/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>10687305
You got my attention anon

I just drew this because I want attention.

Already?

just recently got into drawing, my first attempt at drawing anything with a tablet, "king of the shit tier"

Stuff I did a few days ago

>>10687336

I'm a programmer.

>>10687347
Then post some code nigga!

>>10687348
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>>10687352

>>10687352
that wasn't very nice

I like seeing pretty paintings

trying to get back into drawng after so long

>>10687336
>>10687343
I really liked the Momiji one, but there is something off about your faces that I even don't know what. They are too.. 'stiff' I guess?

I usually like serious and normal expressions instead of the generic stuff people do that other people enjoy, but I think you should soften up their expressions a bit.

>>10687371
individually drawn teeth are scary...

>>10687392
Yeah, I noticed that myself too. I can't seem to draw faces from unusual angle like that
Thanks for the feedback though

I impulse bought a cheap Wacom tablet today. I like it a lot.

>>10687607
That is a cute girl! Please finish this image and give her cute clothes.

>>10687607
When you get really into drawing it will frustrate you on how limited it is (The pressure is horrible and surface is bad) and you'll move onto an Intuos but that probably won't be for a few years.

Fuck yes, kimeemaru!

>>10687607
Where and how much?

This is something I drew on paper, should I consider moving onto a tablet, or is it terrible?

>>10687687
If you can afford and want to draw, why not?

Are there any good resources for learning how to write dialoge better?

>>10687805
Learning how to spell dialogue would be a start.

Here's a shitty madotsuki I just drew. I have no clue what I'm doing, especially when it comes to coloring

>>10687892
http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/

Get on the loomis train and start with "Fun with pencil" if you honestly want to improve.

Visit /ic/ for more information~

>>10687675
I use a cheap uc-logic tablet from monoprice.

EX-Keine.

>>10687999
>LeMadokaFace.tiff

>>10688007
Looks more like Shitamari to me put some glasses on.

hey guyz look at meeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!

well, seriously, it's nice to draw sometimes, It's just that i'm plain slow.... one fucking afternoon for that and I still find some flaw... I hate my eyes.

How do you learn to draw cute girl ? I can't into traditional tuto and so I must add details to mask my flaws.... taking away my hope to draw cute anime girl...

>>10688007
Get the fuck out.

>>10688083
it's shit

learn to values

>>10688142
thanks for your advice, but how do I procede ? do I have to copy good works over and over or do I have to use stickman or such ? please enlight me.

>>10688159
pick the darkest spot in your picture

get a soft pencil and press as hard as you can there

all other values based off that

oh my

>>10687999

Loli Miles Edgeworth!

>>10688173
ow, I see now, thanks for the tip, if you have any other comment i would gladly read them please

>>10688251
start filling pages with circles and straight/curved lines with a pen before you start drawing

>>10687620
Thanks!

>>10687631
I didn't feel like saving up money for an Intous, but one day I might upgrade to one.

>>10688083
you might want to practice drawing hands
use references, photos of real people, when drawing, it will help you draw things you don't know how to visualize in your head

>>10687999
Hidamari olev

>>10687999
Hidamari OLEV

>>10687343
Both are very good looking, about momijis face, the mouth is too far from the nose the distance between the nose and the mouth is very small and the distance from the mouth to the end of the face is much bigger but you did the opposite.

>>10687380

it's good

>>10687607

You did that on your Wacom for the 1st time?

>>10687998

Love it up till the panties MUH LORE

put some nice bloomers or a Fundoshi on her and it'll be perfect

>>10688662
Oh I did the exact same thing but I can't seem to get it look right from the intended angle
Anyway thanks

/jp/, 助ける
I lost my will power of drawing, I'm been without draw for 3 months now
I know I should, but I don't feel like drawing anymore

What should I do?

>>10689009
join the flockdraw

it's fun

>>10689009
Now I noticed I wrote 'tasukete' wrong
oh well...
Even to practice japanese I lost my will, maybe my only option left is sudoku

>>10689051
love this blog

>>10689042
I do sometimes, but It's not like I'm improving anything by staying in there

>>10689058
sorry anon, I didn't mean to upset you
I just didn't wanted to delete my post and rewrite it

>>10689080
do you have a twitter i can follow???

>>10689009

I'm been a whole lot of month without drawing. yeah, school kept me really busy and tired, but its just an excuse...now its pretty late, so I'll skip today as well, but tomorrow I'll draw something and post it here. do you want to keep me company?

>>10689042
i'm banned

If you have nothing post aside from talking about yourself and making dumb questions such as "what should I do?", don't post at all.

>>>/soc

If you have nothing post aside from talking about yourself and making dumb questions such as "what should I do?", don't post at all.

>>>/soc/

>>10689104
>>10689109
so tsun~

>>10689090
sure, why not
what do you use to motivate yourself?

what are the best tablet settings for my wacom tablet?

Where is the flock draw? I like drawing with people it takes the edge off.

>>10689131
does everyone only use paint tool sai?

>>10689149
It's the most easy one

>>10689131
If I am using a pressure sensitive compatible program I like using a large brush size and a really low sensitivity

>>10689119
I don't. just open a program and draw until you laugh. its the signal that you're ready

>>10689208
Like this

>>10689305
Somebody draw this in an erotic way.

