/beg/ - THE BEGINNER THREAD

[Anonymous No.3286867]

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

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

RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO ~1000 PIXELS:

#1)
>screenshot the image and post that instead

#2)
>change camera capture settings to something smaller

#3)
>send to computer and resize in MSPaint

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

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

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

PREVIOUS THREAD: >>3283541

[Anonymous No.3286868]

ESSENTIALS:

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

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

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

>http://youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
Instructional how-to videos covering mostly portrait and figure drawing from fine artist Stan Prokopenko.

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

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

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

[Anonymous No.3286878]

>>3286867
please critique my work, especially on clothing and getting the shadows to feel more natural

[Anonymous No.3286885]

Does anyone have good watercolor guides/tutorials/reference material? I know I can find a ton by googling, etc., but I'm looking for recommendations from someone's personal experience.

[Anonymous No.3286890]

[Anonymous No.3286892]

Self portrait i did a little bit ago
Its my most recent drawing
>>3286868
Thanks for this image i think its really going to help me take the next step i need to get better

[Anonymous No.3286893]

Self portrait i did a little bit ago
Its my most recent drawing
>>3286868
Thanks for this image i think its really going to help me take the next step i need to get better

[Anonymous No.3286933]

>>3286867
Some characters for my shit I was sketching, pls critique niggaz.

[Anonymous No.3286992]

trying to understand how cloth folds and wrinkles work, am i even doing anything right or should i just quit drawing

[Anonymous No.3286996]

Hey guys, I know there are tons of guides and pictures that show where bones, tendons and muscles are in the human body. But I'm looking for ressources that show where form-relevant fatty tissue deposits can be found. Anyone?

[Anonymous No.3287001]

>>3286992
There are several different kinds of folds dependent on the fabric and how it gets stretched/suspended.

[Anonymous No.3287004]

>>3287001
Those might be the relevant two for your problem.

[Anonymous No.3287006]

>>3287004
This is also relevant for clothing related folds.

[Anonymous No.3287009]

>>3286933

pic from

>>3286868

[Anonymous No.3287032]

>>3287001
what kind of shading is that on the drawings?

[Anonymous No.3287039]

>>3286867
The most /beg/ thing I've done:
>Drawn for majority of life
> been to summer sessions at Academy of Art University and CalArts
>received highest grade in AP Art in high school
>has gotten a handfull freelance commissions.
BUT
>never learned the fundamentals and has devastating revelation that entire art career is fraudulent and meaningless
>artistically stagnant at 20

Time to bust my ass. Drawing was clearly not enough.

[Anonymous No.3287041]

>>3286867
286867 (OP)
The most /beg/ thing I've done:
>Drawn for majority of life
> been to summer sessions at Academy of Art University and CalArts
>received highest grade in AP Art in high school
>has gotten a handfull freelance commissions.
BUT
>never learned the fundamentals and has devastating revelation that entire art career is fraudulent and meaningless
>artistically stagnant at 20

Time to bust my ass. Drawing was clearly not enough.

[Anonymous No.3287044]

>>3287041
Welcome to the club my guy

[Anonymous No.3287066]

good composition... ?

[Anonymous No.3287094]

>>3287044
Hurts bro

[Anonymous No.3287097]

>>3286893
Stop symbol drawing eyes.

[Anonymous No.3287110]

>>3287097
i feel like a blend of both can be really cool eventually, so once I learn how to not draw with symbols I'm gonna come back and do something like what I posted but more refined

[Anonymous No.3287156]

>>3287110
I’d call it being stylized then.

[Anonymous No.3287191]

>>3286933
Fuck off faggot and unironically read the sticky.

[Anonymous No.3287236]

Not sure if this is the right thread for such shit but whatever. I used to draw a lot when I was a kid and people said I was good at it. Then as I was growing up my drawings were getting better but I was drawing less and less. I think my best years in terms of quality/quantity were 13-14 when I was drawing sexy anime girls. Now I'm 20yo, I know a lot about anatomy and stuff, can easily see and correct mistakes in other people's works but I can't draw shit myself. It's just so fucking hard and not fun at all. Oh, and I can't just let it go as I'm still interested in art and most of my friends are artists and I kinda want to draw too but I can't. What should I do, anon?

[Anonymous No.3287245]

>>3287236
>It's just so fucking hard and not fun at all
>What should I do, anon?

[Anonymous No.3287250]

>>3287236

[Anonymous No.3287267]

>>3287250
kinda ironic when that guy just draws circles and makes a comic with the same punchline every time

[Anonymous No.3287290]

Dunno if I already uploaded this.

[Anonymous No.3287292]

>>3286890
Pretty good, although a bit messy. Keep it up anon!

[Anonymous No.3287319]

I tried drawing perspective from 1point till 5point, pic related. However i couldnt figure out how it works when the boxes are not parallel and instead eg one of them is rotated.
I now skipped through "Perspective Made Easy" by Ernest R. Norling from the sticky. On page 103 he says in a room every roatet object has his own vanish point on the eye level. Is this what i'm looking for?

Any other source for this, exercises etc? In an archieved thread there was talk about "draw a box" but some said its shit"?
I want to learn proper perspectiv to sketch storyboards better. I want to be able to somewhat be able to replicate different focal lengths.

[Anonymous No.3287325]

Any tips on adding value with pencil?

[Anonymous No.3287327]

>>3287325

[Anonymous No.3287329]

>>3287250
Huh, this is actually a good response to that question. I guess the saying goes; a broken clock is right twice a day or something.

[Anonymous No.3287337]

does someone have some juicy tutorials on lighting layers and stuff for me?

[Anonymous No.3287392]

Trying out some still lifes. Set them up in a black box with one light source, and painted with gouache.
Tricky to prevent things from turning out a bit wonky, even with detailed sketches since they’re lost under the paint pretty quickly, but that’s probably just a matter of practice and attentiveness.

[Anonymous No.3287394]

Trying out some still lifes. Set them up in a black box with one light source, and painted with gouache.
Tricky to prevent things from turning out a bit wonky, even with detailed sketches since they’re lost under the paint pretty quickly, but that’s probably just a matter of practice and attentiveness.

[Anonymous No.3287398]

my lineart somewhere along the lines got these white pixels inside of it on certain parts.

How do I get rid of them so that just the black remains? Is there a color option or something I can use to eliminite all white? I'm on GIMP but I imagine it's about the same process in PS.

