sqt - qttdtot - stupid questions thread

[Anonymous No.4972659]

[Anonymous No.4972659,1]

How to do color studies(from masters, movies, real-life etc? How to see color better? I always see and choose the wrong color different from the scene I want to study.

[Anonymous No.4972682]

tips on how to make anal drawings hotter

[Anonymous No.4972699]

>>4972682
burn them

[Anonymous No.4972709]

>>4972659
Why is there no sound on my CGMA - Art of Color and Light downloads from the MEGA? I downloaded other videos and they were fine? Also the time on them is different too.

[Anonymous No.4972710]

>>4972699
this, anal sex is foe degenerates only

[Anonymous No.4972715]

>>4972659
Ive been reading drawing heads and hands by loomis and ive reached perspective in drawing the head, but i dont feel like ive learned anything from all my art to that point. Like nothing sticks and i have to look at the guide to draw heads again. Question is when im copying the work from the book, i should create my own original pieces that are germane to the topic of the chapter?

[Anonymous No.4972727]

>>4972715
There's no right way to study those books. The only thing I can tell you is: The more effort you put into them, the more you'll get out of them. If you create your own original pieces incorporating the concepts from the book, you'll definitely improve a lot more than if you didn't. Draw a lot from photo references, draw a lot from the book, draw a lot from imagination, and draw a lot from other books. The only thing that matters is your concentration and effort.

[Anonymous No.4972811]

>>4972727
Thanks for the advice muscle anon

[Anonymous No.4972864]

>>4972659
how do i design better shadow and halftone shapes? i try and group values together in some type of irregular shape but it still looks terrible.

[Anonymous No.4972868]

how do I come up with a username for my art accounts

[Anonymous No.4972873]

>>4972868
Think about what you like then add kawaii extra numbers letters and sparkles

[Anonymous No.4972890]

>>4972873
But I hate that extra bullshit, I guess that's the problem

[Anonymous No.4972910]

Recently I came to the conclusion that any time I find myself faltering on art, it is not the art itself which is causing me strife. My willpower only buckles around the crippling weight of human existence as I realize the crushing and oppressive reality which I find myself trapped in. Any form of compassion or happiness and goodwill I feel towards others is more often than not stamped out by disgust and revulsion for the animals that infest this world. I do not believe I will face issues in being a great artist. I do however believe that humanity will continually disappoint me and be a thorn in my side. There seems to be little recourse I can take as well, at least for now while my power is limited. What I’m trying to say is, how can I reconcile with the mediocrity and all around awfulness of the world I live in?

[Anonymous No.4972916]

>>4972910
Okay but no one cares

[Anonymous No.4972918]

>>4972910
Oh wow that was so edgy I nearly cut myself.

[Anonymous No.4972920]

>>4972916
You could argue the same for (You), cringe retard. In fact, I’d argue people should care, especially ones like you if only for the fact that not all humans are equal in value, and therefore I should certainly have someone assist me with this since my value is greater than some retarded cocksucker trolling randoms for (You)s. Have fun wageslaving away with your shitty furry commissions, or better yet, paint your gay little landscapes for chump change. Fucking retard being contrarian for the sake of it.

[Anonymous No.4972921]

>>4972918
You didn’t answer the question though. I just want an answer to my question, it’s one I’ve had for the longest time and if I could find the answer I could find peace and be Zen.

[Anonymous No.4972969]

>>4972920
So this is what a high value human looks like.

[Anonymous No.4973058]

whats the necessary pace for someone to get good and should i double it to get decent faster

[Anonymous No.4973061]

>>4972868
you're a girl

[Anonymous No.4973067]

Can I make it if I believe in myself?

[Anonymous No.4973069]

>>4973061
Yes, and?

[Anonymous No.4973070]

>>4973069
no i mean be a girl
advertise yourself as a girl

[Anonymous No.4973072]

>>4973070
how

[Anonymous No.4973074]

>>4973067
only if you work smart enough

[Anonymous No.4973077]

How do I stop being shit

[Anonymous No.4973118]

>>4972715
Draw the images In the book, redraw them from Your own reference, traceover photos, Draw them from imagination.

[Anonymous No.4973127]

>>4973072
anime profile
cute name

[Anonymous No.4973491]

>>4973077
Vilppu

[Anonymous No.4973496]

Any recommendations for digital painting courses?

[Anonymous No.4973497]

Just wanna draw cute girls, but feel a bit overwhelmed, where should I start?

[GMI No.4973533]

>>4972709
Mb try to download them again

[GMI No.4973536]

>>4972921
Based underage AO player

[GMI No.4973539]

>>4973077
Learn fundamentals.

[Anonymous No.4973551]

>>4973533
>>4973536
>>4973539
>Name
ngmi

[Anonymous No.4973583]

>>4972868
adjectivenoun

It is short, easy to search on all platforms, can be hastagged, is easy to sign on art, etc.

[Anonymous No.4973587]

>>4973496
The fundamentals, anon

[Anonymous No.4973588]

>>4973497
Also the fundamentals

[Anonymous No.4973592]

Pfft. Existential anon needs to go shitpost on /lit/ for a few months and come back. Humans are always a disappointment. People always feel things. There’s long and short term ways to cope. Read some books. Draw some anime tiddies.

[Anonymous No.4973597]

>>4973587
thanks nigger

[Anonymous No.4973654]

>>4973539
how do i learn perspective? yeah i understand vanishing points and horizon lines as a concept, but how do i really practice that?

[Anonymous No.4973668]

>>4973654
draw a car

[Anonymous No.4973724]

How do you extend your mileage?

I try to push myself to draw for more than an hour a day but usually feel like quitting after finishing a sketch or after doing lineart, flats, etc. Usually when I push myself to draw for a few hours straight it’s either a) personal work that I’m really excited about b) I’m on a deadline, or c) I’m just trying to improve myself and my process. And usually I burn out and have to reset a few days later starting with 45 minutes.
Should I just set tighter deadlines with clients to push myself harder? I’m kinda tired of pulling tricks on myself just to get things done, I already do similar bullshit to force myself through schoolwork.

[Anonymous No.4973727]

>>4973724
You really need to enjoy the act of drawing not the result of it.

[Anonymous No.4973748]

I drew this but I don't know anatomically speaking what are those bumps on a female figure, does the top of the pelvis start from the top of them? Can somebody draw a possible pelvis on this image to make the things clear?

[Anonymous No.4973759]

>>4973748
the biggest chunk is external obliques going from pelvis to ribs, and the fat that's on top of it. but it often gets muh styled into a single arc including tensor fasciae latae/gluteus medius going from pelvis to femur.

[Anonymous No.4973762]

>>4973727
Man I used to. And often times I still do. But not daily. It might be that my maslow’s pyramid is all fucked up, like the basement is flooded and the support beams are rotting while I’m chipping away at the top trying to self-actualize. Or maybe the act of drawing is so tied up in associations of skill and success and income(or a lack of each) that I’m just looking for an exit somewhere, which is why I quit whenever I feel like I’ve reached a checkpoint.
It also doesn’t help that my work can take upward of 10 hrs of continuous work but I end on something I’d feel bad charging someone more than $65 for.

[all fields No.4973785]

>>4972659
>sqt - qttdtot
wtfs is that?

[Anonymous No.4973931]

how the fuck you post shit to instagram without a bunch getting cut off?

[Anonymous No.4974019]

>>4973724
for me it was having a goal and being tired of having shitty art for so many years

[Anonymous No.4974106]

what do i have to do to slow myself down

[Anonymous No.4974141]

Should I prioritize saving money to finally move out of my parents' house or save for a cintiq? I currently use intuos small and I'm really slow, with a cintiq I can probably double my speed. I have enough to buy cintiq pro but need a whole lot more money to move out. I also haven't experience living alone before. But I want to move out because I want to be on my own. Advice highly appreciated especially from americans, I know you guys get sent out when you reach 18, I am 23 still with my parents.

