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[Draw thread sukkas No.1680594]

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Post your current drawing here and give constructive critiques to others!
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If you want critique on a drawing from the previous thread, you can delete it there and repost in this one.

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[Anonymous No.1680596]

I just finished this one. ~2 hours in paint. Whaddya think?

[Anonymous No.1680597]

i dont know which one work on. how do you know how to choose?

[Anonymous No.1680598]

[Anonymous No.1680599]

i dont know which one work on. How do you know how to choose?

[Anonymous No.1680624]

>>1680596
fukkin' saved
Would love to see some varients, Canadian, Jew, etc

[Anonymous No.1680625]

>>1680624
fuck off /pol/

[Anonymous No.1680626]

>>1680625
butthurt amerifag detected

[Anonymous No.1680627]

>>1680626
not even american.
This is not the place for your propaganda shit especially as poorly drawn as to rival those shitty scribbles in the nazi news bulletins.

[Anonymous No.1680628]

>>1680599
They look good.
... Do them all

[Anonymous No.1680629]

>>1680596

man I laugh my ass off every time I see pictures like this getting more re posts and attention than your shitty overendered fantasy chicks with guns

[Anonymous No.1680632]

>>1680625
So anything that has the word jew in it is /pol/ related?

[Anonymous No.1680645]

Not a regular here or drawing, but I like to do some stuff from time to time.
I tried to get a "runic" feel without going all diablo II or ussing existing ones, but getting a more organic feel.
I really dislike how the image feels disbalanced and that individual letters lack cohesion, but I give it a 6/10 personally.

[Anonymous No.1680663]

>>1680594

[Anonymous No.1680718]

>>1680663
learn values, as simple as that

[Anonymous No.1680728]

>>1680718

and everything else while im at it. will do. was hoping for more substantial feedback, as in, regarding the theme and composition.

[Anonymous No.1680735]

Posting shit sketch in hope of critique

[Anonymous No.1680753]

rate my cockbot /ic/

[Anonymous No.1680759]

trying to get the dam keeper look

[shy No.1680775]

>>1680728
Value is part of your composition fundies, you funny man.

[Anonymous No.1680783]

>>1680599
Bottom left or top right.

[Anonymous No.1680789]

>>1680753
post wireframe

[Anonymous No.1680828]

I'm getting better but not good like the rest of you guys

[Anonymous No.1680839]

>>1680828
That much is obvious. Though that face cracked me up.

[Anonymous No.1680845]

>>1680839
Hehe, whose face?? his or hers?

[Anonymous No.1680851]

>>1680845
Hers. I'll give you that. Work on your faces, you seem to have some inkling of skill in that. However the rest needs to be completely redone. Read ALL of loomis and read the stickies.

[Anonymous No.1680858]

>>1680851
>ALL of loomis
you talkinG about this?
http://illustrationage.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/andrew-loomis-figure-drawing-for-all-its-worth.pdf

[Anonymous No.1680871]

>>1680858
not the guy, but read loomis heads and hands, or fun with a pencil. his figure drawing is shit so stick with hampton or vilppu for bodies, composition, gesture, anatomy, etc

[Anonymous No.1680878]

bit of a progress post, I have to say I haven't really done all I could've done but I think I've stayed true to the climb except for
june july and august of last year but yeah this is about a years worth of difference

[Anonymous No.1680879]

>>1680878

[Anonymous No.1680887]

>>1680879

[Anonymous No.1680888]

Inks on colored paper.

[Anonymous No.1680918]

Can I get some critique or perhaps a red line on a better foreshortened hand? Be brutal please, gotta improve.

[Anonymous No.1680925]

>>1680918
Looks like that pinkie is straight up broken.

[Anonymous No.1680933]

>>1680925
Why? I positioned my hand like that anon's picture and looked exactly like that.

[Anonymous No.1680939]

>>1680918
try to make that pose with your own hand. in that perspective, the fingers don't match up. either the guy's hand is totally fucked up or the hand moved several times when you were drawing it. or you just didn't draw it right.

[Anonymous No.1680950]

Didn't learn as much drawing this as I usually like to, but it was still fun.

[Anonymous No.1680951]

Didn't learn very much drawing this, but it was still fun.

[Anonymous No.1680966]

[Anonymous No.1681001]

[Anonymous No.1681003]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, sorry if it isn't.. But where do I start if I want to paint digitally? I've read a shit ton of tutorials but it's always "HOW I PAINT HAIR TEEH ^.^ kawaii"

I want to start from the very beginning and learn to paint but I don't know how.

[Anonymous No.1681006]

>>1681003

http://ctrlpaint.com/library/

Here you go. I think the first few videos are exactly what you're talking about.

[Anonymous No.1681020]

>>1681006
I-I love you.

Thank you so much!

[Anonymous No.1681028]

>>1681020
No problem, friend. It is in the sticky though, just sayin.

[Anonymous No.1681038]

d-does it look like a girl now?

[Anonymous No.1681044]

>>1681038
tbh it looked like a girl before that guy was just messin'

if i was you i'd get a reference for the hair. and if indeed it is dark coloured hair i would leave it without the high-lights until you actually come to render it. because it needs only be a few strokes, i'll show you if you like.

[Conmana No.1681059]

Gestures for today 10 minutes each focusing on major muscle groups simplicity and accuracy
My personal work is still lacking strong gesture that tells a story but it's getting better

So much to learn, feels good mang.

