/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.4584344]

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, do not give up, make YOURSELF feel proud.

previous >>4582043

READ THE STICKY if you're new or need guidance.

Sticky: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj

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

TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND GIVE PEOPLE SOME FEEDBACK - many studies are left unreplied, which is sad and can be quite demotivating for the people that try their best to improve, but are left directionless.

[Anonymous No.4584360]

>>4584344
Some ground rules to start this thread and the next /beg/ threads off:

>if you are /beg/
Don't ever give advice.
You can relate and share your hardships with other /beg/s, but never give them advice.
If you MUST give advice, start the reply off with "I'm beg, but what worked for me is..."

>Before you post your work
1. Every person giving advice here expects for you to have at least read some of the sticky, and that you already know what you should be doing to improve.
In that light, replies such as "grind more fundamentals" are perfectly viable advice.
We expect you to know what the general fundamentals are (gesture, anatomy, perspective, drapery, etc.), and we expect you to know where you can find resources to practice these subjects.
Sometimes literally the only good advice to give is to practice more and improve your technique.

2. DO NOT post your 5 minute sketches that you didn't put much thought into. If you do post them then make sure to ask for SPECIFIC advice on a specific subject.
If you post a doodle and ask "where did i go wrong" or "how should I continue from here", expect to get meme replies such as "Loomis".

Follow these simple rules and the generals will become much more productive for both the /beg/s and the people giving advice

[Anonymous No.4584364]

Alright /beg/, let's have an exercise:

I'll post a few references, your goal is to encapsulate the figures in each reference only using the extreme points of the figure.
Meaning, take the most extreme points of the figure, and connect the points with lines while perserving the correct angle.
See pic related for an example.

After you're done, take the shape you drew and overlay it on the reference, see how accurate you were, see where you went wrong.

For hard mode, have the reference on a different screen or away from your canvas. For extra hard mode, make the canvas a different size from the reference.
Have fun!

[Anonymous No.4584365]

>>4584364

[Anonymous No.4584367]

>>4584365

[Anonymous No.4584368]

>>4584367

[Anonymous No.4584371]

>>4584368

[Anonymous No.4584373]

>>4584371

[Anonymous No.4584376]

>Alright /beg/, let's have an exercise:
>I'll post a few references,
>your goal is to encapsulate the figures in each refe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhSHXGM7kgE

[Anonymous No.4584377]

>>4584344
That's a wrong arm

[Anonymous No.4584378]

>>4584377
fitting, since it's /beg/

[Anonymous No.4584380]

>>4584377
He's an amputee and is still instinctively raising his stump of a left arm

[Anonymous No.4584386]

[Anonymous No.4584389]

>>4584376
kek

[Anonymous No.4584390]

>>4584386
y u hea???

[Anonymous No.4584395]

>>4584390
yeh:)

[Anonymous No.4584438]

>>4584386
In the second figure the left arm feels wrong, i think it should be more straight or it's too long. Other than that this is great, really cute design.

[Anonymous No.4584444]

Finally finished my first real drawing!
>Book said it'll take me like 40 minutes
>Actually took me like 2 hours
Also, holy shit going into right side of the brain mode felt like I was in trance.

[Anonymous No.4584450]

>>4584386
Here is a pic of a woman in the same angle, hope it helps. Also do you have a blog?

[Anonymous No.4584453]

Anyone knows the issue?
>>4584277
>>4584277

[Anonymous No.4584459]

>>4584453
Just pirate photoshop/CSP

[Anonymous No.4584466]

>>4582586

[Anonymous No.4584478]

>>4584466
I'd redline you but I'd be also redlining the ngmi fuck you redlined.

[Anonymous No.4584483]

>>4584478
yes daddy plzzz

[Anonymous No.4584488]

>>4584364
This is pointless cringe and I can tell by your weak and 0 confidence strokes that you are a super /beg/. Cease

[Anonymous No.4584493]

[Anonymous No.4584507]

[Anonymous No.4584509]

>>4584488
It helped me improve my art and I thought other anons would benefit from it.
You're free to not try it.

[Anonymous No.4584514]

>>4584509
not /beg/

[Anonymous No.4584518]

>>4584488
you know you have to pyw after you say something like this, right?

[Anonymous No.4584519]

>>4584514
Isn't that Keys to Drawing tier and hence /beg/?

[Anonymous No.4584521]

>>4584507
noice

[Anonymous No.4584523]

>>4584519
But he's not doing that blind contour shit. I bet nobody in this thread can do better than him.

[Anonymous No.4584540]

>>4584507

[Anonymous No.4584556]

Do you think kids would want to read about Trumpasaurus Rex?

[Anonymous No.4584595]

new style

[Anonymous No.4584668]

>>4584364
I don't get it

[Anonymous No.4584673]

Hi /beg/, lemme preface this with an apology, that I didn't reduce the pic related to 1000px, in my defence, I am not sure as too how too do that, while maintaining the length x width ratio

Would you consider me as a /beg/ginner artist? A critique of my work would be greatly appreciated. In the dragon's case, I am uncomfortably aware of the issues of the parrellel lines not being quite as parallel as I would have liked, also the under scales don't disappear around the corners as would be liked. The shading is minimal. Ink is quite a new medium too me, line work isn't quite there yet.

This is my most recent piece, the pic that comes after is a piece I did a week ago. In the girls case, the face is rather basic unfortunately, and the linework is not as good as I'd like. A big issue with it is the feet, they're too small, and the folds in the fabric are rather unrealistic

So thank you /beg/, for taking the time to critique my work, and offer your advice, It is greatly appreciated

>>4584556
No, I don't think they will

[Anonymous No.4584675]

>>4584673
>the girl

[Anonymous No.4584677]

>>4584364
I don't get it, what the fuck is an extreme point?