>>10689369

>>10689515
no weestaboo artists allowed, only draw in anime style

>>10689534
It's an Western artist imitating a Japanese anime artist imitating a Western artist.

>>10689539
how deliciously meta.

>>10689534
oh sorry, is this better?

>>10689580
I like the Eirin.
Would hug.

>>10689580
Are you that guy everyone hates?

>>10689626
maybe.
there's a lot of guys everyone hates, I'm just but one of them.

>>10687607
>>10688273

Are you the guy that did that shapeshifter girl x NEET story? Your style resembles that series' style.

>>10689746
Nah, I'm not.

>>10688888
thanks anon

20 min sketch. Not gonna spend too much time on this one.

There was an associated color image, but this is far cuter. Apparently medication puts me in a drawing mood?

>>10691273
Keep on drawing then, anon.

>>10691284
Working on it, Anon! I just thought it was odd; I was completely unmotivated all March.

>>10691307
That doesn't sound good at all. Well, it's good you're motivated again. We need more around here. Try to keep it up!

>>10690756
Lazy multiply mouse color. I figure painting like this while my pad is out of commission will help me practice color.

>>10691307
Yeah, march always demotivates me as well.
wonder why...

>>10691501
It might be the season change! I know my allergies have been especially awful this year. I'd really like to feel motivated in March, since it's my birthday month, but it just doesn't happen that way.

>>10691642
Cool blog, man.

Japanese bird being lewd and stupid

>>10692189
that's nasty

>>10692189
your style looks gross, which is a shame because you've got a decent grasp on anatomy
/co/ is better for you

>>10692280
>>10692220
Thank you! by the way, do you guys have any idea on which kind of sai settings could give me more clean and defined lines? without all the pixelation, I mean

When it says OC, does it mean just original content? Cause touhou isn't original content. If you mean by your own drawings, then can you post characters from shows or anime?

>>10693001
The artwork posted is original content. Original content doesn't necessarily mean original characters.

Generally it's Touhou or manga-style original characters, but I guess you can post something else if you want. We don't exactly have steadfast rules in place. You might be better off in /ic/ or /a/, though.

>>10693001
It means drawings you made yourself. Generally people prefer that you either draw characters from /jp/-related franchises or original characters.

>>10693001
Just stick with what belongs around here, son.

I colored it! why are colors so hard!
next time something more /jp\ looking, eh.
fucking colors.

>>10693025
forgot spolier. see you tomorrow jaypee

>>10693251
Ew

>>10689009
Dan Kim get out you fuggin neckbeard

>>10693251
>>10692189
I think the style's okay, and I like the pen-hat. Is that supposed to be a tattoo or pubes? Anyways, just draw some more touhous and shit.

Just spat this out. Gonna do a mouse paint.

>>10692189

I kinda like the style but put some clothes on her you're not ready for nude yet

also axe wound vag as an artist you should know better than that it shouldn't be in the front and WTF is that above her clit?

Where do you get your ideas for drawings?
I want to draw, but I have zero ideas, and nothing even decent comes out.
Maybe I just have a shitty imagination.

>>10693299
My ideas come from my imagination, the will to draw my waifu doing things, and my own personal written works.

You should try to write down some shit before you draw it, it could help.

>>10693299
Embrace karaoke culture.

>>10693299
You draw garbage over and over again. You do have ideas, you just aren't willing to put them on paper.

If you drew a girl with a t shirt 1000 times, I bet you that last T shirt will look sick. Ideas need nourishment just as much as technical skill. The most important thing is practice.

>>10693299
Oh, and there is also a thing called a "visual library". Read more books, look at more art. Don't be afraid to note the things in other pictures that catch your eye. As long as you aren't tracing, these things will become your own.

>>10693290
Well, I did all that because look, I started doodling BB Hood, but at some point it became Momiji! its incredible! good night.

>>10693290
There's nothing wrong with someone that isn't afraid to draw a cunt. Style kinda makes me think of a western Kieyza.

>>10693251
Strange but however, an interesting style! Nice!
Bonus points for the nice pubes!
A shame the most artists draw no pubic hair on teen/adult characters!

>>10693251
please dont come back

>>10688906
What if Yukari brought her new panties as exotic goods from the outside world?

>>10693361
There's something wrong with making it so revolting.

>>10693437
But it isn't revolting, it looks like it would make my penis feel good.

>>10693251
I want you to draw more revolting vulvas.

>>10693338
I recognize your style somewhat. Are you part of the AWA Touhou scroll project by any chance?

If so, get the fuck out of /jp/

Someone draw kawaii hime cut girl pls.

>>10693286

>>10693885
clean your lines
Draw big print small
Get a hair tutorial.

>>10693855
I thought oc tan was dead.

rip in pieces that /jp/ game from the last OC thread
it was over before it even started
;_;7

>>10687998
I want a history lesson from Keine.

>>10696020
A history lesson on China...
Nice drawing and colors, as usual.

>>10696020
Bigger tits, bigger hips, bigger ass.

Requesting Touhous sucking horses

Some of you are so good!
I just do little doodles.

