Draw Thread: One(armed Deus Vult edition

[Anonymous No.2812410]

Previous Thread >>2806010

Post your current drawing here and provide helpful criticism and advice to others!

This is not a thread to discuss your autism, the rest of the board is for that.

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 and then kill yourself.
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Now get to work!

[Anonymous No.2812428]

[Anonymous No.2812436]

>>2812428
anatomy and edges are pretty triggering, it looks like you fucked them up on purpose

[Anonymous No.2812446]

>>2812436
I'm experimenting with very soft edges; its alot of fun. With triggering anatomy do you refer to the broad shoulders, high ears and wierd neck? Could you elaborate.

[Anonymous No.2812573]

>>2812436
fuck u i do what i want

[Anonymous No.2812591]

>>2812573
>>2812446
if you don't see what's wrong with the anatomy you should go back to /beg/.
just look at that arm, what a mess.

[Anonymous No.2812594]

Reworking some designs.

[Anonymous No.2812600]

Reworking some designs. (Posted this earlier in the alternative art thread but that thread turned into a shit show)

[Anonymous No.2812603]

>>2812600
And here some expressions I was doing for the cat.

[Anonymous No.2812607]

[Anonymous No.2812620]

>>2812600
>>2812603
Very cute. Only thing that sticks out to me is the size of the feet on the middle and right characters. Seems off to have hand and feet the same size but maybe I'm just not enough of a furry.

The collars in the second image look kinky. Intentional?

[Anonymous No.2812629]

>>2812607
it's quite nice, but your fundies are weaak man.
look at >>2812600, how good his fundies are, and try to think how good it would look that way.
rendering is not that good either, just look at the sword texture (is it supposed to be plastic?) and the blurry hands (I know it's supposed to be fur, but it's not working and essentially looks rushed)
keep it up man! it's a crit to help.

[Anonymous No.2812631]

>>2812573
This is not me btw,

>>2812591
I'm aware that the anatomy is abnormal. Just wondered what specifically bothered you. My intention was that the lower arm is foreshortened with an angle towards the viewer. I admit its badly done, because it doesn't get the point across. Other than that I didn't really go for pristine anatomy. Thanks for the feedback though, it helps. Hope I don't trigger you to much anon.

[Anonymous No.2812638]

How do I make this less shit?

[Anonymous No.2812649]

>>2812631
>Hope I don't trigger you to much anon.
it's kind of a joke, I'm not raging behind my keyboard. besides I really took a raping not so long ago, so now I don't care so much about anons.

>Just wondered what specifically bothered you.
bad anatomy bothers me, so everything

>My intention was that the lower arm is foreshortened with an angle towards the viewer.
I get it, but it would be easier to draw and read better if you changed the position. but if you want to go with it anyway, you really have to draw a cylinder cut in squares and pay attention to proportionate measurements.

[Anonymous No.2812654]

>>2812603
These are really nice designs, particularly your full character ones are spot on. The thing I notice that could be improved was the construction of the faces in side views. They are a bit weak imo when they are not frontal views. Like the one on the bottom left. But all in all these are really great designs.

[Anonymous No.2812656]

ugh

[Anonymous No.2812661]

>>2812649
>I really took a raping not so long ago
Hope you weren't to brutalized during it.

Yeah, your right about the approach though, Sloppiness on my part.

[Anonymous No.2812664]

>>2812631
I think >>2812436 meant the tangents your edges make. The red lines point out the major tangents in your drawing. The rose and coat are aligned together, tangents bushes objects back in space making the rose part of the cape and not in front of the cape. Other than that, I found the shape of the horns unappealing with unclear forms, are they pointing forwards or backwards?

[Anonymous No.2812666]

>>2812638
You're not being specific on what you want help with. Don't outsource your work to other anons.

[Anonymous No.2812669]

>>2812661
>weren't to brutalized
>Yeah, your right
man, you really try hard to trigger people

>>2812664
pretty good edit, rose and hand are fantastic

[Anonymous No.2812683]

>>2812666
I thought that being vague would help anons find some problems with the piece that I might be missing. Forgive me.
I know my perspective needs work, along with my lines...

[Anonymous No.2812696]

>>2812664
oh, he ment tangents. I see. Your paintover is really appealing with the removal of tangents and the symentrical horns with normal anatomy. Eitherway, the horns where ment to go slightly forwards but at the root they go backwards. Thanks alot man, I appreciate the constructive critizism.

[Anonymous No.2812742]

First of the year for me and first thing I've drawn in a long time. This was supposed to be a quick sketch but I accidentally took it a bit further. I shouldn't have as the pose, design and anatomy is all fucked up and the composition is boring. Well at least I learned somethings. If anyone has any quick improvements I could make I'm all ears.

[Anonymous No.2812860]

There is so much I don't like about this but It felt good to paint again. Its been to long.

[Anonymous No.2813039]

painted this

[Anonymous No.2813046]

>>2813039
I do like the dominant greens. The colors are pretty good

[Anonymous No.2813048]

>>2813039
What kind of lighting was this?

[Anonymous No.2813049]

>>2813046
unfortunately the emerald green i was using is a lower quality paint. Since I think this color scheme worked well I'm going to invest in a mid grade emerald green next.

[Anonymous No.2813051]

>>2813048
one of those painter's lightbulbs that imitates natural light. I diverged with the colors in the paint i used it didnt actually look like that.

[Anonymous No.2813087]

First thing i ever really painted, i wanted to start with some simple volumes.

Should i fuck off back to the beginner thread?

[Anonymous No.2813088]

>>2813087
No, while fundamentals are important, drawing from imagination is even more important.

[Anonymous No.2813108]

>>2813088
What the hell is that meant to mean?
You're not gonna be able to draw well from imagination without fundies and drawing from imagination is a good way to practice fundies.

[Anonymous No.2813182]

What am I doing wrong?

