/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1848338
well I found a possible connection - Guy's name is Don. he's on tumblr, instagram and I think facebook, but it's for some older dude with a family. It could be OP took this guy's e-mail address and used it for his contact.

Whatever. If he tries to use the picture I gave him, then his brother's in for a surprise.

Don't think I forgot about you >>1846607
you uppity nigga.

I typed out a big explanation on why your so called "advice" is very narrow minded and conceited, but I'll post it when I have the fucking time.

>>1846742
Oh dear lord, this nigga is stalking me.

2 words: NO HOMO

>>1846777
Same here. Providing very rough sketch as we speak. All honestly though, I really hope his brother's b-day isn't next week.

>>1846167

Me. I have no intention of being Loomis or Alex Ross, but that doesn't mean I don't wanna improve. I just have a bad habit of doing too many team shots and adding too many details so I'm working on that. I have never been good learning what customers like or how to market. So no, I don't make as much as say Ben Bates, Vaporotem or even that nigga Diaz. But I'll be damned if I haven't earned my place where I can make work and sell it as prints at cons to make some money. I'm not on dA bumming my art for points or doing free porn for 4chan faggots, I'm too busy trying to make that starving artist money. And every commission I get is just an excuse to practice new shit and git gud...with money.

To be honest, I'm starting to prefer drawing with traditional tools rather than digital cuz it's easier and less taxing than photoshoping. I learned from experience that you get commissions more often from meeting people than getting requests online. Maybe it's the deals you are offering, the convenience of sharing the same country or just the way you negotiate with clients, people are far more willing to pay whatever necessary for your art work IF that is what you can provide.

You should always price yourself according your skill level and the time you put into the work, not by anyone else's standards. Don't go too high or too low. I'm not pretending I'm Cheeks or AWD or anyone as good, but like one of the dipshits mentioned, there are WORSE artist than me getting tons of commissions online and that's because they look at what's popular and sell that. OR there are BETTER artists who really talented but do shit for peanuts because they listen to other faggots.

So instead of just bitching about why I'm getting paper and you're not, how bout you hush yo mouth, make some business cards and go out there and sell yourself? Network, advertise, put yourself out there.

Fuck all this art critique, somebody help OP already. I'll just do what Kas did and wish him good luck.

>>1846105
Yep. B8 confirmed. planet is doomed. moving on.

>>1846110

Yeah, I dunno if you're supposed to be defending me or what, but cut it out. Your argument is pointless.

Do I seriously have to tell you niggas how art is subjective and it is ultimately you that determines the worth of your work? And that commissions is ultimately just a product of what is convenient, not what is good? Because if you were any good enough to bash someone else's work, why the fuck are you bumming on commissions or talking shit on 4chan. Get to work!!

I seen fucking cats that will make you niggas spin with their godlike skill, and they have to make chump change just to get known or eat. Meanwhile, some animu girl who is still a college freshman is getting lots of commissions because she can draw Homestuck or something.

Ultimately, commissions are a product to sell. Whether you are CHAMBA or Chris-Chan is meaningless if none of your artwork has anything appealing to anyone. Are you trying to sell your thesis series of illustrations? Good luck then. Maybe it has a high fantasy concept? Then you'll get a few buyers. Does it have Game of Thrones? DING, DING, You have an audience.

Online commissioning is ultimately a choice between making GOAT quality artwork for a few people or making casual stuff for more people. So unless you have terrible motor skills or people skills, ANYONE CAN SELL THEIR ARTWORK ONLINE....whether they buy it or not is another issue.

>>1846079
Dude, it's that an alien from Sigma Star Saga?

I like the organic texture and the design, though some parts are blending too much. Maybe a bit more lighting or harsher shadow for contrast.

Do you have a gallery?

>>1845770
>>1845716
>>1845786

Seeing as the human race is worthless to begin with, and such degrading spawn like you being great examples of homo sapien intelligence, it's very easy to paid for my art. It's even easier when you draw something that's trending.

But sometimes I keep fucking up and I keep getting customers who just like the way I draw, no matter what it is.

Man, why I didn't listen to my friends and just went after dat furry money?!!

But let's pretend for one second that you're not some obvious shit head trying to b8 and actually want to critique me: What is your beef?

And on the real, did OP ever hired anyone or what?

