New sketchbook thread
If it's in your sketchbook, it belongs in this thread.
>>2269115
>>2269116
>>2269117
fuck
>>2269313
wow this is garbage
>>2269314
brb killin myself
too lazy to flip images
>>2269115
Stephen Silver recommended basically doing blind contours for caricature. Makes them much more unique.
>>2269336
>>2269336
>>2269337
These are really great. I love your use of shapes!
My only suggestion would be to work on your lines, especially in the hair, it gets a little busy in an unappealing way. Try using a brush pen maybe. Be more confident!!!
Look at Silver's lines, they have weight and confidence!
>>2269349
Thanks! I've been working on my confidence forever; still got a long way to go. I'll try using less lines for the hair.
>>2269452
Post your brush
>>2269452
You repost this a lot
>>2269494
we dont need promotion bumps to keep the board running. Its slow and that's okay, it's not gonna die and get deleted.
>>2269115
>>2269504
don't get pissy
>>2269504
You're too defensive. This is typically jelly behaviour.
>>2269452
your anatomy drawings are really good. Do you practice with references?
>>2269823
nah it's all from imagination, that's why it gets wonky sometimes, but I like it like that. Mostly learned anatomy from medical books. I will move on to studies lifedrawing someday though, don't know when.
>>2269378
Oh shit you're right! I love them both.
>>2269823
That elbow on the left is completely fucked.
Quickies
>>2270224
where ? could you redline it ?
some life sketches from this summer, i did a lot more after that but taking pictures is a pain
1min for each figure
>>2269452
Nice!
>>2269340
nice!
>>2270467
these are quite good too, especialy if you're making loads of them.
Tacos n' sketches
>>2270490
le rednose
this is supposed to be me when I'm bored
Hadn't touched acrylics in forever
>>2271252
kinda dramatic text for that moment...
"H-hey, thanks, uhm..."
>>2271243
shit that's a big ass dice
What do you think?
>>2271533
4feels8me
Not on paper, but even still.
anyone have tips for avoiding this inside a sketchbook?
>>2271618
It's unavoidable really. Put a piece of paper in between.
Or just hairspray it when youre done, I don't fucking know.
>>2271618
I used to cut them out, put them in plastic wallets and then stick them back in
>>2271657
I really like the style. I'd love to see more of this but maybe with a little bit more fluidity.
Pretty good though.
>>2271618
Buy workable fixatif spray. They sell it next to all of the art shit at Walmart. It's only like $5 there. It kind of blew my mind when I found that out.
You can also spray it with a bit of hairspray. That sort of has the same effect.
How do I get over only drawing comfort zone in my moleskine
>>2271825
I never really have that long of a period where I am not drawing that I am afraid of doing bad work in a new book, but maybe if you went ahead and shit on a page you wouldnt care any more? Just take a big ol poo inbetween two pages and smash it hard like a fibrous smelly smore.
>>2269115
online sketchbook count?
>>2271825
that's beautiful, do you have an online site with other shit of yours?
/moar
From my sketch folder <:^)
>>2271849
http://sachcell.tumblr.com/
I don't really post sketchbook stuff on there but maybe I'll start! thanks anon
>>2271618
Make sure the graphite goes inside the tooth of the paper properly by going over the drawing with a brush. It will help prevent the smudging from happening at least at a minimum rate, but it wont stop it from happening.
>>2271845
0/10
add a laugh track and its straight out of The Big Bang Theory. The cyanide and hapiness wannabe art doesnt help
>>2271845
not enjoyable to look at
not easy to follow
not funny
From yesterday; 2 studies
If anyone wants to critique, knock yourselves out
>>2271600
You have really good lines man
Also, do you know who Wes Burt is? Something about your stuff reminds me of him.
Decided to ink a sketch for a card for my bf. As soon as I started inking it I realized the heads seem kind of big... Never worked too much with perspective before either :s Thoughts?
>>2273303
your bf sleeps a little girl? Isn't that illegal?