[Anonymous No.1681068]

>>1681059
is there a site where you got your ref. from?

[Anonymous No.1681088]

hmmph

[Anonymous No.1681090]

>>1681044
what do you mean by rendering? after that i just put some color on overlay, multiply and normal. and yea it would be helpful if you can redline/paintover.

[Anonymous No.1681092]

I tried to paint my cat like one of my french girls, but she decided I wasn't worth the effort to sleep on my bed so I only had about 20-25 mins.

[Anonymous No.1681098]

>>1681059
>feels good

don't lie.

[Anonymous No.1681131]

>>1681001
I think you should make things brighter. It is pretty bland right now.

>>1680888
Maybe make the fence go all the way around and add an actual background that further shows the contrast between the little boy's world and the graveyard.

>>1680759
I like this but rn the head looks like a potato. Turn it into something else other than a potato. It looks like a dog or lion.

>>1680645
Ok cool runes dude, but try and actually put them together into a drawing. I see you have a scary eye there...turn that into a demon or troll and then draw runic tats ON him. If you can't draw anything else other than runes to put your runes on, challenge yourself!

>>1680598
Looks good but rn the biohazard dude looks unintimidating, like a chubby old man is in that suit. Give him a scarier posture and feel other than lifting up the block.

>>1680951
Draw scenery in the bg anon, let us know where rock man is from. He looks like he is traveling from home. What are the origins of rockman?
I want /ic/ to see this. How did I draw? (unfinished)

[Anonymous No.1681141]

[Anonymous No.1681172]

[Anonymous No.1681200]

working on a self portrait

[Anonymous No.1681203]

>>1681131
Oh boy, that's awful, you shouldn't be giving tips with that poor skills you have anon.

[Anonymous No.1681206]

>>1681141
lol@those hands

[Anonymous No.1681211]

I like it

[Anonymous No.1681216]

>>1681131
do not ever give out advice.
ever.
ever again on this board.
you lack the necessary skills in order to do so.

you are the equivalent to the annoying student that talks over the experienced teacher to the rest of the class in order to get attention.
>10/10 if troll, enjoy your fish

[Anonymous No.1681219]

>>1681090
more girls

[Anonymous No.1681226]

>>1681200
they're here...

[Anonymous No.1681231]

[Anonymous No.1681233]

speedpaint kinda, my ref was bad but too adorable

[Anonymous No.1681235]

>>1681233
ref

[Anonymous No.1681245]

>>1681231
It's like you didn't even look at the original reference

[Anonymous No.1681248]

working on my digital painting, and no. I'm not a god like the rest of you

[Anonymous No.1681251]

>>1681248
forgot image

[Anonymous No.1681259]

>>1681131
I really can't tell if this is a joke or not. This is among the most uninformed advice I've ever seen on this board.

[Anonymous No.1681262]

>>1681248
>>1681251

i fucking love it lol, will maybe try to help you out here and there after im doing lifting and watching sc2 streams

[Anonymous No.1681265]

>>1681262
would love crits or any help at all!

[Anonymous No.1681279]

>>1681251
somewhat updated

[Anonymous No.1681284]

>>1681092
fixed up the ballance since after I looked at it again the white was blown out super hard.
Should probably not do a life drawing infront of the sunny window.

[Anonymous No.1681285]

>>1681088
thumbnail looks good

[Anonymous No.1681286]

>>1681284
i like it so far! keep going

[Anonymous No.1681287]

I'll keep posting, maybe one day I'll get crit/advice.
how's going so far?

[Anonymous No.1681290]

>>1681219
i think im improving, i dont know man..it feels good

[Anonymous No.1681291]

>>1680594

[Anonymous No.1681292]

>>1681287
study edges
study proportions
study colors.
Now quit your bitching

[Anonymous No.1681295]

>>1681287
Next time you post say something like "Man, I'm way better than everyone in this thread, jesus you all suck." You'll probably get it then.

The ear looks small, chin might be off a little, nothing glaring other than that.

[Anonymous No.1681304]

my latest still life, very relaxing stuff, it took 4 hrs

[Anonymous No.1681307]

>>1681290
flip horizontally

[Anonymous No.1681313]

>>1681304
do you happen to have any of the preliminary groundwork saved?

i'd like to see how you constructed it.

[Anonymous No.1681314]

>>1681304
Edges are too uniformly crisp. If you haven't read it already, check out Schmid's Ala Prima, as it has a section with techniques on distinguishing edge quality when painting from life.

If you're going to spend that much time on the rendering, I'd take the time to clean and and fix all of your ellipses.

[Anonymous No.1681315]

>>1681290
>>1681307
wow how could i missed that lol. anyway now im gonna try other views

[Anonymous No.1681320]

>>1681304
Ellipses man, restudy construction. Other than that, nicely done.

[Anonymous No.1681327]

im working in grey scale a lot and working on my sketching/ blocking in. any opinions? i know there's alot i need to work on

[Anonymous No.1681333]

Unbanned today
heres a study for celebration
>wait a sec, that cup looks familiar

[Anonymous No.1681334]

[Anonymous No.1681335]

color study

[Anonymous No.1681337]

>>1681335
woops
and it's nice to see some people are improving

[Anonymous No.1681340]

Incomplete, beginner here. What do i need to work on?