>>1845649
Yeah. I wanted to go for some weird art nuveou style lettering, but I couldn't keep it symmetrical without compressing the letters too much and I was afraid people wouldn't be able to see the letters from afar.

Right now I'm in the middle of a commission but depending on what exactly you need me to do, the amount of detail you want and the timeframe, I can have a go at it.

You can see my commission info here: carlosabdu.tumblr.com/commissions

samples:
carlosabdu.tumblr/commissions-gallery
c-abdulio.deviantart.com

oh and this. Most recent work

>>1835658
>last time i used painter (assuming corel painter) it lagged the fuck out... did something change in the last... 3-4 years to make it not lag?

Kinda. Not really. My version of XI never really lagged so much unless I was working on huge ass files or using the 3D effects.

>if you are buying the program... i dont think i can recommend it over kitra if you can get kitra to work fast. if you will pirate, yea, ex is the way to go... but the cheaper version isnt much more feature rich than kitra if i am correct.

Well I wouldn't know. Kitra failed on me, so I don't even know how's it like. Speedpainting doesn't exactly show me all the functions of the device. But if what this anon>>1835638
says is true, and you say MS is more or less Kitra +, then I need to know if EX will bypass those very problems or am I have to find a workaround to the selection tool.

Maybe if I can save stuff on MS as PSD, i can use my old CS for post production.

>read the license, student licenses are depending on the school, and can be revoked at almost anytime

That makes no sense. Most degrees online are going for 2-4 years tops at most for art schools. Why the fuck would Adobe give licenses that expire at the fraction of the time it takes to graduate from the course? Either you provide the student the tool or you don't give it at all. Don't be a faggot and give them something they can use only to take it back while they're using it. No wonder they get pirated so much.

>cant you usb boot linux distro?
Don't know how. I don't really bother using another system if I can figure out how to use my own and I definitely don;t have a usb powerful enough to boot an entire OS. Hopefully I can earn some dosh from commissions and get a 4tb USB HD, then I can use my old My Cloud to host the Linux or Windows.

And before you say anything, i have the old iMac all-in-one, so unless it's to get more RAM, I can't add no SSD. It's external or bust for me.

>>1835569
ehhhh...yeah. i don't think robbing my Mac of important memory space just to run one program will solve my problems...maybe when I get another hardrive I'll think about it.

Thanks anyways.

>>1835533
>>1835538

I've heard so much good things from MS5 from /ic/ and from my friends, everyone is telling me to make the switch but I want to be %100 sure this is what I want. Btw, supposedly the best version is MS 5 EX but that shit is very expensive. Is the upgrade worth the price?

>>1835554
>>1835557
Funny you brought up Corel, because Painter Classic was my first love. It was my first art program and I loved it so much. I loved the easy to use brushes and the simple interface. However, college constantly mandated that I learned Adobe PS in order to work at "an industry standard" so I got PS CS1 to keep up. At first I thought I can get around this problem by upgrading the Painter IX but the lack of good selection tools, layer options and vector tools didn't leave me with much (plus the customer service sucks ass). I only got my CS6 through being a student at my school, otherwise, I would have stuck with Painter IX until I found a more varied version or upgraded to another Painter and hope they had better options.

What I'm mostly looking for are:
-selection tools on par with photoshop
-filters and/or special effects
-vector tools
-easy to use brushes that can manipulated to great depth
-layer options at least close to PS CS6 or Painter IX
- doesn't lag or crash often
- easy to use color selection
- easy to learn and customize shortcuts
- low learning curve on interface. If it's complicated, at least have tutorials to use the thing.

UPDATE: and it seems that Krita is NOT that. Shit wouldn't even start up it keeps crashing before it loads. A damn shame, it looked cool. Just another program denied to me by the spirit of Steve Jobs.

picture I did on Corel

>>1835526
Wait. Full Stop. Dunno if I want now.

>Mac OSX is very experimental right now and unstable. You can download the latest binary if you want. It has only been reported to work with Mac OSX 10.9.

Has anyone ever had any problems with the Mac version?

Wait, hold up. I'm dumb. Better Question: Does anyone here actually have a Mac? I think whoever those guys are will help me better instead of everyone just suggesting shit that only works on Win.

>>1835211
> Manga Studio is like 30$

For the Program OR THE LICENSE?!

Because that what got me pissed with PS in the first place. My school LEGALLY gave me access to CS6 and they STILL have the fucking nerve to tell me it's temporary unless i pony up more money. I really hope that $30 allows me to keep MS5 at my own discretion.

