Draw Thread

[Anonymous No.4615164]

>dA /ic/ group :
http://4chan-ic.deviantart.com

>/ic/ Resources/Reference/Downloads/Links:

>General resources :
http://sites.google.com/site/4chanic/
http://sites.google.com/site/artandwhatnot/
http://characterdesigns.com/
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3.html
http://finaltrinity.tumblr.com/post/13163064364/art-references-tumblr-accounts

>fellowBro's books :
http://mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8

>Figure Drawing Tool:
http://pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://posemaniacs.com

[Anonymous No.4615231]

:D

[Anonymous No.4615374]

Been sketching since mid-afternoon. Got a lot of reps today..

[Anonymous No.4615403]

Tried putting extra effort into my work

[Anonymous No.4615513]

brushwork test

[Anonymous No.4615518]

>>4615403
Thats some good shit anon

[Anonymous No.4615542]

[Anonymous No.4615548]

>>4615513
He should get that dandruff treated

[Anonymous No.4615562]

>>4615231
Nice, but the Arabic characters are impossible to read

[Anonymous No.4615583]

[Anonymous No.4615597]

[Anonymous No.4615932]

Still Rusty.

[Anonymous No.4615935]

>>4615932

But the intimidation factor is gone. I think I can solve my problems with time and practice.

[Anonymous No.4615975]

>>4615583
The only half-decent interesting post in this thread

[Anonymous No.4616032]

>>4615164
>http://sites.google.com/site/artandwhatnot/
fucking GOAT THANK YOU there's so much GOOD SHIT HERE BREH

[Anonymous No.4616033]

>>4615374

The faces are very unappealing

[Anonymous No.4616038]

[Anonymous No.4616041]

gimme some (you)s and some crit please bois
this is a great ref for a colour study btw give it a go

[Anonymous No.4616042]

>>4616041
i promise i'll post a jpg next time

[Anonymous No.4616079]

Dunno how to colour this

[Anonymous No.4616082]

>>4616041
Decent work, you've got good expressive brushstrokes.
Look at the figures left eyebrow, see how you've made it seem closer than it really is?
The hair is good.

[Anonymous No.4616086]

draw draw draw
what's the point of drawing
i'll draw for 2 hours today, maybe 20
but for the rest of my days i'm set to do nothing
nothing at all
except browse and swipe and read the feed and fucking feed the expedient pleasure-seeking fuckhead I am
all the fucking time
so i'll draw
ooooh woopeee i'll draw look at this cool fucking character man whew mom look i'm gonna be a concept artist or an illustrator, im gonna make coom commissions and quit my fucking job let's draw some
let's draw some big fuckin anime titties
let's trick ourselves to draw for 3 hours or 30
and see ourselves grow, oh wow i sucked donkey dick in 2015 haha look at my DA now I just suck my own dick thinking i'm getting any good
why don't we also learn to write and create new stories, 30 hours a day on top of hour drawing, and another 20 hours in the year
that's unrealistic of course, give me some tea, with a little sugar, and I should be pleased
but i'm so fucking angry man
it's all against us
this place is a total shithole and we all know it and we all know why
other communities just tell you how absolutely wonderful and perfect your most recent bowel movement is, and they'll give you a like
OOOH A LIKE


OOOH A (YOU)
AAAAA YES THERE'S THAT FRESH REWARD FOR ME I SURE DONE DIDDLY DESERVE THIS

OH FUCKING YES I JUST LOVE THAT I DRAW
I DRAW EVERY DAY NOW HAHA 2 MINUTES 20 MINUTES 2 HOURS HAHA GOTTA GRIND IT OUT
GOTTA GRIND OUT EVERY DAY SO WE CAN MAKE IT HUH BROS???
SO MANY OF US BUT NOBODY FUCKING MAKES IT BUT WE'LL MAKE IT RIGHT?

you could be a pro right now and not make shit. not make money. not make things you like. you just make shit you've indoctrinated yourself into making, because you told yourself it was important
because IC said so, because that girl said your character looked cute and everything fired up inside you and you sAID I'M GONNA BE THE BESTEST FUCKING CATCH EM ALL ASH KETCHUM ARTIST FUCKING SICK CUNT AND SHE'S GONNA SHOW ME HER FUCKING, TIIIIIITTTTTSSSSS

[Anonymous No.4616093]

>>4616082
thank you anon I'm gonna keep at it, not sure what you mean about the eyebrow, do you mean his left eyebrow is too far away? I've just noticed now it's not lined up to the nose's vertical line like the ref is

[Anonymous No.4616101]

>>4616093
It's like you've built it out of two planes which don't intersect correctly (if it's a copy of the ref).
There's nothing necessarily bad about that, but it's not accurate to what you're painting in this example.
Why not try a painting where you deliberately play with the idea of different planes joining and forming interesting shapes?

[Anonymous No.4616168]

So this is it i experimented and do some serious and various study after mental disorder so this is my way
Yeah nobody loves muddy work at least my opinion

[Anonymous No.4616175]

>>4616168

[Anonymous No.4616206]

>>4616168
What are you trying to do with this exercise?
I like that ref photo, is that your senpai?

[Anonymous No.4616215]

>>4616206
it's former president who loves wipe out everything he don't like this is drawing with right side of brain based excersise

[Anonymous No.4616219]

I tried working on keeping things simplified, and also tried to work values, how can I improve on this?

[Anonymous No.4616455]

>>4615374
Wide range of expressions here. The screaming girl in the lower left's shoulders are a little big. Makes sense that they're shrugged up but they're a little too round. Love some of these expressions.

[Anonymous No.4616502]

>>4615403
less color, less rim light, define forms more, less stiff pose, reduce img size to 1000 or less.

>>4615513
less specular reflections, balance ur colors and lighting (too much contrast), more soft strokes, less hard edge

>>4616038
more soft stroke, less stiff pose, less wonky proportions, more color contrast, define key light(defines forms better)

>>4616219
more soft strokes, define key light better(defines forms), define torso better, there should be a clavicle connect those arms so there needs to be muscle deformations just looks like a snake with arms slapped on.

[Anonymous No.4616508]

>>4616041
There are a lot more cool/blueish tones in the shadows of the original.

