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[Anonymous No.4227998]

Stupid Question Thread/
Questions that don't deserve their own thread

The old one hit the bump limit, ask your questions here.

[Anonymous No.4227999]

Why do I like this composition? My rational brain tells me that it sucks, but I like it a lot. What are the principles behind why it works?

[Anonymous No.4228174]

if i was going to be an online artist, would I just have to keep my mouth shut on e-thots who post shitty art other artists artwork?
pic very related

[Anonymous No.4228175]

>>4228174
I have no idea what you mean with that picture, but I'd try staying as apolitical as possible. If you need to vent then do it with an anonymous account.

[Anonymous No.4228181]

>>4228175
there was a guy named kun0 who made fun of some e-girl's artwork on his stream
the internet exploded and every artist and their fans all went after him. afaik, they tried getting him banned off twitch, tried getting him kicked out of his art school, and tried going after his girlfriend (she was the one who said 90% of the shit)

[Anonymous No.4228184]

>>4228181
Dayum, does he still work in art now? Sounds like he got kicked out of the business.
Now I'll try to be even more careful not to be a real person but some fake persona online instead.

[Anonymous No.4228432]

>>4227998
There's this shit-tier client that keep requesting revision over and over again and its driving me nuts, I just finished first of his two commissions and I wish I can reject his second commission, but I don't want to risk him sending dispute on Paypal or tarnishing my reputation on social media so what do I do? Just suck it up and do the second commission anyway?

[Anonymous No.4228448]

>>4228432
Just say there is a certain number of revisions up front.

[Anonymous No.4228475]

>>4228448
Yeah I was too naive to believe that all clients are reasonable up until that guy so I've added that to my rules since then. The problem is that it wasn't listed when he commissioned me so I'm not sure if I can really enforce that. Now I'm half way through and I'd much rather spend my time doing studies than entertaining his constant nitpicking.

[Anonymous No.4228575]

how do i find people to follow lads

[Anonymous No.4228583]

>>4228575
Look up who people you follow follow. You can start with people on the self promotion thread

[Anonymous No.4228706]

>>4228181
Lmao #cancelled

[Anonymous No.4228710]

>>4228174
General rule these days of accountability is don’t say anything negative. Better for your mental health anyway. Why waste your time shitting on a /beg/? You may be frustrated when less talented artists are more popular than you but you should use that energy on getting gud

[Anonymous No.4228718]

Will I make it if I believe in myself?

[Anonymous No.4228767]

>>4228175
Jesus.Did they really try to kick him out of his own school? I knew he got banned off twitch for a week,but did they really try to kick him out of his own school? Do you have a source that says that really happened?

[Anonymous No.4228861]

>>4228475
offer to give his money back then?!

[Anonymous No.4228889]

How the FUCK do you go about drawing animals? I’ve thought about breaking them down into simple shapes before, but I’m afraid that’s gonna give me a bad habit of symbol drawing.

On the topic, will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAboZuZTLUg help? I could never get into Vilppu due to how slow he talks but this might be helpful.

[Anonymous No.4228899]

>>4228718
Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right.
This sounds like a trite platitude, but it's true.

[Anonymous No.4228928]

>>4228718
You posted Ruru, you are clearly a capable and well-thought individual

[Anonymous No.4229004]

Have a large insp folder on my iPad (pic related is an example of one of them),but I need more room for storage.What should I do?

[Anonymous No.4229006]

>>4228889
Draw with cubes, spheres, cylinders. Basic forms. Not shapes. Think 3d. Study anatomy and draw from life and reference. Tackle one animal at a time.

[Anonymous No.4229136]

how do you guys find reference images? I am shit at using google to find pictures of what i want

[Anonymous No.4229214]

>>4228889
you might wanna check out dynamic bible

[Anonymous No.4229730]

What do you guys recommend for rendering resources, and also any tips on developing a unique rendering style?

[Anonymous No.4229940]

>>4227999
>it sucks.
Your brain likes it because it doesn't suck. The composition is great in this shot because there are so many framing elements. The saturated red of the leaves in the foreground makes your eye start at the top and float down until your eye meets the top of the mountain in the background and as you follow it down you move more forward again as your eyes go to the city before being led to the bottom of the page by the still reflected water. It's pretty neat.

[Anonymous No.4229954]

I see a lot of lame drawn webcomics that make it. If I drew a comic with anime style with hardly any defined backgrounds could I make it too? It'd be a pretty baity story. How much effort is enough to get by? What is considered a non negotiable on skill and design and what can be overlooked?

[Anonymous No.4229963]

I see a lot of lame drawn webcomics that make it. If I drew a comic with anime style with hardly any defined backgrounds could I make it too? It'd be a pretty baity story. How much effort is enough to get by? What is considered a non negotiable on skill and design and what can be overlooked?

[Anonymous No.4229972]

Why are chink tablets limited to 10 x 6? They can't make anything bigger?

[Anonymous No.4230556]

The Amino-app......is it a good place to get clout?

[Anonymous No.4230569]

>>4229004
Buy a Samsung Tab S6 and a 512gb SD card.

[Anonymous No.4230922]

>>4227998
Your thoughts on this book?
It's on sale at my local book store.

[Anonymous No.4230932]

In a bit of a dilemma, lads.

I'd like to be good at art. I intend to create ambitious projects I have in my mind, like a short animated film, a webcomic, etc etc, but the thing is, is that I only want to create these for myself, and not for others, really.

Is this a mindset I have to drop in order to survive in the art world? I can't see myself doing anything else in life as my projects are the only thing I aspire to do. I have the will to create, but I don't want to help fulfil another person's vision I have absolutely no interest in fulfilling.

[Anonymous No.4230933]

How did you personally get the most out of Vilppu's studio drawing manual?
I'd like to try different approaches to putting the lecture into practice.

[Anonymous No.4231518]

>>4230556
any good books that just focus on drawing faces (preferably with more refs than words a la bridgman)?

also are bargue plates useful for a high /beg or too advanced?

[Anonymous No.4231520]

>>4227999
the color saturation's not great and the top should have been cropped a lot more imo, but symmetry and framing = good

[Anonymous No.4231818]

>>4227999
what in your words is bad about it? it follows rule of thirds and everything

>>4228181
play petty games, win petty prizes.

[Anonymous No.4232305]

anyone wanna explain how the ambient occlusion process works?

[Anonymous No.4232321]

>>4229136
use bing
use pinterest
Follow instagram accounts that post photos that make good reference. (for me its usually profiles that post old war photography.)

[Anonymous No.4232323]

>>4232305
It's basically bullshit. Light is always present so obviously you won't have 100% shadows. Ambient occlusion is the idea that light bounces from everywhere else so it lights up every part of the drawing. This might be confusing because it's like reflected light except artists will often put it as a separate thing. You can also think of it as a fill light as opposed to just your key light. This might help lighten your shadows up without completely killing them.

[Anonymous No.4232336]

I go about drawing digitally by blocking in an extremely sloppy sketch that roughly captures the silhouette, then I do the actual sloppy sketch above that in a new layer. My art ends up okay but I'm not sure if this method will stagnate me. I know I can hardly draw on shit compared to paper in comparison. Is the sloppy block method a bad idea?

[Anonymous No.4232338]

>>4232336
No. There's an artist actually that I've seen a video of doing a very crazy process that involves that. Except they took like 5 passovers before getting to a finish. It was quite wonderful and I'm sorry I don't have it on me. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, please post. It's of a sexy anime girl of course.

[Anonymous No.4232340]

>>4232305
Are there a crevices/corners in the forms you are rendering? If so just darken them more.

