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[Anonymous No.1736147]

Draw Thread!
Previous thread: >>>>1732393

Post your current drawing here and give constructive critiques to others!
Please make sure your posted image is clear and is under 1500 x 1500 pixels in size.
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.1736160]

The Gargoyle who sits near Saint Roberts Church sung its songs long into the night. The towns folk jeered and sued for peace. So the gargoyle shed a tear and turned to stone. The towns folk were too deaf too appreciate good song any way.

[Anonymous No.1736163]

once is starts rolling downhill it'll never stop.

[The Redliner No.1736187]

>>1736128
i like the idea

[Anonymous No.1736188]

>>1736163
I like the implied arc in your composition

[Anonymous No.1736195]

Trying blending, also trying to make it look like bronze.

[Anonymous No.1736202]

>>1736195
If you want it to look like bronze, then look at some reference. Right now the material isn't reading well.

I'd also get some harder edges in there. The entire outline of the face is fuzzy.

[Anonymous No.1736206]

>>1736160
I'm surprised I don't see your stuff over on /tg/.

[Anonymous No.1736212]

>>1736206
Gonna come off as a jerk but /tg/ is really boring. I threw up a draw thread and almost every request was some boring OC knight or lizard dude that had like 6 swords, an eyepatch and a scar.

:\

[Anonymous No.1736213]

>>1736163
The focus is split between the guy in the air and the foreground samurai. Try arranging your values in a way that one is subordinate to the other.

I also don't like how the foreground samurai has his feet plants on the bottom of the picture frame. It really takes away from the image.

[Anonymous No.1736221]

>>1736212
God people have the worst taste.
Trying going into /co/, all they want is weird porn

[Anonymous No.1736241]

>>1736221
That's how most drawthreads are now. Feels like the fetishism used to be way more restrained.

[Anonymous No.1736251]

quick still life.. still lives have become the only pleasurable thing

[Anonymous No.1736279]

>>1736212
I guess.
Wouldn't really go into a drawthread expecting inspired requests, though.

[Anonymous No.1736287]

>>1736251
do they make coke cans that large now?
Also that is dark as shit.

[Anonymous No.1736288]

>>1736251
presumably you know it's very dark. was the light on when you painted it?

[Anonymous No.1736289]

Not from OP's image but... I tried this thing. My lines are really hairy and unconfident and I seem to still have trouble getting a feel for the proportions of the whole image. Is there anything you guys recommend in the way of reading or whatever? I want to have loose, flowing lines, you know?

[Anonymous No.1736290]

>>1736289
>Not from OP's image
disregard that, I thought I was posting in a different thread

[Anonymous No.1736291]

wipwop crits ?

[Anonymous No.1736295]

>>1736288
>>1736287
Yes it was dark . Lamp can be regulated and it was at its minimum like really faint light. Idk, can feels about right size to me its the long 33cl one ,can be wrong tho

btw the desk should have been even darker

[Anonymous No.1736299]

sry resized

[Anonymous No.1736304]

[Anonymous No.1736309]

>>1736163
about done.Just motion blur the fuck out of things

[Anonymous No.1736327]

am i right or wrong?

[Anonymous No.1736329]

>>1736327
am still wrong?

[Anonymous No.1736331]

I wanted to draw something kind of majestic and fantasy
but with a butthole

[Anonymous No.1736334]

>>1736309
Kind of a minor nitpick but, samurai of that era wore their swords with the edge pointed upwards, wearing edge down was something that was done before katanas came into the picture. Tachi were worn edge down, so were gunto katana from WW2.

Try quickly blobbing in an edge up variation, I feel like it would look better.

Katana: http://indulgd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vintage-samurai-warriors-2.jpg

Tachi: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Kuniyoshi_-_6_Select_Heroes_(S81.5),_A_back_view_of_Onikojima_Yatar%C3%B4_Kazutada_in_armor_holding_a_spear_and_a_severed_head.jpg

[Anonymous No.1736337]

>>1736331
>I wanted to draw something kind of majestic and fantasy but with a butthole
Translation: I'm a huge faggot

[Anonymous No.1736338]

>>1736327
>>1736329

[Anonymous No.1736340]

>>1736338
>>1736329
this one would be the 5 tail transformation

[Anonymous No.1736341]

uninspired heads from imagination.

how do you know you're not cut out to be an artist? when you have absolutely nothing to say.

[Anonymous No.1736344]

>>1736337
I'm sorry you don't understand true art

[Anonymous No.1736346]

help, this feels wrong but I don't know why

[Anonymous No.1736348]

>>1736341
i really like these; maybe force some variation but your style is very pleasing
do you post your boring art anywhere?

[Anonymous No.1736380]

Id rather eat the rotten asshole of a roadkill skunk and down it with beer than draw and blend values as I am right now. So doing quick drawings with simple values and lines for a while.

[Anonymous No.1736381]

[Anonymous No.1736395]

>>1736346
i like it
only thing i see bothering me is the cannon barrel with the white reflection makes it look like a lens

other then that, i think it looks OK

[Anonymous No.1736400]

I keep drawing the eyes to big or/and too close or too separate. Help.

[Anonymous No.1736404]

>>1736400
measure their width, and set them 1 eye width apart

it should pretty much always be like that

[Anonymous No.1736406]

>>1736380

[Anonymous No.1736411]

mario

[Anonymous No.1736437]

>>1736251

[Anonymous No.1736442]

fookin' dwarves mate

[Anonymous No.1736451]

studying Frazetta

[Anonymous No.1736454]

>>1736451
have you worked on this for a month or so?

[Anonymous No.1736456]

>>1736344
looks pretty tempting, pretty good the bored expression looks pretty good

after you finish you going to do more?

[Anonymous No.1736457]

>>1736451
why? No, like 3-4 hrs.

[Anonymous No.1736460]

>>1736457
this was supposed to be the answer for this post:
>>1736454

[Anonymous No.1736469]

>>1736457
Thought I'd seen it before a long time ago.
Maybe it was some other person, considering it's a study.

[Anonymous No.1736471]

>>1736469
yep - I saw a guy do this study smewhere on permanoobs, so I decided to give it a go myself.

