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[Anonymous No.1753645]

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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.1753650]

weed

[Anonymous No.1753651]

>>1753413
>>1753416
It's in a sketch layer. The hands will be there, I promise.

>>1753546
I don't mind it, really. Just want some general opinions rather than technical ones, to see if I missed any important stuff. Glad to see people really care about her hands.

[Anonymous No.1753657]

le armour man has le kat for le dinner :^)

I am bogboose

[Anonymous No.1753664]

Le dinner kat

Signed: bogboose

[Anonymous No.1753665]

>>1753576
I could still use some advice

[Anonymous No.1753679]

>>1753665

Well for starters, don't stray away from the ref. Your values/colors are way off. Your image is a lot brighter than the ref overall, and eyes are never that bright, it looks like they're glowing. You're actual rendering ability is kinda getting there but I'd focus more on studying values at this point.

[Anonymous No.1753680]

Feast on pussy ton8 :^)

[Anonymous No.1753684]

>>1753680

[Anonymous No.1753702]

>>1753684

and it only took you 4 posts to get it right.

[Anonymous No.1753706]

I jest did this. Please dont heart my feelings. My little heart cant take it.

[Anonymous No.1753710]

>>1753706
i think its about time we toughen that heart up

[Anonymous No.1753716]

>>1753702
i dont see it anywhere ;)

[Anonymous No.1753718]

>>1753716
it's ok, it'll just be our little secret

[Anonymous No.1753725]

>>1753718

[Anonymous No.1753726]

>>1753706
Her head seems too small for her body (compare its width to the neck, and pelvic area.)

[ken No.1753737]

Round two, I'm challenging myself to go through non digital mediums. Right now inks and colors.
Any comments on what's there now. I'm thinking about using a skin tone for the inside if the octopus and/or adding darker colors to the dress for more dimension.

[Anonymous No.1753755]

>>1753737
wasting your time

[Anonymous No.1753786]

>>1753684
>>1753716
>>1753725
Runescape faggot

[Anonymous No.1753788]

>>1753706
dat booty is bootilicious

[Anonymous No.1753792]

>>1753786
Zezima pls go you're not number 1 anymore get over it cunt.

[Anonymous No.1753796]

>>1753792
>tfw I don't even know what is a zezima

[Anonymous No.1753807]

Which one is better?

[Anonymous No.1753811]

>>1753807
Top definitely. What are those smears supposed to be? Rockets/fireworks?

[Anonymous No.1753820]

>>1753811
an "invisible" alien thing i wanted to make it some what surreal and give the viewer something to look at.

[Anonymous No.1753822]

>>1753645

[Anonymous No.1753826]

How'd I do
>captcha: mastery absense

[Anonymous No.1753829]

Still not finished. Laundry list of things I need to take care of including eyebrows/lips/ears lighting on the uniform and her implants and hair.

Besides all that, what do you guys think? It's ok. Be as harsh as you need to. I can take it.

[Anonymous No.1753830]

>>1753354
I'll link it over, for any critique.
I guess you can call me a beginner, in the scheme of things and compared to others on this board. I haven't done too many grayscale images, and I figured it would be a good practice. I'm not very happy with how the pose came out because it's very bland (which was not intended), but it is what it is.

[Anonymous No.1753832]

Sides of the chest are over extended and need to be more well defined. It sort of looks like that fat kid that photoshopped some model's abs onto his body and the muscles extended beyond the sides of his body.

[ken No.1753860]

>>1753807
The first, the second one feels like you just used the smudge tool, those are fire works, right?

[Anonymous No.1753862]

animu made easy

[ken No.1753864]

>>1753826
The contrast on this picture works for you. But his anatomy is off, the right side of the image should curve a bit more, and cropping the image can work if you don't want to finish his pants

[Anonymous No.1753866]

For the shake of training. Right sholder kinda messed, but cant erase that shit, too late. >.<

This summer I'm cleaning a family's floor to make my own workshop and start training/being productive fucking far from internet connections and procrastination. Damn it.

Will be around here as I see good criticism.

YUP I'm a newfag

Also thinking on my university final project, maybe I'll try videogame concept.

[Anonymous No.1753867]

the pic size is totally messed up, fuck myself, nigga pls

[Anonymous No.1753872]

testing to fix u_u'

[IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/2myp6ck.jpg[/IMG]

http://i62.tinypic.com/2myp6ck.jpg

[Anonymous No.1753874]

>>1753862
>puts bag of shame on anons head

animu ...LOL...I guess

[Anonymous No.1753895]

>>1753866
I like it, maybe the outline is a little too strong though?

[Anonymous No.1753897]

>>1753860
>>1753811
Thanks, I'll definitely stick with the top

[Anonymous No.1753904]

>>1753895
most ended shadowing, my brother told me he had a blue pencil and just wanted to mess with it, I was going to make darker shadows with it, but I was just tired so just outlined for fun or something *3*

Outlines r kinda non sensed at all, one things I want to develop are solid-cute outlines, but not this case

[Anonymous No.1753913]

>>1753862

So much pleb.

[Anonymous No.1753915]

>>1753826

Sides of the chest are over extended and need to be more well defined. It sort of looks like that fat kid that photoshopped some model's abs onto his body and the muscles extended beyond the sides of his body.

[Anonymous No.1753918]

>>1753829

Hory shet

[Anonymous No.1753920]

>>1753866

Your facial anatomy is spot on, it's the body you need to work on.

[Anonymous No.1753922]

Just pooping around with colors at the moment.

[Anonymous No.1753950]

should i keep going, y/n?

[Anonymous No.1753955]

...

[Anomynus No.1753956]

I don't know what else to do/change

thoughts?

[ken No.1753960]

>>1753950
Depend do you know where you're heading?

[Anonymous No.1753962]

>>1753960

dude what

[Anonymous No.1753987]

>>1753956
I like it. I need to paint more glass.

[Anonymous No.1753989]

>>1753956
The base is pretty good but the bulb looks very flat

[Anonymous No.1754026]

>>1753950
Nigga you made like 3 scribbles, i dont give a fuck if u make a little drawing or not. Just fuckin do something at least before posting. We aren't here to pat you on the butt everytime anon makes a 5 sec sketch!

[Anonymous No.1754028]

>>1753829
Lighting makes no sense, it's so bad to the point where I can' hardly discern any geometry on the face. Are her eyes glowing or something? I don't understand 50$ of what's goign on in the pic

[Anonymous No.1754029]

#1

[Anonymous No.1754031]

#2

[Anonymous No.1754032]

#3

[Anonymous No.1754034]

#4

Been needing some C&C on these for a while

[Anomynus No.1754049]

>>1753987
>>1753989

Thanks, should I just get in there with more white do you think? I don't want to make it look opaque.