[Anonymous No.4974147]

>>4974141
How’s your relationship with your folks? I’ve moved out and it was great because I could get laid, but really it all sucked because I like my family, I felt alone, and the work of maintaining a home is far more annoying when you are by yourself. I hate the stigma of living with your family. My house has three generations in it. We share the duty and help each other.

[Anonymous No.4974155]

>>4974147
I am very spoiled to be honest, that's why I hate it, I don't have a say in the family, they don't want me in danger etc. That's why now I don't know how to be independent. So much privilege in this house. This is also my fear, it is embarrassing to admit but I don't know how to survive alone,. I jave autism level obsession to drawing and it's the only thing I'm good at.

[Anonymous No.4974161]

>>4974155
Dude just start asking them to show you how to do things. “Hey, I’d like some more responsibility around the house”. Learn how to wash your clothes, do the dishes, how to cook meals, to fix squeaky doors, how to flush the water heater, how to mow the yard, how to use toxic chemicals to clean every surface, how banking works, what bills come in, how to change your oil, how to tie a knot, how to plant a garden. These are all learnable skills. And I’d assume if you just explained your position to your parents they would want to help teach you. That’s kinda their job.

[Anonymous No.4974163]

Whenever I try drawing porn I find it hard to concentrate because I get too horny but when I jerk off I lose all interest.
How do porn artists deal with this?

[Anonymous No.4974219]

>>4974163
drawing porn is a double edge sword
an important part of studying is finding a point of interest, with porn thats kind of immediate, but you also jerk off

[Anonymous No.4974254]

I'm "ok" with drawing faces but shitty with complete figures,can I fill this gap if I do nothing but figure drawing and anatomy during the next six months?
(with a structured practice obviously)

[Anonymous No.4974278]

>>4974161
thanks, yeah, maybe I'll spend a year learning to be independent before finally moving out.

[Anonymous No.4974309]

>>4974254
did you learn gesture?

[Anonymous No.4974317]

>>4974163
Stop being immature needing to jerk off sight of every alluring thing

[Anonymous No.4974357]

>>4972715
Loomis barely gives u any info on the placement of head as well as the subtle changes in planes of the head!
Try "Mastering Drawing the Human Figure From Life, Memory, Imagination by Jack Faragasso".
Do Reily's Head Abstraction method, Study Simple Asaro head and move onto the Classic Asaro head. Try applying the reily's rhythm to photos. Then move towards the individual parts of the head such as eyes, lips, nose etc!

[Anonymous No.4974411]

>>4974317
Not like I absolutely need to jerk off. I just feel like being horny eats away at my concentration leading to worse results in similar way being hungry while drawing would.

[Anonymous No.4974422]

>>4974309
I have a tiny bit of knowledge

[Anonymous No.4974551]

>>4974422
then learn more

[Anonymous No.4974573]

>>4974551
>>4974422
your knowledge in gesture should be more than your knowledge in anatomy

[Anonymous No.4974577]

>>4974254
Yes. You think too much about the specifics. Drawing is simple. The more experience you have, the higher likelihood you'll be better.

[Anonymous No.4974578]

Is it weird that ive more fun drawing girls? I dont draw porn or coomer shit, so its nothing to do with that. I just find them for fun to draw for whatever reason.

[Anonymous No.4974595]

>>4974578
Is it weird? Ask yourself why it could potentially be weird, anon. Nothing is inherently weird. Weird is a judgement made by humans. In this case, you. Why do you find it potentially weird that you even question if it's weird?

[Anonymous No.4974596]

>>4972659
Who painted this pepe?

[Anonymous No.4974609]

>>4974596
That was actually me! I painted that a while ago and still see it pop up from time to time. Makes me happy when I see people saved it.

[Anonymous No.4974612]

>>4973491
/thread

[Anonymous No.4974670]

>>4974609
Definitely my favorite "realistic pepe" rendition. What's the medium?

[Anonymous No.4974768]

render like this?

[Anonymous No.4974816]

Should I worry if what I need right now is mileage but I am too slow drawing, or should I let speed come naturally?

[Anonymous No.4974820]

>>4974768
Render like what? Thats just blocking in colors

[Anonymous No.4974821]

>>4974768
Hard round brush, but unironically.

[Anonymous No.4975043]

>>4973533
I already tried that

[Anonymous No.4975067]

So how do you start to get followers on a 0 follower twitter account? Here are my thoughts: I guess I could start by using #something if its fan-art of a show or a game, but I don't think that would be that... impactful? You can also probably do some fan-art for some big twitter artist and I guess that at the very begging, well, if your art is good enough, is probably the easiest and more effective way, but at the very start with 0 followers you're probably going to be seen as a follower whore that literally just did that so you could get some followers.

[Anonymous No.4975202]

how do i make my inking look as good as my sketches

[Anonymous No.4975256]

>>4975202
Study good ink artists

[Anonymous No.4975267]

I'm looking to get some art re-done for my game.Are there sites other then fiverr for hiring freelance artists? Any tips for dealing with freelance artists?

Also any artists here care to drop their portfolio/art drawn? I'll hire you if I think your style fits, paid of course.

[Anonymous No.4975284]

how do I achieve this old animation style glow when rendering? I'm using the latest CSP.

[boxman No.4975288]

>>4972910

go to your nearest dollar store

find the aisle that sells cough medicine

make sure that its only dextrometrophan hbr
and contains zero acetaminophen

guaifenesin is ok but might make you puke

stay away from the benadry (dph) by all means NO

my friend you just take two packages (15 pills) x 2 and your nihilism will be soon be replaced with happiness, drawing like you wouldn't believe, and a newfound appreciation for glittery rocks.

[Anonymous No.4975290]

>>4974609
Really good.
Congrats

[boxman No.4975296]

>>4975288
is it pixel art or digtal art? cus if its pixel art im rusty but

http://pixeljoint.com/p/2745.htm
pixiv dot me slash desgardes

unlinke the rest of theses sissy nannies who NEED to charge an arm and a leg bc they live in 3rd world shiteland

ill charge you next to nothing cus im an american and yknow, i got a real job on the side, downside is if im not interested in it i probably won't do it, upside is if i like the idea ill pour my heart and soul into it .

[boxman No.4975297]

>>4975267
is it pixel art or digtal art? cus if its pixel art im rusty but

http://pixeljoint.com/p/2745.htm
pixiv dot me slash desgardes

unlinke the rest of theses sissy nannies who NEED to charge an arm and a leg bc they live in 3rd world shiteland

ill charge you next to nothing cus im an american and yknow, i got a real job on the side, downside is if im not interested in it i probably won't do it, upside is if i like the idea ill pour my heart and soul into it .

[boxman No.4975298]

>>4975297

you can also email me at

[e-mail]

with the details, i can work any style desu

[boxman No.4975300]

>>4974596
>>4974609

the hand looks shooped

[Anonymous No.4975301]

>>4975284
seems like manually airbrushing on top then maybe low opacity

[boxman No.4975303]

>>4975300

in fact the whole thing looks like a paintover t b h

[Anonymous No.4975306]

>>4975297
>>4975298
Damn your pixel art is nice, but sadly it was digital I was talking about, I should've made that clear, my bad!

[boxman No.4975321]

>>4975306

I can do digital rendering too, it's just all I've been commissioned to do is big tiddy anime girls.

I'm classically trained and have been eager to work on something like a game
but i understand if you're looking for someone with more experience.

I'm fairly new to digital, but i have a handle on it methinks
im sort of one of those, yknow, if you give me a prompt, ill make it,
i don't what kind of game you're making, but just give me an example of what you want drawn and ill draw it. pls
and frankly nobody on /ic/ besides me would probably do it next to free for passion
everyone here is either a professional and really charge with the money or new

[Anonymous No.4975328]

>>4975321
Sure, just post some of your digital artworks.

