/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.3240079]

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

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[Anonymous No.3240089]

How would you paint someone wearing black at night? I'm trying paint someone's patronus while they're wearing black robes and a black collared shirt. If is light in the background, then the patronus won't stick out. If its dark in the background, the robe will blend into the background too much.

[Anonymous No.3240094]

>>3240089
its about lighting. if there is only ambient light(moonlight) then the robe will blend in(unless you make a silhouette around the light, so adding another light source might help it pop out more

[Anonymous No.3240103]

>>3240094
There should actually be a really strong light source coming from the rabbit. Should I make there be more contrast or would that look gross? I'm not sure how the black robe would look next to a strong light source

[Anonymous No.3240117]

>>3240089
Why don't you want the robe to blend into the background?

[Anonymous No.3240153]

>>3240094
>>3240103
Okay actually, I think that helped a lot. Thanks anon.
>>3240117
I don't know. I guess I was just being a super weenie because I hated how I spent time drawing all the wrinkles and its just a waste of time because most of them will disappear.

[Anonymous No.3240157]

>>3240153
Forgot image

[Anonymous No.3240472]

gf xmas present i'm working on.

[thatguy No.3240582]

>>3240472
nice, color temperature is not working..as a result looks muddy.. try to push some warmth in the shadows

[Anonymous No.3240588]

Secret Santa gift for my grandpa. Mostly done (to me as I'm terrible at animals)... How can I improve it before getting it printed? Thank you!

[Anonymous No.3240595]

[thatguy No.3240598]

>>3240157
im not sure what you are going for, but you could prob push the lighting some more

[Anonymous No.3240651]

>>3240079

[Anonymous No.3240659]

>>3240588
are you working from a reference and if yes, post it so i can make a comparison.
Like, chances are this is your grandpa's pet and capturing its likeness is important.

Its heading in the right direction, nice texture on the ear. Facial and neck fur appears to be a little ameture tho. When do you need this finished

[Anonymous No.3240710]

[Anonymous No.3240716]

>>3240659
This is not the actual reference for the painting (I had to find a generic one of the breed as this dog has long since passed away and I don’t have any good refs of him) so I tried to make changes to match it better. Obviously this is a dumb thing to do because I’m altering the reference/possibly messing up my forms/values, but you’re right – The likeness is really important. Ideally I can finish this over the next 2 days assuming printing places are busier than normal. I know I have to darken up the face/around the nose, but is there anything else I should change to make it look more similar?

[Anonymous No.3240754]

portrait of someone i know. I am in the fucking struggle.

[Anonymous No.3240762]

>>3240754
Right eye seems a little far over. If we can see that much of her left the features are going to move to a 3/4ish view. I think that is why you're struggling. right half is front plane left half is 3/4.. try pushing the features over and trying to feel the 3D space the head is taking up.

[Anonymous No.3240768]

I don't know if this is the right thread, but this is a cry for help. I think I might've hit the wall some call "artsist block".
>spend literally the whole year not having much time to draw because of university, thinking of how valuable time is and all the awesome stuff I'll draw once I'm on vacation
>plan to spend all day erryday building a portfolio for artstation, getting popular on instagram, grinding my skills and getting bitches and money
>oh boy I sure love art, can't wait for summer to start so I can post art like crazy
And now it's finally summer (in my country), I'm finally on vacation, and... I can't bring myself to do jack fucking shit. I either stare at the screen, sketch for 5 minutes then ctrl+Z the whole thing, or limit myself to downloading and testing brushes like in pic related. All the time in the world and no ideas or motivation whatsoever. I don't even remember what I wanted to draw once I had the time. What do you guys do to get out of this and start making and posting stuff you like? is there like a list of things to draw so I can mindlessly follow it and not have to think about what I'll do next?

Sorry for the blog.

[Anonymous No.3240782]

>>3240588
>>3240716
I think the likeness is fine, judging by your painting so far you have the light coming from the top, so I'd suggest thinking about the 3d form and throwing some shadow to give volume on the lower part of the head and the body. As it stands, those parts in particular look pretty flat, and it makes it look like a flat cardboard cutout of a head on top of a carboard body. With that quick fix I think it'll look quite good, either way I'm sure your grandpa is gonna love it.

[Anonymous No.3240793]

I'm not using a reference for this, but does anyone have any advice? It just doesn't look that good and I'm not sure what to do about it.

I know there are some anatomical issues but I'm mostly focusing on just issues with the shading/values.

[Anonymous No.3240799]

>>3240793
>It just doesn't look that good and I'm not sure what to do about it.
Use reference, obviously. Learn about form, perspective, basic anatomy. Do gestures, learn proportions. Trash this piece of shit and start over, if you're feeling like it sucks but you don't know why yet you keep working on it, that's called polishing a turd.

>I know there are some anatomical issues but I'm mostly focusing on just issues with the shading/values.
Oh, "some" is an understatement... this thing is full of anatomical issues, there's not a single thing that's right about it. But that's not the worst thing about your drawing.

This is fundamentally wrong. You need to properly construct your sketch before you ever even think about filling in patches of value or "shading". You don't seem to understand form or perspective, which are two definite prerequisites to being able to do value studies.

Save yourself some time, stop this, and draw some fucking real people. Draw from reference until you can accurately draw a human from memory or imagination.

[Anonymous No.3240815]

Trying to learn face anatome. This is from a proko's video. Not sure if drawing a 3d object from 2d screen is good enough to really understand the space though... At least good enough to learn to analyze anatomy I guess.

[Anonymous No.3240821]

any critique would be appeciated

[Anonymous No.3240832]

>>3240762
MMmmkay, i think i see what you mean on that. I put this together from like six different ref photos of her, most of which are turned to the side, and then i tried to make a front-facing portrait. that may have been a mistake for someone of my skill level, lmayo.
I did a kind of quick adjustment with a smear tool. Is this more like what you mean?

[Anonymous No.3240833]

>>3240821
Pls give him a fatter ass. Other than that, watch how your calves connect to the rest of the leg. Right now, it looks a little glued-on

[Anonymous No.3240836]

>>3240799
book name?

[Anonymous No.3240892]

[Anonymous No.3240903]

>>3240768
Hey anon, I know that feel. But no worries, I got you senpai. I have a collection of /ic/ roll lists that you can check out, enough prompts to keep you going: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/06bg7rkxhibo9sn/AAAcbGCKvrO3Pjdo1Zqhbt2Sa?dl=0

[Anonymous No.3240905]

Need help, I'm trying to finally really work on anatomy and faces and could use some pointers here. These are from imagination fresh after studies, could I get some critique on this?

[Anonymous No.3240916]

[Anonymous No.3240983]

>>3240916
Holy shit, pls go to the /beg/ thread. Or any thread for that matter, just out of here.

[Anonymous No.3241002]

>>3240821
stop chicken-scratching and draw more self-confident lines. I have the same issue and it's hard stopping this bad habit but oh so worth it

[Anonymous No.3241018]

>>3240905
Looks great!
I can't really add anything anatomy wise, and can only criticise your chicken scratching manner of drawing(pardon me), try either making light single lines, and then trace it over with a softer pencil(3B or similair).
Or erease the lines that aren't the main lines after drawing, again tracing the main lines with a softer pencil before doing so.
Another point from me is to fill out both limbs from the body opposed to just one, the bodies seem to be drawn with only one (lower)leg a couple of times.
And maybe experiment with slightly more exgaterated facial expressions(after or when studying the facial muscles), yours are very nice and neutral, but it kinda stays there too.
Other than that great work!
And sorry for my nitpicking.