[Anonymous No.4232343]

>>4232338
I know this artist does it (at 6:40 is the speed paint https://youtu.be/oosIIcuZW8M))

Was just wondering about it more because I was stuck without my pc for 2 days and wasn't able to put out anything worth posting. I guess I'll try traditional again next year. Digital is definitely a crutch for learning but I guess I'm thankful

[Anonymous No.4232496]

How is this sort of shading called and how do I learn it? Heavy blocky shadows, almost exclusively pure black, seen it mostly from comic artists.

Could've sworn it's called block shadows, but all I get is digital tools guides so probably misrembering.
High contrast gets me only shitty threshold'ed portraits (allmight in picrel is also like that, but he is better in the manga).
Chiaroscuro uses different values for shading.

[Anonymous No.4232499]

Am i a good artist :)

[Anonymous No.4232523]

>>4232496
I don't have a name, but TTGL had some eyecatches that are infamous for that style, and also the movie Redline is entirely rendered like that.
https://imgur.com/gallery/HtEQEPB

[Anonymous No.4232527]

>>4227999
There's a decent sized community who are really anal against the subject being dead center.
This is the only reason I can think of anyone complaining here, this is composition ally wonderful.
>>4228174
Yes!
avoid drama at all cost.
>>4228718
that's the first step
your belief should then translate to sitting down, using your head, and using your head s you draw to be a better artist.
>>4229004
upload it to a cloud
>>4229963
stupid qustion
making it is about doing what you love as your job. If fame and fortune is what you seek you are in the wrong field.
>>4230922
If the art on the cover looks this bad this book likely doesn't have much for you
>>4232305
the dark ridges and portions in your drawing that are always hidden from light. Think the shadow around your nostrials. This is why inverting an image doesn't make it look like it's just lit from the opposite direction.
>>4232336
perfectly good method.

[Anonymous No.4232531]

>>4232499
So few lines but your skill actually does shine through kek

[Anonymous No.4232893]

Do you draw standing up?
Isn't it the best way to draw from reference ?
(Sight size technique, etc.)

[Anonymous No.4232898]

>>4232499
Most likely

[Anonymous No.4232905]

How do i begin with digital? I can draw traditional but when i use my tablet i can't even render properly or block in shapes like others. So confused i'll just keep on messing around until something clicks

[Anonymous No.4232927]

>>4232496
You can call it 'High Contrast" shadows/art/etc

[Anonymous No.4233006]

>>4232496
search mignola how-to, he did a 'how to draw a graveyard' with wizard magazine you may find helpful

[Anonymous No.4233033]

Should I buy Clip Studio Paint? It's on sale right now

[Anonymous No.4233058]

>>4232336
There's nothing wrong with this method, but it means you're still drawing more from your subconscious mind than your conscious one. If you make more complicated or longer winded work you may find you can't get the results you want or that you fatigue very quickly. Focus on internalizing whatever you're learning if you want to improve that method.

[Anonymous No.4233108]

>>4233058
I see. Now that I think about it, I started doing it to try and get better poses in my drawings quicker since I started gesture drawing. Learning anatomy too from proko videos and other materials
>>4233033
Probably. What else you gonna use, photoshop or kirita? I was with sai for a long while but I started noticing it lacks core tools. 25 bucks is dirt cheap if you do plan to take creating seriously

[Anonymous No.4233327]

What scanner should I buy?

[Anonymous No.4233744]

>he doesn't browse with 100+ threads on /ic/ hidden
ngmi

[Anonymous No.4233748]

>>4233744
>he doesn't browse /ic/ with 100+ threads opened in tabs

[Anonymous No.4233754]

>he only browses the porn threads

[Anonymous No.4233762]

what are some ways of incorporating line weight variation into lineart without relying on stylus pressure sensitivity? brushes with size/opacity variation are uncomfortable for me to use, but my lineart is really flat and boring without it

[Anonymous No.4233940]

How do you find clients?
I mean like what sites should I post to gain their attention?

[Anonymous No.4233947]

>>4233762
Do it after you finishing lining everything cleanly.

[Anonymous No.4233961]

>>4233762
Maybe look into fdseason, he draws with no pressure and a mouse.
Drawr also have some good examples to study from
http://drawr.net/metalunamutant
This guy can make sick ass paintings with only a 50% opacity brush

[Anonymous No.4233962]

>>4231818
>play petty games, win petty prizes.
except "petty games" means just having an opinion these days

[Anonymous No.4233970]

>>4233940
Tumblr/Insta/Twitter. Tag that shit, put up commission prices and examples somewhere, post regularly, and let the dough start rolling in. Talk to or critique other artists so you show up for the people that follow them and they click on your name. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.4233971]

>>4233762
You could set the line weight to velocity and see if you like that. Aside from that you just do clean lines and bulk them out to the thickness you'd like, as others have stated.

[Anonymous No.4233973]

can you use turpentine to clean oil paint from brushes or did i fucking goof

[Anonymous No.4233975]

>>4228475
You can still say "dude you're wasting my time where I could be making money. You have x revisions left before I call it done, or I can charge you more."

There's no contract so fuck it. Also, you need to be writing contracts, it makes people take you more seriously and it keeps you protected legally if someone fucks you around.

[Anonymous No.4233977]

>>4228889
Go to the artbook thread and look for the books about construction and animal anatomy. There's some solid ones there and they'll help you immensely

[Anonymous No.4233980]

>>4232905
Ctrl+paint

[Anonymous No.4233988]

>>4232893
Only at life drawing sessions. At home, no. Especially when I'm doing something from reference or imagination. Standing is good to do though, since art jobs kind of force you sit all day long. I'm saving up for one of those standing desks so I can change from sitting and standing when it suits me.

[Anonymous No.4234103]

>>4229730
Scott Robertson how to render. Go search the artbook thread it's probably in there somewhere. As far as rendering style just learn to do it realistically and your style will come up in time. Style is made from what you understand, what you don't understand, and your choices to intentionally follow break or bend a rule. But to get to that style you've got to learn about drawing the real world, baby. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.4234105]

>>4230932
Then create things for yourself. If you enjoy it then you're good. But if you want to work professionally you're either going to have to only accept jobs you like or you're going to have to suck it up and do things you don't like and just try to enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.4234199]

>>4233962
"look at this rando's art, it's godawful, let's laugh at it" is at bare minimum unprofessional, at worst cruel depending on how many followers you have. most people don't want to work with or hire someone who acts like that.

[Anonymous No.4234218]

>>4234199
Yep that's exactly it. Unprofessional and uncalled for.

[Anonymous No.4234500]

>>4233962
this guy probably follows and worships kun0. Post your artwork

[Anonymous No.4234901]

>Usually draw with CSP's postcard size or something like 2500X2500 or double that with either 300 or 350dpi
>Cant find a decent zoom size to draw at because if I want to do detail work my brush size is to "big" or the anti alais looks offputting for me
Anyway to get over this?

[Anonymous No.4234918]

>>4234901
I could be wrong but i thought dpi ONLY matters for printing, no?

[Anonymous No.4235031]

>>4234901
i used to use postcard size too and it does get really pixelated if you zoom in too far. try landscape A4 instead for a bigger size with a similar aspect ratio

also keep in mind you won't be able to notice the aliasing at normal viewing size so it's not really a big deal unless the pixelation makes it hard to work while zoomed in. also try not to zoom in too much or too often

>>4234918
i think dpi settings have some level of interaction with how your brushes look in Clip Studio, I'm not 100% sure though

[Anonymous No.4235090]

Are coloring books actually good for practicing color values/shading and stuff like that? Or should you just stick to coloring what you draw

[Anonymous No.4235128]

is it ok to draw your picture then scan it and then color it digitally instead of buying coloring tools? (felts, crayons, colored pencils, etc)

[Anonymous No.4235129]

>>4235128
Yes. No rules only tools

[Anonymous No.4235183]

>>4235128
no, that's illegal. Do you want the death penalty?