[Anonymous No.4975332]

>>4975267
Idk but that is one heckin cute snail.

[Anonymous No.4975333]

Anywhere i can find these kind of brushes for digital inking? Or a way to make these kind of brushes?

[boxman No.4975339]

>>4975328
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/1551752

its all anime gals like i said but i can literally do aything

[boxman No.4975341]

>>4975328
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/1551752

its all anime gals like i said but i can literally do anything

[Anonymous No.4975349]

>>4975341
Well I shoud've mentioned that anime artsyle is what I'm looking and you do have quite a nice variety so yeah I think I'll talk to you. Can you drop your discord or something I really don't wanna talk via email lmao.

[Anonymous No.4975350]

Sites to advertise/do commissions on.

[Anonymous No.4975455]

how do you get cleaner line art

[Anonymous No.4975478]

does grinding actually help

[Anonymous No.4975480]

>>4975478
concious, deliberate grinding? yes.
mindless drawing? no

[Anonymous No.4975492]

Should I use invoice for paypal or have them pay me directly by transferring money to my account?

[Anonymous No.4975544]

>>4975480
mindless drawing also helps

[Anonymous No.4975556]

Why do my drawings always look shit on camera? IRL this thing has a lot smoother shading, the darks aren't so jarring and my pencil strokes are less visible. How can I fix this?

[Anonymous No.4975564]

>>4975556
>blow up drawing to 50x real life size
>wow it looks so much different

[Anonymous No.4975569]

>>4975564
I didn't think about that. Thank you for pointing that out anon, I've been agonizing about it for a while.

[Anonymous No.4975573]

>>4975556
did it go through some editing? try taking good photo without editing. Also if your drawing is very small, it doesn't mean you need to capture a photo very close to the drawing (plus in a direct light source), it exposes the texture of the paper sharply, try stepping back a bit then just crop it afterwards.

[Anonymous No.4975575]

>>4975573
OR just draw bigger

[Anonymous No.4975647]

>>4972659
Does the incubus on pic attached have a bulge?

[Anonymous No.4976026]

how long is ctrl paint?

[Anonymous No.4976031]

what do you do to start being creative again?

[Anonymous No.4976035]

So is it really a bad idea to start drawing digitally as a beginner? The main argument against it seems to be "Most people I know started to draw on paper" which isn't very convincing since digital drawing probably wasn't very widespread when they started desu

[Anonymous No.4976037]

>>4976031
Change your way of thinking. Listen to someone else talk, read a book, don't listen to your own same thoughts but others and new ones.

[Anonymous No.4976272]

Does anyone else have problems with CSP specifically where they can't get very angular lines?
I've been trying to refine my shapes while drawing and I can't seem to get a very angular look without using the selection tool.
In contrast to my Ipad where I can do that no problem which makes drawing so much easier. Is stabilizer 3 in CSP too much? Or is there some other setting that may be impacting this?

[Anonymous No.4976310]

whats a healthy pace of art supposed to look like?

[Anonymous No.4976348]

when does CSP go on sale? I want try animating but I don't want to pay $170

[Anonymous No.4976351]

>>4972910

it's not mediocre and awful. stop being a melodramatic faggot and go live a little more life. your issue is pride you dumbshit

[Anonymous No.4976453]

>>4976035
not entirely
honestly what's most important is whatever gets you to draw. and if thats a shinny new toy than so be it

digital however is probably not the greatest to study with if you haven't built up line confidence

[Anonymous No.4976745]

Anyone have advice on learning to draw dynamic shoulders? I feel so stumped on them when it comes to imagination and I’ve been drawing characters a lot using reference for almost two years, feels like I’m not absorbing anything

[boxman No.4976821]

>>4975349

discord is

dxmeralds#3725

[Anonymous No.4976832]

>>4975288
Had thought of trying it, but psychedelics seem like a downright foolish drug to take. I mean, ego death, really? I can’t imagine why anyone would want to destroy their sense of self, that’s the only thing I truly have in this world. I already look back at my 16 year old antics with narcotics with immense cringe as I realize what a load of crap it was and how deluded I was, especially weed. I’m so over drugs desu
>>4976351
I don’t know if I agree, and my pride is well deserved based on experience, which I have plenty of. Can you really say with full confidence that life is something beautiful and wondrous like Disney says it is? I think not. Additionally it’s more than just sadness, there’s a strong touch of violent anger mixed in as well, but I’m good at regulating my emotions.

[Anonymous No.4976859]

Sorry for being retarded but I'm new to digital art what is there a difference between values and grayscale??
Also I have downloaded around 3 courses on digital painting and I'm so lost.
Every course starts with movie cutscene in black and white or a painting and they painted with limited values (?) but I'm so lost on slot of things
Every instructor says just pick 2 or 3 values and start with them but I have no idea what to pick or how to use them in my painting. I could spend 3-4 hours on a painting trying to get my values to match the movie/painting reference but it's not even close.
I understand light and shadow works and I have first to separate light from dark and work from there.
I just feel something is missing or I'm not understanding something.
I have been doing this for 2 weeks now and my results are horrible, they look totally shit, Iam too ashamed to even post it they don't even deserve a criticism.
What should I do?

[Anonymous No.4976869]

>>4976859

[Anonymous No.4976948]

What type of brush should I use if I want to achieve Keith Haring like strokes? Oil and/or gouache

[Anonymous No.4976950]

>>4976948
Forgot pic

[Anonymous No.4976993]

Is Plumb/Level the key to drawing from photo ref? I'm trying to get better accuracy, nothing crazy like super-hyper-photorealism, but I want to be able to get an accurate study from a photo without resorting to using heavy construction.

[Anonymous No.4977003]

>>4974411
Try nofap. I find it easier to not jerk off after spending 2 months without doing it.

>>4974816
For me speed comes naturally. The more I do it, the more I want to do it and so I start working harder. Concentrate on being steady more than wonder if it is enough.

[Anonymous No.4977007]

what was that site that had pictures of random people on the street? anyone remember?

[Anonymous No.4977028]

how do you get past burnout

[Anonymous No.4977042]

how do you become a better cartoonist?

[Anonymous No.4977051]

Resources or advice to draw people in motion? Specifically athletism and fighting, the kind of thing you see in action manga.

[Anonymous No.4977065]

>>4977051
frames from youtube videos or movies for weird angles, check out Bodies in motion for what is worth

>>4977007
https://www.thesartorialist.com/ ?
I think there was another one

[Anonymous No.4977081]

>>4977065
>https://www.thesartorialist.com/ ?
it seemed less professional than this.

[Anonymous No.4977106]

how do I even tackle camo patterns, i cant just copy a pic from the internet cause it just doesn't work. when I try to make it on my own it looks like child coloring
any tips

[Anonymous No.4977108]

why do i feel like my traditional stuff looks better than my digital

[boxman No.4977144]

>>4975349

sorry discord is just dxmeralds

[boxman No.4977146]

>>4976948
>>4976950

just do oil and a fuckton of thinner like turpentine

itll give you that look and look awesome because its oil

[Anonymous No.4977148]

>>4977042
Copy art you like. Literally only way

[Anonymous No.4977149]

why do they do it bros?

[Anonymous No.4977162]

Right now I want to make a commission and get paid with a 4chan pass, how likely is it that it works? what kind of level do i need? where to find someone who would agree to that?
POSTING AGAIN

[Anonymous No.4977163]

>>4977108
It depends on the medium but you find that traditional, the medium does some extra lifting. The texture adds extra details and shapes, the way you mix two colours gives more variations when you apply it because you didn't mix the colours to a pure consistency, to just how the light bounces of it when looking at it.

With digital it's easy to forget these things happen and that you need to apply it yourself.

