It's been a little while since we've had one and I seem to be the only one that ever starts them.
If it's in your sketchbook it belongs in this thread.
>>2346686
I feel like her foot under her ass is too small, any tips for bent legs?
>>2346703
I'd worry more about that shoulder. As far as the foot goes,it looks pretty small but I think the main problem is how you're describing the form. Try to recreate the shadow shapes and values in your reference image if you're using one.
>>2346709
Ah, yes it is a tad off up there isn't is? Missing a little shape. I'll get on it right away.
>>2346709
There, how's that?
>>2346694
Your sketchbook is so nice anon!!!!
>>2346768
Very good please finish it!
Some sketches from today- kinda bs, in that the people aren't related to each other in any way. They were fun to draw, though
I feel that I am better with an in pen than digital pens, but out of all the ink pens I have, none of them draw thinner lines than my mechanical pencils.
>>2347025
Go kill yourself furry shit
>>2346787
Damn son, how do I get this gud?
>>2347042
I'm the guy you replied to, and I can give you a general idea of what I did. Maybe if you do it too, it'll help? I've studied a few artists I like, and I've done lots of face/anatomy studies of real people. Fucked them all up a lot for the first one or two years. Then I started focusing on the edges (I like super sharp edges combined with soft shading. I've seen it done well in certain artists' works and I try to emulate it.) and it slowly started to look better. I focused some on the actual 3-d shapes that make up the head/face/body/whatever and got a vague idea of how to fit them together. At the moment, it's still imperfect, but it's a lot better than it was a year ago.
>>2347025
gayest picture ive ever seen
>>2346925
You good draw
>>2347148
>you ever seen.
>on 4chan
>>2347127
Thanks for replying, anon! what are those artists you like? I might be wrong, but I see some wes burt inspiration there, perhaps?
>>2346687
kind of pen you used?
>>2347215
Wes burt for sure. I admire ruan jia for his control over edges and subtle colors, leyendecker (self explanatory), sergeant for his crazy good sketches, much for his lines, kim jung gi (he's a massive inspiration for me. The man is living proof that dedicated and passionate diligence and hard work gets you very, very far) and a ton more. I realize that I actually admire lots and lots of artists (basically anyone from 1700 onwards. I respect the older guys but I'm not so influenced by them), so I just pick out little pieces of their work that I like and incorporate it into my own.
>>2347273
We have sort of similar tastes. I like where you're at right now, great organic style and solid overall, you're on the right path. Keep up the good work and keep posting here senpai.
>>2347233
a lamy fountain pen and I go back over with a water brush pen
Studies on hands I made some time ago. Sorry for shit quality of both picture and drawing senpai
i did Miley once
About 25minutes worth of sketches here from imagination
>>2346787
nice style
>>2347521
sorry, can't get the levels right on this one.
>>2347530
I get bored
sorry for shit quality...
>>2347910
:/
>>2346686
some recent portraits. the middle one is a bust.
My sketchbook has been full of copies of Bridgeman's anatomy drawings but this is the last drawing I did for fun.
>>2348030
Anon, how is someone apologising for having shaky camera work seeking compliments for their artwork?
>>2348030
least they contributed more than you
>>2348030
>insecurity
>>2348030
>shitty art
Doesn't explain to them as to why. Go hang yourself for being this useless.
>>2346787
Your art is so beautifull.. do you have a blog? I really want to learn how you got there.. I wish I could draw like this..
My first post here, I hardly ever use pencil, just some doodles at work
#2
>>2348228
Thanks anon! I post here almost every day or so- http://vetyr.tumblr.com
Ok: I can tell you what I did, but I won't be able to tell you if it will work for you-or anyone else for that matter.
I literally just studied from reference for like a year and a half. I mostly used references of stuff I was interested in drawing. I spent a lot of time on 4chan's /s/, /fit/, /an/, /hm/ (have fun explaining what you're doing if someone catches you on there), /k/, /soc/ etc. and drew pictures. I would only really do imagination drawing to test to make sure I had learned something and to make sure I had internalized designs and 3-d shapes and volumes.
I also started using flickr some five or six months ago. It's stupidly underrated, especially for animal and vehicle references. Search even a ridiculously obscure name of an animal and I guarantee you there will be thousands of high-res results. As it turns out, the site is chock full of photographers with great cameras that are desperate for recognition, so they just spam their accounts with dozens of fantastically crystal-clear shots of the same subject. Super useful if you want to study one kind of creature or whatever.