[Anonymous No.4235425]

>>4227998
I recognize Loomis and Vilppu.. but who's that last guy?

[Anonymous No.4235761]

Are there video agmes that use 2D art that aren't visual novels or "Pixel art"?

[Anonymous No.4235790]

>>4235761
Hollow Knight, cup head, things of that nature?

[Anonymous No.4235809]

>>4235128
Don't even joke about that you fucking sicko

[Anonymous No.4235810]

>>4235790
Good examples. Now I also remember "Holy Potatoes a weapons shop", "King of Dragon Pass" and "Banner Saga".

I fel its difficult to make 2D work for a video game if it isn't a platformer.

There were some interesting 2D-like games like XIII with its extreme comic like cel-shading, but its of course fully 3D.

Interesting 2.5D games also exist.

True 2D in the sense of /ic/ doesn't seem to make it into games, though.

[Anonymous No.4235811]

>>4235183
Fzd

[Anonymous No.4235824]

>>4235810
no it's not too hard to make games with 2d art. You can see ton of stuff like that on itch.io
2D and Pixelart usually use the same sprite technique so its not that different

[Anonymous No.4235839]

>>4229940
>The composition is great
I wouldn't go that far. There are definitely some cool things going on with it, but it could use a little more breathing room, and the reflection points your eye straight down and out of the image, never to return.

[Anonymous No.4235851]

>>4228432
i second >>4233975
just tell him, anyway is the last shit you are gonna do, so don't worry, is not gonna happen again

[Anonymous No.4235856]

>>4232336
just continue, eventually you are gonna make less work in that first sketch anyway, if you get better.

[Anonymous No.4235930]

>>4227998
Whats your process for creating og art? All I really do is draw models in various poses and it doesn't feel like I'm getting anywhere with it. For me to transition into creating stuff I really like it feels like I would need an insurmountable amount of reference even for the simplest things. I guess I would just like some insight into some anons creative process. How did you make the jump from studies to your own personal pieces when you were beg af.?

[Anonymous No.4236012]

Is it a crutch to use a compass when drawing from a reference?

[Anonymous No.4236211]

>>4236012
It's just a tool. Use whatever tool you want.

[Anonymous No.4236299]

what is a proper way to create this jittery impressionistic background?

[Anonymous No.4236357]

>>4232323
Except ambient occlusion and reflected light are pretty damn distinct

[Anonymous No.4236368]

>>4235761
Odin sphere
Skull girls

[Anonymous No.4236371]

>>4235810
Holy shit is that Volen ck

[Anonymous No.4236421]

How do you go about drawing facial features on a smaller head? I'm drawing random shit in my sketchbook and drawing facial features/trying any sort of shading just makes it look like a mess, not realistic in any form.

And this is when the head is an inch-2 inches big at most. It just looks like a mess. Is there a trick to getting realistic looks with smaller drawings?

Drawing noses is hard enough, drawing one small is impossible seemingly.

[Anonymous No.4236424]

>>4228432
>posted last week
I'm probably late
but in the future, you can tell the client "Okay I'll get to work, but I also have to plan and make time for other people's commissions. I can only receive 1 more revision after this." or have commissions rules of limited revisions (pay for extra) like the other anons said.

[Anonymous No.4236461]

serious question here
how do i have fun drawing? i feel like since started doing fundies i've lost something crucial but having fun now way harder because now i can see all my flaws>>4236368

[Anonymous No.4236464]

>>4236461
didn't mean to quote here btw

[Anonymous No.4236465]

Thinking of investing in a Wacom Cintiq 13' but would the 16'' be better? Is the three inches that much of an advantage? The price difference between the two is pretty wide.

Also, what's the view on Refurbished Products?
They have 40% off refurbished products for the next 24+ hours.

Thanks

[Anonymous No.4236467]

>>4236461
Its hard. You need to find a happy medium where youre not drawing mindlessly but also not trying to create a perfect drawing every time. Experimentation and playing with style helps you loosen up i find

[Anonymous No.4236477]

Can someone explain these concepts and how to use them like if I was retarded?
>bounce light
>core light
>line weight
>edge control
>symbol drawing
>composition

Also how do I stop my pen nib from wearing so quickly? I just got a Deco Pro and two or three drawings later my pen nibs are sharp. I have ogre pulse but even now that I'm careful the wear is still there.

[Anonymous No.4236478]

>>4235810
I think its because people automatically assume "3d looks better than 2d" in some sort of subconscious level. For me I'm more inclined to play a 3d game over a 2d game. Of course if the 3d game looks like unreal engine crap or too badly done then the gameplay better be really fucking good (but in most cases, its not).
the only 2d games I play is VNs or 2hu while I listen/watch a video or podcast.

I feel like the indie game scene of npr is currently really weak. Its nothing but lazy low poly that uses flat colors and vomit some "its cel-shaded" excuse. I don't know if there's retro low poly yet like pic related, but sometimes seeing recent models like >>4235810 's pic is concerning.

[Anonymous No.4236499]

>>4236461
I am having a similar problem so I sat down and tried to remember why I even want to grind fundies in the first place.
Then I remembered watching old design cinema episodes where feng zhu would take a book/old movie/old game and adapt them into his own ideas and style. That is really what I wanted to do before I started drawing. I wanted to take the images in my mind that came from reading or dreaming and illustrate them. I wanted to take the type of worldbuilding you see done on /tg/ and turn it into something that everyone can appreciate visually.
So then I looked around and found a book called The Skillful Huntsman by scott robertson, the how to draw guy, and it is a perfect practical example of a process to create something with all of your fundie grinds. It's in this pastebin here: https://pastebin.com/VG8dcWcf
Now I am still grinding fundies but I take time to read my favorite books that havent been adapted into anything and go through a process of designing characters/locations and then do some storyboards. Then turn some of the storyboards that I like into illustrations.

[Anonymous No.4236505]

>>4236477
this is like a whole 50 hours course dude
take your time with these

[Anonymous No.4236509]

>>4236477
Your green texts are basically just full courses on color & light, painting and composition. Look into schoolism, New masters academy, watts atelier, ctrlpaint and their courses that are available on cgpeers. I think there are some schoolism courses on piratebay as well. Definitely the craig mullins one anyway.

For the nib wearing down, tape a piece of printer paper on top of your tablet. Should help.

[Anonymous No.4236601]

whenever i try to ink something it ends up flat and dead compared to the pencil sketch. what are some books or something that could help?

[Anonymous No.4236625]

Need another 50 cents on my order to get free shipping at an art supply website. Any recommendations for cheap, but useful art things?

[Anonymous No.4236682]

>>4236499
This is exactly the kind of shit you should do with your fundies, you practice the boring stuff and then you apply it to the fun stuff. Find your flaws study fundies you need and make the fun stuff better. Good job Anon! You're gonna make it

[Anonymous No.4236831]

What is an acceptable timeframe to finish a piece sorta like pic related?

I know that making it is also being able to draw fast, but how fast is considered "fast"? and how fast what is considered "average"?

[Anonymous No.4236835]

>>4236625
Erasers, or ebony sketch pencils.

[Anonymous No.4236895]

I'm thinking about getting into painting and I want to know what kind of items I should start with or what type of painting I should try first.

I'm leaning towards acrylic, any recommendations for equipment and stuff?

