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[Anonymous No.4724760]

Questions that don't deserve their own thread. Art for dummies.

[Anonymous No.4724764]

Anyone here a full time artist only using an ipad? Can I see some of your finished work?

[Anonymous No.4724768]

should i trash my pc? all I do when I have access to it is procrastinate and spend maybe an hour on my drawing, and about 10 on youtube and trawling /ic/. i feel so useless and unproductive. i dont make time to make ideas or plans for projects, or to start the ideas i've already had.

when did you have to take the routine pill? is it the answer?

[Anonymous No.4724778]

>>4724760
How does one make a background like in the OP pic? I assume Urasawa has his assistants do it but it doesn’t look like a straight up photo like Asano’s backgrounds.

[Anonymous No.4724796]

I think I need to replace my good old CTL 480. A couple of weeks ago, a giant air bubble appeared under the surface. Rubbing it with my finger tips solves the problem temporarily.
What should I get instead. I'm between an Intuos Medium PTH660 or the Wacom One. Thing is, I'm not completely sold on the Wacom One just yet, Can afford Cintiqs atm btw. What do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.4724840]

>>4724778
Draw the set dressing.
Decide where the light source is.
Then just hatch with a really fine pen for like two hours. Use a ruler for the longer lines if you're not confident, the lines need to be fairly straight or it'll look like a mess.
Apply screentone.
Scrape sceentone.
Done.

[Anonymous No.4724854]

Is it better for art to me a morning person or a night owl?

[Anonymous No.4724917]

>>4724854
Doesn't make any difference whatsoever. Draw whenever the fuck you can.

[Anonymous No.4724926]

>>4724854
Morning person, less money wasted on keeping the lights.

[Anonymous No.4725006]

>>4724760
where do i find the complete works of the old masters

[Anonymous No.4725117]

What's some nice Clip Studio brushes that you guys like to use? I like ink brushes and wouldn't mind hording more, I also have been wanting to find more coloring brushes for just blocking in drawings.

[Anonymous No.4725160]

>>4725006
a decent source is the website wikiart, not complete works but has alot of stuff more even obscure artists, its worth to have it on the fav list to get ref or inspo

[Anonymous No.4725199]

>>4724926
.......I'm ashamed I never thought of that

[Anonymous No.4725203]

>>4725117
i havent figured out how to use their downloads page. though im new with the app

[Anonymous No.4725223]

How do I break my phone/internet addiction?

[Anonymous No.4725303]

You guys ever get those days when you don't really feel like drawing and it's harder than usual to get stuff done? I feel bad for not doing much the past few days

[Anonymous No.4725459]

>>4725303
Do exercises, go for a walk.

[Anonymous No.4725472]

>>4725459
fuck i wish i thought about it before i wasted my whole day and now it's night lmao

[Anonymous No.4725579]

>>4725472
Best moment to walk.

[Anonymous No.4725847]

Are there any good references for learning about field sketches? I'd really like to be able to do drawings from life with just a felt tipped pen and utilise crosshatching and such well. Trying to just apply it to an image with what I know now really leads me to put lines everywhere with no rhyme or reason.

[Anonymous No.4726308]

Yes and no, sorry. There's Nikolai Lockertsen, he pretty much only works on the iPad.

[Anonymous No.4726310]

>>4726308
Meant to reply >>4724764 , pardon the brain fart

[Anonymous No.4726317]

>>4725847
Dynamic Sketching with Peter Han

>>4725223
By thinking about the future and realizing it's receding, all the while you're just wasting time.

>>4725006
Rutracker for download, artrenewal.org for online viewing.

>>4724854
Personally I like doing stuff in the morning with some good coffee and jazz, birds chirping in the cold yet sunny weather and all.

[Anonymous No.4726320]

Is Brainstorm Burbank worth it? I might go all out and take 3 classes this fall. Thinking about perspective bootcamp, rythm & structure and dynamic sketching. Anyone here who can input anything about this school?

[Anonymous No.4726342]

Why is it that other artists work looks better to me than my own regardless of skill level?

[Anonymous No.4726381]

Where can I get painterly brushes for CSP? Most of the assets online are focused on comics, inking, sketching etc.

[Anonymous No.4726527]

does anybody know the name for this button here in SAI2? It turns whatever brush you're using transparent. I want to try and bind a hotkey for it

[Anonymous No.4726532]

>>4726527
color-> switch to transparency in hotkey editing menu

[Anonymous No.4726638]

>>4726532
awesome, thanks!

[Anonymous No.4727220]

>>4724854
what really matter is the amount of hours you sleep, it can't be too much nor too little.

and you need some sun

[Anonymous No.4727234]

>>4724926
I mean it is pretty negligible if you use led

not to mention that depending where you live you have to leave the lights on anyway.

[Anonymous No.4727238]

>>4725223
make it a little harder for you to use it.

[Anonymous No.4727249]

>>4725847
alphonso dunn has a series on urban sketching

[Anonymous No.4727256]

>>4726342
if you find their work better that means they are more skilled in some way, right?

[Anonymous No.4727782]

Where can I find those Small circle on the back of the tablet so it wont slip

[Anonymous No.4727785]

>>4727782
Cum on your desk and let it dry a little bit, then put your tablet on it

[Anonymous No.4727786]

>>4727785
I'll try it

[Anonymous No.4727794]

>>4724760
What does the layer with the 'skin selection' do and where can I find it.

[Anonymous No.4727797]

>>4724760
This is a shot in the dark, but I really wanna know the name of this brush. Obviously I can't read kanji for shit, so any help would be appreciated

[Anonymous No.4727862]

>>4727794
it is a selection layer on CSP see img. It is essentially like a retreivable lasso selection. How to use it:
>create a selection with a lasso
>press 'Convert to Selection Layer' (this creates the green layer)
>if you have this green layer selected in the layers pallete, you can retrieve the lasso selection at any time using 'Convert Selection Layer to Selection'
>you can draw/erase on the layer to add/remove selection area, like a layer mask. soft edges also work here

In this case, its only used as a 'reference' selection to create the layer mask which is active on the folder. It's not used effectively here, but I've tried to integrate it into the workflow as good practice.

Better use of this feature is if you frequently deselect and reselect different regions on an illustration, you can ensure that your selections are the same each time by saving it, instead of lassoing freehand with error. For example (not done in the img), you could save selections around the cleavage or the hips to create consistent hard edges- this can be useful esp when working on a flattened image, but it's not needed here since I used clipping masks on silhouettes already with hard/soft edges.

https://www.clip-studio.com/site/gd_en/csp/userguide/csp_userguide/500_menu/500_menu_select_sentakureyer_sakusei.htm#:~:text=%5BPRO%2FEX%5D-,Convert%20to%20Selection%20Layer%20%5BPRO%2FEX%5D,a%20newly%20created%20selection%20layer.

[Anonymous No.4727898]

>>4727862
This is godsend anon. Thanks again for showing the process in the previous thread. I'm trying to do replicate it on my figure

[Anonymous No.4727925]

Is it possible for someone who draws like 2 hours a day to ever reach the level of a manga artist who isn’t known for amazing art? Like yugioh for example doesn’t look impressive but is even that level unattainable unless you’re drawing 8 hours a day?

