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[Anonymous No.2120343]

Previous thread >>2115463

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.2120347]

>>2120343
You went and rendered the life right out of it you silly motherfucker you

[Anonymous No.2120352]

>>2120347
Not my painting. I did prefer the previous version (the eyes especially), but I used the most recent version out of respect to the artist.

[Anonymous No.2120354]

>>2120343
looks like a pic made from yuchengchongs tutorial

[Anonymous No.2120358]

Guess i'll post my study in the new thread too.

[Anonymous No.2120371]

First try of pastel

[Anonymous No.2120378]

[Anonymous No.2120379]

[Anonymous No.2120404]

>>2120358
Bridgman? Do you mean Hogarth? Anyways, remember that it is just a simplification of a real head. It would be better do a study from a photo of a person, and then if you have trouble with understanding the forms you can refer to the one from Hogarth/Bridgman/whoever.

>>2120371
>>2120378
>>2120379
Not bad for a first attempt! I suggest trying an entire head instead of just isolated features though.

[Anonymous No.2120418]

>>2120404
Yeah I meant Hogarth my mistake.

[Anonymous No.2120529]

Working on touching up a really old drawing of this smug gym-rat pig. I think the towel is looking a little wonky, but I'm not sure.

[Anonymous No.2120532]

>>2120529
Dayum son, i'd put that on my wall.

[Anonymous No.2120658]

>>2120352
I made the OP pic. I like the previous version too.

[Anonymous No.2120661]

bam

[Anonymous No.2120746]

>>2120661
really nice, though not a fan of how the face is painted personally

[Anonymous No.2120776]

I'm having so much fun right now working this one out

[Anonymous No.2120780]

>>2120776
ug, forgot image. Thanks to the anon who helped me in the previous thread

[Anonymous No.2120786]

>>2120529
how do people find the need to work on benign, pointless drawings for so long. even my best ideas i spend maybe a day on.

[Anonymous No.2120800]

>>2120786
just because hes not drawing generic fantasy space mech armored heroes doesn't mean his idea isn't good.
Post one of your "not pointless interesting drawings"
>>2120529
I like the rendering, The towel does look a bit weird, I think it needs to be less tubular and have a bit more texture to it

[Anonymous No.2120852]

>>2120746
Thanks. Yeah i think its kinda disturbing too lel. aaaand i think i fucked up trim lightning and symmetry a bit.

[Anonymous No.2121067]

>>2120800
Thanks a ton! Tubular is a great way to describe it - like it's too perfectly round. I was starting to think the same thing. I'll try and rework it to be look more naturally folded and textured.

[Anonymous No.2121068]

>>2120786
>stop drawing what I don't like

People like you are the worst.

[Anonymous No.2121120]

wood u du him?

[Anonymous No.2121124]

this is my drawing

[Anonymous No.2121130]

>>2121120
Takumi pls

[Anonymous No.2121136]

>>2120786
welcome to Art, every piece is benign and pointless you pretentious fuck

[Anonymous No.2121139]

life study

[Anonymous No.2121148]

>>2121139
have you ever hold a pencil in your life ? (it's a serious question)

[Anonymous No.2121161]

>>2121148
no, what's that.

[Anonymous No.2121198]

I have to do the lighting now :(

[Anonymous No.2121206]

that unsightly beam is oathkeeper, lol

I don't know what to do for the background, i was thinking a sigil but i may make it too dark for anything super detailed

[Anonymous No.2121282]

2.5hr study

[Anonymous No.2121283]

2hr study

[Anonymous No.2121298]

trying

[Anonymous No.2121299]

>>2121298
woah cool

[Anonymous No.2121301]

dwdawdawaefgsfgdhdtjfjygf

[Anonymous No.2121302]

>>2121299
thanks

[Anonymous No.2121341]

Study

[Anonymous No.2121346]

[Anonymous No.2121369]

cool stuff guys, here's a couple of studies I did

[Anonymous No.2121370]

>>2121369

[Anonymous No.2121388]

no idea when I'm gonna finish this. been stagnating for a while now.

[Anonymous No.2121391]

>>2121346
dishonor on me and my family

[Anonymous No.2121407]

Spend the weekend learning composition e_e

[Anonymous No.2121427]

>>2121298
gimme that blog

[Anonymous No.2121428]

>>2121370
saved
blog?

[Anonymous No.2121429]

>>2121391
Ayy

[Anonymous No.2121430]

Finished, was a lot of fun

[Anonymous No.2121431]

>>2121369
>>2121370
Those are Peng, well done.

[Anonymous No.2121452]

>>2121430
I like the shot and the idea, but it's just far too soft. The overuse of the soft brush is ruining a potentially great drawing. I really think you could spend some time adding more detail to many elements of the drawing, particularly the landmass towards the bottom right. I also think you should avoid the soft brush for the most part and draw your gradients. That will also help make it feel stronger and more grounded, since the soft brush just makes it so floaty.

Hope that helps, and glad it was a lot of fun!

[Anonymous No.2121454]

>>2121341
This is really great. You did a fantastic job with the face.

[Anonymous No.2121470]

>>2121452
Thank you!
Yeah, I guess the soft brush was the lazy way of doing things and I overdid it. I actually use a brush that does the blending really well.

[Anonymous No.2121487]

>>2121470
No problem!

I would also suggest that you consider a wider range of values. It's pretty constrained to a few midtones (as seen in this graph), and some darker values may help in separating some of the forms.

[Anonymous No.2121497]

>>2121369
cool apples i love rthis artist as well

[Anonymous No.2121515]

>>2121388
Looking fantastic

[Anonymous No.2121517]

>>2121427
kalisdevals.tumblr.com
thanks ~

[Anonymous No.2121542]

I'm trying to still get used to photoshop and learned of a fantastic tool called "flow" Helped blending more than opacity ever did imo.