[Anonymous No.4616523]

[Anonymous No.4616620]

>>4616502

not any of those guys but quadrupeds in nature never have clavicles. That's an ape thing. It wouldn't make sense to give a dragon clavicles

[Anonymous No.4616661]

>>4616502
A great thing about /ic/ is that you can spot shitty critique from a mile away

[Anonymous No.4616675]

>>4616502
thanks for the dragon crit, will def look out for proper anatomy, but could you elaborate on the "key light"?

[Anonymous No.4616755]

[Anonymous No.4616797]

>>4616675
Eh, wouldn't trust that guy's crit too much. Your pose wasn't stiff imo

[Anonymous No.4616843]

WIP from random keywords (angel + video-games)

[Anonymous No.4617006]

Femboy Komaeda

[Anonymous No.4617009]

>>4615164
Hi, should I get the Wacom Pro Medium or is the Wacom Intous Medium good enough?

I haven't drawn in a long time and looking to start digital art.

[Anonymous No.4617304]

WIP

[Anonymous No.4617454]

>>4616843
ugly brush strokes, ugly colors, ugly composition, ugly characters.
>>4617009
ugly colors, ugly composition, ugly design
>>4617304
ugly concept art, ugly rim light, ugly random character,ugly gradient, ugly design

>>4616755
ugly gbrush strokes and lines, ugly canvas color, ugly composition
>>4616523
ugly overall

[Anonymous No.4617459]

>>4617454
>anime poster
Ugly tranny

[Anonymous No.4617464]

>>4617304
Looks cool already. Post when your finished.

[Anonymous No.4617938]

>>4617454
>>4616502
What's with the crabs lately? /int/ thread was pretty fucked too

[Anonymous No.4617986]

>>4617938
the people who started due to corona have dropped motivation and can only crab

they'll be gone in a few weeks

[Anonymous No.4618631]

>>4617304
Very Cool, blog?

[Anonymous No.4618899]

[Anonymous No.4619342]

Did a few mermay entries and tried to fool around with different combinations of "fishparts" to become more creative

[Anonymous No.4619617]

[Anonymous No.4619621]

[Anonymous No.4619633]

>>4615935

[Anonymous No.4619637]

>>4619621
These are GREAT!

[Anonymous No.4619654]

Not final colours, but anybody have any comments or critiques?

[Anonymous No.4619675]

Wew.

[Anonymous No.4619688]

>>4619654

I know you said it's not final colors but that blue sheath is breaking up the silhouette of the character on the left, and not in a good way.

[Anonymous No.4619801]

>>4619633

[Anonymous No.4619806]

[Anonymous No.4619816]

im pretty proud of this

[Anonymous No.4619819]

>>4615542
Super cute
Succubus girls are the best

[Anonymous No.4620010]

couple of new pieces for a book

[Anonymous No.4620011]

>>4620010

[Anonymous No.4620026]

>>4620010
>>4620011
W O W
I love these anon.
Please do tell about the book and if you have blag
It reminds me kind of Uzumaki, probably because the dark tone of it and that there's a chapter in Uzumaki with a lighthouse (thats probalby not a lighthouse, but reminds me of one)

[Anonymous No.4620033]

>>4620010
>>4620011

Holy cow. Thought it was from something like blame for a moment. What's the book, Anon?

[Anonymous No.4620046]

>>4615513
>>4615583
>>4620010
>>4620011
kool

[Anonymous No.4620058]

Kind of nervous to move forward with this one, because I'm probably gonna fuck that hand up, kek

[Anonymous No.4620318]

>>4617304
blog?

[Anonymous No.4620332]

>>4619654
I don't know how far you want to make it look like authentic orthodox art but I think it could use more gold

[Anonymous No.4620489]

>>4618631
>>4620318
https://www.instagram.com/jordi_milian/

[Anonymous No.4620509]

>>4617938
theyre not wrong (well ugly composition is debatable), but theyre only picking out bad things, so doesnt mean there arent good things about your art.
think of it as things normies might say if you tried sharing on a mass scale.
lets work together to improve!

[Anonymous No.4620517]

>>4620058
That face is too small for the head and the shoulder should be wider for the position it's in. Also if you're afraid of the hands just find a ref that's close enough or go study a bunch of hands to improve yourself.

[Anonymous No.4620558]

>>4619688
Sadly the Blue is the only thing that is final, so yeah I did notice and I'll have the change his colours.
>>4620332
You're dead right

[Anonymous No.4620608]

>>4620558

If you want to keep the blue sword AND add more gold, you could always do like the icon painters of old, and make the sky gold. Kill two birds with one stone.

[Anonymous No.4620622]

>>4620608
Sorry the sword was actually see through and not blue lol

[Anonymous No.4620628]

>>4620622

Oh... well in that case disregard literally everything I said...

[Anonymous No.4621102]

On goinz

[Anonymous No.4621344]

>>4615164
Does anyone have source for the unedited pic?

[Anonymous No.4621377]

>>4620517
I narrowed the jaw and think it frames the face better now. I based her off a model and measured her facial features out with calipers, so I feel pretty good about their placement. Now, for that hand...

[Anonymous No.4621379]

>>4616041
I really like how you incorporated the green on the beard! I think it's going in the right direction, but you should be more mindful of the values, his coat for example is way lighter than the reference. Another thing that could be improved is having a more solid drawing to start painting on, in this case, you might notice that a chunk of his head appears to be missing or just very distorted. I made the drawing Black and white so you can see the values properly, and also redrew that side of his head.

[Anonymous No.4621386]

>>4617454
Choke to death on my flaccid dick while I sleep, you wet fart.

[Anonymous No.4621394]

>>4621377
*photo reference, not live model. Just so you don't think I was literally putting calipers on some girl's face, kek

[Anonymous No.4621402]

>>4621394
If it was a live model you probably would have drawn her better

[Anonymous No.4621406]

Someone said this doesn't belong in /beg so I figured I would try posting here see if I could get some help. The pose is the same as "the thinker" but I'm having trouble conveying that the left arm is resting on the right leg. Do you guys think that's fixed? Or are there any other mistakes?

[Anonymous No.4621421]

>>4621402
I can't work with live models. All that: "Who are you?" and "I'm calling the cops" just fucks up my focus.