[Anonymous No.4584735]

Completely new to digital, got any recs for good CSP tutorials?

[Anonymous No.4584743]

How do you draw from the shoulder?

[Anonymous No.4584748]

Two studies I've done. I think my line quality is improving with less chicken scratch. I need to start doing full body and hands though.

[Anonymous No.4584752]

>>4584748
Go apply your studies right now. If you can't then the study didn't work.

[Anonymous No.4584759]

Hey can I blogpost or no

[Anonymous No.4584767]

>>4584759
what u mean?

[Anonymous No.4584781]

>>4584767
what u mean what i mean

[Anonymous No.4584783]

>>4584781
i dont know

[Anonymous No.4584785]

>>4584783
man...
anyway i'll just refrain from doing so.
10pm time to draw

[Anonymous No.4584788]

As soon as summer begins I plan to try to draw for 8 hours a day. Is this realistic for someone who has only been drawing for a few months and only averages an hour of drawing a day? Will I have to worry about carpal tunnel syndrome if I take regular breaks to stretch?

[Anonymous No.4584792]

Damn, some of you niggas are actually p good.
I need to do some work with the eyes, im not sure if they're too big or the wrong shape or placed wrong, but they just look wrong.
The head looks off as well, especially in relation to the entire body.
Linework of course isnt right.
Also need to work on lower torso anatomy.

[Anonymous No.4584794]

>>4584788
/beg/ here
I bought a tablet in january, really just did a few drawings a month, until march and lockdown hit. Then every other day or so I've been drawing something (or making music)
I feel great and it's fun, but I know it's not gonna last forever.
Make flowers while the sun shines

[Anonymous No.4584797]

>>4584788
use entire arm for drawing to avoid carpal, yes it's possible, specially if you decide you won't look for distractions while doing it, by not browsing, checking phone, etc (check dopamine detox) and take it easy, don't force 8 hours if you can't, do something else like walking around the house, laying and thinking about life, until the boredom kicks in and makes you draw

[Anonymous No.4584799]

>>4584792
P cool drawing chief, kinda looks like Ben 10 tho.
Arm and lower half are skinny.
I'm /beg/ but I guess i'd just say grind construction

[Anonymous No.4584854]

i wanted to put masculine features onto a woman and see how much can i push it before is looks bad,on one end ive been told that she looks like a tranny, and on the other that she looks good, so i dont know what to beilieve, also, this is my first attempt to draw poses performing actions without refference and i wanted to know where should i focus my efforts to improve

[Anonymous No.4584856]

>>4584854

[Anonymous No.4584867]

>>4584854
you can draw any kind of masculine woman and someone will always say it looks like a tranny lol

[Anonymous No.4584879]

>>4584507
knee is fucked up

[Anonymous No.4584882]

Can I get feedback on this fellow begs?

>arm on the right is awkward
>perspective on legs is bad
What else? Does it look somewhat appealing?

[Anonymous No.4584891]

>>4584882
bruh its shit from top to bottom , go dowload Hichael Hampton's Figure Drawing Desing and Invention, one of the best books to get started

[Anonymous No.4584896]

>>4584867
yeah, i guess youre right

[Anonymous No.4584897]

fix my shit

[Anonymous No.4584902]

>>4584595
Why do people give you shit?

[Anonymous No.4584904]

>>4584902
crabs, hes making it

[Anonymous No.4584905]

>>4584882
your drawing is at least 100 times worst than what you think it is anon, better grind fundies or look at some refs

[Anonymous No.4584906]

Sketching

[Anonymous No.4584908]

>>4584902

i think he's like a meme that people jsut use it to shitpost

[Anonymous No.4584910]

I'm trying to red line this drawing,
can somebody tell me what these two bumps indicated by the two blue arrows are?
Also is my redline correct?

[Anonymous No.4584912]

>>4584910
Rib cage

[Anonymous No.4584915]

>>4584912
But the rib cage curves in like my redline doesn't it? why is there a bump going on on under it?
Is my redline wrong?

[Anonymous No.4584918]

>>4584904
easy to recognize = easy prey
can't wait to find his art acc in 4 years and post his posts there

[Anonymous No.4584922]

>>4584915
Let me think , I think because the rib cage is longer than the back so there is a slant ya I think the red line should be longer/lower than the blue arrow
If I have time I will draw what I mean

[Anonymous No.4584924]

>>4584915
yeah, those shouldnt be there, those bumps show up roughly above the line that separates the abs from the obliques, at the sides there shouldnt be any bumps bacuese theyre covered by muscle

[Anonymous No.4584927]

>>4584891
>>4584905
o-okay

[Anonymous No.4584928]

>>4584924
Rib cage shows

[Anonymous No.4584931]

>>4584924
>>4584915
forgot to attach

[Anonymous No.4584932]

[Anonymous No.4584935]

[Anonymous No.4584938]

>>4584924
Im just a beg but my ribcage pokes out of my chest in that area because I have low body fat, presumably

[Anonymous No.4584940]

>>4584928
it does, but it doenst break the silouetter like in OPs post, the bumps arent at tge sides but more in a middle point between the centre and the sides

[Anonymous No.4584944]

>>4584932
>>4584928
>>4584940
this, see?

[Anonymous No.4584946]

>>4584910
That's the ribcage. It's slightly tilted actually longer than your redline. The other bump is meat.