I need a bit more help with colors though. Any advice on how to make the image look somber?

Also, of course, critique me please.

[Anonymous No.2121544]

Any tips for the ass&pelvic region? Crit for other areas is welcome too.

[Anonymous No.2121546]

>>2121544
the pose is very stiff and boring, as if she's balancing on one leg and looking very displeased

[Anonymous No.2121547]

>>2121542
I think it needs a more unified colour scheme. It also looks like you are shading with black which kills the forms. The composition is strange, like you zoomed in on a part of a bigger picture

[Anonymous No.2121548]

>>2121546
well she is balancing on one leg, and it's hard to look pleased when you're basically an ecorche torso

[Anonymous No.2121556]

[Anonymous No.2121558]

>>2121547
Thanks I'll look up how to make a unified color scheme.

The shading ranges from the darks of the main color used but there is black for the darkest of areas. My idea was to make the front of the guy dark while his backside shines. I think I did a poor job shading the mask to get that across.

I see the issue of the composition now. Yeah, to me it's kind of like a scene but my own version of it.

[Anonymous No.2121626]

>>2121487
I know, I know, the old struggle. I yet have to be more confident when it comes to values. Thanks again!

[Anonymous No.2121634]

screwing around more today. i tried using an anchor point but i got too excited nd just filled in the rest of the painting. it's hard to stay focused doing this kind of work.

[Anonymous No.2121637]

Did this in about an hour, new to this board.

[Anonymous No.2121639]

>>2121637
tip №1: resize your shit
tip №2: Loomis
tip №3: work on your line quality

[Anonymous No.2121665]

>>2121634
i tried making the background simpler. it's still hard painting like this but every once in a while I have to try it. going back to digital for now

[Anonymous No.2121763]

>>2120780
looks good buddy!
Bra jobbat

[Anonymous No.2121770]

>>2120343
A friend of mine drew this

[Anonymous No.2121772]

trying to learn values, and really fucking up

[Anonymous No.2121775]

>>2121772
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/soohsbpgp1vyosz/AABDB-ahxCmRf7UoO1zKICPfa?dl=0
here's a leson on basic rendering from ctrl paint. should have the psd file and videos.

unrelated. a qilin i drew earlier

[Anonymous No.2121784]

>>2120780
Looks nice. A bit too simple to be beyond appealing to me though.

[Anonymous No.2121787]

>>2120786
Ugh...

[Anonymous No.2121788]

>>2121770
your friend cant copy a simple image correctly

[Anonymous No.2121789]

>>2121665
It's you again.

[Anonymous No.2121792]

Is this a good way to render pine trees, or is it just lazy? It's going to be a background for a murder scene set in early morning.

[Anonymous No.2121795]

>>2121792
Here's the full image

[Anonymous No.2121805]

>>2121788
He's very proud of this apparently, he posted it twice.
Is it a copy?

[Anonymous No.2121808]

HI ILL TAKE A MEDIUM CHEESE BURGER, A LARGE VANILLA SHAKE AND A COUPLE CRITIQUES PLEASE

[Anonymous No.2121809]

>>2121637

>5052x6552

hey man calm down before you hurt someone

[Anonymous No.2121811]

>>2121795

[Anonymous No.2121812]

>>2121808
Would you like shitposting with that?

[Anonymous No.2121813]

>>2121811
Don't understand what you're getting at there, buddy.

[Anonymous No.2121838]

wip

[Anonymous No.2121864]

Just finished this

[Anonymous No.2121870]

Sketch I spit out today. Should I continue?

Also tips/crits would be welcome

[Anonymous No.2121873]

>>2121429

[Anonymous No.2121874]

>>2120343
finished this one recently

[Anonymous No.2121876]

>>2121864
>Writing text on your illustration explaining the characters facial expression
Almost as bad as describing poorly drawn shit on a character design sheet. Fucking use the drawing to tell, not text.

[Anonymous No.2121877]

>>2121874
An important drawing

[Anonymous No.2121878]

>>2121864
that's really cute and good :3

[Anonymous No.2121879]

>>2121877
?

[Anonymous No.2121882]

>>2121864
The text is unnecessary get rid of it.

[Anonymous No.2121885]

>>2121879
BAVI

[Anonymous No.2121889]

>>2121876
I don't think it looks bad, and that wasn't even really the intent of the speech bubble, but I guess I can see what you are saying. This picture is done, but I'll have the feedback for the future. Thanks.

>>2121878
Thank you!

[Anonymous No.2121890]

>>2121885
what the hell are you talking about
i'm so confused right now ;v;

[Anonymous No.2121893]

>>2121889
There is nothing wrong with incorporating text into your drawing.

[Anonymous No.2121897]

>>2121838
Why ruin such a fine picture with those horns. Gah i love the woman and pose but those horns...

[Anonymous No.2121899]

[Anonymous No.2121901]

>>2121893
I don't think so either, but divorcing my ego from my painting, I could see how the illustration might be better if I included an image inside the speech bubble instead of the text. Like maybe one of the smaller guns, so maybe the girl's expression reads as "Really? You thought that was going to work?"

That image is done, though, so I'd rather accept the feedback and move on to my next drawing.

[Anonymous No.2121944]

>>2121899

Looks really neat but I would definitely darken the background to add some contrast. The halo is not centered on the head and its facing the viewer directly so its completely flat. It may be hard to pull off but try to make it parallel to the figure, it would look 10x better. Also the foreshortening on the right arm isn't working right now. Overall cool though.

[Anonymous No.2121949]

>>2121795

Well the way you've rendered them make them look like flat spikes of slate jutting from the ground. Think of the tree as a cone in perspective. The highlights have to curve around this cone.

[Anonymous No.2121963]

>>2121899
The hands. Both are too wide in proportion to the length of the fingers. Also the pinky area of the palms look weird. You can draw the thumbs more less thinking of them as drumsticks, but not the pinky. Look at your own hand.

