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[Anonymous No.4125141]

Questions that don't deserve their own thread

Previous thread >>4100613

How do I clear layer in photoshop? in every other program its the backspace key, but if photoshop it deletes the entire layer.

[Anonymous No.4125142]

>>4125141
in photoshop*

[Anonymous No.4125144]

>>4125141
HOW DO I GET A GF

[Anonymous No.4125149]

>>4125144
you dont

[Anonymous No.4125154]

>>4125141
>>4125149
p-please post more cute pictures like these?

[Anonymous No.4125157]

>>4125154
answer my question first

[Anonymous No.4125163]

>>4125154
>>4125157
I figured it out nvm

[Anonymous No.4125287]

at what point should you scrap something and just start again

[Anonymous No.4125340]

Is fapping to your own nsfw art a good way to measure or a form of quality control?

[Anonymous No.4125509]

>>4125287
You're asking the wrong question.
Why do you draw? To practice, or to produce?

And if the answer is to produce, you do it when it doesn't look good and isn't fixable. If you do it to practice, you salvage it as you can, take notes of your errors and move on.

[Anonymous No.4125513]

>>4125340
Realistically you shouldn't ever fap to your own art. You've watched ever line, value, anatomical dent. You should see a work of art and its structure, not porn.

If all you see is porn and you can genuinely jerk off to it, then you're just a cumbrain that will ngmi and coom all day.

[Anonymous No.4125545]

HOW do you call this facial expression? I'm looking for human references

[Anonymous No.4125547]

>>4125141
ctrl a, then delete? Is that not fast enough?

[Anonymous No.4125612]

>>4125545
Learn what causes facial expressions and you can make up whatever you want.

The eyebrows are raised, the jaw is slack and the upper eyelids are relaxed; drool and it looks like some sweat is added as well as some blush on the cheeks and nose for a sexual effect.

[Anonymous No.4125651]

>>4125545
Just look at porn. You could probably find this type of face during a change in poses, or before she takes a cummie to the face. POV might be a good category to check for faces like this. Try to not get distracted and jerk off though.

[Anonymous No.4125652]

>>4125513
It’s like porkin your daughter

[Anonymous No.4125676]

Is iterative drawing real and a useful method?

[Anonymous No.4125845]

>>4125340
no

>>4125676
he is just saying "draw more options", thats the video. Don't follow single methods, any artist should be doing a variety of jobs and exercises to make the brain more flexible, that's what it is, if you keep one thing, of course you can be very good at it, but it limits you.
Many people do not take it as a "production" job so you have what explains the guy of the video, that there are people who draw "intuitively" with fewer attempts, instead those who do not have "that" need practice and bla bla bla. It only describes that there is the type of artist who really does daily exercises, tries several sketches before the final one, constantly practices objects or parts or poses, and constantly tests.
It is only a video to point to those who believe that in fact drawing is just making the final drawing and that's it, that everything comes out by small exercises and following methods and all that, there are people who work like this, but it is not the average of the population, nor does that benefit those kinds of people.

I think it is a symptom of this disease of putting so many "cute sketches" in notebooks and all that, people think that even that has to look good and requires a technique or something

[Anonymous No.4125909]

>>4125340
I once fapped to a series of spheres and cubes that I couldn't be bothered to turn into an actual drawing, so no

>>4125478
here's an example of where I want to be in terms of lineart. Very thin yet smooth and flowing lines, and I'd imagine they were more or less all done in one take.
I've watched doxy's tut on lines a while back but didn't really change the way I draw. Maybe I'll watch it again. I just want my lines to be organic, pleasant to look at, and done without mashing ctrl+z

[Anonymous No.4126024]

do you guys ever question your sense of taste when something gets lots of replies but the art looks mediocre?

[Anonymous No.4126111]

Do digital drawing applications have automated perspective grids? Meaning can you apply a vanishing point to a line and automatically the connecting lines will populate and you can just draw over them? I am wanting to get into perspective but was wondering if it would be faster to practice using something like that.
Additionally, for traditional work, are there printouts of perspective grids and lines to draw over?

[Anonymous No.4126127]

>>4126024
you mean your art? what do you mean

>>4126111
download carapace

[Anonymous No.4126129]

>>4126127
>>4126111
also the art program sketchbook has a perspective feature and it is free, if shit for everything else.

[Anonymous No.4126136]

>>4126127
downloaded the carapace app, looks good so far. Thanks
>>4126129
I checked out some youtube displays of the perspective sketchbook feature and it seemed alright, but not something I'm wanting to use. I'm wanting to print and draw over before getting into digital. Thanks though, good to know it's out there.

[Anonymous No.4126184]

>>4126129
>if shit for everything else.
youre shit, sketchbook is fine

[Anonymous No.4126211]

>>4126184
lol, an industrybro i know uses it only for the perspective and imports the grids into photoshop to draw over.

[Anonymous No.4126238]

i feel bad trying to draw because i feel its not legitimate. this is me trying (badly) to recreate ryuji from p5 using reference. does this piece have any value at all?? its basically just a carbon copy and i feel so illegitimate doing it

[Anonymous No.4126245]

**other img wasnt a screenshot

[Anonymous No.4126329]

>>4126245
you could try using several different reference images of him so its not just a copy of one image

[Anonymous No.4126533]

When drawing a line, do you look at where you want the line to end or where the point of your pencil/pen is?

[Anonymous No.4126820]

>>4126533
the end

[Anonymous No.4126998]

I feel stupid asking this question but whatever.
I'm right now studying hampton torso anatomy pecs, deltiod etc..
Now that i understand their form and volume and how it changes in action, how can i translate this into my drawing like not just blocking forms but making them feel like under skin and connected, like the upper torso for example how do i make it feel like one whole shape in final drawing.
I don't know if I'm explaining this right but whatever if someone understood what i mean please help.
Thank you ~

[Anonymous No.4127017]

>>4126998
Muscles under skin and fat lose their contours. Don't use any bold lines to indicate them but instead use tone and partial cross contour lines to describe the forms. The only bold lines should be in the spots of pinching, twisting, and in the outside contours where overlaps of volumes can be seen.

Examples of this in action: Pontormo, Raphael, Rubens.

[Anonymous No.4127049]

>>4125141
how do i make screentones like the one used on her cloak? i like how its not completely smooth but has some texture to it

[Anonymous No.4127066]

>>4127017
Thanks anon the examples you gave me really helped.
Can you suggest me comic/manga artist examples also.
Again thank you ~~~

[Anonymous No.4127164]

For traditional painting, which of these limited palettes is best for learning and cost.
Artist Primary : Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, White
Split Primary: Warm+Cold Red, Warm+Cold Yellow, Warm+Cold Blue, White.
Secondary Palette: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, White.
I would default to artists primary because its only 5 paints but not sure how much im gimping myself on full hue range. It does make for a nice built in color gamut though for color harmony.
Split Primary seems to be very popular among good oil painters.
Secondary Palette seems to get the most hue range but you really dont need that much saturated orange and purple.

Also it matters which one I pick because I would use different pigments based on the palette to allow for hue range and complementary mixes to neutral so even though going from artists primary to secondary seems easy, you might actually be buying 6 new paints.

[Anonymous No.4127175]

>>4127066
Check Jim Lee's Batman, for example.

[Anonymous No.4127361]

What is an easy way to figure out which sexy female characters are popular currently?

[Anonymous No.4127364]

>>4125141
how should go on about avoiding same face syndrome? (I'll send some more examples as replys)

[Anonymous No.4127372]

>>4127364
ex:2

[Anonymous No.4127375]

>>4127364
ex:3

[Anonymous No.4127378]

>>4127364
final ex:

[Anonymous No.4127398]

Why does it seem so many people on this board are fixated on sex? I just notice it from time to time. Does sex or the lack of sex seem to affect your art and is it noticeable?
I don't get it but Thais is coming from someone who isn't sex deprived so I am not fixated on it. And I don't find having sex or going with out, having a huge affect on my art. Now love is a different topic entirely.

[Anonymous No.4127414]

>>4127398
I am gonna be honest, I wanna have attention at least on the internet

[Anonymous No.4127703]

I am going to switch to caffeine pills?
Any advice about them?
All I know is they give me a slight boost but makes me feel like I need a nap afterwards. A crash worst then coffee or energy drinks.
I am a huge caffeine junky already and a history of unhealthy consumption of coffee, energy drinks and fizzy sodas. Some times I have multiple of all three in one day.

