve anon, keep posting stuffs here.
I do want to try the naoki method but maaayyyyybe i should fiinish mogoon's first

Is it true that drawing furry makes you more money and furry artists are generally seen as better than normal anime ones? a quick google search seems to contradict that considering most furry results I find are deviant art tier. But if drawing this shit makes more money I might make the switch.

>>7005563
I dont care what peoples "opinions are" and you're an npc if you do. But furry artists even low beg make stacks if you have even the ounce of appeal

I wonder who makes these generals and if hes /madeit/ already, as ive never seen his works

>>7005058
What other Anon said, trust hide
Trust the process

>>7005580
Great effort.
In case you didn't notice, you forgot the add highlights on top of her head and to color the buttons of her jacket. I also think you could've used straight black to paint the innermost shadows inside of her skirt to make the divide between shadows and half-tones clearer.

What stabilization strength are you guys using when sketching, and drawing line art?

>>7005563
who are the most highly regarded furry artist on the internet? i'll judge

>>7005592
I went back to the basics again...visualising in 3D is a complete nightmare for me, nothing seems to work.

>>7005594
I didn‘t notice I had to rush it a bit! But thanks having a bit of an issue getting the looks right using straight black due to grad so I tried to avoid it I guess

>want to focus on a different style to copy to develop my own
>again
i'm ngmi at this rate

The perspective on this butt looks wrong, how would you fix it?

>>7005796
Left ass-cheek should be smaller

>>7005796
>>7005803
You could think of it like this: her left leg is slightly forward, stretching her glutes and posterior fat; her right leg is slightly backward, compressing her glutes and her posterior fat. This can defy your expectation of perceived size in perspective because the objects in question will have different -actual- sizes due to deformation. If the camera view were a lot closer and wide angled, then they might have opted to draw it instead the way you are suggesting; but in this case, the view appears to be more like a telephoto lens (far camera, narrow FOV, quite common for anime or anime-style illustration), in which the true sizes of the objects tend to overshadow perceptual changes in size due to perspective.

more frieren copies

>>7005915
kys for how little effort you put in

>>7005915
The Fern and Frieren heads are nice but the rest feels aimless

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fchrzC48jzA
good advice on positioning the iris

>>7005930
>>7005920

I know. But I can't bring myself to finish stuff for the life of me. Maybe I just don't like drawing.

>>7005965
make an original Frieren drawing of some kind then, at least you'll have a goal to aim for and you'll receive more useful comments

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>>7006226
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