sqt/qtddtot

[Anonymous No.4746763]

Stupid questions thread/Questions that don't deserve their own thread

Previous thread >>4724760

[Anonymous No.4746772]

Are circles in 3 point perspective still ellipses? Which books talks about this? Robertson doesn't seem to cover it

[Anonymous No.4746810]

Do my skills at digital art not translate to trad skill? I just tried oil painting today and I sucked so much unbelievable ass.

[Anonymous No.4746923]

Can Strathmore tan toned paper hold pen and ink? What type of white gel pen should I get for highlights on toned paper?

And finally Microns vs Staedtler fineliners?

[Anonymous No.4746982]

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME? I'm painting in Photoshop and my brush outline keeps disappearing. Its not the caps lock thing. Like my entire cursor disappears within the Photoshop window. Idk wtf I'm doing as the only keystrokes I'm using are undo, brush size, and my flip macro. I have to restart Photoshop CC 2020 to get it back, then it goes away again within 10 minutes. Plz halp I just wanna draw.

[Anonymous No.4747112]

>>4746810
Oil takes a different skillset. You've gotta get used to how traditional pigments and mediums interact, like working with transparent vs opaque colors, how paint flows with medium vs solvent. Your drawing skill should stay intact, it's just learning a new process.

Lotta old style painters will do an underpainting in monotone, usually burnt sienna and white, then glaze colors on top of that once they have everything drawn in place and the values blocked in. Working directly in color can lead to more vibrant paintings, but also muddy tones if you're just starting out.

What process are you trying that's not working for you?

[Anonymous No.4747126]

>>4745710

[Anonymous No.4747316]

literally how to do lineart. sketch looks a lot better than final lineart everytime. i don't want it to look too clean but that's the only way i know how to do it

[Anonymous No.4747326]

What happened to MangaMaterials?

[Anonymous No.4747338]

>>4747326
Started off with explaining that she had to turn off YouTube comments because Japanese commenters were being really rude to her
She posted a message about it on Twitter, but some guy from Saudi Arabia was really pressing her about it and others pretty much told her to "ignore it" (easier said than done)
She admits to having mental health issues, so she locked her account because it was all mentally draining her

[Anonymous No.4747345]

>>4747338
Japanese commenters? I thought it would be those Tumblr refugees. What problem do the Japanese have with MM?

[Anonymous No.4747357]

>>4747345
But, Yeah that's what everyone assumed, but Japanese online can be brutal. Nice in person, will try to make you commit sleep forever on the internet. No idea what the Japanese comments said, I missed it.
Her content is still available on Facebook

[Anonymous No.4747362]

>>4747338
What a miserable, puny wimp.

[Anonymous No.4747401]

>>4747316
Clean up the sketch layer and call it a day, looks better 90% of the time

[Anonymous No.4747470]

>>4747357
>Nice in person, will try to make you commit sleep forever on the internet.
Any examples of this? I thought it was only people that go on 2chan or something

[Anonymous No.4747514]

>>4747470
don't be so innocent, give anonymity to any person in the world and hide him behind a screen and it will turn in the most toxic being in the world

[Anonymous No.4747566]

>>4747470
The biggest profile case was pro-wrestler Hana Kimura, who was bullied online into suicide. Her case launched discussion in Japanese government.
Actor Hamura Miura also killed himself this week, highly suspected to be because of online harassment as well

[Anonymous No.4747582]

>>4746772
Yes, they're ellipses. Robertson doesn't cover it because it's pretty much common sense. Since it's a sqt/qtddtot thread i won't give you any shit for this, but c'mon, anon.

[Anonymous No.4747583]

>>4747514
>>4747566
Is it worse than the west? Do they have cancel culture, or it it just worse in the sense that rudeness is more impactful because of the culture around it in Japan?

[Anonymous No.4747629]

>>4747583
If anything, Japanese internet has for more prominent crazy /pol/-like rightwingers and obsessive otaku autists that will not hesitate to ruin your life if you cross them somehow.

[Anonymous No.4747635]

How do I turn a color image into pure grayscale in a way that preserves the values perfectly in Photoshop (CS6)? I noticed different methods (changing image mode, removing saturation, using the black and white filter) provide different results or create artifacts and I don't know which is the most accurate.

[Anonymous No.4747636]

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.4748027]

somebody knows if I update a cracked version of Clip Paint Studio the program will block after that?

[Anonymous No.4748030]

>>4748027
the last time i updated it blocked me out and i had to reinstall another cracked clip

[Anonymous No.4748035]

Why did the Mods delete an American comics thread? too baity?

[Anonymous No.4748054]

>>4748035
No because it’s spam and has no value.

[Anonymous No.4748069]

>>4748035
>three threads suddenly appearing asking why people hate western comics
>why were they deleted?

[Anonymous No.4748091]

Anyone have the /ic/ screen shot of a painting that someone said was off and they gave detailed reasons. Then the painting was layered over the reference and it matched well enough.

It was a white woman’s backside in a whimsical forest.

[Anonymous No.4748279]

How do I rewire my brain?
I want to exist to just create art. But I find that I'm easily distracted and hard to motivate.

[Anonymous No.4748321]

>>4747635
https://www.artofscholes.com/checkingvalues
I use this method.

[Anonymous No.4748655]

>>4748321
That's exactly what I need and seems to be accurate after a few tests too. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4748664]

How to get better at shading for a /beg/?
How should I divide my day for full time drawing, I'm thinking 10 hours drawing and courses, with 2 extra for more theory

[Anonymous No.4748691]

in which point should i stop studying figure and anatomy and grin anime style? i read that you need the fundamentals of drawing to apply them on any style i get it, construction, color theory, perspective, gesture and composition are pilars of any drawing style but anatomy for the other side, when is enough to learn if i want to draw semi realistic o more stylized anime? i don't care doing superhypermegaultra realistic drawings. hope i made myself understand.

[Anonymous No.4748692]

Can I get the name of the artist?

[Anonymous No.4748695]

>>4748692
hiroaki samura, it just took me 5 seconds on google images...

[Anonymous No.4749270]

>>4748030
shit, thanks for answer me.

[Anonymous No.4749311]

>>4748695
Thanks for the answer
When I tried to Google it I had no luck

[Anonymous No.4749339]

what's the best order to work through the watts videos?

[Anonymous No.4749354]

>>4749311
Use tineye.com for searching with images

[Anonymous No.4749379]

Does anyone know what the polite/formal way of saying "I'm currently not able to take requests" in japanese is? I've got some nips asking for requests but at the moment I don't have a consistent drawing schedule cause of work so I'd like to let them know that's the case for the time being

[Anonymous No.4749399]

How does the commission payment process work?Like if you finish the piece don't you need to show it to the commissioner to make sure he's happy with it before he pays?But what's stopping him from just saving the image and running without paying.Do you just slap a watermark on the preview.Or does he pay you before you send him the image?

[Anonymous No.4749402]

>>4749379
リクエストしていただいて嬉しいのですが、現在リクエストを受けていません!本当申し訳ありません
"I am happy you made the request but currently I am not taking requests. Very sorry" is what I've seen from one my followed artists. It checks out with my basic nip skills but you may want someone better at nip to double check

[Anonymous No.4749617]

Is it a good idea to make an Instagram with Nazi, third Reich historical imagery and related art or is it gonna get lynched?