>>2271864
noice
>>2273303
I opened the image before reading the post and i honestly thought that some guy with a loli fetish made that drawing.
or in other words you like like a child in that drawing. just sayin' senpai
>>2273303
Helpful hint: when you draw arms that you suspect may be too short, imagine the person putting their arms up and bending their elbow over their head like pic related
>>2271618
try using some crystal clear
>>2273303
>>2273343
And because I'm bored, here's a proportion sheet for the top half of her body (which I can see you have slightly outlined in the picture). Think in terms of head size.
>>2273343
>>2273352
Sorry about that, resize.
>>2273326
I look like a child irl ;-; But (hopefully) probably not as young as my pic may look. Maybe once I add shading I can make myself look more of-age hahah
>>2273343
>>2273352
These are really helpful, I never thought about the elbow-over-head thing. Thank you! :) Also I really like how you drew that arm over the head.
Made a bun girl with a big but, she's sad
P-please no bully...
>>2271864
Liked a lot. Liked the girls, and their pussies (very detailed).
What pencil did you used?
>>2273263
M8, that's great.
>>2270151
Please don't stop
>>2270490
I don't like her hands
>>2273420
Oh lord, quit masturbating and become a man already
>>2272533
Thats really cool!
>>2273983
thanx bro I'll carry on
>>2274437
what a psyco xDDD
O.O muffinz!! xDD
so random haha
omg ur so creaaativeee
>>2274464
Whatever, I stand by what I said.
I'm a beginner, so if I need to fuck off to that thread, tell me. Otherwise, dumpan from both my sketchbooks.
>>2274482 >>2274482
did these around campus
>>2274437
>On the other, you seem fucking crazy. Are you on drugs or something?
no drugs
I don't drink either
am tee total
>>2274517
you did this on campus?
>>2274536
No, not that one. Starting now I'm reaching deeper into my sketchbooks. I did these while drunk and watching Star Trek with my old man.
>>2274532
Neat, I guess. Keep on chugging.
>>2274573
We begin to enter autism territory.
1st day of sketching in a sketchbook with references.
Most proud of the shading on this one.
So I have a habit of not drawing shapes leading up to the final image. I just draw an edge and go from there. Is it bad to do so?
Because I feel perfectly comfortable where I am now.
>>2270467
i think you would benefit from maybe not defining the lines so distinctly as much as letting the light define where the lines should go. Its in a way as if your drawing outlines around predominate features of the face
Actually, now that I think about it, I only do it when I have to make it look like the reference. If not then I do use shapes, especially if starting from scratch.
>>2274722
construction is your friend.
Haha, yea the fact that I could've brought a sharp pencil for drawing and a dull pencil for shading went over my head... yes, for an entire year.
>>2274875
>>2274818
Forgot to reply to yours.
> construction
> building
> architecture
> profit
some ideas stuff
>>2275279
>>2275285
>how do you come up with ideas?
depression lol. I have a couple more preceding this one on my DA but this is still a super young project
>>2275297
here's all of them, not much
http://zoncanator.deviantart.com/gallery/56544062/hyperdepression
>>2271618
>hairspray
>fixative spray
>transparent lacquer of any type
>blow on your shit/use a brush created for this purpose
>charcoal should be on charcoal paper, charcoals do not stay in books, they are binded.
>>2271825
it's based off insecurity of having your sketchbook judged by others. There's no reason to show anyone your sketchbook, if you want something to show to people then buy a separate book that you can use as your portfolio "sketch" book... so you can impress your shit friends and tell them it's just your "sketch" book ... ugh disgusting but I won't judge, there's your answer anon >>'
>>2274581
thanks m8!
>>2271243
thats awsome. see how far you can go more add more detail/go smaller.
>>2273263
really nice, give ms skeltal some eyebrows though
shitty scan edition
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Not exactly my sketchbook but I just doodled this at random while in Japanese class
>>2275289
hah, I recognized at oncce the being in a hole thing. I have this metaphor where I'm falling into darkness and I've been falling so long I forget that I'm actually in free fall. or being underwater and you lose track of which way is up.
I don't really call this depression though, mate. I think depression as a word is being used too lightly. I think if your suffering is somewhat enjoyable it's not depression.
