/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>9065974
It's been over a year since then.

i've kept up with the wood burning, getting better although shading is a bitch. Its really fun but scary as well because they take a long time (this one took me around 8hours) and you know that if you make one mistake you've pretty much ruined the whole thing. All i have left to do before this one is finished is add her name and the love live title on it, then stain it cherry or mahogany, havnt decided yet. Either way this one is going to japan in a week as a gift to one of my friends over there whos very into love live. The funny things is i never really keep them... I've done around 6 now, and always end up giving them away. Theres only one i've kept so far. Maybe ill do some 2hus later on.

also to the people waiting for burnings from me from the gift threads many weeks ago - im working on them now, i promise i didnt forget about you guys, i've just been busy lately ;_;

Thread #112:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/21xac5ghqchorv7/drawthread_112_(10947403).rar

Drawthread folder:
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/9yvue5ebmikig/drawthreads

Do you guys prefer the original filenames or the 4chan filenames? For thread #112 I saved everything with the original names.

>>10995308
dat maki

>>10995442
>MediaFire
I hope you keep a local copy m8. Why don't you use some filehost that's actually reliable?

>>10995486
Yeah, I'm keeping everything locally.

I think mediafire should be fine for now though. Everything I uploaded there in 2010 is still there, so I doubt they will suddenly start deleting my stuff now.

>>10994886
hello, friend.

Yesterday I added items.
Here's a gif.

>>10996535
kawaii desu

how2shade

>>10996535
the heart should drop from further in front of her
else it looks like it came out from under her skirt

>>10996632
Pic a light source or sources and work from that.

Don't abuse the soft brush, it makes your shading look blurry/smudged and amateur.

Use references of light on real objects/people.

Understand the form you are drawing and where light hits.

When picking shades, don't pic darker values of the same hue, it looks bad.

http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm

>>10996641
Thank you for that
I never really understood how color works, what do you mean by not picking the darker values of the same hue?

>>10996660
He means don't shade green with the exact same shade of green, only darker--that's a major faux pas that makes your colors look utterly boring.

>>10996660
Not him but he means to make shadows a "colder" variation of the base color and lights a "warmer" variation of the base color. Can also be done the other way around but occurs far less. It makes the picture seem more "dynamic". I hope that makes sense. Don't overdo it through. Also cute pic.

>>10996660
This.
Don't do this.
All of the colors of the right are different saturations and values of the same hue, it looks bad.
Especially for skin!

If you look at this random anime drawing, you'll see a lot of the colors shift hues to shade. Use the color picker on them to see what I mean.

>>10996673
>>10996676
>>10996725
Wow! That cleared everything up!
Thanks a bunch, I shall experiment with this new discovery

>>10996541
Thanks

>>10996638
That's true, I'll fix that

>>10997416

>>10994886
Wow. I like this

>>10995308
...that's also pretty cool.

I mentioned writing a Touhou story involving the crew member of a stratobomber awhile back.

Here's that story, an experiment in experiencing Gensokyo without any preface or warning:
http://pastebin.com/kSNAEWR8

>>10998886
I enjoyed it, thank you for sharing. It seems like you are knowledgable about bombers. Did you do research or was some of the stuff just made up? (like sleeping under the plane)

Keep up the good work!

>>10996725
Azuki Azusa!

>>10998917
A great deal of the story was based in research, with the exception a few massaged details (like the navigator having a window). But the tremendous demand on these pilots, like cases of crews sleeping under their planes on active alert, really happened.

>>10998979
I liked this picture so I decided to try and make a wallpaper from it.
H-Here I go...
http://www.mediafire.com/download/m6uqq5dtnq7bfww/azuki_azusa_plaid.png

>>10998979
What happened to the Hentai Ouji thread?

>>10999304
I am using it now. Thanks.

>>10999314
Deleted because of the sheer volume of trolls, I think.

>>10999304
I like it!

>>10998886
A few notes. You switch Hotel Yankee and Yankee Hotel around. Simple mistake, but a bit distracting. I think the story would benefit if you changed the opening paragraph. As it is it feels a bit too much like Twilight Zone. You could go for that since it fits the setting in a way, but you'd have to go into more detail about the Navigator's mental state and thought process. You could also try setting it as the crewmembers joking around about how dull and routine like their job is, compared to the glory of the missions of the Great Generation before them, followed by the grim realization that any mission excitement on board means holocaust. Here's an account of life as missile silo crew http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/02/gallery-silo-3/all/ which goes a bit more into detail on how you cope with the mission by focusing on routine maintenance and such.
I would also recommend at least mentioning that the spec could be a foo fighter of the war days, and that the prefab psych hut evaluation carried the very real threat of being section 8. These were terms more used during WWII, but the early stages of the Cold War were very much about bored crews wishing they had the clear threats of the previous conflicts.
I liked the rhythmic prose of the dreams, but I'd go a bit more in detail and how they start to break the clear barriers of reality. First it's just a weird dream that leaves a lingering scent of iron and copper when he wakes up, by the end it's a complete phase shift after just winking. It's an interesting progression but it's not very noticeable by the dry narrative. Navigator barely reacts to all of these.

