/asg/ - Anime Study General

[Anonymous No.4802490]

Why You Should Copy Anime:
https://i.imgur.com/zNDsyF0
https://youtu.be/t_IODIIYAe0

**Strive for quantity AND quality.**

Anime Studying:
>Copy anime references exactly and draw them from memory. Use illustrations, screenshots, anime figures, 3D models, etc.
>Don’t copy recklessly. Use construction, color theory, and other fundamental concepts to rehearse a drawing process that you can later easily manipulate for original artwork.
>Post all of your anime studies. Post even when you’re told not to. Create an art community that actually draws and improves together instead of just talking about it.
>Number your attempts and link to your previous posts.
>Critiquers should lead by example by posting their studies.

General Anime Style Discussion:
>Questions about achieving certain styles/techniques/compositions etc.
>Drawing methods, study habits, resources, tutorials, tools, software, etc
>Be specific and try to post a sample of your study attempts before asking for help.

**Draw copies from good anime styled references to mindfully up our mileage, internalize appealing aesthetics, and learn from each other’s processes and knowledge.**

Japanese Book Collection:
https://mega.nz/#F!UcNG2AiT!jeyWwP1gtQXXz6R29o5bgw!sddDyarD

Recommended Resources:
https://pastebin.com/Yz2scAEc

Previous Thread:
>>4787293

[Anonymous No.4802493]

Why is copying stuff so hard, tell me does it get easier the more you copy when you're a beginner?

[Anonymous No.4802497]

[Anonymous No.4802498]

How can I cope about being the worst artist in these threads?

[Anonymous No.4802500]

>>4802498
be a crab and drag others down.

[Anonymous No.4802508]

>>4802500
I don't like doing that.

[Anonymous No.4802516]

>>4802498
You grit and shake it off. Eventually you will become great and another artist will take your place as the cycle continues on.

[Anonymous No.4802517]

>>4802498
By getting better

[Anonymous No.4802519]

Just want to say that Miwa is a fucking faggot

[Anonymous No.4802520]

>>4802517
I'm having a lot of problems improving. Haven't made any real progress since last year.

[Anonymous No.4802522]

>>4802520
Well how much are you practicing is the question.
And how you are practicing.

[Anonymous No.4802523]

>>4802520
Don't rush the process. If you know you are trying hard to inprove by challenging yourself and drawing stuff outside of your comfort zone you will eventually see improvement. Just focus on having fun and challenging yourself.

[Anonymous No.4802525]

>>4802522
Around 3 hours daily. More during the weekends.
>>4802523
Im unable to have fun anymore. When I try to draw what I would like to draw it comes out horrible. I do constantly challenge myself however since I try to chew more that I can manage and I have no comfort zone whatsoever, everything in art is extremely hard for me.

[Anonymous No.4802532]

>>4802525
Just a thought here, if you feel like drawing daily is more of a bother than anything, maybe that is a reason you feel you aren't improving.

Maybe a break would help until you feel motivated again?

[Anonymous No.4802533]

>>4802532
Drawing daily is my habit. I do nothing else really at this point other than work. If I stop I'm just gonna feel bad about myself, also I really don't see how not drawing would help me to improve.

[Anonymous No.4802537]

Got my pigma microns and lumograph pencils today

[Anonymous No.4802546]

>>4802520
you might think you havent made any progress but im sure you have, your eye for mistakes just grows alongside you so it nothing ever looks good still

[Anonymous No.4802552]

>>4802533
It's not about improving.
You need to rethink why are you even drawing if you're not even having fun.

[Anonymous No.4802553]

>>4802533
Whenever I feel uninspired I just watch some anime. Usually a key frame or sequence will inspire me to copy it or make something original.

[Anonymous No.4802560]

>>4802552
I want to draw stuff that makes me happy. I hate the stuff I make at the moment. I need to improve so it both becomes easier and the process becomes more about fulfilling an artistic vision and less aboit spending 95% of the effort correcting or minimizing mistakes while being all around confused just to produce something terrible spending a shitload of time.

[Anonymous No.4802602]

>>4802537
Nice!

[Anonymous No.4802614]

cope more tranime

[Anonymous No.4802674]

How do i draw that subtle curve on the cheek?
I always spend too much time redrawing the subtle curve on the cheek.
Too less, and girl become a thin guy with square face.
Too much, the girl become a fatty with a weird face.

[Anonymous No.4802687]

please recommend me artists similar to optionaltypo and kafun

[Anonymous No.4802704]

>>4802674
I get to where you are at then draw the eyes. Then generally redraw the cheek to match the eye type. Big moe eyes go better with a pronounce round cheek better than less stylized eyes. Eyes are important and are generally the only facial feature that have actual detail so you should adjust features as necessary to match if necessary.

[Anonymous No.4802716]

>>4802493
Something something visual library, mileage, fine motor control.
Yes. It does get easier.

[Anonymous No.4802732]

>>4802687
Holy shit thanks anon. I've never heard of Kafun's art before but that shit looks amazing. Just the kind of style i like thanks man.

