/beg/ - THE BEGINNER THREAD

[Anonymous No.3127155]

IF YOU ARE A /BEG/INNER IN ART, please use this thread to post pieces for critique or ask for advice. We should not have to make new threads or post in the Drawthread with our fundamental exercises.

Feel free to post even the smallest exercise you have done to show you are still trying, do not give up, make someone proud.

RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO ~1000 PIXELS:

#1)
>screenshot the image and post that instead

#2)
>change camera capture settings to something smaller

#3)
>send to computer and resize in MSPaint

→ →
There's a new (and cleaner) sticky in town! You can see it at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj

TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND GIVE PEOPLE SOME FEEDBACK - many studies are left unreplied, which is a bit sad and can be quite demotivating for the people that try their best to improve, but are left directionless.

OLD THREAD: >>3125254

[Anonymous No.3127157]

ESSENTIALS:

>>>/ic/thread/3023643
Links to many art books including as Keys to Drawing (Dodson), Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Edwards), Perspective Made Easy (Norling), Color and Light (Gurney), The Vilppu Drawing Manual (Vilppu) and How to Draw (Robertson).

>http://ctrlpaint.com
A website dedicated to understanding the basics and process of digital painting, based in Adobe Photoshop. Library of over 200 free videos.

>http://quickposes.com
Free pose library to practice drawing the human figure (as well as a portrait library). Draw at your own pace or set a timer for quick gesture drawings.

>https://www.youtube.com/user/onairvideo
Croquis Cafe - Timed model poses.

>http://drawabox.com
Controversial yet helpful introductory course on the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on understanding the concept of form and thinking in a 3-dimensional mindset while you draw.

>Your local life drawing class
Life drawing is an indispensable tool in your art career. Do not be intimidated based on your skill level - there will always be someone worse than you and someone better than you. Use this opportunity to meet new artists for learning, critique, and growth.

[Anonymous No.3127164]

Just made this in 5 minutes. What do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.3127165]

>>3127076

More wip.

Point at the faults so my drawing comes out better!!!1one

[Anonymous No.3127169]

Pls help ive really been trying to improve.

[Anonymous No.3127171]

>>3127169
anything in particular you want to improve?

(rendering, strokes, smooth lines, drawing from imagination, life drawing techniques, etc)

what is it boyo?

[Anonymous No.3127172]

>>3127169
What are the crosshairs for?

[Anonymous No.3127176]

>>3127171
Rendering i have trouble sometimes using an imaginary light source properly. Also does it read as an octopus? I used a reference

[Anonymous No.3127179]

>>3127172
It was supposed to be an upside down cross but in like octopus skin

[Anonymous No.3127180]

>>3127172
Oh, wait.. Its twinkly shit.

[Anonymous No.3127197]

>>3127155
https://youtu.be/4j7xq6zogWQ
Was he right?

[Anonymous No.3127204]

>>3127197
please stop posting

[Anonymous No.3127207]

>>3127176

Read this 2 boyos:
vk
.com/doc4043932_395673081?hash=0139af832afe304a74

https://artesplasticasydiseno.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/drawing-realistic-textures-in-pencil.pdf

If you want a"im a lazy fgt" tier shortcut, just practice some basic crosshatching using a mechanical pencil

[Anonymous No.3127210]

>>3127207
>tfw just saw this book on amazon
Good title, hope it delivers

[Anonymous No.3127216]

>>3127207
Thank you based anon

[Anonymous No.3127236]

[Anonymous No.3127249]

>>3127165
more wip.

feedback encouraged.

[Anonymous No.3127250]

>have drawing class assignment
>supposed to draw my hand
>do an okay drawing in class
>trying to do homework (same thing, three different poses) and it doesn't meet the quality I achieved in class
>finally get another okay one going
>now on the second one and I can't get it to look good for the life of me

What's wrong with me? Even the second one I feel is noticeably less accurate than the first.

[Anonymous No.3127256]

>>3127249
looks like a skin and bones dude

[Anonymous No.3127259]

[Anonymous No.3127264]

>school 3 times a week
>supplemented by art classes
>3 whole days free

So during the next year I'll have a lot of free time to draw and I plan to make the most of it and not just fuck around and waste my time. This means making a proper regimen for myself...

Currently I'm almost done with sticky, Drawabox, and Keys to Drawing.

>how to assure I actually make progress and not stagnate or, god forbid, take too many days off?
>Hampton or Loomis? And is the book for animators - Force Dynamic - a good supplement for anatomy drawings?
>is the complete famous artists course (pdf files) any good?

And what in your non-meme opinion is the best place to go for critiques--where I'm likely to find semi-professionals? No offense.

[Anonymous No.3127266]

>>3127264
if we gave that information out it wouldn't be a good environment

stay on public forums until you get good (i.e. top 10-20% of ic good) and then you can have your work to show that you're good enough for pro communities

[he who sages No.3127268]

>>3127155

[Anonymous No.3127271]

>>3127256
>>3127256
?

[Anonymous No.3127272]

>>3127271
it looks like a skinny male, i dont think that was your intention

[Anonymous No.3127290]

>>3127272
Is a male.

I'll erase a few lines to make it look meatier

Thanks famalamadindong

[Anonymous No.3127296]

Posted this in the last thread, but never got a reply.

paste of the old text:
"I'm trying to get better at figure drawing, but I don't know if there's something specific I should work on, or if I just need to keep at it.

I feel like my proportions are mostly fine, but my perspective is a bit off? I think I did the gesture of the pose pretty well, but I wasn't able to accurately reproduce the rotation of the torso.

