/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.3499574]

>how to become successful as a porn artist

like unironically. What are the best tags, best ways of exposure?

[Anonymous No.3499587]

Step 1: learn to draw good
Step 2: there's no actual step 2, because you're still stuck at step 1 because you think you don't have to draw good.

[Anonymous No.3499591]

>>3499574
Draw popular shit, try to create something that will become a meme, follow trends really but try to one-up previous attempts. It's a never-ending cycle of one-upmanship

[Anonymous No.3499593]

>>3499574
Furry shit in general

[Anonymous No.3499595]

>>3499574

Be productive and be consistent, both in terms of output and in style. Most people fail at these points because artists are generally undisciplined in temperament.

[Anonymous No.3499617]

>>3499574
just draw good looking shit dont listen to retards like >>3499595
>>3499593
>>3499587
>>3499591

literally just draw GOOD shit doesnt even have to make sense

[Anonymous No.3499618]

>>3499617
NGMI

[Anonymous No.3499620]

>>3499617
>draw good
Wow what a novel idea. Did you come up with that yourself?

[Anonymous No.3499622]

>>3499591
>>3499617

is this good?

[Anonymous No.3499631]

>>3499620
go draw your boxes retard
>>3499622
yes

[Anonymous No.3499647]

>>3499631
>hurr durr draw good
that's implied you retard. How do you even remember to wipe your ass without saying "but it has to be wiped clean, don't leave any poo poo!"

[Anonymous No.3499657]

>>3499617

>what is work ethic

[Anonymous No.3499661]

>>3499647
im not implying anything lool. thats the problem with you pretentious retards. you think theres some secret to drawing appealing shit, but there isnt. if you dont have an eye for good looking shit just fucking stop. theres a reason abstract art look good not just because theres some shitty meaning behind it that is 2 deep 4 u and i dont mean pallock or those who literally shat on canvas, those are just bad.

[Anonymous No.3499665]

>>3499657
yeah im sure every artist is updating everyday, do you even draw bro? i follow 2000 artists across different platforms and everyday i get 40 new submission notifications out of the 2000.

[Anonymous No.3499666]

>>3499661
You're such an idiot, you don't even know what this thread is about. To be successful, of course you need to be fucking good at what you do. But there is obviously more to that, like self-marketing which is important in life no matter what you do

[Anonymous No.3499669]

>>3499631
This is so very well done wtf. I would feel bad masturbating to this

[Anonymous No.3499671]

>>3499666
god i love retards like you
muh marketing
muh work ethic
cant wait till you finally realize that you dont have what it takes and resort to whoring yourself out for the sake of a few pennies

[Anonymous No.3499677]

>>3499671
lol
>I have this drawing skill thing
>but no one knows I exist
>I least I have this drawing skill thing!

[Anonymous No.3499680]

>>3499671
No, he's right. Marketing is important no matter what you do. Every career you try to get into involves marketing of some kind, tweaking your resume and looking attractive to employers. Gaining followers is the same way. You have to do things to attract them, like draw popular things and use the right hashtags

[Anonymous No.3499685]

>>3499680
>>3499677
must be nice living an oblivious life

[Anonymous No.3499687]

>>3499685
must be gay being a faggot

[Anonymous No.3499690]

>>3499687
rekt

[Anonymous No.3499694]

>>3499687
stay mad my friend

[Anonymous No.3499695]

>>3499687
lmao
>>3499685
whatever fag

[Anonymous No.3499702]

>>3499591
this is something i totally need to take advantage of but as someone who stays in the same bubble and rarely ventures out when it comes to pop culture, how do you know what exactly is popular at the moment? is there somewhere you can look up to see what's hot? like when it comes to whats trending and what's popular atm i totally feel like Velma without her glasses

[Anonymous No.3499709]

>>3499695
draw your boxes like always

[Anonymous No.3499712]

>>3499709
lol at least I'm not gay
draw gay boxes faggot

[Anonymous No.3499721]

>>3499669
only work of at least this level is even worth fapping to man..

