DRAW THREAD

[Anonymous No.2485516]

Previous thread: >>2481091

Post your current drawing here and give constructive critique to others!

Please make sure your posted image is clear, downsized to around 1000 pixels wide, rotated to the correct orientation, and that any unused space is cropped.
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.2485520]

drew this girl and tried to do it really fast

[Anonymous No.2485521]

>>2485520
drew this girl

[Anonymous No.2485523]

>>2485521
drew this lady

[Anonymous No.2485525]

>>2485523
aaaaaand i drew this girl. again i was just trying to draw really fast

[Anonymous No.2485534]

>>2485516
So I guess this must be the brian containment thread. Anybody else up for making a draw thread?

[Anonymous No.2485541]

every night before i go to bed i pray to brian so maybe one day ill have the spark

[Anonymous No.2485547]

>>2485534
the last draw thread was like decades ago. i had a lot of stuff lying around

[Anonymous No.2485551]

a random gyaru to get back into drawing

[Anonymous No.2485582]

>>2485534
I would love to but whose art are we going to use? If we use any of our own people will just call us assholes and jellyfags etc. Maybe we could use some old master work until we get new choices from the new posts. This guy's ego is bad enough without him turning every draw thread into his personal sketch dump of things he really doesn't want you to critique.

[Anonymous No.2485589]

>>2485516
can someone besides you please start these? sick of your face and your hands tb.h

[Anonymous No.2485606]

I just got a laptop with a multitouch display and this is my first attempt at anything at all so take it easy. I love having infinite mediums at my fingertips working digitally, but I know it's awful. Any constructive criticis,m would be appreciated :) Also I have corel draw but not corel paint and I used Fresh Paint a terrible program that came with my PC for this. Just wanted to have a first try to see where I'm starting

[Anonymous No.2485633]

>>2485523

[Anonymous No.2485635]

>>2485606

>First attempt at anything at all

There is a beginners thread for this.

Please post in Beginner's Thread.

[Anonymous No.2485643]

not able to draw today, but I got a wonderful print framed and just picked it up. motivated for tomorrow!

[Anonymous No.2485652]

WIP

[Anonymous No.2485663]

>>2485643
Did you do this or is this from some other artist? I really like this piece

[Anonymous No.2485764]

>>2485633
LOL, but seriously though. If the drawing looks good overall, perfect anatomy is not necessary.

[Anonymous No.2485783]

>>2485764
as Brian, please don't comment stuff like that. because theyll think i said it, and they hate me enough as it is. also though, very true :)

[Anonymous No.2485788]

why does this Brian guy do this? he's seriously worse than Quentin

[Anonymous No.2485790]

>>2485633
As redlined by someone who understands neither how foreshortening nor clothing works

[Anonymous No.2485792]

>>2485790
It's still wrong in the first drawing, he's just making fun of it.

[Anonymous No.2485796]

sketchbook page

[Anonymous No.2485803]

This monster is boring?

[Anonymous No.2485820]

>>2485803
I think the portrait you chose is boring. Dead on angle, nothing happening. If you want to make a "scary" monster or something like that, at least try to make an interesting picture in terms of camera angle, lighting and pose.

[Anonymous No.2485826]

>>2485516
Currently doing some gondola to aport in the /wsg/ thread: >>>/wsg/1034221
Currently I'm basing this on this page of the berserk manga:
waa DOT ai/kfLl
Going to use this music on the webm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1o4O2SfQ5g

[Anonymous No.2485839]

>>2485534
>>2485582

yea, someone make a new thread and just use an old master as the OP pic.

[Anonymous No.2485840]

>>2485764
>>2485783
>both brian.

And no. Thats not true.
Bad anatomy is bad anatomy.

[Anonymous No.2485841]

this thread has reached new highs for autism on /ic/

[Nose feratu ¢π No.2485844]

>>2485516
Foot study because I might inherit Kyles talent.
<2minutes per group attempting to get the blocking first.

[Anonymous No.2485848]

>>2485788
What's so wrong with it?

[Anonymous No.2485854]

im not really pleased with the outcome, anything i could change?

[Anonymous No.2485858]

>>2485854

[Anonymous No.2485873]

>>2485858
pls no bully

[Anonymous No.2485880]

>>2485663
not him, but its from the god james jean

[Anonymous No.2485905]

>>2485534
>>2485582
>>2485589
>>2485839
The deed is done.

[Anonymous No.2485912]

>>2485854
get rid of the backgroudn altogether if you're not going to do something more interesting (better palette too). It would look nicer on white or black than the way it is now.

[Anonymous No.2485918]

>>2485854
this is the stiffest pose in context of the situation that i've ever seen

[Anonymous No.2485936]

>>2485826
Show me your advance /ic/, even if you posted already.

[Anonymous No.2485945]

Since the last draw thread died right after I posted, I'm posting this again. Finished this a couple days ago; not particularly impressed with the rendering compared to the linework I had before. Any advice for more interesting/better faces?

[Anonymous No.2485947]

[Anonymous No.2485960]

>>2485652

The waves look very unnatural and uniform, especially in the right part. I suggest you take a look at some master seascapes. I also feel there is little in the colours to pique my interest, they lack oomph. Make use of a wider range of values and use it to lock the viewer's eye onto something.

[Anonymous No.2485963]

Working on a character
>Louisiana 30s'
>black man trying to reach the north
What do you think ?

[Anonymous No.2485964]

>>2485858
Rofl

[Anonymous No.2485966]

>>2485945
I saw it back then and really liked it
This is good

[Anonymous No.2485970]

>>2485966
thanks anon, your kindness warms my soul

[Anonymous No.2485971]

>>2485551
Love it and love your style <3 tumblr?

[Anonymous No.2485972]

wip

[Anonymous No.2485974]

>>2485970
Now warm mine you filthy jew
>>2485963

[Anonymous No.2485982]

>>2485974
>>2485963

looks good anon. reminds me of wreck-it-ralph. nice warm colors and strong individualizing features(large hands, overalls, broad figure) etc. the face isn't that great - i get that it's supposed to be simple, but it's kind of just ugly. look up some disney/pixar character concepts for a lead on how to simplify facial features (while keeping them intact).

you should try drawing him in different, more dynamic poses/gestures to capture more than just the front. right now he looks a bit robot-like.

too simple to critique farther than that, though.

