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[Anonymous No.2734567]

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[Anonymous No.2734568]

How do I put a layer into a layer mask in Photoshop?

[Anonymous No.2734569]

>>2734568
So my layer 3 is some random scatter brush, which I added to put some surface texture. My layer 2 is the mask which I painted my rock into.
How can I put the layer 3 so its confined to layer 2's mask?

[Anonymous No.2734685]

>>2734569
iirc you hold alt and click the edge of both layers so they're linked.

[Anonymous No.2734703]

>>2734567
Fucker stop missing the question in the OP, people won't be able to search it.

[Anonymous No.2734704]

how to draw?

[Anonymous No.2734708]

>>2734704
LOOOOOMISS

[Anonymous No.2734710]

>>2734708
what if i cant read

[Anonymous No.2734724]

>>2734710
not
gonna
make
it

[Anonymous No.2734726]

>>2734710
Pretty sure it's got pictures.

[Anonymous No.2734727]

Is grinding up a canvas and reference image into squares considered cheating?
Seems to be an effective technique for getting proportions down. I even use a ruler

[Anonymous No.2734728]

>>2734727
Do whatever you need to do, just don't grow reliant on a crutch.

[Anonymous No.2734953]

I'm going to make a comic that involves a dark room where the only light source should be a large tv, what is a good color palette that I can use for this? I want to avoid getting a result like pic related, I aim for something more warm like (I'm considering more light sources to get this result)

[Anonymous No.2734973]

>>2734953
That will depend on what will be shown on the tv.

[Anonymous No.2735016]

Recommend me sketchbooks thats not Moleskin and is not too expensive.

[Anonymous No.2735019]

Any ideas where I can find some high quality (and preferably high res) line art to study?

I'm learning about inking, and having some good examples to work from would be great.

[Anonymous No.2735076]

I just hate coloring my lineart pictures (which I like to draw), simply because I dont know how to reach a decent result with little work, every time I do it, it takes as much time as I do a painting with no lines and it's much better looking.
So, are there any tutorials, step-by-step or tips on how to color linearts very efficiently?

[Anonymous No.2735078]

>>2735016
Almost anything. Buy whatever's easily accessible and affordable enough that you won't mind burning through it. Go to your local art supply store and look at the cheapest sketchbooks that are decently bound and have paper with some tooth.
These Canson ones are cheap, durable and pretty good for pencil, but there are probably dozens of others that are just as good in the same price range.

[Anonymous No.2735081]

sorry for stupid question but where do i find a download for this book

im only finding old versions of the bike

[Anonymous No.2735083]

>>2735081
this i mean

[Anonymous No.2735084]

>>2735019
You may want to look at Frank Cho's sketchbooks and drawings, he's pretty good at linework

[Anonymous No.2735095]

>>2735081
nevermind i found it

[Anonymous No.2735104]

>>2735076
You can use the magic wand tool to select outside the lines, the inverse the selection (look in the top menu bar for selection options) and expand it slightly.

You can also use the lasso tool.
But personally, I use a very pressure sensitive brush that changes sizes dramatically depending on how hard I press down. I can fill in little spaces carefully and big spaces quickly.

[Anonymous No.2735106]

Is there any nice book or tutorial/videos or anything about guache painting? I have no experience with painting, but I'd like to learn it. I got a lot of books from drawing and I'm practising it, but I would like to start with the painting since it interests me more than drawing.

[Anonymous No.2735112]

>>2735083
That one is pretty shit tho. Lots of text about pseudo science bullshit the author doesn't know himself, don't waste your time with it.
Get keys to drawing instead, followed by How to draw clothed people.
>https://vk..
com/doc52667931_348064150?hash=c505d45018598cc7e6&dl=7f7d1357a8b86d9bf1
>https://vk..
com/doc4043932_374002411?hash=e34d01c52044703738&dl=c97025536d9878e2ce

[Anonymous No.2735158]

>>2735084
Thanks!

[Anonymous No.2735227]

How much in terms of volume should you be producing when you practice?

I just drew for 45 minutes and I only really have half a page of head drawings. Should I be going faster or focusing on producing more?

[Anonymous No.2735351]

>>2735227
How small are they?

If you hold alt while scaling in free transform it scales it about the center in one axis. How do I do this in both axiis? Like just resizing with it remaining centered?

[Anonymous No.2735479]

>>2734567
Where is the transparent color option (Brush) in Photoshop, which there is for literally every other art program in the entire market?

They couldn't possibly have forgotten, right? Please say it ain't so.

[Anonymous No.2735504]

>>2735351
Shift + alt

[Anonymous No.2735506]

>>2735479
You mean the eraser? Kek

[Anonymous No.2735515]

>>2735479
Hit Transfer in brush options to control opacity with pen pressure, if that's what you mean.

[Anonymous No.2735516]

>>2735506
No, not the eraser, you meme

I like having both the regular circle eraser and transparentcolor (brush) which applies brush tex at my disposal at all times. it makes my workflow quicker.
sai, mangastudio gives me this. does photoshop not?

[Anonymous No.2735520]

>>2735227
Half a page in 45 minutes is probably going way too fast.

It depends on what your goal is. If your goal is illustration, go slower and focus on minutia. It's not quantity but quality.

If it's animation, you're at the right speed, focusing on contours and gesture over rendering.

If your goal is cartooning, kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.2735521]

>>2735516
You can change the eraser brush to add texture too, and you can change it back to the round one with a single button.

[Anonymous No.2735526]

>>2735521
how so?

[Anonymous No.2735544]

>>2735526
Brush and eraser shares the same brushes. Just put the two you use most close and fiddle with the shortcuts so you can cycle your brushes pressing one or other key.

[Anonymous No.2735557]

>>2735544
>fiddle with the shortcuts so you can cycle your brushes pressing one or other key.
How would one assign a certain brush to be used on a separate key? I thought you couldn't do that. On my key preferences, it shows I can only customize the tools, not the brushes.

[Anonymous No.2735754]

Do any of you like stuff or reblog on tumblr, DA, Instagram, whatever? Or do you only post your own art and network by following people?

[Anonymous No.2735760]

>>2734953
Maybe greenish tones could work? TVs normally produce a blueish light no matter what is shown on the screen, so if you don't like that, maybe go for only black and white.

[Anonymous No.2735775]

>>2735754
Well I like/favourite shit I like, but I tend not to reblog it or whatever. Mostly because that's dumb.

I network by talking to people, and you get a larger audience by regularly producing great content.

[Anonymous No.2735776]

How do you give the illusion of a longer or more pointy I guess head while sticking to the proportions outlined in loomis heads?

Pic related

[Anonymous No.2735780]

>>2735776
You don't, Loomis proportions are idealized to the traditional square head. Fuck with the proportions.

[Anonymous No.2735823]

I have a question.
Is it possible to reach the skill level of pic related without going to art school or joining an atelier?
If it is possible, could you please name one or two artists that made it on their own?

The pictures are from this female artists blog.
>https ://rebeccacgray.wordpress.com/figure/
She went to a shitton of places (Florence, Italy; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR, and the New York City Grand Central Atelier)
Must be rich, The Bitch

[Anonymous No.2735829]

What is a reasonable range for line work brushes in terms of pixel width? Like I try do 3-5 pixels.

[Anonymous No.2735835]

>>2735823
I don't know of anyone who made it on their own. But it's not impossible giving how much resources we get nowadays.
In the end, it's a matter of patience and discipline.

[Anonymous No.2735836]

>>2735557
There's a shortcut for cycling brushes up and down, but I can't remember which now, since I don't have PS with me right now.

