/jp/ - Otaku Culture

One day I will contribute to these threads
but not today.

>>12029074

Drawthread, please draw your favorite Touhou sitting on a couch watching Band of Brothers.

>>12029081
Thank you for your hard work.

>>12029081

>>12029214
You can't draw Japanese alone !

>>12029214
drawing is bunk anyway, real art lies in numbers, algorithms and mathematical proofs

>>12029310

>>12029074
This is great, I always wanted one of the better /jp/ artists to make the OP pic. Thank god it's not another shitty doodle by some random nobody who can barely draw.

Does anyone know where to get a crack for the new version of SAI?

>>12029345
Stop trying to stir shit up, fuck off.

>>12029074
nice ghibli girl

>>12029345
fucked-head-chan can't draw either tho

>>12029345
>>12029364

contributing

>>12029352
Looks like a crack from a previous version is working but I'm not sure.

Does anyone know what file I need to copy from my old SAI folder that has all my hotkeys and custom tools?

>>12029310

To make appealing visual art it is required one know of mathematics. Many people may scoff at the idea but it's true. Of course it's not incredibly complex mathematics but it's still there.

Hurray for webm.

>>12029429
can you expand on this?

really nice game, by the way.

>>12029429
This is fucking awesome
the catsauge I mean. you did a decent job with that sprite also.

>>12029434

I was testing walking sprites and needed a background + object to interact with. I think I might keep the cat image and put it somewhere secret in the final thing or a reference to it. I do need to make a real background. It's only just starting to kick in just how much work something as seemingly simple as a point and click game will be.

>>12029429
You how do you get that texture for the background? It really looks like brush on a canvas

>>12029429
The character's animation is coming along nicely, though the mouth movement seems a little too excessive. The other art looks nice too.

>>12029434
im not the original guy you were talking to but, the idea of 1/3 is important in photography and in drawing its all spacial relations like the amount of heads it takes to make the height of a human being. the fibanacci spiral, bitches

>>12029454
And golden ratio, right?

>>12029450

It was a painting I did. It's digital though. I forget exactly what brush it was but if I figure it out I'll mention it.

>>12029434
Oh you meant the math... but what >>12029454 said

>>12029452
You think so? I wanted to make sure people could see the mouth move even if it meant exaggeration.

>>12029456
ye

/jp/, I want to learn how to draw cute 2hus. Tell me how you all learned how to draw cute 2hus.

>>12029465
I can't draw cute 2hus, sorry

>>12029465
Hangout in Flockmod.

>>12029417

>>12029473
OMG dude you totally pimped my drawing!
Thats really good, props to you!

/jp/ how do you make sure that your depression and general shitty feelings does not derail your will to continue to work at projects you've started?

HEY KISAMAS,

WATASHI NO NAMAE WA ANANIMASU OFFU KAKUSU TO WATASHI WA KIRAI EVERY SINGLE ONE OF ANATA. ALL OF ANATA ARE FAT, BAKA BAKA NO-LIFES WHO SPEND EVERY SECOND OF MAINICHI MITEIRUING AT BAKA PICTURES. ANATA WA SUBETE THAT IS WARUI IN THE SEKAI. HONTO NI, HAVE ANY OF ANATA EVER GOTTEN ANY NEKO? I MEAN, WATASHI GUESS IT'S TANOSHI MAKING FUN OF HITOS BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN UNKAWAIINESS, BUT MINNA TAKE IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. KORE WA WORSE THAN ONANI-ING TO PICTURES ON HESUBUUKU.

SHIRANAI HITO JA NAI DESHO? JUST HIT WATASHI AND BE SURE TO GANBARIMASU. WATASHI WA PRETTY MUCH PAAFEKUTO. WATASHI WAS AMERIKAN FUTBORU NO CAPTAIN, TO WATASHI WAS HAJIMASHTATER ON WATASHI NO BASUKETOBOORU TEAM. DONNA SUPOTSU DO ANATA ASANBOU, OTHER THAN "ONANI TO NAKED DRAWN NIPPONJIN"? WATASHI MO GET HOMO JA NAI A'S, TO WATASHI HAS A BANGING KAWAII SHOJO (KANOJO WA BLOWJOB WO SHIMASHITA; KUSO WA HONTO NI CASH.) ANATA WA ALL KISAMAS DARE SHOULD JUST KOROSU THEMSELVES. DOMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU FOR LISTENING.

(SONO PIC WA RELATED DESU, ARE WA WATASHI TO WATASHI NO ONNA)

>>12029512
My depression and general shitty feelings are some of the reasons why I draw in the first place

>>12029512
Watch cute animal videos on youtube or play cute RPG Maker games like Melon Journey.

update from the last thread

Kyouko-chan is getting ready for the summer! Will you take her to the beach?

>>12029575
I have a private hot tub we can hang out in. Its kind of small though, she can sit on my lap.

Its also a nude tub, rules are rules.

>>12029575
wow i wish my lines were that good. (´･ω･`)

>>12029575
pls redraw that hand it's rlly bad

>>12029546
Not bad, anon. Looking forward to the finished version.

1st time in SAI

is there any easy and efficient way to create Cell Shading and more Strict Lineart?

also, the only helping features in SAI is just Stabilizer, any other tools so i can create Straight lines?

>>12029608
Thanks. They're a little more rough than what I would usually use as lineart.

>>12029613
It is. I'm kind of working on feet right now, drawing them in alot of poses with a couple full character sketches in between. Maybe I'll focus on hands after that.

>>12029629
if you're using sai, whats your brush settings for your line art, and what do you usually set your smoothing to? thanks

>>12029575
wow awesome lines bro how do you get them to look like that?

>>12029639
>>12029651
This is what I use. By smoothing, do you mean that stabilizer thing? I never really paid attention to that, I just left it at 3.

>>12029663
thank you anon! youre so nice.

>>12029628
and it look horrid compared to what i can do in CS3

>>12029682

I have that same problem and I don't get it. I tend to just work larger in photoshop and then scale it down for cleaner lines and fidelity.