[Anonymous No.4127764]

>>4127378
>>4127375
Learn to draw first
Stop symbol drawing
Read the sticky

[Anonymous No.4127783]

>>4127764
Are you retarded?
There's literally nothing wrong with symbol drawing if you're going for a cartoony style.
You're one of those niggers who read "drawing on the right side of the brain" and now you think you're a pro because you can somewhat copy what you see right in front of you, aren't you?
(hint: literally everyone can fucking do that, it's not interesting nor will it be a viable way to make money)

[Anonymous No.4127789]

>>4127783
Bet anon was one of those niggers that read Keys To Drawing

[Anonymous No.4127868]

>>4127398
>Why does it seem so many people on this board are fixated on sex?
It's 4chan. It's a seething pit of virgins, incels, and awkward, lonely dudes, where everything eventually degenerates to sex, or jews.

We used to get at least one in every figure drawing class in college, the first day there's be some skinny or fat dude, blushing, not making eye contact, who was obviously there to see his first naked female for the first time. They usually got pulled aside for a talking to from the teacher, when they'd just sit and stare, and we'd never see them again. Or, the first model would be a dude, and they'd be gone at the first break.

There's nothing wrong with drawing naked women, or erotica, but I feel way too many here are only ever going to draw naked women (or attempt to), because it's cheap porn, or they have a fetish that can't be satisfied through porn. It's when it's obsessive, is when it's a problem. And, when there's no focus on the art, and only masturbating. Every other drawing seems like it's boobs they sweated over for hours - and the rest they scribbled in under a minute. Not hard to figure out what's going on there.

[Anonymous No.4127874]

>>4127783
>(hint: literally everyone can fucking do that, it's not interesting nor will it be a viable way to make money)
That's exactly why Betty Edwards wrote the books. I went to college where she taught - her classes, that formed her study writing the book, were for non-art majors. (I talked to her many times, she was a nice person.) But - we couldn't take her class, if we were fine art majors. And, it wouldn't count as a core art class for any of the programs.
She'd display before/after drawings in the hallway, from previous students, showing people going from literal stick figures to finished drawings. Some of them were pretty impressive.
She was showing that the act of drawing is just a skill, and technique, and that most people are afraid of it, she wasn't training artists. The idea is you take her course to learn how to draw, as a non-artist - and then when you're done, use it as a hobby, or choose to pursue actual art education. They're not totally pointless for an art student, but they weren't written for them.

[Anonymous No.4127881]

>>4127164
Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYGi18U4D4M

DrawMixPaint explains it for you. Black, white, and crimson, blue, and yellow are all you need starting out - and will work studying cool and warm hues. Mixed colors are for convenience, so you can spend more time painting, instead of mixing, or for some colors that can't be mixed with the primaries. Some colors are just easier to get a tube of, later on, like ochres, siennas, and blues.

[Anonymous No.4127956]

>>4127783
Stop lying to the kids motherfucker. Knowing the fundamentals makes your cartoons a whole lot better.

[Anonymous No.4127960]

>>4127703
I used to take those pills and snort the ones that are powder too. Honestly I think it's healthier to swallow the pill than to drink coffee or anything else. Your main problem is probably anxiety BTW, you can drop caffeine whenever you want, I don't think you're really addicted.

[Anonymous No.4128006]

How does one use reference effectively?

[Anonymous No.4128055]

>>4128006

[Anonymous No.4128057]

who is the fastest painter alive?

[Anonymous No.4128061]

How do you maintain a positive attitude in the face of self-doubt and being a huge /beg/.

[Anonymous No.4128066]

>>4128055
I know this sounds retarded but should I be applying this to when I study from other artists too?

[Anonymous No.4128085]

>>4128066
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJOjvsj3j0

[Anonymous No.4128148]

>>4127960
It's depression and it's more of a mental thing

[Anonymous No.4128156]

>>4125141
WTF is up with color management?
Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it looks too saturated, sometimes it looks too dull.

Do I setup my software to use monitor color management? If I do that then the sRGB looks dull compared to my monitor range so when i export it looks more vibrant when the program or website do proper management. If I dont, then when I export firefox on some random places will make the piece look dull and SHIT.

[Anonymous No.4128177]

>>4128156
Minimum for color management is a colorimeter, like a ColorMunki, but you don't want to go down that road. It's pointless to even try without one, and it's too complicated to go into here.

Set your apps to web standard, if that's where your work is intended for, and then adjust your monitor manually for white point, gamma, and contrast.

[Anonymous No.4128205]

I don't have any social media or accounts anywhere, but I want to get started uploading work somewhere. Can anybody list a few sites to use? I know of some like dA/artstation/twitter/instagram but there might be others I never heard of.

[Anonymous No.4128220]

I learned that when a colored object is lit by his complementary color the form light should shift towards grey. I tried that with a green object and red light but I must be doing something wrong because it looks just like a white light. Then I thought red and green are not complementary in additive light, so I tried cyan and red but still nothing. How do I make it work? Why it doesn’t?

[Anonymous No.4128228]

>>4128205
dont bother with DA

artstation/twitter/instagram are the usual set just get those.

[Anonymous No.4128230]

How do you become more self critical/practice more efficiently? I'm not satisfied with my improvement rate and I'm never certain if what I'm doing is actually useful.

[Anonymous No.4128249]

>>4125909
s-source?

[Anonymous No.4128260]

was offered to bring in some of my work to sell at a business. this would be in a downtown area, and there’s a good mix of incomes in my city/surrounding areas. i primarily create people based works, but have thought about conveying some more pieces that also convey more of a “message” AKA awareness for different subjects, maybe conveying abstract/surreal elements.. just wondering what you as a customer, or you as the artist would think a good range would be in a setting like that. i know they come in for coffee etc i would like to start taking up opportunities instead of letting myself fail by never trying.

[Anonymous No.4128263]

>>4128220
>http://www.huevaluechroma.com/011.php
try to think of it in terms of rgb mixing instead of hsb.
it doesn't exactly do a shift towards grey, it's just that a warm or cool local color under a global light of the opposing temperature will be the coolest version of that warm light or the other way around.
there's also an idea from traditional painting that mixing with whites will always cause your color to cool down, this isn't entirely true with digital but there also isn't an equal amount of chroma for every hue across every step of the value scale, the link explains this all in more depth.

[Anonymous No.4128280]

>>4128249
Look up fishine

[Anonymous No.4128288]

This may sound cringy and retarded.
When i was around 15 I used to play Sudoku a lot with my Nokia phone at that time I didn't get exposed to video games and other stuff.
I used to get hyper focused in the game i would solve 9x9 medium difficulty around 30-50 seconds.
After that I got into video games and other media shit so my focus is gone, I cant even focus on Sudoku without getting distracted by anything even drawing for 5 minutes is a difficult task.
How helpful if I had this mentality now, and what should i do to get it back, I still from time to time need to hyper focus on very important tasks. I want to get back to my old self and throw these distractions away any tips?

[Anonymous No.4128289]

my farts stink - what did I eat?

[Anonymous No.4128356]

>>4128263
Thank you, that site is awesome.

[Anonymous No.4128364]

>>4127361
Pixiv homepage and daily (and weekly) top drawings

[Anonymous No.4128373]

>>4128228
Thanks for the tip

[Anonymous No.4128459]

I only use a decades old nokia to be reachable for work because I don't like smartphones. They're handy but also a plague on society. Considering this special snowflake situation, is it worthwhile to still use instagram/twitter for art on PC (emulate android)? Does anybody even do that? If it's too much of a pain I might cave and get a smartphone again anyway.

[Anonymous No.4128519]

Can you show me an artist that started above 24 years old and never drew before that age that has actual good art?

[Anonymous No.4128520]

>>4128364
thanks

[Anonymous No.4128526]

>>4125141
there was this image of "must see movies for every aspiring concept artist" circling other threads a little while back and now I can't seem to find it
any anon kind enough to find it/share it?

[Anonymous No.4128818]

How do you keep the gesture while detailing the body? I notice the longer I spend on the body the stiffer it gets

[Anonymous No.4128909]

>>4128519
Bumskee

[Anonymous No.4128945]

>>4128818
It’s completely normal. The most common advice is to exaggerate the pose.

[Anonymous No.4128953]

what do i need to learn first? bones or muscles?