[Anonymous No.4802794]

[Anonymous No.4802821]

>>4802794
Make her skull more round, otherwise good job

[Anonymous No.4802867]

>>4802674
Personal preference. In other words, find an artist whose cheek curve you like and copy that.

[Anonymous No.4802872]

>>4802687
yo thats a cute asuka

[Anonymous No.4802875]

>>4802794
soul

[Anonymous No.4802903]

>>4802794
Is that you V

Regardless, she qt

[Anonymous No.4802970]

i don't know what to do fellas, nothing is clicking with me on the basics of drawing. i've tried proko, i've read loomis, i've read keys to drawing, but i just don't get any of it. is self learning a meme and you really need to take actual courses? am i just a perma NGMI? i just want to draw anime

[Anonymous No.4802984]

>>4802970
If you actually want help you have to post something and just ignore the shit eating crabs.

[Anonymous No.4802993]

>>4802970
Don't grind just the dry basics, couple it with occasionally copying art that you like. Doing so shows you how artists you like solve certain problems and gives you muscle memory.

It's normal that your art sucks at first, keep it up.

[Anonymous No.4803005]

>>4802970
Pyw please

[Anonymous No.4803048]

>>4802970
This guy is skewing the lower face because hes lining it up with the tip of the nose instead of the base. Fixed.

[Anonymous No.4803355]

What method do you guys recommend for deconstructing in anime

[Anonymous No.4803571]

I was too late to ask last thread but hopefully that anon is still around. From which author or material did you learn this kind of construction? Thanks

[Anonymous No.4803765]

>>4803355
https://exhentai.org/g/1709048/620f8871e2

[Anonymous No.4804086]

>>4802794

2

[Anonymous No.4804376]

>>4804086

3

[Anonymous No.4804587]

>>4804086
I like her

[Anonymous No.4804946]

>Doing sketch while waiting for a download
>Turns out alright
>Ok lets try to pen it and not fuck up
>Fuck up
Goddamn it!

[Anonymous No.4804959]

>>4804946
try again

[Anonymous No.4804983]

>>4804959
Can't erase the pen from the paper. In the end I would like to think its at the very least practice

[Anonymous No.4804997]

>>4804983
Some people use a light box to practice inking.

[Anonymous No.4805157]

>>4804983
i kinda forget that there are still people who draw on paper

[Anonymous No.4805218]

I'm so sick of perspective drills because I still can apply any of the techniques I learn to figure drawing. How are you supposed to even find the horizon line if you draw a character spontaneously?
I don't fucking get it and orlson still won't do figures, only boxes. I understand that people can be boxes anyway, but I still can't find a way to find the horizon like after drawing a simple figure.

[Anonymous No.4805302]

>>4804983
just dont over work with the pencil and just work more with the pen

[Anonymous No.4805363]

>>4802794
>>4804086
>>4804376
Looks like you’re trying to cover up your lack of skill by drawing in a minimalistic style. Don’t be afraid to draw out of your comfort zone.

[Anonymous No.4805420]

As I finished feet last week I spent the following days studying Doppel's legs, decided to draw some feet of my own connected to the legs (see next post) for more practice, I'm somewhat happier with the shading, I hope I'll see improvement as I move to torsos, I think my productivity lowered compared to the first week and I hate myself for it, hoping I can pick up the pace.

[Anonymous No.4805427]

>>4805420
These are the legs I drew with the exercises in mind, I think they look stiff as fuck and I'll be sure to keep it in mind when I move to drawing my own pieces.

[Anonymous No.4805583]

Does anyone know the artist that's like yomu but for JP salarymen? Photo studies/realistic materials of business shirts and pants. I can't recall the name now but was looking for some of it for painting study.

[Anonymous No.4805602]

>>4805427
>>4805420
any tips or guides on the shading? Can get the shapes right but never the fucking shadows as i dont really know or "feel" where they should go even when i specify a light source

[Anonymous No.4805717]

>>4805602
From what I observed, doppel doesn't limits his shading to the light source, pic related, I've seen him put highlights inside shadows which makes little sense if you only do cel shading, from what I observed and what you can observe from pic related is that he likes to form the shapes by using shadows, and the deeper the shape is the darker the shape gets, I at first had a lot of trouble shading in drawings where there is too much shadow, so I tried to use darker values first and then use lighter values for shading, it's what worked me, mind you I'm in no way shape or form that good in shading, although I do think I have the basics somewhat covered.

[Anonymous No.4805876]

>>4802674
quick answer fundies

you need to know rules to be able to break them, not all anime faces are the same theres not an anuime face for everything, study whatever you are trying to emulate but if you are struggling with that it's obvious that are still far from even deconstruct animu faces so you need to grind more...... ROOOMIS SAMA aka fundies... ugh...

[Anonymous No.4805914]

>>4803048
Dunning kruger retard. Don't give misinfo

[Anonymous No.4805975]

kurapika i did yesterday

[Anonymous No.4806050]

Fucked up one eye and the hair as well (and probably even more things I cannot see right now until I post), but I like to think she is cute at the very least.
>>4805157
Please don't bully paper bros. There is like 3 of us and already well on our way to NGMI hell.

