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[Anonymous No.6194646]

Please use this thread for your stupid questions instead of creating another stupid thread.

[Anonymous No.6194820]

how do you use the airbrush tool without it looking like shit? when is it appropriate to use?

[Anonymous No.6194831]

what someone with crippling adhd do to focus that's free? I draw for 5 seconds and start getting headaches/itchy all over.

[Anonymous No.6194834]

>>6194831
Daily meditation until you can focus on the breath and the mind itself for an hour without too much distraction. It's not easy at first but it rewires your brain and maximizes attention. .

[Anonymous No.6194841]

>>6194834
I'm pretty good at sitting and doing nothing for hours already. Its doing things I dont want to do which is the problem.

[Anonymous No.6194844]

>>6194841
Nothing as in no thought and attending to nothing at all, or nothing in the normative sense of following every thought and probably deathscrolling the internet at the same time? If you can follow the breath without distraction, you can do a lot of things.

[Anonymous No.6195864]

Why does google barely show art from pixiv?
I try searching for certain art (I won't say what it is) but it always only shows art from a certain artist (their art is below average) while it doesn't show other artists' work who are much better.
Feels as if that google pushed that one artist while shadowbanned the others.

[Anonymous No.6195917]

>>6194841
Sounds like you need to reshape what is "what do I or don't want to do". Say you have trouble drawing because you want to be good but don't want to practise. Instead find out whether you actually enjoy doing art and not worrying about the end result, but just doing for the sake of doing

[Anonymous No.6196428]

is there any cons to linearting with opacity brush

[Anonymous No.6196480]

I'm a beginner but I want to learn multiple styles (western, eastern, and animated). Question is should I try to develop each as I see fit or focus on one first?

[Anonymous No.6196482]

>>6196428
People inked to prepare art for printing, but today you don't have to do that. We're just used to the look

[Anonymous No.6196483]

>>6196480
focus on one first. It's not thaat hard to switch to another style

[Anonymous No.6196487]

What are the fundamentals of art? On Internet and different ilustrators there are different classifications of art and I don't know which is the most accurate classification

[Anonymous No.6196494]

>>6194834
>>meditation
biggest con in the history

[Anonymous No.6196539]

>>6196482
ah right thank you

[Anonymous No.6197134]

Does anyone know Simon Bisley's process? How does he achieve these subtle hue shifts? It looks like his paintings are black silhouettes and then he adds colors over that, but I don't even know if that's possible.

[Anonymous No.6197141]

>>6196494
I'm starting to think it only works for neurotypical people

[Anonymous No.6197185]

>>6197141
How many hours have you done?

[Anonymous No.6197559]

What separates good values in a painting from good values in a photograph? I always hear that these two things are different, but I haven’t been able to find any elaboration.

[Anonymous No.6197587]

After over a decade of being accustomed to the ease of use of Fireworks 8, I'm thinking of switching to and learning an actual image editor.
Which of the free ones do you guys recommend? I was about to just go for GIMP but on a second look, it seems comically convoluted.

[Anonymous No.6197747]

How are Photoshop brushes doing in CSP nowadays? I remember at the start that there were a few issues or something but I haven't heard anything since, not that I looked very hard. I mostly draw in my notebook but I wanna get back into CSP and wanna fuck with some Photoshop brushes

[Anonymous No.6197815]

>>6197141
I'm not anyone who's replied to you so far but I just wanna say that meditation only works as much as you want it to. If you go in thinking it won't work, it probably won't. I'm riddled with autism and ocd so I have a lot of trouble meditating but whenever I do try, I try to believe that it will at least do something. This probably won't work for you but what ended up helping me a lot was LARPing as an immortal cultivator lmao. I tried to get rid of any unnecessary thoughts and just tried to focus on what I sensed around me and the state of myself. Obviously I didn't gain superpowers but I did feel extremely refreshed afterwards so I'm assuming something happened

[Anonymous No.6198092]

why are there 2 stupid question threads

[Anonymous No.6198104]

>>6194646
So I've just fucked my wife's holes really rough, she doesn't really speak much now.
Should I give her extra day off?

[Anonymous No.6198120]

>>6198092
Wrong thread, that's not a stupid question.

[Anonymous No.6198127]

>>6197559
Value in paintings tends to be more ideal but there's little difference in how the dynamic range is compressed and rendered. Photos hide the number of manipulations done to make the image legible and values visible in the final print. Paintings tend to take the effect further and set values that don't or can't exist but otherwise the concerns are the same.

>>6197815
With practice, the process of maintaining one pointed attention and viewing thoughts and feelings with equanimity instead of chasing them or pushing them away and creating new thoughts and feelings becomes automated. Naked awareness without action or intention appears (from the viewpoint of the observer) to disentangle phenomena from responses to them, experientially and without intellectualization. So you end up recognizing the ever present and quite pleasant natural state that coexists with anxiety or irritation, disentangling conditioned responses from their causes in a process that eventually becomes automated and unconscious, and are able to break these habits and concentrate without distraction. You give monkey mind something to do that's productive and he does that instead of the usual routine.

[Anonymous No.6198177]

>>6198092
because using the catalog is hard, evidently.

[Anonymous No.6198370]

Is thumbnailing meant only for environment/landscape drawings or can i do the same for simple drawings of characters and such?

[Anonymous No.6198447]

How to you switch from photoshop to CSP after using the former for more than 8 years?
I want to change because the brushes are super neat, rotating a drawing doesn't get immediately pixelized, more art friendly tools but I'm struggling with how I'm used to PS that CSP feels almost wrong to use.

Any PS to CSP converters here sharing their experiences on how they adapted?

[Anonymous No.6198470]

>>6198447
I just watched the reuben lara video on CSP and learned the program. If you want you can change the workspace and shortcuts to be the same as Photoshop, if it's still too weird to you after you put some time into learning it.

[Anonymous No.6198488]

>>6198447
There's a lot of overlap and CSP is dare I say, more intuitive. All you're really learning are the differences and unique features. One of the really long official tutorials along with the manuals makes most of it clear. I will say it's not as robust as PS but the features it has as much deeper and the tools more powerful for the most part.

[Anonymous No.6198509]

>>6194646
If I stop drawing for a period of time (let's say 3 days to a week) will my art skills degrade?

[Anonymous No.6198950]

>draw picture
>color it
>add a screen layer on top to modify the colors
>change saturation and tone

is this bad? Should I just be picking the right color the first time?

[Anonymous No.6199066]

>>6198950
Use whatever tools you have available.
If you want to learn to color shit well without needing said tools then do studies from life.

[Anonymous No.6199111]

I read an article about a guy that only drew on post-it-notes as a kid. As an adult he got into digital art and could only draw on square sized canvases because his mind was so used to those post it notes. Anything else would mess him up.

I've been thinking about it a lot, and it makes me wonder why artists have all of these weird quirks. Can a case like his even be explained logically?

