Grand Prize
>You drew everyday for a long time, longer than anyone else. Congratulations. You are the best
Rules
>Update every day at: http://www.lavaflake.com/draw/
>The deadline for submissions is 23:59:59 GMT each day
>You should spend at least 30 minutes on each update
>Miss a day and you can make up for it the next day with a double post.
>Miss another day within a month and you're eliminated.
>Progress updates are ok but they will be policed like other submissions
Entry into the fourth challenge is open until Friday at 23:59:59 GMT. People who join after then will be entered into the less awesome Last Artist Standing #5
>anon uses photobucket
what is this? 2005?
>>2376879
Wait, what year is it?
How long does the current challenge last for?
>>2376882
> insert picture of smug english current year man
>>2376889
until there's only one artist left. the first challenge still has 94 people
http://strawpoll.me/6699021
>>2376882
It's 2036, why haven't you got a cute robot maid to wait on you yet?
who doesnt think it'll last even a year
>>2376889
Until the heat death of the universe.
>>2376896
Fuck I fell asleep for 20 years I must have missed thousands of submissions
Most people think LAS 1 will end in 2018
>>2376900
It's okay, you can join challenge #1044
>>2376901
The strawpoll is an excellent way to scare away participants
>Yes, yes, give up! You'll never make it to 2018 anyway!
Mad skills
>>2376901
Is Rover gonna win?
>>2376909
When the killing starts, he'll be #1 on the hitlist.
>>2376856
that autistic mark making gives me cancer. OP use big brushes to block in your scene please
What do I draw for this?
so how many of you are pulling out old works not to get eliminated? be honest.
>>2376916
Whatever your heart desires
fag
>>2376919
It hasn't come to that yet and this is day 24, so I doubt I will ever have to. It would look like shit compared to my current stuff anyways
>>2376919
I've pulled only 1 and to be honest it wasn't that old
>I'm a piece of shit
>>2376916
Anything, as long as it looks like you spent at least 30 minutes working on it, you can submit WIPs for several days as long as each installment looks like you spent an additional 30 minutes on them
>Be cleaning hard drive
>Find 2 gbs full of childhood photos
Seems like it's time for a feels trip
>>2376919
i post everything i draw so nothing old from me yet
(I originally posted this over the Animenative Art/Stylization General but since I like you LAS people I thought I'd also post this here).
I suck at drawing eyes (I don't mean realistic ones - those I can since it's just a matter of copying real life). Girl eyes specifically (I don't care about dudes). I'm fine with drawing pretty much anything but this. I can visualize what I want to do but applying it just doesn't work. It's like I can't manage to find my own "style" (yeah I know muh style), or in other words I can't find what'd feel right to me. I could probably copy eyes from whatever manga or anime or someone else's style but it'd just feel too wrong to do this.
I would like to gather different opinions from you guys - how did you get good at drawings eyes? What made it all click for you? Does anyone happen to have resources or hacks to draw eyes? Did you just copy eyes you found were cool from your favorite artists and with time slowly altered them until you were satisfied or something? Any tips/advice?
I'll check back until the thread dies, I appreciate any reply. Thanks for reading.
>>2376950
Think of eyes as balls not ovals. Draw eyes inside the skull and the eyelids covering them
>>2376950
just experiment a lot, draw one eye, then draw another one with a different shape, then another one, etc... after a bunch of them, take whatever you like from them and combine them into another eye. Take inspiration from artists you like, don't straight up copy from them, but take whatever you like about how they draw eyes, the shape, the iris, the eyelashes, whatever. Also it's good to understand how eyes work in real life, how light reflects from them, how they look from different perspectives, etc. Take this with a grain of salt though, because I've never sat down to create my own style, but if I had to, this is how I would go about it. But I also believe that "manufactured" style tends to be pretty hit and miss, you may spend a ton of hours experimenting with stuff, and when you finally have something you feel is cool looking, other people may not like it so much. Take Sycra's "pointy" style for example, he has spent a lot of time developing it, but in the end I think it doesn't look that great (personal taste), it feels too artificial.
Also >>2376995
>>2376919
I only did it once but nobody noticed it because nobody notices me ever
>>2377015
Hello there fellow 23:30 ninja-slacker
>>2377015
i noticed ಠ_ಠ
>>2377015
Burn the hethen
You know who I fucking hate?
The nerdy cunt on the front of the Strathmore Sketchbook. Every fucking time I want to draw something in my sketchbook I have to see this asshole and his awesome art room and I'm reminded of how fucking shit I am in comparison. You'll look at it initially and think "oh boy, I'm getting excited about the POSSIBILITIES" but no, you open it and your shaky ass hands draw ellipses with parkinsons-tier line quality.