[Anonymous No.3241052]

>>3241002
>stop chicken-scratching and draw more self-confident lines.

ffs. The reason people draw lines that you call chicken scratches is because they are not confident on where to put the lines. If they just follow your advice and prioritize clean lines over design then they are never going to go beyond mediocre.

[Anonymous No.3241121]

>>3241018
Ah yeah, thanks. It is digital btw, but the chicken scratching issue stands true.
I'll keep going then.

[Anonymous No.3241131]

>>3241121
No problem, glad to be of help.
Good luck with your craft, your handeling of digital drawing far exceeds mine so I have found new motivation to better myself, thanks!

[Anonymous No.3241137]

>>3241052
I have found mass consequently repeating the very basic shapes and lines in a row, with the sizes only varying between repeated series (small series of circles then a larger series of circles, rinse and repeat, and for the next shapes too for example) has made me much more confident in drawing single lines.
I got it from an IC guide made by anon whom is at a very high level of craft, sadly it's home might post it later.

[Anonymous No.3241152]

posting here my tower princess because the thread is almost desertic

[Anonymous No.3241166]

>>3240595
nice

[Anonymous No.3241246]

Did a thing or /co/

[Anonymous No.3241259]

>>3240903
Dude thanks a lot! I think that's exactly what I needed. I'm going to start with this very post as a roll.

[Anonymous No.3241360]

>>3241259
You're welcome, godspeed anon. Get those gains.

[Anonymous No.3241409]

Not exactly a drawing...still workin on this. Gonna try and have it finished by tonight. Gonna add darker blue on the left and more stems and leafs and details to the flowers. Coulda sworn i used to paint faster. Anyone else go long periods of time without making art and feel like they regressed in skill when you got back to it?

[Anonymous No.3241412]

Sorry for that shit first pic

[Anonymous No.3241422]

Looking for some help on this, particularly week on my inner thigh and forearm anatomy

[Anonymous No.3241485]

>>3240651
Some very obvious proportion errors but nice values
>>3240595
Dope
>>3241422
You work from ref right? What's the big deal? Study the stuff that you suck at

[Anonymous No.3241487]

>>3240905
Draw traditional paint digital

[Anonymous No.3241492]

>>3240768
Just draw anatomy, get into your comfort zone and go on from there

[Anonymous No.3241500]

>>3240782
agreed.

>>3240716
show us your progress when you're done.

[Anonymous No.3241507]

>>3240815
Yes, drawing a 3d object from a 2d screen is perfectly fine. Its important to draw from life, but do not guilt trip yourself. Its important to adapt to using both 2d and 3d references.

[Anonymous No.3241583]

Why bother with gesture drawing?

[Anonymous No.3241585]

>>3240651
Should I colourpick colours or just guess them? What do u do?

[Anonymous No.3241589]

>>3241583
Gesture drawing teaches you how to convey: dynamic poses, the feel of motion, weight, proportion, balance, velocity, emotion, mood... etc.

Good for solidifying your artistic process and getting it down to a habit, so you always remember to draw from big general shapes/values first, and down to the specifics last.

[Anonymous No.3241603]

>>3241585
Color pick a set of 10 - 15 colors into a palette and work with that, or eyeball it yourself and make a palette to work from.

Do not color pick directly from photos, going back and forth from the photo to your drawing when doing studies though. That's a good way to fuck yourself up.

[Anonymous No.3241611]

[Anonymous No.3241613]

>>3241603
Fuck me up why?

[Anonymous No.3241627]

>>3241613

You wouldn't learn anything by doing that.

>>3241611


What's up with his eyes? He looks like a blind baby rat.

[Anonymous No.3241642]

>>3241613
Because in a photograph it is made up of pixels, so unless you are color picking the same singular pixel you're going to run into either a color change or value change of some kind. And that will make your art look like mud.

So don't do that. If you have to color pick, then do it from one spot on the picture and put it into a palette so that you can pick the same color over and over again.

Also keeping yourself on a limited set of colors will help you focus on studying.

[Anonymous No.3241664]

[Anonymous No.3241666]

>>3241664

This is really good. I don't have anything to critique! Keep it up.

[Anonymous No.3241675]

>>3240472
>>3240582
Well, I tried. I'll do better, try harder, work harder, focus better next time. And the next after that and so on.

I just hope she likes it. :/

[Anonymous No.3241681]

>>3241675
your shadows are super gray
usually shadows are pretty saturated, especially on skin

[Anonymous No.3241685]

>>3241664
This is graphite, right?

You need to be putting your graphite down in lighter layers with your pencil as sharp as possible. Also if you have a set of pencils/leads, you should be putting the softer ones down on the darker tones, then filling in the spaces left with harder pencils until you've got a block of tones. Also you overuse the illustrator's trick of throwing in tones diagonally. You should be laying tones down in a way that goes along with the topography of a 3d object. Not flat. The little white lines left behind by your pencil strokes, much like brush strokes, show form. So stop drawing so flat, it's a waste.

Your lines are much too hard around the collar, tie, and suit. You should never press into the paper like that, not only does it ruin the tones and make the paper hard to erase from, you also leave a metallic sheen and that's fucking disgusting.

You're definitely on the right track but you seriously need to work on your technique, stop making your pencil work look so gross.

[Anonymous No.3241689]

>>3241642
If you want to go hardcore, only work with the primaries and mix the colors from that. Some oil painters work that way - it's an interesting exercise, I did it in a college watercolor course, we were only allowed to use blue, red, and yellow paint. The first thing the teacher did is show us how to mix black from those - equal amounts of all 3 will make black.

The best reason to eyeball color is to learn how to really see color - most people don't. Colors around a color will influence the eye, and there's a certain amount of optical mixing in the eye, the further away from a painting or screen you get, which is why painters will go across a room to look at their work. Seeing color is something you have to train in, over time, you can't cheat it or take shortcuts. What you think you see - especially as a beginner - isn't always what you think it is, especially if your eye is untrained in value. You'll learn much more trying to match a color manually, than using the eyedropper - and since you're probably not working on a corrected screen, you're eyedropping values and hues that will interact differently, than what you think it looks like.

This is a long process, like I said. Some people have a natural ability at color, a lot struggle with it. The only way to learn it, truly learn is to experiment, and try to build your colors, instead of just copying them.

I use a pretty simple palette when painting digitally, and I mix all of my hues from them. When I know I'll use a certain color a lot, I'll save it to the palette, or I have a mixing layer that I turn on and off as needed.

Instead of the eyedropper, create a layer, that has a 50% grey (neutral) filling it, and make a small round hole in the center. Move that over the area you're looking at, color wise, and try to mix those colors from your palette. Yes, it will be hard at first, but trust me, you'll learn a lot more doing that.

