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>dA /ic/ group :
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http://characterdesigns.com/
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3.html
http://finaltrinity.tumblr.com/post/13163064364/art-references-tumblr-accounts
>fellowBro's books :
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http://pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://posemaniacs.com/
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quick bullshit
>>2447464
you're right, that is shit
Coloring practice.
Still not even close to natural shade. But trying.
My question is : If I use overlay, multiply, screen... etc, to alter colors more easily, will it slow down my learning speed?
I've heard somewhere that restricting brush opacity to 100% will help understand color more faster. is it true?
>>2447514
your hatching is too random. you seem to just be picking the direction its going and how close together the lines are arbitrarily. girl with gun's torso hatching is a mess, her pants are a mess, the blonde lady's face is crazy looking if you take the form you are describing literally. the guy in front of the gas station his whole body is randomly hatched and the hatching around his feet goes in just about every direction it could.
This is some sort of tank I made crashing into... well something I guess. I don't like the end result that much but it was decent practice.
Also,
>tfw the entire tank is a symbol
>>2447589
thats clean af senpai
>>2447589
dude you have got to start coloring/rendering/shading things... you are cheating yourself out of learning by just doing outlines. what ever happened to the draven drawing did that get finished?
>>2447337
RABBIT
>>2447621
Y-you too f-fampai
>>2447635
Wat the fucks a draven? This is literally my first time posting on /ic/... but now that you've brought up the coloring/rending thing. I actually do need to start honing my skills there, pic related was the last thing I rendered since christmas. It's not the best but I have learned a lot more about value and light sources since them so I should start practicing studying/practicing again.
pumb
>>2447589
how did you get those lines so straight?
>>2447659
post ref
>>2447659
hair needs to be more expressive. the planes of the face are too smoothed out it's really uncanny valley. just looks like photomanipulation, not art.
you want work that is really literal, so when complete beginners look at it they know what to emulate in order to learn how to draw. This just looks like a bunch of effects layered on top of mediocre draftsmanship. it's more ambitious to make work that informs the audience of it's creation, rather than try to aim for complete impenetrability. the latter is always a waste of time because there's always someone that will see right through what you are doing and could replicate it twice as impactful in half the time.
better to learn to draw than learn to fool your audience.
Needing critique, was told to post here.
>bad at anime
>bad at feet
>inb4 don't start with anime
>>2447762
Shift-click in SAI, although I prefer a straight edge ruler when I can get one.
>>2447791
Upper torso/arms seem a little thin for a woman of her size.
>>2447802
gotcha!
anyone have suggestions for the face?
>>2447806
fuck, sorry for adding the link to my tumblr I lost the original .psd
>>2447806
What the fuck is going on with that box on the corner.
The tree texture looks imported so much that your attempts at shadowing can't help it.
There's too much going on in different parts of the picture, it's not very cohesive texturewise.
>>2447806
that shit is beautiful my nigga. when i'm ceo10k/day i'll hire the fuck out of you for my paper-mario style rpg.
>>2447659
hnngggg
what's wrong?
>>2447837
Pillow shading
>>2447843
good point. I was doing cel shading at first. It came out a bit harsh so I soften it.
>>2447787
christ you sound like a massive fucking faggot.
>>2447860
I don't think that's what he meas by pillow shading. I believe he means your shadows aren't really following the planes of the forms and treating them as three dimensional. Instead they are following the edges of your contours.
I would also say that the shadow on his right deltoid (on our left) where it meets the collarbone looks really weird. Instead of being a shadow describing an indent between two muscles, it reads to me more like a pit. Probably due to the hard line and lack of transition of values.
>>2447866
Do i make it more 3d? the light source is from the right side. I'm still learnng.
>>2447875
oh yeah and I have not added the highlights yet.
>>2447875
>>2447876
Your shadow placement doesn't really reflect the light source you're indicating, regardless of any additional highlights. Your shading is clinging to the edges of your drawing when it should move across forms to describe the planes. Note in this reference, the shadows are not isolated to the edges of his form. Also, the value range of the limbs vary by their relation to the lightsource.
>Do i make it more 3d?
I don't know what you're asking here. If you're referring to the comment about the deltoid shadow it's an easy fix, don't have the hard edge of the shadow to make it look like it has a sharp edge (and thus a pit) and don't use one of the darkest values to define it to make it look shallower.