Fuck this guy.
>>2377054
Who is the artist?
>>2377054
Tear the cover off, man
>>2377054
You'll make it someday parkinsons-tier boy, I believe in you
>>2377061
It's in the bottom right of the image, Tommy Castillo.
>>2376919
i did that like 5 times, the funny thing is that all my links were off my tumblr, so the date was visible and noone fucking noticed.
>>2377093
Why even participate when you're going to do that sort of shit?
>>2377093
Well, I guess it'll be pretty easy to find you now.
>>2377098
If you guys find cheaters then I'll eliminate them. I do look at every submission but I'll admit that I never thought to check when they were posted. I'll start doing that now
>>2377103
>I do look at every submission
But there are so many, every day! You're an absolute madman Lava. Are you sure you can keep this up all on your own? What happens if you get sick?
May I suggest something?
I'll admit it I only look at the submissions posted before mine (it's always around 50) when I upload my daily drawing. After that I usually go to bed and by the time I wake up it's already the new day, so in the end I'm only able to see half of the submissions.
I'd like it if there was a "see yesterday's submissions" table with everything uploaded the day before, especially since I don't follow anyone; not that I hate you guys but deep in my heart I'm rooting for everyone of you so it's only fair if I get to see all of your wonderful submissions. Also on a side note it would probably help catching the people eventually cheating more easily.
>>2377093
Why would you do that?
>>2377129
you mean something like this?
>>2377129
you can view previous days, click the blue arrows on the top left on the submissions page
>>2377129
Dude...
>>2377118
There's not that many! And I don't just look at them I like REALLY look at them because there are so many people at the same level but they all do things slightly different. I wish there were fewer people so I could better learn each person's style at a glance. Rover, Loomis, Saucy, Stella, NaturalisIII and jmgn are the only ones I recognize immediately
>What happens if you get sick?
2 days before the site went live I got the flu so I spent the first week of the challenge dying while trying to develop the site and not get eliminated. The site is automated enough so that every day people will be eliminated and every week a new challenge will start. If I die then the site will keep going until the hosting expires
>>2377129
On the update I'm working on it'll keep track of how many new submissions there have been since you last visited the submission page. There's no way to check if you've actually checked the submission but it's better than nothing.
By the way you can view previous submission in the archive by clicking the blue arrows at the top and bottom of the submissions page (pic related)
>>2376919
Thats pretty sad dude, its just 30 minutes.
>>2377141
>Rover, Loomis, Saucy, Stella, NaturalisIII and jmgn
Nile was on that list too but he got eliminated and I should add Anon313, Helio and Humanbean (seriously dude check out Scott Robertson's book)
>>2377103
Thisis why you should make the tribunal/report system first.
>>2377141
>And I don't just look at them I like REALLY look at them because there are so many people at the same level but they all do things slightly different.
Lava, why are you so moe?
>>2377164
>Mfw you still in forza yet dont get noticed
Could be worse get over it.
>>2377141
>Rover, Loomis, Saucy, Stella, NaturalisIII and jmgn are the only ones I recognize immediately
Is that bad or good?
Lava please think of a challenge for next week
If it goes on like this any longer people will get too used to it
>>2377194
the first challenge HAS to be sonic related
>>2377199
Sonic with dragon dicks. His own dick, getting fucked by a dragon, using a BD dildo. Whatever it is, this is the most fit to be our first challenge. The weak won't make it.
>>2377199
>>2377202
sonic autists please go
>>2377186
Nah it's not bad, they're consistent and distinct. Probably 2/3s of submitters I recognize but I just can't put a name to the art. Like there's this one guy that does really cool dynamic poses but their anatomy is weird and there's another guy that draws cute anime girls but he's inconsistent
>>2377194
>>2377199
>>2377202
Alright I'm going to do my best to have the update ready before the next challenge starts. I'll have to cut back on the art a little but I'll still get a couple hours in each day. Time to get to work
>>2377199
k
>>2377218
>tfw you're really inconsistent and wish you could draw the same thing twice
Guess that's what studying is for
>>2377202
>His own dick, getting fucked by a dragon, using a BD dildo.
fucking wot
>>2377218
I love Naturalis work he/she is bad but....bad cute.
>>2377238
Ok Rover.
>>2377218
D-do you recognize me, Lava-senpai?
