/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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>>13784784
It's for a friend's visual novel though

>>13784784
You mean /ic/ right?

Trying to learn to draw.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was a terrible book that barely helped at all; none of the exercises worked. I don't know why it's recommended so much.

Keys to Drawing seems much better.

One day I will draw animes.

>>13787208
>Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was a terrible book that barely helped at all; none of the exercises worked. I don't know why it's recommended so much.
It worked amazingly well for me. Maybe you didn't understood it? It's not about the exercises but about the approach.
But in any case, it's a different journey for everyone.

>>13784735
That's simply terrible man, it look like a middle schooler drawing

>>13784735
Fuck off the jay isn't your personal blog.

>>13784735
Learn some basic perspective.

>>13787208
Do not listen to >>13787339
Just practice.
It's all about the exercises but Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is shit.
Get loomis.

>>13790003
Not him, but he said in that post he doesn't think his way is the only way. Which is a pretty reasonable mindset more people should have.

I spent 3 hours cleaning up sketch lines, this isn't right, maybe I should stop working in high res.

im working on making an exact replica of my penis >.<

>>13790003
You can read the whole Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and do all the exercises in a few days, less than a week... You are going to need a lot of practice too, but it's a great start or refresher. I recommend giving it a try to everyone. The techniques and the theory are very helpful, if you approach them with an open mind and try to understand and apply the theory. If you expect to do the exercises without thinking and end up suddenly knowing how to draw, that is not going to happen. It's all about training the brain to switch into a different mode. Afterwards you are still going to need a lot of practice and skill learning, other books, other teachers, but you'll go with a solid foundation on how to approach drawing.
It talks about lots of thing that you might have not realized by yourself. All the symbolic drawing vs drawing the stuff you are actually seeing, that kind of thing was amazing to learn about and apply.
Maybe you are a genius and already realized everything the book points out, but for me it showed me a lot of things that are there but are not apparent. It's a great analysis about the basics of learning to draw. It's also very motivating because it describes the patterns of why people who are learning to draw get frustrated, and you can apply those to yourself and know exactly where you are. In my opinion it's great to have a solid understanding on how drawing works, better than just throwing yourself blindly into drawing things over and over and having faith some day it will all just click (great recipe for frustration).
Read reviews around too, most people absolutely loved it and I highly doubt it's Betty Edwards herself sockpuppeting.
Additionally, the exercises are really fun in my opinion. I had a blast drawing my childhood landscape for example, and well, in the end a huge part of why I draw is to have fun.

PS: it's critical to actually read and understand all the text in the book. It's not just an exercise book, it's theory.

And to add something else... Loomis is good, but just like all things in 4chan, someone comes up with a long pastebin and bam, there's now only one good way of doing something. Only use Loomis, only use Starting Strength, only use Tae Kim, only use this lube, etc
It's good to have a reference, but the 4chan approach of "just do this one" like there is going to be a one size fits all resource that is also vastly superior to everything is just delusional. It worked great for someone, that's good. But the more I learn about learning the more wary I am of 4chan monolithic approaches. Just investigate yourself and read a lot of different resources and try different approaches, because everyone learns in different ways.
Let's just be bluntly honest: 4chan spoonfeeding guides might contain a couple good resources, but they're usually shit and just one anon opinion. 4chan is usually more informed than most sites, but that still doesn't mean that anything that is popular here is going to be the holy grail. The key is finding what works for you.

There. I added in even more skin colours!

Gotta rape 'em all, /jp/!

>>13791609
Kill yourself.

>>13791609
Nipples are NSFW, so the mods supposedly should delete that image.
anyway, fuck off

>>13791609
Bottom left is the cutest!

>>13791568

It's like I had the opposite experience.

>childhood landscape for example

This annoyed me because I didn't have one. The author acted so confident in the fact that everyone would recall exactly what this was meant to be that they didn't even account for the possibility that it might not be known.

I just drew a generic house and wondered what the point was meant to be when this wasn't an ingrained image as it was supposedly meant to be.

>>13791855
Pretty much the same for me. But I've always been living an abnormal, empty life and I don't really have any valuable or cherished childhood memories.

But yeah, I had a hard time with that childhood landscape shit as well.

>>13791783

Agreed!

>>13791666
>>13791757

Fiction isn't real.

>>13792257
>Fiction isn't real.
based

>>13791609
>>13792257
I love you, simloli guy

Been messing around with screentones a little recently. It's really fun.

>>13794102

I'm not him.

>>13792257
>Fiction isn't real.
MIND=BLOWN

here's one from several days ago.

>>13795321
cute rori

>>13795321
Where can I find more of this guy's stuff?
He's got some of the best art I've ever seen.

>>13792257
fiction is, however, anchored in reality and subject to all of it's influences

>>13790003
Loomis huh.

>>13795437
>He's got some of the best art I've ever seen
jesus christ come on

>>13795559

The notion that a concept is so bad that it can't even be rendered in a fictional form is absurd.

I'm thinking about buying a drawing tablet. What are the necessary features and are there any cheap good ones for a beginner?

