Progress thread

[Anonymous No.4163505]

post you're progress

[Anonymous No.4163514]

You went from ponyfag to slightly better ponyfag in the space of half a decade. Grats.

MAKE AN EFFORT

[Anonymous No.4163515]

update on my progress

[Anonymous No.4163527]

Cleaner lines, more degeneracy

[Anonymous No.4163533]

>>4163527
Anatomy is still wacky af though

[Anonymous No.4163546]

>>4163505
we have this thread too frequently, it should be updated twice a year at most

[Anonymous No.4163556]

>>4163527
Honestly your "degeneracy" still feels wholesome. I think you must have a good heart.

[Anonymous No.4163557]

>>4163546
You know these threads are not just for the same anons but different anons who didn't get to post progress

[Anonymous No.4163565]

[Anonymous No.4163567]

>>4163565
Nailed it

[Anonymous No.4163571]

>>4163565

[Anonymous No.4163577]

>>4163571

[Anonymous No.4163634]

>>4163577
Soul vs Soulless

[Anonymous No.4163677]

>>4163577
I honestly think that left looks way more interesting than the generic digital garbage on the right.

[Anonymous No.4163679]

>>4163577
Oof the newer noses are a turn off.

[Anonymous No.4163712]

>>4163634
>>4163677
>>4163679
It’s not mine, I posted because of our shared opinion that the left looks better.

[Anonymous No.4163742]

>>4163577
The right is technically better but I like the composition and feel of the left instead. If you stayed closer to that concept on the right I think it would've been stronger. The only notable improvements are really the forms of the figures and butterflies.

left
>Interesting, unusual color choices, with the red sticking out noticeably in very small places, drawing the eye to the hands and eyes only
>The dude's eye isn't really looking at the butterfly, but the woman is looking at him, and my eyes focus on her face, the man's face, then the butterfly and hands, in that order.
>Hair has a really cool framing flow, the texture on the background frames it in an opposite manner.
>Purple is an unusual color choice and sticks out
>No light source

right
>"Normal" and more colors, there's more red, including the red butterfly which seems like it's trying to be the focus, but the red makes the eyes go everywhere, including to the side where nothing's going on. I pointlessly want to look at the decorations on her chest.
>Too much detail in the background, feels cluttered. Might look better with more harmonized color and less contrast
>Character's focus are everywhere. The man feels like he's still not looking at the butterfly but past it instead. Woman looking off to the side? this breaks the flow so much in comparison to the left, what is she worried about?
>Background is too detailed. The 3D feel is nice but it's still distracting, much like the extra red.
>Topleft lighting on hair, right lighting on face, top left lighting on clothes.

[Anonymous No.4163744]

>>4163712
>>4163742
>not mine
I wasted all that text

[Anonymous No.4163748]

>>4163527
Good job man. Your anatomy is leagues better and your style is really endearing

>>4163577
This is truly the darkest timeline, right is uglier in every way

[Anonymous No.4163773]

I've been drawing for roughly one year now studying on my own from online courses having never really drawn previously.

[Anonymous No.4163885]

Short hand version of the giant chart

[Anonymous No.4163896]

still working hard every day

[Anonymous No.4163902]

>>4163515
what's the point of these? "omg check out how much i improved in a month!!! xD"
progress isn't measured in a month, retard. post back in a year.

[Anonymous No.4163922]

[Anonymous No.4163937]

>>4163773
>online courses
Such as?

[Anonymous No.4163943]

One year and a half, I still have big issues with the bodies in perspective but I'll keep working harder. /ic/ is the main reason I've improved, otherwise I would never hear of Vilppu, Huston or Loomis. Thank you

>>4163896
Really good progress, man.

[Anonymous No.4163956]

about a year and a half. last pic seems maybe a little unfair since it's so much more rendered than the others, but then again i considered the second one to be fully rendered when i drew it

[Anonymous No.4163959]

>>4163577
>>4163773
>>4163896
Is sacrificing soul for skill inevitable? How can it be avoided?

[Anonymous No.4163961]

>>4163937
For the first half year it was a shitshow of random youtube videos, mediocre udemy courses drawing boxes cylinders and 8 head tall stick figures. But as far as drawing the figure it started making sense to me when I started Steve hustons NMA course which gave things a much needed sense of structure.