[Anonymous No.1681354]

>>1681340
everything. start working on anatomy, proportions, values and all the basics before going anywhere else

[Anonymous No.1681358]

>>1681327
anyone?

[Anonymous No.1681359]

>>1680594
what am I doing wrong?

[Anonymous No.1681374]

>>1681359
Spending too much time watching sherlock, the hobbit, the star trek movie and listening to cabin pressure and not drawing

[Anonymous No.1681388]

>>1681315
last one for today

[Anonymous No.1681389]

>>1681327
I like your designs

I personally find it helpful to force myself to actually finish drawing whatever I was drawing, a lot of yours are missing arms and waists and such, have cut off bits, it just looks like you stopped when you reached a part you were uncomfortable drawing... if you always force yourself to finish everything, then you are teaching yourself to actually draw a completed drawing and you get practice with things you subconsciously avoid

[Anonymous No.1681392]

>>1681389
yeah, i feel like i should push my self on sketching out some poses and anatomy, so i wont choose to not finish things early.

[Anonymous No.1681393]

Sketch for a value study.

[Anonymous No.1681396]

>>1681374
>Spending too much time watching sherlock, the hobbit, the star trek movie
Huge Tolkien fan, gonna give you that
Sherlock is okay.
Not a Star Trek fan honestly
>listening to cabin pressure
no fecking clue
>and not drawing
I took a break from that study to stretch out and sketch a bit on bond paper. I like your reply though 10/10

[Anonymous No.1681401]

>>1681359
Nose bridge is very straight and maybe too far turned down

[Anonymous No.1681407]

>>1681401
thanks

[Anonymous No.1681408]

>>1681396
I like your kawaii girl eating jam on toast, anon.

[Anonymous No.1681411]

I did this for a co-worker, he has a small band and wanted a few deisigns

>>1681334
great brush economy, I'm really liking this

[Anonymous No.1681412]

I did this for a co-worker, he has a small band and wanted a few deisigns

>>1681334
great brush economy, I'm really liking this

[Anonymous No.1681413]

I did this for a co-worker, he has a small band and wanted a few designs

>>1681334
great brush economy, I'm really liking this

[FiRez !!tndrCZJHE+I No.1681432]

Still working on this but I think I'm about to finish with the face. Any critiques?

[Anonymous No.1681437]

>>1681432
Stop eye raping us with this turd ffs

[Anonymous No.1681438]

>>1681432
people already told you, the neck.
and the hair looks like it's falling/flowing towards the back, so you should hint at the ears.

[Conmana No.1681445]

>>1681068

Google pixelovey

>>1681098
There's so much to learn about figures, it's amazing how the body has this natural rhythm, fascinating really.

[FiRez !!tndrCZJHE+I No.1681447]

>>1681437
Ok. I'm going to post this one, it's a major revision of study I made yesterday. Hope your eyes get raped a bit more tenderly.

>>1681438
I've not started with the neck...still. Thanks for the feedback about the ears

[Anonymous No.1681452]

>>1681432
you need a computer that can handle more than SNES resolution

[Anonymous No.1681462]

>>1681172
Diggin the brush strokes anon. The touches of color here and there keep the eye interested.

I don't like those glasses one bit though. placement is fine, but there's nothing to them but a brown line. Add some more variation. also the neck is a chode

[Anonymous No.1681465]

struggling

[Anonymous No.1681470]

>>1681359
still working on it

[Anonymous No.1681475]

>>1681470
What's wrong is you're not copying it properly. Don't be afraid to stare hard and do it right. In fact the sooner you just dig in and do it the more weeks of your life you save. What are you afraid that getting his jaw and nose right would make you feel too committed or something? Don't get all sour grapes on me man you started this

[Anonymous No.1681477]

>>1681470
I think I fucked it up...
>>1681470
pic related

[Anonymous No.1681478]

>>1681465
simplify more

[Anonymous No.1681481]

>>1681475
you have the right idea but i think your wording is strange.

You're telling him to take more time observing? Or to dig right in?

[Anonymous No.1681485]

>>1681481
Sometimes you just have to do a thing. It's not like you need some special skill or intelligence to make sure on thing is shaped like another. Just a little care.

[Anonymous No.1681488]

>>1681485
Just so we are clear. I am a diff anon. Are you telling him to fix it in during the painting process or to be more aware during construction?

[Anonymous No.1681489]

Here's something I'm working on right now. It's a study of an Ilya Repin painting (I think it's a painting of Judas, too lazy to look it up right now) with oil pastels in monochrome. I'm not done with parts of the neck, beard, ear and hair, but you guys can probably tell.

[Anonymous No.1681492]

>>1681488
Just pay more attention man you'll get there eventually. Remember that thinking twice as long is effectively thinking twice as well.

[Anonymous No.1681494]

>>1681492
The vagueness is disturbing. I don't mean any disrespect anon. But I understand what you are trying to tell me at least.

[Anonymous No.1681520]

I just cannot get things to look "right".

[Anonymous No.1681524]

>>1681520
superman, starring warwick davis

[Anonymous No.1681530]

>>1681413
Thanks, brushes are fun to play with! Wanted a dark, rather unsettling tone for this.

[Anonymous No.1681531]

>>1681489
Oh my god, I'm laughing so hard about this. I'm doing something at the moment that looks very similar!

[Anonymous No.1681532]

>>1681520
Well he's got no fucking eyes
aint superman without eyes
how the fuck's he gonna do heat vision now

[Anonymous No.1681533]

>>1681532
Right right.
But honestly, I can't bring myself to finish it because I'm starting to hate it.