>>4584902
He's easy to recognize. That's about it. It's hard to tell who the regulars are. Beginners keep quitting all the time.
I recognize only these people from previous threads
>>4584466
>>4584386
>>4584507
>>4584556
>>4584595

[Anonymous No.4584947]

>>4584940
This is very similar to anons drawing
Reference is king

[Anonymous No.4584957]

>>4584927
i mean look at ramdom japs that draw anime try to copy them not their drawings but the end result or whoever you wish your art to be close or similiar

[Anonymous No.4584964]

I swear this is the day I stop posting on /beg/

[Anonymous No.4584971]

>>4584910

[Anonymous No.4584972]

What do you think? Lighting was shjt and I was on speed but i'm pretty okay with the result.

[Anonymous No.4584980]

>>4584957
>copy them not their drawings but the end result
And then do one hand clap

[Anonymous No.4584992]

>>4584980
you should be able to draw like that onyone else if you try hard enough anon

[Anonymous No.4584994]

>>4584972
Not /beg/

[Anonymous No.4584998]

How is my gesture game?

[Anonymous No.4585061]

One last sketch for the weekend. I know; loomis, cubes, and I’m ngmi.

[Anonymous No.4585067]

>>4584595
>new style
How so? And how do you consciously choose a style?

[Anonymous No.4585070]

Posting for closure, coloring this felt like burning and my lifespan got shortened.
I added some backstory on the background now, don't wanna be a guy that only draws girls randomly posing.. though it might cheapen the whole piece. It's a coin flip.
And thanks to the anon that did a paintover last thread, laying down those values was 70% of the work already done

[Anonymous No.4585071]

WIP
I don't know how to draw the Orc tops pants bunching up around his knees

[Anonymous No.4585078]

fukkin around learning the blend tool, whytf didnt i use this b4

[Anonymous No.4585079]

Anyone here have experience with an ipad + apple pencil? I am thinking about getting one and it looks pretty good.

[Anonymous No.4585083]

Posting for closure since I started it here. I'm definitely making a simpler drawing for my next piece, jesus christ I feel like this shortened my lifespan from so much effort and it still might look unpolished to some. Hopefully no one zooms that far in

You like the little Astra in the background?

[Anonymous No.4585085]

>>4585078
do not work for you so far. It one of these before doing that you need to be experienced with that kind of thing

[Anonymous No.4585086]

>>4585085
My man, are you having a stroke?
and if youre saying the drawing is shit, duh i did this in 3 minutes i'm doodling

[Anonymous No.4585087]

>>4585079
Don’t be such an iDiot.

[Anonymous No.4585091]

>>4584344
Been practicing perspective lately, did a study of some of Otomo's buildings from Akira to try and apply what I learned.

[Anonymous No.4585095]

>>4585083
Congrats on finding out that making finish pieces is surprisingly hard compared to do doing sketches and studies all day.

[Anonymous No.4585100]

>>4585083
just curious how long did this take you

[Anonymous No.4585102]

>>4585079
stop buying apple

[Anonymous No.4585136]

>>4585100
TL;DR: 38 hours, maybe a little less if we count the time fooling around on the internet or looking at the references but definitely over 28.

By 11th May I had the "rough" sketch here >>4568103
but I spent about 12 hours or so to get there by meshing 2 bike references. After posting that I was bombarded with assignments and didn't draw until... May 16th here >>4581001 , add another 8 hours it took me to clean up the original sketch.
6 hours non-stop later I finish the hatching and add some line weight here >>4581803 I tried to color it for 3 hours, got frustrated here >>4582049 and then fell asleep.
Here I come back for revenge and try new colors for 1 hour >>4584257
And after anon-san gives me a paint-over >>4584315 it was 8 hours for me to finish it right now. Yep I was curious as well
I dunno if that's even a thing to be proud of, or if it just shows my inefficiency

[Anonymous No.4585140]

>>4585100
TL;DR: 34 hours, maybe a little less if we count the time fooling around on the internet or looking at the references but definitely over 28.

By 11th May I had the "rough" sketch here >>4568103
but I spent about 12 hours or so to get there by meshing 2 bike references. After posting that I was bombarded with assignments and didn't draw until... May 16th here >>4581001 , add another 8 hours it took me to clean up the original sketch.
6 hours non-stop later I finish the hatching and add some line weight here >>4581803 I tried to color it for 2 hours, got frustrated here >>4582049 and then fell asleep.
Here I come back for revenge and try new colors for 1 hour >>4584257
And after anon-san gives me a paint-over >>4584315 it was 5 hours for me to finish it right now. Yep I was curious as well
I dunno if that's even a thing to be proud of, or if it just shows my inefficiency

[Anonymous No.4585141]

>>4585136
So roughly 30hrs I see
I haven't drawn something as ambitious as you, but I need to get my time shorter as well, makes me feel pathetic when I spend 3hrs~ on a headshot
Although software shortcuts could chop time in half, maybe macros and stuff I don't know

[Anonymous No.4585145]

>>4585141
>Although software shortcuts could chop time in half, maybe macros and stuff I don't know
I don't think so. not really that much. Main factor is experience and knowing what you doing.

[Anonymous No.4585146]

Doodled a crazy looking clown

[Anonymous No.4585148]

What's a realistic time frame to complete all the exercises in the Perspective Made Easy book?

[Anonymous No.4585149]

>>4585091
How is this a study? How do you apply concepts to copying a page of someone else's art?

Besides the perspective on that page is wack. You're learning from a bad source because the artist is watering down their own knowledge of perspective in exchange for a faster or more cohesive drawing. I'd suggest using actual photos or better yet, real life.

