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being honest, how many hours do you put into drawing a week?
how many hours do you want to be putting in a week?
>please no shitposting about quality over quantity
>me
putting in 30 hours a week on average, usually 3-5 hours a day. my ideal would be 50 hours a week (7hrs a day)
>>2538022
10 hours drawing 5 hours watching lectures
An hour a day so seven
I want to put in eight hours a day and eventually sixteen
>>2538022
post your work
Does anyone here have more of his Gumroad or Patreon files
god please stop
stop your threads fuck you OP I hope you'll choke on thousand of dicks
Ye', I'm that retarded. I'm cracking open the Loomis books and I'm doing my best to understand them and mimic him, but when it all comes down to it, I can't ever be certain it's sinking in. Considering illustration is a skill and, as a result, takes so long to develop any kind of improvement, how can I be sure I'm actually freakin' improving? That I'm studying properly? That I'm not practicing shit to master shit? I genuinely am at the most base level of 'what am i even doing'.
Join a community where others can see your progress and criticize you (and grow a thick skin if you haven't already).
Make the shame of not working hard enough and the fear of not progressing in front of everyone else's eyes after months your fuel.
???
several years later, git gud
You seek criticism from others if you don't trust yourself, but you need to cultivate your ability to be self critical as well.
Being self critical isn't looking art your art, going "it's shit" and feeling like garbage. It's analysing your work and determining what you're doing wrong. When you know that, you can seek out books/videos/etc teaching that thing and you can practice it.
Obviously though when starting out, everything is shit. Don't fret overly much about 'practising wrong' until you've got some mileage...
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>>2544961
>how can I be sure I'm actually freakin' improving
Obvious answer: keep your drawings with a date, and from time to time, compare them.
And >>2544975 is correct, don't be critical for the sake of feeling retarded, you're supposed to think how to make the picture better, not how "late" you are compared to some internet artist with a Lovecraftian name like Alpelflelgler.
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I know I'm taking a risk knowing what this site is, but i have published a free ebook that is a small collection of my poetry. I would really be thankful if you guys look at it. It is called Seeking Sophia and it is on smash words.com.
The website is smash words.com, the book is Seeking Sophia by Adam R. Shipley
First off, this is a board for visual art, go to /lit/.
Second off, we have a self promotion thread, you didn't need to make your own.
>poetry
Post your wip
Pic was about to be a portrait, but had to return the mirror.
>>2544626
mirin technique
>>2544629
I just took the pencil in pant and learned from bert dodson.
You can learn it by shading a basic figure in paint in less than 5 minutes. Try it.
>>2544626
I'd just like to say that it's an honour to have you on this board Mr Trump
>2016 is halfway gone
>I'm still not good yet
Oh nothing gonna remain the same....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii9LbUTmWPo
Have you tried reflecting on what you're doing and changing something about your approach to art to see if you improve faster?
When did you start?
Is this just another excuse for a feels thread?
You JP server?
>>2544617
Anon-chan famalan ;-;
How do I draw hair ? I actually never did before, at least, not women long hair.
I'm not even sure if the physic of the hair is right on my drawing. I'm stuck and I really don't know what to do about them.
>>2544605
Put in the tone of the hair and pull some lines through to indicate. Don't draw individual strings.
>>2544607
So I make everything black and add some black lines ?
>>2544614
Hair has different kind of tones. Highlights, Midtones and shadows. If you dont know this kind of thing, drawing realistic hair is difficult.
Hi guys,
I'm looking to get into art - I'm always in awe of what my arty friends show me, and know I could spend all day admiring paintings and possibly learning to draw myself, but I have no idea how to begin. I'm literally at what you guys would probably call the basic, Mona Lisa, Salvador Dali kind of stage.
How do you find artists who you admire? What are some fundamentals about art? Am i correct in thinking that in terms of psychedelia, painters got there before musicians by a few centuries?
How do you consume art, is it improper to simply look at an artist's work on Google Images? Do you go for a coffee-table book instead?
Is it better to buy unique paintings, rather than mass-produced reproductions of the classics? Any particular blogs to follow?
>>2543673
>How do you find artists who you admire?
