/beg/ Vietnam flashbacks edition

[Anonymous No.4419948]

IF YOU ARE A /BEG/INNER IN ART, please use this thread to post pieces for critique or ask for advice. We should not have to make new threads or post in the /draw/thread with our fundamental exercises.

Feel free to post even the smallest exercise you have done to show you are still trying, or you literally are never going to make it

previous >>4415267


READ THE STICKY if you need guidance.
Sticky: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj

RESIZE YOUR IMAGES - try ~1000px, <1.1mb

[Anonymous No.4419985]

>>4419932
Is the figure preparing to swing or following through the swing? Either way, the position of the hands and bat are invcorrect.

[Anonymous No.4419987]

i just wantched american psycho,
i really liked the aesthetic, and i also wanted to do some more loose drawings with ink only i wnat to get some experience with the way it works

[Anonymous No.4419989]

>>4419987

[Anonymous No.4419992]

Is this worth reading?

[Anonymous No.4419995]

>>4419992
in beg almost every book that you find will be worth reading

[Anonymous No.4420006]

FUCK shading
FUCK portraits
FUCK faces
FUCK digital

[Anonymous No.4420008]

>>4419992
Vey worth reading if you are abeg

[Anonymous No.4420012]

>>4420006
its not that bad, its just that your brushes are complete shit, aside from that, with a lottle bit of work and careful observation you'll nail it

[Anonymous No.4420015]

>>4420006
oh no no no no....

[Anonymous No.4420022]

I didn't consent to this reeeeee


still a wip

[Anonymous No.4420025]

>>4420022
learn eye anatomy, its EXTREMELY important, wyes can fuck up a drawing or make it extremely good, if you eyes xonveyed emotion better this would be pretty good

[Anonymous No.4420030]

>>4420025
Thank you I will study the anatomy

but idk if it's my autism but I really can't see the issue in pic ploz explain

[Anonymous No.4420040]

>>4420030
mainly that the iris has to be much closer to the lower eye lid and has a portion covered by the top lid

[Anonymous No.4420049]

>>4420030
also that the eyelids are simmetrical along thw diagonal axis rather than the horizontal axis, if that makew sense

youll have to study anatomy to full grasp it

[Anonymous No.4420052]

>>4420030
What the other anons said. And also too much of the white of the eye showing make the expression feels more extreme.

[Anonymous No.4420068]

>>4420006
>the eyes
Draw what you see anon not symbols

[Anonymous No.4420144]

When a /beg/ posts something and it doesn't get any comments or ripped apart because it's so bad does that mean they're on the right track?

[Anonymous No.4420152]

I swear something looks very off for my eyes and face in general. Anyone got any simple and appealing anime eyes that only require a pencil?

>>4420144
Maybe people didn't see it?

[Anonymous No.4420156]

>>4420144
mayb ethey didnt have anything to say, sometimes when i scroll through beg and i see mediocre uninteresting stuff that has a lot of tiny little errors i just dont bother sayigh anything it would be too much effort for too little benefit, i usually respond only to veey good drawings or drawings thatvhave avery big and obvious error that i can hel fix

[Anonymous No.4420158]

>>4420152
damn, you straight up fucked the paper

[Anonymous No.4420161]

>>4420152
Maybe elongate the face/chin a little.

With how it is it gives the impression of stronger cheek bones which make her look a little like a boy.

That's just me tho, for all I know that's what you were going for. I have no idea what's going on anymore with all these anime chicks with dicks people draw.

[Anonymous No.4420163]

>>4420152
>Anyone got any simple and appealing anime eyes that only require a pencil

maybe something like this?

[Anonymous No.4420170]

[Anonymous No.4420200]

>>4420158
Yeah, my chicken scratch is a big issue that I have.
>>4420161
Noted, tried again.
>>4420163
Thanks, I'll take that into consideration.

[Anonymous No.4420202]

>>4420170
nice perspective on the head, make her hand bigger and make it so that her pelvis follows the same perspective imposed by the shoulders

[Anonymous No.4420212]

>>4420202
Thank you!

[Anonymous No.4420219]

>>4420212
also, do the same with the breasts

[Anonymous No.4420269]

Should I just act like one chipmunk and stuff my cheeks full of color reference photos when I'm working on this? The solar-flare river is the only light-source in the scene. Thank you for letting me post this here.

[Anonymous No.4420275]

>>4420269
damn dude, you are making literal shit, go reads some books abdut lightning and color theory, then start parcticing, then try again, this is astonishingly bad

[Anonymous No.4420284]

Hows my WIP coming, I took the headshot (right) and I am trying to extrapolate a full body from it (left)

[Anonymous No.4420285]

>>4420284
way too stiff

[Anonymous No.4420286]

>>4420269
Nice

[Anonymous No.4420296]

>>4420285
Can you please elaborate, the character is descended from stone giants, so he is supposed to be a little stiff/stoic looking.

[Anonymous No.4420304]

>>4420296
no gesture at all, it looks like its dead, on top of that he is very simmetrical, even if he is ment to be stone like he still needs rithm

[Anonymous No.4420310]

>>4420304
Thank you for the insight, the main thing I notice is the coat and I had a feeling it was too rigid. I'll try to make it flow more and be more form-fitting. Cheers.

[Anonymous No.4420331]

I suffer

[Anonymous No.4420357]

[Anonymous No.4420359]

>>4420357
i like it

[Anonymous No.4420361]

>>4420170
Why is the perspective so different on the nipples vs the eyes? I mean the eyes are almost at the same height. The nipples are very staggered. I would think one or the other are off.