[Anonymous No.4749649]

>>4748279
Tulpas are pretty good for motivational purposes and help you with your visualization skills (funnily enough, noone in the art community teaches you how to improve your ability to imaginate).

[Anonymous No.4749677]

>>4749399
Always payment upfront and never deliver the image until it's completed it has been fully paid. The reason is simple. Despite what commissioners might want you to believe, anyone with a brain should see that the artist bears the load of the risk here. If anything goes wrong, the time you spent on it is not coming back. Value your time. If you work with paypal the commissioner can open a dispute if anything is not to their liking, and paypal will more often than not side with the client rather than with you.
If for some reason you do porn then forget it. Full upfront, no questions. The reason here is that whether you keep your money or not is completely on the clients good intentions eitehr way, because if for some reason they decide to dispute the money after you delivered the work then you're just fucked. You can't defend that you did the work because you're drawing porn, which means you're breaking paypal TOS and you'll never see that money back no mater what you do.

tl;dr, payment upfront, or at the very least 50/50 fuck thumbnails or whatever nosense. Just don't show anything until you get money.

[Anonymous No.4749682]

>>4749379
>>4749402

Different anon here but I have a question that has to do with this.

When Japanese people say request, do they mean commissions? I ask because some time ago one of them asked me for a request on pixiv and it sounded like he intended to pay, which confused me because I always dismissed those people as beggers.

[Anonymous No.4749686]

>>4749617
yes

[Anonymous No.4749794]

>>4749682
just tell them your prices and they'll understand immediately

[Anonymous No.4749941]

>>4746763
How much does extreme humidity effect trad sketching?

I don't know if my pencil is dull, if the paper sucks or if everything is just soft and damp on a fundamental level.

[Anonymous No.4750000]

DOES HAVING SMALL HANDS MAKE ME HAVE LESS LINE CONTROL? ALSO MY HANDS ACHE WHEN I HOLD TABLET PENS CAUSE OF MY SMALL HANDS, AM I NGMI?

[Anonymous No.4750017]

>>4750000
Post your hands cutie.

[Anonymous No.4750022]

>>4750017
no they are small you do not need photographic proof

[Anonymous No.4750036]

>>4750000
How small are we talking about?

[Anonymous No.4750061]

Why do some people dislike Loomis? I'm thinking of starting him after I finish Keys but some people are saying that reading Loomis at all is a bad idea.

[Anonymous No.4750170]

>>4747401
fucking thank you, this advice saved my life and hours of my time

[Anonymous No.4750350]

>>4749686
Yes good idea or yes it's gonna get lynched?
I searched a bit and historical accounts are doing well, but I guess I'll have to keep things tame

[Anonymous No.4750384]

Does anyone know who did this?

[Anonymous No.4750396]

>>4747401
Is this legit advice?

[Anonymous No.4750406]

I might try the davinci sleep schedule

[Anonymous No.4750448]

Can anyone tell what's wrong with this image from a color/composition standpoint? I can't really put my finger on it. My guess is the big empty space in the upper third, and perhaps the flattened range of values.

[Anonymous No.4750478]

>>4750036
like 16 cm

[Anonymous No.4750488]

>>4750448
but a grind witht he rules of thirds on it or that golden ratio shit and see how idotic you are and know nothing about art

[Anonymous No.4750490]

>>4750448
>too much blues
>messy shading n brush strokes
> lack of light

[Anonymous No.4750539]

>>4750488
I know that I know nothing, which is why I posted this in the stupid questions thread.
>rule of thirds on it or that golden ratio shit
It clearly obeys the rule of thirds, that much is certain. I was just hoping someone with a more discerning eye could give insight into why and how this picture works (or doesn't).

[Anonymous No.4750540]

>>4750384
murai-renji
https://www.deviantart.com/murai-renji/gallery

[Anonymous No.4750543]

>>4750540
thanks dude

[Anonymous No.4750594]

How do you draw small details like the pupil on a smaller scale picture?, It feels like anything more but a cartoonish dot is too much and ruins the drawing

[Anonymous No.4750596]

Finally did a drawing according to Eviston's teachings, my current lack of skill is evident. I'm too mechanical when drawing, what can I do to become a great artist? I can see almost every mistake on today's practice, yes, I'm very /beg/ right now

[Anonymous No.4750799]

Redpill me on this piece and why or how did it become the face of /ic/

[Anonymous No.4750826]

How the fuck do i learn how to paint similar to traditional but digitally, i have no money to waste on traditional resources.

[Anonymous No.4750885]

Do you guys feel guilty when not drawing?
It's good that it's now a habit that force me to draw.
But i'm also scared that i will burn out soon.
I feel like it's almost the same as my addiction to competitive games (moba or fps), which i need to play once a day to satisfy the need for dopamine.
But i can win once in awhile in ranked games.
How do i "win" with /beg/ tier drawings??

[Anonymous No.4750919]

>>4750478
Mine are just as small as yours and I do fine, no aches or anything. Its probably got more to do either with your grip, pose or how much pressure you put on the pencil.

[Anonymous No.4750925]

I want to use my art to tell stories, but I never really feel like I have anything to say. I would love to be able to create fun work that makes people happy, but optimistic themes just come across as either incredibly trivial or incredibly sappy and naive, especially considering the state of the world today. I don't want to write depressing shit though, we've got plenty of that already.

has anyone else struggled with something like this?

[Anonymous No.4750926]

>>4750000
>tiny asian girl made it
>NGMI /beg/ finding excuses with tiny hands
yeah, you're NGMI if you can't even find a better excuse.

[Anonymous No.4750929]

>>4750925
>happy
>but depressing
then you need to sarcastic artwork.

[Anonymous No.4751001]

>>4750000
Not at all, you just need to get used to it. Your hands will probably hurt a little if you're still new to it. If you use something like an Apple Pencil, get a pencil/pen grip thing
Also look up hand and finger stretch exercises and remember to take breaks

[Anonymous No.4751071]

Soooo, if I want to learn stylization do I just make things up and copy artists I like? I don't think I've ever heard of a stylization book. Are there any resources for that?

[Anonymous No.4751339]

When people say "draw from the elbow/shoulder" is that literally 100% of the time? I am learning using a drawing tablet.

[Anonymous No.4751392]

Was getting a ms surface a big mistake? Fucking nothing seems to recognize the pen pressure. Unless I go into touch mode in Adobe Illustrator but then it loses a shitload of tools.

[Anonymous No.4751395]

>>4746763
People say to grind fundies here but what exactly are the fundamentals?
Ive got the IC torrent but most of the books go off on philosophical tangents with hints of actual drawing techniques.
When it comes to grinding them should I just do them over and over till my fingers bleed or should I spread them out and do some of one fundamental and then do something else?

[Anonymous No.4751429]

>>4750826
Get photoshop or sai or procreate or anything of similar quality and learn how to manipulate brush opacity and flow and find some brushes you feel mimick the style and experiment. Also if you have a stylus the pressure sensitive can help. But in the end its experience and skill in painting and painting knowledge that really counts. >>4750885

[Anonymous No.4751435]

>>4751339
If you want to lines that are straight or consistent then yes, but don't get caught up in rigid rules, when drawing detail you will not need to, try and think more like different situations need different approaches, there is no one size fits all and that's the beauty of it. Be adaptable to each problem.