[Anonymous No.1736475]

I'm hoping I can finish this within the next week. Still lots to work out and fix.

[Anonymous No.1736477]

>>1736475
>skull shoulder-pads
>skull knee-pads
>skull belt buckle
that's some inspired design

[Anonymous No.1736478]

>>1736475
sketch I started out with

[Anonymous No.1736492]

>>1736437
yeah looks better with that lighting but as i said here >>1736295
i didnt make it that dark on purpose it was just the light condition in the room at that moment

[Anonymous No.1736500]

Goldry Bluzco from The Worm Ouroboros.

[Anonymous No.1736514]

>>1736331

what a waste of good draftsmanship

[Anonymous No.1736516]

>>1736348

I second this notion

[Anonymous No.1736520]

what should i work on?
inbfore chickenschratch

[Anonymous No.1736533]

This is my last draw, what do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.1736535]

>>1736533

WOW I pressed the dodged button and this faggot still got me

[Anonymous No.1736539]

Men that stood a head tall over others comprised the Kings personal Guard. Men who met the height requirement gladly volunteered for this honor, or were “coerced”, maybe even tricked… possibly kidnapped… but that would not be prestigious at all.

[Anonymous No.1736543]

>>1736520
you know yourself what you have to work. So why do you ask ?

[Anonymous No.1736556]

>>1736539
Your drawings remind me a bot of Quentin Blake's work.

[Anonymous No.1736562]

>>1736475
Nice angle!
His right leg is more proportionate in your color thumb than the sketch. You might wanna gather more references and adjust it before you go into rendering.

[Anonymous No.1736563]

[Anonymous No.1736569]

>>1736395
thanks man

[Anonymous No.1736582]

Just dicking around,burned out from figure painting all the time.

[Anonymous No.1736583]

Trying to learn how to deal with rocks and shit

[Anonymous No.1736585]

Trying to learn how to deal with rocks

[Anonymous No.1736586]

>>1736478
is this for the draw or die thing ?

[Anonymous No.1736589]

>>1736562
Thanks for the crit. Now I can't unsee it!
>>1736586
I don't even know what that is

[Anonymous No.1736590]

>>1736585
nice i like it ! everything looks like the same hue tough, try to see if you can add some color variations in there. Maybe some cool grays in the shadows

[Anonymous No.1736592]

>>1736585

Good job, I like it

[Anonymous No.1736630]

>>1736331
Draw what you want nigga. It's your skill.
I like it.

[Anonymous No.1736634]

>>1736437
>not how light works

[Anonymous No.1736637]

looking for a critique or an advice

[Anonymous No.1736640]

>>1736331
holy shit this drawing

[Anonymous No.1736644]

>>1736556
thank you thank you


"Human, I have been programmed to terminate you. Be aware that I was not programmed to take pleasure in doing so…. I learned to."

[Anonymous No.1736657]

>>1736637
Our fearless champion fought and slew many

but out of the forest he brought back a friend

He’s much more quiet these days

Perhaps it is the tree talking.

[Anonymous No.1736665]

[Anonymous No.1736667]

>>1736665
Is this a mockery? You're gay as fuck, either way.

[Anonymous No.1736677]

>>1736667
thank you for the thoughtful critique

[Anonymous No.1736679]

>>1735252
>>1735256
Blog/website?

[Anonymous No.1736685]

Something feels wrong not sure what. Can you help and point stuff out before i start rendering?

[Anonymous No.1736688]

>>1736685
she's missing an arm, no need to thank me.

[Anonymous No.1736689]

>>1736685
she's missing an arm

[Anonymous No.1736691]

>>1736685
she's missing an arm, bro

[Anonymous No.1736692]

>>1736685
she's missing an arm, better fix that

[Anonymous No.1736694]

how do i into forest landscapes, help me /ic/ you're my only hope...

[Anonymous No.1736699]

>>1736685
duuude she is missing an arm

[Anonymous No.1736702]

>>1736685
Bored, tried to redline it a little, sorry if it didn't help. Her head is too tall, as well as the shoulders and whatnot. The rest just needs minor adjustments.

[Anonymous No.1736704]

>>1736694
Easiest way to make trees is to work dark -> light, with regards to the light source. Right now, the lighting is all over the place and makes no sense. Things have hard shadows in different, contradicting directions, and the sky isn't even communicating weather that would produce such harsh lighting. Thing's need to work in harmony and make sense.

Remember that even natural, organic settings such as a forest need perspective.

If you're using a reference, use even more. You need to understand more what a river is how it looks, how it reflects and how it behaves.

[Anonymous No.1736706]

>>1736685
I gotcha m8

[Anonymous No.1736710]

>>1736147
>all those drips
Nigga pls

[Anonymous No.1736715]

>>1736685

[Anonymous No.1736716]

>>1736543
o-okay

[Anonymous No.1736717]

>>1736685
Center of gravity.

[Anonymous No.1736719]

>>1736704
closer?

[Anonymous No.1736734]

>>1736719
Dont focus on colors right now friend, and paint from Reference images not imagination.
Do 5 studies then paint one from imagination.
Studie some trees, some rocks, some clouds, some water. then try to paint them from your head after

[Anonymous No.1736738]

>>1736657
>>1736644
>>1736539
I really like your characters, they're really lively. All the things filling the body like clothes and accessories are really clever and inspired
Also your quotes reminds me of those on mtg cards

[Anonymous No.1736740]

>>1736533
bros don't let bros skip leg day

[Anonymous No.1736742]

Muh rocks

[Anonymous No.1736745]

>>1736716
fuuuuuuuu
how do you add color to a greyscale?
this is killing me

[Anonymous No.1736747]

>>1736745
I used to add multiple soft layers after it was all rendered (one for the base color, one for the shadows, one for the lights, etc.), but I'm discovering that adding a soft layer or two in the middle of the process and then merging all relevant layers and doing a paintover with the new hues is more spontaneous, and gets me better results. But try both, see what's best for yourself, there's a lot of ways of doing it.