[Anonymous No.3287400]

As you can see here, my lineart somewhere along the lines got these white pixels inside of it on certain parts.

How do I get rid of them so that just the black remains? Is there a color option or something I can use to eliminite all white? I'm on GIMP but I imagine it's about the same process in PS.

[Anonymous No.3287408]

>>3287337
The right persons forehead looks awful

[Anonymous No.3287412]

>>3287400
Don't use GIMP for digital painting. Why on earth would you do that to yourself? If you want FOSS digital painting get Krita or MyPaint or something.

[Anonymous No.3287413]

It’s shit
I can see some
Mind less pen strokes

[Anonymous No.3287415]

>>3287041
Same though

[Anonymous No.3287416]

>>3287394
Are you using black? On the dark areas?

[Anonymous No.3287418]

>>3287325
Just separate dark and lights into two tones. Don’t shade everything.

[Anonymous No.3287430]

Question about shading: How did you guys find out what the right shading technique was for you? I'm decent with anatomy (Had to re-learn everyting bc of anime) I really wan't to shade better but I seem to make no progress...

[Anonymous No.3287435]

Is this good?

[Anonymous No.3287444]

>>3287408
How would you change it?

[Anonymous No.3287449]

>>3287416
Guilty, I should have mentioned. I know that's discouraged, but I'd just read about the zorn palette which uses cool black instead of blue, and to be honest I was just curious. I also tend to get distracted with colour mixing, so stripping it back took a load off and let me focus on actually painting, but I won't make a habit of it.

[Anonymous No.3287500]

>>3286992
i gave you advice last thread. study shadow shapes.

[Anonymous No.3287505]

>>3287041
at least you learned appeal

>>3287325
draw the shadow shapes. lay in the shading gradually. don't scribble, but apply only downstrokes for now controlling the pressure delicately and slowly rotating the pencil to maintain its point.

[Anonymous No.3287507]

Namefagger
reporting
Too much cross hatching ?
I need to do less right?

[Anonymous No.3287508]

>>3287413
>It’s shit
Then don't post it until you fix it to the best of your ability.

[Anonymous No.3287509]

>>3287507
Holly shit until now I realize i made the head line and neck touch a point. It looks word and confuse.
Can’t believe I made that mistake.

[Anonymous No.3287510]

>>3287507
>Namefagger
>reporting
it's like you don't want people to engage with you. drop it. and you said you'd be gone too lol

[Anonymous No.3287513]

>>3287508
That is my limit if I keep going it looks worse.
But I can see is shit
Here people can tell me why.

[Anonymous No.3287515]

>>3287510
I’m just making fun of my lack of skill.
I’m trying harder and harder but what the fuck
Can’t do better. I’m really trying and pushing. I’m getting frustrated not with art but with me. I must be a joke of person.

[Anonymous No.3287518]

im trying to understand gestures. what do i need to know.
>>3286851
thats how the reference was

[Anonymous No.3287525]

Okay I fixed it
Or that is what I think so
Any suggestion will be appreciated dear anons.
I hope you are doing good with your fundis

Before

>>3287507

[Anonymous No.3287541]

>>3287435
10/10
blog?

[Anonymous No.3287577]

Tried a flat brush. Feels better.

[Anonymous No.3287584]

Dear anons
I got my David’s eye and now I’m ready for cast drawing.
My mini atelier is almost ready.

Goals,
learn block in process
Accuracy
Separate dark and lights into two tones

What else can I learn drawing this?
How long it takes to make one cast drawing?
Should I go slow?
I’m exited anon!!!

I’m exited

[Anonymous No.3287589]

>>3287577
I think you already know it’s messy.
The only way to avoid this is

bigger brush,
also think about you brush strokes. Do the less,
Brush strokes that matter no a chaotic war for attention everywhere

[Anonymous No.3287590]

>>3287577
go study the planes of the head and head construction. you messed up her likeness by not getting the proportions at all. your values are too midtone and you have no depth in the shadows like under the hat and missed how her face is shaded and lit by the surface of her shirt.

[Anonymous No.3287635]

Is 27 too old to get good at art?

[Anonymous No.3287638]

I've filled 18 pages with exercises from lesson one of Drawabox. Is that too much? The freehand perspective exercises are fucking hard so I take a breaks and draw pages of ellipses and lines and shit.

[Anonymous No.3287643]

>>3287635
I'm pretty sure everyone who didn't start in early childhood in any hobby/profession feels "too old" to start attempting something

just go for it

[Anonymous No.3287644]

>>3287290
um, Okay, now add the values.

[Anonymous No.3287646]

>>3287444
they have no skull.

[Anonymous No.3287648]

>>3287513
understand form, and actually understand how the skull works in a 3d space. good luck.

[Anonymous No.3287650]

>>3287435

>>>/i/

[Anonymous No.3287667]

so, I want to work on desaturated, high-contrast black/white stuff, and I was wondering, how should I go about filling in large portions of deep blacks like shadows and such? Whenever I do it it looks very unclean with brush lines everywhere, basically I want it to look more uniform and clean.

pic related, if you look at the characters hair, it's flawlessly black, no indication of a bursh or pen going back and fourth over the area

[Anonymous No.3287695]

>>3287290
I can tell by looking something is wrong with your figure drawing technique, you should draw the line of action, being the spine up to where in meets the skull and to the tailbone, put in a line for the pelvis, and put down lines for the legs where the bones would be, but CURVE THEM how they feel they are moving, then put indicators for the hands, draw the torso section, and then put a head, be sure to check proportions, and draw in something to tell where they are, like a cast shadow or like in the first image the thing they're sitting on, just so there isn't just an object floating in space.

[Anonymous No.3287696]

>>3287518
>>3286580
need answer

[Anonymous No.3287729]

>>3287066
need answer too xD

[Anonymous No.3287736]

Critique/redline please.

[Anonymous No.3287744]

i think this is the most "finished" thing ive drawn in years
hows the anatomy?

[Anonymous No.3287800]

This feels like an odd question, but:
>occasionally doodle at work (cashier)
>usually only 20-30 sec intervals
>can't use references
>must use generic ballpoint pen
>only things in one place frequently enough are the furniture+equipment
I want to git gud at drawing people and people-like things, but obviously I can't do the usual things of copying an existing art or even looking up a reference (closest I can do is look one up during break, then try my damndest to remember as much of it as I possibly can).
Which would you guys say is my best option here?
>try to pick up the skeleton-composition thing I've seen some artists use as their step one. Focus on proportions and poses, not what limbs, heads, bodies, etc actually look like fleshed-out
>don't draw until after work to avoid developing bad habits
>draw until something unfixably bad happens, like legs and chest facing different directions
>why are you even trying to start if you can't dedicate much time? wait until you're unemployed or have a better job

[Anonymous No.3287806]

Critique pls!