Requesting your favourite character drawn in Araki's style, let's see how good you guys can mimick the master of psoes.

>>10696086
*poses

>>10696086
b-but he stopped making awesome poses and now all his characters suffer of sameface.

Might as well try it here, too:
Requesting Araki-style Prince posing with GER exactly like Giorno from JJBA once he obtained it. Bonus points if Prince wears fabulous clothes or GER just negated illegal copies of Prince' records.

I hope Jojo is /jp/ enough.

>>10696020
NICEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make a nude version, please!
Your art-style is lovely!

>>10696416
....

You aren't from here are you?

>>10696416
Get out.

>>10696421
SEXDA!

>>10696020
Ah, good art. I wish I had talent.

>>10696489
>Magister
>good art

>>10696507
The bait store called and they want you back.

>>10696500
the jerk store called and they're running out of you

>>10696500
It's pretty impressive for what little amount of practice he puts in. He's gotten a lot better at it in the past couple of years.

>>10693855
Really cute but don't forget OC-tan eyes are droopy and thats he is a loli but please draw her more everyone else forgot about her.

>>10696528
>he
lolis can be hes, only shotas can

>>10696294
This is dumb.

>>10696532
Sorry typo I meant she...should I delete my post and type it over?

>>10696537
do it

I enjoyed drawing this Sayaka.

This Sayaka is about 2 weeks older, but I'm reposting anyway for comparison. And because I love Sayaka.

Last one.

I just wanted to draw a cute homura in a military uniform

>>10696607
Cool broke-as-shit leg

>>10696637
Yeah, I should probably fix it. I'll make a second pass on it later.

>>10696629
cute

>>10696625
>>10696620
>>10696607

I love you Dan, I will make fanarts when I can draw better

>>10696629
I feel like she's a little bit too fat for homu.

>>10696625
Dan?

>>10696629
Magicom Wars?

>>10696658
Original artist here, yes I agree she's a fat. I'm not used to draw girls.

>>10696629
Moe~

>>10696534
How so? Sure, it's just a simple Jojo reference, but it has potential.

>>10696629
Such a cheeky style.

>>10696625
This one is the cutest. Are you planning to make a magic girl videogame someday? I might steal your idea.

>>10696663
I think she's cuter fat, I don't like her pointy cheek much though.

>>10696655
cool texture. It looks like it's painted on a wall or something. It looks like it's graffiti, which somehow makes it seem ironically crude

>>10696655
I could see this in yume nikki or something. Nice.

>>10696681
Yup, I'm going to make a game. I'll probably start sometime this winter.

There can never be too many magical girl games. Good luck with your own.

>>10696607
>>10696620
So you managed to draw something, eh? gj, I love Sayaka too.
>>10696629
finally stuff with attitude from new guys. cool/cute.
>>10696655
Yes. I missed you. hey, mind doing another Ozoi one of these threads?

>>10696489
I hate you so much.
Dismissing years of practice and drawing as "talent", as if learning a skill requires no time and effort.
He put in time, he got results. Talent may exist, but its nothing more than a boost, without dedicating a time to it, you won't get anywhere. No one becomes good at something overnight.

What have you done besides using the "its talent so I can never achieve anything" excuse?

>>10696696
what if I wanted to become friend of a dankim

>>10696696
winter is over m8

are you going to use flash or something made for real men/magical girls?

>>10696663

She looks good that size fuck that loser

>>10696696

heh, Youmu as a magical girl, right

>>10697204
>woman
Looks more like a femboy shirou

>>10696686
>>10696694
>>10696748
Thanks.

>>10697226
O-Okay.

>>10697204
More like pointychinwoman.png

>>10697116
lol, dan kim has no friends.
this is law of the universe.

>>10697292
>>10697204
It's not even curly, just kinda ruffled.

>>10697258
Fast.
and thanks to you.

>>10697258

I wanted to wear a ran hat so i tried making one. The measurements were nearly 5 times too little for my head, but it was big enough for a fumo.


Guess which one it is.

>>10698620
Thank you, it's really cute and lovely.

>>10698102
The one on the right?

>>10698620
I like her cute little ankles.

Kasen with her hair bun caps covering her boobs.

>>10689746
What story is that?

>>10688495
Now if only I knew how to deal with backgrounds

>>10699683
now if only you know how to draw

>>10699697
Way to actually give advice. Glad you could join us.

>>10699683
Maybe you should try looking in a mirror as you draw faces. You've somehow hit the uncanny valley.

>>10699712
>Maybe you should try looking in a mirror as you draw faces. You've somehow hit the uncanny valley
but using your face in a mirror for drawing animu is how you hit the uncanny valley in the first place.

animu shouldn't have weird 3d/irl-specific features like huge sticking out lips.

Something I'm working on

Don't disguise attention-whoring as "original content".

Don't you know "drawthreads" bring girls to the board? Is that really what you want?

>>10699852
any "girls" it'll bring will be you pretending to be a girl and shitting stuff up, falsely believing you can remove something you hate by spamming it instead of just pressing the [ - ] button and leaving.

tl;dr get the fuck out of /jp/

Where is RPin? I programmed things.

>>10699852
>Don't you know "drawthreads" bring girls to the board? Is that really what you want?
Are you scared?