[Anonymous No.6199129]

>>6199111
Yes, easily. We bullshit ourselves CONSTANTLY. It's not just familiarity with materials and means, I mean everything we do is total bullshit based on total bullshit all the way down. Give one of those marketable trash connoisseurs who do such great works with literal and figurative garbage, ballpoint pens and the like, the best materials known to man and watch him fail spectacularly. You're pretty much describing someone who has been so poor and so self loathing for so long that he can't escape the mindset that plagues him.

[Anonymous No.6199145]

>>6198509
No, sometimes when I’m grinding I’ll get to the point where everything looks the same and I’ll get so stressed I start shitting blood, and so I go out and have fun for a couple of days and magically get better. Just don’t make it a habit.

[Anonymous No.6199248]

Is bouncing between works a good idea for a beginner who is very slow at finishing their pieces? And not slow as in procrastination, I just like to take my time with details and such. I believe I'm not improving quickly enough to keep drawing at my snails pace

[Anonymous No.6199255]

>>6199248
If you aren't rendering obscene detail, no probably not.

[Anonymous No.6199293]

When drawin' my sketches I intuitively apply line weight and other details but...the lineart just doesn't come naturally to me at all. It feels so forced desu...

[Anonymous No.6199302]

>>6199293
Skip the sketches for a little while.

[Anonymous No.6199304]

>>6198370
Yes, drawing thumbnails can be done to figure out things like pose, composition, angles, etc.

[Anonymous No.6199308]

>>6199293
never had this happen to me, post some comarisons anon, just out of curiosity

[Anonymous No.6199314]

>>6194820
I use it , very large brush size, to add subtle gradients on a overlay or multiply layer on top of proper shading. It’s an accent thing and not meant for shading an entire picture. Also ok to use lightly on areas where there is soft transition between shadow and light. It’s a tochup tool more than a painting tool for me personally.

[Anonymous No.6199373]

>>6199293
Clean the sketch and finish it (if you doing digital)

[Anonymous No.6199381]

What can I offer for a brand new gumroad? I do nsfw and sfw art tho.

[Anonymous No.6199538]

>>6197134
I found an unfinished painting of his. Hopefully it gives you some insight into his process. It looks like he starts with an "underpainting" of black ink (on particle board?) and paints on top. Defining the major black areas rather than painting in a whole silhouette of black and going over again with light colors. It could also be achieved with oil paints, first blocking in the shadows, maintaining a hard edge on the outer boundaries of the character, later blending a soft edge on the inner edge with colors. As for the hue shifts, he probably uses a gradient of colors, something like burnt umber -> burnt sienna -> yellow ochre for the character's skin.

[Anonymous No.6199541]

>>6199538
Oooh, looking up unfinished pieces by my favorite artists is a smart idea. Should help learn their process.

And yeah this is interesting, because my attempt at recreating it was pretty similar. I guess doing it digitally loses out on some of the natural chaotic style he achieves, but it should still be possible. Thanks, Anon.

[Anonymous No.6199563]

>>6194831
i try to put like ambient/droning music on and focus on that.

[Anonymous No.6199570]

>>6199563
good idea

[Anonymous No.6199589]

>>6199293
Stop thinking the lineart as simply tracing the sketch and instead treat it as its own painting. Like go back to some of the line intersections, fill a bit more of line, sharpen some edges and vary its tapers.

Or draw your sketch without lineweights.

[Anonymous No.6199917]

>>6194820
I use it for hue shifts on skin tones. Never use for shading, except for maybe ambient occlusion

>>6196494
Your doing it wrong, look up focused and mindfulness meditation. Both have been shown to have positive effects on executive function, and lowering stress hormones. You don't have to do it for hours, but you do have to do it daily for at least 15-20 mins to see any positive effects. Focus isn't about removing intrusive thoughts, its about keeping your mind trained on what your trying to accomplish and letting the thoughts teeter out on their own.

[Anonymous No.6200572]

>>6199381
Any ideas?

[Anonymous No.6200666]

For digital artists here, whats your favorite brushes to sketch and how did you discover them?

[Anonymous No.6200668]

>>6200666
whats a sketch

[Anonymous No.6200788]

>>6200666
Just use any low opacity or low density brush you could have at hand in the software you are using, also a soft edge brush it's good if you want to sculpt the form of your sketch.

[Anonymous No.6200875]

Sorry for phoneposting. Do i have soul?

[Anonymous No.6200876]

>>6200875
More

[Anonymous No.6200878]

>>6200876
One more and again sorry for phoneposting

[Anonymous No.6201404]

How do I get this texture pattern when drawing digitally?
I am using Krita, if that mattters.

[Anonymous No.6201417]

>>6194646
What are the puppy's thoughts on having a box for a head?

[Anonymous No.6201420]

>>6201417
he is think about how happy with what he has unlike the anons here

[Anonymous No.6201434]

>>6201404
The fishnet? Use the Mesh Transform tool on a flat texture.

[Anonymous No.6201435]

>>6201404
Oh that's the tights brush from the CSP assets store. Maybe you could make a moire pattern and make a brush out of that?

[Anonymous No.6201530]

>>6200875
>>6200876
>>6200878
yea

[Anonymous No.6201540]

>>6199381
Whatever other artists offer: Tutorials, brushes, color palettes, etc.

[Anonymous No.6202269]

How long should I practice per day when I'm not busy or whatever?
Time usually isn't a consideration for me, for the present.

[Anonymous No.6202286]

>>6202269
Ideally? At least 2 hours. That's like the bare minimum for learning an instrument in a reasonable amount of time and when I made the most part progress.

[Anonymous No.6202310]

>>6202286
Hey man, thanks.

[Anonymous No.6202327]

>>6200875
>Do i have soul?
if you have to ask

[Anonymous No.6202333]

>>6200875
Eh, your art has attitude.

[Anonymous No.6202334]

>>6202310
De nada, it feels good to put my degree to use for something positive. Did you know that you can learn the equivalent of 2 years worth of language classes (16 credit hours/~$36,000 at a private college) in 8 weeks if you grind one of those language websites for an hour or two a day? I wouldn't have believed it either until I wanted to save 30 grand of someone else's money and untold hours of my own life. Completely forgot most of it but memes en español are muy caliente.

[Anonymous No.6202337]

>>6202334
*picante
Mea culpa.

[Anonymous No.6202338]

Trad or digtial when you're a beginner? Or maybe a 50/50 split? Got a free decent tablet, but it feels weird using it because I can't see my hand while drawing, and I'm worried it might affect my ability to learn more important shit.

[Anonymous No.6202350]

When porn stars fuck black actors, they demand more pay because their sexual value in the porn marketplace goes down.

Is the same true for drawing BMWF hentai? Will my numbers and reputation suffer if I do interracial?

>>6202338
You'll get used to drawing with a tablet.
Trad has a very crucial advantage in that you will think more before making a strokes because your ability to erase is not as convenient. Drawabox touches on this, that's why they also want you to use a fineliner, since you're not supposed to just erase your mistakes on the go when you're practicing.

[Anonymous No.6202357]

>>6202350
Orcs and oni and shit will increase your value over the norm, take that as you will.

[Anonymous No.6202363]

>>6194646
Where is pupper from?
Offering tree fiddy for the pup.