[Anonymous No.4128956]

>>4125141
I do a lot of vanilla pinup content and I already post in the following sites:

-deviantArt
-Reddit
-Tumblr
-Twitter
-Instagram
-Artstation
-Facebook

What other site/resource could I use to expand my followers/patrons? Lots of people tell me that I'm good enough to have much more income but alas that's not happening despite posting frequently and always striving to get better

[Anonymous No.4129049]

Why do some artists only draw figures facing to the left? Is it an issue that has to do with symbol drawing, or does it deal more with refusing to get out of his/her comfort zone? I hope to avoid developing this habit in my own work.

[Anonymous No.4129074]

What is that trend on jap twitter lately? Can someone explain?

[Anonymous No.4129111]

When I am using a sketch book, do I use both pages or only one? I have been only using one because the ink will go through on to the other and so I use that one to do warm ups, but I feel like that is cheating and I should use both pages.

[Anonymous No.4129346]

>>4128953
if you want to simply draw dynamic bodies then all you really need are the muscles
you should start getting into bones later on when you've already gotten good at proportions and the general movement of the body proportions if you want to refine your work by adding visible knuckles, lower part of the humerus etc.
everybody has a different learning process but this is what has worked for me

[Anonymous No.4129359]

>>4129346
thanks

[Anonymous No.4129457]

>>4129111
Depends on the medium and whether or not you are presenting it to anyone. Personally I draw both sides in ink and marker and just let shit bleed because I'm not showing anyone. A lot of people have a private sketchbook that can be messy as shit and a "for show" sketchbook too

[Anonymous No.4129468]

What is the most effective way to practice values in a scene?
I can render forms by themselves or on a single figure OK but the second I put them into an environment or a scene my values start to run amok and I get a mess.
Should I be doing still lifes? Copying movie scenes? Plein air? All the above?

[Anonymous No.4129598]

>>4129074

Lightly shake your phone to see a wobble illusion

[Anonymous No.4129640]

>>4129468
Do still lifes. That's how you learn to compare values not only within one object but in comparison to other objects. I'm pretty sure if you can correctly shade two objects, you can do everything you want.

[Anonymous No.4129969]

Fellow anons! What is this so called secret fundie that the masters has hidden away and never taught to us beg4lyfe fags?

[Anonymous No.4129973]

>>4129969
Seeing the three dimensional form.

[Anonymous No.4130177]

>>4125141
is there a big difference between 4096 and 8192 pressure levels ?

[Anonymous No.4130201]

What the fuck is Fate Grand Order and why is 90% of hentai a parody of it?

[Anonymous No.4130221]

What should I do or learn if I want to paint like this? Not particularly Touhou characters or anime girls but just the style in general.

[Anonymous No.4130224]

>>4130221
remove lineart layer

[Anonymous No.4130250]

>>4129969

learning how to manage and develop your thought process

[Anonymous No.4130472]

How can I improve my creativity and imagination?
Does reading help? it's been ages since I picked up a novel

[Anonymous No.4130493]

I got this callus since I have memory, lately I've been doing a lot of studies and 2 hours in shit hurts, not enough to make me stop but definitely enough to annoy me. I'm considering changing the way I hold my pen, what is the best way to hold a pen? (ideally the one that avoid carpal tunnel/wrist problems the most)

[Anonymous No.4130503]

you mean phallus?

[Anonymous No.4130532]

10% of horseshoe crabs, also known as helmet crabs, die every year due to being flipped on their back by waves and not being able to get back on their feet. Is /ic/ simulation of helmet crab life?

[Anonymous No.4130598]

>>4129049
If you are right handed, it is easier to draw from right to left. Consequently it takes slightly more effort to draw a figure facing the right, so taking what comes easiest naturally can turn into a bad habit

[Anonymous No.4130617]

I remember seeing this answered in various threads, but I can't remember the answer and google isn't helping.

What's the term/technique related to having "unrealistic" color variation in a painting? Like when someone paints a landscape and adds small touches of bright pink, yellow, green, turquoise, etc that are obviously not present in the real life scene but still make sense overall.

I believe it was an Italian term if that helps.

[Anonymous No.4130646]

>>4130617
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangiante
Bookmark it this time and the next time you forget just look for wikipedia links in your bookmarks

[Anonymous No.4130656]

>>4125545
Looks somewhere between bedroom eyes and full on ahegao

[Anonymous No.4130664]

>>4125141
My Wacom tablet refuses to respond to anything. First it refused to accpet a pen pressure above 50% (the lines just stopped getting bigger after that point), but then it stopped working entirely. All this glitchy stuff happened after I washed my pen. Are those things not water proof or is my tablet just broken.
Pic related is my pen.

[Anonymous No.4130699]

>>4130664
Ok its at the point that even when I plug my tablet in the computer says no device connected.

[Anonymous No.4130731]

Are there any benefits to going through How to Draw if you're already at an intermediate level and aren't interested in technical drawing? I want to get some construction gains, but I'm most interested in drawing humans.

[Anonymous No.4130751]

if i try to draw when I don't feel like it, my mind wanders and I create lazy garbage.
am i retarded

[Anonymous No.4130813]

How do you keep up a positive/growth mindset? I keep running into repetitive anxious thoughts and doubting myself.

[Anonymous No.4130848]

>>4130664
Just put it in the microwave for a bit and steam the water out

[Anonymous No.4131376]

Why the majority of artist are a bunch of weirdos

[Anonymous No.4131377]

>>4130664
You fucked up, wacom pens are absolutely not waterproof. Get a new one.

[Anonymous No.4131429]

I'm still a /beg/ and I'm wondering... how important is studying from my favorite artists? Am I going to pick up their bad habits or will it seriously help me with simplifying stuff and markmaking?

[Anonymous No.4131460]

>>4131429
Its very important. After all, your favorite artists most likely have done what you want to be doing so its best to learn whatever you can from them. However don't try to learn everything from any single artist, only what you really like about them and what they're the best at and then you won't pick up on their mistakes.

For example, if you'd wanted a better understanding of drapery and costuming you'd study Leyendecker. If you wanted a better understanding of figure drawing you'd study Michelangelo or Rubens. Note I say you should study people who are actually masters, not random amateur artist on deviantart who draws shitty anime.

[Anonymous No.4131507]

is it "line art" or "lineart"?

[Anonymous No.4131516]

>>4131460
Thank you! I was already planning on studying Leyendecker and Michelangelo lol.

Also there are a couple of anime artists I like but they're professionals actually animating the stuff for the big studios; would they be fine or is it all off the table?

[Anonymous No.4131570]

Anyone have good tutorials/guides/tips on how to draw men? I'm particularly bad at them and want to be able to draw them from imagination without having it look like trite. If there's guides on how to draw them in a more simple or cartoonish manner it'd be much appreciated.

[Anonymous No.4131572]

does anyone here have a link to the spine2d software? i looked at cg and gfxpeers but every link there is old as fuck

[Anonymous No.4131637]

Posted this in a dead thread and I still wanna know

For some reason ever since I was a kid I found drawing faces facing the right almost unrecognisable. They’d look off to me but no matter how hard I tried to take it apart I couldn’t pinpoint why they looked bad, then if I viewed them through a mirror I would instantly notice the exact errors. Because of this I just never practiced them since I found them so intimidating and now, even though I’m a lot more comfortable, they still look slightly awkward. On this topic, I noticed that whenever I make a composition I subconsciously favour the left side of the drawing and have everything almost lean towards it, when I flip it the other side looks really empty and careless. Is there a specific reason for this? Am I autistic??

[Anonymous No.4131774]

Does every "professional" digital painting must have a monotone painting? Is that was makes the painting good?
Not every oil painting does a underpainting some just have a light sketch.

[Anonymous No.4131896]

>>4125141
Any of you guys tried this?

[Anonymous No.4131967]

>>4131774
are you asking whether you always have to paint in grayscale first? if this is what you're asking then the answer is no, and there are many digital artists out there that often stress the importance of working in color from the very beginning

i've found that working in greyscale is obviously the fastest way to learn value but it's tempting to just apply some local colors to your grayscale work without applying color theory. which is lazy and wrong. and makes your artwork look really washed out/weird

[Anonymous No.4132552]

Is it wrong to overlay your drawing on top of the refrence to see what you did wrong? Not necessarily trace the refrence,but see where you were wrong so you can correct your mistakes

[Anonymous No.4132553]

Is it wrong to overlay your drawing on top of the refrence to see what you did wrong? Not necessarily trace the refrence,but see where you were wrong so you can correct your mistakes.Is this a crutch?