[Anonymous No.2121976]

I have some stuff I've done recently

[Anonymous No.2121977]

>>2121976

[Anonymous No.2122006]

[Anonymous No.2122022]

>>2121976
>>2121977
Sloppy, and kind of flat.

If you are going to continue this style, I would use less values, and make each area more concise. Think of a 4 color print, versus just having a bunch of flats the imply shifts in value.

[Anonymous No.2122117]

how do i into anime

[Anonymous No.2122179]

>>2121838
Yeah, lose the horns, and give that face the attention, detail and life.

[Anonymous No.2122196]

>>2121976
>>2121977
It's funny, this is one of the few images I've ever seen that looks worse in thumbnail form.

The only part that's really working is the face/eye in the second image. When you start getting into the smooth objects, the gradations look really artificial/filtery Consider simplifying these areas into fewer tones, or blend them together more.

I guess the monochromatic colour scheme is intentional, but I think you could broaden it a bit,, or add a little bit of complementary.

And yeah, that first image is really messy.

[Anonymous No.2122246]

>>2121897
>>2122179

Thanks anons! And sorry but the horns were the whole point of the thing. But I'll think about it

[Anonymous No.2122255]

>>2122246
It's okay. You need a point of interest, and adding odd and out-of-place features is a quick way of doing that.
If you plan on keeping them, just make sure they are subtle in the composition.

[Anonymous No.2122259]

>>2121808
I'm not critiquing your sketches

[Anonymous No.2122261]

>>2121949
Thanks, will take it into consideration

[Anonymous No.2122265]

>>2122246
Keep em'

[Anonymous No.2122269]

>>2122117
You don't

[Anonymous No.2122320]

[Anonymous No.2122324]

[Anonymous No.2122328]

>>2122117
not by drawing dogs xD

[Anonymous No.2122334]

>>2122117
I like that dog, please don't anime

[Anonymous No.2122349]

>>2121876
it's even worse if the facial expression doesn't really match the text

[Anonymous No.2122504]

Self portrait wip from mirror. Not really digging it so far. Looking for critique.

[Anonymous No.2122517]

>>2122328
nah dawg, those pups are moe as fuck

[Anonymous No.2122520]

>>2122504
Looks good man, you are really simplifying things well. I think you just need to push the darks more and just continue breaking things into smaller shapes and refine things.

[Anonymous No.2122529]

>>2122520
i doubt he's the Eminem dude

[Anonymous No.2122535]

This morning's concept art. First time painting a mech.

[Anonymous No.2122536]

>>2122529
>the Eminem dude
or, more succinctly, "eminem"

[Anonymous No.2122538]

just something stupid. fire is hell of cute though

[Anonymous No.2122541]

>>2122535
crappy design. put more thought into how your shapes and forms integrate with each other, do more sketching

[Anonymous No.2122542]

>>2122535
really liking that drawing of yours

[Anonymous No.2122546]

>>2121301
Work on your anatomy and you could do nice stuff.

[Anonymous No.2122549]

>>2121388
looks awesome. I'm interested to see more of your stuff.

[Anonymous No.2122551]

Drew this a while back.

Wondering how it turned out, if I managed to make the metal look like metal, where/how line quality is shit, incorrect shading/reflections, etc

tl;dr what's shit about this and how can I fix it in the future

[Anonymous No.2122552]

>>2122541
Design is crappy because I almost never do any mechanical/vehicle stuff. I'm on a schedule now though, and Mondays are now Mechanical Mondays. Here are some of my notes from this morning

>>2122541
Thank you.

[Anonymous No.2122553]

>>2122541
Design is crappy because I almost never do any mechanical/vehicle stuff. I'm on a schedule now though, and Mondays are now Mechanical Mondays. Here are some of my notes from this morning

>>2122542
Thank you.

[Anonymous No.2122560]

something doesn't seem quite right here ?

[Anonymous No.2122567]

>>2122553
as not the guy you're replying to

the claw in your original render feels "lazy" in that I don't see any potential way it could actually move or articulate anything

Everything else looks fine to me personally, but I'm rather low on standards.

[Anonymous No.2122576]

>>2122560
no idea where the lighting is coming from

[Anonymous No.2122608]

>>2122560
Thumbnail makes her look like Cthulhu or something.

[Anonymous No.2122630]

>>2122553
What resources are you usign for the mecha stuff?
Or what artists are you studying/would you recommend?
Im more interested in mechanical parts/cyborgs/androids more than actual robots/vehicles though.

[Anonymous No.2122632]

[Anonymous No.2122682]

>>2122630
I just searched "Mech" on Deviant art. Mr Jack has a some really good mech stuff, I would recommend him.

I haven't done any android stuff, but that'll probably be on my theme list for Mechanical Monday sometime soon.

[Anonymous No.2122691]

>>2121388
God damn.

[Anonymous No.2122709]

>>2122560

Both light sources make no sense. If the red light is coming from in front of her it would illuminate her whole face, if its coming from the far side of her the hair would block it. If the yellow light is coming from behind why is it on the front of her hat too.

[Anonymous No.2122750]

study as fuck
fuck my shit up, the bottom doesn't look 3 dimensional

[Anonymous No.2122757]

>>2122632
looks like your color-work has improved a bit since last time, gj. I would maybe try to give that yellow a more greenish tinge, which would make the colors more harmonious, although that will kill some of the visual contrast in the image.

You definitely need to pull the blue on the pants all the way over to green-land though, it really clashes.

[Anonymous No.2122758]

>>2122750
you already know what needs to be done.

[Anonymous No.2122759]

this ones called "Racecar"

[Anonymous No.2122772]

>>2122759
I chuckled.

