/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.4678881]

what is your "artist fuel"?

[Anonymous No.4678892]

>>4678881
my hate for the exgf

[Anonymous No.4678903]

>>4678881
I want to draw cute stuff for people to enjoy and I want to be like Akito Tsukushi
I want to be able to draw my own porn to gush over and go "Wow sugoi he is so adorable!"

I just want to make cute stuff of my favs and draw my own web novel.

[Anonymous No.4678927]

Spite

[Anonymous No.4678929]

Nothing, I guess. It just feels like a waste to stop drawing.

[Anonymous No.4678979]

one of the few skills i really have going for me, gives me some sort of ‘purpose’ to look forward to i guess

[Anonymous No.4678995]

>>4678881
I'm horny

[Anonymous No.4678998]

I am not ashamed to admit that I love attention
The attention that the people here have been giving me is so nice and addicting
It makes me want to impress everyone

[Anonymous No.4679000]

>>4678881
My boner, I guess.

[Anonymous No.4679003]

>>4678892
Based
>>4678903
Based
>>4678927
Based
>>4678929
Based
>>4678979
Based
>>4678995
Based
>>4678998
Based
>>4678881
I saw my aunt doodle a cartoon cat, and realized I could do that too (and of course draw coom, kek)

[Anonymous No.4679028]

>>4678998
pyw

[Anonymous No.4679128]

Its the only thing i am good at, i need to improve at Painting for my job and everytime i stopped at It for more than a week i mentally and physically declined to a point where i layed in bed all day.

[Anonymous No.4679159]

>>4678881
My shitty job

[Anonymous No.4679223]

>>4679003
Post your aunt’s work.

[Anonymous No.4679384]

coffee and sleep deprivation

[Anonymous No.4679425]

>>4678881
inferiority complex

[Anonymous No.4679437]

>>4678881
seeing cute anime artwork like pic related

I hope one day i can draw these cuties myself

[Anonymous No.4679440]

>>4678881
I want a qt gf who will cuddle and read with me and do plein air oil and watercolor landscapes with me and will say she’s too shy to model for portraits for me but do it anyway as long as I don’t show anyone and bake me sweets even though I say I don’t like sweets but knows I enjoy them sometimes if they’re not too sweet and made with love

[Anonymous No.4679442]

I'm a guy but I want to be a cute anime girl, so the best I can do is draw cute anime girls cause I dont wanna be an ugly tranny.

[Anonymous No.4679446]

I want a cute boyfriend but men are ugly in my country so i have to draw my dream boyfriend

[Anonymous No.4679462]

>>4678881
my hatred for nosebro and my want to prove him wrong

[Anonymous No.4679474]

>>4679462
Is that nigga still alive
Haven't seen him here in a while

[Anonymous No.4679529]

>>4678892
me right there

[Anonymous No.4679543]

>>4679462
what did he tell you? who are you? storytime

[Anonymous No.4679571]

>>4678881
Habit

[Anonymous No.4680059]

>>4678881
based hash smoker.

[Anonymous No.4680062]

And a healthy dose of self-hatred and rampant depression.

[Anonymous No.4680070]

100% pure distilled White supremacy

[Anonymous No.4680077]

>>4678881
>weed
>alcohol
>onigiri and cup ramen
>want to draw cool shit and COOM shit

the main fuel is the drive to finish a manga i've been working on for years, print it into 3 volumes, and kms so i can isekai my soul into the world i created, and finally leave this shit 3D existence behind

[Anonymous No.4680211]

>>4678881
I gave all my motivation away helping other people and didn't save any for myself. I have nothing left. I think I'm waiting to die now.

[Anonymous No.4680252]

I want to tell a story, and instead of words, I'll use art.

[Anonymous No.4680263]

It’s one of the few exciting things in this pointless life.

[boxman No.4680270]

my vices:
weed(rarely) coffee tea DXM adderall cigarettes

but my real fuel:
the fact that i might be teaching english in rural japan come next year

so much excite

[Anonymous No.4680284]

>>4680070
hello, based department?

[Anonymous No.4680290]

>>4678881
Spiritually it's the desire to make comics - physically, it's a combo of ADHD and the amphetamines that I use to focus all the energy.