[Anonymous No.4132565]

Why the fuck I can't draw when I had a healthy 8 hours sleep? When I try to draw like this I get dizzy and tired and unmotivated really fast but when I don't get enough sleep (or at night) and feeling sleepy in general I can draw like 5 hours and have a blast. What is wrong with me? How do I fix myselt?
Sorry for bad articulation don't have a chance to speak English very often

[Anonymous No.4132736]

How to convey depth in hair? they look ribbon flat-tier

[Anonymous No.4132831]

>>4130493
This+drawing from the shoulder

That's it, really.

[Anonymous No.4132832]

>>4132553
It's a crutch, yes. Just learn basic sighting techniques like measuring proportions and angles with your pencil. That's all you need. It's best to develop your eyes to grasp these things even without any measuring.

[Anonymous No.4132835]

>>4132832
How do you that? Do I need to observe the object thoroughly or just draw a lot?

[Anonymous No.4133074]

>>4125141
I know this board is for artists, so please forgive my question, but I don't really know where else to ask
If I wanted to get a nice, big landscape with a specific theme done to hang up somewhere in my house, how should I go about finding an artist for it? Do you guys have any pointers?

Trolling through places like DA to try and find someone I like the style of while also finding out whether they'd be willing to do a big physical print/large digital print for printing feels like it'd be the wrong way to go about it
Apologies in advance if this question is incredibly naïve or I've missed something obvious

[Anonymous No.4133094]

>>4130221
source on that pic? reverse image search doesn't give me anything.

[Anonymous No.4133101]

Can somebody show me the artist and original image behind this,just out of curiosity

[Anonymous No.4133111]

>>4125141
Someone please, for the love of Proko, explain adoptables to me.

So I create a character and if people like it they will buy it? But... why? Do they want to create their own stuff with said character?

Since artists who sell adoptables often create like 10 variations, all for sale, with as much creativity as LoL chroma skins, how would that even work for the purchaser if 9 other people have bought the same character with a different color tail?

What the fuck is even going on? How is this a thing??

Pic related. I clicked "Save Image" and now I don't have to pay anything. Am I just an extremely leet 4chan hacker? Or am I missing something obvious?

[Anonymous No.4133129]

>>4133111
It’s basically a purchasable fursona/character. Sure, you can save the image, but that doesn’t give you the rights to the character,

[Anonymous No.4133142]

>>4133111

Buying an adoptable is essentially paying for the rights to use the design. Some look the same because they belong to a species, and back in the days, people would pay a shit ton of money to buy a design that belonged to a popular closed species. For example, see bagbeans. (pic related.)

>Do they want to create their own stuff with said character?

Yep, that's basically it. Some people just don't want to go through designing their own characters, don't have the skills to execute a deisgn nicely, or just admire the artist enough to get something special from them.

[Anonymous No.4133152]

>>4133101
Is not meme worthy or interesting enough to be shitposted

is kind of a mediocre drawing unless you are into massive vagene and disproportionate tiddies

I would actually recommend lurking calm-draw drawings though

one of the best doing werstern style drawings

https://exhentai.org/g/1478622/4c616802a6/

[Anonymous No.4133162]

>>4133152
how can a face be so good but the rest be so horrible?

[Anonymous No.4133170]

LoomJs

[Anonymous No.4133172]

>>4133152
gross..

[Anonymous No.4133173]

>>4133162
Fundies

[Anonymous No.4133609]

>>4125141
what are some other good artists that have a similar style to this hatching?

[Anonymous No.4134032]

is there anything wrong with chicken scratching if i like the way it looks?

[Anonymous No.4134049]

>>4132835
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbTGAORFkKo stuff like that. After some practice your eye will be so much better at intuitive measuring.

[Anonymous No.4134054]

>>4134032
It prevents you from learning natural rhythms of the body in intuitive way, I suppose. And everything else that requires flowey type of line to describe.

[Anonymous No.4134329]

Can i chose what fundamental to start on or is there a order wich is best?

[Anonymous No.4134346]

>>4134329
3d form, perspective, light and shadow

Start with that. Grind them so much you want to fucking die, before even thinking about doing anything else. Nothing else matters if you can't do these.

[Anonymous No.4134534]

>>4134329
>>4134346
I second this. Don't fall for the gesture meme. Focus on gesture only after getting very familiar with space and forms.

[Anonymous No.4134563]

I know it's probably a good idea to keep tabs on popular trend-hopping artists that deliver art fast in order to gauge the flavour of the month,but what instagram artists should I follow?

[Anonymous No.4134725]

how good can you get? is there a limit?

[Anonymous No.4134729]

Why is my vagina always so hot and juicy?

[Anonymous No.4134733]

>>4134729
Woops sorry, wrong board.

[Anonymous No.4134751]

Are airbrushes really bad? I only ask cause this Proko video made them out to be the devil.

[https://youtu.be/QFbYuWixFBU]

[Anonymous No.4134825]

>>4134751
The airbrush itself? No. They're very useful if outdated art tools (they're still used by model makers). The problem is using them with poor ventilation, and not wearing a mask. You're breathing in paint, and paint has things in it you shouldn't be absorbing into your bloodstream via your lungs. A lot of the artists who used them in the 70's and 80's, when they were the most popular, didn't use proper ventilation or masks, and had serious health issues over it.
If you use it once in a while, with proper ventilation, and wearing a face mask, it's probably fine. Or build a spray booth like the model makers have, that pump the air with the paint into a filter.

[Anonymous No.4134831]

>>4130664
The coil inside the pen is stuck. You'll have to disassemble it, to free it. There's no active circuit inside the pen to short out, if it gets wet.
A wacom works with the interaction of the sensors on the tablet/screen and a copper coil that holds the nib. That's what's not moving, and why it's acting how it is.

[Anonymous No.4134832]

>>4130699
Then it's the tablet, not the pen. Tablets are pretty dumb circuits. Check the cord, I bet it's frayed and shorting out.

[Anonymous No.4134847]

>>4134825
Thanks anon, I should've been more specific. I mean in digital art are airbrushes bad?

[Anonymous No.4134853]

>>4134847
Nah. Nothing wrong with them. Just don't overuse it.

[Anonymous No.4134867]

>>4134751
This vid follows up on it and should answer some questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dbf63YnkeA&t=41s

the original video booty blasted digital people. soft airbrushes make for lifeless art. reliance on them shows no confidence in your strokes and makes for weak images. good painting is good design of shapes generally, so getting used to making choices puts you on a path to better painting instead of feathering over everything. soft brushes ruined over a generation of digital painting and makes art instantly recognizable as a certain kind of digital work. that sins video isn't gospel but many people break those rules and it makes for terrible looking work. you can do a lot with the hard round and it's good to learn. this video helps you learn to make better paintings that don't look as soft, sterile, and digital. the thumbnail is a good gist of the message. make less like the left, more like the right but be versatile and flexible based on the look you want.

[Anonymous No.4135278]

How do you study someone’s art style?

[Anonymous No.4135311]

>>4125141
Control A, delete (select all + delete)
>>4125144
You make sure you look good, in good health, presentable and confident.
If you aren't, go work on yourself, usually hitting the gym does everyone miracles
>>4125287
at the point where you are stuck with a bad direction too much and can't see past it
>>4125340
Yes. If a girl doesn't turn me on when I draw her or when I look at her I know I failed.
>>4125545
Love daze/cock daze/In heat
Almost no one archives those under a name so you'll just have to look through porn vids to find the ref.
>>4126024
no, marketing=/= good. you should however be based and give things a shot and test out your own beliefs to grow as an artist and a person.
>>4126238
>draws like a beg
>I'm too good, I'm basically a copy
NGMI
>>4127049
Traditionally with an exacto knife and a screentone sheet
csp might have a good way to do it digitally but I've never used csp
>>4127364
You are way too early to worry about same face, different faces face comes after you figured out the face, and that comes after fundies and understanding depth.
>>4127398
On this board
try on this planet
If you don't care about sex you are the counterexample. Living beings are fueled by sex, and one of their most primary goals is to mate and spread new life.
>>4127703
>caffeine
fuck no. Straight up fight through the sleep, go for a walk whenever you feel sleepy, caffeine will do you wrong.
>>4128006
By needing it for small things and knowing what those things are. You can't pick up a reference without knowing anything cause there'll be too much to break down.
>>4128057
computers
>>4128061
It's mathematics, not magic. As long as you keep grinding to understand that math It'll always work
>>4128205
newgrounds and pixiv, and those you listed. Can't think of anything else worth bothering. Have at least 1 account on a big social media like twitter or instagram (there are some specialty sites too)