Speaking of dry narrative, you have a chance here to seize the setting and frame it as a military debriefing. Reports have a specific language that can serve to highlight the alien nature and wrongness that is watching little girls in a pre-industrial eastern bubble nation.

I liked it. I did half-expect the blond psych lady to be Yukari though.

>>10999473
You touched on a number of points that I strongly agree with. Upon finishing the story, I did notice that what came out sounds a bit like a Twilight Zone episode. I also regret the passive role of the navigator in the story, and considered amending that by telling the story through transcripts of the sessions, as per your suggestion, but ran out of time for a self-imposed deadline of three weeks. Plus, the sessions would put the focus more on why he keeps seeing little girls with tremendous power, which while would be an interesting topic, was a bit beyond the scope of what I intended to do with the story.

I would consider doing something with the sessions, though.

I tried making a plush out of the new headless 2hu.
It is much harder than I expected.

>>11000240
Does its head come off, intentionally or unintentionally?

>>11000272
Not this one, I overlooked that detail until it was too late.

>>11000290
It's still cute anyways.

>>11000240
I want to touch seki

>>11000240
Keep practicing! Once you get good/confident enough, would you mind making/selling customs to /jp/?

>>11000240
You'll really want to hem all the edges of the clothing.

>>11000302
I'm making this one for an anon from /jp/ who sent me nice things in one of the trading threads.

If anyone wants me to attempt to make your favorite 2hu in any size, my email is in the field.

>>11001680
Forgot pic

>>11001680
>>11001697
That is cute and you should feel cute

>>11001680
What makes you think anyone would want that piece of shit?

>>11001697
im currently working on one as well for an anon in the trading threads... what did you do for the eyes on yours? i was thinking of using buttons because they would be cute and i thought normal fumo eyes would be too difficult, but you seem to have did something that worked.

>>10994886
>>10996488
What is going on here?

What's the trading thread?

>>11001926
I think they're banned now. Last two were deleted.

>>11001930
Now if only the mods would start banning idol generals, and all would be well with /jp/.

>>10999304
This is now my wallpaper.
Thanks anon

>>11001934
The kigurumi threat would still persist.

>>11001903
I got some fabric, cut it in eye shape, and sewed the edges of the eyes with a zig zag pattern. It seemed to work.

>>10998098
Thanks.
>>11001921
I don't know.
>>10996488
I've got a question, are you nyakog? At the very least it's someone from here.

>>11001697
When you create your next one, would you mind a tutorial of sorts? it would be a helpful for those who would want to DIY fumos.

Requesting Chen with a machine gun in each hand

>>11003203
I realized halfway through I have no idea what guns look like, I'm sorry.

>>11003306
Thank you, your effort is appreciated.

>>11003306
Neat.

>>11001934
Nothing wrong with idols. It's definitely more "otaku culture" than these threads. There's this sub-reddit on 4chan called /a/, you can always just stay there if 3D girls bother you. They use hilarious lingo like 3DPD too -- you'll fit right at home!

>>11003306
Pop Pop watching niggas drop.

>>11003306
Should've just used a Rambo still as a reference.

>>11003596
Awesome! Do you have pixiv?

>>11003306
Why is Chen such a menace?

>>11003306
this reminds me of calvin and hobbes for some reason

I really like it

>>10995308
Proof that these threads attract all sorts of bad posters and attention whores...

How about using some more emoticons next time?

>>11003596
Idols are as just bad as these threads. /a/ is also full of 3D by now.
There's no place without people like you right now on this entire site. I hate it.

I drew this last year during background practice. Haha, still can't believe I made this.

>>11004775
thats really impressive. if you keep that kind of stuff up and do characters, just get some help doing dialogue/music if u need it and you got yourself a vn

>>11003306

Ask /k/ next time those are horrible, they don't even have a rear sight and the mag is way to fucking far up on the barrel for the action to be effective

>>11004907
i am /k/ and that doesnt even bother me in the slightest, infact i love the idea of chen dual weilding hip-fired autos and purging the secondaries in the name of murdercube. For a rough drawing like that is perfectly fine. if he was trying to do a legit touhou/gun pic and added fine detail to the guns then yea, but for a sketch type drawing like that who fucking cares? Picture is fine and amusing as it is.
how do u know thats a mag and not a foregrip? maybe shes using a bullpup and the mags are behind her arms. maybe shes using a calico (they have cylindrical mags that sit behind the gun) or some sort of AR in 5.7.

actually those do kind of look like SBR or pistol 5.7ARs with the standard frontsight and maybe a MBUS rear thats just put down at the moment because chen is too busy being yukari's little friend.

tl;dr - the pic is fine as it is and the artist should be proud. stop being such a pompus jerk and dissing someone else because its not 100% accurate. if you want better do it yourself.

>>11004875
Thanks a lot! Around that time, I was into being an VN doujin circle artist but I when to manga works again along with illustrations.^^

>>11003596
>They use hilarious lingo like 3DPD too
You don't? What's so hilarious about it, it's used for a good reason.

lol do u liek my OC xD

Bump.

>>11005079
>"geh a humen."

>>11004949
Pretty cute. Like the expression.

Why are the OC threads always full of such horrible people?

Oh fuck it, I'll become better than anyone here and only draw for real shut-ins without wanting any money for my works.