However you choose to go about drawing, like if your attempting to learn perspective by copying other artist's art, you should at least opt to draw the objects that are actually in perspective, like the buildings on the far left or bottom, instead of the giant, flat, perspectiveless square in the middle.

[Anonymous No.4585150]

>>4585141
I dunno what to tell you, but I think any artist will get absorbed and take up to 3 hours even on a headshot. No, especially because it's a headshot, the head is the main focus so you feel like you MUST get it right and spend more time fixing it.

Once you branch out to full bodies you'll surely find a way to rush the face and draw it with minimal features

[Anonymous No.4585158]

stuff i drew today

[Anonymous No.4585159]

This is my first post in /beg/. Trying to draw people obviously. Skip the memes, what should I work on?

This one was with a reference (1/2)

[Anonymous No.4585161]

>>4585159
And this one was with no reference (2/2)

[Anonymous No.4585166]

>>4585159
>>4585161
Should work on your reading comprehension skills cause the op explicitly states to RESIZE your images.

[Anonymous No.4585169]

Tell me about the 250 box challenge. It feels like bullshit without having known anything about perspective. I already don't know what the fuck I was doing during the Organic Perspective Exercise.

[Anonymous No.4585172]

>>4585166
My main board is /lit/ (i.e I'm illiterate). Anything other than image sizing?

[Anonymous No.4585174]

>>4585172
Post your ref that you used for image 1

[Anonymous No.4585177]

>>4585149
>How is this a study? How do you apply concepts to copying a page of someone else's art?
That's what a study is, you take someone elses art and try to break it down. You see people do it with paintings all the time. I learned one point perspective, saw how another artist did it and tried to recreate it.
>Besides the perspective on that page is wack.
Could you explain what I drew that isn't in the correct perspective? I'd appreciate your feedback.

[Anonymous No.4585178]

>>4585174

[Anonymous No.4585179]

Hi /ic/, this is the type of shit that I draw, is there any hope for me? I struggle to practice correct techniques and learn from tutorials so i end up just winging it and draw only when i feel motivated.

[Anonymous No.4585180]

>>4585179
youre obviously better than most in the thread. hit alt.

[Anonymous No.4585181]

>>4585180
What does hit alt mean?

[Anonymous No.4585182]

>>4585179
Not /beg/

[Anonymous No.4585184]

Trying to draw something other than floating heads lately.

[Anonymous No.4585187]

>>4585184
i like color and how clean it looks.
something mysterious with these hands going on

[Anonymous No.4585206]

>>4585178
I'd suggest starting with learning to 'draw what you see'. Forgo any preconceived understanding of concepts/fundies and just draw line for line what's in the reference. Really it's good to be mindful of fundies but you shouldn't allow them to dictate lines and i'd say they aren't really needed for pure reference drawing. Best example of this would be in the reference his belt side on our left is slightly higher then the his belt side on our right but in yours it's the drastic opposite.

[Anonymous No.4585207]

>finish something
>holy lord what a piece of shit
>look at it an hour later
>... I really drew something this good?
Why does my brain do this?

[Anonymous No.4585210]

>>4585177
Your not studying anything specific to that artist's work so it's better to actually study perspective from the accurate source. And be honest, did you actual apply any knew found knowledge to what you were drawing or just copied line for line?
>Besides the perspective on that page is wack.
I was referring to the page of the actual artwork from the artist.

[Anonymous No.4585220]

>>4585159
>>4585161
You have terrible line economy. Make planned, deliberate strokes, stop chicken scratching.

>>4585158
Get into gesture.

[Anonymous No.4585280]

Sketching

[Anonymous No.4585285]

>>4585179
Disregard the absolute /beg/s saying not beg. First of all, your value range is way too high in most places, you'd think "I want contrast so let's have black and white" but that is usually too much and it makes things unappealing. It's fine to have these areas in some places but you have it everywhere. Secondly, you gotta work on your edges, you probably are a very unconfident person (like me) and don't wanna commit bold strokes, but you gotta take the plunge and give some strong definition. So work on values and edges.
Props for the "legs" though, definitely the best part of this by far.

[Anonymous No.4585286]

>>4584675
The dress looks flat and the folds seem to be added later. The basket is very flat too; instead of simply drawing a shape in which you fill hatchings, you should try drawing the basket’s weaving one by one; it will give it a more organic feeling and a fuller shape.

[Anonymous No.4585291]

>>4585285
Thank you that was really helpful actually I really appreciate that. Do you by any chance have any resources that you would recommend for me?

[Anonymous No.4585313]

>>4584675
No form lol

[Anonymous No.4585365]

please dear god how do i get rid of her down syndrome I don't know where it all went horrible wrong

[Anonymous No.4585368]

>>4585365
dont color/render/shade until around 6 months from now.

[Anonymous No.4585371]

>>4585368
fuck, but it's fun

[Anonymous No.4585374]

>>4585371
learn one thing at a time. did you trace the image? or use a reference?

[Anonymous No.4585377]

>>4585374
no, neither. i'm the same dude from last time. my 2nd drawing w/o a reference

[Anonymous No.4585379]

>>4585365
I moved mouth up and back, made it a bit bigger, made chin smaller and gave her eyebrows

over 9000 hours in mspaint

[Anonymous No.4585387]

>>4585365
>>4585368

now that I think about it, I had to resize the face, so it left a huge gap in the hair it looks unnatural, i'd have to fix the whole right side of the hair
>>4585379
thx bro

[Anonymous No.4585392]

i always fuck up with hips and the pelvis

[Anonymous No.4585407]

>>4584675
you might like Lohan's “Pen & Ink Techniques”

[Anonymous No.4585419]

[Anonymous No.4585445]

>>4585392
where is arm? :.