[Anonymous No.4135323]

>>4128230
As long as your dissatisfaction doesn't stop you from even picking up a pencil your'e good.Let that dissatisfaction plague you and criticize every little detail till you like your work. Remember, when you do something you don't like you should try again, not put it off for next time.
>>4128288
Videogames didn't do shit, you just became an impatient adult. All you need to do to become more focused is to have the will to force yourself to keep sitting down and finishing a task.
>>4128289
food
>>4128459
>uses old phones
good smartphones are gay
>plague on society
anon
>social media is plagues by snowflakes
gett of off 4 chan, it's turning you into a retard.
Yes you damn need to be on the site where a billion and a half people can see your art.
>>4128526
Don't know the image but you should watch goldenboy
>>4128953
fundementals and depth
all anatomy comes at once once you got through those.
>>4128956
If you are playing the game right and still get nothing that usually means your art ain't good.
Very rarely that means you are not well understood, but that's a very very very rare situation. Get better see the numbers go up.
(or maybe you don't play the game right, usually if you post too much or shitpost you will alienate people)
>>4129049
comfort zone. If you want to avoid it remind yourself every once in a while to switch this or that. Also lighting from only one side is a comfort zone thing
>>4129111
Check what paper type you are using and what mediums seep through or don't. You can do that experiment yourself with your own mediums if you want
If you want to scan something or treasure something dearly it's better not to have something behind it or on the page right next to it.
>>4129468
Big to small
Start with the biggest shadows and groups and then work on details and smaller shadows
>>4129598
blessed trend
>>4129969
There is no spoon
There are no secret ingredients
>>4130201
https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Fate_series
Popular franchise, tons of cute girls

[Anonymous No.4135343]

>>4130221
This is just a basic ground establishing of values with rough tools
This is straight fundies
>>4130472
Becomes better with skill
>>4130493
>Since you have memory
See a dermatologist and pray to god it isn't cancer. It's likely just a cyst or a growth and could be removed
>>4130532
No, they flip themselves and the numbers are much higher
>>4130699
Tablet issues, get a new one, talk to wacom to see if they can help, if you had it less than your warranty you can get a new one free.
>>4130731
It's always good to go over the basics again, pros literally do basic exercises all the time
>>4130751
No, just beg, keep improving
>>4131376
Open board, any freak can enter. If you want something of higher sofistication and curation that would be a private group, though those are usually friends groups
>>4131429
Your favorite artists as beg are usually trash, it's better to not study from them cause you may just pick up bad habits.
>>4131507
tometo tomato
>>4131637
Likely just a beg thing keep at it you'll be fine in the future if you try and improve
>>4131896
Intuos draw is 80 bucks and comes with a 50 dollar program attached for free forever
>>4132553
nope, your'e fine
>>4132565
Just need to make yourself sit down and do it.
>>4133074
>find an artist you like
>see if they have commissions open
or
>find people that do landscape commissions and choose the artist you like
Remember to ask for traditional if you want to it be a one of a kind canvas type deal. do you research and communicate well with the artist.
>>4133609
moebius
>>4134032
No, and anyone who bitches about chicken scratching is NGMI
no rules, just tools
>>4134329
You need to understand depth first, lighting comes second, then color
>>4134725
No, and it wouldn't matter if there was, cause then an artist can just make perfection of whatever they want.
>>4134729
You keep looking at shirtless frazetta
>>4134751
Proko is genuinely a hack, you shouldn't be watching his videos, Airbrushes are a fundamental tool.

[Anonymous No.4135345]

>>4135278
You try to understand why he does what he does and what's the real life equivilant

[Anonymous No.4135372]

>>4125144
They'll come to you. But not while you stink of despiration.
>>4128061
It helpd me to keep a blogspot as no one commented on it and i could see the real progress even when i felt there was none.
>>4134032
Chicken scratch is more usefull as another shading techniqe like cross hatching is for shading. It adds texture, the shilotuette of your object isnt allways furry. But if you like your drawings looking like that, thats fine. But if you want to improve your drawings to make them resemble things better, its shape and shilouette should be close to right in texture.

[Anonymous No.4135394]

Where do I start to learn drawing as a hobby? The kind of portrait drawing for 30k primarchs

[Anonymous No.4135422]

I have a pretty ok grasp of drawing traditionally, definitely not good, but not horrible either. I want to start drawing digitally also, but holy hell does my skills tank when I draw with a tablet. Like its painful to even try and just draw lines. I was thinking of doing dynamic sketching/ draw a box exercises digitally to get better with using a tablet, do you guys think that is a good idea? Also, does anybody have any tips on getting used to drawing with a tablet? Most likely does not matter, but Im using pic related.

[Anonymous No.4135441]

>>4134329
>>4134346
>>4135323
how do you learn about representing 3d form or depth on form? From 2d shapes?

I'm going in right direction thinking that when you wrap bands around object it starts to look 3d? What Steve Huston calls "movement over the form"? also is bands kinda placeholder for begginer artists, and in reality we talk here about shading, that will replace bands? Also stuff like end of the shorts that wrap around leg are essentially bands that create illusion of depth/ 3d form? Also Villpu draws one object over the other, and that creates illusion of forward/backwards?

please advice learning material on topic

[Anonymous No.4135443]

>>4135422
>I was thinking of doing dynamic sketching/ draw a box exercises digitally to get better with using a tablet

I took the actually class on CGMA last semester and asked this question. The teacher said it's a waste of time don't do it basically. There are lessons in photoshop that we do at the end of the term but refrain from doing that.

CTRLpaint has some exercises.

[Anonymous No.4135446]

>>4135443
not him, but can you clarify: teacher said don't do it digitally? do it traditionally on paper?

[Anonymous No.4135456]

>>4135441
We're talking about cross sections as a way to describe thickness, direction, perspective distortion, and curvature of the surface of the form.

While tone can describe everything of the above, it can't:

Help you relate one form to another in space
Help you construct complex form from primitives
Help you construct and sculpt form regardless of lighting condition, in an objective way.
Help you draw from imagination.

Learning material: wikipedia on 3d form, any beginner course on 3d modeling and Vilppu, so you can relate drawing and 3d modeling/sculpting to each other and find your own way of understanding 3d form.

[Anonymous No.4135464]

>>4135443
Ah, I see. I will definitely check out CTRLpaint stuff and just draw a fuck load every day with the tablet, even if I feel like dying when using it. Thank you for the answer anon.

[Anonymous No.4135506]

>>4135446
I remember Peter Han saying about the dynamic sketching exercises its best to practice with the pen. The reason being you can't erase and you have to think to make every mark count, it builds your dexterity for mark making.

Digital is the opposite where you can scribble all you want and it doesn't matter because you can cover it with another layer. Not ideal for bettering your line quality because it can teach you bad habits if you draw mainly with digital.

[Anonymous No.4135507]

>>4135446

I don't remember the exact words since it wasn't something I thought about so I have to go rewatch the qna but in short just do in on scrap paper because there is a reason.

[Anonymous No.4135604]

Can you write with charcoal pencils or lumograph black or the like?

I am not an artist but I like to write paper letters and I only write in pencil and sometimes would like a very dark tone.

Can somebody take a pic of a random sentence with the above mentioned tools? Or even a black color pencil?

https://woodclinched.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/a-display-featuring-a-letter-written-to-photographer-dorothea-lange-by-author-john-steinbeck-in-1965-displayed-in-the-oakland-museum-of-california.jpeg?w=4031&h=3023

This can't be just graphite!

[Anonymous No.4135966]

What should I be drawing to practice? I have no idea what to draw. Should I trace or copy other artists?