>>10691307
>>10691273

I enjoy this character. Is she from some work I don't know of? Or original character do not steal? Is she the waifu of that black tentacle monster? Whats the story?

Please respond

>>10699928

I'm here d00d

>>10699983
What kind of movement is it supposed to be? Should it be instant like megaman or with acceleration?

Am I too late for requests?

>>10700094
You'll never know until you try

>>10699986
Not him, but acceleration is simply awful.

>>10699986
I agree with above poster, if you add acceleration, make it very very quick, or else it will feel slippery and awful to control.

>>10699804
I like it.

>>10699852
You're a funny guy

>>10700419
Not as funny as your m8, not ass funny as ur bloody face.

>>10700422
What the fuck are you even saying you retard?

>>10700422
Epic
Nice
I'm sure /v/ will be glad to have you back

This thread is already done for. Someone should start a new one.

>>10700450
Not until someone says something about my drawing!

>>10699852
yes

>>10699804
Nice boat

>>10699804
Well, I think her facial expression is too faint and the frills need more detail, but otherwise it's actually pretty nice. Keep working on it.

>>10687631
I've been drawing for several years and I actually went from a intous to a cheaper wacom and I barely notice any difference.

>>10688083
I can tell you have a good eye for drawing, your anatomy is good and it's an over all pleasing to the eyes drawing, except that your proportions are absolutely messed up.

Hey OC thread, choose a random monster and do a touhou of it

I failed and gave up.
I like the character though.

>>10699683
>>10699712
I think it'd only make it worse if he tried to look in the mirror and draw. The problem is that he's landed on a style in between realism and anime.
I think he either needs to unlearn anime and go full realism or go back and try to do anime again.

You're also working extremely high res, way bigger than you need to at your level.

>>10701002
Failed? I think it's really cute.

>>10701023
I don't feel like I got the perspective right, but thank you.

Last year I made a decision: every time I feel depressed, I'll force myself learn something new, be it a skill or just trivia. Have to say it helps validating yourself as a person because even if you think you suck, at least you're better at something than yesterday.

Today it was hardstyle.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11682568/wehardstylenow.mp3

Might try a Touhou cover.

>>10701014
Well, one of the problems with the drawing is that lips don't have such contrast black outline, it makes the character to look like fish especially well.
I was doing this mistake myself infinitely until I recently tried to copy some photos from fashion mag. Then it quickly came down to me, that you will do better with just shading instead of contours in most cases.
I guess drawing realistic stuff helps if you have absolutely no clue on how to draw. Yes, it will be ugly. But, on the other hand, if you didn't get how to put mouth on the face, trying to copy reality will allow to understand it faster. Maybe.

>>10701071
There's no reason to hide that, stop fucking misusing spoiler tag.

>>10701002
I don't know at what you were aiming, but that's pretty good.
>>10701071
not bad

>>10701071
But I have a fetish for fish lips

>>10701095
Read this then.

>>10701071
Is it even possible to draw decent lips without using coloring/extensive shading?

>>10701246
Not without making them look like nigger lips, probably.

>>10701246
If by decent you mean detailed or realistic, then probably no.
I really like artists that manage to show them with a few strokes.
Otoyomegatari author does that I think.

>>10701002
I'm saving this I hope you don't mind

>>10701291
Oh no I'm actually kind of flattered.
Do you or anyone else have any more art of her? I'd love to see it.

>>10701329
Ill post some older art of her from back when she was created.

>>10701351

>>10701354
(These were all on gelbooru so I think I should have just linked it)

>>10701014
I don't get how to add detail without getting realistic, or how to draw "anime style" without it looking like complete shit.

>>10701367
Learn to draw 3D shapes.
Learn anatomy.
Stylize into anime.

Someday I will design a fun shmup with cute girls.

>>10701443
Don't hide those hands man, practice.

>>10701449
No, I hate hands.

>>10701459
I learned how to fap without hands, there's even a guide for it if you search it on an archive.

>>10701458
how do you fap?

>>10701458
Sup, Liefield?

>>10701449
didn't hide them because of lack of practice, i do draw them usually.

i just didn't feel like any other pose would work, except maybe one where her hands go under the boobs and support them.

>>10701443
not only does it have no hands but those elbows hurt

>>10701557
The hands are hidden, sure, but you must be inflexible as fuck. I can easily do that.

If anybody's taking requests, I have a very specific one.

I would like to see Umineko no Naku Koro ni's Furudo Erika (pic), as an adult, dressed up as Final Fantasy VI's Kefka Palazzo pre-god mode (also pic).

Age would be something like late twenties to early thirties.
She'd have a contemptuous sneer of superiority on her face and some good ol' rapeface eyes, though if you can't have both, the eyes would be preferred on a standard rapeface; see pic for rapeface smile.
Clown makeup and/or hairstyle change optional; kind of on the fence about it, though she needs to still have blue hair; gotta have blue hair.
One hand would be flourishing her cape in a FABULOUS manner.
Other hand would have one of those meta-world style swords coming out of her sleeves (also pic), held in a mostly horizontal position in front of her chest; no blood on it yet.
Speaking of chests, she should have enough of a figure for it to be noticeable through her costume that she is a woman, but nothing outrageous.
She'd have those little earrings in her ears too, non-reflective, although the red ones would look more like stylized chopsticks if possible.
Some light fraying on the ends of her outfit to suggest wear and tear would be an excellent detail.
And her body pose and strut would be like she's advancing on the viewer with evil intent, possibly to rape/murder/rapemurder them.
Background, if necessary, would likely be a dark room with the door shut behind her, Erika illuminated by candlelight or moonlight through an open window.
Were she to be saying anything, it'd probably be "checkmate".

