/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Digital is cancer. It's cheating. Period

Digital "art" are not artworks, they are programs.

>>3683236
>>3683242
>t. crossboarding pol shitter
Post your traditional work or fuck off

>>3683243
>taking the bait

>>3683236
>>3683242
no rules, only T O O L S

I made this sketch and blocked in the shadows. Also tried to put in some ambient oclusion. Does the lighting look consistent overall?

What do do you guys draw at?

Sorry that meant to say what dpi do you guys draw at?

Latest two pages. I feel real highs and lows in these.

>>3683354
300. I'm a greenhorn, but I don't know if there's a reason to do any other dpi.

>>3683584

>>3683585
>>3683354
Was meant for:
>>3683423


>>3683354
Looks sick to me. Very desolate and contemplative.

Where did the talented people go? These past threads have been so shit.

>>3683354
It should be some reflective light in the downward facing planes of the doorway. Your occlusion is a bit confusing also. consider studying it some more.

>>3683240
It would look a lot cbetter i think if you pushed the contrast in some areas, and utilizing some occolusion shadow.

Been trying to work towards a new look/ process, with tight linework and loose colours and painted forms. Thoughts?

>>3683607
idk if intended but left hand looks smaller than right and right leg looks smaller than left even with the perspective. Otherwise I really like it.

>>3683607
I like it. it will be interesting to see you experiment with different subjects and light setups

>>3683607
I like it. it will be interesting to see you experiment with different subjects and light setups.

The tight linework will definetley balance the lose render and give it form and sturdiness.

Redline it.

>>3683577
can I see your brush settings? I love this so much.

procreate finally got clipping masks so i've been toying with it more than usual! inspired by the art of edward delandre.

The 91st page. What do you think of it?

did a painting of Eve

>>3683917
The bottom left corner of panel 2 doesn't read clearly at all. Dig the style generally though!

>>3683240
how big is your canvas for this one?

master study

AutoDesk sketchbook. Still in progress. I want to do shading, pores, textures, etc. give me the hardest criticisms you can. I want to be as good as the Angelarium guy.

Cute girl. It's not perfect but I'm proud of it

Repost

>>3683875
I mostly used hard round brush varying the softness and using opacity pressure sensetivity.

WIP

>>3683230
A study I was working on from a photo. The goal is to loosen up my hand and still capture the figure I want. I'm hoping that training this way will make my paintings better. Any tips?

>>3683607
Well enough for comics. Maybe try to have more hard shadows in some places, especially the face

>>3684235
use better camera
scale image down to 1000x1000
learn proportions
or abuse the lasso tool

>>3683230
How to get good at coloring? somehow I half-know where the planes themselves are but the colors I cannot pinpoint

>>3684454
Start with grayscale. Learn how to build shapes with black and white in order to make form readable.

>>3684457
thank you!

>>3684444
Thanks for the critique. I've been trying to get proportions right for awhile now. This is also my first time drawing in this style

>>3684094
I can see how that'd be confusing. He's just spinning the spoon on his thumb, like people do with pens, but somebody else handled the shadows on this page, and I think the one on his arm there might be making it confusing, even if it technically makes sense to have it there.

Imagination sketch i did. The ear and hand are fucked lol but I think the hair looks convincing. I need critiques.

>>3684687
it looks good, i like it
but the hand and the ear look fucked up

>>3684214
Did some cleanup and linework on it.

does the rendering look to airbrsuhed?

>>3684760
just go full conceptart hack and photobash textures as panels in that perspective.

anyone here got some good video/image tutorials on hand on how to get gud at values?
never focused on it much, and feel like its coming back to bite me in the ass.

didn't wanna make a new thread for such a base ass question, apologies.

>>3684780
Well I'm going through Scott's book, and it helps me to really think about what I'm doing. Pic related, any critiques? I'm focusing on values, and rendering with pencils :D I know the perspective is off, but that wasn't my focus.

>>3684819
Sry about that

>>3684780
I hate MDJ, but this video on values is actually p good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-NhdEPKGk

>>3683915
breddy gud

hands are so hard and looking up references is also difficult ) : realistic styles of hands doesn't mix with my own style, cartoony hands are a hit or miss.

>>3683230
Just posted it in the Nazi Girl request thread. I can't shrink it to 1k wide without slaughtering it because it's panoramic. Either way, the post went a little something like:

The goal was to emulate a high school kid's sketchbook, skill level and all. Along the way, I named the kid Kyle because of all the Nazi business and the annoyed Hitler that wound up filling the bottom left corner. Did him up a ballpoint style K and everything. Shit got weird tho.