[Anonymous No.4680308]

adderall, music, and inspiration

[Anonymous No.4680309]

>>4680070
So, vodka?

[Anonymous No.4680313]

Caffeine, self-hatred and fear. Needless to say I barely have any health left, at this point my body has gone into self destruct mode

[Anonymous No.4680316]

>>4680313
Please for your sake take a nap senpai

[Anonymous No.4680449]

>>4678881
being able to btfo every artist who throws themselves a pity party and saying their art sucks. Then I can come behind them with my clearly better art and saying they do .

Thus there's one less failure to worry about and I rake in the dough. The more artists that give up, the more I can stand out.

[Anonymous No.4680484]

Stop spreading this meme that you have to be self destructive to be a good artist. My artist fuel is 8 hours of sleep and an hour of walking.

[Anonymous No.4680548]

I want to draw believable hot men So I can feel better about myself

[Anonymous No.4680571]

>>4680484
9 hours of sleep for me, and read 1-2 hours a day.
Right now I'm reading translations and other poetry based on Homer. I think reading is good even for visual art, especially something as beautifully descriptive as Homer.

[Anonymous No.4680587]

>>4678881
revenge

[Anonymous No.4680600]

>>4680484
>>4680571
I sleep 10 hours, do calisthenics and have a 10s front lever. Get absolutely fucked I won

[Anonymous No.4680611]

>>4680484
Is not a meme.
>Artist A has talent so he can put daily work and enjoy the results of progress in a daily or weekly basis and have fun
>Artist B has no talent so he can go for years without meaningful progress, despite drawing daily as well
They are both putting work and they both can make it in the end, but for one of them the experience is all around extremely more painful while for the other one is all fun and rainbows

[Anonymous No.4680653]

>>4680308
How helpful is adderall?

[Anonymous No.4680661]

>>4680600
post your body.

[Anonymous No.4680664]

>>4678881
coom

[Anonymous No.4680768]

>>4680661
I said front lever specifically because I train strength, not strive for beauty. My body is shit because shit genetics so I can't lower 15% body fat without starving like a bitch. Got nice shoulders tho

[Anonymous No.4680778]

>>4678881
Me being able to bring my stories to life.

[Anonymous No.4680781]

>>4678881
It feels good to look at good art.

Sometimes it feels good to make my art and look at it.

I wanna make more art that makes me feel good.

[Anonymous No.4680783]

Is everything based?

[Anonymous No.4680992]

>>4680611
Either your reading comprehension is shit, or you meant to respond to a different post.

[Anonymous No.4680996]

>>4680653
Not that anon, but it's basically willpower in a pill. Just don't take it after 4pm lol.

[Anonymous No.4681085]

>>4678881

Fuck that looks fucking dank, I'm currently growing some freakshow, shits dope and looks nothing like actual dope. Until it blooms it has no smell, XD fucking nobody knows what I'm growing.

Also weed is art fuel for me.

[Anonymous No.4681116]

>>4680600
In order to do this that means that you don't have a dayjob or school, right? Because if you got 10 hours of sleep that means you need, at least 1 hour or so to get ready for and go to work or school. That doesn't include travel to get there either. Then you have to be for a significant portion of the day. If you are in college you have then do homework/study. This doesn't include eating or socializing so it's like how many hours a day you have to actually get any work done?

That is unless you are already working full time as an artist? Yet, unless you are super fast I can't imagine not having to stay up late to work...

[Anonymous No.4681117]

>>4678881
pussy juice

[Anonymous No.4681120]

>>4678881
Some hate and revenge. Some of it legit wanting to achieve something I've worked so many years towards.

[Anonymous No.4681132]

>>4680270
>DXM
Have fun burning lesions into your brain and developing Alzheimer’s by 35

[Anonymous No.4681146]

>>4679446
Implying that handsome men would want to date you

[Anonymous No.4681155]

>>4680270
Teaching english in rural japan? Enjoy being a slave, everyone Ive met that taught English in japan hated the experience

[Anonymous No.4681159]

>>4678979
this. Im not attractive i have bad social skills i font really have any other skills so art is the only thing of value i have as a human. If i didnt have that i may aswell kill myself

[Anonymous No.4681162]

>>4680992
>Why miserable people engage in self destructive behaviour?

