Improvement Thread

[Anonymous No.3548812]

Post yours and others improvement!

[Anonymous No.3548816]

>>3548812
heh

[Anonymous No.3548831]

[Anonymous No.3548832]

never give up and you too can draw sanics like me

[Anonymous No.3548842]

>>3548832
forget loomis this dudes the real senpai

[Anonymous No.3548851]

>>3548812

[Anonymous No.3548858]

>>3548812
undeniable proof that just draw is a meme

[Anonymous No.3548894]

>>3548858
Yeah, it's all about focused practice.

I have a friend who draws way more then I ever do, but he never studies anatomy or does hand studies or anything. He just draws the same standing anime girl with a gradient background for 6 years. He's asked how I improve and I try to help him, but he just dosen't ever practice drawing stuff he's bad at. Instead he just complains about how he's not getting better and it's not fair that I do, cause I don't draw as much as him.

He's going to art school soon though, so I hope some teacher can knock some sense into him.

[Anonymous No.3548900]

>>3548858
I think the old one is expressive and off the hook. Since you drew it more realistic and serene it doesn't have the same energy.

[Anonymous No.3548928]

>>3548832
>Draw this meme again

[Anonymous No.3548935]

>>3548812
Always believe in yourself.

[Anonymous No.3548936]

>>3548851
I like how she is walleye in both of them

[Anonymous No.3548941]

>>3548935
thx for the inspo, senpai

[Anonymous No.3548947]

>>3548816
So this is the power of Loomis

[Anonymous No.3548961]

>>3548858
>>3548900
Dumbass contrarian crabspeak. This artist objectively improved.

[Anonymous No.3548966]

>>3548961
>concept art drone detected
the artist watered down their style to become completely generic and indistinguishable from every other artist.
If i was scrolling through a website and saw the image on the right i would keep scrolling without a second glance

[Anonymous No.3549406]

>>3548831
What went wrong

[Anonymous No.3549413]

>>3548966
Generic artwork does not negate technical skill. They objectively improved, crab

[Anonymous No.3549416]

>>3548966
>watered down their style
You mean the amateurish anime style? Get real anon, the only redeeming factor of the left image is the brush strokes in the hair.

[Anonymous No.3549560]

>>3549406
Not enough critiques probably

[Anonymous No.3549575]

>>3548966
The artist didn’t have a style. The artist drew things wrong because they were unskilled, and could not draw them differently until they got better.

[Anonymous No.3549625]

>>3548966
Nah the artist intended to show off their knowledge in the new pic, the old one was based on an original idea, it was a pic that was dreamed up.

The old one is always a better piece of art when it comes to this meme, because of this.

[Anonymous No.3549872]

>>3549413
so you admit you value generic art with less flaws over art with actual style that has more flaws. If you don't actually care about making interesting art there's nothing else to argue there.
>>3549575
>>3549575
so what's even the point of making art if you're never going to do anything interesting or different. Why would you just be a drone that makes lifeless shit

[Anonymous No.3550251]

>>3549406
what didn't?

[Anonymous No.3550312]

>>3549406
fetishes

[Anonymous No.3550635]

>>3549872
>hurr durr different is automatically better

Do you have autism? Did your handlers tell you that being special makes you better than the meaniepants neurotypicals?

[Anonymous No.3550677]

>>3549872
not every piece of art has to be the most unique thing in the fuckin world. especially when simply trying to improve.

[Anonymous No.3550736]

It's not a huge improvement but hey

[Anonymous No.3550759]

>>3548961
The second one doesn't even try to have emotion on her face, take a good look at it.

[Anonymous No.3550827]

>>3550635
>it's different and it looks good, so i like it

[Anonymous No.3550837]

>there people ITT who seriously cant tell when someone has gotten better

why would anyone trust this board for accurate critique

[Anonymous No.3550868]

>>3550759
The second one is smiling. It’s impossible to know what emotion the first one has because the artist couldn’t even put the eyes in the right place, let alone draw the eyes in a way that conveys expression.