Honestly, this entirely due to the fact that I never wanted to draw the image in the OP in the first place because it's boring as shit, but I just spent a few days building a whole slew of custom brushes in Procreate and I wanted to try them out. Overall, I think it looks pretty ok considering, and I definitely got away with an unfinished, bare minimum high school-tier chalk drawing with the Totally Banging the Teacher sticky note placement.

Anyway, six hours in Procreate on an old ipad with a Boxwave metal mesh tip stylus. Resized in Photoshop after the fact because it was drawn in 4k.

>>3685177
the solution is to never draw hands and make excuses, keep it up youre doing great

>>3685188
so cringy.

also kys.

>>3685196
Jew.

Does this read as water? I thought it did when I drew it but now that I look at it, it seems a bit too messy.

A drawing of raven I did A wile A ago ima rework now that I Got A digital art pad.

>>3685216
underage b&
cya

>>3685214
it is a little messy, and aside from the splash around the neck it feels like its lost movement and body water is known for; but try looking at some references of water and start blocking it in by colors rather than sketching it. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=766Wdexxo_4 This is a pretty decent tutorial, but I always think its best to refence real life images as well. ) Hope it turns out well! xox

>>3685253
Thanks for the advice anon! I’ll look into it.

Gonna do a Link vs. Hinox fan-art with my versions of the characters. I like to do these quick clothing/proportions- sketches before I start working on the actual composition/illustration so I know who I'm posing when I'm doing the posing. Might even sculpt these guys before I get to my actual illustration. I really love the symmetry tool in the newer versions of PS. Really good for getting your ideas down quickly if you don't really need a good pose/render (these guys don't look really great but I got them done in about an hour so there's that).

>>3685419

Some more super quick shit. I won't be working over either of these sketches. Just trying to get an idea for the final image before I even start laying things down.

"A" would be a more intense scene where Link is dodging a hit from the Hinox. Don't really know about the background or posing though.

I prefer "B" where Link would be hiding behind some rocks and there's like a deserted, ancient Chinese/Japanese town in the background.

Both of these sketches are fucking hard to read. I'm re-he-heally not good at sketching but I like to get some ideas down before I start looking for reference.

>>3683230

/ic

my last hope for honest thoughts.

Water color and pencil.

>>3685419
>>3685524

these are fucking terrible. Abandon it. Don't even think about polishing them.

>>3683230
i guess i posted in the wrong thread

>>3683230
my first attempt at an animu meme. what should I do to improve?

>>3685605

I won't be polishing any of these. I'll be making a separate image based on these sketches and possible feedback.

Thanks for you thoughts. Really helpful stuff!

>>3685614
cut your hands off.

>>3685598

Why do you consider this your last hope? It's a good start. I feel like the vase and the table are being lit from slightly different angles. It's still aesthetic though. Carry on!

i painted this with watercolor. some critiques?

>>3685634
sweet

no background?

>>3685663
for now, i will drawing without background

About 6 days into learning blender. Asked for cartoon suggestions from my facebook people. I haven't touched on much sculpting for this one so far, mostly just adjusting shapes.

>>3685681

>>3685681

Nice work man. Is this really a render? Looks super painterly. I used to work in Softimage somehow Blender felt super unintuitive to me. Trying to get into Modo now. You should definitely get into sculpting at some point. It's really fun. You ever tried fucking around with ZBrush? I love doing all kinds of character sketches in there (pic related). Penis.

>>3685701
Wrong board go post in /3/

>>3685725

Artwork and Critique. We've talked about this here before. I'm basically doing sculptures on my computer. This doesn't even have much to do with 3D-modeling. Just sculpting away like people do irl.

You can use a character like this for 2D illustrations too (which I'm going to do).

Just posted my sculpt while talking to the other anon. Don't even normally post sculpts here but I don't think it's inherently "wrong".

>>3685524
I would suggest working in a different aspect ratio for things like this. 16:9 or 21:9 will give it a move dynamic feel and allow you to improve the composition.

>>3685760

That's actually a great idea. It would probably give the piece a more cinematic feel. Thanks.

>>3684435
How often do you flip your canvas? Seems to me you got a good grasp on 3D shapes, that eye socket rendering especially is beautiful, but... The underlying drawing is so awfully wonky.

His head is too big, just look at how tiny his hands are in comparison.

The face itself is really distorted as well. I mean, it's mostly fine if he was supposed to be ugly, but if you were going for a handsome Aragorn, his face is too flat, back of the head too short, and more importantly, the lower half of his face is too long. I could nitpick each feature, but I think you get it. Maybe practice these measurements more?
https://youtu.be/1EPNYWeEf1U


That part under his chin, were we supposed to be looking at him from bellow? Because the top of his head is visible, so it seems instead we are looking at him from the top, and he has a bit of a double chin growing.
The sword hilt is not aligned with the blade, and also the pommel is perfectly facing us while the rest of the sword is tilted.
About rendering, go easy on those edges on the cheekbones, that sharp transition from light to dark is making him look really old.