[Anonymous No.2122785]

Earphones

[Anonymous No.2122797]

>>2122772
yay. i think ill use this one

[Anonymous No.2122802]

[Anonymous No.2122806]

>>2122802
>cheese the breads

what

[Anonymous No.2122807]

>>2122806
>cheese & fine breads

They did say "straving" though

[Anonymous No.2122809]

>>2122806
"And your starving artist tucks into an antipasti of prosciutto, salami, feta cheese and fine breads"

"wait a minute! starving [sic] Artist?! I want my money back!"

"well, it is the rent I'm spending. oh the rent! I shall be destitute!!"

[Anonymous No.2122822]

here, have another. I thought I had money, drank it all then found out I didn't.

Do ya wanna buy a drawing?

[Anonymous No.2122851]

Drawing number 2 for today.

This sloppy "painted" style is really fun

[Anonymous No.2122853]

been working on this for ages. cost me a fortune, still needs a ton chucked at it.

>crazy dude hoping to fluke it.

[Anonymous No.2122879]

>>2122853
>cost me a fortune
wat

[Anonymous No.2122881]

>>2122853
the figure on the right is set too far to the right, doesn't create any tension (?) with the other figure. Have to dig it out. It's a nuisance as it's centimetres deep in paint and not something that's easily sketched onto as there is no flat surface. if I can get it to work though...

or should I stick to it? If I can give a feeling of distance with the stream it might let them exist more comfortably in the scene?

>the blog

[Anonymous No.2122894]

>>2122879
£60 of paint gone in an hour working on this, and I can't do anything for another month. nor buy the £00's more paint to get it in one go.

I watched this video of another artist scrapping off paint from a canvas to change it, and throw it all in the bin, full of paint to be chucked. Hundreds of pounds! of paint. what a... frivolity. and they paid his rent.

[Anonymous No.2122907]

>>2122853
Jesus fuck what is this

[Anonymous No.2122908]

>>2122907
work in progress. do you not approve?

[Anonymous No.2122910]

>>2122908
2-feb-2015

[Anonymous No.2122912]

feb 2015

[Anonymous No.2122913]

>>2122910
How did you manage to make it even worse

throwing more and more layers of paint onto something isn't going to make it better

[Anonymous No.2122917]

march

[Anonymous No.2122920]

>>2122913
well, I like it. and I think if I can finish it to my satisfaction it will be A GRATE WERK OF ARTE!

[Anonymous No.2122922]

>>2122920
it looks like one of those giant ass cookies from Ms. Fields

[Anonymous No.2122923]

>>2122922
I have not come across Ms Fields. Does she exhibit?

[Anonymous No.2122926]

>>2122923
Yes, actually.

You have similar styles, you should talk sometime.

[Anonymous No.2122934]

>>2122560
thoes nigger lips

[Anonymous No.2122993]

>>2122926
laugh it up Anon

[Anonymous No.2122994]

>>2122551
mild critique bump

[Anonymous No.2123026]

>>2122994
You want critique? Show us the whole picture. What you have posted looks like an early sketch... not something worth actually dissecting. But since you asked

>wondering how it turned out
see above
>managed to make the metal look like metal
what are you referring too? it looks like metal because it's "robot" shapes, if you are asking about the rendering, it does not look like the material is metal. before continuing let's move on to
>where /how the line quality is shit
are you cross hatching? doesn't seem like it, it seems like you heard about cross hatching and then just did some squiggly stuff thinking that would be ok. it doesn't look great, again, early sketch quality at best
>incorrect shading/reflections
you drew some rectangles to simulate highlights, that's cool... but the rest of the "shading" doesn't do anything to help hold that up and pop.

tl;dr
this slightly better than a rough sketch, if you want feedback on rendering shading etc show us something a little farther along.

>and why did you just show us a cropped portion of a leg, why?

[Anonymous No.2123034]

>>2121515
>>2122691
Thanks, I'll try to update as quickly as possible.

>>2122549
I don't have a lot, I just doodle random stuff on a page until it's full. here's the last one.

[Anonymous No.2123109]

>>2123026
>why did you show us a cropped portion of a leg

because that's all I drew, strangely enough

point well taken on the rest, it does look like I got really lazy and failed on the cross-hatching. Will work on that.

[Anonymous No.2123134]

>>2123034
I honestly think you should hold on to that character on the far left with the hole in its chest, I find it cool, not sure on the weapon but the character is neat.
Nice sketches btw.

[Anonymous No.2123139]

>>2123034
What you used to learn to draw like this? How you practice?

[Anonymous No.2123144]

>>2121899
Kudos for the colors and effects, but the character design reminded me of a lighter Obito off the bat. I'd change that immediately if you could. The mouth is high, and the hands are type wonky, but nothing really else to badger on about.

[Anonymous No.2123151]

>>2123144
>Nurutu invented halos and/or Buddhist iconography
Your ignorance is appalling.

[Anonymous No.2123171]

>>2123151
I was thinking along the lines of the fact that clothes is spontaneously generating off of his body being reminiscent of Obito's design. It's irrefutable that Obito is a much more popular character than whatever the anon posted & I don't think nibs were an iconic Buddhist icon, bro.

[Anonymous No.2123172]

>>2123171
The reason I mentioned popularity is because if a character has similar trait of another more well-known character, it will always get compared. Say if you wanna make a short mustached character, people are gonna assume it's a rip off of Mario. I forgot to elaborate.

