Draw thread: grateful anons

[Anonymous No.3222039]

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

Please make sure your posted image is clear, DOWNSIZED TO AROUND 1000 PIXELS WIDE, ROTATED TO THE CORRECT ORIENTATION, and that any unused space is cropped.

If you want critique on a drawing from the previous thread, you can delete it there and repost it.

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[Anonymous No.3222070]

Quick muscle study

[Anonymous No.3222074]

life is pointless, I'd rather play league of legends

[Anonymous No.3222082]

Trying to improve my cloth drawing abilities.

[Anonymous No.3222084]

>>3222070
I would recommend drawing this a second time from memory and see how you can improve.

[Anonymous No.3222090]

>>3222070
pay less attention to recreating the shading and colors of the muscles, which is just the original artist trying to make his study "art" and more on learning the muscles themselves. Don't look at it like "well in this muscle area there's a bunch of lines so I'll draw a bunch of lines", and instead study each individual line on it's own, combined to make the object you are drawing. Same goes for everything you practice drawing. Think of every atom or "pixel" of what you are drawing in life, and recreate it down to it's exactly value, texture, line, and color.

[Anonymous No.3222099]

>>3222090
Yeah I see what you mean, I think it might be better for me to do this on my sketchbook.

[Anonymous No.3222135]

Sketch done while waiting on client. Someone please carry it on in the spirit of collab. Don't forget to put big wieners on the guys.

[Anonymous No.3222139]

some fig draws

[Anonymous No.3222142]

will do more with the background

[Anonymous No.3222147]

going to make some fine touches

[Anonymous No.3222148]

>>3222139
...and some hyperangle in progress

[Anonymous No.3222152]

>>3222070
Yeah, do this again with just pencil/ink and just focus on the 3d volumes, muscle placement. Maybe hunt for some clearer ref.

[Anonymous No.3222163]

Sorry for posting furry stuff here again, but you guys seem cool. Trying to figure out how lighting works.

>>3222139
>>3222148
Really nice stuff, anon.

>>3222074
Same. But hey, URF is coming.

[Anonymous No.3222183]

>>3222142
give that dick some girth its not a noodle

[Anonymous No.3222185]

>>3222163
that dude is cute but why do u always draw him and nothing else?
ps. league is shit now and has been for a while

[Anonymous No.3222204]

>>3222185
This is only the third time I drew him, but yeah I'm planning on changing it up. Just wanted to get familiar with him.

[Anonymous No.3222219]

Are those swatches chromatic grays or muted colors?

[Anonymous No.3222257]

>>3222084
>>3222090
>>3222152
Gave it a second try with traditional media, the one on the bottom is trash unfortunatly

[Anonymous No.3222300]

>>3219087
Finished this

[Anonymous No.3222324]

>>3222300
nice anon, it looks like a photo from the thumbnail

[Anonymous No.3222354]

>>3222257
Yeah, top two are the right approach. Was the one on bottom from imagination?

[Anonymous No.3222357]

>>3222354
I was trying to copy a spiderman pose but I got the proportions wrong and just winged it.

[Anonymous No.3222672]

>>3222148
contd...
>>3222163
thanks doge

[Anonymous No.3222686]

>>3222300
dooood, good job (*_*)-b

[Anonymous No.3222689]

>>3222672
DAS SUM GOOD SHIT YO

[Anonymous No.3222705]

?

[Anonymous No.3222805]

>>3222705
Before learning how to animate you should learn at least the basics of drawing.

[Anonymous No.3222821]

Does this work at all?

[Anonymous No.3222935]

>>3222039
Oil / Collage portrait I did as part of a glitch art mini project for my portfolio- getting ready for university interviews.

[Anonymous No.3222939]

>>3222935
I'm aware it's a crap photo, my phone sucks and I can't be arsed to scan it at the moment.

[Anonymous No.3222978]

I tried to post this in /beg/ but only rudeposters responded. Can I get some critique?
>>3220267

[Anonymous No.3222996]

>>3222805

I dunno here is my last drawing, not sure why I'd reply to a troll but whatever.

[Anonymous No.3223020]

>>3222978
Sure
Stop signing your work, you cant escape us anon.

[Anonymous No.3223025]

>>3222805
>before
nah
if he wants to learn animation he should do animation

[Anonymous No.3223065]

[Anonymous No.3223088]

>>3222996
No, hes right, dont be sour about it

[Anonymous No.3223155]

>>3222978
I feel like you would benefit a lot from a more direct and perhaps simplified approach. Break the form down into two or three values, light and dark, and separate them very clearly before starting to shade stuff in. I find this makes identifying core forms and muscle groups on the body super easy since you're not bogged down by vague midtones. And this is maybe just personally preference but don't hatch all recklessly with short, scribbled lines, take control of the strokes you put down on the paper

[Anonymous No.3223165]

i'd rly rly rly appreciate some critique on this unfinished piece
i kno i need to up the contrast/the deepness of shadows on the hand, any other thoughts?
pls??

[Anonymous No.3223168]

>>3222996
He's right. You can't animate if you can't draw, and what you just posted proves that.

[Anonymous No.3223171]

i'd rly rly rly appreciate some critique on this unfinished piece
i kno i need to up the contrast/the deepness of shadows on the hand, any other thoughts?
pls??

[Anonymous No.3223174]

>>3223171
What reference did you use?

[Anonymous No.3223177]

>>3223171
the pink thing is unreadable, I have no idea what it's supposed to be or even its relation to the hand.

[Anonymous No.3223181]

>>3222070
not sure you're learning anything from this? you're copying as if your aim were to study the drawing style of the reference, but if your goal is to learn the muscles, you want to focus on their arrangement against each other, respective sizes, how they move and interact, not on rendering out this exact image.
^just wrote all that then realized you've already gotten that as critique hehe xd you're welcome for the new information
>>3222257
definitely better, i think the top left might be the most useful thing bc you're clearly delineating the different groups, helps you learn their movement as i said
>>3222082
slightly odd proportions? can't quite put my finger on it, seems like short arms and not enough of the top of the head visible? face is nice though
>>3222672
i came, this is really nice
>>3222821
idk what you mean by "work" but i think it's not bad. think about cropping more, the cutoff of the body on the sides looks odd and you dont need to cram the entire figure in the frame, like the top of the head nearly touching the edge isn't appealing. widen up the frame and you can fit in the star-type things in the background in a much more space out, less busy looking
the hatching isn't bad, maybe think about the direction of the strokes more, esp on skull thing

[Anonymous No.3223207]

trying to figure out how to use a tablet my boyfriend just gave me.
I just can't seem to figure out how to use the layers/ masks in Krita.

my hand drawings are ... eh but the most current example I've got is on here

https://rocknrollsuicides.com/fan-art

I can upload in my next comment in this /bread

[Anonymous No.3223211]

>>3223207
not too proud .. but then I am

( I tend to stop working on a piece once some else thinks it's done. otherwise I overwork the drawing or whatever I'm doing)

I've got a couple drawings I think have more definition to them but I think I've lost them or just plain gave them away already.