[Anonymous No.4236915]

>>4236895
Acrylic is great, you can actually make them look like oils and they're much less hassle. Get some canvas, gesso, decent paints (they don't have to be expensive just not shit), cheap painters rags, pallet knife, maybe a pallet paper pad as well. You'll need a jar or something for cleaning brushes, and you're going to need some thinner for your paints.

Go to your local art store and ask them what they have that's cheap but still good. Make sure you don't buy student paints, tell them you'd like something with good amount of pigment. Even if you don't end up buying anything from the store you can at least get some guidance on what brands are worth your time or not.

Good luck!

[Anonymous No.4236941]

>>4236831
A few weeks to a month I guess? I know people who can do that level of work from layout sketches and research to finished in a few days so... It really depends.

[Anonymous No.4236947]

>>4236601
Can you show an example of your work so I can see what's happening?

[Anonymous No.4236985]

>>4236831
A few weeks at most. Dunno why that guy said a few months
I think doing that in 10 hours or so would be on the quick side. Nothing in that is exactly heavily detailed or anything, I'm sure the artist knew what they were doing when making it

[Anonymous No.4237002]

>>4236985
A month not a few months. And that's assuming the artist has other projects they're doing at the same time. Taking more than a month even with a full workload for something like that means the artist is inexperienced or they're fucking around.

[Anonymous No.4237093]

How can I make Art that will contribute to society in a way? I want to make good Art, but I fear that what with the stigma going on about art students and art degrees and how useless they are, that I’ll always be seen as a lesser being by people in the STEM areas.

[Anonymous No.4237164]

I have a theory that uncircumcised artists are better than cut ones because the early brain trauma stunts artistic development. Please post your work and your foreskin status, i want to test this theory

[Anonymous No.4237170]

>>4236831
I"m pretty sure WLOP finishes his shit in like a couple hours. 12 hours or something. Based on Sakimichan, fast is 1-2 hours, sometimes 3-4. Average is probably 6-8. Professional artists are fast as fuck. Some even do turnovers of multiple characters within a week for mobage.

[Anonymous No.4237315]

>>4233975
>you need to be writing contracts
contracts for commissions? how does that work?

[Anonymous No.4237318]

how do you know where to use black in comic book art.

[Anonymous No.4237328]

>>4237093
Why do you care about what other pe*ple see you as?
Do you only exist if others value you? Are you a slave to their paradigm and beliefs?

[Anonymous No.4237331]

>>4236941
>>4236985
>>4237170

Thanks guys. What I'm getting is 1-2 hours (fast), from 6-8 hours (average) of continuous work through many sessions, yes? The "fast" end would be for experienced artists that dominate a certain style and tools. Am I getting it right? Well, thanks anons.

[Anonymous No.4237469]

Where's the best place to post art online? Instagram or Tumblr or what?

[Anonymous No.4237485]

>>4237469
Sadly twitter
If you draw anime shit, pixiv too

[Anonymous No.4237490]

>>4237331
>continuous work through many sessions, yes?
No, like in one work day with a lunch break.

[Anonymous No.4237494]

>>4237328
I’m not, anon-kun.

I guess the reason for my fuck-ups in life is because I had a serious career crisis, and now that I’m finally over it, and most certainly taking Art full speed now, I’m just a little uncertain. Guess I should stop giving a fuck.

[Anonymous No.4237508]

So I'm finally gonna get some toned sketch paper, should I go with gray or tan?

[Anonymous No.4237513]

>>4237485
Damn, I find the way Twitter works makes it a bitch to look for art but I'll give a shot, thank you.

[Anonymous No.4237515]

>>4237508
tan for organic, gray for environmental imo

[Anonymous No.4237517]

>>4237515
Thank you very much anon.

[Anonymous No.4237554]

how can i create this sort of soft, cel-ish effect with my lineart? pic related, how the lines sort of bleed into the color a little bit. this effect can also be seen in anime, especially older ink-and-paint ones, the top image is a more extreme example of what i'm referring to. the looney tunes one i know has some sort of filter on it to give it this effect.

[Anonymous No.4237663]

How does one decide what to draw?
I feel like every time I sit down to draw I have no inspiration or ideas. It been like this for ages now, I end up spending my time doing guided exercises just to have done something at all.

[Anonymous No.4237837]

>>4235425
Feng Zhu

[Anonymous No.4237900]

I have a video I want to get critique on, does that qualify for being on this board?

[Anonymous No.4237902]

>>4237900
Go post it in /beg/ and find out

[Anonymous No.4237911]

>>4237902
I guarantee /beg/ is going to send me straight back

[Anonymous No.4237974]

>>4233961
>fdseason
see, why does this not look horrible despite the thickness being totally uniform? Every time I try lineart with uniform weight people just complain that it's flat and boring. I'm not even going to touch the fact that it was done with a mouse because if I dwell on it I'm going to want to put my head through a fucking door

also drawr is now completely dead I guess

[Anonymous No.4237987]

Question:Once I upload all the metalunamutent scrapes to mega,is it safe for me to delete the images off my device?

[Anonymous No.4237993]

>>4237911
Back where nigga. /beg/ is the starting line
If you mean reddit just ignore it. Video creation is art even if i literally do not care personally

[Anonymous No.4237994]

Does anyone have a torrent for Bill Alexander's Magic of Oil Painting?

[Anonymous No.4238028]

Ive been doing comic book art for a while and wanted to start scanning and touching up, learning digital inking and share/submit it digitally. Id also like to be able to print off some non photo blue lineart to ink over and to apply a standard non photo blue template/gutter/guidelines since its cheaper to get bulk boards without the lines already on it. I use 11 x 17 strathmore bristol smooth paper from 300 series which lists at 100 lb / 270 g/m2 vellum.

What would be the vest printer for this type of work that has scanner and wide format functionality? Cheaper ones cant do thicker/heavier paper. Does laser printing matter? Im not doing any color printing beyond greys and non photo blue and want crisp black for any printed inks. Ive been looking at brother brands on amazon.ca primarily. Only find a few artists that list their printer scanners and they have $600+ USD printers typically. Im not a pro by any means but feel confident to be looking to publish in next year or so, but was hoping to get by with something cheaper starting out with digital work.

Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated.

[Anonymous No.4238031]

>>4237993
Alright, thanks I'll give it a try

[Anonymous No.4238086]

>>4227998
How much does it cost to rent an apartment in southern California?

[Anonymous No.4238114]

>>4236947
it's not something that really needs an example, i'd just like a book rec for comic inking. i read somewhere that there's siome book that has 5 different artists ink the same page, but i can't remember what it is

pic not mine, but its a little what i mean by the life getting cut down.

[Anonymous No.4238122]

>>4238086
Too much

[Anonymous No.4238239]

>>4232905
Yeah, happened to me too: when I started I couldnt really do shit, but when it clicked it was great. Tbh, just experiment and watch lots of tutorials, that's what I did (but still paint in one layer)

[Anonymous No.4238272]

>>4232496
its called BL shading
https://youtu.be/2efCPVqkL9Q?t=138
it has been used in OPM s1 as well

[Anonymous No.4238503]

>>4238114
line weight is too consistent
as for dealing with soulessness, the best thing to do is to study pics that have soul, especially pay attention to how they pick color and shade the pic.

[boomer No.4238551]

hey could anyone help me with an idea of how to represent a sexy female in the typical meso-american art style.. it's for a project but all the depictions of females in that art style look dumb and have saggy tits and i want my grill to be a sexy aztec/mayan waifu?

any help would be appreciated lol

pic related is this amazing artist but the bitch looks clunky af and has saggy tits

[Anonymous No.4238678]

>>4238551
But saggy tits are hot

[Anonymous No.4239053]

Anyone know any websites, channels or groups for trying to learn skills of an architect?

