/Progress/

[Anonymous No.4823461]

Post progress charts

[Anonymous No.4823553]

>>4823461
You didn’t post yours

August isn’t over yet, but updated it anyways

[Anonymous No.4823626]

>>4823461
I mostly quit between 2014 and 2019 but now I'm trying to fully commit

[Anonymous No.4823631]

>>4823626
Lmao this has to be bait
>>4823553
Nice gainz

[Anonymous No.4823637]

>>4823553
You are the single best artist on /ic/. Your style is just amazing.

How long does one ultra detailed piece takes you to draw?

[Anonymous No.4823638]

>>4823631
pyw

[Anonymous No.4823641]

>>4823631
It isn't bait.
I had to completely quit because life went sour for a good while and drawing wasn't bringing me any joy so i stopped pursuing it, i regret that decision but what're you gonna do.

[Anonymous No.4823642]

>>4823626
You are the dnd guy?

[Anonymous No.4823649]

>>4823642
no i'm the /dng/ guy

[Anonymous No.4823663]

>>4823626
Great jump from 2012 to 2013

[Anonymous No.4823739]

>>4823553
What are your tips for a /beg/?

[Anonymous No.4823750]

It's just a wee bit different each time
>>4823553
>>4823626
Keep going bros...

[Anonymous No.4823754]

[Anonymous No.4823756]

>>4823750
make him any more anatomically correct and he'll just look like a midget, commit to the cartoon aesthetic or you'll reach uncanny valley territory

[Anonymous No.4823758]

>>4823754
Nice. Animepilled.

[Anonymous No.4823765]

>>4823754
You're absolutely moving in the right direction, disregard all realismfags who think otherwise

[Anonymous No.4823787]

i forgot to flip canvas

[Anonymous No.4823792]

>>4823787
You bought drawing tablet and downloaded Photoshop?

[Anonymous No.4823803]

>>4823631
why would it be bait?
it's hardly the slowest progress we've seen on this board.

[Anonymous No.4823804]

>>4823461
/ic/ - Artwork/Generals

[Anonymous No.4823809]

>>4823792
no, this is mouse

i looked at a tutorial how to shade face

basically i barely practice at all, but consoom a shitton of tutorials and theory because im a retard

[Anonymous No.4823814]

>>4823809
It's impresive if it's mouse.

[Anonymous No.4823817]

>>4823814
is mouse really bad? i never tried tablet and hated pencil
guess im just used to it

[Anonymous No.4823818]

>>4823637
There are better artist than tableguy that use /ic/.

[Anonymous No.4823825]

>>4823553
I looked through your twitter but couldn't find certain drawings.
Do you post anywhere else?
I'd really like to see thes in full size in particular picrelated.

[Anonymous No.4823838]

>>4823818
They don't post their work then. I haven't seen any artist better than him here.
His art is just jaw dropping for me.

[Anonymous No.4823844]

>>4823838
Look at op pic for alt. I can actually name you a couple, like thdark, bbchan( when he’s not drawing coomshit), nat the lich, etc. Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

[Anonymous No.4823853]

>>4823844
They are all a couple levels below him. Like, I know that sometimes his coposition is off but it still looks so good to look at, even if its hard to tell whats going on.

[Anonymous No.4823860]

>>4823853
>a couple of levels below him
Mhm

[Anonymous No.4823865]

>>4823853
T.Dunning kruger

[Anonymous No.4823866]

>>4823825
What's his Twitter? Dope art

[Anonymous No.4823870]

>>4823865
Dunning kruger in taste? I am not gonna lie I am still a beg

[Anonymous No.4823873]

>>4823853
ok retard.

[Anonymous No.4823924]

also drew coom art but i dont wanna post it cause people will shit the bed, but this is thru high school to now

[Anonymous No.4823975]

>>4823739
>tips for a /beg/?
Get mileage by drawing what you like. It’s not a race, just compare yourself to yourself.

>>4823631
>>4823750
Spanks

>>4823637
It’s nice to have a fan, just dont over do it

>>4823825
The bulma on the left is new >>4811588 I have an old tumblr, you can cross reference the years with the archive to find the drawings. I think pic rel is the only one that might not be there https://tableguyic.tumblr.com/archive

>>4823838
I think i post the most consistently and identifiably, but that’s not necessarily a metric of quality. I dont know how, but every time i post a drawing /ic/ knows its me - dangerous waters.

>>4823844
i miss these guys. I don’t think thdark posts here anymore, his twitter is always so sad too.

>>4823853
It’s probably just an affinity for the subject matter

[Anonymous No.4823988]

>>4823975
>https://tableguyic.tumblr.com/archive
Do you have an instagram? I hate twitter.

[Anonymous No.4824000]

>>4823988
Sorry, no insta only the old tumblr and current twitter https://twitter.com/tableguyart

I can’t stand instagram. It makes me want to neck myself.

[Anonymous No.4824007]

>>4823754
Hey I've seen you post your art before and I'm impressed, can you give me a quick summary of what you studied and how to get to this level? I want to learn how to draw faces and bodies like you do.

[Anonymous No.4824020]

>>4824007
draw a lot from observation(portraits, figures, anatomy) and try to incorporate what you learn into your drawings.

didn't study anything special. The usual, loomis and bridgman, My biggest regret was not learning perspective which im correcting with erik olson's NMA course at the moment.

perspective is everything.

[Anonymous No.4824268]

finally got off my lazy ass to make this progress pic.

[Anonymous No.4824442]

/beg/ really is hell

[Anonymous No.4824575]

I gotta start using reference more often

[Anonymous No.4825298]

I'm still redoing assets for a project I've been doing on and off since 2018 and still don't have a demo for, but at least my skills improved and I actually finish some drawings now.

[Anonymous No.4825457]

>>4823817
Using a mouse is going to make your life immeasurably harder because you don't have any dexterity. Even a really crappy tablet is way better because of how much more control you have over your lines. If you're serious about digital art then a tablet is absolutely required past a certain point.

[Anonymous No.4825494]

>>4825457
I just need one more money...

[Anonymous No.4825664]

best thread on /ic/

[Anonymous No.4825747]

start of month 1 and now at end of month 2 (3?) both are referenced so this only proves my ability to copy improved which isnt much but hey whatever

[Anonymous No.4825756]

>>4825494
If you gotta stick to a mouse look into vector art and the pen tool in photoshop

[Anonymous No.4825761]

God these threads are so depressing, people get shit on when their progress is a million times faster than me already. I don't wanna know how fast the progress of people that aren't browsing this /beg/ hell is.

[Anonymous No.4825818]

Art school really fucks u up.