[Anonymous No.2485987]

>>2485982
>>2485963

I personally would advise to make a sillhouette sketches first to try different designs before filling it in like that one student of Scott Robertson did in "The Skillful Huntsman".

So far I think it's too generic and simple. But I'm beginner so nvm me.

[Anonymous No.2486007]

>>2485945
this is sort of off in terms of drawing and construction, which gives it a nice kind of lumpy rearranged look

but here's a redline anyway

basically what i see is the mouth tilting off from the plane of the face. same with his right eye. that piece of cartilage between the nostrils looks like it's off too, but that might be an individual thing. the way you've shaded the left eye socket and eyelids doesn't give much of a sense of shape. also he has no tear duct. the eyebrow tilts down too much into the eye socket, when it should be up on the brow. the ear is a little underconstructed. maybe try overlapping a little more in the bits of cartilage of the rim to give it a solid look.

the shading in general is just really tentative and not all that descriptive. i don't get a feel of where the light source is other that "above and to the sides and front", and even then there are places that should be darker (eye sockets/lids, under the hat rim, under the top lip) and lighter (the nose) if that were the case. maybe try reading up on planes and doing direct light studies with charcoal.

hope this helps

[Anonymous No.2486024]

>>2486007
thanks for the help anon! this is super helpful

[Anonymous No.2486045]

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[Anonymous No.2486054]

Something.

[Anonymous No.2486056]

>>2485960
Rodger thanks for the critique.

I'll look into some old master seascapes and try for a new value range/ take another crack at it.

[Anonymous No.2486077]

>>2485516
fuck this tumblr shit

[Anonymous No.2486094]

>>2485971
Thanks anon, it's rokujuukyuu69 though I don't update it often.

[Anonymous No.2486100]

>>2485945
you didn't need to use white at all. looks kind of messy with it, actually.

[Anonymous No.2486104]

>>2485803
Zoidberg?
like another anon said, 3/4 view with 2 opposite light sources or go home

[Anonymous No.2486153]

JUST

[ye No.2486161]

another one. This page was really frigging tricky.

[ye No.2486163]

>>2486054

use the brush tool, I know a guy who loves sketching in paint and uses the brush tool as it gives you more cleaner lines, that or he uses larger brush.

nice tho haha

[Anonymous No.2486170]

[Anonymous No.2486175]

apples

[Anonymous No.2486180]

>>2485652
>>2485960

Beginning to refine waves, differentiate planes etc.

On the right track?

Still having trouble settling in on a color pallet (am very colorblind, but motivated to overcome)

[ye No.2486192]

man why are there so many beginners in the draw threads. Holy shit.

[Anonymous No.2486193]

>>2486192
that's what happens when le hands man starts them all

[Anonymous No.2486225]

>>2485858
omg i love it
>>2485912
i'll try that,
>>2485918
i just recently started drawing with more, difficult? poses? I only drew like people standing straight desu or wtf you call it ty tho i'll practice more

[Anonymous No.2486291]

>>2486192
>>2486193
It's not too late to switch to >>2485903

[Anonymous No.2486367]

[Nile !!xmt4xI2LMij No.2486368]

doot doot

[Anonymous No.2486435]

help me

[Anonymous No.2486440]

>>2486054
Blog ?

[Anonymous No.2486699]

Doodeling while being tired as fuck, bros.

[Anonymous No.2486705]

>>2486699
I like it

[Anonymous No.2486719]

>>2486163
I mostly use binary because I dig the look of it. Reg brushes are cool looking too. Idk I guess I just use binary way too much.

>>2486440
Ketteii on instagram
Ketteiii on dumblr

Usually people asking for blogs are memeing it up but whatever.

[Anonymous No.2486743]

Trying to do some 30-40 min studies. Really tough so far.

[Anonymous No.2486750]

>>2486743
I really like the third one, it seems like trees are giving you the hardest time.

[Anonymous No.2486832]

Yes. Now that you mention it I really don't know how to simplify them :/. Thanks for the comment.

[Anonymous No.2487015]

Hey nerds, some more comments?
I still feel like the inclination isn't right. I was going for a dutch angle but it just feels like everything is out of balance instead. Any tips?

[Anonymous No.2487027]

>>2487015

[Anonymous No.2487081]

>>2487015
Limit your pallet more overall. The shadow on the ground has so many different colors when it really only needs one. Same goes for his hair and clothes.
I'd saturate the colors in the foreground a bit more and make things more desaturated as they further from the foreground.

[Anonymous No.2487093]

>>2485858
kik

[Anonymous No.2487106]

>>2487015
fix the perspective I know hes farther away but not that far to be that small, as he's standing the ground is slanted like the red plane he needs to be somewhere around the blue plane

[Anonymous No.2487107]

I drew this a few hours ago, a few friends told me it was alright after a few alterations to head shape, but I'm not too sure.

[Anonymous No.2487144]

>>2487027
kek

[Anonymous No.2487148]

>>2487107
LLLLLLMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.2487155]

>>2485947
Some progress

[Anonymous No.2487165]

>>2487015
im not any better than u but fuck man u gotta put contrast in that shit dont be afraid of dark colors and light colors. also this shit is just crap messing around

[Anonymous No.2487166]

>>2487165
That looks a lot worse

[Anonymous No.2487168]

>>2487166
advice still there mayn he needs fucking contrast that was crap and ik that

[Anonymous No.2487169]

>>2487166
>>2487166
>>2487168
from a thumbnail pov it looks more interesting cause of CONTRAST

[Anonymous No.2487170]

>>2487155
Is this supposed to be a night? because it seems like you wanted it to be with the light from the house, but it doesn't look dark outside ,

[Anonymous No.2487173]

>>2487170
Yeah, it was supposed to be night time, right after dusk. So i made strong blue ambient light. Found that it helps with readability.

[Anonymous No.2487175]

>>2487173
did you try something like this or does it not fit ur mood that u want

[Anonymous No.2487179]

>>2487175
I'm a bit ambivalent on wheater I should darken it. It loses a bit of its mood, detail and depth. But it definitly makes a stronger focal point. I will try a Darker variation. Thanks for highlighting that options, I appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.2487181]

Hello, this is my first post on /ic/. Altho, I lurk for months now.

