/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

It lets me feel some semblance of self worth

>>6693923
Fun

>>6693923
Fun

So I can create what I want to create.

>>6693923
For fun at first but after I realised just how shit and utterly nonsensical the warcraft universe really is I decided to start working on my own gay little fantasy universe just for myself and that lead to me actually taking this drawing shit semi serious.

>>6693923
god syndrome.
I want to make something greater, that exists within our current reality, draws attention of people and creates stories on it's own.

So uhh, I'd be better off as a storywriter or a game programist, but I'm here nonetherless, because I was born in a place and age where being a writer or a programist was considered a poor man's job with terrible pay and bad living conditions.

>>6693923
I'm drawing to tell my story that nobody will read, or play... who cares...

>>6693923
Because is the only time that i feel things other than pain and sorrow

>>6693923
Dicks don't rise by themselves

To go to figure drawing sessions and see if I can make the models feel uncomfortable or react as I put on pained expressions of concentration.

I also find it hilarious to draw simple children like stick figures during the short poses and during the break show it to the person next to me pretending it's good and make them nod in agreement.

>>6693923
Fun AND money

>>6693923
There's no real way I can put it into words.

>>6693923
I do it for a living and it's what I'm best at.
I basically made a job out of my favorite hobby, which is pretty great.

>>6693923
autistic fixation with drawing. If I stop drawing after a while I get a really bad itch in my hands. I think it might be an addiction

>>6693923
fun and to satiate the internal need to tell stories or jokes and see people react

>>6693923
I don't draw.

>>6693923
cuz it's fun and i like to draw my OCs bein' cute or doing cool shitn stuff X3.

You can only play with yourself so often....

>>6693923
why do girls cry when they draw?

>>6693923
I feel the need to materialize what's on my imagination

>>6694163
a stylus, pencil or brush is phallic, it's a reminder something something

To draw cute little girls.

>>6694084
No way, this happens to me too. It is a very strange sensation, like a tingling in my right hand. It happens to me whenever I have to do homework for many hours, in the end I end up drawing on some loose sheet and the tingling stops.

>>6694163
I used to cry in art high school because I couldn't paint well at first, it was out of frustration and self-loathing.

>>6693979
He doesn't know.

> The penis does not obey the order of its master, who tries to erect or shrink it at will, whereas instead the penis erects freely while its master is asleep. The penis must be said to have its own mind
> -- Leonardo da Vinci

>>6693923
to create my 2000 chapter webcomic about a sardinian american family from new york

>>6693923
1) because i suck at writing
2) because i’ll never make a (good) movie, but i wanted to become a filmmaker as a wee lad
3) because i’ll never make a (good) cartoon, but i wanted to become a cartoonist as a wee lad
4) because i interiorize all my personal issues, therapy has never worked for me, and i’m feeling angrier than never before so i need some way to vent it out
5) because my life is miserable and cushy and i don’t want to end up as a middle-class consoomer midwit trapped right in the middle of civilizational collapse
6) because this Wander Over Yonder psycho-thriller erotica fic isn’t going to draw all by itself
>>6694223
If you’re genuine, then you’re one based fella
I keep losing motivation all the time when I look at my perma-/beg/ drivel

>>6693923

escapism
in my drawings reality can be whatever i want it to be

>>6694239
I hope u drew them as sardines

>escapism
>i want to tell a story
>i have an overactive imagination
>i want to draw pretty, androgynous boys
>and make them kiss

>>6693923
To be cool on Twitter

>draw something
>people go "wow!"
>dopamine

>>6694264
so you're the average tumblr/twitter faggot

>>6694223
Same here anon. I've drawn on receipt papers, candy wrappers, all that. My hook on drawing is something I'm very very thankful for.

I want to draw my waifu.

>>6693923
It helps me express emotions and feelings that I otherwise don't know how to get out, seeing a reflection of how you feel is very cathartic.

>>6693923
So 1-2 people can enjoy the webcomic I will eventually release

>>6693923
Self fulfilment
It's the only thing care about on a meaningful level
Also, I think a have a duty to try and make something great, like other people before me have
Wouldn't it be unfair that the people before me went through the struggle of making great art I enjoy only for me to be a lazy ass and not try to do the same for those that will come after me?
Even if I fail, I have to try

>>6694370
based Ping Pong poster

>>6693923
>>6693923
I had an imaginary friend from long ago and she's no longer here with us. I want to bring her back and tell her what I didn't tell her back then.

I don't. I've always liked the aesthetic of being an artist but I don't have any motivation to draw... or do anything else besides jack off and play video games for that fact.

I think I might be depressed.