[Anonymous No.3287858]

>>3287066

What's the story? What are you trying to show? A fashion model cosplaying as some creature in a jungle?

[Anonymous No.3287859]

>>3287736
Where's my (You)?

[Anonymous No.3287863]

>>3287859

Just continue drawing on top of it.

[Anonymous No.3287886]

practicing perspective

[Anonymous No.3287911]

>>3287744
one thing i notice is her right hand seems too far onto the hip for the thumb to be able to wrap around

[Anonymous No.3287932]

>>3287696
look at this post

[Anonymous No.3287936]

>>3287667
select and fill. get a 100% flow/opacity brush? if you mean traditional then it's just stickers cut out with xacto knives.

[Anonymous No.3287954]

Critique the final result of the sketch before inking it.

Thanks btw.
(P.D. sorry for the quality of the image)

[Anonymous No.3287962]

I'd appreciate any advice or critique.
I feel like the hatching in each individual peach going in a different direction takes away from the piece as a whole, in my next practice I'm going to focus on making the lines more uniform and hopefully that makes it flow better.

[Anonymous No.3287969]

Who's got a good rotating mechanic pencil with something similar to the Zebra DelGuard.
The spring loaded tip has made my death grip easier to manage in terms of not slicing the paper or breaking more lead than I draw with.
Side question, is it worth changing my grip after writing my entire life like a cave man? Imagine holding your utensil between my index and thumb.

[Anonymous No.3287989]

Holy shiiiit I can draw hands to some degree now. They're actually recognizable jesus fuck

[Anonymous No.3287999]

>>3287969
Just stop squeezing your pencil like an ape.

[Anonymous No.3288002]

trying to learn cloth folds/wrinkles along with value and light, need critique

[Anonymous No.3288007]

>>3287886
Poor understanding of vanishing points.

[Anonymous No.3288021]

>>3287969
>is it worth changing my grip
Yes.
Changing your tool to compensate is just a crutch. You shouldn't be breaking lead unless you're 6 years old, much less tearing into the paper itself.

[Anonymous No.3288026]

>>3287886
Vanishing points mean EVERY parallel line converges there.

[Anonymous No.3288029]

>>3287800
Either wait until you're at home, or sketch things (people or objects) in your immediate surroundings. There are a million things that will help you improve your art beyond drawing human figures.
Pick a simple, mundane object and draw it. Change it's position and draw it again. Try rotating it in your minds eye and drawing that. Practice drawing boxes and other basic forms in various perspectives. Practice freehand ellipses. Practice lines.
There are a million things you can do, but drawing something as complex as a human being from memory for 30 seconds as a time as a beginner isn't one of them.

[Anonymous No.3288032]

Complete idiot here, I don't know how to fill in "skeletons" nor do I know the correct one to use when drawing (especially the more dynamic poses that can make things complicated). Right now this is my current attempt, going by what little I know and what I've done before.

>No anti-aliasing
I know, I'm using Paint.NET for simplicity.

[Anonymous No.3288036]

>>3288032
And the question?

[Anonymous No.3288037]

>>3288032
Simplified skeletons are useful only after you actually know the skeletal structure and you use them to simplify it. It's something you do after learning the basics of figure drawing, which are gesture, big volumes and only after this anatomy.

I think you would benefit from learning gesture more than anything because of the stiffness of your poses. Try proko's course on YouTube, Micheal Hampton or vilppu. All their approaches are valid and similar.

[Anonymous No.3288040]

>>3288037
Interesting, I felt like I'm doing something wrong with my approach but I can't pinpoint it out. And yeah, the stiffness is a direct consequence of sheer inexperience. Everything is hard when you're doing it for the first time...or the first hundred times.

I'll check those out, thank you for the recommendation.

[Anonymous No.3288052]

>>3287806
Are you an ant?

[Anonymous No.3288053]

>>3287541
Don't need one

[Anonymous No.3288054]

>>3287650
Naw man this is art
It belongs here

[Anonymous No.3288144]

>>3288029
Alright, thanks. I'll give that a shot.

[Anonymous No.3288196]

>>3286878
There is some interesting shading on the clothing, her thumb is missing and the head is usual /beg/ anime stuff that should be avoided by beginners.

Did you seriously wrote the whole damm pasta behind her?

[Anonymous No.3288219]

>>3287589
Overpainted with bigger brush. Were you talking about this?

[Anonymous No.3288221]

>>3288219
You are not reading properly the angles of the face and the features. If your aim is likeness and understanding the form, you should do the effort to learn to estimate angles. That frees you up a lot once you have interiorized it because you'll understand that likeness is bound to just an handful of planes you have to draw accurately.

[Anonymous No.3288236]

>>3287644
>>3287695
Will do that! Thanks.

[Anonymous No.3288237]

>>3288236

[Anonymous No.3288265]

>>3288037
Different anon but what do you mean by big volumes? Right now I'm working on gesture, shapes and anatomy in equal amounts but should I lean more towards one before moving to the next?

[Anonymous No.3288277]

>>3287936
>stickers with exacto knife
that's brilliant desu and thank you for the answer

[Anonymous No.3288283]

>>3287911
ah okay i see what you mean, when i get the chance ill try to post a revision

[Anonymous No.3288311]

>>3287936
so you're telling me the black on this guys robe was dome with stickers?

[Anonymous No.3288334]

I draw Spiderman whit some weeb girl

[Anonymous No.3288337]

>>3288334
And this venom whit a canine theet, what you guys think??

[Anonymous No.3288445]

>>3287954
>drawing on lined paper
Jesus

[Anonymous No.3288457]

>>3287667
Try alcohol markers (like copics) they will give you an even finish as long as you take your time applying the ink.

>>3288311
>>3287936
Stickers are used for halftones and other
patterns, not black fills.

[Anonymous No.3288459]

>>3286867
What did i do wrong /beg/ ?
Sorry for the chicken scratch but it looked shit before i started doing the clean line.

[Anonymous No.3288469]

>>3287696
look at this post

[Anonymous No.3288471]

>>3288459

start shading and see the magic.