Thoughts?"

[Anonymous No.3127313]

>>3127155
Why is it easier to focus on video games for hours on end to the point time flies by, but it's not the same for drawing? Is it because video games always keep you active with something to do, but drawing has none of that prompt and feedback system? How do you remedy that?

[Anonymous No.3127316]

>>3127296
It's off balance.

[Anonymous No.3127319]

>>3127313
Studies or drawing because of pleasure?

Cuz learning is a a bitch but doodling is a lot of fun

[Anonymous No.3127320]

>>3127313
It's because you don't care about drawing as much as you do about video games, that simple. I can guarantee there are games with just as much activity and feedback that you don't give a shit about and wouldn't play for hours. That being said there's nothing wrong with not having that drive for drawing, it's normal and can be healthier.

[Anonymous No.3127321]

>>3127319
Get out with that false dichotomy.

[Anonymous No.3127324]

>>3127313
Because you're addicted to getting rewarded instantly, with bells, whistles, lootboxes and getting told how great you are for playing these games you've poured all of your money into playing.

[Anonymous No.3127326]

>>3127324
Project Much?

[Anonymous No.3127328]

>>3127326
Probably. But I have not had the urge to play anything for years.

[Anonymous No.3127330]

>>3127326
does that make him any more wrong lol

i was the same way and it took me a while to get a hold of myself

[Anonymous No.3127332]

>>3127330
While it doesn't MAKE him wrong, he still IS wrong as there's literally no evidence that his supposition is the reason for the anon's problem. I have the same problem as him but for me it's a matter of having concrete goals in games and not with my art, when I was in school if I had an assignment I could work on it for hours.

[Anonymous No.3127381]

>>3127155
So when can I move on to lesson two of Drawabox? It's been a year.

[Anonymous No.3127384]

>>3127381
Post your work

[Anonymous No.3127387]

>>3127384
From a few days ago.

[Anonymous No.3127391]

>>3127387
>>3127381
Kek, never.

[Anonymous No.3127400]

going to start learning to render and paint (starting by grayscale) should i do Ctrl Paint's rendering course or How to Render?

[Anonymous No.3127408]

>>3127249
I'm almost done, feedback welcomed!

[Anonymous No.3127411]

>>3127387
Your boxes are way off. Do all the drills that are prescribed before you get to boxes. Your lines aren't parallel, they don't point to the same vanishing point or let alone straight.

Draw the vanishing point, draw your lines properly and then draw through your boxes. Follow the instructions and don't skip drills.

[Anonymous No.3127417]

>>3127411
But I followed the instructions to the letter.

[Anonymous No.3127427]

ADDICTS ARRIVE WHEN I ARRIVE IN MY CRACK CRACK FAG BACCKSLAP IN DISGUISE

[Anonymous No.3127430]

>>3127427
FAT SACK OF KNIVES IN THE PASSENGER SIDE, BITCH
REACH FOR THE DOOR, GET YOUR ACCESS DENIED

[Anonymous No.3127432]

It's Kim Jong Un as a unicorn with a nuke for a horn on a tiny canvas.

[Anonymous No.3127452]

Any tips/tutorials on how to improve lineart and better understand line weight?

[Anonymous No.3127453]

Pls help, can you please point out where i made a mistake ?

[Anonymous No.3127463]

>>3127453
flat

[Anonymous No.3127507]

>>3127463
Then how can i fix it ? pls, im a noob

[Anonymous No.3127515]

>>3127453
Fellow /beg/, do you construct when you draw heads?

I recommend trying to overlay your subject's head with Loomis/Hamm/etc' construction method.

You can check it by doing a dirty job in Paint. I don't have a pen tab and it's done well enough for me.

You can see that the neck is not enough wide; and the nose is not properly aligned. I would recommend you try drawing the ears; you can know the emplacement if you used Loomis's construction method.

Also, her shoulders are way too wide if she's a girl.

[Anonymous No.3127581]

>>3127515
Thanks you, i guess i have more work to take on now. Gotta improve somehow ^_^

[Anonymous No.3127588]

I know it's pretty bad but it's an assignment for my drawing class. Any critiques?

[Anonymous No.3127633]

[Anonymous No.3127637]

Has anyone that posted in /beg/ improved and went on to make great work? If so, are there any examples?

[Anonymous No.3127640]

>>3127637
Never.

[Anonymous No.3127642]

Please comment, it's still in sketching phase

[Anonymous No.3127643]

>>3127637
lmao people think that are going to have a life work by drawing Chinese cartoons ? in a weeabo image board no less

[Anonymous No.3127644]

>>3127642
>>3124903

[Anonymous No.3127645]

>>3127643
Well some people have so yes.

[Anonymous No.3127648]

>>3127642
nigga you need loomis

>broken elbows
>sausage arms
>potato knees
>right eye is smaller than the left
>shoulders are probably fused with the neck

[Anonymous No.3127660]

>>3127642
Blog?

[Anonymous No.3127674]

So I've found myself a teacher. Was ready to draw cubes and fundies and shit, but instead he told me to do blind contour drawings. Has anyone any tips on how can I become better at this? All my attempts are fucking pathetic.

[Anonymous No.3127679]

>>3127674
By practicing them more. There's no shortcuts. Blind contours are a really good way to improve since the brain notices silhouettes instantly and that's essentially contours. Cubes and stuff are a bit of a meme if you don't draw beforehand. Keep it up though, blind contours won't be the end of it. It's just the basic of observational drawing before you dive into filling in the details.