[Anonymous No.2487191]

>>2487181
keep drawing

[Anonymous No.2487193]

>>2487191
Will do, f.am!

[Anonymous No.2487197]

>>2487175
I think this is a good compromise.

[Anonymous No.2487208]

yurghghgh face

[Anonymous No.2487230]

Drawing grimdark fantasy for a change. Pretty relaxing stuff.

[Anonymous No.2487231]

>>2487230
very cool, anon

[Anonymous No.2487240]

>>2486435
OK.

[Anonymous No.2487245]

>>2487230
Bloggu?

[Anonymous No.2487274]

>>2487231
thanks, anon

>>2487245
containercore.tumblr.com

[Anonymous No.2487386]

>>2487240
Cool anon.
Could you tell me what you did to improve the composition?

[Anonymous No.2487403]

>>2486180

And another refine.

Am just polishing a turd?

Drop it and move on or what

[Anonymous No.2487411]

>>2487386
Just focused on the lines/shapes that carry the eye from place to place. You don't want to guid it around, so emphasized the diagonal shaft of light, brought some more attention to the altar by making it lighter (the candles would light up this scene more realistically anyway). Made the silhouette of the wall more rocky and steeper so you can tell the guy is walking behind it, and added some stalactites as well to make it feel like a cave.

[Anonymous No.2487424]

>>2487403
I actually love the differences in opacity and shapes with the waves, feels very lifelike. You might wanna add deeper values, though. Everything's starting to look muddled, especially around your horizon line. I like your palette too, the purples and soft yellows, but be careful with those greens in the water, too much and it'll look "contaminated."

[Anonymous No.2487432]

First post on /ic/, Soo I'm a bit nervous heh
Drew this a few hours ago with a ink brush pen and a water brush
I feel like there's a little bit off about her face, but I can't find out why

[Anonymous No.2487436]

>>2487424

Thanks for the kind words and critique, I'll work on the horizon line, making the shapes clear-er, and generally un-muddling everything

[Anonymous No.2487441]

>>2487432
this isn't instagram, bb
you can leave your utensils off the drawing, I'd rather just see the whole thing.

[Anonymous No.2487446]

>>2487441
Ahh I'm sorry! I should have properly scanned it

[Anonymous No.2487451]

what do you think ?

[Anonymous No.2487452]

>>2487432
it's the eyes i think

[Anonymous No.2487453]

>>2487181
Same guy, different style.

[Anonymous No.2487455]

>>2487452
Are the eyes too long that made her look weird?

[Anonymous No.2487461]

>>248745 His nose seems a bit too flat, maybe some extra shading would help!

[Anonymous No.2487463]

>>2487453
His nose seems a bit too flat, maybe some extra shading would help!

[Anonymous No.2487464]

>>2487463
Ah, of course! Why I did not notice that.

Thank you~

[Anonymous No.2487469]

>>2487446
you don't have to scan it, shit, how hard is it to move the pen away before you take the photo?

[Anonymous No.2487475]

>>2486743
>color-picking

[Anonymous No.2487479]

>>2486743
wow, your renditions are like when I'm not wearing glasses

holy shit, I can hardly find any difference at half a meter away without glasses

[Anonymous No.2487510]

>>2487432

You are symbol drawing.

[Anonymous No.2487565]

>>2487403


Hello i did a quick and sloppy paint over for you. I really like your waves and clouds and i just went over them really rough and i'm sorry. But I'm trying to get the point across to make a more clear division between your values; don't be scared to go dark on your darks and to go light when called for (I exaggerated it in this paintover but i hope you get the idea.) As it is right now, everything just kind of blends together (especially the cute little ship and its lights) and that's a shame because otherwise i like it a lot.

[Anonymous No.2487617]

>>2487411
Thank you anon

[Anonymous No.2487647]

>>2487432
>putting the drawing utensil by the drawing
this fucking triggers me, and I'm not even sure why

does this make anybody else rage, or am I just autistic?

[Anonymous No.2487651]

>>2487647
I hate it too. When the drawing isn't particularly good it's even worse.

[Anonymous No.2487658]

>>2487651
signed symbol scratchings sighted aside strathmore

[Anonymous No.2487700]

>>2487510
No he's not, there's obviously form and understanding there, I hope you're just trolling

[Anonymous No.2487704]

>>2487647
I'm more triggered by aggressively angled pictures and Instagram filters, but in this case the pen is occluding the drawing which is pretentious

[Anonymous No.2487729]

>>2487700
Look at the eyes. Look at the nose. Look at the lips. Look at them closely. It looks like instAnon just learned to draw some higher-resolution symbols than your average nonartist, at least as far as features are concerned.

[Anonymous No.2487745]

>>2487700

I hope you are trolling.

[Anonymous No.2487757]

>>2487745
>>2487729
No, this isn't the best drawing but it's not something I'd call symbol drawing at all, there's obviously some sort of form there. anyway why am I arguing about whether someone is symbol drawing or not...

[Anonymous No.2487966]

>>2486699
I am completely new to digital, how the fuck do you 'make it look like this'?
Also, if pic related is you ily nigga

[Anonymous No.2487980]

>>2487729
I'm sorry that angle triggered you

I was symbol drawing because I didn't shade the face or was the face overly simplified?
Thanks for the pointing out the problems, been learning a lot from ya

[Anonymous No.2487985]

>>2487980
>I was symbol drawing because I didn't shade the face or was the face overly simplified?
You are seemingly drawing features and face structure without proper knowledge. Closer to oversimplification, but more seems that you built on the same flawed foundation of oversimplification then added glitter.
Maybe it could be chalked up to medium. What have you been learning from, brah?

[Anonymous No.2487990]

>>2485516
Need crit to become environment concept artist.

[Anonymous No.2487993]

>>2487990
Personally I'd like to see more contrast in the line weight and a subsequent better sense of depth, can't comment on compo because that part of my brain is shut off rn.

[Anonymous No.2487994]

>>2487453
Diggin' it.

You have some rudimentary knowledge on form and lighting but it's not quite developed yet. Watch out for the placement of your ears, probably want to revisit basic construction for a bit and make sure you have basic proportionality down. Like the other anon said, the form on your nose is not coming through very well without proper placement of tone to describe the nose's form.