[Anonymous No.1754055]

>>1754028

>artist makes list of acknowledged things he needs to finish
>critique only points out things he needs to finish

nigga try harder

[Anonymous No.1754060]

>>1754029
I don't know the ref but the face looks a little man-ish. Watch out for the foot - the heel looks like it's coming forward in front of the midfoot.

>>1754031
Terrible value-banding. Forms are also on the mushy side, so it's hard to say what might be off. Elbows and hands are underwhelming.

>>1754032
Too much midtone everywhere. Pay more attention to your edges and make conscious decisions on which edges should be hard and which should be soft. Don't just let the brush you're using decide that for you. Eyes are super flat and formless.

>>1754034
Looks fine from the thumbnail, but the brush strokes are super sloppy and arbitrary. Make sure you're using an appropriately sized brush for your big shapes. Again, pay more attention to your edges.

[Anonymous No.1754062]

trying to work on making people look more realistic and less...animu

[Anonymous No.1754067]

>>1754062
Pay more attention to the planes of the face and don't let your values jump so much for objects or relatively uniform local color. Looks like she has paint on her face.

Control your use of value better to have clearer shapes. You could also be a lot more subtle with your colors. If you use the grays better, you can make colors pop without resorting to garish reds and greens like that.

[Anonymous No.1754068]

>>1754034

You need to clearly define your negative space. I can't tell in some parts whats the underside of a cloud or a overcast sort of backdrop revealed by a break in the front clouds. Also, parts of the clouds (mostly the strands near the sun) miss the level of rendering you have elsewhere leading them to look stretched rather than elongated.

[Anonymous No.1754071]

>>1754068
>>1754034

Addon: It's worth noting that it looks fan-fucking-tastic in the thumbnail.

[Anonymous No.1754084]

>>1754028

>Are her eyes glowing or something? I don't understand 50$ of what's goign on in the pic

Do you even sci-fi?

>>1753829

It looks great, anon. Just work on your laundry list and make sure photoshop isn't arbitrarily blending your colors to green. Also, I know you said you had to work on the lighting on her implants, but depending if that blue light is glancing offer her face or if it is coming at a more direct angle, those implants will cast a shadow on her neck. As for the orange lighting, you may want to take away more of your shadow layer and make those orange points more defined so that they illuminate her face more. This anon does have a point though, >>1754028 you have to be careful with shadow layers so that they don't annihilate your values. The face geometry is most definitely still there, so the other anon may be blind, dense or just using a low brightness monitor but you still have to be cautious.

[Anonymous No.1754088]

>>1754067
thanks for advice anon, tried to apply your crits

[Anonymous No.1754097]

>>1754055
needs to finish is now the same as completely rework a major fundamental of the piece.

[Anonymous No.1754114]

>>1754088

What does the reference look like for this?

From the brow down I'm liking the colours you're using. The green on her forehead doesn't look right though. I understand the lighting itself may be green but you don't seem to have enough local colour in relation to the rest of the image.

[Anonymous No.1754122]

Fuck I hate colour.

I tried using Xia Taptara's (iDrawGirls) method of doing figures and it was a nightmare getting rid of the greys left by my line drawing. I spent most of the time saturating all the shadows.

Any advice on a good method of doing skin painting and / or getting rid of the line drawing without losing the "structure" of the pose early on? I haven't done very much digital painting and this is my first attempt at a coloured pose so I'm struggling a lot.

[Anonymous No.1754135]

[Anonymous No.1754139]

I tried taking a line art I did and putting a gradient under it, then just dodge and burn. Not to sure how to just get the gradient on the line art, still pretty newbie at PS.

[Anonymous No.1754140]

>>1754135

[Anonymous No.1754147]

I am still working on trying to finish this but not much free time now adays

[Anonymous No.1754152]

>>1754114
I guess the problem is that I'm not using reference, added more red into the forehead, does it look better?

[Anonymous No.1754169]

Originally intended as drapery study, then I realised I fucking suck at everything.

also fuck these house number captchas, I enter the number correctly but it never accepts them

[Anonymous No.1754171]

>>1754152

You're improving quick bro, but your cheeks and eye brows are uneven. Bump your right cheek up a tad, tweak your right brow down a tad as well. Slim down the left top eyelid a little. I recommend duplicating layers and using opacity/overlay until it looks right. One more thought, I said slim down the left eyelid. Only do that if you keep your right eyelid how it is. Other wise, flesh out your right eyelid to match the left.

[Anonymous No.1754176]

>>1754097

>muh fundamentals

Fundamentals are important, but if that's all you can say then you may as well say nothing at all.

[Anonymous No.1754177]

>>1754176
what i said was already mentioned in greater detail, I was just calling you a twat

[Anonymous No.1754179]

>>1754176
>>1754097

>needs to completely rework a major fundamental of the piece.

Also wrong. There is nothing in that pic that he would need to finish or correct that would require such a massive rework. Changes, yes. Colossal fuck-up? No.

While it may not be fair sometimes for an artist to use the "I'm still working" bit as an excuse for imperfections, it's even moreso unfair for the critic to use the "I'm still working" bit as a golden ticket to assume the worst.

Also...

>spending hours upon hours on a painting
>not engineering the ability to make massive changes in a moments notice

Instead of critiquing artists for their ability to paint, you should learn how to critique better so you break the bad habit of focusing on things that are more or less off limits.

[Anonymous No.1754180]

>mfw the drawing critique thread has turned into a critique critiquing thread

This wouldn't happen if even half of /ic/ knew how to critique.

[Anonymous No.1754184]

>>1754067
>>1754088
>>1754152
Anon here. Tried my hand at a paintover and got a little carried away. It's not great, but hopefully it helps somewhat. And of course, if anybody else wants to jump in and correct my mistakes feel free to do so.

Some notes:
-Pay attention to plane changes, particularly when it comes to separating light from shadow. Since your light source is upwards and to the front, planes that face this should be lit, including the area above the lips, the lower lips, the top of the chin, etc. Mine isn't perfect, but look up an Asaro head and study that from various angles and lighting directions if you haven't already. This link talks about separating light and shadow very well:
http://www.erikgist.com/ErikGist_WattsAtelierFigureTutorial.pdf

-Colors are still a little garish. Mine isn't great either, so in the future I'd suggest finding some lighting/environment refs that somewhat match what you're going for so that you have a visual guide. Pay attention to the color of the primary light source (and its other qualities), the local color of the object you're painting, and the colors in the surroundings (ambient light sources). I didn't use a ref, and it shows. Doing more studies of master portrait painters will also help a lot.