[Anonymous No.2813189]

>>2813182
not much of anything it's rather nice, but you made the lips big, which is fine, but her actual mouth, like the opening, is placed too low.

i morphed this with my mouse so excuse it being kinda sloppy but this would look a little more natural. there's a thousand solutions to this problem.

[Anonymous No.2813223]

>>2813182

This is good but I can see what the main problem is right away: you're skipping to the color part too early. You nailed the drawing for the face and that looks great (little lopsided desu, try flipping it and doing some construction lines on a transparent layer), but you rushe the drawing on some parts like her hands (hiding it in the hair isn't working) and her dress below her boobs. This technique where you get the lines right and then paint underneath them only works if you really put in the time on the lines first, otherwise it's starts looking blobby and you can't figure out how to proceed, which I think is what you're running up against here.

Like it tho

[Anonymous No.2813226]

>>2812742

Best crit I can think of is to mass your shadows. You don't want blotchy shadow blobs all over the place; all your shadows should merge into a few big shadow shapes, and try to control your composition with those. You're painting your lights arbitrarily right now, with no clear decision on where the light source is. You REALLY need some harder cast-shadows, too - all of your shadows have blurry edges right now, which makes the whole piece feel mushy and vague.

[Anonymous No.2813245]

i feel like improving, so i decided to give this board a shot
so, /ic/, how do i make this less shit?

[Anonymous No.2813246]

>>2813245
by using the beginner thread

[Anonymous No.2813255]

>>2813245
by dropping tumblr

[Anonymous No.2813264]

tonight's fuckery

[Anonymous No.2813265]

>>2813245
beginner thread, check the links in the sticky. Put in the work, draw every day and stay disciplined.

[Anonymous No.2813267]

Spoopy skull dude update

[Anonymous No.2813269]

>>2813264
No thanks, i do NOT want a handjob.

[Anonymous No.2813270]

>>2813264
Absolutely fantastic.

>>2813269
lmoa

[Anonymous No.2813279]

>>2813264
Good shit overall (as usual). Fun design, great lines, and my god that pink reflected light. M'm m'm.

Mind the planted leg: both the foot and ankle appear a bit larger/thicker than their opposite despite being further away from the viewer-the calf also appears marginally shorter.

The colors and brushwork are top notch though perhaps a bit utilitarian in some areas. Consider filling in the rest of that shadow shape where her heel overlaps the contour of her shin and blending out or otherwise reworking some of those errant brush strokes by her gooch. While there is similar 'spackling' elsewhere in the piece those particular strokes kind of stick out as looking more like an afterthought than some of the others.

Anyway, I'm going to go think long and hard about this beautifully realized piece of art while I proceed to choke the shit out of myself so; until next time.

[Anonymous No.2813316]

Drawing something like this is tougher than I thought. I should probably get some references.

[Anonymous No.2813341]

idk

[Anonymous No.2813398]

>>2813316
This seems pretty consistent to me. Love it! Got a blog?

[Anonymous No.2813446]

>>2813279

Def right about the leg and the coloring consistency, something I gotta work on. I think I'm going to try and do one of these a day for the rest of the year, since all I've been doing lately is black & white.

thanks breh, no choke tho

[Anonymous No.2813450]

>>2813316
Dang anon that looks really nice, good design. I especially like the brush strokes you have that transition the shadows.

[Anonymous No.2813453]

Did this for a client and still don't know what the hell its about.
Can someone yell at me and tell me what I did wrong? I'm trying to learn how to render cause I mostly do lineart. I had to keep it at a 4 hour time limit though.

[Anonymous No.2813478]

>>2813341
I like how you drew the hands, however, they look a bit small
>>2813267
It looks like you're focusing on details/texture and not on the forms and values

[Anonymous No.2813517]

Trying to figure out my composition. Any critique appreciated.
http://imgur.com/a/3kh0I
The previous version.

[Anonymous No.2813524]

>>2813478
Neat brush strokes, what are your settings? Is that the smudge tool?

[Anonymous No.2813525]

>>2813446
>no choke tho

You can't tell me what to do.

You did this to me!

[Anonymous No.2813528]

>>2813517
I feel like the kid isn't focused on the big red figure while the big fuzzy guy is. Also the two of them seem uncomfortably close to the red one, but act as though they're observing it from afar. Maybe the kid should seem more alert?

[Anonymous No.2813537]

>>2812860
It hurts to look at once it's open, but that thumbnail is noice.

[Anonymous No.2813565]

>>2813517
I kinda want to see where they are going, I'm not sure who is the main focus in this?
Like do we want the kids point of view of the story or the bear's, like who is the lead in this shot?

Sorry for shitty scribble i'm still pretty new to composition.

[Anonymous No.2813577]

>>2813565
The furry creature and the child are supposed to be following the figure, thanks for the sketch!

[Anonymous No.2813578]

>>2813537
It is pretty rough. Thanks for the crit.

[Anonymous No.2813579]

>>2813577
Yeah that is the story, but who would you like as the focus?

[Anonymous No.2813580]

>>2813579
Probably the red creature followed by the child and its companion.

[Anonymous No.2813585]

>>2813580
You could make him a bit bigger or lower the kid and the furry thing to a lower plane so the the red guy is more in focus.

[Anonymous No.2813596]

>>2813524
thanks! and yea it's a smudge brush in mypaint... all my settings are the default

[Anonymous No.2813689]

just starting this one from last night

[Anonymous No.2813721]

i want her to have short hair but i'm finding it hard to not make her look too boyish

[Anonymous No.2813722]

>>2813721

So what if she looks boyish?

[Anonymous No.2813724]

>>2813722
true, true

[Conejo No.2813734]

Here a drawing from some months ago
If someone wants to give it a constructive critique,feel free to reply to this.

[Anonymous No.2813736]

>>2813721
it looks better without the whites of the eyes. stick closer to the style you were doing in the sketches. And if you want to make a boyish design more feminine add more eye make-up. reverse is true for a girly design being more masculine.

[Anonymous No.2813738]

>>2813736
I disagree, you've made her look blazed

[Anonymous No.2813744]

>>2813736
>>2813689
>>2813734


garbage.