[Anonymous No.1736755]

>>1736734
yes massah, right away massah

[Anonymous No.1736768]

>>1736331

your tumblr please

[Anonymous No.1736797]

Looking at these threads makes me realize just how bad I am. Got a long way to go.

Keep on truckin', /ic/.

[Anonymous No.1736833]

Hey guys, im new to this 4chan thing.
Recently finished this piece and put all my effort into it... tried photobashing for the first time because the company i'd like to intern at likes to see it.

posted it on several websites and facebook groups but havent got a single crit. So i was wondering if you could give me a honest opinion.
i'm not planning on doing this one all over again, so please keep it general.


19 y/o, been serious for 1,5 years now, made this about a year ago: http://i.imgur.com/gfrpy9k.jpg

[Anonymous No.1736840]

>>1736833
Work on a better thumbnail. You want it to read clearly and have nice shapes. In your image it is muddy and dark, and a lot can be clarified. The guy in the foreground blends in with what is behind him. The monster's entire arm runs tangent to the edge of the plant. The light source doesn't really make sense and it overly bright.

Also you can work on integrating in the photos more effectively.

At the end of the day though the image is fairly weak, and your fundamentals are lacking. Sure you made some progress from that other image, but you are being deceived into thinking you are better than you are simply because photos give the false impression of more finish.

Continue playing with photobashing if you feel it is helping you get the internship, but realize you need to learn to paint too. If you can't do everything manually then the photobash will look poor.

[Anonymous No.1736848]

>>1736738
t-t-t-thank you huuuuuuuman


"Human I am immaculate; you are a bag of meat. If I were not being paid to I would have killed you on principle alone."

[FoxMask !!uPjOdNW8grZ No.1736858]

Still trying to find a comfortable way to work digital/turd polish

Probably never going to finish this, but please give me some tips. I wish I knew how to into blocking, smoothing, rendering and all that, but I just can't get it.

[Anonymous No.1736859]

>>1736299
Nice anon.

>>1736341
Damn gurl. Messy as hell but I gid it, though some of the edges could use work. Most of the lips are lovely and soft though, +1 for that.

>>1736437
Keep em coming.

>>1736500
Just gonna assume the anatomy here is deliberately borked, because sweet jesus those proportions are all over the place.

>>1736665
You don't need to post this stuff. Draw more and fill sketchbook pages with these, focus on getting the principles into your head and then refining them so they look pretty. Then when you apply the knowledge, post a shot here and we'll tell you where you're lacking.

>>1736685
That's not how amputated limbs look or work. Study some gory shit or at least don't make it such a weirdly clean cut with the bone just chillin there.

>>1736742
Rocks are hard, and so are the edges on their shadows. Some are hard, some are soft. Do some rock or statue studies focusing just on the shadow forms, it'll help a lot. Study Ruan Jia's stuff for that, hard edge, soft, lost, he knows what he's doing and does it well, pic related.

[Anonymous No.1736860]

>>1736685
I hate to say it dude but you really asked for it.

[Anonymous No.1736861]

>>1736299
Nice anon.

>>1736341
Damn gurl. Messy as hell but I dig it, though some of the edges could use work. Most of the lips are lovely and soft though, +1 for that.

>>1736437
Keep em coming.

>>1736500
Just gonna assume the anatomy here is deliberately borked, because sweet jesus those proportions are all over the place.

>>1736665
You don't need to post this stuff. Draw more and fill sketchbook pages with these, focus on getting the principles into your head and then refining them so they look pretty. Then when you apply the knowledge, post a shot here and we'll tell you where you're lacking.

>>1736685
That's not how amputated limbs look or work. Study some gory shit or at least don't make it such a weirdly clean cut with the bone just chillin there.

>>1736742
Rocks are hard, and so are the edges on their shadows. Some are hard, some are soft. Do some rock or statue studies focusing just on the shadow forms, it'll help a lot. Study Ruan Jia's stuff for that, hard edge, soft, lost, he knows what he's doing and does it well, pic related.

[Anonymous No.1736862]

>>1736833
Previous anon's critiques are all valid in my opinion. The thumb sort of works, but is still pretty muddy, you can't even tell there is another figure in the shot that is close to the viewpoint on the left hand side.

Speaking of that figure.... Your figure in the bottom left needs a lot of work. The pose is awkward and the anatomy seems off. The arm looks like it's on a 2d plane, it doesn't appear to exist in 3d space at all, and it seems to be pulled in extremely close to the chest. It doesn't look like they are actually holding the gun. The other hand is also awkward and while you could do a pose like this and have the entire arm hidden, it just looks strange as it is right now. I cropped the figure and flipped it so you can see how it looks reversed, sometimes that helps because it lets you see it with fresh eyes.

I like the idea and I think you will be able to make this better. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.1736872]

>>1736858
Please stop painting on a green background for your own sake. Do 50% grey on a layer for itself.
Do photostudies in black and white too!

[Anonymous No.1736883]

>>1736745
paint in color nigga.Or don't render a grayscale then try to fuck with color layers.There will always be flat on painting anyway so might as well save yourself the trouble of fucking around with 10 000 color layers and just start in colors.

[Anonymous No.1736889]

I'm looking for a job so I'm trying some medieval fantasy stuff. I can't make my design interesting without getting overboard with the silliness. I mostly draw cartoons. Any tips welcomed. Also throw all the anatomy critique you want, I badly need it.

[Anonymous No.1736894]

>>1736883
Or ignore this person and do it, but in the manner of this guy, or the old masters they reference.

[Anonymous No.1736913]

Painting on a small tablet is harder than I remember.

[Anonymous No.1736914]

>>1736889
This is so great. I don't see how this will be a problem except may be - you will get a job for places like Appstore. Bigger projects need a bit more realistic proportions. But your style is unique.
What brush you used to sketch this?

[Anonymous No.1736928]

[Anonymous No.1736929]

I was bored and drew this. Since i'm shit at drawing i tried to compensate using a technique.

[Anonymous No.1736930]

>>1736928
>2672x4000
mah nigger

[Anonymous No.1736931]

>>1736716
you just want something that's easy to work on, don't you?