>>13797107
>What are the necessary features
Pen and surface
> and are there any cheap good ones for a beginner?
Get the cheapest wacom one, it's around $100 if I remember. Don't trust random chinese brands unless you want shitty drivers or battery powered pens.

a glorified doodle that i coloured in earlier in the day

>>13797107
for necessary features, I would say pen only tablets would be sufficient enough
I personally do not see any use in the touch feature, seeing that its easily affected by sweat

For the size of the tablet, small is nice and portable for drawing on the go, whereas medium is more to home use already

Recommended model would the the intuous pen from wacom, which is well around 100$ over here

>>13792257
Kill yourself.

>>13794116
i feel like the screentone being smaller would look better. plaid-ish looking pattern for skin looks strange
>>13795321
the clothes and heels are lovely

>>13797216
Wacom intuos small without touch is around 70$. Is it good?

>>13797248
Yes, its the one i'm using now and its worth its price

>>13797248
>>13797216
I feel the medium sized one is already a bit constricting. I'd never buy the small version.

>>13797248
I have a small, it's worth the price and it's very durable but it really is cramped like >>13797271
said.
I couldn't afford anything bigger at the time otherwise I would have at least bought a medium

>>13797107
i recommend getting a used wacom CTH-661 on ebay or something for like $60-$80
Small tablets are really hard to draw on.

Drew huge breasted Aya about to get horsed.

http://i.imgur.com/APaPz5c.png

>>13798776

If you actually drew that, there's some major anatomical errors.

The lines and colouring are high quality, though.

>>13798822
I know, I know...
I didn't bother to make it look proper anatomically, so I rushed to the colors so I wouldn't drop it early.
(very rough layout sketch -> quick lineart -> colors)

>>13798776
nice horsecock

>>13798776
kinda creepy, dude

>>13798841

I don't think that's a good way to draw.

The foundation of the image needs to be correct, or else the image cannot be correct.

It is better to leave it as a sketch, even an unfinished sketch, than to force it to completion from a stage that has already failed.

>>13799020
Not him but I'm curious how is it anatomically incorrect? I'm not an artist and can't catch errors like that easily

>>13791609
Keep it up mate, I love your dedication and subject matter

My tablet stopped working and I'm already disappointed with this but I'll post it anyway. Obviously it's not done but I don't care.

>>13799050

The upper torso is too long.

The head is connected way off centre, or the neck is strained at an impossible angle.

The shoulder blade is non-existent - the arm is just stuck to the body.

The arms are too short.

The left breast is connected almost on the arm pit. The right breast is connected almost between the collar bones.

Everything below the abdomen seems reasonable.

I'm no expert.

Hi /jp/.
I'm the guy who wrote the thing about the moon rabbits, as sort of a tribute/spinoff story to TH15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.

Here are the four parts I posted last thread.
http://pastebin.com/5pYNxM9A
http://pastebin.com/ABh3Fb59
http://pastebin.com/HjqCc4j4
http://pastebin.com/iUbSknM4

While I did write part 5, I do not like how it turned out at all and am in the process of rewriting it from a different angle.

A friend of mine drew up some concepts of a few of the characters.

>>13799072
>and subject matter

l-lewd

Here. Have some more eyes/hair colours too.

Added: the 8 skin colours you see in the first pic, 2 hair colours (light red, a new light brown that's more saturated), 4 eye colours (grey, hazel, black, cyan - although cyan I'm thining of leaving as only for some kind of 'supernatural' lolis - I"m not sure. Maybe you'll have to use some artifact on certain lolis to bring it out in their offspring - I don't know. It's not going to occur naturally in the populace of the town though. I'll likely have people contain the recessive gene for it, but required the player to breed them together in some way to produce it)

Hmm.. what if the player has it, and a couple lolis in the town have it, and he has to breed them to produce it? Then I'd just have to give the player some way to find lolis that have it.

Maybe the lolis with it all attend some secret forest ritual on certain days of the month? Then I could put info about it on the internal internet of the game in order to guide the player about it.

>>13799127
Need to work on that art bro. Checkout the sticky over at /ic/

>>13799167
It's not my art, it's something a friend drew for me. I couldn't draw a straight line if my life depended on it.

Where can I find good drawing guides and references? I know how to draw, but I haven't done so in a long time and I want to get back into it and try to learn how to draw in a more cute anime style.

>>13799235

http://exhentai.org/g/766031/7fc94d0041/

Inb4 "I can't read Japanese".

>>13799235
https://yande.re/forum/show/10527
Moeblobs here

>>13799248
>>13799381
I can't read it!

>>13799136

And with the pools labelled. Also added in a lightening gene for eye colour, so you can see some with light blue eyes (I think the only one is the girl in the pink maid outfit below the redhead with green eyes in the European group)

>>13799425
That's some impressive attention to detail.

>>13799425
you're doing great. Please keep going.

>>13799425
Where are the Americans?

>>13799406
Just draw the characters. Copy them completely if you need to. Copy until you get better and have a good understanding of anatomy. One of the latest books in that thread, "How to draw moe idol" has good tips. Just try it.