Fuck, it's the same shit I hate about PSN+: I ain't getting no free games, I'm just getting a glorified game rental that expires the minute I stop paying my subscription to PSN.

>>1835119
Gonna try Krita just to see what all the hub bub is. Though I heard some whack stuff about Gimp in terms of content.

UPDATE: Ahh shit Nigga, that shit looks solid. Now I wanna play around Krita.

Btw, I guess it's only fair that i should post up some stuff I did as well. Here's my most recent pic.

>>1834896
>>1834913

So I guess hard mode doesn;t apply to you guys. Cuz unless I can find a torrent or easily pirated copy of CS6 for Mac (which is kind of hard to dl), then I'm skrewed.

Has anyone tried ArtRage? I'm curious how it compares to the other two choices

I managed to get a student copy of Adobe Creative Suite 6 from my school and I just started switching from my old Corel Painter IX to using PS for all my projects. Then just as I had to go to a convention for artist alley and I tried to make a last minute picture, my school gave me an e-mail stating that Adobe was yanking my license to force me on CC.

FUCK THAT SHIT!! I shouldn't fucking pay more money for the right to use the program I already got legally. So now I wanna replace this with another program that I can keep forever. But which do I choose?

Manga Studio 5 EX or Stekchbook Pro 7? Hard Mode: I use a Mac.

>>1809413
>tfw when we'll never get a Zelda in an a industrial or modern age

Speaking of, I was so autistic about a future Zelda, i made this shitty piece long ago. Gonna try redrawing it when HW comes out.

posting an old sketch of Link I did in college

So right now I'm in an argument with someone on Facebook about why having a Tumblr is better than a DeviantArt by using the same reasons the great anon gave me, about how Tumblr could help you find more work and less stalkers.

Then she's going on about how Tumblr only gives you 15 minutes of fame, has a shitty reputation and an inferior infestructure compared to DA, how DA has professionals posting shit and how she gets money through DA.

Now I agree about the format, it's really odd to use Tumblr as an Art gallery, but it got me thinking: Who's rep is worse? Tumblr and it's sjw, feminista red nose pandering or DA and their kiddie weaboo, OC Donut Steel amatuer hour?

>>1805153
I'll post mine as well, but it's not very strong at the moment since I made it as much my personal blog as it is a place to host my art.

Maybe I should do the linked blog thing as well

carlosabdu.tumblr.com

Alright, I think I got all the answers I needed. Thanks to anyone who helped.

Abandoning thread.

>>1804864
Yo, good shit. Not only will that help, that will finally get my line art to be sharp and smooth, and not as jaggy.

Will do good sir.

>>1804863
Like i told the other anon, it can't just be that simple of a term as "just painting". After all, if you add more shading, gradients, blending and all of those other elements, isn't that also painting?

Maybe it's flat painting? It's like making forms in Flash, only without line art.

Which i had a good example with me.

>>1804852
>Its called painting

I'm sure it is. Now can you tell me the term for painting with very little lines and a minimum of maybe one flat shade of color and lighting?

No shit, I'm serious. I wanna know if there is an actual word for that.

>>1804851
>http://le-mec.tumblr.com/post/90102744554/in-tvp-animation-pro-i-use-a-tool-called-freehand

Ah TV Paint Pro, is there nothing you can't solve?

Thank you.

>>1804854
I use Adobe PS for all the lineless art I tried to do.

But I'm gonna try with TV Paint Pro and Inkscape like you stated....with stronger anatomy and composition of course.

A character design I tried to make in a "Flash-like" style.

>>1804850
And you couldn't go with that actually reasonable answer, why? Will the other anons will make fun of you if you don't answer like a dick? Are you even being genuine right now?

Look I'm not gonna pretend that I don't need work on anatomy and perspective. I can tell this composition is not really well done, and the way some of the figures look doesn't look well anatomically. It reflects on the lineless forms. So I will work on that

What I wanted to know was how to give those same forms some depth when there are no lines to indicate stuff like forshortning, shading or even lines.

Also, how do you NOT know how to draw? Almost every human with rudimentary motor skills can draw. The only difference is the training and skill necessary to be quantified as being "good at drawing".

I'm not as good as the guy you're showing me, but I think I'm not that green. How bout you?

>>1804843
Insightful answers as always 4chan