[Anonymous No.4727934]

>>4727925
Yugioh's art is actually wonderful.
But probably, yeah. The biggest thing with mangaka is they're very fast. A lot of the "manga style" is just cutting corners because they need to draw 20 pages in under 7 days. The quality of each individual drawing isn't typically super impressive (or you can really tell when it is), but what is impressive is that they just draw so much so quickly.

[Anonymous No.4727938]

>>4727934
Yeah I’m not slagging yugioh off I love it I just meant it doesn’t look as impressive as something like beserk or one punch man, thank you for the answer

[Anonymous No.4727941]

>>4727938
Keep in mind release schedules. Berserk hasn't been weekly for many many years, and when it stopped being weekly it was immediately obvious and OPM is a "whenever I feel like it" release schedule. Should always compare weekly manga to weekly manga and monthly manga to monthly manga.

[Anonymous No.4727980]

>>4727925
>2 hours a day
absolutely not

[Anonymous No.4727991]

>>4727980
How many hours a day for how long do you think

[Anonymous No.4727996]

>>4727991
730×8

[Anonymous No.4728338]

I fucking hate my day job, was starting to look for a new one. But I had to live in California and fucking Karen had to not wear a mask and everything is shutting back down.
Fuck man I shouldn't have dropped out of art school. I was a chump and got a job that was a "essential" business.

[Anonymous No.4728342]

>>4728338
Meant to ask what day job to look for the allows drawing time.
But it just turned into a rant because all I'm good for. Is customer service and I fucking hate it.
I might just start waking up earlier to draw before work. So that way I can get something down before my soul crushing 9-5.

[Anonymous No.4728370]

>>4727925
Yes, look at one the creator of opm.

[Anonymous No.4728371]

>>4724778
Asano used to use photos, now he uses Unreal Engine.

[Anonymous No.4728395]

>>4728370
Has he improved a lot? I thought he was famously bad at drawing and just an ideas guy

[Anonymous No.4728432]

>>4728395
One's pretty fucking lucky that he got such a following. There's a ton of better idea, better artists that didn't roll a fucking 20 and get Yusuke Murata to endorse them. Perhaps it just comes down to the intangible "soul", huh?

[Anonymous No.4728450]

>>4728395
when Murata gives you advice you improve or improve

[Anonymous No.4728515]

If I want to post my drawings on instagram should I scan them or take a picture???

[Anonymous No.4728533]

>>4727862
Holy shit, that's useful. Thank you

[Anonymous No.4728535]

>>4728515
Picture at a rakish angle, with tools artfully displayed, edge of partially drank coffee cup, and a girly hand partially in frame
>just a 5min sketch on my lunch break

[Anonymous No.4728567]

>>4728535
oh ,yes, forgot about that, I would do something like that, going to ask my gf.

[Anonymous No.4728601]

>>4724760
Where’s the draw thread? Haven’t had one for days

[Anonymous No.4728688]

As a /beg/ I need to get good enough to be able to share some characters with the world, what should I use to get there? It's not the usual progression but I've got to rush it and draw like it's my life

[Anonymous No.4728703]

>>4728688
Why? Nothing good comes out of rushing.

[Anonymous No.4728706]

>>4728703
It's not rushing as skipping but let's say I don't have the time I wish I had, it's now that I have to do it

[Anonymous No.4728715]

>>4728706
What? Are you saying you don’t have time or you do have time?

[Anonymous No.4728718]

>>4728715
Disease anon

[Anonymous No.4728731]

>>4728718
Why do you have to rush to good though? If you have a story to tell and not much time, you tell it any way you can.

[Anonymous No.4728737]

>>4728601
It's only twitter threads now.

[Anonymous No.4728742]

>>4728737
fucking zoomers invading /ic/ with twitter drama

[Anonymous No.4729242]

>>4728432
ONE isn't popular because of Murata, he was already successful with both OPM and Mob before the redraw even began. He's popular because he can tell good stories clearly despite his weak art skills. While I agree he's lucky, it's not like there's no reason beyond blind luck.

>>4728688
>>4728706
Art is a marathon, not a race. Grinding to git gud within a year or two is a meme.

[Anonymous No.4729245]

>>4724778
>How does one make a background like in the OP pic?
You draw it.

No, it's that simple.

[Anonymous No.4729249]

>>4724926
Lights, especially these days with LED bulbs, is pennies an hour. Don't be daft.

[Anonymous No.4729260]

>>4729242
This. There are thousands of webcomics and a bunch with way better art than ONE, but the story is what made it stand out.

[Anonymous No.4729265]

>>4724778
Most mangaka start out with zero assistants. Just because they leave it up to assistants when they get them, doesn’t mean they can’t draw backgrounds. Some even prefer to do the backgrounds for key panels themselves.

[Anonymous No.4729268]

>>4728342
The only job I ever had where I could draw and not be distracted or had the time to focus was working at a gas station on graveyard shift, right after high school. The actual work was about an hour. I'd read or draw from 12 - 6. But it really, really, really, really, really sucks to have to sleep in the daytime.

[Anonymous No.4729285]

>>4729260
Before anyone comes in with a "but his story isn't that unique!" this anon's only half right, it's not just that the writing itself is good, it's that the PANELING is good. ONE's strength is that he can very clearly depict events and story beats and everything you need to convey a message despite his poor technical skills. This is more difficult than people realize so ONE's actually quite skilled.

[Anonymous No.4729304]

>>4729285
ONE is also pretty good at character design. Even guys like Mob are recognizable.

I'm sure no body actually gives a shit about Tatsumaki as a character but she's popular based on the design. Same with Sonic to a lesser degree (Sonic has had more screentime)

[Anonymous No.4729353]

Anyone knows how to cope with cymbalta withdrawals?
I fucked up my budgeting and can't afford my medication for a few more days.
I feel a ravenous hunger at the same time throwing up everything. My body is in so much pain. My arms feels stiff and heavy that I'm finding it difficult to draw. Like the tendons in my arms refuse to bend or stretch. At the same time I just want to crawl in a hole and die.

[Anonymous No.4729425]

What are some good place to post my /beg/ works to get seen?
I feel like my hardwork was wasted because nobody even see it.

[Anonymous No.4729441]

>>4729425
Gee, I dunno anon. >>4727951

[Anonymous No.4729458]

>>4729441
I'm not looking for advice or feedback though.
I just want to post the artwork like dump it on deviant art.
So people will view it as a piece of drawing instead of trying to look into faults and correct it.

Should i create a general here for it?
How many of you are having this issue where you just wanted to post artwork for the sake of posting one??

[Anonymous No.4729472]

Is it a bad idea to go from traditional to digital too quickly as a beg? Or can I just go straight to digital drawing?

[Anonymous No.4729586]

>>4727782
you mean like a rubber feet thing? normally I would use hot glue for this, but it is probably gonna fuck something up, you probably can find it on stores that sells diy stuff

[Anonymous No.4729612]

>>4728688
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

[Anonymous No.4729621]

>>4727782
Search for "GorillaGrit" on Amazon.