[Anonymous No.4825848]

>>4825818
oh man, I remember you from when I used to browse here back in 2014ish. good shit man. it's so obvious that it's you doing those zelda illustrations in hindsight lol

[Anonymous No.4825861]

>>4825818
Can you post any earlier works? Thats incredible, now i can see why everyone goofed on me for saying that your art is worse than tableguy, lol.

[Anonymous No.4825863]

>>4825818
I don't see what's wrong. He can still do the things he was able to in 2013-15.

[Anonymous No.4825874]

>>4825861
This is from 2008

[Anonymous No.4825882]

>>4825874
Better than 90% of /ic/

[Anonymous No.4828111]

>>4825818
Bra jobba!

[Anonymous No.4828117]

I spent 30 minutes making one yesterday, but when it was done it turned out to be x2 too large to post

[Anonymous No.4828615]

>>4824442
Innit? I started 2 months ago.
It feels slowgoing, but I'd by lying if I said I didn't find the grind enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.4829772]

I guess my speed of progress is kind of embarrasing, but there's a lot even slower guys on /ic/ so no worries.
It's not a race.

[Anonymous No.4829778]

[Anonymous No.4829788]

>>4829778
Bro her horn placement and arm length lol

[Anonymous No.4829791]

>>4829788
thank ill fix

[Anonymous No.4829802]

>>4825818
what/how did you study to get to the skill level you're at now?

[Anonymous No.4829887]

>>4825818
while some of your fundamental on forms are lacking sometime, I think you what you have achieved that most artist struggle to get through is that you know what you want to do with your skill and concentrate just within that element. That's why you've formed an aesthetic that works for you.
I feel like your art school encouraged you the wrong way with how you have to grind life painting and generic composition for years. But it did kinda paid off with where you are now. Anyway Well done. /ic/ should look up to you.

[Anonymous No.4830059]

Ask me stuff

[Anonymous No.4830069]

>>4830059
bruh.. why aren't you getting better?.. Are you reading at all ?...

[Anonymous No.4830080]

>>4830069
Are you fucking retarded?

[Anonymous No.4831045]

>>4830059
do you have adhd?

[Anonymous No.4831054]

Is practicing on whiteboard a good way to get better?

[Anonymous No.4831056]

>>4831054
doesn't matter, just practice

[Anonymous No.4831062]

>>4830059
L-loomis?

[Anonymous No.4831074]

>>4825747
high potential

[Anonymous No.4831085]

>>4825818
This is quite inspiring. It's nice how you got out of your depression years and continued improving until where you are now. I always worry about devolving in my skills despite not being old.

[Anonymous No.4831158]

>>4831045
I wouldn't be an artist if i wasn't on some kind of spectrum, wouldn't i?
>>4831062
No.

[Anonymous No.4831164]

Would have updated the list, but all progress work has been in the comic I'm making. Want to get it all published at once.

[Anonymous No.4831226]

>>4831164
>Want to get it all published at once.
Are you sure about that? Play it safe and publish it slowly chapter by chapter.
Lister to reader feedback and make changes accordingly.
If you finish it and then publish it whole, you're going to get demoralized as fuck if it doesn't do well.

[Anonymous No.4831266]

>>4831226

Apologies, should have been more specific. I meant as in publish a complete chapter at once, as opposed to leaking out pages piecemeal. I agree with what you say, anon.

[Anonymous No.4831272]

[Anonymous No.4831287]

>>4831272
imagine if you'd spend that time doing something actually decent

[OP No.4831289]

>>4831272
Kek that horrible digital symmetry on 4 months

[Anonymous No.4831295]

>>4831272
fuck dude thats amazing

what did you study and how long each day

[Anonymous No.4831296]

>>4831272
that's good progress, ignore the crabs on here they N E V E R post work and as such their opinions aren't valid

[Anonymous No.4831298]

>>4825818
The quality of your art is so sporadic.
But I like your 3 of your Zelda pieces this year.

[Anonymous No.4831299]

>>4831272
>this is your brain on coom

[Anonymous No.4831306]

>>4825818
I wish my parents paid for me to go to art college too.

[Anonymous No.4831308]

>>4825874
bring back fat pikachu

[Anonymous No.4831310]

>>4831296
As much as you want to believe the board is split between talentless crabs and nice great artists I can assure you that there are many talented artists here berating noobs

[Anonymous No.4831311]

>>4831272
Good progress anon
Have you done different works?

[Anonymous No.4831313]

>>4823853
>That nigga is supposed to be better than Nat
Fucking kek my nigga

[Anonymous No.4831314]

>>4831272
That is unbelievably fast.

[Anonymous No.4831315]

>>4823461

[Anonymous No.4831316]

>>4831306
Pay for yourself you bum

[Anonymous No.4831319]

>>4831310
There are way more crabs with no little or no talent. It's actually pretty common for the most critical people to also be the least successful.

[Anonymous No.4831321]

>>4831164
You’re making it, brah. Keep going.

[Anonymous No.4831323]

>>4831315
hey hey people

[Anonymous No.4831327]

>>4831315
Were you in an accident at the end of 2018?

[Anonymous No.4831329]

>>4829772
Early on in the year the poses are really stiff. As the months progress, your grasp on lighting and form got better, especially with some of the clothing. August especially is a step in the right direction.

[Anonymous No.4831334]

>>4831323
I sincerely hopes he gets to review The Age of Decadence someday.
>>4831327
Nah, I just discovered digital painting in 2019.

[Anonymous No.4831335]

>>4831316
>paying 40k a year to be in a field known for being very difficult to find work in

no

[Anonymous No.4831336]

>>4831272
Asian JEANS AAAAAAIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.4831356]

From last thread.

[Anonymous No.4831363]

>>4831272
I saw this post on r/learnhentaidrawing, isn't this image like half a year long?

[Anonymous No.4831364]

>>4831356
the background looks good on the far right

[Anonymous No.4831366]

>>4823553
Omg this is so amazing and inspiring.
Was the jump to digital hard?, I mostly draw with a pencil, but I have a cheap wacom tablet and I'm thinking to move into digital once I'm /int/ level on paper cause I find digital too hard.

[Anonymous No.4831367]

>>4831356
wtf happened between 2 and 3

[Anonymous No.4831376]

>>4825818
i think you regressed after 2014. i hate this pixar looking style you went with after that. 2019 is a step back in the right direction but no where near where you were 5 years earlier. that is bizarre.

[Anonymous No.4831379]

It's weird. I went from being unable to draw human shapes and forms as a teenager, then took a break for like 6 years from drawing, and when I came back I had a much better grasp on anatomy, human shapes, forms, and everything. Like I just became a better artist without practicing at all.