>>12029689
This. I usually draw at xbox huge resolutions, then I shrink the picture down at 25% to 12.5%

Just wanted to draw some quick scribbles with a solid pen

>>12029727
Her legs are a bit weird, the way the right leg bends seems painful. Otherwise pretty cute Sanae.

>>12029575
The left foot looks a bit awkward, but definitely an improvement from last time. Her left hand is kinda stubby and overall could benefit from looking at some references. Also we should be able to see her right hand resting on the ground or something. Overall, would lovingly tickle at the beach.

>>12029743
Yeah I wasn't exactly going for any kind of realism (or effort) there, just threw some lines there as long as I thought they looked fun. I don't care so much about the bendiness. I'd be more bothered by her right leg being too far to the right to connect to the hip properly.

>Want to draw cute boys
>They look like girls.

Okay...
Perhaps I should just go back to drawing traps.

>>12029793
You won't get better by not drawing them.

>>12029793
Fight on dude. I believe in you.

>>12029809
I know, I'm still trying to make my boy look like one.

I was drawing a girl and I made her look boyish, I don't understand how that happens.

>>12029813
Thanks, will do.

now we're giving them attention without their even having to have drawn anything. this world is going to heck.

What Kind of Things can I post?

>>12029941
Any art you make.

>>12029954

Ok....

>>12029682
>>12029689
Really, SAI is going to be an inferior program for anyone who decently knows how to use PS.

>>12029352
>>12029412
>>12029413
Are you trying to say ghibli-chan isn't one of the best artists to post on /jp/?

>>12030017
is there any tools or expansion for PS so my drawing could look less-pixelated?

>>12030081
Increase the resolution.

throw your tablet away for a moment and draw a picture with your mouse.

post results.

>>12030081
>>12030082
This. Draw with more resolution than you need, so you don't have to worry about pixelation when you zoom for details.

>>12029628
>>12029682
stay using your CS3 anon

>>12030099

>>12030099
I have no choice, my pc doesn't recognize my tablet anymore for whatever reason.

>>12030116
thats awesome anon! you either have one steady hand or a great mouse.

>>12030123
My mouse doesn't have angle snapping. It's all hardware, baby.

>>12030099
i drew this with my mouse a while back but i dont have the patience for that anymore

>>12030198
nice trace

>>12030204
i didn't trace, though i did use the image you're thinking of as a reference

>>12029429
Where do you need math in drawing?
Thinking spatially and using some compass and straight-edge constructions doesn't really count as math in today's world. And if you meant stuff like the golden ration it's more like an empirical thing. It's just a number which appears often in nature. There's no math into this, but of course you can describe this ratio using mathematical tools.

>>12030239
Not that anon but devision is math. He stated that it's not complex math but it's still math.

Requesting Reimu in a business suit.

I don't know if the painted backgrounds clash with the pixel art. I'm trying to do something like "the dig" because that game looked really great. I don't know if they painted images and converted them or made it strart up pixel art...

I guess I'll make the same background but with pixel art and see how it goes.

>>12030099
But I draw with a mouse normally...

>>12029682
alrighty then, second try!

anyone know Brush setting for coloring (like>>12029663)?

i'll try something other than cell-shading this time

>>12030627
He only showed like one colored picture.

>>12030627
Why do you need 32 layers?

>>12030670
Some people just can't control their layer spamming. What I'm wondering is why he's already at 32 when that's all he has so far. Crappy amateur anime artists tend to be the worst culprits in layerspam. Well what do you know, answered my own question.

>>12030670
im too crappy to use undo or too lazy doing re-draw something

doesn't really matter

>>12030670
that's nothing, i remember using 175 layers once

>>12030680
Don't be lazy with drawing, that's awful. At the very least, start merging them, it'll be a mess otherwise.

>>12030670
>>12030675
Thanks for reminding me that I need to cut that shit out and just use selection areas. I'm always afraid of making permanent changes to any layer since I'm still new even though its probably not a valid fear.

What is the best free image software that has tablet support?

I noticed that my layerspamming is prominent in drawings that end up crappy or abandoned.
>>12030099
my drawing skill is so shit there is no difference between tablet and mouse

>>12030693
Almost all software intended for drawing has tablet support. And on the interwebs, every software is free.

>>12030693
If you don't want the cracked Sai, I heard Gimp is a good program, with some limitations though

>>12029420
anybody?

>>12030706
Gimp is far from a good program.

>>12030711
Well, its free...

>>12030627
>Brush setting for coloring
anyone?

>>12030711
Gimp is decent, but not for drawing. It's missing a lot of the layer features other software has, but if you can get over the learning curve and the shitty design, it can almost be as good as Photoshop, at least for most things.

>>12030693
Just pirate Photoshop or use SAI.

>>12030716
The default tools work fine. I use pencil, brush, blur tool, and watercolor tool. You just need to know when and how to use them.

>>12029473
interesting

>>12030596
You could try painting the sprites too.

>>12030716

If you really want something to try one, here's something I've been using recently. The japanese watercolor blotmap for brushes come from illust_id=38284091 on pixiv.

>>12030708
http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/

Ver.1.2.0 full installer will install SAI into "C:\PaintToolSAI" in default settings. You can preserve brushes, textures, swatch and license certificate through which of following way.
- Overwrite Ver.1.2.0 to Ver.1.1.0 folder by installer of update files only.
- Copy all folders, *.conf files, *.ssd files, *.slc file from Ver.1.1.0 folder to Ver.1.2.0 folder.

Could upload the 1.1.0 crack somewhere? I don't want to start clicking random links and most of them are dead anyway. I think my 1.1.0 was pre-cracked.

>>12030752

I've been looking at what they did with "the dig".

http://home.comcast.net/~ervind/digbm1.html

It sees like they painted a picutre and then used it as a reference for their pixel art which was like the photoshop pencil brush so I will try that.

>>12030843
...why I remember this game even if I never played it?