[Anonymous No.4977167]

>>4977163
i like doing watercolor
but all means its not great, but i feel my cartoony doodles look a little more... soulful when doing it on traditional

[Anonymous No.4977173]

>>4977167
Like I said its the little things. Digital tends to get tighter.

Since you mentioned watercolors, just wetting the paper first, letting colors spread and desaturate, is so much easier on traditional. Lay the next color next to it and over the top and it overlays itself.

On digital you have to control it, tell the computer how you want it to be done. Digital lends it self well to being tight and stiff compared to traditional.

Even when inking, traditionally when two lines cross, where they intersect because of ink floats on top, it merges with the ink of the other line creating this rounded inner corner, where in digital you have to draw this rounded corner yourself.

It's the little things the mediums do for you that can make a big difference.

[Anonymous No.4977177]

>>4977146
But what brush shape to achieve the round start and end caps?

[Anonymous No.4977179]

>>4977167
I hate digital art, you’re right that it lacks soul.

[Anonymous No.4977181]

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU GET BETTER?

[Anonymous No.4977194]

>>4976832
>I’m so over drugs desu
That's good, keep it up if you're happy.
However, I have to say dissociatives are different, especially DXM. It won't kill your ego, if anything it will help you distance yourself from the mediocre and mundane so that you can focus on what matters to you above all else. That's what it does for me, at least. Also the closed eye visuals are fucking mind blowing.

I've experimented with it for a long time, and I'm the same person I was before, I'm just a lot less caught up in the world's bullshit. That being said, it's not for everyone. You have to have a really solid idea of who you are and what you like, and know when to dial it back and come down to put what you've learned to good use.

[Anonymous No.4977203]

>>4977181
Decide what you want to improve specifically and practice.

[Anonymous No.4977262]

>>4977203
How many hours a day do I need to practice?
How many finished pieces do I need to do every day?

[Anonymous No.4977264]

>>4977262
Have you ever learned anything before? Up to 4 hours of focused work with 5 minute breaks at the top of the hour is basically what a human can do with focus. And it’s about going through a body of work, not “finished pieces” unless finishing things is what you have a problem with.

[Anonymous No.4977301]

Anyone know of good replacement nibs for XP Pen styluses that are less slippery?
I've got an XP Pen display tablet but the surface is very slippery and I'd like some more friction while drawing.
Or alternatively, a screen protector for the tablet itself so that I can get the same feel as my Ipad with a paperlike.

[Anonymous No.4977310]

>>4976348
2018 and 2019 it was 50% off for Black Friday. Will probably happen again this year.

[Anonymous No.4977311]

>>4977262
40 hours a day

[Anonymous No.4977346]

Trying to shade. I did the left first, but it seemed like the light was extending past where it should fall. But it seems like there's way too little direct light on the right.

Could anon tell me which one is better, or makes more sense?

[Anonymous No.4977351]

>>4977162
probably easier to get paid in bitcoin or ethereum and buy a pass yourself.

[Anonymous No.4977355]

>>4977346
I like the left one better because of the composition and mood. Screw accuracy, especially when it comes down to cast shadows and lights.

[Anonymous No.4977389]

>>4977355
Good advice anon. The talent of an artist is to bend reality and it not be uncanny.

[Anonymous No.4977441]

Can we have a collab thread? Perhaps a collab thread will help each other build connection and reduce cancer in this board, plus it will encourage us to actually draw.

This might be a stupid question but I'd like to know your opinions and maybe you have better ideas close to this, plus I just want some friends.

[Anonymous No.4977478]

Im looking to get into perspective and backgrounds for my shit.

Whats a good and simple starting point? Is there a good site or something I can read about how to get into this?

[Anonymous No.4977828]

>>4972659
For a shaky-hand retard, what's a better starting place: loomis (fun with a pencil?) or drawabox?

[Anonymous No.4977933]

I see a lot of artist who do studies that look like pic related by Tom Fox. The sketching style is direct with little to no construction lines and measurements are mostly eyeballed. They're not too worried about getting the silhouette and shapes just right and accept a pretty big margin for error. They draw their subject once and then move on. The guys who fill sketchbook pages with drawings like this tend to have a good ability to draw from imagination and having a fast sketching style is obviously a good way to amass a volume of sketches.

Now to the question. When I approach studies like this I don't seem to retain much if anything from what I'm drawing. I only seem to be able to use my studies for imaginate work when I draw with careful measuring and draw the same thing over and over with plenty of construction lines. For instance, if I study a hand I'll draw the same hand with and without reference atleast a dozen of times with progressively more simplified construction. The only problem with this method is that it's slow and painstaking way of studying and quantity over quality seems to be best way according to those who teach drawing.

[Anonymous No.4977942]

>>4977933
You're trying to imitate someone who spent years learning the forms and gesture without actually understanding it yourself. There's a large wealth of knowledge behind someone who sketches good without construction

[Anonymous No.4977950]

>>4977828
Do you want to work on your shakiness? Drawabox.

[Anonymous No.4977972]

>>4977950
>Do you want to work on your shakiness?
Exactly! Thanks, friend.

[Anonymous No.4978191]

gonna search online, but how do you stop pen pressure on CSP.I wanna try to do lineart that has a consistent stroke

[Anonymous No.4978262]

Any chrome/firefox extension to download videos from gumroad? because the stuff i bought i can't download i can only view/watch them on gumroad.
I have tried some extensions but it seems like they don't detects the video.
Also anyway they detect that i downloaded their vids in an illegal way ? because i don't my account to get banned it has alot of bought things i want to share.
thanks !

[Anonymous No.4978266]

>>4978191
After you select your tool, find your tool properties window.
To the right of Brush Size / Opacity sliders there is a box for dynamics. Click on that and uncheck the box next to pen pressure.

[Anonymous No.4978365]

>Draw 2 hrs a day
>Feeling carpal tunnel

I think its because I use my apple mouse all day. It's not ergonomic at all, but my drawing is only compounding the problems. I've switched mouses, but how long should I stop drawing until the tingling/numbness/tightness goes away? (There's no pain yet)

[Anonymous No.4978370]

>>4978365
iTODDLERS BTFO

[Anonymous No.4978391]

>>4978365
You can stop drawing, give it a full day to rest but then draw again the next day and start feeling it within an hour. No one can give a definite answer, its your body.

It seems like you are drawing digital. Hold your stylus perpendicular to the tablet. This will help you unconsciously stop drawing from the wrist and make it easier to apply pressure without relying on the wrist.

On that point also increase your pressure sensitivity if you don't know how to use the weight of your arm to increase the pressure instead and have just been relying on pushing the nib down using your fingers and wrist.

For your mouse, get a bigger mousepad and try to use the whole pad to move from one edge of the screen to another instead of lifting it up constantly in the same little area.

[Anonymous No.4978409]

>>4978370
>:(

>>4978391
I see, I guess I'll keep drawing and see what happens. I already lowered pressure sensitivity by a lot, and I got a mouse with a trackball, so maybe my wrist can keep recovering while I draw with my new setup.

[Anonymous No.4978549]

>>4978365
If your tablet is small, it basically causes carpal tunnel. I use my tablet as a mouse (because I don't have to click, for me at least it helps to solve my carpal tunnel) and I have a plastic file over my tablet to reduce the friction. I also adjust the pressure curves on certain problem applications like photoshop to avoid having to press hard.

[Anonymous No.4978606]

having problems with gestures on tablet, can scroll up/down with no problems but rotating and going left/right doesnt work properly

in gimp - no movement left/right no rotating at all

in pirated version of photoshop - will keep moving left/right after i removed fingers from the tablet and cannot rotate

used to using procreate on my ipad

[Anonymous No.4978652]

>>4977355
>>4977389
Thank you, especially for the interesting ideas.

[Anonymous No.4978698]

Can anyone recomend me some good art/illustration related podcasts?