[Anonymous No.3223216]

>>3223177
it looks like a fur or feather coat

[Anonymous No.3223219]

Silly fat chihuahua

[Anonymous No.3223231]

>>3223219
I love it :O

[Anonymous No.3223244]

>>3223207
What about the layers are you having trouble with? For the most part, you want to stick to a lineart layer, flat color layers, and a shading layer or two.

[Anonymous No.3223248]

>>3223155
thank you!

[Anonymous No.3223274]

Did all around drawings of the leg to get a better feel of it.

[Anonymous No.3223375]

>>3222672
Fin

>>3222689
>>3223181
Bless ye

[Anonymous No.3223385]

>>3223375
I tried using these round oil pastel sticks and I couldn't control them for shit.
What type of pastel do you use, any tips for sketching and rendering? This looks awesome

[Anonymous No.3223390]

>>3223385
I'm using chalk pastels (nupastel + polychromos) and pastel pencils for details.

With oil pastels, I find you really have to build up a thick layer for them to start to work, like consider just laying down a base colour and covering the paper.

With both, it helps to break the stick into a smaller chunk (I'm using 1 inch on an 8x11 drawing) and use the long edge, this way you can get both soft and sharp edges by just angling the stick slightly, and it really helps you feel the forms.

[Anonymous No.3223409]

>>3223390
Thanks a lot, man.
I saved your wips to use as reference, and I will give it another shot for sure

[Anonymous No.3223420]

Got a new PC so I started sketching digitally.

One day I hope to end up finishing a sketch.

[Anonymous No.3223447]

>>3222135
pretty cool, I like the colors

[Anonymous No.3223454]

I'm still sorta slowly working on this.

Is the face alright?

Should her left hand's fingers be longer and should I go for more of a closed fist?

Thanks for the feet, Kyle.

Oregano

[Anonymous No.3223479]

>>3223454
go to the alternative style thread.

[Anonymous No.3223509]

>>3223244
i don't understand how make the top layers clear.
so that the bottom layer is the one controlling the background

[Anonymous No.3223510]

>>3223454
I'd say it'd look more natural to do a fist.

[Anonymous No.3223534]

What now?

[Kenny !zjH3D5K/f. No.3223542]

First study in a long while. had a lot of trouble with the face so this is pretty much a write-off

[Kenny !zjH3D5K/f. No.3223544]

Second study. Felt better with this one.

[Anonymous No.3223548]

[Anonymous No.3223550]

>>3222039

[Anonymous No.3223570]

any crits would be good

[Anonymous No.3223638]

>>3223570
Try to keep it more focused when asking for qrit. If you post a clutter of different drawings most people are likely to ignore you, and you won't get anything. Also Try to ask for specifics (anatomy, colors, light, proportions etc). That said let's look at the green girl on the far left (Dominator from wander over yonder?).
Try to get it more fleshed out, your lines don't do your drawing justice when you look at the hair or her left arm. Your shading is WAY too unfinished. You need to utilize light in order to make the body POP, and give it a sense of 3D space. ESPECIALLY on the face and the hair. Look at real life refs, they're the best! And for god's sake finish that hand, it doesn't even look linke one.
Lastly if you wanna talk about the design, you're not doing a very good way of conveying her character. From pic related, you can instantly see, without having watched the show (Which I have not), that Dominator is a mix of feminine and masquline traits. With an elegant skrit and a tall slim figure, but lots of points and spikes on her armor. And perhaps more importantly her everyday shoes. From her design alone we glean that Dominator is strong and to be feared, unafraid, and carefree. This is what you need to have in mind when you draw her, if you want to make your drawing look like Dominator personality-wise.

[Anonymous No.3223682]

The one thing I've done for myself and not for uni

[Anonymous No.3223717]

>>3223682
how do you know where to place greens and blues in a persons face

[Anonymous No.3223725]

>>3223717
Some people just have green/blue/purple undertones and sometimes it's the lighting. Just observe the colors closely and copy what you see.

[Anonymous No.3223732]

>>3223638
>From pic related, you can instantly see, without having watched the show (Which I have not), that Dominator is a mix of feminine and masquline traits. With an elegant skrit and a tall slim figure, but lots of points and spikes on her armor. And perhaps more importantly her everyday shoes. From her design alone we glean that Dominator is strong and to be feared, unafraid, and carefree. This is what you need to have in mind when you draw her, if you want to make your drawing look like Dominator personality-wise.
To me it kinda just looks like a crappy my little pony oc, to be honest.
I'm sorry to say this, but i feel like you wildly overestimate your expertise when i comes to critisizing artwork. To say that this one is an unfinished piece is kind of a "no shit" statement, i don't think he really claimed it to be finished, so you didn't say much.
Now i kinda get (and correct me if i'm wrong) why you're doing that, you don't want people to feel left out because noone replied to their work, but really, a critique is not something you should be trying to force out of yourself, it really doesn't help anyone. If you see something that is obviously wrong with the piece, it's gonna jump out at you regardless, and then you can point that out, otherwise just pass it by, you're only gonna confuse the person who's asking for a critique. That's the exact reason why people generally don't get a lot of critiques, because everyone just goes "eh, i don't really have much to say".

You can just say that you like/don't like it, if you feel compelled to do so, it would be better than trying to squeeze some criticism out of yourself.

[Anonymous No.3223753]

>>3223638
you do not have the right to post in this thread

[Anonymous No.3223762]

>>3223638
More like Lord Dunning-Krueger

[Anonymous No.3223851]

>>3223638
>>3223732
>>3223753
>>3223762
the most i'm taking from it is i need to finish stuff more.
So i'll start focusing my sketch pages more while practicing.

[Anonymous No.3223870]

Just finished this study, a little wonky for my liking but it was a good exercise for me. Also poorly placed on the page but it's not the end of the world. Crits appreciated
>>3223375
Beautiful work, thank you for the tip on layering as well!
>>3223534
However that person is feeling is how I'm also feeling. Resize please, I don't mind the style but the proportions are pretty wonky. Maybe go to alt style thread?
>>3223542
Looks like she has 6 toes, I like your line weight. The second one is more emotive, nice work
>>3223550
Water colors are tough! I would look into some guides on how to get a nice wash down, some of the filled in spaces are a little blotchy looking
>>3223570
I like the coloring effect you have going on and your figures look pretty solid. The eyes sort of look like they're either too big or too small, or maybe they just don't fit to the form (lacking depth)
>>3223682
Beautiful

[Anonymous No.3223879]

Im still learning when it comes to digital painting any critique?