Also might want to consider steering away from colour for a while, it's okay at the moment, but it's over-complicating your learning for now, so consider just sticking to greyscale. Also mess with your brush settings, flow/opacity/etc, your brush (in combination with the very flat colours) makes the painting feeling sort of ms-painty. Also another thing to comment on is the chicken-scratchy nature of your lines, they're not the worst, but your line quality can definitely improve, it'll come over time but you need to continue a conscious effort to improve your lines.

Overall i'd say you're doing pretty well - but try get out of your comfort zone soon - try delving into some deeper anatomy study in the near future.

Keep drawing anon!

[Anonymous No.2488001]

>>2487990
The line drawing's very good but the painting lacks some fundamentally important things.

I'd say that one of the most important things with environmental design (especially landscapes) are values as value tends to be the most effective method of portraying depth.

Maybe one criticism I would say is possibly emphasizing scale, the lack of a properly laid in sky and atmospheric values makes the village not feel as small as it should be in comparison to the rest of the landscape.

I can definitely see this painting pretty damn good if you lay in your values though.

[Anonymous No.2488005]

>>2487985
Ahh... I see, I need to stop to add details and take a look of yhe forms first
Actually I learn a lot from Chinese ink portraits, the ones with thin lines and faint colours, so it is kinda over simplified and it focuses on the details.

[Anonymous No.2488007]

>>2487985
Ahh... I see, I need to stop to add details and take a look of the forms first
Actually I learn a lot from Chinese ink portraits, the ones with thin lines and faint colours, so it is kinda over simplified and it focuses on the details.

[Anonymous No.2488009]

>>2487565

Wow really have to thank you for this paint-over.
My laptop screen busted and I had to send it in for repair, tragically I wont be able to implement this idea for a week or so. But when my laptop is returned I will definitely use this as a source of inspiration to finish it.

So, thanks a bunch for real, /ic/ y'all are dope

[Anonymous No.2488052]

>>2487994

thank you based anon!

[Anonymous No.2488073]

Can I get some help on this please? I know my anatomy is bad, but I don't know how bad. I'm tired from working on this today.

[Anonymous No.2488089]

>>2488001
>>2487993
I tried to fix the depth issue through lineweight and colouring thumbnail (B/W value version added). Hope I did it! Thanks a lot for the advice. I'll clean up the colour pass.

[Anonymous No.2488093]

>>2488089
Looking much better, maybe you should think about pushing your darker values? Also thinking that the colour pass might come off as a bit too saturated, but I can't really tell for sure right now - I guess it's something you could fix later though.

[Anonymous No.2488115]

i learned how to do scales
AT LAST!

[Anonymous No.2488118]

>>2487990

[Anonymous No.2488207]

Can I get a crit on the values/colours. Anatomical problems aside

[Anonymous No.2488211]

>tfw visiting /i/
why the board designed to teach n00bz how to draw is miles more skilled?

[Anonymous No.2488218]

>>2488093
This is beautiful, whose is it?

[Anonymous No.2488220]

>>2488218
reverse search

[Anonymous No.2488224]

>>2488211
because people who have fun doing something and don't stress over it are less likely to avoid it and improve faster

[Anonymous No.2488227]

>>2488211
>>2488224
wait
you mean /ic/?
nvm I guess...

[Anonymous No.2488229]

>>2488211

It's because people there actually draw and are challenged. You can also see drawthreads on other boards like /tg/. Here is a quick unfinished sketch that the drawfag called muju did from mine suggestion around 2011.

/tg/ also had some drawquests where OP basically shitted drawings after drawings in response to other anons. /ic/ doesn't have anything like that.

[Anonymous No.2488258]

wip. CnC, paintover etc very much appreciated

[Anonymous No.2488264]

>>2488207
you're just noodling without understanding the form. Go back and break the study down into 2 tones: light and shadow. this will force you to define the form. after that go back and toy with your edge consistency and add in midtones/bounce light/ fill light, etc ro fully flesh out the value drawing. don't move on to color until you have your values down in this regard. after you do, color will be easy.

[Anonymous No.2488265]

[Anonymous No.2488280]

>>2488073
figure isn't my forte but here's my 2p: you need to step back from your piece and work on a higher level right now. you haven't got your gesture, posture, or lighting really figured out. start a new layer, get a huge brush and paint in broad strokes over your piece. get your gesture down and then refer to what i wrote here: >>2488264

[Anonymous No.2488284]

>>2488280
Agreed. Also, the redline shows nicely that the weighting of the pose is off. She keeps looking like she'll tip over. Might be one of the things bothering your eye.

[Anonymous No.2488286]

>>2488264
Thanks so much man! everything you've written is really comprehensive

[Anonymous No.2488289]

>>2487432
You are thinking too much in lines I think. Not all the lines you pencil out need to stay for inking. A thing that might be hard to figure out is the chin line. It easily frames the face too much and "cuts it off" from the neck.

Try working in reverse after a rough sketch; value and soft colouring to set the form first, then you see which (and how many) lines you need to keep.

Good going though. And as mentioned by the others, scan it next time so it will be easier to see what you've made.

[Anonymous No.2488302]

Having problems with head drawing, I been studying Loomis but still having huge issues. I can't seem to point it out.

[Anonymous No.2488305]

>>2488302
The neck is a bit long.

Other than that, your sketch is overcrowded with lines on different layers. Set the opacity down on what you have an make new lines over so you can hide your process for next steps.

Try making a head out of what you have, it's good enough. You are only practicing the helplines and grid for a finished drawing. That's no help if you don't know what they do to a finished sketch.

[Anonymous No.2488326]

>>2488089
in concept art stuff like this is high supply/ low demand, unless if you're trying maybe to break into the mobile or social media markets. basically if I can google for this stuff, or find something on google that can replace your stuff, you haven't done your job. as it stands, the image i picked off google actually gives me more than your image. i have variation in the buildings and materials, a higher level of detail and it cost me nothing. if i had a rice paddy town in my game, i would rather have the google image than pay for your design.

really focus on the story of the town, design out the architecture and give me more than once house that has been stretched and rotated. ask yourself what your village eats (it doesnt have to be rice - maybe the villagers are aliens) , what its history is and what the inhabitants do for pleasure. then sketch out your ideas and build them up. then you can have something that can be considered concept.