[Anonymous No.4806060]

should I switch to digital for anime
I feel like I'll lose something if I do

[Anonymous No.4806111]

>>4806060
Does your favorite artist or the art you enjoy use digital? If the answer is yes might as well incorporate it, you can use both

[Anonymous No.4806153]

push me to the edge

[Anonymous No.4806181]

>>4806153
cute boy. Draw him without clothes,

[Anonymous No.4806184]

>>4805876
>Loomis
>Drawing anime girl
nice meme.
I hope nobody fall for this crab trap

[Anonymous No.4806195]

>>4806153
>when every day is shrug day

[Anonymous No.4806198]

>>4806184
Stop crabbing and pyw

[Anonymous No.4806199]

>>4806184
>t.beg

[Anonymous No.4806212]

>>4805876
fucking based

[Anonymous No.4806252]

It's that time again huh?
Why do murican ruin threads so much?
Everywhere i go, it's the burgerman doing the shitposting.

[Anonymous No.4806289]

This probably should go in beg.
I dont color in my art often and it shows. And I should really study hands.
I was wondering if anyone has a god tutorial on coloring in Sai.

[Anonymous No.4806403]

>>4806289

[Anonymous No.4806420]

>>4806289
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7iTskGbKp8

[Anonymous No.4806424]

>>4806252
based non murican bro

[Anonymous No.4806436]

>>4806289

[Anonymous No.4806496]

>>4806436
I know bro but just zooming in isnt helpdul

[Anonymous No.4806499]

>>4806403
What does that mean?

[Anonymous No.4806511]

>>4806496
take a photo of your hand in that position and use it as a model

[Anonymous No.4806673]

>>4806499
It means she looks like a cheap figure after a few years in the display case.

[Anonymous No.4806725]

>>4806499
Non shitpost answer. The pose is off balance so looks like she is about to fall off. Try doing that same pose standing without leaning into anything and you will also realize how unnatural it is. You can keep it but it would be extremely discomfortable and you sure won't go out in your daily routine standing like that.

[Anonymous No.4806791]

>>4806153
Cute Multi. Your anatomy needs work but you’ve got appeal down.

[Anonymous No.4806794]

>>4802533
You should probably kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.4806813]

>>4802498
Pyw, I want to see

[Anonymous No.4806830]

Is legoman a good artist to look up to and reference ?

[Anonymous No.4806905]

[Anonymous No.4806970]

[Anonymous No.4806973]

[Anonymous No.4806980]

.

[Anonymous No.4807438]

So i learnt the proportion of face features from this picture.
But i still can't draw the head shape well.
Is there any image for the proportion of the head's shape?
Especially in different anime styles.

[Anonymous No.4807451]

Hi

[Anonymous No.4807637]

>>4806905
>strangle bumps on head
>two left hands
>saggy banana boobs
>no cameltoe, just a mound
>blobby hair, need to work on rendering

[Anonymous No.4807649]

>>4807637
>two left hands
um.. anon...

[Anonymous No.4807651]

>>4807649
Two right hands than. You know what I mean.

[Anonymous No.4807679]

>>4807651
no... she literally has one of each hand. she's doing the rocker-devil hand sign or whatever with the back of her hand facing you

[Anonymous No.4807682]

>>4807637
>two left hands
I don't know if i should take you seriously

[Anonymous No.4807711]

>>4807682
criticism without the constructive part is easy so he's probably just a /beg/. but aside from his weird misinterpretation of the hands, he's not wrong. in terms of improving, the drawing isn't worth the amount of time spent on the polish. if you want to get better, i would focus on drawing and forget about color and rendering for a while

if you don't care about improving and just want a better image, you should probably look up some typical anime rendering techniques to make it more kira-kira to distract viewers from the quality of the drawing

[Anonymous No.4807718]

>>4807711
>i would focus on drawing and forget about color and rendering for a while
I'll probably do that, thanks

[Anonymous No.4807819]

>>4807451
Her arm is way too long.

[Anonymous No.4807820]

>>4802498
It would be QUITE hard to be the worst here.

[Anonymous No.4807840]

>>4807819
I used this.

[Anonymous No.4807895]

>>4807840
arm length should be something like this

[Anonymous No.4807909]

>>4807438
>So i learnt the proportion of face features from this picture.

>But i still can't draw the head shape well.

[Anonymous No.4807960]

CSP friends what brushes you use for simple shading?

[Anonymous No.4807969]

>>4807960
Soft round brush

[Anonymous No.4808078]

when the FUCK can i start making pieces from my head instead of using reference?
I feel like i'm not an artist unless I can do so

[Anonymous No.4808144]

>>4808078
Depends l, how long have you been drawing? If you started recently than of course you won’t be able to just make full blown scenes in your head. You have to build up a mental “portfolio” before you can do any of that. So take it slow anon, no need to rush these things.