[Anonymous No.4420379]

>>4420152
One thing I notice is the eyes are pretty simplistic, which is fine if you're doing a 4-koma or something basic. You can simplify the eyes even further by dropping the highlights (the little white circles in the eyes) down to just one. If you're drawing a girl or woman, don't forget to add eyelashes. They don't have to be batwings, but it helps to convey gender. Mind the spacing of the eyes. I remember learning someplace that the eyes should be something like 1 1/2 eyes of space in between the eyes. Start by marking the outer edges of the eyes on the face, then work your way to the center. Aside from that, study how your favorite artists draw eyes, and try emulating them.

[Anonymous No.4420419]

>>4419948
>watch video on digitally painting
>artist says you need a lot of real life practice and studies to be able to understand how to paint skin
>Be a poor neet
Is it doable to just try to replicate photos? I’ve learned drawing the bodies with just photos in my pc screen, surely I can learn painting humans and environments from photos. Right?...

[Anonymous No.4420426]

>>4420419
Yes

[Anonymous No.4420439]

>>4420426
I have some questions on how I should go about it. First I need to understand value and shapes. Once I’m comfortable with shapes and value, I can move onto learning colors? Then learn the planes that make a face or any object so I can successfully create appealing paintings?

[Anonymous No.4420442]

>>4420426
I also wanted to add that I use CSP. I don’t need to buy some artist’s gum road brushes right? I can just use a square/round hard brush with tinkered opacity right?

[Anonymous No.4420449]

>>4420439
Pretty much, starting with a hard round brush helps with 80-100% opacity, preferably 100% when you're blocking in the shapes. Also, learn edge control while at that.

[Anonymous No.4420462]

>>4420379
Thanks anon. I'll make sure to remember this. Very good and clean drawing as well.

[Anonymous No.4420465]

>>4420449
Don’t know what edge control is. Is that the area where values are meeting and you can see a smooth transition?

[Anonymous No.4420484]

>>4420359
last for the night

[Anonymous No.4420504]

You know the 80 / 20 rule? I've come to the conclusion that the 80% is gesture. So I'm going to just grind gesture from here on out. It's also pretty fun and relaxing.

[Anonymous No.4420517]

Continuing to try to get this right, but I'm having trouble getting the arms down I think. Should I go ahead and get the full linework and rendering done, or should I keep trying at the sketch level till I get it right?

[Anonymous No.4420522]

Today I learned I don’t know how to draw OR paint!

[Anonymous No.4420528]

I was just testing a brush, tell more people about it

[Anonymous No.4420539]

Started a sketch thing from imagination and ended up liking it. Can I get some advice before going forward?

[Anonymous No.4420547]

[Anonymous No.4420549]

old version

[Anonymous No.4420556]

I’m not sure how to apply perspective to this

[Anonymous No.4420571]

My first drawing on screen tablet. Im happy.

[Anonymous No.4420575]

>>4420556
I’m no pro but
>show more interesting hand movements
>middle guys left leg needs to show better foreshortening
>what’s wring with the girls legs?
>Maybe show side angle of left guy to make it more interesting
I hate weeb moe shit but keep working. Also work for more confident strokes.

[Anonymous No.4420598]

>>4420575
Thanks anon. Will revise the sketch

[Anonymous No.4420618]

>>4419948
Shit that face jumpscared me

[Anonymous No.4420621]

>>4419992
No, skip it for more practical figure drawing books.

[Anonymous No.4420681]

[Anonymous No.4420689]

>>4419987
Looks like straight from Patrick Bateman notebook.

>>4420006
>>4420022
Holly symbolism, draw from life for a few months.
>>4420152
u fucked entire head, not only eyes. Learn construction.

>>4420170
keep practicing, its almost passable.

>>4420269
Just stop.

>>4420284
Just like other anon said. Its fucking stiff. Like very very unapealing stiff.

>>4420331
Don't waste time on linework. Focus on studies.

>>4420357
gmi

>>4420522
Well, we are not born with that abillty.

>>4420539
Perspective study. NOW!

>>4420547
>>4420549
meh

>>4420571
Tsubaki?

>>4420681
I like it, there is potential. Still years of practice in front of you.

[Anonymous No.4420696]

Today's copy. Looks nothing like the original, especially since I can't find a brush to replicate their painting in Krita. But it works for growing out of chicken scratch, and I hope I'll eventually end up with a similar style.

If anyone has any recommended tutorials for anime-style painting, or that anime-adjacent style that most Chinese/Korean artists use, I'd be glad. I also don't like the speed at which I churn these out, but that's probably a "draw more" problem with no quick solution.

[Anonymous No.4420700]

>>4420681
He visto los muchos de la muerte

[Anonymous No.4420702]

>>4420689
now it's time to pyw

[Anonymous No.4420711]

>>4420702
I don't want to.

[Anonymous No.4420726]

>>4420689
>>4420700

[Anonymous No.4420767]

is there anything wrong with this pose? sorry for then bad quality it was done on cellphone.

[Anonymous No.4420788]

>>4420689
>Looks like straight from Patrick Bateman notebook.

good

[Anonymous No.4420790]

>>4420419
You have a mirror don't you? Self-portraits can go a long way.

[Anonymous No.4420930]

requesting critique on this
I'm guessing sticking a profile view on this body was a bad idea

[Anonymous No.4420940]

>>4420696
Read the painting girls Japanese book

[Anonymous No.4420991]

>>4420790
I don’t think there’s enough space to put one near me. I’m thinking of just taking pictures, I have to do it from far away because of distortion caused by the camera right?

[Anonymous No.4421001]

>>4419948

[Anonymous No.4421014]

>>4420681
You know this is gonna be the next beg thread thumbnail

[Anonymous No.4421027]

>>4420006
Now you've got a base. Flip the ref and your picture upside down and zoom in and do one eye at a time the nose and mouth. This way you aren't being influenced by what you think they should look like and instead just try to accurately match the shapes and values.