[Anonymous No.6202366]

>>6202357
maybe when your orcs and onis look like this

[Anonymous No.6202399]

>>6202350
Black actors/actresses actually lose value in porn? Huh.
Draw fatassed goblins. I promise I'll buy your book.

[Anonymous No.6202404]

>form and volume
>lineart
>shape design
>gesture and posing
>facial expressions
>detailing
>clothing
>different camera angles and view
Which ones should I focus on fpr first if my goal for now is decent looking character art?

[Anonymous No.6202407]

>>6202404
Yes, facial expressions, form and gesture specifically and some rendering to support it.

[Anonymous No.6202421]

>>6202404
Anything and everything related to perspective. Her breasts look a mile ahead of her face, which looks like it's in the background entirely, and her body seems to be too far back too.

[Anonymous No.6202469]

>>6202421
you have no idea what you're talking about, do you? and that's obviously not that guy's drawing, it's too good for someone asking such questions. the fact you can't tell it's a pro's sketch shows you are either a troll or a permabeg.

[Anonymous No.6202472]

>>6202350
>Is the same true for drawing BMWF hentai? Will my numbers and reputation suffer if I do interracial?
you should kill yourself

[Anonymous No.6202497]

>>6202469
pyw

[Anonymous No.6202569]

Do skill with digital transfer well to trad? I want to draw trad, but when practicing I find it a lot easier to use reference on the computer due to being able to having the picture pretty close to what I'm drawing.

[Anonymous No.6202590]

How the fuck do i draw hands? Can you guys PLEASE give me some light, any exercise?

[Anonymous No.6202623]

>>6202590
Judging by my old kvetchbooks, Bridgman apparently. You’ll have to find your own version that works for you but this is what it looks like when it clicks.

[Anonymous No.6202667]

>>6201540
Im not that good for designing brushes but tutorials is something I used to do before, thank you anon

[Anonymous No.6203116]

What's even the process in that video here?
https://twitter.com/shi_b_a/status/1555493315231240193?s=20&t=uXT9fi-5nnisM9Ixg4NpbA

Construction > Flats > Details > lineart?
How does one even go about trying to do that?

[Anonymous No.6203152]

>>6203116
Most of the process isn't that linear, nor is there any special techniques at work. It's basically just the artist manipulating shapes of color intuitively, guided by their sense of design and aesthetics.

Elements are painted over or transformed remorslessly. Overall a very loose way of working that could be done on a single layer (unironically with a hard round brush).

[Anonymous No.6203213]

RAM upgrade vs SSD upgrade
Which one should I pick if I want Photoshop to nor run like shit on my rigs?

[Anonymous No.6203224]

>>6203213
SSD will probably do next to nothing. I'm not sure how much more RAM will help either, but if those two are your choices, go with the RAM. I think you can allocate more RAM to Photoshop in the settings if you haven't tried that. Depending on your CPU, that might be the biggest bottleneck, because Photoshop is very CPU intensive.

[Anonymous No.6203399]

>>6194646
Lads, any advice on drawing image sets digitally? I just finished pic related, and by the end the layer bloat was pretty bad. Any general advice it? And yes I am aware the girls anatomy is fucked. I know. Because I drew it. :(

[Anonymous No.6203585]

How can I simplify my anatomy model, and does anyone have any tips on using an androgynous body that I can programmatically deform to become masculine or feminine? I'm working on a game, and I'm trying to do have character customization.

[Anonymous No.6203598]

>>6203585
You could have attributes set to different sliders. Like shoulders, chest, waist, hips all get their own to make them narrower or wider.

[Anonymous No.6203610]

>>6203598
Well no duh. I've already got that much (It doesn't have sliders, but I can increment the values up and down).
The problem that I've been having is that there's just too many edge cases where something looks wierd only on one gender.

[Anonymous No.6204373]

bros, how do you train for nice consistent lines?
mine looks like chicken scratch going to different directions

[Anonymous No.6204375]

>>6194646
Which web comics sites are actually good for posting a comic series?
Picrel is because what I have in mind is essentially a RWBY type series.
Also; I don't like the webtoon format, I much prefer actual comic book pages. Which site will be fine for that type of format?

[Anonymous No.6204378]

>>6204373
"draw from the elbow" basically lock your hand in position and instead of moving your wrist move your whole arm.

[Anonymous No.6204388]

>>620437
so i need to rest my elbow on an armrest and use that as a pivot point?
have been drawing by moving the whole upper arm and shoulder btw

[Anonymous No.6204391]

>>6203610
Then how about a toggle button for male/female bodies?

[Anonymous No.6204490]

>>6194646
I haven't been on /ic/ since 1 billion years ago, and I am looking for daily draw thread. Does it no longer exist, or am I blind?

[Anonymous No.6204528]

>>6204490
Do you mean "do art daily" thread? It's here:
>>6184021

[Anonymous No.6204533]

>>6204490
/draw/ is ded, people just post in /beg/ because they're cowards

[Anonymous No.6204576]

I feel like the answer to this is obvious but what in-genuineness is there in touching up old works in your portfolio that you like? I have some stuff from even 8 months ago that I really like and I've learned a bit since then and keep thinking "even just ten minutes of overpainting this would bring it to my current level."

[Anonymous No.6204768]

how do people approach reading an artbook? steve huston's figure drawing book for example, do you draw after you read a small section, read a decent amount of pages and then draw, or read the whole book first and then draw?

[Anonymous No.6204770]

>>6204768
i read a couple of pages, then tell myself i'll draw in a bit, and procrastinate until it's time for bed, then i'll draw for 10 minutes, but it'll be completely unrelated to things i just learned

[Anonymous No.6204892]

>>6204768
The first read through, I just focus on reading and studying the examples. The second read through, I draw the exercises or practice copying the illustrations. All subsequent read throughs, I focus just on areas where I am weak.

[Anonymous No.6204905]

>>6204768
I redrew the whole book as good as i could(some pictures multiple times), can't do same with Loomis tho

[Anonymous No.6205035]

Was this drawn traditionally or digitally? Also does anyone know where I can see Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s drawing process (if there is any)

[Anonymous No.6205069]

What 3d modeling program would you recommend for creating human characters? I'm trying to learn how to draw the same character/body type doing different poses and from different perspectives

[Anonymous No.6205091]

>>6205035
probably copics

[Anonymous No.6205190]

>>6204770
>>6204892
>>6204905
thank you

[Anonymous No.6205192]

Please explain in simple terms what the canvas size effects. Like what can I do on a 4320 x 6480 that I couldn't on half that size (2160 x 3240).

[Anonymous No.6205240]

>>6205035
This is in the final pages of his ALPHA art book.

[Anonymous No.6205276]

>>6205240
>Step 1: do a dozen hours of preliminaries, a couple color mockups, and a full sized line drawing.
>Step 2: paint a stroke here
>Step 3: paint a stroke next to it.
>Step 4: Done.

[Anonymous No.6205653]

What thread should I use if I want feedback on OC designs?

