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>>2420184
Post reference, request reference
Ask any questions here, avoid making new threads for them!
Old thread - >>2392369
Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/kVkkdzaX
New WIP Sticky: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VfDTpLLVl5bWUGWguswKpPFml533luI8-NBd1EGYHnA/edit?pref=2&pli=1
How would I set up perspective in a still life? I find that when I'm drawing cups and bowls and whatnot the ellipses become difficult to draw because I have no clue how wide to make them.
I get easily discouraged when I compare myself to artist even slightly better than me. What should I do?
When I am drawing from life, it can take me up to two/three hours to fill a page with what's in front of me (mild detail). Is this too long? Does anyone else here like to fill pages with urban sketching? How long do you spend on a whole page sketch of your view?
https://picarto.tv/AlexaEve
can we make her a d/ic/k?
she can be our new mascot.
get in here, help convince her.
>>2428057
>related
>>2428058
shes really not that special... why her? Why do we even need normies?
>>2428074
stfu newfag
Am I crazy for really liking this? It's kind-of-but-not-reallly like a brush pen, but the tip is quite hard so I find it easier to not shake. And it's cheap as balls.
Cheap pen thread general?
Cheap pen thread general
>>2427786
I actually have a few of those pens. Some of them ran out rather quickly, though.
I used them a lot, but now I'm using mechanical pencils and wooden pencils.
I really like this one. Very simple, nothing fancy. and you can get 12 of them for like 16$ at amazon. Lasts at least a few months.
Sakura brush pen is cheap and good
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good screen capture program thats lightweight? (and free)
I use to be able to record my screen with quicktime while drawing a 300 res file in photoshop with minimal problems. Im not sure if its cause i have a cintiq now and that takes extra memory but its impossible for me to run both quicktime and photoshop together now. I am on an older iMac tho.
>>2431074
I use Camstudio. It's free, quick and easy install, instantly compresses and converts the recording to one of a bunch of file types you choose from, and I had no trouble running it while using photoshop and I'm on a really basic ass laptop that has an offbrand graphics card. Ironically the laptop can't handle any video editing software.
>>2431077
>Camstudio
Not mac compatible anon :(
>>2431074
I use OBS. No idea how lightweight it is really, but I've never had problems with it. I use it to stream too.
I'm offering to complete requests for people who ask me on my art blog, and the requests are pretty simple drawings, but it's making me not want to draw any more. I lose any drive to create even simple sketches because the subject matter isn't what I'm interested in. I get too many requests now to draw what I want to.
However, I do realize that it's important to appeal to others for novice artists to gain popularity.
I was wondering, does anyone here do requests? how do you handle them?
>>2430752
Do what you want. Do what interests you. If you want 'muh popularity' fan art bullshit then shut up and do it. If you want to make your own stuff then do that. Shut up and draw.
>>2430752
muh requests only attracts people who arent willing to pay. its useless and youre working for free for total fags.
There's no obligations to do requests. As far as popularity goes I'd say doing fanart is more productive for getting noticed than doing requests.
Usually when I do requests I go to the /tg/ drawthread and look for ideas I like. The requests aren't directed at me and there's no pressure to do them, you just do what seems fun.
Unless I'm actually friends with the person asking I wouldn't feel at all bad not filling a request I don't like. Nigga can pay me if he wants me to draw it that much.
Can we have a handwriting/calligraphy thread?
Post examples of your writing and discuss.
Pic pulled off google.
>>2418628
>Can we have a handwriting/calligraphy thread?
>
>Post examples of your writing and discuss.
>
>Pic pulled off google.
I too pulled some handwriting off google. Please discuss it OP.
>>2419130
The reason I didn't post my own off the bat was because it's pretty shit and I feared it'd just derail the thread right away. I see now that picking a silly one off google invites shitposters all the same.
We had a good thread on this subject a few weeks ago.
Hey /ic/ sorry if this is vague and uneducated, but does anyone know the name of the style, technique, or process for creating these kinds of portraits? I mean more or less the presidential bill portraits or a style that seems popular in the 1800s. I'm trying to create something that emulates them but I'm too ignorant to properly research anything.
Engraving.
>>2431029
Anything more specific? Am I just seeing a style that isn't really there?
>>2431080
woodcut
they need to print that shit so they embed them on blocks etc
Just starting out with this and just want some advice, the person is Touka from Tokyo Ghoul fyi.
>>2431033
Study more anatomy anon. Go back to the basics really. Her head is way too small. Honestly the body isn't -horrible- so study faces and heads. Every single facial feature on her isn't where it should be.
>>2431033
the stick
>>2431034
Thanks for the critique
>tfw you still not >still better than %x of ic
>>2428893
>tfw you make threads just to bitch and moan instead of fucking practicing
>>2428893
Hwat
>>2428896
isn't that like half of this board
I'm mostly an anime waifu drawfag, I love to draw anime girls.
But lately, I'm heavily interested into learning to draw cartoon girls and comic girls.
It's there any artist that tries to mix those three styles?
can /ic/ post anything like it?
pic related is some style I would love to learn to draw.
Brianne Drouhard tbhfam
>>2428022
You mean tumblr style?
Alessandro Barbucchi
but it won't do any harm if you draw /co/ waifus on your anime style, what is making you go from anime to toons anyway? i don't think it worths changing your aesthetics just because of your new waifu.
dear people, quick question.
Although I know charcoal pencils (in specific generals charcoal pencils) is better on textured paper, I'm wondering if I can still make it work on standard printing paper.. Is it possible?
Yes.
Will look like shit, but yes. Newsprint is cheap as fuck.
Printer paper has no grip so the charcoal will be easily smear. I would suggest spraying it with workable fixative as you go.
Didn't see one, so here it is.
Post your work.
It's unfinished, but I just wanted to know if I was headed in the right direction.
>>2425866
>sticky
the right direction
>>2425884
Are you saying my work is crap?
>>2425904
yes, go study
Previous Thread >>2421307
Post your current drawing here and give constructive critique to others!
Please make sure your posted image is clear, downsized to around 1000 pixels wide, rotated to the correct orientation, and that any unused space is cropped.
If you want critique on a drawing from the previous thread, you can delete it there and repost in this one.
>dA /ic/ group :
http://4chan-ic.deviantart.com
>/ic/ Resources/Reference/Downloads/Links:
>General resources :
http://sites.google.com/site/4chanic/
http://sites.google.com/site/artandwhatnot/
http://characterdesigns.com/
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3.html
http://finaltrinity.tumblr.com/post/13163064364/art-references-tumblr-accounts
>fellowBro's books :
http://mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8
>Figure Drawing Tool:
http://pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://posemaniacs.com/
>Photoshop Brushes
http://cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/tower_of_evilzz
bunch of 5 minute poses
>>2424927
and a 20
reposting from previous thread cuz crit whoring
Hello /ic/!
This is a work I did for a commission.
It will be installed in the lobby of a building in NYC.
Dimensions is 4 1/2 ' by 3 1/2 '
I constructed the frame and stretched / primed the canvas. The paint is oil. Thanks for your time.
colors are very pleasant
I live in NYC. I'll keep an eye open for it.
Looks cool. If you earn some money with that commission, go buy a dslr camera. Nikon D3200 is a good choice.