This is bit desperate attempt because for most people drawing, architecture basically means drawing buildings even though actual drawing skills to study architecture are very different.
Basically I need to be able to pic related, among other things.
/ic/ is nice, but it's focused on drawing faces and people.

[Anonymous No.4239095]

Anyone know why cgp literally never goes off free leach?

[Anonymous No.4239106]

>>4239095

Because you're all jews. Luckily, the super secret second torrent site is always free leech.

[Anonymous No.4239203]

>>4239053
Architects dont need to be able to draw that well. Its more technical art that is a learned skill than creative. Actual job work is even more monotonous and cut and paste type "drawing". Learn revit and cad and youll have a drafting job instantly without making a single pencil mark. Get a udemy course for them off pirate bay and spend month grinding. Pick up a copy of Francid d k chings architectural graphics book. He has several different books with similar content. Architecture form, space and order is another one thats good.

Get a drafting table with parrallel bar and learn to use it and how to get different angles using your triangles. Pick up some mechanical pencils with different sizes and couple lead types for different line weights and sizes for your walls, stairs, etc on floorplans.

If your course wants that drawn, its a shit course teaching you useless skills that have no application to architects or our jobs.

Basic perspective and street sketching can help too, but arent inherently artistic so much as learned skills. Ching books have some simpliifed steps for showing how to break down a sketch of building and anyone can do it if they practice.

[Anonymous No.4239215]

>>4239053
Scott Robertson How to Draw
Find it in the artbook thread and scan through it. Does that look like the kind of skills you need for architecture?

Also I thought that architects just used CAD software instead of drawing these days.

[Anonymous No.4239219]

>>4239203
>>4239053
>>4239053
>>4239203
Heres couoke pages from book showing what i mean for building a drawing. This is very easy and learned skill that makes sketching scenes or making new from imagination easy. Just a matter of understanding how to break down these large sketches for drawing and even shakey lines look good.

[Anonymous No.4239237]

>>4239203
>>4239215
>>4239219

I do know that architects real job is mostly boring stuff and little actual creative work, but rn I'm focused on getting accepted in to school.
Uni in my country is free, and competition for the spots is hard (about 6% get accepted).
Part of the application is drawing test and even though you might not need to be super creative or good at drawing in the work, you need to be in order to get accepted.

But thanks for the suggestions, they look good I will check them out right now.

[Anonymous No.4239244]

>>4239237
Just identify as transgender muslim and youll be accepted for shit on a page.

[Anonymous No.4239248]

How can I emulate this style, specifically the line quality? You can see that there is a sort of effect where the ink "blots" as the pen hits and leaves the canvas, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to create this effect digitally like this artist has. That is, outside of manually pressing harder when I create and finish a line. Even then the effect typically looks shitter and emulated.
I use SAI 2 for line work, but if there is any insight anyone can provide for any program I am happy to recieve it, thanks.

[Anonymous No.4239332]

How the fuck do ishill my ko-fi without sounding too needy or begging? Is it bad to tag it with all of my drawings and get a little donation?

[Anonymous No.4239337]

>>4239248
>manually pressing harder when I create and finish a line

literally what the artist does
use a hard round brush with size jitter and learn to draw

[Anonymous No.4239345]

>>4239248
There's a pen brush that does that in Corel painter. If I had sai I'd try to recreate it for you.

[Anonymous No.4239352]

I have these two pictures, the left one is supposedly a mask of the one in the right.

How do I use the left image to select pixels on the right image marked by the colored regions?

[Anonymous No.4239443]

Maybe this is a better question for /beg/ but I’ll ask here.
I wanna learn how to draw people. What’s the starting point? Gestures, anatomy,etc.

[Anonymous No.4239459]

>>4239244
ok anon. sure

[Anonymous No.4239485]

>>4239332
you could put it in a list with your social medias

[Anonymous No.4239521]

do any of you use multiple softwares for different purposes? i use clip studio but some of photoshop's features for painting are tempting me to switch back and forth, i prefer csp for cel shading and materials

>>4239443
quick gestures, then anatomy, then gestures again, rinse and repeat
>>4237663
i keep a doc with all things i like and themes that inspire me to draw listed
>>4236299
looks like photobashing

[Anonymous No.4239523]

>>4227998
lmao who drew the OP?

[Anonymous No.4239524]

>>4239443
>>4239443
>>4239443
Michael hamptons figure drawing is my go to for breaking anatomy down into basic shapes and learning to draw people with progressively more complex shapes and layering to the form.

Another thing that really helped me was surprisingly a fashion youtube channel bu zoe hong. She teaches you how to make croquees (basically posing/figure drawing for fashion) and how to manipulate the proportions to get 10 head bodies and other sizes preferred in fashion world and how to take a pose and add dynamism to it and so on. It randomly came up recommended and i went through almost everything in her channel after. Very practical and easy to understand that helped connect some dots and push forward in my figure drawing.

[Anonymous No.4239528]

>>4239248
I dunno squat about SAI, but if you have a way to change the brush dynamics, make it so higher pressure makes the line thinner. That way it gets thick at the end of the line when you lift the pen. Or if you have the option to map brush size to velocity, make it thinner when the brush is moving quickly. Most fake pen brushes I've used have some combination of those two effects.

[Anonymous No.4239550]

thoughts on this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dI9KnuFTuU
im going to use it and i will come back in january to share if i've become good at drawing or not.

[Anonymous No.4239560]

>>4239550
That seems stupid, but I do like messy sketching to music with a good beat. It's a fun way to encourage confident strokes with a spontaneous energy.

[Anonymous No.4239603]

>>4239352
1. Open both images together and put them on the same canvas, on different layers
2. Use the Magic Wand tool and select a region on the left
3. You can use the same selection of pixels on the other layer/image

This depends on the program you're using but all of them should let you select between layers like this.

[Anonymous No.4239679]

>>4236915
Thanks! I was going to just get a load of equipment off of Amazon but I think I'll stop on by my local art store and see what I can find. Chances are the prices are bloated in Amazon.

[Anonymous No.4239736]

>>4233973
yeah bro, iirc just make sure you clean your brushes with dish soap after the turpentine. it's been a while since i've done an oil painting though

[Anonymous No.4239871]

i was going to make a new thread but then i didn't

anyway what's the best way to draw construction

[Anonymous No.4239900]

Imagine an idiot who can draw but has been hibernating for 15 years and doesn't know internet
1. how exactly does this idiot get into doing commissions
2. is furry porn actually easier money than normal ones or did it stop being a thing 10 years ago and how do i get furry porn commissions

[Anonymous No.4239929]

>>4237331
Depends on the artist. their experience, mileage and workflow. Here is some non retarded advice. If you're not a veteran professional don't benchmark yourself against that. As a less proficient artist you will be slower on all marks. Speed will come naturally as you become more adept at the craft so focus on properly learning stuff to the point it becomes second nature. If you bypass that and go straight for speed without proper understanding you will only get caught in a frustration loop.

[Anonymous No.4239932]

>>4239900
>Git really gud (this is the most important step)
>Draw art for yourself that you want to see
>Post that art consistently on social media
>Start building an audience of people who share your tastes
Furry porn is not easy money unless you're both good and a furry yourself. You could net some comissions on stupid flavor of the month trend or catering to obscure fetishes but if you don't share interest for that is not gonna be easy and you will probably be outmatched by anyone else who is legit into that and is skilled. Don't lose your way dummy.

[Anonymous No.4239934]

>>4230556
If you want your demographic to be 90 percent children, sure.

[Anonymous No.4240185]

>>4232496
This is literally just cel-shading.
>>4238272
No one calls it that.