[Anonymous No.4621612]

>>4620026
>>4620033
thanks anons, book its called Alba, currently in development, Im going to make 30+ illustrations like these, its a nice project (not mine)
I just have my website: marcoluna.co

>>4620046
thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.4621618]

>>4621406
emphasize the twisting of the torso

[Anonymous No.4621683]

Color test

>>4616041
Good practice, how long did it take you? Try to use a brush that gives you better texture next time.

>>4616079
Practice with dual tone. Nice design.

>>4620011
Incredible anon, this one's excellent.

[Anonymous No.4621720]

>>4621406
hello anon, im a beg myself, but i noticed the angle of the arm and the way his chin is resting on his hand looks out of perspective, also the torso area looks rather stiff, like it would twist more in that position. i tried to demonstrate in pic related, if you find my critique incorrect or not useful feel free to ignore it however

[Anonymous No.4621761]

>>4621720
Thank you that was really useful !!
Some other people had mentioned the issue with the perspective but it was a bit hard for me to visualize it, but your drawing really helped me to see those things from a different point of view. Tho i'm still not sure if I understand how to make the torso less stiff, especially since the character will be wearing armor :(

[Anonymous No.4621864]

>>4621612

Post link when book is ready. I wanna see it. Prove to the dregs that infest this site that someone CAN make it!

[Anonymous No.4621876]

>>4621761
If he's wearing armor why don't you put his arm on the other knee or put him in light armor to keep the pose?

[Anonymous No.4621938]

>>4616041
why is his the left side of his head caved in

[Anonymous No.4622015]

>>4615513
eyes could be more volumetric but looks Epci

[Anonymous No.4622338]

holy shit please somebody help me

[Anonymous No.4622340]

>>4622338

I kind of want it to look like this, all tunnel-y but more of a night setting and with a thicker tree canopy that you can see. I'm so stuck

[Anonymous No.4622394]

>>4616843
I love this. I love t he way the brush strokes are actually, especially on the textured areas like the wings and the sweater. It makes a nice contrast to the soft skin of her face. I DO think that the wing on the right of the composition is going outwards too much, even if it is a fisheye composition. I think instead of going so far to the right it would go back more. Its a little jarring, but you've obviously already done so much work to it it would be kind of a pain to change it now

[Anonymous No.4622395]

>>4616086
hard day, huh?

[Anonymous No.4622408]

Finished her up. Not the first time I've noticed I like the soul of the black and white version. It makes this one feel like something from the 40's or 50's (to me).

[Anonymous No.4622410]

Here's the color version. Do you think something was gained or lost?

[Anonymous No.4622414]

>>4615164

[Anonymous No.4622443]

>fall into deep depression episode after my best friend dies
>dont draw for over 2 months
>attempt to today
holy fuck I feel like I lost everything

[Anonymous No.4622449]

>>4622443
Don't worry, lad. It doesn't even work that way. Once you bounce back from the depression you'll find it's all still there. It's a culmination of experience that can't be accrued or discarded in such a short time. Best of luck getting over your loss, and drawing will be there for you when you're ready again.

[Anonymous No.4622462]

>>4622449
thanks man that was very comforting to read actually
going to try rn after combing through draw threads. seeing other anons works always inspire me. no homo

[Anonymous No.4622466]

[Anonymous No.4622769]

Calling it here and moving onto the next piece I guess. It's a long journey learning how to color/value

[Anonymous No.4622781]

>>4622769
If you're learning value still you shouldn't be doing color

[Anonymous No.4622796]

>>4622781
I work grey scale to color so I can give it it's proper focus

[Anonymous No.4622803]

>>4620318
This is nice. Where can i follow you?

[Anonymous No.4622807]

>>4616843
this is really good. you got a twitter or something?

[Anonymous No.4622860]

>>4622769
Ah didn't know about /int/ I'll see myself out

[Anonymous No.4622866]

>>4615164

Still learning digital. I can't pinpoint my problem, idkif it's values, blending, anatomy or all three of those combined.

[Anonymous No.4622884]

>>4621377

Methinks you need to do a lot of remeasuring.

[Anonymous No.4622926]

>>4622769
Sorry but the face is FUCKED

[Anonymous No.4623311]

practice ive been doing in between commissions

[Anonymous No.4623374]

she fucks up your protest

[Anonymous No.4623605]

I like this gif more than I like the finished piece

>>4622803
thanks
https://www.instagram.com/strobrijan/

[Anonymous No.4623955]

>>4622781
Generic advice.

[Anonymous No.4623967]

>>4623955
its good advice regardless

[Anonymous No.4624004]

Wasent liking how a piece was turning out, so i choose to destroy it with filters color abberation and such, was it a good call? I like it seems like a shirt someome woulf wear in an 80s future utopia or something

[Anonymous No.4624012]

>>4624004
Love me some experimental stuff. But the painterly look on the bird kind of ruins it. have you tried bashing some foto textures?

[Anonymous No.4624016]

>>4617304
i feel like I work too slow man

[Anonymous No.4624020]

>>4624012
Thanks! First i wanted to build up some confidence with painting, then ill experiment with photobash later>>4624016
Looking good!

[Anonymous No.4624023]

>>4621683
>>4621938
>>4616508

thank you for the replies, i haven't worked on this since I posted it, it took me around 3 hours I think, but you guys have really helped me out getting out of the rut, I'm gonna get back to work with your advice and post on this or the next /draw/ thread

[Anonymous No.4624043]

>>4621379
shit i forgot you, thank you so much for the breakdown anon

[Anonymous No.4624176]

>>4623374
Before or after tennis

[Anonymous No.4624836]

>>4622394
Thanks that's actually a very good idea, it's gonna open the composition a bit. I m gonna try that.

>>4622807
Nope sorry, finishing some DnD commissions then i m going public with a chart and all.

