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How hard/easy is it to get into watercolor? I was thinking of dropping about $35 AUD +shipping into link below, provided it's not fake.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ZIG-Kuretake-Gansai-Tambi-Japanese-Watercolor-Paint-36-Colors-Set-MC20-36V-/271628148268
Watercolor is the easiest to learn, but one of the hardest to master. Just put some water on your brush, dip it in paint, and you get exactly what you expect to. It blends very well, but depending on how wet it is, often too well. A huge part is learning how to let the paint do what it wants. Also, you MUST use watercolor paper or it'll warp (or even dissolve).
>>2532903
I think Watercolor is a pretty difficult medium to start with. However its not expensive. Is that a lot of money for you? Then don't do it.
Watercolor is very easy, even babies can do it. But doing masterful watercolorful pieces is stupid hard.
![020d531970[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/C3figm6.jpg "020d531970[1].jpg")
The left one shows
"1 better elipses and perspective om all parts
2 better values on certain parts
3 shapes and volumes better overall"
than the right.
YAY or NAY
http://www.strawpoll.me/10288341
They're both shit. Left tits are way too high.
Not sure if you're the original artist behind it but.
Left has much worse rendering, a much less appealing face and stylization, tits too high as >>2532768 said and a much sloppier background. It is overall less tight and there is not as much variation in how the different materials are rendered.
>>>2515830
You got rekt by Sakimi. I like how you removed the color and its still not a comparison.
hey /ic/
anybody knows where to grab a good collection of classical painters works?
Something where each artist would be in a folder, with a decent coverage of his output, and decent quality files?
Something of the same effect would be a script to download an author's work on wikiart, but god this site looks horribly done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Old masters 8gb file https://www.dropbox.com/s/hfu318ec3ssllje/Old%20Master%20Artists%20collection%20by%20Dylan%20Safford.torrent
from http://www.fusroda.com/resources
>>2530967
Thanks anon, that looks like the shit.
However I get a connection error.
do you know if it's still alive? or is there a mirror?
>>2530967
Downloaded this night, you anon is best anon.
Many images would use some color balance, but overall it's really fantastic. Thanks a lot.
getting gud could be the biggest journey of our lives, but sometimes we need a bit of motivation to keep us going through hard times. Post things that help you to keep going
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE
>>2523356
Sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdUASEaDZyc
>>2523362
this
Lighting or no lighting?
For my animation I'm going for a flat MSpaint kind of feel. I like the lighting but think it takes too much away from the style.
Any ideas for a better way of lighting? I'm using Toon Boom.
>>2526592
I would do without "lighting". I can't imagine those gradients look very good when it's animated either.
>>2526592
Can I see it in motion?
>>2526603
Here is a rough from this morning, there are some other videos if you can be willing to dig through my god awful Twitter. I'm on my phone so I can mess around with webms.
https://twitter.com/HugelDude/status/732586428216053760?s=09
I tried downloading brushes on ps cc, where did I fuck up
>>2530076
lol is the stroke thumbnail the brushtip?
>>2530083
yeah i have no fucking idea how that happened
hue
There was a reccomended book titled, "Anatomy for the Artist," is this the right one?
>>2532151
>nigger on the cover
I don't think so.
It's a good starting point, though the drawings of the muscles are somewhat stylized and inconsistent. It includes some master studies of paintings and breaks down their use of anatomy, which is kind of interesting. A book I would probably recommend over this one is Valerie Winslow's Human Anatomy, which overall just has more information and more accurate drawings.
>>2532151
Don't think that's the same book, OP. 2bh I bought Anatomy for the Artist and barely read it, though it does have a lot of useful info.
I've found that just printing out reference pics I've found online, and taping them on my wall is much better for learning things than reading tons of pages of a book.
If one is creating a comic with the planned length and style of a graphic novel, where would one sell/advertise said comic? Are free comic platforms like webtoon a good idea? Is pitching said comic to a publisher viable?
>>2530798
You can always pitch it, you'll always lose if you don't try. You could try some kind of guerilla marketing, publish it yourself or whatever. Use social media, as much as I may hate it. Free web platforms should be avoided, I think. Only a select few make serious money off this.