>>12030596
Lots of 2D games use painted backgrounds. DeluxePaint (the gold standard for 2D game art in the late 80s/early 90s) could handle both pixel art and digital painting.
The key is, unlike in the image you posted, they kept the background at the same resolution/"pixel size" as the sprites. If you do that, it makes things much more consistent.
I dunno if you're handling your game's programming or using some off the shelf engine, but the easiest way to force yourself to be consistent about this is to do the entire game in some fixed resolution (320x240, 640x480, etc) and scale the resulting frame up only at the end, for display on the user's monitor.

>>12030706
No no no it isn't. Please don't direct anyone to GIMP, it's garbage and gives free software a bad rep.
Krita is a much better free graphics program. It's not perfect, but after trying both for a bit, I think I actually prefer it to Photoshop for digital painting.

>>12030693

Just pirate photoshop like everyone else. Unless you're getting paid, you shouldn't care if the software is genuine.

Gosh, I'm fucking agitated about some job-search things I have to do in the next two days, I can't draw like ths

>>12030596
Is that a character from "Beneath a steel sky" ?

How should I go about choosing an alias. I've always been so bad about those...

>>12031417
Depending on the software you can choose the strength of antialiasing. I prefer to leave it disabled.

>>12031419
>>12031417
What antialias does exactly?
>>12031416
another game I remember but I never played. I didn't even had an amiga as kid. what the fuck

>>12031439
Did you watch someone else play it by any chance?

>>12031441
Nope. and I'm remembering other games also. like that point and ckick adventure with digitalized actors that was like a bootleg batman+cloack&dagger. there's a scene where the bad guy cuts a finger of the girl
but I never fucking played it!

>>12031439

>>12031419
I think he's talking about a name.
>>12031417
I usually just pick a word I like, but I'm not very good at it either.

>>12031445

>>12031417
My only advice is to google it throughly before you settle for one.

>>12031443
Ah, it wasn't digitalized actors...

Messy, short hair.

>>12031468
cute=brows dude, but fix the feet

>>12031468
Cute as fuck but those feet are huge. Also the feet should actually look like they are resting on a surface and supporting her rather than floating.

>>12031471
>>12031478
Thanks. I was thinking bigger feet might be kind of cute, but I'm probably alone on this.
As for the perspective, since it's drawn at eye level I thought that's how they should be aligned (since they're pretty much seen from above). Maybe I overdid it.

>>12031468
do you actually ever color your pictures? i don't think i've seen any color pictures from you before.

>>12031496
If you like bigger feet then draw it dude. I draw girls with huge hips despite it being anatomically incorrect.

>>12031496
>>12031557
"boyish" feet can be cute on girls but you have to learn how to draw them with the correct perspective first

>>12031468

fabric on the extended arm looks too tightly stretched, im pretty sure its cause the crease lines of the folded fabric are too rigid or straight.

its super cute though.

are you a foot fetish person? you put an awful lot of detail into the feet.

>>12031580
Thanks and noted. Drawing clothes sure is tricky.

>are you a foot fetish person?
I wouldn't say so. But like most lolicon, I can appreciate the soft and warm feet of the young girl.

>>12031657
Cute.

>>12031657
I don't get it, but cute.
Thank you for actually making her hop. Such an underrepresented character aspect.

>>12031685
Pretty sure its some sort of Left 4 Dead "pills here" joke based on that filename.

I drew you, /jp/!

>>12031924
That looks more like a 'T' than a 'J'.

>>12031924
I fail to see how this resembles /jp/ in any way.

>>12031974
The guy who drew it is an epic bro from /a/ who loves that gay jojoshit so you can tell he's an idiot.

I drew you, /jp/!

>>12031985
Looks exactly like my wooden doll

>>12031468
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=230151
Check out this artist if you like bigger feet, maybe you'll see something you like to learn from it.

>>12031378

Oh. I shall try this.

>>12031468
You should stick to drawing disembodied lolis again, every time you try drawing more than a head arms and torso it looks horribly wrong

>>12032037
He won't improve if he doesn't practice.

>>12032045
He can practice without posting. This thread isn't his personal feedback machine. That's why /ic/ exists.

If I rescale the image to 50% upscale and then use a different algorithm for the color limit I get this result just from the painting alone. this looks like it may be the best method until I get something better.

>>12032051
Some of us want to see his drawings regardless. He is welcome to post any original content so long as it doesn't violate the rules.

>>12032058
And I'm telling him he should stick to drawing disembodied lolis again.

>>12032055
Looks a lot more unified I think. Pretty cool.

>>12032051
>This thread isn't his personal feedback machine. That's why /ic/ exists.
Then why are you giving feedback instead of letting him post whatever?

>>12032063
Because I felt like it.

>>12032055
Looks a lot better, but the color limiting algorithm did some weird things to the image, like the slightly red rock in the center turning green in places.
I think you should skip the posterizing step and not worry about the color count too much unless you're willing to redraw all the backgrounds as proper, color-limited pixel art.

>>12032069

I think I may have to. As much as I'd like true pixel backgrounds it would just take forever to do it. Plus I can paint regularly much faster than I could were it pixel based too.

Everything else will still be pixel based though.

/co/ here.

Let's draw our waifus, guys. Here's mine.

>>12032118
>/co/
How the hell did you end up here? Westernized/10 but cute girl btw.

>>12032118
the HELL is wendy, is that one of these illegal ponies

>>12032118
Western shit. Disgusting.
>>12032132
>ponies

>>12032069
What do you use to make game?

>>12032148

For this I am using Adventure game studio. It seems to be a program specifically designed for this kind of game. It's made doing this a lot easier.

>>12032169
So am I. I'm just getting started though. God I hope this works.

hey retro 1980s anime artist!

DRAW MY CHARATER!