[Anonymous No.2735839]

>>2735835
Thanks for your reply!
I guess you're right, nowadays you can get your redlines and critiques from pros online, the knowledge is all available too. I guess it's just about sucking up my pride and doing the work.

[Anonymous No.2735857]

>>2735836
keep me posted

[Anonymous No.2735899]

>>2735857
I'm fairly certain that it's the default, but cycling brushes can be done with the "< ," and "> ." keys.
Works both with the brush tool, pencil tool and eraser tool.

[Anonymous No.2736171]

>>2735106
anyone?

[Anonymous No.2736227]

Where i can download Eric Olson perspective curse for free? If there is now way to do that where can i find something similar?

[Anonymous No.2736229]

>Find photo of face to study
>try again and again erasing and correcting until I know I can't do better than what I see on paper
Am I retarded to do this? It doesn't feel useless but at the same time I don't know if it's the most efficient way of doing things
Also when studying a face, am I supposed to figure out how the features are placed on my own and construct accordingly, or is there something I should be doing?

[Anonymous No.2736267]

>>2736227
cg peers

You fucked up and now will have to wait, but they have it.

Some tips from someone that finished them last week:

-I've heard 1-10 are the best, and that 11-16 are redudant/explain too much stuff that it's unecessary or barelly necesary, once you finish 10, look at the next ones and decide if you want to continue them
-Be ready for hell, they are long and in many cases boring, but they're worth it. If you do 4 videos a day you will be done in about 2 and a half months, if every so ofter you do more you'll finish quickly, it will help you get some dicipline.
-I recomend putting the videos at 1.3 or 1.2 speed, Erik Speaks slow and in some lectures he struggles with photoshop, it'll help you get through it
-Around lecutre 7 or 8 you might feel like you don't need the rest, you do.
-Practicing it's not that important because they are a fuckton of lectures, don't practice but after watching them check out something to put them to use, landscape, form drawing, once you have the basic perspective down, it's time to have some fun.

[Anonymous No.2736269]

>>2735823
The amount of knowledge is hard to get without having a master/teacher and like minded people around you. You will waste years on trial and error. You will have to reinvent even very, very simple things.

It's like any other complicated craft or profession, you don't want to be in the stone age.

You can get a lot out of buying Dover Books which reprint a lot of old books which were written by painters which were also teachers. They help a lot, but they aren't a cure for not learning the craft properly.

If you are strapped for money, go to school to become an illustrator or something similar, these have at least one year of traditional drawing in them.

Also there are local evening schools probably around you offering beginner courses for cheap.

Just make sure you go for stuff that is for becoming a professional, not for fun.

[Anonymous No.2736284]

>>2735760

green sounds super interesting, but I think I'm going to add a soft light in the room just to add more tones to it

I like how pic related set the moods for it and keep the tones less affected by the ambient light but at the same time I feel like does a poor work at lighting and shadows in general

[Anonymous No.2736343]

>>2735775
When you get to a certain amount of followers, wouldn't it be more effective to network by helping smaller artists out with reblogs though? It doesn't even have to be on your main blog, it could be a side one for featuring artists.

[Anonymous No.2736414]

>>2736269
Thanks for replying!
I've looked online and found that the international Academy of Fine Arts has a school not far from where I live.
I guess I will just try to level up and get some money before I join. Costs like 700 bucks a month á la 3 years, about 50000 with rent,food and materials.

[Anonymous No.2736439]

Why did you fuck up the OP again?

[Anonymous No.2736893]

How do I stop photoshop from moving the image when I control+click?

It's INCREDIBLY distracting. I don't see anything on the keybinds.

[Anonymous No.2736901]

How do you exaggerate depth in an interior scene with light coming through more or less perpendicularly to the viewer from big windows, like a cathedral?
Do I just add the light's color to that of the objects, like fog?
I only know about turning the colors blueish for landscapes and use smaller value range.

[Anonymous No.2737228]

I saw an artist I like draw in 300 dots per centimeter. Is this recommended over 300 dpi?

[Anonymous No.2737499]

>>2736229
anyone?

[Anonymous No.2737507]

opacity keeps decreasing every time I change brush size, I use alt (on tablet)+right mouse button (on pen), also, when I use a soft brush, the hardness is increasing too, dont know what to do pls halp

[Anonymous No.2737509]

how much time do i have to spend on studies to get the most out of them?

[Anonymous No.2737514]

i can draw a box
what do i do now

[Anonymous No.2737946]

>>2737514

Proportions then build people out of boxes.

[M No.2738012]

recommend me some brush and settings
for clip studio or photoshop
i'm completely noob at digital now

[Anonymous No.2738024]

>>2737228
DPI only affects printing and you can change it at any time, don't worry about it.

[Anonymous No.2738028]

>>2738012
Keep to hard and soft round for a while so you don't use texture brushes for a crutch and devolve into that sort of symbol painting.

Make sure that your spacing is pretty low, though.

Feel free to experiment with other basic shapes, since people don't paint with round brushes generally IRL, but it's just shit like cloud or tree brushes that you should be wary of.

[Anonymous No.2738102]

All of a sudden instead of normal soft gradient in shadows I have this shit.
WHAT DO (Photoshop CS6, didn't change anything in the prefs or brush settings) PLEASE HALP
there's no banding like this in lighter colors for some reason

[Anonymous No.2738266]

what happened to the regular porn thread?

[Anonymous No.2738271]

How do I get perspective locked down in my mind so that it's as natural as drawing a shape or a line? I want this so bad, I've studied perspective made easy and done personal studies, but I want to get better.
any other god tier books or resources out their for perspective? anything personal you've learned that is helpful?

[Anonymous No.2738286]

is this technically impressive artwork?

[Anonymous No.2738287]

>>2738286
Not really, it's just had a lot of details rendered.

[Anonymous No.2738339]

Does anyone else get sweaty or heated when they draw?

[Anonymous No.2738341]

>>2736343
Probably.

I just don't like doing it, though.

[Anonymous No.2738347]

>>2738339
That's called anxiety, m80.

[Anonymous No.2738350]

For anyone who has drawn for Wizards of the coast, when you do a card are you just given a prompt?
Work back and forth with an art director?
How much creative control is there?

[Anonymous No.2738387]

>>2735520
>cartooning
What do you mean by that?

[Anonymous No.2738388]

>>2738387
I'm going to need some lasagne and a very fat cat to demonstrate.

[Anonymous No.2738390]

Can I do other stuff even though my fundies are shit

[Anonymous No.2738432]

>>2738390
Depends.
Do you want them to continue shitty or are you studying to improve them?
If the later, draw your own stuff during break or to put your studies to proof.
But don't neglect it.
Or fuck it all and do abstract expressionism.

[Anonymous No.2738436]

>>2738350
Nowadays it's just like in the game industry or cover illustration.
You have your prompt, do a ton of thumbs and the director will chose on what you finish.

[Anonymous No.2738466]

>>2734567
im starting to see malware ads on 4chan mobile is anyone experiencing this? its preventing me from visiting ic when im not home

[Anonymous No.2738475]

>>2738466
Yeah, the ads are getting a lot more intrusive on mobile. It's annoying.

[Anonymous No.2738536]

What's the difference between the several Wacom tablets besides size? Do the most expensive models have better accuracy? I ask this because these tablets are very expensive in my country

[Anonymous No.2738555]

Making the switch from Sai to PS. How do I get started (brushes, functions, etc.)? I'd figure they were pretty similar but there aren't as much keyboard shortcuts for PS as there is for Sai.