[Anonymous No.4681208]

5:30 wake up
6:30 off to work
7:15 arrive at work
18:30 out at work
19:15 arrive at home
20:15 done eat and rest

this shit life for 6 days a week. How can I get time for drawing without starving?

[Anonymous No.4681219]

>>4680270
>>4681155
I would recommend the poster to just do it. If he hates it he can still gtfo back.

He'll have to drop the vices though. I doubt those would fly in Japan.

[Anonymous No.4681223]

>>4681155
>>4681208
His motivation is watching cunny everyday clearly

[Anonymous No.4681224]

>>4681146
Of course not, all the handsome men are gay

[Anonymous No.4681229]

>>4681208
Dividends.

[Anonymous No.4681230]

>>4678881
This and my love and my passion

[Anonymous No.4681236]

been drawing since 6 y/o cause i had the urges to be creative
first means to create was to draw

[Anonymous No.4681247]

>>4679223
post your mom's tits first

[Anonymous No.4681262]

>>4681236
>been drawing since 6 y/o
I hate when people say this. Literally everyone draws and does artsy shit as a child. The better question is when did you stop scribbling aimlessly with crayons and decided to pursue art as a passion.

[Anonymous No.4681400]

>>4681262
That's not necessarily how it works for all people I was never super serious up until a year ago @18. I still drew though but only supplementary on occasion. Wasn't aimless even as a child

[Anonymous No.4681406]

>>4680781
Based

[Anonymous No.4681789]

>>4681262
When I was about 9 or 10 I did a fairly realistic forest+waterfall scene in art class. It was the only piece from our class entered in some kind of city-wide art exhibit for grade school students. Was also drawing still lifes. Did a fairly large amount of a 12x12 ft mural in our school depicting an assortment of animals.

Shit I think my art career was better when I was in Grade 4.

[Anonymous No.4682821]

>>4678892
Same

[Anonymous No.4682844]

>>4681208
Even if you get 8 hours of sleep a day, that's 45 minutes to dedicate to art. Even 30 minutes a day is better than nothing

[Anonymous No.4682886]

>>4678881
cunny and hate

[Anonymous No.4682916]

coffee and lust

[Anonymous No.4682943]

>>4680270
Fuck some japanese cunny for us anon, we believe in you

[Anonymous No.4682950]

money

i tattoo for a living

[Anonymous No.4682981]

>>4682950
how did you start your journey mate? Want to get into it as well. Like your design

[Anonymous No.4682999]

>>4682950
those girl's legs are hairy af

[Anonymous No.4683011]

Don't need any, i draw whenever i'm not stressed

[Anonymous No.4683020]

it's fun

[Anonymous No.4683038]

>>4681224
>>4679446
Some times I'm amazed at how many femcels lurk /ic/.

[Anonymous No.4683043]

I've got an unrealistic kink, and I just wanna give something back to the community. So much good artwork I coomed to, I want people to do that too with my art

Also fucked up imagery that shows up in my brain from time to time, so I just bring it to paper

[Anonymous No.4683513]

>>4678881
art is the only thing that gets me girls

[Anonymous No.4683587]

>>4682981
started trying to get in game design thru concept art. did a cpl projects for small companies. hate freelance and wanted something where the work came to me

took my sketchbooks to a few tattoo shops and got laughed out cuz i was oblivious. i mean obviously right?

but then as i was gonna give up and get a normal job i found a online ad for a shop taking in apprentices. so i applied, the owner is a comic books fan and saw that he could help me adapt to a more tattoo centric art style and so yeah. apprenticed for 11months 40HRS A WEEK NO PAY

had to get thru scraping by and selling bootleg dvds

>>4682999
yeah some clients are gross and then some are NOT gross

but it makes for good stories. ppl think im interesting and i dont even party i just game and talk shit online when im not working

[Anonymous No.4683758]

>>4683038
It's not my fault men don't brush their teeth and play lol all day

[Anonymous No.4683763]

>>4683038
there are no girls on 4chan you dumb nigger
only trannies and feds larping

[Anonymous No.4683788]

>>4678881
drawing a shounen battle manga to isekai into my self-insert OC when i become an hero (literally)

[Anonymous No.4684877]

>>4678892
imagine unironically hating someone.
ready Marcus Aurelius

[Anonymous No.4684889]

>>4683587
You are good, man.