[Anonymous No.3127691]

>>3127417
Honestly, read this from start to end.

http://drawabox.com/lesson/1/selfcritique

Practice the line, the plane. Those are the biggest issues I would tackle now. Then proceed to boxes and perspectives.

[Anonymous No.3127702]

learning the basics digitally instead of on traditional mediums a bad idea? I figure two birds one stone but I want to know how badly id fuck myself

[Anonymous No.3127712]

>>3127702
If drawing it digitally make you get shit done, do it.

[Anonymous No.3127738]

>>3127674
Post about what you do next.

[Anonymous No.3127768]

Can't delete in last thread, hope its no problem.

any tips on how to improve my digital?

[Anonymous No.3127785]

been drawing seriously for about 3 weeks
any advice? do I have what it takes?

[Anonymous No.3127787]

>>3127785
How do I get as good as you?

[Anonymous No.3127791]

>>3127387
>>3127381
pls tell me it a joke

[Anonymous No.3127803]

>>3127768
man idk if you're trolling or what, but there's always one of you around

it used to be the elf-drawing no-forehead dude that wouldn't listen to anyone

now your little short-arm big head drawings.. you keep drawing the same shit over and over again and make the exact same mistakes

what's the point, you clearly are not listening to anything people tell you..

[Anonymous No.3127809]

>>3127155
How many days a week you focus on drawing from life

[Anonymous No.3127822]

>>3127809
Every single day

[Anonymous No.3127832]

>>3127507
shade the face.
keep your lightest areas in the t zone.
It looks like you're going for a porcelain doll effect but you still need to shade in skin tones.

stop crosshatching so aggressively. make your strokes closer and lighter (they're easier to erase and you'll build up a smoother gradation transition).

overall, the composition of the body is uneven. you're not focusing on how all the different body parts relate to each other as a whole. needs more symmetry.

push yourself harder anon, with more attention to details you can improve.

[NoseBro No.3127927]

>>3127642
i like it a lot, make a version where your lines are clean and ill redline

[Anonymous No.3127964]

Does anyone know a resource that focuses on breaking down a subject into basic forms? I'm trying to draw animals and learned the idea to do so, but I would like to read up more about it.

[Anonymous No.3127969]

>>3127964
Dynamic Sketching

[Anonymous No.3128055]

>>3127803
I'm trying m'dude, thought I made the arms longer this time. Also used a reference for these which I didn't do before.

[XUFNZLYBZ No.3128057]

>>3127155
Help me what style should I stick in. I am autistic. Should I stick to a style?

[XUFNZLYBZ No.3128059]

>>3128057
>should I stick in
*stick to

[Anonymous No.3128091]

>>3127787

stop shitposting

[Anonymous No.3128095]

>>3127637

Those that improved are smart enough to know not to associate themselves with this shithole.

[Anonymous No.3128103]

when does copying pictures upside down stop being useful? should i just be focusing on straight/curved lines and 3d shapes if im a total beginner?

[Anonymous No.3128108]

>>3128103
It stops being useful when you can do it right side up. No, you should be focusing on observational drawing because that's what you're here for. Not to waste your time drawing lines and 3D shapes because it'll "prepare" you for what's next.

[Anonymous No.3128111]

>>3128103
The whole point of the exercise is to motivate you that you too can draw somewhat decent garbage if you just focus on seeing what's in front of you instead of drawing what you think is there.

[Anonymous No.3128113]

continuation of
>>3126852

[Anonymous No.3128118]

anon struggling with observation here

[Anonymous No.3128119]

[Anonymous No.3128144]

>>3127155
https://youtu.be/d6_RG9IRBCk
If you want to be a one trick hack

[Anonymous No.3128169]

[Anonymous No.3128171]

>>3128169

resized -.-

[Anonymous No.3128174]

>>3128118
your hips are horizontal, her's aren't.

[Anonymous No.3128175]

>>3128118
>not drawing her hands

[Anonymous No.3128181]

Does this look OK?

[Anonymous No.3128183]

I've been practicing gestures. Any tipd? Am I going thw right direction? Crit pls

[Anonymous No.3128185]

>>3127408
keep at it

[Anonymous No.3128196]

>>3127691
But I always see drawings as flat. When I draw, I don;t see a box going off into the distance, I saw a bunch of lines trying to look like they're going off into the distance.

[Anonymous No.3128209]

Hi, I'm using fun with a pencil and I finally understood how loomis heads work and it feels great. But I'm having trouble with his body anatomy. Being specific, around the hip-legs area. Can't wrap my head around it. Any tips to understanding this?

Also can I learn to draw a human being (not cartoony) using only fun with a pencil?

[Anonymous No.3128213]

Okay, so I've been pencil-sketching for about two months straight now (there was only ever one day when I didn't draw something) and I'm wondering if anybody had any suggestions as to what tools I should buy/use/replace. Here's what I have so far;
. Standard sketching pad (A4, 135gsm)
. Staedtler graphite pencils.
. A size A4 easel so I don't ruin my back hunched over my pad.
. A small wooden mannequin for different poses.
Thanks in advance. :)

[Anonymous No.3128220]

>>3128213
You're good to go, Anon. Can we see your sketches?