If you can't draw the body, just a bust would be fine. If you can't color it, that's fine too. Any takers?

>>10701885
Look! Look and laugh!

>>10701885
can someone else color i suck at coloring

>>10701567
It's not even about flexibility. From that perspective and the angle of her forearms, it looks like her hands are going inside her spine.

>>10702001
maybe her forearms have been chopped off?

>>10701885
>no blood on it yet
You scare me anon-san.
Also can I ask why you want this request?

>>10702001
You're right, its the way the folds look like, the forearms definitely look like they're going towards the chest.

>>10701443

Unless you are planning for a boxtie, when one folds their hands behind them, the hands should normally meet at the buttocks or general crouch-level. It looks more natural and relaxed, and it doesn't look like your arms are smashing into your spine.

>>10701443
dem tits

>>10702070
Basis for BBEG in story. Imagine those two had a kid. Now imagine that kid grew up to be a hedonistic sociopath that is so unhinged that they derived pleasure from causing suffering and death. Hell, they got off on it. Prolly slit mummy and daddy's throats in their sleep-level crazy. And their ambition is to become a god of sorts to reshape the world into her own little playground, except instead of rides there's people wrapped in chains of fire begging for their lives to end. And she's only too happy to oblige them, over and over and over.

To wit, this is pretty much her big speech to the heroes, paraphrased:

"I'll smash every last little hope and dream you have, I'll take away everything that makes life worth living! Your existence will be nothing but pain and suffering until I put you all out of your misery! A whole world, filled with things for me to kill and kill again, to experience the orgasmic joy of slaughter as the chorus of a million voices scream across the lands and the oceans turn red with blood! Soon I will be greater than any man, greater than any god - in fact, I'll just kill them too! Kill everything, everyone, until there's nothing left! Kill, kill, KILL!"

This is before that happens. This is when she murders somebody important to the plot and frames one of the heroes for it.

Is that a good enough explanation?

>>10702127
they seem pretty uneven

>>10702138
That is fucking stupid, just letting you know.

>>10702264
Never said I had a -good- reason for it.

I need to practice drawing feet

>>10702349
my only regret is that I have boneitis

>>10702138
shitty story bro

funny speech though

>>10702349
looks like Yuuta bullied her a little too hard there.

>>10702349
I love looking at this kind of out of context pose images and trying to imagine what kind of situation would lead them to into making these poses.

I always wonder what kinds of tools everyone uses to draw such perfect and clean looking outlines. Are the actually able to draw that good or do they edit the picture pixel by pixel after making the rough sketch?

>>10703054
>or do they edit the picture pixel by pixel after making the rough sketch?
...who the fuck does that?

>>10703071
pixel artists

Are there any useful tutorials that show how to color pics in sai?

>>10703054
Vector layer, not? Sai does that, you can adjust direction and shape of the line afterwards.
Its not probably the issue, most the artists are just that good.

>>10703054
Try drawing big then just resizing the finished image, that way even slightly squiggly lines end up pretty neat and tidy. Drawing the outline over a rough sketch helps a lot, too.

>>10703054
Draw in a large canvas, 2000x2000 or bigger.
Abuse the stabilizer in paint tool sai
Resize to <1000x1000 when you're done.

Any guide/tips on how to mix/master music? Do you need super expensive headphones and gadgets to do it? I wanna show /jp/ my cute songs but I don't wanna half-ass it.

I have been experimenting with my style lately and have grown to like this a lot. This is also the first time I have drawn a "fully proportioned" woman before, so this is really going out of my comfort zone. Everything feels really nice though and that's good.
Her right shoulder is a little bit too small but I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.

>>10703054
I personally just zoom in, turn the sketch layer's opacity down, make a new layer and just go over it with the pencil tool. I have been using tablets for god knows how many years, so that might be helping a bit.

>>10703265
but anon, that's a blank white canvas!

>>10703276
Open the image.

>>10703265
make it so people can see

>>10703265
That's a very nice drawing of Akarin.

>>10703316
It is just a sketch.
Also, I can see it just fine. The pink is a bit light but its visible.

>>10703319
Who is that?

Is this any better for you guys?

>>10703350
She's the ``main character'' of Yuru Yuri. Her main traits are being unnoticed by anybody and going invisi- fuck, why am I explaining this to you? Hand over your /jp/ membership badge please, the exit is over there.

>>10701985
Here.

>>10703391
... What? I dislike watching videos/animations/etc and have done for a couple of years now. It's very frustrating as there are a lot of anime and films that I want to watch but just can't bring myself to finish them, if I even start in the first place.

>>10703422
I never even watched yuruyuri at all, and even I eventually found out about that.

