Octopus study

[Anonymous No.2208517]

bring it on /ic/

[Anonymous No.2208520]

sure sounds fun.
one thing, you first OP.

[Anonymous No.2208543]

>>2208520
>tfw my stuff always looks blurry
>tfw is not in the same angle

I tried

[Anonymous No.2208728]

>>2208543
Some advice, use a brush with texture in it.
The octopus in OPs pic doesn't suite being painted with a smooth, texture-less brush.

[Anonymous No.2208733]

>>2208728
>don't try, take the easy way out
For shame, lad.

[Anonymous No.2208734]

>>2208733
No rules.
Only tools.

There's nothing to gain by simply frustrating yourself over it. You have methods and mechanisms at your disposal. And learning to master them will only improve your work.

[Anonymous No.2208744]

>>2208517
I wanted to draw OPs 8pussy, but I had to spend all night writing bullshit documentation and diagrams for work
>fail

[Anonymous No.2208748]

>>2208728
Can't you just add texture after you painted the general shapes and values correctly?

[Anonymous No.2208754]

How can I improve.

[Anonymous No.2208760]

>>2208517
What do you hope to learn from this study?

[Anonymous No.2208788]

[Anonymous No.2208790]

>>2208760
Hopefully to learn how to draw octopuses. Post some more references if you like for more variety.

[Anonymous No.2208791]

>>2208788
The highlight on the 'forehead' needs some work, but that otherwise the colors are legit.

[Anonymous No.2208796]

>>2208791
Fix the forehead and did a bit of fixes along the way.

[Anonymous No.2208929]

>>2208728
Shit. That's why my paintings look like ass! I NEED TEXTURE

[Anonymous No.2209072]

>>2208760
I was curious on how people will tackle the skin texture

>>2208728
excuse my ignorance but whats a texture brush :c

[Anonymous No.2209088]

>>2209072
Brushes in Photoshop used for applying details and texture, which the majority are usually custom made for different purposes like the basic brushes. When used correctly and properly they can make you work look great and will reduce the time it takes to finish your work. You can find brush packs on Deviantart and other sites providing free texture brush packs for different materials (skin, mineral/rock, vegetation, tech etc.)

[Anonymous No.2209099]

I dont know, looks kind of wrong but i dont know why.

[Anonymous No.2209185]

I'm not very good at this stuff

[Anonymous No.2209187]

>>2208754
it looks like everything in the color is right there perfectly you just need some practice with form and perspective. traditional paints are hard.

[Anonymous No.2209237]

>>2208517
>painting

[Anonymous No.2209250]

>>2208517
this was fun. i shoud made these things daily

[Anonymous No.2209258]

>>2209099
Relax man, Your local colors are getting borked up because you didn't paint in the ocean floor.
Also you completely ignored the brightest parts of the image. Put them in greyscale and have a look at the diference. Keep on pushing!

[Anonymous No.2209278]

>>2209088
Ah ok I see, ive been using mischief because photoshop is too complicated, but I guess its time to learn

[Anonymous No.2209581]

>>2209250
Did you use a texture brush for the pale blotches or did you use a pattern overlay image?

[Anonymous No.2209588]

>>2209581
textured brush, but now that i think about it, a tiled pattern with the liquify tool must give much better results.

[Anonymous No.2209591]

>>2209588
Agreed, especially the black part of the cells will darken the red 'cracks' like in the reference image.

[Anonymous No.2209593]

made a giant rookie mistake and drew him too big. Now i'm going to drain a bunch of ink coloring it.

sorry scanner sucks for CP

[Anonymous No.2209594]

>>2209593
also realized I fucked up his head when I did and overlay - is it cheating if I fix it?

I feel like it is cheating
>fuck it

[Anonymous No.2209614]

>>2209594
tried to fix it

gonna go balls deep with the markers tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.2209630]

>>2209594
It's not cheating; even pros do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnrqUx4XhtM

[Anonymous No.2209631]

>>2208517

[Anonymous No.2209632]

>>2209630
Haha almost had a seizure at 24:55

[Anonymous No.2209638]

Gave it a try

[Anonymous No.2209645]

>>2209593
I like your construction brah, keep it up!

[Anonymous No.2210150]

>>2209631
Looks like Squid girls evil side-kick

[Anonymous No.2210253]

>>2209638

Very good grasp of matching the hue, value, and saturation. Even the proportions are well done. Seriously, well picked brush strokes. As crude as they are, I still can barely distinguish your thumbnail from the painting. So I say well done.

As a texture study, however, brushwork was very crude here. I think you know that already. Seriously unsightly when zoomed in, but don't worry. That's a whole other skillset to work on besides knowing color/hue/value and shapes. It's a whoole other thing. You can do it.

