Because we should not have to make new threads or post in draw threads with our fundamental exercises.
Feel free to post even the smallest exercise you have done to show you are still trying, do not give up( or do what am i your mom?).
AVOID asking unrelated questions, There is a question thread for that.
Visit the usual "Art book Thread" to find your desired books.
Do not forget to PLEASE RESIZE and crop your images before uploading them. 1kpx is fine.
→ → → → Before asking "what should I read/view/study/learn," Read the f*cking sticky, it's there for a reason: >>1579290 → → → → → → → → → →
>Thread study: Try to draw/paint the opening or any other following images.
Feel free to post your original works as well if you're trash.
TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND GIVE PEOPLE SOME FEEDBACK - many studies are left unreplied, which is a bit sad and can be quite demotivating for the people that try their best to improve, but are left directionless. (hint: post something against the rules if you want to be banned)
Old Thread >>2403541 → → → →
>inb4 OP a shit
cmon you could at least delete the → arrows you lazy copy pasata ass
>>2406820
careful with the lips on this one.
>>2406824
>>2406825
>>2406826
>>2406829
>>2406830
>>2406822
id appreciate if you didnt break my original hexapost in the future, but i do remove them once in a while.
How many noses are there now?
Is it secretly all nosebro?
>>2406837
>secretely
obviously*
>>2406832
Did you change your name to nose blood after I called you nose bleed?
>>2406840
yes! gods have to show they listen too.
face study; reposted from previous thread because i posted it late
>>2406837
yes
>what am I your mom?
>>2406845
so much respect for whoever invented curves in PS so i can fix what my shitty scanner does
My arm gets sore after long periods of drawing. Should I work out my shoulders with weights to prevent this in the future?
>>2406879
that would help, but probably your arm gets sore more due to poor posture or not stretching it out enough
take breaks every half hour or so to stretch out your arms (and back too, actually)
working out your shoulders in general is good but unless you have ridiculously weak shoulders you don't really need it for art
if I sat in a room and did nothing but paint all day without explicit direction could I emerge an amazing artist?
>>2406923
That depends.
You would improve, but at what rate?
No one knows. You could hardly improve in the time it took someone else to become a master.
Also, with good effort and the right materials of study, you would improve much faster.
Either way, in the beginning it's difficult.
>>2406928
I ask because in the art courses I've taken there is very rarely any explicit instruction. It mostly ends up being a self-study course with the instructor walking around offering unhelpful, vague comments once in a while. Seems like it would be a better use of money to buy more materials and practice in volume.
>>2406936
Do you have any of your work you would be okay with posting?
>>2406936
quit art school.
>>2406957
forgot pic
more studies
>>2406830
Swastika/10
>>2406970
Beginner-friend here, I like your figure drawing but the face on the girl doesn't look attached. The perspective seems off.
How can i draw people with 360 angle with my 'immigration'?
>>2407074
Go back to Syria, fucko.
>>2407078
I'm not syrian you idiot :^)
Where I can find good "old masters" artbooks ? Everyday I waste a lot of time searching old masters paintings for study. Is there some kind of site/archive for them? It's so annoying
>>2407080
Wikiart?
I'm trying to learn how to draw properly, but it's just too boring, I feel like I'll never make any progress this way
Should I just go back to how I drew as a kid and just copy anime pictures?
>>2406824
>>2406824
quick one b4 work. I unintentionally made her white.
Help
>>2407111
>lined paper
there is no help, anon
>>2407112
What's wrong with it drawing in lined paper?
>>2406895
Poor pasture sounds about right. I do my stretches often.
Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but what would be considered good posture. I only ask, because it seems debatable as to what is the most "optimal" posture when looking it up.
>>2407114
Can we stop this with meme?
>>2407111
Not bad. I'd say, to get a stronger understanding of what you could be doing wrong, try drawing out each part of the anatomy and work simply on those (ie, work on only the arms, then work only on legs, etc etc).