[Anonymous No.3288488]

Okay so I know I drew the face too long, the feet to unproportional, and I half assed the tail, but what are some other tips?

[Anonymous No.3288489]

>>3288469
I’m a young healthy man.
Hehehe I like it.

[Anonymous No.3288491]

Humble Frazettta, Frank study
This guy is amazing
I learned a lot. Thank you mister Frazetta

[Anonymous No.3288494]

>>3287736

here's my attempt at redline

[Anonymous No.3288495]

>>3288494

You don't understand perspective. STOP.

[Anonymous No.3288497]

>>3288459

it actually looks okay anon, keep it up.

[Anonymous No.3288498]

anyone got any tips on studying hair, I always get very intimidated when making long flowing hair and I don't know where to start.

I heard about the ribbon technique but always when I try to do ribbons it turns out retarded :I

[Anonymous No.3288502]

>>3288488
Fuck

[Anonymous No.3288506]

Just a query more than anything.
I can't draw, but learning.
I can just about draw to a degree where people will recognise what I'm attempting to draw, although I kinda don't have too much line confidence, I tend to go over the same line with pencil again a few times.

That being said, I got a tablet, cheap wacom piece of shit. I'm relying far too much on the stabiliser tool, this tablet hasn't got a screen and it's somewhat infuriating trying to hit the same line.

Question is this, how do I get my tablet to act more like a pencil, or teach myself to not use the stabiliser as much.

Not the best related image but I'm too embarassed to show an actual attempt at a drawing. Have some perspective practice.

[Anonymous No.3288508]

>>3288502
Reference pic

[Anonymous No.3288510]

>>3288498
i really, really like this. it reminds me of the art from gta san andreas a little.

[Anonymous No.3288512]

>>3288506
>Question is this, how do I get my tablet to act more like a pencil, or teach myself to not use the stabiliser as much.
You don't. Learn to live with the tools you've been given.

[Anonymous No.3288516]

>>3288494
>>3287859
>>3288495

here's a second attempt focusing a bit more on perspective

[Anonymous No.3288518]

>>3288510
tnx anon :)

played a ton of Vice City art and San Andreas so makes sense

[Anonymous No.3288520]

>>3288516
Dude. Both are a joke.
Did you even try to use boxes and cylinders?

[Anonymous No.3288522]

>>3288491
Shit
Leave

[Anonymous No.3288526]

>>3288520

yes, fix it please.

[Anonymous No.3288528]

>>3288526
you should look up a reff, if you can try to find a life drawing you could make. this will help an incredible amount.

[Anonymous No.3288542]

how do I make this less mediocre?

[Anonymous No.3288557]

>>3288542
I would suggest stronger contrasts. Darker lighting typically results in brighter highlights that accentuate the form.

[Anonymous No.3288559]

If I draw a million 1 minute poses will I be good at drawing afterwards?

[Anonymous No.3288569]

>>3288557
Thanks. I'm doing a similar drawing where the dog's short, bright fur is giving me a shit time. You know of any resources that cover drawing fur in detail?

[Anonymous No.3288570]

>>3288559
Try it and see what happens.

[Anonymous No.3288583]

>>3288512
Th-thanks.
I guess you're right though, although I do have to wonder, is a screen tablet worth it in the long run?

[Anonymous No.3288612]

Anybody have recommendations for hand anatomy?
>>3287989
Really got to think in 3d. show your planes. also consider blocking in the joints.
>>3288459
take another look at that nose senpai. But yes finish it out, dont just leave it.
>>3288498
Highlights are very important with hair.
>>3288542
I like it anon. picture is a little hard to make out tho

[Anonymous No.3288628]

My first vanishing point/perspective photo study.
My confidence started to wane when doing the bottom right hand section so the background details are completely wrong, which I feel awful about.

[Anonymous No.3288642]

>>3288494
>>3288516
this redline is objectively worse than the original drawing you're trying to redline

to make things worse the angle of the camera is different, the angle of the pose is different, and even the angle of the beam with respect to the body is different.

you took a potentially interesting although misdrawn slightly tilted top-down view and turned it into some boring flat 3/4 view

[Anonymous No.3288645]

>>3288237
I enjoy this but try to only make intentional lines. The stuff one the bottom of the rocks literally looks like scribbles and it is really distracting.

>>3288219
I imagine you slouch a lot and tilt your head when you draw. The angle of everything is like curved down on the left.

>>3287962
This has great potential but I feel like the styles sort of clash. The hard contour outlines with the hatching/messy lines kind of looks off.
Here's my contribution. I bought a Wacom Intuos Tablet recently and so I'm still new to drawing on a tablet. I definitely need help with selecting brushes and photoshop, aside from my technical problems.

[Anonymous No.3288699]

>>3288196
thanks for the feedback. yes i wrote the pasta

[Anonymous No.3288700]

>>3287518
>thats how the reference was
Yeah I'd like to see that...

Post reference plz.

[Anonymous No.3288707]

give crit

[Anonymous No.3288734]

>>3288488
Anyone?

[Anonymous No.3288738]

>>3288707
put some effort in first

[Anonymous No.3288739]

>>3288502
Go easy on your pencil it looks like you just about cut through your paper. looks like you gave up on the legs and feet. Consider redoing those paying more attention to form, then shade the drawing, keeping in mind fur direction.
>>3288707
it's bad

[Anonymous No.3288740]

>>3288738
>>3288739
explain

[Anonymous No.3288744]

>>3288740
1. How long did this take you?
2.what is you intention with this drawing
3. Have you read the sticky?

[Anonymous No.3288747]

>>3288744
about thirty minutes

my intention was to see if I improved

I have read the sticky numerous times

[Anonymous No.3288748]

>>3288747
I'd say what you need is dexterity. Draw more and draw for fun. If your not having fun just drawing at this stage there is no point. Draw what is fun to you until you can make accurate lines. Then learn how to draw a boxes in perspective. After that you should well on your way to drawing people.

[Anonymous No.3288760]

>>3288739
Thank you! For some reason I’m having a really hard getting that back left foot proportional. I’ve took measurement and everything but I just can’t seem to get it

[Anonymous No.3288763]

>>3288748
How do I know you aren't lying? Because I haven't heard a single explanation about what is wrong with the drawing.

[Anonymous No.3288764]

>>3288763
this post is embarassing

[Anonymous No.3288768]

How would you draw an anthropomorphic beard /ic/?