[DalaiLana No.2488334]

Profile.

[Anonymous No.2488337]

forgive me father for i have sinned
i didn't use a reference

[Anonymous No.2488342]

>>2488337
Those eyes made me fucking giggle. Sorry.

Dude, breaking away from reference is good practice. Now you need to practice some croqis and/or anatomy construction. Go!

That face though.. love it.

[Anonymous No.2488351]

>>2488337
looks like an alien - it's a compliment

I like it :D

[Anonymous No.2488353]

>>2488342
no dude i totally get you
they look like fuckin cookie monster eyes

but yeah i need some practice haha

[Anonymous No.2488359]

>>2488351
thanks senpai

[Anonymous No.2488365]

[Anonymous No.2488366]

>>2488353
Practice is both frustrating and fun. But as I said, construction. If you enjoy drawing from reference you could mix it up with drawing skulls. Great practice.

Just fill a small, really cheap sketchbook with your practice. Like, make a lot of mess and errors. Then look through it when you're done so you see that you've been learning. That's what I keep doing.

I haven't decided what those eyes remind me of yet, but it might be a good portion of my older sketches. Love it

[Anonymous No.2488370]

>>2488280

But your redline doesn't solve the persons question. Your face is different from hers and your anatomy is unclear.

You are right about the lighting though

[Anonymous No.2488375]

render

[Anonymous No.2488377]

>>2488370
the person's face and anatomy aren't perfect but they're not what's throwing the piece off. gesture and lighting are the bigger problems.

[Anonymous No.2488379]

Bic pen and Ps.

[Anonymous No.2488385]

>>2488375
construction

[Anonymous No.2488389]

>>2488379
Practice your eyes. These look flat like stickers. Focus on that. Also why Bic pen? What you had or what you wanted?

[Anonymous No.2488395]

>>2488385
Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous No.2488397]

>>2488375
It's really cool. But why don't you try and show of the inside of the cockpit? It would make it look a lot more interesting to see something showing through the tinted glass. You evidently have the skill to do it.

[Anonymous No.2488400]

>>2488375
it's cute, anon

[Anonymous No.2488410]

>>2488389
Thanks for your advice.
What I had I guess, I don't know what kind of pen you guys use. It's also my first draw. I'm a programmer so I don't know shit about this lol.

[Anonymous No.2488426]

>>2486161
someone's been reading burn hogarth

[Anonymous No.2488431]

>>2488410
Fineliners are what most use as an alternative to ballpoint pens. You can get them... anywhere basically. The quality differs, but just a basic one is good if you are just starting out.

Hit up an office supply store or a supermarket and get yourself one to try out :)

[Anonymous No.2488451]

>>2487966

i cant find who drew this using reverse image search. can an anon give me a source?

[Anonymous No.2488462]

>>2487966
texture brushes, color dodge, overlay layers, smudge tool

[Anonymous No.2488469]

>>2488337
I'm this guy, I'm working on a re-do

hows this?

[Anonymous No.2488478]

[Anonymous No.2488501]

>>2488469
One hell of an improvement.

[Anonymous No.2488505]

>>2488469
You used reference this time?
Looks good, but unless she's otherworldly, the eyes are too far apart.

[Anonymous No.2488539]

>>2488505
>>2488501
thanks yo, here's it finished.
yea i used a ref, and she's supposed to be from like an ice planet or whatever.
im ass at costumes and color schemes though

[Anonymous No.2488559]

>>2488539
Why is the chin pushed inward...

[Anonymous No.2488762]

How is the composition and the general values?

[Anonymous No.2488769]

[Anonymous No.2488776]

I'd appreciate feedback

[Anonymous No.2488777]

[Anonymous No.2488779]

[Anonymous No.2488780]

[Anonymous No.2488782]

[Anonymous No.2488813]

It was supposed to be a very quick painting but I ended up fiddling with this on and off the whole day T_T

[Anonymous No.2488827]

Fifth sketch this year, creepin on a couple sitting outside the coffee shop. She noticed every time i looked at her so i mostly focused on him in hopes i wouldn't scare them off. Too bad i didn't capture how pretty she was. I feel like my control of line quality has completely rusted away.

>>2488813
More contrast on/around the bird pls

[Anonymous No.2488836]

>>2488478
looks like bible doodles mang

[Anonymous No.2488838]

>>2488780
>that feel when strong handshake

[Anonymous No.2488840]

>>2488836
your mom is a doodle

[Anonymous No.2488860]

Fifth sketch this year, creepin on a couple sitting outside the coffee shop. She noticed every time i looked at her so i mostly focused on him in hopes i wouldn't scare them off. Too bad i didn't capture how pretty she was. I feel like my control of line quality has completely rusted away.
[resized, sorry]

>>2488813 #
More contrast on/around the bird pls

[Anonymous No.2488870]

>>2488762
How much have I fucked it up?

[Anonymous No.2488874]

bought some hard pencils a black oil pastel some crayons and a marker and was messing around with them

[Anonymous No.2488876]

>>2488870
ok, I just deleted that bag that was doing noting

[Anonymous No.2488877]

>>2488876
fuck...

[Anonymous No.2488879]

>>2488337
AYYY

[Anonymous No.2488881]

ref taken from the current ref thread

[Anonymous No.2488884]

What do you fellas think

[Anonymous No.2488888]

>>2488881
this is really great desu

[Anonymous No.2488890]

having trouble wrapping up the ear

[Anonymous No.2488900]

>>2488890
Lift some pigment off the lobe to create a plane where light is landing.

Gave up on this as soon as I noticed the proportions were off. At least it held still better than the coffeeshop couple.

[Anonymous No.2488907]

>>2488840
You're*

[Anonymous No.2488942]

>>2488907
you're mom is a your

[Anonymous No.2489091]

I got antsy and started painting too soon. Do these legs feel too goofy? I always struggle with design.

[Anonymous No.2489110]

I got antsy and started painting too soon. Do these legs feel too goofy? I always struggle with design.

[Anonymous No.2489113]

eyes need work

gonna step away and regain perspective

[Anonymous No.2489132]

>>2489113
Hips/thighs are worst part, they don't interlock correctly to the waist.

