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[Anonymous No.3960883]

A thread for stupid questions or questions that don't deserve their own threads
Now with less abbreviation

[Anonymous No.3960884]

How do you attract regular customers as a twatter artist

[Anonymous No.3960898]

Can anyone link me some good digital painting demos?
Studies or originals, either is fine, preferably monochrome though

[Anonymous No.3960922]

What's a good book for color/color theory?

[Anonymous No.3961260]

>>3960883
Is there a trick to calibrating your monitor? I feel that as I got my oranges right, the grays still look too light.

[Anonymous No.3961525]

How do you improve being "imaginative"?

I've been struggling thinking about this for a while now, and I don't know how to fix it. Everything everyone else does is leagues better than anything I could dream of when it comes to doing things that are original and interesting. Even wanting to make a comic, all my settings and ideas feel like they are all just regurgitation of things I've already seen in the worst cheapest way possible.

[Anonymous No.3961550]

>>3960883
Is normal that an extreme angule just looks weird? Like, you're going with 3d proportions and all but the drawing just looks off? Is a 3d to 2d conversion problem or am I just fucking things up?

[Anonymous No.3961566]

>>3961525
No one can really teach you how to be "imaginative". The only answer to this is to look everywhere for inspiration - the old masters, your favorite artists, religion, history, mythology, folklore, books, nature, etc. The most imaginative and ambitious artworks in history were inspired by any combination of these things.

But being imaginative isn't really the hard part about art anyway, and it's a common /beg/ trap to be overly concerned with being creative and original because they don't quite understand how much more it takes to create art. You could have the most creative mind there is but without an understanding and skill to put your ideas onto paper and bring it to completion then being "imaginative" is meaningless.

Most great artists start putting down their imaginative ideas for pieces as simple rough thumbnail sketches. That in itself is relatively easy - building it up from thumbnail sketch to a fully rendered painting is what is far more difficult and time consuming. Ask yourself: what kind of skills did it take for the painter behind pic related to develop it from rough sketch to what you see right now? What skills and fundamentals you need for the kind of art that you want to create is really what you need to ask yourself, because once you've become very good at those then you can spend more time concerning yourself with what to create, rather than how.

[Anonymous No.3961619]

is it worth joining dad?

[Anonymous No.3961663]

What sites are good for posting a pornographic webcomic? My minicomic (10 pages) is nearly complete and I'm looking for places other than twitter and fA to post it. Smack Jeeves, Tapas, and Webtoon all forbid pornographic materials for the sake of sexual gratification.

I'm not a large creator and feel that making my own website would not be the best course of action as I do not have a large enough audience to cover any website administration costs. It was also a commissioned work so putting it behind a patreon paywall seems unfair to the commissioner.

I really would like to expand my audience and funnel attention from other social art/comic sites to my main sites.

[Anonymous No.3961700]

>study anatomy, constantly check mannequin that I'm drawing on, use references
>looks stiff and wrong
>say fuck it and draw whatever looks good
>looks fine
why does this happen and how do I make it not happen

[Anonymous No.3961704]

>>3961700
keep doing what you are doing

[Anonymous No.3961707]

Where can I get some references for men who aren't thin and twinky, but also not ridiculously muscular? Like, muscles are subtly visible but not hyper exaggerated, and average weight. I know this is oddly specific.

[Anonymous No.3961823]

>>3961704
I guess "fine" was too positive a word for my dissatisfaction. It looks passable but not good so I end up in a limbo of mediocrity.

[Anonymous No.3961842]

how long should one stick with traditional drawing before going digital?

[Anonymous No.3961875]

I need tips on concept artists that have nice and clean lettering

[Anonymous No.3962063]

Any advice on how to draw/study asian girls' faces? It seems hard as fuck I just cannot feel the form right

[Anonymous No.3962103]

>>3962063
Flatter and rounder faces in general

[Anonymous No.3962112]

>>3962063
>>3962103

Doesnt help that they do their best to hide/remove any kind of actual facial feature that you can use as reference point.

They all cake their faces with matte almost white foundation, trying to make their face look like a single flat plane with pupils, nostrils, and a mouth.

So go really minimalist. Any kind of attempt at using value to define the shape will make the face look less asian.

[Anonymous No.3962129]

>>3960883
Why can't I find the latest CSP for mac anywhere, the non legal kind?

[Anonymous No.3962318]

>>3962063
Do whatever you do for normal faces, just round off the edges and add more fat everywhere to smooth out the surface curvature. That's about it.

[Anonymous No.3962333]

>>3961700
Because youre using a stiff mannequin as a reference and not an actual person with lifelike gesture

[Anonymous No.3962344]

Did any paintings from non-rich / privileged people survive to the modern day? I know most painters had to be wealthy because everyone else was scrounging for food just to survive, but surely some art from the pauper classes must have been made

[Anonymous No.3962357]

>>3960883
Do brush strokes need to adhere to the single point perspective when painting a landscape? Im working on pic related and I need to improve my strokes to better define the planes.

[Anonymous No.3962381]

>>3962357

All planes would have to be parallell in your landscape for that to be true, which never is the case. Brush strokes don't "need" to follow the form either, it's a stylistic choice.

[Anonymous No.3962464]

What brushes can I get and where?
Last week bougth a graphic tablet and I'm new on this shit, pretty beg tier tho.

[Anonymous No.3962468]

>>3962063
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicanthic_fold

[Anonymous No.3962491]

im an absolute brainlet with colour but I need to break out of hiding from it, also I really wanna
but I mean I just use the pencil tool in CSP because I don't know any better.
I figured watercolour or oil tool to get started - am I right? I gave oil a whirl but I didn't really like it, or get it.
at this point I want to just try spruce up my pages of practice.
I guess just an introductory course to digital painting via video would be great.

[Anonymous No.3962533]

>>3961663
>What sites are good for posting a pornographic webcomic?
There's always the option of creating your own website.
If you don't want to go that route you might want to look into newgrounds (I think they mentioned nsfw was allowed) and maybe pornhub. Pornhub seems odd, but during the tumblr apocolypse there were talks of allowing users to enter a partnership and post porn comics there. It might be worth an email of interest, if nothing else.

>>3961707
>References of average men
Clothed or unclothed?
If it doesn't matter you can go find websites or the equivalent of subforums and look for selfies. I can't recall what it was called but when I was looking for references myself a while back it was suggested checking out selfie and pic related subreddits, or sites that show before and after pics for weightloss or weight training. Not the greatest, but it's something.

>>3962344
Depends on which region/country you were looking for. Technically yes, many survive but they tend to be of little interest to anyone outside of the family inheritance or the odd historian every now and again. Otherwise you have a lot of cases like in Europe where paintings were used as fuel or material during wartime and depressions so their chances of survival are slimmer compared to the more intere$$ting paintings which would have been either locked in vaults or sent overseas.
Tapestries follow a similar fate, unfortunately. Items of usefulness like clothes, blankets, pottery, and ceramic (plates, cups, etc.) are going to be more likely to be maintained, thus more likely to survive but they tend to be more historical patterns rather than what you might find in paintings like landscapes.

>>3962464
>What brushes can I get and where?
Which software?
Deviantart, gumroad, twitter, patreon, mega, and personal websites all link to brushes, but the file types aren't interchangeable so it's going to be hard to suggest places without knowing where you're going to use it.

[Anonymous No.3962537]

>>3962533
Sorry pal, I forgot to mention I downloaded last Photoshop CC

[Anonymous No.3962592]

I heard I'm supposed to put my best work in my portfolio or whatever. Isn't that deceptive? I'm scared to do commissions cuz most of the time I can't output the same quality as the stuff I have online.

[Anonymous No.3962618]

How do you blend colors in a digital paint without digital "cheats"? I mean, like a traditional painting, but digitally

[Anonymous No.3962622]

>>3961842
Like 6 months or whenever you feel comfortable with basics and bored to death with a pencil. There’s nothing set in stone other than the massive attrition rate in the first year. 80 percent of people stop and sinking money in doesn’t change it so you may as well see how far you get and if you like it before dropping 80 bucks on a tablet. The only counter I have to this is that you make massive improvements when you start thinking about painting but that’s only when you already know how to draw and have some proficiency with digital workflow.

