Who beginning artist here? Post your terrible drawings in this thread.
This was essentially my first reference sketch, I plan to become an ecchi drawing master. Pretty bad, but I guess I've gotta start somewhere.
Anime is too stylized to be replicated.
Study the classis and your fundamentals first. Stylization becomes far easier when you can draw correctly.
>>27383365
Draw me a cactus, beginningartistanon.
/ic/ bullies me so I'll post here
no references all free hand
>>27383365
>Adding in nipples
>>27383418
Here you go.
>>27383469
She's pretty cute, anon.
>>27383623
Fuck yeah
>>27383365
>>27383469
Read loomis
It's official.
/r9k/ was the last board to avoid cancerous drawfag generals. Now it's over.
>>27383697
>uses a bkub image
>tells me to use loomis which is just western
I WANT TO DRAW EASTERN
>>27383720
No there's a different between drawing and drawfag, drawfag is people spamming the thread for artists to draw their waifu mixed with a snake
>>27383748
Eastern is the best desu senpai.
Big fat anime tiddies are the best.
i-is music okhttps://clyp.it/rump1zkk
>>27383720
Drawfag threads have been here for a while now. rip snakecultist and FNA
>>27383684
Thanks, anon.
>>27383469
Draw me a cactus please.
>>27383748
>I want to start drawing in styles without mastering the fundamentals
It doesn't work like that, friendo
Read
fucking
loomis
>>27383819
I JUST WANT TO FAP TO MY OWN DRAWING OF BIG TIDDY ANIME GIRLS REEEEEEEEE
>>27383748
learn loomis and apply eastern styles to it when you git gud
gotta learn your fundamentals or you'll never be able to draw anything on your own that looks right
>>27383365
Draw your own hand. Hands are the true measure of artistic skill. Shit artists always avoid drawing hands.
I'm with you OP. I started out learning to draw so I could entertain my personal fetishes. However, as I contunie to learn I realized that I cannot defile my own work by masturbating to it
>>27383697
Is loomis the real deal or is he just a meme?
I've been dying to know this since lurking /ic/. It's the quintessential shitpost.
>>27383365
blah blah blah content content
>>27383819
>>27383842
I'm trying to read loomis but it's all diagrams like A MALE IS 6 FEET TALL and it's a lot of words, am I supposed to read chronologically? I am reading figure drawing but it's all words. I am retarded I just want to follow steps
>>27384091
can't smoke your own supply, my senpai
>>27384137
Loomis is really helpful in understanding the fundamentals, but I don't know of a single person who has progressed the way they want to with JUST Loomis. You need Vilppu, Edwards, Dodson etc. as well as a hell of a commitment to get good.
>>27383748
>muh style without learning the fundamentals
LMAO
literally not going to make it
drop it now before you get even more upset
>>27384222
I don't get paid to draw nor do I go to art school. I drew from my head myself is that not enough
I think you're just telling me to go with the fundamentals because others told you to go do the fundamentals. For drawing to be an artistic medium it has to be subjective to ones taste.
>>27384172
It's best to treat those 'learn to draw books' like a reference to your studies
The inserts can help you understand the theory behind form, but the only way to get good at drawing is to draw for an hour a day. And drawing things that actually challenge you.
>>27384307
>art
>subjective
Found the pleb.
Appreciating that canned shit?
>>27383869
It's a bit smaller than my actual hand, but I did my best.
>>27384307
Everyone is told to study the fundamentals and then go develop your own style. You see all the autists that have been making art on deviantart for 8 years and have never improved? Their art looking like a 4th grader's art project? Guess how they approached learning. Your mentality is literally your downfall.
I guess I'll revel in your eventual tears when your art still sucks shit in three years
>>27384307
>For drawing to be an artistic medium it has to be subjective to ones taste.
Oh, shit.
Here we go
>>27384377
I'm trying to read loomis but he's just showing me how to make Jewish people
>>27384371
WTF is wrong with your fingers? Did you seriously just trace along the lines on the paper?
Hint: "negative space".