>>11003306
Ever consider doing a comic?

Well, never requested here, but here it goes.
Requesting a cute short comic about a girl and boy growing up together as children, dating in highschool, getting married, and having children.

I did this one on influence of a certain artist skect on pixiv. That Origami Tobiichi sketch was awesome!

well im pretty pissed. Tried staining it earlier today to finish it off, only to find that the plaque was made of 2 different woods (or some really low quality bits) and absorbed the stain in an uneven and horrible way. Whats worse is that this was supposed to be a gift and now i need to find 16hrs before Monday to redo it. Going to hit it with some stain remover tomorrow and see if its at all salvageable, but most likely ill have to do the whole thing again.

so i guess a word of advice to anyone looking to get into any creative hobby involving finishing wood is test stain the back of the wood before you completely destroy all your hard work. Normally for plaques you can leave the back unfinished, but when dealing with something you're spending alot of time on its better to be safe and check to make sure your board was manufactured properly. I've done alot of wood staining and never once have i had a piece of wood that was manufactured improperly so either i've been lucky or this is a horrible bit of bad luck.

It sucks, but sometimes projects dont get the happy ending they deserve. hopefully in the nesxt 48hrs ill have a successful version to show you guys.

What should I improve on most right now? Hair? It's kind of a mess.

>>11010120
i pooped on your drawing

>>11010120
you need better line control and hand/eye coordination

copy things by eye and do more life drawings and draw pages and pages of circles and lines

physically being able to move your pencil in the way that you want is one of the most important skills for an artist and should come before any other expectation

>>11010120
its not bad to be honest. i think the thing that would improve it the most is adjusting the proportions a bit. Her shoulder width looks a bit small and her neck looks just a little long.

>>11010181
I think it just looks like that because my tablet is the cheapest Wacom one you can find.
This is how I drew on paper 2 years ago

>>11010188
Yeah, sorry, I didn't really pay attention to the neck and shoulder yet

>>11010194
Is that Christian Bale?
Very nice.

>>11010194
Your stuff tends to be flat and 2 dimensional.

I recommend picking up some charcoal or using the paint tool instead of the pen tool and layering shapes and light forms.

>>11010194
>2 years ago
your line work is still lacking and very stiff, not to mention your tonal values

try doing gestural drawing with charcoal or pens, that really helps loosen your line work and give a more confident stroke. It also helps give you a feel for volume and depth, it's just a good exercise in general.

>>11010222
Yeah, that's good advice. Thanks

>>11009235
I like it, you should draw more mecha musume.

>>11008852
I hope it's okay.

>>11010344
it's shit

>>11010344

I love your artwork, Yogurt!

I wanted to be more creative with backgrounds, but programs have their own limits.

Also, I'm having trouble making a color scheme with more than three colors, help please.

>>11009906
Well, I guess you deserve it. Maybe I would give you some advice if you wouldn't talk about this /soc/ shit all the time, it's really annoying, you know?

>>11010778
I seriously doubt you ever had any advice to give about wood staining at all.

>>11010821
"Oh my gosh, someone said something negative about my off-topic comments! This surely must be a troll!"

>>11010877
No, he's probably making a pretty valid point. Who the fuck does woodstaining?

>>11010344
G-holy shit that's fucking kawaii. Thanks a lot man.

>>11006211
this really cracked me up, thanks.

>>11006251
Thanks. I'm working on my annie may eyes, before I just drew dots and eyebrows.

>>11010734
>I'm having trouble making a color scheme with more than three colors, help please.
Color theory.

>>11012336
https://kuler.adobe.com/explore/

>>11010344
gay as fuck

>>11010357
>>11012430

>>11010344
Cute, but were they ageless since adolescence or were they born as adults?

/jp/, are there any guides/books/tutorials on doing backgrounds like those of VN's?

>>11010994
I stain wood. It is extremely common for craft boards and shelving to be made of multiple pieces of wood in order to get straight knot free planks.

>>11012776
1. Take photo
2. Open in Photoshop
3. Apply some filter
4. Done

>>11010344
This is really cute, I appreciate it.

>>11012823
We can't all copy r07.

>>11009906
Next time use mineral oil or lacquer, mineral oil if you want it more natural looking.

How do I draw fast? It takes me hours just to complete a simple sketch.

>>11012900
Learn to construct, you shouldn't be spending hours on a simple sketch if its only a character.

If that's what's going on, you're doing it wrong and its because you don't really know what you're doing.

If its a whole scene with other characters, props, background etc then its understandable that it takes time, not much you can do about that except get more experience.

Also try doing thumbnails, that really helps to just pour out all your ideas until you got something you want to work on.

Is there anyone here that can do mecha-musume?

Request anon here, sorry it's been a while, taking new requests!

>>11012853
yea i was thinking of using flaxseed oil this time around. hopefully ill have results by tomorrow

>>11013310
Could you draw a picture of Okuu wing hugging someone?

>>11013310
>Request

I think you're looking for /a/.

>>11013353
How about Koishi and Kokoro?

>>11013320
What kind of school did you visit when you were younger? First learn how to type correctly before posting more things here, okay?

>>11013269
I can

>>11013531
You mean her hugging Koishi or Kokoro? Koishi, if that's what you mean.