[Anonymous No.1681536]

>>1681533
Just at a cursory glance, his legs are far too small. I'm not sure if you're going for that sort of physique, but he's also way too bulky around the gut. Superman usually has a physique like Schwarzenegger, so use him for reference. I'm not qualified to give critique beyond that.

You may also want to enlarge his cape to balance things out, and relax his pose a little to help communicate that he's floating in the air.

[Anonymous No.1681540]

>my_driveway.jpg

[Anonymous No.1681542]

>>1681531
I think I recognize your work. Are you on tumblr?

[Anonymous No.1681544]

>>1681536
Good good call on the legs, I didn't even notice the legs were too small until you mentioned it!

Shit, the abdomen has gone through so many revisions. So I know it's turrible.

I'll try enlarging the cape and relaxing the pose. Thank you!

[Anonymous No.1681546]

>>1681542
Haha, yep. This is where I go to ask for advice! Sometimes people on tumblr are a bit soft with the critique, if you know what I mean.

[Anonymous No.1681562]

>>1681470
okay, back on track! I think is actually looking pretty decent.

[Anonymous No.1681565]

>>1681562
The nose bridge is too long. Just bring up his features beneath his eyes and make his forehead a bit rounder. But this is looking good.

[Anonymous No.1681568]

>>1681565
yeah, I notice now the nose is wrong. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.1681585]

If there was something on the side of the pillar, would the composition work? It's basically a slightly refined thumbnail for composition/background practice purposes

[Anonymous No.1681597]

Is there a way to rotate brush angles in photoshop more easily? its a pain having to go through the menu, I'd like to set it to the touch ring on my intuos.

[Anonymous No.1681602]

>>1681597
There's an option to rotate the angles with your pen tilt! I find it easier to draw that way. Not sure about the touch ring though.

[Anonymous No.1681604]

>>1681602

huh how?

[Anonymous No.1681611]

what do you think? i spilled coffee on the top right by accident but im thinking it looks ok with it and goes with the theme

[Anonymous No.1681610]

>>1681172
pretty, pretty good

[Anonymous No.1681612]

>>1681568
No problem, man! Here to help.

[Anonymous No.1681623]

Suppose it's finished, but still interested if anyone sees something that's off.

[Anonymous No.1681626]

>>1681447
Study looks good man, though be aware of your value ranges. Guessing it's from a photo, and a brightly lit/taken in a studio one. As long as you're aware of that then it's fine, and maybe try a more naturally lit one for the next study?

For the head, not sure what to say. Feels a bit flat. If you've ever studied one of those planar head models then you'll know what I mean, keep in mind the sides of the head especially. Her forehead seems very flat and should be more curved, with planes at the sides, the keystone between the eyebrows should be forward a bit more, the bottom of the lips is a bit too far into the face, things like that. I like to think of it as 3D modelling; if you've ever dabbled in that you'll know how you can model something to look OK from one angle, but as soon as you rotate you see just how fucked up it is. Try rotate in your mind, or at least go down a checklist of each plane, whether it's too deep or shallow, right or left, etc. Nice work on the skin though and I dig the colours.

Another thing to check out for face planes would be Linran's sketches, the polished stuff not so much. Guy knows his forms very well and you can learn a bunch by thinking them all through. Keep it up man, see you post here a bunch and you do well to take crits and then just go back to work, not discouraged at all.

[Anonymous No.1681638]

>>1681610
>>1681462
Thank yee. I know whatcha mean about the glasses. It's a WIP, but I'm trying to figure out how to resolve such a thin, practically formless object while fitting in with the stroke-style mark making. Nawwhatimean? Thanks for pointing out the neck though. Didn't catch that myself.

Here's another WIP.

[Anonymous No.1681645]

>>1681374
>>1681396
>>1681562
In case anyone wanted to see what else I was drawing while doing the Cumberbatch study...
>inb4
I don't think this looks animu enough to be in the "stylization" tred (specially the bottom one... except for the gesture of course)

[Anonymous No.1681647]

>>1681645
it belongs in the animu thread

[Anonymous No.1681650]

>>1681647
just when I thought I was finally stepping out of that box...

[Anonymous No.1681651]

>>1681650
Why do you want to leave us?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C4uTEEOJlM

[FiRez !!tndrCZJHE+I No.1681653]

>>1681626
Thanks for the through feedback m8.

That LinRan guy is really something, I will observe very closely all his sketches before touching that wip again, the original character is anime-ish but I think I can still push those planes a bit further and more correctly.

Thanks again...

[Anonymous No.1681658]

Any critique is welcome!

[Anonymous No.1681660]

I can't into brushes at all, but then again people say you don't need brushes to be good. Is the hard round one all I really need? Are there any good examples of art done purely with hard round brush?

[Anonymous No.1681662]

>>1681623
Looks amazing. Only thing might be the orangeyness of the horse, but i can see the whole image has a sort of tint to it but it might just be the comparison to the cool armor. Also the legs seem to not blend into the ground. Otherwise it looks fucking sexy.
Also, is anyone still here? I'm kind of needing some help with the background/composition.

[Anonymous No.1681668]

>>1681658
post ref, and we shall talk

[Anonymous No.1681669]

was trying to copy someone else's work.