[Anonymous No.2123189]

>>2123172
I've literally no idea who that is. How is that popular? I'm pretty sure only weebs know of him. And weebs know nothing of art anyway so

[Anonymous No.2123193]

>>2123172
By your retarded reasoning, most fantasy dwarfs would be considered Mario ripoffs.
>I don't think nibs were an iconic Buddhist icon
Big aureole attached to the back of a character with various elaborated designs are https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E8%83%8C

[Anonymous No.2123197]

>>2120343
probably never going to finish this. how do i into render

[Anonymous No.2123212]

>>2123197
i tried to render some of the face

[Anonymous No.2123220]

trying use more color

[Anonymous No.2123238]

>>2122757
thx, i'll try to work a little more on that one

[Anonymous No.2123336]

>>2123134
Thx. And yeah that guy is cool as hell, somehow random, but still cool. thankfully once I draw a decent character I don't forget it

>>2123139
as far as my "style" goes I do everything by imagination and almost never draw with a reference. that's why everything I do is never "perfect" or something like that, it's very approximative and it's fine by me, I like it like that. Doesn't mean I never look at references, I look at them sometimes but never in the context of drawing them. It helps me really get it into my head instead of just copying it multiple times until it gets in.

here's an example, the faces I did just now. I never drew faces/expressions from references, but I know approximately what an expression looks like because every time I see it in a movie, or when I look in a mirror I pick it up and remember them. Everybody can do that, people just don't think about doing it.

You'd be impressed by what you can learn from watching a movie and pausing to look at a character's expression, light bouncing here and there etc. so start from that, start really looking at stuff and analyse it, even if quickly, it stays.

[Anonymous No.2123355]

>>2122551
>>2123109
Not the anon you were talking to but I think a cropped body part can work depending on how to handle it. (see pic, it's from akira)

I think you might like akira and cryberpunk mangas like battle angel alita, appleseed, etc

They go for gritty not super slick which is the best kind of cyberpunk imo.

In your pic I think you can organize the lights and darks better and stop the scribbling. Slow down. You may be confusing scribbling with lively or spontaneous but what's important is that you be in control the whole time. It looks like you lost control of what you were doing all over your sketch and you just didn't have a solid idea of what you were doing. That's what makes it look somewhat half-assed. I like the esthetic but I think it could be WAY more refined

[Anonymous No.2123365]

>>2123336
>>2123034
You're a good artist, but your style makes me want to puke guts.

[Anonymous No.2123423]

>>2123365
that's not art, it's illustration

[Anonymous No.2123425]

>>2123355
>you're confusing scribbling with liveliness and spontaneity

fucking nailed it, that's exactly what I was doing wrong.

Thanks.

[Anonymous No.2123441]

>>2123425
>>you're confusing scribbling with liveliness and spontaneity

scribbling IS lively and spontaneous

[Anonymous No.2123447]

>>2123220
nobody respond :C

[Anonymous No.2123454]

>>2120343
>4chan-ic.deviantart.com
i really like where this is going, what kind of brushes do you use? and if possible could you share them?

[Anonymous No.2123463]

>>2123220
I really enjoy the high saturation.
Seeing this inspired me to work on a self portrait
I want to see where you are going with it

[Anonymous No.2123465]

not sure if just leave it in greyscale

[Anonymous No.2123483]

>>2123465
Three things -

Consider using color to help separate the blocks from the actual body. Don't be afraid to use a little saturation either.

Values are really uniform across the board. Consider reserving your highest values for really making things pop, and for adding clarity. Think about the blocks being within their own range of values, and the body being within it's own. Does that make sense?

Lastly, the edges are pretty bad. This is especially true for the silhouette, which looks poorly cut out. Try integrating the figure into your background, instead of just plopping it on a minimal-effort gradient.

Just my thoughts! Hope they help

[Anonymous No.2123538]

Touched up >>2120529 .

This new towel is only blocked in, but does this look better than the original towel? I tried to make some more interesting shapes instead of the perfectly tubular towel.

Thanks again!

[Anonymous No.2123544]

>>2123538
Already looking more like a towel.

For reference just do his pose in a mirror and study the towel carefully and watch how it folds. Drawing from imagination is great, but some references always help.

[Anonymous No.2123556]

>>2122504
Still working on this, smoothed some things out, values still don't feel quite right. Critiques are welcome

[Anonymous No.2123573]

Experimenting with poses and angles. While using the same general design shapes and details, I tried to create two characters that were opposite in the personality they give off. For the guy on the left I wanted him to feel more stand offish, while with the guy on the left I wanted to feel more approachable, like someone you would talk to at a party or something. They're both still really rough, and I'm not 100% sold on their designs, but it was a fun experiment. Thoughts?
>>2123556
Top of the head is getting lost in the background, and that ear is huge. Just what jumps out at me.

[Anonymous No.2123626]

[Anonymous No.2123679]

>>2123193
If you didn't wanted to get critiqued then you shouldn't have posted your fucking art, you ass hat. Just because you don't know who obito is doesn't mean the whole world doesn't know who obito is, you introverted enclosed fuck. Keep your thrift store version wanna be naruto character to yourself. Dick riding off of other people's design is never gonna make your shit appealing you talentless hack.

[Anonymous No.2123693]

Bodybuilder

[Anonymous No.2123726]

I'll critique anyone who critiques me. Just make sure to post or link your thing along with your crit.

[Anonymous No.2123736]

>>2123626
Not bad. Redo the legs and feet though, right now they are an odd size and don't sit in space well. You gonna put an arrow out of him or something? Seems a bit lacking as an entire image. Also lol at the fact he got a stomach injury when wearing zero armour on his torso.

[Anonymous No.2123741]

Look at mah speed paint

[Anonymous No.2123743]

>>2123726
>follow me and i'll follow back

fuck off Drake parody account

[Anonymous No.2123746]

[Anonymous No.2123779]

>>2121870
I don't have a clear idea of how the lighting is in your work. The sky seems too bright for the fire to have that much of an effect on the surroundings. Either add more blue tones to the foreground or make the sky darker. Other then that the perspective seems a bit off.

[Anonymous No.2123781]

Drawing what you see is hard, how do I stop symbol drawing...Are there any tips for that?