[Anonymous No.3962626]

>>3961260
Because you probably aren't doing it right. Not trying to be insulting, but the vast majority of people who discuss it here have no clue what it's for, and how to use it.

Simple answer: Get a colorimeter. The Colormunki Smile is the best entry level device, and is all you need. Your greys are off because you're not adjusting the contrast/whitepoint on your screen correctly, a Munki will.

All you need to get done is to set the gamma correctly, and remove any color casts, if any. You can try and do it manually, by going here:

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

or here:

http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm

Also, understand that if you're going to try and adjust your display, you have to readjust every time the ambient light in the room changes, or the adjustments will be pointless. If you adjust your monitor in the morning, in a room with sunlight, by the afternoon, it will all be thrown off. Same for night/day.

Seriously, save up $100 and get a Colormunki, or the entry level X-rite. Or, just get your gamma/greyscale ramp adjusted, and don't worry about it.

[Anonymous No.3962633]

What are you guys' painting/rendering processes on Photoshop? I can paint traditionally no problem, but I cannot wrap my head on rendering in Photoshop drawings.

[Anonymous No.3962641]

>>3961525
Imagination is a skill/activity that needs practice and experience, just like anything else, and some people are just more inherently better at it.
My degree in illustration focused on this in the last two years of core classes. You have to learn how to think, how to explore, how to spot cliches and toss them out.
Here's how to start. Take your favorite book, or album. Design an image for the cover. Do 10-12 thumbnail ideas. Try to make each one unique. They don't have to be detailed, just the overall idea. Don't worry what others have done, or what the actual cover is. Let your mind explore ideas. 10-12 ideas is a lot of work for newbies, I struggled like everyone else in class did, at first.

Then, pick the best 2. Work those up as rough drafts. Don't worry about accuracy, or details, or reference/poses. Just get the ideas more fleshed out.

Whichever one feels the strongest, pick that, and do a finished piece. Again, don't worry if it looks like something that's already been done. Just finish your idea, get used to finishing ideas. It's a good habit to get into.

Our first project in the first class was to do that, with the phone book.

Our second assignment was to pick a phrase, like "Don't cry over spilt milk", and illustrate it. Again, 10-12 thumbnails, pick two, work them up, pick a final, finished piece. REALLY interesting what people came up with on this one.

This is the kind of exercise they'd have us do, to start thinking. That's part of creativity. If an image doesn't form in your head, take the steps to create the environment where it will. Just staring at the paper won't make it happen.

Oh - and we'd generally get these done over a week, weekend included for the finals.

[Anonymous No.3962642]

>>3961842
You can be learning both at the same time.

[Anonymous No.3962646]

>>3962592
Then you shouldn't be taking commissions. A portfolio is supposed to show what you CAN do, not what you MIGHT do.

[Anonymous No.3962658]

>>3962533
>>References of average men
Unclothed preferred since I'm struggling with how fat wraps around muscle in the arms/torso area. Weight loss subreddits is a good idea, I'll take a look at that.

[Anonymous No.3962684]

>>3962633
You're going to have to be more specific. Maybe even post some work so we can see what's wrong with it. Something tells me you're having a problem with brushes/opacity not acting like real brushes, but I could be wrong.

[Anonymous No.3962710]

Do I really have to sit around drawing funi faces, a lot of boxes and corners to make some decent porn? Fuvk

[Anonymous No.3962716]

>>3962684
I did this real quick for an example bc I'm not yet in the habit of saving my shitty art. Like I said, I can't seem to grasp it, and when I remove the lines, it just feels like it falls apart. I paint just fine traditionally, but this shit has my head spinning. I draw cel shaded cartoon stuff primarily when I do digital. That's great and all, but I really need to learn this so I can actually work on technical skill.

[Anonymous No.3962717]

>>3962684

God, I'm retarded. Here's the file.

[Anonymous No.3962727]

>>3962684

Worked it a little bit more.

[Anonymous No.3962747]

>>3960883

How do I get into hatching for shading? How do I make round things look round?

[Anonymous No.3962759]

How does one stick to their own schedule when they're depressed as fuck?

[Anonymous No.3962874]

>>3962533
I considered pornhub because I also make nsfw animations and animated loops--they're furry though so I don't know if that will deter them. I'll look into their partner program since I know they do compensate you, thank you.

[Anonymous No.3962900]

>>3962727
Your first step looks good. By your second step you've ignored where you've actually put the shadows and lights and start going all over the place. Block in your values with an opaque brush, then go back and smooth out the value and edges with a soft brush or a blend tool.

[Anonymous No.3962924]

Is 29 too old to start a career as an artist?

[Anonymous No.3962931]

What's the board's consensus about Andy Warhol? Overrated? Underrated? Amazing? Meh?

[Anonymous No.3962941]

>>3962924
yes, your neuroplasticity is fully gone by then.

[Anonymous No.3962982]

In regards to the matter between making a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with the Saturation setting all the way down, and a Black fill layer with the blend mode set to Color, why do some people say the latter is better than the former?

I understand that the Color blend mode only adjusts the base layer based on the blend layer's hue and saturation, which means making a black color fill layer be set to "Color" would essentially just be removing the hue and saturation from an image while keeping the values intact.

I also know that the Color blend mode considers color chroma as a part of the base layer's value instead of the pixel brightness, so inherent values that colors possess are calculated whereas it isn't when you make a hue/saturation layer.

I just want to know what exactly makes 1 method of checking your values better than the other. Plenty of artists say "making the black layer and setting it to color is better" but they don't offer any explanation as to why.

I'm also perfectly aware of the third method for checking your values, where you set the color profile to that one thing, but I'm not asking about that.

[Anonymous No.3962987]

>>3962633
You're asking the wrong question, the manner by which you paint has nothing to do with understanding how to render objects. If you want to better understand 3D form I would highly suggest you take up life studies or better yet take up sculpting with clay/3D sculpting.

[Anonymous No.3962988]

>>3962982
>so inherent values that colors possess are calculated whereas it isn't when you make a hue/saturation layer.
I mean, you already have your answer right there. The desaturation method is simply less accurate.

[Anonymous No.3963092]

>>3960883
I'm having a terrible time figuring out this artists name. No useful results any way I try to transcribe it.

Vladi Vryneger?
Vlady Vryneger
Vladi Vryneger
Vladi Ryneger
Vladi Raineger
Vladi Wryneger
Wryniger
Ryanger
etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzitaVZZOPM#t=973

[Anonymous No.3963094]

>>3961550
draw the cross contour line and it will look 3D
if it is not then there is some thing you did mess up with

[Anonymous No.3963102]

>>3963092
who?

[Anonymous No.3963109]

>>3963102

Is this link not working? When I embed it opens to the exact time, 16:03

[Anonymous No.3963115]

>>3963109
it was a joke

[Anonymous No.3963122]

best studies for groin and legs? its the area i struggle to make the most

[Anonymous No.3963131]

I want to make money off of sick fucks who like furry porn and other sick shit, i have heard they earn a lot, so pls redpill me on that.
It seems like it is the best way to make money out of my art, so how do i actually promote myself in those mediums? Which websites?
What is the best way you anons have found to make money of your art?

[Anonymous No.3963133]

how long would it take to be able to paint like this? this is a stupid questions thread so nobully

[Anonymous No.3963134]

>>3963133
uhh this is like day one painting, this is really bad like really wtf is happening in this image i dont even

[Anonymous No.3963135]

>>3963131
>how do i actually promote myself in those mediums? Which websites?
Furaffinity and Twitter. Find artists with lots of followers, and do fanart for them. It's very likely that they'll share/retweet it but that depends on how good you are. I'd say drawing straight porn of popular shit on Twitter is the easiest. If you want proof, just look at how much art was posted of that Pokémon girl within the first 12 hours after the direct was out last Wednesday.

[Anonymous No.3963136]

>>3963133
A year and a half

[Anonymous No.3963327]

Is this kind of grip naturally stressful on the thumb or am I doing something wrong?

[Anonymous No.3963380]

>>3963327
>memestick grip
no real artist does this

[Anonymous No.3963382]

>>3960884
Like any business, advertise yourself where there is demand.

[Anonymous No.3963385]

>>3962900
Please avoid ctrl paint, it's bad.