[Anonymous No.4684914]

>>4684877
Noty. I will keep my fuel.

[Anonymous No.4685296]

>>4683587
that's... actually pretty fucking based. You're living the life man.

[Anonymous No.4686050]

>>4684889
>>4685296
thanks anons. wanna try to be more regular on here. dont really like most social medias. might start a draw stream too soon, help with the community and shit

[Anonymous No.4686104]

>>4678881
Pot. Trying to cut back to just weekend use and really stick to a good routine of working out and drawing during the week.

I've always loved art but I've never committed to it full time until now. I think the rewards that come with being a pro artist are very attractive to me and I also have a burning passion to really git gud at something instead of being okay at a bunch of other things.

[Anonymous No.4686133]

>>4680070
very based

[Anonymous No.4686145]

>>4680653
pretty fuckn helpful man, at least from what i know about people that aren't diagnosed with ADHD. for me it just makes me feel normal but for people that dont need it it's pretty good! like cocaine but way less fucky depending on how much you take

in college theres a pretty good market for selling adderall. ive always considered selling my old dosages since ive been taking them for like 7 years now

[Anonymous No.4686149]

>>4681208
draw while at work. i get the most done at work since im in the mindframe of work, but i guess it does kinda rely on what type of job u got. but if you ever got some free time or youre on a phonecall and don't gotta pay full attention go ahead and doodle in a sketchbook or somethin

[Anonymous No.4686150]

>>4678881
traps/shemales/ladyboys/etc. They eat this shit up and I just want to impress one.

[Anonymous No.4686172]

>>4678881
Need to accumulate funds for a house and to revive my dead friend.
I could live off commissions at this point but I need to go higher, so I'm working on a coom game (which is why I got into art in the first place, to make vidya)

[Anonymous No.4686195]

>>4682821
>>4678995
>>4678927
>>4679000
>>4679384
>>4679442
>>4679446
>>4678892
>>4679529
>>4680062
>>4680070
>>4680077
>>4680211
>>4680313
>>4680449
>>4680548
>>4680587
>>4680664
>>4680661
>>4681117
>>4681120
>>4681159
>>4682886
>>4682916
>>4683043
>>4683513
>>4683788
>>4684914
i relate to a lot of these habits, used to be like this a lot. you really can't have a good mindset for either yourself or others when you're trapped inside your head for long periods of time.
anons, please get better sleep...i know it can be hard when you're an insomniac and you have so much stuff racing through your mind, but its not healthy for your physical or mental state.
you make better art when you're not clouded by sleep deprivation.

and for the people who make art out of negative feelings, i know what you feel. ive had moments where ive been heartbroken and used that as fuel for my art. It's not a bad thing to express your rage through the energy of the art, but if its the only thing youre motivated by im concerned. you'll hurt yourself if you find yourself feeling that way for years. it'll take a mental toll on who you are as a human being.

for the anons that make art for lust, you do you man. as long as youre not harming anyone then im aight. go ahead and draw loli porn, just don't molest kids.

not tryna tell you guys what to do. im just basing my concerns.
you're all valuable precious creatures that need to find self love.

[Anonymous No.4686204]

>>4678881
Drawing was one of the only things I had aptitude for as a child. I was well above my age in terms of my ability to recreate an image faithfully from reference. I also really loved it.

But I later lost touch with it, and am only now returning to it at 25. I really wish I'd stuck with it all those years, and feel that if I had properly learnt the fundamentals (which I didn't care for before, I just doodled anime faces all day) I could have been pretty respectable by now.

I know it's not good to base your love for something off of your ability at it, it should be the other way around. Your love for something is what drives you to get better, not the drive to get better promoting greater love for it. But for me, I've always had a low self-esteem and when I look back on art and my initial skill for it, it's one of the few platforms from which I can feel like a competent human being.

I know that "talent" is a meme and try not to focus on those things, but for someone who has done nothing with his life I really cling to the few things I happen to have a basic aptitude for and wish I could have maximized this ability instead of squandering it so long.

Anyone else give up drawing for a time and regret doing so?