[Anonymous No.3551373]

>>3549406
literally Bolshevism

[Anonymous No.3551520]

>>3548831
went to pretty charming and actually fun-looking to just... oh no....

[Anonymous No.3551590]

>>3548831
Did they give him stretch marks in the bottom two?

[Anonymous No.3551601]

>>3549406
CalArts

[Anonymous No.3551749]

>>3548832
Boomer sonic looks chill

[Anonymous No.3551787]

>>3550837
People only come to cringe threads to feel better about not improving by laughing at people who dont care, or to shit on other people for coming to cringe threads by laughing at people laughing at others.

[Anonymous No.3552159]

>>3548858
Technical skills improved. The old one looks more appealing except for the anatomy/construction issues.

[Anonymous No.3552231]

>>3550736
I think the design of the left is more ballanced.

[Anonymous No.3552611]

>>3548966
Lack of technical skill is not a style, I'm sick of this meme

[Anonymous No.3552618]

>>3552611
To be fair, whatever was going on with that hair in the original picture was stylin as fuck.
It looks somewhat intentional too, overall composition skill and whatever the fuck that coloring is was superior in the original.
His anatomy and forms may of improved, but he lost a lot of unintentionally great style choices too.

[Anonymous No.3552634]

>>3552231
fa?

[Anonymous No.3552962]

>>3548858
I like the hair of the last one, it has a dreamlike feel to it. Combine it with your more realistic style and it could look really nice.

[Anonymous No.3552975]

>>3551590
yeeeeeeeeeeeep

[Anonymous No.3552979]

>>3552975
someone's a B I G B O I

[Anonymous No.3552980]

>>3552979
hehe! That's cause of all the yummy yummys I eat! They're so gud and they expand my lil tummy tummy. Sometimes they give me these strech marks, but I don't call them that! they're my tiger stripes! Rawr~ Don't try to mess with me! Rawr~ I'm a big boyo and I'm proud. It means I'm soft and cuddly, but don't be fooled I have a bite! So don't mess with this big boy! >:3c

[Anonymous No.3552991]

>>3548858
why is the 'improved' one so much worse and generic
no style in it anymore
no soul

[Anonymous No.3552996]

anybody have the one of the witch lady who took 2 years to cast a fireball

[Anonymous No.3553005]

>>3552980
while this is endearing, gluttony is wrong, and masking your dysfunction behind cute affectations is a bad idea. assuming youre not LARPing

[OLATHE No.3553034]

>>3553005
while this is endearing, autism is wrong, and masking your dysfunction behind cute affectations is a bad idea. assuming youre not LARPing

[OLATHE No.3553037]

Pic

[Anonymous No.3553611]

Can't add to this one anymore but I'm making slow progress

[Anonymous No.3553623]

here's my progress from art school to now

[Anonymous No.3553627]

>>3553611
does anyone commission you to draw your porn stuff?

[Anonymous No.3553630]

>>3553623
/ic/ syndrome

[Anonymous No.3553653]

>>3553611
What are you currently struggling with anon?

[Anonymous No.3553657]

>>3548816
Them JoJo's shoulders tho

[Anonymous No.3553659]

>>3553627
I've never done a commission but that's probably because I outright said I wasn't ready for them a while ago. I don't want to deliver crap and for the longest time consistency has been an issue.

>>3553653
Landscapes and painting, among a million other things. I'd like to make more complete scenes in the future. What are you struggling with anon?

[Anonymous No.3553679]

>>3553659
I’m having a hard time coming up with scenes too - I tend to default to the same poses and angles. My approach is probably off somewhere

[Anonymous No.3553684]

>>3553679
Ah, that happens a lot when trying to draw from imagination. I'd recommend finding a random photo and use it explicetely as a perspective ref. It's a great way to come up with angles you wouldn't have thought of yourself in the context of your scene

[Anonymous No.3553691]

Anyone have the Pokemon one where the guy made no progress during 10 years?