[Anonymous No.3241692]

>>3241689
>create a layer, that has a 50% grey (neutral) filling it, and make a small round hole in the center. Move that over the area you're looking at, color wise, and try to mix those colors from your palette.
Oh shit nigga that's a digital version of a viewfinder (used to have to do that exercise in art class but traditionally, with a black piece of art board with a hole cut in it).

Have this dog cause you rock

[Anonymous No.3241697]

>>3241611
Skin doesn't look like that. You're putting down colors you think belong there, instead of what's really there. If you get a chance, post your reference, it will help explain what I'm saying.

You need more (or any) cool colors and warm colors. Skin color is effected by a lot of things - areas that have more capillaries under the skin are warmer, and have more pink/red - like the nose. The jawline on men has cooler colors, because of the beard/stubble. You need to use cool blues and purples in the highlights, and reds, pinks, oranges, and yellows for the highlights, with white being used sparingly and only on the brightest points, and in the reflection of the eye. Eye sockets are generally cooler, not red like you have. The reflected light on the right side of the face should be a cool color, like a light blue, or violet. It will also help build volume, by using color and not white. Don't use black as a shadow color, use cooler colors like green and blue to make the peach color darker. And don't scribble, like on the forehead.
Tips:
Eyebrows have shadows and highlights, they're not flat color.The hair is finer than the brush you're using.
>Eyelashes are not white.
>Don't cheat on the hair. Use finer brushes, and shape the volume, highlights, mid tones, and shadows. Render the hairline.

[Anonymous No.3241699]

>>3241692
WIll accept doggo as payment.

Everything that's taught in an oil painting class can be applied to digital. Remember that. Well, not everything, you don't have to worry about gesso or varnish or glazed, but most of it.

[Anonymous No.3241700]

>>3241675
Try not to use so much black in the skin, like on the hands, they're dead and cold, and hands are generally pretty warm. Overall, I'd look at your color temps, you're getting a lot of flatness because of the lack of it. Throw some warm color into the hands and arms, and especially the shoulders, you have way too much yellow and white there.

[Anonymous No.3241702]

>>3241699
Ah, advice I give often as well. Please stick around and keep up the critique, you're one of the only people I've seen lately that knows what they're fucking talking about.

Good luck man and thanks for putting your time into crits like that.

[Anonymous No.3241710]

>>3241681
>>3241700
I appreciate this advice. I'll apply it. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.3241750]

>>3241697

[Anonymous No.3241767]

Man I am really considering just giving up painting. I feel like every time I attempt it I just ruin the sketch I made. I don't know how to do really cool mood lighting without painting though, I'm afraid it'll just look cheesy in line art.
>>3240598
Thanks anon. I think that your version does look better and I tried but I couldn't figure it out. I was afraid his face would be too in shadow and you wouldn't be able to tell who it was anymore (it had to look like a certain person)

[Anonymous No.3241769]

>>3241767
Fuuuck forgot pic again.

[Anonymous No.3241784]

>>3241769

Never give up man! You have a lot of potential.

Just keep in mind that the human eye can recognize a lot of shape and value information with very little lighting especially with stuff like faces. I'd recommend putting your color.jpg on another screen for reference and starting to work on the image from dark to light building it up slowly as you go.

Just draw the parts where you think the light would hit from the bunny and start building the mid values from there.

I made a thread on movie stills yesterday:

>>3240044

Just skip all the anime bullshit some joker was posting as a super funny joke and you'll find some relatively similar lighting situations. Just try to be a little more subtle in the beginning. Work in black and white if that helps and worry about the color later.

[Anonymous No.3241786]

>>3241685

Thank you very much, I'll follow your advice.

[Anonymous No.3241803]

>>3241784

>human eye can recognize a lot of shape and value information with very little lighting especially with stuff like face
That is true, I forget that sometimes I think cause I'm just overly fearful. I appreciate your feedback and I'll do some studies in the thread. I have another painting up next that is the same kind of lighting situation.
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.3241862]

Christmas is coming so I gotta do something nice and PC for dat moist internet pussy... I'm trying to make an elf character who's a mix of a traditional Christmas elf but also something that could work in a high fantasy context. He's gonna be chilling in some barn or forest or some shit just looking at his sweet owl buddy.

This is going to be a painting so I'm not really looking for feedback on the line quality. This is all ready way more than what I'd need to get started with a painting.

Any ideas/feedback on his gear, pose etc. would be really nice...

[Anonymous No.3241938]

[Anonymous No.3241953]

>>3240768
If you are studying fundamentals it doesn’t matter. You just practice using books or videos.

If you are trying just to draw from imagination for fun.. you just go back to your masters. The old masters or digital art that you saved because you loved it. Appreciate their skill and painting. And boom artist hype increase. Block destroyed

[Anonymous No.3241970]

>>3241938
>signature

[Anonymous No.3241978]

Painted Christ for my grandafather this Christmas

[Anonymous No.3241987]

>>3241978
would prise.

[Anonymous No.3241995]

>>3241978
>Gsus
>white
>blue eyes

[Anonymous No.3241997]

>>3241995
my painting isnt preventing you from praying to your personal nigger jesus

[Anonymous No.3242001]

>>3241995
>>3241997

Well since he's a fictional character so you can totally depict him how ever you want in your fan art.

[Anonymous No.3242006]

>>3242001

[Anonymous No.3242007]

>>3241995
>worshipping a disgusting arab jesus is better

[Anonymous No.3242008]

>>3242001
you are pretty much the reason why people see artists as insufferable faggots

[Anonymous No.3242010]

>>3242006
>>3242008

I love you guys. Popcorn's in the microwave.

[Anonymous No.3242042]

You guys will probably all think this is shit.

[Anonymous No.3242050]

>>3242042
you got to work a lot on your textures/forms.Her armpit, fingers, jawline and nose line are poorly done. Most of all: Learn what a core shadow is.

[Anonymous No.3242065]

>>3242042

I think the idea is kind of nice. I like the symbols overall and if redone this could become a really nice piece.

The execution is badly lacking though. She's full of scribble and your lighting and anatomy are extremely inconsistent. I'd recommend looking at Maciej Kuciara's ink pieces from his Artstation. He's not an amazing inker but his techniques are relatively easy to learn for a novice and his subject matter is often quite similar:

https://www.artstation.com/maciej

Hope this helped.

[Anonymous No.3242075]

>>3240079

[Anonymous No.3242077]

>>3242065
thanks! I will probably redo this one following your feedback.

[Anonymous No.3243236]

[Anonymous No.3243306]

me failing at rendering portraits. I want to make cute girls like kronprinz but i have no idea how. I cant make those subtle transitions.

[Anonymous No.3243351]

>>3243306
I'm kind of freaked out by the right one. Its a really convincing rendering but her proportions are eerie and she's too smooth. Its uncanny valley.

[Anonymous No.3243361]

>>3243351
>Its a really convincing rendering
No it isn't, most edges don't follow the form

[Anonymous No.3243367]

>>3243306
mate, kronprinz has like more than 10 years of experience, and he studied a lot from real life , academic stuff. So, there is no secret. Do life studies of cute girls, try to copy some of his works and other artists who paint cute girls, and after 3 years you will be in a decent shape. Trying to paint from imagination with 0 knowledged is wate of time.