Once you have a general idea of your tastes it is easy to find more similar artists since no one exists in a vacuum.
If I were you I would spend a few evenings just casually skimming through wikipedia's pages on art history and familiarizing yourself with general movements and what they looked like. From there you can decide what you like and delve deeper into more specific things. If you just want to browse a lot of art,then wikiart or the-athenaeum or google art project are all good.
>What are some fundamentals about art?
There will be different answers to this, and to do it properly you would need a book or two to cover it all. If you just want to know how to look at or appreciate art you just need to know your taste, the context of the image, the subject matter, and some idea of the techniques used.
>How do you consume art, is it improper to simply look at an artist's work on Google Images? Do you go for a coffee-table book instead?
Both are fine. Going to galleries is the best because you see the original and not a reproduction. With the internet though you can find incredibly high resolution images which are almost as good as the real thing.
>Is it better to buy unique paintings, rather than mass-produced reproductions of the classics?
Depends on what you want out of it. Nether is better than the other, they are just different.
This Anon >>2543689 said it all very well. If you want to go drawing/painting yourself, check out new sticky that is being currently made, you have link to it in /beg/inner thread in OP. Also art book thread and first post is worth checking out.
Besides stuff you would often find on /ic/ which is usually for realist/classical art education, I would advise you finding some stuff about composition, narrative aspect of art and design.
Myself would recommend EveryFrameAPainting channel, while usually dealing with films,...
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>>2543673
Read 'The Art of Art History' by Preziosi to get a good overview of art as a whole.
What does /ic/ think of conceptual art?
Mutt was the first one to do something like this so he gets a free pass. Everyone after that is complete garbage
>>2540861
>Mutt
Really?
I actually like it, it often provokes interesting thought or is at least entertaining to look at. I don't really consider it to be true art, but I think it's fun.
do you workout regularly, /ic/? It worries me a bit that I'm becoming more sedentary, due to college and art studies. Good luck that I don't like garbage food but I don't eat too much, what do you do to stay active and healthy but still progressing with your studies?
Have some good ol' Rockwell.
>>2544160
>do you workout regularly, /ic/?
no, /thread
Yes, actually.
However, my family is prone to cholesterol issues early in life. I know I'm in my mid 20s, but I'd like to live past 50...unlike some family members.
I don't, but I'm starting to try to improve my fitness.
A lot of people underestimate the correlation between physical fitness and mental wellness. For you to be at your best in art, you need to be healthy. I've started with sleeping better and eating better, but I want to work in some exercise to maximize it.
I've been reading a book on willpower lately and it's fascinated me how much of an impact your nutrition and sleep has on your self discipline. If you don't eat well or sleep well, you're far, far less likely to be productive...
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>>2542103
I don't get this kind of concept art. What is it exactly for? As a illustration its nice but game concept art?
>>2542136
It's silhouette art, it's meant for coming up with a base design for a character.
>>2542136
are you stupid?
Some of you here must have experienced this.
You get a tablet.
You place the pen on the tablet.
The cursor shakes around like a motherfucker.
You try to draw a straight line and it looks like pic related.
Obviously I've tried all the fixes and useless "just update the driver" suggestions on Google. has anyone has this happen, and how did you resolve it?
Or could my tablet be old and busted?
It's an Intuos Pro Large.
>>2539778
You might jut be drawing too slow.
If not, then yeah, the sensors may have gone bust.
>>2539778
Try taking the nib out and putting it back in again?
my wacom mouse snapped like this, never figured out why
Any tips on drawing armor? It seems like a lot of little things to do to make it whole.
>>2523803
Learn the basic pieces. Most armour is constructed in a similar way, they just vary slightly with shapes or decorative qualities.
>>2523803
>Any tips on drawing armor?
Draw and study lots of armor.
The same answer to all these lazy moronic "how i do dis?" type threads.
Make a colage of armor references so you don't have to play the stupid card designing what you ignore.
doing some sample pages of my art,wanted to get a crit if possible. be as harsh as possible
Im a street artist. i talk to alot of people here in PC/FL, not many at all know who Anonymous is. How can i spread word faster
back to your containment board
>>>/b/
Retain wisdom gain knowledge nothing to be contained only things to be contested.