[Anonymous No.2813745]

>>2813316
this is shit.

[Anonymous No.2813751]

>>2813316
why would you draw a black line right across the middle of the your portrayed character?

completely ruins it.

[Anonymous No.2813752]

>>2812591
Not human... redline human skeleton. Obviously some parts were exaggerated... Art is not meant to precise dumbfuck.

[Anonymous No.2813763]

>>2813752
oh my, we have a winner here

[Anonymous No.2813773]

>>2812410
coworker did it with just a ballpoint pen (yes even the sort-of-shading)
what do you think about it?
he makes some pretty awesome fantasy related stuff too

[Anonymous No.2813777]

>>2813773
it's decent but it's symbol drawing without much fundamentals, which only bring you so far

[Anonymous No.2813779]

>>2813773
waste of ink

[Anonymous No.2813789]

sry for polluting the thread but /beg/ didnt have an answer for me

i'm looking for something inbetween how to draw and perspective made easy, any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.2813804]

>>2813744
>>2813745
God damn it /ic/. You're the real garbage here and you're ruining this whole place.

[Anonymous No.2813809]

>>2813804
Can't you tell it's one tryhard faggot looking for attention? And you just gave it to him, congratulations.

[Conejo No.2813816]

>>2813804
Frustrated people,who can't even draw a stick house,let them be,no ones gives a fuck about them
Maybe they're 15-16 years old kiddos who want to draw attention.

[Anonymous No.2813821]

>>2813809
>>2813816

yeah duh, if nothing says anything about it it means silent agreement.
you either have to altruistically punish this kind of behaviour (reminding that they're losers is a good start) and/or counter-balance the shit they're saying

because even knowing that, it's not going to motivate much good people to just get abused on /ic/.

[Anonymous No.2813826]

>>2813779
that's a bit harsh
>>2813777
I understand what you mean, I just thought it was impressive, with regards to doing it with just a ballpoint pen

[Anonymous No.2813836]

Think I'm about done, does anything look off?

[Anonymous No.2813839]

>>2813836
Vary your hues more, also why are his irises carved into his his eyeballs?
The eyelids are also incredibly thick and sharp, vary your edges more.
There's some really weird proportions and asymmetry especially in the eyes

I wouldn't bother fixing it thtough just take these points on board and start a new one

[Anonymous No.2813841]

>>2813839
>Vary your hues more, also why are his irises carved into his his eyeballs?
Because it was done as a statue.

Thanks for the eyelids, I didn't notice that.

[Anonymous No.2813846]

>>2813826
when I was young, I got a drawing made in ballpoint pen by a pro comic artist.
it was in another entire level.
it was by david finch.
seeing how fast he got the thing down, and without any helping lines of construction was incredible.

at the same time I now know that it's bad to see that when you're young and impressionable, because it seems magical (since there's no construction!) while it's mostly muscle memory.

well, so it goes.

[Conejo No.2813854]

>>2812410
What would you correct?
I did this like...1 year i think,a simple sketch,i would like to read someone's thoughts.

[Anonymous No.2813860]

>>2813836
Looks like a good learning exercise,

See if you can apply what you learned to something more realistic. Try a photo study in a similar angle with similar lighting. subtlety is the hardest part about portraiture.

[Anonymous No.2813864]

>>2812591
Hahaha this red line is so stupid. You couldn't articulate what to correct with words or your sloppy red line.

[Anonymous No.2813869]

>>2813689
lovely values

[Anonymous No.2813880]

Drawing some characters, trying to make a badass doberman gangster dude.

[Anonymous No.2813885]

>>2813864
what is it with all these retards lately?

[Anonymous No.2813899]

maybe i should post this here

[Anonymous No.2813930]

[Anonymous No.2813954]

>>2813930
lineweight pls

[Anonymous No.2814055]

>>2813816
i'm 31 and I can sure as hell draw more than stick people.

did u catch them all?

[Anonymous No.2814084]

>>2813930
all your stuff is stiff, boring, same face, no line weight and forced into some generic environment in generic poses.

Fucking break away from your shitty comfort zone. You stuff is fucking boring.

[Anonymous No.2814108]

>>2813880
>drawing fur fag fetish art
>bad ads

Pick one. Yiff in hell fag.

[Anonymous No.2814152]

Just about one with this guy, thoughts, critiques?

[Anonymous No.2814161]

>>2814152
great brush work overall nice tones.

But in terms of reference, inspiration, it's lacking.

give up.

[Anonymous No.2814178]

>>2814161
Haha I agree but it's a commission piece. It's gonna be used for some guys indie movie poster

[Anonymous No.2814179]

>>2814178
i'd be pissed if this is what i'm paying for.

[Anonymous No.2814181]

>>2814179
why is that?

[Anonymous No.2814182]

>>2814179
Implying indie bands pay for anything

[Anonymous No.2814184]

>>2814181
it's a chalky mess. nothing special. like some cheesy found footage movie. I don't know, I wouldn't pay for this and i'd find another (better) artist

[Anonymous No.2814188]

fun one

[Anonymous No.2814190]

>>2814188
>a dumb one

[Anonymous No.2814195]

>>2814190

ok u rite

[Anonymous No.2814197]

What do you guys think of this?

[Anonymous No.2814206]

>>2814197
stupid

[Anonymous No.2814230]

>>2814161
at this point i am not sure whether people on /ic/ are baiting or being serious anymore
full circle

[Anonymous No.2814231]

style experiment

[Anonymous No.2814248]

>>2814231
Just go study topology with 3d. you're wasting your time imitating it in 2d.

[Anonymous No.2814299]

What do you do when you don't feel like drawing?
There is so much I can learn and improve on, but I don't have it in me to grab my sketchbook or get the tablet out.
How can I gain some guidance and motivation?

[Anonymous No.2814300]

>>2813189
>>2813223
Yeah. I got pretty lazy there. Need to develop that patience for linework or just paint over it.