[Anonymous No.4136334]

>Draw from real life aka draw what you see
>You should learn construction, anatomy, etc, etc
Which one should I do? They're both completely different tips

[Anonymous No.4136337]

I can't see in 3d. Everything looks flat to me, even a perfect sphere or cube. Whether it's my art or someone elses. Even great drawing like in the inspo threads. What's wrong with my brain? Any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.4136352]

>>4136337
you have to take your pills everyday

[Anonymous No.4136395]

anybody know what happened to the guy that was working on some sort of trump wall graphic novel? I only ever saw one image and it was of the border wall with massive banners of trump and pillbox bunkers

[Anonymous No.4136626]

Are Ecotanks good?
I want to print digital pages and ink them traditionally

[Anonymous No.4136632]

>>4136334
Learn construction first, perspective and so on eve at a basic level. Than go draw from like trying to incorporate what your learned.

[Anonymous No.4136725]

>>4136334
draw a real person then try to figure out where the anatomy is on them

[Anonymous No.4136731]

Someone gifted me his cheapo drawing tablet that never uses a few days ago, right now I'm just doodling around in GIMP since I never drawn on digital media, only traditional. It's really different stuff, I have to get used to it.
What's the best free software to draw stuff in your experience? It's probably me but it just feels so clunky.

[Anonymous No.4136760]

I've always thought of limited value studies, such as the five value exercise promoted by Mullins, as only painting with perfectly flat graphic shapes of value with no blending between values. However, consider this video from Zin Lim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BlpqCxxcEE

Is the difference here that Zin Lim is using five values as a starting point, and that only the block in stage is the same as the Craig Mullins exercise? Or are traditional painters using the term "value" to mean the general value groups/zones, with the transitional values as resulting from blending not counting?

[Anonymous No.4136787]

Does /ic/ have an art discord for begs that want to get into illustration/concept art?

[Anonymous No.4136788]

>>4136352
I find have an illness... Just wondering if it was a common problem for artists.

[Anonymous No.4137110]

Will lifting help permanently fix my wrist/thumb pains?
I get them after drawing for ~3 hours, I also often take breaks and stretch

[Anonymous No.4137124]

>>4136731
Krita is much better than GIMP as a painting program. The next best cheapest option is Clip Studio Paint which goes on sale for $25 a few times a year.

[Anonymous No.4137225]

>>4136760
Yes, stop overthinking. They are different types of study with the same foundations in limited value palette. Academic studies such as monochromatic painting like that Lim video or Bargue charcoal studies help you to simplify value groupings and concentrate on the contrast of edges/values. Mullins' five value study is for compositional purposes, to make for better graphic readings of illustrations. For studies, you should simplify what you are trying to learn so you have a clear focus on what you're practicing.

[Anonymous No.4137400]

How do you eat? What do you decide to eat?
I usually wait until my hands start to shake so badly that I can't draw before I eat. I don't feel the hunger pains and or can ignore them easily. I usually just go for a coffee because that is my only real comfort food.

[Anonymous No.4137842]

I am trying to start a blog to try and keep myself accountable for drawing everyday. Where should I post unprofessional (trash) sketches and stuff? Twitter? DA/Pixiv? I'm pretty new to social media in general.

>>4137400
Just eat three times a day, don't abuse your body and take care of yourself

[Anonymous No.4137849]

Super brainlet question coming in, how do art studies work? An anon told me that you shouldn't try to replicate what you're supposed to be copying mindlessly and ask yourself questions on how the lineart/coloring/etc works.

[Anonymous No.4137858]

>>4137400
i don't remember the technical terms for it, but coffee shuts down your communication between your stomach and brain- meaning you have no appetite. eat anon, eat junk if you have to, until you can have the habit formed and can eat better and more responsibly.

[Anonymous No.4137865]

>>4137842
fuck, nevermind about my question. I totally forgot /DAD/dy exists

[Anonymous No.4137993]

I'm playing around with the mixer brush in photoshop jand I keep getting weird streaks of color. I have tried multiple different files, backgrounds, colors, one layer vs many, and tons of settings but I swear I cant seem to stop getting them.

Anyone have any idea what the streaks are or how I might stop it?

[Anonymous No.4138207]

My PC currently isn’t connected to the internet, I can’t get clip studio open.

Is there a way to use the program while offline or am I screwed until I have net again?

[Anonymous No.4138666]

I'm looking for a decent storyboard artist. Looking for simple but expressive linework, with minor shading. Less is more kind of deal. Where can I go to advertise for this?

[Anonymous No.4138712]

So, is there gonna be an inktober thread started tomorrow?
I kinda figured there'd be a pregame hype thread today, since its the last day in sept.

[Anonymous No.4138713]

>>4125612
I didn't expect such a thorough answer. Thanks a lot

[Anonymous No.4138731]

>>4125141
I need these three books and i don't want to buy them:

>Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
>Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
>How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination

Do you have a mega link or something?

[Anonymous No.4138768]

>>4138731
I just saw this >>>4134480 thread, nevermind.

[Anonymous No.4138968]

>>4125141
bruh how do four armed characters work. i was just commissioned to draw one. i'm fucking resorting to referencing steven universe here.

[Anonymous No.4138978]

>>4138968
Second set of shoulders growing out from the back? Pic related has so many shots from every angle you could reference.

[Anonymous No.4139084]

>>4138968
second set come out the ribcage? don't try to make it too anatomically accurate or it will look fucked up

[Anonymous No.4139325]

How is twitter for getting commissions and having people get in touch with you? It seems chaotic to me. Is it better if I just post art and nothing else? If I make an account, I don't want to tweet/retweet random shit and it seems disorganized to have stuff besides my own work showing in the time line. Do I just not understand how it works?

[Anonymous No.4139369]

>>4139325
Follow up question, how is twitter with regards to nudity? If I post a drawing of a life drawing model, can I expect to be tagged as a bad person and have all my stuff marked ''sensitive''? Or can I post figure drawings without worry, maybe mark individual items as mature without affecting the rest of my stuff?

[Anonymous No.4139449]

Recommendations for scanning images? Mine look faded out and the lines aren't as crisp

[Anonymous No.4139607]

>>4137849
Anybody?

[Anonymous No.4140339]

>>4125141
I don't want to make another thread just for this question, but how do you come up with a good username/pen name? In any case that I want to set up an account on other websites, I want my username to be short yet easily recognizable.

[Anonymous No.4140357]

>>4140339
Make sure it's easily readable to foreigners. Nothing more complicated than "Sakimichan"

[Anonymous No.4140998]

What stops you guys from uninstalling coldturkey and stayfocused everytime?
Everytime I tell myself I won't uninstall them and everytime I end up doing it anyway.

[Anonymous No.4142130]

Is there an useful app to have skeletons and simplified skeletons to pose for you?

[Anonymous No.4142505]

>>4125141
How the fuck do I connect the arms to the torso when drawing? For some reason it always looks odd, like some kind of lego.

[Anonymous No.4142551]

Aren't both of these tracing?

[Anonymous No.4142560]

Can someone redpill me on the workings of instagram, it's a fucking mystery to me. I'll see worse-than-beg-tier artists with 1k followers and good artists with twenty, I do pic related but it yields no results. Do people actually look at tags? Is everything just networking? And given the lack of a retweet/blog, what's the culture around other accounts reposting art?

[Anonymous No.4142909]

My computer started lagging so I checked task manager and this happened. I had to use my phone because my computer literally stopped responding to anything

[Anonymous No.4142915]

>>4142909
The fuck just happened IC?

[Anonymous No.4143106]

Anyone have this particular image tutorial on how to make clean pencil line art? it showed the artist only using a 2B mechanical pencil. the example drawing was a full body illustration of a girl in overalls

[Anonymous No.4143303]

>>4126533
Both

[Anonymous No.4143307]

>>4127164
If it is available, try and get as close to cyan, magenta, yellow, white, black as you can.
CMYK is the standard in printing for a reason.

[Anonymous No.4143310]

>>4127783
Every good cartoon was drawn by someone who made an effort to try realism. Even Matt Groening and Seth McFarlane have at least some experience with it.

[Anonymous No.4143424]

>>4128289
Possibly a large molecule type starch that passes into the colon intact and is broken down by gut flora into it's components of CO2 and H2O along with some sulfur/methane from another food.

[Anonymous No.4143429]

>>4128818
>The longer I spend on the body the stiffer it gets
OwO
Like >>4128945 said, pushing the pose is good, but also keep in mind that not all poses are supposed to be ballet level fluid. Sometimes a pose is naturally stiff.

[Anonymous No.4143437]

>>4130813
Eat fresh fruit and vegetables, get direct exposure to sunlight on the skin and retinas, breathe fresh air, talk to humans you like face to face, get off your ass.