Hampton's book/lectures goes over this really well if you haven't checked that out yet.
>>2407140
Make sure you're not floating your hand over the paper. Whatever surface you're drawing on should be tilted so that it can take part of the weight of your arm. Otherwise your shoulder has to hold your arm up the whole time.
>>2407155
>Make sure you're not floating your hand over the paper
Damn, that's what I've been doing.
My desk is tilted, but small. I guess I can rest my arms on the chair arms and go on from there.
>>2407156
Just be sure to keep your hand resting on the paper while you're drawing.
>>2407148
Thank's book's looking amazing
But i can't get translated version, it may cause misunderstanding or slow understand books (ex.detailed explanation)and english is not my first language so, just buy and drawing?
>>2407088
>I unintentionally made her white.
So you made her better.
Had to shift between free hand drawing and controlled drawing. Draw the gestures in with a loose grip, then properly do the final stuff with a controlled grip. I'm having trouble mearuing and you can see at the top that it doesn't match up with the reference. I'll post reference
>>2407199
here's the ref.
>tfw you keep doing the same mistakes
>>2406820
Studying bargue plates, gonna start trying to do my own. What's the best way to go about studying the plates?
Am I to take from this exercise that I should never make any line except left-right?
>>2407225
it means you need to work more on your diagonal lines
>>2407234
That's what I'm asking. The page only ever suggests doing it left right.
How do you "set up" scenes you want to draw? Is there a book or guide somewhere? For references like pic related (yes i know it's anime but it's all i have on hand) you can follow the direction of the tiles to find the focal point(s) and the horizon line but if say i wanted to set up a similar scene, besides copying it, i don't know how you would draw a scene from imagination.
>>2406825
How are the proportions?
>>2407158
I feel as though doing this will have me leaning forward. Isn't that bad?
>>2407279
ayy lmao
When I can't render the eye for some reason, it turns into symbols when I do it
>>2407377
Here's with my line and another attempt but it's more of a redo of the line work
>>2407243
thumbnailing mostly. you can fill the things out after.
>>2407196
>>I unintentionally made her white.
>So you made her better.
so you unintentionally made a bad joke
i have a difficult time drawing accurate lines with my tablet, even when i zoom in.
i just cant draw a line the way i want, suffer from a lot of ctrl + z redrawing.
is it a matter of drawing more or should i buy a larger tablet?
i have small wacom bamboo
>>2407479
your eye for lines also increases over time, youll get better in time, you can just fix it all by painting as well.
good job, youll be able to leave beg thread soon at this rate.
>>2407494
your improving ... what do you call that master piece
>>2407482
i don't want to leave you nose bro
>>2407499
i'm sorry, are u serious? i don't name them and i don't think its a masterpiece at all
>>2407511
for me it's a masterpiece ... but don't know what will every one thinks about your art ?
>>2407494
Reads like the fabric of a tapestry being torn, I like it, albeit begrudgingly. Why do you limit yourself the way you do, FUCKEDanon?
>>2407494
Is that a butt
>>2407532
where?
>>2407534
Slightly down and left from center
>>2407541
lol, it was not my intention, but it must have been unconcious, i like to think about and draw sex, but i'm not good at anatomy so i can't directly do it
So I'm actually pretty hopeful for this drawing. i think my proportions are pretty close. I have this problem where I don't block out or create the shaps before I draw. Anyway to overcome? Also crit please?
been doing some plantstuffs recently.
>>2407578
>>2407279
Speaking of symbol drawing, just looked back at this and realized the eyes are drawn like a 5 year old would. 110% symbols.
But then I look at the reference and I can't clearly see how to make them look more 3d. Any help?
>>2407581
>>2407577
The tail, head and forearms of the rodent should be more limp imo.
>>2407582
draw your reference upside down.
It may not fix it 100% but it'll help at least. See pic related for when I drew a reference upside down
C/c ?
>>2407586
Thanks!