I think that's it, hope this was useful.

Any advice on her pose? I put two different waist lines and left-leg lines because I can't decide exactly how would her torso stay there. Also do the faces look fine?

>>3685757
looks like 40k

>>3685835
Not my art. Just making a point.

look ma! no transparency!

>>3684291
Got some more done.
Make a BIG mistake when grabbed a compressed charcoal stick and went to town around the 2 forms.
Should have waited. Now the eclipses are off and the paper is kinda ruined around the bowl.
Oh well, ylyl.

Messsing around with my toys

>>3685965
Well the thumbnail looks nice so you are on the correct path.

>>3683236
t. poorfag who can't afford a tablet

Been working on this piece for a day now, I keep adding stuff so im delaying the done part...

OMG! I opened this one up on a different screen and i was like: wait is there some dark overlay on it? And no, these are the actual colors i used, except the damn iPad screen is so bright it looked okay to me all along... Fair warning to those who draw on iPads, it's ALWAYS way darker than it appears to be.

>>3686082
Really like your vision Anon!!! Looking forward to the finished piece.
>>3685634
It's very cute. Wish I could use traditional media so well.
>>3685598
Very Cézanne. Don't give up your hopes Anon, you are absolutely on the right track.
>>3683915
That's awesome. Hey I haven't used clipping masks before in Procreate, gotta give it a try...

>>3686082
Try to define your focal points better with contrast and amount of detail. My eyes just bounced around the piece when I first opened it.

>>3686125

Removed the small guys from the foreground to keep the focus on the bunnies

>>3686082
>>3686125
This is how I felt too. It's a cool scene, but it's a poor view of it. It's just kinda 'bleh'.

I feel like this entire thing would have been much more engaging if the perspective was from the ground (like ~1ft off the ground) and right behind the people, so that you were looking through the crowd up towards these large, harrowing bunny giants.

>>3686280
Now that I see this - this is better. I still think you could add a person if you wanted - maybe just slightly bigger and close to the group. A lone, curious figure could act as a great focal point & reference for scale.

wanted to do abstract, then it got away from me, threw a pig on it, put excess pig parts on different part of painting erased part of the pig

Making progress.

Tips to make the values pop a little more in the gray-scale layers?

>>3686318
Be a bit more daring in how you use light and dark. Also remember that when you have your values in a separate B/W layer it sort of kills the colours, so it's not optimal when painting. But it might still be good to figure things out,

>>3686318
you should think about color theory more. Where it's true you should stick to just a few colors, making sure there is contrast between elements is more important. right now you can't where her torso and the bike start and stop, and you can't see the boobs at all.

>>3683230
i'm not an artist myself but i commission a lot and would like feedback on it anyway. pic related is still far from finished but i like how it's coming along

Just made this.

>>3686381
>>3686358
Thank you for the advice. My plan is that once the values and forms are brought out, I'd copy and paste the shadow and highlight layers, change their colors around, and adjust the modes/hues/saturation/etc. until I am satisfied with the outcome. I'm not quite sure what the best time to merge will be to begin going over it/livening the tones with screen and overlay layers, then adding the cast shadows/reflected light/etc. But I'll figure things out as I go.

Anything about this sketch that needs to be tweaked?

Study I've been working on

>>3686557
I never did like the "women are just deformed men" style.

>>3686571

>>3686592
whats wrong

>>3685965
Well rendered, however except the ellipses my only complaint is that you have reversed perspective on the thing the bowl is standing

>>3686571
mouth should be smaller and higher up, don't draw teeth as individual shapes and don't draw both the bottom and upper lips with a solid line, you need to imply the line not complete it.
Overall i'd say work on making shapes feel 3d, try to grind on shading sphere's and cylinders.

>>3686627
i was trying to give the teeth a standoutish spaced out look. For a grim appearance, for ugly points basically.

>>3686557
Looking great man.
Keep it up.

>>3686562
Then stop looking in the mirror faggot.

>>3686617
Good eye.
I went in not really caring about the book, and now I may be a little locked in due to my careless use of compressed charcoal.
But I will give it a try to fix it.
Yeah it looks retarded.

>>3686557
Muddy. More colors in your shadows

>>3686798
looks flat.

>>3686297
pretty kino

>>3685965
Note to self. Don’t use charcoal paper for drawings for a while.
Kinda happy with it but I’ll try again in 6 mos or so.
Now on to other things.

Legs are stupid. The pencil is just there to cover a smudge I’m embarrassed about :c

>>3687145
sorry in advance for your any neck damage

>>3687145
>>3687148


Made it possible for people to see what you're doing. You're welcome.