>>3549406
Art school
I guarantee it

>>3552231
the before is actually better lol

>>3553611

you improved only in skill. That's sad anon.

[Anonymous No.3553700]

>>3553691
> only improved in skill
Yeah, I'm working in a much more constrained environment now and it kind of sucks the joy out of things. Hopefully that will change pretty soon. At least I've learned a ton in the meantime

[Anonymous No.3553713]

>>3553684
That must have been it, I’ve been drawing more from imagination lately. Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.3553730]

>>3548831
holy shit the initial style looked pretty nice too

[Anonymous No.3553732]

>>3548816
Yikes.

[Anonymous No.3554076]

>>3548858
While its obvious the technique has improved a lot, I kinda like the old one better, mainly because of the amount of expression and energy conveyed.

[Anonymous No.3554086]

2018 has not been kind to the drawings. I’m in the homestretch now. 2019 is my year. I have plans...

[Anonymous No.3554094]

>>3553623
good shit

[Anonymous No.3554101]

>>3554086
I hate to say this, but I used to find your evolution impressive and inspiring, but since 2016 you kind stagnated, I really dont see any real evolution or improvement.

Actually I would say it got a little worst, really fucking confusing and somewhat uglier. It's probably my own personal taste so don't take too seriously.
I still enjoy your work and still is a lot better then mine, I just find a pity all this time lost for you to become a better artist.

[Anonymous No.3554222]

>>3553611
I love your work but what is your blog? Twice I tried to look up your work a day and twice I found the tumblr was deleted

[Anonymous No.3554494]

>>3554222
Sorry I had to kill the blog. my internet life was getting dangerously close to spilling over into my real life, and posting all of my clean digital art under the same name as someone who drew some pretty objectionable stuff was just stupid on my part. I'll probably make a new clean blog soon but I won't be able to say it's mine

[Anonymous No.3554601]

>>3554086
this artstyle looks so mid-00s

[Anonymous No.3554615]

>>3554086
Looks like you learned early on pretty much straight copying and studying artists you like, would you recommend that? Or do you think it'd have been better if you didn't?

[Anonymous No.3554704]

>>3554494
why can't you say it's yours? why not make to seperate blogs? with difrrent aliases?

[Anonymous No.3554844]

>>3554494
You can post the name on /ic/ since you're anonymous here right?

[Anonymous No.3554981]

>>3548831
Feels like they watched a lot of Steven Universe maybe and tried to copy that style. First was really nice.

[Anonymous No.3555020]

>>3548812
Haven't gotten around to rendering 2018 yet, but oh well.

[Anonymous No.3555358]

>>3554101
Honestly, I just haven’t been drawing. If you check the bar graph it’s obvious that consistently drawing prevents stagnation / regression.

>>3554601
>mid 00
I’m not surprised, those were my formative years

>>3554615
Just copy shit all the time - It’s more important to just get pencil on paper. Creating original content can be paralyzing. Better yet, just do whatever you need to do to draw as much as possible.

[Anonymous No.3555447]

Slow and steady, atleast I can live off my art now.

[Anonymous No.3555466]

[Anonymous No.3556056]

>>3555447
Good job anon. I like the shape dominant ones the most

[Anonymous No.3556109]

>>3554704
>>3554844
Sorry I'm just paranoid about this stuff. I posted my new nsfw blog in the blog thread for that and it should be pretty easy to recognize

[Anonymous No.3556174]

>>3555447
Cool shit anon.
Really like some of your colors.

[Anonymous No.3556178]

>>3555447
I would implore you to create more work like the top left 2018 one. You seem stylistically torn between more fluid digital painterly work and this more vivid, stylized style of illustration.

The digital painting work is nice, but it's pretty generic and forgettable. Your stylized work is much more unique and appealing, and generally stands out a lot more from the hoards of digital artists who do similar digital paintings.