[Anonymous No.2814350]

>>2814231
Photoshop isn't quad draw, my man.
You might be having trouble because you want everything to be exactly correct. loosen up a little.Organic forms have sharp and soft edges

[Anonymous No.2814355]

>>2814197
reminds me of the goldfish off american dad

[Anonymous No.2814405]

>>2813846
Do you think it's possible for a newb to catch up on that muscle memory?
Or surpassing it by learning proper construction/perspective etc?
I get inspired by people that can draw well but also get discouraged. "I'll never be this good anyway, why bother" and I only draw for fun, not for "making it".
I *know* I shouldn't care about other people's skill but I find it hard not to do that
Maybe I'm just a jealous piece of shit

[Anonymous No.2814501]

Did this one the other day, what do you think?

[Anonymous No.2814564]

>>2814405
I really started drawing at 25, so I say yes.
you have much more maturity and intelligence to get things down intellectually much more quickly.

The problem is that most artists never theorize anything, so they can't teach anything besides "just watch me do and do the same"

So you're much better off learning stuff that does have some good learning material, i.e. perspective, anatomy and color theory.
Actual rendering stuff and specificities, you need muscle memory, but better analytic abilities help.

[Anonymous No.2814573]

>>2814501
Her expression is super derpy, especially with that exaggerated underbite. That may be deliberate on your part though, I dunno

[Anonymous No.2814644]

>>2813316
update and thanks for the kind words

>>2813751
I don't agree but it doesn't matter either way because this is what's in the briefing. This piece is a private commission.

[Anonymous No.2814665]

It's only a study so I'm not going to finish rendering and detailing it but any critique anyway ?

[Anonymous No.2814681]

trying to pay more attention to edges and values

[Anonymous No.2814684]

>>2814644
pretty awesome. looks like art for a 90ies sci-fi game or something.

[Anonymous No.2814706]

>>2813930
You always get the same critique. I mean always. Your shit is way too stiff and fucking apply some line weight, as people have told you 6 gorillion times so far.

[Anonymous No.2814713]

>>2814706
I'll get rid of lines later anyway, so I dont need lineweight in this piece, but I try to add lineweight in other pics

[Anonymous No.2814735]

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[Anonymous No.2814741]

[Anonymous No.2814756]

[Anonymous No.2814781]

>>2814741
Feels like that the eyes are just a bit too high on the head.

[Anonymous No.2814807]

>>2814781
How's this?

[Anonymous No.2814830]

>>2814807
>I'm just gonna try moving things around until it looks good
/ic/ in a nutshell

[Anonymous No.2814832]

>>2814807
Ok first of all i'm new to these edits so its far from perfect, but was thinking of bringing the face down just a bit, there is some room you can use on the mouth chin area.

[Anonymous No.2814981]

doin some aliems

[Anonymous No.2814987]

Are in a huge artists block (because of sickness making me tired) and are forcing myself to draw whatever.
Here's all I've managed to pull out of my ass this week.

Critique is always welcome, but I've been lazy with both of them.

[Anonymous No.2815001]

>>2814981
Good stuff, familia.

[Anonymous No.2815003]

>>2815001
Thanks senpai

[Anonymous No.2815008]

>>2812591
i had seen my share of bad critiques here, but that redline is really, really horrible.

[Anonymous No.2815010]

>>2814230
75% baiting 25% actually are mad and want to hurt people.

[Anonymous No.2815049]

[Anonymous No.2815062]

>transitioning from pencil to digital
Wow this shit is frustrating.

How do I finish anything? Do you guys know anyone with a systematic procedure I could adapt? Thanks.

[Anonymous No.2815065]

>>2815062
sorry, I'd swear I resized it properly...

[Anonymous No.2815083]

Having fun with anatomy and perspective.
Only a relatively quick drawing ~1 hour, but I can feel how I'm getting better. Even if there are some notable flaws (especially arms and legs).

Anyone have any opinions on things I could have done differently or should practice more at?

[Anonymous No.2815116]

[Anonymous No.2815153]

>>2815049
beautifur genji

[Anonymous No.2815159]

>>2814184
Not that anon but post your work fuckface

[Anonymous No.2815172]

>>2815159
>>2815159
eat shit, faggot. Regardless of what I post doesn't make what I said any less true. Fuck off

[Anonymous No.2815189]

>>2815172
you're one that really should disappear, scum.

[Anonymous No.2815194]

>>2814152
I'd give it some more contrasts and harder shadows - especially around and in the eyes - to make it "pop". As it is it's very flat and a bit boring.

[Anonymous No.2815196]

>>2815189
Keep on neck bearding, you insufferable autist

[Anonymous No.2815200]

>>2815194
don't bother. that anon won't listen and his client is going to get a shit product because the client doesn't know any better.

[Anonymous No.2815209]

>>2815200
Eeh. He wrote >It's gonna be used for some guys indie movie poster
So it's probably for his high school friends $10 paranormal activity remake. So who gives a shit. Everyone needs to be shitty at some point if they ever want to get good.

[Anonymous No.2815211]

>>2815116
>>2815062
>>2815049

these are all shit. And I even doubt that you were consciously aware during you're progress.

[Anonymous No.2815223]

>>2815211
Conciously aware of its shittyness? Definitely, but I'm just pushing myself to create right now.
>>2815153
arso thank u

[Anonymous No.2815266]

How is it going si far?

[Manful No.2815276]

>>2815266

Boring layout, monotonous

[Anonymous No.2815284]

>>2815266
I think it looks fine

[Anonymous No.2815293]

>>2812638
think.
Would that be a pose that a photographer would ask a model to make, and then put it in as a magazine cover?
No?
Why?, ask yourself before completing a piece.

If you still have prblems trying to crack down why, then I'll tell you:
It's boring. There is no dynamism (aka motion), the guy is just kind of there looking bored. then there is some dynamic perspective but seems like if the piece just gave up half-way into applying it.

It doesn't help that the line art is flat too, there is no shading at all.