[Anonymous No.4143454]

>>4131570
Men might appear "boxy" when reduced to the most simple shapes, but the difference is not a lack of curve, but a difference in type.
I know this isn't generally helpful, but when used appropriately tracing the contours of muscles in photos can help with seeing how men curve. Do this a few times then move on to drawing the curves from other photos without tracing but still paying close attention to reference.

[Anonymous No.4143457]

Im making art for a board game, and i need a top-down perspective like in Clue but ive never really done anything like it before. I feel like im psyching myself out, but i just dont know the best approach. whats the best way to handle it?

[Anonymous No.4143478]

>>4136334
B O T H

[Anonymous No.4143489]

>>4140339
Take a common noun and make a small change.

Tuba -> TubeAwe
Lamplight ->LampFlight
OP Baguette -> pic related

[Anonymous No.4143494]

>>4143457
Look at stuff from above.

[Anonymous No.4143527]

What would make a good art YouTube? Just drawing and speeding type of stuff? Actually educational? Cheap commentary? Readline videos?

[Anonymous No.4143581]

post best tutorials or channels for learning digital PAINTING pls.

[Anonymous No.4143604]

>>4143527
What do you like doing that people aren't covering? What do you wish you could watch on youtube that's missing now? I'd like to do that as well but I'd have to think long and hard about what I want. I like the higher quality stuff and wish there was more content like Sinix, James Gurney, Marco Bucci, etc., but there's only so fast you can make that and only so much to really talk about in a video. I much prefer their styles of talking over their painting because they explain the reasoning and give insight to what they were thinking or seeing. I would like to see more content like this which removes the "magic" of making art that a lot of channels leave to feel with emotion. Most artists (well, people) are terrible at expressing their thoughts with words.

You need to be able to handle (or hire someone) to do basics of production.
>script/pre-production of what you'll be showing and talking about instead of rambling nervously, helps with timing of sections to ensure not too long/short and gives you ability to edit out unneeded content
>clear, confident voice (good enough microphone)
>video camera with external lights or screen recording
>how to edit audio, compression and reducing noise
>editing video, color grading, transitions, b-roll, time warping, graphics/text over video
>background music/sound, music that won't get you copyright strikes
A rule of thumb for editing video is 30-60 minutes of editing time for 1 minute of video. That's normally involving a lot of cuts, but if you're showing a speedpaint/timelapse then it'll be a bit shorter. Keep in mind how long it takes to make videos. I'd recommend practice making a couple videos before uploading to see how you fare with the time involved and if they come out how you like. How many channels have you seen with a handful or less videos and no more? It's very easy to get overwhelmed and burned out unless you have a reliable process.

[Anonymous No.4143985]

Is there a safe (no malware) way to get the warezed version of photoshop somewhere? I'm paying for years the subscription fee but i rarely use it anymore and every few weeks it forgets all my settings.

[Anonymous No.4144089]

>>4125141
https://usersdrive.com/users/scorppio/
Are any of these files downloadable?

[Anonymous No.4144205]

>>4143527
Good, structured, step-by-step education.

[Anonymous No.4145025]

A question about sketchbooks.
I know that each sketchbook is personal and different. But I was wondering is it a good idea to place a few rules for the sketchbooks?
I know a lot of people panic over the first page, I was thinking maybe setting it as a rule page. Like, "draw more completed draws." And "draw more backgrounds." And is it more beneficial to have multiple sketchbooks at the same time? Like have one for studies and another for personal use.

I've almost completed my first sketchbook, I am excited. I don't think I have ever fully completed a sketchbook with at least something on each page. And I didn't tear any out, I scribbled them out. I consider that improvement. Are all the pages great? Not at all like 1 out of 15 is a actually completed drawing and not a study.

[Anonymous No.4145533]

Can I just post my artwork online or can people sell it to other people If I don't do some copyright shit ?

[Anonymous No.4145569]

>>4145533
Yes

[Anonymous No.4145834]

What's with other artists selling merch of copyrighted characters? This can't be legal yet I see it all the time. Do they just not get caught?

[Anonymous No.4145856]

I have my first traditional painting commission. The canvas I want to buy is on sale for 70% off. When calculating cost of materials, should I use full price, or the discounted price?

[Anonymous No.4145884]

>>4145856
the person paying you doesnt have to know the canvas is discounted

[Anonymous No.4145885]

>>4145533
it's really common for some cheapshit company to steal fanart and slap it on mugs, mostly high quality fanart from japanese artists like off front page pixiv

[Anonymous No.4146364]

>>4125141
How do i make just smooth long lines when drawing on a tablet?
Like, is there some secret technique i don't know or a special configuration of settings hidden deep inside my tablet's or drawing software's bowels?

[Anonymous No.4146443]

can improve in something that you don't enjoy?

[Anonymous No.4146492]

>>4146443
yeah, but it won't be fun

[Anonymous No.4146543]

>>4145025
That sounds like a fun idea. I do something similar, I usually have 2 sketchbooks going at a time. One for completed ink drawings, and another for quick and shitty pencil or ballpoint sketches.

[Anonymous No.4146699]

So I found some oil paints today by a dumpster at my work. In the picture the on the floor are the found ones, mostly da vinci paint brand, and the ones in the box are the ones I had already own. I have a few blank canvases on hand already. I want to start painting again, it's been like 6 years. But I am afraid of wasting material. And I know I can't get better if I don't try. Seeing these paints in the trash made me feel sad, I couldn't leave them. I still want to be a painter.
How do I get over this fear of starting? I never used to be like this, I don't know what caused it.

[Anonymous No.4146719]

>>4146699
buy cheap canvases so you don't feel bad using supplies. i usually fear starting because i fear wasting supplies but if i have a surplus of cheap shit, nothing's really wasted. dollar store has canvases

[Anonymous No.4146722]

>>4146719
cont. i know you said you have a few blank canvases already but like i said, surplus
that is if you have the same problem as i do anyway

[Anonymous No.4146896]

Is the artbook thread where I go if I wanna ask if a mega is up for a online class like Watts and Houston vids

[Anonymous No.4146898]

>>4143985
CGPeers. You can only make an account on the 1st and 15th of each month typically.

[Anonymous No.4146983]

We need a tablet general thread
So we can stop having three threads about tablets at the same time

[Anonymous No.4146991]

>>4146443
Sure, and it gets more fun the better you're at it.

[Anonymous No.4147424]

Where the FUCK do I find fashion catalogues, I just want to have some refs I can use with out having to slog through pintrest god damn it

[Anonymous No.4147466]

>>4146896
>>4146983
yes

[Anonymous No.4147559]

>>4147424
my library has a section where they put books/magazines out of circulation for people to take for free. i pick up random magazines or picture reference books there occasionally.

[Anonymous No.4147701]

I wanna be a guro artist and a horror artist in general. I wanna draw silent hill/dead space like monsters and cute girls getting cut up.
What are somethings I should study?
I already started doing anatomy studies, muscle studies, internal organs and bones. I need to work on my skeletons and coloring so far everything is black and white.

[Anonymous No.4147820]

I want to start drawing so I can eventually paint.

How many hours a week should I try to draw anons?

[Anonymous No.4147824]

>>4147820
As much as you can. Everyone is different. Some people get better over day while others take months. But to get better it isn't just drawing, it's studying and trying to improve.

[Anonymous No.4148178]

My wrist hurts whenever I draw using the tablet but is completely fine drawing with pencil or pen on paper. Should I lower the pen pressure on the tablet?? Any other anons deal with this problem?

[Anonymous No.4148466]

>>4148178
if you find yourself pressing down too hard on the tablet then yeah, i'd play with the settings. low sensititvity might also be inherenit to the brush your using so check the settings on that too

[Anonymous No.4148602]

Does anybody have a PDF about drawing/shading feathers, I try going off photos but the end result looks like fluffy carpet not even tutorials help that much since the end result always look like fish scales or roof scales

[Anonymous No.4148691]

How do you get around to learning Digital Painting.
I'm trying to learn Digital Rendering with a Square Opacity Brush. No magic.

What are good ways to learning this technique? Re-drawing people's work? I often feel overwhelmed trying to paint over a whole linearted drawing. I'm feeling I lack an understanding of what to do.

[Anonymous No.4148698]

>>4148691
mess around with different brushes and see what works
study other people's work if it's what helps
maybe even start small and paint little things, work your way up

[Anonymous No.4148890]

Best place to go as a writer to find an artist to collab with? I have a backlog of material for a comic/webcomic and need an artist.