[Anonymous No.2489156]

>>2488879
VINCENT IS THAT YOU

[Anonymous No.2489180]

>>2489113
>Eyes need work
>Entire lower body
man you are not good at art directing yourself

[Anonymous No.2489181]

>>2488118
Thanks.

>>2488093
Noted!

>>2488326
>give me more than once house
Okay. I thought the village and the mountain held up the design, but I actually didn’t even design a village. On the plus side, I did go through that process. I’ll put in some of the discarded house thumbnails for variety.
>really focus on the story of the town
Now I think the town also gets lost in this composition, while as you pointed out, it’s the selling point because rice paddies are plenty on google images. :/
Definitely an insightful post, I learned a lot. Thank you, anon. :)

[Anonymous No.2489207]

>>2489132
>>2489180

turned her a bit more

[Anonymous No.2489243]

Working on this.

Tear me down, please.

I'm self taught, which translates to 'I have no fucking idea what I'm doing'

[Nose "I am a shartist so I com(...) No.2489250]

>>2489110
blog?

[Anonymous No.2489288]

[Anonymous No.2489355]

progress

eyes hurt time for bed

[Anonymous No.2489392]

I finished it! I don't do much 2D art so I would love feedback.

>>2489250
I don't have a blog but I have an artstation with some 3D art. Dunno if I want to post that here though

[Anonymous No.2489593]

>>2488881
blog?

[Anonymous No.2489622]

>>2489288

It's getting somewhere. Ease up on the white, use the paper more as your halftone. Depend less on line and more on bigger shapes of value. Be a little more mindful of the construction next time, some areas are a little wonky relative to the rest, his left eye (pur right) is a good example of this.

[Anonymous No.2489623]

>>2489392


It's really boring, both pose-wise and colouring. I don't like how muddy your shadows are, the skin, cloth and even the bike pants she's wearing all read the same material, don't be afraid of hue changes and saturation.

[Anonymous No.2489627]

>>2489392
it just looks like you painted over a model.

[Anonymous No.2489629]

testing copics. and general shit scribbling.

[Anonymous No.2489636]

>>2489392

I tried to make her skin a little less dead looking. I'm also not a fan of making everything look like tubes.

[Anonymous No.2489663]

Haven't done a study in a long time, heres a simpler one to get things going

[Anonymous No.2489665]

Haven't done a study in a long time, heres a simpler one to get things going

[Anonymous No.2489710]

>>2489665
I'm going to be nitpicky since guys on your level don't often post their stuff here anyways.
The nose doesn't look glossy enough. The upper lip might have used some more shading as it looks comparatively flat. The neck feels a bit stiff, as if it was a metal girder. Shadow on the chin might be a bit too hard.
Also if her nose tip was that bulbous in the reference I would have shrunk it. Fuck big noses I have one and I hate it, at least I'm not a girl.

[Anonymous No.2489734]

[Anonymous No.2489745]

>>2489593
mobble.tumblr.com/ my dude.
I don't really post studies, though.

[Anonymous No.2489754]

>>2489745

wow I didn't know you post on /ic/. Neat.

[Anonymous No.2489758]

>>2489754
mobble is a classic /ic/ lurker

[Anonymous No.2489816]

[Anonymous No.2489832]

>>2488115
Reminds me of this part from Berserk.

[Anonymous No.2489838]

>>2489355
I like this one much better anon, great use of crit.

[Anonymous No.2489846]

Just gonna post my stuff I've drawn over weekend.

[Anonymous No.2489847]

>>2489846
And this.

[Anonymous No.2489862]

>>2487230
There's nothing grimdark about that.

[Anonymous No.2489869]

>>2489846
some of those poses are really static, especially that girl with the shield and spear. instead of constructing the body as spheres and cylinders first, make sure to draw the gesture before and have a clear pose/direction you want the character to be posing in before you draw anything.

[Anonymous No.2489872]

>>2489665
>muh texture brush
>muh photocopy

The shoulder girdle is JUST-tier. You're good at copying photos and even imparting features with form if the photo has it, but you're lacking an overall consideration of the main masses of your subject. Anywhere the info from the photo is ambiguous, you go all to shit (like the collar). Draw from life more and you'll be a serious contender. As it stands, you'll only impress the untrained eye.

[Anonymous No.2489877]

>>2489243
try using more slow, controlled brush strokes.
limit your use of the really saturated red, and instead have it highlighting a few areas, such as maybe it poking out from waves of darker blood. if that blood is glowing, it should be reflecting off of some of the white figures and tendrils. maybe make the tentrils/whatever glossy and use more contrast with them. also edges my dude, refine that shit.

[Anonymous No.2489884]

>>2489847
>monsters eating pussy
degenerate

[Anonymous No.2490002]

>>2489243

looks pretty metal.

[Anonymous No.2490033]

i did a landscape

[Anonymous No.2490036]

>>2490033
Those brushstrokes looks really familiar, do you post often?

[Anonymous No.2490054]

>>2490036
Brian Comfortizone reporting in

[Anonymous No.2490186]

>>2490033
Not a fan of the weird, wavy, glossy look of the glass. Those white and dark greens shouldn't be horizontal, they should be vertical to portray the grass more clearly.

[Anonymous No.2490196]

I'd like crits on this design of a soviet

[Anonymous No.2490280]

>>2486367
the mouth is nice

[Anonymous No.2490282]

Lines done, time to paint

[Anonymous No.2490342]

>>2489877
Thank you very much.

I'll post again when it's finished.

>>2490002
I don't even like metal, but everything I draw looks like it came from a metal cover anyway.

[Anonymous No.2490357]

>>2488073
I extended the bottom of the canvas, you need more space to properly depict that pose without it looking weird, so maybe that was the issue in the first place. It looks like you missed the part with the pelvis and directly started drawing the legs. This, imo, is because of improper use of canvas space.

Arms look a bit flabby.
The mouth and nose are a bit twisted for this angle.
Rendering is not very clean either but you'll learn.

Hope this helps!
Good luck!

[Anonymous No.2490359]

>>2489665
The face and hair are okay, but from the neck down it definitely needs some work.

[Anonymous No.2490363]

>>2489872
>Draw from life more
Meme advice at its finest.

[Anonymous No.2490369]

>>2490282

What tool do you use for clean lines, just the brush? Im still new to digital.