[Anonymous No.3963387]

>>3963327
This only helps if your canvas is not laying on a flat surface.

[Anonymous No.3963438]

>>3963380
It's easier to draw big like this and to make varied marks, it's also very natural and I can draw for a while using it
Only issue is the thumb
>>3963387
It isn't

[Anonymous No.3963441]

>>3963438
do a bow grip then, making the pencil an extention of the index finger. slightly less control tho

[Anonymous No.3963475]

>>3963380
If you do any figure drawing from life on large newsprint or similar large scale this is how you draw. If you only draw on small copy paper or digital then the writing grip is better for that scale.

[Anonymous No.3963476]

>>3963475
i draw a3 so not that big, but theres other styles of holding a pencil

[Anonymous No.3963718]

>>3962633
>>3962716
>>3962717
I'm just a /beg/ but maybe this is helpful/relevant? (Because of your comment about the painting looking like shit when removing the lines)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSpRVUapN4

[Anonymous No.3963749]

>>3963380
watch real artists like Vilppu or Huston, that's exactly what they do

[Anonymous No.3964066]

I find it easier to draw on my laptop than on my desktop and just realized that it's probably because I have a small tablet. If I get a larger one will that change things?

[Anonymous No.3964230]

>>3962626
Huh, interesting. Would you consider thecolor calibration tool already in Windows to be unreliable?

[Anonymous No.3964371]

3 weeks later, my hand feels fully recovered.
Now I make sure to stretch my hands and fingers every 30 minutes, and to rest my drawing hand as much as possible.

Any way to further protect my hands? I really don't want to go through injuring it again

[Anonymous No.3964411]

>>3962924
No

[Anonymous No.3964465]

How did they reproduce painted illustrations bedore desktop publishing? Was there a standard light set up and such for photographing the original? Was it photographed laying down like a animation cell or did they shoot it vertical ?

[Anonymous No.3964549]

>>3964465
They shot transparencies, or slides. A transparency is like a slide, but bigger - the two most popular sizes were 4x5" and 8x10". These, or 35mm slides, would be drum scanned, on high end scanners that used lasers to read the film spinning in a rotating glass drum. Before that technology existed, they'd do manual separations, where they'd make 4 color printing plates photographically.

A more technical article:

http://printwiki.org/Color_Separation

Transparencies were typically shot on what are called copy stands - a very stable physical platform with camera with a 4x5" or 8x10" back - that's the actual film size. They used very specific lighting systems for even lighting across the whole image. The entire process was an art form in itself. One of my first real career jobs was working with transparencies and scanning and editing them. There are still places left who can shoot them, and there are still labs and service bureaus who have drum scanners. (they were very expensive to buy, and you had to have a service contract because they broke down often)(And they could be pretty large - they're not desktop scanners.

[Anonymous No.3964589]

>>3964230
More bare bones. It can get you into the ballpark, it can be okay. But a colorimeter is the most accurate. (Within reason, there are pre-press solutions that are more complicated and expensive not intended for desktop work)

[Anonymous No.3964622]

I look away from my drawing for a few minutes and come back and it looks awful. wtf is going on here?

[Anonymous No.3964629]

>>3960922
The art of color, Johannes Itten & Interaction of Color, Josef Albers

[Anonymous No.3964631]

>>3964622
Flip the canvas once in a while. You get used to seeing something and your mind corrects gaps/flaws for you. It's the same mechanism that makes us see faces in inanimate objects.

[Anonymous No.3964760]

>>3963441
bow grip?

[Anonymous No.3964766]

>>3960883
can someone tell me how to place off page vanishing points, without having to use a long ruler to measure off page? like a simple formula for dividing the distance between two line accurately. im bad at math and can't figure it out

[Anonymous No.3964826]

>>3964766
Read the book on perspective from the art book thread. They cover this topic.

[Anonymous No.3964899]

>>3964826
thanks. didn't see the art book thread. should've checked before asking

[Anonymous No.3965056]

>>3960883
Huh?

[Anonymous No.3965107]

>>3960883
How do I understand lighting on buildings? Whenever I do something with building I can't do it well.

[Anonymous No.3965109]

Still deciding between ipad air and 6, is all the extra stuff in air worth it?

[Anonymous No.3965269]

I got pic but can't figure out what really to study from it.

Constructive Anatomy is pretty clear, it's shorthand of forms, muscles and attachments.
But pic just seems to be making mechanical comparisons. It's interesting but idk how I can benefit from it

[Anonymous No.3965277]

can somebody help me with some values and colors?

im trying to do a drawing without hardlines to define edges and I'm really not good with colors at all yet

[Anonymous No.3965289]

>>3965277
Do some reading on how colors work in the aerial perspective. Study landscape paintings by Cezanne. The drawing itself is kinda boring, not much else to say...

[Anonymous No.3965301]

Do any of you actually pay for Creative Cloud? My clients require files in .AI specifically, so the only use I have for this stupid software is to convert files made in Affinity Designer. I hate every piece of software made by Adobe and don't want to pay 24€ to these jews monthly for just a file converter. Is there any vector software that can open AND save files in Illustrator format?

[Anonymous No.3965377]

>>3965289
its not even 20% done, its just a rough sketch

what could i do to make it more interesting, compositon wise? i was going to add small flowers, water stains, moss, etc.

[Anonymous No.3965399]

>>3965377
Firstly I think this belongs in /beg/. Composition-wise it isn't even that bad, just looks like a generic Google streetview image. What it lacks is a defined source of light, basics of color theory, general ambience... For now you need to stick to studying from photo references instead of drawing from imagination. It's the fastest route to progress.

[Anonymous No.3965407]

>>3962063
Hint, think the opposite of anime
They got chubby noses and bulging eyes

[Anonymous No.3965426]

>>3965399
the thing about /beg/ is that its filled with bottom 20% beginners giving each other advice that fucking sucks. I have NEVER received advice on /beg/ that wasn't shit tier advice

and like I said it's pretty much just a colorless, definitionless splat for me to do detail on. you got to start from the bottom up, its not supposed to really resemble anything, its a frame to work on.

[Anonymous No.3965453]

what is the best way to bump your posts on twitter? retweet or comment?

[Anonymous No.3965501]

>>3960883
Why the fuck all the edges are so hard when I export the file? I'm going insane, I've been painting, exporting, going back to fucking PSD file, smudging and softening edges, exporting again for a whole fucking day. There is no way I'm so blind, I work in the shadows with a soft brush, putting values that are close together, it all looks fine and uniform in highres PSD, why the fuck does this shit grabs attention more than harshest strokes in the focal point in the light when I downsize it? Holy shit i'll kys somebody soon

[Anonymous No.3965646]

I am new to this board.

Where do I post if I want to commission a really simple design from someone who can draw the female form?

I'd be willing to pay $25 for this. Should I make my own thread or is there like a requests thread?

[Anonymous No.3965649]

>>3965646
Also, it's not meant to be a very nsfw photo, it's not meant to be porn. It's more meant to have the look of a design similar to this:

[Anonymous No.3965653]

>>3965501

Have you tried different interpolation methods?

[Anonymous No.3965701]

Is the artist here filling in the black areas by hatching the fuck out of them?

I fucking love the effect of the small white streaks in black but that's a fucking time eater if he is

[Anonymous No.3965706]

>>3965701
example 2
the shadow in the bottom right goes a bit out if line so I'm inclined to believe he's doing it by hand
but there was another page where all the black shadows had weird, streaky patterns to them, like a printer fault

[Anonymous No.3965719]

>>3965701

Those are screen tones + regular inking with a brush by the looks of it. Probably less time consuming than you'd think atleast when done by the original artist. You could recreate this effect in Clip Studio with tone layers rather effectively.

[Anonymous No.3965725]

>>3965706
>t there was another page where all the black shadows had weird, streaky patterns to them, like a printer fault

That's a moire/interference pattern.Open happens when you scan printed art and resize it. You can also see it with the naked eye in real time when looking through a fence with narrow rows or footage on a creen

[Anonymous No.3965734]

>>3965719

I take that back, there IS a lot of hatching. But the grain comes from the screen tones and moire, as explained above.