My fictional charater design of myself is complex and i am still making it up. Ohh fuck it... RAINBOW HAIR!!!! MARY'S DRESS WITH LAB COAT OVER IT RAINBOW KNEE SOCKS POWER GLOVES ON BOTH HANDS DARK DARK DARK DARK CIRCLES ON EYES EYE COLORS ARE DYNAMIC. AND I WEAR A FUCKING VISOR THAT IS A SUPER 1337 FUTURISTIC SHIT AND I AM A CYBERNETIC ORGANISM OVER 9000 YEARS OLD wwww i can have hologram wings and can summon computer cables and control them with electricity and magnetism... and summon computer parts from storage with mah power glove

>>12032178
>i can have hologram wings and can summon computer cables and control them with electricity and magnetism... and summon computer parts from storage with mah power glove

Lain as a magical girl.

It's also sad that shipost sounds like a typical cyberpunk 80s-early 2000s anime

>>12032118
>>12032178
This thread is possessed
send an exorcist pls

I want to get better at animation.
Please give me jp related ideas to practice with.

>>12032201
A cute youkai eating stillborn babbys

>>12032201
Youmu riding myon like a rodeo bull.

>>12032187
thats me!

>>12032201
Make something like this, or one of those old things with a guy attacking a wall, or just a short Super Robot Wars-like attack clip.

>>12031991
Thanks for the link. Those are exactly the kind of feet I want to draw.
I'm also using 黒ストスキー (NSFW: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=116545)) as reference right now. His feet are amazing.

>>12031991
My penis is extremely happy now

>>12032300
So is mine. I'm a feet otaku.

Why was my post deleted? Isn't drawing waifus thread related? You don't have to like mine, I just wanted to start a few guys drawing their waifus. Repostan

>>12032617
If it was deleted by the moderation team, it most likely means you shouldn't try to repost it.

Dang, I haven't posted in a very long while. But this is all I got for now. I got hell of a work to do to fix all the fuck ups on it.

>>12032850
tank you for your work!

>>12032882
Are you the requester? If so, no problem.

>>12032850
Yeah, the girl's anatomy is pretty messed up.
Though the car is fine I think? I don't really look up pictures of cars that much so I dunno.

So are you actually going to continue working on the picture, or was this post meant to say that you're done for now?

>>12032905
I'm going to continue probably since it's a good idea. I'm like doing 3 pictures at a time but now I'm going to stop multi-tasking currently so I can fix them up and elaborate more if possible.

>>12032918
Ah ok, good to hear. Good luck anon.

>>12032850
There's a lot wrong but this is the most glaring issue to me. I'm not good at feet but hopefully this helps.

>>12029473
cubism?

>>12032937
i thought of this

>>12032921
Oh, that one! Oh, I rushed it because I wanted to do my other draft of another picture I have to fix up.

Drawing is mentally exhausting. I dont know how some of you do it so often.

>>12033338
I agree its definitely exhausting, but its also a lot of fun. Its also the only way I can fall asleep.

>>12033608
wide

If only ZUN!bar was here...

Piano sheets.

Something new I work on, I'm worrying there might be too much going on.
I'm currently thinking about redoing the bass line into something simpler and instead have the melody do more interesting variations sooner.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0i7IGcAP0fH

Any input is appreciated.

>>12033995
Do you have a soundcloud or something, dude? I really like your style.

>>12034058
Thanks, but no, I don't. I only really write these when I feel like it - in very irregular intervals. I have a huge pile of unfinished pieces.
I feel like if I used a service like soundcloud I'd have to feel guilty when I don't upload something in months or leave a piece to die that someone might have liked to see finished.

I much rather use an anonymous service to upload my stuff to an anonymous board. That's the greatest amount of social interaction I can take.

how can I draw like you guys

>>12034213
Practice. Just sketch whatever you like.

>>12034213
If you want to be better than them, get a reference and then draw it as an animu. Then get another reference and incorporate it into the background.

>>12033995
>>12034126
Weird, I was honestly just wondering if you were still around and I wake up to some new stuff from you. I love your stuff dude. Your piano pieces always have a nice bounce and sense of purpose. I said something similar before but your stuff would go well in a game or something, it gets me pumped.

>>12034213
Have fun, draw what you love, and use references before trying to draw straight from your imagination.

>>12034213
Draw stuff everyday for a few years.

>>12034252
This is the best advice, especially if you're just starting out and practicing.

I still have to fix a bunch of things but I finally got the majority of this elevator working.

This is going to be a lot of work...

>>12033608
I like her body shape and how you colored it, but not a big fan of the face.

What tools did you use and how many layers and colors for the skin?

>>12034410
I used 4 or 5 different shades for skin starting at a very light yellowish hue gradually going towards a warmer red to red violet. For tools I used the basic round brush along the other with some airbrush and wet oil. Also is there something I can fix about the face or are you just not a fan of the style/wide? I am still a bit awkward with faces.

3 strokes

>>12034459
My dad had a stroke, then he died.

>>12034459
As original as the fucking missionary position.

>>12034459

>>12034454
I can get over the heads, but did you really copy the seats into windows?

>>12034519
Oh now I get it's part of unzan and not a cloud outside(and that they're in a theater and not an airplane.) but those really, really look like windows.

>>12034519
There aren't any windows.

>>12034454
cute. please color

>>12034522
Unzan's clouds turn the last row into windows if you pay attention in some way, he probably means that

>>12034549
>if you pay attention in some way
If you actually pay attention you'd realize they were his clouds.

>>12034454
So cute.

>>12034555
I meant, if you focus on that little cloud over the last seats and nothing else, the whole row will look like windows, it's easy to understand it's Unzan's cloud but it's still weird.

>>12034620
>if you focus on that little cloud over the last seats and nothing else
Sounds like you weren't paying attention.

I like how kogasa doesn't need any glasses.
Nice touch

>>12034649
Why's Nazrin got hers off though

>>12034736
maybe she's annoyed becase everyone is making eating noises

It's looking more and more like a functioning game.

More Piano sheets.

This is one of the pieces I stashed away for too long. I plan on working some variations in this, but the much more pressing issue is the intro.
I can't seem to find the balance between silent enough for a buildup and lively enough to get the listener 'into the flow', so to say.
As is, it's too stagnant. Anyone got any ideas?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1qA5IfCIe3V

A side note here, my converter seems to cut off the last split second. I'll have to look into this.