[Anonymous No.3288769]

>>3288764
how exactly? Your hesitation to tell me whats wrong with it, or me questioning the validity of what people say?

[Anonymous No.3288778]

Did this for drawing class. One of my first assignments, so make sure to tear into it so I have motivation to improve quick.

[Anonymous No.3288779]

>>3287041
Thanks, Lori.

[Anonymous No.3288781]

>>3288778
Sauce image

[Anonymous No.3288788]

Im going to post something for a crit, and crit some others
Btw
Im in the hospital no computer only a red pen and a black pen, im mega drugged up. So expect this to be huge and sideways. Sorry.
>>3287066
Like the other anon was trying to say, you need more supporting details. Ask yourself questions about monkey queen lady, and then fill the answers with imagery.
>>3287325
Youre on the right track, but remember that even shadows have highlights, and if you ignore then your work will look muddy.
>>3288237
Be a but more heavy handed with your highlights, and and add something to the composition that makes it fun to look at. Your use of light is pretty good, which makes up for the dull subject.
>>3288459
You need to look at the placement of her bones. Her forehead is off and her cheekbone is off which is screwing it up.
>>3288488
Either his back is wrong or his haunches are wong, not really sure which.
>>3288542
Its not bad at all, but you need more contrast and the left eye is in the wrong spot.

[Anonymous No.3288817]

I'm not really sure how to put people into perspective.

[Anonymous No.3288833]

>>3288026
so like this

[Anonymous No.3288842]

>>3288833
Waste of trip dubs

[Anonymous No.3288860]

now im getting the hang of it

[Anonymous No.3288863]

>>3288788
Thanks but what do you mean by heavy handed? Whighter highlights? Larger?

[Anonymous No.3288887]

>>3288459

At this point I would've start shading lightly and fix things as I go. If you want a pen sketch then I suggest to start an underdrawing using pencil first. Get everything right, map everything then move on to pen.

<- quick shading just to show that you drawing is good enough. There are some parts that need fixing but good enough.

[Anonymous No.3288899]

>>3288502
Here's a quick tip: before you start mapping colour patterns on the dog, lay down your construction. Work out the shapes in the body, pinpoint in the hip, stifle, hock joints in the back leg and the shoulder, elbow, and wrist in the foreleg. Work out the shape of the shoulder, and the ribs.

The entire dog can be broken down into simpler shapes. Circles/ovals, triangles. You just have to look for them and work them out.

Once you've got all of them sorted and sketched lightly, go in and put in your details, but do your construction first, just like you would on a human model.

[Anonymous No.3288902]

>>3288026
>>3288833
>>3288860

Here! Have a tutorial from the artist we all recommend in /ic/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Le5qsIBqQ

Good luck!

[Anonymous No.3288905]

>Realize the entire time I was drawing something I never flipped it horizontally
>Open it back up
>Flip it
>Oh_No.png

[Anonymous No.3288908]

What the fuck did I do wrong.

[Anonymous No.3288912]

>>3288902
i thought people hated that guy

[Anonymous No.3288917]

>>3288905
I'm too computer illiterate to know how to flip horizontally except in MS Paint so I never have this issue.

[Anonymous No.3288918]

>>3288912
Nah, he's beloved by us all.

[Anonymous No.3288920]

>>3288918
Well that's good. I will continue watching to see if he makes uses technique for perspective like i have seen in SFIII.

[Anonymous No.3288923]

rate out of 0

[Anonymous No.3288929]

>>3288778
aren't you supposed to draw from life in a drawing class? either way...
>symbol drawing, loomis, etc.

[Anonymous No.3288932]

>>3288817
>>>3288817
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyOK5N2AOCY

[Anonymous No.3288974]

>>3288645
Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that, I'll hit that sweet spot eventually. I really like what you have started there, I don't draw digitally super often but when I do I find it easier to use the same brush but change the settings rather than using different brushes. Using different brushes at the end can help add some different interesting textures but its easy to get lost in them while you're still learning the program. I think you'd also benefit with playing around with the lasso tool and seeing different ways to select areas to paint.

[Anonymous No.3288976]

>>3288899
I appreciate this. This is only the second thing I’ve ever actually sat down and out effort into drawing so I have a long ways to go and a lot to learn

[Anonymous No.3288984]

yeah i think im getting the hang of it.

[Anonymous No.3288986]

Tried asking in another thread but no response and since there's no Question and Answers thread anymore-

What are some sites I could post my NSFW comics/doujins? Are you allowed to post your own shit to nhentai, ehentai, hitomi, etc etc? Or to the Booru sites?

Not really aiming to make money off posting my work but if there's any site that's artist friendly and links your blogs to your comics that'd be really cool. Pic unrelated.

[Anonymous No.3289001]

i want to see if anyone here is good enough to draw this portrait of james joyce

[Anonymous No.3289004]

>>3288528
>>3288518

No redline - no credibility to your words.

[Anonymous No.3289008]

>>3288908
Not reading the sticky.

[Anonymous No.3289009]

>>3288908
You cleaved off the back of her skull.

[Anonymous No.3289011]

>>3289004
its common knowledge.

[Anonymous No.3289013]

Did a bunch of figure drawing today. Saw some improvement.

[Anonymous No.3289087]

>>3288984
The top of your building on the left are not going towards the vanishing point the rest of the scene is going towards.

[Anonymous No.3289088]

>>3289087
Buildings*
Damm I'm tired

[Anonymous No.3289141]

If anyone has any stray crit for this, it would be appreciated.
>the cloth
>not the hand thing

[Anonymous No.3289147]

>>3288863
Yes

[Anonymous No.3289152]

>>3289141
Its pretty good but remember that it will swag the opposite direction that its sways. As it is it looks a but stiff, so just observing the way it spreads in real life will help you.

[Anonymous No.3289183]

>>3288929
It was supposed to be from a photograph for whatever reason but thanks for the suggestions anyways.

[Anonymous No.3289425]

>>3288612
totally forgot about the highlights in the hair.

I had no clue how to do them on the salty fatguy. :I

[Anonymous No.3289434]

>>3289008
Nigger.

[polkacasino No.3289446]

drawing of harvey w.

[polkacasino No.3289454]

portrait of trump

[Anonymous No.3289467]

Just did this.
Feel free to let me know what you think & also what kind of "tools" i should invest in.
I want to get into "realistic" drawing and i just have a bunch of pencils and a 50e gift card at an art shop.

javascript:quote('3288984'); If you want the lightpoles to be aligned, try to draw a line going from the first one to the vanishing point. It works for everything. Also it's better to try it with a ruler and a pencil at first.

