How easy is it to impress normies?

[Anonymous No.7288772]

I'm considering charging for quick portraits to raise funds for a friend.
I'm a professional illustrator, but portraits are not my thing, and I'm terribly afraid of messing it up in front of strangers.
Tips and personal accounts are most welcome.

[Anonymous No.7288780]

>>7288772
>im a professional illustrator
with a couple weeks practice you could outdraw picrel.
to impress strangers i think you only really need a few months of practice. most local artists like that arent very skilled but they get a draw from being in the area

[Anonymous No.7288782]

>>7288772
The thing that impresses them the most isn't the relative skill but the performance and novelty of being drawn in real time you autist. It's why people also pay 60 dollars for a shitty couple's caricature.

[Anonymous No.7288784]

>>7288772
Weebs are impressed by anything that is "pretty" so stuff like Act-Age and Oshi no Ko is enough.
Normies are impressed by anything "realistic" they're literal NPCs.

[Anonymous No.7288786]

>>7288780
>with a couple weeks practice you could outdraw picrel
I already can, to be frank. It's just that I'm not consistently happy with the output, they're kinda hit or miss in my eyes. But then again, I may care too much and my "customers" would be happy with whatever.

[Anonymous No.7288788]

>>7288786
if your output is inconsistent you just need more volume. customers also probably wouldnt be able to tell if its slightly worse than youre normally capable of. if youre really concerned just use heavier construction than usual to standardize the process i think

[Anonymous No.7288795]

>>7288772
>im a professional illustrator
So a pre/beg/, yes?
>How easy is it to impress normies?
Very easy, I used to impress girls I knew by drawing them until I got bored of drawing sluts.

[Anonymous No.7288806]

>>7288772
>How easy is it to impress normies?
extremely

[Anonymous No.7288817]

>>7288795
>So a pre/beg/, yes?
I don't need to prove shit, but eh
Post some ref that I can tackle, if you're curious

[Anonymous No.7288820]

>>7288817
what sort do you like to do

[Anonymous No.7288821]

>>7288772
normies see my art and super impressed telling me i should sell it and i hate them so much because i know enough to know im shit.

[Anonymous No.7288828]

>>7288821
Your art is cool THO

[Anonymous No.7288829]

>>7288821
you could always do background art centric gigs. its a weakspot for most artists

[Anonymous No.7288865]

>>7288786
As long as it looks like them, they will be impressed. I think you just gotta try it and see. I might try this on teh weekend. What should I have for my setup? Pens and a little easel? What would get normies to come up to you

[Anonymous No.7288959]

>>7288821
Actually, that one you posted I would like to have in a frame. Will you be posting more stuff like this? That would be awesome.

[Anonymous No.7289045]

normies HATE perspective and draftsmanship. subconsciously it reminds them of math and analysis. they think a retard doodler is more creative than an industrial designer.

KJG is the exception that proves the rule, and really they were just impressed by the doodling not his skill in perspective. it's why retards will look at a hitler painting and say it's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.7289054]

It's extremely easy to impress normies. There are hacks that would literally only copy pre existing artwork/manga panels and get millions of views/followers.

[Anonymous No.7289058]

>>7288772
If you were a professional illustrator you wouldn't need to ask such retarded questions.

[Anonymous No.7289059]

Pretty sure it's a universal experience for any creative. The general masses are very easy to please, so easy they've literally created formulas for how to appeal to the most masses. It's most prevalent in the music industry, but there's a formula for pretty much any creative endeavor that guarantees normies will go gaga over it. For art it's been edge lighting, warm colors and pretty girl for quite a while now.

