Post anything from your sketchbook.
>>2427672
>>2427673
>>2427676
>>2427672
Are you the Crowface guy? I can see the pages of your comic and it looks similar. Also, that building looks pretty neat desu
>>2427789
yup, thanks! it's an oil rig
My latest
https://www.instagram.com/ripsfromthesong/
How long does it generally take you guys to fill up a sketchbook?
>>2429601
prepare to receive every response ranging from 5 days to 2 years...
>>2427673
reminds me a lot of a video game called "Half-Life 2"
I adored the game's art style, were you by chance inspired by it?
life sketch
My most recent drawing.
>>2429635
the fact that you have to explain that "Half Life 2" is a video game makes me feel old.
New to drawing stuff that isn't Fuckn' anime.
Watercolour is tedious
>>2429601
I usually take around 4 months or so, but it varies. Everyone's life is pretty different, and sketchbooks come in various sizes. If you're worrying about it, don't.
>>2429740
Good gesture, looks pretty accurate too. Try cleaning up your hatching and making it fit the form.
>>2429635
I've played it before, but I've been looking at a lot of Darren Quach and Scott Robertson's stuff lately so it's more inspired by those guys.
>>2429848
>tedious
It's a sketchbook, remember to have fun.
>>2430420
Blog?
>>2430518
Edgy and flat. You have some idea of shading, but the shading of the figure as a whole is bad and the detailing on the armor doesn't help.
idk
>>2429655
looks like you're going in the right direction
Maybe related, how do you guys get such sharp and clear looking photos of your artwork? Is there any setup I should consider (lighting, camera settings, etc) before taking photos? Whenever I try they look terrible, even after messing with photoshop. Talking about camera photography here, don't know if scanning is better.
>>2430592
digging your style, got a blog?
>>2430782
Oooh this is very cool very nice cross hatching
From the very very first conceptual drawing.
>>2430900
to one of the last pictures before it was sent to gallery.
>>2430859
thanks dude, yeah i got a tumbl
http://aekashiraki.tumblr.com/
>>2430937
fucking progressive fag enabler.
>>2430937
Cool
his left leg is fukd
>>2429601
Depends on your definition of fill
I usually try not to leave any space so it does take more time.
>>2430592
Are those some scenes fr big trouble in little china on the right?
I love that movie
>>2430852
Scan them.
>>2431611
Whenever I try to scan, it usually messes up some of my lighter lines, any recommendations for types of scanners, or are there settings to change the brightness of the light? It seems much better than taking photos, so I'd like to know, too.
>>2431693
play with scanner settings, brightness/contrast and levels in PS
>>2431406
>sameface
>>2432581
your stuff reminds me of my stuff!
>>2430518
Odd anatomy and stiff pose.
>>2432800
Yeah totally. Are you using Conte? I have some Conte pencils, I think they are my favorite thing to draw with.
>>2432903
This is my most recent sketchbook page...Felt like experimenting with some elements I'm not used to.
>>2432751
>>2432815
thanks
good thread so far guys, I like a lot of this stuff
>>2433035
>>2432942
I was at a protest. I sketch what's in front of me pham
>>2432887
It's "cretacolor". They've been laying around for maybe 10 years and I just opened the set a few days ago when I was out of black fineliner, which is the only thing I've been using, generally. I recommend them. The fineliners I mean.
>>2434343
me again. just bought a new sketchbook, a marker and a pen.
>>2433037
I really like this.
Practicing hands. Anyone have a critique?
>One day I'll have a bigger scanner.
>One day....
Anyone else own a sketchwallet?
>>2437923
I don't understand why someone would use such a messy and inconvenient tool. A micron pen would achieve the exact same result as that metal-nibbed pen.
There is no difference in quality.
>>2437971
Personal preference. Freedom of ink choice. Nibs are flexible, so more variety in line weight.
![IMAG0023[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/88P3BpH.jpg "IMAG0023[1].jpg")
people looks ok, keep practicing hands.