>>2407577
stop counting time, make you look desperate to justify things that do not need justification.
>>2407596
Makes sense. Like yes. It does make me feel justified. I'll stop.
which limb is more appropriate? (so i have it for thought) are the breasts done properly? which leg was better?
>>2407589
Boobs too high, cranium wonky, face alignment doesn't match centre of head inicated by chin/jaw, forefront shoulder too low, sketch the hands properly you filfty animal
Also the guy in the background only has half an arm? leave the damn bricks alone and fix your sketches
>>2407628
Loomis
Trying to draw from life/draw in perspective.
>>2407642
Forgot pic
>>2407628
read the new sticky.
http://ic-sticky.wikia.com/wiki//ic/_sticky
>>2407524
Limiting yourself in that you seem dead set on continuing to do things in the way you do them. MSpaint, etc. It seems like there's a lot of room for growth and you're just kinda trying to reinvent the wheel for yourself, smashing yourself in the hand with a hammer in the pursuit of independence.
>>2407628
horrendous desu senpai,
Any pointers on this before I start going over it again and dressing him up?
>>2407667
left arm is long af, and those feet are massive, you got lots to work on before thinking of dressing him up and makin it look pretty
Picked up loomis head plates. Then got lazy and started doing heavy shading on faces.
>>2407667
I like his left knee.
>>2407662
that is a very beautiful idea, i know maybe you meant that is not good for the development, but for me, its fundamental to create a language of my own, and then i can add technique. (of course its not a precise sequence like that, but i feel the need to keep smashing for some more time)
>>2406937
Is this drawing totally fucked?
Also this one
i gotta get away from just making shitty anime fanart
>>2407824
because i'm here as a beginner who has to work on fundamentals before stylization
speaking of which, how do yall think i could improve upon the watercolor i posted??
>>2407830
get away from just making shitty anime fanart
>>2407835
I do realise this is terrible, but am I on the right track with my use of colour? I really don't know what I'm doing
![latest[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/l7f1pIb.jpg "latest[1].jpg")
>>2407799
I like it. But the lips are serious fugly. Why did you put negro lips on pretty boy? Also ignore the people that say you can't draw animu and git gud at the same time
>>2407848
fair point thanks anon
>>2407701
What gives it that impression?
Critique
>>2407830
get away from just making shitty anime fanart
Also perspective, that flat shit with the nib jewelry is pretty triggering. Any info regarding head structure would help you out, your thing would have benefited a lot just from better head construction and/or guidelines regarding features, if I were pursuing a stylization like you have I'd might expand the face plane horizonally a smidge to give dem bugeye anime blobs some room to breathe. Those lips are a problem, read a bit like a sneer and I'm not sure if that was intentional on your part, placed slightly poorly, with watercolor it might have been better to only suggest the outline and drop a darker shade for the upper than the lower. Nose probably could have been suggested without line as well.
>>2407879
Study proportions and anatomy of the skull. Jaw is way off.
>>2407879
do you have the reference?
>>2407844
Until you have built up a more robust visual library try to use references as much as possible. It helps immensely to have something to check your own work against.
>>2407916
Lol why?
>>2407917
Will do thanks
>>2407921
Are you talking about something in particular? I'm aware the muscles and other darker areas look wrong, I was mainly trying to find a process to get a finished picture.
>>2407879
>>2407911
Well shit this was what I thought you were going for
Big response incoming
>>2406847
hair looks weird since you can't find where does it attaches, and you shouldn't do such sharp lines while drawing hair
>>2406923
I will say no. I drew without direction for 5 years straight, 4 hours or so everyday and never improved until doing serious studies...
>>2406936
Talk with your teacher, pretty sure he has some reasoning behind what he's telling you, teachers don't go and tell you "this is wrong because you need to draw it like this, instead they tell you "you need to fix this" so you can find and comprehened why is wrong by observing.