[Anonymous No.3223882]

>>3222082
Face is nice but I don't like the asymmetry of the bone structure, the head is missing volume at the back, front leg is too short at the thigh/quad, the crotch is too low (saggy pants effect), his left arm is too short/you don't show the bend in the elbow and forshortening well enough

sword is pretty thin and fragile compared to the real article and miniscule compared to the dagger (what shape even is the dagger? Unclear whether it is a symmetrical commando knife or bowie knife style blade, and the hilt, guard and pommel is all kinds of fucked up

The belt's perspective and curvature is wrong, especially where it vanishes over his hip, and the shape of the buckles is all warped (i can't tell if they're ovals). The coin chain belt is all out of wack too and would instantly slide down his legs and trip him up

I know he's not idealised but if you were going to improve him, give him thinner hips (he has birthing tier, more lats and traps (the armour cuirass would give that bulk too)

his left foot is all fucked up (ankle not bendy enough, heel way too flat and far back, ball of foot and toes are in the wrong place, the sole of the shoe doesn't make any perspective sense

neck area of the plate armour is a little fucked too

I like him though, would like to see him with better colouring and less scratchy, more purposeful lines

[Anonymous No.3223894]

>>3223274
Foot's too flat. The foot is actually pretty tall and triangular, roughly half as tall as it is long.

[Anonymous No.3223912]

>>3223542
a bit too much effort in getting it "clean and neet".
>>3223544
I like this one, although you could have put in a bit more life / variation in her hair, but the cloth and shade around the leg have a nice particular touch.

>>3223870
be a bit more moderate with those white highlights or drop them altogether - they easily become kitsch or too much. Neck, stomache and hips seem a bit "cut off" or flat, as you don't see any curveture.

[Anonymous No.3223918]

>>3223912
Thank you, sometimes it's hard to know when to stop with the highlights even though I can see the value differences. I will work on the form as well, much appreciated.

[Anonymous No.3223921]

>>3223918
It's a good drawing and you should keep up the practice.
It's just what a former teacher of mine said: Be very modest with white hightlights on colored paper, as it's easy to go overboard with it. Have fun ;)

[Anonymous No.3223922]

>>3222135
cool image anon, I liked noodling on it. wish I had time to finish it up

[Anonymous No.3223925]

>>3223870
I love these white highlights and how you draw hair. Proportions are seemingly perfect. However, her body looks flat, there's no form to it

[Anonymous No.3223926]

>>3222300
>digital painting over a photo
try a bit harder, will ya?

[Anonymous No.3223946]

drew a thicc bitch

[Anonymous No.3223947]

>>3223946
it's a pretty funny drawing, with the twisted hand and squashed head. good!

[Anonymous No.3223967]

>>3223922
Aw man, thanks for going along with it. Dig the way it came out. Glad you liked it enough to work on it.

[Anonymous No.3223984]

>>3222300
narcissist.
how long have you been painting?
also, how long did this take you?
got anything else like it?

[Anonymous No.3223987]

>>3223984
"painting" ...
he probably just put the fucking JPEG in Photoshop and traced it for days between short masturbation breaks.

[Anonymous No.3224037]

>>3222139
this drawing alone is a hundred times more interesting (if fairly mediocre) than all the digital crap put together.

[Anonymous No.3224040]

Did a few head studies, kind of rusty, will hopefully get better as practice goes on.

[Anonymous No.3224045]

>>3224037
Yeah, well, that's just like, y'know, your opinion, man

[Anonymous No.3224115]

>>3223870
Thanks!
>>3224037
Thanks? lol

[Anonymous No.3224139]

[Anonymous No.3224167]

>>3224040
your faces are all skewing to the right.

[Anonymous No.3224169]

what's a good coloring tutorial for photoshop

[Anonymous No.3224186]

>>3224169
>what's a good coloring tutorial for photoshop
It's a tutorial that clearly explains how to add proper values and colors in photoshop ;^)

[Anonymous No.3224188]

daily dudes

[Anonymous No.3224196]

>>3224167
fixed

[Anonymous No.3224198]

>>3224196
they still are anon. Here's a tip/trick. Flip your images when drawing front views and you'll see the skews.

[Anonymous No.3224199]

>>3224196
Just look at the nose of the middle guy. Lmao

[Anonymous No.3224242]

WIP of some cute elf girl

[Anonymous No.3224294]

>>3224242
Smile looks like a fake smile. Not sure how one fixes that.. something in the eyes?

[Anonymous No.3224328]

>>3224294
Is this any better?

[Anonymous No.3224336]

>>3224328
Your style looks oddly familiar

[Anonymous No.3224341]

What should i do now (I pretty decent when it comes to hands trust me)

[Anonymous No.3224344]

>>3224328
About 4% better. My guess is that the smile is just too big and toothy.

[Anonymous No.3224366]

>>3224336
lol, who the fuck is this?

[Anonymous No.3224428]

Not sure if this should go in /beg/ or not, but I'm trying to learn how to colour

[Anonymous No.3224454]

>>3224341
>LITERALLY EVERY HAND IS HIDDEN

[Anonymous No.3224457]

>>3224328
Only the top teeth should be visible, make the bottom eye lids a bit more closed (i.e. being pushed up by her cheeks) and pronounce her right cheek a bit more

[Anonymous No.3224459]

>>3223420
really stiff figures, use more flowy-lines than straight ones

[Anonymous No.3224487]

hows a dude to fix bad habits? please and thanks mans; also do i belong in /beg/?

[Anonymous No.3224490]

>>3224487
oh hell. sorry

[Anonymous No.3224493]

>>3224487
>>3224490
good job

[Anonymous No.3224503]

>>3224493
thanks i love messing up

[Anonymous No.3224508]

>>3224139
I like this.

[Anonymous No.3224518]

I can't do hand joints and hands to save my life. Anyone want to critque?

[Anonymous No.3224528]

I did a 30 minute spitpaint. The theme was "urban dragon". The actual spitpaint thread died so I'm posting it here.

[Anonymous No.3224544]

>>3224518
only draw overlapping lines where things actually overlap, and mind the direction they go.

[Anonymous No.3224661]

>>3223946
>>3223947
It's atrocious, like everything Brian does.
What is this reddit-tier encouragment shit?

[Anonymous No.3224663]

>>3224528
Perspective is everywhere, those colored bits on the roofs do nothing for you and this probably belongs into /beg/.

[Anonymous No.3224697]

>>3222135
this shit reads fucking great anon, really good values and colours. Looks a lot like a frazetta from the thumb

[Anonymous No.3224701]

>>3223682
lips are off, also some features are crooked, ears are too big, hair and eye part looks good

[Anonymous No.3224915]

Wish me luck rendering this.
Critique on anatomy and composition very appreciated

[Anonymous No.3225102]

Currently working on rendering this, haven't touched his bottom half or arms yet really. My understanding of light and various materials is lacking, so once this project is finished I'm going to take a chunk of time to do lots of material studies.