[Anonymous No.4421034]

>>4420940
which book i dont speak moon runes

[Anonymous No.4421038]

>>4421001
Blog

[Anonymous No.4421045]

>>4421001
from memory, forgot the pose, face and legs especially fucked
>>4421038
a study

[Anonymous No.4421076]

For the first time in my life I had fun drawing last night. I didn't give a shit about the fundamentals, or doing well, or it looking right. My pictures didn't look any good, but I don't care because this is the first time I've enjoyed drawing since taking it up.

[Anonymous No.4421078]

>>4421076
pyw

[Anonymous No.4421094]

>>4421076
post it, I've experienced this too a few weeks ago, but couldn't find it again

[Anonymous No.4421118]

[Anonymous No.4421119]

>>4421118
please critique

[Anonymous No.4421139]

>>4421118

[Anonymous No.4421142]

>>4421139
thank you for this animated .gif image

[Anonymous No.4421170]

>>4420357
I can draw cars in my sleep but how would you render it properly? I'm not good at the lighting and reflections to name it shiny.

[Anonymous No.4421172]

>>4421170
Make*

[Anonymous No.4421178]

is there any benifit to drawing with mechanical pencil? or is it just a hinderence.

[Anonymous No.4421182]

>>4421178
you can put it in your ass

[Anonymous No.4421183]

>>4421178
more consistent and lower maintenance.
they're pure upside.

[Anonymous No.4421187]

>>4421182
cute raymoo

[Anonymous No.4421188]

Tried to copy a Ryu sketch
I think two of my weak points are making the head too small and the eyes too big. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.4421192]

the head tilt is completely different so the shading doesnt make sense

[Anonymous No.4421206]

>>4421192
Its different lightning as well :^)

[Anonymous No.4421216]

>>4421182
Nice legs but shit brush strokes

[Anonymous No.4421220]

I cant tell which planes of the torso can be seen here. Im fine for the pelvis but if i were to draw a cube around the ribcage, I cant tell which planes are visible. I can see the side plane and the top, but I cant figure out if either the front plane or back plane are visible.

[Anonymous No.4421224]

[Anonymous No.4421242]

just doodled tonight to practice

had some doodles i liked

need to work on faces tomorrow

[Anonymous No.4421260]

>>4419987
>>4419989
how long have you been drawing? this is the sort of stuff id be super happy to be able to do

[Anonymous No.4421262]

trying to map out major forms

[Anonymous No.4421284]

>>4421216
it's a study
not original
the color was done with windows photos viewer annotations

[Anonymous No.4421287]

>>4421220
I tried to figure this out myself, kind of confusing but this is what I felt comfortable with

[Anonymous No.4421289]

How long did it take you guys to get used to digital?
I can't make the lines connect

[Anonymous No.4421293]

>>4421289
draw in traditional, ink and color in digital

[Anonymous No.4421300]

>>4421293
You got it reversed, sketch digi, then print, ink, and color trad

[Anonymous No.4421302]

>>4421289
I started drawing on an Intuos pro from January of this year, I'd say it took me about a month or two, brawing a bunch of circles and lines over and over helps.

Also turn on some sort of stabilization in the program that you're using if you have super shaky hands, it helped me.

[Anonymous No.4421306]

>>4421300
If you wanted a traditional end image, just do the whole thing in traditional,

[Anonymous No.4421334]

>>4421188
your weakness is not understanding the 3 dimensionality of the face

practice more, preferably from real life or photos and views where perspective is more apparent like 3/4th

[Anonymous No.4421338]

Looking for some ideas to cover the rest of the canvas. Also all critique is very welcome!

[Anonymous No.4421345]

>>4421302
Thanks
I'll keep at it!

>>4421293
>>4421302
I don't have the capability of scanning/ printing things either way

[Anonymous No.4421350]

>>4421345
just use a camera and layer over it retard

[Anonymous No.4421357]

>>4421284
>the color was done with windows photos viewer annotations

[Anonymous No.4421382]

>>4421357
fuck you, my dad worked long and hard to develop that program

[Anonymous No.4421388]

>>4421287
>>4421220
i think twisting the cuboid would help

[Anonymous No.4421390]

>>4421260
i lve been drawing every single day for about 8 months

[Anonymous No.4421398]

>>4421388
Thats what my initial thought was, but I didnt want to do it because i know the ribcage cant rotate, so I wasnt sure what the correct decision was

[Anonymous No.4421404]

>>4421398
You need to study Vilppu

[Anonymous No.4421422]

>>4421398
thw problem is that you thoughtbof the ribacage and the abdomen as one block, when in reality is much more like an accordion, with the middle part being much more felxible and the ribcage and the hips being (for the most part) solid

[Anonymous No.4421427]

wtf is a form, is it just big brain art speak for the 3d shape like a cube?

[Anonymous No.4421444]

>>4420517
I like it but i also feel there is something off about it, i think the front foot is too straight and makes the whole body look a bit stiff. I really life it otherwise.

[Anonymous No.4421455]

>>4421427
basically, but its usually applied to complex 3d shapes like muscles or fat, rather than simple ones like cubes and spheres

[Anonymous No.4421466]

>>4421338
Looks cool.
The rest of your lines are fairly clean but the black horizon and the two lines are wobbly, it sticks out. Also, the bottom has some nice contrast with the bright colors sticking out against the black but the head just fades in with the white top even with the red points. All i could suggest for that is fill the top with some dark colors or fill one of the ‘triangles’ you made with color to direct the viewers eye and highlight one part of the head.