Nobody will spoonfeed you, get that idea out of your head (yes, telling you exactly what to do is spoonfeeding)
>>2406958
all in all, quit painting and get to life drawing classes instead if you can, come back to it once you know the figure and can grasp volume. (nose is wrong, work in your lines, work in the edges of your brow muscles, etc)
>>2406970
necks are never straight, thats why the other anon said that girl face feels weird.
your shading feeels to mudy, no problem with that for a small practice and no idea if that was because of your scaner but if it wasn't look out for that in your future drawings. Work on your feet and hands.
there are other small problems related to gesture but all in all is good.
>>2407074
perspective and construction.
>>2407080
http://master-painters.tumblr.com/
give this a try
>>2407084
no idea if this is a serious question or not.
I will respond to if as it was because why the fuck not.
Don't do that, training might not be as fun as you think it should be, if you feel tired of doing studies have some fun studying (not tracing) anime pictures and so, like, if you're drawing faces then do some studies of why they simplify the face in that loli picture you like, what does this line on the cheek means and etc. is all about juggling fun and serious studies while still getting something from the fun part.
if you can't enjoy it then leave it.
cont.
>>2407943
Not that guy, but when you refer to direction, and "serious" studies, what do you mean by that? Are you just saying "learn from life and other artists instead of being a fuckass who does the same thing all day and tries to learn in a vacuum" or is there more to it than that?
>>2407086
Your values are too exaggerated in case you wanna work with cross hatching (I tend to make the same mistake as well, teacher always yells me for doing so, can't help it, I just love cross hatching so much), work on your core shadows and then and then add the more complex ones, so you can go back and make your core shadows clearer... or stop working with cross hatching (I also had to)
here's a example of what I am talking about in case you want to keep with the hatching (or pick it back in the future) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHoqh27vQRw
you can also work it with volume lines (curved), is the same principle.
aside from that, the neck is too short, the angle of her right shoulder is off, she has no tits on your picture, the nose is wrong on her right side, the neck is too wide and the face needs to be longer.
you're getting there tho, so keep going.
>>2407088
the eyes aren't on the same line, her eyebrows are too thin, her sideburn looks like it is attached, her mouth is off on her right side. the jaw looks too squared.
I can see you have drawn quite a lot but you need to look into your picture more, once you do this your art will get better.
>>2407111
Read the sticky, you are symbol drawing too much. I personally don't have trouble with lined paper (they're studies, you're supposed to have guidelines and they're not supposed to look profesional either) but don't use it since most art people will get mad at you for doing so, keep those studies private if you want to use lined paper.
>>2407199
work on that line quality anon, and erase once you're done with your study.
outside of that is nothing too notorious (some negative spaces but thats about it)
>>2407205
work less on your rendering, more on your fundamentals (it all looks angled, the eyes are too big, where are your ears at?, brows are too low)
cont.
>>2406825
I have trouble drawing his feet and head. Would love to have some advice on that matter.
>>2407973
You forgot to draw his dick.
>>2407943
>nose is wrong, work in your lines, work in the edges of your brow muscles, etc
I didn't really use any definite lines, edges, or values even in the sketch for this painting, which should be pretty clear. It was mostly an exercise in how quickly I could get some oil paint down on the canvas which is why there is only a single thin layer in most of it.
To say I should quit painting though is just silly and ill advised. I am very comfortable with volume and drawing the human figure, though that isn't to say I'm not still practicing, but what I'm uncomfortable with is working with paint and in color.
And any good art class will absolutely have an instructor that tells you specifically what you are doing wrong unless it is just studio time. The whole point of taking a class is to get instruction to develop your technical ability. Comments like "nose is wrong" are what you should expect from a bad high school art class. Using physical media requires a lot of very esoteric knowledge of the process which can be learned through experience or, potentially, shortcut with instruction. This is why I asked my question to begin with.
Judging from this and your comments on other drawings I doubt you actually have any idea what you are talking about.