>>2447888
how lol anyway thank you
>>2447514
I'm learning color too and I have to say trying to use effects and modes before understanding what colors I was going for made things very difficult. Once I started reading color theory and looking up tutorials and stuff, then I started understanding how to get the colors I need and when it's a good time to use layers or other effects. So personally I would recommend you practice building color and value without relying on effects for a little while first and then use the effects. However if you test them out as you go along with learning just to practice using them and getting used to them that's probably also a good idea.
And remember, don't listen to Brian.
>>2447903
If you don't know where the shadows are supposed to go, get reference. Also, study the planes of the body.
>>2447914
Loomis is to usual go-to, but there's other books in the sticky you can check out as well.
>>2447915
this didn't get much traction in the alt thread, so i'll try here too. i'm just trying to work on my character design a bit, so any crits on these or advice moving forward would be v. appreciated. they're just supposed to be old robots who don't get much use anymore
f-fuck me up gang!
woah fug, my bad
>>2448052
really good so far
just put more dynamics and flow in your future drawings and your set
update...how is it now? idk I prefer flatter look lol
>>2448055
Neck and forehead too long, the anatomy still needs work overall. I like how you shaded the arms to show depth. I think you should have done the same for the leg that's further away, and especially the hair to make the head pop. Pay attention to your background, even if it's just three lines which is perfectly fine, it has to count.
>>2448066
lol ur just as good as frida lmao
ikr lol idk
1/4
friend asked me to mess with skulls and metal themes. so i did
>>2448152
3/4
>>2448153
>>2448164
ah thanks. I do tend to make things a bit cartoony out of habit need to try new things I guess.
and i agree on the last one he was showing me metal band artists and I was going from there.
>>2448184
damn anon, back at it again with the good art
For fashion illustration brief, thoughts?
>>2448184
Blog?
>>2448238
Embarassing
I've never painted, only drawn in black and white, so before I start learning, I decided to paint this from my imagination.
>What are some good artists to study?
>Any tutorials you recommend that teach about colors?
Made with a tablet, not actual brushes
>>2448052
Great potential! Post more dude.
>>2448081
?
Update..
>>2448276
The shading is better, but the shadow backdrop is unnecessary.
I'm making this Dale Cooper. I drawed it upside down to avoid symbol drawing while I was looking his picture.
>>2448291
nice
>>2448279
too much chicken lines, try doing the traces with a single line.
>>2447843
What's pillow shading?
>>2448276
Shadow actually flattens the drawing, if you want the color of the shadow, try dropping it behind him to really pull it forward and imply 3d space.
Shading is okay, but you could definitely get some more value in there
Anatomy is good, except the angle of his left foot doesn't match his knee (look at your foot, can you turn it away from your knee?)
I like the color choice and line work though anon
>>2448271
It's good that you posted an example. From what I see your main problem seems to be that the value range is too low, you're not drawing any of the occlusions and your image doesn't read well because your values for the light and the shadows look the same. Maybe do some Sargent studies, in black and white first. Your proportions seem pretty good but painting asaro heads can be a good start too. And always fill your background with a midtone or your perception for the values will be altered.
>>2448292
Proportions look okay but you're still not thinking in terms of volume, the eyes and lips are very flat. The shadow is too dark to be pleasing, the eyes are not pure white, they should be much closer to the value of the skin than you may think. Drawing Asaro heads would help you a lot too.
>>2448238
I like it but the sleeves seem way too stiff and crease weirdly around the elbows, try doing some cloth studies
Something I just did in my school book.
>>2448328
Eyes too small? Angled weirdly? You can't see the shading very well, but I feel the nose is a bit off? Maybe?
>>2448308
Thank you so much for your suggestions, I'll get to work right away. Thank you for telling me of Asaro heads, I've always had a hard time thinking of things in 3D space/planes and this will help out a lot.
What do you guys think? need help on this, i'm really bad at doing background like buildings and stuff
Shitfuck.
I started doodling thumbails.
And then i look back at it THIS SHIT IS LITERALLY THE SAME
Why?
>>2448328
I will not lie to you, this is quite terrible.
Loomis, friend.