[Anonymous No.3965750]

>>3965719
>brush
Honestly looks way more like a nib than a brush, it's got that sharp quality and is missing the "slick"-ness that brushes tend to produce

[Anonymous No.3965933]

How do I study anatomy if I don't have access to a model? I feel like studying from images doesn't help me understand the human figure in 3d.

[Anonymous No.3965939]

I've written three scripts totalling 200 pages for a serial fantasy adventure series. I've also adapted it into an audio-drama with a full cast, score, and narrator. I'm looking to collaborate with an artist that is good at minimal sketch art to collaborate on a webcomic. If anyone is interested please message me on my discord: GCPD
#3139

You might enjoy this series if you like:
>monstergirls
>isekai character (as a secondary character)
>vampiregirls
>disney with a more mature vibe

[Anonymous No.3965970]

what's the software for the 3d avatar? is from a twitch stream

[Anonymous No.3965979]

>>3965301
earlier versions of Inkscape (up to 0.46) supported export to the .ai file format.
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.45.1/

[Anonymous No.3966055]

>>3965970
clip studio paint pro

[Anonymous No.3966405]

What do I need to start learning animation right now? books/videos or whatever is good, I've done some basic shit but I wanna get serious

[Anonymous No.3966638]

>>3965933
Use yourself in a reflection. It's limiting but I think it's better than nothing.

[Anonymous No.3966847]

Is anyone familiar with designing tattoos while not being an actual tattoo artist? Someone wants to commission me to design a tattoo for them and I'm not sure how much of the design work should be on my end, and how much will have to be left to the actual tattoo artist.

I am running into this issue as I'm not sure how to render the final thing. I imagine I should be using ink but I'm really more comfortable with graphite/dry media. Or should I just do it digitally? Should I make an effort to make it tattoo-friendly, if there is such a thing? Feeling kind of lost

[Anonymous No.3966862]

>>3965939
can you post something some artwork that you are looking for?

[Anonymous No.3966876]

>>3966862
>>3965939

[Anonymous No.3966987]

What image reader are you using? Just noticed that the one from w10 is fucking up my .png when I open them

[Anonymous No.3966994]

>>3963385
>pls avoid ctrl paint
pls elaborate

[Anonymous No.3967003]

>>3966987
Also, how the fuck did you get so close to the edge of the screen if you're running with a crappy pixel rate??

[Anonymous No.3967005]

>>3967003
I didn't understand anything you said

[Anonymous No.3967130]

>>3966987
nomacs is my favourite. it has frameless view, so you can view your images without UI clutter. plus a whole lot of other customizations
irfanview is ok too

[Anonymous No.3967134]

>>3965933
You can use 3D scans as a substitute. Find anatomy360 in cgpeers and look for 3d scans in sketchfab

[Anonymous No.3967348]

>>3965933
maybe this? http://www.posemaniacs.com/category/angle
I don't know if it still works since I don't have flash player downloaded anymore

[Anonymous No.3967452]

>>3966987
Honey view is objectively the best one.

[Anonymous No.3967456]

so i wanted to start to draw something new and i clicked something and now sai looks like this, how do i fix this?

[Anonymous No.3967466]

>>3967456
press tab

[Anonymous No.3967690]

>first result of googling "how to fall in love with your hobby again" is the suicide hotline

[Anonymous No.3967706]

When is the moment that I should start studying anatomy?

[Anonymous No.3967717]

>>3967706
The moment you decide that where your art is now isn't where you want it to be in the future.

Learning the basics of anatomy (and gesture drawings) gives you the building blocks that you can apply to all types of art, or start on the road in learning how things are built with shapes and how they move so that you can create more visually appealing figures in the future. Learning anatomy is just a good idea, regardless of where you want to go with your art.

[Anonymous No.3968140]

/beg/ here, any other places to get critique on shitty sketches? I already know there's a thread for stuff like that here.

[Anonymous No.3968142]

how the hell are you supposed to open these made up NMA file formats

[Anonymous No.3968255]

a good resource for lighting?
>>3968140
maybe asg

[Anonymous No.3968273]

>>3967717
Okay I got it, thanks man!

[Anonymous No.3968276]

>>3964549

wow, thanks

[Anonymous No.3968330]

>>3968142
they're all video files, you gotta change them to mp4

[Anonymous No.3968407]

Pixel art tutorials worth reading, watching? Also pixel art animation and animation in general tutorials.

[Anonymous No.3968540]

>>3967130
>nomacs
this one is very cool, too bad the interpolate thing is broken no matter how I change the settings so I get pixels when zooming in

[Anonymous No.3968548]

I'm BRAND NEW to painting (trad) and right now I'm interested in how I can get smooth, controlled gradients. The way I do that with pencil is to just block in the major values and very lightly draw over any hard edge until it has the desired smoothness - no smudging with paper, I prefer the control of building things up by putting exactly the value I want where I want it. What's the equivalent of working this way in painting? Specifically with gouache. The way I envision it is, spending a lot of time mixing colors on the palette and then slowly building up the desired result on the canvas with small exploratory strokes, but I've also gotten the impression that gouache might not be as suited for this method of working as maybe oils would? I've heard people say that gouache can get very finnicky if you overwork an area of the painting due to the risk of reactivating previous layers.

I picked gouache to start with because I like the style of work people tend to do with it (think old Ghibli backgrounds, or Hajime Sorayama's work, although i think some of his work is acrylic and some is gouache) but I'm willing to experiment with a few different media to see what I take to best.

Like I said I'm brand new and I've only been experimenting with the paints for a few hours so sorry if any of this sounds stupid.

[Anonymous No.3968621]

>>3968548
It’s not as easy as watercolor, but you have to learn how to control a wash. You want it to still be wet or reactivate to get smooth gradients. You also have to learn how to do transparent glazes.

I think the hard part about gouache is that people try to treat it like acrylic or dry brush instead of the lazy man’s watercolor. If you have good shit that is active wet, it will mix itself whether you want it to or not when wet, cover the layer below with ease, and is still transparent enough to glaze and layer.

You have to treat it like water media, because it is.

[Anonymous No.3968661]

>>3968621
Ok, so I should (or, can) work with lots of thin transparent layers? I think that's fine too. I think someone said that gouache isn't as good for layering and glazing as watercolors because the dried layers will crack if they get too thick, but maybe if your layers are thin enough there's no risk of that?

[Anonymous No.3969133]

How do I not lose focus when drawing for long periods of time? My current schedule has me studying for 8 hours with 2 hours worth of breaks scattered throughout. However, I find that even if I know what I should be studying, my pace grinds to a crawl and I eventually finish a drawing and don't want to start the next one. I dont allow myself to use social media or listen to anything during this 10 hour period, yet I still feel like id rather stand in the middle of an empty room and do nothing rather than work. How do I overcome this hurdle and is brute force the only way?

[Anonymous No.3969203]

>>3968548
The short answer is: practice. Blending is a technique, that you just have to put the hours in on.
The smoothest blends with goauche were from airbrushing it - that was the technique the high-end illustrators in the 80's and 90's would use, especially for things like skies and clouds.
Another thing to consider is blending brushes, and things like fan brushes. For small areas, I preferred filbert brushes. But it's just all about getting confident with brushes, period, and mastering the medium. It took me a while to get comfortable with goauche, I had to work in it in college as part of my illustration degree (I'm old), and I hated it at first, but over time, I learned to mimic everything from oils to watercolor with it. Now, I love it, have for years.

Another thing to consider is doing large washes and gradients with watercolor technique, and then painting on top of that. Goauche is basically watercolor, just more concentrated - you're supposed to work opaquely with it, and because most varnishes and mediums are water-repellant, there's no good way (I've found) to seal off underpainting. For small areas, I cross hatch for gradients, for large areas, like skies, I just work transparently. I found for layering, you get one shot, on a fully dried underpainting, but that's all. Goauche is a different headspace, as you're learning, and you're running into the same problems most students run into.
If you want transparent effects, you should lean more towards doing watercolor, or oils. Goauche, or any medium will take many hours to get a hang of, so just learn as many as you can, so you can pick and choose mediums that are more appropriate for a project. Like, I wouldn't choose goauche for portraits, that's oils. But plein air? Goauche is fantastic.