>>2432951
that's pretty fucking sick m8
>>2432951
I-is that Cammy and Female Necalli...?
>>2427672
>>2438523
I was seeing the right cat's right ear as a horn, left ear as an eye, and eyes and mouth as a nose, with the line for its chin being a big grin. Thought it was a pokemon making out with a normal cat for two good minutes.
>>2438567
what's wrong with you
>>2430069
i love that one
LAYSI
thank
>>2438323
Thanks senpai
>>2438512
Nah it's just regular Necalli....but that idea does open up some room for "creativity" hmmmm
What u think? :)
If u like my stuff plz check out my fb site "Simme Green Illustration" - the www is a rough ground for artists haha :)
>>2429601
You want to go through one every couple of weeks. Masterpieces aren't needed, but it's always good to draw a lot. Even if it's just doodles.
How do you get your drawings to look like the stuff in these sketchbooks? I don't know where to put lines for anything and my drawings look like 5 year olds.
I see these drawings and see different line thickness and lines that aren't connected in some places, but I have no idea how to do any of that. Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm an uncreative person who really wants to draw.
This is the only picture I have saved on my computer that I drew in a lined notebook middle school style, and it's an anime style video game character (kill me).
>>2438894
i thought picturing skulls is forbidden in china?
>>2439098
[spoiler]practice[/spoiler]
>>2439118
goddammit
>>2430852
don't take them using auto settings, you need to choose appropriate white balance and set iso (depending on the amount of light you have in your room, try 200-400). if your camera enables it, change diaphragm (f/5.6 should work) and exposure time (about 1/60s? maybe a bit more)
>>2439098
There is a sticky with all the information you need.
>>2439118
No tips? Just practice and my lines will stop looking dumb? Alright... I'll keep trying.
>>2439098
Well, step one would be to buy a sketchbook. It doesn't necessarily need to br expensive, but the orientation anf binding is kind of a peeve for some people.
Step two is to simply git gud; or rather, practice gettin' gud. There are a myriad of ways to achieve this, but the number 1 method is to draw something every day. More importantly, draw a /better/ looking thing every day. Ask questions and be specific, show examples, observe shit.
This is my general advice for a general question.
>>2439140
Check out the sticky, take classes, read books on the subject.
Start with simple construction (like Loomis) and basic 1&2 point perspective.
With line weight the basics are thicker/darker lines at things in the front, and thinner/lighter in the back.
The thing with lines not connecting is about trusting the brain to do it for you. This usually means you have to create an implication for where the line should be, either by using the rest of the shape, or by leaving it up to the person viewing the art to have prior knowledge about the object or shape you are drawing.
I fucking love my new gel pens:
PILOT - V5 Hi-Tecpoint 0.5mm
&
PENTEL - Hybrid Technica 0.3mm
Though I fucking hate my old Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen (B) I used for the box behind the dude
>>2439146
nigga is that yours?
>>2438881
LAYSI HIJA MÍA, MY SON!!
>>2430420
why did you use a ruler to draw all that?
Mine's pretty bad. I was trying to get good at drawing explosions.
>>2440661
It doesn't look like he used one, just basic straight line construction bruhh
Sketch from today. Chamber orchestra was playing in a pretty nice church.
>>2440918
One of the violinists.
Latest finished drawing
>>2430518
Cool concept art for a WoW armor set, faggot.
Chalk and Charcoal
Its it sideways? Posting from phone
I fucking hate shadowing in a sketchbook, shadows hides a lot of disproportion in drawing
As well as muh style and "abstract" shit
Do you guys balance multiple sketchbooks, or doy you find it better to draw in one?
Since the only sketchbooks I can find are like 12-15 pages I tend to have several, one for regular drawing/doodles and the other for life drawing.