>>3687153
You’re nice

>>3687153
try skething the volume of the legs like pic, then draw lines around them and erase.

also source: https://www.creativebloq.com/advice/10-steps-to-improve-your-figure-drawing

First time using pastel, how does it look?

>>3687244
i actually REALLY REALLY REALLY love this design.

>>3687295
Good, but you got to learn how to smudge. have to think of pastels as paints more than pencils.

>>3687369
everytime i smudged it it got really dark, should i use more layers?

>>3687295
btw this was from a life drawing session.

>>3685996
either those are tiny people or giant assassins.

this is my practice drawing for upcoming small project; it's dedicated to my sister.
she recently requested me to draw something for her new house; which will be about the size of A2 paper. ( the drawing, not her house. )
she want me to draw it like this manner. the manner that i use daily for practicing drawing skill. i don't know how is it called though, similar to collage technique?
as shown, i'm planning to draw some soldiers; and foliage as a background; and some abstract objects and gibberish letters.
is there anything that would help me draw this particular subject better? any cool subject to draw? and/or general critiques for this image?
thank you in advance for your input anon.

>>3683915
what are clipping mask, i've only used procreate so id really like to know :)

>>3687372
a little dab will do ya, I use to use thick pastel like charcoals, and all i would do would lay down a little form where the darks where and you can smudge out all your greys from there.
But with color its experimenting with what happens when these colors mingle. Best thing is to make a sheet where you mix different colors and try to blend them together smoothly, and keep it as a reference, always have scrap paper to try something before you are stuck. .

>>3687405
You should probably ask your sister directly or if you want to surprise her people she might know about what subjects she may like, or what you have picked up about her while growing up.
You probably would like to focus on composition, which on that picture looks overall nice, maybe the bottom left guy is looking outside and nothing is blocking that trail, so for example you could move the word "RAPT" in between and redirect to another point in the image. Or add other elements.
I would personally add flat colors for more impact, without going overboard since your linework and inking is the main selling point but it would also draw attention strongly if you did. Try with muted colors or so.
About the image itself I would personally try to have a nice array of emotions or expressions unless you have a theme going on, if so stick to that. So don't just have them neutral or close to neutral, but it's personal view of mine. Some others could disagree on this, try to think what she may like again, or ask her how would she feel about doing this or that.

>>3687405
personaly i think maybe do something qt with grpical elements, that way its good for the fibe

>>3687405
Really nice, The only thing i can say i'd change is your visual hierarchy. The girl's face in the middle is the first thing you see, then your eye goes right has to stop come back and then decided to go left or go down.
See how the bottom half makes a circle out of the different scenes, You want that kind of flow, got to tell people where to look and when.

>>3687467
I don't see it that way anon, not OP also, the figure at the right has their gun pointing to the next figure below, so do their hands, that's also a cue for guiding the view. Hands, face, feet, body orientation are pretty strongly ingrained in our psychology as visual cues of where to watch at. You may just focus more on faces than hands or feet, or the overall body direction.

hey lookit I did a Goya meme

>>3686557
You're the best artist on ic in my book

>>3687601
fair enough, i went back and redlined to check and the only form really out of place is gas mask. (don't have people look off page) but something was off, so I blurred it. you can see a couple elements are still strong but the rest loose identifying shapes. So i guess i should of said, adding contrast will improve flow..

>>3687244
Thank you

>>3687636
kill yourself and i wont read your reply so dont even bother coming up with your usual bullshit.

>>3686747
shut yo dumb ass up.

>>3687408
So if you draw a circle and fill it with pixels, a clipping mask of that layer allows you to paint within those pixels and erase without affecting the original layer if that makes sense. You can find it on procreate by tapping the layer and selecting "clipping mask" and play with it. Good luck anon :)

>>3687405
i'm just going for it. sorry for the bad photo quality this time. critiques are always welcomed.

>>3687454
yeah i know you'd be concerned about the subjects i chose. but surprisingly those images ( soldiers, foliage, knives, guns... ) are specifically chosen by my sister.
i agree on 'RAPT' problem; because that's what i have drawn lastly.
i'm adding red color and red color only... well maybe some gray here and there. we thought the same about this one.
about emotions... i personally like 'edgy' style, and so is my sister. but after i read your comment maybe adding some frowned or maybe roaring images might give it a better vibe.

>>3687465
i agree on graphical elements, but not on qt. because, well, it's for my sister and she's not interested in qt girls. (as far as i know...) currently i'm reading about all kind of line types and shapes for it. thanks.

