Draw this again thread.
at the end of this thread are you going to post a screencrap of this and the last thread you made with the same starter image? because a week isn't really enough time to make significant progress.
>>64116727
>THE EYES
>>64116727
>6 fucking years
>>64116727
>6 fucking years
>the only skill that has improved is they went to digital
Fucking christ I know artists that would tear this retarded artist a new asshole with that amount of laziness.
>>64116727
That's...really depressing.
>>64116727
Wow it's fucking nothing
>>64116954
Man it's stylized okay?
How is it possible to have slightly better skills yet still produce something much worse than what you did years ago?
>>64116727
>Their eyes only grew bigger
I know true fear now.
>>64117009
Laziness knows no bounds, some artists just are so lazy they stick to a style and keep that style forever, only changing it up with colors and styles like in the pic above.
Worse is when they go on deviant art they rather be artists for the social aspect then the skill aspect. And the hug boxing is just the worst.
>>64116930
depend of the age of the first one. Most poeple plateau hard in the 8-15 area because at this age you draw for fun, with no real direction. DA community will not teach you anything, it's not different than scribbling on your math pages during class.
>>64116727
>THE EYES
NO
>>64116727
And people still believe Anime isn't killing art.
>>64116635
>>64116727
I always hope these are fake
But knowing dA they most likely aren't
>>64117091
Oh quit it, Anime isn't the cause, it's people copy and paste styles and butchering it for their own gains. That's nothing new in the art world it's just more prevalent because of the internet culture.
>>64117009
By hitting the middle ground.
You aren't breaking the rules anymore in an accidentally appealing/"almost acceptable looking" way.
But you aren't technically savvy enough to pull off impressive technique wank art.
You are in the middle ground and your art has nothing going for it.
>>64116635
to be honest there's no real proof the person actually drew that much in those years. Manny people DA is like, 1 or 2 personal art per year, the rest is spend favoriting other people and posting comments.
>>64116727
10 bucks says they follow SYaC for advice
>>64117091
>oh no! I'm a talentless hack who can't draw worth shit!
>it must be all this anime that's killed my art!
Skill comes from practice, knowledge and talent. Style is irrelevant.
>>64117092
The first one isnt.
I know. I know this person personally.
>>64117485
Did he get worse?
>>64117493
How? Just a personal web relationship or in-person personally?
>>64117522
Some artists would say "HE FOUND A STYLE THAT WORKS FOR HIM!"
But to answer your question? yes, yes he has.
>>64117566
Web personal relationship. She's a nice person, really, but she loves crossovers. And shes just trying to pedal her fanime.
I just cant tell her that she sucks because im an extreme pussy.
>>64117522
Nah, modern Dobson isn't actually that bad. His problem is that he still only makes comics about making comics and uses them as a thinly disguised blog.
>>64117632
I could tell her she sucks and give her hard core constructive criticism, you're only enabling her behavior and art anon. She's never gonna amount to anything if she doesn't push herself for progress and success with her art.
>>64117648
>isn't actually that bad
Dobson pls go.
>>64117632
Get it together, anon
>>64117485
>The balder he gets the thicker his hair is drawn
>>64117648
I would give Dobson credit if he was just humble that his art is the way it is simply because it works for him, but he acts like such an elitist jerk about his art that it just really makes no excuse for his art. He preaches how much it means to be an artist and how much time and effort and labor it takes to be an artist, yet his art is really sub par webcomic level nonsense.
>>64117492
But if you have skill why would you copy a style instead of making your own? Most animes (keyword: most) look the same to me.
>>64116972
The appropriate response.
>>64117799
>Most animes (keyword: most) look the same to me.
you are a retard with no artistic skill then. Also
>western art
>not always the same disney, square or johnK style ad nauseam
>b.b.but realism is my style!
yeah right, that ideology is jsut as toxic as any DA circlejerk.
I always feel like I'm not making any progress as an artist even if I'm just drawing as a hobby. Then I see these and think, I'm not THAT bad.
>>64117799
1) people can draw in different styles, literally every western artist with any skill can draw anime characters. Most anime is specifically designed to be drawn by anyone without difficulty (Korean sweatshops).
2) people's styles are usually melds or evolutions of their teacher's/idol's art style. If those influences are Japanese, it makes perfect sense for their art to be in the anime style.
>>64116635
>Draw this again
Oh hell no. My art is like my hair. It was never great and now its just not there.
