>Decide to do art for a living
>Spend 4 years trying to git gud, spending maybe an hour, maybe a few hours a day maybe no hours a day often. But overall taking it pretty seriously.
>Keep reading on /ic/ industry is dead, work is hard to come by, art is futile
>Getting decent pay from commissions and commissions are easy af to get
>Not even gud yet
It's all lies
>>2444296
Where do the clients reach you? That's where I'm stumped
Do you just upload on tumblr..?
>>2444296
Pls post art or example, I could use some hope
>>2444304
Half the work is finding them. Gotta be a little bit gud though. How do you find them? Figure it out bruh
>>2444306
Sure thing
What settings should a default brush be in SAI for realistic color mixing?
>>2451200
>SAI
better use Corel Painter it emulates gouache better digital watercolors do this by default
SAI just copy it but like every copy its just a fraction of the original
post your favorite protest art, OC welcome
Drawing you're proudest of thread?
>>2450173
Why didn't you draw the whole body? You would have learned more. Also a bigger picture would be nice
>>2450178
Source was an under the covers shot, I'm working on full body stuff right now. Will post bigger picture tomorrow, the piece is hung at a student art gallery atm
Here's a drawing I just finished in sketchbook pro. Any criticisms or advice appreciated.
>Any criticisms
You made your own thread.
>or advice
Use the drawthread like everybody else.
>>2450073
>criticisms
The hummming bird has down syndrome
>advice
Remove a chromosome
guys i made a pic of a friend because in this pic he looked ridicolous, can u please make it better and do "what you always do" with it? thanks xd
>>2450068
How old are you?
Hi. So I've been drawing and painting for a couple of years now. I have made tons of progress so much that seeing my first works is discouraging. But lately I have been unable to draw or paint like I used to I just can't get into it and feel blocked. I want to get out of this bad spell because I am really able to create quality work now. And also because I miss the satisfaction and pleasure of doing so. This has happened in the past but now more frequently and intensely. Share your story about art blocks or advice. So art block thread?
inb4 art block is a meme.
What's IC up to today?
ITT: just talk about whats happening recently in life, anything interesting or is it nihilistic as usual?
>>2449178
op here, I'm doing good - just finished an assignment and i've got no more for like 2 weeks going to get some serious artwork done hopefully. Fucking hate college its torture.
I'm not good at constructing great posts, so I'm just gonna shoot my questions and hope some are answered. I am writing this from the perspective of someone who is drawing representational art and wants to break into the entertainment art industry.
1.) I don't care about fortune, but I want fame. How can an artist become as famous as possible, aside from having good work? What kind of influential art positions are there? What can artists do aside from producing work to benefit the industry and art in general?
2.) What do you think of pursuing writing as a secondary skill? Writing is my other passion and I love it when both art and writing is combined. Do any of you have an interest in not only writing, aside from art, but using it in conjunction with your art?
3.) What do you think of Illustration in general? A lot of people I talked to who share my art interests want to do concept art, which is cool, but I think Illustration is a lot cooler.
4.) What's the best advice you can give do someone aspiring to create art that doesn't have to do with the usual advice people give (e.g. just keep drawing, fgt). Try.
>>2449119
1) fame is completely unrelated to quality of work, sadly.
4) don't do it, it's a shit career and a waste of time in the long run.
>>2449119
>1.) I don't care about fortune, but I want fame. How can an artist become as famous as possible, aside from having good work? What kind of influential art positions are there? What can artists do aside from producing work to benefit the industry and art in general?
Um, I wanna be a nice person here and assume the best, but that word choice sucks.
Now, to the meat(spin).
So, You wanna be influential. K. You wanna be famous. K.You wanna make comics. K. You like illustrating. K. You want good advice on /ic/. Not K. Luckily, I'm too busy not trying right now to draw, so you get my benevolent advice.
I'mma assume that pic isn't yours.
With that assumption in mind, I'll take a gander and say that you wanna make shit like that. Alright, in that case, I suggest you read Mien Kampf. Or the Bible, or... Really, any public domain book on the web. After that, you get to do something fun. You get to try and illustrate your favorite scene in said book. In doing that, you can work on two things at once. Illustration, and prose. As an aspiring gaijiin mangaka, I can fully appreciate your wanting to illustrate your own books/make comics. Seems reasonable. What you have to do is study. Forget about the outside world. Forget your friends. Forget food, just read and draw. Wherever you go, read and draw. Get books you have no intention of returning, read them, and doodle in the margins (I kinda hate myself for even doing this, but still.) And for the first question? Not happening. How can an artist become as famous as possible? Good marketing and public appeal. What kind of influential art positions are there? Not sure, really. My goals aren't really that lofty, I just like to draw and lie, so stories it is for me. What can artists do aside from producing work to benefit the industry and art in general? Teach. Have children. Take in assistants once you're good enough. Basically, add to the pool of potential employees and freelancers for people to hire. Good luck!
Any time-lapse art progression videos you really like?
https://youtu.be/mJxMqcqhI8s
I like all timelapse with mushrooms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6jx-3yatrA
anybody here do mailstickers? I've been drawing on them for a while and I was wondering if anybody here used them as well. If you do use them, post some. Bonus points for non graffiti drawings
>>2447808
why are you drawing on them? Do you actually slap? kinda pointless if you dont use it for graffiti
>>2447921
No, I do. I was just interested if anybody has anything other than graffiti drawn on them. Mainly I kind of wanted this to be a sort of inspo thread. (should've but that in the op)
http://art.zerflin.com/#/william-h-johnson
William Henry Johnson was a famous biracial painter who was born in North Carolina in 1901. He is a major figure in 20th century art, even having a US postage stamp created in his honour.
The drawing was commissioned by Heidi Durrow to honour Mixed Heritage Month.
paint by numbers
Similar technique, except that I draw all the shapes beforehand.
How to properly do it?
>>2447165
why so many layers for a w&b ?
you are becoming layer addict
>>2447165
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7O7-EU4bgg
Could I get a quick critique? I plan on remaking it digitally and I just want some quick pointers.
(I apologize for condition. Lost it while cleaning-been a year.)
>>2447019
If you plan on remaking it digitally I would suggest doing a layover (Whether using a piece of tracing paper or a separate layer in Photoshop) and adding a background in perspective. Such as adding a bridge under sonic & metal as well as buildings in the background. I think that would really help this image a lot. Also re-positioning the clouds to be a bit more dynamic would be nice.
1 per week is a contest that we made on my art class. the rules are simple.
01- every person in the contest need to draw 1 thing per week
02- the draw is based on the artist picked that the monday of every week (monday is a free day)
03- the draw is full body, no exceptions.
04- person who win the last week choise the next artist for the next week.
05- win the anon who get 3 win at least 3 weeks.
06- ONLY people who participate can decide who win.
>>2446665
fucking english mate.
>>2446665
>heres some meme contest to help us sleep at night
