/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.4191489]

>tfw see someone else improving

[Anonymous No.4191495]

stop being a miserable ass anon. find motivation and inspiration in others' success. if they can do it it means you can as well

[Anonymous No.4191496]

it was me :)

[Anonymous No.4191499]

>>4191496
soul
>>4191489
soulless

[Anonymous No.4191501]

>>4191489
THIS is my face when I see someone else improving

[Anonymous No.4191502]

>>4191489
stupid frogposter

[Anonymous No.4191508]

>tfw see myself improving

[Anonymous No.4191513]

>>4191508
>tfw see you improving

[Anonymous No.4191525]

here is my face when i finally understood how to draw gestures

[Anonymous No.4191534]

>took an hour to do a sketch but it looks rough and unfinished as shit because I keep failing when I try to make it look nicer but I know I can always make few couple studies and come back to it to try making it better
>mfw I did manage to make it better meaning that I've improved

[Anonymous No.4191557]

>>4191501
>mfw someone worse than me improves
>>4191489
>mfw they start improving to be better than me

[Anonymous No.4191586]

>>4191496
IT WUZ ME!
AH DID IT LIKE THIS

*bang!*

WHOOP DEE DOO

Is a joke lads.

[Anonymous No.4191659]

>thought you were improving, but in reality you're somehow getting worse

[Anonymous No.4191706]

>>4191495
I have always been like this. I never felt happy for someone else's accomplishments. I want everyone to fail at the things i do

[Anonymous No.4191710]

>>4191706
Have you been like this before puberty as well?

[Anonymous No.4191719]

>>4191489
I feel happy for them and feel inspired to draw more.

[Anonymous No.4191739]

I hate when someone in my art class asks me how my work is going and I honestly answer that it didn't come out well compared to what I intended and they think that somehow that means I think I did worse than they did and they start giving advice.
Nah dude, I failed to meet my own standards, not the low class standards. Your work sucks too.

[Anonymous No.4191784]

>>4191710
Yes

[Anonymous No.4191785]

>>4191739
Based your work sucks bro.

[Anonymous No.4191797]

>>4191501
I miss the influx of little sister animes. I wish Japan would shift back gears to it and less Isekai.

[Anonymous No.4191798]

>tfw someone on the internet gives me constructive criticism which leads me to becoming a better artist

[Anonymous No.4191820]

>>4191706
Same

[Anonymous No.4191986]

tfw when piss mysel

[Anonymous No.4192026]

>>4191706
this.

[Anonymous No.4192062]

>>4191706
Based.

[Anonymous No.4192073]

>>4191489

[Anonymous No.4192075]

>>4191706
Exactly. There’s no point if I’m not the best.

[Anonymous No.4192079]

>>4191706
pathetic

[Anonymous No.4192086]

>>4191489
>tfw see my favorite artist not improving
>mfw thinking of him hurting

[Anonymous No.4192098]

>>4191489
>tfw you steadily improve and are now objectively better than an artist you hate
>tfw you have access to better art resources/secrets than them and it's obvious their fundies will stagnate while you keep getting gud
Get rekt cunt.

[Anonymous No.4192120]

>>4192098
What have you been doing? I also want to improve.

[Anonymous No.4192161]

>>4192086
>tfw read that as hunting as in he hunts himself

[Anonymous No.4192166]

>>4191489
Maybe you should give it up fag.

[Anonymous No.4192176]

>>4192120
I mostly read over some of the sticky books (How To Draw, Steve Huston, Villipu, Anatomy for Sculptors, Bridgman, etc.) and try dissecting/studying the drawings.

Afterwards I'll grind figures constructed purely from imagination to internalize and apply what I've just learned. Basically like studying before an exam.

When I mentioned "art secrets", I mainly refer to more obscure books I managed to either pirate before they disappeared or just bought them from eBay/Alibaba/etc.
I also know a couple God-tier art instructors (Watts Atlier veterans I believe) who I was fortunate enough to meet at my local figure drawing group. They don't teach anymore but they like hanging out with newbie artists and giving them words of advice during breaks.

Hope this helps, happy grinding.

[Anonymous No.4192187]

>mfw see someone else improving whose art caters to me

[Anonymous No.4192209]

>Become the best artist in your group despite being incapable of drawing only 3 years ago and being ridiculed for it up until then

[Anonymous No.4192230]

>>4191586
>He posted cringe
>I'm going to post worse cringe
>But... Heres the clever part.... ITS IRONIC CRINGE
>god I'm so smart, I wonder why dad left us tho...

[Anonymous No.4192231]

>>4191706

[Anonymous No.4192249]

>tfw when improving every day because I autistically look at other people's art for hours trying to figure out how they do something I like
>tfw doesn't mean much because whenever I learn how to do something I get bored of it and stop using it
>tfw do art for the purpose of improvement, and have no love for my creations because they are missing a particular flair that I will find someday but not soon

I need to find that particular style, technique, tools, knowledge that will make me happy to just work on a piece of art instead of thinking about how my end result will be missing something. A very particular way of drawing that I will never get bored of and will always be satisfied by. I know it's out there. I'm not having fun but I keep going because I know one day I will have lots of fun, when I finally find that perfect algorithm

I believe we will make it bros, if you are dissatisfied it means you are not where you know you should be. If you find exactly what you're looking for you will always treasure it

[Anonymous No.4192277]

>>4192249
God I hope you are right, I sometimes feel like I wasn't born for art and I'm like a retard trying to become a mathematician.