[Anonymous No.4585447]

>>4585445
Its reaching behind

[Anonymous No.4585454]

>>4585447
it is one with elbow up do something like that. Another one doing something different, arms do not do like that.

[Anonymous No.4585458]

oh wait. is it supposed like elbow toward camera thing?

[Anonymous No.4585463]

>>4585458
Yeah

[Anonymous No.4585465]

Having a ton of fun doing these.

[Anonymous No.4585480]

How is this for no reference? please! please tell me!!

[Anonymous No.4585487]

[Anonymous No.4585500]

A sketch, I'm not happy with the left leg but I'll change it when I clean it up.

[Anonymous No.4585514]

>>4585392
Amputee fetish?
Oh no anon....

[Anonymous No.4585518]

>>4584595
noice

[Anonymous No.4585523]

>>4585480
i'm beg but you should use confident deliberate strokes instead of scratchy lines

[Anonymous No.4585535]

>>4585184
nice proportions

>>4585083
This is 100% personal taste, but I don't like the color choices. Everything has a gray, yellow tint.

[Anonymous No.4585541]

>>4585514
He arms are meant to be reaching behind. Does it really look that bad? How can I fix it?

[Anonymous No.4585559]

i dont feel like drawing at all, what do??

[Anonymous No.4585575]

I'm struggling so hard to get the lines i want.
It feels so different from drawing with a pencil.
>lines too small can't make them smooth
>can't go over the same line multiple times like i used to
>lines too thick now i can't do details
>changing to the right size for every lines is super hard and would take an eternity
The one at the bottom that almost looks redeemable i messed up so bad i removed all of it, it practically looked like the on it's right when i was "done" with it.
How am i supposed to set up a brush so it feels good to use?

[Anonymous No.4585594]

>>4585575
Are you drawing with a fucking mouse? Why don't you have pressure sentivity?

[Anonymous No.4585595]

>>4584360
Some ground rules to start this thread and the next /beg/ threads off:

>if you are /beg/
Don't ever give advice.
You can relate and share your hardships with other /beg/s, but never give them advice.
If you MUST give advice, start the reply off with "I'm beg, but what worked for me is..."

>Before you post your work
>1. Every person giving advice here expects for you to have at least read some of the sticky, and that you already know what you should be doing to improve.
In that light, replies such as "grind more fundamentals" are perfectly viable advice.
We expect you to know what the general fundamentals are (gesture, anatomy, perspective, drapery, etc.), and we expect you to know where you can find resources to practice these subjects.
>Sometimes literally the only good advice to give is to practice more and improve your technique.

>2. DO NOT post your 5 minute sketches that you didn't put much thought into. If you do post them then make sure to ask for SPECIFIC advice on a specific subject.
If you post a doodle and ask "where did i go wrong" or "how should I continue from here", expect to get meme replies such as "Loomis".

>Follow these simple rules and the generals will become much more productive for both the /beg/s and the people giving advice

[Anonymous No.4585601]

>>4585594
Because every single time i've seen someone talk about it they say it's stupid and you shouldn't use it.
Some say i should use a large brush some say a small one i have no idea what do use.

[Anonymous No.4585606]

>>4585601
do not using pressure it was one guy and he have no sense. it is one of important features of tablet.
biggest brush talk is about painting, not drawing. It is about blobs not lines.

[Anonymous No.4585609]

>>4585606
how do i set my brush then it feels too sensitive it jumps lkie shit

[Anonymous No.4585610]

>>4585606
Good to know I've been practicing a meme for a month and gotten worse from it.
I'm looking back at some stuff i did just as i got my tablet and it looks better than what i can do now.

[Anonymous No.4585674]

How do you figure out what to draw or things to practice?

[Anonymous No.4585677]

i figure getting into self portraits will help show me off to potential art girlfriends.

[Anonymous No.4585680]

>>4585674
If you don't know what you want to draw then you are unironically ngmi

[Anonymous No.4585683]

>>4585083
Man you kinda botched it with those colors, she looks like she's submerged in piss.
Still though, nice job.

[Anonymous No.4585691]

>>4585392
>>4585445
>>4585514
Is this better?
The left arm is meant to be an elbow pointed at the viewer.

[Anonymous No.4585708]

>>4585609
show a screenshot of your tablet settings and a screenshot of your brush settings

[Anonymous No.4585713]

>>4585487
meh, gonna finish polishing a turd.

[Anonymous No.4585731]

first time trying to paint and god it's so fucking difficult and it takes forever. i haven't even finished the eyes yet and i wanna go back to drawing basic ass anime girls. do people actually enjoy painting like this

[Anonymous No.4585732]

>>4585713
where is her top of the head?

[Anonymous No.4585734]

>>4584998
weak.
poor line control and you're outlining, looks like your avarage proko simplified contour drawing victim.
You got some movement going on though so I wouldn't say you're hopeless.

>>4585691
Not any of those guys but you can tell what's supposed to be going on with the right arm now, it still looks broken af but you can tell what's going on.
As for the left it still looks like an amputee stump.
>The left arm is meant to be an elbow pointed at the viewer.
You can't tell that that is what it's supposed to be, study some foreshortening or use reference that's close to what you want to achieve.

[Anonymous No.4585736]

>>4585708

[Anonymous No.4585737]

i wanna draw like artist pilyeon i have decided

[Anonymous No.4585741]

>>4585691
I seems more clear but it maybe because I was thinking about it and know what I am looking at.
I dont even think it geometrically wrong.
Do not know much about anatomy.