[Anonymous No.2210318]

I love painting and hate drawing. Fml. At least this little guy was fun to draw.

Mostly focused on textures, so I only used round brushes + marker in sai. Also tried choose colors without color picking from the original.

prob finish later.

[Anonymous No.2210324]

>>2210253
>Very good grasp of matching the hue, value, and saturation.
whats color sampling
>Even the proportions are well done.
whats tracing

[Anonymous No.2210339]

>>2210324
If he did those things, what do I care anyway? He knows if he did it.

I just compared them. You know what? Shut the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.2210352]

>>2210324
nigga u retarded

[Anonymous No.2210422]

>>2210324
Are you 14yo or something ?

>>2210253
Thanks ! Yeah I know my texture suck, I'm gonna work on this because it sucks on everything I do.

[Anonymous No.2210436]

Tear me apart, /ic/

[Anonymous No.2210444]

>>2210436
the light things are ok, but you skipped the best part. go and try do the skin texture thing. this >>2209588 would be an interesting approach

[Anonymous No.2210798]

>>2210444
Well, I tried. I do think it looks better, but something still feels off.

[Anonymous No.2210845]

>>2210798
it has no fucking volume , everything is the same fucking colour and intensity , nigga check your eyes

[Anonymous No.2211208]

>>2210845

great crit bro.

>>2210798
You're not getting across much of the forms. Try looking at the values more closely, and try to really get a feel for those arms. While shading/drawing him, try to imagine what it'd be like to pet him. It's extra tricky since the tentacles are tipped black like that. Keep it up

[Anonymous No.2211287]

>>2209614
took way too long with this. I can't get the suction cups blue enough. Used some CP on his face. Also, had to adjust the scan a bit...

[Anonymous No.2211312]

>>2211287
Damn those colors...so far I really like this one best. Very nice approach to the colors.

[Anonymous No.2211339]

>>2211287
went over the cups again in blue, then I photoshopped the fuck out of the scan to make it match the original

>>2211312
thanks! I wasted like 4 markers filling a whole page...

[Anonymous No.2211369]

>>2208543
can I get more crit on this? besides using texture brush, how can I make it more 3D looking

[Anonymous No.2211374]

>>2211369
Well you're just sort of scribbling the colors around so not much is really defined. Just emphasizing the contours would help, but if you want to go further getting the values right so they transition for dark to light smoothly would go a long way as well.

[Anonymous No.2211376]

>>2211374
>from dark to light*

[Anonymous No.2211399]

>>2208517

Did you try the "sombero filter"?

[Taz No.2211461]

I haven't touched a tablet in years. Glad to be back to doing art again! I used SAI for this. I should probably use Photoshop for the LAB sliders and texture brushes and transforming tools. I really really didn't know how to do the pattern and considered just not doing them, but then it wouldn't be a full study :P

[Taz No.2211467]

Finally back to painting after years of not touching my tablet.I have no idea whether the colours are correct. I was painting on my laptop, and then looking at my second monitor I realize neither are colour corrected. So it might be too saturated, or too yellow. I have to fix up my monitors first.

[Anonymous No.2211682]

this took me a while, i used a couple of textures. any comments? apart from one of the back tentacles missing the suction cups

[Anonymous No.2211875]

>>2211682
Perhaps make the whites on the eyes sharper, the "knuckles" on top of the eyes look a bit out of shape as well. Good job thou!

[Anonymous No.2211900]

>>2211399

wow you're funny

[Anonymous No.2211901]

>>2208733

>intentionally and arbitrarily make it harder for yourself by not allowing yourself to use tools

Do you exclusively fingerpaint?

[Anonymous No.2211993]

>all these tracing
fuck sake try to stylize or change the gesture or proportions a bit
this is not a fucking xerox class

[Anonymous No.2211996]

>>2211993
>learning to accurately copy is an useless skill for beginners
>MUH STYLE
this is what /ic/ has become.

[Anonymous No.2212063]

>>2211993
>what duz tracing mean lol

most of these have drawing errors that wouldn't be there if they had traced. It's not as obvious since it's an octopus and not something like a human, so look closer. Open orig image alongside paintings and click between them. You'll see it.

>also wut duz study mean lol
people can look at the same piece and chose to study it in different ways. If you want to practice stylizing or interpreting something different, go right ahead bro, but there's nothing wrong with other people choosing to study something else.

[Heretic !!O65RQvLvGXb No.2212177]

[Anonymous No.2212184]

>>2211996
>>2212063
>studying a photograph and ensuring your work matches the photo with a 100% accuracy
better if you both quit art, a $50 printer/scanner can do a much better and faster job than you.