[Anonymous No.4831404]

>>4831379
It's normal. Brain needs time to process information to make new neuro-pathways, especially with drawing or with any skill that requires delicate movement.
And the human brain isn't fully developed until the age of 25. After that age it fully solidifies at it gets somewhat harder to learn new skills.or create new neuro-pathways.
Most artist start doing their best artworks in the 40s.

[Anonymous No.4831440]

>>4831367
I studied from other artists how to render backgrounds and I'v been experimenting with the perspective.

[Anonymous No.4831472]

>>4823461
It's been another year so I guess I'll put up some. I'm still all over the place and struggle hard with backgrounds/environments and props. Need to branch out hard and also focus on design. I keep abandoning stuff and hitting walls/taking long breaks of months even. But I'm improving so I guess I'll just try to think on how to focus my energies better be more consistent. I've been figuring some things out so I guess not all has been for naught.

[Anonymous No.4831543]

>>4823461
going through my deviant art looking for which drawings to include made me realize that 2/3rds of all my uploads were dragonball drawings from before 2016 that i basically just traced and then added small details to, which is embarrassing so i didn't include those.

[Anonymous No.4831568]

>>4831376
Being at a school in Cali that teaches you to draw disney/pixar will do that to you.

[Anonymous No.4831587]

>>4824268
I like your style, anon

[Anonymous No.4831590]

>>4831158
you need it

[Anonymous No.4831602]

I keep deleting and crumpling up all of my drawings every couple months so I never have anything to show in these threads

[Anonymous No.4831606]

Mfw progressing too slow

[Anonymous No.4831608]

>>4824268
gmi

[Anonymous No.4831637]

>>4831606
dude this is 2 months of progress. what do you expect to happen? my post was like 10 years.

[Anonymous No.4831640]

>>4831590
Sorry, i don't know who this Ioomis is.

[Anonymous No.4831664]

>>4825818
Why did you move back to Norway? Do you regret that decision?

[Anonymous No.4831671]

>>4831664
America sucks

[Anonymous No.4831673]

>>4823461
https://www.artstation.com/hitoshura/albums/all
There were some gaps i cant recall exactly but assume 3 months of barely touching tablet or paper spread out since 2018 jan

[Anonymous No.4831693]

>>4831335
depend where you live and how far are you willing to travel for work because generally almost all graduate end up jobless when they're out of school. Even while in STEM, fighting for an intern position is hard. You have to know that getting a job is not an instant gratification, it's a years of progress for most field, and it would be faster if you're active.
For instant, if you want to be an IT clerk you still need experience and nowaday they require you addition personal study and adapting to new business etiquette. There is no short path.
As an Artist you have promote yourself, and do personal project. Again no short path. But being passionate and active on either side will make it faster and maybe more enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.4831706]

>>4831334
>Nah, I just discovered digital painting in 2019.

Learn to translate your skills or go back. Don’t let technological advancement revert your skills

[Anonymous No.4831714]

Took this with a casual pace, had long brakes and a few periods of grinding fundies

[Anonymous No.4831727]

>>4825818
Are you interested in doing any more realistic works? I really like your portraits, especially the lighting.

[Anonymous No.4831778]

>>4831673
The more I look at them the more I like them. A lot of creative ambitious ideas. To be perfectly honest I prefer your earlier stuff. I find it much easier to read. I have to actively concentrate on the newer stuff to understand what's going on because the color and lighting is pretty bizarre and the focal points aren't clear in my opinion. All your new stuff looks like monsters in hell. The background are so dark and clash with the characters. All of your stuff has an impressionist quality of blurriness that comes off as incompleteness rather than stylistic to me. Others may disagree. That's fine. Looking at your older stuff, that evangellion painting is such a relief for my brain. it's so clean and focused and bright. even the corgi, while it's simple, it's easy on the eyes, the perspective is good.

I can't honestly say that you have made progress in a positive direction over these 3 years. Perhaps in concepts but not in appeal.

why did things get so dark? everything ok anon?

[Anonymous No.4831784]

>>4825818
bruh did art school really make you worse?

[Anonymous No.4831790]

>>4825818
your style is too "disney" or "western cartoon". it looks gross, focus on changing it and maybe you can make it.

[Anonymous No.4831819]

I'm autistic how do you make these progress charts
I have no experience fucking around with images

[Anonymous No.4831837]

>>4831819
Not the good kind of autistic i see.

[Anonymous No.4831843]

>>4831819
date you drawings, resize images make big canvas and paste them in?

[Anonymous No.4831883]

>>4825818
how old are you?

[Anonymous No.4831936]

>>4831790
IM DOING MY BEST ;___;
>>4831883
27

[Anonymous No.4831945]

>>4831714
Even if you only drew for one hour a day, 3 days a week, that's a fucking pathetic amount of progress for 7 years.

[Anonymous No.4831988]

>>4831706
>Learn to translate your skills or go back. Don’t let technological advancement revert your skills
Thanks for the reality check, anon. I’ll do my best to translate my skills in future artwork.

[Anonymous No.4832153]

>>4831936
hey I searched you up on google and stuff, and you seem to be quite famous like an accredited artist that pops up when you hit your name. It just seems so odd someone like you would post on i/c lol..
I mean this place is full of crabs crabbing that they didn't make it anywhere in life with art. Anyways you seem like a nice genuine person after watching your twitch streams for a little while and I wish all the best for you.

[Anonymous No.4832162]

>>4831790
kys ngmi crab

[Anonymous No.4832184]

>>4831790
Remember anons, even if you literally make it as a published comic artist you will still have crabs

[Anonymous No.4832191]

>>4831790
>your style is too "style that managed to make people billions of dollars for about a century" please change it so i can cope
lmao.

[Anonymous No.4832298]

>>4823461

[Anonymous No.4832337]

Only been going since July
Wish I kept some older shit

[Anonymous No.4832340]

>>4832337
my scanners garbage and fucked up the values on the right

[Anonymous No.4832343]

>>4832337
My scanners garbage and fucked up the values on the right
not that they were any good to begin with

[Anonymous No.4832402]

>>4831790
>your style is too "disney" or "western cartoon".
/ic/ everyone

[Anonymous No.4832420]

>>4831311
No, he's just drawn the same piece tens of thousands of times. That's how he improved so fast.

[Anonymous No.4832421]

>>4830059
bruh what the fuck is wrong with shading and colors
has no one told you before how garbage it looks?

[Anonymous No.4832440]

>>4831790
based

[Anonymous No.4832444]

>>4831790
He's right you know
The 2020 stuff is good, but the 2014 stuff is better.

[Anonymous No.4832467]

>>4823553
What I like about this is you can also see the transition from the first three years of the majority of his work being grinding studies, and then you see the inflection point where it pays off and now most work is done from imagination.

Really inspiring.

[Anonymous No.4832476]

>>4832421
No.