Need competent redliner to show how how it must be done. or just do not poke viewer with elbows
.
>>4585731
looks cool af but jaw feels skewed

[Anonymous No.4585743]

>>4585736
I don't use this software, but try these. Specially the number 1 to see if it's not a problem on the tablet side.

[Anonymous No.4585744]

>>4584759
Yeah, but don't make your own threads for it. Post it in a general.

[Anonymous No.4585749]

>>4585743
i swear i just slightly apply more force and it just hits max

[Anonymous No.4585758]

>>4585365
next op

[Anonymous No.4585759]

>>4585741
>>4585734
thank you

[Anonymous No.4585765]

>>4585749
try disabling windows ink and/or updating the tablet driver if needed

[Anonymous No.4585785]

>>4585732
Better?

[Anonymous No.4585809]

>>4585785
yes

[Anonymous No.4585830]

>>4585731
cool values in the nose and lips

[Anonymous No.4585853]

>>4585535
>>4585683
Is this better? I don't see her wearing red though. I'll keep changing colors around now that I discovered gradient maps and have selections for everything.
I just thought a purple coat would contrast nicely with a yellow background.. Hmm but it's true my painting was very muted. Nothing like this red cape.

[Anonymous No.4585855]

How do you render in digital? I understand shading and rendering in concept but I have no ideas what tools to use, and using the default brush as if it was a pencil and trying to shade or even crosshatch ends up looking really ugly.

[Anonymous No.4585856]

>>4585785
>4585785
you need more loomis in your life

[Anonymous No.4585860]

>>4585853
the red floating things look out of place style wise

[Anonymous No.4585866]

>>4585855
Digital is very different than trad in terms of workflow. Find some videos on youtube and keep looking until you find something that really clicks with you.

[Anonymous No.4585874]

>>4585860
Alright I'll get rid of it once I get to my PC. I also think the background might not work anymore, I don't think it's very noticeable that it's supposed to be her at the cliff if I don't use more colors.

[Anonymous No.4585875]

>>4585866
Any suggestions on where to start? I really suck at finding youtube resources and the like.

[Anonymous No.4585888]

>>4585875
https://www.youtube.com/user/kmrussell24/videos

[Anonymous No.4585891]

>>4585888
Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.4585893]

>>4585741
>>4585759
Not competent enough to redline but here's some refs. Must be said though that I agree with:
> or just do not poke viewer with elbows
It's such an unflattering position that I spent ages looking through google images and not a single woman has her elbow poking directly at the camera.

[Anonymous No.4585894]

>>4584344
>>4584344
Any advice on drawing a scene as opposed to a single thing? I can draw people and i can draw bikes but putting them together is a lot harder because of scale. I tried to flip the image and focus on negative space. It helps a bit but I would appreciate any general advice.

[Anonymous No.4585898]

>>4585894
source

[Anonymous No.4585903]

>>4585894
/beg/ here but what I know from theory is that you should start with boxes. align the boxes then subdivide into more boxes and keep filling construction and detail like that.

[Anonymous No.4585919]

>>4585903
i did

[Anonymous No.4585941]

>>4584957
Not the guy you're replying too but
>try to make a figure construction based on the bottom left
>everything looks stiff and wrong
Guess it's back to fundie grinding.

[Anonymous No.4585947]

>>4585941
is this bait or you actually draw like this?

[Anonymous No.4585948]

hmm

[Anonymous No.4585956]

>>4585948
damn, your rendering skill is quite good, too real for the style imo, but pretty good

[Anonymous No.4585960]

>>4585941
And what is fundie grinding to you? Work on observational drawing.

>>4585948
Is this dan? What's your blog?

[Anonymous No.4585964]

>>4585956
I'm somewhat understand overall geometry of it but lacking in anatomy

[Anonymous No.4585969]

>>4585947
Yes. I don't know what I'm doing.

[Anonymous No.4585971]

>>4585964
Ah, so you're the korean guy. Good skin tones.

[Anonymous No.4586012]

I am trying to draw this position but i'm having a hard time to figure what is the problem with it, can someone point it out to me ? i'ts looking really weird

[Anonymous No.4586020]

complete /beg/ here, I did the picasso drawing practice, it was going fine at the start but then those hands man.. those hands.. I tried my best lads

[Anonymous No.4586060]

>>4586012
Damn

[Anonymous No.4586076]

>>4586012
if shes taking a big dump her torso should be further forward so shes leaning towards the camera.

[Anonymous No.4586084]

>>4586012
what is she trying to do?

[Anonymous No.4586095]

>>4586076
>>4586084
the idea is just to draw Asuka sitting inside of an EVA

[Anonymous No.4586146]

>>4585365
moar loomis

[Anonymous No.4586152]

>>4585853
Tone down the fucking background jesus.

[Anonymous No.4586158]

>>4586146
needs more bug eyes

[Anonymous No.4586159]

>>4586158
stop crabbing

[Anonymous No.4586161]

Is the jawline fine or should I make it less defined?This is supposed to be a woman by the way.

[Anonymous No.4586162]

>>4586161
you should pay the fuck attention in your Bio class.

[Anonymous No.4586165]

>>4586159
thanks for the (You)

[Anonymous No.4586186]

finally enough of this stuff back to drawing things that are actually fun
>>4585741
yeah i tried to kind of fix it but i'm not sure it worked. some things still look kind of off but oh well
>>4585830
thank you. i liked them the most too since the shapes are a bit more interesting

[Anonymous No.4586201]

Hey guys finished my second drawing! How do you like it? I welcome all critique. I can also post the original size if you want.