[Anonymous No.3243375]

>>3243367
>study cute girls from life

mate.

[Anonymous No.3243434]

People keep on commissioning me to paint ships and I fucking hate them until I get to this point.

[Anonymous No.3243702]

how's my skeletal-men?

[Anonymous No.3243754]

>>3243375
what, dont you have cute girls to pose for you? And you wanna to be a artist? Haha

[Anonymous No.3243810]

Looking for some colour and value critique on this

[Anonymous No.3243829]

>>3243702
>>3243810

What are you guys going for with these? I'll do an overpainting or something if I get why you guys are doing this stuff.

[Anonymous No.3243837]

>>3243810
It's the pillar men pose being re-enacted by these three dudes
I'm being paid to do it

[Anonymous No.3243881]

>>3243810

Actually I'll take back >>3243829... The colors and values are just fine. Don't make rimlights like that though. Make thick rimlights that are not just lines. Light don't work liek dat...

[Anonymous No.3243978]

tell what you think

[Anonymous No.3244007]

>>3241862
he needs a shillelagh

[Anonymous No.3244044]

>>3243978
I like your draft, it is clean and simple. Keep that way.
However, i don't like your color choice. there is too much, i mean, you got all the chromatic circle in there. If it fits what you are going for, its ok, but for my taste i would have chosen less colors and more tones

[Anonymous No.3244065]

>>3240768
I would try some gestures or something to warm up and then draw something in pen. Something about ink and not being able to erase always gets my creative juices flowing. Cool picture by the way, you got a blog?

On another note, can anyway tell me if I should bother trying to continue rendering pic related or just call it done?

[Anonymous No.3244197]

I'm trying colour harmony. Using green and blue. Was using green for the warm areas before I realised grey was warmer. I THINK that's as warm as I can go, it still doesn't feel very warm to me but I don't know.
Reference pic following

[Anonymous No.3244199]

>>3244197
Ref

[Anonymous No.3244223]

>>3240768
>tfw in 2 days i'll get a few weeks off and I am afraid I'll do the same

[Anonymous No.3244249]

first time linocut. judge me

[Anonymous No.3244271]

rate

[Anonymous No.3244408]

>>3244271
I like it.
You eventually will improve you brush strokes. Remember always use biggest brush possible. Digital and traditional.

[Anonymous No.3244414]

>>3240079
Little study, 40 minutes or something.

[Anonymous No.3244415]

>>3244414
Fuck this phone posting business

[Anonymous No.3244416]

>>3243351
Kek, it isn't accurate at all

[Anonymous No.3244475]

[Anonymous No.3244485]

>>3244475

smudgy and muddy

[Anonymous No.3244568]

fashion design stuff

[Anonymous No.3244570]

>>3244568
oops posted wrong size

[Anonymous No.3244583]

>>3244570
Fuck off you postmodernist cunt.

[Anonymous No.3244591]

There's no other thread to post work so here, it's more a painting then a drawing.

[Anonymous No.3244614]

So many mistakes but here it is.

[Anonymous No.3244618]

What should I change? What are the areas that need the most rework?

[Anonymous No.3244649]

>>3244614

Just clean up those lines and you have a solid piece. Nobody wants to see dat scribble. You could also play around with some cell shaded shadows...

[Anonymous No.3244651]

>>3244570
This has a very nice and simple style.

[Anonymous No.3244654]

>>3244649
Thanks for the tips. I did make sone with some shading but I go back and forth on it. I am also aware of the shell mistake, and the arm/hand not really behind totally right. Possibly the back of the bandana too.I also kinda based the pose on a picture of 2003 Mikey, but I did not copy it.

[Anonymous No.3244656]

>>3244583
you dont even know what that word means you absolute joke of a human being

[Anonymous No.3244666]

>>3244654
>>3244614
Here's how much I stole if anyone was wondering.

[Anonymous No.3244680]

>>3241862
>>3244007

Maybe I'll make the stick into a Shillelagh (I had to google that).

Continuing with the painting phase. Still probably only halfway done with this shit. Need to clean things up and add more junk on him. Like shit that travelers have. Feed mah back.

[Anonymous No.3244712]

Lend me your fresh eyes, /ic/. Does this have potential? how does it read? I really should've made some thumbnails but I got caught up sketching, so I'm wondering if I should turn this into something or if its pure shit and my eyes are shit.

[Anonymous No.3244723]

>>3244712
I like it.

[Anonymous No.3244806]

>>3244712
Looks pretty good imo, nothing stands out as wrong, so I say bring it to completion

[Anonymous No.3244814]

>>3244712
Really liking values and expression, though i believe left part of the skull is a little bit askew? from eyes down. Also is this a boy or a grill? If a grill maybe some hair on shoulders to indicate grillness, if boy maybe make the eye area darker to make it even more menacing? In any case good job

[Anonymous No.3244834]

[Anonymous No.3244873]

>>3244814
You're absolutely right about the skull. I intended a girl, I was thinking it was looking a bit androgynous while making it so I'll definitely complete her hair and maybe try to make her more feminine and younger and whatnot. Thank you for the input!
>>3244723
>>3244806
Thanks, I'm feeling better about it now.

[Anonymous No.3245152]

>>3244065
I'm calling it done

[Anonymous No.3245153]

>>3241589
Who is this artist?

[Anonymous No.3245184]

trying some new charcoals

[Anonymous No.3245205]

>>3241422
torsos are too long

[Anonymous No.3245291]

>>3245184
Butter than the last one but not quite there. Do you see how your value changes describe a form that isn't full but that seems to have bumps and valleys almost?
It looks like someone pressed into the apple in the front. Try to study the apple better and look at it throughly because I guarantee that you are missing something by filling it in from simply not looking well enough

[Anonymous No.3245347]

>>3245152
Don't talk to me or my son ever again

[Anonymous No.3245379]

>>3245152

I think you should have pushed this further. A lot of stuff I see in /ic/ are good pieces that aren't taken to a proper finish. Look at stuff from artists like Michael Kus. Would he have called that finished?

At some point you need to start comparing yourself to high level professionals if you really want to "git good". I'm personally not there yet but I'm always trying to push for something that I could imagine seeing on the front page of Art Station. I think you should too. You good.

[Anonymous No.3245397]

[Anonymous No.3245403]

>>3245397
i see you're trying to go for that hellboy artist style. You failed miserably.

[Anonymous No.3245406]

>>3245397

[Anonymous No.3245413]

>>3245406

[Anonymous No.3245416]

>>3245403
yeah, Mignola is not really my thing. It's just a bid inspiration when I do this kind of fantasy character designs

[Anonymous No.3245437]

first time coloring anything in

[Anonymous No.3245457]

>>3245397
Your work reminds me a tiny bit of the artist for Etrian Odyssey, with the RPG-ish classes and clothing styles--just with less cute girls

[Anonymous No.3245517]

>>3245457
didn't knew that one, thanks

[Anonymous No.3245628]

>>3245184
if you post the ref it would help, but im suspecting your values are screwed up
usually the cast shadow is lighter than the core shadow

[Anonymous No.3245647]

>>3245628
unfortunately I ate the reference yesterday :P , yes, something went wrong with the values, I'm trying to draw sketches as quick as I can, that was a 10min sketch.