>>2275998
>that left page
>>2275787
trust me it's not enjoyable
aye
>>2276178
13deep9482me
>>2275616
The model may not have eyebrows
>>2277416
o-oh
>>2270766
Best animated feature after inside-out. Why haven't you seen the peanuts movie yet /ic/?
Latest sketchdump
>>2271845
why the fuck do children on bikes have wallets with credit cards
posted in drawthread too, but it fits here as well
>>2279136
The form of the heads are decent but it looks like you gave up on the bodies. Do form and anatomy studies bruv. No use getting good at drawing heads if you can't draw the rest of the body to an equal level.
>>2273343
That's a case of the head being too big, not the arm too short
>>2274194
This is neat I like it
1/3
lectures are only worth going to for this
>>2280675
2/3
>>2280679
these photographs need to behave
>>2280687
the bottom sketch is of a photo of my SR lecturer & her husband on a huge statue of Einstein
just fyi
>>2278665
i don't know why, but i like it
>>2269121
>automatic
>>2271146
Are you a grill
>>2271618
>I have two personalities
First time posting. Thoughts on these?
>>2280546
Thank you c:
>>2280723
tattoo artist reporting in..
Aside from your lack of knowledge in anatomy, your shading needs work *im not even going to talk about the perspective of that crown, please look at people wearing hats as reference of it*
Anyway, if this is supposed to be tattoo flash art (and it totally looks like this is what you're trying to draw here) You need to work on your dark areas. When it comes to drawing pencil flash art, it's better to create a deeper contrast, your shading, some may say, is alright for a drawing, but for tattoo flash, it's too light. You need to push dark areas. I would suggest using your 6B pencil really dont be afraid of putting the blackest areas down in ink too. Really makes your flash art pop.
Please work on your text. It should flow, and each letter should be around the same size in width. Always plan ahead with a grid for text. I would practice by writing one word, over and over again in different 'fonts' until you can do it effortlessly.
Please for the love of god, reference, reference, reference.
Aint no shame in looking at the thing you're drawing sweetpea.
>>2280832
Does being a tattoo artist give you free pussy, kind of like a photographer does? Assuming you're not a carpet munching vagina bearer yourself.
>>2280851
Im sure if I were male I would be elbow deep. But yeah, I've seen it a lot. Most girls who come for the odd, infinity symbol, or kids names want a bad boy and well.. doesn't get more badass without disease or a prison sentence than a tattoo artist. But usually in the high end studios that doesn't happen. In the gritty down town ones, yeah all the time.
Its funny, were i work right now, the guys married and has kids, still see the girls trying to get money off for a blow job and shit. I just sit at my station and laugh, cos he's one of those guys dedicated to his woman and family.
But yeah, if you wanna get free pussy, but wanna be more talented than a photographer. Probably good career to get into, just don't open or work in a studio in a nice area and bam, you're swimming in the pussy.
Just got a toned sketchbook, christened it with this.Thoughts?
>>2280870
>saved the tumblr jpg
>signed
what even is this
>>2280960
>saved the tumblr jpeg
Just easier than uploading from phone
>signed
I like to initial the things I feel turned out good. (Most of my stuff is uninitialized :|)
Unfortunately, I don't have a way to scan my sketchbook drawings, so I just held them up to my webcam and took pictures.
Sorry about the poor lighting and photo quality
2/13
This one and the next three are collages of events that took place in the movie The Invention of Lying
6/13
7/13
One of my favorites
8/13
9/13
10/13
11/13
12/13
This one is from a series of journal entries. It's the only one worth sharing.
Last one
13/13
This one has kind of a funny story behind it (though most of the other ones do as well)
I'll be sticking around this thread for awhile if anyone has any questions/comments/advice
Thanks for putting up with this dump of my terrible drawings.
>>2281052
I'm trying to figure out if we've had a set of 2 or 3 particularly bad, unsubtle shitposters the last day or two or if it's all the same jackass.
>>2281075
I don't know about that other anon, but this is my first time on this board.
Didn't mean to shitpost
>>2280445
i'll put some work into it. thanks man. bodies are tough lol
First post ever not on /fit/
No bully m8
Posted these in a draw thread but they got ignored. Both only halfway finished because reasons. Regardless, what do i need to work on?