[Anonymous No.3499724]

>>3499574
Is this a shota artist or what? it's so small

[Anonymous No.3499730]

>>3499712
someone pissed in your cheerios

[Anonymous No.3499749]

>>3499574
>Learn anatomy
>Learn to break rules of anatomy so it is aesthetically pleasing if you catch my drift.
>???
>profit

[Anonymous No.3499759]

>>3499730
someone pissed in your butthole haha faggot

[Anonymous No.3499915]

>>3499687
underrated

[Anonymous No.3499918]

>>3499759
stop replying child

[Anonymous No.3499921]

>>3499595
>consistent
>style
>tfw NGMI because trying to stay out of comfort zone, trying new techniques and themes

[Anonymous No.3500754]

>>3499749
redline it big boi

[Anonymous No.3500758]

>>3499574
I've been trying to decipher what makes a good lewd drawing for a while now, here's my summary:
Simplicity, low contrast, warm shadows, (especially on characters), something between pastel and earthy muted palette for the best mood, and a big one - shape design. Really put forward that flat, graphic quality of a drawing.
Then there is the secret: the difference between a pinup, a softcore and porn is the ratio of "bodyparts of interest" to the rest. A porn drawing looks like a porn drawing when the ass/tits/face make at least a third of the whole composition.

I'll post a few examples. Pic related is a good palette. The girl has a nice low contrast 'cause she's almost entirely lit by bounced light.

[Anonymous No.3500760]

>>3500758
Good shapes, simple, low contrast. You can get away with next to no rendering, all you have to do is replace direct with bounced light, Incase also does this often. Skin has a very low value range in general, 'cause it's translucent.

[Anonymous No.3500763]

>>3500760
Good shapes and simplicity. Go for that Sargent kind of brushwork, lay down a stroke and leave it be, don't over-render.
Part of why large hips look so hot is because they literally take up more space on the canvas. CreamyLewds is also good at this.

[Anonymous No.3500766]

>>3500763
An example of what I said about ratio. Your head tells you the pic on left is good, but it doesn't look like porn, like something meant to be jacked off to. It's closer to a pin-up.
The pic on the right is different - literally go and measure it, a third of the composition is her ass/hips/face.

I recommend you go to your porn art folder and analyze your favorites for these clues.

[Anonymous No.3500784]

>>3500766
thats actually super helpful
When i draw porn i ussually treat it as any other drawing but with nude characters instead of clothed
It's so obvious but I rarely ever focus the attention on the face/ass/tits/dick unless im drawing a character sucking dick
People look at porn for those things specifically so obviously its important to make them the focus duh

btw whos the artist for the drawing on the right?

[Anonymous No.3500790]

>>3500758
>Simplicity
Nope.
The SECRET to good lewd drawing is to be able to deliver a story, plus be able to draw a sexy gesture, plus good composition, plus dynamic anatomy. All of this things is unreachable to an average weeb because its not just "just draw warm shadows dude its totally sexy lmao", its a knowledge beyond autistic analyzing about why your peepee gets hard.

[Anonymous No.3500793]

>>3500790
That image is fucking disgusting. Lifeless, overrendered traced porn.

[Anonymous No.3500796]

>>3500766
helpful anon, cheers bro

[Anonymous No.3500818]

>>3500784
>any other drawing but with nude characters instead of clothed
Exactly, that can be a cause of a lot of frustration.
The genitals are important, but honestly not as much. It's more about how you draw it than what you draw, as long as you make it smooth and have a nice shape, you can make any body part hot as hell. Take pic for example, there's nothing much going on but it's pretty easy to fap to. It's more about empathy, imagining what would feel good, what atmosphere gets you in the mood and imprinting that into your drawing.

And sorry I have no clue, I saved most of those pics from 4chan.

[Anonymous No.3500825]

>>3500818
Last pic - the Xray doesn't even have to be there, you don't need a graphic triple penetration to get someone's rocks off, a good atmosphere goes a long way.

[Anonymous No.3501056]

>>3500758

But that is a high contrast image?

[Anonymous No.3501153]

>>3501056
There's the light strip to add a little variety, but the rest is extremely low contrast.

The point behind low contrast lighting in porn is that strongly lit areas make you feel exposed, like it's noon, somewhere outside.
So the area to the left where the girl is reading is a shelter from it, a safe place, evening, intimacy. It's always about striking the right balance.

[Anonymous No.3501248]

>>3499622
Got a blog? I love your style.

[Anonymous No.3501256]

>>3500818
sounds like you really know your stuff, mind sharing your blog?

[Anonymous No.3501259]

>>3499759
lmao
rekt

[Anonymous No.3501288]

>>3501256
not to burst your bubble but the pic from >>3500818 is probably joel jurion

[Anonymous No.3501487]

>>3499574
fucking sauce?