[Anonymous No.1736932]

>>1736889
great style; lots of minor issues
get scott eaton's ecorche app. it will help you tremendously

[Anonymous No.1736933]

>>1736930
haha yeah forgot to resize

[Anonymous No.1736939]

something

[Anonymous No.1736940]

>>1736928

[Anonymous No.1736950]

>>1736500
coloured version.

>>1736861
if there's anything that looks exaggeratedly stocky then it was intentional, but could you be more specific? there might be things you're seeing that weren't intentional.

[Anonymous No.1736961]

>>1736861
thx ! heres an update

[Anonymous No.1736967]

[Anonymous No.1736970]

>>1736582
I like it. It's like some drunkard's half-assed attempt to dress his bull up like a mystical creature with straw and the antlers of a dead elk.

[Anonymous No.1736971]

>>1736637
Hello yes.
Try to make this again but don't use a single outline. That will guide you along to advancing, even if you go back to work with lineart!

[Anonymous No.1736974]

[Anonymous No.1736975]

>>1736974

Cute. Kinda reminds me of something Mike Mignola would draw.

[Anonymous No.1736979]

>>1736974
>>1736975
thanks, good ol' Mignola is has always been an inspiration

[Anonymous No.1736981]

Any tips on shading or comments on mine?

Used small sloppy lines

Would be awesome if you knew who i drew.

[Anonymous No.1736985]

>>1736981

aint no such thing as shading, either you can handle light and form or you suck dick and need to read da stycki

[Anonymous No.1737000]

>>1736840
>>1736862

Thanks a lot! This was really helpfull :)

[Anonymous No.1737001]

studying some rocks and foliage, how's it looking so far ?

[Anonymous No.1737016]

>>1736914
This is the kind of job I aim for. I hate it but I need money. I used the default round brush with the opacity and thickness option.
>>1736932
Thanks, I'll check that out.

[Anonymous No.1737023]

>>1737016
do you have a website?

[Anonymous No.1737026]

Doodle of the day.

[Anonymous No.1737028]

>>1737026

And my internet is messed up, keeps refreshing / crashing.

[Anonymous No.1737049]

>feels shit.
stopped drawing. just started but stopped. so manythings I want to do, drawing is just too hard to be doing next to programming and writing. and to be good at all of it.
well. farewell guys. thanks for teaching me what you have

[Anonymous No.1737050]

>>1737049
Draw thread, not blog thread.

[Anonymous No.1737051]

I dunno wat I'm doing.

[Anonymous No.1737054]

>>1737016
Unfortunately I don't, maybe I should.

(posting latest doodles like a whore)

Still looking for critique, tips, ways to make things more appealing, etc.

[Anonymous No.1737072]

>>1736939
hot

[Anonymous No.1737102]

Still a long Loomis to go.

[Anonymous No.1737112]

i was gonna sign up in an art school but then i saw the work of the teacher...and i dont know man i think i will just keep with selfteaching
im no expert but is this level enough to get a job? or teach?

[Anonymous No.1737119]

>>1736685
she is missing an arm

Also your shoulders and neck are fucked up , it looks too steep

[Anonymous No.1737123]

>>1737112

no. but you are on the right track. keep pushing.
focus on studies over creative, its more efficient improvement wise in the long run. you'll know when you are ready to comit equal time to creating stuff.

[Anonymous No.1737126]

>>1737123
thats the work of the teacher. should have said that
this is mine >>1736716

[Anonymous No.1737137]

>>1737054
meant for
>>1737023

[Anonymous No.1737161]

Been trying to Loomis with diverse features for the past week or so. Applied it to muh anumays for fun, but mostly to see if I had the concept down.

Bottom one looks kind of horse-faced now that I look at it on a screen.

[Anonymous No.1737173]

Trying to Loomis with facial diversity. Still not sure how necks and shoulders work but that's next week's focus.

[Anonymous No.1737176]

ok last one with coke , didnt pay much attention to the stool so its probably the worst part in the image.
bottle was pretty fun to do tho

still not sure if i should spend more time on these to try render everything nicely . I tend to rush

[Anonymous No.1737177]

>>1736950
It's more that it doesn't look possible or practical. If you're going for him to look stocky that's great, but right now the torso doesn't fit at all with the rest of the body, as well as the head being too small. He's got the ab and pecs placement as if he's a skinny dude, but then this massively wide and long torso, it just doesn't make sense. If you change someone's body shape the whole thing has to work together, you see what I'm saying? Giving a skinny guy a super wide torso just looks wrong.

I can do a paintover or something if you can't see what I mean, but really I'd just say look for reference and find the body type you want and study it. If he has a squat, strongman look to him then he'll have thick round arms and legs as well as the torso being a wide barrel of core strength.

[Anonymous No.1737179]

>>1737176
Do you feel like you can learn more out of this study? If so then continue and render away. If not, then move on.
I think the salt crystal lamp looks a little flat. Could probably use more glow at the center.

[Anonymous No.1737181]

>>1736745
following anons advice i tried to paint one directly in color.
what do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.1737186]

I have never posted anything on here before and I am really broed

[Anonymous No.1737189]

>>1737181
i think there is no color in your pic

[Anonymous No.1737191]

>>1737161

You're almost there, keep trying.

eyes on the lower elf girl are small and too close together though

[Anonymous No.1737193]

>>1737186
This is yours? Damn. Got a blog/facebook/tumblr or something I can follow?

[Anonymous No.1737194]

>>1737186
I think I know who you are. If you are this person, let me just tell you that I've always loved your work!

[Anonymous No.1737195]

>>1737193
I deleted all of my sites cus I'm sick of that stuff. I've been lurkin this board awhile but never shared anything. I like to see peoples sketches and progression
>>1737194
:3

[Anonymous No.1737198]

>>1737195
Fair enough. A name or something would be nice but I understand wanting to keep anon. If you're the person I think you are then you've improved like crazy, if not then it's still a nice picture and I hope you post here more.

[Anonymous No.1737205]

>>1737195
No worries, I won't tell. I hope you're doing good.
I love lurking here as well.. I know I should be updating my site, but I feel pretty burnt out.

For now, more pink haired people!