[Anonymous No.2815299]

>>2815276
Not supposed to be really dynamic though. What would you propose to make it better?

[Anonymous No.2815302]

>>2815299
maek it les boring

[Anonymous No.2815316]

>>2815302
Okay.

Here are some lifedrawing.

[Anonymous No.2815334]

>>2815316
perfect.
remember, when in doubt = porn!

[Anonymous No.2815345]

>>2815299
Not who you replied to, but here are some OPINIONS

First: Flip square 4 and 5 horizontally. Think about how someone would read the pages (left > right), so now it looks as if the dudes are going back and not forwards. It feels wonky.
Second: I would want you to go more extreme in some way. Either have a more rugged landscape (especially for the close ups). Or by doing the exact opposite and clean the image up like in the edit. Shouldn't the mountain have snow on it either way?

[Anonymous No.2815350]

anotha one

[Anonymous No.2815353]

>>2815350
>anotha dumb one

[Anonymous No.2815359]

>>2815353

damn u RITE

[Anonymous No.2815363]

>>2815049
love genji, hate the dragon.

[Anonymous No.2815368]

>>2815350
I like it, but the lack of defining lines makes it very difficult to distinguish certain shapes. Especially the stretched out arm is just a mess.

[Anonymous No.2815370]

Ukraine Riots of 2014 based on a photo

[Anonymous No.2815392]

>>2815345
Neato. Thank you anon. The way you ordered the squares is way better. You're probably right about the snow aswell, but I just wanted to make something rocky. I should probably cut down the hatching, or even work with more voids like you suggest.

[Anonymous No.2815414]

>>2815370
Would be nice if I could read it more clearly

[Anonymous No.2815428]

>>2815359
i kinda am.

>MUH STYLE

[Anonymous No.2815432]

>>2815392
Check out this page from Tintin in Tibet.
Here Hergé created a very rugged and rocky landscape that still is clean and somewhat minimalistic, with lots of snow.

[Anonymous No.2815449]

did more to the background on this. it was too chromatic and the values were too in the middle across the whole background. Idk if someone gave me that crit already, but i changed it so hey. I think compositionally the objects are too low on the canvas and too small. How they are arranged is fine but I should've condensed the still life and made it bigger on the canvas.

[Anonymous No.2815456]

>>2815449
That bread looks tasty, yo.

But you've got a outline around the table/stuff and background. Is that intentional? Because it ruins some of the depth.

[Anonymous No.2815464]

>>2815456
thats just me not wanting to ruin the edges of what I already have so I didn't brush too close to the objects and table. I always do the background last which is probably a bad idea.

[Anonymous No.2815470]

>>2815464
>probably a bad idea
Probably, yeah.

And the more I look at your piece, the more I find the right side lacking in content. The left side has the table's edge and the cloth all wrinkled up. But the right side just has this flat and boring area right above the signature.

I'd add something there if I were you.

[Anonymous No.2815477]

>>2815470
>I'd add something there if I were you.
even if it were just texture? i can't really add more objects. i might try to recreate the texture in the top right down there...

[Anonymous No.2815483]

>>2815477
Anything would be better than nothing. But you sure that you can't add another apple or more wrinkles?
Heck, I'd add something more out of place. Like the front of a dead pig with an apple in its mouth. But that's just me.

[Anonymous No.2815512]

>>2815083
Did you draw golem as a tranny?

[Anonymous No.2815515]

>>2815512
give it a sock and set it free

[Anonymous No.2815518]

>>2815483
how about this

[Anonymous No.2815548]

>>2815518
that background is a catastrophe.

that aqua marine blue on the edges is fucking disgusting.

[Anonymous No.2815576]

Arms ?

[Anonymous No.2815578]

>>2815548
You could say the same shit about starry night.

But you wont. Because like everyone on this board as long as the artist is dead it's "good".

[Anonymous No.2815582]

>>2815578
as a general rule i don't take crits of things I disagree with. If I see something wrong with a painting, and nobody points it out, I don't change it cause it's probably fine. If I see something wrong and someone like >>2815470
corroborates my opinion I'll try to change it.

[Anonymous No.2815583]

anutha

[Anonymous No.2815595]

Wondering what you guys think about this pose. I just flipped horizontally and I thought she looked kindof off balance, like the whole image is tilted to the side and her footing looks off, I don't know. Also any advice on her anatomy in general?

[Anonymous No.2815596]

>>2815518
Brian, the background looks ok but it could be better, slightly less textured. The big problem is the edge between the items on the table and the background, that is super jarring.

[Anonymous No.2815599]

>>2815596
how did u know it was me?

[Anonymous No.2815601]

>>2815583
AYE BEEN WORKIN' IN DA FLEA MARKET SO EARLY

BEEN WORKIN' 'ERE SINCE MY MAMA WAS A BABY

[Anonymous No.2815604]

>>2815596
i agree with you but i don't think my values are good enough to connect the background to the objects... especially the bread and parts of the jug. They are so light that I think if I connect them the edges will be completely lost in the background unless I basically use white to connect them... ill see what I can do and post the results but im worried about making a mess...

[Anonymous No.2815605]

>>2815370
looks ok as a thumbnail, looks like shit up close. That hatching is blah. Otherwise there's not really a lot going on that's worth critiquing.

>>2813930
Yeah, gotta say, these designs are like bottom of barrel storage house level boring. You could literally do anything and they'd look better. At the very least give them realistic and cool looking wings. Study some bat wings and make that shit huge and bat-like. I don't know just scour the internet for pictures of people wearing things, or weird artefacts or ethnic costumes and try to take elements of them to fit the particular vibe you want. Just please never do the slutty demon lady thing ever again it's so infinitely overdone I can't possibly stress enough how cringy it is seeing this shit here.

[Anonymous No.2815609]

>>2815599
I took a gander because it looks exactly like the style from an older draw thread where everyone was calling you Brian. Now I have become one of those people.

[Anonymous No.2815616]

>>2815596
i tried to make the background a little less heavy handed with the brush strokes, and brought in that outline.