[Anonymous No.4729629]

>>4729353
I don't think you will find too much help here anon.

depending where you live your city might have some type of program to help in those cases. if not you might find some organization that might help. wish you the best.

[Anonymous No.4729632]

>>4729458
I think /i/ has some shit like that, also the draw threads of the others boards might fit too

[Anonymous No.4729656]

Im looking to move out of bumfuck nowhere to a more art oriented community. But everywhere I look at moving to its either on fire, going crazy with riots or the rent is not even in the realm of posibilities. Anyone have suggestions of an art place in the US worth looking into?

[Anonymous No.4729660]

>>4729472
Just draw anon. Stop wasting time with questions like this that don't matter, you're overthinking. Find a style you like and draw what you like and just draw.

[Anonymous No.4729677]

>>4729472
There is no formal progression from traditional to digital, it's the same as if you were switching from drawing to painting - it's just learning a new medium, but applying the same concepts to both.
Like the other anon said, you're overthinking it. You're creating anxiety where there is none.

[Anonymous No.4729685]

>>4729632
Oh, so there's a /i/ board just for doodle.
Yep, that fits exactly what i wanted.
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4729709]

I bought two medium sketchbooks totalling 440 pages and pens to use. I'm wondering where i should set my goal to finish filling both of them with random things over time. I'm normally a digital artist and wanna just go back to trying to learn traditional. Most of my time still needs to go to digital but I wonder if I can keep this up and maybe learn new good habits
Maybe finish filling them by October? Or September? I dunno

[Anonymous No.4729716]

>>4729709
There's no right or wrong answer here. They're made for drawing, so draw in them. Time frames, goals, that's all up to you.
I get that when you don't have a lot of money, things like notebooks are precious, but it's just paper. They're for using up. How you do it is your journey.
I don't get attached to notebooks, or filling them, but that's me. If you place a lot of importance to them, then do what you think is best for you. If you don't know what's best for you, try it. See if it is. Don't overthink it. This is classic can't see the forest for the trees - don't get hung up on things like this.

[Anonymous No.4729727]

>>4729716
Yeah true. I'll just draw in it when I can. I've been drawing every single day digitally for over a year now, but the thought of not learning trad has been bugging me. Traditional will always hold some beauty digital has a very hard time capturing, this is noticeable to me with manga sometimes. Anyway good insight, was just thinking about this so that I'm keeping to my goals and dreams at a steady pace. Maybe I'll post another stupid question when this book fills

[Anonymous No.4729795]

>>4729727
I was trained in traditional, and transitioned to digital. Yeah, i'm old. I still do traditional - for me. It's worth pursuing, simply for the pure pleasure of it - and some things are just easier to pencil out. I always do thumbnails for digital, and them scan them in. I think better on paper - and I think a lot of people do. I think there's a certain immediacy to pencil and paper than there is to a monitor. Or intimacy. Something.

[Anonymous No.4729871]

How do I tell if I'm a draftsman or painter at heart

[Anonymous No.4729934]

>>4729871
What do you enjoy more: sketching or painting?

[Anonymous No.4729936]

>>4729934
doing your mom

[Anonymous No.4729946]

>>4729934
I feel much more at ease painting, but I still want to draw sharp cute anime girls and precise human figures

[Anonymous No.4729947]

>>4729936
I guess that makes you a motherfucker.

[Anonymous No.4729948]

>>4729946
Okay, but do you ENJOY painting more or do you ENJOY drawing sharp anime girls and precise human figures more?
Feeling "at ease" means nothing, that just tells you what your comfort zone is. You want to challenge your comfort zone whenever you can in order to improve in the areas you're lacking in.

[Anonymous No.4729960]

>>4724768
> when did you have to take the routine pill? is it the answer?

Yes, it is definitely the answer. Here's the two things that worked for me that aren't super autistic bullshit. You will be planning a week ahead (more about that later).

1. Goals. Figure out two goals (remember the golden rule: specific and measurable). One of the goals is your daily goal (e.g. draw for two hours). The other goal is your weekly goal (e.g. by the end of the week I will have completed a 4-page comic).

2. Timing. Prepare a simple schedule. You don't have to plan your meals or anything like that. You'll need: (a) when you're going to wake up and go to sleep; (b) when you'll start drawing and when you'll stop (see below); (c) what you'll be drawing or studying etc (e.g. 30 mins live figure drawing warmup, 90 mins working on comic page start to finish).

That's it. Now some notes.

Plan a week ahead. On Sunday take about an hour to plan the coming week. Don't just do it day to day or you'll fuck it up. But also don't plan for longer than a week (other than maybe having an overarching goal).

Always adjust the schedule at the end of the week, never in the middle of it. If you can't make it, take note of why you couldn't make it and adjust at the end of the week. But always always always try to stick to your schedule.

Always plan when you'll start and when you'll stop drawing. Having a set STOP time is important as it will keep you from noodling around and wasting time. If you couldn't make the "deadline" take note of why you couldn't and adjust for it at the end of the week. If you want to continue drawing after that, you can, but TAKE NOTE FIRST.

That's all it takes. It works.

[Anonymous No.4729965]

>>4729948
Yeah from what little I've tried I've enjoyed painting more, but I guess that answers my own question

[Anonymous No.4729968]

I can't draw, for fun that is, it's like I filter myself and just say, nah it won't look good so I just wait
What should I do just so that I can get things out there?

[Anonymous No.4729973]

>>4729968
>What should I do just so that I can get things out there?
Draw, or fuck off. Either you want to draw or you don't. If you do, then draw you fucking spastic, if you don't then stop thinking about it and do something else for christ's sake.

[Anonymous No.4729975]

>>4729973
I like drawing, it's an issue with being too external, but yeah just draw

[Anonymous No.4729978]

>>4725203
took me a while too. here I did a little guide for you.

[Anonymous No.4729981]

>>4729978
> choose a sub tool section you look like
this is a typo. i was not implying you look like a sub tool section

[Anonymous No.4729987]

>>4724760
Anybody have good books or resources for learning how to push character facial and figure proportions for cartoons without them looking disgusting? Or is it a matter of trusting my gut and "muh style"? I'm so lost.

[Anonymous No.4729998]

>>4729987
>cartoon
you just have to look at other artists and see how they do it

[Anonymous No.4730021]

>>4729586
Yeah that one. The hot glue sounds good might try
>>4729621
Alright, thank you

[Anonymous No.4730047]

Back when you started drawing, how did you decide what to draw?

I feel like I'm good enough to make the jump into actual artwork, but whenever I want to do stuff, I just get blank. I don't know what to do and I feel like I should go back to the comfort of exercises. Any tips?

[Anonymous No.4730060]

>>4730047
Make a comic. That's why I started drawing, comic ain't gonna draw itself.

[Anonymous No.4730075]

How do you deal with feeling defeated?
Just made a drawing that nobody even commented anything.
Feels like shit when i put in my efforts and nobody even notice it.
It's making me to feel bad and is afraid to draw again.

I know my drawing is absolute shit, so i'm not gonna seek consolation or pity likes.
I just want to know, how do you deal with it?
Avoid drawing for awhile?
Switch to other hobby first?

Also, I don't plan to go pro or make it my future career.
I just want to create something.

