/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

You got better at copying but didn’t internalize anything

>>4401600
I thought that piece of the girl with the black hair and gold earring was heavily referenced too

>>4401600
I tried to delete all of my art from my pc l and social media multiple times as well as throwaway all my old drawings.
Newgrounds apparently has this interesting feature that stores every single one of your art submissions for a long time regardless of you trying to delete them. I occasionally go back to grab some of them for threads like this but I don't want to be made fun of.

I revisited a really old drawing recently.

>>4401600
You're inconsistent as fuck my nig

>>4401770
Almost no progress.
How much do you draw?

>>4401776
That is definitely progress anon.

>>4401776
at least two hours a day, every day.
could you show me some real progress by posting your work?

>>4401779
The left is arguably better.

>>4401785
L. E. L. (Loving Every Laugh)

>>4401785
Holy shit you're still that bad after 8 years of 2 hours a day?
I legitimately did not want to believe the talentfags but maybe they're right.

>>4401788
>>4401791
>10 posts in
>Already snibbing and snabbing
Nice. You guys should post your progress to flex on the other anon

>>4401788
No it isn't. Look at the armpits, the neck the face, everything is better. The only things that aren't better are the same. Pose, composition, etc.

>>4401776
>>4401788
>>4401791
Your low testosterone is showing, anon.

>>4401791
>8 years

>>4401801
>implying estrogen isn’t what makes you good

>>4401801
A disproportionate number of creative geniuses have been low T literal faggots.

>>4401794
let him crab, he just took a critique of mine to heart too much.
was a really bad drawing tho

>>4401770
Work on pushing your values and defining shape more. You're definitely on the right track but you seem to be playing it too safe with your rendering.

>>4401807
2019 is more dynamic and interesting but they're both pretty cool

Self portrait using a mirror over the course of the last year. Debatable if my drawings have improved but my beard has.

>>4401821
Mad gains anon, keep it up

>>4401820
>>4401821
totally looks like you both are trying to feel the form

keep at it!

>>4401820
I think you are approaching self portraitute in a difderent way thats intended...
Youre using too much construction instead of just looking at yourself in the mirror...
These types of exercises are meant to train you hand-eye coordination...

>>4401869
I don't know what that means.

>>4401770
You're a man of culture and taste

I'm sorry I'm very bad at these, I will try to better compile next time. I'm a beginner but let me know if you have questions. There was a *lot* I didn't include. I've been grinding quite a bit.

>>4401996

>>4402001
So this is the power of fundies

>>4402007
I didn't post a lot of finished stuff but that's also important. I spend a lot of time doing figures and I have pages of them kek

>>4402001
Nigga that's one month. You can't see progress in a month. If your new work is good then it's either a fluke or your work a month ago being worse was a fluke. You can't go to the gym for a month and build gains. It takes months and months in even the best case scenario.

>>4401770
You didn't progress much anon.

>>4402064
Not sure I'd agree with that but I know what you mean. I did 3D before I started doing art. I started digital around early Jan (dont have first few things saved). I've clocked in a lot of hours though

>>4401776
>Almost no progress.
pyw right now, mr crabs.

>>4402087
No you haven't. Even if you were at it 24/7 you haven't clocked a lot of hours.

>>4402099
Well I'm not sure I'd ever consider any progress as a "fluke"

These are all fully finished pieces from 2017-now. I still do all the fun shading, but the last one was more a practice of movement and line work

>>4402134
fuck me up i forgot the file

>>4402156
And a non edgelord version as a bonus.

>>4402111
Tell us what else you're not sure about.

>>4402158
>>4402158
Got an ig? Daddy like.

>>4402156
>>4402158
There’s progress there but god I hate your work.

>>4402137
LEWD GAINS

Is this normal or really really slow?

>>4402189
You just change realism for coom lewd.

>>4402189
>gains a cup size every month
that's some fast growth

>>4402156
>>4402158
Degenerate "art".

>>4402189
based boobhu coomer

>>4402016
Do you have autism?

>>4402233
Why would you ask that?

>>4401885
ofcourse not
and it shows

>>4401885
No worries anon, its ok to not know technical terms. dont listen to >>4402235, I'm the original replier to your work.

What I meant was:
Try to focus on values, block your shadows...
Dont use to much of loomis head structures if you are copying from nature (in this case, youself - either from a mirror or a photo). Just try to draw what you see, the shapes of things.