[Anonymous No.3225124]

Did some deer sketches

[Anonymous No.3225168]

Some pages from today

[Anonymous No.3225175]

>>3225168
resized, sorry. Gotta stop posting from mobile

[Anonymous No.3225182]

what do you think?

[Anonymous No.3225184]

>>3224457
kek what a reaction image

[Anonymous No.3225235]

Update on the elf girl.

[Anonymous No.3225238]

>>3223375
Oh man that's cool

[Anonymous No.3225239]

>>3225235
Looks good, the expression is well done and youve got goof contrast. The only major issue is the head shape, the top of her head is too small, take that into consideration when drawing hats and head covers

[Anonymous No.3225244]

working on new shading and color style, what do you think

[Anonymous No.3225247]

work in progress piece

[Anonymous No.3225260]

>>3225244
Liking it so far, please finish it.

[Anonymous No.3225263]

>>3225244
Thoroughly unspectacular.

[Anonymous No.3225271]

>>3225263
from a technical standpoint or a subject matter based one? it was intended to be more of a proof of concept for the shading and style but if it lacks from those standpoints ill gladly hear your thoughts

[Anonymous No.3225280]

>>3224915
WIP
I need to figure out what to do with the skirt, and tomorrow morning I will shot some hand references because I don't like how most of them look, but I think it's mostly done. I don't want to over-render it (if that's a thing)

[Anonymous No.3225283]

>>3225280
purdy cool!

[Anonymous No.3225284]

Posting mobile from a bar so it's gonna post sideways but just turn your head

[Anonymous No.3225294]

>>3225284
Where's your right hand? And pretty bad prespective dude. I kind of like the face though

[Anonymous No.3225298]

>>3225294
You understand the defining factor in progression of avant garde artwork is abstraction of perspective, right? RIGHT?!

[Anonymous No.3225301]

>>3225298

[Anonymous No.3225316]

>>3225298
>muh style
get out of /ic/, you're clearly already too good for this place.

[Anonymous No.3225406]

>>3225298
you should probably have a strong grasp on perspective and anatomy before attempting stylized portraits. which i know is hard, but you cannot bend rules that you dont know

[Anonymous No.3225416]

>>3225406
dude honestly post your fucking shit fucking awful beginner tier work so i can shit down your fucking throat you fucking useless crab beginner tier trash

[Anonymous No.3225420]

>>3225406
>you have to do --this'n that-- because i say so and I read it in a Loomis enema, so it must be true.

[Anonymous No.3225425]

>>3225280
There's too much empty space. The focal points are fairly small, and anything that isn't a focal point is a void, from the reaper's cloak to the literal space background. Especially apparent when looking at the thumbnail.

From the line drawing I would have guessed that you planned to make the background an actual room that matches the ornate chair.

[Anonymous No.3225429]

>>3225235
Cropping and implied station point makes this look like a selfie, or that you used a selfie as a reference. The camera being that close to the subject doesn't translate well to paintings IMO, unless the 'selfie' impression is part of the narrative.

[Anonymous No.3225433]

>>3225280
>>3224915

Don't listen to this golden ratio and focal point faggot. (-> >>3225425 )

You are making great pictures and your intuition on weight in composition is ace. The posture of the girl is excellent and the way the grim reaper engulfs her like mist is spot on.

You don't need to listen to the stereotypical advice from illustration suckers in here. They are the ones who need help. You have a good intuition, follow it, and you will be fine.

(all of the above don't apply, in case you have copied the picture from someone else)

[Anonymous No.3225452]

Testing new brushes. Yesterday I went through all of daarken's brushes and deleted most of them and kept a handful I liked, this one is 'beth'. I would like some sort of texture brush as my main brush, besides hard round.

[Anonymous No.3225457]

>>3225452

[Anonymous No.3225462]

>>3225457
Lel, now that I look at it at that size his eyes look derp

[Anonymous No.3225488]

>>3225280
I like the voids, don't listen to this guy: >>3225425
However, he kind of had an idea about setting the picture in a room. You could still keep basically the same nice composition, but vaguely hint at a room in the bg.

I think the thing to fix is the arm with the dagger: The angle looks really weird right now, like he'd have a super short forearm and super long humerus and even the grip makes no sense. It's a difficult fix because the skull is so far away, but I wouldn;t want to change the composition. Try like redline?

[Anonymous No.3225493]

>>3225488
I take it back, bg should be more space-y.

[Anonymous No.3225613]

>>3225184

[Anonymous No.3225684]

>>3225102
This is a sicj design. Can't wait to see you complete it.
Also that left-side tusk on the shield is looking flat around the top. I think your highlight should be a bit further away from the edge to give some roundness.

[Anonymous No.3225693]

I drew a robo-lady.

[Anonymous No.3225720]

reposting from the dying sketchbook thread

[Anonymous No.3225723]

>>3225102
Head and eyes area looks super good.

>>3225693
Very cool and well drawn.

[Anonymous No.3225736]

>>3224428
Paint black and white first, or at least focus less on color and more on values. Your colors will never look right if the values aren't correct first.

[Anonymous No.3225764]

>>3225720
Deutscher Fachwerkbaustil.
Gut, Kamerad!

[Anonymous No.3225767]

>>3225684
Thanks so much anon for the advice, I'll get on that right away!

[Anonymous No.3225777]

>>3225764
Thanks, i just draw what i see and know. Looking at it now i missed the top plate/Rähm on the small building in the middle though.

[Anonymous No.3225780]

>>3225777
nette Dreier

muss mal in eure Gefielde fahren. Ihr habt echt schöne Architektur. Hoffe euer Kaffee is nicht so teuer.

[Anonymous No.3225802]

>>3225777
>>3225720
>ywn live in a picturesque town
Really nice thumbnails. Lovely values and compositions.

[Anonymous No.3225889]

[Anonymous No.3225911]

when doing a still life photo value study. should i zoom in or out on reference. i do squint but should i squint on zoomed in or out image.

[Anonymous No.3225955]

>>3225889
Very Redwallish, I like the style.

[Anonymous No.3225964]

When you don't have the patience to study math it's always good to draw a little

[Anonymous No.3226111]

Would you call this done?
Does it need anything on either side?
how are the eye paths?

[Anonymous No.3226115]

>>3225693
>>3225720
>>3225889
>>3225964
good stuff today lads

[Anonymous No.3226120]

[Anonymous No.3226129]

>>3225889
I cant put my finger down on it but I think I really dislike your linework, the blue sketch is the best but even then the character design could get a little more cute in some sense you know?

[Anonymous No.3226161]

[Anonymous No.3226231]

>>3225280
very nice, I don't have a lot to add to what has been said before. Looking forward to the final

[Anonymous No.3226234]

>>3225720
Weitermachen!