>>11014380
Could you please turn Shinobi Misha into a mecha-musume?
If not her, than Vic Viper. Thanks in advance.

>>11014429
Oh god.

>>11014442
Meido Misha?
>>11014436
What?

>>11014429
That's the second best idea I've heard of since Meido Misha.

>>11014444
You know, Misha in a maid outfit. Looks like no one has ever delivered that though.

>>11014442
You can't just say meido misha and not post it.

>>11014456
I'll go improve my poor and rusted drawing skill and get that delivered someday then. It's a promise. Might took a long time though, will you wait for me?
I have nothing to do beside my graduate thesis anyway.

>>11014453
Well, colour me interested. I've never been to these threads so I wouldn't know. /jp/ is reletively foreign to me. What's allowed in these threads and what is not, in regards to requests.
This is Vic Viper, by the way.

>>11014468
Requests are not generally accepted here unless someone offers. This is not an /a/ drawthread.

>>11014468

/jp/ draw threads are mainly just OC from whom ever feels like posting it

usually people seek a bit of constructive critiques but being this is 4chan very few well written and useful ones actually show up

I wouldn't ask for request unless an artist in the thread seems open to one

/a/,/co/,/i/ and /ic/ threads seem more appropriate for that kind of thing

>>11014467
You can hide, but you can't run, Anonymous-san.

>>11014471
>>11014469
Hm, I see, thanks for the info. I'm not an artist so I can't exactly give out critique, so it'd be very subjective.

And the /a/ threads are among the worst I've seen, they get upset at just about anything, sort of like /v/; /i/ is pretty decent, and I've never been to /ic/ or /co/.

>>11014471
>very few well written and useful ones actually show up
That's because most people here are beginners, you can't really critique someone when everything about their drawing is shit because they haven't gone through the basics yet.

>>11014499
Thanks, Captain Obvious.

>>11014499
That and the fact that on /jp/, the more talented someone is, the more severe autism he has, so those who actually know the way around their stuff won't say a word about you being shit very often.

>>11014471
>>11014497
Only kind of related, but you can't make requests on /ic/ unless you're willing to pay someone to draw it.

How often does writings show up in these threads?

>>11015034
Not very, unfortunately. There was a piece last thread, IIRC. But that was the only thing posted here in ages.

>>11015034
Sometimes, not as often as drawings or funposting though.

>>11015034
less often than people write erotic stories in 2hu imagedump threads

>feelio when you will never hear ZUN!bar quality music in OC thread again
it's all your fault, anon. you're the one to blame.

>>11015041
There's a writing piece in this thread too.

>>10995442
original names, I'd say.

>>11015581
>tfw zanzibar will never record guitar for my song again

:^(

How about papercuts?...

...or origami?

...or miscelanea?

...?

>>11014987
I like the energy in this picture

>>11014987

Suika is a great subject
eyes look a bit off

yeah I like it

>>11015840
I can only do cranes. I used to do crows also, but can't remember

Miku wip

Requesting Aloe-tan splashing water in the ocean in a bikini, like this: http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s339/Mrlee3077/AT3-TrueFinnelendingpic.jpg
For those that don't know, Aloe-tan was some OC made on /a/.

>>11017089

>>11017092
>>>/a/

>>11017161
They say it's not /a/ so it doesn't belong there.

>>11015840
I'm gonna need the instructions for this.

>>11017172
/jp/ says it's not /jp/ so it doesn't belong here.

Looks like you're shit out of luck.

>>11017172
You don't request here, you dumb shit.

>>11017207
one autistic manchild like you doesn't speak for the entirety of the board.

fanart of oc is always welcome in /jp/, after all making your own characters, and making porn of others' characters is the core of otaku culture.

I need to learn how to colour.

>>11017282
Barely anyone would give a shit if he actually posted OC fanart but he didn't post any fanart. He posted a request. These are pretty fucking far from the same.

>>11017370
well, the request part, yeah.

the 'gb2/a/' faggot tried to chase him away only because of where he found it, not because of it being a request.

>>11017378
That guy is a well known shitposter from the /a/ drawthreads, by the way.

>>11017378
No, I did it because it was a request, and requests belong in /a/ drawthreads, you queer.

Looking for a little help /jp/sies.

Obviously quite in progress and nowhere near done, but I honest to god cannot do faces; I'm generally just kind of bad with skin in general.

Anyone have advice or resources (video/tutorials etc) to help teach a pleb like myself to draw in a generic animu face without it going full retard?

My worst problem is with eyes - not making good looking eyes, but with making decent eyes that don't appear alien to the face. Welcoming anything warmly.

>>11017393
Hey nerd!
See these posts, because you're shading wrong.
>>10996725
>>10996641
>>10996676
>>10996673

As for faces, you gotta think in 3D. Remember, the eyes go in a socket, they're not laid out flat on the face.

I don't like these books that much but https://yande.re/pool/show/2192

>>10996641
>http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm

This is really helpful, but are there any tutorials/guides on how to figure out where the shadows fall on human subjects instead of just simple objects?

When I look at a lot of other peoples artwork on Pixiv I can't always understand how the shadows fall where they do on the character, especially from self-shadows. I also can't always tell where the main light source is coming from.