[Anonymous No.4978768]

How do people stay focused and draw for hours a day

[Anonymous No.4978772]

>>4978768
Get in the flow, listen to something and do gymnastic in between.
Also buy a good chair.

[Anonymous No.4978822]

>>4978768
People think it's focus, but really it's removing distractions. Every little one, even checking notifications. When you have nothing else on your plate but drawing, then that's all you have to focus on. It's not like you force yourself to ignore things, that takes energy. You set yourself up in a situation in which you don't have to do that and all that's left to do is to draw. This also means removing your annoying thoughts of the past or whatever too.

[Anonymous No.4978830]

For those of you with one desk for both your PC and your art stuff, what are you using? I have no budget as my company is terminating the lease on our building and purchasing all of us home office stuff.

[Anonymous No.4979057]

how does a character artist get into drawing backgrounds?

[Anonymous No.4979469]

What is rendering?

[Anonymous No.4979474]

>>4978370
I don't think using apple product correlates with carpal tunnel it's prolly from using a mouse for literal hours...

[Anonymous No.4979908]

>>4979469
a fancy way of saying shading.

[Anonymous No.4979910]

>>4979469
buzzword for painting

[Anonymous No.4979915]

>>4979469
Rendering is what a 3D program does.

[Anonymous No.4979968]

this has probably been asked a thousand times but i have some specific questions, and im dumb as fuck so i don't know omg

here's some context so

I took my first commission and I already started working on the thing, i told the guy the price it seems like theyre okay with it. I then sent them a rough sketch they were okay with it, did a few adjustments on it.

so i started working on the rendering, the character is almost done i just have to work on a simple background now and check if there's anything weird that i haven't noticed yet.

so here's the questions:

1. i know i was supposed to ask for the money upfront but since it's my first time i have like no reputation or anything, so i was planning on asking for it now that's about to be done or when it's done (before i send them the actual files)
is that okay? or should I straight stop now, ask for the money and then continue??

2. how many times do u ask the client for input/opinions? I sent them the first rough sketch to know if they were okay with it. ended up doing some adjustments. now i sent them a thumbnail of the render to know if they're okay with it (probably shouldn't have).

[Anonymous No.4979977]

>>4979968
I used to take payment aftet sending the initial sketch. Only once was I not paid after the sketch and the commission was dropped, didnt care to ask them again since it was dumb fetish crap. Now that I have more of a reputation to keep I take payment upfront, if they dont like it they can either pay half up front and half after the sketch or go away.
Never send the completed artwork without being paid next time. You're literally working for free because they can just take whatever you sent so far and block you. Ask for their paypal email and send them an invoice and make sure they pay.
I mostly take input from the client at the sketch phase and adjust it up to 3 times. More than that they can just say they dont like it and have it cancelled but that never happened. If I finish the artwork they sometimes ask for a minor change, I just do an over paint which is easy

[Anonymous No.4980106]

>>4978606
Have you disabled flicks and all the other worthless windows tablet bullshit?

[Anonymous No.4980297]

>>4979977
Thank you, i'll follow your advice.
Luckily the dude seems reliable so I hope I'm not wasting my time

[Anonymous No.4980510]

What kind of material is this?

[Anonymous No.4980517]

I finally started learning anatomy and I've been learning about the front are of the torso. When should I move onto other parts of the body? Should I focus on mastering one part, or should I move onto the arms and the back so I can better improve my understanding of the pectoral muscles and that thing that wraps over the external obliques?

[Anonymous No.4980523]

>>4980510
Oil on canvas

[Anonymous No.4980599]

can you go to art school when you're reaching 30?

[Anonymous No.4980600]

>>4978768
you know how some commissioners are taking a weeks to finish a drawing?
they're not actually doing it 24 hours a day.

[Anonymous No.4980646]

>>4980599
I have a 70 year old in my uni class. Don't know if its financially smart, but you can do it.

[Anonymous No.4980647]

>>4980517
You can do it any way you want. There's no physical way you're going to learn the whole body one part at a time and never forget anything. You'll have to work through the whole body multiple times no matter what.

[Anonymous No.4980700]

When are you ready to start a webcomic? I tried making one before but it failed.

[Anonymous No.4980706]

>>4980700
You'll never be ready, so just jump in. You can start with smaller projects like one-shots or single page comics. You could try making one for a competition to give yourself a deadline.

[Anonymous No.4980717]

>>4980700
there's a lot that goes into making a comic, as someone who fucked up too i would say what fucks me up most is how i didn't know how to write.

but when it comes to art i didn't really know much either. I would say what you really need when it comes to drawing a comic is the confidence to really draw anything. You can really put yourself in a situation where you just don't know how to draw a scene you want and settle on something worse.

That means you need to have a strong sense of perspective, gesture, and construction.

Everything else is just what you like and will study anyway.

[Anonymous No.4980719]

>>4980717
also composition, composition is really important

[Anonymous No.4980723]

Is it just me or is CSP just kind of like drawing with slime? over other programs, it just feels off

[Anonymous No.4980740]

>>4980723
It has pretty strong brush smoothing on by deafult

[Anonymous No.4980749]

>>4980706
Never liked this advice much since you can end up flailing endlessly if you dont go back to the basics aka not making comics to prep yourself to express your ideas "properly"
>>4980717
Like this. Sure you can make a comic at any level, just making a comic and not be limited by a thousand problems thanks to your inability is the hard part for someone who hasnt been drawing for a while

[Anonymous No.4980759]

>>4980749
you really just need strong foundations in fundamentals. and actual fundementals
a lot of people cheat with construction, perspective, and don't even study gesture
even if you stuck
thats really the bare minimum

[Anonymous No.4980765]

>>4980700
I'm starting with twitter comics. Just a few pages to tell as short and sweet a story as possible. Not those 4 panel joke strips, but like a full-fledged scene in a few pages.

[Anonymous No.4980781]

>>4980759
you can find a lot of people where all they do is design characters and do it well try to do comics and WOOPS turns out they don't know shit about perspective and struggle to draw a room
you also have people who are just really good at using reference fuck up and fuck up with a comic because they can never find the right reference and
never update

[Anonymous No.4980799]

>>4980717
>fucks me up most is how i didn't know how to write.
How did you fix this?

[Anonymous No.4981067]

>>4980799
i still don't really but just write
a lot of the things you aren't sure of will become apparent immediately once you finish a story
but i would say only focus on the most important things in a story before anything else

[Anonymous No.4981120]

>>4980297
the dude paid me I got lucky this time

[Anonymous No.4981142]

>>4981120
>anon's smile status: protected

[Anonymous No.4981243]

I posted this 2 weeks ago and got a reply "Nice dynamic faggot"
What did the anon mean by this? ESL so I don't understand the nuance.

[Anonymous No.4981267]

why is merc_wip.jpg a meme, what's actually wrong with it?

[Anonymous No.4981271]

>>4981243
he like the big booty

[Anonymous No.4981278]

>>4981271
Dynamic pose? I was worrying because I though that anon was a hacker and he could see my dynamic IP.

[Anonymous No.4981587]

Are there any recommendable sites or (work)books that have exercises? I need landholding with exercises for the first few hours in any given topic until I can come up with my own

[Anonymous No.4981681]

Is Nezumi worth it?

[Anonymous No.4981700]

Any webcomic sites which does not priorities romance?

[Anonymous No.4981705]

>>4981267
I think its meant to be an example of "soullessness with technical skill". But I don't buy it, I like mercwip. Wish I could paint like that desu

[Anonymous No.4981706]

>>4981587
Proko Figure Drawing Course. Just work through his free youtube version, its not that different from the premium one.

[Anonymous No.4981738]

>>4980740
i just hate how for something thats supposed to just be a quick doodle on trad feels like it would take me an hour to get right on CSP. even other programs aren't as off

[Anonymous No.4981771]

Are they 14 or not?? I can't tell anymore!!!!