Even more so, www.drawabox.com
Any tips other than work on finger tips?
>>2448507
that phallic imagery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtDYgEWw-MU&t=70
>>2448507
Well that's because all you do is put your subject dead center add a forground and some kind of backround.
Read framed ink if you haven't. And try to start out with abstract shapes before committing to something more specific.
Still plenty of things to adjust, I wish I could be more subtle too.
>>2448557
Vetyr?
I think I'm calling this done so I can move on to the next thing. I tried to soften some of the edges as per anon's suggestion in the previous draw thread but I wonder if it's enough. I have trouble deciding where to make edges lost and soft I think.
>>2448292
Don't use a pure black as your darkest value. Especially when you are working in colour, you want to have your darkest value some saturation. (Usually a lot, although cool darks are possible, most of the time the darkest darks are very saturated.) Otherwise, the other anon gave you some good pointers as well.
>>2448526
Resize your images in the future.
Check the transition of the thumb into the wrist,the first kind of tapers into the other but you drew it too abrupt. Find some ref to fix it. It looks like you didn't construct the fingers, making them look flat. The index finger is not longer than the middle finger and although I get what you're trying to do, it's not drawn convincingly (ie foreshortening and whatnot) and as such it now seems as if the index is longer than the middle finger. The pinkie is a right mess. The nails are too obvious and as such look pasted on, also you did not draw them to follow the form of the finger hence flattening them.
I strongly advise you to focus more on construction next time, find references and grind, grind, grind. Keep it up.
went to draw at the coffee shop today but it was only high schoolers and older people in there. meh. ill try again later this week.
>>2448808
Coffee shop is shit for studies.
Go to the library for some low key homeless action. The seniors will even pose for you if you know how to talk a little and listen to them go on about their grandchildren your age or 'the war'. You don't even need to buy any shitty coffee.
>>2448852
He just wants to creep on girls anon, it should be obvious enough from his drawings he doesn't care about studying.
>>2448859
excuse me? how is stalking homeless people in a library more productive than asking people if i can draw them in a coffee shop? you fucking retard?
im only doing it to find models. i do my studies at home.
>>2448862
Drawing homeless people masturbate in public libraries is NOT "stalking". The light just happens to be really interesting in the PC area.
>>2448150
I love it, what are you using to do this? (sorry if it's a dumb question im new to ic)
>>2448862
don't feed the troll
trying to get used to digital, any advice on improving lineart?
>>2448874
Not that anon but looks like regular ol' ink. Washes and probably a brush (pen).
>>2448881
scratch that it could also very well be copics
>>2448879
adjust the sensitivity until you find something you are comfortable with
tape a piece of paper between the pen and digitizer for more texture (will wear the tip down faster)
give up because you are a whiny, helpless bitch that needs to be told how to do everything each step of the way
>>2448887
thanks anon that's pretty rad
For a challenge I decided to do. WIP.
>>2448906
Pretty cool. I like that the plate armor looks more gritty than metallic, reminds me of the cartoonish graphics in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusades.
How long do you guys draw each day?
>>2448960
from when i start drinking until i fall asleep or sober
usually fall asleep
>>2448945
i love this, what's your blog
>>2448945
looks great. just the hair looks kinda shitty.
>>2449078
she looks black
>>2449092
she doesn't look black enough
hands
>>2447337
I'm new to digital. I got Mischief and I didn't feel like finishing it.
pls critique.
an old drawing
>>2449092
>drawing girls with no ass
white people are the literal worst
>>2449139
brah I think you've mastered the hand, try something else.
>>2449169
fuck you no i havent
>>2449181
still tired of seeing them, not really impressed
Worked it on the bus (5 hour trip) and turned out quite unexpected.
What do you think?
>>2449183
suck my dick
>>2449194
fuckin uhhhh fuckin
>>2449194
I think you're mistaken. He is stuck in a habit, and through repetition he might break through towards something more sincere. Nobody consciously tries to hide their flaws.
>>2449206
i like those colors a lot but the head is pretty fucked in relation to the body
>>2449194
>they don't even look like fucking human hands.
I think you're so up your own ass the only human hands you've seen are the ones fisting you, anon. They definitely look like hands.