[Anonymous No.3969211]

>>3969133
This is called "burnout". Reduce the number of hours you're forcing. You can't force the process.
And, listen to music. You're creating an environment that's antithetical to being creative, and you're forcing it too hard, and over thinking it. Work as long as you feel productive, and stop and go do other life things when you're not. You only drew 4 hours today? So what? Join the club. The only time I've forced myself is on deadline, and even then, I've built up work habits over years to create a comfortable environment and work habits to pull long hours.
The worst way to study anything is when you don't want to be there. You're making the process hard and difficult and uncomfortable, so it's a surprise to you, that you don't want to do it?

[Anonymous No.3969299]

>>3969211
I really want to spend long hours doing focused studies so I can progress as quickly as possible. I've tailored everything around me to encourage not getting distracted or losing focus, but it's happening none-the-less. Surely there's a way to overcome short-term burnout through discipline/habits/reward systems/etc. It really sucks because every minute I'm not doing a focused study feels awful, yet I still can't get myself into it.

[Anonymous No.3969319]

>>3969299
>I really want to spend long hours doing focused studies so I can progress as quickly as possible.
You can't force the progress. You just can't. This is cramming for an exam.

Your original post is proof why - you're developing negative connotations and work habits, which is killing interest, and that kills motivation.

You can choose to listen or ignore, it's up to you, but I'm telling you point blank, if you keep this up, you will quit.

[Anonymous No.3969326]

>>3969319
I appreciate all your feedback and I hope to make some use of it.

[Anonymous No.3970259]

What is she taking in to account when adding these extra lines at the edge or little squiggles that add form?

What is the though process behind these?

[Anonymous No.3970359]

>>3969319
I'm not >>3969133 but I'm sorta going through the same thing right now.
thank you both for this

[Anonymous No.3970363]

>>3960883
Is there any books or website guidelines on drawing ancient egyptian wall painting? I need to learn it for a game because I need to figure out how to animate it later.

[Anonymous No.3970365]

>>3970259
All the extra lines and squiggles are subconscious I’m pretty sure, another artist said that all the subconscious steps you take in an artwork are what gives it soul- I agree with that

[Anonymous No.3970373]

>>3960883
How do I make rendered art look finished?

I usually do lineart and it looks clean, but whenever I try and go for a more rendered approach, it always looks dirty and unpolished.

Any resources on how to approach this?

[Anonymous No.3970447]

>>3970373
Use a more opaque brush that (most importantly) uses a hard edge.

[Anonymous No.3970682]

So when drawing from imagination, the gesture phase is the sketch phase, right?

[Anonymous No.3970695]

Just got a dip pen, am I supposed to clean the nib every few strokes?

[Anonymous No.3970768]

>>3970695
No lol, you clean it when you are done for the day. You dip it in ink every once in a while while working but shouldn't need to do it super often unless you are mashing it into the paper like a cave man.

When you use it for the first time clean it with some hot water or rubbing alcohol first to get rid of the factory coating so that the ink can flow better. Always make sure it is dry after cleaning it or it will rust.

[Anonymous No.3970926]

When do I level up?

[Anonymous No.3971082]

What's the general consensus on line control when drawing boxes/ellipses in perspective? I find I can either go with fast, smooth, yet somewhat inaccurate lines vs lines that are slow and a little shaky, but more technically accurate. For example, when drawing ellipses in perspective I can either draw a fast ellipse around a minor axis that looks clean but is usually off by some degree, or I can go slowly and end up with the correct angle/degree but has small bumps in the edges. One offers a visually cleaner result, but the other seems to encourage thoughtfulness...

[Anonymous No.3971089]

A or B?

[Anonymous No.3971092]

>>3971089
I'm fucking stupid, A is the right answer but in B the ass is bigger.

Also, any way to improve the middle part?

[Anonymous No.3971521]

what photoshop brush did the linework on this get done in, would you say?

[Anonymous No.3971585]

How fast do you need to draw to become a professional? I always get anxious about how fast I need to draw. And how do you develop speed in general?

[Anonymous No.3971610]

What's the difference between doing a study and just drawing what you see?
How do you start studying?
Should you learn gesture before perspective or perspective before gesture?
Should you learn figure drawing before both of those?
How many books should you read at once?
How do you use an art book effectively?

[Anonymous No.3972290]

>>3971585
>how do you develop speed in general?
be competent. know what you need to do and do it. learn to prioritise, art is a 20:80 game like everything else. you'll get all of it with time.

[Anonymous No.3972292]

>>3971610
>Should you learn gesture before perspective or perspective before gesture?
>Should you learn figure drawing before both of those?
it literally does not matter. find something and do it.

>How do you use an art book effectively?
draw from the pictrures. make your own art and apply the knowledge from the books.

just draw brah

[Anonymous No.3972350]

how much do the artists on the front page of artstation make?

[Anonymous No.3972383]

sometimes when i draw circles it does this instead
what should i do?i have my tablet for 2 years but i've being just using now. when i just start to use digital this shit happens fuck me

[Anonymous No.3972397]

>>3971082
Why does it matter? Are you doing a piece that requires you to draw a box or an ellipse in perspective? Then you should do whatever looks best for your particular piece.

[Anonymous No.3972511]

>>3971521
My best guess is that it's the default round set with texture (with multiply) and pen pressure is used to adjust the texture's brightness/contrast. I tried playing around with brushes to recreate it, but the closest I got couldn't give me a dynamic range, I either had to make a brush that had a light weight or a heavier weight.

[Anonymous No.3973020]

I'd do a better job of drawing a face in a somewhat realistic style (but still with lines) than drawing a face from reference.
Does this mean I'm lacking some knowledge in some field or fundie? It's unnerving as hell

[Anonymous No.3973021]

>>3973020
Oh and, if needed I can post examples of my attempt at drawing from ref and without. To show what I mean. Just ask

[Anonymous No.3973054]

>>3972383
its mapping your short tablet to your long screen
google it bro

[Anonymous No.3973068]

>>3973020
This means you're not that good at observational drawing yet. Keep studying and practicing it.

[Anonymous No.3973584]

>>3960883
I live alone. I have a two bedroom condo, and it would be cool to put that extra space to good use. I was thinking of offering a free room to an artist, just, like, someone, I guess? Is that something someone would actually be interested in? How would I advertise it in a way that doesn't make me sound like a serial killer or something? Would it be okay to screen for artists based off of their talent, and what should I look for in their art?

[Anonymous No.3973958]

Has anyone done gesture studies from porn? Is this a good idea if I'm a porn artist who can construct but whose poses are too stiff?

[Anonymous No.3973959]

>>3973584
Just rent it out. Or make friends with an artist before using it.

[Anonymous No.3974051]

>>3972383
use a different program

[Anonymous No.3974054]

I want to make this creature's bones be brighter and the muscles be darker and more saturated while retaining a rotten look to it, and also keep it largely invisible on a foggy day. can somebody give me advice?

[Anonymous No.3974096]

>>3973584
> Seeking roommate for 2 bedroom condo
> NGMIs need not apply

[Anonymous No.3974533]

I'm having a bit of a tablet struggle guys. With both Krita and Photoshop, the pressure sensitivity doesn't work and the lines constantly spaz out. I thought this was a problem that came from me updating my wacom driver and not updating the programs themselves, but after I updated Krita the problem persisted. The pressure sensitivity does work on SAI and Medibang though, so I'm not sure where the problem is rooting from. Extra details are: I have two wacom bamboos, one is 3 years old and the other is 1 year old- the problem appears with both, I pirated Photoshop and SAI if that is relevant

[Anonymous No.3974580]

>>3974533
Turns out I had to disable Windows Ink for photoshop to work, Krita's still fucked though

[Anonymous No.3974606]

>>3974054
Pls respond

[Anonymous No.3974616]

>>3974606
Make it look like there's fog surrounding the creature, brighten up the environment and a small bit of the foreground to make it look like the creature is being revealed from behind the fog. This'll give you the liberty to add contrast to the form

[Anonymous No.3974636]

>>3974606
>>3974054
Maybe your value range is too narrow?

[Anonymous No.3974801]

>>3972511
thanks anon. i'll try it.