[Anonymous No.4625110]

>>4616086
I hope you feel better now Anon... Much love and support. We've all been there, the frustration is very real
>>4616843
Can't wait to see it finished! Amazing details
>>4617304
Always love your concepts, you're so creative ;-;
>>4619342
That's spooky af, I love it
>>4620010
Amazing drawings. Those are traditional or digital?
>>4622340
If I may suggest something: don't be afraid to use wider framing. Make the characters smaller and try to draw more of the background. If you're trying to build an atmosphere of fear and tension, it would help to show how tiny and fragile the characters are compared to those massive old trees. Cool ref by the way.
>>4622410
Very nice colors. Have you tried flipping the canvas while you draw? Some things could be improved about her face (specifically the nose), maybe flipping the image would make these flaws more apparent.
>>4622414
That's an interesting choice of brush. In a way, I like it
>>4623605
Thanks for sharing your process, it looks so cool!
>>4624016
Lol I feel this way all the time.

I drew a chill piece just to get my mind off of everything that's going on.

[Anonymous No.4625186]

>>4625110
Based pyro

Anyway, I feel like the compo is overcrowded. I guess you don't want it to feel like an add for Apple, but it will center the composition on the girl a bit more.
But do as you please

[Anonymous No.4625203]

>>4625186
You're right... I liked the stickers though. ;-; I'll remove the leaves instead.

[Anonymous No.4625208]

>>4624176
yes

[Anonymous No.4625375]

>>4624020
If you managed to not lose the eye and crown here as much it would look even more dope
And personally I love those abstract textures

[Anonymous No.4625405]

>>4624020
looks like the cover art for one of those ps1/ps1-style horror games

[Anonymous No.4626418]

so there's long story i pissed off to fundamental zealots "muh fundies muh fundies if you couldn't pass exam your shit" blabla

fucking horse shit. so i decide blow the fuck them all and this is answer to them yes they only interest at skill

i studied what art is and refined some craft skills and way of thinking

if art is pretty and story and finished that was all it's modernism and keep study for better art

read a loomis quote

[Anonymous No.4626491]

How do I fix the ass?

[Anonymous No.4626492]

>>4626491
u sit on ur ass

[Anonymous No.4626499]

>>4626418
Are you having a stroke, anon?

[Anonymous No.4626547]

>>4626499
I fucking hate who babbling shit about fundamentals infront of me
i'm still studying art but stupid asses babbling shit about fundamentals all fucking day

in fact they still can't explain what the fuck is fundies i thinks fundamental is skill for genre
Furthermore I fucking d3spise korean art education why? They only producing dunningkruger fucktards

all i'm going to do is make some comic that's all i'm gonna make actual product this time

[Anonymous No.4626599]

Riots are so aesthetic

[Anonymous No.4626930]

>>4620622
blog? this is gorgeous bro

[Anonymous No.4626934]

I love working in brush pen I'm practicing practicing. Trying to make shit without any extraneous or poor lines

[Anonymous No.4626938]

[Anonymous No.4627243]

>>4625110
>>4625186
>Amazing drawings. Those are traditional or digital?
thanks anon, these are all digital made in procreate

I like much more the second one, agree on the overcrowd thing, I think the tree stick on the floor have an awkward diagonal position when everything is straight and guides the attention to the bag instead of the girl, everything else is really nice

[Anonymous No.4627388]

>>4621683
amazing! what do you use for textures? it adds a really nice touch

[Anonymous No.4627394]

>>4623311
nice brushwork, i love the subtle hints of blue in the shadows as well

[Anonymous No.4627415]

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[Anonymous No.4627488]

>>4620509

post you work if you want bitch like that...

[Anonymous No.4627728]

>>4622769
the left braid is too far away from the head and the bangs need some help.

the side boob seems out of place for the top part of her cleavage to seem "together," also the end of the side boob doesn't line up with the rest of the breast.

the values on the hand and how straight and boxy the fingers are, is super off.

[Anonymous No.4627733]

>>4616168
What mental disorder bro?

[Anonymous No.4627900]

>>4627415
nice

[Anonymous No.4628034]

>>4615164

[Anonymous No.4628620]

I've sunken about 6 hours into this, fixing over and over again, I could've done better with a strong first outline of major shapes rather than improvising, I'm still not happy with the colours or the proportions, but I gotta let this one go for now and call it done. crits would still be appreciated but i'm not opening this for a while, time to move on
thank you anons that already helped me out, I'm proud of this

[Anonymous No.4628717]

South Africa is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'etat, and regular elections have been held for almost a century

[Anonymous No.4628742]

Italian serial killer Leonarda Cianciulli was famous for turning victims into tea cakes and serving them to guests.

[Anonymous No.4628761]

>>4628034
Very cool design, super accurate anatomy too. I would say the grip of his hands looks a bit loose for his victorious pose though.

[Anonymous No.4628806]

>>4615403
very neat colours, body sculpted great, but it doesn't read very well due to the composition and whatever the hand is doing, I have no idea what's happening
>>4615513
simple, very satisfying, eyes look a little flat like anon said, maybe work some more colour in there? really loving the hair and the brush strokes
>>4615542
tidy up those lines, fix the ear cause it doesn't look like it follows the form of the head
>>4616041
>>4628620
ay shit man it's not there yet and it looks skewed, definitely not in proportion, but you have good brush strokes in there and you made a good attempt at getting all the colours in
>>4616219
amazing texture and anatomy, push those values a bit more I'd say, not sure about that back leg (furthest bottom right)
>>4616523
perspective is a little off, or that's a huge ass weapon. nice character design, you executed it really efficiently. i think that cast shadow should be a lot stronger though. and maybe look up some reference for the way that hand is gripping
>>4616843
the wings are insane and good execution overall, it's a nice idea but we want the finished version anon, maybe with revised angel faces they look a bit uncanny
>>4617304
very pretty/cutesy, needs more contrast.
character looks interesting, not sure if it fits the car though, keep us posted with the refreshed version
>>4618899
nice lighting, that rib cage is poking out at the bottom a bit funny
>>4619617
fantastic linework anon post the finished work when you're there
>>4619801
your brush strokes are slept on, nice pose and gesture here
>>4619806
u can just drop a bombshell like that here, did u really draw that? post some progress pictures here it would help us out
>>4619816
the anatomy isn't quite right here, especially the arm, and it looks like you rushed to the cross-hatching stage just to have a finished piece. the shading itself needs work, get some references up next time anon. good, classic colour choice
>>4620010
>>4620011
fuckin' A man this is goals

[Anonymous No.4628901]