[Anonymous No.4421477]

>>4421466
It is far from done and I am glad that we see the same mistakes; Do you have any ideas as to what kind of a scene you would put in the headspace of the figure? I thought about painting a scene from an old dream of mine where I held a dying man in a creek that surrounded a building in a sort of a Neo-Babylonesque city. But I am not sure it will set well. Maybe something more visionary?

[Anonymous No.4421489]

>>4419948
how do i learn the techniques in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu026i8nGT0

[Anonymous No.4421504]

>>4419948
I am trying to use broad white strokes to outline and emphasize things but I think I put too many/made it too chaotic.
I am almost done and was going to fix that and add some warm/pink hues and a background
Any help on how to improve this would be appreciated.

[Anonymous No.4421510]

when can I post more than 2 images reeeeeeee

[Anonymous No.4421562]

>>4421477
Do it just to see how it looks. When i Think babylonian i think gold, and I think doing the same thing you did for the hands (adding shadows on an otherwise flat picture) might look good on buildings. Right now i like the main focus being the man with the flute/stick, so keeping the background simple and providing contrast to it might be fine.
Id say try what you had in mind and see how it turns out. It would be cool to see a story told in the background of image, where you would only see it if you look closer.

[Anonymous No.4421672]

It should be illegal to be this bad, holy fuck

[Anonymous No.4421677]

>>4421672
Fuck you

[Anonymous No.4421695]

>>4421677
I was talking about myself.

[Anonymous No.4421699]

>>4421695
You can't be worse than me

[Anonymous No.4421706]

>>4421672
pyw

[Anonymous No.4421713]

>>4421699
>>4421706
im this dude -> >>4421188
I tried drawing a real face from 3/4 perspective as anon suggested, and it came out like an abomination. Needless to say I threw that drawing in the trash, along with my hopes and ambitions

[Anonymous No.4421757]

>>4421713
Loomis is your savior, get your hopes back.

[Anonymous No.4421767]

>>4420022
You are doing fine, I think the biggest step you would need to take is to use a wider range of values. Current your picture has a hard time to describe form and seems flat because it lacks deeper variety of values. At places were ambient occlusion happens like the nostrils the hair the lips and so on, fixing a light source can also help with this.

I know it is hard when one starts to put a dark spot onto a pristine colored area this is something we bring with us from the years we spent working at lineart but please trust me that it will look better at the end, this is a step one must learn to take to improve rendering.

Keep working at it!

[Anonymous No.4421824]

>forgot how to draw heads again
who to goto for drawing heads preferably using boxes(not loomis)

[Anonymous No.4421835]

guise i...

i need some feedback

pls

[Anonymous No.4421836]

>>4421835

[Anonymous No.4421837]

>>4421836

[Anonymous No.4421843]

>>4421824
burne hogarth is pretty decent as well

[Anonymous No.4421863]

>>4421835
define the arm or underarm more so the chest and arm are clearly separated
don't be afraid to fuck with work you think "looks good" and therefore "can't add anything more"

>>4421836
head/neck look giant
draw the cock, pussy

>>4421837
another giant neck, masculine features too

[Anonymous No.4421871]

What's wrong with the left shoulder here?

[Anonymous No.4421874]

>>4421871
the shape. also the placement.

[Anonymous No.4421884]

>>4421863
>be afraid to fuck with work you think "looks good" and therefore "can't add anything more"

naah dont worry, id like for my characters to look appealing

i have something for thick necks, but i see what you mean, his head is huge, he looks like a midget, does she lpok nad in the last one, is it really unbereable?

[Anonymous No.4421885]

>>4421884
does she look bad*

[Anonymous No.4421903]

[Anonymous No.4421916]

>>4421903
>C H I C K E N S C R A T C H I N G

[Anonymous No.4421928]

>>4421178
what the other anon said, it also excels on low quality paper, certain kinds of pencils to not stick to that shitty paper

[Anonymous No.4421949]

>>4421713
rolmao, weve all been there, just go back to drawing you fag

[punpun No.4421999]

how’s this brush pen drawing?

[punpun No.4422006]

>>4421999
from eve
https://youtu.be/jJzw1h5CR-I

[Anonymous No.4422072]

idk idk

[Anonymous No.4422098]

>>4420484

[Anonymous No.4422113]

>>4422098
real shit my dude, youre about to have my permission to leave beg

[Anonymous No.4422168]

>>4422072
>erm.. ugh... i mean i-.... idk idk >_<

Shut the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.4422283]

>>4422098
I love how you put a lot of focus on the front of the train and reduce the rear cars to simple shapes and leave the rest to the imagination.
It shows a really good understanding of restraint that I've been trying to learn myself.

[Anonymous No.4422299]

>>4422072
You have to be 18 to post here

[Anonymous No.4422347]

>>4420517

>>4421444
this, but also the torso should be twisted such that the right shoulder is almost farther forward than the left. I also feel like there's something to say about the placement of the shoulders relative to the upper torso, but I'm not sure if that's related to what I mentioned earlier, and I don't have enough experience to properly describe it myself anyway. Perhaps someone else could explain better.

If you're having trouble understanding, try mimicking swinging a baseball bat and it'll (hopefully) become clear if you're doing the motion correctly. Currently, it looks like the character is leaning back with his arms forward, not swinging the bat.

That and the character in the drawing has a slimmer build in the man in the photograph, so when they're put next to each other, the drawing looks a little scuffed by comparison.

[Anonymous No.4422355]

how can i improve the proportions here ?