[Anonymous No.4730076]

>>4730075
>How do you deal with feeling defeated?
By feeling the satisfaction of having created something.
How do I deal with knowing my drawings are shit? By drawing more to drown that feeling out with the satisfaction of creation.

[Anonymous No.4730077]

>>4730075
No comments is better than it gettin shit on. Also social media is memes.

[Anonymous No.4730083]

>>4730075
I think that what might help you anon is re-evaluating some expectations a bit, and putting more focus on what you truly care about, if you really just want to create something.
Perhaps, it's very important for you that this something is viewed by someone else. Right?
If so, I think that you should seek to talk with other people that do art, if you're not doing so already, and try sharing your work with them instead of just blindingly posting it somewhere and waiting for people to come around.
You gotta call more attention to your work.
But about your specific question, I think putting that energy towards working on the next piece and analyzing why you might not be getting attention could help you not feel defeated. As this might likely not be your fault, but simple that nobody has really noticed your stuff due to the sheer number of things posted all the time.

[Anonymous No.4730093]

>>4730076
I can't deny the satisfaction of creation.
But the more i feel happy about my creation, the more i feel defeated knowing that i'm being happy for a shitty drawing that nobody cares.

>>4730083
as i said above.
I'm really happy and proud of the drawing.
But getting ignored is just sad.
And getting shit on is sad as well.

I too wish i could find people at the same level as me so we can push each others to keep drawing.

I don't want to actively seek attentions when my drawing is not good.

The thoughts of knowing that I'm gonna get ignored and negative feedback again is enough to demotivate me from drawing the next piece.
I think i'm gonna take a break from drawing.
I will probably go grind the 250 boxes challenge thing.
Because there's nothing to feel about it.
It's just a chore to do, and i won't feel defeated because i'm not putting in my heart and passion into drawing bunch of boxes.
And it's some good practices to grind.

[Anonymous No.4730172]

There is just so much to learn how do you all remember all of it

[Anonymous No.4730190]

>>4730172
Try and write it down, if you still have difficulties, try to sum up the entire thing into something you can relate to it, it helps for me to remember.

also any tip for how to draw muscles?
even basic stuff is good i need to make it because i am kinda sick of doing a bad job

[Anonymous No.4730196]

>>4730172
By doing.

[Anonymous No.4730242]

>>4724760
I guess this is more of a question about character design. was gonna post on /an/ but I'll just ask you guys: what color do you think t-rex was? I'm making a comic and trying to decide what color my rexes should be. I want it to be believable as it's a realistic story, but I want them to be memorable.

[Anonymous No.4730244]

>>4730242
That depends what characteristic your T-rex is.
Is it a friendly character?
Or hostile?
What do you want your audience to feel when they saw the T-rex?

[Anonymous No.4730253]

>>4730244
There will basically be an entire "village" or "pack" of t-rex, so they'd probably be all the same colors unless I want to speculate that males and females looked different. The main character is a mother t-rex, so I suppose I should focus on her and reflect her colors on the rest of the pack.

She is a very simple character; just a kind, mothering t-rex thrust into a terrifying world after the meteor strikes. So she has to figure out how to keep her kid safe. Anyway, I want the audience to root for her entirely. Sorry for rambling.

[Anonymous No.4730397]

>>4724778
There is a subtitled documentary on his work process on YouTube

[Anonymous No.4730424]

>>4730397
In the documentary Asano shows his process, but OP's panel Is from Urasawa's Billy Bat, and in the documentary we see just briefly how he works (6 assistants IIRC). There are other videos that show his process?

[Anonymous No.4730618]

Is there a "best way" to keep the Real Pencil effect whilst getting rid of this grid pattern it creates?

[Anonymous No.4730639]

>>4730618
In csp, duh.

[Anonymous No.4731101]

>>4729709
I think soft/symbolic goals works best for motivation, something like draw something everyday or every weekend even if it is just a line. it make easy for you create a habit without get stressed out.

[Anonymous No.4731125]

>>4730075
>Just made a drawing that nobody even commented anything.
>Feels like shit when i put in my efforts and nobody even notice it.

now you make me feel bad for not commenting on shit drawings

>I just want to know, how do you deal with it?

I like to compare my old drawing with the new ones, if I see any improvement it makes me feel motivated again. But even if not, just being able to see some mistakes that I couldn't see before is enough to make me feel motivated. because that means that at least my eyes improved.

[Anonymous No.4731135]

>>4730075
>Just made a drawing that nobody even commented anything.
Anon, don't beat yourself up. Where did you post? If you posted on public social media, it's extremely difficult to get noticed on there. You're posting at the same time as millions of others across the world, especially right now when most people are at home (and school's out).
Depending on the platform (like Twitter) a lot of people don't set their timelines to "Recent posts" only "Hottest posts" or whatever
Don't forget that social media uses their users as the "product" and they don't give a fuck about you, they want ad dollars.
If you posted on a private account to just your friends and family, the algorithms are still fucky and they might not see it for 2-3 days, so don't stress.
This is why social media management is a full time job people have to train for, because these companies are geared for business not for personal users who just want to share their thoughts and posts

[Anonymous No.4731140]

>>4729656

>art oriented community

do you mean like a place where artists live together? I didn't even know that was a thing

[Anonymous No.4731143]

anyone else procrastinate for months and then suddenly get noticeably better when you actually draw a few pieces after a break? its like magic

[Anonymous No.4731157]

>>4730047
>how did you decide what to draw?
I go to the /a/'s draw or waifu thread and do some requests there.

[Anonymous No.4731162]

>>4730172
I do it until I internalize it.

[Anonymous No.4731166]

>>4731143
not me, not even once!

[Anonymous No.4731196]

Where is the thread that people share a lot of drawing tutorials and videos, how's it called? Was it archived?

[Anonymous No.4731215]

When Is the right time to post your work to DA or twitter?

How long did it took you to get first comission?

[Anonymous No.4731219]

>>4731196

It was archived >>4703741

[Anonymous No.4731226]

>>4731219
thank you, i was looking for it to see if I could learn some stuff

[Anonymous No.4731649]

For women how many head tall are they? And their torsos?

[Anonymous No.4731654]

>>4731649
It depends on the woman, but typically 6-7 heads tall. Go on Google images, find some full body photos of women and measure it out.

[Anonymous No.4731659]

>>4731143
It is most likely because you have been thinking about forms and shapes during your break despite not drawing seriously. A good artist practices consciously drawing in their head when they don't have the ability or time to draw for real.

[Anonymous No.4731695]

How to know if I'm drawing gestures the right way? How does a good gesture look? a bad one?

[Anonymous No.4731712]

>>4731695
Chicken scratching that tries to focus on detail and anatomical correctness is generally a bad sign

[Anonymous No.4731720]

>>4731712
Yeah that's what I came to think in the end, thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.4731761]

Bros what's the CSP equivalent of the hard round brush?

[Anonymous No.4731796]

>>4731761
Gpen, the default pen tool.

[Anonymous No.4731819]

>>4731143
I'd say its because taking a break from drawing means you also forget any subconscious bad habits. And when you restart, you're likely more conscious of your every stroke- so you will probably notice bad habits where they reappear.