[Anonymous No.4808155]

/beg/ here looking for advice, how should i approach devising a construction method to rip a specific anime head? i keep trying to replicate shit with loomis method but it just doesnt seem to work, like dividing the ball's sides is really variable and the jaw seems to be inconsistent with angle idk what to do

[Anonymous No.4808223]

>>4807895
ok, tnx!

[Anonymous No.4808260]

>>4808155
can you see 3d forms im the first place

[Anonymous No.4808357]

>>4808223
It might help your art to make one continuous brush strokes each time. I can tell you kind of "chicken scratch" in your paintings. By that I mean I can then you draw in short stroke and keep picking up your pen. Also don't be afraid of cleaning up around the image with a eraser. If it's a single layer then pick up the background and get rid of those bumps the the break from the top on the head and curl of the hairs.

[Anonymous No.4808486]

>>4808155
add on to this >>4808260
Start by drawing a 3D box around the anime head, with its tilted angle.
Then asks around for feedbacks if you gotten the angle right.

[Anonymous No.4808520]

>>4802498
If they post reference, draw from it and compare your work.

[Anonymous No.4808553]

>>4803048
>>4803571
which book is this from?

[Anonymous No.4808568]

first time posting in this thread.

[Anonymous No.4808839]

Whats a good resource to learn values and color theory
my linework has finally reached a passable level my values are garbage and they're just as important

[Anonymous No.4808842]

>>4808839
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNB3XY67Q-I

Best color theory tutorial I've found

[Anonymous No.4808889]

>>4808839
>Values
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5zVFlMQZEs

[Anonymous No.4808920]

>>4802490
Does she look cute?

[Anonymous No.4808987]

>>4808920
I'm afraid not. She looks like she is disfigured and in pain.

[Anonymous No.4809000]

>>4808987
Damn. What about now?

[Anonymous No.4809408]

[Anonymous No.4809409]

>>4808568
cute

[Anonymous No.4809423]

[Anonymous No.4809439]

>>4808568
Is this a copy of something? I love this style.

[Anonymous No.4809700]

[Anonymous No.4809887]

I am the bone of my pencil.
White copy paper is my body, and ink is my blood.
I have rendered over a 1000 pieces.
Unknown to skill, nor to talent.
Have withstood loomis to create many heads.
Yet these heads will never look good.
So, as I draw,
UNLIMITED /BEG/ WORKS

[Anonymous No.4810094]

[Anonymous No.4810345]

>>4809439
just using a magazine for pose ref and draw in my style.

[Anonymous No.4811120]

When I draw these I constantly need to fap and get distracted. How do hentai artists do it?

[Anonymous No.4811277]

I had enough of covering my ears with hairs.
How do i draw ears ??

[Anonymous No.4811490]

>>4811277
feel the form

[Anonymous No.4811519]

>>4806050
>Try to follow up this one
>Fuck up big time now
Not only I'm bad, I'm inconsistent as well.

[Anonymous No.4811524]

>>4808568
>>4810345
>binary brush
>loose sketchy lines
you love to see it. post more drawings anon!

[Anonymous No.4811539]

>>4810345
blog?

[Anonymous No.4811547]

>>4811277
I drew a breakdown to show the general shapes

[Anonymous No.4811676]

Anyone else copy a tiny version of the image they study, and then expand and refine? Or does this hurt more than help-

[Anonymous No.4811710]

>>4804376

4

[Anonymous No.4811713]

>>4811710

5

[Anonymous No.4811812]

>>4806289
>Yume Nikki
GMI just for that
Practice hands though

[Anonymous No.4811825]

WIP from an old thread. Couldn't figure out how to render properly and I'm honestly just lost.

[Anonymous No.4811885]

>>4811825
Are you working on a single layer?

[Anonymous No.4811901]

>>4811825
nice hands :)

[Anonymous No.4811912]

>>4811885
No, it's still above the color layers. I just changed color from black and used blending tool a bit on the inner parts of lineart.
>>4811901
Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.4811926]

>>4811885
I'm too chicken to color on one layer unless I have a backup duplicated, but here's the lineart blended like I mentioned before

[Anonymous No.4811932]

>>4811812
Thanks
Maybe some day, Ill understand hands.

[Anonymous No.4811936]

>>4811926
are you trying to make it look like a painting?

[Anonymous No.4811937]

What was the name of the western instructor that mangamaterials repackages for personal gain? I'm looking for proper instruction.

[Anonymous No.4811961]

>>4810345
I love this i hope to see more of your work

[Anonymous No.4811964]

>>4811936
Sorta, I was kinda frustrated with the way my lines were turning out and decided to go for something a bit different/softer than I'm used to.

