/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.3990242]

why even try to learn fundies and develop personal style when tracing+realism gets 20k upvotes on r/art

[Anonymous No.3990243]

I'm not doing it for likes, I'm doing it to draw cute anime girl and that is pretty fucking far from a cute anime girl

[Anonymous No.3990244]

>>3990242
because upvotes wont get me money or make me feel good about myself and my art

[Anonymous No.3990248]

If a sub has over 100k subscribers, it's a shit hole, let alone 15m on r/art.

[Anonymous No.3990252]

>>3990242
Upvotes isn't money, or coming out with a product, or anything other than imaginary internet points.
Also that doesn't look traced, just referenced. Not even that heavily referenced since there's a fair bit where they've played fast and loose with the naturalistic rendering involved.

[Anonymous No.3990280]

>>3990242

[Anonymous No.3990283]

>>3990244
what have you ever tried reddit its super fun I got a gold medal once

[Anonymous No.3990285]

>>3990242
I'm drawing to become a better artist though, it's just a hobby to get good at.

[Anonymous No.3990293]

>>3990242
Because tracing isn't as fun as learning fundies and developing my style

[Anonymous No.3990297]

Why waste everyone's time making a thread about not being recognized by normies who don't know shit about drawing

[Anonymous No.3990507]

>>3990242
If you like it there so much g0 8ack 2 r3ddit and trace away

[Anonymous No.3990543]

>>3990242
NGMI if you're a karma whore who's only motivation is gain. Use r/art as a critique and maybe as an ego boost every now and then, but if you give strangers on the internet that much power over you. you're only destined to give up

>tl:dr it was never about the updoots, it was always about being happy

[Anonymous No.3990558]

>>3990242
>he only draws for reddit attention

[Anonymous No.3990562]

>>3990283
just another useless "currency" which doesn't result in any money

[Anonymous No.3990669]

>>3990242
>>3990558
oui , thats good tho

[Anonymous No.3990679]

>>3990242
>reddit
lul kys

[Anonymous No.3990690]

>>3990669
it looks like a dick and balls from the thumbnail

[Anonymous No.3990696]

>>3990242
Well that's only if you actually care about upboats anon. I care about improving myself and achieve what I want, not to pander to normies.

[Anonymous No.3990704]

>>3990690
looks like a old man butt to me

[Anonymous No.3990822]

>>3990690
>>3990704
it all comes down to what you have in your mind

[Anonymous No.3990829]

>>3990242
Because the accounts don't monitise.
You can buy instagram accounts on flippa that have 120k followers and only bring 300 a month after spamming product placements.
We are after $$ not whatever delusions OP's pic's author has.

[Anonymous No.3990848]

>>3990669
what the fuck is that?

[Anonymous No.3990855]

>>3990242
Reddit is gay.

[Anonymous No.3990861]

>>3990283
do i get money when i get a gold medal ?

[Anonymous No.3990870]

>>3990242
>20,000 people mindlessly clicking an arrow mean something
When you get a bunch of retards in one room you know there's going to be a whole lot of hugging. Thats reddit in a nut shell.

[Anonymous No.3991301]

>>3990244
Eh, not entirely true. I had a few posts make the front page of r/art, r/pics, r/gaming, and other smaller subs, and on each occasion ended up with new sales, clients etc.

I remember my first successful post on r/art (a set of watercolor landscapes) got me close to $500 in print sales, and my most recent one got me my first job as a hopeful concept artist ($900 for a few environment paintings) and a bunch of messages from other people who also wanted to hire me (which lead to nothing because they all needed something that I didn't think I could deliver for them, but still).

I also know of a couple people who landed jobs with Wizards of the Coast and some other big name company because their post hit the front page.

Just as with likes on Instagram, upvotes don't mean anything on their own, but get enough of them and suddenly your work will be in front of hundreds of thousands of eyes, which more often than not leads to good things.

[Anonymous No.3991528]

>>3991301
post your work

[Anonymous No.3993980]

>>3991528
The recent sketch that got me that environment commission

[Anonymous No.3993983]

>>3991528
And this is the piece that got 27k upvotes on r/art and sold a bunch of prints.

[Anonymous No.3993986]

>>3993983
I like it but I don't find it mindblowing esp. when compared with the other one, what's up with redditors

[Anonymous No.3993988]

>>3990242
don't forget the 5$ and lama points

[Anonymous No.3994032]

>>3993986
Normalfag central.

[Anonymous No.3994118]

>>3993986
Oh I agree, though to be fair the watercolor one was from over a year ago not long after I started learning how to draw/paint, while the environment is from a month or so ago.

I think a lot of people tend to upvote pieces that they feel they could make too with some practice. Also that kind of minimalist watercolor art is much easier to sell because it can appeal to a wider audience.

And of course you have the bandwagoning/snowballing, once something starts to gain popularity many people will just like/upvote it *because* of its popularity, and once it gets in front of hundreds of thousands of eyes it's bound to just keep getting more and more votes.

[Anonymous No.3995057]

>>3990243
>>3990244
these. Why would you be jealous of someone with so little skill they need to trace, posting on a website for NPCs?

[Anonymous No.3995173]

Yall jealous faggots. What suggests that this is traced except that it's better than your bollocks?

[Anonymous No.3995265]

why are pl*bbitards are allowed to post here again? go back to your containment board and never come back just to rambles at your pathetic life, you attentionwhoring ngmis.

[Anonymous No.3995267]

>>3995265
ur trying too hard to fit in

[Anonymous No.3995430]

>>3990669
Ah I follow this artist on Instagram. I like their work.

[Anonymous No.3995690]

>>3990861
No, but reddit does.

[Anonymous No.3995989]

>>3995173
By tracing he meant it's a photorealistic drawing that's copied from a photo which doesn't require you to know fundamentals.

[Anonymous No.3997114]

>>3993986
>>3994118
I like the more minimalistic one anon. The more detailed one looks like concept art for a video game. The second one is more of a neutral design that you would actually hang up on your wall.