[Anonymous No.2738594]

whats the name of pic related art style?

[Anonymous No.2738595]

>>2738466
Use Clover, famalam.

[Anonymous No.2738665]

>>2738555
Ctrl-shift-K (I think) allows you to customize the shortcuts.

[Anonymous No.2738683]

>>2738466
I'm starting to get ads that tell me I have a virus and shit, and to give me their credit card number. I swear to god I'll go to /loomis/ on cripplecuckchan if Hebrewyuki keeps this shit up. What the hell was wrong with J-List?

[Anonymous No.2738696]

>>2738594

Looks like airbrushed automotive art, the kind you see on bikes and trucks

[Anonymous No.2738714]

>>2738466
>>2738683
Why are you people not using ad blockers? If you're on android, root your phone and download AdAway asap.
Also this >>2738595

[Anonymous No.2738721]

>>2735016
>>2735078
just make sure it has acid-free paper.

>>2735823
perhaps you can find somewhere else to do life drawing....

>>2738595
what is this?

[Anonymous No.2738806]

>>2738271
There is also "Perspective for Artists" by Rex Vicat Cole. Lots of exercises and tricks to get basic perspective done fast. I don't know if I would recommend it as a first book for perspective, but as a second one it is pretty helpful.

personal: drawing using a set square with integrated protractor and a mechanical pencil can be very useful instead of drawing it free hand. This avoids a lot of problems related to fatigue and you can concentrate on perspective. It's also very fast and most set squares don't smudge pencil lines unlike normal rulers, so you can beat the speed when drawing free hand and get better construction lines.

[Anonymous No.2738811]

>>2738339
Yes, you need cotton gloves. These are useful anyway to leave no dead cells and stuff from your hands on the paper. Also, to avoid your hands getting 'stuck' on the paper.

[Anonymous No.2738815]

>>2738536
Integration for professionals. E.g. Intuos 4 and Photoshop are developed to work well together when handled in certain ways, and companies train professionals to use them like that.

This is at least one big reason for the prices.

The other is that more expensive tablets have pens that recognize things like tilt or rotation and bigger tablet sizes cost more.

[Anonymous No.2738817]

>>2738536
Oh, and multiple pen support. For Intuos 4 you buy multiple pens which you use to switch between brushes. E.g. an airbrush pen and a brush pen.

[Anonymous No.2738900]

>>2734567
damn i just asked this because i didnt realize this thread was here but im looking for an digital artist on youtube i used to watch. he was asian, either korean or japanese i think. his profile pic was a doodle of himself. his work was very high quality but he didnt have that many videos back then. some videos i remember are: a bunch of anime girls on a pirateship in the sky playing poker, a centipede mech, a girl with big robot hands and a tutorial where was showing of masking techniques or something. he never spoke. thanks

[Anonymous No.2739770]

Does anybody know of any brand of multiliner pens that are 100% waterproof?

How about paper that holds up to watercolor, but also doesn't feather with ink and pen?

[Anonymous No.2739859]

First time on this board, and I wanted to ask; is this board entirely limited to the visual arts, or could one participate in things like sculpting and modeling here?

I'd be interested in learning that and it'd be nice if there was a board for that desu.

[Anonymous No.2739884]

Okay, let's say that I'm someone suffering from massive depression and Bob Ross helps me not feel like offing myself and he makes me want to do something productive. Let's also assume that I'm fucking poor and can't spend a boatload on official bob ross paints, canvases, an easel or pallet, brushes, painting knifes, etc.

What would be the best way for me to get in to the wet on wet painting style with minimal experience (none) and cost?

[Anonymous No.2739891]

>>2739859
Sculpting and modeling is welcome here. It's just a rare medium and not really common here.

Anatomy and proportions are always welcome.

[Anonymous No.2739895]

>>2739884
Watercolors
If you really want to immerse in Bob Ross, use acryllic, as oil is pricy.

All you really need are primary color and white paints, two good brushes, and printer paper.

[Anonymous No.2739905]

>>2739884
Golden Open acrylics are a slightly cheaper alternative. They still dry considerably faster than oil, but not fast enough that you can't blend or that you'll ruin your brushes if you don't clean them immediately. You can use a hermetically sealed glass container as a palette and your paint will stay usable for weeks. The paints themselves are not that much cheaper than artist-grade oils, but since you don't need to paint in a sealed/primed surface you can save a lot of money by using paper instead of canvas. Keep in mind the paint will dry faster in more absorbent surfaces, so you at least want some cheap watercolor paper, not printer paper like suggested above.

[Anonymous No.2739908]

>>2739905
Priming some cheap cardboard or whatever throwaway surfaces you can find also works.

[Anonymous No.2739917]

>>2739895
>>2739905
Acrylic paints look like they have a completely different painting style compared to oil though, especially for the alla prima method.

[Anonymous No.2739923]

>>2739917
Open acrylics are slow-drying. You can also add more medium to extend it. It is a different feel and consistency, but still workable.

[Anonymous No.2739929]

I'm colorblind and trying to color in skin tones is extremely hard for me. Any advice?

[Anonymous No.2739952]

>>2739859
You won't be told to leave, but you'll also not get much help since nobody here really dabbles into sculpture.

/3/, I suppose, but they'll probably just tell you to go here.

Sorry, dude.

[Anonymous No.2739953]

>>2739929
Just make sure that your values are correct, and which side of the colour wheel is considered cool/hot.

Other than that, I'd say embrace it. Paint what you see, after all.

[Anonymous No.2740120]

Looking into buying an electric sharpener.

Any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.2740125]

>>2740120
use a box cutter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8B7xr1xqGk

[Anonymous No.2740127]

>>2740125
I use a knife when I want to do overhand stuff (or just broad strokes in general) but when I'm just sketching I'd like to have a sharp point for more detailed lines.

[Anonymous No.2740137]

What's a way to get a bunch of low-paying commissions fast?
I don't have any internet presence like a personal website or tumblr or deviantart or facebook or whatever, so I'd be starting completely from scratch, but I've got some economic issues that could be solved if my daily art practice could double as pocket change. Is it at all feasible to get to the point where I'd be averaging 15 dollars a day within two months?

[Anonymous No.2740162]

It's a dumb question, and I'm a digtal art baby, so I'll go ahead and ask. What's the purpose of the lightbox table?

[Anonymous No.2740166]

>>2740162
To give your drawing the spotlight they'll never have otherwise.

[Anonymous No.2740168]

>>2740162
>draw sketch
>place on lightbox
>place new paper on top of sketch
>because of the lighting from beneath, sketch is still visible
>using the sketch as a guide, draw clean, finished line work on top paper.

[Anonymous No.2740178]

How I get starter with drawing from imagination? I simply can't draw without reference.

[Anonymous No.2740180]

>>2740178
Learn how to construct the figure while using reference.
Then use the construction blocks to pose the way you want.
And fret not, when drawing from imagination, if you forget how a part looks like, look for reference anyway, there's no shame in that.

[Anonymous No.2740192]

>>2740180
Makes sense. Thanks bro, will do as you say.

[Anonymous No.2740244]

>>2740178
there's some books out there named drawing from imagination

[Anonymous No.2741061]

>Trying to study anatomy (specifically the bones)
>Try one source
>Seems good
>Use another source
>Bone's shape and proportion are slightly different
>Try another source
>Different again

I know there's variation in the human body but I'm so afraid of learning from an incorrect source.
Now I know why they cut up bodies during the Renaissance.