Avoid mark crilley, christopher hart, and practically any other "How To Draw Kawaaiii Mangaaa!!" books.

Tropical priestess with cyan eyes!

>>13799575

Which Americans? Canadians/Americans would just use the English ethnicity primarily, which is a part of the European pool.

South/Central Americans use the Hispanic pool mostly.

>>13799647
Natives? Redskins I think he means.

>>13799604
I was joking and am not that other guy but that wasn't bad advice. I've never used those series of books or plan to. I'm actually interested in learning how to draw though, is it really a good way to learn anatomy? Last time I tried I just copied 3d images of meat skeletons from some site and gave up after a while with no actual improvement. I'm not interested in drawing realistically, just something appealing and maybe cute, even if the anatomy is off.

Vampire lolis? I put in red eyes..

I don't know how unrealistic I want to go with some of these things though... maybe it'll just be something you can unlock if you make enough money in the game.

>>13799662

Those aren't currently in there. I guess you could just pretend either hispanic (since that's partially native, albeit south american, not north) or maybe tropical.

They're a pretty negligible minority in most places so I didn't feel the need to put them in this early on in development. I mean the towns only have like 100 people or something, so there would only be like 1 of them per town, and they wouldn't look too different from a couple of the other pools....

I mean all the pools do is give the probability for a given gene to be dominant vs recessive. That's all they do. (Well, and nationality(original ethnicity) gives a list of first/last names to generate from).

>>13799674
Try the moe idol book. Also look at yourself for reference. When I was first learning anatomy, it was easier for me to draw muscly men with detailed anatomy or fat women than it is for me to draw cute lolis, but now I am good with both. I personally suggest looking at real photos of people in tight clothes or in say a tank and shorts. Maybe practice porpotions one day and arm anatomy the next. Draw from the book and then draw from a picture. I found that doing both made it easier to understand either one. Now I'm pretty good with it, I'm just learning how to do things in perspective, like a girl holding her hand out in front, or something like that. I hate when people say "I'm not going to study drawing real people because I am learning to draw anime" because they are not drawing "anime," they are drawing a boy or girl. You know? Anyways. Have any other questions?

>>13799697
I got it from page 26, I think it's the right one. Chapter 1 looks great. The next chapter goes straight to clothing.

>I hate when people say "I'm not going to study drawing real people because I am learning to draw anime"
Don't worry I understand. I don't have problems with copying from 3D. I used to collect pictures of adult females but I've not copied many of them so I could go back to that as well. I have tried Loomis once but I never really got it. I then tried the copying from 3D models I was talking about before and I liked that better but I still had no improvement. I'll put more effort this time though.

>>13799381
Are those Megaupload link ones anywhere nowadays?

>>13799425
in my opinion everything looks great but
i think you should throw in a lighter hispanic skin tone.

how do I git gud

>>13800790
By continuing to draw, practice and experiment.
You've already made some good progress from what I can see.

I think you could use some highlights though, it looks dry and incomplete.

>>13800805
thanks, I was expecting "ayy you havent improved at all le melting people person kekek".

Yeah I gave up on it, which happens a lot because I can't bear looking at the thing I'm drawing anymore because it's so horrid.

>>13800826
I didn't immediately realize you were that guy, myself(not >>13800805), so you can say you've improved.

>>13800790
Stop coming in these threads and draw only half assed anime
>>13798776
its one of the worst drawings you ever did, and the others were never that great

>>13801262
what do you mean "half assed"?

I try my best thank you very much, well, I do until I give up.

you must be a woman or some basement dwelling manchild who doesn't have the motivation to try to get good at drawing so you lash out at people who are trying.

tldr: go fuck urself m8

>>13801335
What a princess.

>>13801346
that's princess-sama to you fagboy ((^:

>>13798776
Version without the horse layer please

>>13798776
Why is hose cock so yummy?

>>13801592
Because it tastes just like raisins!

>>13800790
the blur is too strong and stops abruptly. try getting in some more contrast, it's pretty washed out (some stronger shadows for example). your mouths look weird, probably because you're overemphasizing the (upper) lip curve. the lighter outline for the eyebrows feels out of place (eyebrows ontop of hair is silly too but that's a personal opinion). if it wasn't for the filename i would've never thought it was asuka.
i like it much more than your previous stuff though, keep it up.

>>13800702

Look at >>13791609 at the H skin tone. IIRC you can even have the E or MT skin tone appear in the hispanic pool.

Ham, if you read this

whats your pixiv? Wouldnt mind giving you a follow.

I tried today, /jp/.

>>13805338
It's shit.

>>13805338
I like it.

>>13805372
You speak blasphemy. Girls with symbol pupils are never shit.

She could have the wriggly eyeworms from that one Koontz book and she'd still be super cute.

>>13805338
>amputee_crop.jpg
I would like to see the full size. I have a soft spot for amputated girls, I'm not sure why though.

It's all shit.

As expected.