Like drawing eyes a certain way, or drawing the same body proportions each time, or drawing the same pose over and over. If you confront these as you spot them with fresh eyes and hands, then it makes up (or more) for your long break.

also after long breaks, I'd suggest selfcriting your last drawings before starting anew- you could be on the verge of a breakthrough, esp if you've been observing nature or other people's art as >>4731659 said.

[Anonymous No.4731932]

How does one learn the male form efficiently? And then how would one learn to translate that knowledge into drawing cartoon men?

[Anonymous No.4731934]

>>4731932
Use references

[Anonymous No.4731938]

Why is Keys shilled so much here

[Anonymous No.4731949]

>>4727925
Its not about how long you take. Its about speed. Look at how quickly he inks this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xd65UR3AW8

[Anonymous No.4731959]

>>4731949
Watching this made me realize I'm ridiculously slow at drawing.

[Anonymous No.4732025]

>>4731949
>rubbing violently with eraser
>the paper is not broke at all
What the hell?
How?

[Anonymous No.4732034]

Is there any reason why I shouldn't use CSP's vector layer for lineart? Intersection eraser plus lossless scaling sound good on paper.

[Anonymous No.4732045]

>>4732034
No, that's a great way to do lineart

[Anonymous No.4732078]

for the love of god how do i make my brush tip square in clip studio

this was so simple in photoshop

[Anonymous No.4732088]

does anyone knows of artist that studied at watts and are good?

[Anonymous No.4732140]

>>4731949
>drawing a foreshortenned hand with only a gesture line for construction
Well fuck me I guess.

[Anonymous No.4732192]

Does using a ruler for drawing environments in perspective take the appeal out of the drawing? a lot of professionals say that the wobby line gives life to the drawing.

[Anonymous No.4732204]

>>4732192
No, but it will probably take the life out of you, and you will have less energy to put into the drawing.

[Anonymous No.4732210]

i just got clip studio paint but when i tried to save my sketch to post on 4chan it said the file type isnt supported. how do i convert it?

[Anonymous No.4732228]

>>4732210
Export. Can't upload .csp or .psd files on an imageboard because those aren't image files.

[Anonymous No.4732234]

What is the best stuff to read and watch for starting out that's not in the sticky? Also how does one learn to draw like Moebius or Giger?

[Anonymous No.4732242]

>>4732228
thanks but how do i export? im super green behind the ears

[Anonymous No.4732244]

>>4732242
file -> export

[Anonymous No.4732259]

is drawing w/o pen sensitivity a faux pas? sometimes it just feels easier

[Anonymous No.4732262]

>>4732259
No of course not, you're just limiting your options, and depending on what type of art you're making, your speed.

[Anonymous No.4732271]

>>4732192
>Does using a ruler for drawing environments in perspective take the appeal out of the drawing? a lot of professionals say that the wobby line gives life to the drawing.

I don't know what artists are you talking about but 99% of them use rulers for straight lines and ellipses templates for ellipses even when they are inking.

It's true that some artists do everything freehand, but that's a very specific style (It's something more common in French comics).

Also, while getting the perspective right is more important than how you draw the single lines, doing everything freehand you can fuck up the perspective really easily.

My advice: do the pencils right using rulers, then try to ink them freehand, and see how it looks. If you ink traditionally there are tricks to have more organic lines: use the edge of a sheet of heavy paper as a ruler, use dip pens, ink on textured paper.

[Anonymous No.4732288]

>>4732271
thanks man. that's really reassuring

[Anonymous No.4732290]

>>4732025
Smooth bristol board: the paper itself is more resistant, but on smooth bristol also the graphite goes away pretty easily.
Also, there are some specific erasers that go gentle on paper.

[Anonymous No.4732295]

What kinda coloring pencil is that?

[Anonymous No.4732307]

How does Krita's animation features compare to CSP's? Or should I ditch both for TVPaint?

[Anonymous No.4732311]

>>4724760
I want to improve my gesture and figure draw skills. Is there a book (preferably in Spanish) that can help me better understand these 2

[Anonymous No.4732312]

>>4732295
It looks like water color to me. I’m thinking maybe this is the work of some high end water color pencils... or it’s just normal water color and the artist just put a red pencil on there to take up space on the page idk

[Anonymous No.4732343]

>>4724760
Do i really have to do peter han's dynamic sketching course on traditional? i don't have the materials and neither the money to get them

[Anonymous No.4732400]

How do Americans afford to go to top art schools?

[Anonymous No.4732412]

>>4732400
by becoming envoleped in crippling debt

those that do useless courses and cant find a decent job are fucked

[Anonymous No.4732611]

>>4732244
thank you very much, you'v helped create a new hentai artist

[Anonymous No.4732612]

>>4732343
you dont have to. I did it with just some loose leaf paper and a pen i found lying around myself. But you could probably do digital too

[Anonymous No.4733027]

What's a good way to back up my coom folder if I'd like to be able to play webms without downloading them? I thought of mega but it doesn't let you play webms

[Anonymous No.4733088]

>>4732210
Red pill me on clip studio paint.
Is buying the CSP pro enough?
How is it better than what i'm using now? Krita.
Or SAI? Which plenty other people uses?

[Anonymous No.4733120]

>>4733088
Do you make comics? If the answer is "no", you don't need Ex.

[Anonymous No.4733131]

>>4733088
>How is it better than what i'm using now? Krita.
Depends on what tools you find on CSP that aren't on Krita and vice versa and how it could speed your drawing process.

[Anonymous No.4733179]

https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
RGB = 360. Red = 360, green = 240, blue = 120
If red is 360 then cyan is 180
but why the fuck does the opposite of red on this website is 137. how the fuck does that make any sense? 360-180=137? wtf?

[Anonymous No.4733206]

>>4731932
>How does one learn the male form efficiently?
be gay

>And then how would one learn to translate that knowledge into drawing cartoon men?
copy gays cartoons
really tho, any figure drawing course + copy a cartoon style.

[Anonymous No.4733211]

>>4724760
how cheap can you get a decent new PC for drawing + a monitor, with a good amount of ram, doesnt need to be able to play games on high or anything

[Anonymous No.4733220]

>>4732400
by having rich parents??? duh

[Anonymous No.4733233]

>>4733211
21~24' monitor, at least 1080p
any recent ryzen3 i3 cpu
16gb of ram, but you can do with 8gb, you just have to deal with less layers and less things running in the background
this is the minimum to have a good time working on 2~4k pictures, although big texture brushes will maybe lag

[Anonymous No.4733379]

>>4733220
I'm American, were my rich parents?!
I grew up on top ramen and barely eating.

[Anonymous No.4733385]

>>4732400
they aren't top art schools. i've been to one, the instructors are bags of shit, and all the facilities are run down. where the fuck is the money going? it's a bunch of bullshit.

[Anonymous No.4733390]

i wanna make a comic, but i don't have a funny bone on me. i just have mild political observations. but i don't like being a contentious person.

it would be sweet if i can make a nice long epic story, but that's so overwhelming, it's probably like those faggots that try to make a jrpg with their first game. they always get told to make pong.

what would be the equivalent of pong when making a comic?

