/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.3751618]

Let's be real: You want to draw because you have an idea for a story you want to tell and you don't trust anyone else to draw your characters for you. But you're stuck so far down your depression hole that you can't even be bothered to doodle.

There's no point in keeping that idea locked up inside your head. Share it with the rest of us.

[Anonymous No.3751625]

Projection.

[Anonymous No.3751642]

>>3751618
what?

[Anonymous No.3751646]

>>3751618
i draw because im going to be better than you, because i know i am. im going to rub it in your face in the sheer fact that you cant use my skills to create your shitty "stories". not all artists are story tellers you mongoloid, some people just want to draw shit they like when they come across such an object.

[Anonymous No.3751649]

>>3751618
>you have an idea for a story
Nope, no way

[Anonymous No.3751650]

my goal is to make a comic, but to be honest, i draw a lot because i can't come up with a story. when i was younger, i had this story about a ghost with social anxiety that makes friends with some kids and they have adventures, but 10 pages in my ex bullied me about how my writing is shit and i'll never become anything with it. ever since then i've just been really afraid to even make up a story or come up with ideas for one. recently i had another idea, but it's weirdly specific and the only one that could ever understand or care about it is me. i want to make comics but i don't think i'll ever learn how to make a story that doesn't suck.

[Anonymous No.3751655]

>you have an idea for a story you want to tell and you don't trust anyone else to draw your characters for you.
Not at all. I actually have a couple of original characters and paid my artist friend to concept and draw them. Now I am learning to draw myself so I can be as good as him. Pic related, the bottom is the one he drew originally and the ones on top are the ones I drew.

[Anonymous No.3751656]

>>3751618
ok ill spill the beans
my masterpiece:
op is a massive faggot

[Anonymous No.3751686]

>>3751618
>draw comics
>think it is pretty cool
>share it with others
>no one cares
A humbling experience

[Anonymous No.3751728]

>>3751618
Okay

[Anonymous No.3751732]

>>3751618
h-how did you know...

although my ideas are mostly shit anyway. I have a vague idea that I want to make a webcomic, but most of the shit i come up with reeks of the stench of cliches. I can't even get a cohesive story or narrative or anything like that together, its just a bunch of one-dimensional characters, most of which I haven't even drawn or figured out designs for, and some events I feel should happen for no reason other than I think they're cool or "make sense". It's strange, too, because you'd think someone with such a powerfully critical eye for other people's work as me would be able to incorporate that knowledge into creative process, but it just doesn't happen. Makes me feel like I lack all semblance of creativity.

[Anonymous No.3752214]

>>3751650
Fuck your ex senpai, sounds like a cunt. Go to /lit/ for those story telling tips, and practice your writing. You can get there bud.

[Anonymous No.3752217]

I want to draw yuri

[Anonymous No.3752219]

>>3752217
you're gonna make it

[Anonymous No.3752224]

>>3751650
your ex is a piece of shit and you should keep practising your drawing and writing anon. if you come up with a story btw there's undoubtedly more than one person out there that would be able to relate to it. pretty sure there's plenty of people out there that would love to consume a comic with the ideas you wanna convey.

[Anonymous No.3752242]

>>3751618
Pretty much this, save for the depression part. I'm drawing every day and improving. It's also not a single story but plenty of shit that I want to get out before I die.
>>3751732
Practice makes perfect, and if you have a good critical eye, writing comes way more easily than drawing, at least I feel it does. Read a lot and watch a lot of things you like and know aren't trash, write down ideas you may get now and then... It help. All stories don't need to have super deep characters and an intricate plot, also, everyone can enjoy simpler things, as long as it's well done, if you put effort into it... Have fun anon.

[Anonymous No.3752270]

>>3751650
I'd like to see how the ghost story turns out. You should get good, write it and get a Nocturnal Animals kinda vengeance on your ex.

[Anonymous No.3752300]

I have an idea for a feeling I want to evoke, but not sure how to get there yet.

Honestly I think working on a comic is probably one of the hardest things to do, it's gotta push you pretty hard. I'm just gonna fuckin do it, who cares if the story is bad if it's practice??

[Anonymous No.3752305]

>>3751686
Post it, I wanna see.

[Anonymous No.3752472]

>>3751732
>>3751732
>cliches

It's not what they are, it's how they're executed.