-You drew the features as if viewed from a lens that's very close to the face. I tried to correct that a bit.

-Your bouncelights are too bright, which is breaking up your shadow shapes. Your big value shapes should be clear and read easily from afar.

-Your edges are okay, but fall apart in places. Schmid's Ala Prima has a great section on edge control.

[Anonymous No.1754189]

>>1754184
>>1754171
>>1754084
>>1754071
>>1754068
>>1754067

This is how critiquing is done. All of /ic/, take note from these guys.

[Anonymous No.1754199]

>>1754171
thanks for pointing out (especially the brow...can't believe I didn't notice) will pay more attention in the future

>>1754184
thanks so much for the detailed critique and paintover! tried to fix lighting mistakes you pointed out. Do you mind explaining about the lens in more detailed? Or more detail on the differences of lens close up vs far away

[Anonymous No.1754200]

how2digital??

[Anonymous No.1754202]

>>1754200
clench the stylus firmly between the buttocks but allow for enough of a loose enough grip to allow for a more natural flow.

[Anonymous No.1754208]

w-w-work in progress guys, what do you t-think?

[Anonymous No.1754209]

>>1754208

[Anonymous No.1754210]

>>1754208
interesting start, I would make the perspective of the bodies in the back flatter to the horizon to match the figure. Also layering the bodies will make the picture's comp more interesting

[Anonymous No.1754216]

>>1754029
damn can I see the reference pic for this? I'd like to study it myself

[Anonymous No.1754219]

>>1754208

Square away the perspective of the knight, his body parts and shield/helmet are subtly hinting that he is standing in about five different perspectives simultaneously.

[Anonymous No.1754224]

[Anonymous No.1754231]

>>1754199
No problem.

Basically a wide lens amplifies perspective distortions (things close to the viewer look very close; things far away look very far). A long lens does the opposite, where it 'flattens' an image (things close look farther away than they are; things far look closer than they are). This is shown in gif related. The image is made by taking many photos using different focal length lenses, and either stepping closer or farther away from the object to keep it the same size relative to the picture frame.

In your original painting, it had a similar wide-angle lens distortion that you see in selfies. Though there are ways to plot out the perspective using station points to avoid this effect, it's much easier to eyeball it. You get a good enough feel for the approximate distortion that the human eye sees by painting still lifes and portraits from life.

There's more on that here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-angle_lens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_length#In_photography

[Anonymous No.1754277]

speed doodle

[Anonymous No.1754325]

Tried to make an onion, no ref. A-am I doing alright?

[Anonymous No.1754362]

>>1754325
no

[Anonymous No.1754368]

>>1754231
That's an awesome gif illustrating the point really good. Thanks for explanation!

[Anonymous No.1754406]

>>1754231
I noticed focal length isn't talked about much when people are teaching perspective, (at least for free or any e-books i find) this is exactly what I struggle with myself..

[Anonymous No.1754407]

>>1754406
You know, maybe us telling you about drawing from life rather than from pictures taken with a camera does have a very specific reason and we're not just being dicks to your reference of choice.

[Anonymous No.1754431]

So, I have been working on this for a while now, wanted to get away from dry studies and create something by my self. This is done on a A1, with pencil only.
Its the goddess Lilith, hence the snake and rose symbols.
I have am not sure how should I finish it, what am I missing? Maybe some mistakes?

[Anonymous No.1754450]

I have no idea what I'm doing, can anyone recommend some good lessons/resources?

[Anonymous No.1754453]

>>1754450
Work on a decently drawn line sketch
add flat local colors underneath the lines
block in the shadow shapes
start rendering

Just throwing around colors without any structure and gameplan is bound to end in a disaster.

[Anonymous No.1754454]

[Anonymous No.1754455]

>>1754453
Thanks, had to google the blocking in and rendering but will do.

[Anonymous No.1754516]

5 hours in PS.

[Anonymous No.1754520]

>>1754516
looks really good anon. That lighting is solid
>NB4 d/ic/k claims a real artist could have done it in 30 minutes

[Anonymous No.1754531]

>>1754516
Nice, I like it. I hate to be that guy but 5 hours is quite long for something that looks like a speed painting. It's still good nonetheless.

[Anonymous No.1754559]

>>1753955
the expression is horrible.

[Anonymous No.1754594]

>>1754516
i have trubble to tell if its daytime or nighttime.

[Anonymous No.1754600]

>>1754028

Yeah there is a little bit of distortion because I shrunk the image down. There is a shadow layer that's obscuring most of her facial geometry and the lights behind her are turned off. The lighting was done very quickly and I'm still tweaking with it.

[Anonymous No.1754603]

>>1754594
>what is stylistic choice
>what is surrealism
>what is a dumb fucking crit

[Anonymous No.1754608]

>>1754603
>what is surrealism

definetly not this.

[Anonymous No.1754618]

>>1754608
>learn2arthistory
>sur·re·al·ism [suh-ree-uh-liz-uhm] Show IPA
noun ( sometimes initial capital letter )
a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
>surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur

Giant salamander coming out of the sea with a day/night/fire lighting.

Works as both a surrealistic and narrative painting so.... yeah

[Anonymous No.1754619]

>>1754450
If you're aiming for a painting, then be sure to paint everything. A lot of things that could be painted with large brush strokes are instead drawn in with thin, dark, sloppy lines that do not exist in real life. This isn't to say you can't have a base drawing, but don't use that drawing to define your final product.

Do some master copies. Watch some painting demos by pros you want to emulate. You need to make the transition from lines to shapes (still using line to define the edges of your shapes), then eventually shapes to forms (still using shapes to guide your placement of forms). I'd read through this:
http://www.erikgist.com/ErikGist_WattsAtelierFigureTutorial.pdf

[Anonymous No.1754622]

>>1754325
Why are you painting a still life with no reference? Have you done a study of an onion before? Are you trying to internalize what an onion looks like?

Whatever your goals are, I bet there are better ways to go about it.

[Anonymous No.1754623]

>>1754199
Are you sure you aren't using an acid-burn victim as a reference??

[Anonymous No.1754624]

how gay is this from a scale of 1 to 10

[Anonymous No.1754626]

>>1754624
9.3

[Anonymous No.1754627]

>>1754624
I FUCKED UP

[Anonymous No.1754629]

>>1754627
ok ok, 9.4 best i can give you

[Anonymous No.1754630]

>>1754325
Your lightsource is off, based on the highlight and also the cast shadow. Next time you paint, focus on the overall shape first, then the values. Seems like you're too caught up in trying to color paint the onion that you didn't get the fundamentals right.