After doing that, than try to analyse your drawing and the loomis head, see if you can see your faces planes, how they are different from the template, etc...

Dont forget, loomis heads are a great resource when you need to draw from imagination and a good help when painting.

Hand - eye coordination is basically when you just copy what you see, this is what creates likeness in portraiture

>>4402193
Ic influence

What do you think anons? Is it better?

I drew about one hour per day.

>>4401791
He's probably "just drawing" instead of analysing and improving some small part of drawing. Kids draw the same shitty art for years because they're just having fun. You only improve if you're actually trying to improve.

>>4402367
Blog?

>>4402378
I don't have one. Lol

>>4401600
Looks pretty referenced to me.

>>4402367
Left is better

>>4402425
Wouldn't it be harder to not find an anime 3/4 side portrait that doesn't look similar? Specially if you only compare the proportions.

>>4402425
are you serious? this is a very common portrait angle

>>4402425
Weapons Grade Autism

>>4402449
>>4402451
>>4402453
Nta but op posts about copying krenz and other artists all the time. I wouldn't put it past him to go way too heavy on the referencing on this

>>4402449
>>4402451
That style of features are very specific to krenz' style. And OP is known to be a huge krenzfag.

>>4401770
Good improvement!

This OP here, I realized the original image I posted was confusing and fixed it to more clearly indicate my original meaning, I didn't really mean to self-aggrandize.

For March the plan is to move away from doing copies/studies altogether and go back to fundamentals, working on dynamic sketching + figure drawing from life as welll as working on things from imagination.

i already made it :^)

>>4402708
Blog? I absolutely love this. How do I get as good as you?

Haven't been as productive as I would like to be so far this year, but hopefully I can start cracking down again this summer.

>>4402708
ahh, i see you read Herr Hogarth's Final Solution to Drawing the Clothed Figure

>>4402560
talk less

I still make a lot of dumb mistakes from rushing.

>>4402813
Do you have a twitter? How do I go from right to left? I'm at right at the moment.

>>4402425
Are you stupid or just pretending?

>>4402813
good progress but I liked the face of right one more.

>>4402425
oof.

>>4402756
blog?

>>4402931
Wow, I remember that exit photo study and those really cool fantasy designs. I didn't know you were the same artist as the very last middle entry though.

>>4402886
I started using Pixiv last month, so there are only two drawings for now
I'll post on it more often after grinding some fundies
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/14735673

>>4402137
...you just learned how to draw porn.

>>4402437
I do like both, but the left one has a girl with her leg pointing inward an awkward stance. Very unnatural looking.

>>4401600
I don't understand why people are crabbing you so hard, you definitely had big progress. You really are incredibly inconsistent though. Definitely work on polishing your pieces a bit more.

>>4402931
god dammit please have a twitter

>>4402158
Jesus Christ, terrible taste.

here

>>4402981
>not furry
>furry
>you sick fuck

>>4402737
It's beautiful. Frog world reminds Amphibia but
better.

>>4402708
>fgo stuff

blog pls

the spark just never came...

>>4403017
You not finishing work or making larger pieces has held you back an incredible amount, you're not pushing any sort of boundaries. Do more work like the end piece of 2016 and you'll make it anon.

>>4403017
Should have kept drawing boxes

>>4403017
I think you are doing pretty great at 2018-9 but you suddenly regressed in 20, >>4403020 is right, try to finish more of your shit first.

>>4401600
Started drawing last year. My style and aspirations changed quite a bit over the past 7-8 months as well.

>>4403017
Go finish that house from 2019, looks comfy af.

Sorry bros, I’ll make a shortened version next time. Too lazy at the moment

>>4403064
This is real progress, good job.

>>4402367
Holy shit you legit regressed

>>4402367
Nice, check your proportuons though, your arms are pretty long. Ideally the elbows should be at the waist and the hands fall below the crotch.

>>4403064
That's damn cool anon.

>>4403064
Real progress here.

my journey lol its quite bumpy

>>4403163
i actually stole a sprite from castlevania xD
i wonder if u can spot it

>>4403064
Who are some of your favourite artists?

I'll finish this when I come home...

>>4403168
>xD

>>4402425
>when you get called out by military grade autism
Big oof

i dont't really have anything other than unfinished sketches

>>4403292
Is that you, asukafag?
I've seen you draw better stuff this year than that one on the right.