[Anonymous No.4812036]

[Anonymous No.4812040]

>>4811825
all of your edges are soft, add more hard edges

[Anonymous No.4812247]

>>4811937
Uldis zarin

[Anonymous No.4812278]

>>4805876
Chin too pointy
>>4805975
Eyegap kinda small
>>4806289
Left eyebrow is pointing on the wrong direction.
>>4806905
Fingers too thin
>>4806970
Bottom of nose is too high
>>4806973
>>4809423
Arms are too long
>>4809700
Nose too western

[Anonymous No.4812349]

are there any actually good anime courses to take? i remember some being posted here a few months ago but couldn't find them by looking through archives.

[Anonymous No.4812522]

Happy with the progress i made, i've made them without references. What should i work on ?

[Anonymous No.4812547]

After 15 years of drawing I think I'm finally getting the hang of this perspective thing

[Anonymous No.4812620]

>>4812547
yep.

[Anonymous No.4812719]

>>4812547

[Anonymous No.4812857]

/beg/ here with quite a philosophical question... how do you guys deconstruct heads for a specific style you're trying to copy, do you try to get it working in the framework of the loomis method or what?

[Anonymous No.4812866]

>>4812857
Two lines for perspective and that's it. I don't need elaborate construction.

[Anonymous No.4812889]

Guess I'll call this one done, time to move onto something else, maybe something in colour, I've been meaning to buy some coloured pencils and draw on darker paper, what's some good coloured pencils to use that aren't absurdly expensive?

[Anonymous No.4813160]

>>4806813
no

[Anonymous No.4813376]

bunny girls

[Anonymous No.4813382]

>>4811676
That depends on what you're trying to study.

[Anonymous No.4813391]

Is learning figure drawing a useful skill for anime
I've started Hamptons course

[Anonymous No.4813485]

>>4812857
Depends on the style. With anime I would say, don't bother with the loomis method, since it doesn't really follow the rules of classical head construction. I just draw a rough circle and two perspective lines if anything, and more often I just straight up start with the eyes

[Anonymous No.4813489]

>>4813391
no, keep symbol drawing. you'll make it

[Anonymous No.4813492]

>>4813485
pyw

[Anonymous No.4813508]

>>4813489
you joking or serious im a /beg/ so I cant tell

[Anonymous No.4813513]

>>4813508
he's joking please don't do that

[Anonymous No.4813518]

>>4812857
Trace and copy with guidelines

[Anonymous No.4813899]

>>4812857
I use loomis

[Anonymous No.4813905]

>>4813899

[Anonymous No.4814449]

>>4811120
tfw I've met the original artist at a doujinshi event

[Anonymous No.4814649]

>>4810094
love this

[Anonymous No.4814731]

>>4814449
Was the artist a cute girl who probably uses her own body as a reference?

[Anonymous No.4814746]

i don't know what to draw

[Anonymous No.4814772]

>>4814746
Go to a random art prompt or character generator and draw shit

[Anonymous No.4814913]

>>4814746
Draw a cute nurse with light brown hair in two loose braids, her uniform should be light teal with a white apron. Give her white pantyhose and small breasts. Now no more excuses, now go draw.

[Anonymous No.4814962]

>>4814746
When I don't know what to draw I draw my waifu in made up clothes

[Anonymous No.4815080]

>>4805218
Just so shallow perspective genius
Olson, or whatever his name is, literally teaches you techniques to use a shallow space as well.
Also figure drawing for animu uses even less

[Anonymous No.4815132]

>>4815080
>shallow space
First time I ever head of this.
>literally teaches you techniques to use a shallow space as well.
When? I'm on Perspective 14/21, 25gb worth of video that took month to check and practice and he has yet to show anything involving figures really or anything organic, or 3 pts. It's really hard to make it all stick when it feels irrelevant to what I draw the most, even if the principles apply to everything I still don't see how to actually apply it to a quick figure sketch which is all I want for now
Don't know what I'm missing. Olson shows how to decide the HL and VP from the start and how to find them from photos, but when you actually draw both approaches don't work, at least for me I sketch a figure first and then try to fix the persp after, that's where I'm lost, I don't see any way to decide the VP and HL that way

[Anonymous No.4815229]

>>4811926
What brushes do you use in sketchbook anon?

[Anonymous No.4815309]

>>4815132
He goes through this when talks about lense sizes, just use one that's zoomed in more.
Pic related, red zone is closer, blue is farther. You will need to zoom in more than the red though for less distortion

[Anonymous No.4815489]

>>4815309
Hmm, I'll check it out again, thanks
I'm sure when I'll understand more when olson finally gets to 3pts persp but now I understand why people say it's better to learn persp from different sources, if not all of the recommended books

[Anonymous No.4815501]

[Anonymous No.4815546]

>>4815489
>1, 2 and 3 point perspective systems do not exist
https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/6/infinity
https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/6/123pointperspective
you don't need to do the DAB
at least read the theory(Lesson1), that helped me understand perspective better
>figure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaG-cBidCBw

[Anonymous No.4815554]

>>4815546
Thanks man

[Anonymous No.4815630]

Tried practicing drawing just eyes.
1-5 were from a reference and 6 & 7 were without any..