How am I meant to tell what anatomy books are more accurate?
Currently I trust Stephen Rogers Peck's Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist the most.
Is that safe to use as a basis?
What other sources would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.2741105]

I'm a bitch and here's my question. How do I go from figure drawing to construction of the form?

I've looked through so many books but for some reason my brain can't make the connection between the two yet. It's somewhat there but it becomes so muddled and scratchy I can't tell where I was going with it or what it originally was.

[Anonymous No.2741109]

>>2741105
Try finding a reference pose and drawing a stick man of its gesture. Then draw in the simplified shapes of the human body (tubes for arms etc) while maintaining the gesture.

[Anonymous No.2741111]

How to FUCK do I learn how to paint like jaime jones? I've been trying to copy his brushwork in Photoshop but I can't get it to work for the life of me. Does anybody have any tips? Should I read Color and Light, or how to render?

[Anonymous No.2741115]

>>2741111
It's not something that can be taught in some tips, and it's not covered in those books.

It's just really really high level painting and control of brushwork and edges and shape and texture. It will take you years to learn how to paint like that.

You can download his brushes online to get a sense of what types of marks he is making his images with, but you will need to practice a lot to be able to reproduce his images, let alone crete your own like that. You can copy him to learn, and also copy the guys he learned from--Jaime did copies of many masters with good brushstrokes like Zorn, Sargent, and Leyendecker.

[Anonymous No.2741122]

>>2741115
Thanks for the response, anon; I really appreciate it. I suppose I'll just work on my brushwork and try to hone my craft. Have any idea where I can find his brushes at?

[Anonymous No.2741129]

>>2741122
Just google around for his brushes, I'm sure they've been rehosted somewhere. He posted them online like in 2009 or something, and they immediately were extremely popular.

[Anonymous No.2741205]

I am trying to create a custom brush tip for Clip Studio Paint, so I made one with 500x500 px first. "Save image as Material" and then I saved it as a brush tip. When I then tried to apply the shape I drew to a brush, the program crashed. ok.

So I try again, with 150x150 this time, but it still happens every time I try to add the brush tip I drew to a brush. Does anyone know what is wrong?

[Anonymous No.2741207]

should i break up with my girlfriend so i can have more time to git gud? she is so demanding i have no time left to draw

[Anonymous No.2741228]

"Stop watching tutorial, you will not learn a thing from those." Or something along the line. - My ex-lecturers.
I beg for alternative, else it make no sense why many of the self taught artist success. I hope to listen to /ic member opinion on this.
Why should I watch tutorial and when to do that?

[Anonymous No.2741350]

>>2738721
I have never seen a paper that wasn't acid free. What does it affect?

[Anonymous No.2741354]

Sup /ic]

Say I don't know anything about doing art and art things, but I want to buy someone an easel as a gift, because they want an easel and it's christmassytime. Is there anything in particular I should keep an eye out for? Is aluminium better or worse than timber, for instance?

[Anonymous No.2741421]

My tablet all of a sudden stopped moving the cursor in photoshop. The mouse will move the cursor in photoshop. Mouse and tablet work outside of photoshop. Whats up?

[Anonymous No.2741422]

>>2741421
It only stopped in PS? I've never heard of this before. Try restarting your computer and see if things work. If not try reinstalling the tablet drivers.

[Anonymous No.2741425]

>>2741422
I guess ill try restarting first.

Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.2741434]

>>2741422
Yea that worked.

[Anonymous No.2741440]

are portfolio makers cunts or can I use sleeves with different branded books

[Anonymous No.2741458]

>>2734567
Does anyone else suffer from amateur syndrome?

I think it's something you develope from reading too many crappy tutorials/ taking too many shortcuts and misunderstanding things in my slow climb to becoming a better artist instead of just learning things the right way.

I find that i can create relatively impressive artworks on some days while on others my drawings look like shit and basic fundamentals escape me.

I'll find myself working on something for hours, drawing it over and over, not being able to get it right. Then i'll calm down and SOMEHOW i now have the knowledge and end up fixing my mistakes in a matter of minutes. It's like the information i need is already in my head but its buried under years of doing the wrong thing.

It's like the opposite of "being in the zone" i can only produce something good if i completely slow down and take my time. I want to be able to pull the files i need from my brain FAST, instead of digging through trash for them

How do i delete the information i don't need?

[Anonymous No.2741463]

>>2741458
>working on something for hours

Just take a step away and relax. You get artist autism if you get too fixated.

>I want to be able to pull the files i need from my brain FAST

That's just practice and knowing how you work. Got to understand the flow before you can raft down the river

[Anonymous No.2741655]

>>2736229
I always break down my drawings into smaller shapes. But I'm an amature tho so I don't know any sorta short cuts that allow around this otherwise.

[Anonymous No.2741660]

>>2736901
Example pls?

[Anonymous No.2741665]

what are contour lines?

[Anonymous No.2741666]

>>2741061
The proportions are different different depending who you ask. From what I understand, many comic book artists and whatever have you make people more proportionally longer because if they were more "realistic" they come out more squashed looking. Why not study real like skeletons and you be the judge what looks more accurate?

[Anonymous No.2741669]

>>2741665
Lines that show contour.

[Anonymous No.2741671]

>>2741207
All depends what you want more and if you're willing to fight to compromise.

[Anonymous No.2741676]

>>2741228
Everyone learns their own way. I don't think it's a bad thing for tips from tutorials so long as you still practice your fundies. Surely just trying wont kill you?

[Anonymous No.2741679]

When learning different perspectives, should I just learn to eyeball the perspective or does it not matter if I use a ruler or not? It's probably a dumb question but I was just wondering if it even matters at all. Not to use a crutch I suppose if that's what you'd call it

[Anonymous No.2741718]

how do you feel about private commissions? Someone asks me to make a picture and I'm proud of the way it looks, so I want to post it, but they request that I don't.

[Anonymous No.2741735]

>>2741718
That's usually something you should agree on before you even start the commission.

Hey if they're paying, it's their problem. I do push for being allowed to post the work on my galleries and such, though.

[Anonymous No.2741746]

Are Bob Ross's methods applicable to human portraits and other scenes, or are they sort of tailor-made to fit his mountian/river fetish?

[Anonymous No.2741754]

>>2741746
It's just painting. He just paints. You can paint anything you want, anon.

[Anonymous No.2741810]

>>2741754
Do you really mean it?

[Anonymous No.2741877]

How to come up with good titles? Is title even necessary?

[Anonymous No.2741881]

When should I start to measure progress? I notice a large improvement since the first month, but i have only been serious about learning for 7 months now. In top of it all, I am a slow learner.

[Anonymous No.2741887]

Just getting into digital painting. I drew on my tablet a lot, but never colored. Should I pick a palette of colors when doing my pieces?

So far I've just been dicking around with the color picker, but I'm starting to think having a palette would give pieces a uniform look.

[Anonymous No.2741909]

So people here keep saying that you should learn how to draw from life before trying to practice drawing from imagination.

1) What are the skills you gain by doing that that are applicable to drawing from imagination?
2) How do you do it? Do you just draw what you see like a camera or try to construct the scene as if you were 3D modeling it?
3) How good do you have to be at it before you can start learning how to draw from scratch?

[Anonymous No.2741912]

>>2741909
>before
You do them simultaneously. Otherwise you're in danger of hyper simplification in construction.

The idea is that, in the most ignorant sense, that you deconstruct from life, keep all that knowledge of form and shapes in your noggin, and construct any amalgamation from scratch.

If you got gud at life before attempting imagination, you'd fall apart. After a while you get clearly capable and start just Alla Priming it, and thinking solely in terms of light, which is incredible for direct painting but translates like shit to imagination.