[Anonymous No.3226275]

Horse studies

[Anonymous No.3226277]

>>3226275
the one in the middle has a gorilla ass and posture ... fail

[Anonymous No.3226278]

>>3226277
>the one in the middle has a gorilla ass and posture
lol, it does!

[Anonymous No.3226288]

Redid the bottom one

[Anonymous No.3226289]

>>3226288
that was fast!
good job

you can keep the lines to make zebras out of them

[Anonymous No.3226366]

>>3225416
Brian calm down. You know how /ic/ is and you still post your stuff here everyday. If you don't want us to tell you that you need improvement, don't post here

[Anonymous No.3226374]

>>3225425
>>3225433
>>3225488
>>3226231
Thanks for your replies. Yep, at first I wanted to draw a room as a background, but that was before deciding that the ripper would be so big, so at this point I would have to put the chair literally in the middle of an empty room to not interfear with the ripper.
Also, thanks for the redline, but I think it would be too confusing and you couldn't see a great part of the arm. So I went for a clear silhouette even though it might be a too long arm.
If you compare with the Wip, you can see that I made the background and the ripper's bottom darker so there is less contrast overall and you focus on the girl. Do you think it helps the composition or it makes the image less impactfull and interesting? There is no problem in changing it back.
I'll post this tomorrow or the next, so if you feel like
I need to change the skirt or the face (which I'm not 100% convinced are right) or anything else, it's allright

[Anonymous No.3226390]

>>3226111
Chick is an astronaut?

Kinda emo tier for me but still a nice drawing.

[Anonymous No.3226393]

What it do

[Anonymous No.3226494]

>>3224336
Why the fuck do I find this so god damn hilarious, been laughing for 30 minutes straight.

[Anonymous No.3226515]

>>3226393
Nice work.

This is the last finished piece of mine which is a revision of a older work

[Anonymous No.3226529]

>>3226111
>done
you're done with the linework, now you have to actually block in values and finish it.

Love the concept even if it's a little "2deep4u".

[Anonymous No.3226530]

>>3226515
>taking a picture of a screen with a picture opened

dear god why

[Anonymous No.3226540]

>>3226390
kek yeah she's an astronaut, I'm glad you can tell cause even though there's a big space suit I was afraid maybe it didnt entirely come across. Its part of the story.
I keep getting hired for emo tier shit, I think im like "the sad illustrator"
>>3226529
Thanks anon. I would really hate to color this damn thing in so I think I'm not going to, but I do wonder if color or value would improve it.

[Anonymous No.3226550]

>>3226540
Not that anon but it's important to point this out: there's a neat optical illusion going on in your image as is. The dense black void in the middle almost appears to move as you stare at it. This must have something to do with the high contrast. I think this illusion really adds to the illustration and I'm worried it would be lost if you colored everything

[Anonymous No.3226558]

I would love some CC, and just attention in general.

[Anonymous No.3226561]

>>3226540
you don't have to color it in, just some black/white tones would help to solidify the thing

[Anonymous No.3226741]

fun

[Anonymous No.3226773]

>>3226558
good effort, anon!
dont draw fanart of a kids show if u want attention tho :P

[Anonymous No.3226792]

I've hit a brick wall with this one and I can't see whats wrong with it, some cc&c or tipps would be cool.

[Anonymous No.3226798]

>>3226792

It's really good overall for the first few seconds. I discovered the footsprints and a little story might be behind this.

I think you might have worked on this for way too long and you can't see what it's missing. I noticed that the sand and the grey clouds share the same tone and darkness. She could need a very faint, fuzzy shadow halo around her feet. The sand could be at least a bit brighter than the sky

For the clouds, i think you've chosen a too evenly grey tone that goes all the way from the top to the horizon. The clouds on the very top could use a bit more brightness and maybe a few round edges in the upper layers that are lit by the sunlight. Horizontally, at around the level of her knees up to her skirt, the clouds in the bg could be even darker in places, so you get a bit of overall contrast going (maybe put in another small gap in the clouds in the distance).

great job!

[Anonymous No.3226813]

>>3226792
It's kind of wierd that you have two sources of light, yet the girls coat is the only thing light falls on.

[Anonymous No.3226816]

>>3226792
This has some really great moments, but they are pulled down by the overall appearance.

Look up more references of beaches with overcast skies and how sunlight reacts with formations in the sand. Think of what you want to stress with contrast, right now the footprint is very subdued and the clouds are almost as attention-catching as the figure. Also simple gradients can do a lot for a picture,

[Anonymous No.3226844]

Don't have anywhere else to post this, so here's my shit.

[Anonymous No.3226845]

>>3226844
One more.

[Anonymous No.3226848]

>>3226393
>>3226515

Please stay in /beg/ for now

[Anonymous No.3226849]

>>3226792
Needs some work like others pointed out but I really like how you render, can I see your blog?

[Anonymous No.3226867]

>>3225416
I don't know if you're aware or not, but russian avant garde artists were actually pretty bummed up about at least one aspect of their art: despite the message and philosophy (and probably also a shitton of drugs) they put behind their art, it was also painfully obvious to most that their precious avant garde could be imitated by a random idiot just scribbling/smearing on the page with no rhyme or reason. And that's actually mentioned in the writings of painters themselves, that's not just a contention of the general public.
So, what exactly are you, my boy? An unsung genius or a random fag who thinks he's hot shit?

[Edgelord McFedora No.3226871]

>>3226849
Thanks and yes, sure
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/naundeeey
https://naundeeey.deviantart.com/

Mainly on deviantart but since people push the "deviantart is dying" meme here, i think about making tumblr my main blog

[Anonymous No.3226896]

I have to draw this ship for a commission but its from an old dreamcast game and the graphics are so bad I can't tell what it looks like.
Like I can see it from the side but I need a better image of the one that I circled where the camera is below.
The ship has got that really weird curve and I'm going to render the hell out of it and I'm afraid it'll look all fucked up.

[Anonymous No.3226901]

>>3222039
Studies from today

[Anonymous No.3226904]

>>3226901

[Anonymous No.3226908]

>>3226741
Don't particularly like this but you are probably gud, any other stuff?

[Anonymous No.3226911]

>>3226374
Dude the arm is completely fucked, the humerus would be ginourmous and them there would be a very small forearm with another set of forearm attached. I mean if you feel it's working go for it.

[Anonymous No.3226943]

Hi everyone I am from /beg/ and I have a request:

Could someone please do some 30 second gesture drawings and post them? I'd like to compare my ones with ones from someone who is more advanced than me so I can see if I'm doing them ok.