[Anonymous No.4240194]

>>4239932
#1 rule of porn, draw what you are in to. Normies may seem stupid but they can tell by looking at your work and you'll actually get fewer commissions than a bad artist who is into what they're drawing.

It also kills the soul when you draw literally anything for furries and you're not into it yourself. Just feeling disgusted by your work every day.

[Anonymous No.4240199]

>>4240185
No it's not called cel-shading, are you retarded? The other anon you quoted was right

[Anonymous No.4240270]

>>4240199
Google both terms and look at the results you get, you absolute mongoloid.

[Anonymous No.4240273]

Is there a certain kind of ink I should use with this Winsor & Newton sable brush I got? I heard it's a comic inking standard, but also that india ink messes brushes up which confuses me. Are you supposed to dilute the ink with water?

[Anonymous No.4240286]

>>4240270
Right because normies tagged some shit that shows up in Google means it is totally the art definition. Thanks for nothing, idiot.

[Anonymous No.4240287]

>>4240273
I think you just have to clean your brush properly when you're done and try not to let ink get into the ferrule.

[Anonymous No.4240300]

>>4240286
Do feel free to post a relevant source for that definition anytime.

[Anonymous No.4240315]

>>4240287
Thank you, does it matter too much what I clean it with? I just have some brush cleaner that looks like a soap bar.

[Anonymous No.4240380]

could someone please recommend some good Photoshop brushes and help me understand the shitty new brush system? when I select the eraser and change the brush type it keeps resetting to a coloured brush

old Photoshop never did this is so fucking annoying

[Anonymous No.4240386]

>>4240315
I just use dish soap and water. Your brush cleaner is probably better, but I've always heard that any mild soap works file for water based ink and paint

[Anonymous No.4240397]

>>4240386
Nice, thanks again!

[Anonymous No.4240410]

>>4239929

Yeah. I don't hope to get to that point at my current /beg/ level, but I wanted a reference frame to aspire to. Anyways, thanks a lot for the advice.

[Anonymous No.4240412]

>>4240315

I clean my brushes with Head and shoulders. But only when I work with acrylics and ink. Get some brush gel too to keep them in proper pointy shape. The hairs eventually split apart and you cannot make uniform lines.

[Anonymous No.4240453]

Does writing ruin your ability to draw? I'm told that it does.....or is it talking? Or just thinking in general.
I ruminate too much

[Anonymous No.4240634]

>>4240412
What's brush gel? Google keeps turning up makeup stuff and regular brush cleaners.

[Anonymous No.4241088]

>>4239248
I think I am starting to get it? This is definitly interesting.
>>4239337
>>4239345
>>4239528
I ended up just doing it manually with a high stabilizer, it makes it a lot easier to control the pressure of the line in a precise way.

[Anonymous No.4241114]

>>4239932
>>Post that art consistently on social media
>>Start building an audience of people who share your tastes
I was mostly asking about details about the latter 2 steps, like
>what social media
>how to build audience
>how to go from having an audience to them taking your commissions
I assume simply dumping my art on pixiv without telling anyone won't suddenly give me people asking for commissions

[Anonymous No.4241185]

I was wondering if would be a good idea to ask the artists I admire, words of advice or just general questions, like how they got where they are or what helped them most to improve or their inspirations. I feel like i would be a dumb autismo if i were to ask.

[Anonymous No.4241226]

>>4241185
It's worth a try, but get ready to be ignored or told to go away. If it's a small time artist, then you have a good chance at a kind answer. Be sure you do research on the person.
Also you probably won't find any special answers. Its about practice and dedication

[Anonymous No.4241509]

anyone know a site to get references of people at angles, like pic related?

[Anonymous No.4241539]

>>4232496
Read the book "How to Draw Noir Comics" by Sharn Martinbrough. It goes into a lot of detail and is a great source of inspiration.

[Anonymous No.4241542]

>>4241185
What's the worse thing that can happen? Go for it. But don't expect in-depth answers, especially if they've given these answers in interviews or books before.

[Anonymous No.4241757]

What is the correct way to make measurements on a computer screen? Do I extend my arm or put my pencil flat on the computer?

[Anonymous No.4242179]

>>4227998
Does copying increase your visual vocabulary?

[Anonymous No.4242199]

>>4242179
Visual library. And yes it does, however rather than just copying you should copy with the purpose of reconstructing something so you can draw it entirely from memory.

[Anonymous No.4242205]

>>4241757
Extend your arm as you would in IRL drawing session. Make sure you're sitting the same distance from the screen the whole time you're measuring between ref and your work, and make sure you always use the same arm/eye each time, and that it is fully extended when you are measuring your reference.

[Anonymous No.4242207]

>>4239871
What exactly are you asking about here? Because that's a very vague question.

[Anonymous No.4242209]

>>4242199
What?

[Anonymous No.4242213]

>>4239679
Check the prices on Amazon while you're in the store. See what brands they recommend, check if there's a sale. If you can get it cheaper, go for it.

However I will warn you, Amazon employees are more concerned with speed than they are with being careful with items while they're stocking or doing any semblance of quality control, so make sure you inspect things like paint tubes for punctures and sketchbooks for bent up pages. I've gotten a moldy sketchbook from them before, because apparently someone put leaky food next to art supplies, then someone else picked the moldy sketchbook out for packing and went "meh it's fine"

[Anonymous No.4242216]

>>4242209
If you don't understand something you're going to have to be a little more specific about it than just saying "what"

What exactly don't you understand about what I said? Or were you asking something completely different?

[Anonymous No.4242218]

>>4242216
Huh?!

[Anonymous No.4242314]

>>4242216
You're way too kind with the retards of this board

[Anonymous No.4242352]

Any advice on painting digitally? I moved from sai to csp recently, I started to learn how to blend skin a bit better all on the same layer but I have't felt ready to completely abandon lines yet. I dunno
Guess im just looking for general advice. I'd like to paint girls with nice backgrounds. I suppose il watch speed paints and stuff too

[Anonymous No.4242355]

>>4241509
there are some books called 'hyper angle' the book thread should have them

>>4241185
check if they have a FAQ before you do

[Anonymous No.4242358]

>>4242314
I give the benefit of the doubt once and if they keep going it's just time to ignore them.

[Anonymous No.4242360]

>>4242352
Ctrl+paint videos helped me get over that.

Plus doing value studies in graphite definitely helped me get over my reliance on lines, too.

[Anonymous No.4242364]

>>4242360
Thanks, I'll check out those videos

[Anonymous No.4242418]

>>4227998
How do I draw decent looking chains?

inb4 chain brush

[Anonymous No.4242427]

>>4242418
Chain brush.

Kidding, chain brushes look like shit.

Study chains, find photos of real chains and draw them, look at artists who draw nice chains and see how they tackle it. There's not really any quick tips or tricks that are worth learning you've just got to study them yourself if you want to draw them well.

[Anonymous No.4242502]

any tips on how to get this brush setting in csp? I'm new to it so I'm unfamiliar with the brush settings.

I used something similar in SAI over 6 years ago but I don't really know where to start on csp.

There's a pen one for lineart and a watercolor one for blending and color.
I know the watercolor has an underlying canvas texture as well but that's where I'm at rn.

[Anonymous No.4242507]

>>4242502
another example

[Anonymous No.4242511]

>>4242502
>>4242507

Just looks like a splatter texture being used as a brush with watercolor settings.

[Anonymous No.4242516]

>>4242511
I just remember, the big splatters are the same brush as the lines.

Okay so in CSP I could make this using a watercolor brush and editing in the settings to have a splatter shape?