>>4628620
this could look a lot more refined just by making sure that the edges of shapes match the material ie make the thin shirt edges thin, the thick coat edges thick but not sparse like you've done, and the beard should read like a beard at the edges to read better against his clothes, look closely at how repin did it
the face on the original also has a lot more red
i really like the right (our right) of his face though

[Anonymous No.4628915]

sammy

[Anonymous No.4628925]

>>4628620
You're handicapping yourself by using those brushes

[Anonymous No.4629073]

cc would be appreciated :- )

[Anonymous No.4629179]

>>4628925
i'm still getting used to learning to texture using them, do you have any recommendations? i'm making my own now but i'm not sure if they'll be the mos efficient

[Anonymous No.4629312]

>>4629073
i'd say just give it some more perspective by moving the figure a little more into the middle and not sticking him against the wall unless thats what you're going for

[Anonymous No.4629509]

>>4625110
>>4625186
At first I liked the first one better, but when I looked at the second one I realized that the tent was the upside down laptop. I think if I were you I'd maybe make it a bit more apparent, because I looked at it a few times. The Apple symbol was what made me get that it was a laptop.
I think that the stickers on the laptop were helping, but I'm not sure what the leaves are for? If you had to choose between the leaves and the stickers, I'd maybe pick the stickers. The leaves seem a bit...useless or something?
I think the stickers kind of add to the laptop feel.
HOWEVER if you keep the stickers the Apple logo is less apparnet and it doesn't totally make sense that it would be upside down but the stickers would be rightside up.
i dunno! Sorry that probably didn't help much
But very cute and very likeable style overall, I always really enjoy your work.

[Anonymous No.4629514]

>>4625110
Thank you anon, I did make them smaller- I'm glad you mentioned that because I had been debating on it for a while.

Does this look like I can move onto the next stage?
I hope its clear. I love things that are very busy, especially with nature and maybe it looks "busy" instead of detailed but I'm hoping that when I actually start to refine it it will look clearer.

[Anonymous No.4629539]

>>4629514
oh nooooo in the thumbnail it loooks so baaaddd I don't know how to make it make sense

[Anonymous No.4629549]

>>4629514
Does it look better with the back illuminated instead of darker?

[Anonymous No.4629563]

>>4629514
i think @4629539 is messing with you, it looks good to me

[Anonymous No.4629639]

>>4615164
>>4622414

>>4625110
>That's an interesting choice of brush. In a way, I like it
I've actually been too lazy to create / import my old brushes from CS6 to CC. It's dang frustrating to paint like this but glad to hear the result is appealing!

[Anonymous No.4629716]

>>4629639
i fucking love this. Set this shit as my background. I never do that.

[Anonymous No.4629761]

>>4629639
I think the first one is better, the shapes were cleaner. This one you break up all the medium shapes on the main flower with a lot of small shapes, more detail but loses the elegance. You know how painters say you should use the widest brush you can get away with, i think it's a mistake to start using small sharp brushes when the nice wide shapes from the previous one already did the job.

[Anonymous No.4629764]

>>4629761
sorry - not elegance, a better word is clarity. you added more detail but it actually becomes less readable

[Anonymous No.4629857]

[Akirel No.4629884]

[Anonymous No.4629928]

Work inprogress

[Anonymous No.4630190]

Wanted to practice my portrits, in particular my approach to hair.
Need to mix it up a bit more with different hairstyles.

[Anonymous No.4630227]

>>4629857
Cool stuff, i like you stylization

[Anonymous No.4630235]

>>4616079
I don't like how the bottom left angel's wing touches the foot

[Anonymous No.4630238]

>>4629884
pretty decent values, the way you use grays on skin is wrong though, since it makes no sense. There can be a shade of gray like this on a face, but only from a specific type of blue light, which would bee seen on everything else too. Also it's all other the place, it hits too many different types of planes at the same time, with little consistency. I personally learned how to shade different materials using 3d rendering and photoshop curves, it's actually really easy to do the basic stuff once you figure it out. Picrel, left is my mine right is rendered.

[Anonymous No.4630284]

>>4615164
Hello fellas, how is this coming along so far?

[Anonymous No.4630495]

>>4630284
nice pose and construction
can't read her left foot though

[Anonymous No.4630499]

>>4626930
instagram.com/chriskeoghart

[Anonymous No.4630500]

>>4629884
very nice

[Anonymous No.4630593]

>>4629764
Basically bad brush economy. Thanks for the feedback!

[Anonymous No.4630609]

Still trying to start getting a grasp on colour, It’s something I’ve neglected in my work in favour of just focusing on line work. Would like to try some actual painting again soon.

[Anonymous No.4630613]

>>4615231
I wish you coud draw welll

[Anonymous No.4630673]

>>4630499
reminds me a bit of owen cyclops, very cool

[Anonymous No.4630749]

>>4620010
>>4620011
another two, cc welcome

[Anonymous No.4630751]

>>4630749

[Anonymous No.4631491]

>>4630749
Your understanding of values is brilliant. All the landscapes I've seen from you have been fantastic my man. Keep it up

[Anonymous No.4631567]

>>4631491
Right? This guy's stuff is excellent

[Anonymous No.4631640]

>>4630749
fuckin' fantastic man, was this all digital, did you sketch it on paper first, ink it digitally? this is inspo-folder fodder man how long have you been drawing?

[Anonymous No.4631880]

>>4626599
>riot
>copypasta a dozen mercwips

[Anonymous No.4631893]

>>4630749
>>4630751
Love these. Only critique I can think of is the gradient of the sky makes it look kinda flat somehow.

Also, at a glance the dark lines along the sides of the chimney stack in the second one kinda looked like a drop shadow on the clouds to me, which doubled down on the flat effect.

[Anonymous No.4631969]

>>4631491
>>4631567
>>4631640
thanks anons!, I only post my stuff here and my website so really appreciate your comments.
I try to spend not much time making this so I go directly to procreate and use some the Derwent pencil brush only. Here are some timelapses that shows the process: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hH42zuDQ_CsdJFQJCdmvx39Mghen0mO7?usp=sharing

I have something like 12 years as UI/UX designer but like 7 years in illustration, 4 profesionally aprox

>>4631893
thanks man, sometimes I get scared of not use gradient for the sky, but going to try it

[Anonymous No.4632280]

Hogarth

[Anonymous No.4632351]

Tried listening to some of the previous advice

[Anonymous No.4632364]

Is this okay?