[Anonymous No.3556296]

>>3556178
The problem with that is the generic stuff sells more and before I went that route I had to hassel so much to get jobs, now I can chill and work for 25 € hour, doing commercial stuff.

[Anonymous No.3556935]

>>3548831
This is the second worst incidence of "willful, intentional art degradation for the sake of claiming it's your own /style/".

The winner being this abomination posted in /aco/ that was unanimously, even for them, /trash/ and /s4s/, was an unfappable, hideous monstrosity. I didn't save it because I literally didn't want to be caught dead with that shit on my computer. But I can probably find it.

[Anonymous No.3556946]

>>3552231
left has better gesture and feeling to it, right is better in technical skill and anatomy

It's natural to lose some of the looseness u used to have when you're learning how to be better technically. As the technical skills become second nature it starts to come back tho.

[Anonymous No.3557002]

>>3553611
Do you mind giving advice on how to get to your level of skill?

[Anonymous No.3557702]

>>3557002
Try to draw above your ability. Dunning Kruger and generally overistimating my own abilities lead me to try things I'd probably avoid now out of fear of dissapointment. What's really important is being able to recognize good art, and stay objective about your own. When something looks bad, try to fix it, and counter to what a lot of people say compare yourself to the artists you'd like to be like, no matter the skill gap. Overextending like this can lead to a lot of small epiphanies about how to do things that really can't be put into words well. another helpful thing is to surround yourself with the best art you can find and avoid the bad stuff as best you can. I draw better after spending all day looking at stuff by my favorite artists because it leaves an imprint of "good" art in my head, even if I don't understand what's good about it. Bad or even mediocre art can be dangerous for the same reason, especially when nothing about it stands out, because it makes me doubt my own abilities when I can't think of a way to make it look good.

[Anonymous No.3558515]

>>3555447
great progress. how do make money off your art, commissions or a job or both?

[Anonymous No.3558647]

>>3550837
>why would anyone trust this board for accurate critique
you wouldn't!

[Anonymous No.3558656]

>>3558647
That's actually a lot of improvement especially for the span of time. I'm proud of you memeschlong

[Anonymous No.3558668]

>>3558656
he uses grids, don't flatter him

[Anonymous No.3558671]

>>3558668
The rendering is still a lot better though. Not great but better. Wouldn't wanna undermine that.

[Anonymous No.3559775]

>>3548858
This is a good display for the upper and lower limits of abstraction without descending into autism.

[Anonymous No.3559797]

>>3555447
God tier. I like late 2017 the best.

[Anonymous No.3559899]

my work from 2015-2018. i took a long break from art, and am trying to get back into it now. for a while i used exclusively watercolours but i've switched back to graphite/ink and am working on my fundies now.

[Anonymous No.3559904]

>>3555447
didn't know we had any Estonian anons here. I'm from Haapsalu myself

[Anonymous No.3561241]

>>3548812
Progress after 75 days of drawing

[Anonymous No.3561302]

>>3561241
draw decapitated version

[Anonymous No.3561303]

>>3561241
i like the vibe on the left, but the lines and anatomy on the right

[Anonymous No.3561311]

>>3561302
;_;

[Anonymous No.3561453]

haven't updated this in a while
>2008-2014 school
>2014-2017 graphic design degree
>2017- june 2018 full-time at an illustration/animation studio
>now crippling depression; freelance gigs if lucky

[Anonymous No.3561480]

>>3553611
>those titties on the little witch
oh fuck anon, why would you delete your blog when you got gold like this

[Anonymous No.3561537]

>>3561453
this is pretty inspiring, anon
i hope you get through your depression. seek help via counseling or meds if you can.