>>2407961
by direction I mean having no goals of what I needed to learn. I knew I wanted to get good at drawing, but not at what fields.
example of a good way of doing this is: my heads look wrong, so I should work on heads.
By studies I mean undestanding, which is something you should know before drawing something, continuing my example:
they look wrong because I don't know how to draw this part and this part, thats because they have this bone and this muscle, so I need to learn how to draw this bone and this muscle.
having a teacher helps with direction and the theory behind studies, no need for art school, upload your drawings/questions here and I am sure some anons will reply, or go to some life drawing classes, that also helps.
moving on
>>2407225
Starting by your horizontal lines, they're supposed to look like a thicker, single line.
add some angled lines to the mix (they don't really ask for this on drawabox but is good to have a handle of, the next exercise is elipses and boxes and you will need to know how to draw angled lines for those boxes)
on a side note, unless you want to get a better control of digital I say you should work on traditional, or you will have to master lines after moving onto the other stuff (say, repeat lesson 1 and 2 endless times)
>>2407243
Is all about composition, nosebro gave you an image that sums it up pretty well, is all about composition and your fundamentals (perspective, construction, etc)
>>2407245
Unix told you pretty much what you need to know, don't add value until you feel confident with your proportions.
>>2407377
draw eyes using boxes, understand the planes of the eye.
>>2407577
you're supposed to draw gestures when you time your stuff and you're not, so either go back and finish it or scrap it because thats now what the intent of a gesture is.
>>2407581
work on your curves, this is for drawabox?
>>2407587
work on traditional media/your lines.
>>2407628
sticky, traditional.
cont.
Just started tryimg hard to hit gud this past month, so pls wreck me and tell me how to not be shit
>>2408003
Wtf this is the first time my phone has flipped an image
r8?
painting angry
>>2408007
Did you sign it at the bottom left? If you haven't yet you definitely should.
>>2408003
I've resized and rotated the image. Pls tell me why I'm shit and hopefully how to improve
>>2407394
this seems more like if you know about how to do it but how to not make it shit. Is trying to createa scene called composition? Are there books on this shit or something?
>>2408015
yeah it's partially cut off. It's that scribble
>>2407989
Just came back to read my comment on your post and realize what I said sounds ruder than I intended it to (both because the language barrier and the language barrier and because I am trying to reply as quick as I can while not skipping too much details, I apologize for this)
>I didn't really use any definite lines, edges, or values even in the sketch for this painting which should be pretty clear. It was mostly an exercise in how quickly I could get some oil paint down on the canvas which is why there is only a single thin layer in most of it.
I do notice now, your lines are gestual so it was either timed or painted over a gesture you previously worked on.
Elaborating a bit on my criticism:
nose is wrong: not the all of it is wrong, just the nostril, it is too wide.
work in your lines: here I am dumb, like I pointed above
work in the edges of the brow muscles: I was refering to how you lost the form of the planes of your brow and top of the head
To say I should quit painting though is just silly and ill advised. I am very comfortable with volume and drawing the human figure, though that isn't to say I'm not still practicing, but what I'm uncomfortable with is working with paint and in color.
I actually said this taking into account that you just got into drawing and this being your first class, not as quit it because you're bad at it (seeing a drawing of the head doesn't give away you know how to draw the whole figure, that's what gave me this idea, in case you ask).
I feel as figure drawing classes are essential because most of them also incorporate charcoal and value, essential for painting as you might know.
coming back to your question I still think is something that needs to be talked with your teacher, keep in mind he's teaching other people, and like you say, there are such small bits of information that most likely he will not be able to cover them all, so you will have to ask specific questions of what you want to know.
cont.
>>2408041
he was mocking you.