[Anonymous No.4832491]

>>4831543
Do you guys see a significant difference since I found IC? before that i was never doing studies, or consciously trying to learn or improve. i was just having fun and probably making the same mistakes over and over, and never leaving my comfort zone, and not drawing anywhere as often, so i hope my efforts have made a difference but... i would really like for you to just be honest. ill adjust me strategy if not.

[Anonymous No.4832524]

>>4832491
Not really any huge difference. I'd say you just naturally improved through mileage, wich is normal. Keep it up all you'll get better.

[Anonymous No.4832570]

>>4831543
How much do you practice a day or week?

[Anonymous No.4832598]

>>4832570
i'd say basically every day, or maybe 6 days a week, ill draw for around 2 hours on average. if im really inspired... like the picture of the guy and girl on the green motorcycle, i stayed up all night working on that probably 10 hours straight. but thats not a regular thing.

i feel like im not making progress fast enough, being at this level is sort of embarrassing for my age. i draw like a teenager but i havent been a teenager for a very long time.

i work 2 jobs. i really cant spend more time on art than i already do if i want to continue having a roof over my head. i just have to use my time more efficiently, so maybe i should actually pay for a real course or teacher.

[Anonymous No.4832603]

>>4832598
i dont feel like counting how many pictures i uploaded in that chart, but on my deviant art, since 2013 ive uploaded about 1600 pictures. granted, plenty of them are variations on the same drawing, and some of them are my 3d models, still think im fairly prolific. filled 4 sketchbooks since last april.

[Anonymous No.4832605]

>>4832491
I don't see any difference.
It's just normal rate of improvement just as before.
/ic/ did not helped or ruined you.

[Anonymous No.4832611]

>>4832491
>Do you guys see a significant difference since I found IC?
Yea. I was completely directionless and had no idea what to study

[Anonymous No.4832615]

>>4831790
I bet you hang around asg and draw floating anime girl heads lol

[Anonymous No.4832619]

>>4831790
Based /asg/ chad

[Anonymous No.4832654]

>>4825874
SOUL

[Anonymous No.4833044]

>>4832153
That's real nice of you.
I'm actually learning a lot from /ic/, I miss this kind of environment where u just post art and people just say what they mean

[Anonymous No.4833064]

>>4832476
He's right though.

[Anonymous No.4833419]

>>4833064
ok.

[Anonymous No.4833437]

>>4833064
>>4832421
Anon needs to worry about his forms and actually draw in 3D, not study colour. What you call "shading" is lighting 3D forms, of course he's going to be bad at it when his figures are symbol-drawn flat shapes. Don't advise people to run before they can even walk.

[Anonymous No.4833650]

>>4833437
bruh that anons work sucks and i don't like it like bruh what the fuck is that shit bruh

[Anonymous No.4834159]

>>4831272
Did you have to become a coom artist that fast because your life depended on it or something?

[mug No.4834167]

>>4824575
>Anonymous
the gains!!!!
love your progression

[Anonymous No.4834217]

>>4832598
Do you like loomis?

[Anonymous No.4834263]

>>4833650
Bruhhhhh

[Anonymous No.4834280]

>>4831272
I really don't believe this is real. Call me a crab but do you have any proof that the left pic is yours? What's your blog?

[Anonymous No.4834299]

>>4831272

[Anonymous No.4834313]

>>4834280
It's not unresonable. He could study other atrists a lot

[Anonymous No.4834325]

>All these impressionable begs
holy shit. /ic/ is worse than I thought

[Anonymous No.4834329]

>>4823461
I feel like this thread got ruined with tongue in cheek baity "advice". Not to mention the sheer amount of projection crabs inject with their criteria.

[Anonymous No.4834368]

>>4831272
>>4831295
>>4831296
>>4831311
>>4831314
>>4831336
>>4834159
>>4834299
It's fake. He is lying. This is where he got the Zero Two on the left from.
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/78842557

[Anonymous No.4834371]

>>4834368
Lol. You're a fucking retard. see https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/79047869

[Anonymous No.4834767]

>>4834217
do i like loomis? i find it useful. not sure what you're asking.

[Anonymous No.4834775]

Instead of trying to cherrypick this is literally everything I've done (digitally) in the last five years.

I stopped drawing alltogether in 2015 and only really started again by drawfagging on /tg/ as a way to pass time while on covid lockdown. These are all /tg/ fills

Gonna try to actually study & practice every day for six months & see what happens

[Anonymous No.4834828]

this board sucks so much dick

[Anonymous No.4834844]

>>4834828
pwy, n.

[Anonymous No.4834875]

>>4834828
drinking better artist's cum is the best way to make it.

[Anonymous No.4834880]

fuckin hate art school, hate twitter, art is a scam and each day that I draw is another day that is wasted.

[Anonymous No.4834890]

Part 1/2, I'm not gonna say I'm proud of any of this today

[Anonymous No.4834894]

>>4834890
Part 2/2

lol what is style consistency

I am still not satisfied with my work, there's so many things I still have to study and improve in... The grind never ends and that's a good thing

[Anonymous No.4834898]

>>4834890
>>4834894
Nice gains, anon

[Anonymous No.4834928]

>>4834898
Thanks a lot senpai! The /ic/ sticky and crits kickstarted my growth a long long time ago

[Anonymous No.4834931]

>>4834894
Holy fuck you're the one that drew that levi fan art. You stuff is so fucking good dude. Earned a follow from me

[Anonymous No.4834944]

>>4834931
Haha much appreciated dude! It means a lot

[Anonymous No.4834952]

>>4834928
>>4834894
Damn dude, I'm jealous. Great improvement and you didn't start half bad either. I wish I had an /ic/ sticky growing up instead of THOSE how to draw Manga books.

[Anonymous No.4834963]

>>4834894
Damn, how did you make the jump from 2015 to 2017? That Trunks piece in particular looks great

[Anonymous No.4834983]

>>4834844
no. fuck you and the other shitters on here who still can't draw a face after 5 years.

[Anonymous No.4834991]

>>4834952
Thank you! The only thing the sticky did was point me in the right direction (insert Loomis meme here)
>>4834963
I legit don't remember the specifics, but I think it had to do with 1) the fact that I was still practicing my fundamentals on my sketchbook, and 2) one philosophy I had back then, not by choice but by necessity: I went hardcore on quality over quantity because I didn't have as much time to draw as I used to, so I used every new painting as an opportunity to learn. I didn't post much of what I actually made back then and I should try to find it in my old computer, but basically I remember one particular commission that was waaaay too complex for my level at the moment, and I spent fucking months on that one painting, on and off, I literally spent most of the year here painting a single commission. I can't believe the client was that incredibly patient.
The commission was two Warhammer characters painted realistically and I faced obstacles at every point of the artwork, which pushed me to learn new stuff on the go. Everything from perspective, composition, color, texture, how to realistically paint faces, and so on. Not a pleasant experience, but definitely helpful, I advice everyone to take on big challenges that push them to their limits instead of staying in their comfort zones.