[Anonymous No.4632650]

>>4615597
nigger

[Anonymous No.4632652]

>>4632364
no it is. not

[Anonymous No.4632737]

>>4630190
that's lovely. Can you post the reference for the left one?

[Anonymous No.4632779]

>>4632737
sure

[Anonymous No.4632852]

>>4632779
first drawing in a couple of days...
AT LEAST I managed to break my streak of not working

[Anonymous No.4632942]

Give me your harshest crits anons

[Anonymous No.4632997]

[Anonymous No.4633150]

>>4632997

[Anonymous No.4633654]

drawing on an ipad air from 2013

[Anonymous No.4633785]

pls

[Anonymous No.4634289]

a possum from ref

>>4632942
tl;Dr neat stuff- pretty colors and pops out. shadows are off, composition iffy

I really like the colors on this, anon! they harmonize really well + the warm orange/yellow of the tiger is eye catching. I'm curious, what's the inspiration for this and is it a cover of some sort? and will you be working further on this?

I like the thumbnail and first glance, but I'd say I'm not a fan of the composition. putting the moon a bit left (above the tiger) and properly rendering the tiger anatomy (body and front legs) would help imo or moving the tiger more rightwards. also the light source is a bit vague to me. it looks harshly lit from the top left but also from the front. The shadow left on the tiger should be from the poof(?) where you put the leg shadow, not the upper face of the tiger. the leg shadow should be against the ground plane. I think the poof/sphere shadow should cover the left (tiger's right) face half. I'll do a paintover if you'd like since this seems kinda rambl-y

[Anonymous No.4634405]

>>4630749
>>4630751

These are great. You are great. When's that book coming out?

[Anonymous No.4634634]

Is there a place I can make a gallery without signing up

[Anonymous No.4634860]

>>4634289
Thanks for the crits anon. and ye I do get what you mean from your post (although if you'd be willing to do a paintover, ofc I'd appreciate that as well, but don't feel obliged or anything).

It's not a cover for anything no, just something that proceeded from imagination really (a combination of inspirations - pic related - as weird and disparate as they seem). Yeah, i'll keep working on this as I feel the need to make those changes before posting.

I've got a couple more questions:

1. What software/ brushes do you use? That possum looks great, the textures on the breast and lips are so well executed.
2. Also, I know its hard to really answer but how did you develop that brush economy as yours is that looser style I'm kind of going for but feel like I labour over my brush strokes too long so that the looseness just feels artificial iygm. Does it just come with practice or are there any particular guides you followed?
3. Social media/ blog?

[Anonymous No.4634917]

>>4628915
Shes holding the gun the wrong way. Flip the gun upside down, friend

[Anonymous No.4635306]

[Anonymous No.4635430]

[Anonymous No.4635731]

Is this Plagiarism
been screwing around with collage and i don't know where the limit is.

[Anonymous No.4635751]

>>4619342
Very cool, the one on the right looks like it should be on an industrial dnb album cover

[Anonymous No.4635759]

What does /ic/ think?

[Anonymous No.4635760]

>>4630609
I love this, any way I can follow you?

[Anonymous No.4635889]

Tried to draw in cartoon style
Drawing looks like garfield's dick

[Anonymous No.4635906]

>>4635731
For it isn't plagiarism if you execute it a different and new way
This is why Jdg isn't a copy of avgnthey have the same concept but they have their own identity

[Anonymous No.4635911]

>>4635306
ah man this is so bad, the colors, the comp, lack of forms, the terrible combination of soft strokes and hard edges. drop that shitty act and go learn what painting is. its not this gimmicky RJ shit. you will never be able to push your drawings if you dont understand the basics of lighting*keylight* color palette and brush economy with your keylight. youre just slamming shit together and hoping for the best without understanding what painting is.

[Anonymous No.4636092]

not too happy with this one but posting for those sweet (you)'s

[Anonymous No.4636138]

Lads I'm trying to draw a Blade Runner tribute. Does this look fucking ANYTHING like Harrison Ford? I've been making adjustments for hours my brain is mush holy shit portraits are hard.

[Anonymous No.4636213]

>>4636092
She doesn't look too happy either. She looks like you're back on your bullshit again and she's over it, anon.

[Anonymous No.4636254]

>>4636138
Work using an upside down reference and canvas, seriously
Getting likeness down is basically replicating minor shapes correctly, you just need practice

[Anonymous No.4636265]

>>4636092
The face is a C- and as you zoom out everything else goes to dogshit
The problem you, and others including myself, is you just want them sweet (you)s for validation so you rush that joke of a background, her habit, and almost every edge. This is why you're not happy with it.
Come back with a proper finished piece for crits.

[Anonymous No.4636309]

>>4636254
Anon this was excellent advice, thank you! I just did a quick attempt with a ref upside down to see how it felt, and it put me surprisingly close in just a few minutes. Some of the best advice I've gotten on here.

[Anonymous No.4636314]

Trying to practice some character design

[Anonymous No.4636481]

>>4634289
wholesome
>>4635759
looks good, nice proportions for a cartoony fun kind of Fortnite style character
I don't particularly like the airburshing on her face, I don't know why but it bugs me. I think there needs to be sharper contrast in the face, I feel like her crotch is the focal point and her face is kind of lack luster

[Anonymous No.4636519]

[Anonymous No.4636531]

[Anonymous No.4636632]

>>4630609
values need some work, right now it looks pretty flat, but it has a lot of potential, anon, the drawing is awesome

>>4620011
Aren't these really old? Didn't you also do a train station of sorts? Not that I'm complaining, these are badass. just wondering

[Anonymous No.4636675]

I am actually having so much fun with this now

[Anonymous No.4636685]

>>4634405
thanks anon, don't really know when the books is coming out, is a type of "choose your own path" book far as I know. There are many illustrations to be done and editing so, maybe some months. I'm going to be spamming the new ones here too

>>4636632
I started this series as a comission couple of weeks ago, so the train one you mentioned must be from another artist, if you have the piece would be nice to check it, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.4636697]

>>4636685
>choose your own path book
hnggg
Damn anon, I don't think I've ever wanted to support another /ic/er's work more. Is there a way to be updated on the book or somewhere where I can follow you? I don't always go on here and I'll probably forget you