>>4402425
Is this nigger serious?

>>4403292
You're going backwards Asukafag.
Do more stuff like the one on the left.

I've gone through a few phases, but I think I'm on a path I wanna continue now.

>>4403269
Going through all these old drawings is making me think about what was going in in my life at the time i made them
God I havent done a finished piece in almost 2 years
Literal months in between sketches in recent times when I was drawing multiple times a day when I first started taking this seriously
Also I think im gonna have to make all these images way smaller to fit everything on here

>>4403315
2014 was peak, only downhill from there

>>4403271
not that guy but /ic/ is the most borderline normalfag-infested board on 4chan outside of /soc/, /trv/ and /tv/ (when a new hip show is airing) so you shouldn't be surprised.

>>4402425
>UHM SIR, DO YOU HAVE A LICENSE FOR THAT ANGLE?
DAT RITES, 3/4 ANGLE WAS COPYRIGHTED BY KRENZ

>>4401600
Still need to grind more (^O^)

>>4403339
>he doesn't pay the annual Krenz shekels to legally use 3/4 views
ngmi

>>4402931
your paintings are very comfy

>>4403064
your work looks like a fusion of imaishi and jhonen vasquez, really dynamic

>>4403339
>>4403297
>>4403282
>>4403346
OP straight up admitted to referencing it though. Can you genuinely not see krenz's distinct style of drawing faces?

>>4403315
so weird to see that downfall at 2014, you could rearrange these so 2014 is 2020 and i'd be convinced

>>4403345
>6 years
Dude i know being a wagecuck suck because i'm one but damn, oh well at least you improved

This is actually the most depressing thread I have ever seen on this board.

>tfw been NEET for the past two years but didnt practice AT ALL
I fucking regret it so much, I could be a golden god right now. I finally mustered up the brainpower though, now I am finally practicing and it feels good.

>>4403357
>that store

>>4403356
looks no worse, just that his style became less realistic.

>>4402708
>dabstika
based

>>4403356
You thinking realism is the ultimate goal?

>>4402931
Can you post the landscape from 2019 please?

>>4403375
naked elf girls are the ultimate goal.

>>4403326
>>4403356
>2014 was peak because it has titties and less stylized

>>4403357
Blooooog

>>4402437
>>4403069
can you explain?

>>4403073
yeah. I always forget it. I trying to create the habit of checking it. Since I can't trust my eyes.


>>4402367
I tried improve the line work. Didn't worked very well.

>>4403326
>>4403356
It's okay that you think that. My goal in 2014 was to become a concept artist, and i did a lot of elaborate paintings, but when I actually got the job i didn't want to do it anymore. I do comics now and while my style is much simpler, I'm way more happy.

>>4403292
disregard >>4403305, you're doing pretty well imo.

>>4402529
Fucking good. I love the expression

>>4402737
Your color has been so good from the start. I am terrible at color theory.

>>4403305
>shit taste

>>4403163
Blog? I like your stuff, especiallu that touhou

>>4403362
>i know being a wagecuck suck
It really suck just looking at other anons who progressed in a couple of months is quiet depressing.
Trying to fit 40hrs/week for drawing but need to juggle between socializing,work and life in general is quiet a challenge.

>>4403357
How in the fuck did you get so much better so fast

>>4403305
fuck I hope that noone is dumb enough to take advice from this place

>>4403444
>tfw this is the only place I take advice from

>>4403444
Jokes on you my shit posts are advice.

>>4403458
you're the problem. Your art is fucking horrible yet you think you are in a position to give advice

>>4403292
Keep up the good progress Asukafag

>>4403449
here lies anon's chances of making it
rip

>>4403466
I've been in /beg/ for 6 years so you aren't too far off there.

>>4403315
It boggles my mind seeing these types of people reaching absolute peak with beautiful anatomy and shading technique, and then for some reason proceed to exclusively draw the most overdone uninteresting cartoony shit imaginable.
Truly a fucking tragedy and I see it everywhere.

>>4403315
That internship and graduating must have really killed you

>>4403444
>hurr durr more shadows means better

>>4403328
Nah, cgl is. Theres too much crazy porn here for it to be super normie infested.

>>4403499
Post one fully clothed loli in a non sexual situation
Watch the dogs come running to bark at you

>>4403326
>>4403356
>>4403480
>>4403484
>REALISM GOOD
>RENDERING GOOD
>CARTOONS BAD
>FUN BAD
You people are insufferable

>>4403461
>seething

>>4403503
Quit projecting, faggot.