[Anonymous No.4733395]

>>4724778
learn to texture, such as cross hatching patterns/styles. check out your favourite manga artists, focus on how the create background texture, you'll find that different artists tend to use particular styles. then just practice recreating what you see, fill up an A5 page or two, should make progress fairly quickly as it's not something that's too difficult to learn.

[Anonymous No.4733435]

>>4733390
a 4 koma like comic, probably. but in your case a small one shot would be better, because it works better for non funny stories.

[Anonymous No.4733437]

>>4732400
Generous financial aid. Real, most art schools pull in a large number of international students who pay full tuition and essentially subsidize the americans

[Anonymous No.4733585]

>>4733179
It's because they're trying to force an RBY color model to appeal to artists that want to use the complements of that model. One look at how lopsided that color wheel looks should tell you everything. Notice how cyan, yellow, and magenta look like sharp lines, but red, green and blue look like wide pie slices? Now notice how those sections aren't laid out proportionally. If they were laid out proportionally you should see CYM form a kind of peace sign.

[Anonymous No.4733637]

>>4733390
Make lots of one-shots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-shot_(comics)
Start with a simple premise (x characters in y setting doing z), decide an end and beginning point then how they go from start to end, design some characters and add whatever fluff you need/want then storyboard 20-50 pages of this. It's good exercise for all the skills a comic artist/writer will need.

Also ask yourself: WHY do you want to make a comic? Like, literally why? Did you have an idea you wanted to turn into something with your art skills? If so, then just keep doing that idea until it's refined and polished. If not, then focus on the reason you want to make a comic and refine it.

[Anonymous No.4733675]

What pen is this?

[Anonymous No.4733682]

>>4733675
Looks like a regular ass blue ballpoint. Tools don't make you skilled, practice does.

[Anonymous No.4733687]

>>4733675
gel pencil if traditional, hard round brush if digital

[Anonymous No.4733688]

>>4733682

[Anonymous No.4733689]

>>4724760
how do i come with poses when drawing? every time i want to draw something i can't think of a pose and my mind gets blank

[Anonymous No.4733694]

>>4733689
Look at pictures, then draw what you see.

[Anonymous No.4733800]

>>4733437
The rich korean girls at my school were extremely cute. I fantasized about disappointing their parents.

[Anonymous No.4733801]

>>4731143
That’s me

[Anonymous No.4733821]

>>4733435
4koma, oh wow that's cute, and i've seen these before. im used to 2x2 standard, but my eyes are used to webtoons/vertical scrolling format now.

>>4733637
a comic is in between an illustration and an animation. it gives flesh to an idea more than an illustration. i want a tangible product when all is said and done. also ive been reading a lot of webcomics. i just want to do something too. other than that, i do get overwhelmed with the amount of work required to build something cohesive. the good news is that, between my question, and thinking about it even further. i am seeing it in my head now.

[Anonymous No.4733835]

>>4733675
How long do I have to study to draw this good without constructing?

[Anonymous No.4733839]

>>4733835
Not how long, how much.

[Anonymous No.4733854]

>>4733682
It's definitely not a regular ballpoint. Looks like a fine point rolling ball pen, like those Pilot pens witht he extra fine tip. Normal ballpoints typically have more variance in ink application. Unless the artist was applying uniform pressure, I think that's unlikely.

[Anonymous No.4734499]

Does anyone have the links for:
>The Art & Science of Drawing - Brent Eviston (Udemy.com)

>The Art & Science of Figure Drawing - Brent Eviston (Udemy.com)

[Anonymous No.4734507]

I started drawing around three weeks ago, how much of my time should I dedicate to studying and learning?
I ask this because I find myself just copying/drawing pictures from reference for fun more often than learning from books or other sources

[Anonymous No.4734509]

>>4733835
You always use construction, regardless if you put it down on the paper or not

[Anonymous No.4734520]

>>4734507
Try to do something you're interested in that you aren't sure if you can do.
When you run into a problem, go study that topic.

[Anonymous No.4734528]

How much should you sell your commissions if you're an amateur?

[Anonymous No.4734534]

>>4733675
Gel Pen

[Anonymous No.4734539]

How does one transition from paper to digital

[Anonymous No.4734556]

>>4734539
Check ctrl+paint.
But in short, if you're asking more about the "feel" of getting used to digital: it is just like any other skill, you eventually get used to it.
All you need is a program that suits your needs and a tablet. Slowly learn your tools and you will make it eventually.

[Anonymous No.4734574]

>>4734539
Buy a tablet and start using it.
Scan lineart for digital inking and/or coloring, or as a base for digital painting.
The main hurdle is just going to be wrapping your head around moving your hand in your lap and it moving the cursor on the screen, but that is not as hard to get used to as you might think.

[Anonymous No.4734647]

Are there any good schools in the UK?

[Anonymous No.4735251]

>>4734528
>amateur
if you mean skill level, you shouldn't, because you don't have the skill to satisfy the client needs. How much would you pay to be unsatisfied?

and if you start lowering your prices it end up not being worth for you.

[Anonymous No.4735269]

>>4727996
found Volen CK

[Anonymous No.4735328]

Does anyone understand this?
What does the brightness refers to? Because if I change the middle color supposed to be irrelevant for this test then I get different values

[Anonymous No.4735436]

>>4734499

>>4724166
>>4731412

[Anonymous No.4735512]

>>4735328
Brightness is equivalent to value.

[Anonymous No.4735715]

>>4735512
So the guy is saying
>you can find the value by looking between the most and least intense color while disregarding the middle one
but it's wrong since when changing the middle color that is supposed to not matter the hue changes as well and each hue have their own value scale as seen on the munsell system so the value(brightness) will always be different

this "rule" sounds very scuffed to me, pic related after testing

[Anonymous No.4735760]

>>4735715
You're getting confused. Color can be tringulated with 3 parameters, and the names for some of them are more or less interchangeable.
- Hue (the spectral color it is closest to)
- Saturation/chroma/intensity (the amount of color, or in other words the distance from a neutral/grey)
- Value/brightness/lightness (how much light is present, or in other words the distance from black)
The third parameter can be reliably found with the method mentioned.

If you find it simpler, you can just use the RGB sliders to triangulate a color, as it amounts to the same thing.

[Anonymous No.4736010]

Good websites/resources for painting reference? I'd like to study shots from film specifically, but anything will do really.

[Anonymous No.4736019]

How long did it take you to get used to drawing digitally from trad? Kind of intimidated to make the transition.

[Anonymous No.4736207]

>>4736019
Wasn't too bad, over the span of a week or two I got used to the basic pencil/brush tools. It's mostly adjusting how you are used to looking at the screen vs the paper/tablet. Start with simple tools so don't get overwhelmed.

[Anonymous No.4736213]

Is Adobe illustrator a good program to use? Can I just use a mouse?

[Anonymous No.4736219]

>>4736213
For what type of art? Any reason you are not interested in tablets? Even the cheaper options?

[Anonymous No.4736221]

>>4732259
No. There's cases where it's better to use sensitive and other cases it's not. For example, maybe you want your linear to be uniform in width in certain areas of the drawing.