[Anonymous No.3226973]

>>3226943
Maybe someone will do that but honestly what I would recommend is to not do too much of that stuff because speed comes with practice and you will likely use the limited time as an excuse for shitty lines and mistakes you make. Take your time, analyse, feel the form and put down a solid line, don't just hack around and try to strike gold.
Just my five cents

[Anonymous No.3226975]

>>3226896
Does this look like an okay map-out or is it too distorted?

[Anonymous No.3226987]

Sorry for the quality, i took the picture with a potato and edited it in Photoshop CS3 with the touchpad on my laptop (lines are a lot smoother irl etc...).

Perspective is probably wonky in a few places, and the rug feels a bit weirdly shaped. I'm going to add more furniture/decoration as well.

Just wanted to know if i should keep going like this or change something fundamental before i sketch out more?

[Anonymous No.3226989]

>>3226904
havent you been posting the torso on /fit/ lately?

[Anonymous No.3226991]

>>3226867
unsung genius, I also drew this >>3226393
which I'm sure the Russian artists you are talking about would be rather into.

counterpoint.

art's progression in the avant garde is dependent on the art of amateurs and sunday painters. What frustrated avant garde artists through the years was what's happening today on places like reddit's art section. amateur art is held up as exemplary simply because it's easily understood by other beginners. The other type of art being slick "finished" work that has noticeable time put into it but very little in the way of originality, and is usually simply guided by the idea that classicism, and what was done in the past, is better than anything being done today. A message fueling rich clients who think what's reminiscent of the past is what's worth money, since it's a proven formula already.

So what ends up guiding the avant garde is drawing below the level the artist is capable of. I wouldn't be surprised if what inspired Monet to create Impressionism was looking at what amateur artists were doing at the time. Their palettes were probably clumsily colorful, and their brushstrokes unmixed, and it made him angry when that work which was far less technically capable than his was getting attention.

It's the motivation of "If I'm going to be a nobody, I'd at least like there to be a reason behind it, and that reason is that I'm hiding what I'm capable of"

It's the same ethos that guided artists like Gauguin to paint like the Japanese, and Picasso to paint like the Africans. They were seen as "primitive" and "childish" in the way Monet probably saw his fellow lesser Frenchmen painting and considered their colorful work "primitive". Obviously no amateur work done in 1870 survived today, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the root cause of Impressionism.

[Anonymous No.3226995]

>>3226991
so like it or not, the work being done in /beg/ is actually the future of art, it's just that it's going to take an artist who does it on purpose instead of by accident.

If those losers in the "LETS START A NEW ART MOVEMENT" thread got a whiff of this theory they'd bark me into a coma, but that's the way art history works, and has always worked. People (including the Impressionists) thought the Impressionists were literally retarded in the same way /beg/ seems to me and you.

[Anonymous No.3227010]

>>3226991
>So what ends up guiding the avant garde is drawing below the level the artist is capable of.
If by that, you mean "the more detail / time / work in it, the better", then you have an economic, most unartistic way of measuring quality.

> I wouldn't be surprised if what inspired Monet to create Impressionism was looking at what amateur artists were doing at the time. Their palettes were probably clumsily colorful, and their brushstrokes unmixed, and it made him angry when that work which was far less technically capable than his was getting attention.
Impressionism wasn't invented by Monet alone. And it's way more analytic (take Georges Seurat) than you make it seem. The culture of amateur, sunday painters has only just come to being after WWII, I would say, as the middle class had enough time and financial stability to persue such hobbies. And their dirty color pallets were certainly not as rich and inspiring (that would rather apply to the unconventional, crass colors of expressionism). The impressionism of Seurat for instance was much more influenced by the science of optics.

If you really believe that the motivation was to "hide what [they were] capable of", you are painfully mistaken. Impressionism is an advancement to conventional realism. Monet was taking it even further at the time when his eyesight was deteriorating, which was a very organic, clinical reason behing his style in painting at the time.

>in the way Monet probably saw his fellow lesser Frenchmen painting and considered their colorful work "primitive"
Are you confusing Claude Monet with Eduard Manet?

>but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the root cause of Impressionism.
Theory without evidence is :-[

[Anonymous No.3227013]

>>3226995
>so like it or not, the work being done in /beg/ is actually the future of art
lmao

"Traditional" painting (same materials, new motives) is evolving into the digital age just as well. Julian Schnabel, Andro Wekua, Daniel Richter …
You're just too ignorant to understand how flexibel painting as a medium is and it will endure still.

There's a reason why there is not a single digital fartist in the auctions of Sothebys or represented by major art galleries like David Zwirner and others. Most of the time here in /ic/, I find an unsettling amount of audacity, narcissism and art historical ignorance.

[Anonymous No.3227015]

what are the most glaring issues with this one?

[Anonymous No.3227016]

>>3227015
looks traced, boring, shit posture.
sorry

[Anonymous No.3227025]

>>3227016
>looks traced
you helped me more than you realize;
but how to make the finished linework not look like traced over crap?

[Anonymous No.3227027]

>>3226989
haha, yeah was me.

[Anonymous No.3227028]

>>3226989
not the same torso though if you asked that.

[Anonymous No.3227031]

>>3227025
If you trace stuff without having a feeling for the body, it will always show that it's traced. You've used jittery, timid lines which all have the same thickness. The weight of the line can emphasize parts of the body (or object) that are more dense, heavier or darker.

My general advice for you is to stop tracing ^^
There is very little you learn in it.

[Anonymous No.3227063]

>>3226908
Shore, I do creature design stuff usually
https://servalineart.tumblr.com/

[Anonymous No.3227091]

how to get good at tones and shading and light and stuff

[Anonymous No.3227112]

Anyone has any advice regarding this?
The idea is to have a character in foreground, and in mid/back a terrace and coffee shop.
Which one is better? Is there a way to improve one by moving a few things? Is it even working?

Sorry if it's a bit messy.

[Anonymous No.3227158]

Trying some chimera stuff, WIP

[Anonymous No.3227178]

[Anonymous No.3227200]

>>3227112
I like the first one more on the grounds that it's not just "character - background" but rather "character - things off to the side - background - street trailing off to the distance"

[Anonymous No.3227203]

Update on >>3226792

>>3226798
>>3226813
>>3226816
Thanks for the tips anons, I incooperated the things you suggested to some extend.

I looked up that clouds start at ~2km height and which type of cloud is where, also using a perspective grid really helped fixing the clouds for me. I also pulled the bright clouds behind her dark hair for contrast.

[Anonymous No.3227206]

>>3227091
by practicing it

[Anonymous No.3227211]

>>3227203
You should desaturate the yellow a bit, except for the parts that are getting hit by that hard light, imo

[Anonymous No.3227218]

>>3227203
getting there, anon! really cool. maybe work her shadow in the sand a bit, she still seems to be floating, kinda.