[Anonymous No.2815617]

>>2815616
theres some slight changes im going to make to the background but i wont post it again, this was the last crit i was taking.

[Anonymous No.2815619]

[Anonymous No.2815628]

>>2815616
man u gotta learn to blend your colors. if I were you I would stop using the same dry texture for the background and use a more soft blended scheme. go easy on the thickness for the background, it will help with depth illusion.

[Anonymous No.2815633]

[Anonymous No.2815671]

>>2815633
stupid sideways motherfucker

[Anonymous No.2815692]

>>2815671
He lives on the equator. it's not his fault.

[Anonymous No.2815699]

Did I fucked up anything here?

[Anonymous No.2815731]

>>2815699
First glance the arm is like way too thin, deltoid isn't long enough and the pectoralis should connect to the arm.

[Anonymous No.2815752]

>>2815209
>>2815194

I'm getting 200 bucks for it, and its an 8x11. Ive sold bigger for more to the same client. I agree It is very boring and not something id do on my own, thats what he wanted, the guy likes the style of it.

Thanks for the advice on the contrast and shadows, i'll give it a few more layers an a coat of varnish before calling it done.

[Anonymous No.2815767]

>>2812742
Two things - values and edges.
Squint your eyes and you'll see maybe two or three focal points competing with each other.
Also, if you blur the edges, he'll look like a jelly bean instead of a mighty warrior.

>>2813264
Uncanny valley.
I know you probably spent hours working those Vilppu videos and anatomy books, but something this stylized would benefit from a more smooth, cartoony look.

>>2815211
Thanks, but I posted my pigeon because I wanted critique and advice, not blog requests.

[Anonymous No.2815769]

>>2815699
Try drawing one muscle at a time, on separate layers. Draw them as forms, not shapes. Add cross contour lines to check if you understand the volume.

[Anonymous No.2815781]

>>2815752
>stealing 200 bucks from a friend too nice to say no to his art friend who swore "he'd draw up something sick bro".

Disgusting. Hope he refuses it. There are better free to download skulls than that on the internet. Unless the band is literally named "Out of Focus Skullz" it's garbage.

[Anonymous No.2815822]

>>2815512
Lol. I can live with that interpretation.

[Anonymous No.2815827]

>>2815752
If you are selling it to a friend. Cut the price significantly.
A 200 dollar price point for something that small of that quality is mean. Even if the dude likes the style. Because normies can't into art, dude.

And if you're selling it to some random ass: go crazy.

[Anonymous No.2815830]

>>2815616
It looks a lot tighter now when you removed some of the outline. But I'd remove all of it.

And the right down corner is still very empty.

[Anonymous No.2815902]

>>2815781
>>2815827


god damn it /ic/. I feel pretty guilty now I guess. the truth is I didn't take too long on it, and he wasn't a friend but he's slowly become one as he's been buying my stuff. I think i'm gonna cut the the price. you guys are vicious but that's why I love it here. Here the first poster I did for him, dude wanted a struzan style thing.

[Anonymous No.2815906]

[Anonymous No.2815908]

>>2815902
you're retarded if you listen to /ic/'s advice on pricing, most people here are completely ignorant.
your pricing should be based on difficulty time and material, then on your client history.
another thing: it doesn't matter if he's a friend. You don't want to rip off your friend right? But you don't want your friends to rip you off either. So a friend price is a fair price. And a fair price is what you should be charging always anyway.
So yeah, desu you could slash the price inthat case, but only if/because it took you less time than planned.

btw, >>2815902 is pretty good but once again you should have use a greater range of values, especially if it's a cover! that value range would be good for an inset, where you have text besides and you want a good illustration but that doesn't pop out too much.

[Anonymous No.2815915]

Here's one I'm nearly done with, re-imagining Seven of Nine from Voyager.

[Anonymous No.2815924]

>>2815902
If he has already commissioned you once then i'm pretty sure he's getting what he wants desu senpai.

[Anonymous No.2815925]

[Anonymous No.2815949]

>>2815432
I'm not a huge fan of the ligne claire desu. I don't want to dismiss Hergé but he's not the author I look out the most. It's still very effective tho

[Anonymous No.2815955]

not mine, but i'd to know what this artist is lacking or fails at?

[Anonymous No.2815960]

>>2815906
check out the beginner thread, might get some help there.

[Anonymous No.2815961]

>>2815955

I don't like the design at all. Looks so fucking cluttered. Also the clawhand/sword area looks weird.

[Anonymous No.2815963]

>>2815925
i like your portraits, got any fullbody drawings?

[Anonymous No.2815966]

>>2815432
Looks like shit. Get better taste.

[Anonymous No.2815976]

>>2815599
>>how did u kno is was me?????

[Anonymous No.2815978]

>>2815966
This is how WW3 is started

[Anonymous No.2815979]

>>2815976
Top fucking kek, anon.

[Anonymous No.2815982]

>>2815978
You wanna go, boy?

[Anonymous No.2815995]

>>2815982
You are trashing on perhaps THE most influential comic book artist who has ever lived. His contribution to the medium, especially adventure comics, makes artists like Eisner and Kirby look like second hand hacks. His art style is extremely distinguishable, well made and intelligent, not to mention that he is a storytelling genius.

He is a European treasure, and you are a uncultured faggot.

[Anonymous No.2816037]

>>2815995
Not this anon, but Hergé is kinda a scam. Most of his stories weren't written by him and he paid the writers and some others draftsmen to not have to mention their names on the cover or inside. Furthermore, he was a Nazi sympathizer.
But I won't deny most of what you wrote and that he had a tremendous influence on Comics.

[Anonymous No.2816041]

>>2816037
(citation needed)

[Anonymous No.2816045]

>>2816037
I actually find Tintin to be quite boring reads. It suffers like crazy from the Seinfeld syndrome. I just wanted the argument.
But the quality of the art can not be disputed. Shit's really good.

[Anonymous No.2816051]

>>2815915
you're no where near finished kid.

learn to fucking color.