TL;DR bit more than I could chew and had to force myself to learn new shit at every step of the way if I wanted to deliver what some aussie paid me for. Also, asking for critiques and really remembering what I learned from them each time was very important at that time, in fact I asked for crit on /ic/ for that comm.

[Anonymous No.4835012]

>>4823626

[Anonymous No.4835021]

>>4834991
>I legit don't remember the specifics, but I think it had to do with 1) the fact that I was still practicing my fundamentals on my sketchbook, and 2) one philosophy I had back then, not by choice but by necessity: I went hardcore on quality over quantity because I didn't have as much time to draw as I used to, so I used every new painting as an opportunity to learn. I didn't post much of what I actually made back then and I should try to find it in my old computer, but basically I remember one particular commission that was waaaay too complex for my level at the moment, and I spent fucking months on that one painting, on and off, I literally spent most of the year here painting a single commission. I can't believe the client was that incredibly patient.
Thanks for the detailed response, your hard work really paid off! I think I'll try doing more of that myself

[Anonymous No.4835030]

>>4823754

[Anonymous No.4835041]

>>4834983

[Anonymous No.4835074]

>>4823553
Oh, I browsed your twitter for like 2 hours yesterday, you're doing a good job. I liked the animal crossing portraits.

[Anonymous No.4835088]

I played way too much video games
wasted college time
hate myself

[Anonymous No.4835094]

>>4835088
Are these numbers ages or dates?

[Anonymous No.4835096]

>>4835094
ah years. 2009 ~ 2020

[Anonymous No.4835210]

>>4835088
I remember seeing your post of that last piece here. I never said, but I fell in love with it. It made me wonder about the artist and their other work. I'm very glad to see its foundation. Beautiful work.

[Anonymous No.4835234]

>>4831272
imagine drawing the same image thousands of times in 8 months

[Anonymous No.4835394]

>>4835088
i can't explain to you how it makes me feel to see someone this good... someone who 10 years ago was already better than me now complaining about their level the same way i complain about mine.

your stuff looks great. you could be a pro if you aren't already. idk if ill ever get to this level. like i said im not even at the level you were 10 years ago.

its kind of a relief that we have the same thought because if even you doubt yourself, then maybe i should stop worrying about my doubts.

on the other hand, its kind of tragic because... im probably never going to be satisfied. even if i did get to your level, ill probably still have those doubts.

[Anonymous No.4835456]

crawling my way out of /beg/ hell

[Anonymous No.4835464]

>>4835234
Sheer fucking will and discipline

[Anonymous No.4835537]

>>4835234
im gonna do that. not with coomer anime shit but im gonna draw the same picture starting today until i get it right.

[Anonymous No.4835575]

>>4831376
He studied! What a surprise

[Anonymous No.4835596]

>>4831164
Good luck blog?

[Anonymous No.4835652]

>>4835575
10 different people all made the same comment. western cartoons are fucking ugly. that was a mistake to go in that direction. idk if its just 4chan culture or artists in general but it sure does fucking seem like eastern style is WAY more appealing.

[Anonymous No.4835662]

>>4834894
>that Giorno and GER
I saw that floating around on Pinterest just yesterday, small world

[Anonymous No.4835667]

>>4835652
10 people in a weeb cesspool like 4chan is not enough to make a determination as to the artistic merits of either style

[Anonymous No.4835706]

>>4835652
>idk if its just 4chan culture or artists in general but it sure does fucking seem like eastern style is WAY more appealing
Yeah, but this board is also filled with trannies who project their delusions unto anime drawings.
The arts had always attracted people who deviate somewhat from the norm but you can't even fathom how many homosex and fake genders have flooded the industry.

[Anonymous No.4835716]

>>4829778
soul vs soulless

[Anonymous No.4835722]

>>4830059
why aren't you improving?

[Anonymous No.4835725]

>>4834894
This is pure juice why do you get so little retweet fuck this game

[Anonymous No.4835731]

drawing a face a day and this is my 72nd, made some progress but still have a long long way

[Anonymous No.4835736]

>>4835722
I am improving.

[Anonymous No.4836045]

>>4834928
Yeah, i thought had seen your work somewhere else, frontpaged on ng to be specifc, now just looked it up and followed you there.
Makes me want to invest more time on my work as well.

[Anonymous No.4836453]

I got better then worse.

[Anonymous No.4836572]

>>4836453
The last is definitely the best in terms of form - it's not as rendered but no amount of rendering or lighting will make up for bad construction

You've definitely progressed from comically bad to just regular bad, keep it up

I recommend doing loomis heads on pen & paper until you get a better grasp of construction before you worry about painting anything - the goal is not just to be able to draw a plausible head but to reproduce it consistently, from multiple angles

[Anonymous No.4837081]

>>4835596

https://twitter.com/ifpartwork
https://www.instagram.com/ifpartwork/

Here you go, anon.

[Anonymous No.4839291]

>>4832298
the 2nd picture in the 2020 section is Yone. Change my mind

[Anonymous No.4839482]

>>4836453

[Anonymous No.4839486]

>>4839482
It'd be easier to provide constructive criticism if you post your reference (and probably move this to /beg/)

[Anonymous No.4839508]

>>4839486
if you look at the sketch i was replying to, this picture was my crit for
that anon. was faster to just edit than to explain.

[Anonymous No.4839561]

Peaked in Feb lol

I haven't been able to finish anything since May I think. Nothing works out, but I do feel like I'm learning. I kinda like the face in this latest piece but it's just not the effect I wanted. Colors are bad rendering is boring and lame. I feel like I'm on this neverending search for something better. Already have some ideas about what I'm going to do for my next piece (basically thinking about doing a bunch of studies + a semi master copy of a favorite artist for the rendering part), so that's good.

[Anonymous No.4839634]

>>4839561
you did a lot of work between 2018 and 2019. 2019 is already pretty good. you made progress fast anon.

[Anonymous No.4839635]

I'm phoneposting so had to join these images via an online service so idk if it's come out properly, but left is the first thing I drew when I bought my first tablet in 2017, and right is a wip from today.

Anatomy is still fucked ofc, but at least now it's more of a deliberate choice.

[Anonymous No.4839673]

>>4830080
>>4835736
you keep telling yourself you've improved but you haven't.
I think you're a bit delusional. Maybe you need to take a hard long look at yourself and figure out why you're not improving.
I mean this in the kindest way possible.
Try drawing what you're uncomfortable with. Use references. And most importantly, loomis.
Also, if you're going to get butthurt when people share their opinions on your artwork, stop posting.

