/ic/ pro tips

[Anonymous No.4121749]

Protip #1:
>How to beat procrastination and indecisiveness: promise yourself to not eat until you finish that work/illustration/project. That'll create a sense of urgency and industry.

This is not a joke.

[Anonymous No.4121752]

Pro tip: go draw

[Anonymous No.4121755]

>>4121749
i didnt eat all day due to my anxiety anyways

[Anonymous No.4121775]

>>4121749
What's that op image setup/equipment?

[Anonymous No.4121783]

>>4121749
Wont your arm get tired from drawing all day like this?
>inb4 what is a tilting stand

[Anonymous No.4121795]

>>4121749
Protip #2...?

[Anonymous No.4121801]

>>4121795
It's your time to contribute, motherfucker.

[Anonymous No.4121807]

Imagine unironically not doing keto and intermittent fasting in current year, that won’t work for me anon

[Anonymous No.4121815]

>>4121749
Protip #2:
>Avoid /ic at all cost

[Anonymous No.4121817]

>>4121749
>end up not ever eating and just sleeping
Thanks Op

[Anonymous No.4121824]

>>4121749
AAAHHHH TFW NO ART GF AAAAHHH I WANT A GF NOW NOW NOW I HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD BOY I DESERVE A GF NOOOOOOWWWWW GODDAMMIT I AM SO LONELY AND HORNY

[Anonymous No.4121825]

>>4121815
Hey anon, I'll heed your advice.

[Anonymous No.4121866]

>>4121749
i already have a mild eating disorder, i hate eating so going most of the day without food does nothing + you get lethargic and cant think clearly or work for long periods of time. very stupid advice

[Anonymous No.4121871]

>>4121749
As a recovering anorexic this triggers me

[Anonymous No.4121877]

>>4121795

If you make a mistake slap yourself across the face. Threaten that you will do it again if you make another.

[Anonymous No.4121882]

>>4121877
My hand and face are now blood red. What now?

[Anonymous No.4121885]

THROW AWAY YOUR PRINCIPLES

[Anonymous No.4121904]

>>4121749
Thanks, Nadia.

[Anonymous No.4122057]

>>4121749
I've been procrastinating for 15 years, now I'm old and NGMI.

I'm going to die regretting not having gone balls deep into art

[Anonymous No.4122060]

>>4121752
literally just this. if you dont like what youre drawing, then draw what you want to draw. if you can't think of anything, don't draw.
>but I want to draw, I just need motivation
no, you don't want to draw

[Anonymous No.4122068]

>>4122060
I dunno but I'm more of a person that likes to follow a regimen. I want to be able to come on, to to my drawing board/tablet and just do what I need for X number of hours to improve. But there is just so many things and my head keeps spinning and I never end up doing anything.

[Anonymous No.4122069]

>>4121749
I do that but with masturbation

[Anonymous No.4122079]

>>4122068
While you're still largely in the learning phase that's probably desirable. At some point though you'd probably reach a level of skill that you're content with/can competently draw whatever you want without much difficulty, and at that point there's no point in continuing to treat it like a grind. Unless your goal is something nebulous like "getting better"

[Anonymous No.4122083]

>>4122060
>if you can't think of anything, don't draw
That's literally the opposite of what that guy said.

[Anonymous No.4122088]

>>4121775

Looks like a cintiq pro 24 and using a wacom Ergo stand.

The Wacom expresskey remote comes with the cintiq pro 24 and uses the wacom pro pen 2

[Anonymous No.4122094]

>>4121749
Good way to not be focused on your art. Hunger is a distraction both consciously and unconsciously, you’ll just make mistakes

[Anonymous No.4122096]

Another tip that will greatly improve your drawings.

PROTIP #2

CRITICIZE YOUR OWN WORK THOROUGHLY.
Being a constructive critic for yourself will allow you to quickly break through repeating the same mistakes over and over.

Example: If your goal is to draw faces accurately.
Draw the face the first time using loose construction. Take a step back and zoom out of the drawing. Is it uncanny? Does it look wrong?
You should be able to discern the difference between an accurate drawing versus poorly planned one. If you can't then you need to revisit the loomis head construction and attempt it again.

Fundamentals are no joke. I'd say the most important ones are perspective and proportions for anatomy.

[Anonymous No.4122118]

>>4121749
Protip #1:
Have a schedule of when to draw.

Protip #2:
Have a 10-20 minute stretch at the beginning for planning what to draw, what you want to achieve in terms of the plan, and assembling reference.

[Anonymous No.4122194]

>>4122069
Damn good idea

[Anonymous No.4122272]

>>4121904
?????

[Anonymous No.4122298]

>>4121749
I NEED PROTIPS ON GETTING A GF

[Anonymous No.4122317]

>>4121749

semen demon

[Anonymous No.4122327]

>Goals and contingencies are important. But they exist in the future and the past, beyond the pale of the sensory realm. Practice, the path of mastery, exists only in the present. You can see it, hear it, smell it, feel it. To love the plateau is to love the eternal now, to enjoy the inevitable spurts of progress and the fruits of accomplishment, then serenely to accept the new plateau that waits just beyond them. To love the plateau is to love what is most essential and enduring in your life.