[Anonymous No.1737207]

from refs and imagination.
what's my main problem guys?

[Anonymous No.1737209]

>>1737207
you try to paint while you still can't draw

[Anonymous No.1737213]

>>1737205
Jonathan?

[Anonymous No.1737216]

>>1737179
man im pretty clueless(dumb) on this matter. I dont even know if im learning anything through the still lives.I can see improvement from the older still lives and when doing them i try to understand the various correlations between different objects with lights etc but dont know if theyre helping me on something else than just rendering coke cans under orange light lol

I agree the lamp looks a bit dull and flat now that you say it

[Anonymous No.1737217]

>>1737213
No, not Johnathan. But I'd be interested to see this Johnathan's work if you'd like to share.

[Anonymous No.1737218]

>>1737205
far from good but thanks olololol.

Diggin the pinkness

[Anonymous No.1737219]

>>1737217
It's Tsuaii on dA.

[Anonymous No.1737234]

>>1737219
His works are lovely. I'm very flattered, anon.

[Anonymous No.1737249]

Okay so i've been trying to make something in Corel painter for a while now, but all i end up with is just page after page with scribbles trying to find out what the different brushes does >.>

Does anyone here have experience with painter?
i think i'll just stick with photoshop for now...

[Anonymous No.1737250]

>>1737249
My experience with painter is don't use painter.

It's slow and obtuse as shit

[Anonymous No.1737255]

>>1737218
Oh gosh wait I hope you don't get the wrong impression, I didn't paint the pink girl right after you posted your piece. I've been working on it since last year and cropped it out. Sorry, just wanted to clarify this.

>>1737249
Painter's UI just doesn't work for me. Photoshop just feels more intuitive.

[Anonymous No.1737258]

>>1737249
Third to motion against Painter. (For it's because it's not industry standard.)

[Anonymous No.1737261]

I'm grinding to a halt in my drawings.
I get to about here, then I start a new one.

It's like I don't know what to do next with it, or that I even want to do anything next with it.

I'm curious if I'm just making so many mistakes or some shit that I can't finish, or I try to do something that'll take too much time I DON'T KNOW.

I've been flipping through some guides but I just feel disinterested.

[Anonymous No.1737293]

>>1737189
any help would be appreciated

[Anonymous No.1737299]

>>1737177
>I can do a paintover or something if you can't see what I mean
could you? i especially don't understand what you mean by
>He's got the ab and pecs placement as if he's a skinny dude, but then this massively wide and long torso

[Anonymous No.1737310]

>>1737293
For skin you need to really focus on the light passing through it. Shadows are usually more saturated and highlights are generally cooler, unsaturated.

[Anonymous No.1737318]

>>1737299

[Anonymous No.1737320]

>>1737318

This was meant for
>>1737293

[Anonymous No.1737343]

does it matter its not really good proportions
i like making funny heads

[Anonymous No.1737349]

>>1736147

[Anonymous No.1737351]

>>1737343
The difference between most budding artists bad proportions and these bad proportions, is that your's 'correctly' break them.

You've got a good eye, anon.

The ears seem nonsensically highlighted and there is no apparent point to it. Whatever you were going for is lost.

[Anonymous No.1737359]

>>1737186
>>1737318
Thats pro stuff. What are you people doing on this God forgotten place?

[Anonymous No.1737361]

>>1736768
http://justmegabenewell.tumblr.com/
brace for stupid bullshit
I do gestures and studies I swear I'm not a total faggot I just don't post them anywhere

[Anonymous No.1737364]

>>1737310
>>1737318
damn man thats awesome
fuck values it seems i have a lot of work to do

[Anonymous No.1737372]

>>1737364

values is the one thing you never really stop learning, or needing to improve on, ever.

enjoy the eternal struggle my man

[Anonymous No.1737377]

[Anonymous No.1737380]

>>1737361
you really like DOTA, other than that everything looks okay (except light blue background)

get more confidence you're pretty good and keep practicing with them gestures

[Anonymous No.1737382]

I find it so much easier to study color from cartoons than from photos of ppl

[Anonymous No.1737388]

>>1737382
SAME here. I'm not a crazed Pixar/Dreamworks fan, but drawing out this cartooon-y spheres and exaggerated shapes really helps with values, rather than eyeballing something as intimidating as a photo. It's like going back to the basics of shading spheres and cones, but a step up.

[Anonymous No.1737389]

>>1737359
All of the large art communities are just massive fucking circle jerks. Conceptart, Cghub, DA, CGsociety, behance, drawcrowd, ECT. No one cares about artwork or sharing.... it's just a flood of wannabes sucking all the pro's dicks.

Same reason I'll never enter annual compilations like spectrum. I cannot stand the illustration worlds mentality.

[Anonymous No.1737407]

I want to be able to draw sketches and then scan it into gimp so I can manipulate it, any tips besides using solid white paper?

[Anonymous No.1737413]

>>1736309
I like this, good job, the only little thing maybe is that your blood spatter is too orangy ? I know there's light, but you might want to give it more red.

>>1736699
topkek

>>1737186
yep, I like ythat canvas effect.

>>1737207
blending.

>>1737389
heh, talking about dicks, first time doing hentai and color stuff. don't know what it is, but it feels like there's something missing from the dick.

[Anonymous No.1737424]

>>1736889
Brush up on your medieval history. Read about medieval army, the evolution of plate armor. Read up on the Byzantines, the Sassinids, the Caliphate, Vandals, Franks.

I bet you didn't know that the Byzantine emperors had vikings as their personal body guards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard

all of this will strengthen your design work and not make it seem like just another tolkein rip off.

[Anonymous No.1737425]

>>1737299
Sure, I'll give it a go tomorrow then. I'd do it tonight but have an early start.

>>1737318
Nice. Makes me want to go check out ilikeyoursensitivity's portraits yet again.

[Anonymous No.1737426]

>>1737195
Wait, you're wakkawa aren't you?

[Anonymous No.1737428]

>>1736717
>>1736717
>>1736717
>>1736717
this

[Anonymous No.1737433]

>>1736346
This style is sick. Do you have a deviant art or somewhere I can see moar?