[Anonymous No.4192302]

>find awesome artist
>check their drawings from years ago when they were just starting
>see how they improved way slower than i do
>feel better about myself

[Anonymous No.4192306]

>>4191706
BASED
A
S
E
D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJv0XVzDfTo

[Anonymous No.4192312]

>>4191489
I have a proposal to improve /ic/. One week bans for anyone who starts a thread themed around:

1. Self-pity (OP)
2. Whining about *insert popular artist here*
3. Why don't you just study _________ (coding, engineering, business, etc.) instead of art?
4. I'll never be as good as the Japanese/Chinese/Koreans etc! Waaah!
5. "Nononono!"
6. Famous artist misled me on purpose! (Because I watched all his videos but applied none of it.)
7. What if I get "canceled"?!
8. Being named Nosebro.

[Anonymous No.4192315]

>>4191525
I envy how comfortable that man looks.

[Anonymous No.4192318]

> mfw there is blood in my urine.

[Anonymous No.4192446]

>>4192176
not that guy but it sounds like you didn't find any "secret resources," you just have clearer goals and you're centering your education on a smaller subset of skills than just the fundies overall. imo you should clarify where you want your art to go now if you want to improve further

>>4192249
do some artist studies in addition to fundie grind, and do some fun stuff every once in a while like art prompts or weekly challenges in a discord server.

[Anonymous No.4192472]

>>4192249
Push through. For me, this nagging, growing feeling of a persistent "lack"--despite a measurable increase in ability--precipitated a huge breakthrough that's made drawing so much more enjoyable for me. I don't know when that might come for you, but I do think simply being aware of the lack of that certain something in your work puts you in a better place than those who never feel it. It really required deep introspection more than grinding. I realized I wasn't drawing the type of stuff that would inspire me if I saw it from somebody else. From there it was just a matter of taking a break from social media and shit to experiment.

[Anonymous No.4192486]

>>4191489
You are an asshole, congrats.

[Anonymous No.4194437]

>>4192486
Wow you caleld him an asshole he must be feeling so bad

[Anonymous No.4194450]

>>4192312
Nosebro is that you?

[Anonymous No.4194454]

I'm absolutely mad because I've been feeling like shit so I haven't drawed in a while, and the bad part is not not improving is others improving grrrrrr

[Anonymous No.4194458]

>>4194437
Wow you made me notice he might not give a fuck. I must must feel so sad.

[Anonymous No.4194464]

>>4192312
I support this, since based on the board rules this should already be a thing.
Mods are a joke.

[Nosebro No.4194498]

>>4192312
I agree, why is this not implemented yet? I know mods are actually active on here, I saw a dumb spam thread pop up and it was gone within minutes.

[Anonymous No.4194770]

>>4192312
you need to go back

[Anonymous No.4195110]

>>4192312
You dont go out much do you

[Anonymous No.4195466]

>>4192176
>obscure books
Can you share them?

[Nosebro No.4195477]

>>4194498
lol this isnt even me

[Anonymous No.4195535]

>>4191534
>took an hour to do a sketch
>looks rough and unfinished
Remember to draw a line between a sketch and an incomplete finished work

[Anonymous No.4195536]

>>4191489
Ok, this is epic

[Anonymous No.4195542]

Ask a guy who just drew everyday for 1 week anything. I'm improving and you can't stop me

[Anonymous No.4195558]

>>4195542
how long have you been drawing?

[Anonymous No.4195573]

>>4195558
1 week

[Anonymous No.4195666]

>>4195466
Here are a few I can name:

Perspective and Proportion - Secrets for Artists by Christine Ivers (only available through DVD I think)

Aleksandra Yakobson Collection (rare compilation book of a Soviet artist whose style I found appealing)

Practical Anatomy for Artists by Peter Simpson

Some imported How to Draw Anime books from Japan (I normally don't care much for the anime style but some of those books have good resources on drawing appealing lineart, rendering, character design, composition, etc.)

I have other examples, but I'm too lazy/retarded to scan them to my computer. Most of them don't have previews online, except for some of the japanese How-To manga books from eBay.

Here's a site that categorizes mostly obscure stuff (including art books) from eBay/Amazon, this page in particular contains links to helpful books if you want to master appealing anime girls: picclick.com/NEW-How-to-Draw-Manga-Sexy-Girls-Characters-254117698688.html

Just click the homepage logo if anime pr0n isn't what you're looking for, you're very likely to find almost any rare art resource you could hope for.
Hope this helped.

[Anonymous No.4195689]

>>4195558
About 5 years but very patchy, dropped it completely during uni and failed to get back into it despite trying over and over. This time I'm feeling good about it though

[Anonymous No.4195891]

>>4195110

>Poster on /ic/ trying to pull the "Go outside!" argument.

[Anonymous No.4196078]

>>4192312
You forgot to ban every porn thread. This board should have never been orange in the first place.

[Anonymous No.4196165]

>>4196078

I actually agree with you but how do you handle the nudity question?

[Anonymous No.4196171]

>>4196165
Ken doll your figure studies

[Anonymous No.4196290]

>tfw you're now on the level of an artist you looked up to and most likely surpass very soon because he kept stagnating on the same level since I first found him
>tfw I look at his drawings now and wished for him to not make the same mistakes over and over again

[Anonymous No.4196748]

>>4196290
reach out to him, anon
don't let him continue on this path

[Anonymous No.4196986]

>>4191706
the only one telling the truth here