>>2377238
dreadful
>>2377218
lol
>mfw i check my phone at 3am
>>2377259
post work
>>2377265
It's on the site, take your pick
>>2377265
no
>>2377141
>tfw got noticed by kouhai
>>2377270
Don't reply in my place fuckwit
>>2377267
Rover, Rover and only Rover.
>>2377273
I wanted to post that screenshot famerino
>>2377218
You'll know and fear my name soon Lava you fuck. I'm gonna be your favourite.
>>2377284
The true purpose of LAS is to get lava-senpai to notice you
23:30 club members are sleeping (◡ ‿ ◡ )
>>2377141
L-Lava.
>>2377186
>tfw you'll never be as good as Helio or jmgn
>>2377295
Every artist you love has been worse than you are right now at some point in their life. You can do it I believe in you
>>2377158
>tfw mentioned by based lava
And yeah I am working through that book as well as his gnomon videos. Just need to put in more time.
Am I the only one that's getting
>The day has ended. Refreshing in 30 seconds.
I'm really scared, guys. Usually I post in mornings but a normie came over and took me out of neetmode and I'm out of town.
>>2377300
L-lava
just checking those dubs, it's not like I love you or anything o//////////o
>>2377303
You fucker!!!
>>2377306
It won't let me post ;_;
>>2377303
Odds are the time on your PC is wrong. There's still 3.3h til the deadline
>>2377295
Helio just stop.
>>2377307
natural selection at its finest
>>2377307
>>2377308
It's not typical, but it's right. 5:32am here in Asia. Can't post from my tablet either.
I'm prepared to beat the record and submit at 23:59:59
>>2377313
Do you have the right time zone set as well? That's the only other thing that can affect it
>>2377315
Good for you.
>>2377315
this is how the weak will be weeded out
>>2377319
>weak
its called bravery
sometimes getting mentioned/not mentioned says more about the people throwing names around in these threads.
That's why you should take praise and criticism with a grain of salt.
7 here
shitty comic update. i reworked the images i posted yesterday and added a little bit more text.
planned on making it longer but its time consuming...
tell me what u think anons
>>2377316
That did it. thanks lava senpai. My bud had his laptop at the right time but wrong zone.
I don't like to bring mine when I travel in Asia. I might get shanked.
>>2377321
What do you mean?
Holy shit I just checked the timestamps and Loli has been the last person to post 6 times, second last 3 times and third last 3 times. Some of those times with only a couple seconds to spare. If Rover is the leader of team forza then I think we found the captain of the 23:30 club
>>2377322
fuck you, why did you leave that cliffhanger
>>2377331
terribly sorry anon but my hand hurts from drawing.
will resolve it tomorrow
>>2377322
I'm glad you removed that line when he/she kicked the door and I hope there are more LAS comics
>>2377330
NOICE loli
>>2377322
confused me at first cause im a weeb and was reading it backwards, otherwise looking pretty good I will be waiting to see more
>>2377330
I, for one, welcome our loli overlord.
>>2377330
Go Loli, go Rover!
We just need leader of team freeman.
>>2377334
its a girl, i knew i should have made her more feminine..
>want to post a page full of circles.
>don't want to be put on tribunal.
>>2377341
Freeman don't have a leader fool. They wouldn't be free if they did.
>>2377345
>doesn't turn circles into spheres
>>2377341
We'll have to wait for that, whoever posts whenever for the longest.
>>2377345
draw some gestures
that'll make it look like you put in more time
>>2377343
no, leave him like that, we love traps
>>2377346
They need to die, then
>>2377343
she's like 65:35 female to male
>>2377339
glad you like it, do u think i should make it longer but shittier quality to progress the story or shorter but with more details art and story wise?
Wait, who is the first?
If Loli or Rover gets eliminated, who will be next leader of there teams?
>>2377354
focus on quality over quantity
>>2377360
No.
Focus on quantity over quality.
>>2377361
Who is the plot and why does the protagonist have sex with him?
>>2377310
I wish I was Helio anon. I wish I was.
>>2377366
kek, its not just that. its much more interesting imo
>>2377370
is it assbabies
>>2377374
You CAN focus on both you nigger. Just do your best as much as you can
>>2377370
TRAP CONFIRMED TRAP CONFIRMED
>>2377374
I think the story and writing are most important. The art is the icing on the cake and nobody wants to eat shit cake no matter how good the icing is
>>2377374
you could post progress updates, that would allow you to focus on both
>>2377375
eww no, why would i put niggers in my comic
>>2377380
Yeah, wip's are ok
>>2377370
Are the "infected" trannies?