[Anonymous No.1737439]

Still need to work the hair

[Anonymous No.1737454]

Dumping some stuff I found on twitter. This girl is into the Flatbush Zombies a hip hop group. She decided to draw them. Here are the results.

[Anonymous No.1737455]

>>1737454

[Anonymous No.1737456]

WIP Study of a photo you guys probably already know.

I feel like I always see things less dark and saturated than they really are but I find it really hard to keep that in mind while doing these. I guess I just need to keep at it untill I don't have to be always thinking about it. Although it seems that it's getting harder and harder to get some progress

[Anonymous No.1737457]

>>1737454
Three

[Anonymous No.1737458]

>>1737454
4

[Anonymous No.1737461]

>>1736979
I like this one. It's unique in my eyes. It really stands out as something creative.

[Anonymous No.1737463]

>>1736346
This is intense dedication. Maybe you don't like it because the people are smiling while the setting is grim. Visually stunning.. but emotionally?... not sure.

[Anonymous No.1737472]

>>1737457

at this point it looks good.

....and then,

>>1737458

totally ruined.

[Anonymous No.1737473]

>>1737458
Damn nigga, she damn ruined it. Looked nice at the beginning tho

[Anonymous No.1737475]

[Anonymous No.1737480]

Quick caricature

[Anonymous No.1737481]

Hey /ic/ Semi-amateur artist here, with very basic knowledge of anatomy and perspective. I started a rough sketch for a digital painting a futuristic chick on a bike framed like this, but mabye a bit more fisheye lense'd. I was wondering if any kind bro's out there could help redline, or point out any kinks in the basic anatomical shape. I feel as if the pose is a little stiff as well and the ass is looking a bit redic lol. Any help is appreciated!

[Anonymous No.1737483]

>>1737456
happens to me as well.with still lives i tend to go with lighter and desaturated colours and then i realize theyre much darker and saturated and have to repaint those areas. the fact we realize this means we are learning something i guess lol

[Anonymous No.1737504]

Do you guys rest your wrist on the table or drawing bridge when you draw or do you use your whole arm?

[Anonymous No.1737507]

>>1737480

reference?

[Anonymous No.1737520]

>>1737504

wrist on forehead, foot behind buttcheeks

atleast that's how the old masters painted

[Anonymous No.1737523]

:(

[Anonymous No.1737524]

My art sucks.
At least better than yesterday's stick figures.

[Anonymous No.1737552]

Last painting i did, ended up ruining but ah well, next time. Could really use some advice for painting an interesting background with acrylics, leaving streaks like a madman and sticking to one color.
m'bad for not critiquing alongside this post, mostly everything was done digitally so feels poser, pretending i have any advice other than , "i liek it"

[Anonymous No.1737554]

>>1737552
I like it

[Anonymous No.1737557]

Still new and still trying to get better
wish I knew how to create value so I don't have to guess where to add highlights and such

[Anonymous No.1737560]

>>1737552
this too was somewhat recent but i ruined it also so i hardly went far.
how the fuck does /ic/ not overwork?

[Anonymous No.1737565]

>>1737560

Cause we're all lazy cunts who work digitally.

[Anonymous No.1737566]

>>1737554
lol, hey thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.1737570]

>>1737565
I wonder if it's strategic almost, if you anticipate a rise in digital painting, to go traditional so your medium is "rarer". Just a musing.

[Anonymous No.1737576]

Messed around with this after forgetting about it for a few months.

>>1737310
Thanks for posting this.

[Anonymous No.1737580]

>>1737560

i overwork everything i ever paint. it's a fucking compulsive disorder

[Anonymous No.1737584]

>>1737576
Oh it's you again do you have tumblr?

[Anonymous No.1737598]

>>1737584
I think you might have the wrong person but:
http://mourirmourir.tumblr.com/

[Anonymous No.1737603]

>>1737576
why haven't you drawn God himself yet?

[Anonymous No.1737606]

I can barely stand to look at her anymore, but she's too beautiful, I just had to give myself an excuse to stare...

[Anonymous No.1737625]

>>1737261
It's seriously a problem. I don't understand why.

I'll get like basic lineart down but I'll leave some shit a little unfinished, start coloring some value somewhere in a very idgaf fashion, and then quit.

[Anonymous No.1737626]

>>1737625
>>1737261
I really don't know what kind of answer I'm looking for, it's just. . . I don't know!
I don't know what I need nor where to go from here. I want to get better, but I just have this extreme disinterest 90% of the time.

[Anonymous No.1737641]

>>1737626
you arent very good
refer to the sticky, resolve all of your life's problems

[Anonymous No.1737642]

>>1736327
>>1736329
Dig your style, look kinda lazy but you made the light works nice.
One can tell that you can draw

>made on chatroulette

[Anonymous No.1737644]

>>1737626
Finishing pictures can be a skill on it's own, almost independent of the drawing/sketching. And like any skill, it simply requires practice.

So try practicing specifically finishing pictures. Set that as a goal, and force yourself to do it. At first it will be hard and you will suck at it (that's why you don't want to do it!), but as you do it more and more, it gets easier.

I think a lot of artists go through this phase (including myself), doing only sketches, gestures, speedpaints, etc. If that's all you ever practice, no wonder you can't finish anything! At some point you're gonna have to step out of your comfort zone and expand your skillset to include doing complete, finished works.

[Anonymous No.1737652]

Grinding all kinds of value and anatomy practises. Am I doing it right?

[Anonymous No.1737653]

>>1737644
I never thought of it that way. Thanks!

>>1737641
No shit captain obvious. I'm pretty sure I made no attest to a differing conclusion.
And the sticky could be better. A lot better. All the sticky does is throw a lot of 'do this thing in this link here'. Great. Except when you throw a shit ton of them at me without explaining shit. The description for every link is "THIS MAKE YOU GIT GUD AT DRAWRING". It's all shit I'm sure an experience artist can look at and say "yeah, that's what I need" Beginner's? What the fuck are you even talking about?

/fit/ does the same shit, only difference is /fit/s sticky actually works. and explains shit. and explains the resources it lists and gives you a quick rundown of why you should use that resource from the perspective of the fucking idiot.