[Anonymous No.3974816]

Is there a way to study cartooning, coming up with appealing shapes and proportions, etc? (I get told relatively frequently that my proportions/shapes are unappealing, I probably have less natural feel for them than most)

[Anonymous No.3974896]

>>3960898
ctrl+paint

[Anonymous No.3975013]

Please give me somewhere to start re: digital colouring.
Videos, books, whatever.

[Anonymous No.3975096]

>>3975013
see
>>3974896

[Anonymous No.3975152]

>>3973054
fucking thank you

[Anonymous No.3975165]

>>3975096
Ah, thanks.

[Anonymous No.3975324]

Is charcoal a good medium to go through Bridgman with? Copying tonally, etc.

I had started with Constructive Anatomy but picked up Life Drawing since people were saying to start with that before CA.

[Anonymous No.3975357]

>>3975324
Start with vine or willow charcoal.
It's easier to erase.

When you feel you have gotten better, go with compressed charcoal, gives you a larger tonal range.

[Anonymous No.3975367]

>>3975357
Thank you. I didn't know there were different types. The stuff I have did have a smaller range than I was expecting, but I chalked it up to not knowing how to use it.

I'll do as you suggested.

[Anonymous No.3975565]

How do I get likes on my page on facebook?
I don't have anybody irl to like my page.

would it be a good idea to message art pages that repost art, and ask them to post mine with credit? what else can i do?

[Anonymous No.3975567]

>>3975565
Join art groups

[Anonymous No.3975568]

>>3975567
i *am* an art group

[Anonymous No.3975583]

>>3961525
I tried checking the /tg/ archives for "creativity|creative" and fuck me was that a bad idea. There's one guy who's declared war on creativity (on the board for make-belief) and through persistance seems to have actually gotten people on his side.

Ask /hyw/ at <a href="//boards.4channel.org/co/thread/108167560#p108167560" class="quotelink">>>>/co/108167560,</a> be sure to point out you've already watched the video in the header ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g )

/tg/ usually recommends (for worldbuilding) taking one specific fact about your story/setting and thinking through the logical consequences of that fact. After all those facts are settled think of another. I feel like there's a second method but I forgot what it was. It'll be in one of the top two links, but the second one is shitposted to shit. Functional but with a lot of dross.
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/62225583/
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/62497886/
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/63346529/
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/65025135/

Have >opinions. Head canon and shit, thinking about the things you read
I like reading garbage online and thinking about how I'd redo scenes or conversations

Also if you're reading this 9 days and 23 hours later respond and ramble about your specific problem. It could be that you just don't think like that or it could be stress in your life or something. I'm talking about how to tell a story on the art board so what I'm talking about offhand almost certainly isn't on the money.

Also also good artists borrow and great atists steal- unless it's One Punch Man execution is much more important than the idea and there's only so many to go around. Reinterpreting shit you like is normal.

[Anonymous No.3975588]

DAE have any tips for filling up lineart with base colours? My lineart resemble pencil work more than inked work so paintbucket couldn't be used. Right now I'm painting edge around the lineart but the process is way too slow and I wonder if there's any better way to approach this.

[Anonymous No.3975669]

>>3961525
The real secret is to just run with those regurgitations until they evolve into something else. You will be surprised to find out where your story takes you all you have to do is start. Thats the real hard part.

[Anonymous No.3976192]

>>3975588
is the lineart closed? there's no gaps in it?
if so
select the outside of it
go to selections>contract selection>invert
then you have a selection you can colour inside

or, use lasso tool to outline the bulk of it(shift and ctrl to plus and minus from the selection), then paint bucket on a seperate layer

>>3962641
>>3961566
>>3975583
>>3975669
nice, not them but thanks anon

[Anonymous No.3976193]

if i have a moodboard of inspo for my concept art, should i post it alongside the concept art in my portfolio?

[Anonymous No.3976216]

>>3976193

No.

[Anonymous No.3976701]

How does one purposely elongated and exaggerate the human form with out looking like I don't know anatomy?

[Anonymous No.3976712]

>>3976701
By knowing human anatomy and placing realistic markers and components with the intermediate space stretched or bloated as desired. Regardless of how long your femur is you still need a knee.

[Anonymous No.3976816]

>>3975588
There’s a way to do it, but I’m not 100% on it as I just direct paint most of the time. You paint in fills on individual layers and alpha lock them or something and create a new layer.. Then when you go to paint it stays inside the general area. It takes less time to lay flats than you’d think and then you can work under the line art.

[Anonymous No.3976821]

Is there a vector pen tool in CSP that works similar to Photoshop's Pen or basically all of illustrator? I don't need the fill, just the manually placed vector lines.

[Anonymous No.3976875]

>>3976821
Anything drawn on a vector layer with any tool will become a vector line, just create a new vector layer. If you want a more manual way of adding lines you can use the line tools, but I believe you would still need to create them on a vector layer to be able to adjust them after drawing.

[Anonymous No.3976895]

>>3976875
My issue is that drawing manually on the vector layer gives too many points that are awkward to adjust. I was hoping to place manual points and use handles to adjust curves as I go, much like PS/Illustrator. I think SAI has a tool like that too, just with less finesse.
Line tool might be able to work though, thanks.

[Anonymous No.3976973]

>>3976895
If you want to give something else a shot too, you can draw with a a regular tool manually and then "simplify" the line using the vector tool brush. It's a bit backward, but as long as you don't do it too much you should be able to minimize your points easily.

[Anonymous No.3976983]

>>3976973
Bassackwards but I'll try that in the future, thanks! I got the thing done with the object tool and removing points manually which was equally bassackwards and very slow.
Combining these techniques might be good enough for next time, but I'd still kill for a normal vector pen.

[Anonymous No.3976989]

>>3976983
>but I'd still kill for a normal vector pen.
You should think about sending an email to cesys, the creator of CSP, with a request for a dedicated vector tool. It might be pointless, but even the slimmest possibility of them listening would be worth it if it gets implemented

[Anonymous No.3977000]

>>3976989
I wouldn't kill for it but I see the utility. I like that everything is vector as is but can see the point of that. Also I'm pretty sure there's a vector tool I already accidentally enabled once blindly mashing the keyboard for shortcuts.

[Anonymous No.3977033]

I don't like using pen pressure for line width, my hands aren't very sensitive so it usually gets extremely wonky.
Going over the lines repeatedly to thicken them makes it look messy and it doesn't quite line up usually.
And just manually changing size also falls into that line up error plus its hugely time consuming.

What do?

[Anonymous No.3977035]

why /i/ is a dead board?

[Anonymous No.3977044]

>>3977033
Set width to speed in CSP using the line width correction tool I guess.

[Anonymous No.3978154]

>>3960883
I want to make simple pixel art, but I hate uploading the tiny file sizes. Should I make pixel art, turn it into a high quality vector then scale it up? Or is their a faster way to scale up pixel art? I usually do krita to png to Adobe illustrate vector, but this method still makes the pixel art lose quality. Any idea of what to do?

[Anonymous No.3978614]

>>3963092
It sounds like 'Laudi' to me, but I'm not having any luck searching any artists or cartoonists named Laudi.
Have you checked other sources? Rebecca Sugar's famous, it might have been written down somewhere

>>3965646
>9 days ago
Bloody 'ell
>>>/aco/3273203

>>3968140
Check the archives for Discord links. Sound confident and standoffish

>>3976701
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTfq6JjPus
Most of the variation will be in limb length as opposed to torso, it's why dwarves look so weird. Make their shoulder muscles sunken to emphasize the neck length. note where the hands hang in pic related

[Anonymous No.3978627]

im not the richest man but i manage to save up for 800$ i have 3 options

- screen tablet (xp pen artist 15) and stick with my dying i5 4 ram laptop

- used and upgradable pc (i3 8thgn, ram8gb, gtx 1650, 2tb) and stick with my old intous 3 tablet

- used ipad pro 12

[Anonymous No.3978769]

What method do you personally use to map out the eyes?

[Anonymous No.3978821]

body works (the museum exhibit) is open in my city, any of you guys tried figure drawing there at all??

[Anonymous No.3978823]

>>3963092
lotte reiniger. old school animator. cool lady. made the first ever animated film.