>>11017393
You have two options:
a) copy other artists until you figure out how to make it look good without considering actual 3D structure of the face. Requires a LOT of sense and possibly being Japanese to make it look good.
b) what >>11017424 says. Requires some anatomy knowledge and practice, but it's a more logical approach.

Both approaches can work, but people attempting the first and failing is why there are so many western artists sucking so hard at drawing Japanese-style even after years of practice.

>>11017643
>re there any tutorials/guides on how to figure out where the shadows fall on human subjects instead of just simple objects?
Of course not for the simple reason is that it depends entirely on the light source, you can't expect to find a tutorial from every possible angle do you?

You'll find generic tutorials but this is not enough, you gotta understand it so you're not restricted to any specific angles.

What you can do is reference photos from real life and study where the light hits.

Start with simple 3D shapes and shadows, construct a human body with that and apply the same shadow technique.

>>11017361

You need to learn to draw first

>>11017706
Simple 3D shapes don't have any self-cast shadows though. I already know how to do that, and knowing that much isn't enough to make anything look even remotely good.

>>11018236
stepping stones, you gotta know how a shape or object projects it's shadow on a simple surface before you can understand how bits of face cast shadow on itself. You also have to learn how contours and shapes of the face affect shadow and simple shapes with contur can do this. THINK of the face in terms of simple shapes and you can get the picture. You start off with the simple then work your way up to the more complex.

DO NOT just copy what you see others doing in final work, all you will end up doing is mimicking what you see and not understanding what is going on and will eventually lead to a wall or failure.

In general to all who ask is there a tut to do this or that, NO there is not. Tuts are all general because being specific to one thing is not what a tut is for it is to give you fundamental focus. There is no easy fix or quick solution, it is not math where you just follow the steps.

>>11017205
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVGFcXLIwbQ

>>11018236
Draw 3D objects casting light and shadow on other 3D objects if you want to get a feel for it. Then move on to more complex objects like vases or footballs or some shit.

>>11018236
Are you confident in being able to shade a poseable mannequin, then? It's just made out of spheres and cylinders and loosely approximations of each.

Are there an writers here interested in writing a really short (less than 5 minutes) text based adventure? Preferably touhou themed.

I need it for something I'm working on.

>>11018900
If I were any good at writing short things, I'd give it a shot. Unfortunately, that isn't my forte.

>>11018909
The entire project is probably going to be longer.

The story itself isn't that important, I need someone creative and good at writing descriptions.

I sit around and take sheet music of anime songs and 2hu stuff and either play it on or rearrange it for marimba and percussion. It's just time consuming and somewhat rewarding. But no one else has posted music and I don't want to be the first.

>>11018958
Then is the text adventure basically a trial for the larger project, which may or may not be included or even relevant to the final result? Could you provide more information about the larger project?

>>11019176
Sorry, I should have given more details from the start. I thought I would be fine once I had a short story to work with but knowing my writing skills that isn't the case.

It's basically a browser-based implementation of this for /jp/ to play: http://www.squidi.net/three/entry.php?id=153

>>11019001
Music gets posted all the time.

>>11019215
Very nice, your linework is great.
The pinky on the left hand is too far back

>>11019215
How long did that hand take to draw?

>>11019222
Thanks and whoops, yeah I see that, I should really flip my drawings more to see that kind of stuff more easily.

>>11019234
The hand? I probably spent 3 minutes on it, when drawing hands I tend to rush them and then leave them alone for some reason.

>>11019218
but not itt
ill do it anyways because I actually don't care.
I-t's not like I want to post or anything.
soundcloud.com/iynifu

>>11019296
These are pretty cool

>>11019296
It's shit. Fuck off, you attention whore.
>>>/out/

>>11017424
>We're closing down public access at the end of the year
What's this faggot shit?

>>11020096
apparently the guy running it is quitting cause he has a life.

Bump.

hey guys, do you like my picture?

>>11022523
pls

In a thread yesterday I asked if anyone wanted to be my /jp/ girlfriend. I really want a cute /jp/ girlfriend, I'm a cute NEET boy. I gave my email and skype but no one contacted me. So I'm going to try again. I hope I have more luck this time so please send me an email if you're interested.

>>11022523
>>11022559
Absolutely fantastic, and it really carries the spirit of /jaypee/ with it well. Proabably one of the most relevant pieces of art ever created by these threads. Thank you for your contribution to the jay.

>>11022523
>>11022559
Wow. you really improved, Dan Kim

i drew another one. do you like this one too?

>>11022777
why did i write le? i'm so sorry ;_;

>>11022777
Nice moustache.

>>11019296
Enjoyable.

here's another one.

>>11025643
uh oh.

>>11025643
>>11025863
Bring back potato-chan, enough of this magical potatochip SHIT.

>>11026471
the second one was actually potato-chan..
i'm sorry. have a potato-chan

>>11026471

>>11026722
Potatochip is still shit even if its crying, but potato-chan is all good in my books.

>>11004775

Is this you?
http://chiharuonizuka.deviantart.com/art/Heiji-Uji-High-School-Line-Art-329171203
I noticed in your deviantART gallery you have some traced uncredited art.