[Anonymous No.3128228]

>>3128220
I think this is the only page I filled that had the least amount of tracing/copying (I sometimes rely too much on reference and constantly looking back and forth between an image and what I was trying to draw; I'm trying to be less like that)

[Anonymous No.3128229]

>>3128228
Also sorry my phone is a potato

[Anonymous No.3128235]

>>3128228
sticky

[Anonymous No.3128237]

I have no idea how to apply midtones without it looking like shit

My line confidence/line control is bad

Hair still fucks me up and my brain just shuts down

[Anonymous No.3128243]

>>3128237
have you tried drawing anything other than faces

[Anonymous No.3128244]

>>3128209
>Also can I learn to draw a human being (not cartoony) using only fun with a pencil?
There's not a single art book that does that. You always gotta learn from life too. All art books are just supplements to make it easier.

[Anonymous No.3128250]

>>3128243
Sometimes I draw animals. Why do you ask?

[Anonymous No.3128259]

>>3128250
Are you a straight male?

[Anonymous No.3128262]

>>3128250
Straight no male yes. Why?

[Anonymous No.3128276]

>>3128262
I wanted to know if my preconception was correct. I guess it was.

[Anonymous No.3128277]

>>3128250
How do you like your steak cooked?

[Anonymous No.3128279]

>>3128276
whatever man

[Anonymous No.3128342]

This is getting fun, but I guess it is time to move on using this in shading human features.

[Anonymous No.3128395]

>>3128342
good luck anon

[Anonymous No.3128418]

>>3127387
>>3127381
KEK, made my fucking day anon.

[Anonymous No.3128433]

Post your inked pieces.

Critique, Tools you use, Tips on them.

And tell me how should I improve my inking
(pic realted).

[Anonymous No.3128437]

>>3128433
oh shit, that was supossed to be a thread.

[Anonymous No.3128439]

>>3128433
>>3128437
It's okay. You belong here.

[Anonymous No.3128445]

>>3128439
critique please...

[Anonymous No.3128501]

Been doing Hampton's gestures exercises with references,
just some critique and direction would be nice and helpful!

[Anonymous No.3128505]

I'm having a really hard time finding the strength to draw anything.
Whenever I put the pencil down, I'm plagued by thoughts of failure and reminders of how I'm so far away from where I'd like to be.
I never know if it's truly possible to get on the level of artists I venerate.
It's suffocating me.

[Anonymous No.3128506]

>>3128505
You can feel that way forever or you can continue to draw every day and get closer to where you want to be.

[Anonymous No.3128510]

>enroll in drawing course at local CC for fun
>first assignment is basically to do a master study
>Think I'm doing pretty well
>Take picture to post it here and ask for advice on final day improvements
>Perspective hits me through the camera all of a sudden
>it's memeably bad.
>almost cry
Ugh. What should I do? Crunch and retry the whole thing tomorrow? It's currently totally irretrievable since the proportions were all horribly wrong to begin with and it's all in conte.

[Anonymous No.3128514]

>>3128505
just draw lmao

[Anonymous No.3128517]

>>3128510
It's your first assignment. Obviously you'll suck. The course is supposed to teach you unless you care about memegrades. Also showing your mistakes shows that you care to improve and get better. If you try to hide it, it'll also be obvious.

[Anonymous No.3128525]

>>3128510
My CC let us resubmit any piece we wanted to get a better grade(I think a lot of art classes do) as long as you turn it in on time the first time.
Because they want to see you improve and they want you to take the critique they give and do the assignment again.
Ask your teacher about it, but they probably wont be hard on you and just give you a B or something.

[Anonymous No.3128532]

>>3128510
post it, it might be salvageable

[Anonymous No.3128538]

I've been drawing faces too much and apparently that puts me in a comfort zone where I don't progress so good. What else do I draw to give me max gainz?

[Anonymous No.3128539]

>>3128538
still lives

[Anonymous No.3128542]

>>3128532
Okay. Be gentle.

[Anonymous No.3128543]

>>3128538
That's stupid and not how comfort zone works. It's more like you're becoming complacent and not trying as hard, that has nothing to do with subject and is your own ass pulling yourself down. Post your faces.

[Anonymous No.3128545]

>>3128542
That's better than what I can do. Don't forget to draw the penis.

[Anonymous No.3128546]

>>3128542
Original piece

[Anonymous No.3128547]

>>3128542
That's not too bad, most other students aren't even going to have the same level of work. Depending on how the grading scale is done, you might even get an A. Finishing typically is the most important thing. The other ones are usually understanding.

[Anonymous No.3128548]

>>3128506
>>3128514
I think I'm past the point of recovery.

[Anonymous No.3128550]

>>3128546
>can't get it even with a ref
kys faggot desu

[Anonymous No.3128551]

>>3128548
It's all in your head, if you haven't been drawing for 70+ years, you haven't hit the limit yet.

[Anonymous No.3128552]

>>3128543
ok

[Anonymous No.3128553]

>>3128510
>>3128542
>>3128546
>first assignment is a master study
>not even done in regular 2B pencil
What kind of hardcore course is this?
Usually it's still life or portraits.

[Anonymous No.3128555]

>>3128542

[Anonymous No.3128559]

>>3128547
Thanks, I guess. I just feel bad because I've drawn figures a lot better in the past.

>>3128553
The assignment was just to "recreate the work of a master draftsman using the original materials." It's just a normal community college drawing 1.

[Anonymous No.3128560]

>>3128542
>those hands

[Anonymous No.3128561]

>>3128552
You need to stop being a faggot and finish your drawings. It looks like you always give up because it gets hard to do the value work. Your line work seems alright for the most part, good enough to do the detail at the very least. If you don't get over this fear, you will be stuck in your comfort zone.