>>2280727
Neat stuff, draw from life more though. You need work on ur perspective/form.
>>2281099
You got a long way to go, but you're heads and shoulders above a lot of first time /ic/ posters.
>>2281128
Cont
>>2281123
I cant tell what they are, but great line confidence!
Crit me please
Some stuff.
>>2280832
My current WIP. Any tips?
>>2281394
And yes the features are suppose to be exaggerated
>>2281395
Are the symbols also supposed to be symbols?
>>2281086
thanks
>>2281123
Lewd and grotesque desu. I like it.
>>2281394
tattoo anon here.
Looks good so far, you should look into developing line weight though, gives simple line-art depth, thicker lines where there would be shadow. Just gives tattoo line art a bit more depth and direction
This is an okay example of what I mean, if i find any better ones on my travels around the interwebs ill post them here to you so you can get a good understanding. If you have instagram, just search #tattooapprentice or #tattooapprenticeflash and you'll find a shit load of really good references to what i mean, and you'd be able to see where you think your skills sit, I always thought that helped, seeing where you were in a group of peers, you wont really get that here in /ic/ not many tattoo artists kick about. Let alone people who are looking, or have gotten an apprenticeship.
Hope I'm being helpful.
>>2281394
oh and stop chicken scratching your lines in, you have to be proud of your lines, like uhm, what am i trying to say, bold holds man.
Strong, one pass lines are a must. They must be clean, and sharp, best way to do that is stop drawing with your wrist and use movement from your shoulder and elbow, dont be afraid to turn the page rather than your body to get a single stroke. Dont stay in the one place with your ink, or you'll get ink blobs though. That completely breaks the line.
>>2281872
trying to be le randumb skeleton jelly and its an apparent one-trick pony.
Let me predict your next page:
Vomit Guy: Well I have to go now.
Crow: Go where?
Vomit Guy: Nowhere.
*vanishes*
Crow: !
Crow: Alone again...
*vomit guy reappears*
Vomit Guy: Hey, I forgot to give you this.
*hands Crow a small sheet of paper with the words "Kill Yourself" written on it*
crow kills self
"End"
etc et fucking cetera
>>2281897
whoa dude how did you come up with this so quick? do you want to collab?
>>2281968
oh look i predicted your shitty sarcastic response as well
sp00ky
Looks so angry (right one). I mean I do stuff like this when I am pissed off or arttheraphy doing. Respect. I think I can relate to the way you're drawing D: Take care, mate.
>>2281650
I see what you mean. Thanks for the tips anon
>>2281978
>acts edgy and sarcastic
>gets sarcastic response
>"wow fucking typical anon"
Crits are welcome
>>2283178
very nice! what are you using/reading to study?
>>2283178
Good shit, nigger tbqh famm.
>>2283187
I think this'll just be a nice big advice post.
I don't read many art books. When I do read them, I'm mostly bored and not entirely paying attention anyways. A lot of the time, I just look at artists that I admire (erik gist, jeff watts, kim jung gi, frazetta, ruan jia, etc.) and analyze the way they make their marks, the value range they use, their edge control, and whatever else I can pick out that makes their work unique. I watch some Feng Zhu stuff for inspiration, too.
I used flickr for the deer and the heron claw (I made a yahoo email account a while back, apparently the two are connected somehow so I had an account on Flickr too). Easy website to use, just search for the thing you want and you get tens of thousands of high-res pics. Pretty underrated imo.
The bottom two came from a current body thread on /fit/. 4chan is actually a really good resource for references- I use /s/ for women in general, /fit/ for fit men and fit girls, /hm/ for men in general, /fa/ for clothes, /soc/ for faces, so on.
One more thing- I've only been studying every day for about a year now. Pic related was my very best back in December of last year. Big advice piece: definitely draw every day. If you miss a day once, don't bug yourself about it; just try to draw again the next day. Find your weaknesses, have a go at them, and try not to be scared of the whole process. You'll fail a bunch of times, but you'll learn a lot of stuff, which actually is almost as good as succeeding.
>>2281978
What a cunt.