[Anonymous No.4839687]

>>4839673
to be fair there's definitely an improvement after 2018 in color & composition but dude seriously needs to practice fundamentals or risk falling into black hole of 'muh stayuhl' forever

[Anonymous No.4839694]

>>4839635
Most of the anatomy is forgivable but those noodle arms have got to go

[Anonymous No.4839701]

>>4839694
But muh *~flow~*.
idk, it was something new I was trying out. I'll return once it's rendered but if it still looks shite I'll axe it.

[Anonymous No.4839901]

I lost a buncha digital art around the middle and stopped drawing as frequently but here

[Anonymous No.4839946]

>>4839901
Certainly an improvement of you contrast from when you started to last year but it's a little too gradual for comfort. Try some figure drawing and anatomy studies or even just form in general. Or it might just be your to in your style comfort zone. Branch out a little bit to different styles. I love cursors stuff though so do keep going.

[Anonymous No.4839962]

>>4839946
Really only started doing studies around mid 2019 and even then, they're few and far between..
You're right about me needing to do more of those definitely. I've been doing basically everything with little actual knowledge, but I'm gonna start studying muscles this year. Been trying to do more cartoony ish proportions recently, so I'll keep on trying to develop that along with regular anime. Cursors?
Thanks for the input. I really have gotten a bit stagnant with how I barely do standalone art nowadays. I hope you have the best growth on your art too, even if you're already far along. Best wishes to you, anon.

[Anonymous No.4840009]

>>4839962
Sorry I'm phone posting and it corrects to random words
I meant cutsie stuff.

[Anonymous No.4840017]

>>4840009
You're a cutsie qt hehe
That's understandable though

[Anonymous No.4840038]

>>4839673
>anons are knowingly being retarded
>they get called retarded
>you're just delusional and butthurt because "opinions"
I don't mind being called a begshitter but delusional? Come on now, anon.
The more i draw the more i am improving.
But most importantly, i'm enjoying it.
It would be delusional if i started making excuses.
Or do you really want me to start blogposting about my life and mental state in detail every time i draw a line, post something or reply to someone?
Because then i'm not being the problem here.
>Try drawing what you're uncomfortable with. Use references. And most importantly, loomis.
Ok.
>>4839687
That's fair.

[Anonymous No.4840047]

>>4835667
>10 people in a weeb cesspool like 4chan is not enough to make a determination as to the artistic merits of either style
This is a beautifully written sentence.

[Anonymous No.4840112]

>>4840047
>determination as to the artistic merits of either style
>This is a beautifully written sentence.
Is this the /lit/ power of /ic/?

[Anonymous No.4840439]

I wanted to skip drawing for today but then I saw people improving hard so I decided to draw.

Then I saw people drawing for years and not improving at all so I decided to draw even more. Don't want to end up like them.

[Anonymous No.4840542]

>>4835706
>idk if its just 4chan culture or artists in general but it sure does fucking seem like eastern style is WAY more appealing
>Yeah, but trans people

[Anonymous No.4840547]

>>4831790
Based

[Anonymous No.4840557]

>>4823870
Yes actually, you're still a beginner.

[Anonymous No.4840559]

>>4823553
you still gotta work on composition but gj

[Anonymous No.4840678]

>>4840542
>trans
>people
pick one

[Anonymous No.4840708]

>>4834894
Let me suck your dick, Enzo.

[Anonymous No.4841010]

>>4823866
Twitter here https://twitter.com/tableguyart

>>4831366
I had an old Intuit’s, and digital was really annoying with a screenless tablet. I already spent 10hrs a day in front of a computer, so more computer time for drawing felt horrible. The iPad was much more conducive to my drawing habits. I like to draw on the couch and watch movies, and digital is good for learning color and values. I like to try new tools once I feel like I’m super comfortable with something (less variables)

>>4832467
Thanks! I started drawing more from imagination because /ic/ was yelling at me about only doing studies and nothing original

>>4835074
Always happy to entertain

>>4840559
Thanks man, these threads are always inspiring to see that there is still a long journey ahead

[Anonymous No.4841190]

>>4823838
Different Anon, but I've tableguy's work unique specifically for the fact that they work traditionally. It's one thing creating a masterpieces digitally where you have every trick and cheat and hack and walk-back at fingertips, but he does it all on paper. That's impressive.

[Anonymous No.4841196]

>>4835456

Keep going anon, GMI.

[Anonymous No.4841244]

>>4825818
>Disney
>Disney noses
WTF is wrong with noses these days ?
Why they look like this, it's fucking ugly and now, even more serious western artworks, started to have those ugly disney noses. Why people can't draw noses anymore ?
Fuck disney for those abomination of noses.
Great works btw.

[Anonymous No.4841268]

I know I'm still garbage, but I think I'm becoming slightly less garbage.

>>4824575
That drawing at the very bottom with the sitting man is interesting. Hopefully you add some colors to it.

>>4825874
>>4825818
I see you're going back to your roots. I've come across some of your Link illustrations before, they're all so captivating. The framing, colors, and backgrounds are fantastic.

>>4831164
super nice progress. I really like how you're drawing your characters.

[Anonymous No.4841271]

>>4839561
you only think you peaked because you are using 3 different styles that dont combine well. Unrendered boots and magazine dress on the girl to the very right makes it look bad. You clearly have amazing rendering skills but you are limiting yourself by not sticking to one style

[Anonymous No.4841338]

>>4841271
Well it's a lot of things, not just the rendering. Art hard. I don't feel too bad about it because I am still learning something new every day.
Thank you though. I guess I'm okay at rendering, but not very good at painting. Painting's always been hard for me compared to drawing. I like artists who can express a lot with a little, and I like imperfect shapes. Overly polished work loses the forcefulness. Jon Taira, the way he painted the legs in the top right example is so simple it's almost just abstract shapes. My attempt at his style at the bottom right feels overwrought. I think I just need to seriously practice painting, never really paid it its due.

[Anonymous No.4841361]

>>4841244
Made me laugh

[Anonymous No.4841413]

>>4839561
just a question, which books would you recommend and how would you go about studying them?