Keep in mind that the shape of the onion is sphere-like, so get some sphere lighting ref if you could, and see how the form shadows are formed as it recedes from the sides of the onion, and also see any core shadows and reflected light that forms on the subject. Apply it to your onion.

Also, depending on the type of onion, you might want to add more range to the hues you are using. For yellow onion, it is light yellows, and a some brown in it.

[Anonymous No.1754631]

>ITT /ic/ learns to read!
/ic/ - Artwork/Critique
Only constructive criticism will be accepted. Rude or offensive comments will result in a ban.

[Anonymous No.1754632]

>>1754631
in reference to shit like this
>>1754623

[Anonymous No.1754634]

>>1754629
you MEANIE

[Anonymous No.1754636]

>>1754631
eat shit and go back to tumblr you cunt.

[Anonymous No.1754637]

>>1754636
>gets school
>gets angry

[Anonymous No.1754642]

>>1754631
My constructive crit was to use an actual reference because without one, it looks like a burn victim.

[Anonymous No.1754643]

>>1754637

[Anomynus No.1754658]

[Anonymous No.1754679]

>>1754622
Trying to wrap my head around drawing from imagination.
>>1754630
Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.1754685]

Not making images as much as I should, just feel like drawing instead.

[Anonymous No.1754699]

>>1754516
sexy work anon.

[Anonymous No.1754702]

>>1754685
Looks nice but don't skip over the hands, you don't wanna be shit at hands.

[Anonymous No.1754703]

The last doodles I did. Really gotta get back to the hang of studying properly. :(

[Anonymous No.1754705]

>>1754703

looks very professional, congrats dude!

[Anonymous No.1754708]

>>1754516
The great worm, Hal' Al'
he brings his word to any child passing near.
A word that a child can only hear.
Secrets many are dying to steal
Hal' Al' makes the children promise never to reveal

[Anonymous No.1754709]

Hi there.

Quick value sketch for new painting. Looking for critique on values and composition pls.

[Anonymous No.1754713]

>>1754709
I really dig the composition and values but granted I haven't studied much of that yet. Only crit is that the top of the leg shouldn't be concave like that and the edge of that third cloud lines up with the edge of the moon.

[Anonymous No.1754714]

>>1754708
awesome.

[Anonymous No.1754715]

>>1754708
i like his titties.

[Anonymous No.1754716]

>>1754713
Oh yeah I know the anatomy is fucked up, I'm just using it to indicate where the figure will be.

[Anonymous No.1754720]

>>1754708

hory shit someone drew something based on my painting, looks awesome dude!

[Anonymous No.1754721]

masterstudy. focusing on the colors. how am i doing?

am i the only one who can not study for more than 5-10min and then go browse facebook instead or some shit? its getting annoying and i do it with all the studies i do. its like i get this satisfaction feeling, "okay this looks kinda like it now", and im off listening to music and shit., but then after some time yeah i realize that i can keep going on and on, BUT HOW omg

[Anonymous No.1754722]

>>1754709

My two cents are that I like the composition

[Anonymous No.1754725]

>>1754721

the colors look good, you like peleng?

try watching his videos, he posts them on his blog, he's my favorite artist, such a badass.

[Anonymous No.1754726]

Help

[Anomynus No.1754728]

>>1754708

I can dig it

[Anonymous No.1754731]

>>1754722
Well that's good! I really want to nail the comp, so beat the shit out of it if you want.

[Anonymous No.1754732]

>>1754685
Same. I just find myself doing drawing exercises and sketches. Gotta find a project or somethin'.
Sweet draw, btw.

[Anonymous No.1754734]

>>1754726

the torso does not look cool like that when painted, look at pic related for example.

[Anonymous No.1754737]

>>1754708

Who is this guy who draws stuff like this all the time?

What he lacks in skill he makes up in being able to create awesome stories.

[Anonymous No.1754738]

>>1754721
There's no red in yours, the original had very red shadows. Not enough contrast either, that highlight on the back should be lighter and a bit more yellow. Back legs are also too high contrast, you're forgetting the dust that obscures them, that will add depth. Also there's programs that will block certain websites if you're addicted to checking your facebook or whatever.

[Anonymous No.1754742]

>>1754726
Neck looks too long, I think the trapezius muscles fucked you up there. He also looks like he's floating, is he supposed to be standing on the balls of his feet? They don't look like they're touching the ground or supporting any weight.

[Anomynus No.1754746]

>>1754737

Bagbosse nigga

[Anonymous No.1754751]

>>1754725
yeah he does his shit so cool
>>1754738
thanks, im glad u pointed that out for me, even tho i could do it myself maybe if i spendt enough time at the thing.
cheers

[Anonymous No.1754775]

>>1754702
Yeah I started rendering them out and they weighed down the bottom half more than I wanted but I probably shouldn't have been lazy and just should have drawn the whole body
>>1754732
Thanks mang. And I'm caught in this weird catch because it's not that I'm not designing and working on images but I'm using digital. And digital is so overwhelming imo. There are just too many options. With a pencil I know I can turn it this way and that way and get different marks but with digital there's brushes, photos, etc. I just get really overwhelmed. I think I should probably delete all of my brushes besides like four of them or something.

[Anonymous No.1754797]

current practice of old jugend coverart

[Anonymous No.1754798]

>>1754797
related

[Anonymous No.1754799]

>>1753737
you should have used a reference for the octopus half

[Anonymous No.1754815]

>>1754775
Really all you need is the normal brush and eraser, the settings are variable enough to mimic the pen or airbrush (though I guess that depends on what program you're using), you don't need that fancy crap unless you're trying to get it done fast / you're lazy. Also what the hell are you using photos for aside from reference? Are you one of those people who uses photos for backgrounds?

[Anonymous No.1754816]

>>1754797
Middle of the mouth should line up with the base of the nose. Her mouth (and whole lower jaw really) is too far back right now.

[Anonymous No.1754818]

>>1754709
Anything on this guys?

[Anonymous No.1754841]

>>1754815
Not typically no, but in some of the freelance stuff I've done I've had to use photos because I couldn't get the heightened sense of realism within the time limit.
And yeah I've used just hard round and stuff before but the edges with more texturey brushes can get me places faster, but it's just about deciding where I want to go because I always lose myself. With paint and things I know how far I can push it but with digital you can practically make a photo. For me, it's hard to know when to stop.

[Anonymous No.1754842]

>>1754816
thanks, that part was feeling weird

i chopped it over to the left, pulled neck in more and lowered her left eye also

[Anonymous No.1754850]

>>1754842
Nice, it looks much better now.

[Anonymous No.1754861]

Suggestions? I put my rough drawing next to it. Not sure if it looks strange because of too much of a perspective angle.