[Anonymous No.6205699]

What is better:
1. Post text under pictures on my Pixiv using google translate to JP
2. Post text under pictures on my Pixiv using my bad EN (ESL)
I heard jp's usually not very good in EN so my bad EN can make me even more related than translate.

[Anonymous No.6205701]

>>6205699
Just be yourself

[Anonymous No.6205711]

If you drew a character supposed to be brother/sister/etc of an official character registered by corporation, is your character still fully belongs to you or corporation owned it since your reveal their relations? What limitations in drawing original characters related to official ones?

[Anonymous No.6205787]

How niche is the market for painterly coom?
Imagine pic related but imagine it's big boob anime or w/e.
I'm burnt out on doing the basic pencil sketch->inking->coloring.

[Anonymous No.6205790]

>>6205711
Work based on copyrighted/trademarked work is known as derivative work, and the holder of the copyright decides whether or not derivative work can be created. If your creation is related to Mickey Mouse, for example,, then Disney has legal right to prevent you from creating any work with that character as holders of the original copyright. The one exception is cases of fair use, such as parody.

What you can you legally do? You can create another character similar to the copyrighted work, but not identical to it. You can make allusions to your character's connection to the copyrighted work, but you can't mention them by name or have them explicitly appear in your work. Basically, don't get too specific, but drop enough hints for people to figure it out.

[Anonymous No.6205854]

>>6205091
>>6205240
Thank you anons

[Anonymous No.6205856]

How would you recreate this image using traditional mediums? Could paint make that?

[Anonymous No.6205860]

>>6205856
probably copic markers, or if you had really great pencil rendering skills, colored pencils

[Anonymous No.6205868]

>>6200875
Yes, very much so. Your style has something special to it.

[Anonymous No.6206169]

How can someone use trending copyrighted music on Tiktok on business profile? I see artists do this all the time while being able to keep the link in bio, but Tiktok won't let me use anything that is not supposed "for commercial use".

[Anonymous No.6206221]

What define your popularity on Pixiv?
Likes? Bookmarks? Or views?

[Anonymous No.6206245]

>>6206221
rice

[Anonymous No.6206262]

I want to try out digital drawing with a screenless tablet.
What are some good exercises to better my hand eye coordination?

[Anonymous No.6206645]

>>6200666
I just use the binary/pixel pen, usually like 1-5 pixels big. I enjoy how ‘raw’ it feels

[Anonymous No.6206724]

>>6205035
>was this early 90's anime concept art drawn trad or digi
Hmm, trad obviously.

[Anonymous No.6207082]

Hello anons,what is the word to search for when the light behind the character is strong and the figure remains dark but with the light still lighting some facial feature like some face muscles/wrinkles?

Picreel is an example of what I mean

[Anonymous No.6207111]

Anyone know where I can find more artists that color like this, as well as what sort of brushes in clip studio replicate the look?

[Anonymous No.6207125]

>>6207082
backlighted silhouette?

[Anonymous No.6207136]

>>6207125
Thank you so much

[Anonymous No.6207146]

Anyone have experience with pixiv fan box? I would like to join for 1 artist. Is it going to be charged automatically if I don't cancel it? Is there something I should watch out for? I don't have much experience with internet transactions when it comes to international sales?

[Anonymous No.6207164]

>>6196480
Style is like a fart; if you have to force it, it is probably shit. Start with a mix of fundies and realism, once you feel confident that your pen/pencil/brush/etc is close enough to what your intent tells it to do, then start exploring style.

[Anonymous No.6207165]

>>6199293
If you lineart doesn't look good, you're sketch didn't either.

[Anonymous No.6207175]

>>6202590
The palm is like a wedge shaped box and the knuckles/fingers form an arc around it in a lot of poses. Staring and poking at your hands in different positions will help you develop an intuitive understanding of their mechanics which will inform your approach to drawing them.

[Anonymous No.6207177]

>>6203399
Have a general idea of what you want each layer for when you make them. Layer bloat is fine during the blocking and initial sketch phase but as you approach the end you should have fewer layers for each step in your process. Try doing some warm ups on real paper every few weeks as well.

[Anonymous No.6207188]

>>6205192
Bigger canvases are more resource intensive for your PC and let you use a wider range of brush size. You can also zoom in WAY further for tiny details. Small canvases are good at discouraging bad habits related to zoom/brush autism.

[Anonymous No.6207192]

>>6205787
As the old saying goes: if you build it, they will cum.

[Anonymous No.6207336]

>>6201404
Does anyone know how to do this, but with CSP? Whenever I try to use a brush or material, it doesn't come out right and looks like an obvious texture being placed and not something with depth

Same question for other materials such as clothing textures and plaid. Thank you

[Anonymous No.6207914]

Is there an equivalent to /ic/ but only for Japanese?

[Anonymous No.6207916]

>>6207914
This but for Vietnamese?

[Anonymous No.6207932]

>>6207914
pretty sure futaba has a few (dead) drawing boards

[Anonymous No.6207957]

>>6207932
I was in futaba but the problem is that there were only threads of drawings of anorexic women and touhou

[Anonymous No.6209802]

>>6195864
Well since this thread is for stupid question. As a beg how many hours should I spend to complete a drawing, fully colored and rendered with or without background. Of course to make a good drawing one should spend as much time as possible, but starting out it seems better to emphasize on quantity instead of quantity. I usually spend upwards to twenty or more hours for a completed drawing, is that too many?

[Anonymous No.6209803]

>>6209802
Oops didn't mean to reply

[Anonymous No.6209814]

>>6209802
>I usually spend upwards to twenty or more hours for a completed drawing, is that too many?
now I'm really curious you better post something

[Anonymous No.6209820]

>>6209814
Mate I just admitted to having spent hundreds of hours to polish turds, I'm not going to make myself into a new meme on this board by posting those turds

[Anonymous No.6209871]

>>6209820
i wanna look at your turds
i'm german btw

[Anonymous No.6210746]

How did you redesigned your life to make sure you had to draw and practice drawing everyday?

[Anonymous No.6210751]

>>6210746
I quit my job to become a stay at home husband. Now all i have to do is cook, clean, and draw.

I dont know why people are all bent out of shape over having a career. It’s pretty overrated.

[Anonymous No.6210784]

>>6210746
I put some paper and pencil on a clipboard near my computer.

[Anonymous No.6210811]

>>6210751
to pay bills

its easier for men

lol

[Anonymous No.6211056]

>>6210746
i joined /dad/

[Anonymous No.6211060]

Are you seeing those white lines close to the top of photoshop? They have been happening now for a few weeks and kinda annoys me, and photoshop too is acting kinda weird. Slowing down and time to time freezing, that's new and never happened before.Why it's happening and How do I fix it? Can I reinstall or I will lose all my brushes and custom brushes?

[Anonymous No.6211534]

How in gods name do I stop fussing over what digital brush to use? I swear its either it doesn't look right, doesn't feel right, or both at the same time. I've made too many brushes because of this stupid hang-up.

[Anonymous No.6211543]

>>6206262
Other than just drawing? Browse the web with the tablet. I've also heard Osu! is good for that.

