Best piece so far

[Anonymous No.3498338]

ITT:

> Your best piece/drawing/painting/sculpture w/e

> How long you've been doing art, and perhaps some history about your art life

Myself:
Started drawing for about a year ago, but started learning and studying a month ago. Pic related was made around two weeks ago though, mostly been doing studies and not actual pieces.

[Anonymous No.3498425]

good job OP

[Anonymous No.3498474]

>>3498338
Keep at it OP, you'll get better and only 1 month in is way to early for anyone to tell you to give up.

Do some construction, draw what you see and use implied lines and lines of varying thickness

[Anonymous No.3498494]

>>3498338
Keep it up

[Anonymous No.3498510]

Its complete garbage

[Anonymous No.3498512]

>>3498425
>>3498474
>>3498494
I mean, sure - thanks guys, but wouldn't you rather participate in what the thread is actually about?

>>3498510
Well yeah it is far from good I agree with that

[Anonymous No.3498515]

I was drawing only when I was bored in classes during school. Never took any art lesons. Now I'm trying to get more serious about it and bought a tablet. Mainly making some girls, trying to learn to draw NSFW

[Anonymous No.3498524]

>>3498515
what tablet did you acquire my man

[Anonymous No.3498527]

Did this for a local art exhibit. That same day I submitted, the exhibit was shot up by a bunch of gangs lol

Been drawing since I was 6. Took a few classes when I was younger, but nothing serious. Everything has essentially been improvements through repetition and copying drawings/comics I liked.

I'm now deep in accounting and I hate it. My recent promotion at work allows some extra free time for me, so I try to draw whatever I can. I wish I could go back and seriously pursue art, but drawing cool shit won't pay my debts off. Thanks, capitalism!

>>3498338
Keep at it, OP. I know for sure that you'll flourish.

>>3498515
Hahaha, awesome. What tablet?

[Anonymous No.3498535]

Been "doodling" since I was younger
Never really took drawing seriously until about 5 months ago towards the end of military work when downtime was low and whipping out a pencil and paper gave me distractions.
This is I suppose the best I can do for now. I've stopped trying to draw things and actually practice faces, anatomy, shapes, and follow the sticky.
I'm trying to basically forget everything I know and just build it up

[Anonymous No.3498542]

>>3498524
>>3498527
Huion 1060 plus

[Anonymous No.3498554]

>>3498542
I take it you are also a fan of tits

[Anonymous No.3498584]

>>3498542
c-c-can we see moar?

[Anonymous No.3498605]

>>3498584
i need to all of them up. Guys how hard is it to become a NSFW game developer if i can make shit in unity? Like getting 500 $ from patreon would be enough as a hobby income

[Anonymous No.3498615]

>>3498535
i like how her hand disappears into her ass

[Anonymous No.3498620]

>>3498615
Fuck drawing hands m8
For a square and 5 sausages it's the hardest fucjing thing

[Anonymous No.3498637]

the realization that this is probably my best finished piece- and that it's not even from this year- feels bad. but i've got to keep going. i don't wanna be stuck at this level

started drawing when i was a toddler. started taking it seriously a few years ago. i've always wanted to be a comic artist, but i didn't realize until recently just how inexperienced i am at compositions. all those years of drawing generic anime character facing left have really hurt me in this aspect

[Anonymous No.3498638]

>>3498527
thanks anon, I really like your piece as well.

[Anonymous No.3498641]

>>3498637
This is dope. I really dig it. Gives off a clear motiv at first sight, but gets better as you look at the details. Great job anon.

[Anonymous No.3498650]

>>3498637
looks cool, really like your style. Which part was the hardest to draw?

[Anonymous No.3498663]

>>3498535
> I'm trying to basically forget everything I know and just build it up

I do the same and I definitely feel like it is the best path. However, I think I should actually start to sit down more and do actual pieces, as that is what I enjoy and is actually a creative process, which can even make studying more motivating.