[Anonymous No.4686237]

>>4678881
Drawing was one of the only things I had aptitude for as a child. I was well above my age in terms of my ability to recreate an image faithfully from reference. I also really loved it.

But I later lost touch with it, and am only now returning to it at 25. I really wish I'd stuck with it all those years, and feel that if I had properly learnt the fundamentals (which I didn't care for before, I just doodled anime faces all day) I could have been pretty respectable by now.

I know it's not good to base your love for something off of your ability at it, it should be the other way around. Your love for something is what drives you to get better, not the drive to get better promoting greater love for it. But for me, I've always had a low self-esteem and when I look back on art and my initial skill for it, it's one of the few platforms from which I can feel like a competent human being.

I know that "talent" is a meme and try not to focus on those things, but for someone who has done nothing with his life I really cling to the few things I happen to have a basic aptitude for and wish I could have maximized this ability instead of squandering it so long.

Anyone else give up drawing for a time and regret doing so?

[Anonymous No.4686279]

>>4686237
repost, my bad

[Anonymous No.4686322]

>>4686204
I'm 22 now. I sorta had the urge to take up art seriously in 2017/18 but I gave up mid 2018. I picked it up again seriously this year and bought an iPad Pro with my savings.

>>4686104
is me

[Anonymous No.4686397]

>>4680484
My life, my choices. Hash boosts your creativity and actually isn't harmful except for making your wallet lighter.

[Anonymous No.4686404]

>>4686195
stfu and kys retard

[Anonymous No.4686408]

>>4686204
>Drawing was one of the only things I had aptitude for as a child. I was well above my age in terms of my ability to recreate an image faithfully from reference. I also really loved it.
Bro are you literally me? or is this Julian ?

[Anonymous No.4686429]

This video inspired me. After this i started to look at art completely differently.
https://youtu.be/ZFQ1UVM2irQ

[Anonymous No.4687511]

I drink beer EVERY FUCKING DAY.

[Anonymous No.4687513]

>>4678903
>Tsukushi
Based

[Anonymous No.4687957]

>>4678881
Hornyness
Wanna draw cute shit
I like to draw and enjoy the progress of work
And a pinch of hatred of my ex, more so that we are in the same fucking career and classroom.

[Anonymous No.4687972]

>>4678881
A desire to blow people’s minds and change the world

[Anonymous No.4687991]

>>4678881
I don't think I could make it in the "real world" working a 9-5 job getting a gf etc etc. I am just not good at that So I keep going because It's all I have to pull me out of this hell.

[Anonymous No.4688067]

>>4678881
Losing in video games

[Anonymous No.4688073]

Spiritually: I enjoy getting better at a skill and I want to tell stories with comics.

Actually: I wanna make some money on the side with commissions and comic book sales.

Deep down: The ~ $100 I've earned from my mini-comic sales were a huge stroke to my ego and have given me a huge amount of drive to get better and sell more.

If there was an opposite to art fuel it would be social media. I hate everything about it but I can't do what I wanna do without it.

[Anonymous No.4688149]

I want to be able to teach any kids I might have someday.

[Anonymous No.4688156]

>>4682999
perfect

[Anonymous No.4688171]

>>4686195
ty bro

[Anonymous No.4688229]

>>4686195
>What do you mean you cannot sleep haha just sleep bro
>Having bad feelings? whoa have you tried having good ones instead?
Fuck you

[Anonymous No.4691640]

>>4678881
it is really the only thing I could be skilled at, it's relaxing, some of it is fear of not making my art goals, some is the narcissistic idea of leaving something I made behind.

[Anonymous No.4691837]

>>4680070
Post your work,

[Anonymous No.4692201]

>>4682999
Low test

[Anonymous No.4692204]

>>4678881
I’ve been drinking a lot of energy drinks lately, will they break my ding dong?

[Anonymous No.4692490]

>>4692204
No, but statistically speaking, more than 300mg of caffeine per day has significant chance to increase heart problems. The sugar is even worse though: diabetes, obesity and so forth.

Just drink coffee or take caffeine pills.

[Anonymous No.4692517]

>>4692490
I drink the sugar free ones

[Anonymous No.4692520]

>>4692517
I think that's probably better, but aspartame is not good for you either.