[Anonymous No.6211547]

>>6210746
I bought a farm which now produces 90% of the stuff I eat and 100% of the electricity I use, plus I work from home (whicj only takes about ~2 hours of my day). It's pretty great

[Anonymous No.6211561]

>do art as hobby
>have 0 interest in making money from it
>good chance at making it with crypto
every artist/creative type seems to be super offended that i have no higher artistic aspirations with my air and say "waste of talent" etc. for what purpose?

[Anonymous No.6211574]

Is it safe pirating Photoshop from torrent sites like 1337x? Don't want to get a trojan..

[Anonymous No.6211670]

>>6211574
Search for m0nkrus website. I don't know if Google will show it, use yandex if not. There are links on his site to multiple programs. He is legit uploader known for years in pirating community.

[Anonymous No.6211675]

https://www.brendanmeachen.com/soloartist
Is this okay to follow?

[Anonymous No.6211960]

Is there a book like this one, that takes a more physically accurate approach, but for color and lighting?

[Anonymous No.6212384]

New Paypal rules coming in hot next month, notably

>U.S. business accounts will not be able to receive personal transactions from PayPal accounts outside the U.S. starting October 31, 2022.
>U.S. PayPal accounts will not be able to send personal transactions to business accounts outside the U.S. starting October 31, 2022.

[Anonymous No.6212492]

Is crabbing on /ic/ just encouragement to draw less or do the malicious types here actually give you misdirecting advice in response to you posting art?

[Anonymous No.6212499]

Is crabbing on /ic/ just encouragement to draw less or do the malicious types here actually give you misdirecting advice in response to you posting art?
I imagine reddit is worse, because they tend to take trolling too far.
Should I just ask artists I'm aware of and respect to give me critique personally?

[Anonymous No.6212615]

>>6212492
>>6212499
Sorry for double posting, I've got bad connection. The latter can't be a bad idea for sure. Imma fuck off now

[Anonymous No.6212665]

>>6212384
LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE BRAVE

[Anonymous No.6212722]

>>6194646
How do YOU figure out what to focus and improve upon in regards to your art?

[Anonymous No.6213040]

will making a daily to-do list make me a better artist?

[Anonymous No.6213178]

>>6204375
>nobody gave a shit about my post
typical

[Anonymous No.6213260]

>>6194646
Why should I bother writing a story when nobody will ever read it?

[Anonymous No.6213263]

>>6207914
/ic/

[Anonymous No.6213265]

>>6211574
finding a torrent without trojan/miner is like finding a nice person in africa

[Anonymous No.6213278]

>>6213265
>t. tech illiterate

[Anonymous No.6213300]

>>6213278
>t. rusnigger wanting to spread his miner

[Anonymous No.6213350]

>>6211547
What the fuck? What’s your job?

[Anonymous No.6213358]

>art maniac since childhood
>years of ignoring and suppressing mental illness catch up to me as adult out of college
>completely lose all motivation to draw and reach lifelong goals
>drawing feels pointless, hopeless, and nothing I draw looks good
>this has been going on for the past 3 months
Um… how do I get out of this?

[Anonymous No.6213589]

>>6213300
>t.retard that can't even pirate things properly

[Anonymous No.6213683]

Thinking about replacing my small drawing tablet due to limitations and upcoming project. Should I just buy a bigger drawing tablet or switch to display tablet? What are the pros and cons of display tablet? Would love to hear anons opinion on this.

[Anonymous No.6213699]

>>6207336
You need to think about the form. You can't just slap a texture down. It would help you to try drawing clothing by hand and then try a second time using textures or texture brushes.

[Anonymous No.6213710]

>>6194646
So I've just fucked 10min ago and my hands are still shaking.
What's your remedy? That's a honest question.

[Anonymous No.6213717]

>>6213710
>So I've just masturbated 10min ago and my hands are still shaking.
>What's your remedy?
Don't masturbate so much.

[Anonymous No.6213722]

>>6213717
I'll masturbate later, don't worry.
Thanks for trying but you're a virgin and your answer is useless.

[Anonymous No.6213755]

>>6213722
Hands don't shake from sex. Stop over using your hands. Fapping too much will give carpal tunnel.

[Anonymous No.6213773]

>>6213350
I'm a lawyer, covid was gift from heaven for us because literally all our work is now done remotely. Anyway, I got the money for the farm from the 2020-2021 crypto bull run.

[Anonymous No.6213800]

Technically speaking, her mouth is floating too close to the side of her head. But in general, most people wouldn’t notice and would probably think this looks cute. What is the reason behind this?

[Anonymous No.6213806]

So I've been practicing for 1 year now drawing (traditionally). I've been drawing only with most common books like Loomis and other popular american artists. And about 3 months ago I went to Art teacher who is from Russian Academy. She helped me greatly with proportions and stuff.

But my end goal is to draw hentai digitally. I want to become hentai artist and earn bare minimum to leave my dead end soulless job.

Should I only draw in anime style or would you suggest to fully learn basics of traditional and then jump to anime digital when I feel I'm ready?

Pic related, my work. Yes I know I'm bad

But I'm afraid that I'm just wasting time on this when I should be grinding anime digitally to become good hentai artist

[Anonymous No.6213814]

>>6213806
never stop yourself from drawing whatever you want. you're just saying no to free xp. judge it after you're done and determine what you need to do to keep working towards your goals.

drawing anime hentai boobies is a skill in and of its own. by learning traditional art, yes you're learning all the different parts of art, but you're not learning how they interact with each other in anime hentai tiddy bohooboloboobalos.

don't be scared to do what you want because it's what "really matters"
don't be more fragile with it because you care more about the outcome

try to do like 3 drawings of anime where you're just focussing on what you're doing, and not how it's going to turn out. then work from there as your baseline. it doesn't make you a shitty person or artist to draw a shitty drawing. it's what you do/feel after the shitty drawing that makes you a bad artist

[Anonymous No.6213826]

stupid question so fitting here but why do some generals in this board have the most doomer depressed people who want no one to succeed while other boards have very helpful and insightful people? how do you know which boards attract which kind of people?

[Anonymous No.6213847]

>>6213800
The reason is Manga is balance between form and symbol. It prefers what gives appeal and not what is right.

[Anonymous No.6213865]

>>6213800
try making an anatomically right anime character. it's fucking hideous. go for what looks good, not what is correct.

[Anonymous No.6213873]

>>6194646
been drawing for a month now, genuinely shocked I haven't given up already like I do most hobbies, and really loving it. I have the Faber-Castell 12 pencil set 2B-8B / B / HB / F / H / 2H. Is there a good video / reference guide as to the best "use case" for each pencil weight? Pic related of my most recent beg progress in 1 month for your amusement. Specifically practicing female portraits since the get-go.

[Anonymous No.6213876]

>>6213755
Idk how you're doing it but I'm always exhausted after

[Anonymous No.6213890]

>>6213873
most artists will work from hardest (h) to softest (b) as they progress through their drawing.

the hard graphite goes down lighter, so it's good for under drawings, and initial/light value.

then as you start to add in your shadows and darks, you'll need softer graphite

[Anonymous No.6213920]

What's the better approach?

