/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6998518
making it

Who’s that

And I want to learn how to better draw buff male D&D characters under a melancholy spell

>>6998520
https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%A3%A8%ED%94%BC(%EB%BD%80%EB%A1%B1%EB%BD%80%EB%A1%B1%20%EB%BD%80%EB%A1%9C%EB%A1%9C)

>>6998518
To have the balls to come back. And come back so strong I can go tow to toe against prooompters.

>>6998522
I don't speak gook-runes, anon.

>>6998518
Draw more frequently.

Maybe like once every 3 weeks or so, instead of just once a month.

To finish an animation

Mines are :
- to do one project/illustration per week
- never study in the void (like I used to in 2023), it has to be related to the project I'm working on
- limit mindless doodling
- developing my workflow and sticking with it
- follow my warm-up routine religiously like i did in 2023 (2m gestures, post it heads shapes exercises, photo and color studies) for a max of 2h per morning

and the hardest, for me ...
- posting my art somewhere

>>6998518
>"UH ACKCHUALLY"

>>6998543
Why is posting your art hard?

>>6998518
Looks like a Riot Games employee

>>6998518
learn values and proper backgrounds

>>6998518
got a gf, now I finally have a model for life portraiture drawing, I want to do a few paintings in the style if degas with her modeling all the girls in the scene, and then maybe get good enough to teach some classes on portraiture

always thinking like a professional

Become a millionaire with art in 2024.

learn flash animation jobs i had to do 2decades ago

>>6998518
I will stop wasting time on /ic/.
This is my last post, good luck bros

I've been on this board on and off for a long time, and when I first found it I was already well into adulthood. I'm getting old, man.

I started the Tower Girls thread, I created anti-art school infographics, I've done a whole lot of autistic shit and have just been quietly entrenched in this community for as long as I can remember-but the fact is I never made it, myself, on my own terms or by my own standards.

I spent the past year and a half doing a lot of figure drawing, up until that point it was just anatomy studies and stuff like that, aimlessly for years on end. Starting, stopping and starting over-often from near 0-over and over again. This year I need to keep the progress and consistency going, I need to commit to hard perspective both for inorganic subjects and the figure, and finally work towards my true goal of animation. It was a very long time coming but I think I'm nearly ready. There's just so much to do and learn, but that's one of the things that makes art so appealing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DhZAkNLmMw

>>6998598
I'm way too shy and feel embarassed every time I tried. I dont mind about criticisms, it's good for me, but I feel embarassed to show my work. I end up deleting the post after 2 or 3 minutes.

nope

>>6998647
>>6998518
I think anon's post made me decide to leave this board for good.
I have already made it and the board has become trash while most who posts here are mainly in their own private circles, so there is no point in staying here anymore or on 4chan for that matter.

>>6998685
I'll join you on that one, Anon. I don't think I can get anything out of /ic/ anymore. The occasional laugh isn't worth the time I spend procrastinating. See ya suckas, 2024 will be my year!

>>6998685
>>6998695
not a bad art related goal. I'm not in any other art communities, ic is all I got. I enjoy dtiys, the moai, the skulls, the inktobers, could do with more of those and less of the trash. good luck in 2024!

>>6998702
*forgot pic of a good omen

>Verification not required.

Make more money for my family, especially my mother.
Do some personal projects.
Finding a way to balance commissioned art and personal art.

I wanna be an artist next year. Not even a pro or anything, I'm not nearly good enough for that yet. Just become an artist. That's more than enough.

>>6998647
wait, your style seems familiar... do you also draw in the drawpile thread?

>>6998522

>>6998685
>>6998695
rooting for ya

>>6998518
I wanna draw a oneshot comic this year

>>6998872
While I'm not the host of the Drawpile itself (that duty has changed hands multiple times), I'm the OP, founder (at least on 4chan; RIP Harb) and retainer of the Drawpile thread going back several years (here's what remains of the archived Drawpile canvas files: https://mega.nz/folder/hbAURDBB#htWRoOsPOG30XnMmKV_zNA).). I consider having helped bring so many disparate and powerful artists into one place a great privilege, and to see the Tower Girls thread still going after so many years since I'd left and continuing to inspire art is an honor.