[Anonymous No.3128563]

>>3128559
>It's just a normal community college drawing 1.
Mine had us doing exercises from drawing on the right side of the brain in the beginning. Then later on in the middle of the course, we had a master study assignment. You got your syllabus? Curious what else you're doing next.

[Anonymous No.3128567]

>>3128342
Your shadows are pointing in different directions. Remember more than anything else it's important to be consistent.

[Anonymous No.3128568]

>>3128561
When I try to add more values it just look like I'm spreading dirt on the face. How do I avoid this?

[Anonymous No.3128569]

>>3128563
Next week is a still life with dramatic lighting using charcoals.
After that there's:
-drawing a shoe with one line (????)
-drawing a floral arrangement by erasing charcoal dust
-Still life with ink markers
-mid term
-draw a soup can
-draw a landscape
-draw a drapery
-create your own still life (again)

I think that there's an independent study component, too.

[Anonymous No.3128576]

>>3128568
You would have to post an example of what you mean. Do you smudge?

[Anonymous No.3128592]

[Anonymous No.3128594]

What's the best way to learn from tracing in digital?

Like what zoom size would be the best to understand the anatomy of the thing you're tracing

[Anonymous No.3128596]

Trying to practice perspective by sketching a subway car.

[Anonymous No.3128599]

>>3128594
Just draw whatever works

[Anonymous No.3128602]

>>3128599
I know that but I feel like if I'm tracing with like zoom in 1000 i'm not really learning anything and just tracing over the lines

And at Zoom in like 200 my lines are wibbly wobbely chicken scratch so I'm not learning anything either

What's the primo zoom in for maximum trace anatomy learning

[Anonymous No.3128614]

I'm trying to draw this side view of a head and I feel like something is not right and that makes me want to shit my guts (Ik it's not finished)

[Anonymous No.3128622]

>>3128614
What's the reference?

[Anonymous No.3128623]

>>3128622

[Anonymous No.3128627]

>>3128602
>primo zoom for maximum tracing

[Anonymous No.3128631]

>>3128614
Layer your drawing with your reference, if you have to be autistic about it.

[Anonymous No.3128635]

>>3127453
(not a professional opinion)
the shading on the nose is off - it should align with the edge of the brow, not the eye. and i think one eye is higher than the right, or at least seems that way. the neck seems a little thin and the shoulders seem a little wide, but another anon already pointed that out.
keep at it!

[Anonymous No.3128636]

>>3128631
oh I'm gonna tell daddy and when he gets home he's gonna put his peepee in your butthole

[Anonymous No.3128637]

>>3128623
Keep comparing all the different relationships and don't just compare local landmarks with neighboring ones. Most obvious error is visible when you compare the horizontal relationship between forehead and chin.

[Anonymous No.3128638]

>>3128637
I'm on it
thanks m'dude

[Anonymous No.3128648]

>>3128623
different anon, but i tried my hand at it. once i had the images side by side i wanted to commit seppuku. the angle of the face is off, the jaw shape is off, face seems shorter, head flatter, among other things.
15 min

[Anonymous No.3128708]

>>3128648
>doesn't like it
>only 15 min
Do it more slowly then. Measure carefully if you can't eyeball it. Go from big to small. Contain the whole first, then subdivide. Place marks before drawing the lines.

[Anonymous No.3128710]

>>3128708
ty for the response. i kinda have that issue sometimes where i'll start some kind of overarching plan and then abandon it so i can get to work on the deets. if this thread is still up tomorrow i'll try and do it again. got that figure drawing sesh too which is bitchin, hopefully my turnout there isn't complete shit

[Anonymous No.3128730]

>>3128623
I gave it a shot as well.

[Anonymous No.3128736]

I need some books on drawing faces from imagination. What can you guys recommend? Videos are fine too.

[Anonymous No.3128739]

>>3128736
loomis

[Anonymous No.3128749]

>>3128730
you're drawing what you think you see rather than drawing what is in front of you

example, nose is too curved. chin juts out too much which messes with the face overall, jaw isn't that defined in the original, etc.

[Anonymous No.3128752]

Is there any kind of trick to placing the eyes and nose well? Or should I just keep trying to draw from reference?

I think I can get the general positioning and shape but I'm not sure..

[Anonymous No.3128755]

>>3128752
yes
also you are missing the keystone

[Anonymous No.3128768]

>>3128755
>keystone
what did he mean by this?

[Anonymous No.3128770]

>>3128768
fucking scum intentionally not learning. read the sticky

[Anonymous No.3128774]

>>3128768
You haven't actually read loomis have you?

[Anonymous No.3128784]

Complete amateur, interested in making doodles look more appealing

[Anonymous No.3128790]

>>3128768

[Anonymous No.3128814]

wacom smalls are a pain

[Anonymous No.3128823]

Are there any good sites where I can move a 3D figure and make poses with it?
I want to draw a girl squatting, but I have no idea how to do it, I'm dumb as fuck and anatomy confuses me hard

[Anonymous No.3128837]

It looks so stiff and bland
red line, please?
trying to improve right away

[Anonymous No.3128839]

>>3128837
I know it's no criticism but
I want to fuck her
Good job, you are already a billion times better than me

[Anonymous No.3128840]

>>3128837
I am the one who posts tsuyu
note: Loomis is Helpful AF even when u draw weebs

[NoseBro No.3128854]

>>3128837
mind explaining your folds?

[Anonymous No.3128857]

>>3128837
is that tsuyu?