>>10703422
It's one of /jp/'s official anime d00d

>>10703391
>>10703439
>>>/a/

>>10703422

>>10703512
>>>/q/
Fucking /q/ueen of assholes ruining everything

>>10701985
>>10703410
Close enough. Thank you kindly.

>>10702349
Strange pose, but pretty cool drawing dude.

>>10703265
>>10703367

Your proportions are all over the place, and you scratch a lot. You don't seem to construct either, which is important.

Its okay since you are a beginner, but I would suggest reading Loomis if you want to get better.

http://alexhays.com/loomis/

>>10703265
>I have been experimenting with my style lately and have grown to like this a lot.
Oh man, you'll be kicking yourself in a few months

Progress is always faster at the beginning

Akari~n

>>10704241
Please don't post blank images.
this is a draw thread.

>>10704734
I love you, Ham. I've been waiting for you.

>>10704734

dat ass


Are you going do any more animation?

>>10704734
I think the top and back of the head goes on for too long.

>>10704734
Cool.
>>10704843
...I like it that way.

What was the bump limit again?

>>10705127

300 posts. We still have a ways to go friend, keep postan.

>>10701443
with fixed hands

>>10697204
I really like that coloring way

>>10705593
Now its going in her ass.
I suppose that does count as fixed in some way

>>10704734
her face is so long

>>10704734
Back of the head is too big.

>>10705593
Back of the head is too small

>>10705814
Clearly they should combine

>>10705848
This fellow is a genius

>>10706050
We should our powers combine. Eath!

I want to get into more detailed pixel art. Any tips?

>>10706069
This isn't /b/, sorry :)

>>10706339
What does that have to do with /b/?

>>10706353
I suppose he's talking about that old screencap

>>10706475
nice
epic
I like it

>>10706475
I think I lost at least 3 brain cells after reading this.

>>10706501
>>10706512
thanks I tried my best

>>10706320
smudge everything!

>>10703261
They're not going to listen to it even if you do, it's all about drawings here. Believe me, I tried again and again.

>>10708067
I listen to nearly everything. Music is just hard to make well and most of it sucks. I'm sure lots of others listen too, but they don't want to hurt the makers' feelings after all that effort.

>>10708067
Are you that guy who always made those bleep-bloops and chiptunes and stuff?

>>10708067
If you are that guy that made the song with the flying rockets in space vid then I even commented on it to tell you how much I like it.

>>10706475
lost it at the xp background
10/10, would read to my children

>>10708067
if only zunbie was here...

What happened to that guy who made that "touhou inspired" track? Did he ever work on it so it didn't sound overdone?

>>10708124
That's an awfully vague description. Which one are you talking about?

>>10703261
>>10703261
First and foremost: Tinker with your song for several hours until you think you're satisfied with the way it sounds. Save your project, close it, and wait for 2 or 3 days. Then open it up again and work on it for a few minutes. You'll be surprised at how many imperfections you'll be able to pick out and fix immediately. The more times you do this, the better your song will sound. This is the most important thing I've ever learned about mixing/mastering.

You don't really need super expensive equipment to mix a song semi-decently. If you want to make something that's absolutely pro-quality then yeah you're probably gonna want a good room with high quality monitor speakers, but remember most people don't listen to music on a setup like that. I'd suggest getting a pair of decent monitor headphones ($100 ~ $200 range) at the least, but beyond that you don't really need to spend a lot of money.

All the software you'll need can be easily cracked. The notion that only scrubs crack their DAWs/pros have always paid for their software is flawed and stupid, and mostly purported by scrubs who bought expensive DAWs and then didn't amount to anything; I know plenty of professionals who were raised on warez. If you start making money off of your music though, you should buy your software if possible.

>>10703261 (con't)
Anyhow, when mixing/mastering, pick out a few songs that you know well and that have the same overall feel (in terms of frequency balance) as the song you are making, and try to make your song match those songs in terms of bass level, treble level, compression, etc. One good thing to do, is to get an RTA program and use it to compare the levels of a song that sounds like you want your song to sound vs. your song. I suggest the one from http://www.trueaudio.com/ , should be easy to find a crack. Get a song that you like, and then make sure (visually) that your song matches that song's profile. I find this especially helpful when trying to get the volume of the kick right on electronic music; it's real easy to turn the bass boom of the kick up way to loud when you've been listening for a long time (especially when working with headphones, which naturally don't have as strong of bass as speakers), but, unlike your ears, the visual RTA will never lie to you, unless you are blind.

One other important thing, is to always listen to your song on as many different pairs of headphones/speakers as you can. This includes cheap, shitty headphones! Remember, most people listen to music on crappy headphones, not expensive monitors. If your song sounds awesome on your monitors, but the bass gets all muddy and distorts everything else on a $10 pair of earphones, then most people are going to think that your mix is shit. Personally I always keep 2 or 3 pairs of old and crappy Sony Walkman headphones at my workstation, for checking to make sure that everything sounds okay on them. Make sure to check your mix on both normal headphones and earbuds.