>>2530805
Thanks. I've been thinking about some different shit like offering 1 or 2 chapters for free on a website and the rest for sale, maybe on print. I haven't a clue if this would work or not.
>>2530798
Publishers gets hundreds of shitty comics that go in the trash every week. You have to make contacts.
I want to achieve lines with a look like this. Crisp but kinda have a thickness to them. I just want that tattoo like appeal but on regular paper. Can anyone recommend me art supplies for this or should microns be sufficient?
Micron or any ultra fineline marker, best I can find in my area is Staedler Fine Point Markers
>>2529634
This, but practice with cheaper pen style sharpies. Like in order to get clean lines. You have to spend lots of time just drawing shapes and lines. Like doing scales on a guitar.
i like these
>can't draw a single image properly
>is considered one of the greatest children illustrators ever
What the fuck am I missing about this?
>>2522728
What do you mean by "properly"? Most children book illustrations look kinda wonky and extremely simplified, that's part of the charme. I don't think most little children would respond well to illustrations that looked like they came straight out of a Loomis anatomy book.
>>2522751
Well, look at the line-work on the girl's left arm, for example. It's a damn scribble. Her shoes look like fishing hooks. The boys bent leg looks like he's broken his shin.
it's pleasing to look at, he's creative, and he got really lucky with roald dahl.
Gather around, /ic/. Let's have a nice inspiration thread.
Post images you like or images you've taken reference from. Things of the sort.
Pic related is one of my favourite images.
>>2532183
have you guys tips for an total pc painting beginner?
>>2531856
Never give up
>>2531856
Swallow a _ _ _ _ _ _ .
>>2531856
Yes, plenty of it in fact.
Read sticky.
Here's the deal. I wanted to become a writer and I really do think the stories are decent but the way I write is just outright horrendous. I can't convey anything through words and so I believe the only choice I have is to get into drawing to convey my stories in a better way. Problem is that my drawing is absolute shit. I CANNOT draw without a reference and even when I do at best it's a 3/10. Is there still hope for me? Any tips for animating/drawing comics. At this point I do not care about the money (how much I'll get paid for doing this shit) I just need...
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Oops. *is it too late to become great* (not great but at least decent)
>>2531793
>19
haha never gonna make it
it's absolute toilets for you my man
>>2531793
Why people are obsessed with age? Why does it make a difference someone explain please
Suh /ic
So I've basically been wondering where do you guys go to do commissions and what not. What kind of community and all would I have to get involved in to make some money on the side?
I believe I'm like intermediate-ish level and think I can scrape some commissions, especially when I look at the level of quality from some of the commissioned artwork I've seen.
Any help is appreciated, a complete newbie when it comes to finding work in this market.
>get your own website
>get youtube channel, facebook and instagram page
>start networking with other artists
>start putting up art there regularly, like 2-3 pieces a week on instagram and maybe once a week on youtube, update facebook with instagram posts sometimes and use it to reach out to friends and family who can support you
>start building a reference list, so that people can see the quality of your commissions and what...
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>>2530473
Thanks for the advice dude, I honestly expected fuck all advice and constant circle jerk.
Will a behance or artstation website do?
I've been meaning to get my twitter/instagram started, but the youtube one is interesting. I'm just trying to weight it up because video editing will take the piss and it seems like youtube is really difficult to grow a viewer base on.
When you say YouTube what do you exactly mean. As in youtube for making tutorials? Speed paints?
>>2530598
For some reason, sharing your sketchbook and doing traditional painting videos always gets a ton of views
Digital speed painting videos aren't as popular unless it's something fantasy related. Like what you see concept artists do
It goes without saying that if you are a pretty girl (either naturally or by the miracle of makeup and exercise) that you'll stand out more
It's also important to put your personality out there in your videos as no talking speed painting videos are a dime a dozen
Lastly...
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Hey guys, i'm looking to get better at digital painting and need constructive feedback from people that are not my friends or bias. Any form of advice would be welcomed, thank you.
>>2529598
Stop tracing for a start. I would also try to use larger brushes especially in the earlier stages of painting.
We can all tell it's traced.
>>2529616
Of course, i didn't ask on the merit of the drawing in it's self, i just wanted to work on learning how to paint digitally and used a template that i traced over. I have no intentions of publishing it anywhere just looking to get better at painting.