>>2431725
idk man, to me all monkeys look the same
[spoiler]sorry, couldn't miss the change[/spoiler]
>>2439104
I heard the same, not like in other countries kids under 18 are drawing porn
>>2443088
What an embarrassing post.
>>2443953
Some of them really aren't. You should post your own work?
>>2443962
the typical, tired response. No, fagot. they all suck. Bad.
>>2443973
>Implying anything that you say is unique or new
You're the most tired, typical person on this board. At least enlarge to see some of the sketches.
>>2430420
>>2430592
>>2431406
>>2432951
>>2433035
>>2437923
>>2438120
>>2438894
>>2441268
>>2443279
>>2439285
Are either promising or good. I agree that the rest are pretty shit.
>>2443973
Also nice punctuation, spelling and grammar.
>>2439146
best answer
>>2441222
please focus on practicing anatomy and other drawing exercises before rendering finished products
>>2442033
underated post
>>2444227
Why don´t you draw on drawing paper?
You know, like the type with nice texture, isntead of notebooks.
>>2445224
I was doing math and then felt like sketching
>>2444227
Loomis
>>2445299
I read fun with a pencil
>>2445303
Did you do the drawings tho?
>>2445306
Yes I did all the blooks, why?
>>2445308
Your drawing of the girl could go under the blook treatment. The face is nauseatingly off perspective
>>2445309
Can you do a breakdown in ms paint for me?
Just point out the plane and what needs to be adjusted and I'd be grateful.
>>2445313
ugh, fine. you beginners always want free advice. brb
>>2445319
Also please let me see your work, the work of an advanced artist, so that I might have something to work towards.
>>2445319
>/ic/
>artwork and critique
>critique
>free to post on Pompeii graffiti wall
>"ugh, fine. you beginners always want free advice"
>>2445358
Yes it is off, but really, the spark?
Could you be any more of a pretentious cunt?
>>2445361
I am ironically a pretentious cunt, but he unironically doesn't have the spark. So I'm blameless. He is at fault for being a shitty artist who can't take criticism.
>>2445363
Not really. He asked you for advice/help and you just acted like a pretentious twat. You're not ironically a cunt, you're just a cunt. If you yourself had the spark you might not have been a cunt.
>>2445363
You didn't do your job. All you did was give insults, so you are to blame. And he took the criticism but you didn't offer anything of use at all besides the tired memes that infest this board.
>>2442033
fuckin sweet man
>>2444737
that's neat
>>2445358
>Unironically misses the point of >critique again
What a phony
>>2443953
>criticizes those who try, doesn't try themselves.
why are you even here?
>>2445363
>the spark
like this guy knows anything about "the spark".
get the fuck out
>>2443953
thumbnail stuff
>>2439087
you're that dude who drew that picture of kiko right? do you have the ref by any chance?
also nice progress based on your deviant man
s c r i b b b l e s s
>>2446773
>>2429601
my 100 page sketchbooks usually take 2 months ish
a 64 pager takes a few weeks to a month
>>2441185
i like this style and though there's not really a lot of. skill (the person looks very... melty), i think with really stuyding the fundamentals while continuing this kind of work (v important) you can make it
>>2443988
>>2443953
Nah, mine is pretty good. I know a shit drawing and mine definitely is not.
>>2432300
>>2447960
This is why you do art and not STEM
>>2442033
Sick as fuck man
trying to practice economy of line rn
my scanner sucks
>>2448644
really great. got a blog or something?
The shading is a bit too much but i think i have captured the expression
>>2448775
Aw, he even signed it and everything.
>>2427672
I try to rip off active compositions in comic book panels.
Archie comics work best for this, generally.
I had a charcoal sketchbook I used to take to the mall. That was a great deal of fun because you can draw mallgoers and their quite varied expressions.
>>2448775
man , the eye looks flat and the shades are weird
>>2448744
Not that great, not that bad
>>2448644
holy fuck the bottom left looks so good are you using a silverpoint?
>>2449038
what's that? I just used a staedtler pen and smudged it a little bit with my finger
Maybe a few bad quality ones.