>Lack of cohesiveness

Worldbuilding and making characters interact should help with that.

People are products of their environment. You don't need a big dramatic backstory to act the way you do. It's just that tragedy is the easiest vehicle for sympathy so lots of people choose it when designing their peeps.

The dimensions of a character don't come from their personality traits. It comes from the nuance with with they act with them. For example: One would think a good person would give money to a hobo on the side of the road, but most people won't because they think they guy'll spend it on drugs. But some people will do it anyway because they care about people and don't want a guy to suffer for what someone else did.

And making characters interact should help fuel that nuance. If you put a character in a situation that their archetype doesn't normally go in, that means there won't be any guidelines for how they should react to it. And adding another person will also change it since your character may or may not care about appearances and no one lives in a vacuum.

[Anonymous No.3753069]

i just wanted to draw my waifu, freud

[Anonymous No.3753322]

you'll never steal my shit

[Anonymous No.3753739]

>>3751618

Here's all my ideas:

[Anonymous No.3753742]

I wanna draw the embodiments of my fetishes in a combination of cute/badass situations because I'm a vain, shameless pervert. I used to think I was a special snowflake over this but as it turns out most capeshit/manga characters are created this way. Or at least they were before the corporate takeover.

[Anonymous No.3753845]

I've got 12 individual stories (9 in the same universe with loosely tied plots).
The first one is about two friends, a boy and a girl that go to a different country to start high school. Everythings normal at the start but after a few months people are getting murdered in the town they go to school. It is revealed that they met under dire circumstances 1.5 years ago. They wore both kidnapped separately by a serial killer and imprisoned in his house. But they use their wits to kill the killer and free themselves. But the boy and the police have a very good reason to believe that there were actually 2 serial killers and the 2nd one is on the loose. So the 2nd killer goes to the other country to initially scare them and then maybe finish the job the 1st killer started. There is more to it but I won't spoil it. Kind of a mystery and adventure comic with some sci-fi sprinkled on it.

[Anonymous No.3753848]

>>3751618
Im learning to draw so I can draw porn

[Anonymous No.3753878]

>>3751618
I have some stories that I like, but have no intention of drawing any characters. I also draw for ~4 hours a day. I just find it fun.

[Anonymous No.3753881]

In the 4th grade my teacher told me I should write a book and draw the pictures for it.

The problem I have is I lack the technical skill to draw my story, and time I should spend practicing is spent writing more stories.

[Anonymous No.3753886]

Getting prepared to actually start my comic in the next few months, holy shit a lot of design work goes into original worlds. I had no idea how much prep work there would be. (Story takes place in a low-realism, synthwave inspired retrofuture.)

[Anonymous No.3753888]

>>3751618
Nah it's really just "well the story tellers I look up to didn't produce their first work until they were X years old and I'm still only X so I've still got another X amount of years until I can start".

[Anonymous No.3753926]

>>3751618
no not really.

[Anonymous No.3753930]

OP, what's your story?

[Anonymous No.3753969]

I have a bunch of characters cus I like designing them, but writing is hard and scary. I don't have the time or the decisiveness to actually make anything out of my ideas so I just draw my characters posing naked instead. easy life

[Anonymous No.3753982]

I can't speak for everyone but this is my experience from putting together some shorts in uni.
The thing about actually making the story is that it's quite labor intensive and more of a chore.
People have more fun just jumping straight to the pin-ups of characters and renders of certain scenes they've planned out in their head. But when you put an actual story together, you spend a lot of time drawing very standard and generic poses/expressions, and when it comes to the fun and flashy moments, you're already experiencing fatigue from drawing so much.
Putting yourself under a deadline and adhering to a schedule sucks all the fun out of creative work but the end result is worth it because you made something way cooler than just a gallery of OC drawings, you made a fully fledged story and now people actually care about your OCs.

[Anonymous No.3753987]

>>3753982
>now people actually care about your OCs

[Anonymous No.3753993]

>>3753987
Well they have a reason to, at least. That's what I meant to say.
But then again, the internet has it's fair share of amateur writers who just can't for the life of them create appealing characters even with backstory, development and everything.
Well... Actually... I forgot that's pretty much the majority of the internet...
Disregard my previous post.