[Anonymous No.4751437]

>>4751429
Photoshop? Not illustrator?

[Anonymous No.4751442]

Anons, how painting best? I dont know how training paint.

[Anonymous No.4751448]

>>4751392
I had to download drivers to get my surface pro to run sai and other drawing softwares. The surface pro is not primarily a drawing tablet so it needs to be tweaked a bit.

iPads would be more user friendly for artists. I'm not familiar with it but I think the only option artists have is procreate.

[Anonymous No.4751452]

>>4751448
What drivers? I downloaded wintab but that didn't do anything.

[Anonymous No.4751480]

For those who made it, how long does it took you to get your first commision?

[Anonymous No.4751502]

>>4751480
you don't even need to be that good to get commissioned. Shit, if you have facebook just draw some disney princesses and post them and mention something about it being for sale. Your friends will hit you up in no time. I made nearly $200 doing that in my first year taking commissions and I was fucking awful. Marvel and Batman shit is good bait too. Just draw shit normies like.

[Anonymous No.4751544]

>>4750170
Welcome

>>4750396
Yes, if you want to keep the energy of the original sketch. A lot of time trying to ink it makes everything much stiffer. Both approaches are valid

[Anonymous No.4751585]

>>4751395
I'll be the boring cunt and say start with Loomis Successful Drawing.

What I wish someone had told me when I started learning is basically you're teaching your brain to draw in 3D, like a video game or 3D movie. You're teaching your brain to understand how 3D objects with their own shapes/surfaces react in a 3D environment with a 3D light source from whatever angle that reacts to those 3D objects in that 3D space. That is basically how light interacts with different shapes. Those are two big fundamentals, line drawings and values(light/shadow) Have a look Zbrush for example which is very similar to how you should be thinking about the shapes in your head and how light hits/interacts with them.

Ontop add shading and colour/saturation which can be learned at the same time if you wish, I did that by color picking my favourite movie stills or paintings and studying the differences across each picture and trying to replicate it and understand it.
Use subject matter that interests you, don't just copy the examples in the book because that's how you keep it interesting, draw the stuff you like and have the discipline to learn the proper foundations of your drawing/painting such as understanding REALLY how 3D shapes exist and how light flows on each different angled surface, then you can focus on how color and saturation fall on top.
Start with Loomis if you like and then practice them by studying your favorite ideas/subjects or topics and keep studying/copying and replicating and making your own pieces from they learned knowledge non-stop, there is no end, but check your progress against your favourite artists to see if you compare and move accordingly if that's what you want, otherwise just have fun and and fuck everything. They said the comment was too long so ending it here and can't be fucked.

[Anonymous No.4751598]

>>4751585
Thanks for your answer. It helps a lot knowing exactly where to start and where to progress.

[Anonymous No.4751669]

>>4750826
use the secret sauce
vervepainter

>>4751437
illustrator is a vector-based program, specifically made for clean digital art. It is especially not what you want to you if you want trad feeling work.

[Anonymous No.4751679]

>>4751395
To add make sure you learn perspective first (or near the beginning such as at the same time you're learning anatomy or doing a drawing you like) because it's the environment or surrounding that your drawing sits in and it Has to obey those rules because 2are the same as reality, i won't lie it is boring but won't take long to learn and is ESSENTIAL to any drawing/paiting.

[tpk No.4751688]

>>4746763
I'm a white artist, how can I draw black people without being racist?

Is it racist to draw white people then just color them black?

[Anonymous No.4751689]

>>4751688
just draw them normally. what are you, retarded?

[Anonymous No.4751718]

>>4751437

Many will argue differently but I'll state what I think it boils down to but not limited to. Illustrator is more for graphic design, it's a vector based drawing program (meaning you have to draw with the lines and shapes they give you, it's not free hand or like drawing with your own hand and shapes, think drawing with the shape tools in ms paint but a little more dynamic and more. ) and photoshop and other similar programs are closer to actual drawing and painting because they are like drawing/painting onto virtual paper but obviously not exactly the same.

[Anonymous No.4751728]

>>4751480
I started my social media in late 2015. I got a lot of offers for commissions probably starting in 2016 but I didn't bother with them. I got my first commercial offer in 2017 for $700 that I ended up taking cause I really wanted to work with the company (lowballed myself since I didn't know what the other artists were getting paid). Now I charge $2000 base price and that's only if I want to work with the company since I make more making art for prints by myself to sell.

[tpk No.4751744]

>>4751689
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EL3RQvGc0

[Anonymous No.4751923]

>>4746763
What's that strange ArtStation that posts the same [self?] portrait over and over again in a beg style?

[Anonymous No.4751965]

>>4751923
https://www.artstation.com/santalahti

[Anonymous No.4751968]

>>4750448
perhaps making the planes more distinct visually by pushing the value difference and improving the clarity of the silhouettes resolves some of the issues? also more contrast with more saturated notes of color in certain places.

[Anonymous No.4752006]

>>4751965
found it by searching artstation + kek in fireden

[Anonymous No.4752120]

I wanna get really good at drawing so I can draw the best possible fetish art possible.

Am I crazy for doing this?

[Anonymous No.4752201]

does playing drawception count as practise?

[Anonymous No.4752227]

>>4752120
Drawing is always practice, but is it effective practice? Probably not. Is it studying? Definitely not

[Anonymous No.4752230]

>>4752201
Meant for >>4752201

But in response to:
>>4752120
No, just draw whatever you want.

[Anonymous No.4752232]

I got some prisma color dual tipped markers, what is the best paper to use with these that will also work with fine tipped micron pens?

[Anonymous No.4752245]

>>4752232
Hammermill premium color copy cover 80lb - it’s verbosely named but excellent for markers and microns

[Anonymous No.4752335]

>>4746982
If it's a custom flip macro look at the specifics
Or just reinstall

[Anonymous No.4752403]

>>4748691
Then I would say learn general anatomy proportions first otherwise your figures will always look distorted and broken, then some basic shapes on all parts of the body first. Anime faces may sometimes look simple but if you look closely at the shadow shapes the use e.g. on the face, they're using basic anatomy.

[Anonymous No.4752415]

>>4750885
I used to now I don't give a shit as much anymore and am not obsessed with doing it as a job as after some xp I realised I wouldn't enjoy having to do work I'm not interested in to pay rent, I'd rather do what I like and have that freedom but obvs that's a personal choice, do whatevers best for you. Imo it's not bad to be obsessed with learning a skill/hobby. If you feel you're going to burn out though maybe take a day or two off.

[Anonymous No.4752438]

>>4751598
This is how far what I explained got me, it ain't perfect by a long shot but I made some progress and these are old pieces haven't painted in awhile.

[Anonymous No.4752439]

>>4751598
Another

[Anonymous No.4752441]

>>4751598
Study

[Anonymous No.4752445]

>>4751598
Personal

[Anonymous No.4752460]

>>4750925
go for surrealism/misticism

[Anonymous No.4752470]

>>4750925
Before you jump to the drawing board, sit and spend sometime thinking about what makes you feel happy first, or find it through sketching stuff that evokes that feeling. Works for me.

