/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>Contact: Nile#8534
>Age: 19
>How experienced are you: Almost decent, been drawing for 3 years
What style is your art: Fantasy mostly but want to start doing more sci-fi stuff
>Occupation: NEET/Self teaching
>Favorite Movies: Mostly anime movies, top 3 of which are End of evangelion, Koe no katachi and kimi no nawa
>Vidya: Overwatch mostly
>Artists: Ruan jia, Yoh yoshinari, Guangjian Huang, Wei feng, Hekoko, Dan chavez, Jeff simpson, Wei wang, Kai ikarashi the list goes on

>>3164207
http://nilefar.tumblr.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nilefar_

>>3160039
19
Started drawing 3 years ago but started taking it seriously 2 years ago
Soon mediocre

>>3156137
I set a timer for 30 minutes and then take a 5 minute break after those 30 and then just repeat that through out the day and I usually end up having spent 6-8 hrs by the end of the day. Could easily be pulling 10 or 12 hour days but like i mentioned earlier I get distracted way too easily.

>>3156100
Yeah you're right natural aptitude and intelligence are very similar, but I still think there's a bit of a difference. And I don't draw that much to be quite honest, only 6-8 hrs a day, should really stop getting distracted by other shit so I could focus on painting.
>>3156103
They reach a level at which they can be hired at in a year yes. But they're far from good if you look up their personal work and all of their work ends up looking like cheap Feng zhu rip-offs.
We'll see in a year or two if you're right or wrong anon, but even if I never earn a dime from art I'll still keep drawing

>>3156063
In your opinion where should I have been by now?
I've come to realize over the few years that I've been drawing that progress isn't something static like "in 2 years you should be here and in 6 years here" but it's totally dependent on the intelligence, natural aptitude and passion of the individual in question.
I have passion and a little bit of natural aptitude since I have very good visual memory, but I'm very stupid, probably below average in terms of IQ. So my progress will not be the same as someone who draws the same amount as me but fill all the 3 categories that I listed above, or someone who's just smart and "talented" lol

>>3156056
Woah there buddy let's not get ahead of ourselves, I'm not even mediocre yet but I'm happy you think so highly of me

>>3155700
Hey now
>>3155653
I suggest you do a 50-100 hour master study of someone you love the rendering of, Ruan Jia, HGJ are the one's I've done a few studies of and they can teach you more than you might think.
Also go and read up on cast shadows and ambient occlusion

>>3152254
Funny you mention Yoh he's tied first place with Ruan Jia for my favorite artist and I study his stuff regularly and especially back in 2015 I used to study him a lot.
I'm kinda split though on what style I want to pursue, seeing as there's a very low chance of me ever being hired as an illustrator despite it being what I enjoy doing most, I feel like aiming for a more stylized type of deal will get me further/anywhere at all.
Idk, we'll see what happens.

>>3151967
It's gonna take you a whole lot of years to get to his level lol but keep at it for sure

>>3151516
You can be really good at painting but still don't really know how to draw, but all your stuff will end up looking really weird. That's imo the biggest thing I'm struggling with personally, I can kinda paint or at the very least render something to look decent but my underlying drawing ability is close to beginner tier. I'd say focus on getting good at the thing you value the most, in my case painting and rendering, but still learn how to draw proper, something I'm trying to do now.
Here's Ruan Jia going through his sketchbook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX_cIzpiluY
>>3150015
Agreed, one of my favorite drawings

>>3150445
16

They're da bez

>>3150173
Been wanting to fix that board for a few days, will try and do that today, pipe is staying but you're right about the hands, chicken's supposed to be able to rotate his little head 180 degrees but if that's not coming across properly i guess I'll have to fix it somehow.

>>3150129
Glad it helped!

A little piece I'm working on, not used to working with saturated colors so excuse the mess

>>3149726
Yeah i know right? shame he posts so rarely

>>3149475
You're doing good Riri but your necks still don't connect to the skull properly. I'm not very good at anatomy either but hopefully you'll be able to look past that and still get what I'm trying to show with this little paint over.
Also on a little side note, don't shade with black.

>>3149718
1 it's fun and I enjoy it very much, 2 you always have something to do, you're never left wondering what you should do and because of this I'm very rarely bored and lastly it's the only job I can see myself enjoying, thus I try to improve

Never seen anyone mention this lad

http://blog.sina.com.cn/ginostudio

>>3148731
sorry for not landing an art job 3 months out of high school lmao

>>3148631
Lesson is: draw whatever you want to draw

>>3148341
Doing shit like that isn't gonna get you anywhere unless you start a patreon lol, but we were talking about the style, i.e the big shiny eyes with a pointy chin, not what you decide to do with it.
As long as you're good at drawing anime and have a good design sense you could literally be hired by any studio that's known for doing stylized games, since your style doesn't really matter since it won't be featured in the final game.
Loish (someone with a very cartoony style) even did concept work for Horizon zero dawn, a realistic looking game.
Your style literally does not matter. As long as it's appealing to some extent and you know how to design and draw you're gucci my man

>>3148332
Is this anime enough for you?
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/NL2DD
Half of Riot's filled with weebs, and a lot of other big and medium sized studios are filled with people with an anime or anime hybrid style.
Hell, even Blizzard has a bunch of artists who have a very anime-ish style
Just draw with the style that comes to you naturally and it'll work out, even if said style is full blown anime you'll succeed as long as you work hard

>>3148319
lol i know right