>tfw would post anime girl Head I drew using this bitch as a reference but phone is busted
>>27384431
Fun With a Pencil is supposed to spark your interest. Once you get to Drawing the Head and Hands is where the real practice begins. If you truly genuinely want to start drawing, I'd skip to Head and Hands.
>>27384431
I would also like to include what are the fundamentals? What do I need to learn
>>27383365
Nice bewbs
Im a noob, but i did this one for fun.
>>27384432
Didn't do it intentionally. I'm left handed and the spiral gets in the way. Will look into negative space though, thanks.
>>27384473
Read Head and Hands. It's covered there. Fundamentals include proportion, value, lighting, and understanding basic shapes in perspective. But there are a couple more.
Another aspect is understanding how to see things and draw them in 3D on a 2D space.
>>27384435
Email it to yourself
>>27384583
I drew it irl and my phone is my only camera sorry famalam
>>27384473
The single most important fundamental is drawing what's really there. Look at something and draw what you see. Most people naturally look at something, imagine it, and then draw what they imagined. If you draw a hand like this is will definitely look fucked up (see >>27384371).
I had this discussion with somebody who drew cartoon style exclusively. I am not an artist, hadn't done any drawing since mandatory drawing at school many years ago, but simply by knowing the trick of negative space I could draw an acceptable hand within 15 minutes (pic related, and yes, my fingers really are that short). The person who could draw Disney style cartoon animals could not draw a human hand, they were even worse than >>27384371
>>27384644
Shieeeet, are you any good at paint?
Sharing just a couple here because /ic/ is bully central. First ones actually ink wash
>>27384712
Qt, did you base this off a reference?
>>27384712
>>27384731
yeah if I can find the reference again I'll post it
heres another in the mean time
>>27384712
/ic/ is bully central because it has to be. Would you rather have it be a hugbox where nobody critiques your work? You'll stagnate.
The brutality of /ic/ is literally what makes it good and what produces good artists.
>>27384813
>The brutality of /ic/ is literally what makes it good and what produces good artists
This desu
If you can't handle having what you draw be called garbage because it's garbage then you're probably looking for some sekret clubhouse hugbox on deviantart where everyone sucks your dick.
>>27384675
no but I want to learn watercolour
>>27384798
>>27384813
>The brutality of /ic/ is literally what makes it good and what produces good artists
Ah yeah that makes sense desu
I've been drawing my entire life, 27 now, and still haven't progressed pass novice levels. I hate myself.
>>27384798
>>27384884
You have a really good grasp of the human form, what do you reccomend for someone who draws bodies kind of wonky? Study anatomy pictures?
>>27384798
Better version of this and last post
>>27384867
I meant paint on PC, but water color is breddy cool
>>27384813
highlighting strengths is just as important as highlighting weaknesses
>>27384956
I'd check out the folks over at /ic/ (beginner thread/book threads) but also I like using this tool.
reference.sketchdaily.net/en/
Also yes please study anatomy. Its something Ive really neglected and struggle a ton fixing bad drawing habits
>>27384983
This is true. But, you know how 4chan is.
Understanding and appreciating your strengths yourself may not be as rewarding but it is much better in terms of long-term improvement. And when you improve faster you can make good art then reel in all the compliments.
>>27385018
Ill check it out m8, thanks
>>27385056
no problem, have fun on your drawing journey and may you get frustrated as fuck but never give up.
>try to learn to draw
>can't even draw a straight line
>wear out pencil and mom won't buy any more
>>27384307
To be far less mean about it
Think of it as boxing. A lot of great boxers or fighters or whatever seem to have their own unique style but every single one of them started out learning out to do a basic jab etc. Each one of them focus on the fundamentals before they got their own styles.
>>27385169
If there is an IKEA near you, you can get free pencils there.
>>27383365
>5 years in ms paint
I've been slacking on my studying. Reading through Keys to Drawing right now
How do I start with pen tablet drawing? Is it worth trying?
>>27384966
Pretty nice man. I like it
From my beginning art class.