Might as well post this before I go to sleep. This is some sort of stamped machine pistol I designed for fun, and to also practice perspective.
>>2449209
yea the neck is too long i'm gonna move the head or something
>>2449214
Nice. It's been a while since I held the gun but the grip almost looks like it's too short?
>>2449190
i think it's good that you're doing hand studies, however i feel as though you might be plateauing because you're not really trying anything terribly new in these it's always the same strange, contorted positions, which are cool, but not entirely practical. try drawing the hand holding an object, or in a neutral position, and draw some hands from imagination as well. i would also work on how you construct your hands as well, as right now they look purely observational which doesn't translate entirely well as to imaginative drawing as knowing the underlying construction might.
>>2449219
The grip isn't actually too small, the overall frame of the gun is ridiculously large. I wanted to create a kind of over the top gun that was fuck huge so only the barrel, grip, and ejection port match each other in scale. This thing is made out of a m3 grease gun receiver.
>>2449225
why fix what isn't broken. im not trying to be a concept artist why bother with construction. im trying to learn how to draw, not how to hide bad drawing with aesthetics.
anyways heres more hands
>>2449232
>im trying to learn how to draw, not how to hide bad drawing with aesthetics
>proceeds to do exactly that
Yet I'm the one who got called a troll.
>>2449237
yet im the one that knows how to draw
>>2449242
how's your sex life, anon?
>>2449242
Hey hey, do you give two shits about rep? You have a lot of great examples of how you definitely lack foundation on your social media platforms.
People can just as easily screencap the shit you say and post it on reddit, too. And you know how that herd moves.
Come on, at least try to be a little less destructive.
>>2449211
or maybe I know that there are curves and subtleties to proper studies and good art.
Exaggeration and stylization is not going to teach ya jack shit. What's the fucking point in doing a study if you aren't even drawing what you see? The point is to train your eyes to NOT do those stupid exaggeration and draw things how they actually are.
Fucking seriously now. You're shit.
>>2449232
>m not trying to be a concept artist why bother with construction
holy fuck kill yourself.
You're not going to get anywhere in your art. Just kill yourself now and save yourself the time and grief.
>>2449237
>>2449237
>>2449237
>>2449237
>>2449237
>>2449242
Brian you are such a fucking faggot holy shit
>>2449245
uh oh. dont tell reddit i think people on 4chan are ass holes
heres some more hands. im just gonna keep drawing tonight
>>2449266
Brian... to thrive on spite is self destructive. Stop bad habits when you see them. But yes, keep drawing.
>>2449272
i dont love or hate anyone. i have no feelings toward any of you
>>2449266
I think at this point he's just reposting them and nobody notices because nobody gives a shit. how the fuck can someone not improve after drawing hundreds of hands. what the fuck.
>>2449280
Bullshit. You desperate for attention here. So much so that you do shit like hijacking the thread op and making a new one while the other one's still on page 1 just to make sure everyone sees your shit. When people ignore you you try to start shit by giving the most off base bullshit critiques to people way fucking better than you. When you completely fucked up and named someone else as 4xis earlier itt you only proved even more that you have no clue what the hell his work even looks like let alone anything constructive to say about it. He even posted his tumblr link and you STILL didn't educate yourself enough to fucking know he colors better than the majority of this board, yourself VERY included, and you think telling him to 'start' coloring is anything meaningful. You're a sad, attention whoring joke, your doodles are nowhere near being good drawings, and with your ego blinding you this badly none of that will ever change.
>>2447514
Don't listen to faggot mc faggy, your hatching is really nice for a sketch / quick work, the messy nature is what makes it cool
>>2449207
I do, so obviously some other people have to do as well
>>2449266
I like your attitude
Fuck everyone, just do your thing
But make sure to post every single page of hands you do and leave comments, too, please
>>2449312
aw hey what's up Wrinkles?
>>2449298
i'm pretty sure you're missing the point
why even interject when you don't have a shred of knowing what you're talkinga bout
>>2449246
Neat. That must have taken a long time.
Just a couple quick for fun drawings tonight from friend suggestions
Tried my 'hand' at the comfortian style
hey dudes! im drawing this totally rad thing for a dude
can you tell me a couple of things wrong with it constructively?? I know the left leg is kinda fucked, but i think its coming along nicely, I just need some advice on the feet, hands, how the leg should lie down, and what the subject should lie down upon and how that whole thing should work.