>>3687467
>>3687601
>>3687722
great insight. but honestly everything in that drawing is in place without me actually considering about it. i just drew anything in anywhere where it was empty. ....maybe that's the exact reason why it lacks proper composition!
i do know the importance of composition but i knew it shallow. all i was thinking were the placement of objects and not the flow. i now must think about visual flow as you pointed out. and blurring image technique was not known to me. very nice approach i see.

>>3687114
Perspective is all sorts of boned up

>>3686747
not what muddy colors are

>>3683230
hey lookit I drew some boobs

>>3687405
Any pics of your sister?

Posting wip before sleeps.

No "do you love it do you hate it" yet.

>>3683230
Is that a silvary on thr OP!?

Critiques on the progress so far?

>>3688543
very nice

>>3688343
you are getting better

>>3688543
your rendering style is pretty gross tobh

Let's confused man. Am I doing Loomis right anons

>>3688543
Everything looks so soft and boring. Try using more harder brushes.

>>3688199
Yeah the book I drew hastily and messed the paper up so I couldn’t really fix it.
The bottom elipse is screwed beyond comprehension.
Gonna give this bowl a rest and come back to it in about 6 months or so.
Last night when I went to spray fixative on it I didn’t blow the loose charcoal off first.
It darkened so bad it looked terrible and way darker.
Today I took an eraser to it and a conte crayon to touch up the highlights.

>>3687403
lol how did i not notice how fucked tht perspective is

>>3688547

Thank you.

>>3688645

What do you hold issue with, specifically?

>>3688704

I'll start adding the shadows to the bike and define the edges more. Thank you.

>>3688547

Thank you.

>>3688645

What do you hold issue with, specifically?

>>3688704

I'll start adding the shadows to the bike and define the edges more. Thank you.

This feels like the wrong kind of generic

>>3689103
then make it more interesting!
add perspective, ambient light, etc

help? Hey 4chan. Here'es a challenge. This pic is an old meme. You might remember it from a few years back. Two girls sing Cher Lloyd. Anyways. Can anyone take this forsaken image of basically 16 pixels and sketch it out in any decent way?

>>3689136
You can't just pop here, make a request and call it a "challenge".

>>3689168
where can i do that then. legit question, not trying to sound mean.

>>3689178
/i/ or pay someone

>>3688981
>>3688645
you might be addressing it later but pretty much the lack of hue variation in elements. .also, just hate the airbrushed sakimichan look in general.

>>3689184
Fixing the hue variation.

>>3689184
Fixing the hue variation.

Sry for shit photo quality

Drew this lady

>>3689274
Why is she standing like an idiot?

>>3689252
I've come around on your linework stuff but jesus christ you just can't do color to save your life.

>>3689400
did you ask first

>>3689405
Maybe she is an idiot. Why not?

>>3689407
Specifics?

>>3689409
Yeah I said "hi can I do a drawing of you" and she said "sure". Thrilling and exhilarating social interaction that took me years to master

>>3689400
you do you.

>>3689400
Drew the inside of the bookstore

>>3689449
cozy

>>3689449
popcorn art.

>not feelin it

>>3689451
If this was $30 in a store would you buy it?

>>3689451
>>3689473
>>3689449

same person.

>>3689476
someone is really upset, who did this to you anon?
>>3689473
looks like a cool background for a sketch animation.

>>3686318
You are skewing towards medium-dark values too much. Make those highlights stronger.
I would add in some ambient occlusion-type shadows in a blue tone to balance out the red. I think making your mids red is a fun choice, gives the piece a fun mood, but adding some cool tones in the darks to make each object pop more could be a good idea.

>>3689485
Do you think they'd be more impactful in ink than in pencil?

just how many mistakes can i hide with the smudge brush?

>>3689501
well, pencil works good with watercolors, so you could keep it pencil and do some very light watercolor work to get a nice effect. but ink would be best.

>>3689502
2%

>>3689530
love heavy hatching.

Did a drawing for a friend

>>3683230

dont draw from your head.

>>3689530
pretty cool, think his eyes should be looking at us like we're next though instead of off to nowhere. Also would make the corpse at the top behind him as light as the others to show more clearly it's a another dead body and that it's apart of his corpse throne rather than apart of him.

>>3689629
its dark because its exposed muscle tissue

>>3689646
I would suggest leaving in some white sinewy bits to make this more obvious.

>>3689666
yeah i shoulda done that

Oh well i posted it on the wrong thread ("anime study") i think. My bad, so here's my attempt to get closer to anime.
Before I start to refine it, getting some critiques would be nice.
It's supposed to be asuka langley but I don't think that is conveying that on the first look. How could I improve the likeness of it?
Thanks.

hey so I'm kind of new to this board but looking for tips on digital art. any critique on this drawing specifically rendering and colors would be really helpful, I have other examples as well. this was done on my phone by the way

>>3689674
his head looks detached like a GI joe

>>3689675
yeah this one has kind of awkward posing, maybe i should post a more finished drawing

>>3689674
You chose a relatively simple style, so there isn't anything particularly wrong with the coloring. I like how the subtle yellow tones pull it together. It could be more interesting, though. As it is, it's pretty cut and dry.
I think you should challenge yourself with a more elaborate rendering style, especially with more highlights/shadows/blending etc. to gauge your skills more accurately.