[Anonymous No.1754870]

torso looks very compacted

related is mockup of stretching him out a bit

[Anonymous No.1754874]

>>1754728
You sick bastard.

[Anonymous No.1754875]

>>1754870
Ah that's spot on, didn't realize I measured incorrectly

[Anonymous No.1754876]

>>1754705

Thanks! But I don't think it looks pro in any way! hahaha

>>1754708

Heh! You did a story about one of my characters some time ago. You really should expose yourself some more or even do a collab with a artist to draw your stories, short stories would be cool.

[Anonymous No.1754889]

>>1754658
more contrast.

[Anonymous No.1754901]

>>1754889
>pure white carefully used
>an amount of dark blacks are applied
>paper fills in as the midtone
>image reads without being too overwhelming or underwhelming in terms of contrast

You really need to get your eyes checked.

[Anonymous No.1754924]

>>1754876
Ah which character?

[Anonymous No.1754941]

>>1754924

:)

[Anomynus No.1754971]

>>1754901

I do good?

[Anonymous No.1754972]

[Anonymous No.1754976]

My most recent work. I think I'm gonna start doing some dedicated practice studies- on certain parts of the body. Probably faces, I learned a lot from doing this one. In fact I feel like there is more I can do to improve it, but I'm just going to move on to a new project.

[Anomynus No.1754979]

>>1754976

>study study study
>study
>study some more

the lines in the shorts make it look like she has dick btw

[Anonymous No.1754980]

>>1754971
>>1754658
Eeeeeehhhh, it's good overall. Details on the tungsten, and how you indicate the metal plus glass properties are easily readable. However, the direction of the tungsten is not in line with the bulb direction Sketchy dark outlines on the glass messed it a bit. And you could maybe apply more finesse in defining the light values on the bulb with the whites.

[Anonymous No.1754985]

The struggles of a girl

[Anonymous No.1754987]

>>1754985
what is she struggling to do?

[Anonymous No.1754989]

>>1754987
Maybe being a grill?

[Anomynus No.1755003]

>>1754980

Thanks man

[Anonymous No.1755030]

>>1754972
Looks like a less foul and disgusting great goblin

[Anonymous No.1755040]

>>1754842
stopped after this, and currently back at it, here is update

think everyone is positioned decently so will proceed

[Anonymous No.1755077]

pirate sketch, would love some feedback.thxx

[Anonymous No.1755078]

Almost done now! This was my first attempt of a real project, and I'm pretty happy with it!

[FiRez !!tndrCZJHE+I No.1755084]

>>1755040

I would use a much softer brush for the hair. Also I feel that there are too many areas defined by line on her face that could be better achieved via pure values.

Also try mirroring the image some features are very off (left side of the lip, uneven eyes)

[Anonymous No.1755085]

Practicing clothes and folds because I'm shit at them.
I'm kind of shit at everything though, so it's cool.

>>1755077
This is great stuff. I love that brush texture and the details in the beard.

[Anonymous No.1755089]

>>1755040
How long has this taken you? Sometimes coming back from a break with intensity and haste can help push a work forward in a positive way.

[Anonymous No.1755091]

>>1754985
She is missing her unattractive body and the strangers are supposed to try to ignore her childish outbursts, it's like opposite day where people care

[FiRez !!tndrCZJHE+I No.1755092]

>>1755077
Nice effect fusing some areas with the background reminds me to this portrait.

Love the brush you're using to leave implied details (seems like a very popular choice among concept artists).

I would try accentuating the chiaroscuro by darkening at least the lower part of the background, some lines could be softer (left cheek). Finally, the headband seems a bit too high.

[Anonymous No.1755097]

>>1755077
feels like the neck is really thin, and the back of the head is missing in general. You have a bpretty good face, but you can't feel the head. The ear should also probably be a bit bigger in the process. Definitely fill the cranium out though.

[Anonymous No.1755109]

>>1753645
quick sketch from tonight i m not sure how to break outta making such stiff poses
it happens even in my lifedrawings/gestures

[Anonymous No.1755117]

Still busy with the background. After that, red ink!

[Anonymous No.1755121]

>>1755109
post life drawings?

also shes falling over

[Anonymous No.1755122]

>>1755121
>>1755109

pls post life drawings

[Anonymous No.1755123]

I literally haven't drawn anything in five years. I've been depressed and started sketching this earlier in the evening. I think browsing /ic/ has motivated me to start drawing again. I've been better, I kinda forgot how to value but whatever, I wanna show it to someone.

[Anonymous No.1755124]

>>1755123
I forgot my picture.

[Anonymous No.1755125]

>>1755123
The secret to getting better at art is finding a balance of giving a shit and not giving a shit.

The saddest reality of being an artist is realizing you'll probably always have problems with your drawings/paintings/etc, no matter how good you get. Once you realize this though, things become a lot better. The biggest thing holding a new/younger artist back is that they usually have skewed expectations.

"I gotta become this good in x amount of time!"
or
"This person is younger and much more experienced than I, I've failed".

Gotta try and have fun with your art, even if you don't like it. Every single drawing you ever do will make you better.

A good way to knock yourself out of depression is to keep older pieces. You can always look back on where you once were, and where you are now. It'll make you happier.

[Anonymous No.1755132]

Looking for crit.
-_-

[Anonymous No.1755133]

>>1755132

[Anonymous No.1755141]

fanart of my disney waifu and practice on underwater painting and backgrounds

any tips or critique?

[Anonymous No.1755143]

>>1755141
how are you practicing on underwater painting if you're not studying from a reference?

[Anonymous No.1755145]

>>1755143
well i have an own way of practicing which has worked for me many times, i first look at lots of pictures of whatever it is im gonna practice on (for example noses) then whenever i make a new painting i have that in mind and try to re draw it.
i noticed in all the underwater pictures that you usually get a very high contrast between light/dark and the shadows tend to be very blue/purplish
you also get this weird pattern from the waves, but it was too complicated for me to try out
pic related

[Anonymous No.1755146]

>>1755143
i just think thats a more fun way of doing it, im also very stubborn so i prefer finding things out on my own

[Anonymous No.1755200]

tell me more than what I already know T-T

portraits and rushed everything else, specially hands -had to deal with an assignement which didnt allow to invest the time that my objectives required, that+procrastination ftl-

Small size tablet and slow graphic card for big size formats made digital drawing a pain for me, also it's done all in 1 layer, I'm shit trying to exploit layers potencial on digital painting lol

so unfinished

tips and crits totally welcome, posting for that

[Anonymous No.1755205]

>>1755145
true size ref pl0x, give me the link bro

[Anonymous No.1755207]

>>1754189
fuck off

[Anonymous No.1755210]

>>1755205

Not the other dude, but that was the biggest version of that picture I could find.