Though most of it is messed up, I especially had trouble with the bottom left girl's lips, I cant understand how to draw it so it looks like her lower lip comes over

[Anonymous No.2123782]

>>2123781
>how do I stop symbol drawing

read keys to drawing and try that exercise where you draw a hand with the fingers pointing straight at your eyes

never think "wtf is this shit this looks nothing like a hand" and just draw until you're finished, then you'll realize it actually looks decent.

[Anonymous No.2123783]

>>2123781
That first face was so hard to draw, I don't even know why oh lawdy. I feel your struggle m8.

[Anonymous No.2123786]

look at all of this bullshit

[Anonymous No.2123797]

>>2123783
Yeh that one was annoying, especially the teeth. Teeth are impossible to draw correctly for me

>>2123782
I'll look into it. I also think a lot of my problem is also I can see how this line looks and I'm drawing what I see but I can't put it on paper right. Probably need to learn some sort of mapping and spend more time on each face

[Anonymous No.2123800]

>>2123781
Where'd you get the face pics from? I'd be interested in a pack or something with hundreds of ordinary people and various expressions like that.

[Anonymous No.2123802]

>>2123800
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/face-expression-practice/

indulge yourself

[Anonymous No.2123807]

>>2123802
Sweet thanks. Is there a way to just download all the images they have rather than use their tool with the timer and stuff?

[Anonymous No.2123816]

>>2123807
Dont know if you can save all the images they have, you'd have to do it one by one

[Anonymous No.2123825]

[Anonymous No.2123836]

>>2123693
lol

[Anonymous No.2123841]

>>2123743

OK...why don't you link me to your thing and I'll critique you first? then you can do me.

[Anonymous No.2123847]

>>2123365
explain, why would it even ?

[Anonymous No.2123861]

>>2123679
My friend, there is a good chance that the artist has not visited this thread since posting his art. If you look through the replies, he hasn't responded to any of the other crits, and there is a good chance that was some other anon. So let's not jump to conclusions

[Anonymous No.2123868]

>>2123679
Holy shit you're retarded, go back to whatever naruto forum you crawled out from.

[Anonymous No.2123876]

>>2123441
Yeah, but in the type of drawing I do control is key, and I was just scribbling because I was too goddamn lazy to actually cross-hatch properly, and think about the reflections and values.

[Anonymous No.2123881]

im not sure how to proceed after this, mainly i want to know how to get rid of the lines without the drawing becoming an unrecognizables mesh of colors

[Anonymous No.2123903]

So I went to an art store earlier this morning to get a painting stretched and framed, and spontaneously bought a sketchpad and some HB pencils, two different erasers, a sharpener.

Drew these 5 minutes ago.. just Googled random images and kind of copied them and added some stuff myself. Hmm whatever I drew probably doesn't belong in this thread that's full of great work, but yeah. I haven't drawn anything since high school introductory art class like 10 years ago but I do want to get better. It's a pretty relaxing, new hobby.

[Anonymous No.2123904]

>>2123881
Perhaps try adding a bit more contrast? Try squinting your eyes and see if you can make out the forms easily.

Also, there's nothing wrong with using lines. You can use a subtle line of relief to help separate forms that are become hard to read.

[Anonymous No.2123909]

>>2121454

Thanks a lot man, here's another quick one for the night.

[Anonymous No.2123912]

>>2123904
>>2123904
cool, thank you

[Anonymous No.2123913]

>>2123903
Go to the newb thread. Read the sticky.

[Anonymous No.2123916]

>>2123912
Uhhh....

[Anonymous No.2123917]

>>2123847
It's like when the old live action super hero shows and movies would drain all of the life out of the characters so that they would fit in a realistic settings. Subdued and lifeless.

His Frankenstein's monster looks more like Lou Ferrigno's Hulk than Mark Ruffalos.

It's like he can draw realistically but can't put any appeal in his drawings. They're all overly concerned with wrinkles and anatomy. The expressions drawing just sealed it for me. There are no less than 30 lines in each face to indicate creases and folds, yet all of the expressions are really flat. And it doesn't help that the line width is as samey as it could be while not being one brush.

Sorry to the artist, but I look at your drawings and makes my head hurt a little. I feel like if that is what my art looked like, I'd want to dry heave. I'd probably quit drawing. It's everything I don't want to be. Again, I'm sorry. I don't think I've ever disliked someones work so much who could actually draw. I think I am your first hater.

[Anonymous No.2123920]

>>2123917

Hint: It doesn't fucking matter if you personally dislike his work. That's not a critique, that's you sperging out and thinking the world revolves around your tastes.

Get over yourself, if you pulled this shit in real life people would laugh in your face.

[Anonymous No.2123926]

>>2123920
>Hint: It doesn't fucking matter if you personally dislike his work. I never said anyone should care what I think. Someone asked me to explain so I did

> that's you sperging out and thinking the world revolves around your tastes
Putting words into my mouth. If you don't want to discuss bullshit for hours, get off of 4chan, and get off of the fucking internet you fucking tween.

>Get over yourself, if you pulled this shit in real life people would laugh in your face.
Do you seriously not know what website you are on? Seriously. Like anyone would ever be that honest to anyone. Part of the reason you should be posting to this board is to not be coddled. Go over to /b/ and tell me if they'd say any of that shit in real life.

Not only are you wrong, you're stupid.

[Anonymous No.2123927]

>>2123926
>It's OK for me to act this way because it's 4chan

Lol, grow up.

[Anonymous No.2123928]

>>2123920
>anon was asked to explain
your reply:
>NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION

[Anonymous No.2123930]

>specifically request critiques
>not a single fucking person delivers

What the fuck is the point of this board if all of you chickendick motherfuckers are too afraid to say "boo"?

Fuck this place, I'm out of here. Ya'll are fucking retarded.

[Anonymous No.2123932]

>>2123930
>>2123928
>>2123927
>>2123926
>>2123917
>>2123365

Stay golden, /ic/

[Anonymous No.2123934]

>>2123927
Oh well that sure put me in my place! Never again will I give an honest opinion because this anon might get his feelings hurt for someone else.