[Anonymous No.4815656]

How do some artists get such thin lines digitally? Do they zoom in really far to line up the strokes? I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.4816014]

>>4815656
https://youtu.be/HjUv0Zv0T8o?t=377

[Anonymous No.4816030]

>>4815501
you're over developing the noses, it's a pretty normal pitfall for western artists trying to copy weeb & koreaboo styles.
if you watch some of
https://www.youtube.com/user/evan082/videos
you'll see he basically symbol draws the nose w/ 2 dots and then just does some light airbrushing to indicate planes
for a more construction oriented approach
https://www.twitch.tv/tjdtnals12
who's the original artist?

[Anonymous No.4816037]

>>4815656
practice w/ smaller brushes. try to see how much you can get done w/o going over 5 px.
do lots of ballpoint/ gpen sketches from life.

[Anonymous No.4816221]

Still suffering
Why are head shapes so hard
I wanna die

[Anonymous No.4816288]

>>4816030
Not the anon you replied to but holy heck I needed this, bless your soul.

[Anonymous No.4816291]

>>4816221
Are you shitting me, Anon? If this is yours, you've nothing to worry about. It looks fine.
If she had "yaoi chin", then I'd worry.

[Anonymous No.4816293]

>>4816221
Head shapes are important but placement of facial features even more so
we as humans see and critique placement of facial features much more severely than the actually shape
Master placement of features and youll make it anon she looks good

[Anonymous No.4816300]

>>4816291
It looks awful, stupid begtard

[Anonymous No.4816310]

>>4816300
PYW then

[Anonymous No.4816313]

>>4816293
I did want to reply to myself because I forgot o complain about my struggles with face proportions and expressions as well. I feel like I’m getting a little better at anatomy but everything involving the head is still really tricky. Even drawing certain hairstyles in perspective. When I’m in a rush I really mess up on overall proportions too. I’m okay with drawing kinda longcat bodies, but seeing when I mess up with broad shoulders or very long torsos that messes my brain up. This is one of my worse recent sketches.you can see the face is rough too.
Both drawings used with loose reference just to see the characters look

[Anonymous No.4816317]

And one colored doodle

[Anonymous No.4816321]

Might as well post a piece I took more than an hour or two as well since it’s been a while since I came to this board

[Anonymous No.4816322]

>>4815229
I've been experimenting a bit with Autodesk's brushes lately, but the main ones I go to are:
1- Dream Brush (sketching/lining)
2 - Ink Pen (small details)
3 - Wash (blending tool)
4 - Hardline Airbrush (these 3 for colors)
5 - Color Builder
6 - Paintbrush 2
7 - Signature Ink (really rough sketching)
8 - Blending

[Anonymous No.4816335]

>>4813376
got a webpage for us

[Anonymous No.4816339]

>>4812040
Thanks for the critique, I tend to have trouble and blend all my edges away when I dislike parts of my shadows, but I'm looking to keep working on stopping that in future paintings.
Meant to reply to that with my last message oops, sorry for the clutter I'm still new here-

[Anonymous No.4816601]

>>4816288
this one really helped me a lot too

[Anonymous No.4817019]

>>4816293
>Master placement of features
How to do that?
What should i practice on?

[Anonymous No.4817032]

>watch some of my favorite artistr draw
>he trace over 3D models
>he doesn't construct volume and feel the form

[Anonymous No.4817155]

How come no one posts their work when asked here?

[Anonymous No.4817176]

>>4817155
Post your work.

[Anonymous No.4817193]

>>4815501
Who's bottom left artist?

[Anonymous No.4817218]

>>4817176
Already did

[Anonymous No.4817227]

>>4817218
Which

[Anonymous No.4817266]

>>4817155
>No one ask me to pw
>Post anyway
>Gets ignored
Such is the life of mediocre ngmi

[Anonymous No.4817290]

>>4817266
It's 200+ posts, i'm gonna wait the thread die before posting.

[Anonymous No.4817361]

How do i learn lineart?

Let's say I have a piece of sketch done.
It looks good enough because the messy lines leave space for imagination.
But once i draw the lineart, it looks bad and boring.
Also, my current lineart is the typical newbie mistake of having the exact same line weight.
Although people always say just keep drawing and eventually the lineart will improve, but i feel like i won't improve unless i have more knowledge about it or study about the topic itself.

[Anonymous No.4817368]

>>4816321
Nice anon
Her but look like mosquito bites though

[Anonymous No.4817376]

>>4816322
Thanks dude
I can never settle on any one thing
The only one I've felt really comfy with is the felt tip for micron sketching

[Anonymous No.4817426]

>>4815501
sauce on the bottom left artist?

[Anonymous No.4817795]

>>4817193
>>4817426
You guys me feet drawings

https://twitter.com/liult36/status/924980934331342848

[Anonymous No.4817907]

>>4817361
you can get better line art by internalizing perspective and form. the reason a lot of line art looks dead is because the artist is too focused on making "nice lines" and following along the shape of their sketch. once you can let go of that, and instead focus on describing the form and perspective, your lineart will look much more natural

the goal is to focus on what you're drawing (taking overlaps, proximity, texture, etc. into account), instead of paying attention to the sketch underneath. the sketch is only to keep your proportions in check

[Anonymous No.4817928]

>>4817795
thanks for the sauce dude. What feet drawings?