[Anonymous No.3561541]

>>3553611
STOP DELETING YOUR BLOGS REEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.3561629]

>>3561453
It’s pretty interesting looking at this because I’m about your age
>2009 dropped out of school
>2010-15 read books, realized I liked art, walked around woods and stuff
>2016–18 Drawing all day every day

[Anonymous No.3561812]

>>3561303
I could probably replicate the feel just by matching the colors desu. The colors on left are really the one thing I liked about it

[Anonymous No.3561907]

>>3561537
thank you anon.
meds never did it for me, but i find drawing for pleasure (not for work) very therapeutic

[Anonymous No.3561931]

>>3558668
say that to my face jabrony

[Anonymous No.3561932]

>>3561931
pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.3561949]

I gave up.
I don't know why I even come here anymore.
I hardly ever draw because I'm never motivated.
Reminder that not all of us get to make it.

[Anonymous No.3561952]

>>3561949
it shows that you made progress though. what else do you want?

[Anonymous No.3561968]

>>3561949
Anon. you actually improved.

[Anonymous No.3561975]

>>3561952
>>3561968
He knows he improved but he wanted faster improvement is all. You kind of get spoiled by seeing all those “went from mildly functioning retard with a pencil to senior artist in 2.5 years” progress pics. Or with people like Sinix saying that you can become a professional in 6 months. This type of stuff skews your view, making slow and steady progress seem bad.
>>3561949
Keep at it man, you can’t give up now. I know how you feel since I’m in a similar boat but it’d be such a waste to just throw away all the skill you’ve built up over the years. I’d say take some time off, reassess your goals and then when you feel up to it, dive back in. Focus on what it is that you actually want to learn and what it is that you actually want to be drawing and only draw that. Do some studies along the way when you’re feeling lost but don’t let studies be the only thing you draw. Instead use them to supplement the fun stuff you want to do. You’ve come to far to give up now lad.

[Anonymous No.3562009]

This is difficult

[Anonymous No.3562015]

>>3562009
it's this guy!

[Anonymous No.3562027]

Did i improved bros?

[Anonymous No.3562071]

>>3555466
Very nice!

[Anonymous No.3562077]

Focus on your own improvement, they say. Pls suck my e-peen

[Anonymous No.3562133]

>>3562027
you did, but there isnt much on here. rendering is pretty basic along with the poses. could pass off with any normie tho.

[Anonymous No.3562153]

>>3562027
yes over the last four years you've gotten great at drawing those same few anime head angles

[Anonymous No.3562220]

>>3562027
what are u trying to accomplish with this style emulation?
you are obviously missing what makes rei unique
ngmi

[Anonymous No.3562246]

>>3548858
>soul on the left
>sakimishit on the right

[Anonymous No.3562359]

2010 - 2018
Some old doodle I redrew. Tried to retain original intent, details and such even tho it's lazy crap.

[Anonymous No.3562364]

>>3562027
Great improvement anon

[Anonymous No.3562367]

>>3562359

Well done

[Anonymous No.3562384]

>>3562077
[spoiler]Blog?

[Anonymous No.3562478]

>>3562359
Very nice

[Anonymous No.3562556]

>>3555020
You've gotten a lot better with form. Good job, anon.

[Anonymous No.3562580]

>>3553611
Love the appeal in these. Always liked your stuff when posted around. Keep at it anon

[Anonymous No.3562604]

>>3558515
I do commissions, yep.

[Anonymous No.3562626]

>>3562604
Cost of living in your area?

[Anonymous No.3562644]

>>3561453
Are you trans?

[Anonymous No.3562773]

>>3562644
no, why ask?

[Anonymous No.3562811]

Old one, probably should make it again
Because now i finally learned how to draw hands and faces

[Anonymous No.3562817]

>>3548831
good thing this place is run by libcommies so we cant put the finger on the real problem

[Anonymous No.3562832]

>>3562811
And something fresher

[Anonymous No.3562915]

>>3548851
why is the first one so fucking unsettling?

[Anonymous No.3562917]

>>3562915
Its the eyes

[Anonymous No.3562942]

>>3553611

blog?

[Anonymous No.3562949]

>>3549872
Flaws isn't style since it isn't a choice.