>>2123928
He's probably the fucker that asked too. The cocksucker.

[Anonymous No.2123936]

>>2123927
>being this new

[Anonymous No.2123937]

[Anonymous No.2123941]

>>2123920
but he just did spit it out in real life and I'm already laughing. It's like he's contradicting himself in his own post.

>can't put any appeal in his drawings
>can draw reastically

>30 lines in each face
>lines
>looks flat

>dry heave
>I'd quit drawing

this is the kind of stuff to just ignore. Not even ask him to show his stuff. straight up ignore.

[Anonymous No.2123944]

>>2123937
Skin lacks color, too much black/brownish colors in the shadows I think. I see you tried to add red in the middle though.

I maybe be wrong but the nose looks a tiny bit off perspective. Not sure if this is referenced

I know it's a wip but some transitions can be smoothed out a bit

[Anonymous No.2123955]

>>2123941
>can't put any appeal in his drawings
>can draw reastically

These things are not the same at all. You can be good enough to draw from life, but lack dynamic or interesting ways of interpreting those shapes from imagination.

>30 lines in each face
>lines
>looks flat

Line variation. Having none will flatten your drawings and can make things busy or hard to navigate. And by flat I mean stale, not literally a flat surface. I guess if you ignore the rest of my comment, I can see how you would confuse those two.

[Anonymous No.2123958]

>>2123937

You look adorable.

I only manage to make myself look like I'm 40.

[Anonymous No.2123971]

>>2123903
go to beginner thread
read keys to drawing
stop copying shit off google and adding "cool" stuff

[Anonymous No.2123975]

>>2123958
That just means you're great at capturing people's ages.

[Anonymous No.2123978]

>>2123937
your following that yellow/red/blue rule too strictly. ease up on the tutorials your trying to follow too many rules

[Anonymous No.2124061]

wip in progress

[Anonymous No.2124064]

>>2123144
I don't read Naruto, nor do I care if my design is reminiscent of a design in it.

Thanks for the crit about the mouth and hands.

[Anonymous No.2124085]

>>2124061

rip in peace

[Anonymous No.2124090]

>>2124061
Pose looks forced, like when you ask some cosplayer to pose and he makes the most awkward pose he can. Maybe you should find some good refs with more natural poses like when someone is stretching to get that box from the top shelf or something and do some gesture drawings after you finish this.

[Anonymous No.2124120]

>>2120343

[Anonymous No.2124124]

>>2122576
>>2122709
shit ok hadn't thought of that, is this better?
>>2122934
thick lips 4lyfe

[Anonymous No.2124129]

>>2124124
If I was your art teacher, I would change your grade from a B+ to an A-

That is some proper revisioning. I really like the subtle reflected light on her nose and eye ridge. I think it would be cool to have some very subtle blues reflecting on her face the same way.

[Anonymous No.2124144]

>>2123937
Is this a new meme or are you working on this for MONTHS now? Time to move on, man.

[Anonymous No.2124180]

>>2124124
Is this lighting supposed to be a sunset or something burning at night? Either way, the transition to the sky is way too dark. If it was a huge fire, there'd be lots of smoke. If it is supposed to be a sunset, it's completely wrong altogether.

[Anonymous No.2124192]

>>2124090
thx mate, will find some ref.

[Anonymous No.2124195]

lol fuck me in the ass

[3DPD !!QBbzNWwIreJ No.2124196]

>>2124120
Very emo, i rike it. Put some trash bags around him for extra edge.

[Anonymous No.2124197]

>>2124061
head too huge. look up the correct proportions.

[Anonymous No.2124198]

>>2124195
Are you working from reference? The top of her head looks way too high.

[Anonymous No.2124243]

Tried to carve out silhouettes from big rectangles of paint with an eraser.

>>2123937
The warmer hues are in a noticeable band around the middle of the face, you should add some near the skin around the eyes to balance it out, or tone it down around the cheeks. V cute face tho

>>2124061
His head seems too big m8!

>>2124195
It looks like Miranda Kerr from the thumbnail, is it her?

[Anonymous No.2124291]

>>2122025 source
please crit

[Anonymous No.2124296]

>>2124291
you're symbol drawing, daddyo. Think of it as copying forms rather than a model and you might do better. Your image lacks depth and form

[Anonymous No.2124301]

>>2124291
her bush and the shadow in the shoe form a pretty bad tangent too, don't do that.

[Anonymous No.2124314]

I've been trying to color this for now a week. I'm getting slightly mad
Also, is there a way to make nice realistic color illustration without using digital painting and/or brushes like in every fucking artwork of the internet ? What am I doing wrong ?

[Anonymous No.2124317]

>>2124296
shut the fuck up noob

[Anonymous No.2124321]

>>2123909
Nicely done anon. Keep it up!

[Anonymous No.2124326]

>>2124317

[Anonymous No.2124327]

[Anonymous No.2124332]

>>2124317
could you not shitpost pretending to be me thanks

[Anonymous No.2124333]

>>2124327
go away already, basic composition does not a good piece make. progress or stop

[Anonymous No.2124335]

>>2124314
This is cool, loving the look.
Needs no colors, just works as is. In fact if you add colors they will probably mess it up because your boundaries are not always well defined (I'm not saying this is bad, just explaining why colors will not be a good idea)

You can try one flat color, two at max. But painting is out of the question, it will steal focus from the line work.

[Anonymous No.2124337]

>>2120358
stop painting on such a low resolution. make your canvas 2-3k px wide at least lol

[Anonymous No.2124348]

>>2124061
giant head, larger chin

[Anonymous No.2124353]

>>2124335
Thanks ! The problem (?) is that it's supposed to be in a full color roleplaying book, and I fear it will look bland among the rest of the finely designed book
And i can't post any visual of the book for reasons

[Anonymous No.2124357]

[Anonymous No.2124369]

something i just started working on, any pointers?