[Anonymous No.2816100]

>>2815616
That looks a lot better imo getting rid of that outline around the bread makes the focus (the bread) much more appealing.

[Anonymous No.2816112]

>>2816100
unrelated but... do i REALLY have to wait 6 months before I varnish a painting. I need 3 paintings ready to display every month and I always put my newest stuff in (unvarnished)... the idea of having so many paintings that I can wait 6 months for something to dry before I display it seems insane. I would be using Dammar Picture Varnish

[Anonymous No.2816130]

>>2815902
That guy is trolling you hard anon. You're fine, keep doing your thing. The other guy has some good advice though, your stuff could use a few brighter values in focal points.

[Anonymous No.2816155]

>>2816045
Tsk. Tsk. Keep symbol drawing then.

[Anonymous No.2816166]

>>2816155
What are you on about?

[Anonymous No.2816180]

>>2816166
Keep on drawing swastikas.

[Anonymous No.2816191]

working on this thing still

[Anonymous No.2816247]

currently doing this
you like it /ic/? :3

[Anonymous No.2816258]

thinking of doing some illustrations. I want to make my work less about metaphors and punchlines and get humor out of things that are a bit more... associative. Not puns based on wordplay but just something observational.

[Anonymous No.2816444]

changed some of the colors... i think if i add some impasto strokes going the opposite direction of the ones I have it could make this painting really dramatic and ten times more interesting.

[Anonymous No.2816451]

>>2816191
Is this a meme?

[Anonymous No.2816465]

>>2816451
no

[Anonymous No.2816479]

>>2816191
why would you render the whole face before anything else.

[Anonymous No.2816550]

>>2816479
its more fun to me
what you gon do bout it
bitch

[Anonymous No.2816571]

>>2816479
Are you just gonna take that anon?

[Anonymous No.2816578]

>>2816444
It's already super interesting.

[Anonymous No.2816579]

>>2816578
no you

[Anonymous No.2816661]

something is off help pls no bully

[Anonymous No.2816667]

>>2816479
If the face is fucked there is no point in doing the rest

[Anonymous No.2816668]

>>2816661
Why are his eyeballs so yellow

[Anonymous No.2816670]

>>2816668
they just are

[Anonymous No.2816685]

random studies, color and what not too.

[Anonymous No.2816689]

random studies with colors too.

[Anonymous No.2816707]

>>2815449
I noticed Catt went from 1726 to 1728 favorites on twitter and one of them was your latest painting. First time I ever saw her favorite art of yours that wasn't of her. Nice job man!

Can you try to convince her to get a livejournal or something? These 1 month hiatuses are killing me :(

[Anonymous No.2816714]

You need to get into B Kliban and Saul Steinberg.

[Anonymous No.2816715]

>>2816707
kys

[Anonymous No.2816717]

>>2816689
How do you get such a smooth transition of color? Also how are your colors like glowing? How did you get that effect? It's ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.2816719]

>>2816444
It'll either make it more interesting or completely fuck it up

[Anonymous No.2816721]

>>2816719
i already did it. this is what it looks like now.

[Anonymous No.2816736]

>>2815955
Rendering is nice and all but the design just scream F2P showelware game art to me

[Anonymous No.2816739]

>>2816736
That's because chinese artists do artwork for those type of games. If you took the game away, they are good. Just because the game is shit doesn't mean they're shit.

[Anonymous No.2816741]

>>2816717
okay so usually when doing this stuff i draw it out in greyscale.
if you have the object lasso'd into it's own layer or what ever, hit ctrl+B to bring up the cololor balance and tweak it to your liking. in the case a reddish orange.

next thing you want to do is set your brush mode to overlay. set the opacity low and grab a soft round brush cause you'll be airbrushing over the object. use a larger brush for a smoother gradient.

arm on left is with the two color below it and same with the arm on the right.
additionally once you get one you like you can brin gup ctrl+U and get some variations and use the same airbrushing effect above to get them to your liking.

[Anonymous No.2816790]

>>2814152
Do I have permission to use this as a song cover

[Anonymous No.2816844]

cc

[Anonymous No.2816850]

>>2816844
Tumblr/10 kill yourself

[Anonymous No.2816858]

>>2816247
His other leg isn't on the foot peg.

[Anonymous No.2816893]

>>2816844
can I use this for my friends band logo?

[Anonymous No.2816902]

These are the two I'm working on atm.

please be gentle

[Anonymous No.2816964]

>>2816902
mind if i use this for my grandmother's pinterest?

[Anonymous No.2816996]

>>2816258
i like the lines

>>2816844
probably a good use of post processing imo

[Anonymous No.2817002]

>>2815345
this is so good. darker values in characters make the composition so much more elegant

[Anonymous No.2817003]

>>2816247
Noice

[Anonymous No.2817160]

[Anonymous No.2817232]

Finally done with this. Like it or rip it apart; I don't care anymore.

[Anonymous No.2817255]

>>2817232
damn i can't even name any of the new pokemon

[Anonymous No.2817263]

>>2817232
love it!

[Anonymous No.2817268]

>>2817232
I love the colors

Why can't it be summer already

[Anonymous No.2817271]

>>2817232

[Anonymous No.2817274]

>>2817160
>>>/beg/

[Anonymous No.2817521]

>>2815955
>maybe if I add another screen layer, nobody will notice that I have no idea how muscles work

[Anonymous No.2817549]

A smol skull, feel free to roast me.
Do you guys all use the loomis head?
My problem with it is that the sphere doesn't represent any real mass, the cranium is much smaller and in the back.
Also I use the Hale measuring system, so it's difficult for me to guess where and how big is the sphere supposed to be.

>>2816741
That's an interesting approach, thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.2817558]

>>2816112
I have no idea, I only do digital shit

[Anonymous No.2817560]

>>2817549
this looks like it's missing some of the skullcap in the back desu

[Anonymous No.2817566]

>>2817560
You're right, how did I not notice. Tunnel vision's a bitch haha, thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.2817597]

Is there any way to make pic related faster? it's just so time consuming this way. is there a tool/3d modeling software to do it faster and just trace it?