[Anonymous No.2490374]

>>2490369

Small 4 to 6 px round brush at 100%
Eraser tool

[Anonymous No.2490385]

large chested coffee shop patron that i drew

[Anonymous No.2490391]

>>2490385
Your lines are really stiff, it flattens and stiffens the drawing. It's hard to really get a sense that her body parts have weight to them and that they are resting.
Also, should plan out your proportions more before fleshing her out. I like to place points at major angle changes, making sure those are right before following the forms.

[Anonymous No.2490399]

>>2489710
>guys on your level
It's not even that good mate

[Anonymous No.2490458]

>>2490399
I dunno, dude. I think it's pretty alright.

[Anonymous No.2490487]

>>2488451
I don't know, man. He made a thread a while back asking how to get noticed. Pic related is his.

>>2488462
Thanks

[Anonymous No.2490505]

who the fuck is brian

[Anonymous No.2490512]

>>2486719
>>2486054
as someone who is super into mechs and futuristic vehicles and armor, I'm really curious if you have any tips? I really like what you posted not just because of the design, but because you seem to know exactly where to put a clear clean space and where to make things busy. My biggest issue is that I think I add too many details to things.
t. beginner

[Anonymous No.2490515]

What's everyone's setup look like?

[Anonymous No.2490528]

>>2490505
beats me

here's this with more stuff on top of it :D

[Anonymous No.2490529]

>>2490515
Is that a lenovo y50? are we laptop bros?

[Anonymous No.2490537]

>>2490529

Yo we are def laptop bros

Going to build a rig and give this one to my wife at some point though

[Anonymous No.2490542]

>>2489832
read the filename dingus

[Anonymous No.2490543]

>>2490505
a bad artist with a god complex

[Anonymous No.2490563]

>>2490543
it might just be coping mechanism

[Anonymous No.2490578]

>>2490515
#professional

[Anonymous No.2490608]

Need sleep, work tomorrow

[Anonymous No.2490618]

>>2485516
Wip

[Anonymous No.2490621]

>>2488073
I thought this looks spot on

[Anonymous No.2490629]

>>2490543
He's not that bad, he's just stagnant. I remember when i first noticed his posts about 2(3?) years ago. He got noticeably better every 6 mo until a year ago and since then he's just been doing experimental rendering bullshit while letting his measuring/proportion faculties slide. He just posts really often and his linework is distinct (lately in a crutch sort of way), so he's become a meme. Not as bad as darknest or whatever that petulant memeposter's name was.

Inb4 i'm brian, i'm
>>2488900
>>2488860

Also 20-hour mouth plaster cast drawing guy from november/december if anyone remembers.

[Anonymous No.2490633]

>>2490363
But it's truf.

[Anonymous No.2490923]

Is the dude who criticized me still here?

I'd like to know if this is what you meant by decreasing saturation of some reds and increasing shininess?

I have no idea how to make a 'glossy effect'.

I'm also stumped when it comes to rendering the figures wallowing in the red shit.

[Anonymous No.2490934]

>>2490923
Err, I meant to take the glowing red pillars out.

[Anonymous No.2490982]

crits are welcome. I feel like the gesture of the ogre is a bit akward, any advice or opions on that?

[Anonymous No.2490992]

>>2490934
I think maybe you should get away from the red tones you are using a bit, the black, red and brown just dont mix so well

maybe something like this?
just mess around with the shades a bit more imo

[Anonymous No.2491002]

>>2490982
I think your work is solid that I don't feel like my critique could do it justice BUT
concept-wise I have no idea what is going on in the picture. There's so much random elements at the same time and the link between all is kinda missing or just went over my head. No idea, care to explain what the story is here?

[Anonymous No.2491008]

>>2490982
I dont like the colors. It looks a playful picture, with everyone smiling, but the colors are so dull and pukey.

[Anonymous No.2491010]

>>2490515

[Anonymous No.2491015]

>>2491010
ffs put a sheet of paper over that tablet
look what you have done

[Anonymous No.2491020]

Trying to make a mysterious monster pic. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.2491021]

>>2491002
Thanks. It's the third part of an illustration series I'm working on.. Because I'm making up stuff as I go there is no definite storyline. I rather want the viewer to make up their own idea of how things relate to each other; so it might be criticall to follow the pieces sequentially and make your own assumptions as it progresses.

>>2491008
I see. It makes it a bit dissonant perhaps. I was going for a light setting like a bar, Its not fully realised. So I will try to push the saturation and warmth a bit more to take it to a more vibrant direction. I apperciate the feedback.

[Anonymous No.2491022]

>>2491008
Thank god for photshop adjustment settings! I made it look more vibrant and saturated in an instant. I think i adresses the dullness you brought up, and make it more like a cozy bar setting,

[Anonymous No.2491024]

>>2491020
really loving the atmosphere here, the thumbnail kinda looked like a photo almost
not much to criticize, i am curious how it turns out

[Anonymous No.2491027]

>>2491020

looks fantastic

[Anonymous No.2491028]

>>2491020
how did you get so good at rendering senpai

[Anonymous No.2491035]

>>2491028
Patience and a willingness to zoom in further.

[Anonymous No.2491051]

Posting what I did today. Just a bit of character design. Could use some critique, I suppose. I feel that I've stagnated lately as far as my lineart goes, so I'm wondering if there's anywhere I should go next if not just to focus entirely on coloring and shading.

[Anonymous No.2491053]

>>2491051

just focus on anatomy for right now
burn it out

[Anonymous No.2491056]

>>2491022
I really liked the previous version, the desaturated colors look much better there imo

[Anonymous No.2491057]

>>2491053
any parts of the body in particular I should work on? Anything from that pic in particular for example?

[Anonymous No.2491064]

>>2491057
Don't wanna sound mean but almost everything needs corrections. Mostly the head and neck though, the rest can be overlooked.

[Anonymous No.2491067]

>>2491010
>actually owning an anime tit mousepad

[Anonymous No.2491071]

>>2491064
Thats alright, I don't think it's mean. A bit shocking but not mean. I also realize now I probably should have posted in the stylization general, and it probably doesn't help that it's hard to see proper anatomy under the clothes so it isn't much use for critique. If I wanted useful critique I really should have posted her naked. But thank you anyway I will work on anatomy.