>>13795321
Hey Season, whats your brush setting for line work? looks soft but hard enough to make a decent impression

>>13807066
>>13805372

This is a no bully zone, kid.

>>13808119
not him but it looks like default hard round at 50% opacity or so

>>13807066
I really don't even know why I keep checking here everyday. its some Pavlov dog mechanism?

I got a new PC and reinstalled my OS last week.
I had a backup but the HDD died between the backup and me noticing I forgot to backup my Sai stuff, so I lost all of my brushes and whatnot.
I can't do anything about the brushes because I set them myself, but can anyone hit me up with some 'textures'? The thing that's with the brush settings. Would be appreciated.

Pic is Tewi WIP, currently working on the shadow/highlight stuff, will add blushes after. Upper expressions are temporary of course.

>>13805338
Great stuff! I wish I could colour, you did a great job on that!

>>13808119
Take a look at his high resolution drawings and you'll notice what settings he's using.

>>13808119
>>13808227 is right, i use default brush with 15-30 opacity

>>13800790
She looks very dead in her eyes, maybe try adding highlights?
Isn't the blur in this case supposed to be Asuka and the hand is more in focus?
The hair highlights looks slightly sloppy in some parts.
The nose is kinda weird..
I think you should look at more pictures of Asuka if you want a better likeness in your drawing.
It's almost like she doesn't have much tone in her skin.. she looks really pale.
I hope to see another drawing of Asuka and see improvement.

>>13805338
I really like the hair

>>13809140
>She looks very dead in her eyes
pretty sure that's intentional

Someday I'll make something for the OC thread.

But not today.

More OC for the OC thread.

>>13810573
Whoops, noticed some minor vertical stretching.

>>13810581
That is an awfully wide-hipped Youmu.
I'd comment further but I've been awake too long. The eyes are pretty good.

>>13784735
An RPG.

Everybody hentai people

i commit this

>>13810581
Those hips are not proportional at all, in an unsexy way. The coloring and lines are great

>>13810963
They are sexy to me.

>>13799127
http://pastebin.com/7DjnnYYR

Part 5. Please enjoy it if you are interested.

What's a good tablet for both Osu! and drawing?

>>13813458
Why are you playing a bad game?

>>13813463
I have too much free time.

>>13813458
>What's a good tablet for both Osu! and drawing?
For osu the cheapest wacom is fine
For drawing go for a larger size

>>13805338
I tried again today, jp.

>>13814083
You're pretty good.

>>13813640
Get Lunatic Rave 2 instead. You can play with a keyboard.

I maid these

Meido greets a newfriend

Abandon all hope ye who enter here

At least sin is delicious

>>13814083
Nice
:3

>>13815500
>>13815507
>>13815513
>>13815526
this is not oc

>>13809136
>opacity
Do you mean "density'' or "opacity-mix" not sure which one is the right one since my version of SAI has an odd translation.

>>13816336
it's density.

>>13816691
thanks. sorry bout that.

>>13815500
>>13815507
>>13815513
>>13815526
Learn to draw. Don't be one of those subhumans who make 3D poser sequences and calls it art.

>>13787208
Go to /ic/

Didn't even see this thread, try using a numbered format next time OP. This thread just doesn't feel right...

>>13802440
I made an account, posted like 2 old pictures
and left it untouched because I couldn't be bothered to label and describe everything I upload.

http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=11575131

>>13818812
>to label and describe everything
You could just name them like "girl 1" "girl 2" and so on and not write a description, or tags if you really don't care.

>>13818812
these expressions are great
bride face is really cute but looks positioned a bit too high up

>>13818812
Just label everything as オリジナル and do what >>13819885 says and you're ready to go.

>>13797107
>what are the necessary features

>>13797107
>posting a pic with my waifu
If you don't get one with a screen display on the surface (Cintiq, expensive as hell) don't get a large one. If you have no tablet yet or don't travel a LOT don't get a small one.
So get medium sized, it's the sweet spot.
If you want to pay less buy a Wacom Intuos Pen (& Touch?) medium size, costs like €150.
If you want to pay more buy an Wacom Intuos Pro Medium size, costs €300.

Well, might as well request this week.
Requesting local rabbit girl going usaa~!
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/910/170/e29.jpg
I'd be fine with both an own drawing of that pose or an edit into my waifu, thanks for considering!

Friendly reminder to take it easy and to backup your Sai settings if you don't want to end up like me and lose all your custom brush settings, elemaps, textures and whatnot when your HDD dies on you.

>>13818812
You use Sai, right? what kind of brush? / what kind of settings?

Been looking for a brush that has the same sort of effect.

Let me upload some later. Bump.

Don't worry, I'll save you OC thread!

>>13822855
Arigatou

>>13797107
Get the Huion 185HD, it's like Cintiq but much more cheaper. It have HD resolution, hotkeys, IPS monitor and all that fancy stuff with the price of a Intuos

>>13825440
and much worse quality
pretty much everyone who used them said that they started falling apart after a few weeks

>>13825467
Really? not him, but can you point me to these reviews?