[Anonymous No.4752476]

what sketchbook am i supposed to buy on the amazon? also what pens and pencils and shit

[Anonymous No.4752481]

>>4751598
https://youtu.be/nTqLSivFZ2g, dudes a little intense but his videos are very good at explaining exactly what's going on and how to do it. You have to pay for them though but I found it very worthit. His portrait course video is good.

[Anonymous No.4752711]

>>4746763
How do I draw sweat?

[Anonymous No.4752741]

>>4747316
if it is worse is because you choose the wrong lines

[Anonymous No.4752841]

What's the difference between construction and contours?

[Anonymous No.4752924]

if I wanted to git gud at both digital and trad painting which would be the bast way to start considering that drawing-wise I'm way less proficient at digital than traditional

[Anonymous No.4753110]

>>4751429
>>4751669
Thanks

[Anonymous No.4753124]

>>4747316
You erase the soul when you erase the undersketch

Don’t complete the lines when you ink. Make dark regions, draw over lines but slightly offset. Break continuous lines with orthogonal ticks. Outline thick, interior thin. Think of inking as painting and rendering to give your sketch form and body and not just tracing your sketch

[Anonymous No.4753317]

Where do I find good coom references?

[Anonymous No.4753378]

why do i give up halfway through working out most of my work lately? i feel super shitty about it but i just want to stop when i see that its been 5 hours and theres little going on and i still (usually, if not more so) dont fucking like it anymore. i dont think i hate drawing but it scares me if i do, because thats what i fucking do i draw ive always been drawing. like i dont think i enjoy tbe process right now and i dont know if this ties in with depression or if i need to move on

[Anonymous No.4753414]

My OCD doesn't want me to draw, telling me that bad stuff will happen if I draw X line or whatever, what should I do?

[Anonymous No.4753461]

>>4752403
thank you for the answer anon, you just confirmed what was thinking

[Anonymous No.4753469]

Is it a bad idea to masturbate and nap before drawing? Will that take away my ability to make good coomshit? Will nofap make me a better artist?

[Anonymous No.4753853]

How can a drawing of a cartoon girl be considered underage?

[Anonymous No.4754008]

>>4746763
is online courses down? all the links for direct download redirect to a page that says the domain is expired

[Anonymous No.4754020]

>>4753414
Get a therapist.

[Anonymous No.4754025]

>>4750594
There's a horizon in scale where you don't need to add it - the brain will put one there. You don't need to draw every detail - part of learning to be an artist is finding the point where detail isn't needed - or needed.

[Anonymous No.4754026]

>>4753853
Drawing created is considered underage if it's not over 18 days after finished.
That's a fact.

[Anonymous No.4754034]

>>4752711
By drawing beads of water on the skin, if it's close up. If it's far away, give the viewer the visual cues to indicate sweat - glistening, shiny skin, red skin, damp clothes, etc. Adding lines of dampness is also a good visual cue.

[Anonymous No.4754040]

>>4754020
Why is this the normalfag's go-to answer for any and all mental issues? How do you think this reply helps at all? If anyone ever tells you to see a therapist, they're really just shooing you away in a polite manner. It seems like you've never dealt with OCD or obsessive thoughts, and as such have no business advising others on such matters - but you still felt like shitting out a trite and useless little utterance.

[Anonymous No.4754049]

>>4754040
nigga you are literaly asking for MENTAL health help on internet, i think the vast majority of people on this board are not psychiatrists, you are not going to find the solution for your mental illness on 4chan

[Anonymous No.4754053]

>>4754040
/IC is not trained to deal with mental illness. It's a forum for anons to learn how to draw. Nobody here can help with an issue like OCD, that's why.

And, i have dealt with mental illness in my family, and therapy and medication and a system of management helped. Your anger, over whatever the fuck your issue is, is irrelevant. But if you want to go spastic over conspiracy theory and schizophrenia - /pol is that way. ->

[Anonymous No.4754056]

>>4754040
You trust 4chan to give you legitimate health advice?

[Anonymous No.4754068]

>>4754040
What fucking magic answer are you expecting? Do you really want some 4chan dumbfuck giving you mental health advice? What makes you think seeing a medical professional would be less beneficial than asking retards in the literal retard question thread on the retards critique board?

[Anonymous No.4754126]

Is making a stroke then stroking back without lifting the stylus like pic related a form of chicken scratch?

[Anonymous No.4754162]

Could there be a reason why I got worse at circles and ovals, days ago the lines were light and not sharp, now they dont come off as decent, wobbly lines, in a way that I don't know about, have I gotten cocky, less careful with ghosting? fatigue?

[Anonymous No.4754170]

>>4754126
You're overthinking this.

[Anonymous No.4754173]

>>4754170
Yea, I guess

[Anonymous No.4754177]

>>4754162
You probably have a self-created negative feedback loop in your head - wanting "perfect" circles from grinding is creating anxiety which makes you draw worse.

Break the loop. Draw something else for a while.

[Anonymous No.4754185]

>>4754177
I don't think I want perfect circles or ovals, I understand that they can't be perfect, I might want smooth ones but yeah I should take a break

[Anonymous No.4754210]

>>4754126
>le chicken scratch meme
Literally watch any professional artist do a sketch and they all do some form of what the /ic/ retards would call """""chicken scratching""""". At the end of the day, if your sketch is readable to you it's fine. Striving for single stroke perfect lines in a sketch is just going to make you go insane.

[Anonymous No.4754226]

>>4754210
Professional artists will also practice forms and lines before going into a final, that's one of the reasons you do studies. Or they do "chicken scratch" lightly, and then make the final line over it, and erase the lighter marks. Digitally, you just do a separate layer.
But developing line confidence is always a good thing, nobody expects perfection.

[Anonymous No.4754337]

>>4753378
It can mean a number of things, for me it usually means that you're not happy with your skill level and thus are unhappy with what you're drawing, it can also be a sign of perfectionism and impatience that you're not as good as you want to be yet.
The fix would usually be to take a break and think about what you are unhappy with about the drawing, is it the perspective or anatomy, is it the lighting or the color or all of them? Then once you have your answer go and study how to fix them each by studying something you like. Maybe sometimes it's just your idea is boring to you now which happens too, and maybe it's true that the idea wasn't actually that good so move on.
It's normal to get frustrated but don't don't let it eat you up, understand that nothing is perfect and never will be but you need to keep improving is most important. Try and change your perspective on it about 'the journey to improve and discover' (sounds lame I know but there's some truth there) and most importantly you should be enjoying it and having fun, that's why you started right? But there will be moments when you're pissed off and that's fine but if it all starts to become a drag due to your frustration then maybe consider some of the fixes I've said. It's usually a sign that either somethings wrong with your drawing or your expectations or both. Learn the fundamentals through studying subjects you enjoy.

[Anonymous No.4754346]

>>4753461
No probs but it's also never a bad thing to have strong anatomy knowledge, no doubt it would make your drawings and paintings better without you realising it.

[Anonymous No.4754357]

>>4753378
To add sometimes its good to change your drawing, but if you're learning sometimes it's also important to stick to a piece to the end and finish , then you have a full piece to look at and see where you need improvement, plus that dopamine rush of finishing your work helps. It's all about judgment, you know what's the best course of action to take usually by examining your work and listening to your gut, writing it down helps too.