![WP_20160325_04_32_26_Pro[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/n0jxLj7.jpg "WP_20160325_04_32_26_Pro[2].jpg")
I drew these eyes like 5 years ago and never picked up a pencil again. I'd like to try again, but I have no motivation and I'm terrified of failure.
I want to start drawing as well. How long does it take to get good?
>>27385455
depends on what you define as good and depends on how many hours a day you put into it?
>>27385455
10,000 hours senpai
>>27384862
>tfw no art club where people harsh criticize each other and literally suck each others dicks
I like to draw anime girls in military uniforms.
>>27385503
Get in the panzer, oniichan
>really badly coordinated
>always the worst in art class
>terrible visual memory
Should I even try?
I have a high IQ, for some reason I just can't draw well. It's some kind of learning disability.
>>27385548
>for some reason I just can't draw well
You have to put the time in. You can just be an arrogant ass claiming your "high IQ" will make up for hard work.
>>27385572
You say that, but my point is that my starting point is very below average. For example, I can't remember basic directions relating to places I've been many times without a GPS because my visual memory is zero.
>>27385587
Don't overthink it. You may be starting behind even an "average" beginner or you just may be too hard on yourself. Either way forget that narrative you're telling yourself, pick up some pens, pencils, and paper and Loomis
>>27385616
I just feel that a basic cost/benefit and risk assessment suggests to me that I couldn't really make it given my poor coordination (handwriting always worst in class, terrible at sports), and bad visual memory.
As someone who has always excelled, I don't like doing things in which I can't be at least better than 98% of active participants in that hobby.
>>27385503
I like it. Do you use a drawing tablet? What software do you use?
>>27385650
Have you tried not being a narcissistic asshat?
>>27385650
>As someone who has always excelled, I don't like doing things in which I can't be at least better than 98% of active participants in that hobby.
Oh in that case just stick to only shitposting
>>27383748
There's nothing "eastern" or "western" about fundamentals you fucking insufferable shithead.
>>27385669
Come on. 98% isn't even such a high bar.My university was 99.9 percentile
Competitiveness is perfectly normal masculine behavior.
i think im at my peak when i feel like i want to blow my brains out or seriously depressed
>>27385650
>terrible at sports
>someone who has always excelled
wew
>>27385696
Being autistic about "risk assessment" in something like fucking drawing is not masculine at all
>>27385713
That's the point. You can't fail at something if you determine that you can't succeed beforehand and avoid the embarrassment.
>>27385665
I use a bamboo capture with Paint tool SAI, it's probably the best beginner drawing program out there.
>Take Chinese
>Start practicing Hanzi for about a year
>Can't draw a straight line
>Get all the strokes right for the few hundred characters we have learned so far, but my characters looks like a weird cross between cursive and Hiragana
>My teacher watches me draw
>"How does you hand even move like that, its like you are fighting to keep your hand in the same spot"
The only way I can draw a straight line is by identifying my muscular tendency at a certain angle and intentionally drawing against it, so that it equals out .
My written English is also illegible.
Why would you even bother drawing sketches with a pencil and paper? Did you not take 1 art class during school? There's no reason to not torrent Adobe and start learning unless you're poor and an alcoholic
>>27385729
Then there's no competitive edge whatsoever. No actual risk of failure. And the only way you can "fail" at drawing (especially if you are doing it as a hobby and not a career) is to give up or bitch out before you even begin.
>>27385757
>Then there's no competitive edge whatsoever. No actual risk of failure.
Sure there is. It's called competing around your natural talents, not fucking around with nature and being mediocre your entire life.
>>27385753
>Why would you even bother drawing sketches with a pencil and paper?
Traditional medium is much more satisfying and aesthetically pleasing to me IMO
>>27385774
>It's called competing around your natural talents
Alright then stick to shitposting if you're too insecure to churn out some ugly doodles from time to time. Cheers
>>27385753
>unless you're poor
There you go. I at least want to practice until I can afford a tablet
>>27385774
How about you just kill yourself?
>>27385807
That conclusion doesn't really follow.