Is there a non-battery-pen digitizer that isn't a wacom?

>>13825492
Patented by Wacom as far as I know, so no.

>>13825605
pretty sure their patent expired a while ago

>>13825677
No

not really sure what this thread is about but here's a sketch

>>13819885
>>13820077
thanks for the tips

>>13822402
paint tool sai, I'll post the settings next

>>13822402
pt 2.3 gives pretty fines lines but ends up kinda 'fuzzy' up close

pt 3 is the standard size to get the 'effect' of the brush

kick the stabilizer up to 10 and cruise control yourself to being an awesome artist (not that I'd know...)

A short unfinished bit of music I've been working on.
https://d.maxfile.ro/pfcfgrkbpi.mp3

>>13829125
>kick the stabilizer up to 10 and cruise control yourself to being an awesome artist
Its sad, but I usually keep my stabilizer at 10, any other setting and it feels too weird.

Thanks for this, much appreciated.

>>13829136

Sounds like something from a late 80s to mid 90s PC game.

>>13820551
Fuck off to >>>/r/

>>13830226
I hoped no one would notice the post.
I thought I was in the Weekend Waifu&Drawfag thread on >>>/a/ when I posted that because I had both open in seperate tabs.
I noticed I posted that on here only a day later.

I finished something.

>>13797107
Monoprice tablets go for about 50$, the one I got is pretty good though I haven't used it much. The surface is rougher than a wacom tablet so it was a bit weird to me but it would be fine as a first tablet. Wacom Bamboo is good too.

>>13832224
Wow, that's really good. I only wish you would add a little more attention to the eyes and skin

>>13832224
I like the detail on her hat especially.

>>13832224
I want to eat your drawings.

>>13832224
Nice starscape.

I tried today, /jp/.

>>13832224
What a coincidence, I drew a magical girl witch too!

>>13833330
I want her to stomp on my crotch.

>>13833330
don't include megane next time

>>13833345
Alright anon- just for you.

>>13833333
Quints confirm.

>>13833428
I seem to be very good at making reasonably sized (trips or above) gets when I'm not trying to.

>>13833428
thank you for your consideration

>>13833330
She sort of reminds me of the little version of Fumiko from Shikigami no Shiro.

>>13833330
Good taste, witches are cute. Nice lines and details, do you have a sketchblog or anything?

>>13833717
Thanks! I made a little art blog not too long ago: http://pixelnoodle.tumblr.com/

>>13833744
Thanks for the link, followed.

Is it feasible for a westerner to create a visual novel and have it sold at Comiket? Ive always wanted to create OC, and I believe I am good at writing, but I dont know if I could do something like a doujinshi or music.
I know theres a guy that posts here who is working on a Touhou game that is attending an upcoming one, so if you happen to see this, any insight is appriciated.

>>13834333
only if you know japanese

>>13834333
There are overseas circles, but you still have to apply like everyone else.

Actually I think they have English forms now.

>>13834333
The people behind the cripplegirls vn got in. Having your stuff actually sell is a different story.

It's some kind of alraune sketch

>>13834752
Are you homosexual? No more penises pleasu!

>>13834759
I love cocks, but it's actually my first time drawing some. I'm going to draw lots from now on!

>>13834752
cute boy

>>13832224
wow

>>13833428
Blood? Where is the blood?

>>13834752

You can't post that on the jay, dude.

Nice dicks, though.

>>13835941
I tried again today, /jp/.

>>13838182
i need to know what brush you use when doing the colors

I finished a new ZUN style composition yesterday
http://melodymonarchy.com/Website/Other%20stuff/Demon%20of%20the%20Soulreaped%20Skies.ogg

>>13838300
Really nice work anon, very zun-ish
I bet some indie gamers would love to have you make music for them
Do you have a background of musical theory or self taught?


I just finished a Final Fantasy remix, I was kinda hesitant about it because I hear square enix are shits about copyright, but apparently it's fine if you don't monetize it, which I don't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYg9vWJKKYU

>>13838300
I like it!

>>13838316
I'd love to compose for some guy's game, but i'm a little busy with my own projects sadly.
I'm completely self taught.

>>13838316
Oh, and by the way, nice remix.

>>13838300
Hot shit, anon. That's good.

>>13838329
How did you learn and how long did it take you to reach the current level?

>>13838300

Good.

>>13838182

Good.

>>13838300
To start off, about the use of arpeggiation -- it sounds more like you got that from wanwan or senpi than from ZUN (especially considering the instruments used immediately after; sounds a lot like them). Not that it sounds bad here, but it's often needlessly harsh and "look at all my arpeggios guys", and is often overused amongst ZUN-style artists to make up for a harmony (and sometimes a melody...) or just to try and make it sound "extreme". It might just come down to taste whether people like that sound or not, but in my opinion it's a more juvenile-y and tacky option. I think you can do better, for whatever it's worth.

In comparison, the undertone stuff you pull off starting at 0:38 is much more subtle and consequentially better for it. Sounds really good. Same with the extra little hits at 1:10 (which then get overwhelmed by arpeggios).