[Anonymous No.3245670]

>>3245647
thats a bullshit way to go about drawing. Take your time, you obviously dont know the first thing about the apple in particular and the circle in general

[Anonymous No.3245680]

>>3245647
>>3245670

[Anonymous No.3245704]

Rip me to shreds, please. I feel like I'm stagnating. Even petty shit I just want to get a read on what people think of my art.


>>3240595
Really like the texture, that's something you miss in a lot of digital art. My only critique would be to maybe push the values where the chin and ear reach the neck so it reads a little better

[Anonymous No.3245708]

>>3245704
shit that's too big it's been a while since I've been here

[Anonymous No.3245717]

>>3245670

I'm otherfag but I'm gonna have to agree with you there. I am a master of the circle and an expert of the apple in particular.

Pic related. It's me thinking about the apple in particular.

[Anonymous No.3245724]

Been working on 2 things today
First is a ballpoint portrait that I never really finished. I noticed animu eyes and ragequit.
Anything obvious I should practice? (besides planes, values, proportions - I am fully aware and are addressing those)

[Anonymous No.3245727]

>>3245724
The second is this pattern.
It's still just a sketch, and I'll improve all of it greatly as it moves along.
But I'm a bit concerned that there is too much happening for the eye. Also that the colours do not work.

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.3245743]

>>3245717
any apple tutorial worth checking out? Should I start with the pear?

[Anonymous No.3245746]

>>3245708
Is she anorexic? She looks more than thin, something about her pose and thin feet make her look anorexic.
>>3245727
At first the colors on these were yich to me, it looks like a 90s school girl pattern in the thumbnail.
But then I clicked on it and I love it. Its a very cool pattern, awesome idea.

[Anonymous No.3245747]

>>3245379
I came on here to say that I don't know how to make this look finished and then saw your post. Looking at that picture helps but I'm really having trouble going in with the next steps.

[Anonymous No.3245748]

>>3245747
This is the ship I'm painting and I guess I'm having a bit of a problem cause the graphics are so bad. Still, I guess there are some details I could put in like bolts and lines but I'm wondering if theres more stuff I should be doing beyond that?

[Anonymous No.3245749]

>>3245743

No, you fucking dumb ass! Are you even fucking listening to me? You start with the CIRCLE IN GENERAL! Only after you've mastered that you start practicing the APPLE IN PARTICULAR. Some of you people sure are amateurs. See you in the beginner thread.

[Anonymous No.3245751]

>>3245749
kek. But unironically, starting with the sphere is the best way to go toward other spherical objects

[Anonymous No.3245754]

>>3245747

Chiggedy-check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pep41P3aCGQ

You can also watch any of Scott Robertsons rendering tutorials on youtube!

[Anonymous No.3245760]

>>3245746
>Its a very cool pattern, awesome idea.
Cool! Thank you

[Anonymous No.3245761]

>>3244712

I like it too, want to see it finished. Expression is great.

[Anonymous No.3245903]

Some trees. I have to move on to improve but it's hard to let go from a favourite subject.

[Anonymous No.3245977]

Working on some concepts for location art

[Anonymous No.3245991]

>>3245977
pretty cool who are you doing this for? yourself?

[Anonymous No.3246021]

>>3245991
I'm working on a puzzle game with a friend and we want each "level" to be an artwork. We're shooting for something like the location art of Chrono Cross, I think it's an overlooked treat from retro games. Very early in development, though.

[Anonymous No.3246064]

Fuck.
Can anyone here help this poor retarded man who doesn't know how to color? I always try the gradient maps and I never make it work. I don't know if I should change my approach to something that suits me better, or fix something about the gradient map approach to make it work.

Or maybe I should give up and stop playing with fire (literally) for some less complicated lighting?

[Anonymous No.3246096]

>>3246064
You aren't pushing your shadows far enough when it comes to value. The fire is super light and I don't see any other light source so the shadows behind her should be darker. experiment with it its push and pull.

[Anonymous No.3246122]

>>3244249
Lino is fiddley af good job for your first attempt!

[Anonymous No.3246131]

current work

[Anonymous No.3246240]

I take a little more time on this, 30 min, charcoal.

[Anonymous No.3246254]

>>3245379
Thanks so much for the advice! I actually did really try to push myself on this one, most of the stuff I do is just lineart. It got to the point, though, where I kept just messing around with the clouds and minor details and nothing was actually getting better. Any advice for what to do when I get to that point?

[Anonymous No.3246310]

How come there's no study thread right now? I haven't been here in a while, did they stop being a thing?

[Anonymous No.3246322]

>>3246310
study threads have been superseded by the your style my style meme, /ic/ isn't so serious now brah, just chill out and draw a little girl, that's the ticket

[Anonymous No.3246323]

>>3246310
Study threads died out about a year ago for some reason

I see one every month or so with lackluster response

The my style - your style threads are slowly becoming study threads as the prompts are becoming things that promote responses that require the anon to study and think about what they're doing
but it's no substitute
We need to start them up again

[Anonymous No.3246324]

>>3246322
>draw a little girl
Gross.
>>3246323
I didn't see any threads like that either. I guess I'll keep an eye out but damn, the one time I really felt like doing some studies... Thanks for the info anons.

[Anonymous No.3246325]

>>3246324
Yea, it's not like you can make your own thread.
>ngmi beta cuck

[Anonymous No.3246334]

I found the other thread, it looks interesting. Maybe I'll use that.
>>3246325
I don't have any good images to start it with. My whole problem is having no eye for lighting and color, and barely any for composition. I don't trust myself to pick out an image that would do any good to study.

[Anonymous No.3246413]

wip

[Anonymous No.3246427]

>>3246413
oh look ruan jia copy cat. learn how to paint

[Anonymous No.3246428]

>>3246064
the fuck is a gradient map, why the fuck do people even mention gradients? it has nothing to do with this

[Anonymous No.3246430]

>>3246428
Gradient maps apply colors to a grayscale drawing based on the values. You can basically set the color of the highlights, shadows, and midtones and have the program do the rest.

>>3246064
Please don't jump to gradient maps if you don't fully understand how to color, it'll only set you back in the long run. You have two options: keep doing grayscales and color over using layer modes or directly paint the colors from the start. Would be smart to go for something less complicated during your trial runs.

[Anonymous No.3246433]

>>3246427
I'm not even trying to look like RJ at this point. This is just how I paint, referencing RJ or not makes no difference.

Give me an actual critique please.

[Anonymous No.3246448]

>>3246430
you can just colorize the greyscale with rgb layers and mask them and get better results? far more easier to edit

[Anonymous No.3246449]

>>3246433
you say that but the eyes, nose and mouth are exactly ripped from ruans stuff and your slamming shitty colors everywhere that dont make any sense to the lighting

[Anonymous No.3246451]

>>3246448
Yes, but the advantage of gradient mapping is that it's extremely simple and fast to use. If you have presets saved, you can literally make a very decent color base with the click of a button and paint from there.