[Anonymous No.4754427]

I've been enjoying the line, I'm more for the heavy dark chaotic line but I really want to explore this, what can I do to study lines? Also how to get a better artistic sense?

[Anonymous No.4754436]

>>4754210
Making small lines isn't chicken scratch, making lines without thought / direction and using it as a crutch for lack of technical skill is why people nail on chicken scratching.

[Anonymous No.4754493]

>>4754436
That's what I'm on about, anon. You'll see idiots here harp on about "chicken scratching" when they see a sketch with a lot of lines when in reality it's only a problem if you're just shitting lines everywhere and not really sure where they're going/how to connect them properly.

[Anonymous No.4754757]

>>4754034
Great, thank you

[Anonymous No.4754940]

Can I go through Brent Eviston's courses without using the overhand grip? I mean, I don't plan to draw my entire life using that grip as it's awkward if you're not drawing on a large piece of paper standing in front of you. I can see the benefit in using different grip styles on a single piece but I feel like I'm training the one I'd use the least.

[Anonymous No.4755101]

Anons how can I improve my hand writing ? Cuz right now I write like a 7 yo retard.

[Anonymous No.4755153]

Do you guys know a cool/fun way to practice the basics of perspective, please ?

[Anonymous No.4755193]

>>4755153
draw what you want and incorporate a background that requires you using the perspective lines into it

[Anonymous No.4755383]

>>4755153
Basic perspective (1,2 and 3 point) that covers figure drawing and landscapes does not take long to learn, try and draw what you like but some of it is just a grind as perspective is extremely dry(to some) but essential to your paintings.

[Anonymous No.4755550]

Are there any guides to making digital collages like pic rel? I really like these sorta collages but idk how to start

[Anonymous No.4755552]

>>4755550

[Anonymous No.4755553]

>>4755552

[Anonymous No.4755556]

>>4755553

[Anonymous No.4755589]

>>4755193
>>4755383
Thanks !

[Anonymous No.4755703]

there's a twitter artist i follow (pic related) that does doodles and sometimes makes money off kofi for simple fanart requests. is this something viable? let’s say i want to set up something like kofi or even just paypal for $1-5ish requests as a side hustle, just to make simple funny/cute doodles and a little cash to start. do you think it would be a waste of time to try and do something like this for so little? i want the appeal to be low prices for low effort doodles that would make people smile, and hopefully do something like 20-50 small requests a week. i definitely don’t have the time or energy to do full on high effort commissions right now, and i’ve never done that either. i think my main issue would be that i don’t have a following anywhere yet. has anyone built a following doing something similar? does anyone even want low effort doodles of their ideas?

[Anonymous No.4755875]

so i finally managed to get into chapter 5 of Vilppu's course and i started to feel the need of knowing a bit of anatomy to use the cylinder mannequin that Vilppu just taugh me, my question is: should i stop at chapter 5 and go study some anatomy of the human body?

[Anonymous No.4755882]

>>4753853
Those are terrible hands

[Anonymous No.4755940]

>>4755703
Sure, but not at first. Literally just start posting art and doodles to social media. It's going to take years building up a following, you can't rush it even if you are decent.

[Anonymous No.4756040]

>>4755703
You can definitely do it if you actually consistently post like 1-2 doodles a day. Try taking advantage of the Inktober hashtag to gain some clout.

I'd also recommend doing your doodle requests on stream so people can do stuff like donate with a message containing their request and you'll draw that next or whatever.

[Anonymous No.4756316]

>>4746763
I'm seeing more and more artists on Twitter saying that $80-$100 should be the minimum amount to charge for a piece. Are people actually willing to pay that amount for a commission?
I think spreading this meme would probably help us all out either way honestly.

[Anonymous No.4756349]

>>4746763
is there any reason to resist digital art? I hate it so fucking much, but it's undeniably faster among other things. I only do traditional stuff. Has anyone else struggled with going back and forth?

[Anonymous No.4756567]

>>4756349
What do you dislike about it? Using a tablet? Lack of textures or intuitive tools? The ever infuriating task of trying to get consistent colors on different screens?

[Anonymous No.4756768]

>>4756316
If you're good you'd have people lining up for $100 commissions. Salmon88 used to charge $80 for a fullbody color commission like 3 years ago, and even back then his slots were filled within minutes. Now he charges $170 per character and his slots still fill within minutes. He could easily charge double that and still get his slots filled IMO, however being from southeast asia the dollar goes a long way there.

A lot of the more popular artists do commercial work which pays to the tune of $2000+ per piece. Once you start getting those jobs it doesn't make sense to charge anything less than $300-500 for smaller/faster private commissions.

[Anonymous No.4756919]

Do artists tend to go through a progression of brushes as they transition from sketch to ink to final? If so, what is it generally? Are rough sketches usually brushes with pressure taper and flow? Low opacity? Idk man I use Krita and it's got pencil, pen, and paint brush tools but my sketches always look messy.

[Anonymous No.4756950]

How to get texture? I failed mr. Eviston today, all my lines are descriptive, samey, boring.
Help me please

[Anonymous No.4756967]

Is there a way to rotate my picture in CSP like 15% without having to select all the layers and transform?
Rotate not in the "while working" way but as in the picture is rotated in the finished illustration

[Anonymous No.4756998]

How to draw fabric ?

[Anonymous No.4757107]

Im just a /beg/ and now Im starting to work on figure drawing. I have been following Loomis' Fun with Pencil, but I see that the part on figure drawing is mainly on the "comic" side of drawings, not the "realistic" one. My question is, should I move to Loomis' Figure Draw book to learn proportions on the realistic side? Or should I grind Fun with pencil first? Im mainly worried about fucking up the learning process of proportions

[Anonymous No.4757108]

>>4757107
Successful Drawing Loomis grind fundies through creating drawings of your fav subjects.

[Anonymous No.4757112]

>>4757108
Thanks Anon.

[Anonymous No.4757117]

>>4757112
Np, actually I think it's more apt to say MEMORISE fundies.

[Anonymous No.4757126]

anyone here take/know someone who takes background commissions?

[Anonymous No.4757136]

>>4756567
You nailed it, dude. Those things exactly. Have you dealt with this before or something?

[Anonymous No.4757175]

How can i make crab filter? I wanna be indestructible

[Anonymous No.4757246]

>>4757136
Primarily use charcoal/oil, getting more into digital. It is worth it for the speed and flexibility of tools, just took me a lot of experimenting to find tools I like. I've ended up primarily working with vervepainter, a fluid simulation art program that feels decently like trad media. I know there's also rebelle and adobe fresco experimenting with this that might be worth looking into.

Tablet takes time to adjust to, have come to prefer working with a screenless Wacom. Digital color sucks no matter what, best you can do is calibrate your screen and hope that's fairly close to how most people will view it

[Anonymous No.4757251]

I really like shounen style art and I'm trying to copy scenes and panels that I love but my friend said that copying is bad. Is that true?

[Anonymous No.4757255]

>>4757251
Tell them they're a jabroni. This is how you learn and build a visual vocabulary for illustration, like people in academies do master studies of old drawings and paintings. So long as you're doing figure drawing and traditional studies as well you're fine

[Epic McBased Le IV !0xgiqCKp4o No.4757274]

how do i tackle learning the skeleton?