[Anonymous No.3289519]

I'm working on a mascot for a client, my first attempt wasn't good enough (I felt like my client was too nice to me to tell me that my job sucks) so I decided to redo. Idk if keep working on that or simply end myself.

[Anonymous No.3289541]

>>3289467
i feel like the distortion of the cylinders reflection in the water is a bit too intense

[Anonymous No.3289545]

>>3289519
Is your client a furry?

[Anonymous No.3289548]

Let's say I'm an autist who is willing to do anything but interact with another person to get better. What's the fastest way for me to improve my drawing skills?

[Anonymous No.3289626]

[Anonymous No.3289637]

absolute beginner here, If you had to recommend me a book to teach me the fundamentals of drawing which book should i buy?

[Anonymous No.3289639]

>>3289637
Loomis is pretty good. Does cartooning at first to keep you motivated with early success. Also available for free online.

[Anonymous No.3289643]

>>3289519
Yer lucky my boyfriend is a fox.

In terms of actual critique, I don't know what to tell you other than your fundies need to be brushed up (not even considering in the furry factor). I recommend looking into head construction.

[Anonymous No.3289675]

I have a question anons.

is there a difference between pitt pen and pen and ink line quality?
I'm studying Frank and I don't know if using pitt pen matters.

[Anonymous No.3289691]

>>3289637
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Book by Betty Edwards

[Anonymous No.3289701]

>>3289087
it's okay failure is learning

[Anonymous No.3289715]

>>3289675
He used dip nib pens as well as brushes for these plates. He also watered down his ink.

Check this out:
http://fritzfrazetta.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-canaveral-pens-of-frazetta.html

[Anonymous No.3289738]

>>3289715
Oh I get it
Thank you
Invaluable information.
I’m trying to understand his work
See pic
My hatching is not precise as him, I’m using Pitt pen
Thank you anon.

[Anonymous No.3289853]

>>3286867
That's actually my drawing! I appreciate whoever made this thread of using it. Being a face of a /beg/ thread shouldn't feel this good, haha.

[Anonymous No.3289866]

What’s up anons
Tomorrow or Sunday I will upload my cast drawing first stage, today I’m still practicing with ink.

Second attempt
I fucked up the proportions but
The main goal is to get a decent hatching and readable drawing.
Any suggestions or shit post is appreciated

[Anonymous No.3289887]

this is before watching some photoshop tutorials

[Anonymous No.3289888]

>>3289866
can you post the original pic so I can study it

[Anonymous No.3289894]

>>3289887
After.
Its not perfect or finished but I feel like I am doing much better.

[Anonymous No.3289909]

>>3289888
It’s from an art book
It’s in art book thread main link collected work by artist
Frank Frazetta

[Anonymous No.3289945]

New to Photoshop--what's the point/appeal of the "dragging cursor" instead of having it instant paint on keypress?
ie, this: https://lazynezumi.com/ and default PS

[Anonymous No.3289948]

>>3289945
Some people want guaranteed smooth lines, some have a hard time drawing smooth lines. etc.

[Anonymous No.3289978]

im honestly not sure what else to do with my art besides work on anatomy any suggestions? This is a recent drawing by the way.

[Anonymous No.3289980]

>>3289978
I always end up back in a cycle of shame. Looking in the mirror is hard. Some days, I hurt myself to distract me from distraction. That's madness fixing sadness.

[Anonymous No.3289982]

>>3289978
flip your canvas and don't be ashamed to do it often. you'll notice that the head is lopsided. pro-tip, when you're working on the underlying sketch, draw a quick line down where for the center of the face so it can give you a general idea to keep the features balanced.

also, i'd suggest pushing your values/contrast. your shadows (in the clothing and hair, for example) are EXTREMELY subtle, i could barely tell they were there. Pick a direction for your light source and lay down your shadows.

[Anonymous No.3289983]

>>3289978
proportions, the whole head looks like it's a deck of coins and it's sliding to the left

[Anonymous No.3289986]

>>3288788
Me again
>Still in the hospital
>Still havent gotten a crit in the last one
Rate pls?
1/2
Hope that's not too dark

[Anonymous No.3289988]

>>3289986
2/2
Im trying to understand the planes of the head and stuff, any help would be appreciated. ignore the doodles around unless they seem relevant.

[Anonymous No.3289990]

>>3289986
there's not really much to crit, bud. lol

Perhaps you can push this more storytelling-wise? Right now it's just trunk of a tree, and I'm not really getting much out of this. What's happening TO the tree? Around the tree? Is there someone/something leaning/climbing/whatever on the tree? You want to ask yourself "WHY should the viewer care about this tree?"

[Anonymous No.3289996]

>>3289986
>>3289988
Honestly it just looks like doodles. If you want to understand the planes of the head, you need to draw them from references first.

[Anonymous No.3290002]

my first render thingy from imagintaion.

[Anonymous No.3290003]

>>3288788
>>3289986
*Doctor walks in*

"Son there's good news and there is bad news. I'm afraid there is no easy way to put this. your drawings suck and it is clear you are only doing this cause you're bored and lack passion. The good news is you can practice and release some that proves you are serious about art!"

[Anonymous No.3290004]

>>3290002
Too big, read the fucking sticky you stupid twat.

[Anonymous No.3290015]

>>3289983

[Anonymous No.3290016]

>>3289990
Its a study of a tree trunk in an attempt to get better at "feeling forms" and organic shapes, not a gallery piece lol. If i wanted it in the Louvre i wouldn't have done it in red ink.
>>3289996
Ok will do.
>>3290003
Who hurt you?

[Anonymous No.3290041]

>>3290016
the point is to make every drawing count ya dingus. plus, you never stated it was a study either, just a random ass drawing of a tree trunk.

Either way, why not make the most of a study anyway? don't waste a page with just a plain ass tree

[Anonymous No.3290045]

Any tips on how to draw trapezoids in 2 point perspective? I can do boxes and pyramids just fine, but for some reason I just can't get trapezoids.

[Anonymous No.3290046]

>>3290041
>art must have a story to count
Ok dummy, let me rephrase my request.
Does this tree trunk - which is not art, as it has no story - appear three dimensional and organic?

[Anonymous No.3290050]

>>3287518
crit these gestures

[Anonymous No.3290059]

>>3290002
>>3290004
sorry.