Also: make sure you do your imagination drawings more often than I did, because they're actually really useful and fun. For the past 2 or so months, I've been doing about 50% semistudies (in which I would look at a picture just for the colors/ shapes/volumes/design) and 50% pure imagination drawings (like the one you replied to). Something like that.
>>2348277
Any pics from your pre-(or start of-)training years?
>>2347025
Bullshit, sorry dude.
uno
dos
crappy but
tres
>>2348295
I had to paw around a bit. This is from about half a year or so before I started studying. I was in high school, mind you, so I was using lined paper.
(I'm so sorry you had to see this.)
>>2348277
Thanks a lot for the detailed answer I will try this out
>>2348329
ur a funny guy
>>2348328
Oh, don't apologize, it's inspiring. And that's probably the best thing we can say about it, kek.
>>2348328
There's no hope for me starting at 26, isn't it?
>>2348349
Unless you want to be that level by 26.5 years, I'm pretty sure you can do it anon. I spent like four hours a day max when I was in my pure studying stage (really, I averaged about an hour or two a day). The trick is to really make sure you understand what you're looking at- quality of time over quantity of time. You can progress pretty quickly if you do that.
>>2348397
Post your work pls
>>2348297
Bullshit is a bad term, sorry guy.
>>2348404
Mine was the sketch of the two women and one bearded guy earlier in the thread. 10th post or something?
>>2348329
Yeah i do in fact
gofuqurselfbich.deviantart.com
>>2348482
>>2348483
>>2348484
Tumblr pls go
>>2348397
That guy >>2348404 is just a spammer, probably same one that posts "blog?" all the time.
Btw, thanks for your words. I surely do try to take that approach to art, but what I think will hamper me long term is being directionless. Or maybe it's just a curse of the beginner. I'll try having more fun with exploring stuff and how to do things. It's funny when you feel your shoulder for the first time when drawing or figuring how to draw those basic shapes.
>>2348482
>>2348483
>>2348484
I like your colors, but you gotta work on making your lines less wishy-washy. They're very light, and they don't describe the volume or- in some cases- the shape of the figure. Also, please please please don't upload files bigger than 1000x1000.
Good luck on /ic/, buddy.
>>2348497
thank you for the feedback! I'll work on that.
>>2346686
Some more robots. Haven't used watercolor in a while, I really need to get back into it.
>>2350976
Pretty nice but it wouldn't hurt you to study head anatomy
>>2353573
noooo, please, dont be a weeb! i always liked your stuff
>>2347937
Is a?
>>2353595
i-it's too late for me anon-senpai desu, save yourself while you still can.
>>2353573
I didn't know you could paint in Sketchbooks.
I always thought the paint would bleed through, specially with watercolor.
Cool work though.
>>2354206
depends on the paper la
>>2347025
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
>>2354423
What's funny? I have a problem drawing thin lines with ink pens. Way to boost some motivation guy.
>>2354432
The people demand more furry tits
>>2354440
Believe me, I'm working on that already.
>>2348277
you inspire me anon.
another dumb question, but what thoughts did you keep in mind while doing studies?
>>2354904
Not a dumb question. I'll start different studies for different reasons. When I study for anatomy, I think pretty hard about the form/volume of muscles/limbs, and also how they fit together and move. When I study for color, I try to think about how the different colors/values relate to each other, and what makes up the mood of the picture. Sometimes I study for gesture (looking at herons/cranes/egrets is really good for this) and focus on the action of a pose. In such studies, I try my best to use dynamic, "swooping" lines (idk what they're called) to convey movement. There's some other kinds of studies I do (and they almost always overlap; I may study something that displays both gesture and values/color, for instance), and they follow pretty basic formulas as well.
>>2354912
thanks a heap man, what you say makes a lot of sense to me. I'll try my best.
>>2354937
Nice design. I like the linework. It got this stencil vibe to it.
>>2348227
>le pls spoonfeed me maymay
>>2350649
Someone's been reading Scott Robertson's How to Draw books
>>2355269
no, stop praising beginner work, he will not progress with praise for doing a below mediocre work.
>>2354937
bro, its shit, draw way more and try not to rely on such basic shape designs , also do figure drawing, believe it or not, its the best way to progress mechas, that and drawing animals.
sketches from the bar a few days ago
>>2346686
Ugh been a while since I sketched. Time to do more.
>>2355867
>>2355867
>>2355869
>>2346686
I rarely show brain farts, but what the fuck.
>>2355891
I posted a blurry one, sorry.
>>2355893
nice
>>2355893
this looks great, got any more? blog maybe?
>>2356026
Uh sure, I'm sorry in advance if it's pretty blurry as I have a pretty old broken camera and I really don't have any smartphone with a better resolution sooo yeah.