[Anonymous No.1755224]

Hey guys, I'm trying to get back into it but i think my "rendering" of skin looks flat as fuck. How do I improve?

[Anonymous No.1755226]

>>1755224
you have to choose if your highlights will be warm or cool. and then make the shadows the opposite.
you cant have highlights and shadows both cool or warm at the same time.

[Anonymous No.1755240]

>>1755226
Explain?

[Anonymous No.1755241]

>>1753645
I'm trying to l2paint through still lives and re-doing old lineart, anyone have any pointers on what I should be doing?

I vaguely understand the concept of block in-> blend-> detail, and warm light = cool shadows, but that's it.

[Anonymous No.1755246]

>>1754726
>>1754734
>>1754742
Thanks for the help!
And yea he is floating. Didnt you see his wings?:D

[Anonymous No.1755257]

Feel I fucked up the eyes and lips. Better then my older eyes and lips I will say though.

[Anonymous No.1755264]

>>1755240
Not >>1755226 but colors basically come in 2 flavors: warm and cool. In a really simple sense, warm colors are reddish and cool colors are blue-ish. You can't have reddish shadows and reddish highlights, and you can't have blue-ish shadow with blue-ish highlights. You want opposites.

Cool shadows with warm highlights are usually the best for skin tones. So much so that hollywood goes off the deep end with it:

http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.kr/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html

[Anonymous No.1755267]

>>1753679
Thanks for taking the time to try and help.
I've been trying to apply your advice to the original image, even though I probably should've started over.
I think it's looking a lot better, even though the values are still a bit off and some parts (hair/lips) are far from finished.

[Anonymous No.1755271]

>>1755246
Ok he's floating, but why are his legs semi crouched like that? If someone's weight is held up by their shoulders/back, like with wings, then the rest would be hanging beneath them right? Figure out what the weight of the figure is and what the legs are doing, right now they're making the pose feel weird.

[Anonymous No.1755281]

Guy guys, ive done some gesture drawings, i could use a critique or two on them. Honestly, art wise, i feel lost.

I got a couple saved, think ill post em

[Anonymous No.1755283]

>>1755281

[Anonymous No.1755284]

>>1755283

[Anonymous No.1755286]

>>1755246
I think his abs look weird, they are almost facing the viewer and the pose looks very stiff.

still, its going nice. keep drawing anon.

[Anonymous No.1755302]

>>1755281
>>1755283
>>1755284
They're -too- loose, if you had to simplify each one in to no more than 4 lines and a head how would you do that? Each line should server a purpose to define the motion. I myself scribble a lot when gesture drawing but I always make an effort to keep the scribbles light and darken the few primary lines that define the motion
/my$0.02

[Anonymous No.1755326]

>>1755077
Muddy as hell. Don't get caught up in your fancy photoshop brushes and the superficial stuff. Focus on fundamentals--good draftsmanship, good forms, good values.

[Anonymous No.1755327]

Studies from yesterday.

[Anonymous No.1755360]

>>1755326
this.

gimmicks will remain gimmicks. All isee now is these texture brushes, which i dont like even in real media

[Anonymous No.1755361]

>>1755327

Your hatching is very impressive, but your proportions are quite wonky. Work on the latter, and your work will become amazing.

[Anonymous No.1755363]

>>1755326
>Focus on fundamentals--good draftsmanship, good forms, good values.

He's got all of it, so I dont see why not use some of the more interesting stuff. Paintings with default round brush looks like shit anyway, you have to use brush with texture of some sort.

[Anonymous No.1755367]

>>1755363
>Paintings with default round brush looks like shit anyway, you have to use brush with texture of some sort.

youre lost

[Anonymous No.1755372]

>>1755302
so just use less line to define the gesture?

[Anonymous No.1755374]

>>1755363

[Anonymous No.1755375]

>>1755361

What you mean by wonky? Can you point it out? Thx anyway.

[Anonymous No.1755388]

>>1755367
How so? Paintings made with round brush look either nauseously digital or take a crazy long time to render the texture. There is a reason why everyone is using ie. chalk brush with some texture.

[Anonymous No.1755391]

>>1755363

lol this guy.

[Anonymous No.1755409]

>>1755327
1st head, wrong ear position, nose little too small, mouth corners direction is skewed

bear grylls need some adding to the top of the skull to fix the misproportion

two other doesnt stand out too much

study on the right doesnt read very well, its uncomfortable, that ridge from middle to the left is confusing. Hands are a mess

[Anonymous No.1755416]

just 2D copying, gonna turn to nature references and try serious loomis soon <.<

[Anonymous No.1755417]

>>1755089
2 or 3 hours, ive since stopped completely on it

ive never done anything spanning multiple days, im not artist and can only focus a couple hours every other week on practice

[Anonymous No.1755422]

>>1755409
though your anatomy is right and I don't mean to critique you too much I think your strokes are too exploratory and you could paint with more intention. (I'm not the guy you critiqued but I think your draftsmanship isn't shining because you're searching too much.)

[Anonymous No.1755424]

>>1755409

your paintover isn't really helpful. the back on the bottom is especially a mess. your painting in geenral are also a mess. doesnt describe form very well

just a mess in general

[Anonymous No.1755426]

Anything i should change before i move on with lineart?.. or values i haven't quite decided yet..

[Anonymous No.1755427]

>>1755363

[Anonymous No.1755429]

>>1755424
Okay come on it's not that bad and like I said already they're just not decisive enough don't be a dildo the dude was helping.

[Anonymous No.1755433]

>>1753807

the second one makes me think of a nuclear holocaust scenario
which could be pretty cool if it was a bit more clear

[Anonymous No.1755434]

>>1754516

I like this, great work

[Anonymous No.1755450]

Orange you clad I didnt make a banana.

[Anonymous No.1755452]

>>1755424
i agree, he didnt even use textured brush lol, fucking tool

[Anonymous No.1755463]

>>1755450

Needs more contrast. Particularly the cast shadow should be way darker, it would also help a lot if you actually added some sort of background for reference, bright white kind of skews things.

[Anonymous No.1755466]

>>1752210
Thanks a lot ! It was very helpful.
I changed the pose and his face a bit.
Now im trying to design the arms.

[Anonymous No.1755471]

>>1755200
Are you working from a ref? It just looks strange because some elements are handled substantially better than others.

Try to approach this like you would an oil painting. Establish all your big shapes before refining - we should see this much of the black background poking through everywhere. Consider utilizing an underpainting to bring in some life to your colors in the future. I'd also look out for color temperature changes between the lights and the shadows.