[Anonymous No.4757292]

>>4757274
Find pictures of and draw. Feel free to gloss over the exact count of ribs

[Anonymous No.4757337]

>>4757246
Lmao. Alright. Thanks for the insight. For as many cons I can think of as many pros. The speed, flexibility, accessibility, and slew of other things kills me. Not to turn this into a tablet discuss, but which do you use?

[Anonymous No.4757339]

>>4757337
Accessibility in the sense of sharing with others, that is.

[Anonymous No.4757510]

I want to buy a new laptop, but I'm not sure if I need to get one with the same resolution as my drawing display. When I connected my drawing display (1080p) to my old laptop (900p), the resolution on my drawing display defaulted to the maximum resolution of my laptop, and could not be increased beyond 900p. Can this be avoided if I just turn the laptop display off and only use the drawing display, or maybe in some other way? I cannot test this as my old laptop is currently broken...

[Anonymous No.4757555]

>>4757337
Wacom intuos 4 m, USB ports are shit though so I have to connect with the Bluetooth adapter. Probably would recommend a huion instead, I've use an inspiroy and it worked just fine

[Anonymous No.4757588]

>>4755193
>>4755383
Like this ? (A giraffe in one point perspective)

[Anonymous No.4757650]

>>4757555
You know, I totally misread that. I thought you were saying use a screen tablet. I have gone through a slew of those including the iPad, massively uncomfortable. The only time I've had it click, was with my intuos. Anyway. Good luck dude! Gmi

[Anonymous No.4757906]

>spend years doing nothing more than directionless copying and drawing 3/4 headshots a million times over
>finally grasping form, begin to understand that practice should be done for projects with a goal in mind
>realise i have no clue what i want to draw, can think of characters but don't know what i want to make them do and so am just struggling with coming up with a project
I know it's a long shot but does anyone have any kind of info on preliminary work to a project or the process of completing one?

[Anonymous No.4757958]

>>4757906

I've always approached ideas by coming up with or finding a situation / feeling to draw, and then making characters that fit into that idea to create a narrative. Maybe trying a new process like that would help get you out of your slump.
As for completing projects, I always try to work on the boring parts / parts I'm worried I'll fuck up on first. I always save the juicy stuff I know I'll nail for last as a reward. Don't know how much this will help, but since I started working this way it's been way easier to keep the ideas flowing and to stay motivated.

[Anonymous No.4758278]

How do I draw highlights if I'm drawing on a white A4 paper?

[Anonymous No.4758285]

>>4758278
you have to use the whitness of the paper as a highlight

[Anonymous No.4758338]

>>4758285
So how do I make the paper uniformly gray?

[Anonymous No.4758403]

>>4746763
Brainlet here new to art/loomis. What exactly is he asking me to do here? practice doing what, finishing the work by erasing the construction lines or just copy the different angles?

[Anonymous No.4758911]

>>4758403

I can barely remember what the section was about, its been so long. But the bit I do recall was something about construction those faces out of basic shapes. Like spheres or cubes. (You should check the proceeding page, in case im remembering this wrongly)
If I'm right, and he does want you to construct heads from other shapes, this exercise wont make much sense unless you understand basic 1-point, 2-point and 3-point perspective.
Not even kidding.
You'll have to imagine the sphere as a cube being rotated in space, and apply that logic to constructing the blob faces. I'd draw it out for you, but I have no tablet atm.
For what its worth, I dropped the Loomis book after reading it a few times and went on to study the concepts he mentioned individually.

[Anonymous No.4758916]

>>4756950
ANYONE?

[Anonymous No.4758934]

If I'm mixing two paints with the same lightfastness rating, will the resulting color blend have the same amount of lightfastness?
Id est. A red hue and a blue hue with a 4-star rating make a 4-star purple.

Or does lightfastness reduce when two colors are mixed?
I tried Googling this and I havent found anything conclusive. Maybe Im looking in the wrong places.

>>4758916
Try pirating this book https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Realistic-Textures-Pencil-Hillberry-ebook/dp/B005LIYZ0W

[Anonymous No.4758944]

>>4755875

This happened to me too when I started his "Renaissance Head Drawing Course". During the videos he literally tells you to "be able to draw the skull from any angle" before using the info he's given you.
So the short answer is :Yes. Look over the anatomy.
I've paused the course to memorize some skeleton heads.

[Anonymous No.4758973]

>>4758403
i understand this as an exercise to see the bigger picture as opposed to noodling away at details. copying is the last thing you should be doing here. I suppose you can, but make your own drawings off this idea.

[Anonymous No.4759029]

>>4758916
is that yours? i think it actually looks really good

[PULSE DEMON !!0LFrdmtcApi No.4759031]

>>4759029
NO NO NON ONONONONONONO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OF COURSE ITS NOT IM TRASH

[Anonymous No.4759099]

>>4758934
You're overthinking it. When you blend two colors of paint, a chemical reaction doesn't happen that changes the paint. Both colors will have the same colorfast properties. Best case average the two. (spoiler, lightfast ratings are not guarantees.)

It's not referenced because it's something that doesn't matter, and doesn't need explaining. You're overthinking it. If you have that much anxiety over it, store your paintings in boxes and don't expose them to light over time.

[Anonymous No.4759276]

>>4759099
GOOD. Thanks anon. Im dipping my toes into watercolor for the first time and Im trying to focus on getting the best permanent pigments I can. I was worried about how long the finished works would last since all the paints are diluted with water.
Gonna shove em all in a drawer when I finish em and hope for the best.

[Anonymous No.4759333]

How do I stop rush drawing. When I practice my body keeps trying to draw super fast which is unable to make me think about what im doing and draw slowly. I keep trying to draw slowly but a bit later I start rush drawing again

[Anonymous No.4759401]

Anyone has a good see through clothing tutorial?

[Anonymous No.4759402]

>>4759333
Take breaks,
>30min stop 1h stop 30min

[Anonymous No.4759404]

>>4757292
The amout of ribs is importan tho. Its the only one you should count

[Anonymous No.4759406]

>>4752711
For a droplet draw the drop shadow and the highlight only

[Anonymous No.4759414]

>>4750596
>Fix your mistakes, study, draw, fix less mistakes.
If you can see your own errors what do you expect? A magic potion that will make you good? FUKCIN draw

[Anonymous No.4759416]

>>4759333
keep going fast, then come back and do corrections

[Anonymous No.4759422]

If I grind drawing 6 hours a day for a month, will I see an improvement in my skill? Or does drawing take longer than that?

[Anonymous No.4759426]

can some one show how this is made?
i feel really fucking dump rn

[Anonymous No.4759459]

How do I use vilppus drawing manual correctly? I'm following along but I can't even tell if I'm doing well for a beg and should jut keep going or if I'm doing something horribly wrong. Also any tips for not copying like he says? I have gotten really good at copying just from a few quick glances so should I not look at all once I have the gesture down?

[Anonymous No.4759548]

>>4759406
Is that sorta like >>4752711's picrel, or different in some way?

[Anonymous No.4759661]

Should I abandon my old account and make a new account for my art?