[Anonymous No.3498666]

>>3498663
That's what I do and I get really frustrated, and that's a good thing!
After doing boxes and staring at lamps for hours I decide to start free drawing, then ill hit that bump where I just can't properly draw something and I get annoyed and decide to do more boxes, then I start slowly moving forward in my drawing. Its weird

[Anonymous No.3498681]

bout 20 fuckin years. got too lazy to improve traditionally and now im suffering through digital

[Anonymous No.3498686]

>>3498681
body looks kinda flat, but the face and especially the hair is great

[Anonymous No.3498696]

>>3498681
there are no lines in nature
overall this needs stronger edges and contrast
everything looks smudgy and pillow soft
you need to work hard on values.
study master portraits.

[Anonymous No.3498715]

>>3498650
the perspective overall, and getting him to sit correctly on the couch

>>3498641
wow, thank you! i want to draw more environments like this for different characters

[Anonymous No.3499053]

my pest biece so far

[Anonymous No.3499072]

Started at the very end of last year. Haven't really done anything before that. Pic related is probably the most complete of what I've done so far

[Anonymous No.3499075]

Yeah, this is a WIP version of a digital painting I'm working on. I've been drawing for the past 4 or 5 years or so, mostly self-taught. I'm 21, and my goal is to make it as a professional illustrator, before reaching my 30s anyway. So here's hoping.

[Anonymous No.3499081]

>>3498681
It may be helpful to focus more on drawing than painting and rendering, because as it is... It feels flat, the forms aren't reading well, and it's stiff. I would try and incorporate more gesture into the underlying sketch before rendering it... And possibly study construction more, really just draw more, paint less. Once your drawing ability is solid, then painting will come very easily

[Anonymous No.3499231]

I guess it'd be this. I need to draw more, but I'm really trying to commit myself to it now-- not to make money but I feel like it's something that I'd always regret not having pursued seriously.

[Anonymous No.3499232]

>>3499231
I saw it in another thread, great job anon! I really like the eyes.

How long you've been drawing?

[Anonymous No.3499234]

>>3499231
Forgot to add that I doodled a lot as a child and young teen, sort of gave it up, picked up digital late 2016 and fucked around with it a bit but sort of gave that up too. So I've been drawing for a huge part of my life, but taking it seriously and working at it consistently is very recent.

[Anonymous No.3499237]

>>3499232
Thanks for the kind words, yeah I posted it in /beg/ too.

My history is
>>3499234

[Anonymous No.3499242]

I drew about an hour a day for a few months. I guess it wasn't proper or good practice because I still feel like I'm on square one of drawing. Some people I've shown this to really like it, on /ic/ I get told it's a polished turd. So I don't know wtf to do and get upset just by trying. I'm told to learn construction but when I try that it feels more confusing because the lay-in is never accurate.

[Anonymous No.3499247]

>>3498338
Probably unironically this version of Rick Sanchez made via a shittier version of the grayscale → colour glaze method with incorrect values.

As for how long, basically forever

[Anonymous No.3499251]

>>3498637
And this is really good

[Anonymous No.3499255]

>>3499242
Not bad! Just drawing one hour every day is most likely better than just doing studies you don't even understand.

>>3499247
I like the colors and the composition. Great job anon

[Anonymous No.3499727]

>>3498338
Drawing for a month now, tried to do a selfportrait

[Anonymous No.3499729]

>>3499727
Also me

[Anonymous No.3499746]

A lot to choose from so it's tough, but I think I enjoyed doing this one the most (mother's day present and I love my mom and shit)

I've been drawing seriously for 3/4 years. I've always drawn though!

[Anonymous No.3499772]

>>3498338
I'm quite proud of this one. Started grinding seriously for just over half a year now. Still a lot to learn. Haven't even started using colors yet, saving up for a good tablet to try out digital painting.

[Anonymous No.3500190]

>>3499772
Great work! In only half a year that is really good. I too havent started using colors yet, but I am honestly just learning drawing before I start painting (as drawing is both cheaper and more fundemental)

>>3499746
I love it! Really brings me a vibe from the summer days when I was younger.

>>3499729
Impressive! Especially for only a month.