>>10703261 (con't)
As for tools themselves, multi-band compressors are your friend. I'm always amazed at how much better a good multiband compressor can make my songs sound. The one that comes standard on modern versions of Cubase had ought to be fine:

http://media.soundonsound.com/sos/apr07/images/cubase6_l.jpg

Find a preset that sounds roughly like what you want your mix to sound like, and then fine tune things from there.

A master EQ with a gentle "loudness curve" (bass and treble boosted, mids cut a little bit) will almost always make a song sound more "professional." Throw some extra compression on afterwards for bonus points; audiophiles will say what they want about "the loudness war" and excess compression, but for the average joe, louder tracks (RMS-wise) will usually equate to them sounding better. Do make sure to wait a few days and double check your songs again though, because it's really easy to go overboard with compression/loudness.

Speaking of RMS, overall RMS is another thing you should check when comparing your songs to professional mixes that you like; if you're trying to make a Song Y that "bumps" like Song X, make sure it has a similar RMS level as Song X. To check RMS, just load your song up into Sound Forge or some similar program, open the normalize menu, select the chorus or main section of your song, and hit scan. Then do the same for the song(s) you're comparing to.

>>10703261 (con't)
Don't overlook any of the instruments in your song. I usually put an EQ on every track in my songs, and play with each one while mixing. Even though I end up setting quite a few of them in such a way that they barely change the sound at all, fine tuning each track a little bit will add up and make the entire song sound better in the end. When EQing track-by-track, try to let each track that's playing at any given time handle a certain portion of the spectrum. Don't let things compete with each other; open up all of your EQs for each track and make sure that the peaks on each one are at different places. Keep track of what's on top of what, for example, if you've got a rhythm guitar track and a background synth track, decide which one you want to handle the higher frequencies, and which one you want to handle the lower-mid frequencies. Don't forget to cut frequencies instead of just boosting all the time; boosting target frequencies will usually sound better if you are listening to a track solo, but when you combine everything together, often having undesired frequencies cut on each track will result in a cleaner sound than just boosting everything, which will cause clashing.

That's mostly everything that comes to me off of the top of my head. Damn I ended up writing a lot more than I thought I would; why doesn't 4chan have a DTM/music production board?! Hopefully this rambling will be of use to some other /jp/ers.

I'm up for a drawing request if anyone has any

>>10708139
I don't remember more than one person doing so. It was some weird happy bouncy music that had too much shit going on at times.

>>10708286
It has been done already, but how about this?

>>>/a/82869999

>>10708203
Whoa. I did not expect anyone to reply at all, let alone being this detailed. Thank you, I will have to read up and study these later. I'll definitely use them for future references.

About compression, I guess that you're supposed to apply it on the master track, after everything has been mixed, right? But what about track-by-track compression, though? Is there any point or will it just kill the sound?

>A master EQ with a gentle "loudness curve" (bass and treble boosted, mids cut a little bit) will almost always make a song sound more "professional.
I think I get the point of this, but what if I only use instruments that predominantly lives in mid? Do I still want to do this?

Also, would you suggest to EQ first, then compression, or the other way around?

Again, thank you, and sorry if I'm bothering you too much.

>>10708286
Hope I didn't take too long making this reference. Would you mind drawing this lovely lady?

>>10708341
>>10708368
I'll see if I can do both of them, thank you.

Would anyone want to draw something nice for Marie since the voting begins again Monday, if it's not too much trouble? Hopefully she makes the next round of polls.

>>10708504
Marie is probably making it to finals.

>>10708519
I'll been looking out all the new art and it seems Annie is a top contender. I hope Marie makes it to the win, I'll vote for her every single time. Shame I voted for Annie first round too, she's too strong to need my vote.

>About compression, I guess that you're supposed to apply it on the master track, after everything has been mixed, right?
Yeah, I almost always find myself wanting to apply some master compression (often multiband) just to kind of make everything in my songs mesh together, I kind of think about it like how after you make a sandwich, you smoosh it together a bit to make all the ingredients mix with each other. Dunno if that makes any sense.

>But what about track-by-track compression, though? Is there any point or will it just kill the sound?
I guess it depends on what sound, but yeah, there's definitely use for track-by-track compression. One good thing I think is to differentiate between compression that you're using as an "effect", and compression that you're using to adjust dynamics. The former would be something you'd be more likely to use on a specific track or sound, like maybe you might use a compressor to adjust the tail release part of a snare drum, or a compressor with a longish attack on the kick to give it a clicky attack, or something like that. The latter would be the type you'd use on the whole mix to adjust the song's overall dynamics, or maybe on a submix group track or something. Also, sidechain compression on your mid range instruments, using the kick as a key, can be useful if you're looking to get that "pumping" sound; that's mostly for electronic music though I guess.

>I think I get the point of this, but what if I only use instruments that predominantly lives in mid? Do I still want to do this?
I guess it depends on your own taste? Personally I started off making electronic music, and then branched out into other genres as well; I find now that even when making band type songs with live-sounding drums, guitar, and bass, or even when making orchestral style music, I usually end up putting at least a little bit of a loudness curve EQ on my mix. That might just be a lazy/bad habit though. Another thing is that I'm usually working with sounds generated by VSTs and such, i.e. non-live recordings, so even when I'm not making electronic style music, it's still not quite the same as working with live recordings.