I got a couple thousands of followers but majority of them wouldn't like anything other than their favourite character's fanart (My mistake drawing mostly fanart only). I plan go another direction and do more original stuff and grander scenes instead of mindless fanart spam, I do have a few fans that genuinely likes my work no matter the subject, but the ratio of likes vs follower count really bother me at times, should I do it or just suck it up and deal with it?

[Anonymous No.4759683]

Is posting photo studies on your art blogs okay? Should I link the photo?

[Anonymous No.4759686]

>>4759661
>Dew it

[Anonymous No.4759746]

>>4759683
If for whatever reason you want to, you absolutely can, so long as you credit/link the photo.

[Anonymous No.4759862]

Does gesture drawing help me to git gud in anatomy, construction, perspective or copying favourite artists' style since gesture drawing is often considered to start first in learning art fundamentals?

[Anonymous No.4759876]

>>4759862
Not sure where you've read that but I've never seen anyone recommend starting with gesture drawing.

Gesture drawing is an application of your anatomy and figure drawing skills. Doing gesture without that knowledge would be a waste of your time and effort.

Start with perspective, then anatomy, then figure drawing and gesture.

[Anonymous No.4759882]

>>4759661
And why should you care about that?
They most likely won't stop following you.
And the numbers can attract people to follow you easier.

[Anonymous No.4759928]

>>4759876
>Anyone recommend starting with gesture drawing
I mean like Vilppu and Hampton started off writing about gesture drawings before they go on about learning anatomy.
Thanks for suggesting about starting off perspective though.

[Anonymous No.4759931]

>>4759661
Continue posting? At worst the people you don't care about won't interact with you. Not seeing the downside

[Anonymous No.4759952]

>>4746763
Why does the krita colourize mask feature fill the whole page background included
Its not gaps in the lineart because i tested it by making a circle and it still filled the whole page

[Anonymous No.4759970]

>>4759952
https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/colorize_mask.html
Try "Limit to layer bounds" in the tool options

[Anonymous No.4759976]

>>4759970
And/or mark a background color with transparency

[Anonymous No.4759990]

>>4759882
>>4759931
You're right, I got too obsessed with the ratios of likes to followers. I actually thought it was quite humiliating before this but now that you guys have pointed it out this way, seems like it's all just in my head.

[Anonymous No.4760032]

>>4757510
First and last bump, please help.

[Anonymous No.4760056]

Why does this style feels so soulless?

[Anonymous No.4760096]

>>4759976
Will try thank you!

[Anonymous No.4760097]

>>4760056
Because you have no taste.
It's actually soulful as fuck, that's why so many young artists attempt to copy it.
You should be angry at how it's being overused instead

[Anonymous No.4760100]

>>4760056
>soulless
What's wrong with it?

[Anonymous No.4760116]

i burnt out.
I feel like taking a break from learning and studying and just draw in my comfort zone.
Maybe even tracing some artworks.
Should i feel guilty for wasting time not improving myself??
What other things can i do?
What did you do when you were burnt out?

[Anonymous No.4760134]

>>4746810
don't feel bad, getting good at painting, especially with oil is a life long skill set

[Anonymous No.4760451]

>>4760116
just got back from +6 month hiatus
was burned out to the bone and art was really only thing i could let go for a while
had short drawing sessions maybe once every 1-2 week and collected art/study books/vids or scrolled through otherrs art when i felt guilty not drawing
now feeling almost like enlightened and got pretty clear path to follow, also drawing it self feels lot more fluent now, probably had some bad art techniques that i wasn't be able to see before

would highly recommend

[Anonymous No.4760542]

How do I overcome my defeatist, ngmi mindset that's been prevalent the past 4 years?

[Anonymous No.4760547]

>>4760542
just draw

[Anonymous No.4760603]

How long does it take to gain a following let's say on Instagram to get regular gigs/sell merch for few hundred bucks monthly? I know it can vary greatly but give me some stories/examples, I need hope

[Anonymous No.4760626]

Do the kinds of colors which you'd often see in 70's/80's sci-fi art have a name or clear origin? I want to study this style but I don't know what exactly to look for.

[Anonymous No.4760668]

>>4760626
I guess it has to do with the printers of the time, like comics. But that's just a guess.

[Anonymous No.4760948]

What brush on procreate would look like the brush that this person used on their line work in this piece?

[Anonymous No.4761059]

>>4760603
Insta isn't great for getting an actual engaged following, the majority of people using it are casual simps who won't support or share your art, or actual bots who aggressively seek hashtags to try and grow their own accounts.

[Anonymous No.4761116]

>>4760451
I burnt out from studying, and you wanted me to study/learn more??
Are you sure...?

[Anonymous No.4761152]

>>4760948
round hard brush

[Anonymous No.4761190]

>>4760626
There's no official name I've ever heard - not everything has a name, it was just the style of the art they were choosing. I've been told by old school publishers that getting the brightest, most saturated colors was the goal, so you'd be noticed on the shelf. Sci Fi back then didn't get much advertising in the mainstream - if you go to used bookstores the sci fi/fantasy section is more saturated color than the kid's section at times. Things started getting more subtley in the 80's, but guys like Michael Whelan was using really saturated colors for his skies and composition still, for that reason. He said as much a couple of times in interviews - that's what the publishers wanted.
Plus, what looks more alien than oversaturated colors?

[Anonymous No.4761192]

>>4760668
Nah, they were printed 4 color like everything else.

[Anonymous No.4761288]

Does anyone have a daily routine to share?

[Anonymous No.4761330]

>>4761190
Interesting, thanks for the info. Yeah it pops out and has an otherworldly look to it, it's such a perfect fit for sci-fi that I expected some kind of move organized movement rather than something completely organic. Do you have any other artists you'd recommend?

[Anonymous No.4761335]

How the FUCK do knees and elbows work?

[Anonymous No.4761598]

Do I have to learn the location of every bone and muscle in order to draw people?

[Anonymous No.4761613]

How can I master the sphere? exercises? vids?
How to turn it into other shapes, a cylinder?

[Anonymous No.4761620]

>>4761288
10 Wake up, breakfast, chores
11 draw
13 lunch, garden
14 draw
19 exercise
20 dinner, chores
21 movies, chill
26 sleep

[Anonymous No.4761644]

>>4761059
So what is optimal, any tips/resources I could read on social media for artists? I want to use it efficiently so I have a stream of commissions/buyers for some products in year/two/three

[Anonymous No.4762044]

How do deal with depression?

[Anonymous No.4762058]

>>4762044
Getting professional help, you're playing russian roulette if you think you can get good health advice in 4chan.

[Anonymous No.4762318]

>>4761598
Yes.

[Anonymous No.4762455]

does anyone here draw with 45% NTSC screen?
does color gamut really matter when drawing? i don't understand.

[Anonymous No.4762683]

Is there any drawback of upgrading a PayPal account to business? And what do customers and PayPal expect to see on the invoice?

[Anonymous No.4762745]

>>4760948
>>4761059
>>4761644
I have similar followers on instagram/twitter and I get way more reach and sales through twitter than instagram. Instagram might have been really good years ago but now its ridiculously hard to gain followers/reach unless you're already big. They basically force you to run ads if you want exposure outside of your existing follow base. If you're looking for commissions go the twitter route, its way better for artists than instagram.