I drew as a kid but /ic/ renewed my interest in it in February 2018, I started taking it seriously then. Some time in early 2018 I got hyperfocused on these single character illustrations, it really pushed me out of the rut I was in then (quick sketchbook doodles). Found "muh style" in late 2019, and it's been pretty fun since then. Starting to get bored again though. You can only do the same thing with variations before it gets dull. And looking at it all laid out like this I feel that even more strongly. More is needed. Composition, complexity, something else.

>>4403506
>pic related

OH NO NO NO

>>4403505
None of those guys, but a lot of those nicely rendered pieces in 2014, 2015 and 2016 are cartoony and fun.
I won’t shit on that artist and say he “regressed” because working for comics is very different from working for concept art, not every panel is going to be a beautifully rendered oil painting.

>>4403505
i just want to punch all the gormless 2016 faces is all.

>>4403517
>cope

>>4403506
>i-its a shitty doodle, i made it shitty intentionally
>it's not like I can't do better I-I swear!

>Look at my and feel good about it
>See other people who progressed way more then me even faster
>Feel bad again

The cycle never ends

>>4403517
>>4403527
Pyw

>>4403536
stop giving shitty advice first

>>4403539
Not the same anon, faggot.

>>4403533
Try reading this thread and seeing all those who stagnate to feel better

>>4403539
>>4403527
>>4403517
Keep seething, faggots.

>>4403511
>05
unfair starting with this much natural talent.

>>4403506
This is worse than Dairenke's art by far

>>4403503
That’s just Whitebox being a faggot.

>>4403506
pal, don't listen to these
>>4403559
>>4403539
>>4403517 faggots,
I actually see a lot of dynamic and knowledge in that little doodle
do you have a blog?

>>4403558
I was 13 then, approaching 30 yo boomer now. It's like 80% the circle tool in Windows 98 Paint lol

>>4403567
Don’t have one. Even if I do, I wouldn’t post it here. I don’t want to be associated with this place.

>>4401600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nYtyeQw0lc
MASSIVE GAINS

>>4403582
>I don’t want to be associated with this place.
>Posts his drawings anyway so anyone can go back into the archives and prove you're an intolerant racist sexist nazi homophobe incel misogynist toxic privileged cis truescum Russian hacker

>>4403588
>Implying I can’t change the way on how I draw.
I do see your point though, kek.

>>4403600
It can be pretty hard to change the look of your art if you're a /beg/

>>4403505
Oh shut up, 80% of this boards post are anime, Id understand you if everyone would just post realism here, but its not true. The fact is although anon is skilled, the transition of semirealism to cartoons was a bit souless, it really lost alot of its appeal

>>4403607
She went from doing illustrations to doing comics, I think the shift to a simpler, cartoon style makes a lot of sense.

>>4403608
Of course, and she really doesnt need a reason to switch, its her work and her creative vision...
When I said her art became less appealing, I was refering to my taste alone and some anons, and also to make a point of saying that realism isnt the ultimate goal or art style of most of /ic/s artists

>>4403606
Spoiler alert:
He is

>she
Yikes

>>4403442
>fast
it took me 3 years bro

>>4403357
I like that clown whore lookin bitch from 2019

>>4403634
you're here again? stop this shit already

Not much but still something

>>4403431
Wow you recognized her, thanks for kind words.
I have twitter @666Nyanta but i just made it day or two ago, 0 followers and just couple works, im working on it

Here are my gains bros from the start of 2019 to now, thoughts?

>>4402931
>>4403017
>>4403622
Blog?

>>4402941
Drawing porn is my full time job now, so I don't have a chance to do fully done sfw pieces anymore, which is why I couldn't use one for this years example lol

>>4403639
sorry

>>4403746
i was just messing around bro... please take the clown whore

>>4403669
Followed. Hope you upload that suwako someday, it's really cute.

>>4403020
>>4403032
>>4403049
I don't know how to finish shit. There's some mental barrier going on.

>>4403691
Not until I git gud.

>>4403156
>>4403094
>>4403068
Thanks, time flies when you’re having fun

>>4403240
Artist Info graphic attached

>>4403348
I like imaishi / trigger / gainax. I’ve never seen invader zim, it’s on Netflix, but wasn’t sure if I should watch the movie if I haven’t watched the cartoon

>>4403860
How can you have that many great influences and still make art that’s so ugly and samey every time?