>Also, would you suggest to EQ first, then compression, or the other way around?
This is personal preference, too, I've known engineers to do both ways. Personally I'd say I usually have an EQ first, then a compressor. If you do it that way, the EQ is almost like part of the input gain for the compressor. If you do it the other way, you're adjusting the frequency levels of the mix after you've decided on your overall feel/dynamics. I usually find the former way to be more natural, but again everyone's different.

Thanks for giving a DTM nerd a chance to talk his mind in one of these threads~

>>10708504
I'm still working on the two first requests, but I like her design very much so I'll see if I can make some art for her too.
Is she from some sort of contest?

>>10708612
She's from Skullgirls, a game that just got successfully crowdfunded to make 4 new characters. The last two characters are being voted for in a four week process. I really want her playable since she was final boss, I like her design, and I want more of her story at the very least.

>>10708651
can anyone vote, or do you really have to pay to be able to vote?

i'd vote for marie too.

>>10708659
You had to donate at least a dollar a week ago. First round of voting started last Monday. Next round starts this coming Monday. I'm hoping Bloody Marie gets a slot.

>>10706686
You mean I should start using the gradient tool like the most of the super popular dAfags who make so-called "pixel art" that really isn't pixel art?

>>10708341
Here you go. Cirno is probably one of my favourite touhous so this was fun to do.
I'm sorry it's so sloppy as always

>>10708368
>>10708504
Not even slightly fucking /jp/ related.

>>10708930
Homuha is, actually. Her creator is usually over in the MMD/3DCG threads, so technically she's OC.

Though...

>>10708368
...has anyone ever told you Homuha is an extremely strange Japanese name...? Not that I'd expect you to change it, but it's always bothered me.

>>10708894
This is cute, were you the anon doing requests a few threads back?

I don't know why I tried to go back and tweak this...

>>10708930
It's done in anime style so I disagree.

>>10708952
Yes that was me, and thank you. Did you draw that btw? It's amazig

>>10708970
You asked me to draw Madoka in that thread, unless I'm mistaking you for someone else...

>>10708985
Oh wow it's you, ahh you're so good! And yes that was me.
I cherish that drawing, I know it's a general character but I felt special that someone drew it for me, thank you.

>>10708894
Cute. Really cute, thank you anon and I'm glad to hear you had fun with it.

Damn, having a boring diluted day makes hard to enter in drawing mood.

Bump limit already? Damn.

>>10708952
my fucking dick

op here, I'll leave it to magi to make the next thread since anons usually never bother making them.

>>10709348
99% of the threads started by magister end up being full of shit and bullocks. maybe its better if you make the next one as well

>>10709406
If they end up being shit and bullocks, then do you really need them?

>>10708368
I hope you're still here anon, sorry I spent so long.

>>10709520
I'm up for more requests, or should I wait for a new thread maybe?

>>10709472
nobody fucking need them. I said him to start the next one because this thread, strangely not started by magister, is strangely devoid of stupid shit and have a high amount of nice pictures. even Dan Kim have been less faggot than usual.
wasn't this clear in the other post?

>>10709540
Its clear that no one cares, and the only one who cares is a subject to conflict.

>>10709526
Marie guy here, I wouldn't mind you doing some Marie art.

>>10709526
I'd like to see you draw a very cute female Squall Leonhart, but that's not exactly /jp/ related. You should do the Marie request instead.

>>10709526
Could I request her riding a nuke?

>>10709547
This sounds really funny to me somehow because Marie is my name too haha.
I'll draw her for you anon.

>>10709561
She can ride my nuke any time, if you know what I mean.

>>10709567
She can ride my nuke too.

>>10709566
Thank you, it'll mean a lot to me.

>>10709526
Fate is always related so could a request a picture of Kiara, if only to increase her newly made gallery of one image to two.

>>10709526
You should wait for a new thread.

>>10709566
Why did your parents give you a girl name?

>>10708952
I know full well that her name is very... unique. But is it that strange? 俺の友達も「Homuhaっていう日本人聞いたねえよｗ」とか言ったしｗ。けどアニメじゃ変な名前はどこにもあるからいいんじゃね？穂夢葉とかの当て字つけたらなんか綺麗なイメージがでると思うけどな。こっちの話だけどｗ。

Anyway, do you think that I could ask for a fan art of her? Sorry to bother, but I've always wondered how she would look in your style. Complete with huge tits and ass of course.

>>10709520
She looks so cool! Thanks a lot for this!

What should I call my imageboard software? I wrote it from scratch in JavaScript using the Meteor framework and want to release it.

>>10711735
Oh yes. most sexual LWA

hi am i r07 yet

(fugging rotate uh how do i fix this..)
*ahem*
a-am i r07 yet??

>>10712189
Pretty cool.

>>10712189
Almost. and clean it

>>10711735
best academy

>>10712810
Looking good there, bro.

>>10712810
Impressive, a stunning piece on all fronts.

>>10712866
>>10712889
Thank you both, it's very nice of you!

>>10712810
That's really good

>>10713518
Very cute
The neon leg is a little strange though.

>>10713518
You should have added eye flame for maximum BRS effect.

>>10713031
Thanks a lot anon!