[Anonymous No.4586212]

>>4586161
It's not about the jaw. Features and face aren't in the same perspective.

[Anonymous No.4586216]

Cube again. I spent 4 hours on this. How do are speed up?

[Anonymous No.4586219]

>>4586212
based eye stickers

[Anonymous No.4586220]

>>4586219
Redline it, thank you.

[Anonymous No.4586224]

>>4586152
>Tfw I made it even brighter
Alright let's consider this a loss.. Perhaps?
I like this Uber energetic style. Time to work on the next piece

[Anonymous No.4586227]

>>4586146
fuck, back to grinding loomis then

[Anonymous No.4586235]

>>4586212
Thank you anon, I guess I should grind out more Loomis heads. Do you have any tips besides that?

[Anonymous No.4586237]

>>4586012

[Anonymous No.4586243]

>>4586237
nice robocock

[Anonymous No.4586248]

>>4586243
>>4586012
nice

[Anonymous No.4586253]

QUICK! GIVE ME YOUR SAI 2 BRUSH

[Anonymous No.4586260]

>>4586253
u the one with pressure problem still?

[Anonymous No.4586261]

>>4586260
yea...

[Anonymous No.4586271]

>>4586235
Don't fuzz too much about the method. Just make sure to get a feel for the planes and the forms you're drawing.

[Anonymous No.4586273]

So even though i'm still garbage, should I be finding an artist I like and copying their style?
I've been making those anime heads and I don't even really want to draw super anime stuff when I get good

[Anonymous No.4586282]

>>4586273
>super anime stuff
what

[Anonymous No.4586284]

>>4586282
Typical anime stylization, is what I mean.

[Anonymous No.4586285]

>>4586284
Why are you copying anime if you don't want to do anime???

[Anonymous No.4586294]

>>4586284
you should learn your basics then proceed to learn whatever takes you to your goals, and do you mean typical anime style with no soul like average? then just ...uhhh... dont draw like everyone else

[Anonymous No.4586295]

>>4586285
Because I want elements of anime and western, there's just a bevy of readily available info on anime stuff I started with that
I'm /beg/ bro youre acting like i've been grinding anime for years and suddenly came to a realization

[Anonymous No.4586301]

>>4586237
>>4586248
Thank you anon, now i can understand it

[Anonymous No.4586420]

>reading through Right Side of the Brain because I'm super /beg/
>need plexiglass and graphite sticks in order to do the exercises
>only have paper and pencil, literally nothing else
I'm not going to make it because I'm piss poor

[Anonymous No.4586428]

>>4586420
paper and pencil is enough, ignore the material requirements for that book

[Anonymous No.4586437]

>>4586428
What should I do about this exercise then? Should I just say fuck it and try to draw my hand without any of the extra stuff?

[Anonymous No.4586438]

[Anonymous No.4586439]

>>4586420
your problem isnt being poor, its reading right side of the brain.

t.poorfag

[Anonymous No.4586448]

>>4586437
use some window, plastic over it, tape

[Anonymous No.4586453]

>>4586439
What do you recommend then for babby artists? I was just following the sticky

[Anonymous No.4586456]

>>4586438
Reference or nah, I fuck with your stuff

[Anonymous No.4586459]

>>4586453
Just draw>drawing comics the marvel way>hampton>perspective made easy >loomis>bridgeman

[Anonymous No.4586461]

>>4586459
is just draw a book

[Anonymous No.4586468]

>>4586461
no. a lot of the time people here dont understand that in the early stages of drawing you need a certain amount of mileage before any technical information will be useful or have meaning. you haave to learnt to walk before you can run and get the feel of a pen or pencil in your hand and an idea of what you like to look at and draw. It's like buying a $500 brush before learning to draw a stick man, TECHNICALLY there's nothing really wrong with it but it's absolutely pointless since you aren't able to use that tool to it's full potential and thus get no value out of using it.

[Anonymous No.4586470]

>>4586456
Im using many refs just to visual and understand some stuff. Entire pose, design is mine tho.

[Anonymous No.4586471]

How do I accept the NGMI life? Can I get something like neetbux for it?

[Anonymous No.4586475]

>>4586468
pyw

[Anonymous No.4586476]

>>4586475
uh oh did somebody buy a $300 copic set?

[Anonymous No.4586477]

>>4586470
can I follow you somehow

[Anonymous No.4586480]

>>4586476
wait no i bet you fell for the ipad meme lmao

[Anonymous No.4586485]

>>4586475
Not him but I fully agree. Just drawing will always be the most important part.

[Anonymous No.4586487]

>>4586468
>crawl -> walk -> run -> parkour
most people are in the craw and walk stage in /beg/, but few are in the unborn stage where they have absolutely no idea how drawing works

[Anonymous No.4586489]

>>4586487
you learn by making marks on paper. that is the absolute first step, you don't learn to do that by reading about it.

[Anonymous No.4586492]

>>4586489
yes, that's obvious

[Anonymous No.4586494]

>>4586438
yeah i think some people can't be saved by the grace of loomis

[Anonymous No.4586496]

>>4586438
big think

[Anonymous No.4586500]

>>4586485
Ok.. if you draw like this then i'm forced to agree i love your shit

[Anonymous No.4586501]

>>4586477

https://twitter.com/AnkoruNSFW

Its dead tho. I got some twists in life u know. I will make new blog soon and will give info there. So if you really like my stuff stay tuned.