[Anonymous No.3227220]

>>3227218
she seems to be floating not because of a lack of shadow (it's an overcast day) but because her feet aren't really sinking in deep enough. to get a nice solid interaction with the sand. The boot on our right should sink in more than on the one on the left.

[Anonymous No.3227352]

Can I get some crit? Is it good?

[Anonymous No.3227373]

>>3226111
Is this inspired by Voices of a Distant Star?

[Anonymous No.3227375]

>>3227352
sorry im a retard

[Anonymous No.3227376]

Going to finish tomorrow

[Anonymous No.3227619]

Not sure how I feel about this. Seems a bit too simple. Any ideas for how to improve it?

[Anonymous No.3227630]

>>3227619
It's a cool idea, maybe bring in some blues/greens in the shadows and add some multicoloured lustre to the wood.

[Anonymous No.3227644]

Ref pulled from >>3224710

[Anonymous No.3227645]

crits please? should i shod off to /beg/? thank

[Anonymous No.3227663]

Finished

[Anonymous No.3227667]

>>3227619
this is cool but I don't really understand the pose. half of her feels like it's hanging limp from a string and the other half is holding itself up

also would be cool to have some visible mechanisms in the joint areas, shiny metal would compliment the matte wood and cloth

>>3227663
kinda cool but kinda derpy, the gesture is pretty bad. do some studies of animals

[Anonymous No.3227672]

Beginner here.
I'm having a lot of trouble placing armor on the torso of my character here. Can someone give me a paintover i can study for reference?

[Anonymous No.3227681]

>>3227667
She's supposed to be floating... I guess a shadow would have helped.

I based the design off of an old wooden doll and its parts were held together with string woven through the limbs. I guess that doesn't show well here. Maybe I'll cap each limb with metal bits or something

[Anonymous No.3227695]

self portrait

[Anonymous No.3227732]

>>3227206
What's the most effective and time efficient way of practising it?

[Anonymous No.3227735]

>>3227695
Man wearing a girl hat?

[Anonymous No.3227742]

>>3227735
what are you on about mate

[Anonymous No.3227743]

>>3227732
understand how shadows and values work, mid tones, highlights, bla bla bla.

[Anonymous No.3227746]

>>3227742
It's a self-portrait of a man wearing a woman's hat

[Anonymous No.3227747]

>>3227746
It's clearly a woman though

[Anonymous No.3227750]

>>3227747
It looks like a man wearing a woman's hat

[Anonymous No.3227753]

>>3227747
It looks like a man wearing a woman's hat. Jaw and eyebrow ridge look manly. Might be an manly looking woman (XX)

[Anonymous No.3227772]

>>3227695
Looks like you just slapped a photoshop cutout filter on a photo

[Anonymous No.3227780]

>>3227015
Like other anon said, traced feeling, but also the proportions being weird and it tips into some weird almost uncanny valley territory.

Just some stuff I sketched out today. Feel free to drop critique pls.

[Anonymous No.3227785]

>>3226845
that's so cool! I could just imagine a cliche'd line like
>Holy am I alone, in both the Earth and the Heavens

[Anonymous No.3228366]

Ok this is unfinished but how the fuck do you draw clothes?? i focus too much on the proportions of the face and my skills in other places are lacking so much. Also if you want you can critique, i wont be a little pussy bitch.
Edit: i had to rezise this twice because it was too big at first and i got it down to 4.01MB but apparently if its even *0.01MB* too big it wont work

[Anonymous No.3228464]

Fuck this shit... I was going to do a proper painting with Vinnie from the Biker Mice and one of the Street Sharks but I always fuck everything up. I have a really fucking bad habit of rendering everything before I have the whole Image figured out... Now I just have to remove Vinnie from the image so the whole thing wouldn't be too busy. At least I learned how to draw some hair and shit. I need a fucking art director. I'm also drunk. Fuck this shit...

[Anonymous No.3228466]

>>3223882
Wow, thank you for the critique, it was super helpful. I made some of the changes just to see if I got the proportions down this time, I'll work on the colors and line art later. Getting clean lineart is something I've struggled with for a while, what would you say is really wrong with it? Is it just not smooth enough?

[Anonymous No.3228478]

>>3228466

I really love the personality in his facial features. His stance Is kind of weird. He almost looks drunk. If your intention was to make him drowsy after battle it definitely works. If that was your intention you might want to emphasize that story aspect in other parts of his body; he has a lot of blood on his face but his armor is pretty mint.

GJ any way. It's always cool to see something as simple as this with a ton of personality.

[Anonymous No.3228480]

some fun..

[Anonymous No.3228494]

>>3228464
this looks really good anon
although is that a foot on in his chest

[Anonymous No.3228500]

>>3228464
The Dave is strong in this one.

[Anonymous No.3228506]

>>3228494

Thanks mang. Placeholder arm. He was supposed to be strangled by another character.

>>3228500

I love the guy... Him, Rigney, Dan and Luvisi are my fucking heroes <3.

[Anonymous No.3228553]

>>3226550
That's really cool thanks dude. I have to admit I can't see it but I guess maybe thats cause I've been staring at it for like twenty hours.
>>3227373
I haven't heard of that but looked it up and it sounds lovely.
Its inspired by the story of a musician's song whom I'm making it for.

[Anonymous No.3228555]

>>3226374
fuCK your COLORS
Christ i love it

[Anonymous No.3228560]

>>3227619
i think i love you??? you're stuff is clear cut, you know anatomy and you're structure is fantastic. It's not usual, but it's great to look at

[Anonymous No.3228989]

>>3227200
thank you, I kinda like it too, but it kinda looked better in my head (the /beg/'s plight)

[Anonymous No.3229231]

made some stuff was supposed to be inspired by 18-19 century and have sci fi vibe. didnt manage the sci fi bit at all kek.

[Anonymous No.3229291]

The Empty Easel 2

[Anonymous No.3229436]

I'm not actually going to edit this as it's done, but thought I'd post just for feedback.

[Anonymous No.3229446]

>>3227375
It's not very accurate, but I like how the head is really tiny, makes the figure look monumental. Work on your hands and feet, you seem to have a lot of trouble there.

>>3227672
The painting is bad, or maybe just rough. But the drawing is nice in how you've smplified the curves of the body.

>>3227695
Get fucked.

>>3228366
Your painting has an intersting quality.. like stiff and plasticky, but it's nice, especially the subtle hair shadows. Uhhhh, your process is really weird, maybe it works for you but I find rendering things peicemeal like that causes unncessary problems, it'd probably be easier to work over the whole image simultaneously.

>>3229231
You really gotta work on your faces...

>>3229291
This is kinda cool.. it's... ultra horrific. Her eyes are telling me she wants me to end her suffering.

[Anonymous No.3229460]

>>3228560
shut up whore go do more figure drawings.