A:
> Draw something from reference
> Analyze the mistakes you made
> Redraw it while still using the reference

B:
> Draw something from reference
> Analyze the mistakes you made
> Redraw it from memory

[Anonymous No.6213988]

>>6213920
I repeat A multiple times before going into B

[Anonymous No.6214114]

Is there an actual term for the camera zoom effect where background objects get bigger than foreground objects?

[Anonymous No.6214234]

>>6214114
Maybe you thinking of dolly zoom?

[Anonymous No.6214318]

>>6214234
That's where they move the camera back while zooming in to do that weird surreal effect right? I mean i think that's just one of the techniques that showcases the effect I'm talking about. I'm just looking for the scientific term for that specific effect.

[Anonymous No.6214373]

>>6213873
ernest watson's course in pencil sketching that somebody posting in the last artbook thread has a good explanation of when you'ld want to use what, and is a good book in general.

[Anonymous No.6214455]

>>6213920
You learn better if you make mistakes trying to solve a problem before learning the correct procedure. Try to draw a really shitty version from memory first, then the differences between that and the ref as well as what makes things look "right" will stand out more and you'll remember them better.

[Anonymous No.6214532]

>>6209802
For me 4 hours with background, don't know without. Can't post to avoid doxx.

[Anonymous No.6214540]

what would this art style be called? I want some tattoos in this style
>inb4 opinions

[Anonymous No.6214598]

>>6214540
classical engraving

[Anonymous No.6214670]

I have the skill and time to produce and sell a 4-5 page doujinshi.
I'm struggling to find the best way to monetize it.
It will be on Gumroad, and these are my options:
>Simply sell the individual doujinshis at a fixed rate, say 3$
>5$ paywall (or 25$ for 6months) that gives subscribers access to monthly doujinshis, premium variants,sketches and whatever else I throw on there.(obviously subscribers gain access to all previous content)
I'm afraid people might simply subscribe for a month, check out the premium doujinshi and unsubscribe.But...that said, a subscription based thing might be better in the long term, although it's probably harder to maintain...

Really need advice .What's the correct thing to do here?

[Anonymous No.6214790]

blue art board
we fucking need one

[Anonymous No.6214909]

Would you consider an artist that fell into coomer hell and only exist to satisfy their horny fanbases a "failure"?

[Anonymous No.6215432]

>>6214598
wow thanks anon, fuck I think I found my art style. How peculiar and unique these would be as tattoos

[Anonymous No.6215439]

>>6214909
Its not a position I'd want to be in, having to cather to coomers all day must eat at your soul everyday, specially when you get autists begging you to do pee, vore, scat and all the other retarded shit these social retards are into

[Anonymous No.6215728]

>>6205699
>Pixiv
Obviously use google translate to JP. Just 'cause EN can attracts too much EN-speaking trolls and bullies to your art, JP can filter most of them. I don't think JP-speakers will bully your for poor language. Especially if you write in your profile (in JP obviously) that you just learning and need to practice.

[Anonymous No.6215731]

>>6215728
Adding to what has been said, I think so because you obviously too nervous and no-courage person if you ask such a question, and possible do questionable art. So filter the bullies more important for you than likes.

[Anonymous No.6215735]

>>6213806
I'm not sure why people actually believe drawing trannime is profitable, if you are lucky you can get a couple hundred bucks a month

[Anonymous No.6216394]

[Anonymous No.6216796]

Ya'll what pen is Nance using here? This variation in thickness is siiick. I'm not 'murrican, just saw it in a random YT vid and that had me by the balls.

[Anonymous No.6216837]

Is there anyone here still pursuing a career in art? I'm aware of the whole AI thing. I don't want to give up, I've already sacrificed so much, I can't afford to start from square one. I just wanna know if I'm not alone.

[Anonymous No.6216893]

>>6216837
Tons of people, but don't put your hopes on /ic/

[Anonymous No.6216903]

>>6216837
Yes. The AI thing has just made me even more motivated to develop art that is distinct from what AI tends to produce, which is usually that soulless over-rendered ArtStation concept art style. I want to put passion, self-expression, and real intention that shows in my artwork, which is something a machine could never do.

[Anonymous No.6217762]

Is there such a thing as a high quality scanner? I need to scan at least 9 x 12 but even larger would be kino.

[Anonymous No.6217764]

>>6216837
the AI doomposting is actual bots and literal shills for the dall-e software. just forget everything you've ever read about it

[Anonymous No.6217939]

How do you not get so caught up in studying and exercises?
I feel like I tried too hard to study multiple things in a short period and like I got lost in trying to reinvent my process. For example, one of the things was I wanted to better understand heads, so I looked at many different videos and guides on head construction. In the last few weeks many days I just attempted these methods and wasn't satisfied with the process, so I looked at more resources and repeated the same things. I don't feel like I actually made any learning progress and just feel more lost. I did this with multiple different subjects and feel like the last almost three months were just treading water without any results. How do I prevent this, should I go back to just drawing and only go back to trying to study when something doesn't look right? I noticed more progress and enjoyed it more when I was mostly trying to create finished pieces.

[Anonymous No.6218786]

Did any of you here bought Proko's digital painting fundamentals course? How would you rate it cuz even till now I find digital painting to be a mystery to git fud in.

[Anonymous No.6220538]

what makes a good character illustration?

[Anonymous No.6220590]

>>6214114
Parallax?

[Anonymous No.6220602]

>>6217764
>AI
I hate to break it to you all but this shit is very very bad. Like most artists make steady income from graphic design and the more laborious concept art and animation grunt work. Traditional fine yes, will not be going any time soon but that is far and few between and only really top tier career artists make well with that.
It's already happening, in a soft way. Copy Writers are using story boards generated vai AI or algorithmic editing.

[Anonymous No.6220893]

What is this from? Why do artists keep doing studies of it?

[Anonymous No.6220907]

>>6220893
It seems to be from Breakfast Club. You know, the movie from the 80's with the kids in detention?

[Anonymous No.6220976]

>>6220907
I’ve seen it. pretty meh

[Anonymous No.6221053]

is sculpting easier?

[Anonymous No.6221063]

>>6220893
i like the colors

[Anonymous No.6221122]

>>6194646
How do you get over or cope with the seething envy of seeing other people achieve your dreams?
The obvious answer is by achieving my own dreams yes, but how do you cope in the meanwhile? That gross feeling of envy will still linger while I work on achieving my goals... Though a part of my goals would also require me to study the people that have made it. But it physically hurts me to do that even though I know it shouldn't.

How do you get over that tug of envy on your heart strings?

[Anonymous No.6221140]

>>6220893
Its the fact it portrays two very separate vibes in one image. There's a wrapping of warm tones in one zone and cold tones in another. The green floor with the red tile is a perfect transition between the two. The overall framing is fantastic and it carries a very particular mood. I've noticed a lot of experimental artists are using more red-blue-purples to add an almost surreal charm. It really is quite the lovely image that's easy on the eyes yet compelling enough to pull you in

[Anonymous No.6221407]

>>6214114
>>6214318
The dolly zoom makes use of the effects of a changing field of view. As the FOV changes, the relationship between the sizes of objects at different distances changes.