Thanks so much, please respond
>>2449350
Some more. Hurry up and tell me I'm shit so I can tell you that I'm famous on reddit
>>2449392
>corral
Coral*.
>>2449323
this shitposter is one of the reason I don't want to be on /ic/. disgusting style.
Trying to figure out and simplify knees.
>>2449426
The fibula goes on the outside, not the inside.
>>2449420
Good, you can leave.
>>2449257
At least admit he is better than that faggot, firez.
>>2449323
I'm not quite sure where you're trying to go with your style (political cartoons maybe?) but it really doesn't feel like you've really improved as much as you could have after drawing all these hands; they're really inconsistent in terms of quality, see the top-right (thumb over pinkie) compared to bottom left and the one above it.
Try reading Burne's Drawing Dynamic Hands, maybe not doing all of the construction exercises but gaining a better understand of how to become more consistent.
>>2449426
study bammes
I made this, 4h what do you think about it
>>2449689
I think its great anon! Good job, you should be proud of this artwork and yourself. Keep it up anon, you can do much more :D
What should I do ?
>>2449695
Hahaha thanks a lot anon
>>2449551
you are not better than firez you worthless cunt. tone down your ego. It isn't deserved.
Trying to get back into my groove with my mouse.
>>2449358
great now do thousands more of them
>>2449718
Check out some Feng Zhu videos..
>>2448650
I gotta say though, the colors look much worse when I post here. Maybe there are some parameters I overlooked.
>>2449718
The composition being divided into three equal thirds is actually a bit repetitive and the perspective isn't accurate but I think you can do something really nice even with those flaws. I'm guessing some warmer tones in the shadows of the foreground would be the next step, try to keep it light and fresh. The brushwork is kinda sloppy, you need some structured elements to contrast with the natural elements, right now pretty much everything looks organic. The values look good.
>>2449689
Looking good anon. The face is a bit asymetrical (but who am I to talk) but doesn't look fucked up. The values are very nice. A bit too much going on in the hair, it could be more simple. I like how you handled the contrast even with a value range that isn't very wide.
Hand I did about three weeks ago for a school assignment. This was my first attempt at rendering something realistically.
Doggo speed draw that I did three days ago. This was completed in under an hour.
>>2449232
lmao
>>2447837
dorsi dosen't match up
One of my firsts scatchs ... any advices on how to improve? I'm starting to draw and i love it but i guess that we dont become good on our first work :D
>>2449835
He's hot, what is he? A dragon dude? What color is his hair/eyes?
>>2449347
A to the NATOMY - ANATOMY!!!
but i like spidy
>>2449551
Firez's drawings have a lot of problems and I can't stand his attitude sometimes but he's not better. When Firez uses reference for anything other than a person he can be pretty precise while this guy couldn't get that close to accurate with anything. And Firez might draw people with floating features but he still gets way closer to a believable skull and alignment of features than Brian. Brian's heads and faces look one step away from a Picasso abstraction every single time and not in a good way. But artwork aside, I would much rather have Firez's passive aggressive refusal of advice than this asshole's active attempts to ruin every fucking draw thread trying to get people to pay attention to him.
>>2449915
Find an artist to reference the shit out of. Deconstruct figures until you've found a set of shapes / style of rendering a form (sketch wise) that you can use as a crutch to temporarily draw without reference. Make that muscle memory. Really, it just boils down to how much you're willing to practice, and how you practice. Reference, reference, reference.
>>2449925
Ty for the advice :) . do you have any artist to suggest ??
>>2449923
i know all the anon's talking shit about me are guys cause the girls all wish i'd draw them :)
>>2449689
Head is gigantic, her abdomen is tiny, hand sucks. Shading is crummy and wishy washy and doesn't describe the forms. Study more, be bolder with your mark making and try to have it follow and so describe form
>>2449879
Her face is becoming masculine. Maybe try raising her eyebrows and make her eyes a little bigger. I agree, in your previous the colours were really offputting. THis is somewhat better but I'm still not sold on the textures you're using. Try making them less obvious. She could have a bit more of a waist, right now her torso looks like a tube.