[Anonymous No.3500221]

Been drawing for about 4 months. Sad that this was forever ago and it’s provably my best. That being said most of what I do is doodles and I usually give up before I can finish anything

[Anonymous No.3501665]

Rate please been drawing for about 4 months. The bird drawing above is mine too but I’m posting another work of mine in the hopes of actually getting a crit for once on here ;-;

[Anonymous No.3501677]

>>3500221
>>3501665
I really like it, you got a cool and consistent style going on in each of the pieces. It's kind of hard to criticize since its stylized, and therefore applying the traditional rules on them is kind of useless. (Probably some really good artists on here that could probably help you though)

I'd say just keep on doing your stuff anon. Your stuff is great and far away from bad. Drawing more won't make the process go backwards either, so nothing to lose.

Hope to see more of your stuff on /ic/ :)

[Anonymous No.3501713]

I drew DBZ characters when I was little and doodled all my life. No art school, but I've been dedicated for 6 months now. I'm going to make it.

[Anonymous No.3501714]

>>3498338
been drawing since i was a kiddo for funsies, then on and off seriously for about 2 years

this is my fave

[Anonymous No.3501782]

I put two because the one on the left got the most reaction online, but the one on the right means the most to me. It kinda marked the point when I realized that things don't have to be exact, you can change things from reference, you can imply things, to not be so Idk... detailed? I usually used to try to replicate some soft of traditional cross hatching look when I did portraits but I really started to enjoy actual PAINTING during/since that piece.


I've always drawn but I only take it "seriously" in bouts and then can't do anything for months. I'm currently in one of those phases right now, so it sucks majorly.

[Anonymous No.3501787]

>>3501782
Personally I like the one on the right a lot more

[Anonymous No.3501852]

Drew when I was younger but only doodles, really. Bought a tablet about a month or so ago, need to start doing actual studies and getting serious. Having fun with it so far

[Anonymous No.3502174]

[Anonymous No.3503015]

>>3498637
this is excellent anon keep up the good work

[Anonymous No.3504088]

>>3498338
it's so shit, yet somehow i know it's Kanye.

[Anonymous No.3504124]

I like this guy. I know he's probably not my best, but He's my favorite

I started drawing about 4 years ago to help me overcome a bout of serious depression. I had flunked out of a university course that I thought I wanted to be in since I was a child. It felt like I was only ever good at one thing and then I failed at it, so I was useless. If I wasn't in a relationship at that time I would have probably ended it. I remember one of the only reasons I didn't was because I didn't want to make her cry. She liked my doodles and little drawings I would do though, so she encouraged me to pursue it. It's always been kinda off and on for me, But I've focused in a lot more in the past bit on really improving and studying a lot more. I'm trying to put together a portfolio. I'd like to make a career out of it someday, and I hope I can build a life where I do this since art makes me feel alive

If we all work hard enough, we can all make it. it's just a matter of time and determination

[Anonymous No.3504139]

>>3504088
Yeah I know it's pretty bad. However, mind giving me some actual critique?

[Anonymous No.3504148]

>>3504124
Jesus fucking Christ anon. I just wanna give you a hug. You're doing great my man

[Anonymous No.3504152]

>>3504124
Keep it up, dude. You're gmi.

[Anonymous No.3504221]

>>3504124
Great stuff anon. Hope you're doing better now and is living a happy and meaningful life. I'm sure you'll make it someday :)

[Anonymous No.3504358]

>>3498637
Thanks for giving me half of my daily dose, doc

[Anonymous No.3504747]

>>3499072
nice style. who are your influences?

>>3499772
spectacular.

>>3500221
>>3501665
I can't tell you how disturbing this is.

>>3501714
Relateable.

[Anonymous No.3504820]

Seven years of doing sculpture. I went to a for-profit school that many people love to talk shit about, but the reality is you get out of the education what you put into it.

[Anonymous No.3504872]

>>3504148
>>3504152
>>3504221
Thank you very much anons. life can be real shit sometimes, but at least art is more or less, constant