[Anonymous No.3246452]

>>3246451
? no that looks like shit

[Anonymous No.3246455]

>>3246452
I'm sorry you're unable to see the potential gradient maps bring, but I know some people swear by it. But in the end, it's just one of many ways to color, so if you don't like it then that's that.

[Anonymous No.3246463]

Just made this one recently.

[Anonymous No.3246464]

Why does my trash panda look like trash?

[Anonymous No.3246469]

>>3246464
Because it's basically a rough sketch. You havent done any texture, or lighting. I would consider this an underpainting to a finished piece. Fur has a texture, volume, and a grain. Your job is to capture that by either rendering it close to reality, or indicating visual cues that it's fur - and have lighting to define volume on the animal.

[Anonymous No.3246472]

>>3246469
Ugh, you're right. I guess I couldn't get away with just blocking in colors.

[Anonymous No.3246495]

Drawing from some figure books. Are these proportions ok?

[Anonymous No.3246502]

>>3246449
Maybe I just happen to have similar tastes? As for color, I both studied his work a lot and am really experimental. I don't see how it's a negative thing, desu.

[Anonymous No.3246505]

>>3246495
The proportion and shape of the hips and legs on the first one seem to be a bit off, might want to lower the sharp part a bit.

[Anonymous No.3246506]

Some moth I did.

[Anonymous No.3246605]

[Anonymous No.3246614]

>>3246495

yes and no, if you want realism which i assume you don't then no. otherwise what doesn't loo right to me

TOP: right leg, left shoulder/hip
BOT:cheek, nose, back maybe at first glance

since it's stylized in some way, very good

[Anonymous No.3246729]

>>3244834
this is nice.i like the form and the line itself, but i think line weight could vary more. Like i feel it should be much thinner on the upper side of the leg, and thick at the bottom (where there is none)

>>3246122
hey, thanks! it did require a meditative approach, and i still see places where i fucked up. very cool technique tho

[Anonymous No.3246731]

>>3246455
i tried it and it just doesnt look good, like at all

[Anonymous No.3246733]

>>3246502
its bad because youre not actually learning how they look in 3d, youre only recalling what you studied and can only draw these faces on this specific perspective.

[Anonymous No.3246813]

>>3245397
>>3245406
>>3245413
>>3245416
I fucking love this. Blog pls.

[Anonymous No.3246922]

[Anonymous No.3247509]

>>3245152
Tried another one, had a lot of trouble with the mountains. I need to do more studies, I think.

[Anonymous No.3247514]

>>3247509
Got a blog my dude?

[Anonymous No.3247533]

Wip,
I’m gonna “fix” the body anatomy ;)

[Anonymous No.3247551]

>>3241152
yo I really like this, but...
where are the boobs man

[Anonymous No.3247649]

>>3247509
Your stuff reminds me of this artist
thou I think you might be missing some shadows cast by the plane
dunno who the artist is anymore but I'll post some more of his works
>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEvtqezVoAAYQdq.jpg:orig
>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEvtteKUIAMdYHU.jpg:orig
>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEvttLHVYAAmJk9.jpg:orig
>

[Anonymous No.3247769]

[Anonymous No.3247776]

So. What's the most abominable part of this?
>>3247769
La mort de qui?

[Anonymous No.3247782]

>>3247649
Reverse image search gives me this guy: https://www.artstation.com/lownine But I'm not sure if that's right. Cool art either way.
Now that you mention, a cast shadow would definitely help establish the scale. The way I painted it I was envisioning it being pretty small and very high up so you wouldn't really see much of a shadow but it does make it a little harder to read. I'll have to keep that in mind next time :)

>>3247514
Here you go: https://lil-tachyon.tumblr.com/
You're the first person on /ic/ to ever ask me that!

[Anonymous No.3247788]

[Anonymous No.3248086]

[Anonymous No.3248257]

help

[Anonymous No.3248269]

still working on this, any advice?

[Anonymous No.3248363]

>>3247782
>https://www.artstation.com/lownine
>https://twitter.com/Lownine/status/886063263401648128
fuck your right, I spent 3 hours going through history and reverse searching google and saucenao, thanks

[Anonymous No.3248391]

How's the coloring for this?

[Anonymous No.3248613]

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays everyone!

Korean Girl II
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2017-12-25

[Anonymous No.3248646]

>>3248269
I don't know how many times one has to repeat that people need to go back and study perspective, anatomy, values, colors, and composition before people actually take the advice rather than asking "What about now does it look right?" time and time again.

You're not retarded, just dishonest with yourself.

No composition, head facing forward and features in awful, ugly proportions, incorrect anatomy across the board, poor values, poor tones, poor everything. This isn't a WIP it's a Shit In Progress.

But hey, that bit of rendering of the cloth stretch between her tits is sure to make up for lack of hands and feet.

Pick up Vanderpoel and do copies of it until you know what an eye ought to look like.

[Anonymous No.3248671]

>>3248613
why did you leave the black outlines at the nose?

i like the texture of the paint though

[Anonymous No.3248677]

>>3248646
>Pick up Vanderpoel and do copies of it until you know what an eye ought to look like.

not that anon but i am gonna do this. he's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.3248699]

Merry Christmas guys!

[Anonymous No.3248838]

>>3248613
i think youre getting worse

[Anonymous No.3248843]

>>3246413
Looks awesome so far, but the ear looks small compared to the head.

[Anonymous No.3249075]

>>3247788
The arm of the top figure seems a bit stiff and short but It looks promising so far

[Anonymous No.3249078]

>>3249075
Torso looks a bit on the shorter end but otherwise looking good.

[Anonymous No.3249079]

Happy Hanukkah, faggots.

A bit of holiday drawan while at the grandparents. Not sure how to pick colours for the rest of the clothing. Ideas?

[Anonymous No.3249160]

I need help on how the face should be done cause i'm having difficulties with it, But if anyone could also say whats wrong with general anatomy and shadeing that'd be great too!

[Anonymous No.3249172]

Korean Girl II revised

[Anonymous No.3249174]

Korean Girl II revised

[Anonymous No.3249175]

Any tutorials related to the jaw or neck would be appreciated. I have some anime sheets but I want one that is more realistic.

[Anonymous No.3249177]

eyelashes are another feature that I need more info on.

[Anonymous No.3249663]

>>3246413
face seems a bit too long

[Anonymous No.3249669]

>>3249174
>>3249175
/beg/ pls go >>3247620

[Anonymous No.3249673]

>>3241675
Anatomy is great and proportions are great too the composition is okay too. Only complaint is how muddy the colours look, I don't work on digital but maybe use more saturated colours and variations in shades and what not

[Anonymous No.3249826]

[Anonymous No.3249887]

[Anonymous No.3249908]

I used to draw an MS Paint-style comic, but now I decided to make a better shaded version, kind of in the style of Disney promo artwork.
I feel like while the body looks good, the face lost a lot of contrast. How should I go about this?
Other tips/suggestions also welcome.

[Anonymous No.3249909]

>>3249908
this is what I had been going for

[Anonymous No.3249939]

>>3249908
You desperately need to study gesture drawing, it'll help you out so much.