[Anonymous No.4762856]

>>4746982
Your first mistake was using Photoshop when CSP, Krita, and GIMP exist.

[Anonymous No.4762889]

>>4751392
XP-PEN of the same price would have been better as long as you had a computer to connect it to.

[Anonymous No.4762901]

>>4751688
Just remember that stereotypes are exaggerations of reality. Just draw someone a little exaggerated and scale back anything too distorted.

[Anonymous No.4762908]

>>4753853
Most laws regarding sex and porn are written by puritanical bible thumpers and people irrationally hateful of the Japanese, that is all there is to it.

[Anonymous No.4762914]

>>4753378
Don't try and make every drawing in a blockbuster production. Try and make a complete drawing in 1 hour at some point. A drawing only takes as long as you let it take.

[Anonymous No.4762917]

>>4755101
Everyone writes like that in 2020. Writing by hand is obsolete.

[Anonymous No.4762925]

>>4762745
Thx bruh, I don't really like social media and would prefer to avoid it altogether, but if it's what it takes to make it then I'll do it. Any guides/more tips on using Twitter for artists? I never used it and don't have a clue

[Anonymous No.4762936]

>>4760056
Everything is optimised for 2D rigs and never needing to draw.
t. Animation Diploma Grad

[Anonymous No.4763015]

>>4762925
we just had a big ass thread on it, read through the whole thing it should give you an idea of the things you can do to quickly gain followers (although you might not like it)

>>4762917

[Anonymous No.4763017]

Ok just being myself and drawing what I like didn't really help me out as I'm now in my third year on blue bird app. Was it all just a crab meme to keep me and others from making it?

[Anonymous No.4763018]

>>4763015
posted the wrong link
should be this

>>4738152

[Anonymous No.4763256]

>>4759401
Don't know of any tutorials, but what exactly are you struggling with when it comes to see-through clothing? I might be able to give some tips, though this is mostly stuff I've figured out through my own practice

[Anonymous No.4763424]

>>4759401
>>4763256
The main thing to know is that the skin will show through most where the cloth touches the skin. That means you can get these strong bright flesh tones even in shadow areas of the cloth. The cloth will look wet if the transition is hard, dry if the transition is soft.

[Anonymous No.4763727]

How can i doing artwork while im feeling sick? Im having a rough week but i need to finish some stuff with deadlines.

[Anonymous No.4763834]

Am I supposed to be able to draw heads/faces from imagination after doing Huston's beginner head drawing course? And should I do the advanced course or Bucci's course next?

[Anonymous No.4763845]

>>4761335
Watch proko explain joints

>>4761598
No, that's dumb

[Anonymous No.4763857]

Is it true the sphere always looks like a circle in any kind of perspective? What about a sphere pretty outside of the cone of vision? The box that boxes it(...?) would be rather distorted, it couldn't still look like a circle then, could it?

[Anonymous No.4763886]

My photoshop is janky and quite unresponsive but I don't want to ditch the program since I like painting with it. If I pirate a different PS, is there a possibility that it would lessen the jankiness?

[Anonymous No.4763934]

I have no access to tablet and likely won't have for a long time
is it even possible to make something good digitaly with just mouse and drawing program?
what if you made your drawings on paper before hand and just want to paint over them?

[Anonymous No.4763949]

what should I do if I feel like I can't access the "right side of the brain" to draw? I'm very robotic in drawing, was doing an upside down picasso and had to stop due to getting scales wrong but I don't feel anything different, I'm just copying lines after all and missing some marks, is there something wrong with me?

[Anonymous No.4763959]

>>4763934
lots of comic artists would render(lines, values, etc) their drawings on paper in black n white, and just fill it in with color with a mouse on photoshop, then adjust accordingly.

[Anonymous No.4764145]

>>4762455
It's doable, just be aware that your work will be more saturated on better screen. You can check it with your phone as most phone's screen are way better than these 45% NTSC screen. Just adjust the colours on your phone and you'll be fine.

[Anonymous No.4764151]

>>4763949
Always remind. There's no rules. Got your own voice. Find your ideal proportion

[Anonymous No.4764188]

>>4763886
Nope, for what I know all pirated PS are bug ridden, since they go through a lot of hazzle to crack them, mine is also a pile of shit, but I do coom art so no need for better software and i'm not paying thoose kikes a monthly fee, so just bite the bullet or migrate to some free shit, or buy CSP key.

[Anonymous No.4764375]

How do I go about stabilization? I've been drawing shit with varying levels of end result quality for about five years, and have always blindly followed the advice by more experienced drawfag friends to turn off stabilization or lower it as much as possible. Is it actually useful? Is whatever I'm gaining by avoiding stabilization worth it?

[Anonymous No.4764417]

>>4759426
literally impossible

[Anonymous No.4764459]

is doing proper studies borderline impossible for anyone else? i just get bored very fast and end up with an almost completely different picture by the end

[Anonymous No.4764652]

>>4764459
How fast do you mean?
If 1 or 2 hours, you might have issues.
If constant study for days, to weeks, then it's normal.
Remember that practicing what you already know is still a study itself.

[Anonymous No.4764673]

>>4763934
You *will* hurt your wrists doing this for a prolonged period of time. Typical nice are terrible for ergonomics

[Anonymous No.4764682]

>>4763886
Look at your specs, maybe that is the problem, use something that your pc/laptop/whatever you have could run.

[Anonymous No.4765187]

Is there something like practice commissions? Like doing /beg/-tier drawings for 2 or 5 bucks

[Anonymous No.4765463]

Is pixiv working like crap for anyone else? like taking minutes to load, or not loading at all?

[Anonymous No.4765540]

My arm is now jumping, a part of it near the wrist and above the elbow, should I rest for today or do something quick?

[Anonymous No.4765577]

>>4765187
All commissions are practice commissions.
What you want is finding beg/ tier requests for cheap money.

[Anonymous No.4765895]

How do you become more confident at drawing? And don't say that it will come with time and practice because literally the opposite has been happening.

[Anonymous No.4765938]

i'm scaling down lineart in photoshop and encountering aliasing issues. is there some secret method for getting smooth lineart when scaling down?

[Anonymous No.4765940]

>>4765187
literally just pay yourself 2 bucks per drawing bro

[Anonymous No.4766234]

>>4765895
It IS practicing.
Do you lack confident when you walk?
When you drink?
Or when you're cutting the steak?
You had done it so many times, you're confident doing those actions.
If you are losing confident in drawing, it's most likely because you're drawing different things and moving on to another before you are even confident drawing the previous one.

[Anonymous No.4767354]

someone make a new thread i have several stupid questions

[Anonymous No.4767470]

>>4746763
How do I combine layers on CSP without fucking up the blend modes, I don-t want to lose the transparency either, so flatening the image is a no no

[Anonymous No.4767631]

How do I archive journals on DeviantART? I have alot from when I was a dumb kid and want to remove them for privacy reasons but I'm also hesitant to do so because it would be like erasing a part of myself. Is there any archiving/download tools out there that fits the bill?

[Anonymous No.4767867]

I just played a game nonstop for 20 hours. How can I trick my brain to be the addicted to drawing?