1/3
>>2449068
2/3
>>2449069
3/3
>>2448644
last shitty ones for today
>>2449103
looks very nice anon
>>2449103
Looks great, you really made that ballpoint pen your bitch, nigga.
>>2449103
Vetyr?
>>2449044
da vinvi used silverpoints i read they were good for doing lines like your doing.
>>2449216
ohh I want one of those, they sound expensive though
>>2449261
how, thumbnail seems pretty strong
>>2446397
Very pretty, lively.
What did you use for the white highlights on some of the trees/bushes?
>>2437971
I can agree that its messy and inconvenient for out and about but its nothing like a micron pen. In the right hands there's a massive difference in quality.
>>2449576
Not to mention it's more versatile. The flex and multiple surfaces.
>>2449103
Shitty indeed.
>>2449038
>>2448744
This was the reference pic. The reason the png looks so bright is because he literally scanned it.
If you look with your eyes, this is much, much worse than other works posted here like
>>2432951
>>2439146
How are you people fooled so easily by picture quality and not drawing quality?
>>2449624
Your drawing is mediocre. It lacks imagination and it's a copy of reference pictures from another thread.
There are more creative and better looking drawings EVEN in this thread if you look closely for more than the 5 seconds of attention span you have.
>>2449625
Those are not my drawings, everyone who disagrees with you aren't samefagging anon. I think they are beautiful and well designed. Some of the best I've seen on ic in a long time.
>>2449627
I only same fagged two of those comments to point out what I was talking about. Second, these two extra posts are because you responded.
>>2444600
Here is the reference thread he was on.
You're being fooled by nice bright lines that you get from a well scanned picture. It's literally the same quality as 1/4 of the pictures you see on IC and of less imagination and perceptive quality than another 1/4.
You're being blinded by something shiny the same way teenage girls on facebook are blinded by other photo copies.
>>2449627
You and they even fell for the same passive fishing for compliments
>>2449627
>Some of the best I've seen on ic in a long time.
you should lurk more
>>2449625
I know, I was obviously using ref because I'm studying from hamptons book rn sorry for disappointing pls don't start drama
>>2449637
Someone needs to offer the critique when no on else will. Otherwise you just get the same "everyone's effort is the same!" bs you get in art school.
>>2449620
Shit, I was convinced the dude was drawing from life for some reason. Drawings are still pretty slick, even if they are flawed.
>>2449644
You must not have the spark. You're still a good fanboy and a good consumer though.
>>2449650
>the spark
Nice meme, fag. There's literally nothing wrong with liking things that look good.
>>2449655
haha I know
As for liking things that look good, do it when it's from skill and not from a good shot.
>>2449641
Simply telling someone they're "mediocre" is not critique, retard. You need to point out the flaws, but I guess you can't because you don't have the eye for it.
>>2449662
I start off with "mediocre" to capture your attention, and it worked.
As for analysis, I offered the reference pictures for you to see. And I stated the reason as to why you liked it despite the anatomical flaws and errors in copying.
The figure in >>2448644 is rigid, blocky and not very well proportioned. Notice how he left out faces and hands because he can't integrate them into the whole body yet, at his level. As for the face >>2449620 you can see what happened to the jawline of the guy when he tried to draw the beard but couldn't. The eyes are pointing in the wrong directions and the plane of the face is off. The nose is flat on one end and not the other. "Economy of lines" in this case is what he used to excuse how he didn't know where to finish. The folds of the left eyes are well done. You can tell he started there. The 2nd face, I'm not even going to comment on that.
>>2449103
Suffers from the same issues of compartmentalization. They're unfinished and not very well integrated. The planes of the body don't match up. He was lucky that his bad proportions ended up the way they did, accidentally accentuating the hips. Maybe that's the only part he's studied so far.
>>2449675
He does have "slick" looking lines and rhythms though, as you pointed out at least twice.