Which is a roundabout way of answering all three questions; you learn form and construction, you want to deconstruct and analyze whenever you can, and you start whenever you feel you're ready to not symbol draw like a scrub.

[Anonymous No.2741916]

>>2741912
>you learn form and construction

So

>Do you just draw what you see like a camera or try to construct the scene as if you were 3D modeling it?

[Anonymous No.2741918]

>>2741909
>1) What are the skills you gain by doing that that are applicable to drawing from imagination?
I dont have to look for reference for everything since my hand remembers it, saves lots of time ( and also makes using complicated reference easier if you know how parts you dont see look like)
Actually i kind of missed the question here

>2) How do you do it? Do you just draw what you see like a camera or try to construct the scene as if you were 3D modeling it?
There sure are different ways but i prefer putting everthing together of shapes and negative spaces

>3) How good do you have to be at it before you can start learning how to draw from scratch?
Depends on what you draw maybe? It has to look belivable enough, there is difference if you draw a human or a fantasy humanoid f.e

[Anonymous No.2741927]

>>2740162
Not for doing art, probably for other things, but artists would just get a lightbox or a proper table. It is probably used as a quick tool to put things on it to look at it and maybe make some quick notes, but not for drawing. Think more like doctor looking at x-ray images than artists drawing.

[Anonymous No.2741930]

>>2740120
Don't, they are all overpriced shit now which break easily. And they are very loud.

[Anonymous No.2741932]

>>2739770
>paper for ink and watercolor
Dunno, but does watercolor paper even work bad with ink? It should only start to bleed if it is wet or some really soft material (tissue like.)

[Anonymous No.2741945]

>>2741458
It's more a problem with complexity you seem to have. Drawing expects you to plan ahead.

You can try and immedialy draw a second piece after the first one you struggled with and try to do it the way you thought could be better. You really need to analyse a lot here. Professionals have the same problem, and depending on the goal you have while drawing you want to draw differently.

[Anonymous No.2741956]

>>2741679
Both ways matter, so do exercises both ways so you know what works how and when.

[Anonymous No.2741994]

How important is pressure sensitivity for blending?

My tablet is very sensitive, it goes all the way to 100% under just light pressure, so it's almost impossible to be precise with brush opacity. Changing the settings fixes nothing. I can try getting a smoothly rendered plastic ball for half an hour before the effect is decent.

Should I give up on blending until I get a better tablet, or will it go away as I git gud?

[Anonymous No.2741998]

>>2741994
Not at all, just keep your fingers on the opacity shortcuts to quickly mix colours.

[Anonymous No.2742008]

Should I draw lines from left to right or vice versa or even exercise both ways?

[Anonymous No.2742088]

in photoshop is it possible to show the hue cube and HSB sliders at the same time?

[Anonymous No.2742109]

>>2742008
don't fall for this meme its a waste of time. your time will be better spend actually drawing things rather than abstract line exercises

[Anonymous No.2742242]

Exactly how are these 2 curvilinear perspective setups different? I've constructed them differently, such that the lines on the left one are made from ellipses, whereas lines on the right one are made from arcs of circles.

Yet they both look correct and look like they are depicting the same thing. Are they in fact different in some way that has to do with the image plane or cone of vision?

If I want to draw an infinitely long wall in curvilinear perspective which one do I use?

Maybe one of them completely wrong and should be trashed?

[Anonymous No.2742247]

>>2742242
I don't think it matters much. It's so rare to see an image that is like that so people won't be able to tell if it's a bit off. If you actualyl try to overlay perspective lines on KJGs stuff for example you will see he doesn't really follow it very closely but it looks fine.

[Anonymous No.2742251]

>>2734567
Why can't we just go back to having a question thread instead of this long fucking acronym?

[Anonymous No.2742266]

>>2742247
but I want closure, it's driving me fucking nuts not knowing why I can construct curvilinear perspectives using 2 completely different methods yet come up with very legit-looking results for both.

One of them has to be wrong wrong, or maybe both are legitimate but different in some meaningful way

I looked up some curvilinear drawings on google and I'm seeing both these types yet can't put my finger on the differences between them.

[Anonymous No.2742270]

>>2742266
Scroll down near the bottom of this page it talks a bit about curvilinear perspective. I've never read it all myself to be honest, it's a bit too technical for what I am interested in but this is probably the most thorough resource online on the subject: http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/perspect5.html

[Anonymous No.2742277]

I've noticed a lot women artists, of the non-tumblrina type, draw either simple or 'muh edgy' themes with no sense of composition. Are they afraid to experiment with composition? Pic related

[Anonymous No.2742279]

>>2742270
>handprint
I specifically consulted this resource to learn more about curvilinear perspective but unfortunately he doesn't actually cover anything about the subject, it's just an elaborate introduction, doesn't even illustrate methods of construction. thanks anyway

[Anonymous No.2742282]

so it seems like everyone is using photoshop

any other free alternatives that don't suck cock, or should I just start with PS and stick to it?

[Anonymous No.2742283]

>>2742277
You're just cherrypicking examples. There's fewer women in general in fantasy art, but there are a handful that do more extreme compositions than you've posted. Jana Schirmer, LD Austin, Karla Ortiz etc

There's also tons of men that have really boring compositions too.

[Anonymous No.2742284]

>>2742282
There's some okay free ones but honestly PS is by far the best so just use it.

[Anonymous No.2742291]

>>2742284
Can you list a few of those okay free ones? I'd like to try them out.

[Anonymous No.2742320]

>>2742291
Sai is alright though much lighter than PS in its capabilities. I've heard Krita is not bad but I've never used it myself.

[Anonymous No.2742401]

>>2741956
Ok thanks a mil marzifam

[Anonymous No.2742897]

Rather new here; I want to get gud at drawing people realistically where's a good place to get references and shit

[Anonymous No.2742903]

>>2742242
I can't explain why, but the one on the left looks a lot more correct to me.

[Anonymous No.2742906]

>>2741994
Use pen pressure for size. Use fixed opacity for blending. 10% 40% 70% good presets to start off with. You can adjust those values to your liking as you paint more.

[Anonymous No.2742908]

>>2742897
Google lmao.

For human nudes there's a couple sites in the sticky.

[Anonymous No.2742909]

>>2742897
Try http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en/ and http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/

[Anonymous No.2742910]

>>2742282
For lineart, there's Krita and SAI
For painting, there's Corel Painter and Clip Studio Paint.

For GFX bullshit, there's Photoshop.

[Anonymous No.2743009]

>>2742266
Neither is wrong or right without saying for what. Both are projections like axonometric projections or linear projection.

So you need to decide by case what you would prefer.

[Anonymous No.2743062]

what's the benefit from drawing from life rather than drawing from photos?

[Anonymous No.2743151]

What book/course would you suggest for someone who isn't a total beginner? Usually the suggestions I find here are for them

[Anonymous No.2743168]

>>2743151
charles bargue drawing course

[Anonymous No.2743208]

>>2743168
This is only for copying shit.

[Anonymous No.2743209]

>>2743062
Translating 3d to 2d, instead of copying 2d shapes to 2d. You will learn more about form this way. Photos also have other drawbacks like smaller exposure ranges than the human eye, lens distortion, and picks up smaller ranges and subtleties when it comes to color. If you just draw from photos it will negatively hurt your work especially if you are a beginner and can't recognize all the drawbacks of the photo, so you will pick up bad habits that later will need to be unlearned.

[Anonymous No.2743274]

>>2742277
Nah, just look at good female artists.