>>11026849
Yes, it is! I'm glad someone who find my deviantArt! But now, I'm on Pixiv so this work is quite old.

This was kinda fun

i try to write music but im not very good at it
https://soundcloud.com/lone_pro/naki-oujo

>>11028232
Subbed!

>>11028232
Oh hey, we're in the same city.

>>11028259
someone browsing /jp from here?
that thought is really confusing to me

>>11028292
It's a pretty big city, so I'd think there are a number of us out of the 630,000 people here on /jp/.

What surprises me more is that we are both musicians.

>>11028304
I imagine though most of them stay shut-in 9/10ths of the year (like me)

What kind of music do you make?

>>11028317
Electronic/experimental, mostly. Though I try to avoid making music in any specific genre while I'm still studying, what I make can still be put into those boxes.

http://soundcloud.com/kaorin

>>11028327
>>11028232
I enjoyed both of these. Keep it up.

>>11028338
Thank you!

I have to stop making these

>>11028349
Why? it's very cute!

>>11028327
Followed!
>>11028338
aaa thank you!

>>11020963
no he wants to run another site

sancockku seems like the only good one I can find left and the boorus suck

>>11028037
I have been seeing a lot of animal crossing and mega man pictures lately did something happen?

Also who is that third person supposed to be?

>>11028451
They're in the new Smash Bros. The woman is the trainer from Wii Fit.

>>11028462
Is that wii fit going to be in it?

>>11028466
Yes

>>11028512
Why? That is so fucking retarded. I hate everything now.

I want everyone around me including myself to explode forever.

I need some advice(or criticism) i'm new at lineart with tablet

Finished the vocals for some music, now I just need to finish drawing the cover art and the EP will be finished.

https://soundcloud.com/phenomics/world-over-1

>>11029194
I've said it before and I'll say it again as many times as I need. Decent tune, but your vocal is shit. It's unlistenable and only ruins the song. Keep it instrumental in the future ``onegai''

>>11029214
That's the reason why every EP I release has the offvocal tracks. Enjoy it however you wish.

The new EP is done, get it here: www.phenomics.us/SaveThis(2013).zip

Im so tired to draw lolis now.
Do anyone know a good source or guides to draw cutesy things like nature, trees, bike, vehicles, etc.

Someday I'm going to contribute something to one of these OC threads. But not today.

>>11029753
Do it now or you never will.

>>11029511
>cutesy things like nature, trees, bike, vehicles, etc.
You have a funny definition of cutesy.
Use photo references.

I'm working on a web VN engine/framework. I'm trying to figure out how the editing should work.

Are flowcharts user-friendly? Or should I go the Ren'Py way of typing everything manually?

(not my image, but an example of how it could look if done by flowcharts)

>>11030543
I'm doing that too!

Flowcharts are very user friendly, look at Twine or Inform. They are mostly for interactive fiction but the same rules apply to VNs.

I'm curious though, what technologies are you using to make it?

>>11030594
Cool, I'll check them out!

I'm doing with with Javascript/Canvas and JSON for storing things from the editor which will probably be done with Node.js as a back-end.

What about you?

>>11030613
Very similar but I'm using the DOM directly along with CSS3 transitions instead of the canvas element.

Good luck and have fun!

>>11030623
Thanks, you too!

>>11030543
>>11030613

It goes without saying but use REST or something then either just return JSON or offer a choice between JSON and XML.

>>11031460
Why would you want to use XML?

The whole point behind using JSON is that it's the native object format of JavaScript, making loading and storing data trivial.

>>11031488
Because you will have a service that delivers data. You can arbitrarily decide to not support XML and force the use of JSON instead of letting people choose whatever fits their needs but that is up to you.

>>11031517
I'm not the anon who's using JSON but it sounds like he is NOT serving data. He's just using it to store information.

>>11031577
However you WILL serve data if you use something like REST to serve JSON.

There is just a very fine like between making something useful and extendable and making a "framework" which is hurr durr for making a shitty CMS or interactive website.

The basic concept of most AJAX functional or similar websites is the following:
- You have a webserver with all the basic things you would expect.
- You have some method of data storage such as a database.
- You use a service application or set of scripts to communicate between the database and anything else.
- You use a generic protocol such as REST for communicating with your service.
- You serve data requests in a generic representation format such as JSON or XML.
- You have webpages that parse your data for visualization and make requests to your service.

This is like "How Do Websites Work 101" so it's not that interesting. But it is useful because if you pay a little attention you will notice two things. Your logic or processing is independent of your data storage and visualization/UI. Your visualization/UI is independent of your data storage and also logic/processing.

>>11029194
Really cool stuff. I'll be downloading this when I get the chance.

>>10996535
This guy again, I made more progress since then, still a lot to do.

>>11028327
I like your songs

I'm going to provide this site. How about this? Do you expect this?

>>11032101
How would you deal with an imbalance of writers to illustrators?

>>11032122
Sorry, I have no Ideas for it now.
It might need to have a method to appeal to illustrator.

>>11032101
Is money going to be involved?

>>11031896
Thank you kindly!

I apologize for the lack of activity lately - I've been a full-time business student since Fall 2012 and, along with work, it's looking like I'll quite literally only have the summer break to look forward to.