[Anonymous No.3290062]

>>3290046
I'd recommend pushing yourself to have neater lines, there are partes (especially on the right half of the tree) where your lines are rough and don't give us a lot of information other than "more bark"

A light source would help the tree look more dimensional as well, right now you just have diffuse lighting which is less descriptive.

[Anonymous No.3290067]

>>3290046
not "story," but adding visual interest.

[Anonymous No.3290069]

>>3289152
Thank you very much!

[Anonymous No.3290070]

How am I doing?

[Anonymous No.3290073]

>>3286867
This is my first post on this board. I was told there was real criticism here

[Anonymous No.3290150]

I made this Mario sketch in krita. ive been practicing fun with a pencil from loomis as well. I'm getting more used to my tiny tablet

[Anonymous No.3290156]

I'm going through learning anatomy little by little using whatever resources I can. Proko/random videos on YT/etc.

I'm not looking to do fully shaded charcoal drawings like proko though. And when it comes to his anatomy tutorials. All of his tutorials make the muscles massively stick out and it just doesn't look realistic.

I mainly want to draw realistic comics/comics in general. When it comes to the muscles, am I supposed to just simplify them using overlapping lines when it comes to sketching out characters and whatnot?

[Anonymous No.3290164]

>>3290150
Don't use the fill bucket to color. Not only is it bad practice, but you can see that it doesn't completely reach the edges. You can tell because there are faint white borders between the spaces being filled and the lines.

[Anonymous No.3290170]

>go to draw someone
>still not anatomically correct, but at least looks like them
>try to refine and paint it
>looks like swollen mess

what the goddamn fuck

[Anonymous No.3290172]

>>3290164
Ok, I'll remember that. I assumed I could compensate by filling it in but alas, I am wrong.
I'm glad that reading the loomis book got me better at construction though. What loomis book should I read after I finish fun with a pencil?

[Anonymous No.3290180]

>>3290172
>>3290164
Forgot to mention I mostly used basic paint brush rather than bucket fill when I had darken mode on for shading, you might see a few patches since I was very scared to shade over the border lines

[Anonymous No.3290183]

>>3290170
You will make it someday, comrade.

[Anonymous No.3290213]

I'm at the end of my fucking rope here. I just spent nearly $200 on a new desk because I thought it was the source of my mold issue and yet here it fucking is again, and it ruined my fucking commission. How the fuck do I get rid of this? What even is this? Is it mold? Mildew? My phone is a piece of shit so these were the best pics I could capture of it.

pls respond, I am ready to fucking kill myself over this shit. Went in fucking debt over this desk which is apparently not the issue

[Anonymous No.3290214]

>>3290213

[Anonymous No.3290215]

>>3290214
back of the piece of paper. It's almost clear but with a yellow tint to it

[Anonymous No.3290216]

>>3290213
Do you wear headphones of any sort? If at some point you took it off and rested it on your paper, the oils from your face/hair probably got onto your paper and stained it.

[Anonymous No.3290217]

>>3290216
I don't fucking believe it. That's probably it. I've had these headphones longer than I've had the old desk. I rest them on the table when I have to get up to do something. I never sat them on the ottoman I keep beside me, but I did sit the art on there. I'm going to do a test and see.

The only reason I'm skeptical about this is because it happened once in a sketchbook of mine as well but I'm almost certain I didn't let the headphones touch it. But that was years ago so I'm probably just an irresponsible piece of shit.

[Anonymous No.3290218]

>>3290215
it sounds like you're describing a grease or oil stain. Do you eat at your desk?

[Anonymous No.3290222]

>>3290216
>>3290218
I did eat for a while but I've stopped as of 2 or so years ago. But the other guy was right. I just put down a blank sheet of paper to rest my headphones on while I went to piss and get some water, and lo and behold when I returned. I outlined my headphones before I picked them up. Same size and same shape of stain. All this time.

[Anonymous No.3290223]

>>3290222
other side

[Anonymous No.3290233]

tfw I start doodling and this happens. Drawing was a mistake

[Anonymous No.3290237]

where to find good pictures to help me learn about light and stuff to paint

im talking just like random shapes and stuff

[Anonymous No.3290238]

>>3290237
they're called "still lives"
not sure how to google for 'em considering the results are all drawings
"real life still life"

[Anonymous No.3290240]

>>3290238
'still life photo'

except, every result on google is now a Youtube thumbnail, which completely ruins the results for anything you might want to google, still lives included.

[Anonymous No.3290273]

>>3290073
you were told a lie.

if u wanna improve you could start with reading the sticky. http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-draw-learn

[Anonymous No.3290347]

>>3290070
Dude “analysis”
Go to see some professional work. Study it.

[Anonymous No.3290349]

>>3290237
There is an app called art habit
Still life 3D
I suggest you to do this real life thou

[Anonymous No.3290350]

>>3290073
Some times, there is good people here who is improving really fast and share what are learning

[Anonymous No.3290357]

[Anonymous No.3290364]

>>3290357
Proko?

[Anonymous No.3290370]

>>3290357
Hi proko
I really like you anatomy course, I’m a premium user.

[Anonymous No.3290503]

>>3290349
what's the advantage to painting from real life over an image? what does real life have that an image doesn't?

[Anonymous No.3290541]

What is a good resource on learning rendering/hatching and stuff with ink?

[Anonymous No.3290542]

>>3290503
Image has all the 3D forms reduced to 2D already and doesn't make it as thought intensive

[Anonymous No.3290576]

>>3290541
Look up some ink art you like and copy it. There is this one old book about demonology that i would recommend, maybe someone else, or google, has the name.

[Anonymous No.3290580]

>>3290541
>>3290576
Found it
Dictionarre Infernal
Its got quite a bit of well done hatching and shading, and some cool design ideas as well.

[Anonymous No.3290587]

i love drawing but hate failure. how do i get into the mindset that failure is okay and is necessary to improve?

[Anonymous No.3290613]

Everytime I flip my drawing horizontally it's always slanted and I have to do some editing to make sure it lines up on both angles and doesn't look like it's trying to replicate a famous a building.

Is there any way of getting around this or is it a case of flip horizontally every so often and make sure I'm not being a fucking idiot?

[Anonymous No.3290635]

>>3290587
You just don't want it enough.

[Anonymous No.3290643]

>>3290613
Keep flipping. Eventually you'll rely less and less on the flip as you learn more about why things look weird when you flip. I'm personally at the point where I almost never need to flip, but that didn't come out of nowhere.