Not sure if I should keep going or stop. Not sure what else to add.

>>3689673

S-s-Sinix?

I drew an anime girl. What do you think of her?

>>3689689
this is really cool, it gives me horror movie vibes. I think if you want to keep it simple with the grass that's a good ending point.

>>3689692
Wait. What, no! lol

>>3689689
14k in Canada for a year. and I'm talking about a good college.

I feel like it's something to invest in if you're talented already, and you're seriously not going to ever stop painting/drawing. Go for it absolutely.

Take some advice, do a lot of research about schools. I went to college for a year when I was about 19 or 20 years old and studied illustration/fundamentals, and it was great, I learned so much and progressed like a wild fire, I was dedicated, inspired and so motivated to get good, and I manged to reach a level, some class mates often came to me for advice by the time the year was over. I was one of those kids that went to life drawing sessions everyday, day and night for the entire year.(how you spend your down time will determine your progression).

Alright now all that a side. When I went into college I was not prepared emotionally, I'm talking about I still didn't really know who I was
as a person and how I viewed myself and others. I was really shy, and my self esteem was in the garbage, I struggled with confidence and self respect, but still managed to pick up a few art buddies( female and male).

Final advice to anybody going to art college. Just make sure your ready. take it seriously. If you get depressed go talk to a counselor. don't go get drunk and isolate yourself.

>>3689712
finally a good crit

>>3689692
Doesn’t even look like his style what are you on mate

>>3689720
it's because of the lines I think

>>3689720

BEER. No, but you're right. It doesn't really look like his style but the line quality reminds me of Sinix's quick sketches.

>>3689673
is it on Corel?

>>3689730
Nope. Paint tool SAI.

>>3683230
First thing I've drawn in a while, my depression which is partly fueled by my realization of my ngmi-hood is making me not want to draw at all...

Good god I sound like I'm fishing for compliments...

>>3689747
Looks pretty good. Some of the proportions are a little funky- I feel like his neck is edging on too long, and it looks like those hips are going to be a bit small. I would look at the form of the stomach area a little more closely, too.
Also, you should try to draw the full form when studying like this, it helps you think about how everything connects and relates to each other.
Doesn't look bad though. It's pretty charming.

>>3689673
Try to make your lines more smooth and long, rather than piecemealing them together. It will help the drawing look more natural. You can zoom in on detailed areas (ex. when doing the face) if it helps you be more precise there and develop the smaller shapes more.

>>3689426
Don't pay attention to crabs, if he had something constructive to say he'd have said it already.

I like the picture, and even though I'm not as good as you, there doesn't seem to be any one main light source and very little to none in terms of ambient light, it looks like there's really bright light behind a curtain and she's being lit by a reflector.

>>3689747
AHAHAHAHAHA his manboobs look like woman boobs

>>3684725
Finished

My first time trying Sumi-e on digital.

>>3688167
kinda a specific question, but is there a specific source you learned to do such nice patterning from (namely the bandage looking one on his right arm)? it looks really nice

master study

Drew this for the moe girl thread, but was hoping to get some critique on it. I just started with the ipadpro and dont really have the hang of it all yet, what should I be focusing on next? I was thinking texture? thanks yall

>>3689502
looking a bit better, no?

>>3689910
>no

>>3689843
Overrendered symbol drawing, go draw a few hundred more basic face sketches before painting them in again. Colors are good tho.

>>3689843
Flip your canvas more, she's super assymetrical. Also draw hair from real life/whip out some ref pics to make sure you're not just kinda randomly adding pointy-long things and hoping it looks 3D enough.
As someone else said tho, nice colors, especially the gradient on the hair. I'd be careful with her skin tone tho, seems a little too red.

Where should I go from here? I'm still in the early stages and have lots of potential elements left to paint. Ideas?

>>3690055
make the head smaller so she doesnt look like a skeleton in armor.

>>3690067
She's already between 7 1/2 and 8 heads tall. If I made her head any smaller, she'd look dumb.

>>3690076
but imagine how skinny she would look under that armor.

>>3690055
Maybe do some gesture drawing for anatomy and pose improvement. The pose is boring and anatomy also looks incorrect to me. You can render it pretty but it won't look good without correct fundamentals.