[Anonymous No.2743285]

How do you get good at rendering painting?

Everything I see is perspective or drawing figures.

Anyone got any resources on painting textures and rendering materials, color theory?

[Anonymous No.2743288]

>>2743208
So can you reccomend me something elses?

[Anonymous No.2743291]

>>2743288

drawabox

inb4 isis.

[Anonymous No.2743295]

>>2742908
>>2742909
Aye, Much appreciated friends

[Anonymous No.2743305]

>>2743291
As I said, I'm not a total beginner, would you still suggest it to me? Genuinely curious, I tought it was more for total beginners.
Also should I do something else meanwhile? I remember hearing that people should do drawabox as warm-up before studies

[Anonymous No.2743306]

>>2743285
I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I came across this post over in the artbook thread and it seems to be what you're looking for.
>>2740274

[Anonymous No.2743309]

>>2743305
What
>>2743305
What is it you're trying to draw?

[Anonymous No.2743315]

>>2743309
I asked for a drawing book/course that's not for total beginners >>2743151
Also speaking of drawabox I heard that usually people use it as a warmup before studies so what studies should I do after doing my drawabox exercises??

[Ngmi !!acUdMKeYWhc No.2743363]

>>2743315
Just do peter han course.
https://mega.nz/#F!GBky0DiT!hHuLcYGyLVnmFaNUmZXi6Q

[Anonymous No.2743396]

>>2734567
I'm wanting to paint over a glossy printed calendar. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of paint to use? Should I use gesso or some other prep thing beforehand?

[Anonymous No.2743401]

>>2743363
Thank you very much

[Anonymous No.2743413]

>>2743363
Do you guys have other video lessons? I learn way better fomr them than books. (even youtube channels are good)

[Anonymous No.2743473]

I am planning on transferring schools to one that offers entertainment design, they require a portfolio and I was wondering what they would be looking for in someones portfolio who is applying to their ED program. Would it be mostly design or straight up art? Also would they like to see mostly digital, or a mix with some trad? thanks

[Anonymous No.2743476]

wasnt sure whether to post this in the artbook thread or here, but i will give it a shot.
does anyone here know how to get the drawings made by cedric peravernay in the new dishonored game, as files i can download? i love his art. im gonna get the artbook when it comes out, but then i still dont have the original digital files i guess.

[Anonymous No.2743500]

Hi. Does anyone have a simple short guide on how to draw reflections on various kinds of visors (not just spherical)? I can't draw for shit but I like doodling on paint.net, so fine advice and terminology will either go over my head or be outside my abilities.

[Anonymous No.2743550]

>>2743500
Are you retarded? Draw whatever would be in the direction the visor is facing, make it transparent a bit until it looks good. If it's a round surface, bend the reflection around it or something holy shit open your eyes

[Anonymous No.2743584]

>>2743550

Fuck's sake are you actually braindamaged? I said I know fuckall about drawing, you don't have basic reading comprehension

This is what you sound like.
Anyway, paint.net's modifier is crappy and it'd be too time consuming to learn a new program for a caricature, hence why I'm asking how to draw the reflection rather than apply modifiers.

[Anonymous No.2743599]

>>2743500
look up sinix' "shiny mech" painting video on youtube. its a bit more about metal, but the idea is the same. his channel is pretty good for color stuff/digital painting

[Anonymous No.2743608]

I know the question of making neat linework has been asked a lot, but what about neat sketches? I know it's kind of a weird thing to ask, considering most "sketches" posted online aren't true sketches and just people looking to stroke their ego, but I can't help comparing myself to them and feeling down, because all my sketches look like complete dog shit. I'm confident in my lines when I go over them but the initial sketch is just buttugly (and I've been drawing for years now ;_;). Does anyone else have the same problem, or should I just give up?

[Anonymous No.2743611]

>>2743599

Will do. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.2743614]

>>2743608

It's honestly just a matter of practice. Not just practice but deliberate practice.

Really nice sketches are an art in and of themselves - people have trained to draw good sketches. At its basic level sketches are just meant to be the foundation you build upon, it doesn't actually matter if your lines such if you're painting over them / inking it. That said, if you want a nice sketch, that means you need to actually practice getting it right on your first go.

That said, if you're sketching with a pencil you can still get 'neat' sketches by going light on a first pass and then darkening the lines you want to emphasize on a second pass with your pencil. It's basically inking, but usually it maintains a 'sketch' look anyway. If you're sketching in pen really the emphasis is on good confident lines (part of this is a matter of speed, but not the speed that comes with rush so much as the speed that comes with having done it a lot), but the principle is the same. Usually even if you fuck up, you can still emphasize with a thicker line and most people don't notice the thinner fucked up line.

[Anonymous No.2743615]

>>2743608
>considering most "sketches" posted online aren't true sketches and just people looking to stroke their ego
Pros do spend quite a while on sketches. Just spend longer on sketches.

[Anonymous No.2743619]

>>2743614
Thank you very much for your advice! ;_; I think one of my problems is pressing my pencil down too hard, so everything looks really ugly.
>you need to actually practice getting it right on your first go
Do you have any advice on how to do this? I don't want to practice lines and circles all day, but if that's what it takes I guess I will.
>>2743615
Oh, I meant it like girls on instagram/twitter calling finished lineart a "#sketch x3 teehee i'm so #artsy".

[Anonymous No.2743671]

What's the best option for when you're at a commissionable level but still need to work on speed?
Underprice yourself so you at least get rewarded while trying to get faster, or just put another year into grinding?
Not saying the prices look cheap to anyone else. Just that the per hour profit will be shitty.

[Anonymous No.2743709]

Hey, some more technical question:

1- Should I bump the bit/color from 8 to 16-32 or just keep at 8?

2- What resolution you guys usually work with? 300p/i? 150?

3- What about color profile, I work with graphical design, so I change a lot between CMYK and RGB for printing and stuff, but for drawing, keep at monitor or sRGB?

4- What about past works, you keep the open psd? closed psd? or just a jpg/pdf?

[Anonymous No.2743727]

>>2743709
1- 8. 32 will have most filters and adjustments disabled, and even 16 will generate absolutely massive files with no real practical benefit. You're not likely to notice a difference other than maybe less banding in gradients; the only reason to use 16 would be maybe if you're editing raw photos and need enough range to make drastic contrast/exposure/color adjustments.

2-Completely irrelevant unless you're printing your work. 300 would be the standard for print, but you can go lower at larger sizes that are meant to be viewed at a distance, or higher at lower sizes if you like you need to.

3-CMYK for offset printing, RGB for everything else. Any work you export to the web should be sRGB. If you want the best possible color reproduction it's a good idea to always work in a wide-gamut profile like aRGB or Lab and only convert to CMYK or sRGB when you're ready to export, but you may need to adjust your colors after doing that since some will have a tendency to desaturate.

4- Entirely up to you. If you have the hard drive space for it I see no reason not to keep your original psd. As far as when you're working, merge layers when you feel like you don't need them anymore, when you want to keep things neat or trim down file size.

[Anonymous No.2743742]

>>2743727
Thanks for the anwers, really appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.2743869]

>>2743619
>Do you have any advice on how to do this?
Not that guy, but I've found that one of the big issues with my sketches being huge messes is that I don't think before I draw. It's not an instant cure, but taking a second to think about what I want every line to do before I draw it has really helped me.