[Anonymous No.2491074]

>>2491051
I did a few changes. made her jaw area less manly, moved her face a bit down for a more neotenic look, and moved one of her tits to make her bosom use more space on the ribcage. Could be done better and more things could be done but these stood out to me.

I agree with anon that a bit of anatomy would help. There are errors everywhere depending on how picky you are. I think the gesture is ok and I actually like how you did the crotch area

[Anonymous No.2491076]

Nah it's cool, you don't need to post her naked.
Believe it or not the anatomy is usually perfectly visible through the clothes, you just need some practice and you'll get there.

If you think that crit wasn't useful I can redline some parts for you.

[Anonymous No.2491077]

>>2491076
>>2491071
whoops

[Anonymous No.2491079]

>>2491074
I noticed that her hair was a bit tall actually, moved it down a notch.

[Anonymous No.2491080]

Please help. I feel my drawing looks significantly more evil than the reference.

[Anonymous No.2491082]

>>2491076
A redline is always appreciated! I just figured it was weird looking given how some parts are tight and others loose, but I suppose anatomy is easier to tell than just looking at the skin. But thank you very much for the encouragement. I'll keep working at it and really double down on my practice.

[Anonymous No.2491086]

>>2491080
His face is wider, you've stretched it.
Also there's more space between the eyebrows and the eyes.

If you fix that and make the mouth less curvy it will look decent.

[Anonymous No.2491087]

>>2491086
Thank you.

[Anonymous No.2491109]

>>2491082
It can even go with just the fixed foreshortening of the face, the rest is my 2 cents

Also, shouldn't the gun be the other way around? Not sure, I'm gonna leave that to you

Good luck!

[Anonymous No.2491115]

>>2491109
Thanks, thats very insightful I appreciate it. With this redline I can really easily see what I did wrong. As for the gun, it's a cross draw across the chest.

[Anonymous No.2491121]

>>2491115
Oh, I see, I'll know from now on.
Glad that it helped!

[Anonymous No.2491128]

>>2491121
I also have just one more question if it's not a bother. In the redline, it looks like you scaled down the left (our left) side of her shoulder/torso. I'm just curious as to why you shortened that side slightly instead of lengthening the right and keeping the torso the size it was, because it makes her body look smaller overall. Is that because it fits better proportionally with her head?

[Anonymous No.2491146]

>>2490529
>>2490537

Yo as a mutual laptop bro, that model has a factory defect that can sometimes cause the hinge guard to loosen.

If you notice that happening send it in for repair asap or you might close it, hinge guard pops loose, and then puncture your screen all in a matter of 3 seconds.

Sucks bros. I had a warranty so I'm set but if yours is expired I recommend prudence

[Nose "I am a shartist so I com(...) No.2491147]

>>2491109
blog

[Anonymous No.2491152]

>>2491147
you should really draw instead of commenting on internet faux pas 24/7

[Anonymous No.2491153]

>>2491128
It's not a bother I'm sorry if I'm answering late cause I just saw your post.

I didn't scale it down, I just removed the side of the torso that was excessive and shouldn't be visible.
And when I did that the shoulder should've been moved as well.
And it fits better proportionally, yes.

On pic related:
-the red is the middle line, it goes through the middle of the whole body (affected by perspective) very good for avoiding mistakes at initial sketching
-the pink fill is where you should be looking at
-the green lines on the shoulders highlight the shoulder lengths

>>2491147
Hey, this is my blog
https://itou-memo.tumblr.com/
Recently started it and I since I'm very picky I only post a small part of my works

[Anonymous No.2491158]

>>2491153
That is very very useful. I think sometimes I exaggerate too much when it comes to perspective. Could be overlooked in something stylized, but when I'm learning I should really try and pay attention to learning and applying proper perspective. Thanks a bunch for helping!

[Anonymous No.2491159]

>>2491158
Always, Anon!
And still, you're not doing bad at all. Just keep at it!

[Anonymous No.2491160]

thoughtsso far?

[Anonymous No.2491237]

>>2491109
>>2491115
The only thing better here is the head. Everything else just took the rest of the body out of perspective and didn't do a good job of it either, I wouldn't use it.

[Anonymous No.2491317]

>>2490992
Will do.

I'll play around a bit and post when I have something worth posting.

Thanks for the help

[Nose "I am a shartist so I com(...) No.2491354]

>>2491152
I draw like an hour or 2 a day. I got the ligaspark, ill be fine.

[Anonymous No.2491398]

>>2491237
I dont exactly see what you mean. Care to provide an alternative?

[Anonymous No.2491493]

Well, I need help. Recently I made this character but I don't good choosing colors... what is the best option? or maybe someone can suggest some colors for her clothes

[Anonymous No.2491500]

>>2491493
I like C & D
Maybe even combine the hat from C with the rest of the clothes from D

[Anonymous No.2491511]

>>2491500
like this?

[Anonymous No.2491520]

>>2491511
yea looks good!

[Anonymous No.2491522]

>>2491520
Okay, thanks!

[Anonymous No.2492571]

[Anonymous No.2492734]

Crit plz..?
Also, at what point does one stop being a beginner and become an intermediate? Or stop being intermediate and start being a master? I'm curious

[Anonymous No.2492741]

>>2491067
what's wrong with it? i have 2, one is for my hand and the other is for my other hand.

[Anonymous No.2492744]

>>2491056
that's nostalgia syndrome
>everything that came before is always better

[Don Draper No.2493374]

>>2485844
Those ain't studies, it's just what you think a foot is if you break it down.

It's shit and you won't learn shit this way

[Don Draper No.2493380]

>>2486175
Those are really good, great values and colors, brushwork could be cleaner but the thumbnails read perfectly

[Nose "I am a shartist so I com(...) No.2493911]

>>2493374
post wokr don rapeR?

[Anonymous No.2494263]

>>2491067
It's actually the attack on titan eren butt mousepad. Because I'm a faggot.

[Anonymous No.2494309]

my attempt at drawing again, any advice?

[Anonymous No.2494374]

>>2494309
it sucks, i advise you stop being shit

[Anonymous No.2494393]

>>2494374
Why is it bad?

[Anonymous No.2494741]

>>2490357

Thanks man I appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.2494791]

>>2494393
Take it to the beginner thread.

Get lambasted.