>>11032341
I think everyone continue the work without pay is, I do not hate, but there is a limit.
I think good work over time is another way too.

>>11032403
Admittedly, the best music I've made so far were paid commissions. Money is a good motivator. Even then, only a few years ago I was saying "I love music lots and want to spread its wonders for free". Now, I know I was being unrealistic. I have more responsibility - a dear cat to feed, bills to pay off. I eat one full meal a day if I'm lucky; I'm very thankful that my relatives send me vitamins

In the case of paid music work, I'm getting a lot of real-time feedback from the client and tend to be more motivated and finish projects more often.

But when I'm left to hobby production, I have no direction, and spend too much time just on getting the sound design to match up with what I hear in my head, and not enough time actually composing, or putting together anything really pleasing to hear.

>>11032438
go away vdz

>>11032453
...excuse me? I think you may have me confused for somebody else. I'm the head of "scarlet darkside sound lab".

>>11032462
even worse then, get the fuck away normie

>>11032475
...wasn't this thread for original content?

You don't seem to be posting anything original.

>>11032482
how would you know which one is and isn't my oc?

>>11032438
Thankfully to hear a good suggestion.
I do not want to induce a calculative decision.
I want to avoid it, as much as possible.

>>11032685
is that her penis

The most elegant in all of Makai. Lucifer can't compare!

>>11032685

you the little witch academy guy

WHO ARE YOU?!

>>10996535

Holy shit that meido

she's going to have actual walking animation later right?

background is still a bit bland but i'm sure you're going to add to it later

either way mite b cool

>>11033096
>she's going to have actual walking animation later right?
Yep, I haven't gotten to animations yet

>background is still a bit bland but i'm sure you're going to add to it later
Its a placeholder background, I need to actually draw it eventually.

There's one thing I swore to myself should I ever become a good artist: I'll never plaster my signature over my pics and I'll never charge any money for requests. I want to bring happiness to people from the shadows without wanting any attention myself. That's the kind of artist I want to be. I'm drawing everyday to make this dream come true.

>>11034551
Alright, good on you man.
What have you drawn before? Do you take (inter-board) requests?

>>11034554
sure go ahead

>>11034551
That's a fine ideal, but don't forget in this world there are people who would use your work to make money themselves and that there might come a day when you'll need financial help... if you can afford to live by your ideal, that's alright, but don't let it get in the way of survival. You can't make other people smile if you're worried sick about whether you'll have a meal tomorrow or not. Pride can only take us so far.

>>11034551
Requests are one thing, most artists do those for free, but don't do free commissions.

>>11034577
>there are people who would use your work to make money themselves
Its not like watermarks would stop those people.

>>11034613
They actually would, first because most people suck at Photoshop and can't be bothered to take them off and if they can afford the time and effort to edit stuff, they might as well make it unrecognizable to avoid future issues/company shaming by dA. It's the same as having a security device on your car: even if it doesn't fully guarantee you'll never get stolen from, you're raising your chances of tracking and recovering what's yours considerably.

>>11034686
Still, watermarks are dumb, and only people with big egos use them.

>>11034702

>it's dumb to sign your name to something you own and created in an field rife with countless cases of art theft

My little NEET can't be this socially ignorant.

>>11034708
Not that anon, but you can sign something without using a watermark.

Personally, as someone who draws occasionally, I wouldn't want to ruin my own image with blamming a huge watermark on it.

>>11034715

Except this thread shits on anyone who signs or watermarks or identifies their art as theirs in any way. It's like they're upset that people are making it hard to steal it.

>>11034708
That's not what I meant.

>>11034702
Egos or people who use the items for business. I found a picture I took 4 years ago of a car as someones facebook header thing, and he didn't even own the car. I thought it was nifty that something I created could travel around and was being used to define an individuals internet persona.

>>11034723
>Except this thread shits on anyone who signs or watermarks or identifies their art as theirs in any way.
It comes off as incredibly arrogant when you're just a beginner with bad drawings and you add a watermark/signature. Something which you see all too much on DA.
It screams "oc do not steal" as if anyone even would.

Especially when you consider that a lot of professionals don't even sign/watermark.

They release a smaller res image to the public (free of markings) instead, but keep the full-res image to themselves and/or their clients.

>>11034561
>>>/i/406163
She's OC, actually.

>>11028327
>kaorin.pestermom.com/
I remember that url from somewhere. Were you on ppirc?

>>11034922
By the way, I love your songs. Lucid daydream is especially great.

>>11034715
>>11034723

I'd identify my art with something subtle. Something people probably wouldn't notice at all. I wouldn't want to ruin the integrity of the image with a big fat "HEY LOOK I DREW THIS GUYS" but at the same time I'd want some sort of identifier in case some asshole tried to make money off of it or something.

>>11034934
To expand, something like how Long marks a lot of his designs with "0800". Just small things like that.

>>11034934
>>11034954
That still doesn't stop people from stealing it without a second thought. It's a quirk, not theft prevention. They will still print it out in a hot minute, then sell it at their local convention pretending to be you. By the time people who have bought it realize, it will be too late, because it isn't an obvious indication of the original artist.

I know a lot of people don't like signatures, but there's definitely a reason for them once you pass a certain threshold of skill.