[Anonymous No.4163965]

>>4163959
I think any normal learning process is going to involve alot of generic non stylized looking studies and deconstructions and I would imagine one would be able to find that sense of style/soul once their mechanical skill was no longer an active barrier to their vision.

[Anonymous No.4163972]

>>4163527
>the heads used to be smaller
my god

[Anonymous No.4163977]

>>4163943
>>4163959
thanks anon
I think its more you have to learn how structure and anatomy works before you can break it. so for instance with anime, you study a broken skull, with "soul", learn real anatomy and end up having "soulless" drawings, and have to learn how to break the anatomy for the soul to come back. Its all about learning structure, then appeal.

[Anonymous No.4163981]

>look through old art
>ive clearly improved but old work has much more soul than recent work does
>can remember i enjoyed drawing it whereas drawing today is more of a task
what is happening

[Anonymous No.4163982]

[Anonymous No.4163985]

>>4163565
Left is better and has more soul. Also I like big eyes

[Anonymous No.4163992]

>>4163981
I have the same issue anon. One of my friends even mentioned there's something in my old art that shows passion more than my current ones.

[Anonymous No.4163998]

>>4163982
source?

[Anonymous No.4164000]

>>4163982
If you look closely the level of draftsmanship is about the same. They just tweaked the style a bit and the main thing is they got more comfortable with the grays.

[Anonymous No.4164021]

>>4163959
Make sure to draw stuff you enjoy drawing. I usually alternate between drawing something from imagination, and then drawing something from a reference as realistically as I can. Then, when I do another drawing from imagination, I use what I learned in that last study to try to make it better. I think this is a good method for learning specific lessons, then really internalizing them, while also not holding yourself back creatively. I also doodle a lot and it helps to do lots of low-stakes drawings where you can just mess around.

[Anonymous No.4164025]

>>4163527
you got a blog or social?

[Anonymous No.4164031]

>>4163577
what the fuck

[Anonymous No.4164043]

>>4163922
what a downgrade

[Anonymous No.4164057]

>>4163505
For those who say "atelier classes" or investing in good tutors is a meme. The left is my first loomis try dated july of last year. And the one of the right I finished over a month ago.

[Anonymous No.4164062]

>>4164057

[Anonymous No.4164065]

>>4163533
It's getting there slowly
>>4163556
Thank you ;-;
>>4163748
Thanks!
>>4163972
Yas!! There's progress
>>4164025
@pyros0me on Twitter, IG and Tumblr

[Anonymous No.4164247]

>>4163515
Try measuring betweee years, dumdum

[Anonymous No.4164256]

>>4163981
When your life is more free, you have more time and energy to express yourself in art. As a kid, sure my art was way worse, but the fact that I could spend more time on a drawing let me develop things more thoroughly.

[Anonymous No.4164793]

>>4163515
Stop doing those fucking nipple noses

[Anonymous No.4166099]

I did this tonight.
old is from December 2018

[Anonymous No.4166101]

>>4163982
>tfw draw like left
There's hope.
>2008
>2019
Oh shit what.

[Anonymous No.4166110]

>>4166099
based masami poster

[Anonymous No.4166116]

>>4166099
Nice progress, keep it up!

[Anonymous No.4166120]

>>4163943
Blog? Got any finished bodies too? I want to see what it looks like without construction. Good gains from left.

[Anonymous No.4166134]

>>4166101
You'll get there. You're gonna make it, anon.

[Anonymous No.4166136]

>>4166134
Y-yeah. Only like 7 more years to go.

[Anonymous No.4166137]

>>4166110
nah, not Masami, it's her mom Yuki
>>4166116
thanks!

[Anonymous No.4166190]

[Anonymous No.4166192]

>>4166190
And an extra one. :3

[Anonymous No.4166193]

>>4166190
>that belly button in the most recent
>everything else about that new style
Disgusting. 2018 was already good.