[Anonymous No.1681673]

>>1681658
>>1681668 ref

[Anonymous No.1681675]

Another acrylic still life,

[Anonymous No.1681698]

>>1681313

well i deleted those layers already, but i used Matt Kohr technique, nothing really fancy, i just did a sketch where the objects are placed, did a refined drawing, masked them out seperatly and started painting

you can download the psd from here

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f1tx0p1us24eujg/still2.psd

my ellipses are fucked, yeah i was lazy to correct them ..

[Conmana No.1681714]

Rarely does my stuff spoop me out but this is just too spoopy

anyhoo a million and one gestures with simple linework is starting to brush off on my personal work making the cleanup process a million times easier.

[Anonymous No.1681717]

>>1681714
those shoulder plates are placed weirdly. they're also not symetrical.
since you draw armor so often, maybe start studying them properly for once.

[Anonymous No.1681722]

>>1681714
Stay the fuck away from black, bro. Especially when it comes to blending. It's ruining the whole painting

[Anonymous No.1681731]

[Anonymous No.1681736]

>>1681731
i always see people making that mistake with the shading. i think it may be that you think in lines so when you're painting you don't quite make the switch.

i'll do a quick paint-over of the belly there to show you what i mean. brb

[Anonymous No.1681752]

>>1681673
Bro, don't use such a distorted photo reference as that. Your drawing's anatomy is fucked because of it.

[Anonymous No.1681781]

>>1681327
Don't want to be a dick about it, and it's probably not important, but if I remember correctly, Squiggly's parasite is supposed to come out of her ear (left I believe). Been awhile since I read that design doc, so could be wrong.

[Anonymous No.1681801]

>>1681736
>brb
>still hasn't posted paintover

[Anonymous No.1681810]

>>1681752
I can try and get a better ref. What parts of the anatomy do you think I can focus on?

[Anonymous No.1681843]

What am I doing wrong exactly?

[Anonymous No.1681847]

I really need help. I'm experimenting with a stylistic style rather realism at the moment for an assignment. Could i get some tips on to better this ?

[Anonymous No.1681855]

And then suddenly all motivation fell out of my ass.

[Anonymous No.1681864]

>>1680594

[Anonymous No.1681865]

>>1681714
The top 1/3 of the drawing looks pretty nice. The bottom 2/3 is suffering from muddy black tones, and the anatomy and armor fit + design is very wonky. That hand, the arms, the shoulders, the thighs, etc.

[Anonymous No.1681889]

>>1681843
the flag

[Anonymous No.1681891]

anyone know where I can find some head ref pic?

[Anonymous No.1681892]

Good dags. D'ya like dags?

[Anonymous No.1681893]

bleep bloop

[Anonymous No.1681916]

[Anonymous No.1681925]

I worked a bit more on this while letting it sit on my HD for a long while

[Anonymous No.1681924]

am I chinese yet

[Anonymous No.1681927]

>>1681892
Wow, this is fucking cool. Captcha: indeed.

[Anonymous No.1681928]

>>1681916
pose looks kinda weird but i like it overall

[Anonymous No.1681936]

>>1681662
This looks cool as hell man. I'm not sure what to say for the composition, usually I leave more space on the canvas in front of the character's head, but this works well the other way round, means you can put more focus on the hair and such. I'd try out having him as some hunching monster, whether he's some meaty mutant or a sweet cyborgy thing is up to you.

Basically I have no idea, but the composition works for me as is. Follow the hair back and see what comes out, then maybe push the lighting more to make things pop. Really dig the work on the faces though.

[Anonymous No.1681955]

>>1681925
what's up with her hand?...

[Anonymous No.1682000]

>>1681955
and what's up with those airlines, huh ?
How can they serve warm nuts.

[Anonymous No.1682003]

Pretty sure my proportions are fucked up and I'm having trouble with perspective on his chest. He's wearing a MGS style sneaking suit under a uniform.

[Anonymous No.1682011]

>>1682003

>Pretty sure my proportions are fucked up

Yes, they are. Head and shoulders are fucking massive compared to the rest.

[Anonymous No.1682016]

>>1682011
Do you think the shoulders are alright for his head?

[Anonymous No.1682024]

>>1682016

They seem about right for the head, but the rest of the body, absolutely not. Something seems off about his right shoulder as well, but it's still pretty rough so w/e.

Compare your pic with some references, shouldn't be too hard to find that pose.

[Anonymous No.1682037]

Found this old long study I did almost a year ago, thought I'd share it..

[Anonymous No.1682039]

>>1681925
Put some more darks into it. The front guy could be pretty dark.

[Anonymous No.1682042]

This seems a bit better. I realised that pose wouldn't work because you need to be able to see his arms clearly. Is this too Superman-ish? I want him to have a pretty neutral pose, but he kind of looks like he's posturing. If I draw his hands open, not clenched, it will look more natural maybe?

[Anonymous No.1682062]

Via pen and markers. Still thinking of what I can do with this.

[Anonymous No.1682070]

>>1681936
Thank you! I forgot to mention it was a sort of interpretation for a school assignment of this part of a poem:

>I was of three minds,
>Like a tree
>In which there are three blackbirds.

so I want to try and incorporate maybe some feathers and/or branches but i dunno... thank you though, it was like drawing a cyst that needed to be drained since it was pretty much all stream of consciousness. Felt good man. also added some more orangey stuff

[Anonymous No.1682082]

>>1682037
The drawing academy? i remember that cast..