[Anonymous No.3290646]

any advice on painting the fire.
Also, how do I lock my layer so I don't go outside the line?
Everytime I do it , it wont let me use the brush

[Anonymous No.3290666]

>>3290587
Get a pack of paper instead of a sketch pad. Go into everything you are going you draw with the mindset youre going to throw it out, and follow through, but make sure you keep any personal critiques/encouragement elsewhere.

[Anonymous No.3290669]

>>3290646
Find some images of a flame thrower or something similar and use that as a reference. Or Skyrim.
I would also like to know the answer to the second question.

[Anonymous No.3290670]

>>3290646
What program?

Are you talking about Photoshop?
Because in Photoshop locking a later means precilely not being able to work on it, lol.

[Anonymous No.3290683]

>>3288471
>>3288497
>>3288612
>>3288788
>>3288887
Thanks guys !

[Anonymous No.3290697]

>>3290670
yea photoshop.
I've seen people in videos do it.
the thing where you tie down the layer so you doesn't go outside the edges.

[Anonymous No.3290704]

>>3290697
Google "clipping masks".

[Anonymous No.3290706]

>>3290347
"Analysis"? I was trying to draw someone without reference.

This is how I left it yesterday

[Anonymous No.3290741]

>>3286867
Skull study

[Anonymous No.3290746]

>>3290704
omg thank you

[Anonymous No.3290770]

>>3287250
Different anon here, but I have a followup question to this. I'm a beginner (like only been drawing for about a year) and I try to spend about an hour a day drawing. I've made some improvements but I don't really feel like its anything measurable. Should I be spending more time each day, or is it just a matter of drawing for longer?

[Anonymous No.3290780]

>>3290770
Use your brain, think in form and volume instead of line. And draw more.

[Anonymous No.3290781]

Is there any videos on a step by step process of painting and rendering in Sai that people trust. I watch some speedpaints, but I'm too much of a brainlet to "get" it, by watching.

[Anonymous No.3290782]

>>3290704
I finished it.
now I know about the clipping mask my next painting won't be such a pain.

[Anonymous No.3290804]

Ink study#2
Any suggestions, advice will be good.
My hatching is better but still can see inconsistencies.
Also I love how frank show form. I tried the same and it was hard to think about form,good hatching, good shapes, all that at the same time. Maybe he approached this ink drawing with a study first separating everything solving all the problems separately. Like academic drawing.

[Anonymous No.3290831]

So to he;p get proportions down, Key to drawing is the book to focus, right? That and the Picasso exercise?

[Anonymous No.3290845]

>>3290831
Define proportions.

[Anonymous No.3290851]

>>3290222
Take a shower, dude.

[Anonymous No.3290854]

>>3290845
look at thing, draw thing 1:1

[Anonymous No.3290865]

I know you guys are probably tired of questions like this, but what is the most optimal way to learn? What materials should i use and in what order should i study them? I've always wanted to start but i never felt i had a good direction so i never did, since lots of anons here have different opinions on the subject.

[Anonymous No.3290878]

>>3290804
no critique, but how'd you start with pen and ink? any resources you'd recommend starting with?

[Anonymous No.3290898]

>>3289894
Nice progress. So what is these magical tutorials?

[Anonymous No.3290901]

>>3290898
I'm not bad at drawing traditional was pretty new to digital and the whole process of creating paintings in photoshop.
I pretty much followed these steps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmXyKoKna54&t=717s

[Anonymous No.3290907]

hello maybe I can invite some of you to this drawing site:

http://flockmod.com/drawingstuff

for trying to art online with some other people

[Anonymous No.3290912]

>>3290782
Not too keen on the blurry red stuff going on in the fire, but the dragon itself looks very good now.

[Anonymous No.3290921]

does anyone know the name of the brown toned sketchbook david han uses in his dynamic sketching? he says the brand is canson, but does anyone know which one it is specifically?

[Anonymous No.3290923]

>>3290921
Try searching midtone.

[Anonymous No.3291071]

Are art contest good training for someone who is still /beg/ ? Or should I just focus on getting better ?

[Anonymous No.3291073]

>>3291071
time and analysis is good training

[Anonymous No.3291125]

kinda struggling, just trying to get the basic proportions right. Feels pretty off.

[Anonymous No.3291152]

>>3291071
Well, an art contest gets you insight and some recognition in the art community

[Anonymous No.3291662]

>>3290901
That was interesting. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.3291839]

>>3290222
wash your headphone pads dude

they soak up oils over time and if you own a half decent set of pads/headphones they should be removable.

My pads got fucking nasty as fuck before washing.

[Anonymous No.3291844]

>>3291839
how do you even wash something like velvet?

[Anonymous No.3291973]

I'm having trouble trying to turn a gesture drawing stick figure into something that actually has form, any tips appreciated

[Anonymous No.3292103]

>>3286867


I was making this for a draw-thread request and I am really having trouble with it. Just before I go to clean up the line-art, I begin redrawing the problem areas and it's really bugging me. Any tips or suggestions, I can't seem to move fast enough or even to the next stage of finishing the image without changing something or noticing some glaring mistakes right before I move onto the next process. I assume that I need to study more on figures and gestures. Though I am just fried from working on this, but I would like to at least finish it hopefully.

[Anonymous No.3292331]

>>3290878
Dynamic sketch peter Han

[Anonymous No.3292433]

>>3286868
>http://ctrlpaint.com
Picked up the $99 Wacom
Should I be able to achieve the left's results or am I stuck with 100% opacity and 25% flow?

[Anonymous No.3292451]

>>3291844
clean damp cloth with a bit of soap, get it in there, gently rub the surface, do it again with clean water to rinse the soap out, let dry, reattach

or just get new ones, it's up to you

[Anonymous No.3292499]

>>3292433
Are you not getting pressure sensitivity or something?

[Anonymous No.3292799]

Which should I learn first, figure drawing or perspective?

[Anonymous No.3293222]

my first attempt at colouring my sketch. its so fucking difficult on tablet. spent half an hour switching brushes, changing opacity, brushing, lighting etc. and still shit. all those youtube videos, those artist spent 90% of time talking about drawing this or that then they drop some paint at the end and in second they have life like skin with creases and shade etc. no fucking explanation to this magic. i will never get it.

[Anonymous No.3293395]

hey boyes!!how do i use a prisma rectangular prims for build face? any video or advice ?