>>64117929
Have you even seen my art? Why are you making so many assumptions about me? How does me having a different view on anime imply that i have no understanding of the craft?
>>64117929
They look the same to me too.
>>64117952
You should post some art.
>>64117988
Because he's probably an angry weeb.
Assumptions are fun.
>>64116727
All I feel is pity.
>>64117632
In order for someone to improve, they need to be told what they are doing wrong and how to become better.
>>64118004
>>64117741
He must have no hair by now, since he draws himself covered in it.
>>64117964
So they became a SJW?
>>64117632
>>64117680
As long as she has no delusion of being a professional artist, her being kind of crappy isn't hurting anyone. Let her have her fun.
My art is shitty as hell, but I just doodle for fun. I have real, marketable skills, but drawing isn't one of them. I don't understand why people act like drawing has to be a way of life. For some people, it's just something to do after work.
>>64116635
>>64118047
>weeb
the epic maymay of the summer.
>>64116635
this artstyle looks familiar...
did this person make a fanime?
>>64118331
>summer
Nice maymay.
>>64118290
>dat shading
>dat empty landscape
>dat character in general
>>64118290
But she improved a lot.
>>64118340
Yep. Fun fact:it was a written thing first.
>>64118416
Yes, credit's given to that. But going through them page by page then the transition is almost insignificant.
I know people who from drawing from that level to having their art featured in published artist books, having international exhibitions and getting jobs in video game concept art industry in the same time span.
>>64118559
I don't want to be a hugboxer, but I don't think not being a professional artist makes her pathetic. At least, not hardly as pathetic as people like OP and>>64116727.
>>64117971
That was beautiful anon, now I'm gonna need a pic of the blue bear saying the same exact thing.
>>64118088
Holy shit, you actually took that to heart, grow a spine. No one is 100% serious in this place, faggot.
>>64117964
From ugly to ugly. But they became technically better.
>>64116727
It actually got worse between 2009 and 2012
>>64118088
>half of these are interchangable
>>64118290
>likes to go to church
>>64116727
heh, practice makes perfect right?
I actually wanna see /co/ redraw these.
>>64118088
>fireball charming is in there
my nigga
>>64118757
>I was only pretending to be retarded
>>64119706
/co/'s drawfags are either bizarre expressionists or utter fucking prodigies that waste away under a sea of incredibly poor work ethics, bad advice and shit taste.
>>64120277
Or porn
>>64119807
>Sure is summer here
Get out leddit
>>64120277
Nah I'm pretty shit. Expressionism implies it looks weird on purpose.
>>64117485
>Those motion lines on the left
Is he a goddamned bobblehead or something?
>>64118088
>No FMA, which actually makes distinguishable differences in appearance between its European and Asian characters
You had one job
>>64120293
Porn is good when done good
People focus more on filling a checklist of fetishes and elements to repeat from more successful artists because deep down they are still too hung up to seriously study and express their eroticism.
i decided to redraw one of my old works.
this was a fucking hassle to do, especially finding something on my old dA that wouldn't get me banned here, but more importantly, which one would you fugg?
>>64120556
>those thighs
You're doing God's work Anon
>>64120556
Neither as I can't stand fluffy tails or rainbows.
Still, that is an improvement.
>>64120556
how did you do it?
>>64120556
Right all the way
>>64120556
Was the one on the left a base or an attempt at MS Paint/Pixelart?
>>64120629
nothing could salvage this abomination
>>64120641
i'm not sure what you're asking here anon?>>64120592
i like to think so
>>64120684
very old mspaint art
>>64117009
I don't know. I don't understand it. I see artists plateau and I just don't understand. If you draw all the time, you should be getting better, even if your methods are crap.
Hell, MY methods are crap and I've gotten better over time.
Things like Dominic Deegan I will NEVER understand.
Also if you want to see and artist going down-hill. Compare John K.'s recent drawings to his 80s stuff. It's like he just doesn't care anymore.
>>64120556
>which one would you fugg
neither. Sex with that thing would be like the Rainbow Cake strip from oglaf.
>>64120592
Personally, i'm sick of seening chubby, pear shaped, thunder thighed women everywhere, i am so numb to it all porn is becoming useless and i'm getting back into anorexic whores again.
I want this hiper fertility fad to end so variety in women can exist again, since deep down it's becoming a form of bimbofication.
>>64117789
Example:
Ronnie. Whomp has "ok" art. It's nothing amazing. BUT it carries the joke, and that's all it needs to do. It has no pretensions about what it is.