[Anonymous No.1682097]

>>1682070
this is dope as hell man and there are some really nice textures in here. Would you be able to post a few WIP screenshots or something? Or if you've got multiple layers just kill a few and take some screencaps layer by layer? Idk might not be worth the trouble, I'm just really interested in your workflow, would love to know what sort of processes you're applying to work like this.
Excellent stuff either way man, if oyu have a blog or anything please hook me up.

[Anonymous No.1682099]

>>1681532
How can we heat vision if our eyes aren't real?

[Anonymous No.1682105]

Doing a value study.
Am I doing something horribly wrong? Are the values off? I see that the tilt of the head isn't right

[Anonymous No.1682108]

I'm practicing that "border-less" painting

I hate everything about this picture tho

[Anonymous No.1682114]

>>1681927
thx man!

[Anonymous No.1682124]

WIP

please tell me what you think, criticism is valued!

[Anonymous No.1682140]

>>1680594

[Nani No.1682164]

Not finished ( cuz I dunno what to do and where to begin.) Need help

[Anonymous No.1682169]

>>1682105
you need to stop thinking in terms of just peach. skin is more than that there are reds and greens! right now your study looks lifeless.. add some color! use red values around the cheek, nose try some purple and green added to the shadows/planes of the face !

[Anonymous No.1682184]

>>1682097
thanks man. this is the only prog shot I got, but I got the skin tones from this super awesome guy

http://cghub.com/images/view/677521/

and yus, here's my dA: http://frrruuussstraation.deviantart.com/

[Anonymous No.1682202]

>>1680663
There really is no composition going on. You sorta just took 2 things and stuck them in the center.
Ctrl+paint deals with composition

[Anonymous No.1682280]

>>1682070
Beginning to feel like the branch is totally out of place, what you think? Pretty much done though.

[Anonymous No.1682295]

>>1680594
Still fairly new to digital painting. More focused on the technique rather than making a finished painting.

[Anonymous No.1682299]

>>1681211
It's nice.

[Anonymous No.1682313]

>>1681645
>>1681647
>>1681651
What you guys think about the colors anyways?

[Anonymous No.1682317]

>>1682280
It is out of place. Very distracting too. Does it need to be there? What purpose does it serve?

[Anonymous No.1682319]

Incomplete, using a reference from google images. This would be my second attempt at painting in the past 6 months. Trying my best to take myself seriously and get some practice in.

I'm a bit bummed out, showed me friend but as soon as i mentioned working off a reference, they acted very condescending, as if I lied to them. But I'm only practicing. Wouldn't painting a sunset, or a model in front of me, or a self portrait - be near the same?

[Anonymous No.1682322]

>>1681675
its pretty anon, i wish i had more to say than that.

[Anonymous No.1682324]

>>1682164
the nose is drawn at a different angle than the mouth. should be turned more to the right to line up with lips.

[Anonymous No.1682328]

>>1681489
The face looks pretty good so far, just keep doing what ur doing and I'm sure it'll come out great. Be careful with that ear though.

[Anonymous No.1682356]

>>1682319

No crit, sorry, but your comment makes me curious so I gotta ask.

Does your friend draw? If not you shouldn't care about their opinion on your process, they are either looking for some flaw to point out or they are ignorant themselves. If they do draw try to find out why they find use of reference so wrong, because frankly I can't think of an artist of decent skill level that hasn't done many drawings from reference. This includes every old master as well as every current artist I am aware of and those I know personally.

[Anonymous No.1682405]

Besides Loomis, what I need?

[Anonymous No.1682406]

>>1682405
more loomis

[Anonymous No.1682407]

>>1682406
Besides Loomis.

[Anonymous No.1682408]

working on this, some advice :)

[Anonymous No.1682409]

>>1682405
Are you drawing in ms paint...?

[Anonymous No.1682410]

>>1682407
even more loomis

[Anonymous No.1682412]

hey guys how do you design an outfit, where do you get your inspiration?
my figures look alright but im stuck trying to think what they should wear

[Anonymous No.1682413]

>>1682412
Get references of the kind of outfits you like or fit your drawing, I mostly get ideas like that

[Anonymous No.1682414]

>>1682412
panties

[Anonymous No.1682427]

oh well lets see how this turns out

[Anonymous No.1682429]

>>1682412
for all your kawaii grillwear needs: zazhimi.net

[Conmana No.1682437]

Day 7 of the 15 hour march
so my figures are improving,which is cool. Well they should be considering im dumping stupid amounts of time into gesture work. Line quality is improving quite quickly which is cool.
>>1681717
The knights are for you, I actually did learn something believe it or not.
>>1681722
Agree'd I changed them however too many prevalent problems in that image worth perusing it further.
>>1681865
Still having problems putting armor on a figure receding in 3d space it's getting better ever so slowly.

[Anonymous No.1682438]

>>1682437
Looks really good. I`ve been trying to imrpove too for some time now but can`t really figure out how.
What is your process when doing this ?(livedrawing, reference/noreference etc etc.)

[Conmana No.1682441]

>>1682438

Well I'm learning information through repetition, I'm gradually learning the ins and outs of the figure.

I draw from pictures, which from talking to other artists isnt the best option, so life drawing would probably be your best bet.

In the end do what you think is right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5o8d1kitM&feature=share
Watch that video

[Anonymous No.1682445]

Working on this

[Anonymous No.1682446]

>>1682445
And this

>>1682429
Cool site

[Anonymous No.1682451]

wohoo radial blur!!