[Anonymous No.4981773]

>>4981771
Retard.

[Anonymous No.4981782]

>>4981773
Anon I just want answers don't judge me...

[Anonymous No.4981788]

>>4980517
Focus on major muscles first, you don't need to go so far into detail right away.

[Anonymous No.4981792]

>>4981782
1. Why do you care?
2. Why would you ask us?

[Anonymous No.4981793]

Is it bad that i cant do this? ive been trying but i fail at doing this
contour
organic shapes
dynamic sketching

[Anonymous No.4981819]

>>4981793
Yes it's bad. Study perspective to develop your 3D sense.

[Anonymous No.4981849]

>>4981819
I tried doing that, drawabox, perspective made easy, nope
what should I try?

[Anonymous No.4981850]

>>4981849
>>4981819
>>4981793
and I meant, does it mean I have no talent?

[Anonymous No.4981851]

>>4981849
go back at it again

[Anonymous No.4981854]

Is the purpose of gesture exercise to improve your linework besides improving speed and line of action in your drawings?

[Anonymous No.4981857]

>>4981850
no,means you need more practice

[Anonymous No.4981861]

>>4981850
try making a rotating animation of a cube.

[Anonymous No.4981868]

>>4981849
Keep trying, faggot.

>does it mean I have no talent?
No, but asking that means you aren't going to make it anyway, so fuck off.

[Anonymous No.4982018]

Is there any point in practicing trad if I'm gonna move on to digital eventually?

[Anonymous No.4982028]

>>4982018
depends on how you practice

[Anonymous No.4982035]

>>4981850
do the first two lessons in drawabox instead

[Anonymous No.4982047]

>>4981278
No one can see your ip on 4chan unless you click a link they own and even if they do they can't see shit from it. They're not talking about your IP but saying that they like your drawing.

[Anonymous No.4982056]

are some things just left off as a sketch? i feel like some drawings i make look better before i color them

[Anonymous No.4982066]

>>4982056
better left off

[Anonymous No.4982080]

>>4982018
Drawing and painting are still drawing and painting. Different media behave differently, but the basics are the same.

[Anonymous No.4982084]

>>4982056
The mind fills in the blanks to complete the picture. Take this example from wlop, there are so many places he didn't detail but in your head, you think it is a very tight drawing.

Many people find this with their sketches, they fill in the blanks and it looks better because the mind is filling in missing information with the 'ideal' but when they tighten it up, they realize that they are not achieving that ideal.

[Anonymous No.4982126]

is it wrong i feel guilty for not spending a day drawing when i want to get good

[Anonymous No.4982130]

>>4982084
no one think his art is tight, they are all rough and loose with the exception of the focal point

[Anonymous No.4982144]

>>4982126
yes

[Anonymous No.4982180]

>>4982130
You'd be surprised how many people think so.

[Anonymous No.4982184]

>>4982144
people tell me my art sucks or either doesn't think I actually want to be an artist that much so they don't take me seriously because I was ignorant about how to get good
I've spent so much time depressed about my art sucking but ever since that 1tb video stuff I finally have guidance
I just hate myself whenever I'm not studying. Makes me feel like I don't deserve to make my dreams if I'm not putting in the sacrifice. People tell me I'm taking this shit too seriously but they don't know how helpless I've felt for so long.
I'm gonna go on a friend vacation for the weekend for people I haven't seen in a while and I'm honestly reconsidering it

[Anonymous No.4982188]

>>4982180
Didnt read the thread but...

You must be new da but this is a shared rp everyone plays here. You praise everything you come across in hopes of getting more visibility. Thats why you will almost never see bad comments on da.

[Anonymous No.4982209]

How do I set art goals? Like how do I know when to stop and work on something else?

For example I want to work on anatomy of the neck and shoulder area; how do I set a goal for that exactly?

[Anonymous No.4982212]

>>4982188
Not saying it is tight and totally agree with him.

But he also said no one thinks it is, but many people especially those just starting out, do so.

[Anonymous No.4982216]

>>4982209
finish a study, then do a drawing where its a focus

[Anonymous No.4982275]

>>4982184
Create your own schedule of when to draw and when to have a day off. Consider that as a day off.
Make yourself an actual schedule after you are finished with that vacation so you wouldn't worry about shit so much in the future when you aren't able to draw that day. Even if there is a special occasion that comes up you can write it down on your schedule and see the rest of the days that you can draw. I don't know about your health issue so sleep moar, I only see this type of worrying from being sleep deprived.
> I was ignorant about how to get good
> I finally have guidance
You are on the right track anon, you already admitted to your retardation in the past and have finally have the guidance to do stuff properly in theory.

[Anonymous No.4982302]

What should I draw when I don't know what to draw? Should I be doing more drills?

[Anonymous No.4982305]

>>4982302
draw some animals, think about how they'd look like as humans

[Anonymous No.4982319]

>>4972710
and i am a degen now give me the protips bitch

[Anonymous No.4982323]

>>4976832
your whole big ego schtick is just a coping mechanism, go to a therapist or stop watching rick and morty, either works

[Anonymous No.4982367]

>>4982047
Thanks for the insight Mate.

[Anonymous No.4982406]

Do you need to know how to do realism before you can draw cartoons/stylized stuff from imagination/reference?

[Anonymous No.4982413]

>>4982406
no
but you need a good visual library

[Anonymous No.4982424]

>>4982413
Well thats good to hear. I can draw somewhat realistic animals but cannot for the life of me draw a real looking person even if I know the anatomy so I've been shying away from doing something else till I mastered it, guess I'll move on

[Anonymous No.4982599]

how do you get good at penciling and inking on digital?
undo does not feel worth it when you need to undo for an hour just to get the lines you want

[Anonymous No.4982617]

>>4981243
Your gesture is better than one in ref img, also your sketch has a good flow.

[Anonymous No.4982626]

>>4982617
Thanks pal. I can only draw anime people though. I am grinding loomis head now.

[Anonymous No.4982686]

>See something that looks way better than anything I would ever be able to make
>Decide to blow the rest of the day playing video games instead of drawing

[Anonymous No.4982690]

>>4982686
you need a routine anon.

[Anonymous No.4982691]

do i keep trying at loomis heads until i perfect them or do i just move on to other stuff and occasionally come back to them?

[Anonymous No.4982750]

>>4982691
its better to try to jump around between teachers than struggling with one for ages

[Anonymous No.4982776]

>>4982690
I do have a routine! It's 1h of drawing, 1h of writing, every morning. I do fail at getting myself to do it though, some days.

[Anonymous No.4982918]

Are there any decent based or /ic/ artists on twitter?
Not necessarily pro level, just intermediate or higher.
I want to follow some for inspiration, but I'm not interested in filling my timeline with female artists whining about sexism or tumblr types who will RT gay sjw normie bullshit onto my tl.

[Anonymous No.4983060]

I'm so tired and frustrated of not being able to draw what in front of me accurately.
I want to study how to do the block in method. but i have no idea where to start.
When i see a sculpture or a pic in general i have no idea what parts should i start with, or how to go from big shapes into smaller one or how to measure stuff.
I think mastering how to block in first like left before going into shadows will be useful
i want a resource that guide me through this method step by step

[Anonymous No.4983069]

>>4983060
Here is something i gave up halfway through.
Also I'm doing this digitally.

[Anonymous No.4983079]

>>4983060
Any good atelier or fundamental training will teach you how to accurately place what’s in front of you through comparative measurement. It takes time to fix and move lines to get more accurate Layin since it’s unlikely your first lines will be exactly where they need to be. You also need experience to train your eye, hand and thought process to get accuracy more efficiently.

[Anonymous No.4983495]

How often do you personally do figure drawing? How long of a session and what kind of things do you do?