This board isn't all bad now and never really was, but it's very important you try and limit the attention you give bait and gossip threads because the mods-if there ever were any-aren't going to do it for you. Try and use it for its intended purpose. Be generous with your own knowledge as you accrue it, with resources or inspirational material you've discovered, and hope others will reply in kind. That's when /ic/ is at its best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvqxm8lWQyA

>>6998890
i wanna do the same i have couple ideas ive been procastinating on that i wanna do before they leave my mind

>>6998897
Dude, let me tell you something.

First of all, I think I know who you are and what you have drawn by the previous drawings from the other drawpile threads and brother, let me tell you something: HOLY FUCKING SHIT YOUR DRAWINGS ARE AMAZING. I can't believe how good you are, man! The way you draw, your different styles and shapes you use (which is something I love because a lot of artists don't do this and end up suffering from same face/body syndrome) to draw anything from different angles are ridiculously extraordinary, I mean, I know art is subjective thus everyone has its own meaning about it but for me, good art is when the artist not only draws something appealing but also when that same artist is capable to convey a feeling through a piece of work, something so good that will hook ya for a long time. Now, that's when you know you have found the good stuff! Just like "Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan" makes me feel (which is by far one of my favorite paintings), so does your art, dude.

I mean, I have come across with a lot of artists from this shithole and only a few of them are worth checking out BUT off the top of my head, besides three-angle-blue, (you) have been truly inspiring for me even though I have only discovered your work a couple weeks ago. Which makes me wonder and fucking hate at the same time the fact that you say:
>>6998647
> I never made it, myself, on my own terms or by my own standards
Dude, what in the actual fuck? how come, a magnificent bastard like you, a true artist and for me the Da Vinci from this shithole, say such thing and what do you mean by that? what the hell happened?

Nevertheless, I'm glad that you are still studying and progressing in your art but please be careful and don't overwork, take it easy and for the love of God PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP and keep sharing your great work because I'm pretty sure a lot of people (including myself ofc) are eager to see what will you be drawing next, dude.

Get a book published that isn't print on demand.
Be able to pay my monthly rent with art.

I'd like to draw every day for 365 days :)

>>6998518
Being more efficient and clean on my art process

Cont >>6999300
>>6998897
Btw, it seems like not only you have a lot of experience drawing but you have also been here for a long time (whilst I have been here only for a couple years, lurking mostly) which makes me wonder even more things (if you don't mind answering) like why did you start drawing and for how long have you been doing it? when did you start browsing in 4chinz? And do you have any tips you would like to share for a newbie like me besides just drawing and studying books?
>https://mega.nz/folder/hbAURDBB#htWRoOsPOG30XnMmKV_zNA
Thanks for sharing it, man, that actually comes in handy because that is what I have been doing these days; taking previous drawpile canvases and studying and drawing the different artstyles from other anons. I like it because I can study a lot of styles and stuff from just one pic.
>I consider having helped bring so many disparate and powerful artists into one place a great privilege, and to see the Tower Girls thread still going after so many years since I'd left and continuing to inspire art is an honor
Not only that but I'm also glad that you're still taking your time to keep active other stuff like the drawpile threads to inspire other anons like myself, once again thanks for that, dude.
>That's when /ic/ is at its best
Honestly, I barely come in here (like 3 or 4 times a week) because I mostly spend my time offline doing other stuff or hobbies or simply drawing but also I mostly lurk because I barely socialize. It is also kinda difficult to build and keep friendships for me because of that same reason. Not to mention that I don't even post my work on social media (for now) or in here because I don't consider it to be worth posting since I'm basically a low tier beg. In short: Nothing interesting nor mindblowing to post so why even bother.