[Anonymous No.4422362]

[Anonymous No.4422387]

>>4422355
you are making the rozenmaidenCHADS look bad bro

[Anonymous No.4422423]

I like the way the body looks
I don't like the way the head looks

[Anonymous No.4422424]

fuck

[Anonymous No.4422429]

was thinking about MvC3
im not good at drawing people, or anything else for that matter

[Anonymous No.4422432]

>>4422387
Wait, what ?

[Anonymous No.4422437]

>>4422423
You shouldn't like how the body looks, either.

[Anonymous No.4422439]

Trying to fill the canvas

[Anonymous No.4422461]

>>4422429
Looks good anon, I'd like to see you finish it sometime

[Anonymous No.4422465]

>>4422423
>>4422423
>I like the way the body looks

[Anonymous No.4422477]

>>4422362
I'm a big fan

[Anonymous No.4422480]

I can't find reference for this fucking thing point to the opposite side anywhere

I tried using my finger, but I think that my eye focus is tricking me

Help anoms

[Anonymous No.4422496]

>>4422480
I have a 360 pov of hands saved on my PC, but I'm lying in bed now and I can't be fucked to get up and post it.

[Anonymous No.4422509]

>>4422437
>>4422465
redline it

[Anonymous No.4422513]

>draw for a week
>get through drawabox lesson 1
>slowly but surely learning perspective
>confidence picking up
>check out a random yt vid on hands
>pic related

[Anonymous No.4422519]

>>4422423
>>4422509
>being this blind

[Anonymous No.4422520]

>>4422513
we gotta push through, /beg/ bro

[Anonymous No.4422521]

attempt at gesture
1/2

[Anonymous No.4422522]

>>4422521
not sure how to feel but i'll keep trying
2/2

[Anonymous No.4422523]

>>4422513
i just look at my own hands for shit like >>4416603

[Anonymous No.4422527]

>>4422519
I can see...some differences...
But I still demand you redline it for daring to challenge me

[Anonymous No.4422529]

>perspective off
>colors wrong
i want to die

[Anonymous No.4422530]

>>4422529
>have a long ass shadow dragging behind the bus for you to cheat
>don't draw it

[Anonymous No.4422532]

>>4422529
at least you did the sky he..haheh

[Anonymous No.4422544]

>>4421903
your lines have so little confidence anon!

[Anonymous No.4422553]

Finally got the courage to follow a book step by step, will post the results daily. I'm tired of getting parts of the body misplaced.

[Anonymous No.4422599]

>>4422509
>>4422423
>>4422527
>daring to challenge me
Not anon you asked to redline, but please buddy don't act so cocky

I only have access to a pixel art program rn so sorry for binary brush edit but hopefully this is some help to you. right now your perspective has it so she's just tipping over to lean down and look at camera, rather than being looked at from below. Arrows on nips are to show you where nipples are on the reference . Stuff like those lines on her stomach are symbol draw/imagined, hands are puny, boobs lopsided. not sure how you drew her left shoulder when it doesnt even show up in the reference, so it's smbol drawn as well.

[Anonymous No.4422602]

>>4422509
>>4422423
>>4422527
>daring to challenge me
Not anon you asked to redline, but please buddy don't act so cocky

I only have access to a pixel art program rn so sorry for binary brush edit but hopefully this is some help to you. right now your perspective has it so she's just tipping over to lean down and look at camera, rather than being looked at from below. Arrows on nips are to show you where nipples are on the reference . Stuff like those lines on her stomach are symbol draw/imagined, hands are puny, boobs lopsided. not sure how you drew her left shoulder when it doesnt even show up in the reference, so it's smbol drawn as well.

[Anonymous No.4422643]

>>4422496
If you come back tomorrow please post it

[Anonymous No.4422645]

>>4422529

[Anonymous No.4422648]

>>4422509
sauce

[Anonymous No.4422706]

>>4422602
motherfucker
now i have to go and delete this from my blogs

[Anonymous No.4422717]

>>4422706
getting your soul crushed is a critical step into getting out of /beg/, good luck frend.

[Anonymous No.4422763]

I will finish the lineart and paint tomorrow

[Anonymous No.4422869]

fiddlin with colorin doodles

[Anonymous No.4422874]

>>4422362
I like some of your comics dude no homo

[Anonymous No.4422879]

Newest Painting critique?

[Anonymous No.4422897]

>>4422879
Would look better without the black face woman with a shovel. Sticks out like a sore thumb. The weird dude on the left fits nicely though. The whole scene gives an eerie feeling due to the color choice and cliff dude.
Some of the trees have light on the shadow side, especially the ones closer to the middle of the painting. Having light on the side of the tree to frame it is fine, but theres random highlights facing the viewer when there should be shadow instead. Also, theres no shadows on the ground. The sun is low in the sky and should be casting long ones off the canvas. Instead, it looks like it gets lighter closer to the viewer.

[Anonymous No.4422985]

Whats the most entry level figure drawing book?

[Anonymous No.4423023]

>>4422879
Reminds me of Janiva Ellis.

[Anonymous No.4423066]

Gesture progress. I think I'm starting to get it.

[Anonymous No.4423076]

im trying to learn construction, id appreciate some direction because im not happy with how these look, but I cant see what im doing wrong specifically.

[Anonymous No.4423084]

>>4423076
the refs i used. the most obvious things i can see is not pushing the gesture far enough on the dancer, fucking up the lean on the hat guy, and the girl having a head too big i guess? but even taking away the references they still look bad

[Anonymous No.4423085]

>>4422648
i dont fucking know
i just searched big titty japanese women on google images

[Anonymous No.4423087]

>>4423076
These aren't bad for a start. A big part of improving is just mileage. As you draw more, you will naturally acquire cleaner lines and better shading.
You had the right idea for the rib cage and the connection to the arms on the top right and then kind of regressed on the other two.
There are some obvious deformities, like the hands and feet.
Once you get comfortable with drawing at this level of detail, you need to start drilling down into anatomy and learn the shapes of individual muscles and also how things connect. That will help make your drawings look more believable.
Make sure you're doing both drawings from reference and drawings from imagination.