Wide FOV (or wide angle lens) = objects rapidly decrease in size the farther away they are
Narrow FOV (or long lens) = objects farther from the viewer are more proportional to their actual size in relation to objects closer up

Chapter 10 of Framed Perspective explains this very well.

[Anonymous No.6221705]

can i do drawabox and The Art and Science of Drawing digitally?

[Anonymous No.6222534]

Has anyone tried (or seen someone) going to an anime convention and sell traditional art (either paintings or inked sketches) of... well... anime characters?

Lots of trad artists have their personal galleries or sometimes they'll pick a random corner in the city and sell their stuff, to this day I see lots of houses adorned with shitty oil paintings or even shittier copies of classic works.

I've seen stickers and small canvas but not full-sized works intended for hanging in a wall or something.

[Anonymous No.6222558]

>>6205787
NatTheLich seems to be doing just fine doing that.

[Anonymous No.6222935]

When you make a head are you supposed to make the starting ball cover up to the top of the forehead and then just put the hair on top of that it seems like everytime i make a head it isnt big enough to fit the hair

[Anonymous No.6222959]

>>6222534
Anime conventions are full of neets or broke people. You can only sell cheap trinkets or expensive consoom collectors shit from already established brands

[Anonymous No.6223246]

Picked up drawing on right side of brain thinking a pad and pencils would be enough to get going but it suggests a bunch of materials for the different exercises. Am I going to find most of this shit at hobby lobby? The one on the site doesn’t even have everything listed as needed

[Anonymous No.6223265]

I doodle so much but I haven't felt like posting anything for a long time, any 'finished' pieces are few and far between. It makes me anxious but I'm not really sure what to do about it. Suggestions? Anyone else dealt with/dealing with it?

[Anonymous No.6223378]

>>6194646
I think we should have a thread to critique character designs

[Anonymous No.6223433]

What is oekaki?

[Anonymous No.6223438]

Why do some people just take a lot of years to get from utter shit to just mediocre? I want to start making comics now but I am still barely high /beg/, and seeing people like Isayama taking 10 years to get from bad to meh really tells me I should spend another 2 or 3 years focusing on illustration skill if I don't want to stagnate and improve at much lower rates than I want due to focusing on the comic

[Anonymous No.6223442]

>>6223433
A Japanese word that means drawing or painting. Colloquially it means a doodle or a sketch. Can also refer to a painting program or painting pad.

[Anonymous No.6223452]

>>6223265
wish i knew.
sketching is fun. trying to come up with a complete drawing from scratch is just too much time and effort; i stop caring about them long before I finish and the results aren't particularly satisfying anyway.

[Anonymous No.6223456]

>>6223438
just feed a prompt to an ai and it will make you a comic

[Anonymous No.6223600]

how would i go about making the most shitty looking line art brush possible? something terrible looking, uneven, aesthetically awful

[Anonymous No.6223824]

How come Cro / cromachina uses that shitty red? Does he dislike the color red?

[Anonymous No.6223831]

What are these painted with? Watercolor?

[Anonymous No.6223850]

>>6223824
example?

[Anonymous No.6223858]

>>6223438
mangaka are almost always under incredible stress and really have no time outside of work, so their really is no time for them to work on their art and improve

[Anonymous No.6223900]

>>6223858
now go look at slam dunk ch 1 vs 75 vs 150

[Anonymous No.6223902]

>>6223900
I don't read trannga sorry

[Anonymous No.6223938]

>>6223902
nobody was expecting you to be able to read, it's okay.

[Anonymous No.6223943]

>>6223938
It's not my fault every single piece of jap fiction is trash, sorry

[Anonymous No.6223949]

>>6223938
Nobody 'reads' trannga, you just look at the pictures

[Anonymous No.6223987]

>>6194646
Wondering what kind of brush is used here on the stomach to shade in the anatomy. I know it's just a very basic default brush, but I'm unsure which one. I can never get that sharp line at the end of it.
Currently using CSP for references.

[Anonymous No.6223996]

>>6223987
soft brush + hard eraser / lasso.

[Anonymous No.6224004]

>>6223996
>lasso
Holy fuck im retarded. Thank you so much! Now I can see at night.

[Anonymous No.6224797]

How do you just start ACTUALLY drawing and stop practicing?
A lot of my favorite mangas are pretty shitty art wise, but I still love them
Meanwhile if I draw a face a little off I end up doing drills for a whole day. Or the clothes lack some detail so I drill folds all day.
Like pic related, I can draw better than this but I keep just practicing all day instead of actually drawing

[Anonymous No.6225406]

>>6223824
colorblind :'(

[Anonymous No.6225518]

>>6194646
I don't even know if this is the right board.
I've googled the IBM number and haven't found anything. Can someone please help me ID this? It's from Windsor Art Produscts, IMB number G6105.496.7
The original artist is Jim Daly and the piece was called "A good day for fishing" I think

[Anonymous No.6225532]

>>6224797
Just accept your faults as they are and keep moving forward with whatever project you're working on. I legit probably learned more in 3 months working on a personal project than I did in months of grinding only allowing myself to have fun once in a while.

The grind until you're allowed to draw to have fun isn't for everyone learning wise. You may find yourself grinding a shitload of something only to sit down and feel pressure to be better than last time and it can fuck you up. Take some time just to chill and start working on something that inspires you. Eg if you love landscape painting just try and paint a landscape you like. If the foliage sucks who cares. Finish it and grind trees because you enjoy grinding trees.

[Anonymous No.6226395]

what does the g in g-pen stand for?

[Anonymous No.6226472]

>>6226395
g-spot

[Anonymous No.6226489]

>>6226395
Why don't you google you idiot?

>The G nib is probably the most fabled nib among people interested in the creation of manga. So what is a “G nib” exactly? Basically, it’s a Japanese-made pen nib that has cuts in its shoulders that make a “g” shape.

[Anonymous No.6226495]

>>6226489
For example:

[Anonymous No.6226510]

>>6226472
>>6226489
alright thanks guys

[Anonymous No.6226617]

>>6194646
anybody got a tutorial on how to do wires and all that messy and hanging stuff? I watched Serial Experiments Lain and now I wanna include that kinda of aesthetic to my drawing

[Anonymous No.6226629]

>>6226617
Houdini

[Anonymous No.6226762]

I'm trying to turn my art in to a marketable skill so I can make major bank off it, but I don't want to draw porn. Assuming I can get to a high enough skill level, is there money in drawing assets for people's tabletop campaigns? DnD and the like? The eventual goal for me is to make at least 3K-4K a month off commissions/Patreon. Has anyone here actually achieved this?