[Anonymous No.3128859]

>>3128768
The procerus

[Anonymous No.3128873]

I was trying to draw 2B from Nier, i intetionally made the thighs look large as fuck but I cant seem to figure out how to place the knee-high sock that she wears accurately, the line is supposed to be the eye-level...can anyone mark it out and let me know if there is anything wrong with the proportions and stuff?

[Anonymous No.3128875]

>>3128873
Samefag here, here is the reference

[Anonymous No.3128877]

>>3128873
what pose were you trying to do?

[Anonymous No.3128878]

>>3128784
you have a cute imagination
do you have twitter or blog or something

[Anonymous No.3128879]

[Anonymous No.3128880]

>>3128877
why do you mean? I dont really what pose its supposed to be called...but i wanted it to be a side profile kinda thing.

[Anonymous No.3128903]

First try at coloring with digital.

[Anonymous No.3128906]

god damnit any tips for not drawing eyes too small other than dont fucking draw the eyes too small? any way to rework the eyes?

[OP No.3128929]

used a reference for a practice drawing. went off my outline guide after I reached her mouth..

[Anonymous No.3128942]

>>>3128837

Yeah i know that , its look horrible , any tips?


>>3128857

Yea

[Anonymous No.3128943]

>>3128576
I don't have any recent examples but I'm about to start trying to add midtones to this one. I'll post it when I'm done making it look worse lol

[Anonymous No.3128946]

>>3128943

[Anonymous No.3128965]

>>3128943
Does this look OK? I can't tell if I just made her face look dirty or if I'm showing more form.

[Anonymous No.3128974]

Any tips? 3rd day of doing these.

[Anonymous No.3129006]

>>3128965
use crosshatching instead

[Anonymous No.3129022]

>>3127155
>"I'll skip fun with a pencil Cuz I want advanced stuff and is a meme"
>Later
>"help guys how do I into spericardial shapes"


Everytime

[Anonymous No.3129040]

Would like critique specifically on the coloring (everything else too ofc), keeping in mind this is the second one I've ever colored and I started drawing 5 days ago. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.3129042]

>>3129006
why?

[Anonymous No.3129044]

Just some from imagination work before we get nuked by Irma, I'm trying to practice line quality.

[Anonymous No.3129047]

>>3129042
Not him but he probably doesn't have a good reason but I do, your lines are shit. Good line work is easier to render well and bad linework is almost impossible, so if you put a bit more work into the drawing you will improve faster in the long run, cross hatching let you add basic value to a drawing without detracting from the line, same reason loomis only uses light hatch lines in the beginner sections.

[Anonymous No.3129064]

>>3129047
How do I improve my shitty lines?

[Anonymous No.3129091]

>>3129064
confident strokes.

[Anonymous No.3129155]

>>3128119
crits pls

[Anonymous No.3129177]

>>3129155
keep drawing

[Anonymous No.3129179]

>>3128119
>>3129155
You just need to internalize the planes of the head, Start with a simple version, then gradually build on that model.

What I found most helpful for drawing heads was studying skulls and drawing this:
>http://orig09.deviantart.net/13bb/f/2012/096/6/6/head_references_by_snuvi-d4v6vc0.jpg
over and over again.

This also helped me:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBv5z0Y2odE

[Anonymous No.3129193]

>>3129179
good call on the cheekbone but that video is trash, it basically says to just draw it from an arbitrary cylinder and makes no attempt to define the position or size of the features. against loomis and hampton its incomparably bad. i think i should practice and get better at the full method of construction rather than jot out sycra-tier doodles. there is no reason not to place the eyes too even if they are bad.

that being said i can see you are more skilled than i am, so thanks for the lines and advice.

[Anonymous No.3129200]

>>3129193
>>3129016

[Anonymous No.3129260]

I tried practicing with Vilppu for a couple days and it feels great. The anatomy is shaky here, but the overall pose feels much more natural than my other stuff. It was initially supposed to be the character, but I got a bit carried away with the background.

[Anonymous No.3129278]

I've been postponing diving into the knowledge base here to get fundamentals, etc for months, decided I'd draw something to try to kickstart things, copied Joseph Joestar and Dio Brando

[Anonymous No.3129283]

>>3127155

[Anonymous No.3129284]

Where do I go to learn about colours?
I can't colour match for shit. I'm a goddamn mudmixer.

[Anonymous No.3129286]

>>3129278
you need more fundies or at least understanding of basic shapes if you want to draw something worth a shit

[Anonymous No.3129289]

>>3129286
Is that a penis?

[Anonymous No.3129292]

>>3129286
I'm going to read that shit up, just been postponing like I've never postponed before. Also, I've never drawn before besides copying that upside down funny looking balding man with glasses, and stick-men.

>>3129289
I think it's a loli stuck in foreskin, but no penis.

[Anonymous No.3129300]

>>3129286
snug with the smeg

[Anonymous No.3129303]

>>3127266
Force Dynamic, I can only recommend that one

[Anonymous No.3129335]

>>3128550

Post your work nig nog...

[Anonymous No.3129336]

>>3129286
This is the pinnacle of modern art

[Anonymous No.3129344]

>>3127266

>top 10-20% of ic good

Who?

[Anonymous No.3129361]

>>3129344
99% of non-posters are bad
90% of posters are bad
90% of non-bad posters arent good

[Anonymous No.3129364]

>>3128433
critique meeeeeeee

[Anonymous No.3129368]

>>3129364

[Anonymous No.3129369]

>>3129364
it's shit ngmi

[Anonymous No.3129371]

I'm new to this board, what do they mean you will/ will not make it?