[Anonymous No.3755000]

>>3753969
She's cute, I'd want her to haunt me

[Anonymous No.3755127]

>>3753969

hi angstrom

i hope you can power through your frustration and keep practicing what interests you rather than getting hung up on even starting the process

just accept that you must fail many times over in order to achieve your goals and suddenly it gets more manageable

[Anonymous No.3755163]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0

[Anonymous No.3755214]

>>3751618
True. I have been wanting to make this manga idea i had for over 3 years but am always feeling like shit and cant (go into the zone) unless im super drunk or stoned. and even then I got just problems i have to deal with that i just end up doing something else like playing video games. or something unproductive instead.

[Anonymous No.3758335]

>>3755214
What's it about?

[Anonymous No.3758347]

>>3751618
Nope, i just feel awfully demotivated when i can't draw. Just draw, mate. Relax.

[Anonymous No.3758379]

Not neccesarily- many people draw for aesthetic purposes, or to convey feelings, emotions, or concepts. When it comes to artists that are writers, what you’re saying is accurate. However, not all people who like to draw make stories. I draw, but I don’t really make stories of the characters I draw. I’m trying to convey a feeling. I’m too nervous to share my drawings lol

[Anonymous No.3758400]

>>3751618
I've had a story clattering around inside my empty skull for years. The only thing that got me to start actually drawing it was a cocktail of antidepressants. So it goes.
I've got the first few pages up on my website. Feels good, but also terrifying.

[Anonymous No.3758709]

>>3751618

[Anonymous No.3759994]

>>3758400
Post link.

[Anonymous No.3760806]

>>3751618
My goal is to work for foreign companies to get paid in dollars and escape the third world hellhole I live in.

[Anonymous No.3761464]

Close, but no cigar.

I initially wanted to do film, but at the time, I didn't have the kind of money nor social inclination to buy a camera, hire people to be actors in my film, etc.

I started drawing thinking that I was going to do animation rather than straight film, but animation was limiting in the sheer amount of time it takes to create anything longer than 30 seconds of film.

Now I draw because I enjoy it and want to get better. I'm letting the story come out of my drawings, rather than trying to force story in.

[Anonymous No.3761473]

>>3751618
Sounds like a you issue
If your'e depressed seek help
if you draw just to make 1 story come to life whatcha gonna do after you are finished?
>tell me your story
Start a writing club you brainlet, go to /lit/

[Anonymous No.3761868]

the reason i wanted to draw is when i explain things....it bores people to death. so decide just to explain stuff visually to get people invested in my work.

[Anonymous No.3761890]

>>3761868
Excellent thought. A picture is worth a thousand words.

[Anonymous No.3764448]

>Write all day everyday
>Learned to program and can make basic games
>Can't make good art of fast enough art to accent all the other skills

It's not
IT'S NOT FAIR!
JUST TAKE WHAT'S IN MY HEAD AND JUST PUT IT IN THERE
WHY'S IT GOTTA LOOK SO FUCKING BAD
IT SHOULD ALL FIT NORMALLY BUT IT DOESN'T BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND PERSPECTIVE ON A 3D SPAN AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN A HEAD THE WAY I WANT TO

I HATE IT
I SHOULD HAVE A BILLION TRILLION COMICS MADE ALREADY AND A TRILOGY OF VIDYA TO ACCENT IT

[Anonymous No.3764453]

>>3751618
Just gonna preface this with..
I usually hang out on /x/


Anyway
I bought a tablet 2 days ago, and have been drawing nonstop after drawing basically nothing for 3-4 years. I used to draw all the time.


I experienced a lot of crazy supernatural shit, especially some crazy situations with demons, and I want to create it
I've tried drawing it before, but it doesn't capture the feel properly


So I'm trying to learn animation.

I've made like 3 animations with my tablet so far, and this is the only one I feel like I could post without 10,000% hating myself.

[Anonymous No.3764455]

I just wanna draw pleasing things for myself and other people on the internet, never gonna make money off this nonsense

[Anonymous No.3766456]

>>3764453
You may be a schizophenic, anon.

[Anonymous No.3766477]

>>3751618
I have no idea or story I want to draw, I just like drawing.
80% of the time I’m just doing life drawing or quickposes