[Anonymous No.4636763]

>>4636314
The Janinator: Broomsday

[Anonymous No.4636822]

digital life drawing

[Anonymous No.4636850]

Here's a little landscape. Not sure if finished, I kind of like it as it is

[Anonymous No.4636902]

>>4636314
The skin version is terrifying

[Anonymous No.4637108]

>>4631880
>mercwips
wat

[Anonymous No.4637144]

Been doing this all week and I'm still not done, I don't want to see this many hands in one picture in my whole life

[Anonymous No.4637307]

>>4636902
yeah maybe I should have given him toes and a penis, it's kinda uncanny

>>4636763
lol

[Anonymous No.4637325]

>>4636481

good crit, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.4637357]

>>4635760
Thanks very much anon! I post occasionally to Instagram as Navarysart
>>4636632
Thanks anon, yeah I need to work on my understanding of values significantly, something I hope to improve by doing more studies. Most of my life I’ve seen drawing/sketching as the fun part and painting/colour as the chore that more often than not soils my lines, but now I understand I need to just practice to bring my art to a further level. Will keep working on it

[Anonymous No.4637377]

>>4635759
Nice except for the buckles
https://youtu.be/guAJ-xE6Ojw

[Anonymous No.4637479]

>>4635759
I'd set up a second light source somewhere in the lower left.

[Anonymous No.4637576]

[Anonymous No.4637650]

>>4632779
thanks!

[Anonymous No.4637655]

>>4636697
sorry anon I don’t have any social media and I’m going to post all the illustrations in my website once it’s all finished. Maybe you can bookmark my website? Meanwhile I will keep posting here, thanks anon!

marcoluna.co

[Anonymous No.4637668]

>>4615583
proko?

[Anonymous No.4637683]

>>4634860

howdy anon, sorry I took a day to respond. I liked the metals speculars and values a lot - great contrast in the image overall.

I think the biggest reason you struggle with brush economy is because the detail and zooming. instead of trying to draw each individual hair, fold in clothes, or highlight in metals, aim to make bold blocks of colors.

Marco Bucci does amazing videos about shapes and breaking things down. you have great shape design, but during rendering you seem bogged down by making tiny strokes. also try experimenting with different brush types other than Hard Round

I was more focused on correcting the shadows for the soldier than the tiger. When lighting things, try using a small arrow or lightbulb to indicate the light source. I also added a rim light which is a little unnecessary, but they're good for indicating form and look nice. Ive never painted a tiger, but I was more focused on shape and shadow. hopefully it comes across

1. I used procreate with the MaxPack goauche/watercolor pack and the painter pencils. I used to use exclusively PS but no more drawing tablet + iPad portability made me switch. The paintover took 3 hours, the possum took about 4. I use the lasso tool + soft/hard airbrush a lot for smooth gradients. I'll put a small tutorial in the thread

2. I used goauche like they're watercolors to train my brush economy - it really forces you to think about colors and avoiding unnecessary brush strokes. you can tell you've over worked your piece when your paper begins peeling/extreme warping.

I also like using HEAVYPAINT and MSPaint for drawing - unironically taught me colors and values since HP uses a RGB slider. On procreate I exclusively use the HSV slider. turning your canvas b&w is valuable since values are important.

3. @myegan_heckles on Instagram - I like your colors a lot and see a ton of potential in your work. you got a blog too?

[Akirel No.4637778]

>>4629884

>>4630238
I tend to be a little random with the hue shifts. I don't really consider what's accurate so much as what creates some kind of visual interest. But thanks for the crit. I use 3D to study mats as well.

[Anonymous No.4637819]

>>4637778
theres been a cute anime girl under the helmet this whole time?

[Akirel No.4637831]

>>4637819
Mhm.

[Akirel No.4638065]

This looks worse and worse the more I work on it.

[Anonymous No.4638080]

I didn't realize I uploaded a shitty quality version, Im a dumb phone-poster

[Anonymous No.4638099]

>>4628806
>your brush strokes are slept on, nice pose and gesture here

Thanks, Anon.

[Anonymous No.4638115]

wish my shit was pleasant to look at
>>4638065
i rly like her anon
>>4634289
epic possum

[Anonymous No.4638133]

>>4638065
the folds

[Akirel No.4638172]

>>4638133
What about them?

[Anonymous No.4638353]

[Anonymous No.4638830]

>>4615164
This should be on /beg/...but I'm looking for recommendations for drawing tablets
I borrowed pic related off my family member. It was some low end sub 100 dollar tablet that was basically a glorified trackpad so whenever you had your hand rest on the pad it would mess up the tracking

Is there any tablets that you guys have that only use the pen to track and are not that expensive?

[Anonymous No.4638831]

>>4638830
Does it have a touch feature? Turn it off (search "tablet settings" or whatever in taskbar) so it only considers the stylus. That tablet is fine.

[Anonymous No.4638838]

>>4638831
No it didn't have that option. My family member only used it for photography so she didn't care about it being all that accurate

[Anonymous No.4638865]

>>4638830
>>4638838
you probably just didn't have the right driver installed, or it wasn't pic related. Like the other anon said, that tablet is fine.

[Anonymous No.4639104]

Can I post her here pls? I wanna show her to you. This is Astra's updated face I really like it.

[Anonymous No.4639118]

>>4638830
I have one of those and there's a switch on the back to turn touch off

[Anonymous No.4639163]

im not trying to help
just practicing

[Anonymous No.4639165]

>>4621102

[Anonymous No.4639167]

>>4638830
There's a switch on top of the right corner to turn the tracking off.
Also use a real operating system that can handle palm rejection.

[Anonymous No.4639169]

>>4639163
Really good anon, lovd the painterly feel and the rendering of the face

[Anonymous No.4639254]

>>4637683
Thanks very much for your help, didn't expect to get this much in depth critique on here desu - Had a look at the Marco Bucci videos and they seem really helpful as well so thanks for that as well.

I post most of my stuff to instagram which is @daemdalus there, think I actually followed you the other day from the link in the self-promotion thread, really good stuff.

[Anonymous No.4639286]

No Idea about the subject, but what do you think about the execution?