[containercore !o3a0NktvbA No.3563007]

>>3548966
I agree with this. There's a quality known as appeal that the left image was more in tune with than the right image despite the artist developing some technical chops. Intermediate artists have a tendency to bulldoze everything in the pursuit of technical improvement. Some work that lacks fundamentals still manages to have a high appeal factor. It's all related to visual communication and that's the problem with the right one, it doesn't communicate a lot. The real struggle is to make an image add up to more than the sum of its parts, which is why technical skill itself isn't the deciding factor when it comes to what work will resonate with people.

What people fail to realize is that there are a lot of intangible aspects of art that can't necessarily be quantified, which is why posters on /ic/ are so hung up on technical improvement through grinding (and then wonder why they struggle with art block). But point this out and they'll call you a crab for challenging their worldview.

[Anonymous No.3563118]

>>3563007
>There's a quality known as appeal
That's a hard pill for many a d/ic/k to swallow. They think appeal and technical skill are the same

[Anonymous No.3564365]

>>3562604
Quite small, i basically can live comfortably with 500€ a month since me and some buddies rent a house together and rent is cheap because of that. But I make enough to save up for my own apartment that im planning to buy.

i only do "work" about 24 hours a week, rest of my time is for my personal projects.

[Anonymous No.3564367]

>>3562626
Quite small, i basically can live comfortably with 500€ a month since me and some buddies rent a house together and rent is cheap because of that. But I make enough to save up for my own apartment that im planning to buy.

i only do "work" about 24 hours a week, rest of my time is for my personal projects.

[Anonymous No.3564388]

>>3548831
Are those stretchmarks on his arm?

[Anonymous No.3564425]

[Anonymous No.3564642]

>>3557702
This is great advice, it works with me as well

[Anonymous No.3564655]

>>3548858
Technical skill improved vastly but lost energy/personality. I had the same thing happen to me once as well.

[Anonymous No.3564658]

>>3550736
Oh hey, I know you from discord. Nice stuff, you do less symbol drawing and the lines look more fluid.

[Anonymous No.3564666]

>>3555358
Are there any more random advice you would give on improving faster? Is it true you should focus more on drawing/studying what you enjoy, aka copying art you like, copying pictures of things you like instead of redrawing a reference of a nude model everyday? How have yuu stayed motivated daily?

[Anonymous No.3564669]

>>3562832
I like these.

[Anonymous No.3564673]

>>3561949
Stop worrying about making it. About getting better. Do some stuff just for fun.

[Anonymous No.3567117]

>>3564425
less anime and more real life figures

[Anonymous No.3567172]

This year has been busy and weird but i keep on goin

[Anonymous No.3567230]

>>3562832
i like the improvement on this one, looks mature, as if you gain confidence on your strokes, but the other one you post >>3562811 doesnt seem to have improved much in 4 years, so it's kinda off sad seeing the mushrooms,
anyways nice job anon

[Anonymous No.3567276]

i don't like the 8-10 year improvement pictures.
comparing 2018 with when you first started makes it seem like you're making huge progress, but most people here seem to completely ignore progression on a technical level once they hit that "meh" or "alright" tier, and have been stagnating for the past 2-3 years despite making small polishes to what they already knew.

grinding from "complete piece of shit" to "meh" is very easy, maybe it just took a year or two to get used to things, but "meh" to "good" is probably the steepest progress most people will never make, because objective progress is laborious and it can easily be sugar coated with stylization.

[Anonymous No.3567301]

i post this already some time ago, but is the only one that makes the "draw this again" point

[Anonymous No.3567353]

most of my 2013 (around when i started) stuff have been lost, mostly really bad polished turds (included one for reference).
a lot of experiments for the recent years, since studies require too much time and focus, very little tangible improvements as a result. i think my lines have gotten better, though.