>>11034964
Stay away from DA, upload it on pixiv and pretend to be Japanese.

>>11034964
I'm not exactly sure on how copyright law works, but with sufficient proof, couldn't you stop retail of aforementioned art with lawsuits etc.

It's not a preventative measure, but personally I'm less inclined to be concerned with potential profits lost.

>>11034972
That doesn't particularly stop people, either. There's lots of people that steal Rella(http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=163536)) and 77gl's(http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=480448)) work. Because they have lots of contractors selling at events and are Chinese, and it's difficult to tell who isn't really connected with them.

Really, if you're good enough, signature or not, art theft is going to occur, but it does help somewhat to have every countermeasure possible.

I hope to get good enough to commit forgeries one day. Imagine all your favorite doujin artists(art wise) drawing only the things you like. Forgery can make that a reality.

>>11034988
>>11034964
That's true and I agree. Though, I take it as an opportunity for viral promotion. Die-hard fans of their art will seek out the real artist on their own, just like we do in this thread. So if attention is what these artists are looking for, they'll still get it. It might not be as much attention, but they'll still get it. It doesn't take much effort to search images online nowadays, granted, that the original artist has established themselves on various networks online.

However, if you treat it like a business, where profit might be of concern, then I can definitely see how you'd want to protect your works, or at least be acknowledged for it. Nonetheless, signatures and watermarks will not stop theft. Low resolution images could work, but that's not going to stop people from posting it online and claiming it their own, for what ever egotistic reason they have.

It should really be noted that as soon as people upload an image to the internet, you practically release ownership of that digital image, regardless of what countermeasures used. Simply judging by the nature of imageboards and even networks like pixiv, many people have already accepted that fact.

So why bother? Is it money? Recognition? If it doesn't stop you from drawing, would you still care?

In the end, it highly depends on the artist themselves, and what they want out of this.

>>11034964
>They will still print it out in a hot minute, then sell it at their local convention pretending to be you.

And what will putting a "property of fartmaster95" watermark do to stop them from pretending to be fartmaster95?

>>11035063
I think the joy is in making it, not parading it around or making money off of it.
My naked anime girl drawings are barely worth one tenths my autism bucks, but i enjoy making one over the other.

Name: Kumiya

Species: 4-winged Devil

Abilities: Ability to mind-control bats, Manipulation of Twilight

Age: Unknown

Occupation: Tricking humans

Description: She has a blueish purple hair, and has a red bat hairpin, She wears a long sleeved pink clothes, With a purple apron with a rope tied on it on the left part has bat-shaped ribbons and the right part is more frilly and bloomers, she has a bloodmark on her cheeks like Elis her shoes are white with bat ornament her socks are red, she has and armband on her right arm, and she appears to be holding a meat cleaver she use to cut things, and 4 bat-like wings

>>11034927
Thanks, I'm happy you like it!
And yes, I've been on PPIRC for about six years now, along with a handful of other servers.

>>11036082
I hate her.

>>11035602
ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL

If I upload my own obvious loli porn, do I have to add a description that says "This is consensual sex with a 20.000 years old demon who just looks very young", and should I worry that some crazy person who lives in the same country as me treats me as someone who creates cp?

>>11037640
Depends. If you live in 'murrica and it's just porn of any kind with no otherwise artistic or literary value, it's illegal even if they're a 40 year old tithag.

>>11036109
How's everyone on there? I haven't been on IRC since ogplanet pangya died. How's Fate?

>>11037640
Just make sure no one can connect your pixiv/DA to your real name and you'll be fine.

>>11037790
If they wanted to, and I really doubt they will, they can subpoena DeviantArt and have them spill the beans.

>>11037813
Well, DA doesn't really matter since uploading R18 loli is forbidden there anyway.
Would Pixiv have to comply with a subpoena if it's about something like loli that's legal in Japan?

>>11037839
No, it's fine.

>>11037640
It won't help.
If you're going to draw what is considered CP in most countries, don't associate your real identity with it.

>>11037839
Doubtfully.

>>11039519

BUMP

>>11030543
Me again, what are some features that are required/nice to have in a VN engine?

What would YOU like if you ever were to make a VN?

(work in progress, I'm not an artist)

>>11044505
Playable bits, to break from hours of reading

I want a vn about people rejected by society and cute/lewd vampires. and birds.

>>11044597
those can be combined.

cute/lewd vampires rejected by society with bird wings.

>>11044730
...so a vn about Cars?

>>11044505
>What would YOU like if you ever were to make a VN?
If you want to appeal to the masses
-coding not required but available for advanced users

-tons of visual editing for things like transitions, special effects, screen effects (shaking, flashes etc)

-simple way to create the all the text related things, branching, flags etc

-must must run at a stable framerate and everything is smooth, there's no excuse for a laggy experience in something like a VN

This is where I question your choice in a web-based engine, the experience depends on the users's browser, people are reluctant to change

>>11045075
Thanks for your input, the reason I'm going for a web-based engine is that I enjoy these things, and I think it would be cool to be able to continue where you left off wherever you are as long as you have access to a browser and play without installing anything.

Browser compatibility will be kept as high as possible, I'm aiming for IE7+, FF 3.6+ and recent Chrome versions.

>>11003937

Because that's how she roles