[Anonymous No.7289061]

>>7289059
>so easy they've literally created formulas for how to appeal to the most masses
Show me a drawing of yours that will appeal to me

[Anonymous No.7289065]

>>7288780
>with a couple weeks practice you could outdraw picrel.
begtard moment
completely different skills, and achieving likeness with speed is a skill that's honed for years
you're not measuring angles and plumblines with random passerby sitting for a couple of minutes

[Anonymous No.7289070]

>>7289061

[Anonymous No.7289071]

>>7289070

[Anonymous No.7289075]

>>7289045
Yeah, turns out that realism and geometrical precision are ugly and obsolete.
The real question is why are you so reluctant to accept it?

[Anonymous No.7289080]

>>7289070

[Anonymous No.7289098]

>>7289065
>begtard moment
you fail to see the lack of skill shown in picrel. you probably havent tried to do live portraits either
NGMI

[Anonymous No.7289103]

>>7289065
forgot to add
>you're not measuring angles and plumblines with random passerby sitting for a couple of minutes
you should be able to do this in seconds you probably just need more practice. also you dont need heavy construction on everything you draw

[Anonymous No.7289106]

>>7289098
>>7289103
you can't draw, why even post
>construction
literally nothing to do with anything I've said, you're retarded if you construct a portrait with the fucking subject in front of you
learn to draw, retard

[Anonymous No.7289108]

>>7289106
you're not measuring angles and plumblines with random passerby sitting for a couple of minutes
i dont think you need to construct them either, thats why i said you didnt have to. i think you might be retarded.
>literally nothing to do with anything I've said
>you cant draw why even post
beglet and projector... its so over
PICREL

[Anonymous No.7289111]

>>7289108
>retard doesn't understand the difference between relative size and construction
you don't draw, stop posting

[Anonymous No.7289114]

>>7289111
>retard doesn't understand the difference between relative size and construction
do you need to fully construct a loomis head when you use construction? are you 5? any lining is construction dont try to convince yourself your actually doing something different
>you don't draw, stop posting
you cant draw stop posting

[Anonymous No.7289118]

>>7289114
you're just doubling down and proving you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, it's frankly embarrassing
screenshot that post and look back in 3 years to see how retarded you are

[Anonymous No.7289120]

>>7289065
Achieving likeness with speed is the first thing you learn how to do

[Anonymous No.7289122]

>>7289118
>its frankly embarrassing
come back when you graduate high school and learn to draw. maybe youll be able to do basic live drawing!

[Anonymous No.7289124]

>>7289122
I've graduated in fine arts a decade ago, refer to my previous post, no more feeding

[Anonymous No.7289126]

>>7289124
>graduated in fine arts a decade ago
that explains why you think you know what youre talking about.
>you cant draw stop posting
lmao i was right

[Anonymous No.7289380]

>>7288959

[Anonymous No.7289413]

>>7289380
That's beautiful as well. Thanks for sharing anon.

[Anonymous No.7289439]

>>7288772
I could necer draw live like this. I need 30 minutes just to decide what brush I'm going to use and then I need to ctrl Z every line I draw until I roll a good stroke.

[Anonymous No.7289635]

>how to impress normies
just draw a realistic or semi realistic sketch
you can even have mistakes in it and they wont notice LOL
i have had people impressed by less even, like i had small doodles in my notes and professors would say im a good artist (i was ass)

[Anonymous No.7289638]

>>7289635
They were being polite and were not paying you to draw

[Anonymous No.7289646]

To do this sort of live sketch thing you have to become a normie yourself. It's one of the most normie art paths aside from art teacher (which isn't really an artist)

[Anonymous No.7289659]

>>7288821
I think this is awesome dude and has some wider appeal. A lot of people, including me, would like to have it on their wall. Making a living is a different beast, but you could definitely sell, if you wanted to.

[Anonymous No.7289673]

>>7289638
thats the thing, i never showed them, they were being nosy and peeping over my shoulder or looking thru my notebook

[Anonymous No.7289681]

>>7289673
Sorry to bust your bubble, but that's normal, normies are like that with art as long as they are not paying you, you are no different that a 5yo doodling to them, now if anyone had ask you if you are selling your art or asked you for com that would be a different thing