[Anonymous No.4423092]

[Anonymous No.4423094]

>>4423092
Cute!

[Anonymous No.4423107]

I don’t know how to resize on this fucking iPad please.
¿ And is my loomis study good ?

[Anonymous No.4423116]

>>4422717
Well thats fine
That draw was from like 2 or 3 months ago or something
Im way better now

[Anonymous No.4423123]

>>4423092
hips are fucked up

[Anonymous No.4423129]

>>4422522
Pay attention to proportion. Gesture is not only about drawing actions, the lines need to be deliberate and follow the proportions and relative positions of all body parts.

[Anonymous No.4423134]

>>4423107
gmi

[Anonymous No.4423138]

>>4423107
bretty good

[Anonymous No.4423140]

>>4422643
hey anon im not that guy but i have like almost 5 k of hand reference, if you like my list i could upload it somewhere.

[Anonymous No.4423172]

I see that all my work is fucked up but I can't deconstruct my work on small mistakes. Opinion from you would be helpful for me

[Anonymous No.4423183]

>>4420357
I drew the rear but I kept it trad and under 1 hour. Next time I'll erase the pencil sketch before I try to color.

[Anonymous No.4423184]

>>4423140

>>4422480>>4422643 Here, would be of Great help if you did, or if you have any picture of a finger pointing to the front, I would be much obliged

[Anonymous No.4423190]

>>4423183
work on your elipses anon, it looks liie the wheels are tilted

[Anonymous No.4423205]

Wanted to see if grinding gesture the last couple days has improved my drawing, what do you think?

[Anonymous No.4423211]

>>4423205
<-- Before gesture grinding.

[Anonymous No.4423213]

>>4423205
its kinda good, i like it, although the butcheek thats closer to the camera is a little bit strange

[Anonymous No.4423216]

>>4423205
damn anon that's pretty nice, your next challenge are the arms though, and don't skim out on the feet or else you will turn into liefeld

[Anonymous No.4423219]

>>4423213
Thanks, yeah it's off because I changed the back leg from the reference and since my anatomy isn't very good I wasn't quite sure how to make it work in the butt region.

>>4423216
Thanks I'm really happy that gesture is paying off. I'll do more anatomy soon.

[Anonymous No.4423220]

>>4423216
i just googled him and,, DAMMMN his shit is so fucking nasty, i cant believe people actually bought those

[Anonymous No.4423222]

>>4423190
Definitely correct. In digital I can flip and fix, in trad with a time limit that's definitely a weakness. Thanks for comment

[Anonymous No.4423224]

>>4423220
He has that distinct 80s feel to his work and I won't fault people for having nostalgia goggles for him, but liefeld is the poster boy for never leaving the feet out when you are learning, or else you will be stuck eternally trying to hide feet from piles of rubble, panel borders and awkward perspective.

[Anonymous No.4423230]

>>4423224
im just reffering to the faces and the anatomy, i get that hes triying to go for the gritty style but he isntead makes everything looks like its dehidrated, its fucking gross, i couldnt stand reading a full comic book like that

[Anonymous No.4423232]

>>4423230
>>4423224
Gulaged him too, he seems technically proficient but daaaamn no taste.

[Anonymous No.4423246]

learn everyday

[Anonymous No.4423249]

>>4423246
Brett good

[Anonymous No.4423251]

>>4423246
3.12

[Anonymous No.4423253]

>>4423184
i think i might have couple of those but im not sure so i will upload the whole folder of hand pics, it will take time though i will update you later.

[Anonymous No.4423289]

>>4423253
You don't need to put yourself in so much work for a stranger tho

But if you do I thank you

[Anonymous No.4423333]

>>4421871
To me she has long arms. She’s suppose to be in a relaxed pose, but it doesn’t feel like it. There isn’t a flow going here. Those hands, get to study right now CHOP CHOP

[Anonymous No.4423335]

>>4421903
Don’t be afraid to practice your line work. Look up some line exercises, you will feel a lot better.

[Anonymous No.4423343]

>>4422706
Just keep looking forward fren. You are miles ahead of a huge pool of people.

[Anonymous No.4423369]

[Anonymous No.4423371]

>>4423369

[Anonymous No.4423385]

>>4423369
you just picked up drawabox huh, you should upload the exercises to their page, also, be more decisive with your lines, all those straight lines arebsupper wobbly, that exercise was intended to make you commit to your lines, its useless if you just correct course midline

[Anonymous No.4423387]

>tfw I have been drawing for 3 months now
>my drawings still look like dog shit

How long is it supposed to take to get good?

[Anonymous No.4423391]

>>4423387
depends on how smart you are

[Anonymous No.4423396]

>>4423391
I am a brainlet. Should I give up?

[Anonymous No.4423398]

how to draw asagi igawa??

[Anonymous No.4423399]

>>4423396
do people without the genetics to become an olympian give up their dream of sport?

[Anonymous No.4423400]

>>4423396
Do Loomis, even brainlets can learn to draw with him, start with Fun with pencil.