So fuck you, guy. jimmies rustled.

>>1737644
Yer still a totally awesome dude. That simple little thing is all I really needed to hear/understand.

[Anonymous No.1737660]

>>1737413
pinus doesnt grow on belly, seems you misplaced it on the back figure

[Anonymous No.1737678]

>>1737318
think i'm in love

[Anonymous No.1737681]

>>1737343

>one guy I know looks like the guy on left

[/ic/'s sunday gospel No.1737691]

>>1737653
all you have to do is stop complaining and draw. thats what the sticky subconsciously makes you do.

therefore when someone says refer to the sticky, they mean:
shut up and draw

likewise, you should:
shut up and draw

[Anonymous No.1737693]

This was posted in here some time ago
Does this anon still post here?
Id like to see more of anon's works

[Anonymous No.1737700]

>>1737653

Making art and working out are two different things. One is a science the other is a feeling. Just draw a lot.

[Anonymous No.1737705]

>>1737652
the directions(?) are wrong
on the ref her face and knee are facing differend directions. also it's like you did the breasts without looking at the ref at all

[Anonymous No.1737706]

first digital drawing

[Anonymous No.1737711]

>>1737693
dat EVA

[Anonymous No.1737715]

>>1737693
i wonder how you construct so well

i'm struggling immensely with constructing and shading

[Anonymous No.1737721]

>>1737652
>>1737705

Yeah, theres the text part where I stopped looking at the ref & the tutorial (while adding highlights, I dont want to just blindly copy paste), so the face direction was from my head. The knee was wrong before that though. Was mostly asking am I doing the stages and blending right. Ty for comment.

Continued this abit, adjusted some parts and added color. Any critique welcome.

[Anonymous No.1737739]

>>1737181
trying again

[Anonymous No.1737756]

>>1737351
I was thinking the same thing about the ears but i like making them like that so much lol
I'll try to learn to draw real ears

[Anonymous No.1737771]

I've been trying to improve my colouring.

Any words of guidance? Sorry if this is more of an Anime/Manga/cartooning thread sort of thing.

[Anonymous No.1737788]

I need a reference for this

[Anonymous No.1737827]

some character design
how do you go about details?

[Anonymous No.1737830]

>>1736961
Love it. Only thing bothering me is that the thumbnail doesn't read very well. Make the character stand out more.

[Anonymous No.1737859]

>>1737830
thx a lot ! I agree. ill try making the bg lighter or darker

[Anonymous No.1737870]

fuck rocks god damn
I have no idea how to imply all that detail in rocks/mountains without painting it all out. So much random shit

[Anonymous No.1737875]

>>1737870
Why are there tire tracks on the mountain side?

Also, why is there an upside down skating rink in the sky?

The thumbnail reads really nice but I would slow down with the textured brushes.

[Anonymous No.1737876]

>>1737875
>Why are there tire tracks on the mountain side?
>Also, why is there an upside down skating rink in the sky?

don't act stupid for the sake of being edgy

[Anonymous No.1737880]

it's funny how hard it is to paint from life rather than a photo.

[Anonymous No.1737885]

Studying to paint with PS, my first finished work, please critique my painting skill.

[Anonymous No.1737899]

>>1737876
They're right though, especially with the sky. It looks bad. The 'tire track' texture on the mountain atleast fits.

[Anonymous No.1737926]

>>1736195
Looks more like clay or chocolate.

[Anonymous No.1737928]

>>1737870
Study Sparth's work man. You don't have to do it with custom shapes and such, I did my studies painting it all out manually. The guy knows exactly what he's doing with the composition, values, and edges. Mainly known for his spaceships, but his environment work is just as good.

[Anonymous No.1737931]

>>1736395
I second that. also check the ellipse of the barrel

[Anonymous No.1737933]

>>1736563
"It sucks that you're trapped in this tomb and can't excavate Tutankhamen tonight. Perhaps I could examine your bone instead?"

[Anonymous No.1737936]

>>1737207
Those fucking haunting eyes...

Use reference of actual humans now and again.

[Anonymous No.1737941]

>>1737458
Completely fucked it. The fuck was she thinking?

[Anonymous No.1737942]

Learning how to draw.

[Anonymous No.1737943]

>>1737870

[Anonymous No.1737984]

Improvements? I just finished reading loomis.

[Anonymous No.1737986]

>>1737984
forgot to rotate

[Anonymous No.1737988]

>>1737986
wait. shit.

[Anonymous No.1737990]

>>1737988
How high are you right now?

[Anonymous No.1737997]

>>1737988
You are into some good acids, bro.

[Anonymous No.1737998]

>>1737990

[Anonymous No.1738001]

>>1737988
>>1737990
>>1737997
>>1737998

I can't stop

[Anonymous No.1738049]

>>1737507
Can't, it's a guy's FB photos that were given to me

[Anonymous No.1738059]

>>1738049
and you think anyone is gonna give a shit? For anyone else it's just a random google image

[Anonymous No.1738079]

It's shit and boring, so I'm going to stop but would like to know what my problems are...

Wanted to make him look like he's throwing something in the ocean, so I guess gesture is one of the problems...

[Anonymous No.1738081]

It's shit and boring, so I'm going to stop but would like to know what my problems are...

Wanted to make him look like he's throwing something in the ocean, so I guess gesture is one of the problems...

[Anonymous No.1738082]

BENIS

[Anonymous No.1738083]

>>1738081
Another one.

[Anonymous No.1738098]

Trying to make bismuth on Painttool Sai for the sake of practice. Problem is I have no idea how to start on making bismuth, or color it. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.1738127]

>>1738081

Im not an expert but heres some ideas I got that might help out.

He seems off balance. When you twist an arm back you put the same side foot behind aswell. Gives you more balance and allows more rotation.

Hes arm looks like its sitting there rather than throwing something, unless the aim is hes doing it "casually".

The left arm would be used to balance the body and kept near torso & bended from elbow.

Made this quick thing on top of yours that might or might not help.