[Anonymous No.4841456]

>>4841338
>Jon Taira
who painted top left? shit is awesome

[Anonymous No.4841493]

>>4839701
I don't have the pic saved, but in a past thread a kind anon posted a drawing explaining contrast of edges. For arms, you want one side being straight and the other side being curved. 2 curves or 2 straight lines is less appealing. You're already somewhat applying that to the later half of your arms, just do that with the top half as well. The elbows are an important part of the silhouette and expression, don't ignore them

[Anonymous No.4841540]

>>4841456
Cellar FCP
>>4841413
Books I've used the most:
Goldfinger - Human Anatomy for Artists - my stalwart; super dry but it just gets the job done for anatomy
Zarins - Anatomy for Sculptors - no better book I know of for explaining difficult anatomical problems through simple pictures (for example, the deltoid action in various arm positions)
Delavier - Strength Training Anatomy - good drawings of the muscles in action in various poses and angles

Useful books:
Gurney - Color & Light - color theory
Gurney - Imaginative Realism - composition and image planning, a look into how 20th century illustrators like Norman Rockwell composed images

You can learn from anywhere though. Nobody ever talks about Da Vinci's drawings, they're still really good to learn from in 2020. I think these books have covered 50% of my learning, the rest has come from here and there, from numerous studies using reference photos from the internet.
It's hard to pin down a single method of study because a single approach because I use numerous. Best thing to do is experiment and figure out what works for you.

There's two definite things I can say though.
First, have an idea why you're studying. A drawing you want to apply your studies to in the near future.
Second, I think it's important not to copy the drawings in books too literally or on autopilot. I do lots of cross referencing and try to come up with my own ways of constructing, based on the book drawings and diagrams. I want to see how a) artists do the shape b) how the shape looks in life c) what the three dimensional form of the shape is and, ultimately, d) I want to see through the shape.
It's very taxing work, and you have to build up to being able to do it in the first place, which can take months of years. Often I only get a single study done per day done but I swear after doing it it's like having x-ray vision for that part of the body.

[Anonymous No.4841739]

>>4825818
Straight into my inspo folder, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.4841982]

>>4825818
most unusual progression i've ever seen.

how the fuck do you go from professional tier to complete /beg/ like that? this year is better, but no where near where you were before. i guess depression really is a bitch...

is it really art school or did the industry bog you down? like what happened?

[Anonymous No.4842003]

>>4839901
I leik it, it's very cute. Do you have a blog?

[Anonymous No.4842035]

>>4842003
I'm happy you think it's cute. I don't post often but it's @abeeille_bee on instagram and twitter

[Anonymous No.4842040]

>>4842035
I am so low intelligence I can't even do spoiler text properly

[Anonymous No.4842061]

>>4842040
your so low intelligence you didnt even know that redboards cant even use spoilers

[Anonymous No.4842062]

>>4842061
>>4842040
jokes but yeah, just fyi, red boards cant use them

[Anonymous No.4842070]

>>4842062
>>4842061
I appreciate you guys letting me know. I'll keep that in mind from now on.

[Anonymous No.4842087]

been enjoying pixel art

[Anonymous No.4842091]

these
>>4842062
>>4842062
are both me lol

[Anonymous No.4842093]

>>4842087
Subtle but the gains are there anon. Keep at it. I'm rooting for you!

[Anonymous No.4842096]

>>4842091
>>4842070

[Anonymous No.4842099]

>>4842091
>>4842096
...I did say I was low intelligence for a reason. In any case, thanks regardless

[Anonymous No.4842191]

I've been drawing since March last year.

[Anonymous No.4842362]

mspaint chads where u at

[Anonymous No.4842394]

>>4842362
why is this so fucking funny holy crap

[Anonymous No.4842399]

>>4842394
i know

[Anonymous No.4842432]

>>4831543
You're really good with perspective, but still have ways to go with drawing people and coloring.

[Anonymous No.4842716]

>>4841493
So there is this artist I found not too long ago called Ebimono whose style of disproportionatism I was really taken with. I think I've been channelling it unconsciously into some of my drawings. They obviously include elbows in their drawings though. This is good advice and I'll take it on board and get that elbow back in. Thanks for sharing Anon.

[Anonymous No.4842950]

>>4842191
You havw a very neat old school western fantasy comic style that reminds me of Dragon's Lair and I love it. Keep drawing those sexy bimbos in chains.

[Anonymous No.4842958]

>>4842716
Oof, not really digging that style. I look at it and I can see it's intentional, but it just looks way too off to me. There's subtle exaggeration, and then there's "the fuck is this alien pretending to be human?"

[Anonymous No.4843354]

>>4842716
>>4842958

It's grotesque

[Anonymous No.4843581]

>>4842432

i whole heartedly agree and thank you

[Anonymous No.4843591]

>>4843354
>>4842958
no taste begshitters

[Anonymous No.4843597]

>>4843591
T. Dunning kruger

[Anonymous No.4843635]

>>4842716
Very stylish n soulful insp.

[Anonymous No.4843647]

My friend gave me his old graphics tablet last winter, and since then I've been doodling 1-2 things every month.
I've never sat down to do any studies, grinding or real learning at all, only randomly deciding to draw something in pic related when I have inspo.
Lurking /ic/ for a bit has made me want to improve though, so today I took the plunge and started grinding some fundies.

I hope I can make it!

[Anonymous No.4843653]

>>4843647
Junbi OK!

Keep at it anon. Maybe do some croquis cafe sessions to help you out a bit. I'm rooting for you!

[Anonymous No.4843823]

>>4843647
god i want a tomboy gf so bad

[Anonymous No.4843839]

>>4823924
You're regressing

[Anonymous No.4843857]

>>4843839
Be sure to read the dates, bud. They're doing fine

[Anonymous No.4844317]

>>4829772
>there's a lot even slower guys on /ic/
>post progress from 2/2020 to 5/20202
No, immortal anon from the future, you've got that contest in the bag.

[Anonymous No.4844405]

>>4842716
kek the neck

[Anonymous No.4844424]

>>4842716
>that neck

[Anonymous No.4844473]

>>4823553
>>https://tableguyic.tumblr.com/archive
you were already good after just one year. wtf.

i think i am doing this wrong. i draw every single day. sometimes just for the sake of drawing something. i have not missed a day in months.

but it must just be that i am not learning enough from my drawings. im trying not to just draw for fun. im try to push myself, and do studies and learn things, but i must be doing something wrong. ive been at this shit for years.

[Anonymous No.4844732]

>>4844473
When I draw I always have a weird goal in mind something I REALLY want, and I usually beat it to death trying to get there, then I do a few more to make sure that I have burned out

I can give you a few examples
>drawing ryukos: I just really liked KLK when it came out and wanted to draw the cool action scenes. So I would take screen shots of the anime and draw hundreds of frames, and I would keep trying the same frame till my dunning Krueger said it looked good
>turtle fish paint faces: i was having trouble drawing faces, and i’d never read a doujin, but I scraped through all the cum and penises to copy all the faces I could find because I thought they were funny. I kept going until they became uncanny
>animal crossing: I liked making the outfits In game, but always struggle to dress my drawings. I told myself I would draw 30 ac outfits. Around outfit 20 I was done, but I forced myself to finish all 30
>lots of bulmas: I wanted to practice backgrounds / scenes and I probably could have just done 3 and stopped but I did 8 because it would tile better than 7 on Twitter

Just like this post, I could have stopped at 1 example, but I overdid it and dragged you through 4.