Also, forgot to ask but could you please post your social media? And please let us know once you have published your first animation, man.

just draw more, new year got me bad and i couldnt do shit lol, bur more in general, my frequency is very bad, sometimes i draw 4 things in a week, other weeks i dont do shit, and i really want to improve my compromise

Cont >>6999381
>>6998897
I know this question might be silly because the answer is pretty much answered by now but are you the guy who keeps drawing this guy with the pompadour hair style from pic related?
https://files.catbox.moe/bz9i9g.jpg
I just want to be sure haha.

Needless to say but I'm sorry in advance if i come off as an obnoxious fanboy but it is simply exciting to be able to talk with one of the artists you admire, I mean, this isn't something that happens everyday but anyway, good luck with your projects, dude.

Postan da good music
https://youtu.be/1vMmgCEoZuk

>>6998518
I'm gonna make assets for my first game.

Happy new year anons. May lady luck smile upon us dreamers.

>>6999303
goals not miracles

>>6999413
I already know people in the publishing industry and last year I got 200 bucks monthly from my Patreon. Those are realistic goals.

>>6999385
I really appreciate the support. Actually the only picture in that screenshot I'm responsible for is the goat with the hair, the other pictures are from others.

Many incredible artists have become regular contributors to the drawpile in past years. Bear, Kusu, Nug, Road, Fumi, Stussy, KO-and more recently Alt, Veells, Hpargonohp, Yerbamane, mmm, Da Joy, Mahrie, Hip and many others I'm forgetting who nonetheless deserve a lot of respect on their name. It's a lot of pressure trying to keep up, but I'm as determined as ever to find my niche.

Having so many great people in my circle is much more valuable to me than having even tens of thousands likes on Twitter or whatever. Still, I have a lot of blind spots to develop in my work and going forward I'm confident this is going to be a big year for me, and I hope it is for you as well. Let's make it happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WO7Tgy7UBo

>>6998518
listen here

instead of jacking it to femboys i decided candidly
to scroll femboy twitter while listening to creep
by radiohead, dont know why but i started
laughing loudly as an oversized dildo violated
some awkward nerd who barely leaves home,

''im a weirdo'' i see their poor deer like eyes
''what the hell am i doing here''
''i dont belong here'' and i see someone grasping for control in a hard plastic rubber like
genitalia like a parody of a sword forever
stabbing the poor fella, of course i was jacking
off but my boner faded, unlike other times i half remember fadedly a dream of the nma founder joshua jacobo callin me bitch-made or tuff nigger'? as i considered cancelling my nma subscription (i did for a while)
i didnt needed to jack off anymore after that

so i guess i can draw again im saved

>>6999548
Oh man I thought you were the one behind all those pictures. Do you happen to know the name of him or the artist who created him?
>Many incredible artists have become regular contributors to the drawpile in past years
Didn't know that due to the fact that I have started checking out the drawpile thread just a couple weeks ago. Might check those artists out as well.
>Having so many great people in my circle is much more valuable to me than having even tens of thousands likes on Twitter or whatever
Clout or friendships? Idk, I don't even know what's happiness at this point after all the bad stuff that have had happened to me recently but yeah, what you said is true:
>I have a lot of blind spots to develop in my work and going forward I'm confident this is going to be a big year for me, and I hope it is for you as well. Let's make it happen
I do identify with this and the only thing I could hope for is to have a good time and some more progress at honing this craft.
Thank you, have a good day and a happy new year, man.

>>6998518
I want to be able to draw cute semi-realistic anime girls. It doesn't have to be really good looking, just enough for me to feel giddy when looking at it. A middle ground between easy to render and pretty too look at.

I just want to get better. I've been saying it for a while now but I'm actually putting my nose to the grindstone. Mixing books/lessons with what I want to draw and I'm slowly seeing some progress. I was absolutely dreadful at the start of my journey and I've evolved into the bad category. Biggest issue is line confidence and that is improving.

>>6998518
Would.

>>6999597
internet femboys are some of the most pathetic creatures on earth, im glad you got out of that

>>6999617
>Do you happen to know the name of him or the artist who created him?