Try experimenting with more opaque brushes. A circular or square brush with a slight chaulky texture is a very versatile starting point for experimenting. Try to steer clear from brushes that give you hairy, tiny separate lines (many brushes have their uses, but the ones you're using here aren't really helping to describe form or texture).

[Anonymous No.1755472]

>>1755409

Thx, i get some points! The hands are a mess indeed, I didnt spent enough time correctin it before hatching. Bit you should have used lines instesd of a hard brush!

[Anonymous No.1755475]

>>1755257
The face is too large for the cranium. Also, the nose is a bit long and the lips a bit low. I can't quite tell whether you're aiming for African or Indian descent, but some refs can help.

The lips aren't lying along the centerline of the face, but instead it looks like he's pulling them to his right. The eye lids are missing their thickness. Pay attention to the planes involved - the edge of the lower eyelid faces upwards, and should catch light and be brighter than the rest of the lower eyelid. Yours has eyelashes making direct contact with the white of the eye. Check out Proko's two eye drawing videos on youtube for some pointers.

I do like how distinct the silhouette is. Just be sure to recognize and distinguish which forms are from muscle and which are from bone. Also for the silhouette make sure your forms overlap correctly in 3D space (ex: the ball form around the lips should come in front of the far cheekbone, etc).

[Anonymous No.1755476]

>>1755267
The eye on our right needs a lot of work. The eyelids have the wrong shape and are missing some thickness. Pay attention to which planes are upward facing and which ones are downward facing.

The values and colors for the white of the eye and the iris are off. The white should be greener, darker, and you should see a clear difference in value between the medial edge and the lateral edge. Remember that it is a sphere with eyelid wrapped around it. That spherical form should be evident in your values.

[Anonymous No.1755483]

exercing my rendering skills

[Anonymous No.1755487]

>>1755426
right eye (his own) seems wrong, look mouth-chin-nose directions with eyes, that eye is way too high and angle seems wrong also

Left eyebrow should be over right one on that position, like eye because it's not an expresion

Gl

[Anonymous No.1755492]

>>1755463
Thanks for input.

[Anonymous No.1755497]

>>1755471
tyvm

yh it's from own made refs, the background is invented, badly :'(

lately I get frustrated when establishing big shapes, somehow I do it way too worse than swaping reffining and schemaiccs, to the point it seems myself pointless, I guess it must be a bad habit, really gotta fix it, cant get focused on global things at start

most brushes make my traces go slower, so it annoys and make it worse on my computer / tablet T-T, but yes, I need to change all that

Paint developing is so unbalanced because I had to rush it to finish on time lol :'/

Now and so on I'm gonna push myself to more than my 100% on big paints >:(

I'll keep in mind EVERYTHING, thanks bro

[Anonymous No.1755503]

>>1755487
Thanks for the comment. I tried to fix the issue with the eye, and fiddled a bit with the eyebrow.
Better now? anything else? :)

[Anonymous No.1755508]

>>1755426
Chin could be a bit more angular as it stands now it looks like a woman without breasts, gj tho, I like it.

[Anonymous No.1755512]

>>1755503
If you only look head it seems a woman, but that is up to you xD

[Anonymous No.1755514]

>>1755508
>>1755512
that was actually exactly the look I was going for XD
But i might try to make the jawline a little more angular to make it slightly less soft and feminine

[Anonymous No.1755526]

>>1755078
Are you mexican?

[Anonymous No.1755532]

Slowly working on dis: >>1754709

[Anonymous No.1755536]

>>1755503
>>1755514


I really shouldn't be redlining but here's how I think you should handle the face, even if you're going for a more androgynous look it would help if you just squared the jaw some. Right now the face is overly feminine, it's basically a teenage girl's head on a male body. As for the rest, well you can feel free to disregard that as I messed up too much anyway and stiffened the pose but I felt the torso was a bit on the long side and the clavicle had too much of an angle in yours making the neck appear much longer than it really is.

[Anonymous No.1755541]

[Anonymous No.1755552]

>>1755541
baseball... i...

[Anonymous No.1755559]

>>1755085
Finished this

[Anonymous No.1755567]

>>1755536
Thank you for the redline :)
I made the body a bit shorter, squared the jaw some, elongated the face and "broke" the nose.
i think it made it look more androgynous, but it might not be enough :/ What do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.1755585]

>>1755559
clothing is at other level than portrait, work on the face as the neck

[Anonymous No.1755588]

Each one of you scrubs owes me 100 Loomis scalps.

And I want my scalps

[Anonymous No.1755596]

>>1755588
yea.. about that

[Anonymous No.1755600]

>>1755596
he found same ref, it happens quite often with studies.

[Anonymous No.1755601]

>>1755596
Dude, never enter "Breaking Bad" into dA's search prompt.
Your narrow understanding of the world is cute.

[Anonymous No.1755602]

>>1755588
Lol I saw this painting on DA before I saw it here.

[Anonymous No.1755604]

>>1754721
Nigga, discipline is everything. Start ignoring those urges of procrastination and you'll get somewhere.

[Anonymous No.1755605]

Painting is fun.

[Anonymous No.1755609]

>>1755605
Yes it is.

[Anonymous No.1755611]

>>1755532
Pls respond

[Anonymous No.1755637]

>>1755585
wat

[Anonymous No.1755643]

[Anonymous No.1755662]

>>1755637
she means that the way you painted clothes is a lot better than the way you painted the face. I don't fucking know what she meant by the neck.
Personally, I'm only bothered by that chin that is too flat and the eye is too large.

[Anonymous No.1755669]

bad photo, yes. but please be harsh on crits, i need it.

[Anonymous No.1755682]

>>1755643
I like it, good composition

[Anonymous No.1755685]

Been working on this, any and all critique is appreciated.

As I said, it's a WIP, and i'll be adding background and some detail to the mech later today.

[Anonymous No.1755699]

>>1755483
hey, I saw you're thread on r9k. Good job.

[Anonymous No.1755717]

[Anonymous No.1755732]

>>1755717
i like the way this is turning out
the only thing that bothers me is the concave thigh

[Anonymous No.1755733]

>>1755732
Yeah don't worry about that. The figure is just there as an indication. I'm not tooooo worried about him at the moment.

[Anonymous No.1755734]

>>1755733
haha alright
i want to get into digital art but i have 0 experience. i just do pencil and paper stuff (see >>1755685) and im getting hold of a tablet in a couple of weeks.

do you have any tips on making the transition?

[Anonymous No.1755737]

>>1755734
I recommend checking out Ctrl+Paint.com for a lot of handy tips.