I suggest maybe switching up the trumpet for something slightly different on one of the runs, either before or after the solo (probably before). It keeps things fresh and clearly delineates the sections of the song.

Melody at 1:31 and on in the "solo" section needs to be a bit clearer and more defined. I can't immediately tell whether instrument selection is playing a role or if some extra post-processing to separate channels needs to be done to achieve that. Again, already good, but I think it could be better.

The combination at 2:47 is solid as fuck. Both transition to 2:20 and the transition to the loop are a tad jarring, though, you should want to ease in a bit more.

Really good shit, overall. As a guy who analyzes ZUN composition way too much and is often disappointed with imitation artists, this is pretty impressive. I also wasn't expecting you to have the hardware down, which helps a ton.

>>13838621
Thank you for your detailed criticism, i appreciate it, i completely agree with what you said about the arpeggios, i usually don't use them a lot, but i made an exception for this song because i wanted it to sound more "extreme" like you said. I think i can do better than that as well honestly.
>>13838509
I started out 3 years ago by getting FL Studio and messing around with general MIDI, i made terrible ear raping song after terrible ear raping song, and eventually, i got the SD-90 MIDI sound module, i continued making terrible song after terrible song until they became slightly less terrible, rinse and repeat.
It's a matter of finding out what feels good and what doesn't i think.

>>13838300
That sounds amazing.
Would you ever compose for a shmup or even a 2hu fangame if the game was far enough in development and you could work at your own pace?

>>13838300
dammn..... that's good. I like it

>>13840257
Yes, actually, that sounds like an excellent working condition for me.
And i'm glad you like it.

>>13838300
>http://melodymonarchy.com/Website/Other%20stuff/Demon%20of%20the%20Soulreaped%20Skies.ogg


Woah, that's pretty fucking amazing. Do you have a soundcloud?
Also what sound canvas is that

>>13840904
>>13839105

never mind just saw your reply lol

>>13840904
I don't have a souncloud, but i do have a website where i archive my compositions, it's the beginning of the URL you qouted

>>13840932
Soundcloud*
Fuck

>>13840932
I assume that's not all you have composed. I remember some anon posted a song in a OC thread some years, he was testing some piano(?) thingy. I don't remember very well the song, but it was piano-driven. I really liked but I couldn't find it again. Was that you?

>>13840995
Probably not, i was too scared to post here a few years ago

>>13840999
Are you sure. I think it was posted on 2013.

>>13838182
Very appealing. The way you choose colors and render reminds me of something, but can't put my finger on it.

>>13838300
I think you just gave me the push I needed. I have been doing nothing for a long time, but I will end that by finishing a song.

>>13841051
Good luck! I believe in you!

been working on camera stuff lately.
with sound: https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1438138366285.webm

>>13841650
for some reason the one-point pers looks real weird
how far did you set that horizon lol

>>13840932
Neat, followed. Really looking forward to your stuff man

For people who have never used a tablet before how hard would you say it is to adjust ? I have only ever stuck to a pencil and a pad. How does it translate ? Is it harder or easier ?

>>13842863
it's probably because ground plane is visibly cutting through the skybox. i had to shrink it so the fog wouldn't completely hide the sky texture but still fade out the ground since the skybox is "far" away. still figuring that one out.

>>13842957
It's harder, you'll need a lot of adjusting, unless you get one of those superpricey tablets with a screen. You will need to practice eye hand coordination a lot.
I've improved a bit but it's still really hard to get the lines where I want them.

>>13795954
>ideal proportions
>manly shoulders
>chest wider than ass
>no hips
absolutely haram.

>>13843299
loomis a shit for /co/ fags news at 11

>>13842957
i ddin't find it very hard to adjust, but i had been drawing with a mouse for years which i guess helps that 'not looking at my hand while drawing' thing. im still better/faster with paper though.
>>13843299
loomis is from the 40s or some shit, that's why. still doesn't mean it's bad, just dated.

>>13843084
I believe in you!

>>13842957
Tablet imo
like >>13843242 said, the problem with tablets is they pick up literally every movement of your wrist; so when your draw your stuff's gonna look like they were done by someone with parkinsons

....but you'll get used to it quickly. Give it 2-3 weeks of daily practice and your lines should be back to normal

also how to anatomy

>>13842957
I've been using mine for years but I still have a much easier control over my lines on pencil.
For colouring it's great, no difficulty there.
For line art though it can be a nightmare at times.
Takes time to get used to though

tried again today /jp/

>>13845193
>>13849465
The texture is too harsh.

>>13849465
I like it.

>>13849465
the proportions are all whack, especially in the legs
if you go straight to drawing clothes, dont
draw them naked first

>>13849785
>if you go straight to drawing clothes, dont draw them naked first

Learn to punctuate.

>>13849794
there's a line break

>>13849814
Means squat. Learn English.