>>3683230

I watched a Bob Ross video while high, and decided to start painting. This is my 5th one.
R8 plox

>>3690192
chileno tonto

>>3690055
To tell you the truth, I think the main figure would be almost fine left as is. Blocky painting looks good. Drop in a few more clear values & block in the hand on the right, add a background.

Starting painting instead of just coloring in line art. Shit at rendering though, everything just looks like metal.

>>3690271
If you're doing the highlights with addition layers (it looks like you might be?) then that is to blame, addition blending mode is super hugh contrast by default. I would suggest using screen or just picking a moderate grey on a normal layer for midtones.
Try to communicate each object's local grey more. By that I mean make your light-colored objects look more light-colored, you are leaning dark. Block out values before blending and adding details.
Additionally, if I were you I would add some rim lighting or other reflected light to make the edges of the objects more clear. As it is they blend into the dark in a way that doesn't seem entirely intentional.

>>3690173
Love the bold brushstrokes but the stickman instantly makes it look like you can't draw. Not saying that you can't, but yea i'd lose the stickman

>>3690271
You go too dark too fast. https://www.dorian-iten.com/shading-mistakes/

>>3690296
Thanks for the advice!
I don't use addition layers but i think i tend to go too light too soon. Yeah I completely neglected midtones now that you point it out, that makes sense actually.
I was meaning to make it look like they're under something but didn't give it enough thought - I'll try adding a rim light, thanks

>>3690301
I mean I did start out with basically a black canvas now that you mention it... doesnt give much freedom with values. I guess you could if you know what you're doing but yeah i'll stick with dark-ish grey next time
Thanks for the link, its a good summary

What do I need to work on? I know the proportions are off but I'm too focus on that when I look at it and fail to see what else needs improvement

>>3690317
so you're looking at the bottom of the rim and the top of the stem...

>>3689943
harsh

>>3690338
I had to star at it for a while before I say what you meant but now I can't unsee it. It's supposed to be a view from the top of the glass. How do I fix it?

>>3690173
Use a skull reference next time and it might actually look p nice. Also >>3690298

>>3690317
Symmetry should be your first focus. Grind out some ellipses and straight lines. Use lighter, looser linework as well.

>>3690434
Thank you anon, I'll get started right away

I’m struggling with the building, any tips on how to approach colours?

>>3690517

why is that poor man with a severe back injury outside in his underwear?

>>3690370
the area where the stem meets the bowl

>>3683230

>>3684194
program?

>>3690517

What's working and what's not in my art?

>>3690571
>>3690571
>working
Decent values
Interesting thumbnail colors (see below)
>not working
Edge control
Not enough local color variation (the sea man, yellow troll thing, master chief, and purple dog thing all look like a single hue with tinted values. It’s not scientific, but I recommend experimenting with warm/cool colors more
Lacking in composition. Almost every piece is something just standing there.

Idk about hair and shoes. Any ideas on how to improve suit design?

>>3690571
>working
-decent anatomy
-decent understanding of forms

>not working
-really bad composition, please make more thumbnails
-boring characters
-boring lighting
-not refined at all, you can see brushstrokes in every piece (don't fucking say brushstrokes are okay in art, they are but you don't know how to use them effectively, so refine it)
-Your focal points are really ineffective
-pillow shading is really ugly, and there shouldn't be that much of a value change from the front of a breast and the sides
-use backlights on your character, people aren't just 1 hue value. I would say try to use 3 different hues. You got some good ideas with the mech guy in blue light there.

happy thanksgiving

>>3690630
I also drew these chairs

>>3690631
that's Sabrina the teenage witch's house desu

Anon who posted the Tien yesterday back with a full body drawing, opinions? sorry it's all fanart I'm not feeling very creative lately

4 drawings i made during school today

>>3688459
This is taking more time than expected.

>>3690271
Looks alright, what was your workflow on this?

someone called me out on CSGO. Happy Thanks Giving everyone.

>>3690701
I dig the first panel a lot.
>>3690478
I like these. It's like Gareth Davies

>>3690557
clip studio paint

>>3686663
Got his ass

>>3690870
I watched "how to paint like a god" by Borodante and thought it'd be a good starting point, so I just followed his method: blocking silhouettes with a random brush, then zooming in a bit and refining, zooming a little more and refining, all on the same layer. I played a little with contrast at the end.

I wasnt very rigorous though, jumping between small and bigger brushes quite often, and started out without a clear idea of what i was gonna paint.

Also I had completely forgot about the smudge tool in previous trials so this time I abused it a little, while trying to keep clean edges where I could. It was a lot of fun but also tempted me to make everything messier than it should be.

>>3690598
An innocent question:
Are you female?