>>2377370
FUTANRI!! I knew it
>140 replies
>one drawing posted
>no critique
>blatant shitposting
Why do these threads exist? Go to a fucking chatroom faggots.
Helio's submission leads to an error page. LAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVAAAAAAA BAN HIM WHILE YOU CAN, HE'LL ONLY GET STRONGER IF YOU WAIT!
>>2377388
This is the chatroom faggot
>>2377384
kek, mabye (no)
>>2377384
I world full of trannies. One anon is trying to prove to himself that he is not gay.....Will he make it???
>>2377388
the post only lasts on the front page for half a day before we hit the bump limit then it's 2-4 days in the catalog. that's not too bad and it's a lot better than when we were making a new post every time we hit the bump limit. we had 6 posts up at once
>>2377391
You sure? It works for me. Imgur has been throwing errors because it's at capacity so maybe that's what you saw
http://imgur.com/FQuddt0
>>2377388
yeah I think most people put more thought in the shit-posting in these threads than their hastily drawn submissions.
>>2377401
You seem to know more about DA than i do so why don't you go back there faggot
>>2377408
hey I pride myself on doing both to the best of my ability
>>2377322
Have you seen this post on floobynooby?
http://floobynooby.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-cinematography-of-incredibles-part-1.html
It's got a bunch of great references for scene setups in case you run out of ideas or if you're struggling with a panel. Ever since the Steve Huston videos were pulled from the NMA youtube channel I've been making copies of things I like so if you want a pdf version here you go
https://mega.nz/#F!tE9gzTYY!-gVM4fqGmr0DAKj0M2T35Q
ive been through Loomis books,betty edwards books and gorge bridgmans books. Now im on Scott robertsons and im still garbage
>>2376897
If I'm totally honest I'd agree with this. I'd love to be proven wrong but I can't believe how fast week one dropped below 100 so my faith is shaken.
Anyone else feeling gains already?
Not so much skill wise for me yet but I painted more last month than I did in all last year. And more than that, while the first few days were like hopping around on different studies and sketches and feeling nervous and switching whenever stuff wasn't working, now I just choose something and stick with it, knowing that I'll be able to work through the bad parts until I'm happy enough to post it.
It feels good man, feels really really good. Not to mention makes me want to art more and more, even when I have a bad day I just can't wait to get started on tomorrow's better submission.
>>2377422
They were weak, I may have missed the boat on week 1 but i'm here for the long haul
>>2377418
Welcome to the club.
>>2377418
Restart, repeat the old exercises till you die.
>>2377424
I don't know about gains since am shit, but my productivity had massively increased, so i'm making more shit, and some of the shit looks a little bit less shit so YAY! i guess
>>2377158
What Scott Robertson book? Is it good?
>>2377418
You're probably not studying properly, the best way to work with those books is to also do real life observational drawings. Especially figure drawings (not from photos)
>>2377422
I'll not be the last artist standing, I'm only here to beat Loomis, Lava and ohters on week one.
I'll leave when I destroy them. I'll be the week 1 winner.
>>2377436
im a neet, good luck with that
>>2377424
Yeah, I've been drawing a ton more than I used to. I used to make a finished piece maybe once every couple of months. Now it's becoming much less daunting, since by forcing myself I've realized that it's not actually that hard. I always sketched a lot but for some reason I felt like there was a barrier between that and finishing it. And last semester, I almost didn't draw at all because I felt that I was too busy. Now I'm forcing at least 30 minutes into my schedule every day, and spending several hours drawing on the weekends. It's great, and I don't really like this word but it's empowering. I'm so glad I happened to come to /ic/ when this was getting planned, I needed this external push to my motivation.
>>2377434
http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-sketching-environments-imagination/dp/1933492732
It's one of the best available especially for humanbean who's drawing all those cars. It's the perfect fit for him
Rover?
>>2377457
Cease your memes.
>>2377458
i see it in other posts. las is leaking
>>2377461
a lot more people talking about loomis books aswell.
>>2377466
The best advice? Leave this board and just draw.
>>2377466
i didn't love drawing when i started but i do now. if you stick with it it'll happen
>>2377469
Shit advice
>>2377466
>I don't love to draw yet.
I got some bad news for you. You need to love it from the start or you will burn out hard.
>>2377475
This. I improved stupid fast because I loved the craft. Maybe not growing up or even when I was still in college, but before I started.
>>2376899
>mfw it's 2011 and I now have a second chance not to catastrophically fuck up the last 5 years
Rover?