[Anonymous No.1738135]

>>1738127
It helps tons! Thanks anon.
I tried out varying throwing stances and yours does indeed makes the most sense.

[Anonymous No.1738147]

hey guys!

just about an hour doodle here. I'm really trying to work on my coloring-- I'm really awful with it, and it comes from an entire life of just doing line art or greyscale work. To be honest I'm really intimidated by color, but I'm really working to overcome that. Start to finish this was about an hour last night-- there's a lot of rough parts, and a zillion things I'd fix, but it's a definite improvement in my workflow. this is the early draft I did in about five minutes

[Anonymous No.1738148]

>>1738147
And this is where I ended up.

What can I do with the colors here? Is there anything I really fucked up? Any suggestions on that end specifically? I know it's got a lot of rough linework yet and some of the shading is wonky, but really I'm just trying to think about value and colors right now. I know it's not perfect and I'm looking to improve as much as I can.

[Anonymous No.1738151]

Thoughts on composition/ lighting?

[Anonymous No.1738155]

How's he lookin?

[Anonymous No.1738158]

>>1738098
work on the color first, then paint on top of that with a hard brush without any pressure sensitivity enabled. bismuth is rigid, that's what makes it so strange and interesting, you can't have any fluid or organic look to it with a feathered stroke.

just my $0.02

[Anonymous No.1738165]

>>1738155
Awesome.

[Anonymous No.1738173]

Update. Help, someone?
It's pretty rough right now, but I just really want to get the colors right.

[Anonymous No.1738176]

>>1738173
The thumbnail looks pretty good, though the purple shadow is a bit too saturated & strong for that lighting

[Anonymous No.1738180]

>>1738176
Yeah, Thought so. Gonna make it more bluish and desaturated. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.1738181]

>>1737557

Could I please get some destructive criticism? Thanks
I pray to to loomis every night

[Anonymous No.1738182]

>>1738181
It really doesn't look like you do. Pretty much everything is skewed. Sorry, mate. Study, don't just read and copy.

[Eiichiro Oda No.1738183]

Cupholderman. He's a superhero who has the ability to make cupholder shaped blasts with his hands.

[Anonymous No.1738184]

>>1738183
Are you 12? Just stop please.

[Anonymous No.1738185]

>>1738182

So basically stay away from complex subject matter for awhile?

[Anonymous No.1738188]

>>1738185
What do you mean? You shouldn't just draw geometrical shapes, if that's what you mean. Do that too, study lines and all that Loomis stuff, but you also gotta draw some things you enjoy once in a while. But don't just do it brainlessly, think about every move you intend to do.

[Anonymous No.1738194]

>>1738188

Thank you.
Aside from being skewed what else is fubar?

[Anonymous No.1738201]

>>1738165
Thanks man, do you think the comp needs some buildings or something to portray scale? Or does he appear massive even without a frame of reference? Perspective is my weak link so I don't want it ruining the piece.

[Anonymous No.1738223]

>>1738201
you only need the fighters. Consider removing detail, especially highlights from areas that aren't what i assume is your focal point, the face. the time you spent on the etremities should have been spent on the face.

[Anonymous No.1738225]

>>1738194
Like I said, more or less everything. The design is pretty bad, the pose - what's he doing, anyway? Then you don't know how to render yet, looks like you smudged with your fingers. It really is of no use to continue counting what's wrong. You simply have to practice more to make anything critiquable.

[Anonymous No.1738237]

[Anonymous No.1738238]

yeah...these will do nicely

[Anonymous No.1738245]

>>1737885
don't like it. the face features are unappealing. can't you see how wrong is that necklace in the back?. learn to draw an ear. pushup bra? the water's edge between tits. where's the light source, and how do you explain the sharp chin shadow? cheekbones are too red for skin tone. shadows lack saturation. if you don't draw the lower eyelid the eyeball looks like painted on the skin.

[Anonymous No.1738248]

[Anonymous No.1738259]

>>1738158
Thank you! Any ideas for brushes I can use? Maybe some custom ones? Suppose I could play around with the brushes until I find a hard one to use. Looks like I kinda messed up with the coloring and the 'rigid' feel of it already. Definitely will be a thing to work on.

[Anonymous No.1738261]

>>1737788
Pose
Take photo

[Anonymous No.1738264]

>>1738238
Cool.

[Anonymous No.1738275]

random faces before bedd

[Anonymous No.1738287]

>>1738237
I likes, keep at it.

[Anonymous No.1738291]

derp

[Anonymous No.1738294]

Just begun practising landscapes and this is probably the one im most happy with so far. What do you think?

[Anonymous No.1738308]

Sup 1c

[Anonymous No.1738359]

How improve?

Everything feels bad with the exception of a couple of parts of it.

Also I don't usually use custom brushes, just thought it'd be a nice change of pace, I likely won't use them again for a while in case anyone was going to say.

[Anonymous No.1738370]

>>1738291
I wish I'll become that good someday

[Anonymous No.1738385]

>>1738287
still feels like its missing something.

[Anonymous No.1738406]

Daily doodle in progress. If something looks wrong do tell.

[Anonymous No.1738428]

>>1738291
What program did you use?

[Anonymous No.1738604]

>>1738428
like if that was relevant. 99% odds photoshop

[Anonymous No.1738887]

>>1736451
pretty good so far, don't be shy with the dark values.

[Anonymous No.1739670]

>>1738385
Value of the figure is too close to the backdrop it's against. Try putting some smoke or something in between the two to push the depth more.

[Anonymous No.1740433]

can i get some thoughts
also, any tips on how to not overwork something? i really need to know when to stop

[Anonymous No.1740436]

>>1740433
when you have overworked it and start to dislike it. redo it to the point where it is refined but not overworked. I found doing multiple drafts have increased my skills 200% over the past 2 months. I'm not longer postponing works because i'm afraid of messing up. I no longer stall using new techniques or colors or combinations or paper. I just do it then rework it. If you overworks something, just redo it. You will learn when to stop.

[Anonymous No.1740439]

>>1740436
thats fairly decent advice, thanks, friend

[Anonymous No.1740445]

>>1740439
No problem, I come from /vg/ where the average response is git gud.