>>4403064
I love your use of color! This has inspired me so much.

Yeah, looking at you guy's progress as an old guy really feels demotivating. I'm 32 years old and I feel like I've been working for years at pretty much nothing. Damn you kids, you and your healthy neuroplasticity. :^(

>>4403815
Thanks a lot, once my style solidifies a bit i want to make touhou girls.
I really like their designs even though i suck at touhou games so much, last time i had to repeat everything i just ragequit

>>4403666
I like this one alot. Gmi Satan

>>4403511
those 2005 characters have maximum soul

>>4403947
Dude.
You started at 22.
It's not the neuroplasticity.

>>4403947
>that image
Didn’t you post that on Twitter before?

>>4403947
I'd like to take this bait too

>>4404023
I used to make little comics with those guys. Apple and Orange. They were easy to draw in MS Paint. That was the best time to make art, when it was simple and honest. Most of that stuff is locked away on my first PC which makes me sad. This is the only other thing that made it out to my knowledge.

A year of progress. how'd I do? what can I do to improve faster?

>>4404095
You need to branch out a little more. Most of the portraits you show are sad looking people from the same angle. Do more studies looking at different sides of the head, showing emotions, etc.

>>4403881
pyw

>>4402189
Unironicly very fast growth, the Nietzsche looks like your first drawing.

>>4404103
Thanks. I honestly didn't notice the samey-ness until I was putting this together.

>>4403947
stop posting your shitty discord meme in these threads

>>4403947
The bait doesn't work if you keep posting jt

>>4403622
How do I get to your level? Don't worry about pretending to be good. I just want to know how to get to your exact skill level, so I can move forward from that.

>>4402756
I hope you're still working on that last image.

>>4404267
Painting studies from life helped me become more comfortable a lot faster with digital painting; theres no perfect photo to compare it to and forces you to think a lot harder about what you're seeing and putting down in terms of colour and light. Also keep trying to make full pieces instead of grinding fundies for years because the ability to finish a piece is something that also needs training. I'm not the best person to ask anyway for improvement as its been 8 years.

Pic related is advice from a much better artist. Goodluck m8

>>4404280
nope, I already posted it on my blog
but that was my first drawing that passed 100 likes so it motivated me to keep improving and study fundies

>>4402756
Man I'm jealous. We started at the same time in late 2018 but you're way ahead of where I am right now.

>>4404304
Do you draw cute anime girls and especially your waifu?

>>4402931
gj anon. keep it up

>>4404306
That is what I would like to draw yes.

>>4401770
Soul v soulless

>>4404304
Thanks and I understand how you feel, so don't worry too much about time and try to rethink how you are practicing
I started watching Vilppu videos at the end of 2019 and it helped me a lot to do things from imagination
Try to find a figure drawing course and practice gestures and contructions to have a solid foundation. Also, in order not to get too boring, take turns doing some studies of the artists you like and try to apply the theory you learned

>>4403860
I don't really understand this image but thanks.

Believe in yourself! Get out of your comfort zone! Eat healthy! Stay active! Draw!

>>4404393
Does the fame feel good?

>>4404416
dont talk to that guy

>>4404428
I admire their work though and strive to be like that.

>>4404427
Blog?

>>4404427
>only heads
>only full body is a half assed skecth

ughhhh YIKES

>>4403292
based asukafag

>>4404437

>>4404446
>tries to render
>ps blows up
kek

>>4403292
i keep thinking about that sweater drawing it was such a fluke...

>>4404446
this image is why i dropped ps
blog?

>>4404451
Which one? Post?

>>4403947
you're trying too hard
https://twitter.com/tsflipp/status/1174864808883171335?s=20

>>4403947
you're trying too hard to be le haha funnee post
https://twitter.com/tsflipp/status/1174864808883171335?s=20

>>4403511
I love the jacket girl on 2019

>>4403511
I like your 2019 stuff better, t b h. I think you need to reintroduce more straights into your 2020 stuff, it just feels really wobbly and floaty and lack the solidity you see in 2019.

I've gotten nowhere

>>4403315
>that 2012 rotg art
oh man I remember that pic! I'm a huge rotgfag back then. Glad to see you enjoy drawing again!