>>2449944
Thanks a lot for the feedback anon, I'll do my best.
>>2449337
thank you. it did
here it is coloured in
Has anyone read the Powdermage Trilogy?
Does it look as dirty as I think it looks?
>>2449919
I hear you I haven't done a gods honest study in a very long time. I'm lazy and only have about an hour attention span so I just do drawings here and there for funzies mostly.
>>2449999
Yes and no, the horse and the rider's leg/face/neck is quite dirty but your metal is comparatively clean.
However that one highlight on the neck of the horse sticks out particularly and should be trimmed.
>>2449232
these dont even look like fucking hands anymore. the lines are wobbly as shit. You talk like youre the one in the right when youre definitely wrong and only refute with "lol heres more shitty hands".
Before I go forward with adding more linework and dedicate myself to shading this shit, I want to make sure I'm not polishing a turd.
Complaints please.
>>2449926
That's entirely up to you. You have a different taste than I do. Look around. Personally, I was inspired by a porn artist.
>>2450006
You can't ask anyone to critique this. From what I see the only suggestion I can give to you is to either buy a better eraser or use a harder/liter pencil for your sketching. Other than that, may God have mercy on your soul.
>>2450012
I haven't erased anything yet. I typically erase last.
>>2449891
>>2450006
everyone line is the same thickness. that's visually very boring. lrn2 lineweight.
>>2450020
Ah shit, you're right. I'll thicken some parts up with a 0.7.
More issues? Shit composition, forms, placements, etc?
>>2449918
Jesus ahah. Well he's an old persona of mine. Based on my horoscope, cancer. He's a shell/spiked skinned dude. Black hair, blue eyes. Normal tanned skin but near his spikes it's black/blue.
>>2449835
Another thing to get back into the groove.
>>2449923
>ruin every fucking draw thread trying to get people to pay attention to him
That's exactly what firez was doing. At least brian or w/e his name is doesn't spam with the same fucking image. He is more interesting and draws more varied stuff than firez (i cringe every time i have to type out his name). Brian also could be a very cool art bud, cause i'm not jealous of his skill, he's good at what he does and he's not firez.
some critique and program recomendations would be nice
https://youtu.be/daywdbwlX9w
used paintdotnet and windows movie maker
>>2450013
A little risky laying down those thick lines and then trying to erase....
I still think this type of work can only truly be critiqued in it's final stage due to it being such an "alternative" art style.
>>2450038
Not very realistic considering his penis is not moving.
>>2450033
>Black hair, blue eyes
Unf. Three more questions: Can I draw him? Is this guy another oc? Blog?
>>2450036
Brian, fucking hell, just shut up.
>>2450045
i wanted to put so much more into it but felt limited with what i had to use
>>2450049
Sure go ahead. I don't mind. Yes, another fella I made up.
I post my work mainly on my insta.
https://www.instagram.com/ketteii/
but I also have a dead tumblr.
http://ketteiii.tumblr.com/
>>2450060
So what is this other oc? He has horns is he a dragon dude this time?
>>2450070
He's a goatman cyborg basically. A dragon guy doesn't sound like a bad idea though. Aha.
>>2450039
Well I sketch in pencil, then ink in lines I'm confident in, then use pencil to tell me where to shade, then shade it in, then erase afterwards.
Is there a better workflow for this? Let me know.
>>2450074
Jesus yes please do a dragon guy. Your goat guy is hot too btw.
drew this girl at the coffee shop. she asked me to sign it.
Gonna clean up more then add watercolors
>>2450107
Nice, you are at the level where non artists will be amazed but people who can draw see you are still learning. It's a good place to be, but keep learning brah and keep up the good work.
>>2447337
Fucking hate mac cameras. Gritty and show shit detail. But anyway, working on this drawing, looks a lot better if cam wasn't shit.
>>2450122
Also, this is what it's of
>>2450119
walking back from the coffee shop a german guy stopped me cause he saw my sketchbook. he asked for my business card and to see my drawings. he's apparently a painter and metal sculptor.
i showed him the self portrait i did that was popular on reddit and he said "pretty good" in a very monotone matter of fact way.
so for all the insults and exaggeration about how terrible I am, it's probably safe to say that's an accurate description of my current abilities: pretty good. Not as good as reddit says I am. Not as bad as 4chan says I am.