[Anonymous No.4242528]

>>4242516
I don't use CSP so I don't know exactly how you need to go about it. In Photoshop you would make a brush like that by getting a high-res photo of splatter that you like in black and white, and then setting that picture as your custom brush or tool. If CSP has the ability to make brushes from textures, then I assume you'd approach it the same way. The splatter you choose is what gives it the shape, brush settings are usually more for things like opacity control and size jitter.

Maybe you should look into CSP splatter brush tutorials and see how they do it. I wish I could be of more help to you.

Also the big splatters are likely the same texture as the small lines but they look like they have different settings, so they'd probably be two different brushes.

[Anonymous No.4242551]

>>4242528
Yes, thanks this is very helpful. I'll check out some tutorials.

[Anonymous No.4242737]

>>4227998
should i learn photoshop, krita or substance painter?
Im aiming higher guys but i'll use piracy for now

[Anonymous No.4242760]

>>4242355
nice these are just what I was looking for, thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.4242764]

What do you call this color palette?
The kind of shit you see in Last Exile, Kino's Journey, Haibane Renmei, etcetera?
It has that turn of the century charm.

[Anonymous No.4242802]

>>4242764
Desaturated

[Anonymous No.4242882]

Whats the best tutorial/general resources you found to help you learn how to doing clothing folds? Been doing studies and drawing from life and it's helping but it hasn't seemed to fully click, yet.

[Anonymous No.4243074]

>>4242882
Burne Hogarth dynamic wrinkles and drapery. Fashion blogs and magazines. Fabric still life and gesture drawings.

[Anonymous No.4243103]

How do you guys find a steady source of stuff for drawing from life without leaving home? (it's winter. Freezing temp). I drew almost everything I can see in home and from windows.

>>4242737
>Im aiming higher
I presume you want to go at least /int/
Photoshop and corel for real jobs.
Substance Painter looks like it might go somewhere
Krita is good if you plan doing commissions
Ignore the meme software that /ic/ loves, it won't get you a job.

[Anonymous No.4243112]

>>4243103
>How do you guys find a steady source of stuff for drawing from life without leaving home?
I've collected a lot of random shit. Fabrics, strange bottles, decorative balls, baskets, vases, props, Italian marble fruit. Go to a thrift store and grab stuff that looks fun to draw. When you have enough of it, just rotate things out and make lots of compositions with them. If you get bored of that, try color lightbulbs on your still lifes, that shit is fun.

[Anonymous No.4243526]

How do you guys handle commission payment? Seems like taking it after a rough sketchs best so far for me. Though it kinda sucks I nees to do near line art quality and call it a sketch, because my actual sketches are pretty rough to look at and the client can get the wrong idea..
Had any bad client experiences before?

[Anonymous No.4243922]

>>4227998
What Type of monitors or TVs produce the most accurate values and color? I notice the same image is slightly different from each other when I see them on my tv, laptop, and iPad.

[Anonymous No.4243928]

>>4242764
sepia toned

[Anonymous No.4243948]

>>4243526
half paid up front, half paid on completion

if they act like cocksnags about the finished product then at least I didn't waste my time for fucking nothing

[Anonymous No.4244044]

Would I be able to do commissions while on SSI?

[Anonymous No.4244141]

Is hijab a profitable and untapped niche?

[Anonymous No.4244284]

Where should I look for good anime like poses?

[Anonymous No.4244297]

>>4243948
>half paid on completion
this sounds like a good way to cock yourself still

[Anonymous No.4244299]

>>4244141
Gross art. I'll go ahead and say nuns are far better too

[Anonymous No.4244318]

>>4244297
That's why you write contracts with a cancellation fee. :) If they don't pay it they can see my happy ass in court.

[Anonymous No.4244364]

>>4244318
t. female instagram artist who won't and can't actually do shit

[Anonymous No.4244384]

What kind of brush was made to use this drawing? I tried all the ones I have in CSP and nothing seems to match it.

[Anonymous No.4244386]

>>4244384
Bro wtf lol

[Anonymous No.4244392]

>>4244386
I almost never use digital

[Anonymous No.4244430]

Anyone got some decent brushes for sai 2? My dumbass forgot how this program works.

[Anonymous No.4244544]

So, I'm a fucking retard when it comes to perspective but there's this one question that I think I know the answer to but just need affirmation.

In Ernest's drawing, the line represents the eye level, which is understandable enough. Yet, I can still see the subjects below that eye level too. Like, I can look down, look up, look left of that image. I thought that if I looked up, then the eye level changes.

Does the eye level mean the height of the eyes? And not the direction it's looking at?

[Anonymous No.4244549]

>>4244544
Also, does anyone know where that 3D github perspective cube can be found? It was really helpful.

[Anonymous No.4244607]

>>4244384
Some kind of low opacity flat brush at a certain angle, I'm sure theres something like that in CSP

[Anonymous No.4244695]

For any of you using photoshop for drawing/painting, how much performance do I need to get a "good" experience?
I just tried out Corel Painter, and with 10 layers I'm using ~40% of CPU and 3,2 gigs of RAM. (I don't normally use my desktop for drawing, I use an Ipad)

The reason I'm asking is that I am in the market for a laptop as I'd like a more lightweight solution as a computer, but I don't want to be buying something that can't run photoshop, so realistically, is 16gb of ram and something like a 4-core CPU ok, or do I benefit from more ram/better cpu?

[Anonymous No.4244816]

how accurate do portraits/figures need to be for realistic/semi(?)realistic stuff?

[Anonymous No.4244825]

>>4244544
That eye level is just the horizon line that vanishing points sit on. You have a cone of vision. Maybe you should look up cone of vision and it'll answer your question

[Anonymous No.4244846]

>>4228174
Your job is to rise about the shit, not wallow in it. Leave those asshole to roll around in their own fecal matter polishing their turds.
Focus on being a real artist. Most of my favorite artists barely post anything but awesome art. They limit their communication to positive responses to their followers and fellow artists.

[Anonymous No.4244865]

>>4243526
Half Paid up front, half when the rough sketch is approved.

It's your time that gets wasted if they don't pay, it's your reputation that is risked if you don't complete the art, and it's relatively easy to chargeback. You have more to lose at every step.

I've seen people get rough sketches, cancel their order, and submit the art to threads for color requests to get completed art for free. That is when they don't just take the art and run or chargeback.

[Anonymous No.4244868]

>>4237974
He draws over the lines multiple times, building up lineweight that way. He uses a low opacity brush (without pressure), he also sometimes use CSP's blending mechanic that will help make the lines more blendy and smooth when they overlap.
Basically don't be uptight with the lines when working this way and make strokes more loosely and freely.

[Anonymous No.4244869]

>>4239106
What do you mean? Both sites are always freeleech.

[Anonymous No.4244873]

>>4239248
I'm pretty sure that is the velocity mechanics in CSP. Basically the faster your pen moves the thinner your lines will be (emulating real ink), that's why the ends are blotty like that. sai2 doesn't have this feature yet.

[Anonymous No.4244874]

>>4239550
Kek that is so dumb, the retarded shit that the art side of YouTube produces never ceases to amuse me. It does sound nice though, but you can get the same kind of beats from any lo-fi channels.

[Anonymous No.4244890]

>>4244544
You're looking at a flattened image, so no matter how you look at it, you will have no impact on the image's predefined eye level. In the real world, looking up or down will change the eye level of the image you're seeing if that makes sense.

[Anonymous No.4245233]

>>4244865
I guess I'll start taking half up front. I do put a lot of time in my sketches too. Luckily I haven't run into an asshole client

Also anyone got tips for getting into mech drawing? It seems so confusing compared to normal human anatomy

[Anonymous No.4245234]

>>4239550
What is this retarded shit. Just listen to normal music and practice

[Anonymous No.4245334]

How exactly do you "study" perspective?