>>6694370
ENTER THE HERO! ENTER THE HERO! ENTER THE HERO!

>>6694404
>bring back your imaginary friend
>she's visibly disgusted at you

The Lord God gave me the ability to create images, who am I to reject his perfect gift!

thank god LLM models are here I realized that my true calling was lore building and writing fiction shit and not drawing (I still draw though---only to relieve stress once I got sick of my other hobbies and work)

But holy fuck I wasted 2 decades of being a beg while gaining tendonitis and tennis elbow. Drawing is probably the most unproductive thing I've ever done but I just kept going back at it like a meth-addicted loser before LLMs were a thing because I thought that it was the only thing I was good at (cost-sunk fallacy + was scared of trying other hobbies but now I'm fucking free) yeah laugh at this loser all you like I hope future begs don't fall to this trap

>>6694540
this, my friends, is what happens when you don't study the fundamentals

I want to draw the things that I like in ways I haven't seen other people do before. I also have a slight obsession for a couple of subjects in particular and I want to eventually be able to pump out aesthetically pleasing pictures on them.

>>6694566
Finished that book a decade ago but OK. That book is a 5/10 but is only recommended because it is in public domain or some shit.

There's just so much fluff and verbose language that can be expressed in better ways.

A lot of information in the drawing books are just badly formulated.

People who try to tell people to grind Loooooomis/Vilpppppu/Bargue/Briggmam/ are just another crab trying to give (fake) hope to hobbyists to stay in that bucket.

The only good book out of that batch was Burne Hogarth. Only after learning the truth of the form through Baki-esque monstrosities I have came to see the light.

Gurney was good but he was about colours while I was struggling with perspective and construction.

The more I look at HOwTOdraw technical drawing books of mapping stuffs by mechanical engineer while it was fundamentally sounder than the Loom it was also boring as fuck. (cars!cars!cars!wheels!wheels!wheels) shit I just want to freehand like a boss not to grind CARS (which I did do but made me realize that well, technical drawing for designers and architect is not really my calling) and it was mentally damaging. I'll enjoy being a beg forever but I am now freed from the shackles of DRAW EVERY DAY actual autism without setting any goals in sight (yes I know that while studying specific stuffs are helpful, but do they matter in the grand scheme of things when ControlNet and AI enhanced tools or workflows solve that as well as tracing the rotoscoped as references as Sir Ilya Kushinov??)

>>6694041
Does the fact that you've turned it into a job bring negative aspects into the fold? I.e. having to deal with the business side of art, advocating for your monetary worth, dealing with difficult people, etc.?

>>6694578
Based Hogarth enjoyer. Sorry for grabbing you.

>>6693923
I hated the idea of wasting money on commissions

Drawing for me is like scratching my ass or squeezing out a fart. It's something I do anyway. I tried to monetize it like anyone would want to monetize just existing, but it turns out it's hard to monetize your farts unless you really market the fuck out of them and also find someone interested in buying farts. And then you have to stand out amongst all the other farts out there in the market. Find a fart niche. I decided fuck it I'd rather just enjoy my farts and let them be this transient thing I keep to myself.

I don't. I ended up picking writing over art.

to make money

>>6693923
Started to late need to grind to get good

>>6694404
>bring back your imaginary friend
>she wants to fuck

>>6693923
Coom artists didn't satisfy my demand for coom art, so I did my own.
So self indulgence, i guess.

>>6693923
Bark! barK! AHHHHHHHA
shge e isabaclu gauuy uygyag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__BPkaPE7kU
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arise chicken!

>>6694303
I could simply say it's fun and fulfilling, but so could anyone about an activity they choose to do. When I was younger and starting "the grind" it turned into a vice that gave me fulfillment, but not so much joy as I was harsh on myself for being terrible at it. I wasn't as focused on the emotional aspects as I was concerned more about repetitions and technical, I almost quit because of it. Now that I'm older and have witnessed the actual "use" of art and the power it has as modern day talismans, it feels both liberating and frighting. Like what >>6693954 says, but unease at potentially wielding such power and bringing the wrong type of attention as a result. I also now believe most of the historical stories of shitfits over art I've read about over the years, which sounded ridiculous until I started paying attention to the world I live in today. Art polarizes people more efficiently than power poles or 5G ever could.

>>6693923
Well

>>6694877
The ring?

>>6693923
I love drawing characters whether fanart or my own and coming up with compositions and illustrations that invoke a certain feeling with them. I've been cruising on nothing but appeal for a long time, I want to get better and catch up with the fundies I lack so at the moment i'm in grind mode.