[Anonymous No.2124372]

>>2124195
nicely done anon

[Anonymous No.2124376]

>>2124353
Not the guy you're replying to, but

That style is almost woodcut or stamped - it doesn't work with color. If the rest of the book is color, but each page is a different style, you might be able to get away with it.

Try spot coloring for mild emphasis, but don't overdo it and kill your linework.

[Anonymous No.2124404]

>>2124198
haha how did i not notice that ill go fix it
>>2124243
I don't think so
>>2124372
thanks fam

[Anonymous No.2124407]

>>2120529
>>2123538

Here's the final pig. Thanks to the anons for the towel help!

[Anonymous No.2124409]

>>2120529
>>2123538 (You)

Here's the final pig. Thanks to the anons for the towel help!

[Anonymous No.2124410]

Here's the final pig. Thanks to the anons for the towel help!

[Anonymous No.2124448]

>>2124314
tried something. took me far too long for that result imho...

[Anonymous No.2124489]

>>2124357
2000x2400 is not a viewable resolution :^)

[Anonymous No.2124509]

the anime thread hates me. here's this quick cartoon i made

[Anonymous No.2124526]

[Anonymous No.2124536]

>>2124489
These guys are on mobile, so they can't see it when their picture is so gigantic that it's like they are holding it to your eyeballs.

FYI anons, resize your image so that the longest side is 1000px. Anything bigger than that is probably a waste because it's downscaled on mobile, and PC users get giant, super zoomed views that are not useful for critiques.

[Anonymous No.2124537]

>>2124369
Ended up changing the design a little bit.
Really unhappy about how it turned out, crits are welcome.

[Anonymous No.2124539]

>>2124509
noice lal

[Anonymous No.2124560]

[Anonymous No.2124574]

[Anonymous No.2124800]

Quick mad max themed portrait

[Anonymous No.2124801]

>>2124800
>chromatic aberration
>+100% eyelashes

10/10, would support patreon

[Anonymous No.2124804]

>>2124801
I FEEL THE NEED TO PUT SHITTY EFFECTS ON MY STUFF TO MAKE IT LOOK LESS SHITTY SORRY :´C

[Anonymous No.2124811]

>>2120529
dude that's fucknig amazing nice work i'm scared as fuck of pigs too god damn. u should be rich

[Anonymous No.2124833]

>>2124811
no he shouldnt lol

[Anonymous No.2124849]

Android of Tomorrow

[Anonymous No.2124850]

I'm drawing an inverse Jurassic Park but Imm having some problems as to where I should go from here.

[Anonymous No.2124851]

>>2124850
Better than an absolute beginner in rendering, which is nice. Decent crosshatching on the dinosaur's spine especially. Light source is at least somewhat consistent, which is good.

However you ought to work on some construction, the hat and the folds of the man's suit seem very flat or just plain confusing.

tl;dr don't render until your line drawing looks actually decent

[Anonymous No.2124861]

[Anonymous No.2124864]

>>2124061
still working on this, gonna color soon.

The proportions are meant to be exaggerated on the face.

[Anonymous No.2125006]

>>2124144
wew lad

[Anonymous No.2125041]

>>2120343
I'm trying to do a cute family portrait for my sister but I am worse than I tought at this
Why does it look funky?
Halp pls

also if anyone knows where I would get good crayon brushes, I'm thankful.

[Anonymous No.2125112]

>>2121388
How old are you?

[Anonymous No.2125122]

Did a photo study to try out Shaddy Safadi's painting method. Wacky color underpaints and super strict layers are a weird way to paint.

I could do a lot to tighten this one up (it's pretty shit) but I'd rather do a couple more simple studies to get a hold of this technique better before I dig into one deeper.

[Anonymous No.2125131]

>>2125041
its pretty cute anon, i like it!

dont know for brushes tho, theres a preset in paintool sai i belive

[Anonymous No.2125221]

[Anonymous No.2125937]

Feels like some areas are a bit overworked and others neglected and muddy-looking. Any comments?

[Anonymous No.2125938]

>>2125937
And here's an earlier version of this composition.

[Anonymous No.2126121]

>>2121341
Wow

How long have you been doing studies (curious)

[Anonymous No.2126786]

>>2121775

thanks anon this was JUST what I needed tonight

also in that "step back and trying to suss out values" practice stage

[Anonymous No.2126787]

>>2125937

hey anon, do you have a tree brush of some kind, maybe in SAI or Paintstorm? Your foliage should be looking a bit more leafy.

The rock looks SUPER flat, like a pine cone without any pods. That tree in the back is kind of pathetic, maybe a black silhouette would look better back there instead of any color.

The front tree is coming along but needs more twists and curves in the back, the way it's arching is more like a palm tree.

[Anonymous No.2126822]

>>2124296

there's no symbol drawing going on here. at all. except maybe for the eyes and lips?

[Anonymous No.2126823]

>>2124537

It's boring. Nothing is happening. If you're telling a story here, I've already switched the channel to something with better framing, lighting, and focal object.

[Anonymous No.2126942]

>>2126787
Thanks for the tips, anon!
Unfortunately, all i have atm are the default PS-brushes. Been too lazy to download any specifics on my new laptop.

[Anonymous No.2127041]

Finally restarted painting after such a huge pause- one or two years or something like that. Didn't paint with oils even longer. Neither did I have a good skill set in the first place haha.

[Anonymous No.2127145]

Update

[Anonymous No.2127152]

>>2127145
I'd personally add a very thin sliver of reflected light on the very right edge of that rightmost rock.

The way I see it, the light it coming from a spot in front of us, and we're in the shade created by the trees.

Same goes for the tree trunk on the very left, it could use a little bit of edge lighting.

[Anonymous No.2127957]

>>2127152
Small but noticeable difference.