[Anonymous No.3978825]

>>3978821
yes
it was cool. they made me sign a form to not post any drawings on tinternet though, since it's human remains.
also there was a tie in life drawing event for artist so you might want to check if they're running one for you

[Anonymous No.3979067]

>>3976192
>>3976816
Thanks for the help, my lineart is not closed so that makes it hard for me to fill in properly, I tried lasso tool a long time ago but I'm not a fan of it. I guess I will just make a new contour layer next time to fill up the base layer.

[Anonymous No.3979217]

When rendering a drawing, am I supposed to start from the
>darkest shadow, working my way up?
>darkest midtone?
>or the lightest non-highlight and work my way down?

[Anonymous No.3979220]

>>3979217
You can do whatever the fuck you want. Most people prefer to first start with separation of shadow and light, then add midtones.

[Anonymous No.3979260]

i wanna be the fastest artist alive, something like 10 pieces in 15 minutes
what do i do?

[Anonymous No.3979290]

>>3979260
learn how to slow down time.

[Anonymous No.3979298]

>>3979260
draw slowly for like 15 years and then start speeding up

[Anonymous No.3979381]

fuck

[Anonymous No.3979552]

>>3979381
Fuuuck.

[Anonymous No.3979618]

I don't really use digital software. How do people make those super high resolution images? Do they just increase the dpi when exporting it?

[Anonymous No.3979628]

>>3979618
They work on canvases that are like 5000x5000px from the beginning.
Increasing the size of the image when exporting will decrease quality. Dpi doesn't matter much until you print your work.

[Anonymous No.3979654]

Any recommendation on sculpting tutorials? I have some poly clay and some wire for a skeleton, but I'm still trying to find someone that can teach real technique.

[Anonymous No.3979853]

>>3979654
Sculpture isn't really something that has much interest, and isn't really something you can teach via book. It's all about hands on work, and learning to think in 3 dimensions. I took a lot of sculpture in college, and it was all studio work, with the teacher walking around helping us every step of the way.

Like anything else, start simple. Don't rush straight to overly complicated, realistic full body poses, start with simple shapes. You have poly clay, start with block shapes, and build up to more complex shapes. Start with body parts, then a full figure. Our first assignment in figure sculpture was cubes, spheres, and cylinders. We got to a full head portrait next. We went to full figure after that, and learned to measure with calipers.
The only advice I can give is do a lot, and move your piece around a lot, and look at every angle, all the time.
I wish I had links. I love sculpture, and have been doing it casually since - i always have poly clay or sculpting wax around, and build models for complex shapes for paintings, or just make stuff.
Plus, learn how to make your own tools. I've never bought a sculpting tool, we were taught how in class to make our own - round bar and a torch for wax tools, wood for clay. Old paintbrush handles are great for making shaping tools.

[Anonymous No.3980032]

Been doing studies for months, would love to know how to start doing idealized figures. Any good place to start?

[Anonymous No.3980103]

How come there are so many artists on Fiverr charging such low prices for good art? I found and artist that I'll probably end up choosing for a project of mine. Originally I was looking to pay 120-140, but their highest price is $75. Gunna pay em extra, though, anyway.

[Anonymous No.3980168]

what do i do with images like this? memorize the colors of the areas? just use them as references? do i place the colors over my own drawing to check what i'm doing wrong?
it's no specifically this image either, just these kinds of guide with different colors to represent anatomy
sorry for my retardation

[Anonymous No.3980173]

And tips to reduce hand jitters?

Any advice I should know if I intend to eventually move into digital drawing?

[Anonymous No.3980194]

>>3980168
The color separates different muscles and more clearly shows overlap. That one is kinda useful because it's showing connective tissue between muscles which is useful when you're learning how to render.

>>3980173
Eat a banana or some spinach. Or take up drinking, at least your hands will only shake in the morning.

Take time to learn digital workflow and really understand opacity based rendering using layers and layer effects. My biggest stumbling block just diving in from traditional has been not knowing the system and not treating it like a unique medium. Also, learn photomanipulation. A lot of the power of Photoshop is locked behind tools and techniques that make more sense when you're editing photos and making vaporwave collages.. Even if you aren't going to use PS 90 percent of the time, it pays dividends to be able to do what any retard with 10 minutes on youtube can.

[Anonymous No.3980244]

>>/gd/368354

[Anonymous No.3980248]

>>>/gd/368354

[Anonymous No.3980262]

>>3979628
So do they just scale the canvas to fit and use a bigger brush to compensate? Just trying to wrap my head around it.

[Anonymous No.3980284]

>>3980262
They start with a big canvas. Idk what you're using, but most programs have a 'what pixel size do you want this' when you click new image. And yes, big brushes are a thing too. One of my brushes has a default size of 600px wide.

[Anonymous No.3980292]

Did ancient romans really walk around like in >>3961566 or is it some romanticized stuff by the artists

[Anonymous No.3980751]

Can some give me Istebrak's brushes, pretty pls

[Anonymous No.3980816]

how do I draw like Quentin Blake? not even trolling
I guess watercolor and ink is a good start, but when I try to draw stuff from imagination, even when it's as rudimentary as his, it sucks, so I'm also thinking a lot of life drawing/references would help

thinking about getting his book, Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered, looks bretty good for less serious stuff

[Anonymous No.3980823]

>>3980816

[Anonymous No.3981102]

>>3960883
where can I get a large collection of diverse references? I'm spending way too much time trying to find pics.

[Anonymous No.3981119]

Skills starting to form but I have absolutely no personal style for now. (except my usual go-to doodling never tends to realism).
I want to try painting. What type of painting is a good idea to start with? Portraits (proably complicated when you only know digital painting)? Fucking fruits or landscapes?

[Anonymous No.3981126]

>>3975565
What are you looking to gain from having likes? If you just want a high number, buy them. If you want to convert a like to a customer, you're going to want to provide some sort of value for free then demonstrate you can provide more value via services offered.

[Anonymous No.3981206]

>>3960883
What style would describe this image? Specifically the way lines are used to texture surfaces. What would I search to get more images like this?

[Anonymous No.3981213]

>>3960883
Where can I ask professional artists education/career related questions? I want to change careers to Industrial design or conceptual design and I have a ton of questions.

reddit has been useless as it always has been.

[Anonymous No.3981259]

>>3981102
if you want copyright free stuff you can try Unsplash and Pexels. I'm sure there's a lot more goldmines to be found on photobashing forums

[Anonymous No.3981272]

>>3980103
no idea, but i've seen those paid sponsership videos by youtubers who go on fiverr and use the service, and it seems like it's a total crapshoot. the most expensive artists usually turned out to be quite bad. pic here was $100

[Anonymous No.3981380]

How does one build a good portfolio? Is there a specific aspect I need to focus on? I'm talking mostly traditional here though, I don't have tablet yet.

[Anonymous No.3981385]

>>3981272
I saw that video haha. The less expensive ones were pretty good for the price.

[Anonymous No.3981547]

>>3980248

[Anonymous No.3981554]

How can I make good vent art? Or art that really evokes emotion

[Anonymous No.3981562]

>>3960883
Will I turned gay if I stared at male model too long? I've exhausted on looking at female models because most of their body hasn't featured the anatomy that I'm learning.

[Anonymous No.3981570]

>>3981562
Only if you were already gay/bi.

[Anonymous No.3981571]

What the fuck happened to pixiv? Now I can't see previews of art of people who subscribed to me

[Anonymous No.3981862]

>>3981213
Find websites/accounts of industrial concept design artists that you like, send them some questions. Try not to be too needy or ask too basic of stuff. Don't be sad if they don't give you the time of day.

[Anonymous No.3981865]

>>3981206
don't know if there's exactly a word for that style, but it reminds me a lot of alphonse mucha

[Anonymous No.3981948]

Are there any job hunting Upwork type sites that don't require you to show your face in your profile?