[Ngmi !!acUdMKeYWhc No.2743885]

>>2743413
Lesson one is on youtube

[Ngmi !!acUdMKeYWhc No.2743903]

>>2743401
You're welcome. Lesson one is on youtube
>>2743413
As for other courses, there's plenty of them on cgpeers. Don't forget to sign up tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.2744073]

Is there a technique you can use to accurately gauge the angle of a line when drawing on paper from a reference photo on your monitor? It's easy to snowball out of control if you mess up the initial lines and I'm struggling to get accurate arm/head angles.

[Anonymous No.2744130]

Anyone gone from a small to medium tablet?

I have an intuos creative small and it can be a bit unwieldy at times with a 24" monitor. I use it together with Lazy Nezumi with lowish line stability on. LN removes a lot of the unwieldyness, but it's still OKish without it I guess.

I am wondering if there is a noticable improvement in control going from small to medium on a monitor around 24"?

[Anonymous No.2744133]

>>2744073

Hold up the pencil in front of the reference and match the angle.

[Anonymous No.2744137]

>>2734567
is it possible to profit from either donations or maybe getting exposure from making a doujin? i feel the ones i've seen around are very amateur-ish to say the least (not that i'm a pro or anything i'm just interested in the possibilities of exploring that area) and is it legal to make a doujin from an anime you liked any risk there if you profit?

[Anonymous No.2744530]

How do I draw faces looking straight on without them turning out ugly and flat?
I've only just started studying anatomy recently. And I spent a bunch of time drawing faces from different angles- which I can do with relative ease now- but faces straight on come out very bad.
I've also noticed that most artists I look up to never draw faces straight on! Is this just a general thing you guys avoid? I recall hearing about straight-on views being hard.
I'm very confused and mad at myself for not being able to draw.

[Anonymous No.2744608]

How the FUCK do I do a study of a clothed figure? I can do nude, but when it comes to clothed it feels like a whole different thing.

[Anonymous No.2744615]

>>2744608
draw what you see, think about the forms underneath .???? profit

[Anonymous No.2744619]

>>2744530
>How do I draw faces looking straight on without them turning out ugly and flat?
use different materials (even a pencil held parallel to the paper will help, hatching helps too) to convey shadows which will convey volume and depth. you can also mess with the background to bring the whole thing (seemingly) closer to the foreground and to the viewer
>general thing to avoid
eh, not really, like anything just do a few in between doing different angles and views, it's all part of the learning process.
>I'm very confused and mad at myself for not being able to draw.
Welcome to the fucking club, buddy

[Anonymous No.2745023]

I normally work with a size of 3000 x 3000 px size.

Is there any better or standard size to work on digital painting? (I´m kind of new on this)

[Anonymous No.2745235]

>>2743285
http://www.huevaluechroma.com for colors
dunno about more right now, but you end up going into the (digital) painting direction

[Anonymous No.2745240]

>>2743709
2-depends on what you want the result for. Print? Web? Mobile? Game? Decide this when you create a new image.

[Anonymous No.2745269]

Has Jewmoot destroyed 4chan's image server or something?

Everything takes so long to load that this is hardly a fucking imageboard at this point.

[Anonymous No.2745273]

>>2735520
If I'm going into cartooning, what's the best way to kill myself?

[Anonymous No.2745284]

>>2745273
slowly, over the course of your entire life span by cell decay.

[Anonymous No.2745364]

is there a better name for spring green? it's easier to think of a colour as its own distinct colour when it has its own distinct name, and apart from chartreuse green which you can easily just refer to as chartreuse, it's the only rgb tertiary colour that has another colour as part of its name.

maybe a non-english name. are there any languages where the name for spring green isn't a compound noun where one of the words is 'green'?

[Anonymous No.2745470]

How do I murder my hairy line habit while sketching and drawing in pencil?

[Anonymous No.2745509]

Is loomis a good way to learn or not? I always see posts that say that it's a meme. Is key's to drawing better?

[Anonymous No.2745512]

>>2745509
Those are two books that attempt to achieve two completely different outcomes for the reader.

[Anonymous No.2745535]

>>2734567
What is "SPIRIT COOKING" anyway?

[Anonymous No.2745565]

>>2745535
Modern art at its finest.

[Anonymous No.2745567]

>>2745535
>>2745565

[Anonymous No.2745851]

I recall a traditional tutorial discussing effective application of the terminator line when sketching figures, i cant find this particular tutorial though, does anyone have it?

[Anonymous No.2745917]

Guys, I need your help. I am doing a school project based on self portraits, and I need a PROFILE self portrait pointed towards LEFT, and It must be from 900's art

[Anonymous No.2745948]

what materials/skillset do I need to paint something like this? I only draw but I want to make paintings because it's generally more impressive and I like this kind of style and color palette. is it gouache? what paper?

[Anonymous No.2746047]

>>2745948
it's digital, artist is krenz, looks like gouache though

[Anonymous No.2746049]

>>2746047
coo thanks

[Anonymous No.2746069]

Im planning on buying a tablet to draw when I'm not on my pc. Considered to buy the iPad Pro or the Surface pro 4
Thing is, the iPad is cheaper in my country but it doesn't have a liquify option in any app, and I use that a lot.
On the other hand the Surface in my country its way more expensive but has photoshop so it's kind of the real thing.
Which one is better as an art tool?

[Anonymous No.2746076]

Is Multitouch really worth the extra 30 bucks the Intuos Art costs over the Intuos Draw?

[Anonymous No.2746099]

>>2745917
ngmi

[Anonymous No.2746941]

How the fuck do you mix A? if I do orange and white B happens, it's already washed the fuck out.

[Anonymous No.2746950]

>>2746941
You use a soft brush and only blend the borders

[Anonymous No.2746979]

>>2743584
Its not even about drawing just basic observation. Go look at curved reflective surfaces

[Anonymous No.2746999]

Just picked up a skull model as a study aid.
What other props on the cheap would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.2747017]

>>2746999
>props on the cheap
Skulls aren't cheap though. Where did you get yours?

I've an Asaro Head but they are a bit pricey, so maybe isn't the best recommendation. They're pretty useful though. Otherwise a small mirror and a decent desk lamp are must-have for self portraits, drawing your hands at different angles, and for still lifes.

[Anonymous No.2747044]

>>2747017
>Where did you get yours?
I picked it up for $13 from amazon, though it's not to scale (3x4x3). The jaw is hinged and the crainum's top detaches. Previous pic related.

>Asaro Head
I've actually had the original in mind for a while, but think it's a little much for what it is. Probably something for the long term.

Thanks

[Anonymous No.2747074]

How is this drawing?

[Anonymous No.2747085]

>>2747044
The forehead on that skull is way to short.

[Anonymous No.2747087]

>>2746999
wooden and/or foam cubes, spheres cylinders and pyramids!

[Anonymous No.2747282]

good references for value studies?

[Anonymous No.2747294]

Does this belong on /ic/?

[Anonymous No.2747297]

>>2736267
Thank you so much, not original anon but I was thinking about following his course. So, thanks again for taking your time to give us some tips.

[Anonymous No.2747303]

>>2747294
GOddamnit i fucked up "help the jews"

[Anonymous No.2747311]

>>2747074
I dislike the relation of the upper and lower volumes, perspective is generally bad, linework is bad, texturing of the wall is pretty bad, the smoke behind is also really bad, all those same-shapes are not appealing at all

I think making the highlights on the tank pop would work well, but you used too much white everywhere for it to matter

[Anonymous No.2747340]

>>2747294
I think >>>/i/ is more up your alley.

[Anonymous No.2747638]

need a good book about proportions of human face, body. can anyone suggest amything?

[Anonymous No.2747645]

If my paint brushes are dry with paints should I just throw them away? Or even just dry in general?