[Anonymous No.1682454]

>>1681623
I'd love to see more of your work if you have a link, really impressive, thanks for posting

[Anonymous No.1682455]

>>1682437
All the derpy faces make this hilarious

[Anonymous No.1682456]

>>1682446
do you have a tumblr or da? your use of colour is really nice, and your brushwork is very dynamic, it would be nice to see a finished ppiece in the same style

[Anonymous No.1682458]

>>1682446
nice one, i love green :3

[Anonymous No.1682461]

I keep drawing my characters with big eyes, how I educate myself and break this addiction? Also, the rest of face, but specially head size and eyes. I'm reading Loomis books, but it's not helping, I started with animu/mango and created a lot of bad habits. I was about to post a pic as example, but I didn't save...

[Anonymous No.1682462]

>>1682461
easiest way to break bad habits is to do some trace paintings over good photographs/art at correct proportions. It will get you used to the actual proportions of the face.

[Anonymous No.1682463]

>>1682462
I'm sorry, I don't want to sound rude, but are you serious? Tracing will really help me?

[Anonymous No.1682466]

>>1682463
yup, it actually does help in moderation. Obviously dont use it for actual pieces- but for study, sure its really good at helping you with proportions/textures/shapes/lighting you are unfamiliar with, just pay attention to what youre doing while you do it and it will really enhance your visual library.
Tracing isnt a replacement for skill, but it does have its place in learning about how to draw.

[Anonymous No.1682469]

>>1682466
Thank you very much for the advice. I'll practice, but I won't trace in "serious drawings". Hopefully, I'll improve a lot next months.

[Anonymous No.1682467]

Do not insult me, please.

[Anonymous No.1682472]

>>1682467
The forehead looks too big. Move the hairline down, or move the face up.

[Anonymous No.1682480]

hvnt drawn gurls in a while

[Anonymous No.1682482]

>>1682451
gaaah

[Anonymous No.1682485]

>>1682480
I really like the heavy black line for some reason .___. it looks nice with your rendering

[Anonymous No.1682488]

>>1682480
>useing white background

[Anonymous No.1682489]

>>1682488
yolo

[Anonymous No.1682490]

>>1682427
not sure whats wong

[Anonymous No.1682491]

>>1682490
the foot i really broken
i think some reference would help

[Anonymous No.1682509]

>>1682490
>>1682491
changed the pose
any help is appreciated

[Anonymous No.1682522]

>>1682490
fuck now i dont know which one to choose

[Anonymous No.1682529]

>>1682509
I kind of suck at this whole "art" thing, but I think your problem might have something to do with the balance, or lack thereof. Try to take that position. You will notice that it is impossible. This is because her center of balance is in thin air behind the forward foot, meaning that she is accelerating backwards, EXCEPT THAT her spine is bent backwards like she's leaning against a stripper's pole, which is the opposite of what your body would be naturally doing if you were, say, stopping from a run.

Also I think the forward foot is off-perspective.

[Anonymous No.1682532]

>>1681611
More coffee

[Anonymous No.1682536]

>>1682488
Nothing wrong with painting on a white background if you already know how to work with a full value range and not break forms. Plus, anon is using an off-white background anyway.

[Anonymous No.1682538]

I think that this is better than the last time, I have a problem tough.

[Anonymous No.1682539]

I'm unsure of the hands and the angle of the boots. Having trouble getting the right angle on the gun too, I think.

[Anonymous No.1682540]

>>1682062
Wow.
It's times like this, where I wish I wasn't afraid of color

[Anonymous No.1682543]

>>1682538
I think your eyes look like decals pasted on the head, when in reality they're supposed to be little orbs embedded in the skull and covered with a layer of skin.

[Anonymous No.1682547]

>>1682543
yeah, mouth and eyes are where I struggle.

[Anonymous No.1682548]

How do I render /ic/?

Strokes get this weird overlap look

[Anonymous No.1682551]

>>1682548

This illustrates what I mean more clearly

[Anonymous No.1682550]

>>1682461
Watch the Proko video on eyes.

[Anonymous No.1682554]

>>1682488
>that image
Fuck man

[Anonymous No.1682564]

>>1680888
this one is really cool actually.

[Anonymous No.1682579]

>>1682538
what the fuck am I doing?
How the fuck do I do lips.

[Anonymous No.1682585]

>>1680594

[Anonymous No.1682586]

>>1682585
what an insightful post.

[Anonymous No.1682587]

was supposed to be some sort of a dwarven sword, completely from imagination. feel free to trash it, or even better paint over it and make it right!

[Anonymous No.1682589]

>>1682587

its awfully boring. give it some character! imagine that that sword is actually a level 100 sword and has been in many many battles and has been passed from father to son atleast 5 times.

>>1682586

i forgot image lol

[Anonymous No.1682588]

>>1682579
I don't think there's a TRICK to drawing lips. If there is, no one ever bothered telling ME. You just gotta draw a shitton of lips and at some point you'll hopefully develop some idea of what lips are supposed to look like and how to replicate that. Grind it.

Either that or always draw everyone with something covering their mouths.

[Anonymous No.1682593]

>>1681658
Hands too small

[Anonymous No.1682594]

>>1682488

Not using white for backgrounds is a general advice aimed at complete art newbies so it won't mess with their value perception while studying from reference.