>>12034877
just some more rhythmic variation should break a bit of the monotony. Are you comfortable linking the MIDI? I can see what I can do with it, if you'd like. I haven't worked on anything in a while, so it might be fun to mess around with.

Don't worry about it if it's something you're not comfortable with, though.

>>12034894
Go right ahead.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dyzve6aoac28sgj/p79.mid

>>12034839
Keep at it, I like seeing the progress.

>>12034877
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0uvPZ1ZySNU
Got rid of the first break.
Is this an improvement? I listened to it too often to tell...

How is this?

>>12034956
bad. it sucks. i hate it.

>>12034956
I don't get it.

>>12034959
>>12034966
Okay, this is very weak.

I'm going to have to work harder.

>>12034956
/vr/ as a coolguy bigbro doesn't make any sense.
If any board should have that characterization, it should be /m/.

>>12034956
I like the expressions.

>>12034956

I don't like these at all!

>>12034956
omg 3triangleblue!!

not sure is it okay to post original characters here.
it's free for any further usages.

>>12035051
Pretty cute. I don't understand her hat.

>>12034924
>>12034902
>>12034894
>>12034877
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0kN9xqyTupb

Short clip of the part you wanted more hype in, I think? I didn't do a whole lot because it's tough for me to not just begin completely re-writing other people's songs, but I upped the octave for the first part of the "chorus" part, did some other silly stuff and change some of the rhythmic feel to it.

I think it helps to give the low end more influence over the feel of this chorus-like part by starting the beginning in the next octave up.

Tell me what you think.

I fixed her cow tits as per one anon's suggestion from the last thread. Does it look okay now?

>>12035346
Doesn't look like you did anything.

>>12035346
They still feel pretty misplaced. They are too far apart and slightly crooked.

>>12035360
Maybe I should put a character design note somewhere that the lines supposedly outlining Mathers' boobs are really part of the embroidery on her bodysuit sort of like the plugsuits from Eva. I'm a huge faggot, I know.

I'll keep your redline in mind however, and I'm definitely not butthurt by the way. Just saying.

>>12035387
The lines, especially cause its sprite art, just completely stand out as looking like the breasts. You may wanna try out other options with the design of her bodysuit or how you represent the lines to try and lessen that confusion. Maybe lighten the lines and darken the shading on breasts?

>>12035387
There's something funny going on with them and this is how i see it.

>>12035398
That's what I see, too. Getting rid of part of the line on the inside curve would probably make it look less like they're spaced 10 inches apart.

>>12034956
"I would rather got to Gensokyo" should not be used in such situation, since the Touhoufaction of /jp/ would rather live in Gensokyo than anything else at all.

Still nive, though.

>>12034956
is that you, guywhomadethose/v/comics? i thought you died or something..

got any more comics of your featuring /jp/ that you can share?

>>12035427
It's not the original, just a copycat.

>>12035428
thats too bad, id still like to see more comics though.

I wonder what happened to him. he must have died.

>>12035398
>>12035407
>>12035397
I tried I guess?

>>12034454
Your drawings are super cute!
>>12034649
I second this.
>>12035051
>it's free for any further usages.
Hohohoho, if I weren't so lazy.

>>12035441
After a big disagreement, she separated her boobs from each other and build a wall to keep them separated. Finally she can take it easy again.
Bodysuit or not, these boobs are too far apart for the size of the character plus the arms would squeze them together in this pose.
Are your OC's for some project like a game?

>>12035441
Anon, when the arms come together like that, the breasts push together as well, if you're worried the breast lines will interfere with the stuff in the middle, it shouldnt as that is clothing and is ontop of the breasts.

>>12035367
>>12033608
Learn to draw heads. I don't care about your style or your preferences. Go look up people's faces and head shots, note the shape and placement of features, and practice sketching them for a while, then go back and try drawing heads/faces again. Doing that will give you more help than any criticism I could give about the shape or placement of the features. Although in >>12035367's case, if the head were narrower, it would help a million(as in just change the aspect ratio of the entire head to be narrower. Try squishing it in your image editing program and you'll see.)

>>12035457
>After a big disagreement, she separated her boobs from each other and build a wall to keep them separated. Finally she can take it easy again.
OK, this made me laugh irl

>Bodysuit or not, these boobs are too far apart for the size of the character plus the arms would squeze them together in this pose.
>>12035473
>Anon, when the arms come together like that, the breasts push together as well, if you're worried the breast lines will interfere with the stuff in the middle, it shouldnt as that is clothing and is ontop of the breasts.
See screenshot - I'll keep going until /jp/ deems it acceptable

>>12035457
>Are your OC's for some project like a game?
Yea, I'm making a VN out of pixel art.

>>12035504
Why are you trying to hard to avoid having her boobs meet in the middle?

This is all you need to show her boobs if it isn't translucent, and if those marks are boobs, and assuming they weren't squished more together. Quit avoiding them touching the pattern and make the pattern look like it's curving over them instead. If those likes are supposed to be something other than boobs, they're still going to have to partially take on the curve of the boobs while still showing they aren't the boobs.

>>12035504
better make her flat, it looks like she stuffed socks in her bra otherwise

>>12034637
Buddy, if your image fails to send the intended message to the audience, then you've fucked up somewhere, plain and simple.

>>12035535
Just needs a bit of color really

>>12035535
You're the only one it failed to send its message to because you had no idea unzan was in the picture because you weren't paying attention to the whole and was focusing on a small corner of the drawing. I could paint the crucifixion and draw ren and stimpy in the corner and you'd probably think I drew a comic panel.

>>12035513
H-here, does this look b-b-better, Anon-sensei...?

>>12035504

>>12035571
You gave her kevlar boob armor.

>>12035574
Thank you for finally showing that guy how boobs work.