[Anonymous No.4736271]

Kind of an >>>/r/ thing, but I'm looking for a video I saw many years ago (I think it was around 2012) where a concept artists was designing sci-fi weapons from block-ins he did in photoshop. It was a pretty famous channel back then IIRC, kinda lika Ctrl+Paint

[Anonymous No.4736280]

>>4736019
Not as long as you might think.

[Anonymous No.4736588]

https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-XNCW-12H-Assorted-Watercolors-Sketch/dp/B001OVG40E/ref=sr_1_16?crid=33XH2NLYDB21G&dchild=1&keywords=watercolor%2Bportable&qid=1595210503&sprefix=water%2Bcolors%2Bporta%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-16&th=1
Is this a good watercolor set?

[Anonymous No.4737200]

Do people actaully ghost their lines insteading undoing their lines in digital workflows or is that a traditional thing?

[Anonymous No.4737343]

Can anyone give advice on caligraphy or is this the wrong board to ask. Im not interested in artistic caligraphy I just want to improve my handwriting so it wouldnt look like scrawling done by retard.

[Anonymous No.4737407]

Do you guys have any examples of artists that use a heavily amount of black in thier line art? Im looking for inspiration and wondering how I should go about rendering this style if i want it to be more painterly.

[Anonymous No.4737534]

Should I always use memory when I am drawing from imagination if I want It to look as professional as possible?

[Anonymous No.4737801]

>>4737200
You don't really ghost them, but you can do construction on a separate layer, and then adjust the opacity as needed and eventually turn them off.
I usually just paint over them, so I don't even bother turning them off most of the time.

[Anonymous No.4737832]

Is anyone else having issue with pressure sensitivity on Photoshop? I just bought a new display tablet and it works well. But any time I try drawing on Photoshop it creates the thickest line any time I put even the tiniest amount of pressure on the screen. CSP hasn't given me this issue so I know it isn't just my tablet.

[Anonymous No.4737848]

>>4737534
what do you mean?

like you want to draw a cat running:
a) look for reference a cat running and copy that
b) look for general cat anatomy reference and draw the pose you want from imagination
c) just draw a cat with the knowledge you have

I would say c > b > a

c is the ideal but realistically you will only be able to do it with very few subjects. b is fine it still gives you lots of freedom and don't slow you down that much.
a is the worse, very slow, very limited. but it still necessary in some cases.

its not that cut and dry, it is more of a spectrum but still

[Anonymous No.4738921]

how can i fake an art style?
i want to make filthy coomer art but dont want my friends to recognize it if i post it lol

[Anonymous No.4738926]

>>4737832
What brand of tablet is it?

[Anonymous No.4738944]

I do not understand at all how people make clean, accurate lines in drawing. For all the time I've been drawing I just can't, if I go slow it looks wonky but I cannot quickly draw curved lines at all.

[Anonymous No.4739014]

how do i come up with more interesting ideas? drawing pinups and stuff is fun but i often have anxiety about how pointless and empty it feels to just draw characters standing around all the time

[Anonymous No.4739089]

>>4739014
For me, I learned how to write and I just draw comics now. I recommend Robert McKee. Learning to write also just increases your creativity in general, forcing you to come up with one idea after another for what happens. You get used to coming up with lots of ideas and lower your "filter"

[Anonymous No.4739123]

>>4738944
generally it means you're probably drawing from your fingers or wrist, if you want clean lines it's easiest to draw from your shoulder or elbow; lock your wrist and fingers in position and move your elbow and/or shoulder to make the line

give this a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAtmiQgW6As

if you're already doing this then what you need next is practice, and for that i would suggest trying to trace long consistant lines, even say take a piece of lined paper and try tracing the lines on the page, as for curves, draw three dots and while controlling your arm speed draw a curve that goes through all three dots

I hope that helps, keep up the work anon and you'll make it!

[Anonymous No.4739133]

>>4739123
I actually have watched this. I try to draw from my arm when I can but I feel like I have no control, so I'll do some practices, thanks.

[Anonymous No.4739138]

>>4724760
How do you achieve appealing shapes?

[Anonymous No.4739151]

>>4739138
Lot of people will spout rules like CSI, straight vs curve, etc, but there really aren't any hard or fast rules. The best thing you can do is copy other artist's whose style you admire, and replicate it in your own work. Copy from many different artists to make your own style.

[Anonymous No.4739181]

>>4724760
saw this on a moodboard thread. may i ask whose work this is? google says its from a twitter accnt with only 80 followers

[Anonymous No.4739328]

>>4724796
Intuos medium over the Wacom one any day dude. Wacom one sucks ass. If you're going to buy a cheap screen tablet like that, id recommend xp pen, or fuck, even huion over that piece of shit.

I bought it when it first came out and fucking returned that crap immediately. Much lower build quality than I expected from Wacom, the screen colors are ass, no pro pen 2 allowed because fuck you... Yeah no

[Anonymous No.4739329]

>>4725223
Throw your router into the bath tub

[Anonymous No.4739412]

>>4739181
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oOAo9q

[Anonymous No.4739437]

Why does Brian post on /ic/ so much? Half the threads and posts on here reeks of his shitpost.

[Anonymous No.4739458]

>>4727925
Anything is achievable, even if you draw 30min a day. It's just going to take longer. Your progress will be faster if you put more hours daily, that's it.

[Anonymous No.4739464]

>>4737832
Try seeing if "windows ink" is on or not. Unfortunately this crappy windows ink is necessary for photoshop to work properly. Might solve your problem.

[Anonymous No.4739536]

>>4738921
you cant some autist will always recognize you

[Anonymous No.4739596]

>>4739151
CSI?

[Anonymous No.4739616]

>>4739014
Make a scribble or splash of color and see what you can see in it.
Another exercise you could do is to make a word web. Think of something you are interested in, then find words that relate to that, the words that relate to those words and so on.
You can also try to make pieces by process of exclusion, ie "my pieces tend to have this, this and this in them so how can I make something with none off those?".

If you can't come up with any more creative ideas through these processes, you may just need to expose yourself to more creative media to get your brain in the right mode.

[Anonymous No.4739670]

>>4739596
CSI refers to the idea that there are three types of lines: c shaped curve, s shaped curve, and straight line.

[Anonymous No.4739734]

>>4739412
thnx. ah so its the same guy. to be of that caliber and still have almost no twitter points is quite the curious thing

[Anonymous No.4739762]

>>4738926
XP-Pen. Just bought the Innovator 16.

[Anonymous No.4739765]

>>4739464
Sure I'll try that. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4739970]

How do I pick an artist name to post my coomer art with?

[Anonymous No.4740117]

>>4739762
There's your problem. That tablet is not compatible with photoshop.
Should've gotten a Wacom.

[Anonymous No.4740239]

I have RSI and my physical therapist said not to draw until the pain fully goes away, which will be in a few weeks at best. What is the best thing for me to do in the meantime? I have it in both hands so left hand drawing isn't an option.

[Anonymous No.4740330]

>>4739437
You can only have 6 active threads at a time. Sad but true.

[Anonymous No.4740368]

>>4732295
Where is that picture from anon is very cute

[Anonymous No.4740374]

>>4739970
take two words and combine them if you don't want to put much thought into it

[Anonymous No.4740417]

Are there any decent art discords?

