What's going on d/ic/k heads?
Any of you guys know of some great Dinosaur artists I can follow on twitter or tumblr? I was on Abiogenesis but unfollowed him when I couldnt take all the feminism crap he talked about any more. Concept or official, it doesn't matter, just as long as they are good.
Do memes count?
>>2580757
Look up Paleo art. There's a big ass book of it you can get at bookstores. I have it, it's pretty good. Only guy I can remember is James Gurney though.
how do you draw a head holy fuck
I see people making a circle and adding icepick chins and others doing the loomis method
can any of you show me your method of doing it
are you even looking at the head?
stop symbol drawing, actually LOOK. Read the sticky too or the Beginner thread's op
>>2580745
I just drew the thing on the right as a joke
>>2580750
Draw something that's not a joke then.
Put in sincere effort.
In your opinion, who was the best surrealist painter? Dali? Miró? Ernst? Tell me.
dunno but I like Geddes
>>2581257
That looks good and weird but I wouldn't really call it surrealist
>>2581261
What's not surreal bout it? Beskinksi is my pick.
>buy 5 pack of pen nibs
>all 5 get worn down in a week
What the fuck.
>>2580670
Maybe stop shoving them up your butt? Would you like to reorder a pack of 10 white nibs? I'll use my employee discount just for you.
>>2580670
r-r-r-retard strength
I've been using the same spring nib for years and it still works fine. What are you doing to your poor tablet?
What tips do you have to improve drawings without reference?
just keep drawing without reference, no shit. what did you expect?
draw with emotions and let your mind go blank. Or just go totally blank, start drawing simple shapes and see where it goes.
You could try making unnatural hand movements.
>>2580657
>drawing from reference
look at the reference more than your drawing
>drawing from imagination
look at the drawing more than your reference
if you do it that way, you'll retain the form a lot better than the first way
have any of you experienced a dream when you solved an art related problem in your sleep?
on 2 occasions this has happened to me, one where i was painting this epic forest scenery in front of me in a dream, and it almost seemed to go in real time.
another was when i was at a market and i got a crit on my drawing of a face from a salesman. it was a problem i was trying to fix the whole day before and fuck me it it literally improved my faces overnight.
i'm currently working on trying to lucid dream, hoping i can make these kind of dreams more regular.
>>2580538
Ask /x/ how to.
Just, really, really try to ignore the other "astral" shit they post.
>>2580538
Well shit OP I might just do the same
How do you lucid dream?
>>2580538
lucid dreaming does help with it
i mean when you think about it your mind is capable of cataloging so much detail down to people's faces and architecture accurately enough to portray it back to you in your dreams
if you can tap into that then you can do anything really
This is a thread for screengrabs from books, tutorials and videos on the subject of "weight" with regards to visual art.
It's a subject I rarely see come up, but is perhaps as valuable a topic as the more ubiquitous perspective, gesture and anatomy. Without a sense of gravity or "weight" in either a drawing, painting or an animation the sense of reality is lost with figures and objects that appear to "float" listlessly amongst their surroundings. In this thread let's discuss this esoteric concept of weight and try and help each other understand it better, and practice utilizing this concept in simple pieces of artwork.
>>2580297
To be honest I don't really think it's something you need to train specifically it's just something to keep in mind as you compose the figure or composition, it should come naturally as you get better at gesture, anatomy, perspective. etc All of these things are training you to see in 3D the better you get, the clearer the picture is in your mind. All that stuff Vilppu says about feeling the pose, the idea is to just imagine yourself doing a pose picture how your weight would be distributed, if you're holding something then where is the centre of balance of the thing you are holding and how is your body reacting in order to accommodate the weight, imagine you're looking at someone else doing the same pose, look in the mirror and observe, take note of how gravity affects clothing etc do anything you can in order to help develop a clearer picture in your mind.
>>2580297
You might like 'Force' by Mike Mattessi.
>>2582853
Seconded, if it's not in the links already up on the board let me know I can provide it.
I have bought the physical copy of this book. I will scan all the pages for your guys and compile it into a pdf once it comes in the mail! Just be on the lookout in the catalog for the next week and a half. I'll make sure I deliver because I'm a poorfag like a bunch of people here and I'd like to help out. So, just thought I'd tell you guys. You can let this 404.
>>2580276
hopefully in 300dpi, sir, if u can
>>2580276
uh, okay, thanks family man
>>2580276
Won't fall for this again
Mark Rothko thread
Just stare and post. The bigger the better.
>>2580269
i feel as though i'm on the moon, and the image is just a hole in my monitor
>>2580282
"When asked about the 'grey and black' paintings, he said, quite simply, that they were about death. They are desolate, empty images, but they also afford a richly ambiguous visual experience. Their landscape-like qualities, with the black at the top — an Arctic wasteland under a vast and empty sky — is at the same time more deathlike."
What about this one?
>>2580295
simiar feeling. though rather than a hole in my monitor it's more like a window peering into another room.
keep posting this is fascinating
Which books does /ic/ recommend checking out for someone who wants to start over at the basics?
The sticky is outdated and everyone here says Right Side is a book filled with incoherent ramblings.
there's a book thread fuck off
Can anyone be kind enough to remove the watermark on this photo?
I find this photo excellent, for many reasons, which I dont understand myself either.
Much appreciated.
>>2580182
Here you go.
>>2580196
taste*
>>2580198
Thanks, fixed it.
Newfag here. Need some help with some art work here. Haven't been drawing for very long and need a bit of help getting the posture right on this piece. I was hoping to make a women with her legs apart with one hand on her knee and the other on her hip. I also want her chest leaning out and forward. This is where I ran into the most trouble, it looks like she is slouching too much. I want her back to arch in a little more. Her shoulders are also a little (or a lot) awkward. I would greatly appreciate any advice and/or models you guys could give me. Thx
Posing is the least if your worries. Your still symbol drawing you need to practice form and perspective (think boxes ,cylinders and spheres) before you tackle figure drawing (or any drawing for that matter)
read perspective made easy
loomis
>>2580169
Git gud
Are Board-tans even a thing anymore? I always thought the idea of each board having its own character was cool. I just don't see a lot of artwork about it.
>>2580130
You have no idea how deep this rabbithole goes, anon-kun.
http://the-conservatory.wikia.com/wiki/Board-tans/ic
http://shimmie.4chanhouse.org/index.php?q=/post/list/1
>>2580130
/co/ is where i see most of these
I liked the idea, too.
Thanks for reminding me, op. I drew one of these years ago and am embarrassed I got a color wrong. Will fix it.
One of my good friends drew this fucking masterpiece.
Dimebag-rick
it seems you made a new thread when you meant to post in >>2578382
>>2580096
Holy shoot, who cares
>>2580098
obviously I care enough to lend you a hand.
please don't forget to sage.
make this more dynamic
>>2579897
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Even as a girl he still has shitty hair.
>>2579940
take that back faggot