[Anonymous No.4983761]

>>4983495
Once a week. If I can't make it to a session I use https://line-of-action.com/ and do a 2 hour class session.

It's usually 10x 1 minute gestures, 5x 2 minute gestures, 2x 5 minute poses, 2x 10 minute and the last segment is either a 30 minute poses or 1 45 minute pose.

[Anonymous No.4983895]

>>4983069
>>4983069
You're already well on your way for the first stage of doing a sight-size drawing.

You're supposed to go for the total object first with rough outlines, then you do the same thing again but this time going for more detail and where you're intending to place value with more refined shapes, and then finally shading in values in those areas where you've indicated where form from value will be.

When you're doing block-ins it's not necessarily drawing the shapes as lineart and then shading, it's adding value to make the form itself.

Try this guy for more help:
https://youtu.be/Vk8qt7b2vEE?t=123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdH1dVXvSxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URbgPi9fF1M

[Anonymous No.4983924]

>>4983060
it's easy as shit, it just takes time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znr1OY-aHhM&list=PL3aPoNPQSJnSJVw2_GUVR7jC0nbnksq6F&index=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OiYk58W--w&list=PL3aPoNPQSJnSJVw2_GUVR7jC0nbnksq6F&index=8

[Anonymous No.4984313]

>spend hours refining a messy sketch
>thinks it looks good
>spend a couple of minutes to line it and get rid of all the hairy lines
>looks like shit
>thick, blocky outlines
is this a common problem

[Anonymous No.4984349]

>>4984313
Use thinner lines, maybe even use line weight sparingly or never
You can go over the line and add weight

[Anonymous No.4984353]

>>4984313
yeah, sketchiness and thick lines hide your mistakes. Thin lines are more difficult to draw with. Only way to fix it is to practice inking your sketches with thin lines more.

[Anonymous No.4984387]

Why do I feel the need to help other artists when I’m still a failure and even feel bitter they’re getting help when I didn’t

[Anonymous No.4984402]

>>4984387
Because giving advice makes you feel good, that you didn't waste your time and actually learned something.

So don't feel bitter. By giving advice that you may have little experience with, an assumption because you describe yourself as a failure, can be more detrimental than not saying anything so take pride that you may be grooming other artists to fail as yourself.

[Anonymous No.4984542]

>>4984402
It doesn’t though I can’t help feeling an internal struggle of feeling it’s the right thing to do and that these people are nothing but takers who don’t give a shit about anyone else but themselves

[Anonymous No.4984619]

How do you develop a judge of distance?

[Anonymous No.4984641]

>>4984619
Learning about perspective is a good to jump start judging distance but it boils to practice and experience. The more you draw from life say drawing people in malls or in the street, the easier it is to learn as oppose to drawing from photographs as the 3D element of distance has already been resolved and put into 2D.

If you are talking about measuring there are many methods, sight sizing, comparative measuring, mapping and proportions, envelope method, negative and positive spaces etc but most of the time you will be using all of these in conjunction.

A place to start is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDGO0LssEM

[Anonymous No.4984651]

>>4984619
I drew this for you, person a is in perspective, from this you can judge how small person b should be dependant on how far back, from this you can gauge how big person c should be because they’re in line with person b. Using this you can use other objects to find how things should scale

[Me again No.4984653]

>>4984651
By the way person c is not in perspective here because it’s not the point I was illustrating. Obviously person C should still have vanishing points but this is a matter of scale so I didn’t bother

[Anonymous No.4984657]

>>4984651
Another version of what is being shown here

[Anonymous No.4984728]

where do i go to learn to draw clothes i swear this shit is impossible i can study all the different folds all i want but when it comes to how they all come together on a human it feels daunting

is there something out there that will make it click

[Anonymous No.4984751]

>>4984728
https://archive.org/details/How_to_Portray_the_Clothed_Figure_Barbara_Bradley_Digital

[Anonymous No.4984774]

guys, does anyone know of a good stabilizer on windows that's not restricted to photoshop only?
earlier this year I used hejstylus on a hackintosh and it was really nice but for many of reasons I had to head back to windows.
i've been mostly using clip studio and the built in stabilizer is really inconsistent
silky shark seems abandoned and lazy nezumi is ps only (i also remember it being way cheaper before)
i could reinstall hackintosh but my clip studio license has been reset so many times it's about to get blocked omg

[Anonymous No.4984919]

Is it worth my time to create finished works when I’m studying

[Anonymous No.4984984]

>>4984919
Yes, every few weeks take your best sketches or even create a new piece and see how well you can refine it.
It often highlights errors and what you can improve upon and exhibits your level of mastery.

[Anonymous No.4984985]

If I train on nothing but perspective and dexterity will I get better way faster than if I only did unfocused, construction plus gesture etc, will I have better results as an artist with the very basics of drawing?

[Anonymous No.4984999]

>>4984985
Watts fundamental courses will show you what you need to start with. What you ask makes no sense, any 3d drawing requires perspective and basically all good drawing requires construction, gesture, edges, values.

[Anonymous No.4985006]

>>4984999
I've been studying construction and dexterity but I feel like I've made little progress for 4 months, this is my asaro bucci practice and I need to start doing stuff that's good, 4 months anon I want to see if I have talent and others at /beg/ are already better, it's not fair.

[Anonymous No.4985028]

>>4984999
>>4985006
Btw keys to drawing is a scam, shitty meme book

[Anonymous No.4985030]

>>4985006
Not the person you are replying to it appears to me you are trying to handle something you are not quite ready for yet, and that is why your progress is slow. It's like trying to measure 4 cups of water but you don't have any cups.

Have you tried Drawing on the right side of the brain or keys to drawing because you need to change your mentality about tackling the issue, especially if you made little progress after 4 months.

[Anonymous No.4985040]

>>4985006
It’s fair because you’re not doing anything right, you don’t know how to do anything right in drawing, this is not your fault but is only the outcome of having no knowledge or guidance on what to do. You can’t possibly expect to get much better if you’re trying to guess where you’re wrong when you don’t understand what the correct answer is in the first place like I said do the Watts fundamentals drawing courses, then move onto head fundamentals with Brian Knox and take some livestream critiques next semester. If you can’t afford it then get a job. You’ll only get what you put in. The smart thing to do right now is to understand where you are and be humble enough to realize that everyone needs help from great artists and teachers, having a teacher will shorten your time training as long as you put in the effort. Get critique and good education from pros before you build too many bad habits that require even more time to remove.

[Anonymous No.4985047]

>>4985030
>>4985040
3 months for this, Im not feeling the talent anon, I tried brent and keys to drawings at first, it failed me
Keys to drawing is a scam, it doesnt work and dont get me started on right side of the brain

[Anonymous No.4985049]

First shitty drawing like 4 months ago, not feeling or seeing any hint of talent there
>>4985040
>>4985030
Im already doing that course, Im on the second class right now but are there any alternatives to those hack books, they just dont work, its bullshit.
Im not feeling the talent anon, 4 MONTHS NOW 4 MONTHS AND SOMEONE WHO DRAWS 10 MINUTES A DAY ON /BEG/ IS WINNING DUE TO FINISHING THE BUCCI COURSE, THIS CANT BE

[Anonymous No.4985050]

>>4985040
Crab

[Anonymous No.4985061]

>>4985049
You’re gonna have to work on your attitude, views and thought process because it’s absolutely garbage and will yield no good results in training along with keeping yourself miserable.

[Anonymous No.4985063]

>>4985061
You're this guy right? >>4985040
Your advice is useless and it could be so much more concise, it's called stupid question not idiotic answers so you either become useful or fuck off anon, I've got no time for your bullshit.

[Anonymous No.4985107]

>>4985050
>>4985063
Yes, the advice to seek help from experienced artists is bad, very bad. What kind of person would seek help from people who have proven to be both great artists and teachers. It’s insane to think these pros could possibly know more than some random anon on ic. No need to get upset, you’ve clearly got time to waste if you’re on here.