[Anonymous No.3982318]

is it worth putting my number on twitter? it is asking for one when i tried to make an account

[Anonymous No.3982319]

>>3981272
>the most expensive artists usually turned out to be quite bad.
dunning krueger effect

>>3980816
one of his books does have some stuff about his process in. can't remember the name though, don't think it's that one.

for you i would concentrate on life drawing and anatomy, and also learning fundies. certainly you don't need to learn leet photoshop rendering, but blake is very good at silhouette, staging/composition, and gesture. this is why a lot of his imitators dont work, they steal his tools but don't have his base skills
get a dip pen and a pot of ink, have a play around, it's good fun

[Anonymous No.3982336]

>>3982319
here's an example. really good silhouette

>>3981865
art nouveau

[Anonymous No.3982349]

>>3981862
I've been trying that on reddit behance and ig but I haven't gotten responses

[Anonymous No.3982499]

2/3 point perspective question:
If you have a box and you append a box to the left side, how would you go about deriving a box of equal size for the right side?

[Anonymous No.3982516]

>>3982499
Found it- Second half of this page shows the technique.

>https://shop.mybluprint.com/art/article/dividing-space-in-perspective-tutorial/

[Anonymous No.3982706]

there is someone teaching bridgman in video format?

[Anonymous No.3982826]

how do i learn to draw similarly to this as a complete beginner
i want to make old school rpg art

[Anonymous No.3982833]

>>3982826
https://twitter.com/i/status/1082108481488994305

[Anonymous No.3983000]

Does self-taught only mean you didn't have professional training/ a direct teacher? Am I still self-taught if I've learned my skills through reading books?

[Anonymous No.3983178]

Micheal Hampton book. He keeps mentioning C and S curves. I don't know what he's talking about though.

Is he referring to the overall gesture of the pose? Or the body parts attached to that gesture? Or all of it together? help help helph elphelp

[Anonymous No.3983199]

>>3983000
It depends on the individual, but yeah most people consider self-taught to be without direct contact with some kind of instructor and feedback like critiques. People who say they are self-taught usually mean that they never went to an art school.
There's a small group of people who say you need to do it without books or videos to be self-taught, but personally I think that's splitting hairs.

[Anonymous No.3983314]

>>3983178
It's just that, literally lines. You're overthinking it. Read the previous pages.

[Anonymous No.3983409]

>>3983314
why does he keep bringing them up though

[Anonymous No.3983798]

>>3982706
someone?

[Anonymous No.3984824]

How do I draw with my whole arm??? I don't have a canvas

[Anonymous No.3984849]

>>3960883
Im sick of aimlessly drawing without know what the fuck im doing.

What is a proven art course I can pirate that yields visible results after about a year of studying?

[Anonymous No.3984859]

>>3984849
you can grind perspective and will be applicable in everything anyway (any book can help)
but think for yourself dude, if you don't consider art that you like your art will end up dead

[Anonymous No.3984882]

>>3984824
Get a sketchbook that's atleast 11x14
Or one of those big newsprint pads
Hold your pencil with an overhand grip with the tip at an angle, unlike you're writing
Move your shoulder not you're wrist

[Anonymous No.3984935]

>>3960883
i want to ask... i want to make an twitter account... should i start uploading my old drawings that i have in my other webs? or just sarting with the last ones? Did you upload all your other works from others webs in twitter to have there all your works too?
I have like 300 drawings in my others webs, so i could uploaded from time to time, but a lot are old enough to me see the difference in technique, so the last ones are somekind better

[Anonymous No.3985705]

>>3984824

[Anonymous No.3985725]

>>3984935
As someone who watches artists on twitter I would say to stick with the more recent ones, which depending on your speed and skill growth could be anything within the last 1-6 months.
Exceptions being anything that had a lot of traction/popularity or fanart, those always get a decent chunk of views.

If you do opt to post your older ones, make sure to post the date created. Personally I like seeing the occasional redraws, so you might want to think about having a few before and after posts.

[Anonymous No.3986161]

>>3982706
ANSWER ME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Anonymous No.3986241]

What are the ways to make a minimum "living wage" with art over the internet while you're still training to get the job you want?

My skills lie in concept art, character design, and figure drawing (obviously), but I'm really confused where I would even get some sort of super entry level low tier concept art gig. Who will ACTUALLY pay novice (but not bad) concept artists for work?

[Anonymous No.3986243]

>>3982706
>>3986161

closest to Bridgman in video is vilppu's lectures, they're pretty easy to find on cg/gfx peers

[Anonymous No.3986245]

>>3986241
get a following on instagram (around 2-3000 is a good amount to start off with) and advertise that you do comissions, you'll most likely get some work if your stuff is decent. for growing your audience try + post every 2 days at least, and look into everliker

[Anonymous No.3986371]

>>3986245
thanks, everliker is also really interesting. it's been hard to gain followers, only around 330 atm, but maybe that comes with consistent posting or just getting better. when i promote, even for like 3 bucks, i get anywhere from 600 to 1000 likes per post.

dunno, IG is weird. still have never gotten any commission requests, but i'll advertise in my profile bio that I do commissions now for sure.

Do you make some sort of post that tells people you do commissions or just put it in your bio?

[Anonymous No.3986403]

>>3985725
ohh i see, i have redraws of some things, so is a good idea what you said, thanks!

[Anonymous No.3986405]

How do I make a smoother transition to digital painting?
I have decent skills with traditional media, but I've tried digital a few times and I shit the bed pretty often.

[Anonymous No.3986432]

How do I go about making a good collage/ reference sheet for characters? Not by drawing I mean, but by gathering screenshots to draw the characters from. Pic related is an example of what I mean but it's too messy. Any tips/ideas?

[Anonymous No.3986495]

>>3986432
I would focus on getting more quality and meaningful shots of the characters.

Ideally, you need a full view of the entire character in full detail, front, side and back.
A close-up of their head, from the front, side, rear and profile view.
A handful of their expressions, I see this a lot in concept art or character sheets for anime.
They'll show what expressions the character makes and which ones they don't.
Then you'll want some dynamic images to get a sense of how that character moves and what gestures they use.
Also shots interacting with other characters.

Looks like you have most of that in your pic.

[Anonymous No.3986501]

>>3986243
i wanna bridgman because he has such unique method of drawing abs

[Anonymous No.3986511]

>>3986495
Thank you so much! The video that said characters come from is pretty short and sparse so knowing a proper 'method' of gathering images helps. Again, thanks alot.

[Anonymous No.3986518]

>>3986511
Np, also can you give me the name of that comic you posted?
I read it years ago but forgot.

[Anonymous No.3986521]

>>3986518
It's called "Beautiful Darkness"

[Anonymous No.3986526]

How do you tell if a drawing is traced?
I can instantly tell if its traced (if the artist is bad) but can't really put it into Words.

[Anonymous No.3986588]

I wanna start drawing porn, but I'm embarrassed about what one of my mutuals will think. We haven't talked in years though, so I have a question: if I block him on twitter and instagram, will that make his account unfollow me, without him getting a message or email that i blocked him? I just wanna do this stealthily.

[Anonymous No.3986590]

>>3986526
if the anatomy, or some other fundemental is clearly above the person's level. fundemental mastery takes years, so everything in general will improve along with it. If a complete noob is shit at everything but can somehow draw great dynamic poses, they're tracing it.

[Anonymous No.3986704]

>Strengths: Portraits
>Weakness: Full Body
Should I stick with portraits? They are priced cheaper but that's pretty much my cap.

[Anonymous No.3988045]

how the fuck does twitter work? most artists dont even use any kind of tagging, how do they like started getting people who follow them, how do you even discover art on twitter
lets say i want to search for some fetish but drawings, how do you do that since no one tags things, its so weird

[Anonymous No.3988258]

>>3988045
>Find an artist with a fetish you like
>Go to danbooru/gelbooru
>search for that artists:name
that's the only thing I can think of

[Anonymous No.3988406]

I'm confused by people who have a certain number of patrons, and the number hardly ever changes. Like there's one artist who has had more or less 150 patrons for a whole year. It can't all be th same people right? Some must go and new ones support, so how do they stagnant on that number?

[Anonymous No.3988902]

>>3986588
Yes, it's soft blocking

[Anonymous No.3989147]

What does /ic/ think about artfight? Art friends are all in on it. Is it worth my time?

[Anonymous No.3989158]

are there any better / less boring ways for a complete beginner to learn construction than fun with a pencil?

[Anonymous No.3989258]

Paintchainner seems outdated, the skin options aren't that good. Isn't there a better more advanced one?

[Anonymous No.3989345]

Does anyone have a link to the how to draw chibi/chibus vid