[Anonymous No.3249946]

>>3249887
very pretty, but can you add something in the bg to make the head stand out some more or something. i had to turn up my monitor brightness all the way

[Anonymous No.3249947]

>>3249939
well I wanted to only add the sheen, not redraw the pose which is meant to be shitty

[Anonymous No.3249979]

tell me what i need to improve on

[Anonymous No.3249991]

>>3249979
Line weight. The lips in particular. If you are rendering a piece, you aren't supposed to notice the outline on details like that.

[Anonymous No.3250003]

>>3249979
the lip should be in the center under the nose.

[Anonymous No.3250011]

>>3249826
Stiff pose. It is impossible to tell if she is lifting her left leg because there is no shadow or background. Are her feet supposed to be level? If so that doesnt make any sense because they cant be if she is lifting her knee. Perhaps you wanted her leg to be resting on her toes rather than her sole?

[Anonymous No.3250016]

>>3246495
It would look better with better lineweight in the right places. particularly the breasts.

[Anonymous No.3250021]

>>3246131
The nose looks off to me, too low i think. If that character had lips they would be touching the nose.

[Anonymous No.3250035]

>>3249979
this >>3250003
also, the eyes look dorky. usually the pupils will direct in (almost) the same direction. when they look at different directions this is either concentrating on a very close object, or being retarded
here's a slight alteration, see how it works

[Anonymous No.3250059]

>>3249979
Also, forgot to add. The light are on the nose is off too much to the right. Try something more centered like this

[Anonymous No.3250080]

>>3240079
Watercolor/gouache on cardboard, opinion please.

[Anonymous No.3250191]

[Anonymous No.3250255]

>>3241664
our presidento

[Anonymous No.3250451]

do the colors look alright? i like them when I squint but otherwise they feel flat, or one-note.

[Anonymous No.3250453]

>>3250451
hmm maybe I just need to flesh out the values

[Anonymous No.3250468]

>>3250451
Is this a nosferatu?

[Anonymous No.3250469]

>>3250468
just a balding elf girl im afraid

[Anonymous No.3250504]

>>3249826
fuck mang, your design skills are top notch

[Anonymous No.3250597]

Just made this quickpaint
Hit me

[Anonymous No.3250843]

Need some help please!! I'm trying to do a narrative illustration, the picture is supposed to be of a cowgirl playing poker with some random dude but I'm really shit at perspective and I have no idea how to start on the table let alone the background. Even the body is giving me some trouble... If anyone has any tips or could help me out on this I'd really appreciate it!

[Anonymous No.3250849]

>>3250843
also 1 more drawing ive been working on for months............... hope the anatomy is ok, ive just been really fucking slow in rendering

[Anonymous No.3250876]

>>3250849
i always kinda envy people who can work on one drawing for months, i have to do like 50 a day

[Anonymous No.3250883]

>>3240595
working :~)

[Anonymous No.3250900]

>>3250597
I really like the values and colors you have going here but oh my your brushwork kinda ruins it. Unless you intended it to look like it was pictured from a driving car.

[Anonymous No.3250936]

>>3246064
middle two aare gradient maps. and the third was messing with color balance/hue saturation and painting over the new colors with colors you want to add to the pallet.
greyscale to color takes some work. but it's not too bad to learn

Ctrl+b and Ctrl+U in photoshop.

[Anonymous No.3250952]

practice from tonight

[Anonymous No.3251005]

>>3250900
Dang, Ill never find a brush I get comfy with and looks good

[Anonymous No.3251014]

>>3241750
>His eyes are actually red.
Why.

[Anonymous No.3251017]

>>3242042
The hand holding her coffee is too big.

[Anonymous No.3251019]

>>3243306
If you were trying to copy the reference at the top, your bow is aligned to the collar wrong and your eyes are too big. Why didn't you include that plaid strap? It's interesting.

[Anonymous No.3251022]

>>3243978
I think you've posted this before.

[Anonymous No.3251023]

>>3244408
>Remember always use biggest brush possible. Digital and traditional.
Not him, but why?

[Anonymous No.3251041]

>>3251023
It's just good form and economy. The fewer strokes you need to expend to finish a piece the better. The end result will show more confidence and clarity of vision.

[Anonymous No.3251288]

>>3244834
>this is nice
Oh. Thank you!
I tried to change this sketch a little
It is better?

>>3251041
Thank you. I will try.

[Anonymous No.3251319]

Is there any potential on this piece or should I just leave it up?I have a precise idea of what it looks like but I don't think it's working

[Anonymous No.3251338]

I painted some bananas

[Anonymous No.3251450]

>>3241611
He kind of looks like an aged Elliot Rodger.

[Anonymous No.3251557]

[Anonymous No.3251592]

>>3246413

I remember this thread. There were some pretty good versions of that chick/guy. I think this was the original.

[Anonymous No.3251625]

Like the age old saying goes; "Ask, and ye shall receive".

One of the hardest things in life for me was learning to ask for what I needed and trusting that the Cosmic would provide. "Letting go" was not a word in my vocabulary!

While it can be difficult overcoming this barrier to living in fullness and joy, it has been proven many times to my scientific satisfaction, that the principle of asking does work.

[Anonymous No.3251632]

>>3251625
Kill yourself

[Anonymous No.3251667]

say something nice

[Anonymous No.3251683]

>>3251667
it's not THAT bad, anon

[Anonymous No.3251685]

>>3251683
what's so bad about it then?

[Anonymous No.3251694]

>>3251667
nice

[Anonymous No.3251699]

>>3251667
It seems you know what you're doing, well at least most of the time, and you got some skill, but it seems very rushed, so I don't get what you were aiming at.

there you go

[Anonymous No.3251919]

>>3250451
finished, or as close to it as it's going to get. any crits appreciated.

>>3251319
if you don't think it's working, move on.

[Anonymous No.3251928]

>>3251919
I feel like the colors in this would benefit from some shifts in temperature and saturation. Like if the colors in the shadowy undersides of the forms were cooler, like trending more towards a bluish or greenish gray as opposed to the warmer orange-ish colors in the lit areas, or the reverse with the light being a more icy bluish tint and the shadows being warm like they are. I think a few areas could use a more saturated midtone, specifically where the light and shadow meet too. Lastly and this is just personal preference but a lot of her structure looks like a young person but she has some very deep set creases that make her look uncannily old. I think softening those some would help.
All of this might be better for next time though. At this stage that might just overwork the piece and ruin it.

[Anonymous No.3251933]

>>3251928
thanks for the crit anon. i might try throwing some cool colors on parts of it just to see what it might look like, and i'll definitely keep your notes in mind for the next piece.

great note regarding the structure/wrinkles discrepancy. would never have caught that on my own. the lay-in was really rough, so I didn't have a clear, defined character in mind before I started rendering. that was dumb.

[Anonymous No.3251987]

I've lightly tidied this up today since I last posted it a few weeks ago, I hadn't worked on it since.

[Anonymous No.3251994]

>>3240768
i know this feel

>IM GONNA FINISH FILLING MY SKETCHBOOK OVER BREAK
>have doodled 3-4 little things in a completely unrelated notebook

This is why i need schooling, for the structure if nothing else

[Anonymous No.3251995]

>>3247782
Your stuff reminds me of William Stout. I like seeing you post here

[Anonymous No.3251996]

>>3251994
The ironic thing is art school just tells you to fill your sketchbook. It's really up to you anyways.