>>4404509
>all that good stuff as you scroll down then constant stagnation and lack of soul
I'm so sorry. Please continue to finish more cute anime girls please.

>>4403511
dude ur style fucking OWNS. love ur new shit got so much soul.

>>4401805
you're objectively wrong

>>4403315
This is what a true artist is like.

>>4404428
Post your work.

>>4404416
Drawing feels good.

>>4401791
the mileage of what is being learnt matters too anon you can be drawing a circle outline for 8 years 2 hours a day and still just leave them as circle outlines. you don't know anything beyond that.

>>4402981
You improved more than the other anons did in just 2 years. Based furfag

>>4404578
Because it’s anime?

>>4403741
>Drawing porn is my full time job now
Damn son. That's pretty good.

>>4403503
uncultured swine. loli and lolita aren't the same.
There's nothing sexual about lolita.

>>4403565
>Whitebox
literally who?
I'm not that person btw.

>>4404705
basado

>>4404705
lmao the powers of autism

>>4403315
based malintfalch, didn't even knew it was you till the end

>>4402981
Blog?

>>4403017
Your cartoonier pieces in 2020 are very charming, if you enjoy stylization I think that would be a good direction to branch towards
I also agree with >>4403020, your main issue seems to be a lack of applying yourself rather than an absence of skill

>>4403766
aah u had ya boi boolin

>>4404012
>Gmi Satan
I don't know why you're calling me Satan, but thanks anon, I won't let you down

>>4403632
Maybe it's slow to you but I have been struggling for years inbetween your 2017 and 2018 phase. The gap between each year ifor you is like 5 years for me.

>>4403394
but why did your lines become chicken scratch?

>>4404393
Ily mermalade mum thank you for blessing the internet with /ss/

>>4405029
This is not chicken scratch, Kruger.

>>4404455
you need good pc to use ps properly or it will just die

>>4405045
I got a decent enough pc to play current games on high, PS still dies on me.

>>4403689
That’s an awesome cat.

stat me /ic/

>>4402931
inspirational.

>>4405069
Blog?

>>4405069
>what is perspective
>what is proportions

>>4405029
this chicken scratch meme is getting out of hand.

>>4405093
>blog
https://twitter.com/teakaphinated
Its mostly quick illustrations.
>>4405094
>what is perspective
>what is proportions
I've got both down pact. Too bad they are literally not needed for anything other than realistic soulless garbage.

>>4405098
You are like the other side of the crabs who say only realistic art is good. Get your shitty pretentious attitude in line.

>>4405069
Some pretty cool stuff in there but, you'll always be limited if you just stick to "muh style" and aren't capable of doing representational stuff as well (not actual realism but just like, any random frame from any anime, convincing humans arranged accurately in 3D space). You have some good one-off illustrations of distorted cute girls viewed from the direct front, but that's just one small part of what you can do with art.

>>4405148
That's something I'm working on figuring out and making work with what I have so far. I get what you mean. The main problem I have is making anything else that is as visually interesting to me as the usual straight forward distortions. Any ideas on how to build off?

>>4405163
I'd start with just taking your favorite movies/shows/games/comics and figuring out what you like about them and then blending in your own ideas.

>>4405163
Maybe you can look at Madoka and Magia Record for an example of blending abstract art into a more coherent setting/story.

>>4403511
love your style anon

>>4403588
no one can prove nothing

>>4402158
I disagree. You've managed to improve while retaining soul.

>>4405069
Stop doing drugs.

>>4403017
It seems obvious to me that your problem is you aren’t finishing any work, but then I remembered that I’m going through the same shit. It doesn’t make sense, we study the fundamentals to learn *how* to draw, but we can’t get to that final step despite our technical skill being better than many people who can finish their work. Many anons have told me “just do it! just finish it”, but my mind draws a blank and it becomes impossible to proceed beyond a certain point.

>>4403315
Based. Aside from 2017 you’ve steadily improved every year. It must have taken guts to transition away from such a developed realistic style, many less courageous artists wouldn’t have done it

>>4403292
>never finishes anything
>no way to track your progress
You gotta finish drawings to keep improving man

>>4403017
Bootleg feason?

>>4401600
okey its been a while since so...

>>4406288
why all the characters look depressed

>>4406288
are you okay anon

>>4406288
when did you start drawing kevin

>>4406296
>>4406293
tumblr recently sent me an official email concerned about my wellbeing
>>4406303
i started "trying" around 2013

please send help

Tfw after a year I have made absolutely 0 progress and my work looks the same if not worse than what it did to begin with.