>>13849852
ok i dident knew this was the grammer thred

:^)

>>13849785
>proportions are fucked beyond repair

Mind redlining it? Can't really see what you mean :/

>>13849647
that's why you don't set the resolution at 30dpi

>>13849862
>ok i dident knew these were it grammer thread

ftfy

>>13850361
Pretty sure anon wanted the shoulder to not stick out so far and a shorter torso.

>>13838300
>You have permission to use all my songs for non profit purposes
Oh that's nice

I wish i was good at drawing

>>13855242
But you're pretty good, my man.

>>13855242
would be so cool to draw with you guys

we should have a drawing party

u-uguuuu~

>>13858418
Come back when you learned to draw necoarc

>>13855242
That outfit kind of looks like an animal head. Like a fox head or something.

I've been working on failing at getting things done.

This never took off did it?
I would've played the meido game ;_;

>>13864578
There was some kinda demo several threads ago I think

>>13864578
No NEET one wants to work it.

>>13857205

>>13865181
is the cat invited

>>13864578
first time seeing this, looks pretty cool

any idea who was doing it?

>>13865181
I've missed your adorable drawings, never change.

>>13867085
>any idea who was doing it?
An Anonymous artist, never found a site/blog and then it just died

>>13865181
Long time no see. I'm glad you're well

Hey /jp/! What should I focus on the most this month? https://strawpoll.me/5113815

>>13869820
Getting an artist.

I got a drawing tablet passed down to me, but I can only draw stick figures

such is life

>>13865181
your drawings are lovely

>>13869820
Kill yourself.

>>13869820
>asks to random fucks what he should do in his project with strawpoll
truly you're a never seen before kind of faggot

I guess this only half counts as OC, but I made some gifs from the HM sprites around the time it came out. I want to make more from the ULIL sprites but they're in PAK files I'm having trouble opening. I read that Tasfro's packaging methods are less than stellar but are there ways to open them nonetheless?

Where can I get a free full version of PaintTool SAI?
Please respond.

Learning to do anime style backgrounds.

>>13873863
That looks nice

>>13873863

do you have any industry aspirations?

>>13873818
Hello

>>13873937
Thanks
>>13874025
No, I just hope I can make enough commissions to put food on my table.

>>13873818
Please?

>>13873863
Those large round brush dots in the background sort of breaks the flow of the picture.

>>13874190
I don't think he's done, dude.

>>13873863
What is an "anime style background"?

>>13874961
Rich colors, low textures, stylized lighting, based on gradients.

>>13874996
Is there any more like this? I'd love to have more

>>13875291
I only have these 2 images (regarding painting over a photo). For landscape painting there are plenty of tutorials on pixiv.

>>13875303
Thank you
>there are plenty of tutorials on pixiv.
Which tags to use?

>>13875423
描き方

>>13873818
what software do you need to read these files?

>>13874996
holy fuck which book is this from

this is perfect anon

>>13875303
>>13875468
These are so nice to look at.

>>13874996
Holy shit, this tutorial is awesome.

I want to draw cute 2hus but I'm too much of a secondary, I've tried all the games but can't beat any at normal. I also hear that the game translations aren't good so what little knowledge I have seems to be wrong.

What do I do? Draw them anyways?

>>13882475

Yes? You don't need to 1cc the games or know the original Japanese text to draw them, unless you're like going to draw a fan comic or something

Never heard of the translations being bad, but it's still probably more accurate than using fan works for research. I guess if you're that insecure you can read all the print works and official manager until you,re comfortable enough

>>13882515

Fucking auto correct

*Official Manga

>>13875303

I actually first thought the upper image was a low-quality photo and the lower CG. Has science gone too far!?

>>13882475
As long as you can draw the characters like the games intended them to look and not how fans imagine them to look it's fine.

>>13883734
>not how fans imagine them to look it's fine.
No G cup Yukari with a throbbing bulge?
How do you know ZUN didn't intend that since he's drunk half the time

>>13883822
>G cup Yukari with a throbbing bulge?
i'm pretty sure that's canon

>>13883822
Retarded fantasies are retarded fantasies, but I mean the minor dumb shit like Cirno unable to tolerate heat(melting) or with tiny, detached wings, Flandre's wing diamonds as a rainbow, Orin with a green dress, etc. The stuff that people pick up from drawing art based on other people's are instead of the games.

In Yukari's case, it's more about how her dress looks(not with a ridiculous low cut) than what she's packing.

I started out wanting to make a newhu 2hu, but got entranced with making a background. I am not good at drawing, although I drew an apple once that was really good. Just not good with forms so I try to focus on colors, textures and effects. This is my first digital painting.

Yumenikki was the influence.

>>13884838
Cool smudge dude.

>>13884838 here

>>13874996
I am amazed. This is right up my alley, except that I (obviously) take a Bob Ross approach to my paintings. It's more about relaxing and a sort of meditational, calming and therapeutic approach to painting. I know I'll never be as good as those that have been practicing for years but it's amazing how they can transform a dull photograph into a mystical scene that depicts real life as seen with human eyes that is not always able to be captured with a photograph.

>>13799127
After taking a long break I have written another short chapter.
http://pastebin.com/7L4LXSBt
I hope you enjoy, if you are interested.