I guess I try to keep drawings goal oriented and hope that along the way I end up learning something. So the progression of drawings is fun and rewarding, and not an individual drawing or study, and you remember from the struggling through a dramatic set not just that one lucky face that you nailed.

It’s like “oh I redrew this mecha sailor moon 4 times until I thought it looked cool” Now I remember that one time I was into drawing sailor moon as opposed to an unmemorable one off drawing and maybe remembering that phase / project will help me remember that sailor moon is well designed since her limbs and clothes are contrasting colors so they are always readable when they overlap.

Long ramble: just draw

[Anonymous No.4844741]

[Anonymous No.4844765]

>>4823649
holy fuck nice Trishula

[Anonymous No.4844772]

>>4844732
>hope that along the way I end up learning something. So the progression of drawings is fun and rewarding, and not an individual drawing or study, and you remember from the struggling through a dramatic set not just that one lucky face that you nailed.
this.

[Anonymous No.4844817]

>>4844732
I follow you on Twitter and I admire your work a lot, man. I resonate with this advice a lot but damn, I'm a little salty now. I'm really into Power Rangers and I've been trying to draw the white ranger from Dino Thunder but I'm not very good at anatomy so I'm trying to "study" in the midst of it but all it's doing is frustrating me and so I try for maybe 20 minutes and then put it down for pretty much the entire day. it's a terribly cycle and I want to stop but I get so defeated so easily. But every day I get back from my """essential""" job I want to an hero so I guess things could be worse than getting upset at my lack of skill at something arbitrary like this.

[Anonymous No.4844864]

>>4841982
where the fuck is he better than 2020?

[Anonymous No.4844879]

[Anonymous No.4844965]

>>4834894
blog senpai

[Anonymous No.4845039]

NO GAINS. NOT EVER

[Anonymous No.4845115]

>>4845039
NO GAINS
I DON'T KNOW WHY
IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED

[Anonymous No.4845188]

>>4845115
>>4845039
you stagnate because you try nothing new

[Anonymous No.4845239]

>>4845188
Like what for example?

[Anonymous No.4845369]

>>4845239
that anon probably meant to go out of your comfort zone.

[Anonymous No.4845405]

>>4823553
Juicy gains, friend. I've been following you for a few years and I have to say that I admire your singular focus on doing what you are into. Markers are hardcore, but I want to see you with some watercolors, just because I know you could blow some boomers tits clean off and clean up a few hundred bucks at a time in fine art.

>>4825818
Been following you for like 7 years. I love your academic work like everyone else, but I can see what people are saying about your 'industry safe' work. Naturally you should still take pride in what you are making BECAUSE you are still making. Everyone has an opinion on what has soul, until it's time to get a job. I don't care much for your subjects or your comic, but I admire your drive. You are good, and no 14yo armchair expert on some Mongolian basket weaving forum is going to say anything to the contrary and be correct, so stop acting like you're not killing it.

------------------------------

In mine there's probably five or so full sketchbooks / three or so full size drawing pads / fortyish paintings of varying quality between all this. I can say with certainty that the most effective thing I've done is life drawing with a focus on values. I only started landscape painting three years ago, but I've seen some gains and better money in that. Plein-air painting is GOAT. Everyone should do it at least once.

[Anonymous No.4845492]

Some decent improvements.
Pretty degenerate shit, i draw non porn shit but none saved on my pc.

[Anonymous No.4846692]

Gonna try not to delete all of my works this time. I'll be starting from 2020 whenever I feel like making one of these next year. That is...if I draw more than 3 things before the end of this year.

[Anonymous No.4846991]

>>4845405
I've been toying with the idea of plein air for a long time, it just sounds so attractive to me. Can you tell me what do you love about it? I don't have a car so I am kind of limited in that department but have went outside multiple times to draw from nature but my skill with values / color is not strong enough to create a proper painting. How much would a basic setup for plein air cost even??

[Anonymous No.4847241]

>>4825818
i remember you from old facepunch forums

[Anonymous No.4847292]

>>4846991
Made you this image.
This cost me around 10 bucks to make from strapping. You'd at least need a drill and a hand saw.

Plein-air is pretty much just painting without training wheels. I enjoy it because it forces you to be far more aware of the transitory qualities of color and light. You have to race time and light to get the image you need. As for color, it helps to just have more pigments, but I would consider it secondary to light. You're going to do a shit job the first few times, that's just how it works. The important thing is forcing yourself to come up with a time effective way to block your light into the image while keeping the subject readable. You can start as small as you would like to keep your project manageable.

I use canvas panels because they're rigid and they come in standard sizes.

My pallette is Titanium white, mars black, paynes grey, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, cad red, cad yellow, Burnt umber, burnt sienna, hookers green, primarily. I have a shit ton of colors because I use acrylic. Mixing colors is a learned skill, so it's not something you should expect to be comfortable with right away.

[Anonymous No.4847393]

>>4845039
do you draw from ref anon?
in some places it looks like you have a good grasp of anatomy and in others many parts look flat

>>4845405
How'd you learn to get good painting texture?
its really nicely done

[Anonymous No.4847405]

>>4847393
hArD RouND BrUSh

[Anonymous No.4847434]

>>4847405
but thats trad

[Anonymous No.4847501]

>>4847393
in this pic nov 2019, feb 2020, middle pic of sep 2019 and feb 2019 are studies from photo, every other thing is from imagination for the most part

[Anonymous No.4847784]

>>4842093
Thank you<3

[Anonymous No.4847969]

>>4847393
I use heavy body acrylic paint. I keep stiff brushes for texture as well. It takes some time to get used to wet on dry painting when you're blending though. especially in sky areas.

[Anonymous No.4848115]

>>4823461
zero shittiness intended but whenever i see progress threads i usually don't really see that much progress? like maybe a 10-20% improvement, but that's it. and most of that improvement starts in the first year to three years and tapers off hard.

are you pretty much just locked into how good you are? it's really discouraging :\

[Anonymous No.4848143]

>>4848115

Its true. Art is a lot like Fitness. Most of your gains are years 1-4 and then you fall into Intermediate purgatory as you continue to polish your skills. Without a professional coach at critical moments, its likely that you'll spin your wheels for a while.
Thats why I hopped on coursework after coming back from a huge hiatus- I knew I couldnt ferry the ford on my own without regimented training in areas that I lacked.
I mean, you CAN get better. But the road toward Mastery is lifelong for most people, and its harder to see growth without looking at the long-term.
Also, keep in mind that many people posting here are unironically beginners with only 1-5 years under their belt.