>>12035574
Cute image bro. Although I'm not the poster of that art, he did point out several times that it's a bodysuit, so I think it would have a bit tighter look than a fluffy dress.

I think he wanted something like this going on http://images.halloweencostumes.com/blog/files/2012/05/deluxe-dark-knight-catwoman-costume.jpg

>>12035115
Good morning, and sorry for the wait.

Sounds amazing, I was actually talking about the very first eleven or so seconds, but now that I listened to that and went back to mine, that part also feels bulky. Thanks I guess?

The high pitched melody at ~:04 gets me good, as well as the overall rhythm.
Do you mind linking the midi again? I'd be happy to use it.

And another question, if you don't mind, what software do you use to edit and play these? I think the one I'm using now is not actually intended for the purposes I'm using it for...

>>12035577
>>12035574
>>12035583
Here is the original design I drew four months ago to give you guys a good idea. Ignore the blatant anatomy issues like the uneven boob and the right leg, I'll redraw em later.

>>12035598
If you want her to have boob patches, you're going to have to make them smaller than her actual boob so they don't get confused with the outline.

>>12035608
Oh, I'll remember that for future reference. So those anons trying to correct me were a little wrong (although they did provide good criticism) since they didn't have a reference beforehand, then? Excuse me, I'm getting exhausted.

Also, super healthy

>>12035620
They're not really wrong, but there's a bit of miscommunication as it looks like you're trying adamantly to draw the boobs as circles. Also even in the way you described it, comparing it to Asuka, it sounds like the patches should be like Asukas, and just little coverings over her boobs (go look at a picture of Asuka's suit again). What you seem to actually want are some sort of boob-pouch instead of a patch over it.

Unless they're specifically made to seperate her boobs and hold them to the sides though, I don't think you're going to be able to see the X in the middle of them at all, just like you wouldn't from the front of that image.

>>12035571
If you want some sort of weird circular patch things, you should then use shading to clearly communicate the actual boobs, not to mention the boobs would distort the circular shape anyway. No matter how I imagine it, that just looks like she has two large apples under her suit or something.

>>12035678
This.

I didn't add in >>12035639 but they're probably going to be more tear drop shaped.

>>12035545
No, I'm not the only one. I'm sure it'll be fine with a bit of color, anyways.

Regardless, if your image makes your audience do a double-take, then I don't see any reason why you wouldn't fix it apart from sheer laziness.

>>12036304
You're both quite retarded in that case. Take a look at the perspective, a window can't possibly exist there. Are you seriously arguing that there's a window there? I think it was established that all those shapes were seats the moment you saw the 2hus and popcorn.

I can't seriously fathom why you're backpedaling this hard just to prove that you're an tunnel visioning autist who claims a window appears in an impossible location simply because a cloud is on top of it when a man made of clouds is in the row of chairs just next to it.

>>12036316
People judge things at a first glance. That's why composition and thumbnails are so important to the final piece.

With a piece as cluttered and stylized-character heavy as yours, perspective takes a back seat when people look at it, and the first impression that someone's going to make when they see a cloud + arch is window. Simple as that. Of course, they'll realize a second or two later that the cloud belongs to Unzan, but this sort of mistake in perception is something you want to avoid.

Now quit getting so angry over genuine advice, you retard, I actually like the image.

>>12035620
How do you make smooth lines like that?

>>12036337

>>12036350
Whatever, dude. Keep that attitude, it's no skin off my teeth.

>>12036350
yeah who the fuck cares.
more importantly, it would be nice filling all that space with other cu2hus

>>12035639
>Unless they're specifically made to seperate her boobs and hold them to the sides though, I don't think you're going to be able to see the X in the middle of them at all, just like you wouldn't from the front of that image.
I designed her bodysuit to hold her boobs back somewhat, so at least the X patch should be somewhat visible then, albeit distorted? I like drawing (anatomically incorrect?) masochistic runway fashions. Also, my internet friend who drew that picture drew her boobs a little too big.

>>12036346
I'll go ask my friend for their SAI settings

>>12036399
>>12034454
This is a really nice drawing.
I wonder what they are watching to get so many different reactions at the same time.

>>12036354
Your teeth have skin?!

>>12036399
Nazrin is a CAT?!

>>12036416
Educational material from the Hijiri Love and Peace human interaction school for youkai.

Kyouko and Kogasa are the only ones who aren't desensitized to all the blood and gore by that point.

>>12036399

I don't think mouse ears have those hairy insides.

>>12036399

You forgot the purple on Byakuren's hair.

>>12035587
Ah, I must have mis-read your first post. Sorry about that. I didn't really want to touch the beginning part much because when I started to, I just ended up trying to drastically change the entire nature of the piece and that'd just be really lame, so I left it alone. I also didn't want to get too attached to a song that isn't mine, like I have in the past with other things.

I do like that the changes you made in >>12034924 , though.

Here's the modified midi:
https://mega.co.nz/#!fNpC2KrT!ghKulT-KkcV_2_H8Pue6HEbIh66-Hn3yVAHelY6R0NU

I'd arranged it pretty sloppily, but I think I cleaned it up enough for your sheet music program to work with it properly.

The only changes I've made are from measures 17, up to the end of 24. The part with the melody that you like temporarily becomes unplayable by human hands, so you'll either need a third hand to play it, or you can simply remove a part of the chord in the right hand below the melody and it'll still sound fine.

The program I use is Propellerhead Reason 5 and I'm using piano samples from a patch called "Reason Pianos."

Here's a link to my Reason session file if you decide to try Reason out, which I recommend if you enjoy making arrangements:
https://mega.co.nz/#!CJgknSzY!ovOZEgMm4Q45loRMeMwpgjxnzP91e1kEeTafR5MeMAo

>>12035587
Ah, I must have mis-read your first post. Sorry about that. I didn't really want to touch the beginning part much because when I started to, I just ended up trying to drastically change the entire nature of the piece and that'd just be really lame, so I left it alone. I also didn't want to get too attached to a song that isn't mine, like I have in the past with other things.