>>3690540
Focus on form first, maybe in greyscale, then add the green. Because the color/trying to get the details too fast is making your painting look messy. The basic shape is pretty good but you gotta clean it up so it pops out more. Also, less black

I'll figure out what I'm doing one day

>>3691137
Nope, why are you asking tho?

How do I make her look less like tumblr fanart and more genuinely anime? What's wrong with her face?

>>3686448
Here's a shitty redline. She's literally flat, as in no 3 dimensionality. her back leg should be more obscured, her head is flat and not following the angle that she's facing, neck is too long and out of alignment with her spine, arm in the back is very awkward looking. The hair is a wig sitting on top of her head, her forearm is too small.

>>3691174
Try asking the guys in the anime study thread.

>>3691174
Not sure how much I can help since people can always tell I'm just a gaijin drawing anime (I'm still not very good at hair), but try to do the following:

>chicken scratch less, each line should seem like it should be there
>rounder head shape, bigger forehead
>add thickness where lines meet (i.e. neck, hair, etc)
>sometimes lack of a line is more important than a line

>>3691201
Cheers. Thats a v cute redraw anon

>>3691201
bad redraw.. original had more character. its just his lines were shitty.

>>3691224
I mean the character was kinda lost but the redraw's anatomy is better than mine

>>3691230
no the biggest difference is the line quality the rest is the same, its more a of a dumb down version too since yours technically had more details

>>3691169
turning out better this time, I think

>>3691317
teach me anon

>>3691318
use references, I guess

Here's a concept sketch of a character for a game that I'm making. Please do give some sort of feedback to its design, since I actually want to improve upon it.

>>3691345
Cant give advice on something i cant see properly, especially if its a design...

>>3691317
Nice. Process on this?

>>3691369
Sorry about the cropping. Here’s the front side

>>3691374
And, the backside (apologies because I’m on mobile)

>>3691373
To be honest I'm still getting used to painting. Right now I'm just using random brushes until it looks half-decent. So far it feels like the absolute most important aspect is just picking the right colors.

It's based of this reference.

>>3683852
Not gonna redline it, but check your proportions and try again

>>3691133
>blocking silhouettes with a random brush
Doesn't he say in the exact same video not to do that though?

>>3691317
>>3691376
Your colours are really muted compared to your reference unless you are trying to create cloudy weather. If you are using photoshop try playing with adjustments like colour vibrance to colours pop-up more. Also check your grayscales and add more lighter/darker tones to make things more appealing.

>>3691174
A few tips for these types of ironically bad posts.
>try to think in terms of wrong geometries, not just feature wonkiness/misplacement.
>a lack of understanding of depth goes a long ways. If you're the type that started with a solid understanding of 3D, this will be harder for you to emulate.
>multiple confident lines is still confident lines, and even sometimes a shaky line is still confident. It's a dead giveaway especially if the 3D form is well established. Go for more line scultping/ chicken scratching.

And remember "It took me a lifetime to learn to draw like a child"
Cheers

>>3691465
When putting down the first colors, they came out dull so I decided to just go with it make it cloudy weather. In any case, thanks for the grayscale idea.

I did another one in the meantime, I think it suffers the same issues you mentioned, though.

ive kind of come to terms with the fact that ill be good once im in my late 20s

ive always had a dream of getting good at 25 but i simply progress too slowly despite grinding fucking constantly
kill me, pete

>>3690855
DUN

(doyouloveitdoyouhateit)

>>3691504
how old are you now?

>>3685634
Nice color choices, though the head and hand area doesn't read that well, maybe try upping the contrast on it a little?

>>3683607
Remember that pure black line art is cooler in temperature. So the cool sides of color get black lines, and the warmer sides get dark red. Looking nice though!

>>3685214
Skin and hair get low value contrast, where as things like water and metal get high value contrast.

>>3685839
Looks great! Don’t be afraid to push the colors you are actually seeing into more of a warm or cool feel to create visual interest

>>3691567
Only good art in this thread in my opinion

>>3691174
It's in the details you emphasize.
Most "moe-type" anime girls would have differently-styled eyebrows, for example. 1 thin line, or outlined thick, not 1 thick line of varying width. The shape also has some squiggles in it that are not typical.
The face shap also has some nuance that you don't usually see, etc. Maybe rounder, simpler shapes in general?
It's probably worth tracing some anime you like to get a feel for it.

>>3691629
24

>>3691846
Wow. T-thanks anon.

>>3691504
The arms are sitting on a different plane than the legs.

>>3691441
He says not to be confined to silhouettes yea
But i mean you also gotta start somewhere. I guess more than silhouettes i mean a rough blocking of colors

still trying

>>3691317
>>3691169
prob not gonna see this since thread is on autosage but look up seiji yoshida's infographs and progress vids/gifs.

>>3683230
>>3692616
faggot again neglected to link to new thread