There's no shortcut to mastery and success. Getting good is a long, slow process. There might be milestones and accomplishments along the way, but almost all your time will be in some form of plateau. Learn to love practicing what you're doing or find something else to waste your time on.

just draw faget

[Anonymous No.4122334]

>>4121749

How to people use screen tablets like this it makes my wrist hurt looking at it. I'm going to get cintiq neck tho from looking down.

[Anonymous No.4122338]

>>4122327
The Obsessive describes me perfect

[Anonymous No.4122353]

>>4122327

So he just made stuff up and drew a line to represent it gotcha.

[Anonymous No.4122354]

>>4122327
>tfw hacker for years now

[Anonymous No.4122357]

>>4122327
Dude needs to decide if he's using sharp or curvy lines, they look unappealing as fuck. 1/5

[Anonymous No.4122433]

>>4122353
Dabbler, obsessive, or hacker are very common patterns in life that I'm sure most people would associate as being one of the three.

>>4122354
Same. Although in the past year I've found drive to make conscious effort and use of my time in several aspects. Hacker is a very comfortable spot to be in except existentially.

[Anonymous No.4122485]

>>4122327
i'm the dabbler wtf should i do?

[Anonymous No.4122509]

>>4122485
learn to not to be addicted to instant gratification.

[Anonymous No.4122587]

>>4122118
Have a schedule so you have one more thing to neglect and fail every day. And set a limit for how long you spend drawing, so you can know exactly how long you spent insisting on that thing you just can't get right

[Anonymous No.4122811]

>>4122327
He gotta watch some Dynamic Sketching. Can't handle this chicken scratching.

[Anonymous No.4122823]

>>4121749
>>4122069
>>4122194
Modification: Hungry Wolf Mode:
>no food
>no alcohol
>no fap
>no social media
>cold showers
Until you get it done, then you can have a day or two of indulging.

[Anonymous No.4122825]

>>4122272
The file name.

[Anonymous No.4122831]

>>4122060
Lmao nice

[Anonymous No.4122851]

>>4121749
>Protip #1
Draw in pen

>pro tip #2
Don’t shade with black REEEEREEE

[Anonymous No.4123188]

>>4122327
>The Obsessive
OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Anonymous No.4123200]

>>4123188
Wait, are you laughing or crying?

[Anonymous No.4123267]

>>4123200
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :D :D :D OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHH OHHHHHHHHH :D :D :D

[Anonymous No.4123321]

>>4122060
What if I want to learn but every time I sit down to learn it feels like an absolute chore, and that's the last thing I want after a work day?

My problem isn't just art. Everything I want to get into feels vast and insurmountable and I drop everything because it just feels miserable trying to learn. I havent figured out how to fix this

[Anonymous No.4123359]

>>4123321
Get up a couple hours earlier and do it before work

[Anonymous No.4123544]

>>4121749
I use a punishment/reward system. The punishment for say, not doing art enough is exercise. Still productive and gets me into doing art the next day. For successfully doing art I buy some food I like. Works for me.

[Anonymous No.4124900]

>>4122068
Draw basic versions of what you wanna draw. If you wanna draw dynamic scenes with people doing dynamic things draw their most basic forms, it'll be fun and help you learn how to build a scene

[Anonymous No.4124911]

>>4122327
Apparently my inefficient way I practice and then sit on it for a few days means I'm a master...
诃诃诃诃诃

[Anonymous No.4124920]

Any tip for stop procrastinating? I want to make a web comic, but for some reason or another i just never start doing it.

[Anonymous No.4124930]

>>4124920
>Any tip for stop procrastinating?
stop procrastinating

[Anonymous No.4124933]

>>4124930
I can't.

[Anonymous No.4124935]

>>4121866
>>4121871
>>4122094
These. I make no progress when I'm hungry, creative mode is rather like a wall and I can't retain new ideas. It's very unproductive, for me.

[Anonymous No.4124974]

>>4124933
There’s your first problem... stop making excuses.
Also listen to audiobooks like George Leonard’s mastery, josh waitzkins art of learning, or some book about building habits or reducing procrastination.

[Anonymous No.4124978]

>>4122057
Are you like 70?

[Anonymous No.4125058]

>>4121749
No. Eat something light that's good like an apple or a peanut butter bar or something that can give you energy.

[Anonymous No.4125124]

>>4124974

Give us a tldr.

[Anonymous No.4125425]

>>4125124
>tldr
>Too long; didn't read
>read

its an audiobook

[Anonymous No.4125611]

>>4122485
Watts has a series of vids on YouTube where he talks about that book, the dude loves it. Also says not to worry if you’re one of the negative types because knowing that helps you to improve.