[Anonymous No.3129372]

>>3128614
The ear is too high, the top of the ear lines up with the top of the eye and the bottom of the ear lines up with the bottom of the nose. Godspeed senpai.

[Anonymous No.3129375]

>>3129371

[Anonymous No.3129378]

>>3129375
Hm, I still don't get it.

[Anonymous No.3129379]

>>3128433
its ok, nice likeness on putin but his eyes are too close together. practice more and make sure you have an understanding of rendering greater than what your chosen technique can manage.

[Anonymous No.3129381]

>>3129378
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVEf8-SSvQ

[Anonymous No.3129383]

no ref

[Anonymous No.3129390]

>>3129383
No construction either that being said your observation is good if you pulled that much detail from memory, use construction lines.

[Anonymous No.3129391]

I think I hate Andrew Loomis.

[Anonymous No.3129392]

>>3129390
>construction meme
Not gonna make it

[Anonymous No.3129393]

>>3129381
Thanks! I expected to get mocked but you guys proved me wrong, very friendly board :^]

[Anonymous No.3129397]

>>3129392
nice meme

[Anonymous No.3129399]

>>3129390
what makes you think i didnt use construction?

[Anonymous No.3129407]

>>3129383
Nostrils are too close. There should be a ball shape in the middle.

[Anonymous No.3129409]

>>3129407
i've read hampton on nostrils and i've seen references but i have no idea how to draw them still. any tips? quick redline on that one?

[Anonymous No.3129411]

>>3129390
i had an image of a guy but i didnt copy the pose is what i meant

[Anonymous No.3129413]

>>3129399
Nose is the prime offender, but either way both the lips and the nose aren't in the correct perspective, assuming the craniul mass itself if you did then just spend a bit more time on it before going to the lineart phase, the nostrils were obviously a problem and construction lines are for problem solving.>>3129409

[Anonymous No.3129417]

>>3129409
OK Back on my PC, hope this quick MS Paint work is enough for you to understand...
I mainly study/analyse from observation/references; never used Hamption's book. But I'm pretty sure that studying from photos should be more accurate.............

[Anonymous No.3129418]

>>3129413
your nose is too steep also what would you recommend i change on the construction level?

[Anonymous No.3129434]

[Anonymous No.3129438]

>>3129417

holy shit

[Anonymous No.3129450]

>>3129438
I tend to absorb information better when I take some extra notes on my own! (Personally, I'm having more fun with it haha) Also, I don't really like it when they don't go in-depth enough so I make my own notes xD

So far, I've only done for the eye, nose, mouth.

I'm just a /beg/ who has more fun learning this way :)

Does it works?

Well, my notes aren't 100% accurate. But I've tried to ask my brother (non-artist) to test them and I think that it's more or less OK. I'll show some comparison with before/after notes.

[Anonymous No.3129461]

>>3129450

What a painful way to learn...

[Anonymous No.3129462]

>>3129391
mind giving more details? I love his books personally.

[Anonymous No.3129469]

>>3129450
This guy is gonna make it

[Anonymous No.3129480]

I've been sketching using Loomis' figure drawing book for a while, but I decided to start using fun with a pencil. Should I have started off with that instead?

[Anonymous No.3129506]

>>3128837
Here is my shitty " not really a advice" advice.

[Anonymous No.3129510]

>>3127155
I tried to art. Did I do it right?

[Anonymous No.3129512]

>>3128837
>>3129506
Both of you, 1,000 gestures and don't come back after you're done.

[Anonymous No.3129526]

This is my best attempt at this head angle so far.

[Anonymous No.3129527]

>>3129526

Didn't realise the file was so big

[Anonymous No.3129529]

>>3129527
That one's hard. Here's my previous attempt

[Anonymous No.3129537]

What should I draw during and after the hurricane (assuming I live)

[Anonymous No.3129538]

>>3129510
Can anyone please let me know what I did right or wrong?

[Anonymous No.3129540]

>>3129512
No joke.. you are totally right with this statement.

[Anonymous No.3129546]

>>3129510
Can't kno which is right or wrong if the pic is cropped like that

[Anonymous No.3129547]

>>3129546
I didn't draw any more than that. I'm too scared to do a full figure.

[Anonymous No.3129551]

>>3129547
Well, there's your problem, Anon. Don't be afraid to draw, you won't get better if you're afraid.

[Anonymous No.3129593]

>>3129040
Yes, you can first try not to draw little kids naked, then you can jump off a bridge.

[Anonymous No.3129606]

>>3129417
If you expect this method to help ANYONE that is not 100% clinically autistic, then you are sadly misguided.

Not saying it doesn't work, just saying if I had to study like that to learn the anatomy of a face I wouldn't bother learning.

Can you even explain those 5 parallel black lines below her eyes?

[Anonymous No.3129613]

Did I fuck up?

[Anonymous No.3129614]

>>3129606
they're trial-and-error plumb lines. just to get a hang of the proportions, you know? they're not meant for imagination drawing, but were made as i was taking notes as they make it easier for me to get a grasp(see the ratios) of where i can find the shapes. When I do studies I prefer to minimize the error margin. (I'm on mobile so it's kind of hardwr to type right now)

Really, just takes what you find useful and leave what isn't. it isn't that hard is it?

I get less sick while drawing a single or two heads and taking notes at the same time than doing a dozens of heads mindlessly for a week straight. As I have ADHD, I like doing two things twice and it's a good thing to switch from the regular art books. This is however, my way of dealing with things.

btw I'm a legit autist, I didn't make this in hope to help anybody but myself. but if someone can find a few landmarks helpful then why not? (and again I'm just beg tier like you guys so don't expect much!)