[Anonymous No.4166197]

>>4163505
5 YEARS HAHAHAHAHHAH

[Anonymous No.4166215]

Been drawing from references for a while now. I used to do more creative pieces but I was always shit at the basics like clothing, anatomy etc. Just self teaching with art books when I'm not working, steadily getting more into it after giving up video games recently.

My drawings all feel strange to me, like my lines or paint strokes don't seem right when I compare myself to everyone else online, so I don't know if I'm drawing at a strange resolution or pen settings or something but it makes me feel bad, I don't usually talk to anyone about my art or post online

[Anonymous No.4166218]

>>4166190
What in the name of god is wrong with you

[Anonymous No.4166224]

>>4163885
Keep doing shit with references, wow is 2019 bad.

[Anonymous No.4166258]

>>4163982
>tfw left looks better

[Anonymous No.4166262]

>>4166099
They're both terrible.
>>4166190
You're not even trying.

[Anonymous No.4166264]

>>4164000
Why would you waste digits like this with such shit opinion

[Anonymous No.4166266]

>>4163982
SOUL vs soul

[Anonymous No.4166268]

>>4163982
Does this mean if you learn Japanese, you can learn to harness their power of drawing? I knew it. /ic/ was covering up the secret all along.

[Anonymous No.4166597]

>>4166190
Lord deliver us from this autism

[Anonymous No.4166786]

>>4166190

[Anonymous No.4166798]

first vs most recent drawing of her

[Anonymous No.4166894]

what if we all are like this, jesus anons stop posting so I can dream that I actually progress in the only thing I like doing

[Anonymous No.4166897]

>>4166798
i like seeing your stuff anon, i have some of it saved in my inspiration folder. it's unique, keep it up!

[Anonymous No.4166902]

One day I'm gonna post here, but I feel like I haven't progressed enough.

[Anonymous No.4166927]

[Anonymous No.4166955]

>>4166927
Don't draw every strand of hair unless you are going to do the same level of detail across your whole work, it takes focus away from the overall piece

I like that you are focused on trying to do a painted feel, it will benefit if you take some more time to refine the edges and go into some more detail overall, also decide on if you want to do animu faces or real faces, at the moment it seems like a mixture

[Anonymous No.4166962]

>>4166955
Thanks for the useful critique.

[Anonymous No.4167000]

fuck it, a fast sketch will do

[Anonymous No.4167006]

>>4166190
Is this all one character?
You can see the moment they heard about the "goth gf" meme

[Anonymous No.4167013]

>>4166264
It's true though. Take out the tones and the skill gap wont be that huge.

[Anonymous No.4167046]

I'm still a turd polisher.

[Anonymous No.4167047]

>>4167006
What's the goth gf meme?

[Anonymous No.4167048]

turd polishing with poor fundies,jpg

[Anonymous No.4167053]

>>4167048
you got way worse

[Anonymous No.4167062]

>>4167053
I highly doubt that unless you read it backwards, also a bit of a weird insult ngl.

[Anonymous No.4167125]

>>4163956
I like it anon, for some reason it reminds me of pic related

[Anonymous No.4167136]

>>4167053
Is this a meme? Pic one has the classic giant retard eyes and the nose is awkwardly high relative to the lips. Can't compare bodies but face vs face, two is clearly an improvement.

[Anonymous No.4167196]

>>4167048
Don't you post on incels.co? Yeah, it's sad how you're only fifteen and already aligning yourself with those fucks ups. Also maybe try to grind fundies instead of drawing ugly lolis, you haven't progressed much.

[Anonymous No.4167214]

>>4167196
I post there for some sort of traction lmfao. Posting on 4chan really isn't much better.

[Anonymous No.4167596]

>>4167048
Holy shit, the rare backslide. Real smooth, cha-cha

[Anonymous No.4167602]

>>4167214
>>4167196
wish i had the motivation at that age.
good luck my son

[Anonymous No.4167604]

>>4163981
Make art that you would like to make now rather than trying to do art for Artistry sake. People make a mistake and force imagination and lose that inspiration to do things for themselves.

[Anonymous No.4167663]

>>4163505

[Anonymous No.4167664]

>>4163505
it's been a very progressive year

[Anonymous No.4167720]

>>4167664
Nice trace bro