As for my own, don't overthink things. Just get used to learning basic stuff like brushes and layers.

I recommend sticking to the "hard round" and the "soft round" brushes that photoshop gives you for now. They will help you transition better.

Anyways, good luck!

[Anonymous No.1755739]

>>1755737
i'll definitely check it out. thanks!
how long have you been working with digital art?

[Anonymous No.1755742]

>>1755739
5 years, although I wasn't really super serious about it when I started.

[Anonymous No.1755757]

>>1755685
looking forward to it

[Anonymous No.1755760]

>>1755559
You mean you finished the scarf. Her face and hair aren't even close to done.

[Anonymous No.1755787]

>>1755685
The mech doesn't feel very large, maybe make it background and add some middleground stuff?

[Anonymous No.1755790]

How true is this?

[Anonymous No.1755791]

>>1755757
thanks!

>>1755787
I think I need to broaden the shoulder plates a little, but i'll add middleground as well.

[Anonymous No.1755804]

Commissions

[Anonymous No.1755805]

>>1755804
Rest of set

[Anonymous No.1755819]

What do?

[Anonymous No.1755821]

doing a study just got it started real quick

[Anonymous No.1755822]

>>1755821
related

[Anonymous No.1755825]

>>1755790
I'd say it's pretty accurate. Illustrators definitely need gesture though.

[Anonymous No.1755832]

>>1755790
lol sycra

[Anonymous No.1755836]

>>1755821
update

been rearranging her face i think it looks pretty good now

[Anonymous No.1755849]

>>1755836
another update, will keep working tomorrow

so far 90 minutes

[Anonymous No.1755850]

>>1755849
you use a lot of squiggly lines

[Anonymous No.1755865]

>>1755850
Like a perfectly sauced frank!

[Anonymous No.1755942]

Trying not to be shit

[Anonymous No.1755945]

>>1755942
you need to use brush with more texture

[Anonymous No.1755952]

>>1755685
Greetings fellow Jamesface fan. Don't know if this is a study or your own version of this painting, but either way your pose looks a bit borked, seems a pretty uncomfortable way to hang.

Also be sure to give credit where it's due in the future.

[Anonymous No.1755953]

>>1755952
Not a study, but it was definitely inspired by Zapata. I was planning to give a complete credit if and when I was actually done with the piece. Didn't mean to not credit him in any way at all!

As for the pose, I'm not too sure how to fix it. Would you have any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.1755960]

>>1755953
It's a pretty unusual pose, so I'd say find some inspiration/reference. These are just some vaguely relevant mountain climbing shots, but you could also look at monkeys and such climbing, spiderman, or that real life spiderman guy who does spins while he climbs and such. Parkour and those Russian climber videos might be good to look at too, find some nice shots of them hanging from a ledge.

[Anonymous No.1755961]

>>1755960
Hm, alright. I thought the pose was fine (save for the left hand grabbing the rock, which might need some work) because he was being supported to some extent by resting his feet on the rock.

[Anonymous No.1755999]

watercolour plein air

[Anonymous No.1756005]

>>1755999
Again let me say that I am fucking loving the fact that we're getting more traditional art in these threads.

I like it.

[Anonymous No.1756016]

>>1755942
Use a softer brush for the skin.

The head is too big. Look at your reference, if you imagine a line from nose to the breast it would be almost vertical.
Try to see relations between the parts of your drawing.

If you want to mach the colors then the background should be more blue or purple-ish. and notice how the skin color is warmer around the lower abdomen and around the face.
Notice how the hair on either side of the highlight is more saturated and red.

Hope this helps

[Anonymous No.1756017]

>>1755805
you're from Deviantart, aren't you?
I assume you do adoptables too?

[Anonymous No.1756020]

>>1755804
>>1755805

So do you charge more or less for making 4 characters in exactly the same off balance pose but with different hair and mostly skin tight clothing?

[Anonymous No.1756021]

experimentinN

[Anonymous No.1756023]

[Anonymous No.1756024]

>>1755422
spot on

[Anonymous No.1756042]

>>1756017
Yes

[Anonymous No.1756065]

>>1756016

Thanks!

[Anonymous No.1756105]

>>1756021
continuing

[Anonymous No.1756127]

I've been drawing something in ms paint about once a month this year and I've been surprised at how I'm improving. It's motivating me switch to paper&pencil and actually learn art. But before that happens, could I get critique on this latest drawing?

In particular, I'd like to know what anatomical mistakes I made. I was very confused about the ribcage, the collarbones, and the knees. (and of course the hands+feet, but I haven't studied those yet)

[Anonymous No.1756133]

>>1756127
talking bout anatomy like that when you're just skipping any actual learning and going right to the animu style be a waste of time foo

try the alt art thread, they're more accepting of this kind of shit

[Anonymous No.1756147]

>>1756133
I didn't realize anime had a different way of drawing bodies. I thought it was just the head.

[Anonymous No.1756153]

>>1756147
tempted as I am to find a picture of something clamp has made.

I don't know what you want to be said here. You make a doodle once a month, it's going to look like a doodle made by someone who doesn't practice much.

With drawing like many things in life you'll get out of it what you put in.

[Anonymous No.1756252]

some char desing, kinda dropped and generalist ftl

I'm proud of hood box lmao

probably wont continue, but crits welcome

[Anonymous No.1756287]

I'd like some more feedback on this painting. Am I just polishing a piece of garbage? Should I be focusing on more complex shapes? It seems very plain to me.

[Anonymous No.1756404]

>>1756252
looks kind of like james franco
i like it overall
you might want to focus on the grip on the shotgun a little more and maybe add some detail to one of the thighs (i.e. a knife holder or something)

[Anonymous No.1756413]

>>1756287
It's only polishing garbage if you're in your comfort zone or you're not learning anything, if you're learning/struggling/thinking then keep going anon. I'd say that complex shapes aren't as important as the overall simple shapes. Pic related. You can have the wizard guy just on his own, but a simple background and strong lighting , as well as decent shape design, will help it a bunch.

For practical advice, I'd say push the lighting, I'm guessing it's coming from the staff right? Could make it iconic with some nice shapes in the background.

[Anonymous No.1756586]

The limit of my current abilities. I feel pretty good about it.

Tell me why i shouldn't.

[Anonymous No.1756604]

Just started sketching up the second painting in a set.

[Anonymous No.1756643]

>>1756604
And I even started something marginally more serious tonight too.

[Anonymous No.1756646]

>>1756105
>>1756021
Good stuff.

>>1756586
Chickenscratch, that's why.

[SamR No.1757075]

This thread makes me feel inadequate as an artist.

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