/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.3004775]

Anyone else here suck ass at drawing, never practice at all, but constantly give others advice on /ic/?

[Anonymous No.3004779]

>>3004775
94% of /ic/

[Anonymous No.3004789]

>>3004775
Yes. I'm pretending as pro and give others shit advices out of my ass. Why do you think everyone meming merc_wip here?

[Anonymous No.3004858]

>>3004779

[Anonymous No.3004866]

>>3004775
hello strawman

how about you try to not suck ass instead of shitposting, you colossal faggot

[Anonymous No.3005826]

>>3004775
I don't even draw and I've already given some great tips

[Anonymous No.3005830]

>>3004866
>original question not addressing an argument
>strawman
kys you pseudo intellectual imbecile

[Anonymous No.3006195]

>>3004775
most people who come here are looking to "git gud" for jewy reasons so they deserve it.

[Anonymous No.3006197]

Jmerchant is that you

[Anonymous No.3006199]

>>3004775
Art is so easy to get into and improve that every artist has to meme beginners out of existence with art school and shitty critique. Everyone here just wants to pull up the ladder behind them.

[Anonymous No.3006216]

>>3006199
damn, and here I've been actually trying to help people

[Anonymous No.3006233]

i don't have to be good to understand the material. i actually draw, though

[Anonymous No.3006252]

I suck at art but know better than give advice, blind leading the blind.

[Anonymous No.3006298]

I actually did that for a long while. I read a lot of books and watched plenty of tutorials (like FZD or Scott Robertson) so my advice sounded like it made sense. I was familiar with all of the lingo(local contrast, radiosity, picture plane, obscure muscle names).
I didn't even drew however.

I just thought that if I learned and introspected enough I could discover the "formula" of drawing and then suddenly I would be good. Some scientific procedure to understand drawing without mindless grinding.

Even if I could explain to someone that their composition or anatomy was shit, it didn't meant that I knew how to make it better. That's the whole thing with art: Just because you know something is off, it doesn't means you know how to fix it.

If artists could know every specific step needed to fix the piece, there would be no depression. But you don't know because you are not aware of what you don't know.

As Nassim Taleb says, all advice is bs. Because if you follow it and it works, they take all the credit. If you follow it and you get worse, it must be your fault. You can only really trust redlines or paintovers.

Sorry guys.

[Anonymous No.3006315]

>>3004775

Yes, I post here since 1.5 year and I don't really draw, just read books, watch videos etc. People even thank me for materials I give them, advice or critique. It's kinda crazy.

...but I think I actually will start drawing when I move out. Thought about pens + brushpen + gouache combo.

[Anonymous No.3006333]

>>3006199
No one needs to pull the ladder up behind them, the very fact it takes years to get a return on your effort is enough to drive away the majority.

[Anonymous No.3006341]

>spout complete bullshit
>people actually start agreeing with me and attacking those who don't

[Anonymous No.3006343]

>>3006341

[Anonymous No.3006370]

what is wrong with you people

[Anonymous No.3006435]

>>3006370
The only way to tell if something is good, is by comparing it to something else.

And when you can compare your work to the rest of the fucking planet thanks to the internet, people tend to go insane.

[Anonymous No.3007068]

i dont know why but i laughed so fucking hard at this thread...

[Anonymous No.3007073]

>mfw actively spreading advice that sounds convincing but is carefully constructed to mislead beginner and intermediate artists

[Anonymous No.3007112]

>>3007073
I bet you're the guy who spread the "draw 8 hours a day" idea.

[Anonymous No.3007223]

>barely even draw
>still know of all the good resources
>can feel the forms and the 3d space on the paper so I'm actually not clueless when I draw, just lacking mileage
>know enough about perspective, composition, etc to point out mistakes in anyone's art thanks to reading books and browsing so many threads and watching so many videos without even drawing most of the time
>give advice that's actually pretty good and sounds credible enough