[Anonymous No.4423404]

>>4423385
i tried it like peter han, where you find the balance between too fast and too slow

[Anonymous No.4423412]

>>4423404
start very fast youll eventually getvslower and more precise, but not less decisive

[Anonymous No.4423416]

>>4423398
fundies or tracing, no in betweens

[Anonymous No.4423425]

>>4423387
>3 months
Try 3 years

[Anonymous No.4423435]

>>4423289
here you go over 500 pics https://mega.nz/#F!WzhHHYaI!WABeeRaE8FekV6iUgVugxw

[Anonymous No.4423448]

>>4423387
Anon... Draw cubes spheres cylinders and pyramids in perspective and shade them. There are so many resources out there telling you exactly how to do this. It should be the easiest thing in the world after 3 months and it's not a huge transition from that to constructing whatever you want. Especially from ref. Show your work and tell me what your excuse is.

[Anonymous No.4423450]

Can /beg/ recommend me some books and resources on proper pen control?

[Anonymous No.4423451]

>>4423435
>https://mega.nz/#F!WzhHHYaI!WABeeRaE8FekV6iUgVugxw
not that anon but thanks a lot dude

[Anonymous No.4423453]

[Anonymous No.4423459]

>>4423387
10 years minimum to get good

[Anonymous No.4423495]

I still experiment with lines and detail, I have spastic hands, so I can't draw a fucking line the same way twice.
How do I add details to this rock wall? (It's a supposed to be a perfectly straight canyon with a river flowing through), like uneven splits, ridges, protusions, indents, etc. I want to add a shadow/lightning layer later, so those details would also cast shadows and such
The left and right wall of the canyon would be like stamped copies of each other, so i work with the mirror tool a bunch

[Anonymous No.4423506]

>>4423495
Michael j fox draws straighter lines.

[Anonymous No.4423512]

>>4423495
Your program should come with a line stabilizer. Use that.

[Anonymous No.4423520]

>>4423448
My excuse is that I am a retarded coomer

[Anonymous No.4423527]

Does anyone here use Clip Studio?
Is it any good?

[Anonymous No.4423530]

>>4423520
If you are telling me that you drew this furfaggotry then my advice to you is to forget about drawing, get a therapist, and consider joining the military.

[Anonymous No.4423531]

>>4423495
desire and need for straightline repetition is blown way out of proportion in /beg/

[Anonymous No.4423550]

Thoughts? Drew a buff fawn like creature.

[Anonymous No.4423580]

>>4423527
CSP
Photoshop
procreate
sai

literally, none of these matter if you can't draw. Pick one, they'll each do the job.

[Anonymous No.4423586]

>>4423506
>>4423512
>>4423531
You know it wasnt actually about the straight lines, but about the details on the rock walls

[Anonymous No.4423608]

>>4423586
wh.... what rocks? what even is that?

[Anonymous No.4423612]

>>4423520
kys immediately

[Anonymous No.4423635]

>>4423387
do you practice every day? be honest

[Anonymous No.4423653]

>>4423635
Yes

[Anonymous No.4423657]

>>4423550
Cool and not beg

[Anonymous No.4423660]

>>4423608
It's a supposed to be a perfectly straight canyon with a river flowing through. The blue line is the sky above
I thought I would give layers of different rock, like granite and different coloured sandstone and compacted sand, but I guess just one type of rock would be enough

[Anonymous No.4423665]

>>4423657
Thanks man, I appreciate it.

I still consider myself beg though :(

[Anonymous No.4423689]

>>4423660
damn, a canyon that deep would have any direct light an dit would basically be pitch black all the time, you would have to know how to work with reflected lights only, thats way beyond your ability as a beg

[Anonymous No.4423736]

>>4423689
Let's say it's magic, how do I add details to rocks? do I just draw squiggly lines?

My question isn't about light levels or straight lines, it's how to make bumps and dents and other stuff on/in surfaces look real and properly shaped

[Anonymous No.4423791]

>>4423736
in lesson 2 of drawabox theres a part where they teach you how to add texture to surfaces, butyoull have to go through lesson 0 and 1

[Anonymous No.4423834]

Never did anime before and that seems to be what this board is really into. This is of that streamer chick that lost all her followers because she had a boyfriend. Also suck with a brush pen and was getting practice in.

[Anonymous No.4423840]

>>4423834

[Anonymous No.4423848]

>>4419948
I see others doing realistic graphite renderings, and they get these beautiful even tones. My shit is grainy and textured.

I haven't bought a blending stump, but I will. Is that the missing link? I'm drawing on printer paper for practice. Is that not good enough? Have some basic koh-i-noor 1500 from 2H to 8B which are fine, right?

[Anonymous No.4423865]

>>4423848
printer paper is shit for pencils, colored and graphite, but whats most likely missing isnt the material, is that you need to study value, important fundie, i cant help you any further tho, im triying to figure it out myself

[Anonymous No.4423887]

bros

[Anonymous No.4423897]

>>4423887
i kinda like it, work on that hip tho

[Anonymous No.4423937]

>>4419948
How do I spruce up the girl's clothing?

[Anonymous No.4423948]

>>4423887
This is so good

[Anonymous No.4423951]

>>4423937
Draw the seams and pockets for starters.

[Anonymous No.4423966]

>>4423791
okay, thanks either way

[Anonymous No.4423967]

them fucking pigs man

[Anonymous No.4424032]

yikes

[Anonymous No.4424065]

>>4422439
Got a pixiv?

[Anonymous No.4424086]

>>4423887
>Asukafag covers up more of the face
>the drawing gets better
Just put a bag over her head.

[Anonymous No.4424094]

>>4423848
>blending stump
NO
>paper
Higher quality pencils and paper help but it's a very small factor over all
>other people get even tones and mine is all grainy and textured
It's purely practice.
Shade very slowly. Build up tones in layers. It's easier to make tones look smoother if they're lighter so start with a very light smooth layer. Be slow and methodical. Don't just use the side of your pencil to try and shade in bulk. When you have an even light layer, put another light layer on top to make it slightly darker. Switch up to softer pencils as necessary. Repeat until you have the desired value.