And it's definitely improved over time.
>>64120556
Literally looks like the art progression of many other people I've seen. It's okay, I guess.
>>64120806
This.
I used to like drawing on/v/from time to time, then this retarded, obese hips started popping up everywhere and it all went to shit really fast.
>>64120806
enjoy your skeletons!
>>64117126
>it's people copy and paste styles and butchering it for their own gains
That's exactly what anime is. People copying and pasting Tezuka's style, because it's easy to have semi-trained Korean animators busting out frame after frame at a low budget.
>Hate my own artwork
>See this thread
>Compare work from 6th grade to now
>Thank Xenu that it's better than this shit
Thank you anon.
>>64120556
I bet the artist got fatter too between 2012 and 2014
>>64120923
Can we stop talking about anime? There's a different board for that.
>>>/a/
>>64120860
The worst part is that they also turn all women into shortstacks with baby proportions and all the lovely and subtle shapes of the body are discarded with hate in favor of gelatinous, almost feature-less blobs.
It's so fucking antiaesthetic
>>64121062
i've always been chubby.
i draw thin girls too, but all my friends like butts and thighs, so i draw that more often
>>64120872
Skeleton is the new muscle, i cant wait until mexican la muerte make up becomes popular
>>64121220
i want a skeleton gf
>>64121199
why does she look like that dude from yowopeda?
>>64121162
>Who is Fangdangler?
>Who is sunibee
>>64121199
It's like the artist followed some kind of advice sheet about animation saying that you have to push your facial expressions, but forgot to make the expressions good.
>>64120556
The one in the right, she's cute.
>>64121442
And forgot that exaggeration is wrong.
>>64121321
Sunibee doesn't shrink women down into hipblobs, though. He does some fucking weird amalgamation of plump but slender bodies
>>64121597
Yeah I meant to only quote that last part there
>>64121348
I did this thing 3 years ago out of boredom.
Did I do decent /co/?
>>64121199
>They edited it to be right to left
I wish I could slap that degree of weeaboo.
>>64121348
>>64121639
>>64121729
The one on left looks better.
>>64121763
Probably traced.
>>64116727
What the fuck is happening with those things holding the umbrella
>>64120556
draw more sharktits
also, both at the same time
>>64122153
Reminds me of John. K
>>64120556
Where can I find more of your work?
>>64122247
Check the watermark in the bottom right, pupmoo
>>64121661
No.
>>64121661
why did you hide the hands and feet you didn't do that 3 years ago you at least tried.
>>64116635
couldnt be bothered to shade and add a background
>>64122533
oh btw,
>2010
>2014
nobody's posted this one yet?
>>64122533
I wish you tried replicating the BG.
Is there any style other than anime that is so poorly imitated?
>>64122929
furshit
>>64122678
>5 years
>>64122929
western leads to terrible garbage too. god those shitty cape fetish comics...
>>64123221
lol he forgot how to draw clothes
>>64122678
>struggled to get used with a tablet
How?
>>64123419
>How?
because when you learned with a pencil and a paper for many years a tablet means a relearning from scratch, since the eye/hand coordination is totally different? It goes the same with many people who learn with a tablet first, but are unable to make a circle with a pencil. Tool specialisation is a thing. You are supposed to avoid it but sometime you just don't see the time go and ends up stuck in a way or another.
>>64123419
You have to coordinate what you draw on the tablet with what you see on screen. For some it's quite difficult.
>>64122678
>>64123221
L-lewd.
>>64117485
Like a human female would ever intentionally touch Dobby without protection.
I never really finished either of them.
As for dates
>really don't know actually
>2013
>>64124600
its hard to say since they aren't finished but I actually like the left hand one better. The right wold probably look better coloured+shaded though
>>64120556
Kawaii as shit, nigga.
>>64124555
This always gets me.
It's been two months.
>>64124981
I prefer the image on the far left. What filter did you use to get that effect?
I'm still trying to learn, but I'm glad I've improved.
>>64125379
That's just the original image my friend.
Maybe not as much improvement as I'd hoped but still, could be worse
>>64125604
that's the fuckin' joke he was making you double nigger
your art reminds me of a guy I know, but I don't think you're him since he makes typos like a maid makes beds
>>64125829
Oh I know, but sometimes people on here can say stuff like that without sarcasm.