Like, when I was studying anatomy I drew along Vilppu and copied Bridgman, then applied it to nude references.
I can read the theory behind perspective, but just don't know how to practice it

[Anonymous No.4246090]

what's a good way to scan a book that doesn't damage it?

[Anonymous No.4246304]

Throw how many albums/sketchbooks/notebooks had you all gone before achieving your level?

[Anonymous No.4246318]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wWdCJDs_ps

1:00:06 - how do i achieve the force?

[Anonymous No.4246417]

>>4245334
-Study photographs and identify the perspective used, the horizon line, the vanishing points of large structures in the photo. Then try to redraw the same environment from a different angle. Redrawing 2 point as 1 point or different angle in 2 point. Imagine you are moving throughout the environment or you are moving a camera, whatever helps.
-Study objects and break them down into basic 3d forms, so basic that you can remember them and redraw from your head. Then draw that object from multiple angles in perspective, side view, upside down, tilted etc.

For both of these you can make very basic blocky models in sketchup or blender and correct yourself with overlays.

Then for more enjoyable exercises you can start imagining scenes or environments from a book/movie/game/real life whatever and start drawing concept art or background art. Design your ideal art studio, ideal bedroom, whatever. Just get drawing in perspective asap so you can see what you need to improve on or ask more questions.

[Anonymous No.4246529]

In the past I had trouble drawing human bodies from imagination in dynamic poses and interesting angles unless it's something I learned to draw from reference or instruction previously.

So I tried constructing the basic body shape out of rectangular blocks. Not simplified anatomical shapes, not even like cylinders for arms at first, just elongated blocks with all right angles. It helped me a great deal with perspective, anatomical proportions, and foreshortening. Am I handicapping myself doing it? It actually doesn't really add that much time to the drawing.

[Anonymous No.4246534]

>>4246529
sure sounds like a neat idea!

[Anonymous No.4246543]

>>4246529
Sounds like you're doing okay. Learning to do it with cylinders is the next step. Making cylinders into body parts will be faster than boxes. It's all in becoming more efficient. If you can learn to manipulate a box you can learn to manipulate any shape.

[Anonymous No.4246648]

>>4246534
not like that. Like torso is 2-3 boxes, thigh is a box, lower leg is a box, arms, etc.
>>4246543
Obviously I've used them before, but cylinders don't provide the same sense of placement in three dimensional space in my head.

[Anonymous No.4247068]

how you would go about balancing studying fundamentals and applying them? Should I do a project then figure out what needs fixing from it? Or should I focus solely on the fundamentals, before attempting a project at all?

[Anonymous No.4247366]

>>4246648
Whatever works and gets you thinking about how the body exists in 3d space.

[Anonymous No.4247367]

How hard is it to paint baroque? It makes me want to start art anons

[Anonymous No.4247369]

>>4244284
That a fairly big category, my dude. Are you talking action poses, pinup poses, common poses used when blocking out manga, what?

[Anonymous No.4247850]

Im looking for a little comic I found here:
It was a short thing on getting audience with three types of artist:
1 drawing photorealistic dog with a couple of months interval
2 drawing scooby doo like once a week
3 drawing bizarre characters sporadically
and then asking the view who will be succesful

Sorry it isn't entirely related but I didnt want to start an entire new thread just for this one question.

[Anonymous No.4247856]

itt everyone asks and nobody answers

you wonder why we start new threads

[Anonymous No.4247993]

What is the best program for drawing a digital comic with interesting panels?

[Anonymous No.4248003]

>>4247993
Csp

[Anonymous No.4248008]

>>4248003
Is there any downside to pirating the EX edition?

[Anonymous No.4248014]

Is it a good idea to pay for ads on social media?

[Anonymous No.4248241]

I have arthritis in my hands so it is a pain in the ass to use a razor to sharpen pencils...is there an automatic sharpener that gets pencils close to pic related?

[Anonymous No.4248279]

>>4248241
Ah fuck, I get pain in my hands when I paint walls (not trad painting or drawing or using a mouse though) and sharpen pencils like that. Do I have early signs of arthritis? I thought it was just because I never use my muscles for those actions.

[Anonymous No.4248385]

>>4243103
thanks fren

>>4248241
Stop eating sugar and eat less meat, lash you hands with ortiga, your body will generate resistance and then capture a bee and let it sting your hand

[Anonymous No.4248389]

>>4248385
That would be wonderful...except I have a sugar free diet, am deathly allergic to bees and my meals are always low carb with the focus on greens over meat.
I appreciate the advice none the less.

[Anonymous No.4248392]

>>4248279
Not necessarily you'll naturally get a bit of pain in your joints/hands just from activity. For me though I have such advanced arthritis in my hands that it hurts just even holding a pencil/gripping it. But I refuse to give up as I love art so just trying to find small things to make life easier.

[Anonymous No.4248394]

>>4248241
Clamp a blade with the sharp edge away from you.
Pull it towards you with two hands.
This keeps wrist movement to a minimum.

[Anonymous No.4248509]

Can anyone tell me what's the name of the artist that draw this?

[Anonymous No.4248524]

How do you start a drawing/study? Do you draw the outlines of the subject? Do you start going in with the shadows and values? If the subject is a person do you start with their head or some other part?

Talking about traditional pencil or greyscale only studies.

[Anonymous No.4248529]

Okay, I have a stupid question.
If you want to learn to draw humans, you do figure drawings from nudes.
You learn old people, young people, men, women, fat people, thin people, tall people short people etc etc etc.
This makes sense, sure.
So how do you learn to draw kids without going to federal prison?

[Anonymous No.4248544]

>>4248529
Just draw clothed ones. You have to learn how to draw clothes anyway at some point.

Or look for medical anatomy books.

[Anonymous No.4248611]

>>4227998
Im starting to wonder if staying on this board is good for me or not i got nowhere else to go for feedback but this place is just a mess

[Anonymous No.4249155]

Anyone know artists that use this blocky style, it looks nice on graphite (besides Bridgman,) I was looking at these pencils and hot DAMN that looks purdy for a tin cover.

[Anonymous No.4249159]

ditto

[Anonymous No.4249211]

What are some good anime artists to subscribe to on youtube?

I've already checked out the ones in the /asg/'s sticky.

[Anonymous No.4249383]

>>4248529
draw ones in swimsuits. or ones in photography art shows about childhood

really though once you are good enough at drawing it's relatively easy to just transpose what you know about anatomy in general onto children.

[Anonymous No.4249644]

What fundies are needed to make book over-esk art? And what books do you recommends to learn these fundies?

[Anonymous No.4249702]

Bump

[Anonymous No.4249883]

I have a stupid question but I don't have a PC right now to check it out.

Suppose I have a B&W Value Layer where I drew a jacket. If I create new layer on top and set it to multiply, then choose pure color from color wheel, and colorize the jacket, will it give me local color of the jacket with accordance to value its value layer?

[Anonymous No.4249960]

>>4249155
bumping for this

[Anonymous No.4250009]

>>4249702
Dumb newfag lol

[Anonymous No.4250017]

>>4250015
>>4250015
New thread made

[Anonymous No.4250767]

>>4236299
why the fuck is this image so fucking big. Do people actually work at this resolution? What the fuck.

[Anonymous No.4250805]

>>4237974
>>4237974
>>4237974
new to digital art. Is the color added to this image on a layer underneath the "pencil mark" layer? Do they go over the color layer with an eraser tightening up the borders so it "fit" inside the pencil sketch layer on top of that?? What is the workflow here?

[Anonymous No.4250822]

>>4242764
is everything here in the background grey or is it extremely desaturated pink and green and stuff? My monitor is shit.