[Anonymous No.4818100]

>>4817795

[Anonymous No.4818308]

>>4815630
Stop shading with black and make eyelids visible and make the top lashes more thicker and eyebrows more above

[Anonymous No.4818814]

>>4816030

the artist for the first one is Tyler Law on artstation for the 2nd @liult36 on twitter

[Anonymous No.4818885]

>>4815630
Instead of feeling around in the dark I would recommend you break down the eyes of illustrators you like and copy them.

[Anonymous No.4819102]

What brushes do i use for clean lineart? I cant seem to find one that actually looks good.
Using photoshop

[Anonymous No.4819180]

>>4819102
Switch to csp

[Anonymous No.4819188]

>>4802490

[Anonymous No.4819192]

>>4815501
>>>/alt/

[Anonymous No.4819213]

>>4816317
whose birthday is it, m*****f*****?

[Anonymous No.4819247]

>>4819213
You can swear on the internet, cunt.

[Anonymous No.4819277]

>>4811825
you need to work on the anatomy as well the genitalia and shoulder area look werid

[Anonymous No.4819311]

>>4819188
cute crab

[Anonymous No.4819358]

>>4819247
Profanity is an art form and the Internet is a separate medium. One works with the tools one is given. Muffling speech helps to assist the reader in assessing the tone of voice

[Anonymous No.4819365]

>>4819247
Fair enough Cunt?

[Anonymous No.4819627]

What do nip artists use to learn to draw?

[Anonymous No.4819632]

>>4819627
They use the Nipponese Handbook, but we can't see it because it's written in invisible ink and printed with moon runes

[Anonymous No.4819644]

>>4817019
loomis but with big eyes

[Anonymous No.4819852]

>tfw my art manages to be both bad and soulless
The cute girls deserve better and I'm still stuck in no improvement hell

[Anonymous No.4819858]

>>4819644
>females are triangle chinned
fuck this anime bullshit

[Anonymous No.4819881]

>>4819858
What's wrong anon kun

[Anonymous No.4820033]

I don't understand shoulder

[Anonymous No.4820043]

>>4820033
me neither

[Anonymous No.4820230]

Bros I need some help here.
I feel like I'm slightly off with the placement on this head but I can't figure out where. And if I shift it up it somehow just ends up looking worse.
Can someone help me out? Also ignore the hair, it's just somewhat of a placeholder for now.

[Anonymous No.4820241]

>>4820230

[Anonymous No.4820255]

>>4820230
the head tilt way too much to the side

[Anonymous No.4820266]

>>4820230
The short arm doesn’t help.

[Anonymous No.4820294]

>>4820255
How exactly? Could you indicate it with a line or something please?

>>4820241
Heh nice, appreciate it!
The forehead was way too big.

[Anonymous No.4820302]

>>4820294
just try it yourself, human head can't do that.

[Anonymous No.4820319]

>>4820230
Is that Mimi?

[Anonymous No.4820338]

>>4820302
Got it I think.

>>4820319
Not really, drew her from imagination with some reference for the armor and weapon.

[Anonymous No.4820370]

I have gone from Loomis to pin2d to hitokaku to huston and still cannot draw heads. How the fuck do I draw heads?

[Anonymous No.4820374]

>>4820370
rip off other peoples heads
not that way like literally but like you know what i mean

[Anonymous No.4820384]

anybody has a reference of a girl trying to keep her skirt going up because of wind ?

[Anonymous No.4820410]

>>4820374
I do already but I keep facing the very same issues if i do (mismatched eyes. lack of 3d on overall structure. wrong mouth placement). I know what is wrong and despite trying to study regarding those areas both real and stylized heads I still fuck it up big time.

[Anonymous No.4820448]

[Anonymous No.4820459]

>>4820410
you need to draw a ton and use your brain to remove the bad habits like misplacing eyes,mouth,arms.use lines as guide and learn proportions

[Anonymous No.4820467]

>>4805583
Probably this is not what you're looking for but I can't think of anything else.
https://exhentai.org/g/1611523/67ea16acf1/

[Anonymous No.4820470]

>>4820459
I already draw a ton, everyday. I use my brain but I guess my brain is not wired for art.

[Anonymous No.4820473]

>>4820470
post your art anon

[Anonymous No.4820500]

Im learning how to draw anime eyes

[Anonymous No.4820508]

>>4820473
Here >>4820426
I'm also
>>4806050
>>4811519
On the ones with face mask you can see the eyes don't match properly. Becomes quite obvious once you flip it. On the one without all the misakes on the face are obvious and all related to feature placement.

[Anonymous No.4820516]

>>4820473
sorry for interrupting, but this is a topic i'm interested in as well.
This is my latest face drawing.
There's something wrong about my face, but i can't really tell what it is.
Is it because there's too less information in the drawing (missing hair, body, background,etc) to distract my brain from noticing the error?
The front view face definitely doesn't help at all either.