>>64125764
Pretty nice
>>64121729
They forgot to trace with the right one
>>64124139
the time gap can't be true
also
>P&S was 3 years ago
kill me
>>64125604
>>64124981
>tripshit retarded as fuck
nothing to see here
filtered for good
>>64126422
Cheers.
Jesus Christ.
I think I've gotten worse over the years.
>>64122533
Do you do commissions?
>>64126596
pretty cool, clearly you're withholding. what are some of your current pieces like?
>>64125920
It wasn't that funny on reflection, sarcasm doesn't tend to come across that well on 4chan at times. ah well
>>64126596
I like it, but that still isn't comparing your past best to your current best.
man I want to do one of my own but Im busy
>>64116727
>the legs and shoes
Go back! You fucked up!Also, I need a drawfriend to draw a "2020" one where it's just giant eyes under an umbrella.
>>64120806
Maybe you should take a break from porn for a while. Find a hobby to pour your energies into that doesn't involve jacking off.
>>64122153
But this is great.
The artist took a simple drawing from his childhood and slapped some realism on it on purpose, and it worked.
>>64128142
>into something that
FTFY
Also where do you think we are?
>>64126713
>>64126776
Alright, a better attempt at it.
>>64128405
Do an apple tree in bloom.
Back when I was really into Teenage Robot.
>2006
>>64128863
>2013
>>64125538
I want you to go to CN and make a mini-Sherlock Holmes cartoon.
>>641290117/10
>>64126635
i should but i have no earthly clue as to how pay pal works
>>64129011
You cheeky cunt, you.
>>64128863
>>64128923
I actually really like both of these.
>>64128863
>>64128923
You got worse, anon.
How does it feel?
>>64128923
Why is is crotch flat?
>>64120556
Neither
LOOMIS
>>64120556
tumblr/10
>>64121199
Did she turn into Dana Carvey?
>>64121199
Her face still looks small on her head and hair.
>>64129671
No, she turned into Elmer Fudd with a bad wig.
>>64129360
Thank you.
>>64129379
I don't actually care anymore. Every now and then I do a piece for fans, but that's about it.
Plus, I have a life.
>inb4 saying this on 4chan.
>>64129422
You like bulges anon?
>pic 1998
>>64130334
2014
>>64130362
mmm. spandexy. I do miss the fuckhuge pauldrons though
Literally no improvement. BRB committing Kotaku
>>64130362
>penis super velociraptor nazi
Bretty gud.
>>64131131
>literally no improvement
>dat drastic improvement on control of lines
bitch, keep working at it and you'll get better, don't put yourself down
>>64131195
No I wasn-
I know there was impr-
Nevermind. Thank you. I thought 2007 was good back in the day. I know now the only way to go is up. In 7 more years I'll be even better
>>64131131
>literally no improvement
go back to tumblr and stop fishing for compliments.
>>64131346
.....alright?
>>64124555
I'm not completely convinced this actually happened. How do you fuck up this badly?
>>64120433
>FMA
LOL
>>64118088
>Daft Punk Interstella 5555
My nigga, my nigga, my nigga
>>64117789
Pic related.
>>64133607
what critique are they talking about?
seems interesting and useful.
>>64133607
That's the author of prequel.
>>64118088
Those are pretty much all things that break the mold. It would be like saying all cartoons use this geometric thick line style and refuting it with Avatar and NickTMNT: the most cookie cutter bad cartoons use the geometric style, the good ones break the mold (or set the trend in the first place, like PPG or Dexter's Lab).
Okay assholes.
My dA gallery is a mess that goes back to 2006, when I first signed up.
Choose one for me to redraw:http://adhadh.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=648
>>64122678
>>64116727
>>64116635
Not to be an ass, but can some artists really have that low of a skill ceiling?
>>64134094
http://adhadh.deviantart.com/art/Opera-Trolls-39233514
>>64134108
I don't think so. You can always improve if you study anatomy and gesture and stuff like that. These artists seemed to have just settled for what their current skills were and rolled with it, without trying to change, they probably never got critique.
>>64121183
>drawing what other people want
why would you do this? does it make you happy doing this?
>want to get better at drawing
>read up on loomis and some other gesture book
>my figures aren't great, but I've reached a point where I need to just practice
seeing these threads terrify me, /co/, I really hope to god I don't get complacent and become a hack
>>64134401
Just be self-aware and always open to critique and you'll do fine.
>>64134169
>http://adhadh.deviantart.com/art/Opera-Trolls-39233514
There you go.