[Anonymous No.2817603]

>>2817597
yeah. but you still need an intuition for perspective for fine details or coming up with quick concepts, otherwise you might as well ditch drawing and do 3d modelling. DESU perspective is a lot quicker than modelling in 3d, it can take a month to make a highres model vs a couple hours for a painting.

[Anonymous No.2817605]

>>2817597
google sketch up. or pretty much any 3d program

[Anonymous No.2817620]

>>2817566

[Anonymous No.2817624]

>>2814981
I want to have sex with it tbqhwy

[Anonymous No.2817673]

>>2817597
that shouldn't be time consuming. Just practice it enough until you know what you're doing. It looks like just a couple steps to me

[Anonymous No.2817678]

Is it just me, or is /ic/ better than it used to be a few years ago?

[Anonymous No.2817689]

>>2817160
traced as fuck, kill yourself you retard

[Anonymous No.2817690]

trying to be less lazy

[Anonymous No.2817764]

>>2813846
I'm sure he just internalised construction so well that he doesn't need to put it to paper anymore.
A lot of artists become that way after a while.

[Anonymous No.2817796]

Another skull. Guys, this is so much fun, could we have like an event where everyone draws skulls and deconstructs them in different ways?
Sinix mentions how important that shit is for portrait drawing and who knows, maybe we'd come up with alternatives to the Loomis Head.

>>2817597
You could use sketch-up or something, but I really recommend this exercise. After you've done it 10, 20 times, you'll become very accurate at guessing it.
Invaluable for freehand perspective sketching.

>>2817620
>someone put forth this much effort just to help me improve
Damn that feels nice.
Thanks anon, you made it look like a human creature. The cranial shape still bugs me tho.

[Anonymous No.2817859]

>>2815619
the neck is completely stiff even though he's being strangled hard. It wouldn't hurt to exaggerate the proportions of the man being strangled a bit to add more energy to the image. The style looks perfect for exaggeration

[Anonymous No.2817881]

>>2815955
That painting is so bloody overdone it hurts. It's beautifully done don't get me wrong but there's no common theme amongst the elements and it's an overdone design.

[Anonymous No.2817887]

>>2817881
So it's good

[Anonymous No.2817905]

Progress on the enviroment I'm doing for a collab with a friend, she'll be designing the characters and I'm doing the backgrounds. Any help to make it better I'm struggling and don't want to disappoint.

[Anonymous No.2817908]

>>2817905
These are the thumbnails for what we're going for.

[Anonymous No.2817912]

>>2817905
post her work

[Anonymous No.2817918]

>>2817912
She's only design two characters thus far, she'll being painting them in once I'm finished the enviroment. Then I'll be sent it back for editing and overall touch up.

[Anonymous No.2817919]

>>2817918

[Anonymous No.2817921]

>>2817919
I feel like her style and mine don't match that well which I why I think I've got to go back and do a repaint, but any help with the current peice would help.

[Anonymous No.2817928]

>>2817905
What you're really saying is that she's using you to help her on *her* project for free, right?
Looking pretty good though. Very nice use of atmospheric perspective and on making the snow feel dynamic.

>>2817921
>I think I've got to go back and do a repaint
If she suggested this to you in any way, and you aren't getting the lions share of the profit if you ever plan on selling it on Steam (I assume you're doing a vn) you're getting ripped off.

[Anonymous No.2817934]

>>2817928
I'm not getting ripped off, it's because we're both on a illustration course and we got put together for a collaberative week long assignment. I think the tutor put us together because we are both good at our own thing but we're both very different.

Either way, back to work and thank you for the response.

[Anonymous No.2817939]

>>2817934
No problem. If you aren't already you should try doing commissions. You're at the level where it could earn you some decent extra money for sure.

[Anonymous No.2817948]

>>2816714
not that guy, but thanks for the names, both of them are great.

[Anonymous No.2817951]

gave up on finishing this properly... really screwed up the anatomy oop

please, anyone have tips on drapery as well as how lighting's supposed to hit?

[Anonymous No.2817959]

>>2817951
You could tighten up some of the edges and review the neck and shoulders, but overall you did a pretty good job.

[Anonymous No.2817988]

>>2817959
thanks, and will do! am kinda bad at showing form thru the clothing...

[Anonymous No.2818122]

>>2812410
rip me a new one
nowhere near finished, however

[Anonymous No.2818123]

>>2812410
fuck, resized

[Anonymous No.2818151]

Any problems with this before I start polishing? And should I go for a black and white ink finish or color?

[Anonymous No.2818605]

>>2818123
marylin manson fanart?

[Anonymous No.2818667]

>>2814987
I think they look fine, they just need to recede more in perspective, so that they don't look so squashed.

[Anonymous No.2818711]

New thread: >>2818710

New thread: >>2818710

New thread: >>2818710

[Anonymous No.2818732]

>>2813689
Your head is to small compared to the body. Good values though

[Anonymous No.2818747]

>>2813734
The face has poor construction. Look at the chin in relation to the lips, it looks like her mouth is off to the side.

The nose looks like it has only one nostril and the eyes look like generic almond shapes with no actual anatomy.

The biggest issue with this image is the lack of construction and anatomy especially with the eyes, nose and chin.

Otherwise, it's an interesting idea. She looks like a harlequin or a woman at a french carnival. and I love those

[Anonymous No.2819301]

Worked on this at work, thought it came out pretty well but I need some constructive criticism please.
https://files.graphiq.com/5882/media/images/t2/Dirk_Nowitzki_4194168.jpg

[Progress thread? No.2819771]

[Progress thread? No.2819773]

[Anonymous No.2820678]

What is wrong with this before I start with the little details? Something about it bothers me

[Anonymous No.2820688]

>>2814152
Nice! Acrylics?

[Anonymous No.2820692]

>>2815449
That crust looks crispy!