Initially I created him as a joke character in one of the first iterations of the Tower Girls thread I'd made over 10 years ago. "Natti Backsnapicus". He changed quite a bit as time went on of course, now he doesn't really have a name or a specific purpose but has become sort of my mascot/self-insert character; I'm really happy a lot of people seem to enjoy drawing him as well.

>Clout or friendships?
"Likes" and such should rightly feel good, but at the end of the day they're an impersonal bing-bing wahoo number that shouldn't be taken too seriously-or too personally-if you aren't getting many. There are artists you wouldn't believe who either get low engagement or have essentially no social media at all and it'd be my hope that in the former's case they don't let that discourage them.

>"blind spots to develop"
Ope, I misspoke a bit there, obviously I have enough blind spots and don't want to develop any more! Rather I still have quite a few that need to be ironed out.

>Thank you, have a good day and a happy new year, man.
You too, cheers and good luck. Here's to the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awoFZaSuko4

>>6998518
I bought a WACOM ONE. Turns out that Digital Drawing and the Traditional Drawing are TWO COMPLETELY different executions. I'm using Krita so for new year's resolution:
>Learn how to use the tablet
>Learn the program
>Achieve the same level I have on paper on the digital
>Then follow one of those one year projects for drawing
So far it's being miserable. Right now I'm just drawing circles, squares, lines and tracing simple draws to train the grip on the pen. But I'm hopeful.

>>6999827
yeah im fucking glad too
happy new years anon

>>6998530
>>6998626
>>6998685
>>6998695
>>6999310
>>6999383
Same as those anons.

>>6998518
I want to draw more, and release more drawings to public.
I won't call it a resolution, merely putting out more lines on paper/pixels is what I desire. Anything beyond that I will consider a pleasant addition.

>>7000110
Please please post your tits

going to ignore fundies and just draw :)

>>6998518
I finished curating a list of courses I am going to take to motivate me to draw more. No more shitty advice like just do DAB or lmao just copy anime girls standing on a white background.

trying to reapproach this. I've been a perma-beg for too long and I need to actually make time to practice if i'll ever make art that looks nice and gives me the dopamine kick.
probably going to schedule out time to just do shitty practice from loomis or video courses for 10 minutes a day and hope i feel the urge to go beyond that.

>>7000134
Nice. What's the plan for courses looking like? I might steal some ideas anon.

>>7000807
Eh just read the course guide download a buncha courses you need for that module and approach it as if you were doing a part-time study in the evenings. No need to go full on autistic unless you don’t work a normal job like any functional adult.

>>6998518
I have so much real estate on my walls, I want to make shit worth hanging up and look into making my own frames. And to get better at using my imagination, references have become such a crutch I rely on them even for inspiration to start drawing now :/

>>7000134
That's a lot. I think you're going to realize that making this list will be a lot easier and perhaps even funner than it will be to follow. Good luck though, anon.

Gonna try drawing this year. Even if it's just something small each month.

>>6998518
Yeah, learn how to draw backgrounds and somewhat passable males

Develop a sub-art style for a game I want to make, which will involve studying some artists I like
It'll be fun

>>6998518
Making a comic and printing it. And selling some copies of course.

>>6998650
I'm struggling with this right now
Trying to fight it so I can post it on Twitter, but I now have some kinda art dismorphia, (suddenly drawing again after 5 years) I know this finished drawing is something I'm happy with, but I can't stop thinking things like what if it looks absolutely fucked actually
>why not give up and keep drawing to yourself?
Tired of keeping my drawings to myself, I want drawing friends man, and I'm tired of letting fear rule my life
Thank you for reading my blog

>>6999423
Do you have a blog, cat anon?

>>6998601

>>7004347
I use Instagram as my gallery. https://www.instagram.com/morpheuslunae/
But Patreon is also kind of my blog: https://www.patreon.com/morpheuslunae

This year I just want to make wholesome art that I can show my family.

>>6998518
To smile and not get(very) hurt with passing/blatant shitpost comments regarding your art since you know you can AND will improve more.

>that op pic

>>7005953
MY QUEEN!