[Anonymous No.4639482]

[Anonymous No.4639496]

Have some bunny, me bois.

[Anonymous No.4639816]

I can block in colors/values/comp fairly well, but when I try to refine/render/blend it all goes to shit. Should I be starting with all the colors/values in a rough/blocky form and refining? Or adding them as I go. I feel like I tend to lose a lot of form/edges because I over-render trying to find the right color/hue/value.

[Anonymous No.4640153]

can i get some advice/critique? i've posted in beg but i don't think i got responses

[Anonymous No.4640192]

Practicing hatching/rendering.

[Anonymous No.4640198]

>>4640192

[Anonymous No.4640298]

>>4639286
I love it cause its terrible, do you have more?

[Anonymous No.4640316]

>>4615231
why is it in arabic

[Anonymous No.4640317]

>>4640192
>>4640198
Beethoven and Tom Cruise? They look great. I'm the anon who almost an heroed trying to draw Harrison Ford.
>>4636138
Much respect for anyone who can nail likenesses so well.

[Anonymous No.4640395]

>>4639286
What exactly is terrbible? It started as a simple perspective practice, but I went a bit overboard. I have a blog, instagram.com/__nepenthes/, but I upload rarely and it's nothing too fancy.

[Anonymous No.4640612]

>>4640192
W O W
nice job anon. Looks like you really have talent in that area

[Anonymous No.4640736]

>>4640153
work on the head. the neck is too long and the hips look too big in comparison to the chest. the rendering/color in general you can do acceptable and the general body shape. just do more figure drawing and you will get better

[Akirel No.4640794]

[Anonymous No.4640939]

>>4640794
The first one >>4629884 is still my favorite iteration of this

[Anonymous No.4641077]

I don’t think alcohol markers are too good honestly. Are my values correct?

[Anonymous No.4641237]

help i dont know what im doing

[Anonymous No.4641347]

>>4640794
You should really study fabrics, her clothes look stiff like cardboard, also study rocks and cave formations for the background, and use references of traditional cultural clothing for the character's outfit designs, right now it looks way too plain

[Anonymous No.4641607]

PEAK MALE FORM FRIDGE CHAD

[Anonymous No.4641704]

[Anonymous No.4641713]

>>4641237
for starters, the placement of those weapons make no sense. the knives would be falling out all the time and the arm band would either fall off too or cut off his circulation when he bends his elbow
why is his shirt baggy?
why does he have a leg holster with nothing in it?
what is that vial thing attached to? his sweater or his neck?

[Anonymous No.4641739]

>>4641607
Kek

[Anonymous No.4641742]

>>4641077
PLEASE GUYS I NEED ADVICE FUCK

[Anonymous No.4641749]

>>4641704
I like it, but it’s really stiff. Like, I’m hardly better than /beg but it’s stiff enough that you should do s9me gesture drawing. Otherwise it looks really good.

[Anonymous No.4641919]

>>4641749
Thanks for the advice, I will keep practicing :)

[Anonymous No.4642215]

uuuuuuhhh huhu

[crux No.4642227]

>>4640794
the face was way better before. There was a better value structure. You are getting a bit lost here.

[Anonymous No.4642229]

Any critiques on the colors i'm currently using ? This one will be rendered more realisticly later on.
Also any ideas on a simple BG would be appreciated. I still haven't really worked on the anatomy and all that so if anything else is wrong just let me know.

[Anonymous No.4642255]

>>4642227
he has no idea what hes doing so no suprise

[Akirel No.4642281]

>>4642227
What was better about the values before?

[crux No.4642326]

>>4642281
the flater value range helped hide you a lot.

First of all there was a bigger value difference between the hair and the face. It offered a nice contrast and stronger shape design.

The flatter value bg also helped the figure to pop.

[Anonymous No.4642347]

in the middle of rendering this. I'm slowly losing motivation..

[Anonymous No.4642389]

>>4640192
>>4640198
This looks really fucking professional. Extremely good.
Not even kidding

[Anonymous No.4642429]

Gondola at seaside gentlemen, the bidding starts at £2,700

>>4640153
You've put a lot of work into this and that's how you improve, through work and patience. Good job.
But here's the thing. You're trying to pull too many things at once and it's not working in your favor, the picture is a mixture of drawing mistakes, anatomy mistakes, color mistakes and brushwork mistakes, so it's hard to critique something specific.
Try stripping off the color and just drawing lots of figures like these and when you want to study painting, pick something simple that you're comfortable with, like your smartphone, a pencil sharpener or a piece of fruit.

[Anonymous No.4642458]

>>4637778
Can I ask what program you've been using for mats etc?

[Anonymous No.4642671]

meh.. a bit of rendering

[Akirel No.4642771]

>>4642458
Blender. It's the only 3d software I ever bothered to learn outside of Zbrush.

>>4642326
I see. Thanks for the insight.

The reason I changed it was because I'm trying to give my forms more depth. The flatter value structure doesn't appeal to me as much, but I'll try to find a better balance.

Is there a particular old master you think I should closely study for values, edges and comp?

[Anonymous No.4642775]

>>4639163
>>4642326
I agree with this too. I really liked the value hierarchy in the first one and you kind of lost it with the second one. I would bring back the lights in the face, sword, clothing and lower the values a bit in the background. The way you have it now draws my eye towards the bg and I ignore the main figure. Unless that was your intention, then I would fully put the fg figure in shadow and have some ambient light lighting features. Here's a comparison without colors. The third one was what I had in mind.

[Anonymous No.4642815]

Getting back into it, hella rusty

[Anonymous No.4642832]

>>4638865
No it was the correct driver and everything
>or it wasn't pic related
Most probably. I just grabbed an image off google that looked similar to it

>>4639118
Nope. I must've posted the wrong picture, it had no buttons on the back

>>4639167
>Also use a real operating system that can handle palm rejection.
I was thinking of getting an 'Wacom Intuos Medium'. Would that be okay?

[Anonymous No.4643151]

>>4641713
tenkyu anon. Many kisses ****.
I fix.

[Anonymous No.4643966]

>>4619342
Sheeit anon! Thats really good.

[Anonymous No.4644300]

>>4615513
really cool

[Anonymous No.4644311]

>>4626492
i sit on my thighs ;)