>>6693923
i've been drawing since i can remember. to kill time, to keep my mind occupied, that kinda thing. i wouldn't say it's something i enjoy a whole lot but now that i've attained decent skills it feels like a waste to not pursue it any further.

>>6693991
Gotta try that out myself

>>6693923
Because I hate black people art, it's gay.

>>6694732
Based. Same here. I also want to animate AI voice porn

To strive toward an impossible ideal, forever elusive. I like to draw big tits.

Trying to illustrate for my writing and my god I'm more productive with drawing than writing.
It's a low bar but when you have 2 hours for stuffs a day it's alot.

i'm bad at everything else

fun. i rarely ever feel pleased with myself when i draw so these days i'm only drawing when i feel a strike of inspiration
but also >>6695161

>>6694457
>>6694727
Their are two types of people in this world...

Extremely cheap hobby that gives you endless entertainment and possibilities, i don't wanna spend 500 bucks on some useless guitar pedal i'll use for a week and then get bored

>>6693923
to draw and make whatever i want to, also cuz its fun

Never knew. Been drawing for a year now and been improving but I haven't been able to draw anything for like a month. Don't know why. I don't feel like doing it anymore and when I try to it looks like shit. I'm not enjoying any of my hobbies anymore tbqh. They started feeling like chores.

Because it makes me feel good…

>>6693923
money. I make a living out of it.

>>6693923
I want to be good.

My waifu doesn't get as much art as she should so I decided to take matters into my own hamds

>>6693923
It makes the voices go away for a bit.

>>6694264
get pushed off a building faggot

>>6693923
Art has become the only thing that makes me feel less shit. Outside of art, I cannot stop thinking about dying horribly in some accident or nuclear explosion or murder. I'd like to make at least one thing I'm proud of to share with the world before I die. Ideally I'll create multiple things which will condense my convoluted thoughts and emotions relating to society and human interaction on both a intimate level and grand scale into a easily consumable form. I think I'm becoming insane.

>>6693923
Currently having a small existencial crises cause idk why.

Or rather I focused on studying all that nonsense people told me to and i forgot the reason....

>>6697002
its me...
i think i want to draw cause people are special while im just mundane. And i wanted to believe/be special

Art saved my life. It is a compulsion. And it is better than gaming.

>>6697010
art saved my life too. i sound like a fag admitting it though.

>>6694264
Biggest gmi itt

I don't actually draw and never even attempted to. I have absolutely no creativity so I just come here to appreciate the art of others and admire the progress. love you guys

>>6698074
if only the tourist were more like you

>>6698077
I fart in your general direction! You're mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!!

>>6698080
>uses you're and your in the same sentence for the same context

How, anon?

>>6698088
You dont frighten us English pig dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person!

>>6698088
eventually they'll be the same words, given the evolution of languages over time. Anons just ahead of the bell curve

>>6693923
Money

>>6693954
>I want to make something greater, that exists within our current reality, draws attention of people and creates stories on it's own.
highly based. this is also what I want but not in terms of greatness. its really the last passage thats the most importnat. I want someone to take what I do and draw it/ tell stories of it in their own way.
Fuck copywrite jews

>>6698077
Seems like a lot of other people on this board don't draw and just like the idea of it like I do. Probably a ton of lurkers.

>>6698240
> Fuck copywrite jews
Fuck you retarded pajeet shitter. If copyright didn’t exist, we would be getting shovelware garbage, like the winniapooh horror movie.

>>6698265
>gets ESG funded shovel wear garbage anyway.
lmao fuck you kike.

>>6694251
>caring about wander over yonder of all existing cartoons
>in 2023
uh…hello based department?

>>6694587
Definitely. All of the things you mentioned, plus the fact that you don't always draw only things you really enjoy and you need to follow other people's guidelines.
However to me the sole process of drawing and discovering what I'm capable of with every new piece vastly outweights the negative aspects of it.
I would definitely prefer to have financial security and just draw as a hobby, but then I probably wouldn't be as half as passionate about it. The realization that I'm able to sustain myself with my skills definitely plays a big role in my motivation.

It's like when you work hard for your food (grow your own veggies, fruit or catch a fish). It always tastes better than something you buy at the store.

>>6693923
I've been drawing pretty much my entire life, there's lots of reasons I draw. I like having something I can be passable at, I like the self-expression, I love to make jokes with visuals, and I can draw the fluffy women of my dreams.
Only thing that's hard is coming back after a long lapse of not really drawing seriously. I mostly just shitted a bunch of funny scribbles in notebooks and MS paint for a while, which is the artfag equivalent of a sports player training by running on a treadmill for ten minutes a day.

>>6695849
>>6694303
gmi