[Heretic !!O65RQvLvGXb No.2212198]

>>2212184
How fucking insecure are you, Jesus. Xerox artwork is total trash I agree with you there but do you not understand the function of a study? And there is obvious value to being able to draw realistically without actually just creating photocopy studies all the time, it lends itself massively to illustration and concept art.

[Anonymous No.2212300]

>>2212184
>missing point of studies
>lacking reading comprehension
>tells strangers to quit art because copying is shit

I think you're misunderstanding why 'copying' is considered bad. You realize it's ok to do xerox art in order to learn/practice painting techniques? Or to learn how to draw what you see? It's not good if it's the only thing you do, or if you're copying as an actual 'piece', but as a study, it can be useful. Done in small doses, ofc.

[Anonymous No.2212329]

Fun exercise

[Anonymous No.2212354]

>>2212177
>>2212177

Looks like you got to the blue bits and said fuck it.

[sprias No.2212507]

>>2208517

neat.

[sprias No.2212514]

>>2208517

neat.

[Anonymous No.2212584]

>>2212198
copying photographs does nothing to your skill
if you want to learn new stuff do master studies instead

[Heretic !!O65RQvLvGXb No.2212754]

>>2212584
Do master studies and photograph studies as is appropriate :)
>>2212354
That's a pretty fair assessment tbh.

[Anonymous No.2212760]

>>2212584
>copying photographs does nothing to your skill

I never quite understood subsurface scattering until I studied it last night from a photo.

Its good for hammering information into your head.

[Anonymous No.2212774]

>>2212514
The prodigal song returns! Great work.
>>2212584
Lol

[Anonymous No.2212777]

>>2212584
Depends on approach. If your just doing your best to render it down on paper, that's not going to be too helpful, but if you approach it like a study it can be plenty of help

[Anonymous No.2213505]

>>2211467
the colors are in the general ballpark, but the transition of values and the values, in general, are what's holding this back. drawing seems well enough, but the way you tried to indicate the texture is abyssmal. you want the effect of the pattern, and it doesn't even reach all the way up to the eyes. even when i lean back and squint the texture doesn't work, it just feels lazy.

>>2211682
your values are crunched and you put texture on everything. do it again in black and white and stay true to the photo. take a week on it if you have to.

>>2212177
values crunched, some of the drawing is off, and you didn't indicate the texture very well - though it does work from a thumbnail.

>>2212329
this is working alright, but some of the drawing and value transitions are still off. also, your colors mud up super quick. color pick from the photo and see how the transitions work, and then see what you did, then just try to paint a small segment again. you'll learn a lot.

>>2212514
near-photographic thumbnail, awesome job. zoomed in i feel like it's overall a bit too sharp, and the pattern falls apart a little, but when im leaning back or squinting it all works perfectly. im guessing you just uploaded it larger than the size you had it zoomed at in photoshop.

gud thread

[Heretic !!O65RQvLvGXb No.2213523]

>>2213505
>values crunched
can you clarify what you meant here? thanks for the feedback

[Anonymous No.2213810]

>>2213505
Thanks for providing feedback, feedback bro.

[Anonymous No.2214843]

this was fun

[Anonymous No.2214858]

>>2214843
very nice. esp like the textures and lol @ that sub. His eyes aren't aligned right tho bro

[Anonymous No.2214946]

Great idea OP,

Octopods are the radest sea lifeform out there. Did you know the Larger Pacific striped octopus taps its prey on the opposite shoulder to misdirect it?

[Anonymous No.2214957]

>>2210436
You should have focused on drawing before coloring.

[Anonymous No.2214960]

>>2209631
Look at that edgy pose. Best one so far!

[Anonymous No.2215006]

>>2210318
looks good dont forget to add his lightbulbs

>>2214960
>>2209631
also be sure to check out his edgy filesize

[Anonymous No.2215608]

>>2213523
not anon you were replying to, but here ya go. Value crunch basically means you squished the range. Your lights aren't as light and your darks aren't as dark, and there's not as much variation as in the orig. And you don't have as 'much' as you should either. If you can't see it, color pick it. Should pop out to you, esp once you plot it down on the corresponding spot of your painting.

[Heretic !!O65RQvLvGXb No.2215620]

>>2215608
Right, thanks. the image you edited wasn't mine but I get the idea now.

[Anonymous No.2215829]

>>2215620
frik, sorry about that mate. completely spaced that one

[Anonymous No.2215907]

Older work; just posted to provide moar inspiration.
For what it's worth.

[Anonymous No.2215909]

^^ dun goofed, buds.

[Anonymous No.2215920]

>>2215909
Not nightmarish enough. 6/10

[Anonymous No.2216788]

>>2208517
Little rushed but done