>>27385753
I can't draw with most tablets. It is so uncomfortable and irritating to look up at a screen while drawing on a tablet. Until I can afford a Cintiq or an equivalent display tablet I won't be doing much digital.
>>27385738
You've inspired me to get a drawing tablet anon. Any tips?
Niggers go to ic and get good before making threads here.
You'll be generally well received if you can contribute to a thread more than awful pencil notebook doodles.
ic will tell you (correctly) that you suck and what you should do to get better.
>>27385753
>drawing sketches with a pencil and paper
0ms latency
Perfect pressure/angle sensitivity
Ultra-high resolution visual feedback that's perfectly aligned with the nib
The only major problem is the undo function sucks.
>>27383365
dear god
and stop learning from anime
you're supposed to master normal human anatomy, then figure out WHY anime is drawn that way, so you can use that to your advantage
>>27385879
i laughed
congrats
>>27383365
Lmaooo kill yourself cuck
Been drawing since I was three.
This is from a long time ago.
I'm also working on a comic.
Look forward to it anons.
>>27384091
>>27384371
Are you drawing your own hands or a generic hands?
You're notleftiesare you?
I'm in the middle of painting this landscape. I haven't drawn or painted in years and I'm just not learning how to do it on my tablet. Shit's hard.
>>27385966
>You're not lefties are you?
>>27385865
If you're going to go serious on drawing I recommend getting one of the bigger tablets although I never had a problem with my capture. You also might want to buy nibs which are the tips of the pen since they get used up quite fast (depending on the tablet).
I suck but I liked this one.
Minus the weird abs and pecs
>>27385998
What do you use to draw on your tablet? I bought something similar to pic related, but i find it kind of awkward.
Can we make this a recurring thread and progress with each other?
>>27386303
>progress
No, now go kill yourself normie
still haven't gotten the hang of using a tablet and coloring but it's a start
NEETS BTFO
This is an actual enemy design for MY GAME
I tried following along with an episode of Bob Ross.
I went terrible and not even Bob's soothing voice could stop my tears.
>>27386854
I always wondered if anyone actually followed along with those videos. I remember my grandpa would always watch them, but he was actually a good painter. Post pictures of yours.
Look up marks drawing tutorials on youtube and do his practices. Then move on to learning anatomy from anatomy images, learn how the muscles act and are connected and the size of the bodyparts to one another. I improved fast to the point i surpassed all my friends around me who got me into drawing in the first place after only 5ish months. Learning anatomy will help you with drawing everything.
>>27386880
No.
All my work is original and free hand.
The moment I try to follow someone else's example is the moment I stop drawing.
>>27386976
Screw off with your shills. Some of us have talent.
>>27383469
>>27383684
This is fine desu.
Das rite
I'm a self taught artist, what of it?
>do art
>realize I'm near sighted
I'm actually unable to draw humans because I haven't truly seen them until very recently.
Been drawing all my life, but only recently have I started giving a shit about the quality. I got a tablet to make drawing easier, but I can draw just fine with a mouse.
Drew this a couple days ago. pls r8
How can others compete?
>>27387201
nice
I find it harder to draw with a tablet though
at least its not /ic/
>>27387306
more
original pls
>>27385503
Good shit, man. Do you post your finished stuff anywhere? I like to draw /ak/ stuff, and looking at/bouncing ideas off of similar art is usually a pretty good idea.
>>27387201
Thats a great picture m8
Who /lack of motivation/ here?Last time I dusted off my tablet was in february, and before that it was december
>>27387241
I thought it'd be harder too, but once you realize a tablet is just a really sensitive mouse, it get's way easier
>>27387376
thanks, my dude
>>27384906
You've been drawing all your life and you're still drawing on lined paper? Looks like you haven't picked up a book, ever. And furry is pretty gay. But Anon, I believe in you, hot the books and practice, there's something there.
Also, strive to be more than a furfag.
>>27386783
Reminds me of Painkiller
>>27384813
actually, the moment i stopped going to /ic/ is when i started getting better
i'm starting to believe the people that browse that board don't even draw