>>2408045
>the language barrier and the language barrier and that quote
showing my incredible writting skills again.
anyway. as I was saying, if you ask and your teacher is unable to give real criticism or advice then there is a real problem, but just walking around and not helping you if you're working on your piece doesn't seem as something bad, since you're able to work on your piece (I think I teacher shouldn't interrupt you until you're either done or in doubt, alas a piece in process shouldn't be criticized, as it is not finished yet)
and lastly
>Judging from this and your comments on other drawings I doubt you actually have any idea what you are talking about.
I have never claimed to be an expert, nor I am a teacher, I just like to give advice and that's all.
Either way, if you can point to me anything else I said that is wrong let me know, as chances are is something I am applying to my own works.
>>2407943
what do you mean by 'muddy'? insufficient contrast?
>>2408045
>>2408069
The problem is that you are offering critiques without having the understanding that makes them constructive, to beginners that would not be able to tell the difference, and besides it's pretty apparent you give them without much thought.
The flared nostril for instance is not even an error, it seems wide because of the way the rest of the nose was rendered.
Your other misunderstandings are not really worth getting into as they can be explained as shortcomings from your language barrier but really, if you are giving 'advice' to people that don't know better you can hurt them much more than help.
>>2408000
>writes cont.
>he actually stopped
Fuck
>>2408100
>The problem is that you are offering critiques without having the understanding that makes them constructive, to beginners that would not be able to tell the difference, and besides it's pretty apparent you give them without much thought.
It's not like I'm defending him, but this is literally every single critique on this board
>>2407879
Another beginner here. I know I'm not the best, but I messed around a little bit with your image. I hope this helps you see some of the proportion issues you're having. I'm going to keep trying to get better and I hope you will too!
>>2408118
Dude, he wrote a shit load already. Don't be so entitled.
>>2408145
>he
*they
Don't be sexist.
>>2407644
your values are too organic/muddy and look rushed, try to put more time into them
>>2407686
work on your proportions more, the eyes are too low (you can note this really quick on the second right one.)
>>2407973
I would go as pic related, the angle is a bit off from the reference but I did it according to your drawing.
>>2408094
By that I mean they're not regular.
>>2408100
ok, and what is that not makes them constructive? should I give elaborate arguments of why I am telling what I am telling?
I'll try to give videos away of what I am saying so people can get a better understanding of it.
>>2408149
The problem is you don't know what you are saying.
>>2408147
Fuck right off.
>>2408150
give me examples
>>2408158
>your values are too organic/muddy and look rushed, try to put more time into them
>>2407844
yeah boss, you need reference for now. Those feet are hideous, and I don't know what's going on with the face... so much side head.
>>2406824
>>2408162
This is a beginner thread, get out of here with that.
>>2408163
beginner is very, very broad
>>2408159
So you think this looks fine.
>>2408162
You could easily squeaze a lot more depth in there if you got more brave with your blacks. Her eyes are a bit large but it's cute so I'm okay with that.
>>2407628
ayy lmao
but in all seriousness read the sticky, there's so many things wrong with this, sorry bro.
for starters, your understanding of form and 3d perspective is fucked up. The body is kind of facing one way but the head, breasts and arms are facing directly forward.
>>2407799
if his were any other anime it would be problematic
Just starting off here.
Should I burn through the Drawabox tutorials and exercises and then study Vlippu and Loomis and the such, or should I do study in between exercises?
>>2408162
congratulation you can leave with your head up high and get out from the beginner thread .. or practice here study anatomy and not using a reference!! ?
>>2408166
No, but your comment is completely worthless and wrong. His values are too organic? What the fuck does that even mean?
The problem here primarily is that he is still not confident with his line strokes. The way he shaded the top part of the fabric shows at least a basic familiarity with how to translate values but his problem is that he isn't familiar with how to render different textures like fur and glass, there he falls back on symbol drawing rather than using his eyes.
Telling him to take his time is constructive but it is such a vague and universal thing to say it does not help anyone if it isn't directed at something specific. For example, he clearly rushed the fabric that is draping over the left side of the table and rendered it lazily without thinking.