[Anonymous No.2747672]

>>2747645
Don't you clean them after use?

[Anonymous No.2747728]

>>2747672
I just took out a box of brushes that my sister used to use. Thought I would give them a try

[Anonymous No.2747750]

I'm reading Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain right now and I'm not sure I understand the way this guy explained 'sighting' and 'basic unit'. Unfortunately my english isn't great yet so I will try to explain what I understood in the best way I can
>Sighting: use the pencil and your fingers to 'measure' how long X thing is, but how do I place that measure on paper? Do I take another pencil and draw some lines or spots, while holding the other pencil near the paper?
>Basic Unit: something that I can look at in the reference and use as unit to measure distance between things, like a person's head that I can use to determine that the person is 6 heads tall, or that a door is 2 heads away from that person

[Anonymous No.2747751]

>>2747645
there are brush soaps that can remove dry paints like oil and acrylics.

[Anonymous No.2747778]

>>2734567
Searched whole fucking web but i cant find a solution. Whenever i want to switch a tool, say from gradient to bucket tool i right click on that icon like pic rel, but it pops out for a split second and disappears which makes it nearly impossible to perform. Its been bugging me for almost a week, i tried turning it off and on again, reinstalling and so on but nothing helped. Im using photoshop cc 2017 copy from cgpeers

[Anonymous No.2747781]

>>2747778
Can't you use keyboard shortcuts? Shift-S is significantly faster than right-clicking.

[Anonymous No.2747791]

>>2747781
Soo... No solution to that? Sucks, coz that'll be confusing for me, but thanks nonetheless

[Anonymous No.2747795]

>>2747791
At least in my installation you can do the same by just holding the button down. But really, if you have a keyboard I heavily recommend using it. The menu jungle is tedious to traverse click by click.

[Anonymous No.2747812]

Is a good/easy to remember username important in making a fabase and getting out there? For example name with only numbers or random letters like 06420 or n423 and stuff like that is a handicap? I want to start getting a namefor myself but I'd like a name thats not anything or just two random words together

[Anonymous No.2747941]

>>2743903
why doesn't cgpeers' site work for me ?

[Anonymous No.2747949]

>>2747941
Oh no...

[Anonymous No.2747958]

>>2747941
I think the site is down
.com and .to ain't working for me at least

[Anonymous No.2747962]

>>2741115
with real medium, sure. With photoshop, it's just finding the right combination of millions of presets and knowing what you want to lay down.

[Anonymous No.2747968]

>>2741228
>"Stop watching tutorial, you will not learn a thing from those." Or something along the line. - My ex-lecturers.
I think you're giving them a different meaning, unless they were complete fucking shitters.

They probably meant that all of those countless fucking tutorials on the internet are made by selfloving amateurs, and information in those is wrong or misleading.

You should look for a solution for one specific problem, not a generic one-fit-all tutorial, but even then, your best teacher sohuld be you. Analyze your work and think of ways to improve it, and if you can't quite find a way to do it, ask others or seeks for tutorials and books.

Old books are way better than tutorials too, since they're written by people who actually went to schools and got proficient and time being the real test to their knowledge.

Would you rather learn from the ways the masters painted or from some kawaii-uggu shitter from youtube?

[Anonymous No.2747971]

>>2741810
Sure thing. Bob Ross used a lot of canned recipes for sure results, you could potentially use it for somethign else, but ultimately it'll look cheap and fake.

[Anonymous No.2748143]

I'm a beginner that just got a new drawing tablet and it feels great compared to on paper, mainly because I can look up at a screen instead of having to crane my neck and back to look at my sketchbook. (I'm 6'5 my desk is barely 3 ft high.) But I'm afraid that I'm starting bad habits with it, mainly because whenever I draw lines normally they end up very scratchy and messy, and with the tablet I can just erase the rough parts and make them look better. Pic related is the first thing I've made on it, just something simple to try it out, bottom pic is before I erase everything and top is after. I feel like this might be detrimental to me, since I should learn how to draw better lines instead of relying on the erase tool to make everything look better.

Is this something I should be worrying about or not? Also what are some things I can practice to generally make my lines less messy?

[Anonymous No.2748173]

>>2734567
Is cgpeers down for anybody else?

[Anonymous No.2748423]

are there any essential gnomon videos i should watch before the others? particularly interested in gesture and figure drawing

[Anonymous No.2748566]

How do I begin with acrylics? What paints do I start with? What should I read? What can I practice on that won't cost me a leg?

[Anonymous No.2748609]

What brushes would you recommend for sketching?

[Anonymous No.2748670]

>>2748566
I recently started myself, have not much experience but I'll share what I'm doing
You can cheaply paint on:
-smooth cardboard (better if primed)
-thick paper

Will bend a little but it's fine for practicing

I'm starting with low/medium quality paint, but not the bottom of the barrel lowest, it's good enough

Use a limited palette to learn how to mix and to not spend too much on paint you'll use 1ml of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNB3XY67Q-I

Pick any reference you want, avoid stuff with large quantities of fully saturated non-primary colors because you can't mix those

Avoid shit quality brushes for your mains, perhaps get a couple of really shit ones because it's useful to have a brush that gets completely fucked up to do noisy strokes

Assuming you use your own cardboard from boxes you have lying around, it's $10 for paint, $10 for medium quality brushes, $10 for primer (or make yourself), and this will give you a lot of practice. A4 painting pads are cheap if you don't have boxes to tear apart, like $3. Consider some cheap palette knives too for $3-4. See for example Igor Sakharov on youtube he uses palette knife a lot and also does quick rough paintings which is useful for us to just get the main colors and values right

It's very cheap

[Anonymous No.2748688]

do dumbbells help avoid tendonitis and carpal tunnel?

[Anonymous No.2748715]

>>2734567
Where I can post my NSFW stuff to take some critique?

[Anonymous No.2748721]

>>2748715
Here? Not a work safe board. We have a porn thread.

[Anonymous No.2748754]

>>2748715

>>2738627

[Anonymous No.2748863]

What's the purpose of blue and red lines?

[Anonymous No.2748865]

Is there a shortcut for cycling brushes in Manga studio?

[Anonymous No.2748892]

What if I want to draw this outfit, how do I approach it? I don't understand almost anything on the photo, is there a way I can accurately break down the details?

[Anonymous No.2748899]

>>2748892
>break into big shapes, find parts that define it, then work down the detailing. You don't have to replciate everyhting, jus what you see. Start with abig brush and go down to smaller sizes

[Anonymous No.2749299]

>>2738286

[Anonymous No.2749431]

How the fuck do I know if drawing is what I really want to do in my life ? I think it is what I want to do, but I'm not totally sure and often question myself and when I do I feel upset. My heart would be in peace if I put an end on it
TL;DR : How do I know if I really want to art ?

[Anonymous No.2749439]

>>2748721
>>2748754
Thank you, just forgot to check 10 page.

[Anonymous No.2749800]

(Malaysian) Do I need a degree in art program to apply for work visa to work in animation/design/illustration industry?
>Planning ahead

[Anonymous No.2750363]

If I ink over pencil lines with 01 black ink and scan is it possible to make it look cleanish by balancing levels in photoshop?

[Anonymous No.2750905]

How do Bargue plates work? Do I need to print out the full size images? They're like 36" x 24". I don't have a printer that prints that big. Is there an alternative way to do these exercises? Are there any other courses that are better besides Charles Bargue's course?

[Anonymous No.2750905,1]

>>2743363
i downloaded this and tried to open the zip file but mac tells me it's corrupted, can someone who has this reupload it?