>>2377480
I wish I started in 2011
>>2377483
I started 5 months ago, and have only really buckled down the last two months, the quest to git gud is real
>>2377481
Nice meme
>>2377483
I did, now look at me.
>>2377487
>>2377475
It's a difference between "I want to be able to draw well" and "I want to practice drawing". I had the former mindset for years and would burn out after a week because I suck. I had an epiphany a year ago, switched my mindset to the latter, and have been making reasonable progress since.
>>2377158
>Nile was on that list too but he got eliminated
He was? shiet rip lil nigga
>>2377495
He just stopped cause fuck us, basically.
>>2377496
He said he was going to be the next frazetta or some shit kek
>>2377487
And you are?????
>>2377417
Not the anon you're replying to, but holy shit that cinematography breakdown is marvelous. Thanks, Lava.
>>2377486
This helmet is so cyberpunk.
>>2377199
They already did sonic. Loads of people posted a one off fun submission in that first week. And then there's one faggot that never stopped.
>>2377507
oh man I love forced memes
How do you tell if you've got a low-effort warning?
>>2377511
Lava goes to your house and spanks you in the ass
>>2377510
It's not forced. Go to KnowYourMemeRover, Newfag
>>2377507
I don't know if I want to draw her or fuck her. I hate you /ic/.
>>2377524
why not both?
http://imgur.com/QL2RBUA
dafuq m8?
>>2377530
didn't wear a hard hat in a strictly hard hat area. osha warned her
>>2377528
I got nothing
I am having so much trouble drawing accurately in pencil, when i can somewhat draw accurate on my tablet.How do i properly transition?
>>2377541
if your having trouble with pencil, your going to have a hell of a time with a tablet
>>2377541
Use a pen
Dont use a pencil, use a cheap bic pen
>>2377542
it wasn't like this before ;_;
>>2377530
Head and hand is wrong so what. Rover is still better then you.
>>2377542
lol there aint no Lazy Nezumi for drawing on paper. Getting good on paper = simple transition into digital.
>>2377549
>>2377504
containercore
>>2377555
>dubs trips
full house just check mated your ass, >>2377549
>>2377555
nailed it with a fullhouse
>>2376856
these newcomers giving up quickly
>>2377543
you can draw with a crayon it doesn't matter, a pen is no better than a pencil. But I think hes talking about coordination/draftsmanship issues.
>>2377563
I for one find that a pen puts you into a different mindset, since you cannot erase anything you don't bother being too careful and slow
>>2377556
OMG Get book Keys and draw
>>2377562
Good
>>2377566
thats true, but people don't only use pencils for the ability to erase mistakes. you can use an eraser as a tool to draw with by flooding the paper with a value using graphite powder and pull shapes out with an eraser.
pic related.
>>2377568
can you write this as a sentence?
>>2377549
lol at the word "lazy" being right in the name of the tool. Digital art is the most forgiving of the mediums.
>>2377418
git on my level fgt
>tfw phone's face recognition recognizes the faces you've drawn
>>2377595
that's an impressive collection of books that you never learned anything from there anon
>tfw my pleasant face ends up smug
>>2377595
you where saying?
>>2377612
>>2377612
>Art of War
>russian.secret.alien.races.book
>>2377612
>art folder full of pirated stuff created in 2013
>still not God tier yet
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
>>2377612
so you must be the best artist in the world right?
>>2377619
i enjoy visiting /x/
>>2377622
of course.
>>2377582
Charcoal is better for flooding and then erasing, imhotep
>>2377629
forgot pic
>>2377628
depends on the surface. Using vellum and graphite powder works for me, since it sticks to the smooth surface, charcoal would just fall off completely.
10 MINUTES CMON
CMON CMON CMON CMON
HURRY THE FUCK UP TEAM 23:30
>>2377640
Creo que ya nos conocemos. ¿Headake?
3 more minutes to read the tears.
time to start drawing my submission :^)
>>2377530
>http://imgur.com/QL2RBUA
You think that is bad? I proud on that pic.
If you want to shitpost this is bad.
http://imgur.com/K9RiK9b
But one day I will be good for my goals.
1 eliminated. 7 tokens used. The fewest ever eliminated
>>2377645
Still the first.....
>>2377606
>super hot sex pdf
Hey uh mind sharing that PDF? A friend needs it.
>>2377649
Plateau is real
>Someone you were following gave up
It's a bad feel
>>2377649
Oh and the person that was eliminated was a participant in challenge #3 and #4. This is the first week nobody has been eliminated from #1