[Anonymous No.1682596]

>>1682408
continued, my friend says he looks like Rowan Atkinson lool

[Anonymous No.1682597]

>>1681847

I feel like I really would like the sketch you drew for this. I like the overall style feel you are going for. I think it needs to be a bit cleaner though, and possibly the eyes a little more closer together. Also her bottom hand should be partially covered from the orb thing.

[Anonymous No.1682604]

Eh.

[Anonymous No.1682607]

>>1682587
tried to add some grunge and stuff to it to make it more interesting like >>1682589 said.
Don't know if I made it better or worse...
anyway, off to bed

[Anonymous No.1682612]

GOOD FOOD

[Anonymous No.1682614]

>>1682612
FUCK

[Anonymous No.1682619]

>>1682604

You need to introduce some midtones in that nigga

[Anonymous No.1682635]

>>1682604
Push values

[Anonymous No.1682645]

>>1682619
>>1682635
How do I do that?

[Anonymous No.1682653]

today still life, i checked the ellipses and the perspective, still not perfect but fine for now ..

[Anonymous No.1682656]

>>1682653
I like this, a lot.

Good Work!

[Anonymous No.1682660]

[Anonymous No.1682664]

>>1682660
care to explain the filename?

[Anonymous No.1682676]

>>1682664
it's a portrait of my mother who's dying of cancer.

[Anonymous No.1682679]

>>1682676
is that supposed to be a death blow?
>here mom, i drew you
HHHHNNNNGGGGGGGG

[Anonymous No.1682684]

>>1682645

Right now it looks like you're just using two colors. Black and White. You need some grey in that. Mix the black and white, then mix what you get again, create a palette of some sort then go over the lighter areas progressively blending them into the dark. Make the shadows stronger but don't forget about losing form.

[Anonymous No.1682688]

i'm trying to get the timing to look right halp pls?

[Anonymous No.1682693]

>>1682688
oh, i should mention i referenced a slow mo vid of a dog running

[Anonymous No.1682694]

>>1682660

trying going into the blues rather than the reds for your darkest values. i have a feeling it might look better.

then again judging by the subject matter you might have wanted it to look bloodyish and somewhat grotuesqe

[Anonymous No.1682696]

>>1682604
bad composition
bad subject
bad as not interesting to you yourself

[Anonymous No.1682715]

>>1682696
experimenting

[Anonymous No.1682724]

Enough on this guy for today

[Anonymous No.1682725]

>>1682724
oops ;P

[Anonymous No.1682741]

any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.1682749]

>>1682614
apples dont shine like that, stop following bad deviantart tutorials

fucking radioactive apples

[Anonymous No.1682757]

>>1682741
leaned it up a bit

[Anonymous No.1682766]

>>1682653
Fuck man

[Anonymous No.1682785]

>>1682757
colors update

[Anonymous No.1682826]

>>1682124
Needs more focus. The colors and concept are nice but, I would find the picture more pleasing if it had less going on (like, the ships, too many people, etc. )

[Anonymous No.1682829]

>>1682124
Maybe just taking the character even closer to the viewer? You'd have to redo her (? sorry) anyway since the perspective's not quite right.
Otherwise, nice colors.

[Anonymous No.1682833]

>>1682829
>>1682826

Very much appreciated! I actually kept going last night... I guess some cropping/omitting is in in order

Thank Adobe for layers

[Anonymous No.1682841]

>>1682108
Scrap and restart.

[Anonymous No.1682844]

>>1682319
Your friend is a fucking idiot. Does he even draw?

[Anonymous No.1682877]

>>1682749
how do you know it wasn't a radioactive apple?

[Anonymous No.1682889]

>>1682833
Your ships look very phallic.
But it's a pleasant sight

[Anonymous No.1682891]

>>1682445
>>1682446

These please me greatly, looking forward to seeing them finished. You have a blog of some kind?

[Anonymous No.1682904]

>>1682445
>>1682446

These please me greatly, looking forward to seeing them finished. You have a blog of some kind?

>>1682660
Dig the brushwork round the eyes, the stronger purples, and the small colour changes on the edge of the ear. Tip of the nose is a bit weird though, and the chin doesn't quite fit with the angle. Also, your painting style looks really familiar but I can't place it, do you post on facebook or dA at all?

[Anonymous No.1682993]

>>1680594

[Anonymous No.1683014]

>>1682579
Try to bring some shape in them. They look like you put 2 fine dough rols and smacked em on his face. (Not too much though! Never make it into a fucking barbie doll) Also consider the position on the face. A quick look at them in relation to the nose should make some things clear. ...aside from that..practice and I guess there are some guides out there.

[Anonymous No.1683020]

>>1682993

[Anonymous No.1683033]

as always just trying to pass time instead of actually studying something (like hands for example)

[Anonymous No.1683053]

>>1682833
do you believe in magic...

[Anonymous No.1683197]

‘‘‘‘‘

[Anonymous No.1683321]

>>1682509

What bothered me the most about your drawing was that her right hand didn't really have a wrist and insteat the bones on the hand would connect directly to the arm.
I hope my humble blue lines will illustrate clearly what I mean.
Also I think this way the pode is a little more balanced (not too sure though) and I added the left foot which I think should be showing up a bit behind the right legg

[Anonymous No.1683330]

>>1682785
Glowy eyes!
oooooo aaaaah