>>4406380
Scott Roberston: How to Render
James Gurney: Color and Light
Once you're done those, Advanced Lighting with Sam Nielson.

>>4404031
I kinda dread asking as a 21 year old who started at 19, what's wrong with starting at this age?

>>4406393
Anon was saying that he started at 22, and is still bad in his 30s, so that it wasn't neuroplasticity,

>>4406393
There’s only a problem if you’re retarded

>>4405007
cause you got 666 trips

>>4406380
>Begging for help like a fag

NGMI.

Im in a regression phase, not doing big stuff, not drawing as much as i used to and unlearning stuff, hope this year is better, but i didnt draw almost anything until this day lol

>>4406586
Love your illustrations

>>4406589
thanks anon :) !

>>4406586
How do I draw good BGs like you?

>>4406593
thanks anon, but that's kind of complex to explain,
practice with photos and perspective, try different compositions from pictures you like and do thumbnails before you start something complex so you can see how it'll be at the end, also when I dont like something, I cut and change really big stuff, even when it means to re-do almost the whole drawing

>>4401600
Pretty half assed, but wanted to contribute
2018 may?-2020 march

>>4406424
lmao he actually got 666 fkin based

>>4406288
I can relate to your art on a spiritual level, but in my own art I try to balance out the depressing with calm and serene at least a little bit.

>>4406380
Ahmed Aldoori has some really useful content on basic value structure, both for trad and digital. Consistently using values in sketches especially has really been very helpful in making the process become intuitive for me. He also has some gumroads on the concept of adjusting your values and making use of lost edges to bring an image to life that you could benefit from.
Other than that, it seems like you could benefit from applying Bucci's color theory video. Learn how to shift and smuggle high value contrast to make your palettes pop more.

Not that the illustration you've posted is bad, mind you.

>>4406334
>tumblr recently sent me an official email concerned about my wellbeing

bruh, based
giv me your blog your girls are cute i like them

>>4406288
These are so beautiful anon. Where can i find more.

here's mine. im not 100% sure on the timeline and there's a lot left out.
but I think 2012/14? to now. A full time 10hr job kills the gains my dudes.

>>4406586
Solid progress, please don't regress your latest works are Pog

>>4407134
>already lot of potential in 2012, based Dark souls bro too
fuck I started the image thinking by the time I get to the end you would have made it

>>4407134
>>4407134
Part 2. is most recent

>>4407144
it was either 2012 or 2014. im not sure but like i said trying to support myself with a 10/12 hour job living on my own has made things tough.

if it weren't for that I'd probably be so much further lmao. I'll keep chugging along

my ass is ready

Bump

>>4404324
>Also, in order not to get too boring, take turns doing some studies of the artists you like and try to apply the theory you learned
VERY late reply and the thread’s hit bump limit so you probably won’t see this, but basically
>go through artbook/course/etc of something you struggle on
>try to follow/draw along with the teacher to the best of your ability
>do the exercises they give you
>THEN try applying the same theory/method you learner to references
>do the same thing but with your favorite nip Pixiv artist

I’m braindead so most of what I said is probably inaccurate.

>>4407597
I recall seeing that castle picture you drew a while ago on here, you got a blog and also what art resources/material did you use to git gud?

>>4406380

Look at Noah Bradleys articles and videos on getting industry work, he was a nobody when he got scouted at a convention for Magic the Gathering, and he got a job doing illustrations for them when he was young.
His work wasnt even as good as yours is now.

Think of a specific publisher of games or any kind of media that you like, and look at their official site for job opportunities and shop your portfolio around to them.

Consider print and online magazines and serials as well.

>>4406974
>>4407006
https://atrpntime.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/Atrpntime

>>4407597
Looks like promo art for phone game apps that I'd never play. Not in a bad way though. Looks like you made it.

>>4407597
Blog?
How do I get into illustration work like you and get hired?

>>4407912
Yeah, you got it, basically this
Try to make a lot of gesture and figures from real life models, using landmarks and basic anatomy that you learned from the teacher.
And when doing a study of an artist you admire, you try to observe the differences and anatomical simplifications that the artist chose.
Next time you try to do something from imagination, you will see that it gradually becomes easier

>>4406380
both of them look great

>>4406288
Love your art