>>13883473
What has science done?

>>13810888
Disability-san.png

here's something i'm working on too

>>13885147
Cool, can we be friends?

>>13885040
I am on the first chapter. Great vocabulary. For some reason I want this to go somewhere other than 2hu because it seems like the story could easily get a lot more dark and emotional. We'll see. I like the main character that you have set up, it's very relatable to the hikikomori types. I just like almost everything about this story so far. It's something I would actually purchase from a book store to take home and read more.

>>13886702
Well thank you very much.
It is not really a Touhou related story, it only references Touhou.
As for the story getting dark and emotional, you may have picked up on a motif I'm going for where the story juxtaposes poor slumliving with a NEET against a high, advanced class.
Rest assured I am not done making the MC's life a living hell. Lumi is the one light in his life at the moment, he is otherwise surrounded by ugliness.

>>13886804
Adding to my bucket list to make ambient reading core in whatever minor key to go along with this. Just need to work on getting the software. It would be nice to have some ASMR type sounds with ambient pads and synths basically with minimal percussion.

>>13885147
Woah, where can we find your work?

>>13885147
Godshot?

>>13885147
Great if you drew this.
What was censored?

>>13886804
>Selenocentric Information Computation Processor
I see what you did there, Anon. You really shouldn't pull at my heartstrings like that. I am emotionally hyper-sensitive and, it's too beautiful to find otherkin that restore my faith in humanity no matter how distant they are.

where do you guys get your artbooks to download
like megaman and others

>>13889652
I buy them.

>>13890151
stay rich my friend

are there any good books that help you learn how to draw anime gesturally?
like, shapes building up?
thanks

>>13891382

Playing around with the 3d pose assist.

>>13894495
why are you drawing only lewd things now

trying to catch the fame by drawing porn train?

>>13887017
Do you have any prior electronic music making experience? It'll take you a while to get to that point.

>>13894743
In fact, I do.

There is an infinite learning curve to classical instrument music playing that also applies to digital software. That moment when a few simple notes played the right way sounds luxurious, is diminished by higher level symphonic chord structure. Trying to tie in classical elements as imagined by classical composers into mashup core percussion. I have a long way to go.

>>13895002
What artists are you inspired by on both the electronic and classical side of things?

Also,
>That moment when a few simple notes played the right way sounds luxurious, is diminished by higher level symphonic chord structure.
I find both large chords and simple melodies appealing, and I don't see why you can't include both into a song as long as the end result sounds good.

>>13894523
>trying to catch the fame by drawing porn train?
Not him but why not?
I made a lewd drawing to try it out and it gave me a handful of followers,bookmarks, tons of views within a day while regular stuff gets a fraction of the attention at a slower pace.

>>13894523
the lewd to non-lewd ratio is about the same as ever.
if i wanted to get popular i'd draw shitty porn of hourglass figures and giant dicks, and/or fanart whatever's trendy.

Any pantsu otaku here?
Is there a guide on different types panties and the significance of their colors? When designing girls I don't know what kind of panties they'd wear and this is a problem.

>>13895048
Okay. Imagine a darkly lit coffee room that also serves absinthe. It's 3 PM but it really feels like it is 3 AM because time doesn't matter. There are candelabras literally everywhere, and books; an endless supply of books with pages stained yellow with the passage of time. There's an uncharacteristic stage, and some sad soul has set up shop there with a MIDI controller, a guitar, a djembe, and a microphone. He bleeds out pathetic verses about loneliness, existential anguish, and a tear falls when he sings about hope for the future despite an abysmal outlook. You get so depressed that you leave, like everyone else does, to somewhere happier. There you meet Trevor Something and other revival musical outfits. That's right. It feels like ecstasy and reuniting with a long lost friend. The moment starts to fade but you wanted what you had to last forever so you move on to Soundcloud to explore everything new from 2015, where fresh hot music is stuffed in your pig face twenty four seven until you feel as though you are going to have a brain aneurysm. That's kindof how I feel about music. Sometimes I just want quit and never play again.

It's difficult to incorporate that dimly-lit absinthe symphonious music with a really intense percussion, it just doesn't work but that's what I want to do. I'll make it work somehow. So far it seems I would be better off just writing the melodic notes in with a mouse instead of playing keys since everything has to be split-second perfect or it will sound terrible. We'll see. And yes, simple notes combined with luxurious silky smooth like chocolate chords with a lot going on for them is also a nice, jazzy kindof smokey cafe vibe indeed. I hope I didn't trail off too much here.

>>13899690
Impressive visual. I think as long as you produce quality music, there'll be people out there who'll discover it and savor it. You can also find and listen to music at your own pace in the digital age, there's no need for you to let tailored systems shove it down your throat. As far as percussion goes, try a light but rapid beat to keep things intense juxtaposed with some slower pads and strings, Bersarin Quartett's work has some nice examples of this. Also melodies can still be played without sequencing, as long as they fit the song they'll be fine.

>>13901015
Girl kinda looks like a dude.