>>2408190
muddy/organic means is not consistent, either because you're shading with the side of the pencil and your pressure is not consistent or because you're shading with the tip and leaves countless lines and blank spaces.
shading needs to be consistent, you wanna add more value? then add more presure, less? less pressure.
the main problem is that his drawing has no consistency, his lines and value are too messy, this is because he's working too fast, which is exactly what I said.
it is not helpful if I don't specifically tell him what to do? I am not going to spoonfeed him, and I think thats exactly what you want, and guess what? nobody will because what I told him is enough to let him know he's working too fast.
fuck this, not going to give advice anymore.
>>2408210
You aren't giving advice. You are barely even speaking English.
>>2407245
penis is too small
cock
>>2406824
>>2408230
WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY? ive been laughing for nearly a minute.
>>2407861
Where to from here? Still not sure what's "muh style" about the second one. I'm honestly in deep water with white on black, but otherwise I can't guess what's so special.
>>2408230
Is this loss?
Can I be a concept artist now?
>>2408256
>no photos used
no
>>2408256
its pretty good. actually.
>>2408220
Neat. But the sense of scale is off because of the level of detail and line width in the ship vs the landscape.
>>2408256
You can jump on these nuts.
>>2408233
why are you laughing trip fag?
>>2408262
>thanks for the tip?
>>2408262
I appreciate it, though this was just a random doodle, I did realize something was off.
>>2408210
>muddy/organic means is not consistent, either because you're shading with the side of the pencil and your pressure is not consistent or because you're shading with the tip and leaves countless lines and blank spaces.
if you said this in the first place it would have been received better
regardless, thanks for the advice. rendering properly is still something i really struggle with
>>2408256
i used to draw birds like that even if they were near the camera lol
I'm trying to learn Caricature. Any tips?
>>2408293
learn to draw normally first
>>2408294
Literally unnecessary for caricature.
>>2408296
Work in progress what do ya think ??
>>2408298
its very easy I promise you
critique/thoughts much appreciated :) and where do I go from here
(I have layers so I can change individual things)
>>2408307
when u forget to put image -_-
>>2408299
This is incredibly racist.
New here! Novice artist and need some work! Any critique on my OC? Very appreciated.
>>2408314
Since we're on that, here's my progress.
>>2408160
I've been staring at this for like 10 hours now and I didn't notice the head. Thanks.
>>2408302
my thoughts:
like the concept, anatomy is a bit funckey tho like where do the arms connect and where do the grasshopper legs come from
besides that nice!!
>>2408319
practice anatomy and look at pics boi
here are armrs for refrence
right one not too great but you get the idea
>>2408315
He's cute but the skin tone is a little green looking to me. Maybe try making the skin a little redder?
Thoughts?
>>2408340
Workin on it
>>2408315
you actually went to the beginner thread... Wow.
First off... read the sticky.
>>/ic/1579290
You're probably just bad b8... but in case you wandered in here by accident somehow.
Quit with the symbol drawing. Google "Drawabox", start with those lessons.. and if you're feeling up for more Pick up "Keys To Drawing" or "Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain"
You can find those books here: >>/ic/2365106
People will probably tell you to study loomis... you should, but probably not yet.
>>2408345
What is this rendered with famthy?
>>2408345
feel free to get the fuck out of the beginner thread, also fix your spines.
>>2408353 Thanks, anon!
>2408345 Spine is a bit weird. Other than that you're perfect!
>>2408344 Better?
>>2408368
So do you rotate your name and not use a tripcode so people can't ignore you?
What do you think? First time painting. Be gentle.
>>2408389I like it though his pose looks kinda weird imo. His right leg to be exact.
>>2408392 I like it though his pose looks kinda weird imo. His right leg to be exact.
>>2408397
kek
>>2408399
>>2408392
nice shoop... but you should probably just stay in /pol
>>2408390
If your ignore system is robust enough you could probably just autohide all posts with Nose Blank Blank. I'd just force anonymity, the only time anyone cares who you are is when you post art, which nose rarely does.