Blog is http://erickrabangart.tumblr.com/ and I just post my digital art there. I might post these two there for the time being.
>>2346686
Is this good?
>>2356039
very nice digital stuff anon
>>2356046
Thanks man. I still have a long way to go tho. I'll be hitting the bed now.
>>2356067
What do?
>>2356067
What do I need to do to improve?
>>2347025
Made my dick shrivel up.
>>2356138
in a good way or in a bad way?
>>2346686
What kind of sketchbooks do people here use?
>>2355839
i like dat
>>2356152
>>2355893 Here. I currently use grandluxe monologue basic A6 size for my sketches.
It's a pretty nice sketchbook that can handle acrylic and water color. What I don't like bout my version was the perforation on each pages that bleeds out some water when in heavy use.
If you can find one locally at your area one. I strongly suggest that brand regardless of size.
Hatunlar
Cant sleep, so I will doodle instead.
Noodling around, don't know what to draw. Just havin some fun
>>2356135
I really like this
>>2356135
the mask has a lot of volume, very nice
1
2
3
4 - other side
5
6 - some statue in rome
7 - my comic project that I never finish
I'm obsessed with creating donut steel muh-style. but It's extremely hard. It ends up either kinda-realistic or generic-animu.
>>2359074
That's actually pretty gud
your anatomy's on point
your overall composition within the page is great
may I suggest you try to colour it to develop a better sense of style?
>>2359089
well actually, I DID had coloring. what a coincidence. But as you can see, It's only experimental. paint bucketed everything. I had decided not to upload this because it's bad. but as you mentioned coloring, I must show you.
I was thinking about learning colors for a long time. But I don't see why coloring will help developing muh style. My current approach for coloring is merely decoration.
>>2359103
For one thing colouring helps changing your perspective of the way you might render your work, or perhaps you could adapt some painting techniques.
again this is merely a suggestion.
>>2359074
This is sick
>>2359074
art background/favourite artists/tips pls
>>2359121
You got a point. It's time to get out of comfort zone. I suppose. Time for coloring.
>>2359123
Everywhere.
In real life, I take photo whenever possible.
On the internet, I just download all the interesting images. Not only actual reference-purpose image. I mean ANYTHING. Using entire video file is really work for me.
>>2359126
I didn't expect to get this huge attention. thanks.
>>2359142
I don't understand what "art background" means... because my ching chong blood
I don't have favorite artists.
I really doesn't do anything special. I just draw until forever. However I got small habit. I never use eraser. And I only use sharpie... that's all.
>>2359074
HOW DID U LERN THIS
loomis? orr....
>>2358939
it looks to me like you are great at gesture drawings but need to understand fat and muscle better
>>2359205
I read some of his books. but i didn't got into it. He's clearly way better than me, but I don't like his style.
Like i said above, I'm kind of stupid brute force person. If I can't draw A, then draw A until gets better. Maybe reading about "how to draw A" will help... but I'm not that smart. finding out myself is true entertainment for me. So just draw the fucking A endless time.
I really don't recommend my way of learning. because I'm wasting so much time on this.
>>2358949
i like it anon
link to work on another thread or blog?
>>2359103
That's pretty interesting anon, makes me think about the story behind the scenes, I think you could do with looking at some fauvist and post-impressionist artists for inspiration on colour, blog?
>>2359074
Do you have a blog/website? I love your stuff.
>>2354206
You can buy sketch books for watercolor
>>2359254
>>2359280
>I think you could do with looking at some fauvist and post-impressionist artists for inspiration on colour
Yes. That's my ultimate goal. Understanding and applying various art styles. But I was too lazy to look into it. fauvist seems interesting...
>Do you have a blog/website?
https://legochalk.wordpress.com/
It's always my happiness. be loved by someone else :)
>>2354206
I use watercolor a in my sketchbooks all the time. Doesn't bleed through at all, just makes the page a little bumpy from all the water, but if you close the book the page flattens out anyways so it doesn't really matter. Watercolor paper is good for proper watercolor pieces since it can take a ton of heavy duty layering and washes but other than that normal paper works fine. Besides, I honestly don't like using watercolor paper. I like drawing in pen and adding some watercolor after the fact to give the drawing some flavor, and the rugged surface of watercolor paper is always super distracting and obtrusive. For pencil it's fine tho.
New to drawing, rate it out of ten, or give me tips
>>2347148
lol and the one that's bleeding through on the other side
>>2360233
sticky
>>2360270
Sticky? please explain what you mean by that
>>2360278
it means the first thread that is always sticky in the first page read it you've a lot to learn there