[Anonymous No.3229492]

a thing

[Anonymous No.3229530]

>>3229436
I like the style, but the values similarity between the Reindeer Chia pet guy's robe and the gold made me think he was doing this pose.

Also, clever concept. Would make a sweet Christmas card.

[Anonymous No.3229537]

>>3229530
Yeah, I definitely struggled with the values on Balthazar's gift. I feel like the values in general are crazy.

Too bad for me it was someone else's concept.

[Anonymous No.3229544]

>>3229530
The execution otherwise and composition are really nice, so don't sweat it. Do you primarily use the lasso tool and shit tons of layers to get this layered, vector-like style?

[Anonymous No.3229547]

>>3229537
The execution otherwise and composition are really nice, so don't sweat it. Do you primarily use the lasso tool and shit tons of layers to get this layered, vector-like style?

[Anonymous No.3229549]

>>3228560
If you're an attractive girl- date me. I'm going to hang myself in another hour or two so be quick with your reply!

[Anonymous No.3229555]

>>3229446

Thanks for the feedback!

>Your painting has an interesting quality.. like stiff and plasticky

Oh shit I never realised the plasticky thing until now, thanks for pointing that out. I think that's because the artist that inspires my colouring and shading techniques the most likes to make her drawings look like they were done with acrylic paint.

>your process is really weird

I'm trying different processing techniques, right now this one is working for me because im the kind to lose interest after a while so i'd have a lot of incomplete work, but this way it makes me focus on one thing specifically, and therefore helping me motivated to do more while also having more detail included.

[Anonymous No.3229556]

>>3229544
Pretty much bang on, but I prefer pen tool, plus a bit of hard round brush for details. Lol it's 50 layers organized neatly into folders. I'm a literal crazy person. I had an illustration top out at like 300 layers once. The practical function is not worth it, I just have OCD or something.

Sometimes I work more geometrically, and for that I'll use Illustrator, or if it's personal work I'll use illustrator so I can make prints of any size.

But I heard that Photoshop CC has vectors anyways, so I might have to get into that.

[Anonymous No.3229566]

I'm working on a little fan art piece of a ridiculous character from my childhood. Dem Street Sharks- toys were huge in my country and the hammerhead dude was always my favorite.

I'm practicing my Zbrush->Photoshop workflow. ~60% done with this. I'm still a beginner in sculpting so the posing is really fucking stiff. Don't mind the arm on the right. I had a different idea involving chains when I started but he'll be holding an adorable fish bowl with a little goldfish in it. Stupid people love juxtaposition like that...

I think he's standing on some rock on some dock and there are with some waves hitting it. Feed my back.

[Anonymous No.3229584]

>>3229566
Aw man, you broke them up?

>Stupid people...

It's depressing that that's what you're thinking about when you make art.

[Anonymous No.3229601]

>>3229584

>>3229584

I had to. He was really messing with the focus. I'm really bad at visual focus and composition (if it isn't obvious).

>Stupid people...

You know. You have characters like Rocket Raccoon and it's like "Hohoho. He's like a really adorable raccoon and he swears and shoots lazerz XDDD. What daring juxtaposition! I understand it and therefore it is good! I CLAPPED"

Or I dunno...

I feel like the general public really goes for shit like that. Having a stupid picture with a scary monster with a little girl and they're holding hands or something and it's somehow deep all of a sudden. You know and then you have an edgy text next to it like "Follow your demons >:D" and it gets a ton of likes on what ever.

I'd really like to do stuff like Marek Okon some day and most of the AAA art is done for an audience who aren't actually looking at your piece like it's a piece of art. It's a depiction of "the thing they like". I'm okay with that because I think it's a fun challenge to try and meat those expectations/nostalgia and try to depict it in a way that's challenging/visually pleasing to me.

What the fuck am I even talking about. Time to go to bed. It's always fun to read this shit in the morning when I sober up...

[Anonymous No.3229609]

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate thread for this, but here goes. So I have finally accepted that I suck at doing detailed drawings/anatomy. So I was thinking maybe I just need to embrace a simple art style that I can reproduce with relative consistency. What do you guys think though? Should I give up, or is there hope for me?

[Anonymous No.3229616]

>>3229601
Yeah, I know what you mean.. Guardians of the Galaxy was exciting, well crafted and affected me emotionally, but I feel dirty for watching it and I know it's all surface level manipulation puked forth by a formulaic process.

When I'm working (comics) I like to think things like: only the most insane and dedicated fan will notice this little detail, or, let's create a complex underlying thematic structure that practically noone will notice. :D Gnight.

[Anonymous No.3229620]

>>3229609
Usually, you want to be good at anatomy, then abstract from there.

However, it looks really cute, if a bit stiff.

[Anonymous No.3229622]

This could definitely have some value IF you do it digitally. Have clean line art and some solid colors or nice clean rendering/gradients. Doing stuff like this with pencils isn't really appealing, at least to me. I don't know what your actual art goals are so there's that.

[Anonymous No.3229629]

>>3229620
I know what you mean about stuff. I figured once I got down what the characters should look like, I can work on posing and movement

[Anonymous No.3229648]

>>3229622

Was talking about this >>3229609 piece. Btw. Sorry.

[Anonymous No.3229679]

>>3229609
if you're a girl are you cute? if you're a boy are you cute? I just want to know if you're cute. Not even talking about looks, just a general cuteness.

[Anonymous No.3229723]

>>3229679
>implying /ic/ are ever good looks
mostly it's either fat slobs or lanky skelly.

[Anonymous No.3229749]

>>3227203
It just occurred to me there's a face in the clouds... is that intentional? If not please god elaborate on that it looks cool.

[Anonymous No.3229790]

>>3225284
brian stop, you suck

[Anonymous No.3229793]

Willhelm Tell escaping from captivitiy on a boat during a storm in the night

[Anonymous No.3229805]

>>3229460
oh eat my ass faget let me love something

[Anonymous No.3229806]

>>3229549
sorry man, have dick

[Anonymous No.3229906]

>>3222204
of all the husbando in the game, why him?

[Anonymous No.3229938]

>>3229446
whats wrong with me faces?

[Anonymous No.3230057]

Today's exercises

[Anonymous No.3230261]

new thraed: >>3230258

new thraed: >>3230258

new thraed: >>3230258

get in here faggots.

[Anonymous No.3230302]

>>3229793
>that lightning
Kek, symbol drawing reborn

[Anonymous No.3232240]

Final piece for class, new to brush pens but trying to make it work.
Any crit would be great.

[Anonymous No.3232317]

a study. I wish my paintings were less blurry...

[Anonymous No.3232683]

>>3222142
Shading is too soft, remember, sharp edges make sharp shadows, while gradual rounding shapes make that kind of a soft shadow you're using. It should be a blend of both

[Anonymous No.3232816]

WIP of a movie trailer scene, bonus points for those who get it.