I do like that the changes you made in >>12034924 , though.

Here's the modified midi:
https://mega.co.nz/#!qUYR1YCA!6o9pLvkCWY2j_gytFanlxTPbZM27J3VYmD1VA92FR_8

I'd arranged it pretty sloppily, but I think I cleaned it up enough for your sheet music program to work with it properly.

The only changes I've made are from measures 17, up to the end of 24. The part with the melody that you like temporarily becomes unplayable by human hands, so you'll either need a third hand to play it, or you can simply remove a part of the chord in the right hand below the melody and it'll still sound fine.

The program I use is Propellerhead Reason 5 and I'm using piano samples from a patch called "Reason Pianos."

Here's a link to my Reason session file if you decide to try Reason out, which I recommend if you enjoy making arrangements:
https://mega.co.nz/#!CJgknSzY!ovOZEgMm4Q45loRMeMwpgjxnzP91e1kEeTafR5MeMAo

WIP
still need more work on BG

>>12036623

>>12036624
Pretty cool so far. Excited to see it more defined.

>>12036611
Thanks, will do.
Also, there's nothing wrong with drastically changing it. Make it into your own piece and call it yours, it's not like I was going to do anything with my music other than share it with people and hope I moved something in another person.

Having said all that (and listened to your midi) I wonder if I should actually use anything from your version. The part you edited sticks out quite a bit, it's like the rest of the song has written 'me' all over it. I think it'd be fun to see how two artists (dare I call myself one) can go in different directions from the same starting point.

I wanted this to be a just quick reply, but here I need to write one more paragraph. Thank you for listening to my thoughts and working on this. No, really, it's people like you that make me want to share something here. It's a lot of fun.

>>12036624
Damn nice!

>>12036624
Exciting!

>>12034956
nifty

okay guys, lets try and draw something in an older looking style.

>>12029074
Merlin that jawline brah

>>12035495
I wasn't trying to pull the whole "its muh style" defense, I was just wondering if it was because of you didn't like it or there was something actually wrong with it. For now here is a sort of finished version of >>12035367 I'm going to redo it completely probably after practicing more with my heads and faces for a while. Thanks for the input.

>>12037081
I think he was just saying that you should study up more on body proportions, he was just saying it in a grumpy /ic/ way.

Are you using the airbrush/blur a whole lot? sometimes that can be a bad thing as over blending colors can make a picture look muddy or too glossy and it loses definition.

Keep trying and dont ever give up.

>>12037091
I do airbrush/blur a little more than I should along with going overboard with too many colors and shades. I'm trying to fix that cause I've always felt my colored pictures would lose definition and "umph". Thanks for the input though, I'll keep trucking on.

>>12035413

Not really, Gensokyo is a shitty place.

>>12034956

I really like the expressions and /vr/'s character, but the story is really not that good.
To act like today's /v/ is like 2007-08 or someshit /v/ is just wrong. I want you to keep drawing because I missed that guy's style so much, but not this exact story.
Also, on the first panel, /v/'s throat should be a bit lower.

>>12037111

I actually like the story. And i dont see much difference in the /v/ in this comic to new /v/, new /v/ is just videogame themed /b/ and this comic seems to portray it pretty well.

I like the idea of /vr/ being /jp/'s pal too.

>>12037115
I never knew that /vr/ existed, to be honest. I stopped going to other boards about a year ago.

I tried to draw something in under an hour, and this was the result. Any critiques?

>>12037204
what do you put in such a tiny wheelbarrow?

I drew a cute little girl.

>>12037215
An even tinier wheelbarrow.

>>12037215
Lemons.

>>12037218

>>12037226
So cute.

>>12037121
>muh time limit means its better even if its shit

I wish people would stop doing this.

>>12037234
please no bullying.

>>12037242
Beginners should just take their time and make something look good.

>>12037246
thats better criticism than being a bully like the previous post.

>>12037249
That's not criticism, it's just advice.

goodnight jp

I drew Yucurry

>>12033913
Is that aoi yamada? I love yamada.

>>12037417
cute plastic bag dude, now do a venera sama pls
>>12037450
not bad, but shading is wrong
>>12037063
I like it
>>12037553
is that poorfag yamada? now do moomin yamada

>>12037555
Who the HELL is moomin yamada

>>12037553
it's obviously homu

>>12037560
Her full name is homu yamada

>>12037558
take a moomin and yamada it

What's new in Paint Tool Sai 1.2.0 or Sai2?

Any reason to upgrade from 1.1.0?

>>12037644
I wish sai put in a dark grey UI like all the modern raster graphics editors but no, my eyes continue to suffer.

>>12037450
Whats with the fuzz insect hair lines?

>>12037647
>UI
>raster
I don't even know what this stuff is

>>12037644
I upgraded recently and the only thing I've noticed is the mask layers button on the layers window. I could be wrong though

>>12037674
Us artists love throwing around big words that make the rookies sweat.

>>12037553
complimentary kirino to go with that yamada

>>12036346
>>12036401
I provide

>>12037815
I really like the style for the face here.

>>12037450
Looks traced.
>>12037815
>>12037863
I agree, it's really neat. But her torso is too short and her legs too long.

>>12038028
apologies, chap. hopefully this looks a bit better.

>>12038053
Much better but her torso is still short. As a basic guideline, the elbow tends to be around the bottom of the ribcage, and the wrist around the crotch. Or you could just look up about proportions.

>>12038075
in my head her pose was more exaggerated but it ended up being pretty normal, i think i got the perspective more wrong and it probably deserves a redraw

>>12038084
this one is a lot closer to my original vision except i think i made her boobies too big

>>12038319
That face is starting to slide into the creepy territory.

>>12038319
i really like the proportions of this one, anon.

the angle is really good i feel like you got the depth of field thing down pretty well in this pic. face looks hella yandere

>>12038340

>>12038437
i dunno, the stereotypized shadow kinda took the effect away, cartoonized it way too much.

now it looks like a caricature of some sort, going "hey look at me, don't i look like a generic batshit crazy character? i even have a shadow on my eyes".