[Anonymous No.3567354]

>>3567301
certainly got more furry porny

[Anonymous No.3567366]

[Anonymous No.3567367]

>>3567366

[Anonymous No.3567370]

>>3567367
good thing is it was already soulless

[Slowfag No.3567434]

well i have a problem with drawing stuff from the same angle but other than that i would like to think im improving

[Slowfag No.3567436]

>>3567434
this is 2012 trough 14 i think and the one i posted above was roughly 16-18

[Anonymous No.3567441]

but looking back at it im not happy

[Anonymous No.3567444]

>>3567441
I like the 2012 version more.

[Anonymous No.3567446]

>>3567444
yeah it had more personality

i should draw more often, that's the problem, i don't develop a style since i draw so rarely, i think

[Anonymous No.3567611]

I still struggle with shading

[Anonymous No.3567677]

>>3567611
unironical downgrade

[Anonymous No.3567709]

>>3564425
Good, you casted anime aside and found Jesus.

[Anonymous No.3567782]

>>3567301
Fuck.. the sisters are so hot.

[Anonymous No.3567881]

>>3567677
The guy gained some skills but picked op a bunch of fucking horrendous habits on the way.
>>3567611
You need to worry about your volumes and shapes before worrying about rendering. Take the clothing for example. The creases aren't 3D volumes on your paintings, they're just highlights and shadows randomly placed to loosely look like the real thing. Build structure.

[Anonymous No.3567921]

>>3562359
you made a lot of improvement. Be proud!

[Anonymous No.3567922]

>>3567881
I feel it's just the plateau of just draw, it became uncanny valley

[Anonymous No.3567923]

>>3564658
Thank you so much anon!

[Anonymous No.3568197]

>>3553611
Be sure to post your new blog on here when your ready, I genuinely love your art

[Anonymous No.3568233]

memesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofsandmemesandgoofs

[Anonymous No.3568349]

[Anonymous No.3568442]

>>3561949
I love your stuff though I rmemeber I asked you for your blog once
Don't be discouraged, your work is good, and if you give up now you might regret it later. Slow and steady is better than no progress at all
I also get depressed sometime looking at others' beautiful work, but the next day I keep drawing as much as I can and workout at home for better health and mood. My current plan is basically the JUST DRAW feng zhu thing, trying to make studies of a thing every day to hopefully progress faster
Just don't give up man

[Anonymous No.3568443]

>>3562027
>that 2014 animu vs 2015 animu
That's pretty good progress for a year

[Anonymous No.3568444]

>>3567366
>>3567367
>>3567301
>>3567353
love these

[Anonymous No.3568449]

>>3567441
The 2012 version looks better to me aswell I think your rendering technique now is trying to look clean but it's smudgy

[Anonymous No.3568453]

>>3568442
You don't get it. I don't draw for weeks at a time. It's kind of a done deal.

[Anonymous No.3568594]

>>3567441
Nor should you be. Your facial anatomy is better, but not by that much, and the more detailed rendering makes the flaws stand out more. The eyes look like flat decals, and the nose bridge is just a blur for some reason. There's no expression, or rather there's only an expression on half the face. The left side of the face looks thoughtful, and the right side looks dead.
And your gray values somehow got worse, which I didn't even know could happen. The 2012 version looks less bland thanks to the higher contrast alone. The whites are brighter and the blacks darker.

[Anonymous No.3568597]

>>3568233
Nice, but the background should be swirlier for the proper van Gogh look.

[Anonymous No.3568600]

>>3561241
Looks like PS2 cell-shaded games. Makes me feel comfy

[Anonymous No.3568616]

>>3567301
Wait... I remember seeing this on youtube. Nice work btw.

[Anonymous No.3568853]

>>3568616
on youtube?????
.-.

[Anonymous No.3569607]

Keep making those arts

[Anonymous No.3569623]

>>3568453
Well idk what to say to you but it'd be a real shame if you quit, now that you are on your way to get good and definitely not a beginner anymore, and there are people that appreciate your work
Are you so burned out you can no longer like doodle for fun? I was falling into the trap of doing studies all day and then I realized it was because I was too scared to draw something that was really mine, for fun, and then study after to improve it

[Anonymous No.3569626]

>>3567301
>>3568853
Blog, anon?