[Anonymous No.3129615]

>>3129614
relax senpai, I was only fucking with you, although it's an obscure board, this is still 4chan

whatever works for you, glad it helps you

[Anonymous No.3129633]

>>3129450
>>3129417
You intrigue me, Anon. Can you please further share some notes with us?

[Anonymous No.3129634]

>>3129613
Nope, it's an exercise. Go to the next

[Anonymous No.3129635]

>>3129510
What were your inspirations?

[Anonymous No.3129636]

>>3129512
>>3129506
Thx guys , very helpful :D
still grinding heads thou , is been a while since last time i am doing full piece , btw it is an meme to grinding each part until it getting better?

[Anonymous No.3129644]

Another day of Hampton.
Some help and direction would be nice!

[Anonymous No.3129670]

>>3128790
that box doesnt follow any perspective

[Anonymous No.3129671]

>>3129670
wtf i hate hampton now

[Anonymous No.3129679]

>>3129260
cool fanart, too bad that the tenno kids look like shit in the game

[Anonymous No.3129681]

>>3129527
i also tried it, my attempt is kinda shit tho

[Anonymous No.3129683]

>>3129670
It's not meant to be linear perspective, it's meant to be isometric(ish). Dimetric or whatever it is called. Check and you will see each set of lines is perfectly parallel. He did this on purpose since for all intents and purposes it's better to treat the perspective of the head this way to keep things aligned properly.

[Anonymous No.3129692]

>left hand starts to hurt
>check out the anatomy and see it's where the carpal ligament is
>also followed by a diagnosis when there's numbness and pain here it's called carpal tunnel syndrome
What? I don't even draw with this hand though. Is it somehow possible for your non-dominant hand to get CTS when you hardly use it?

[Anonymous No.3129709]

What's a good book for beginners? I find the Hampton book very complicated.

[Anonymous No.3129717]

>>3129709
Beginners should just draw from observation until they're can draw things accurately

[Anonymous No.3129734]

Where can I learn about how and where to place specular highlights on glossy or wet things?

[Anonymous No.3129743]

>>3129734
Life

[Anonymous No.3129745]

My drawings got a level up in quality when I started using a blending stump. Why don't people talk about blending stumps more?

[Anonymous No.3129753]

>>3129745
Because that's a logical fallacy. A blending stump doesn't magically make you better. It likely helped your process of shading and blending. Blending stumps are also not recommended for beginners because they overdo it and make messy work. It's easier to just have them work patiently by layering values.

[Anonymous No.3129756]

This is a drawing I did for my drawing class. Any critique? Obviously the proportions and shape is messed up in some places. I am still a beginner.

[Anonymous No.3129757]

>>3129743
there must be a more practical answer than that, right? I just need to stare at empty bottles and shit for 30 years so I can put a highlight on an eyeball?

[Anonymous No.3129760]

>>3129756
Fuck

[Anonymous No.3129762]

>>3129709
keys to drawing is good and has a lot of exercises

[Anonymous No.3129766]

>>3129757
I heard from multiple artists that they just "wing it" for the high-lights.. the more you've studied from life the better you can "feel" where high-lights would make sense.The exact science is too complicated.. it won't take you 30 years don't be a crybaby, wing it til you swing it.

[Anonymous No.3129775]

>>3129766
Shit, just looking at one or two other things I've googled is concurring with you that you that people wing that shit, honestly that really surprises me. I figured people would get autistic about it the way they do almost everything else in drawing. Oh well, time to go draw shit until I can make it look decent.

[Anonymous No.3129780]

>>3129756
>>3129760
Cleaner lines and add value. Also it would have helped to post your ref. Keep at it, anon!

[Anonymous No.3129784]

>>3129780
Sorry, my reference was just my hand in a pose. Here's one that I think has better line quality but the proportion is way worse. Thanks for the constructive criticism.

[Anonymous No.3129786]

>>3129780
Also, as far as the value goes. It's pretty much a beginner's drawing class and the professor stressed that for each drawing he is mainly focusing on the topic we're discussing, and in these examples we were discussing line quality.

[Anonymous No.3129807]

How long do I have to practice for before I get talent??

Srsly tho crit pls

[Anonymous No.3129808]

>>3129807
Usually a few years. It works better if people don't see your progress and just assume you became good out of nowhere.

[Anonymous No.3129810]

>>3129807

[Anonymous No.3129823]

>>3129807
hey that doesnt look too bad at least compared to your previous shit, now you are thinking more in value than lines (but not entirely), but still pick better refs and not just ones of pretty girls you like to draw.

[Anonymous No.3129834]

>>3129823
Thanks. Is this an OK ref to use?

[Anonymous No.3129840]

>>3129834
hmm, that is not bad, just make sure that your refs have good "information" on the face, and by that i mean it's not too washed out of saturated in the sense that you lose the form of the face just by looking at it. using good refs and analyzing and recreating them well will help internalize the planes of the face much easier than something like pic related. try to AVOID pic related. and always remember to draw from imagination to put what you learned to use otherwise what point is there in studying.

[Anonymous No.3129852]

>>>3129847
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[Anonymous No.3129928]

>>3129852
I think you screw'd up a bit.

[Anonymous No.3130152]

>>3127785
You're perspective is all over the place. I would recommend learning about perspective.

[Anonymous No.3130257]

>>3127155
what think