[Anonymous No.4985117]

>>4985107
Youre not being useful, I came here with a question and youre beating around the bush, give me the answer I asked for, FOR THE QUESTION IS ASKED FOR OR FUCK OFF

[Anonymous No.4985121]

4 MONTHS OF DRAWING AND VERY LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT AND YET YOURE TRYING TO CHANGE OUR TIMELINE, WASTING OUR TIME

[Anonymous No.4985126]

>>4985117
You could actually start by listening to what I’ve said. There’s no quick and easy path to becoming good, you either put in the effort or don’t. I gave you a set of courses to follow, copy, study, draw and listen to. Basically All the answers you need are in them. If you’re too incompetent to do anything on your own then you’ll never get anywheres in art anyways. I’m trying to help you, no need to act like a child. If you knew what you wanted to hear then why did you ask the question in the first place?

[Anonymous No.4985127]

how do i start adding backgrounds to my images?
where can i find references for male figure drawing? most of croquis is girls

[Anonymous No.4985132]

>>4985126
because your courses are irrelevant, they are not the optimal path, progress and time.
>>4984999
HERE
YOU SHOW A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING OF MY QUESTION, HOW CAN I TRUST SOMEONE THAT STUPID TO GIVE ME ADVICE? HOW CAN I TRUST YOUR PLAN? YOUR TIMEFRAME WHEN YOUR FIRST REPLY IS THAT STUPID
you knew what I meant and still you refuse to answer it, you give us a resource we already have, you waste our time by not getting to the point, time time time
YOU WASTE MY TIME

4 MONTHS AND IVE GOT VERY LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT
EVEN MY BOXES ARE SHIT
SHOW ME YOUR ART, SHOW ME YOUR TIMEFRAME AND MAYBE YOUR BULLSHIT WILL MAKE SENSE BUT I DOUBT IT

[Anonymous No.4985134]

>>4985127
Backgrounds normally consist of landscapes and still lifes, so you could start by studying them. You can get references on gumroad, proko, nma, bodiesinmotion, etc.

[Anonymous No.4985135]

>>4985126
the effort is there, 4 months of barely missing any sort of practice, grinding fundies, again, you lack any sense youre too human and stupid to bother us

[Anonymous No.4985148]

>>4985132
What’s the optimal path? You must know already so why are you asking? Watts has been successfully teaching for 30 years, creating artists in all related industries, so how is it, that Jeff Watts doesn’t know one of the fastest paths to getting proficient?

>>4985135
4 months is a very short time to get anywheres in art and you’re clearly not applying any of the information taught or else you’d atleast be slightly better. No need to insult others when it’s your own ignorance/incompetence holding you back.

[Anonymous No.4985150]

>>4985148
FINALLY, FINALLY YOU SHOW SOME SIGNS OF BEING CAPABLE OF SAYING SOMETHING OF WORTH, I don't doubt Watts, the hacks are others not him, his course is refreshing, perfect for my skill level at the time, that's one good resource, the rest so far have been bullshit, Keys to drawing helps no one.
YOUR NEW FOUND WORTH JUST VANISHED I CLEARLY SPECIFIED THAT HIS COURSE IS GOOD SO FAR, ARE YOU THAT STUPID NOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT? FUCKING HELL, TALKING WITH YOUR KIND IS SUCH A FUCKING BORE
>>4985148
4 months is a very short time to get anywheres in art and you’re clearly not applying any of the information taught or else you’d atleast be slightly better. No need to insult others when it’s your own ignorance/incompetence holding you back.
THERE IT IS, MORE BULLSHIT HUMANITY, dont try to insult us, we dont care
BUt again, wheres the poor understanding of what i have studied it and how to fix it? START ALL OVER AGAIN? AGAIN?

[Anonymous No.4985390]

How do I make art friends I want to try to befriend people are alot better than but idk how to even make friends

[Anonymous No.4985466]

Where do I even start? I have a tablet, a drawing program and eager to learn. But there are like a million things in art that I can't do everything at once it seems. I'm practicing doodling some basic shapes but I just don't know how to progress. I feel like Art has no clear a to b to c type of learning.

[Anonymous No.4985555]

>>4985466
The beginner thread has an alternate sticky
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj

It's not an A-Z guide but starts of with things you should take note of as a beginner before introducing fundamentals and giving you resources to further your investigations.

People often gloss over and miss important parts, like "As stated before, the first thing one must learn is how to see. If you can’t accurately see and draw what’s right in front of you, then you can’t deconstruct it to see its buildings blocks".

Try to read through it and at least give it a fair try and keep in mind that you will not understand all of the concepts and information in one sitting. One section at a time, take away what you can. Good luck!

[Anonymous No.4985573]

>>4985555
How do I ensure that I am actually progressing tho? I mean, I guess I can keep posting on /ic/ to ask. But something that I miss from learning in an educational environment is being able to ask for immediate feedback, clarifications and show by example.

[Anonymous No.4985591]

>>4985150
>>4985132
Kill yourself, sperg.

[Anonymous No.4985595]

>>4985150
You're that psychopath that threatenned to kill people's whole families, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.4985611]

>>4985573
Developing a critical eye is the first thing you need for self assessment. This will develop in time as long as you are engaging in focused practice
https://line-of-action.com/article/focused-practice-an-exercise-for-real-improvement-in-33-days/

Set clear goals, take a photo of your first day of practice and forget about measuring progress, focus on doing what you set out to do such as 1 session of figure drawing a week. After 6 months compare your most recent to your first, you will definitely see improvement.

Progress is always going to be slow and comparing your drawing too frequently can be disheartening and remember immediate feedback doesn't always equate to immediate improvement.

Feed back and explanations is always important but is hard to get so I tend to take more stock in trying to get people to learn on their own, or at least find resources themselves than guide them step by step.

Be someone who can learn well and everybody can be your teacher.

[Anonymous No.4985612]

>>4985121
don't learn to get better, learn to understand tools better (this includes techniques)
you'll get better from actually creating

[Anonymous No.4985996]

I'm used to doing precise, linear sketches but I'm trying to get into more expressive, painterly renders. But I'm having trouble turning the former into the latter because I feel like I have to sacrifice the precision of the sketch for the sake of painterly strokes and effects, which feels like a step down. Pic related is an example of how I'd like to be able to paint. Any tips for this? Is it the tools I'm using, or is it just me?

[Anonymous No.4986139]

How do I get rid of dark black outlines and get more natural looking lineart and coloring like this?

[Anonymous No.4986206]

is there a method for practicing expressions? all portrait classes never seem to mention expression at all

[Anonymous No.4986211]

>>4986206
scott eaton's facial anatomy course goes over some of this. mainly talks about the muscles of the face. that helps a lot but you still have to do the heavy lifting yourself of making it artistic.

[Anonymous No.4986553]

Just started reading drawing on the right side of the brain, is it necessary to have all the extra materials she calls for in the book?

[Anonymous No.4987240]

>>4986553
no, it's complete pseudo-science psychobabble. bert dodson's keys to drawing is a better book that gives results. betty edwards is a meme.

[Anonymous No.4987907]

>Hate artist
>Like their art
What do

[Anonymous No.4987935]

>>4987907
stop being a tumblr/sjw retard and learn to separate art from the artist like regular people do

[Anonymous No.4987961]

>>4987935
But if I start liking/retweeting their art it'll give the idea that I like them

And if I say I don't like them, their defense force is gonna hound me

[Anonymous No.4988118]

CSP has a long delay whenever I use the transform tool, How do I speed it up?

[Anonymous No.4988189]

why is digital inking so hard? how do i improve?

[Anonymous No.4988210]

>>4988189
ink or draw traditionally, scan it