[Anonymous No.6226771]

>>6226495
>called a G-pen
>clearly a C

[Anonymous No.6227042]

>>6226617

[Anonymous No.6227046]

>>6227042
On the one hand, based since it's helpful
On the other hand, it's westernshit and I hate it

[Anonymous No.6227180]

>>6226617
>>6227046
If youre doing high detail I don't know if I have much other than learning tubes, but just thick lines (maybe with an outline filter like CSP offers) and locking transparency to color/shade them is usually a super quick and easy way

[Anonymous No.6227190]

How do I learn to make thumbnails?

[Anonymous No.6227192]

>>6227190
Draw small?

[Anonymous No.6227233]

How do I lobotomize myself into becoming an art making machine?
Between my personal work, my client work, and continued studies, I need to be drawing for 8 hours a day minimum, and I can barely handle 3. I’m working out and counting calories despite awful sleep hygiene that I’m also trying to fix, so I’m always tired, hungry, irritated, and working fills me with rage.
Any advice would be nice. Attached is my timeblocking calendar.
I just want to be like everyone else. No drugs please, I don’t want to lose the actual ability to be creative, kinda defeats what I’m trying to pull off here.

[Anonymous No.6227237]

>>6227233
You barely do anything all dsy

[Anonymous No.6227242]

>>6227233
>3 hours gym sessions
Literally what? 2 hours should be enough, more weight, less reps.

As for your actual question try taking timed breaks, do art for an hour and force yourself to stop for 15 minutes or so to keep the "I want/need to draw" feeling strong, you can use this time to grab a snack to regain your energy.

[Anonymous No.6227244]

>>6227190
Use sticky notes and a sharpie, or a tiny 250x250 canvas and a fat brush. Basically force the constraints of tiny drawing with no details on yourself, and then try doing it a ton.
>>6226762
Your goal is very based. Getting in with a community of loaded nerds who want that quantity of art assets is the first step.
For $3-4k/month you’ll probably need more than one stream of income, so consider selling tutorials or reusable art assets, just a couple ideas. I wouldn’t get too hung up on getting gud if people are already asking to pay you for your art, most non-artists don’t have the technical knowledge to get hung up on the same qualities that artists do.
>>6227237
You mean currently or that’s the solution?

[Anonymous No.6227247]

>>6227242
The gym is a 30 minute walk away and i don’t have a car. 20 mins if I run(my cardio is shit).
Workout routine:
>Wake up at 6am
>Leave house at 6:30am
>Arrive at gym at 7am
>Weight training for about an hour, then run on treadmill for 30 minutes to get more cardio, increase endurance
>Arrive back home at 9am

I’ve been doing this for like 2 months now.

[Anonymous No.6227258]

>>6227242
>work for 1 hour and take 15 min breaks
That seems flow-breaking at best and distraction-inducing at worst, but I’ll try it. Maybe I’ll meditate or try to talk to someone in that time.
Usually when I feel like I can’t work I just try to sleep and hope I reset when I wake up.

[Anonymous No.6227266]

>>6227247
I got lazy with the gym when I realized all the rich people I know are a bit overweight and all the poor people I know are low body fat gym rats
Accept it, you need calories to concentrate and work long hours
All my super productive days are when I treat myself to something

[Anonymous No.6227272]

>>6227258
It's called the Pomodoro method, look it up, it really helps focus.

[Anonymous No.6227274]

>>6227247
My workout routine:
Exhausting sex minimum e3d, followed by chocolate powder mix max 15min after, followed by low fat dinner till 1h15m after sex. Lots of protein and fat before sleep(some fat fish or white cheese).
Doing it 17years and it works like a fucking miracle. Dropped bodybuilding 10 years ago and no fucking regrets
I'm the laziest ripped anon in the fucking history.

[Anonymous No.6227336]

>>6227266
Nah, I can’t afford to give up. I’m beginning to see progress, it’s pretty cool.
I’m going to try intermittent fasting again and try to work through the fasting period. Can’t find the answer as to when I should start eating during the day so I’ll try eating a meal halfway through my work and see how it goes.
>>6227274
Reminds me of pic

[Anonymous No.6230847]

How long and what do you do for warmups before drawing sessions? Traditional and digitally.

[Anonymous No.6231463]

>>6194646
does it get easier to learn new concepts the more you know/skllled you are? For instance, I've been programming for years, and learning new stuff is easier than when I started. Can you expect something of the same with drawing?

[Anonymous No.6232621]

What's the optimal amount of memory I should allocate on CSP if I don't want my brushes to lag?
I had 12GB RAM by the way

[Anonymous No.6232634]

>>6230847
an hour of suck and fuck, and then 30 min of seed and feed are enough to get me warmed up

[Anonymous No.6232641]

>>6227274
use protection, and fat food and cheese are not very bottom friendly, there's a chance you can soil your bed

[Anonymous No.6232700]

Why does my paper "puff up" when I paint with water colour? Am I putting too much water or is the paper just bad?

[Anonymous No.6232706]

>>6232700
watercolor requires special thick paper

[Anonymous No.6232785]

>>6232700
illustration board and stupid thick paper won't buckle when they're partially wetted.
for poorfag paper, soak it till it's limp and then staple or tape it to a board and it will stay nice and flat while you paint.

[Anonymous No.6232927]

what're some tricks a symbol drawing /beg/ can use to mask bad lineart so that it looks like it was drawn by a cool zine-submitting indie punk type who's too cool for fundamentals or a crazy person who knows only the fundamentals of alchemy rather than an autist of little skill and even less confidence?
filters, coloring tricks, overlays, screwing around with duplicated layers, that kind of thing.

>go to /beg/ and learn to draw instead of looking for shortcuts to presentable work
yeah but if i do that i'll come back in 5 years and ask how someone with competent but generic lineart can mask that so that it looks like it was drawn by... so we might as well save some time as i do both

[Anonymous No.6232958]

what should I put under my hand to reduce friction on my drawing tablet

[Anonymous No.6233164]

>>6232958
There are a ton of gloves on Amazon
Don't try to be clever and save money by just using a glove from the Dollar Store and cutting off half of it. I did that before and after a while it damages the surface.

[Anonymous No.6233377]

Is Dall-e and others AI logs all your perverted prompts?

[Anonymous No.6233940]

Does anyone else find it impossible to draw during the day?
I've basically given up and started to shift my cycle to stay up until 2am so I have more night time to draw. Something happens at 9pm and I can start drawing and won't stop but can't start before then

[Anonymous No.6234271]

How to draw anatomical pictures (like an "x-ray"s of monster girls etc) keep them SFW or at least not R18 (if possible)? What shouldn't be drawn? (Can't find good example other than this old cringe).

[Anonymous No.6234717]

https://youtu.be/R9Pp_ZRKYoo
https://youtu.be/YNECgkEwY08

can any anon that knows japanese tell me what these say?

[Anonymous No.6234734]

>>6224797
if you think pic related is shitty then you dont understand art

[Anonymous No.6234869]

How do you make friends with other artists?

[Anonymous No.6235370]

>>6232927
resize image down and then back up again without using any anti-aliasing so that it just turns into pixel art. ezpz

[Anonymous No.6237411]

can anyone identify this painting? yandex had nothing but a bunch of pinterest bullshit