[Anonymous No.4820520]

>>4820516
Proportions are bad. Look at more anime.

[Anonymous No.4820526]

>>4816221
the head shape is good, but your eyes/nose/mouth placement is bad

[Anonymous No.4820527]

>>4820520
This is the reference for the proportion

[Anonymous No.4820529]

>>4820516
I think the eyes need to be bigger

[Anonymous No.4820531]

>>4820527
yikes

[Anonymous No.4820571]

>>4820516

[Anonymous No.4820573]

>>4820571
that mouth look so familiar
where did i saw it before?

[Anonymous No.4820582]

>>4820516

[Anonymous No.4820589]

>>4820582
you pedo have your own thread already.
fuck off to /PSL/

[Anonymous No.4820602]

How thick is too thick?

[Anonymous No.4820609]

>>4820602
depends on your art style

[Anonymous No.4820612]

>>4820573
Anything calarts

[Anonymous No.4820661]

>>4820508
you need to imagine the shapes and plane of the face and place the features on top of that thats what i can suggest

[Anonymous No.4820697]

>>4820573

[Anonymous No.4820700]

how the fuck do i draw food and clothes

[Anonymous No.4820723]

i feel like he has broken arms
Clothes are harder since they are random when folding

[Anonymous No.4820740]

>>4820589
not a loli

[Anonymous No.4820742]

Did this a while ago, but figured I'd share anyways

[Anonymous No.4820862]

>>4820527
Are you fucking serious or are you actually retarded?

[Anonymous No.4820927]

>>4820448
I like the fluffy air quality but some parts need to have sharper detail

[Anonymous No.4820939]

>>4820571
KINO

[Anonymous No.4820941]

>>4820448
Everything looks kind of lumpy, you might want to try rendering more smoothly.

[Anonymous No.4820950]

>>4820527
So this is why we /asg/bros get laughed at...

[Anonymous No.4820957]

>>4820516
all the features are just way too far apart.

[Anonymous No.4821477]

>>4820723
What's he supposed to be doing?

[Anonymous No.4821483]

>>4816335
I'm your DAD
https://dad.gallery/users/2085

[Anonymous No.4821775]

>>4808568
Are you drawing with mouse?

Also
>Soul

[Anonymous No.4821920]

Kinda proud of how little effort this took me

[Anonymous No.4822010]

>>4820661
>Just imagine it right
Fuck

[Anonymous No.4822030]

>>4821920
It does look effortless

[Anonymous No.4822034]

>>4822010
>Just imagine it right
why i feel like you missed the point anon?

[Anonymous No.4822105]

>>4822034
Advice was being aware of the planes of the head when placing features, problem is
>Stylization heavily warp these
>Even when aware of it it doesn't help me screwing eyes being 2 different shapes at 2 different heights with mismatch foreshortening
>I cannot imagine things and already struggle with form

[Anonymous No.4822144]

>>4822105
I just keep drawing until it clicked on me

[Anonymous No.4822155]

>>4806289
Sai is quickly becoming outdated. For lineart and cell shade works use CSP. It's more expensive but has a lot of great tools.

[Anonymous No.4822160]

>>4811825
If you're going for classic anime style soft rendering use thin lineart with cellshading instead of lineless painting. Blend the cellshading for the soft look

[Anonymous No.4822165]

>>4820700
Use reference and do some studies. Chill out on your focus on appeal. It's really obvious looking at your work that you don't study or look up the right references

[Anonymous No.4822173]

>>4822105
being "aware" of planes and shapes isn't enough.you need to place them on paper and to do that you need to be able imagine them in front of your eyes like real 3d object,you are basically watching a wire frame on maya,autocad but in your mind.if you cant do properly find an asaro head on internet and study it,copy it and try to recreate it from your imagination.
some people can learn just by drawing a lot i am not that kind of guy and this helped me

[Anonymous No.4822254]

>>4822173
>Imagine
I can attempt from memory but not from imagination

[Anonymous No.4822281]

[Anonymous No.4822312]

>>4822155
Sai2 will save it.

[Anonymous No.4822596]

>>4822030
Thanks!

[Anonymous No.4822758]

https://discord.gg/8QxmXS

[Anonymous No.4822782]

>>4822758
fag hugbox

[Anonymous No.4823109]

>>4802490
is it fine so far. taking what i learned and adding anime to it.

[Anonymous No.4823380]

>>4822312
It better.. I did a free trial on CSP and I just couldn't really work with it. I didn't try too much to actually get into it either to be honest.
But the more I draw the more I'm starting to realize that there are a few things that I just can't do with sai which is kind of frustrating.

>>4821920
I like the facial expression, you should work on the genitalia though it feels kind of lackluster.

[Anonymous No.4823393]

I want to start working on my backgrounds. How do the japanese do it actually? Most of the backgrounds in anime are so nicely done, seems like so much effort.

[Anonymous No.4823591]

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>>4823588
>>4823588