>>12038439
i didn't draw it, dude. some guy just edited them on.

>>12038440
yeah, i was commenting on his doing of that.

whoever did it, cartoonized the picture and made it kind of lame.

>>12029074
She's holding the paint palette wrong.

>>12038437
Love it.

>>12038319
Her lef arm (our right) looks very awkward. Try pointing her elbow more downward, it'll be tougher to draw then the current because of foreshortening though.
I kinda dig the creepy expression, makes it interesting.

>>12038457
so cute, i had the urge to draw it too.

>>12037555
I havent seen Zvezda yet, ill draw venera sometime. thanks for the positivity

>>12038437
>>12038319
>>12038053
somebody please kill this unlikeable bitch

what happened to that tripfriend that would lewdedit the OC? he had such a lewd mind.

>>12039212
They got banned.

>>12038627
What are gabbing about mate? Kirino is pretty much perfect.

>>12039490
Holy shit, its autosaging already...

Does anyone know where the 1.1 crack for SAI is?

I'm not sure how to do the backgrounds for my game. I think what I am currently doing is breaking the parts up into sections for where the screen would see and breaking them up into their own managable blocks with their own vanishing points so it doesn't get too weird.

Or I could put the point near the middle for smaller ones like I kind of did for this.

>>12041209
why do you have to have static backgrounds?

>>12041221

what do you mean?

>>12041228
I dunno, since I don't really know what kind of game you're making I guess I shouldn't have assumed, but I was thinking that your problem was managing a dynamic perspective with a character moving around freely in his environment or something.

>>12041238

No. That would require some sort of 3D element that seems excessive for a purely 2 dimensional game.

I will do my best to ensure they are detailed however. I will try to animate some things into the backgrounds as well such as flickering lights that affect the surroundings. I've always liked details like that myself.

>>12041245
>>12041209
what kind of game are you making?
your backgrounds seem like those in point+click adventure games.

>>12041245
What kind of game are you making? The depth of your background art seems too varied to have a sprite of a fixed size moving across more than one plane but it also doesn't seem like a side scroller.

>>12041248
>>12041249
I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's probably this one:
>>12034388
>>12032069
>>12032055

>>12041252

You are correct! It's me! there is still much to be done but I mad a schedule to help inspire me. I will also channel the Spirit of Hirohiko Araki.

>>12041221
Let me guess, you're clueless about art fundamentals aren't you. Do you still think art is about throwing down blotches of paint down to "express" yourself and has "no rules"? How naive and ignorant.

>>12041720

No need to be rude, he elaborated on what he meant.

>>12041720
Static background in 2D games simply means it's not moving. You know, some 2D games, like quite some platformers, have multiple layers that move at different speed when you walk/run - static backgrounds would be the opposite.

But of course you had jump to conclusions before even reading further comments, assuming the worst of your fellow /jp/sy. I'm dissapointed anon.

>>12042020
Aren't you the one jumping to conclusions? How are those things he drew indicative of a static background? You might not be seeing the entire background at once in the actual game. It looks to me like sections of mapping. If anything else, it could just be concept art for the areas.

>>12042542
>How are those things he drew indicative of a static background?
I'm not the anon that wrote >>12041221. I just explained what >>12041221
meant with "static" based on >>12041238. So I never wrote anything about it being static or not.

But anyway: As indicators that it's static in the sense I meant, it has perspective points which means that it would have to have 3D elements to make it properly react to the movement of the character, like stated here >>12041245.

I am trying a new method. Hopefully if this looks okay I can do it to all my backgrounds.

>>12043180
The lighting looks awkward, the fault lies in your last light that's turned on, I feel like there should be lighting below it and some of the light should be reflected off of the breaking support pillar.

>>12043180
I find the change from the unbroken to broken to sudden. I first thought they where 2 pictures side by side. Unless that is wanted for whatever game reason, there should be some cracks and dirt to make the transition smoother.

>>12043226
>>12043212


Okay. I'll fix it.

>>12043180

Yikes I have something like another 24 of these to do!

>>12043325
much nicer.
i'm not sure how you'll integrate things like flickering lights into something like that, but I'm no game developer. looks really spooky.

>>12043842

Adventure game studio allows me to have multiple backgrounds so I can make frames with the lights off and just switch between them periodically.

This one has been giving me trouble because the screen size will be 640 (320 x2) so anything 1280 I split in half and make two unique one point perspectives. Plus I am not very good with buildings and architecture in general.

I might try working on another one before I get burnt out on this one though.

>>12043896

I meant this one.

Are you convinced to join the Illuminati? y/n

>>12044019
I'm convinced you need drawing lessons.

>>12044019
(Also: those are tattoos on the sides of his chest, just saying)

>>12044023
I-I know ;_;

Tried making one that looks like a cover(?) for a vn or an anime, but I don't know if I made the logo or the title correctly, specially on how to stylize the characters given their different strokes. Also, frills.
I hope I can color it and add a background by the next thread. ;_;

>>12044264
looks really pro and cute as heck

>crtl-f "awkward"

I bet these posts are all made by the same person.

>>12034454
>>12036399

>>12034454
>>12036399
>>12044723
cute as heck dude!

>>12044723
very very cute dude. thanks for sharing!

>>12043902
Shrub penis?
I like the art you have so far for this game, it gives a really cool atmosphere.
>>12044719
I'm one of those posts, so guess not.

>>12044723
Brilliant work, well done! It's really cute.

>>12044723
I TOLD you guys it was a fucking window.

>>12045157
They are clearly red tombstones.

Meguca Noir Quest piece done for >>>/tg/

>>12044723
I wish I could watch a movie with my favorite 2huus.

>>12045316
I wish I could watch a movie about my favorite touhous.

>>12045316
>>12045348
I wish I could be in a movie featuring my favorite 2hus.

>>12045353
I wish I could be my favorite toehoes.

>>12045353
I wish I could be in my favorite 2huus.