>>2408399
FUCK YOU FAGGOT MY PICTURE IS PERFECT. BUILD A WALL
>>2408400 Yeah accidentally typed in my post no. haha
>>2408402
THE FUCK YOU MEAN? CRITIQUE MY ORIGINAL WORK DRAWN FROM MY IMAGINATION.
>>2408404 D:
>>2408406
....Needs more warhammer
>>2408412
I AM THE ORIGINAL DRAWER OF THAT MEME GODDAMMIT
>>2408414
>I AM THE ORIGINAL DRAWER OF THAT MEME GODDAMMIT
>Drawer
It's time for bed timothy
>>2408416
I DREW THAT TOO
/ic/ used to be good
>>2408416
prove it .. i wanna see your computer and photoshop
>>2408418
go hit the activity room grandpa
>>2408418
new m8..
A few questions that have been bothering me:
How big of a canvas do you use drawing or painting in photoshop/painter? What are the pixel dimensions?
For lineart, is it just a matter of smooth strokes from the arm rather than the wrist? I'm terrible at that habit.
Do most people save using PNG format? What about scanned images?
>>2408424
calling people new is so passayy
>>2408149
Thanks for your redline. Tough head angle.
>>2408426
The more working space you have, the better. Starting out, I'd recommend using the predefined PS A4 paper template (2480x3508@300ppi). The reason is that you want enough pixel density to get good results while not having to do essentially pixel art if you zoom in. Its also a good idea to have a canvas this large (or larger) as you want your final image to be smaller than your working size to eliminate minor issues and artifacts.
PNG is a wasteful format; if you want to save the image without compression just use TIFF or JPEG with max quality. You'd only use PNG if the transparency matters.
I don't understand what you're asking with regards to scanned images. The format you should save a scan with? Pick any using the above info.
>>2408449
>You'd only use PNG if the transparency matters.
Or if it's lineart, or contains lots of blocks of flat color.
>>2408449
I see, thank you. Most people used TIFF with scanned images that I asked, and I understood that PNG was better for transparency, but didn't know the particulars.
rocks are so hard. i hate this
>>2408486 Don't pressure yourself too hard man. Just pratice rocks on the daily. Lay it easy ya know. (Don't have any tips cause I have no experience with rocks.)
>>2408486
>rocks are so hard
nice one m9
Thoughts
>>2408575
long nose, lopsided head, lips too narrow horizontally
>>2408595
Is this better?
>>2408486
just use geometry on that shit
I give up I just can't get this right
I think this is as far as I'm going to take this. This might just be the first thing I ever finished, learned a lot.
>>>>2408611
Do you have the reference
>>2408640
>>2406820
i heared about 'understanding mechanism' is more important than draw 1000+ pic
therefore you can draw what you imagine
>>2408662
well understanding the mechanism would involve analyzing what you're drawing while just drawing 1000+ images would imply you're just doing it without much thought. You would still improve either way but understanding it would be a faster method so do both.
Learning how to draw. Just started this year. Thoughts? Tips are welcome! (Using references just for armour and acces.)
>>2408706
Oh, sorry about that size and position. Post from a smartphone.
Where can I learn about rendering in Photoshop? I tried looking it up in ctrl+paint but it looks like this material is behind a paywall. My own attempts at tackling the matter without any help ended up looking horrible so I'd like to get back to basics.
>>2408706
Made a few changes. Check out face proportion.
well how are these so far. no references besides the basic construction.
>>2408734
Oh thanks! Much better.
Been struggling with applying Loomis construction into real examples.
What do you think about the redline?
>>2408729
All ctrl+paint paid content is available on cgpeers. But registration is open during two days per month.
>>2408762
Loomis gives constructions for a standard average head but I feel that this reference doesn't have quite the stand anatomy.
What you've done there seems pretty good to me, you might also want to add some of the planes on the forehead but that's up to you