[Anonymous No.4424108]

is there anything wrong with the pose/forms before i try to move on again before i try polishing a turd

[Anonymous No.4424119]

>>4424094
Whats wrong with blending stumps?

[Anonymous No.4424130]

>>4424119
Relying on other tools means you won't learn full control of your pencil and you won't see the full range of what it's capable of all by itself (which is, "pretty much everything").
Learn how to control the pencil first and then explore other tools if you want. That control will pay off when you're able to draw a wider range of things quickly and naturally and you won't have to stop and think "ok do I need to start blending now, do I need to get the stump now, etc". It can all just come right out of the pencil.

[Anonymous No.4424160]

[Anonymous No.4424174]

>>4424065
Not yet, I only have 1 drawing

[Anonymous No.4424179]

>>4424174
Would follow anyway

[Anonymous No.4424181]

>>4424130
Thanks for the reply. Ill keep that in mind for future work.

[Anonymous No.4424184]

Okay, so here's what I wanna do:
I wanted to draw an arching bridge of a river (blue is water, green is land) and I want the perspective to be from eye level standing so that the origin and the end of the bridge are in view, so I can draw stuff on it.
I set up twovanishing points because I read that's what youre supposed to do, I used lines and vectors to create an overlay of lines.
Then I wanted to draw the beginning and I met the first hurdle: The beginning of the bridge (where the two bright arches originate in the lower right) is horizontal, but my vanishing points dictate it be MUCH higher up, which would look weird, like a photo with a fisheye lens..
Should I adjust for that or should I streth the righthand vanishing point to be even further to the right, making the lines closer to horizontal?

[Anonymous No.4424212]

>>4424130
Thanks

[Anonymous No.4424222]

>>4424184
thats called distorsion, its technically right, but it looks kinda ugly, just put the vanishing points further apart

[Anonymous No.4424251]

>>4424222
thanks.

[Anonymous No.4424381]

the picasso thing
Gimped the shoulder because I zoomed in without realizing it

[Anonymous No.4424387]

>>4424381
>reading stickies
you've graduated from /beg/

[Anonymous No.4424392]

>>4424387
>hasnt read the sticky
>tells others to read the sticky
youre a moron

[Anonymous No.4424395]

>>4424392
who are you quoting?

[Anonymous No.4424396]

>>4424381
its shit my dude, theres nothing to critique, go read some books,all the Loomis shit, Michael Hampton's Figure Drawing Desing and invention and Perspective made easy are the gotos when you suck this bad

[Anonymous No.4424404]

>>4424396
bruh are you retarded?
This is the reference

[Anonymous No.4424406]

>>4423205
massive improvement, good work dude. keep on grindin n doodlin

[Anonymous No.4424417]

>>4423205
>>4423211
good shit faggot
keep going

[Anonymous No.4424422]

>>4424381
bretty good, too bad that the shoulder fucks up the drawing

[Anonymous No.4424449]

>>4424179
I created one, when i finish the rachel alucard art i will post there too
https://www.pixiv.net/users/15921324

[Anonymous No.4424492]

>>4421916
>>4422544
Yeah, I'm super uncomfortable with my line work. I work on a tiny old Wacom Bamboo too, so I do a lot of wrist-drawing because I'm scared of running off the tablet surface.

>>4423335
Any suggestions? I do the Peter Han ones in the sticky, but my hand jitters all the time.

[Anonymous No.4424496]

>>4424492
you your tablet id too small try at least to use your elbow, its miles better than this

[Anonymous No.4424500]

>>4424492
the first exercises of the lesson 1 in drawabox are about building line confidence, im sure they would be usefl for you

[Anonymous No.4424510]

>people fell for the elbow and shoulder memes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3V8gDDDqa

[Anonymous No.4424514]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3V8gDDDqaA

[Anonymous No.4424525]

>>4424510
>yeah dood, just be like kim jung gi, its very easy

[Anonymous No.4424535]

cinnamon roll

[Anonymous No.4424546]

>>4424535
second day of loomis

[Anonymous No.4424572]

How NGMI am I at this point?

[Anonymous No.4424574]

>>4424572
I’m super high.

[Anonymous No.4424618]

>>4424396
>revealing he hasnt read the sticky on /beg/ of all places, and then recommends them artbooks when theyre still on fundamentally learning to place lines where they want

>>4424381
good start, now read Keys to Drawing and just keep drawing still lives of w/e until you feel confident with your linework
part of this stage means learning to analyzing your own faults as well, learning to self-crit as an artist is the single most important skill to improve
keep it real simple at this stage and just compare line by line whether its the right distance, angle etc. compared to the original

[Anonymous No.4424675]

where would the vanishing points be located on this pic?

[Anonymous No.4424688]

>>4422529
>>4422645
redo

[Anonymous No.4424703]

i guess i'm improving little by little

[Anonymous No.4424710]

>>4419948
>
n-new thread?

[Anonymous No.4424750]

some quick studies.

[Anonymous No.4424800]

>>4423834
Anime while a cartoon is it's own distinct style, you just drew a cartoon version of that girl a bad one at that.

[Anonymous No.4424863]

someone make new thread

[Anonymous No.4424865]

i made the right hand and the umbrella look worse than before, i will repair it later

[Anonymous No.4424870]

ik the ass is off but idky its off. tried to do a shitty correction on my phone

[Anonymous No.4424882]

jack frost

[Anonymous No.4424891]

>>4424889
>>4424889
>>4424889

[Anonymous No.4425184]

>>4424882
Is that a lanklet Jack Frost?