/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

is there a difference between using photobash and having your textures pop out because you're a hack, or not using any photobash and the same happening?

Better than the pictures for the few previous threads we had about him lately, at least.
"undead on a giant mount brandishing a sword" is not the most original concept ever, but at least it doesn't have any obvious flaw

>>3787148
What I kinda piss about Ruan jia recently is the fact that he seems to really push into this low contrasty style that feels washed out. His older pieces back in 2013-2014 pop way harder with bright and saturated color.

Dude probably struggling to reimagine himself lately I guess

>>3787142
RJ doesnt photobash.
Anyway photobash is legit, at least during the conceptual phase. You kinda need it if you wanna constantly pump out concepts, esp for environments. Photobash for people on the other hand feels cheap af

>>3787156
>>3787142
No rules just tools

>he zooms in and paints with a 1px brush he's such a hack!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzhkG1Dm3g

>>3787138

lol it's not even the same picture in the timelapse at the end, I'm so over these guys making fake timelapses and giving fake advice, hoarding their art secrets like jews.

>>3787168
>everyone BTFO
AHAHAHAH ITS PURE FUCKING PAINTING NO TRICKS LOL

>>3787178
because he made last minute changes? literally everyone does that, but you wouldnt know because you dont paint.

>>3787138
/ic/ manages to worship art that makes me feel nothing
I could be looking at a blank canvas

>>3787197
because you dont paint yourself.

>>3787168
wtf

>>3787198
or maybe, maybe, I don't have shit taste?

Man for all his technical skill he sure can't seem to produce something that's actually interesting to look at

>>3787205
I love it. Your ego is so big you no longer pride yourself on mechanical skill or knowledge of art but that your "taste" is better. You must really be shit at drawing, but don't worry about that because your taste is better than everyone on here.

>>3787138
>tfw you become so good at rendering that your 2d work literally looks like generic 3d schlock

>>3787214
>because your taste is better than everyone on here.
give how you guys worship anime and generic concept art instead of actual art, I'm afraid this is the case

NO RULES, JUST RESULTS. MAD? SO MANY RUAN HATERS HAHAHA

>>3787216
>actual art
lol so disregard any technical talent because its not art, gotcha.

>>3787216
Your the reason people hate young artists. You have no actual skill but you hold yourself up on a pedestal because you think some arbitrary bullshit, like "taste", actually matters more than fundamental skills. Which is why you'll never make it.

>>3787232
>>3787227
this board is pathetic, keep sucking insectoid dick because your perception is so poor you don't even have any idea of what good art is

And I draw more than both of you combined

>>3787238
>"I draw more than both of you combined"
Anon, you don't NEED to draw. You already have GOOD TASTE. You made it, this is what it feels like to be an successful artist. No practice, no drawing, no skill, just taste. And you have it, that's for sure. I'm sure your taste will get you exactly where you are today. Nowhere.

>>3787238

You know the drill: post your work.

>>3787138
horse is foreshortened too much, his cape is awfully small, could use more contrast around his face, building in the background looks like a modern parking garage. Better than the scifi stuff but not as good as his simple character shots for Appliblot.

>>3787256
I don't need to prove anything, I'm just laughing at you.

>>3787252
Anon you can have all the skill in the world but if all you can make is yet another generic fantasy knight/tacticool soldier/whatever, you are worthless. Your art will be forgotten. I don't know if you can train your taste like you can train yourself to draw, I really hope you do and you will move on onto better art.

weren't chinks against depiction of skulls in media or something?

>>3787153
>i like his old style where he didnt know subtlety and it was contrasty like candy crush because im 12
l m a o

>>3787156
>You kinda need it if you wanna constantly pump out concepts
Stop calling glued together reference photos "concepts".

>>3787464
explain

>>3787258
>in a party
in this corner we have taste-san
and the other corner we have paint-san

>paint-san
watch what i can do...*paints a cool painting*
>everyone woaahhh
>taste-san
yeah well thats cool and all but its generic and boring, i have better taste but thats all i can say.
>*crickets*

>>3787319
why do you think he gave him more flesh in the final render?

>>3787138
Is RJ finished and why?

>>3787138
Hows this?

>>3787520
There is a reason why games today look more and more formulaic, because using Zbrush and photobashing when your fundamentals are shit nets very samey looking shit, look at Anthem, it's basically
>generic artstation the game

>>3787168
wtf he doesnt even use construction?
is /ic/ just bullshitting everyone?

>>3788532
Are you a fucking retard? Have you never seen a professional painter paint without guide lines?
Once you are actually good enough you can visualize construction in your head. Are you not training your minds eye? Unironically please tell me you are joking and you weren't just using construction like some weird geometrical guide lines using it at a face value?

>>3788532
The whole point of drawing using construction is that eventually after doing it a million times you can draw the things intuitively without explicitly having to do the constructional phase every time.

>>3787138
S O U L L E S S

>>3787197
>>3787214
Taste-sama has a point, tho. There's impressive technique there but that shit makes me feel nothing. "Oh, wow, skull with a sword".

>>3788500
Tell me where the photobasher touched you, anon.

>>3788572
To be fair, the subject is a death knight soooooo.

>>3788532
>>3788535
>>3788566

It's not really about construction as much as it has to do with personal preference of how you approach painting; starting your painting with a drawing vs "drawing with the brush" kind of approach. There are pros and cons of both.

>>3788582
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqOjNUx0vnA