>>64133607
>>64130334
I LOVE bulges
>>64117485
Dobson looks like Dr. Robotnik in the more recent strip.
>>64120315
Stop with anti reddit maymay
>>64121199
Why the long face haha
>>64121729
>this guy got worse
I just had a fish around old dA accounts. I might try redoing the 2012 girl (And the other one that went with it.)
>mfw they were actually $50 a piece commissions.
>>64135302
>$50 a piece commissions.
How the fuck do you find people willing, all I can get is 10 dollars off.
>>64131414
What video of Pat is that from?
I'm gonna see if I can find something old that I don't absolutely hate.Or that's Sonic related.
>>64132084
Haha some anime still has three shades of skintone... the hentai, where the highlight is used as a dot of boob shine and in every other place they want the viewers to look at most.
I need to get back on the horse, haven't painted anything in days.
>>64128586
>The most normal draw request in the history of /co/
I stopped drawing over 5 years ago because of these threads. I delete any of my old art my mom scans. Somehow my ability does grow without practice but my patience is damn near gone so everything I do doesn't get over 5% done.
>>64135258
First is probably a trace m8
> That one guy who's cat drawings got creepier and creepier as his schizophrenia deepened.
>>64136015
pic?
>>64136082
2/10 made me respond
>>64136085
There are more, just search around.
>>64136085
I thin it's this one.
Can't seem to find the text that goes with it, but I believe he came to start thinking his cats were watching him as his schizophrenia progressed.
>>64136237
>>64136365
Number 5 looks pretty fucking dope.
>>64131516
She wasn't an artist, just an old lady trying to help.
>>64135732
>Somehow my ability does grow without practice
I think you're lying to yourself, anon.
>>64136237
>>64136365
dude what
>>64137533
I don't think he is. I think I improved and I normally go all out with doodling for 1-3 months and then stop for half a year.
The reason that says 2013 on the right is because I haven't drawn anything in one year and 3 months.
>>64135629
I see what you did there
>>64137929
Is that winter Miku for the Nendo contest? Shit nigga, she's cute.
fuck, I digged up the very first "digital art" (as in, not using MS Paint) I ever tried to draw and drew something fast (heh) with no effort whatsoever to see how it compared to me nowadays.
yes I used to draw Sonic that badly only two years ago.
no I'm not proud of this.
>>64135732
>>64137533
I can totally understand this. I can practice non-stop for a year with little to no noticeable progress, take a 6 month break and have improved by leagues just by observing.
>>64137929
I'm still bummed your design didn't win. The owl was cute.
>>64125764
Man, was your art ever bad?
Not really a "Draw this again" thing, but I took two of my pieces that happened to be of the same character and stuck them in.
The formatting is shit because fuck memes
>>64138125
Thanks!
>>64138408
I thought the Miku that won was really cute, but the pet bunny was disappointing. I do think the owl would have went with the wizard/witch design nicely. I kind of think they only wanted to pick people in Japan for the contest though. I wonder if all the entries they chose for this year's Miku were all Japanese.
I give up
>>64116727
This is quite popular in /ic/.
Still, wtf.
>>64138935
>>64122678
That's improvement?
How?
>>64118088
And yet in none of them do the characters blink
>>64140043
lolwut
>>64117956
>literally every western artist with any skill can draw anime characters.
Sure, then we got the aberrations known as OEL manga. Specially the horrid shit marvel put out on its mangaverse.
>>64138856
wow that's a big improvement
good job!
>>64127302
I think the artist might start grasping what shading is in about 6 years given the progress trajectory.
>>64141447
Lel'd heartily and saved.
Thanks anon. You da man.
>>64141447
Kek
left is from 2012 right is from 2014.
I think I've improve a little.
>>64141447
I just noticed I fucked up the text at the top.
>>64141548
>>64141626
Thanks, it was honestly a challenge to actually make it look like the artist and keep it looking shitty. It hurt to draw.
>>64118088
why do all of them except like akira and jin roh look like white people?
why are japs afraid of drawing themselves how they actually look instead of as caucasians?
>>64135636
do you go game art?
I can very well imagine the right as a concept piece.
>>64141014
Does that ever turn out decent, other than when Adam Warren is involved?
I don't really draw much anymore, but I still doodle. I didn't redraw a specific character, but they are both drawn in the vain of Dragonball Z. The one on the left was from last week.
>>64142561
Fuck, I meant the one the right**