Used to draw some cool shit but now I'm feeling like I'm drawing the same thing over and over for a while and I can't draw a thing now. I need a critique about this and about my situation. What should I do? Some boring object work for expand my art?
Just wanted to show off and have some good advice
>>2450128
And this one
>>2450125
no you're not pretty good, you're average if not below average with all the years of practice you have. your art has no appeal to it, it's average in every way, every aspect of it. there's nothing that makes someone go "wow this is beautiful" to a trained eye. Lines are average, construction is horrible, and subjects are just plain boring and repetitive. I think you're trying to make a meme out of yourself to compensate for your lack of skill and fall back on that every time you get critisized.
Right now anybody can reach your level by practicing one year, nothing to be proud of and gloating about everywhere. you should stop that attitude and seriously work on your art.
>>2449219
nahh, have a look at compact glocks, your pinkey normally is resting on the mag.
>>2450125
>this delusional.
you cant into drawing from imagination yet.
you are still learning and are nowhere near good.
the man you met was merely plugging his own shit to you.
noob.
and brian, with that reddit post le popular, did you sell the painting....no.
so stfu.
>>2450122
Your camera isn't shit, it's either your lighting, but probably just your drawing. This belongs in the beginner thread.
>>2450150
>Right now anybody can reach your level by practicing one year
>you're a year ahead of everybody
i can live with that
>>2450167
drawing from imagination isn't as important as being able to draw abstractly. and as another guy said on the "sarcastic congrats to brian" thread i didn't plug my shit all over that post unlike what all of you would've done. Cause I'll probably have more top posts this year. So maybe when I can consistently make it to the top post every month then I'll start pluggin my shit. Or at least be recognizable enough that people share my site without me even having to post it.
Desperate isn't a good look. I'm not desperate.
>>2450172
Congrats, you've attempted to bash someone on the internet? And I'm far from a beginner, but also far from a pro. I'll share it when I'm finished with a better camera :)
I know the anatomy is fucked up, but now i'm trying to focus on the rendering and getting used to the digital media
Please tell me how to improve the rendering
>>2447911
good point. not using effects all together would be bad decision. however not relaying too much is important. thanks.
>>2449298
nah. I've heard that kind of criticism countless times. and I know it's valid. because it will be much better if I use more delicate hatches. however I don't want to spend much time doing hatches when drawing is not aimed to look clean.
>>2450183
Okay, sorry dude. But lighting the drawing with a lamp will do wonders with a webcam.
>>2449897
Nice, now do it in ten minutes.
>>2450188
switch to COREL painter digital watercolors since they glaze by default
>>2450181
>being content with only 1 year ahead of begginers after years of "practice"
>being this dense
you're never going to make it.
>>2450221
Thanks for the tip, it'll definitely help in the future. Hell, I'm sure my art would improve if I drew in better lighting
a witch being attacked by villagers.
Studying fur.
>>2450000
Nice highlights on the breastplate quadsman. The crotchplate is turned a bit too far towards us though and isn't following the form of the thighs/pelvis like you'd expect.
>>2449358
Pretty cool, nice core shadows.
>>2450390
if you want it to look like actual fur you have to use smudge
those hard edges aren't very convincing
>>2450221
Finished for now. Could be better, but I'll fuck with it a lot more tomorrow.
a study
First time ever finished something with my tablet. Dont really know, but interested what do you think, guys.
>>2450430
It looks like to me that you drew her forehead and the rest of her skull separately, as there's a bit of a hard crease at the hairline. Hair should flow over the skull as it has volume.
In this horrific MSpaint diagram, you'll note that the outside edge of your hair matches the outside edge of the skull, whereas the green lines show that you should be over the edge of the skull.
Just some shitty drawing I whipped up today.
>>2450464
I like it. It's pretty funny.
On the bottom half of the drawing you might have neglected to include the effect of the nose bridge on the far eye. Even if it isn't drawn in, the further eye socket should be covered because of it.
Similarly you might want to draw actual bones for the palm and shorten down that thumb a bit.
obligatory C H I C K E N S C R A T C H comment as well.
>>2450033
You always repost the same shit dude, iv'e never seen someone repost so much.