>>2449632
>being so buttblasted over a disagreement
I like them. I guess that must really get to you, anon? He likely draws way better than you ever will.
>>2449662
Pay attention to the joints, alignment of the spine, rib cage and muscle attachments.
>>2449682
Not really. But even if he did, that wouldn't matter, because what a speaker says and the speaker himself have no bearing on each other. A retard could say 2+2=4 and be correct. Likewise, ad hominem and appeals to authority aren't legitimate arguments for discrediting another person.
>>2449675
hi thanks for the crit
on the first figure I was more focused on drawing the 3 larger masses because I'm still having a little trouble with feeling the form and twisting and pulling things, that's why I left out hands/arms/legs/feet. these are just sketches, I was trying to do the soft/hard edge thing and left out major masses of the same value untouched intentionally (like the guys beard and hair) just added more detail in parts where there's high contrast, but I still have to practice that a lot more so I can get better lines and handle of my pen.
>>2427672
Guys, guys!
Can we please stop arguing. ;9
>>2449694
no you retard arguments are fun and serve as an extension of critique which is fundamental to the process of learning art
QUESTION: Do you lose your right to punch upwards in critique when you pick up a pencil?
What can i do to draw better?
Also, dont mind the face, i tryed to use a new pen but fucked it up
>>2450505
>>2427672
Some quick head sketches, charcoal pencil on newsprint.
>>2449622
>no imagination
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
whoops forgot to add the whol photo smdh
whats the best tool to use on a sketchbook? mechanical pencil or pens?
>>2452041
both, you stupid fucking autist.
>>2452044
i dont even have one
im thinking about getting one, thank you for the awnser, friend
>>2438523
Cute, i like it
>>2449103
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i would post in the alt thread, but it looks like /ic/ is having a tantrum in there...
did a little of everything today. Considering I never draw dudes, I liked how #8 came out. I should do more dudes...
looks like I still can't into faces...
>>2444737
Neat rendering. What is your coloring process?
>>2450511
Are you the guy that keeps posting that pic in tattoo threads of /fa/
>>2453745
Some mouths are too low.
>>2453745
did another dude from the ref thread. I must study more muscles...
>>2454136
i have a bad long face habit. No excuses, i'll try to study some faces next time too.
>>2449070
Cool,Are those suppose to be the Syrian T-72's?
>>2456613
can i see your drawing process? or are these referenced?
>>2456759
>did another dude from the ref thread
>>2456613
what program and tablet do you use?
>>2453745
love your evas!!! you make something so complex look so clear even with your extra sketch lines still visible, 10/10
>>2445363
>I don't know how to give decent advice
>instead I hide behind a mask of irony and insults.
>all the while give vague bullshit about "the spark"
The only spark that's lacking here is your ability to give worthwhile critiques other than "the facial proportions are off and proceed to call anon a shitty artist.
Ech.
Depression sapped me of all will to draw, finally found a little ember of motivation
some ideas. supposed to be robots helping at a farmer's market, so i want to add more sci-fi elements in the future
>>2429655
Quite promising (especially the page on the left) however I feel you're approaching eyes wrongly which spoils the drawings. I love the small sketch on the left page of an old man from the side wearing glasses. Just try focusing on the positions of the facial features and the general structure of the face.
>>2429848
looks pretty good man. Face on the right bothers me though, the lips are far too low on the face. Apart from that it looks great
>>2429848
canson watercolor paper?
>>2429655
i can almost swear i saw this exact image on /ic/ months ago..
Been a long time since I've drawn. How awful am I? What should I be working on?
>>2458340
Did you post these on insta? I cant tell if i saw it there
>>2458357
nah, i dont have an instagram. I do have them on tumblr though
>>2458367
Well i suggest you make onr and post these with some hashtags
>>2458402
will do. thanks anon~
i've been trying to work in pen and watercolor only to get more confident lines, but idk if it's helping much.