But yeah, a monster is 150mg caffeine so two a day would be pushing it, I'd say.

[Anonymous No.4692661]

water and orange slices

[Anonymous No.4692801]

Alcohol and getting this shit out of my head

[Anonymous No.4693732]

Ritalin and rum

[Anonymous No.4693824]

>>4678881
so much terrible shit goin on in my life. drawing makes me forget them for a while

[Anonymous No.4693838]

>>4680611
Dude that's retarded. I was always a "talented" artist, but eventually you'll hit a brick wall and just need to study. You just gotta learn to live with the suffering in a productive way. Boomers could manage working a soulless 9 to 5 for 30 years, p sure you can study art without becoming a full degen and blaming it on lacking talent

[Anonymous No.4694085]

>>4693838
>Oh no I'm talented but I had to put work once at some point woe is me
Meanwhile the regular joe can spend 3-10 years with little or no progress but constant suffering, and that's it drawing every day. That's the problem with you retards, you assume its that easy for everyone just because it was for you

[Anonymous No.4694661]

>>4694085
This, sick of you retards downplaying talent. The 3 year old who had musician parents nurturing his musical skills will be a prodigy compared to another kid whose parents were neglectful alcoholics. As he grows older he'll find himself enjoying creating music because it comes so naturally to him, it brings humans pleasure to be good at things, and pleasure is the ultimate motivation.

Meanwhile the neglected kid will find himself creating subpar music compared to his peers, until the point where he no longer enjoys the process because he's embarrassed or ashamed, a feeling of "why bother, this other guy does it way better" will plague him.

>HURR THEN GIVE UP THEN IF U DONT LIKE IT
The inevitable fallback of retards who try to make this "talent doesn't exist" argument, seen it so many times. Fuck the people here.

[Anonymous No.4694664]

>>4687972
God stop posting that goblina

[junkie lesbian vibes?? No.4695113]

severe emotional disturbance, delusions, alternative identities/states

[Anonymous No.4695124]

>>4694661
>3 year old who had musician parents nurturing his musical skills will be a prodigy
That's not natural born talent. That's practicing at a point in your life when its very easy to learn things. You're at a point in your development where its much harder to learn things, but its still possible. Not just theoretically possible either, as there are real examples of people who were not at X thing as a child who got good at X thing as an adult.
>>HURR THEN GIVE UP THEN IF U DONT LIKE IT
>The inevitable fallback of retards who try to make this "talent doesn't exist" argument
So... Someone doesn't think they'll ever improve because they lack "muh talent", they don't even enjoy the process because they're ashamed of lack of "muh talent", and yet they continue... Why? Literally why not give up if you're not only so defeatist about improving but you also can't enjoy the process due to lack of skill?

[Anonymous No.4695183]

severe emotional disturbance, delusions, alternative identities/states

[Anonymous No.4695231]

>>4678881
Cigarettes, i'd say. The copious amount of drugs i do never really make me productive in any way shape or form so cant say that that helped. Occasionally tea. Oh and ofc a need to improve and be better then everyone else because of my narcissism.

[Anonymous No.4695318]

>>4678892
Same.

[Anonymous No.4695321]

Food and water.

[Anonymous No.4695331]

Not wanting to work at my father's company's Marketing department because "Anon, you spend all day in the computer, so you must know a lot about social media"

[Anonymous No.4695383]

Black coffee. Ramen. Chic fil a.

[Anonymous No.4695387]

>>4695331
You should unironically drop your pursuit of being a professional artist and work for your father's company. But don't be a social media intern, you should get whatever degree he recommends and try to get a nice cushy office job. Just draw as a hobby , my man

[Anonymous No.4695389]

>>4678881
>tfw no gf

[Anonymous No.4695412]

>>4695387
Fuck you bitch, don't try to bring him down.

>>4695331
>WAHH I MIGHT GET A CUSHY JOB AT MY DAD'S COMPANY
Fuck you bitch

[Anonymous No.4695416]

>>4695389

[Anonymous No.4695542]

When I get good, I’ll come back to piss on you racist NGMI fuckers.

[Anonymous No.4695553]

>>4695542
what are you, a pajeet, chink, spic, or coon?