[Anonymous No.4741253]

any pose sets/folders/etc. whatever similar to this? just dynamic, fun poses...
and if this is from a pose book, what's the name?

[Anonymous No.4741365]

What are some good books for understanding how to use perspective in figure drawing?

[Anonymous No.4741382]

>>4741253
It's from a Japanese pose book
>Real Action Pose Shots 01: The Compilation of Female High School Students (瞬撮アクションポーズ01 女子高生アクション編)

[Anonymous No.4741543]

Is the color wheel plugin actually a gamechanger? I've been getting by at a regular pace with the default colorpicker for Photoshop

[Anonymous No.4741549]

>>4740417
Unfortunately no. Actual good servers are 1) unadvertised and 2) probably won't have any more than 10 or 15 people. Most of what you'll find on discord are huge circlejerks or retarded 'social circles' where there's as much, if not more focus on non-art stuff than art stuff.

[Anonymous No.4741617]

Any tips to managing time/holding back yourself? A bad pattern I have is that ill spend like a long ass time on a piece and constantly revamp the sketch while lining it or getting hung up on one part for a couple hours.

It's a huge thorn in my side when it comes to finishing or pumping out consistent pieces. I was thinking of forcing timers on myself but I feel like it wouldn't help.

TL;DR How do I properly pace work on drawings and not get hung up on fixing little shit?

[Anonymous No.4741624]

>>4741617
Just let it go, don’t get too attached. Draw for no longer than an hour and move onto a new piece

[Anonymous No.4741628]

>>4741624
I'll try too.. alot of shit that I get hung up on is unsurprisingly shit I suck at.

[Anonymous No.4741651]

>>4741617
>>4741624
depending on your level something that is helpful is working for a set time then leaving it for a day then coming back to it

that break time to really process it and come back to it with a fresh perspective can be all ya need

[Anonymous No.4741666]

>>4741651
>that break time to really process it and come back to it with a fresh perspective can be all ya need
i actualyl do this alot for my drawings, probably a bit too much

[Anonymous No.4741678]

>>4741617
Work on two things at the same time. That's what helped me.

[Anonymous No.4741685]

this is someone else's artwork. they did a study from the still of a movie. What kind of brushes in CSP can be used to do studies such as this?

More specifically what are the best brush settings to use when studying values?

[Anonymous No.4741743]

>>4741685
always default

[Anonymous No.4741757]

Is there any other way to learn to draw that isn't construction heavy geometry bullshit? This is so robotic. I thought art was right brain activity wtf

[Anonymous No.4741774]

Is there a good website which provides screenshots from movies (landscape, cityscape etc.)

Screenshots like pic related (but not as a collage, but individual ones)

[Anonymous No.4741791]

How viable is tracing coomies?I just want to make some money on the side and spend the least time possible drawing them.

[Anonymous No.4741798]

>>4741774
https://film-grab.com/
https://screenmusings.org/
https://www.moviestillsdb.com/
http://www.cinestills.eu/
https://www.evanerichards.com/index
https://movie-screencaps.com/

Seems like cinestills is down right now.

[Anonymous No.4741800]

Is it worth switching from PS CS6 Extended to the newest version? Are there any must-get features? And what about the performance?

[Anonymous No.4741806]

>>4741798
Thanks mate.

[Anonymous No.4741854]

>>4741757
I think those exercises are mostly useless. Anything that makes you hate your hobby is going to be completely counter to your goals. It shouldn't feel like an awful, terrible grind. It will require a lot of hard work to get there, sure -- and there's no shortcut for that -- but you don't have to read Loomis or sit at a community college and draw overweight feminists. Unless, of course, that's the skill you want to acquire. In which case you probably enjoy those activities and won't feel overwhelmed with boredom. But if you just want to make, say, environments, then you are absolutely wasting your time. Even if you want to populate that world with tiny humans, then you *still* don't need to become good at figure drawing. You're not doing courtroom sketches.

[Anonymous No.4741877]

>>4741800
No and it performs like shit. Adobe just keeps taking away useful features and putting in bloatware that makes it lag out or act fucking weird. It's a bitch to cancel the free trial / subscription, too. If you're really dead set on trying it out I seriously recommend using a gift card with a low balance so they don't just keep charging your credit/debit card should you cancel it. Once they start charging monthly you're locked into a contract with a cancellation fee. Customer support is a joke.

[Anonymous No.4741891]

>>4741854
It's a survivorship bias or something. Ask a successful artist what you can do to "make it" and they're obviously going to give you canned advice. "Do more fundamentals." They're not saying what *they* did, they're telling you what *you* should do. And, to their credit, you did ask for advice. What do you expect them to say? "Well, I copied and stole everything I've ever created. I pretty much have faked my way up to this point. I can't believe people are actually listening to me. I'm extremely lazy -- you might even call me a one-trick pony -- and I can't draw half the things inside the Loomis book." Because that's what's really going on.

[Anonymous No.4741908]

>>4741891
>Being in denial this hard about fundies

[Anonymous No.4741954]

>>4741908
It's more that I think that fundies should be acquired *while* working instead of it being homework that you do separately.

Create a concrete goal and then grind what you need to reach it. If there's a lot of humans in the scene, then do some figure drawing until you find the right pose. But once you've got that particular pose working, you do not need to keep grinding needlessly.

[Anonymous No.4741961]

Are the Ctrl + Paint courses, James Gurney's books and Alla Prima II enough to learn the basics for digital painting?

[Anonymous No.4742301]

Anyone know the artist of pic?

[Anonymous No.4742333]

>>4742301
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/51210551

[Anonymous No.4742375]

>>4742333
Thank you!

[Anonymous No.4742527]

When drawing a subject (from real life, photo, or whatever) are you supposed to be drawing while keeping your eyes on the subject? Or looking at it, getting the part you want to draw in your head, and then drawing while looking at your paper? It's really awkward for me to draw while staring at something

[Anonymous No.4742708]

>>4725303
https://getcoldturkey.com/
unironically
the amount of more time ive had to just draw after getting this and blocking websites like youtube, twitch, other 4chan boards, etc is substantial

[Anonymous No.4742763]

>>4742708
suffice it to say, i do not believe you

[Anonymous No.4742994]

is this brush pen?

[Anonymous No.4743148]

>>4739970
>short
>easy to remember
>easy to pronounce
>easy to write
>searchable
>unique
>related with your subjects
ideally you should have it all

[Anonymous No.4743268]

What is the best websites to buy advanced digital painting lessions from currently? Videos like CtrlPaints

[Anonymous No.4743306]

>>4741382
thanks

[Anonymous No.4743469]

>>4742994
for the leaves and calligraphy, yes most likely, everything else seems like its a fine point micro pen unless the artist has extreme godlike levels of control.

[Anonymous No.4744923]

Can you learn to draw/paint atelier style working on digital? Can you even efficiently emulate trad media techniques? And would your skills translate well to trad media if you chose to give it a try eventually?

[Anonymous No.4745710]

Is there a way to set up the eraser tool in sai to work like photoshops?I don't like how it "respawns" pixels