[Anonymous No.3569699]

>>3561453
>joins animation studio
>becomes terrible
lol

[Anonymous No.3570034]

>>3567172
blog?

[Anonymous No.3570072]

>>3569699
i work in advertising. it requires different skills than classical drawing or animu.

[Anonymous No.3570157]

>>3569623
I guess I'm just tired of the lack of consistency with my work. Sometimes I'm pleased with what I'm working on, and others I'm repulsed. There is a noticeable variation of skill level throughout all my work, where sometimes I get lucky and do something right, and other times it looks like I've hardly made any progress at all. Consequently, I'm losing motivation to keep pursuing art even as a hobby. I'm upset that I'm as old as I am and don't have the body of artwork that I want. I also can't stop comparing myself to way more talented artists who seem to have it together. You'd think I'd grow out of this at some point.

[Anonymous No.3570238]

>>3570034
http://ilovebedsart.tumblr.com/ here u go

[Anonymous No.3570249]

>>3570157
As a beginner I don't know what to say to that simply because I am too unskilled to know
I also felt those things at times. The only solution seems to be try as hard as you can not to be upset by it. I think this is starting to work after a few weeks even if I still have a few moments I get upset here and there.
I'm not sure how old you are but I don't think it matters anyway, just forget about age and all that crap that only serves to make you worry about having wasted time or whatever.
I am also in a little phase where I feel either disappointed or apathetic towards my imagination work, I am pushing through though, one thing that perhaps will help is trying something new, to relax a little bit while still creating something, so you can go back fresh later. Recently I was really considering trying other styles or even 3d art because of that
In the end I think it comes down to just accepting on the journey to being good you have to make thousands of bad drawings, the best thing you can do is stop worrying about results and enjoy the process as much as you can, also consider that every artist you think is amazing had to do that and that the work they do post online that you see is their absolute best
Sorry for the confused post I can't word my shit properly but I hope I got my points across

[Anonymous No.3570258]

>>3561949
>great artist
>low self-esteem stops them from going further

every time

[Anonymous No.3570296]

>>3570157
>>3570249
also is your discord avatar that anime girl doodle you did in 2017 by chance?

[Anonymous No.3570350]

I don't know how to draw wings. Anyone have tips? I'm starting to get back into drawing after a 8 month-long hiatus.

Both of these are the same character, drawn completely without references.

[Anonymous No.3570390]

>>3570296
From the /las/ discord?
Yes it is.

[Anonymous No.3570409]

>>3563007
Well thought out, friend.

[Anonymous No.3570424]

>>3562027
Yes you have. You're still a dick tho, go back to /alt/

[Anonymous No.3570525]

>>3564425
hm I remember you, you are the anon that complained you are too jelly of other artist and stop praticing

[Anonymous No.3570559]

>>3570350
im proud of you anon

[Anonymous No.3570610]

>>3570350
Nice progress!

Wings actually works like weird arms with feathers on them.
So try and think "arm" when you draw them.

And usually you only have a couple of layers of feathers, where the ones furthest out is the largest. Almost like you've done. But with less layers.

[Anonymous No.3570615]

OK, let's see.

In the first quarter of 2018 I had mostly been training in draftsmanship, producing a considerable amount of sketches and linearts. This May I figured out a coloring method that's most satisfactory for me and, after a long trip where I had to temporarily switch to drawing with pixels on my smartphone and paper, so far has been experimenting with it. The first pictures using it (especially that rope pic from July) received exceptional amounts of positive reactions, but thereafter they have subsided. This may or may not be related to my going from (using the monochrome layer as a base and adding more shadows in multiply mode on top of it) to (doing almost all of the shading on the not-so-monochrome-by-now layer with considerably more contrast than before, except crevice/darkest shadows and highlights).