[Anonymous No.3252194]

>>3251987

Still looking interesting. I'm really excited to see how this thing turns out. Are you the same guy who posted that giant goat that was chilling in an old town BTW?

[Anonymous No.3252254]

>>3249909
at least pick a good style to copy and not this awful cereal box design

>>3251338
really dig this one

[Anonymous No.3252299]

>>3249174
her
n ose still looks like balls

[Anonymous No.3252336]

Sorry for bringing furtrash here, but I need help with painting since yall know your stuff.

It's unfinished (mostly the food stuff) but I need it done by tonight. I tried pushing the saturation since I wanted to break the habit of painting overly undersaturated, but I don't know whether I've gone too far or not. Any CC is appreciated.

[Anonymous No.3252339]

>wanted to ask something but noticed that thread is already autosaging
should i just wait for a new thread or is there still anons lurking here?

[Anonymous No.3252394]

>>3252339

I iz... But I'm just gonna wait for the new thread before I post anything. Would you be a nice boy and make a new thread <3?

[Anonymous No.3252396]

>>3252336

That's not terribly bad even though I don't like furry stuff in general. The perspective is kind of fucked though. The plates shouldn't be getting more elongated towards the horizon. It should be the opposite. Look at this plate.

[Anonymous No.3252415]

>>3251995
Thanks a lot man, I actually only just heard about him the other day but I really like his stuff now that I found him

[Anonymous No.3252504]

>>3252396
Wow I'm retarded, thanks for the heads up.

[Anonymous No.3252818]

>>3251996
that hasnt really been my experience. Im only a semester in though.

My first drawing class had different subject matter nearly every week

[Anonymous No.3252820]

>>3244680
Who are you?

[Anonymous No.3252830]

>>3249075
Are you doing this with references?

[Anonymous No.3252831]

>>3246464
It's adorable

[Anonymous No.3252839]

Alright.

[Anonymous No.3252843]

Woops. Anyway, Ill just move to another drawing.

[Anonymous No.3252850]

[Anonymous No.3252851]

>>3246413
I'm sorry but bad brushwork, bad colors, bad construction. Values work overall but it's really messy.

Major pointer is the texture. Work on big resolution and use smaller strokes, and don't use only chalky brushes.

Good luck. Also read a bit of color theory, instead of using palettes or whatever it is you're going with the colors.

[Anonymous No.3252862]

>>3252820

I'm batman.

[Anonymous No.3253026]

>>3246463
>>3246922
>>3248391
>>3252843
Nice lines

>>3250849
Her left eye is out of the socket. Arm and hand gripping the sword could use work, angles mostly so it's not rigid.
Otherwise not bad.

>>3250011
Could be fixed by emphasizing the tilt in the pelvis.

>>3249075
Proportions could use work, head is too big and her right leg is very small.
Bad perspective on the figure, mainly the ass and the shoulders. Boobs are dislocated, not coming from the chest. Some more minor things like the knee should be lower The hands and feet are nice. Overall if you learn to place the major masses correctly in space it won't be bad.

>>3252862
Pretty good. I like the idea and your rendering is good.
Just a tiny tip composition wise. I'm not sure if this is the whole image but if the focal point is the face/bird area then I think it's a bit to cramped in that corner. Especially since the bird is descending, doesn't look too good at the edge of the frame.
Doesn't have to be centered of course but you get the point.

[Anonymous No.3253057]

what i drew a few days go

[Anonymous No.3253122]

holy crap concepting in 3D is really cool. you get a lot of lighting information to work with, so you can whip up something decent in just a few minutes

[Anonymous No.3253133]

>>3253122
what app do you use to model? lighting looks nice

[Anonymous No.3253139]

>>3253133

slapped some stuff around in 3Dcoat. apparently you can even add lights, so that'll give you some pretty decent renders

[Anonymous No.3253143]

>>3253139
thanks. gotta give that a try. hell, you're even getting some specular highlights there. awesome

[Anonymous No.3253371]

What do you fags think of this a little sketch I did a while back

[Anonymous No.3253374]

>>3253371

[Anonymous No.3253534]

I need to finish this by tomorrow, so if anyone could give me some critique before that (it's 2am), it'd be great.
>mine is on the right to clarify

[Anonymous No.3253536]

>>3253534
I know the hair is a bit wonky and I didn't add shirt folds to the other arm yet :')

[Anonymous No.3253641]

>>3253534
An update

[Anonymous No.3253743]

>>3253641
Final update? Gonna go pass out

[Anonymous No.3253787]

>>3253026

Ahhh, you mother fucker! I was just about to call it done (been working on it for another 2 days) and you come in and make it so much better...

Now I'm just gonna have to paint in that area. Thanks a lot! Expanding the shot crossed my mind but I was too lazy to do it. Now that you called me out for it I've gotta do it.

[Anonymous No.3253901]

>>3253743
really nice line quality. Got any tips?

[Anonymous No.3253955]

>>3253787
Haha, gonna be a nice portfolio piece, though! It's nice to be called out from time to time, you have a good attitude.
So, about that Artstation..

[Anonymous No.3254120]

>>3253955
>>3253026
>>3244680
>>3241862

So I tried expanding the canvas and I think it did wonders for the piece. I'm having problems with my monitors. It looks perfectly fine on the one I'm drawing on and completely fucked on the other. I'm getting an iPad tomorrow so that's nice...

The image was looking a bit flat so I also added a bit of rundown, makeshift fence to the left side now that there's more space to add depth.

Also added some placeholder birds to the top left as I felt like the composition was getting really unbalanced (everything's on the left). Yeah, it's "that" bird brush. I'll paint in my own birds if you guys think it's a good idea.

Feed mah back.

[Anonymous No.3254237]

>>3244065
Sorry for noticing you over a week late, I don't even know if you'll check this thread out. But in case you do, yes, I do have a blog, here: https://www.artstation.com/enzofernandez
Which reminds me, I should probably get an instagram soon.

Your ships are cool as fuck senpai, really, I'd like to have your blog as well.

[Anonymous No.3254242]

>>3254120
It's okay. Of course, I can nitpick but overall it's good.

[Anonymous No.3254245]

>>3254242

Aight. Thanks man! I'll clean it up tomorrow and post it out. Thanks for all the feedback guys...

[Anonymous No.3254260]

>>3244712
>>3246064
I went back to this but decided to leave colors out while I properly study it (thanks for the feedback by the way!), so this one will stay in grayscale. Struggling a bit with hair decisions at the moment, after that I'll polish/add some other stuff and call it done. How is it so far? Also, any tips for what makes a painting actually feel "realistic" while still painterly and not overly rendered?

[Anonymous No.3254342]

>>3254237
I don't have an artstation but I bookmarked yours 'cause that's some cool stuff! Keep up the great work!

Hopefully you check back and see this, my blog is here: https://lil-tachyon.tumblr.com/

[Anonymous No.3254359]

>>3254342
I'm still here, thanks! I just realized I had already visited your tumblr a couple months ago. Well I don't have a tumblr account either, but I'll be sure to come back to check out yours more often as well. You show two different, bold styles and I love them both, really good shit.