[Anonymous No.4148944]

I'm transitioning from being a traditional comic artist, to being a digital comic artist. I've worked with brushes most of the time I was drawing comics, and would like to know if anyone has any tips or settings for Clip Studio Paint to help mimic a sable brush/brush pen as closely as possible.

[Anonymous No.4148987]

If I understand correctly, exercising protects/recovers tendons.
What exercise should I be doing to protect my hands and wrist tendons? (I'm not talking about hourly stretches, but strength workouts)


>>4148944
Mess with brush tip shapes, and actual brush has a (somewhat) wedge-shaped tip
>>4148691
Cynthia Sheppard has a very detailed demo, with process breakdown.
>>4147820
As much as you (healthily) can. Don't neglect your body
>>4146896
Check the archive, there was a video-courses thread

[Anonymous No.4149030]

>>4148987
This video helped me a lot strengthening forearms when dealing with repetitive strain i was getting from a cashier/bagging job I was doing. I was getting a tennis or golf elbow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xHrOLzTLYI&t=3m14s

At the end of workouts, I do the standing wrist curl, reverse grip curl (and upper curl portion), and supported wrist curl extension. Standing wrist curl and supported wrist curl on one day and then reverse curl/upper reverse curl on the other day. Do it at the end of the work out because it really tires out your forearms, you can probably still do pullups after once you get used to it. On top of that obviously stretching techniques. You don't have to go that heavy on the weights, I typically do sets of 3x6 to 3x12 depending on how I'm working up (if x6 gets too easy then i up to 8, and so on. when i get to 10 or 12 i will progress to the next dumbbell weight and start at 6. My gym has 6, 8, and 12 lb dumb bells which are nice in-betweens for this. I'd recommend starting at 5 to be safe), I'm currently at 55 lb on the standing wrist curl, 25 on reverse curl for both, and 15 on the supported wrist curl but I definitely seeing diminishing returns in pushing much beyond these which the video alludes to. I'll deload and up the rep range when I start stalling.

[Anonymous No.4149053]

How do I soften edges without fucking up my entire painting? I can get good blocking in of colors/shapes, with or without ref, but once I start rendering/blending I tend to make everything muddy trying to get soft edges. Using an airbrush or smudge tool makes everything too soft.

[Anonymous No.4149064]

Should I be color picking from the canvas to blend? Seems to make all my colors and values shitty.

[Anonymous No.4149072]

>>4149053
>using a smudge tool for rendering
bruh, i'd go with just trying softer brushes
>>4149064
you can i guess, but throwing in new colors could help that issue.

[Anonymous No.4149141]

Does using a name on /ic have any beneficial purposes?

[Anonymous No.4149150]

>>4149072
>you can i guess, but throwing in new colors could help that issue.
Is that generally what people, just adjust sliders to hit a color/value in between what you're trying to blend? or just color pick from canvas?

[Anonymous No.4149534]

Is there a site like danbooru for classical/traditional art? I'm looking for something where it would be easy to view and sort images by tags or by artist instead of relying on google images which are usually shitty quality. If there's one specifically for Japanese artists I'm interested in that as well but one for western artists is good too.

[Anonymous No.4149542]

>>4149534
wikiart is ok
wikimedia project is good if you know what you're looking for
>Japanese artists
you'll find lots of inks and woodblock prints but finding contemporary stuff is much harder ime

[Anonymous No.4149546]

sensei, how can I feel the form?

[Anonymous No.4149692]

i saw a post in here some time ago people creating comic book style from some photographs in some program and i am looking for the name of the software

[Anonymous No.4149695]

>>4148691
Go watch Craig Mullins's digital painting class.

[Anonymous No.4149698]

>>4137400
just eat a lot of meat

[Anonymous No.4149701]

>>4135966
yes copying other artists is a good practice as well
as well as drawing from life
other than that draw what you enjoy

[Anonymous No.4149705]

>>4136334
to do great work you need both

>>4135394
just pick up a pencil and just start drawing..

[Anonymous No.4149709]

>>4149692
clip studio paint ex

[Anonymous No.4149710]

>>4125144
focus on your own life
be alpha
ignore womyn
lift
go to church
mow your lawn
stop worrying about not having a gf

[Anonymous No.4149712]

>>4149709
thank you, friend

[Anonymous No.4150214]

is the nma beguiner guide good?
https://www.nma.art/courses/a-beginners-guide-to-drawing/

[Anonymous No.4150290]

I'm a /beg/ teir artist who only really drew for fun,but I'm not sure whether or not I want to get more serious,like do studies,read keys to drawing and fun with a pencil.How do I know whether or not I want to take art more seriously?

[Anonymous No.4150443]

I have the hardest time getting ready to draw. Then when I start drawing it feels like my time is up. Then at work I could be drawing but I'm sitting there shitposting. And then at home I have so many chores to do I just want to get high and be left alone.

[Anonymous No.4150703]

How do you soul search for your own "style?"

[Anonymous No.4150722]

>>4150703
study styles you like. your style is just a mishmash of styles you like until you draw something you're happy with. and you don't have to have a consistent style, you don't have to stick to one style. just study what you like, study what appeals to you. your style will come.

[Anonymous No.4150836]

there was a website that had a whole bunch of screenshots of films. i think it had the word cinematography in the title. anyone know what i'm talking about?

[Anonymous No.4150874]

>>4150836
Anon, the word you might be looking for is still
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_still
Couldn't find one with cinematography in the title but found these
https://www.moviestillsdb.com/
https://film-grab.com/
https://shots.filmschoolrejects.com/

[Anonymous No.4150888]

QUESTION: when painting skin or people, when is it appropriate to use hard shadows over soft shadows and vice versa?

[Anonymous No.4150897]

>>4150888
skin can see both soft and hard shadows, it depends on the intensity of the lighting, where the light is pointing, etc

[Anonymous No.4151369]

anyone work in procreate and can answer some questions?

[Anonymous No.4151976]

what's up with all these twitter randos that have 'commissions open!' in their name, but their last picture that wasn't a reaction image or a bad meme is some shitty pencil sketch from 2018, which I only find after I scroll through their media for over five minutes.

[Anonymous No.4152027]

https://youtu.be/EhRggig_ZrY
I feel I should know this by now. But what does author of this video uses for creating smooth selections for ambient occlusion at around 1 minute mark. Is it just lasso tool? Because I feel that using lasso tool is making edge of selection too wobbly and using other stuff like magic wand make edge look kinda pixilated.
Also is there any good videos/tutorials/guides on edge control in ps?

[Anonymous No.4152038]

models with big tits where?
goddamn nothing but chestlet everywhere

[Anonymous No.4152039]

>>4152027
yep lasso

[Anonymous No.4152433]

I used to use Allpaintings.org years ago. It was basically a repository of, well, all the paintings. Listed by movement and then by artist.
Is it gone or am I just misremembering the url?

[Anonymous No.4152997]

So has anyone completed DrawABox? I'm a brainlet starting from 0 but it feels like my time would be much better spent on Keys to Drawing or Fun with a Pencil. I'm on the last excercise of lesson 1 and it seems like I spent hours meticulously drawing lines instead of actually learning much.

[Anonymous No.4153065]

>>4152997
Yeah, it's pretty good. It's a bit boring in the beginning, but it picks up once you get into chests.

[Anonymous No.4153464]

>>4152997
Sorry for the bump but I have a related question, are there any similar but better sites than drawabox for beginners learning fundamentals?

[Anonymous No.4153467]

>>4153065
>>4152997
Sorry for the bump but I have a related question, are there any similar but better sites than drawabox for beginners

[Anonymous No.4153643]

What's a gain goblin?

[Anonymous No.4153961]

Is this a decent tutorial to follow?

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[Anonymous No.4153987]

>>4153464
>>4153467
Nope. It’s all the same things anyways. Get that mileage baby. Doesn’t matter how well you can read if you can’t draw.

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[Anonymous No.4154018]

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>>4153643
IIRC Gains Goblin's the guy in the porn thread who's always early enough to post his grotesque veiny drawings.

[Anonymous No.4154080]

>>4150874
thanks for looking anon, appreaciate it

[Anonymous No.4154633]

I wanna try and get Rosales-style of contrast in my images but I'm struggling with just studying his art, do you guys have any other good resources for achieving this?

[Anonymous No.4154866]

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