[Anonymous No.4586504]

Why do people try to max out rendering before shit like figure drawing and line art? I feel like it's way more important but lots of people seem to make the main mistake of skipping it. I have zero interest in rendering at the moment

[Anonymous No.4586534]

>>4586487
>>4586489
>tfw I've made marks on paper before
B-bros... I'm gonna make it...

[Anonymous No.4586542]

[Anonymous No.4586547]

>>4586542
>no google matchs

why are you people trying to beat the ET girl

[Anonymous No.4586552]

>>4586547
redline it, crab.

[Anonymous No.4586573]

>>4586552
t. crab crabbing people out of knowledge

[Anonymous No.4586576]

>>4586573
crab crab crab haha crab crab crab no i wont post my work lol ur crabbing haha crab crab

"crab" is the new "troll". stop trolling u epic troller this guy is a troll hes trolling

[Anonymous No.4586621]

>>4586504
I am a /beg/. I used to color everything I drew. Coloring was enticing because even a simple flat color job made my bad art look less bad. At least that's how I felt about my own drawings when I colored them. It took me a while before I realized how much time I was spending coloring and haphazardly shading my drawings, while my drawings themselves still really really sucked. So I stopped so I can focus on learning anatomy and gesture

[Anonymous No.4586644]

Hey can someone redline my life

[Anonymous No.4586645]

>>4586644
too bad sorry, i would just start a new one

[Anonymous No.4586674]

[Anonymous No.4586693]

>>4586674
ref'd?

[Anonymous No.4586705]

>>4586693
wut?

[Anonymous No.4586712]

>>4586705
did u draw with pose reference?

[Anonymous No.4586717]

>>4584748
your cat is so cute/soulful that I had to try draw it.

I don't have this much soul tho.

[Anonymous No.4586724]

>>4586712
No. I'm trying to draw without refs to train my imagination

[Anonymous No.4586729]

>>4586724
pretty good if i ignore the chicken scratches

[Anonymous No.4586731]

>>4585893
try instagram thots

[Anonymous No.4586738]

>>4586729
tnx!

[Anonymous No.4586741]

>>4586724
ayy

[Anonymous No.4586768]

[Anonymous No.4586792]

>>4586717
Hey I recognize you, I like your stuff and I think your version of the drawing is cute too. Here's the original reference that I used if you were curious.

[Anonymous No.4586820]

I wish someone recognized me.

[Anonymous No.4586829]

>>4586820
sign ur art with :^)

[Anonymous No.4586851]

>>4586820
I'd be completely happy being a no-name
I just have ideas I want to flesh out
i'm probably ngmi but i'm trying

[Anonymous No.4586871]

it looks wrong but I don't know what is wrong (probably a lot)

[Anonymous No.4586872]

>>4586871
oh shit I thought the OP said MB not mb, sorry

[Anonymous No.4586903]

>>4586871
I'm beg but the horizon line is pretty high, the colors are bland and lack of contrast, and I'm not sure if the thing in the middle is a road or rails

[Anonymous No.4586909]

>>4584344
Best course or book for learning about crosshatching like this? Like a classic "illustration" style.

[Anonymous No.4586939]

AAAAAAGH.
Reading Loomis feels like homework, there's 122 pages. I want to draw cartoons!!!

[Anonymous No.4586948]

>>4586939
life is homework, without the home part

[Anonymous No.4586950]

Is there any advice on the differences between CSP's g-pen, real g-pen and when to use one over the other?

Overall those two are my favorite brushes anyway.

[Anonymous No.4586953]

>>4586903
I can see what you mean about the "rails" and horizon but the colour scheme was deliberate to make it look polluted

[Anonymous No.4586957]

>>4586953
I understand, but everything looks grey, which makes the whole drawing look flat, add some texture in there

[Anonymous No.4586960]

>>4586950
if you look those at 100% zoom you'll that the real one isn't perfectly round

[Anonymous No.4586962]

[Anonymous No.4586965]

>>4586962
more loomis
soul

[Anonymous No.4586976]

>>4586957
ok I see what you mean now, arigato

[Anonymous No.4586977]

>>4586965
you cant just call everything that is drawn badly soul

you people have to figure this out eventually.

[Anonymous No.4586979]

>>4586977
I think he was saying I need more soul

[Anonymous No.4587002]

[Anonymous No.4587042]

>>4587002
icon but shoes in the room. do not seems right
looks intresting but head is kind of bland

[Anonymous No.4587050]

>>4586960
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4587054]

>>4586871
Also beg, but I'm assuming the view is supposed to be from someone standing on the path and the horizon line is our eye level. With that the trees are much to small for how close they are. I think they would break past the horizon line. And then that tiny tree by the mushroom would be closer to the original trees on the left.

[Anonymous No.4587168]

Keep it real with me have all of you read all 122 pages of Loomis... really?

[Anonymous No.4587188]

>>4587168
Quit trying to come up with excuses and just do it. Unless you have some other resource that you think would be at least equally good.

[Anonymous No.4587199]

new
>>4587197
>>4587197
>>4587197

[Anonymous No.4587278]

>>4585737
>check pilyeon
>all he draws are flamboyant faggots
>even his females look like men
Is this why your faces so unappealing?

[Anonymous No.4587280]

>>4584518
With pleasure

[Anonymous No.4587456]

>>4587280
lol, no big suprise.

[Anonymous No.4587866]

>>4586871
I don't fucking remember what it's called but you need to look into the effects distance has on like contrast and clarity. The further things are away the "blurrier" they should be and the more their tones blend together. Everything on your picture has the exact same resolution and clarity so it appears everything is close by and makes the whole thing look flat as fuck. I hope that i explained that ok?