SKETCHBOOK THREAD

[GO No.3996552]

You know the drill.

Figure Drawing directory (US/Canada):
http://www.artmodelbook.com/figure-drawing-directory.htm

Online Art Stores:
http://www.utrechtart.com
http://www.jetpens.com
http://www.dickblick.com
http://www.artsupplies.co.uk

Specialty Items:
Skulls: http://www.skullsunlimited.com/
Head: http://www.planesofthehead.com/

Remember to use Acid Free paper.

No shilling digital tools edition

[Anonymous No.3996698]

>>3996552
Huh?

[Anonymous No.3996728]

[Anonymous No.3996749]

>>3996698
stfu and draw

[Anonymous No.3997429]

[Anonymous No.3997442]

>>3996552
Doodles of an airship ground crewman

[Anonymous No.3998134]

>>3996552
Today’s sketch page

[Anonymous No.3998331]

ohai

[Anonymous No.3998395]

[Anonymous No.3998399]

>>3998395

[Anonymous No.3998451]

>>3998134
how do you draw with the clip on the M-301? just remove it

[Anonymous No.3998536]

Park stuff

[Anonymous No.3998539]

>>3998536
Continued

[Anonymous No.3998612]

>>3998451
But then I wouldn’t be able to clip it on my bag.

[Anonymous No.3998614]

>>3998539
>>3998536
These are fantastic!

[Anonymous No.3998665]

[Anonymous No.3998696]

Bout 2 hours on this

[Anonymous No.3998705]

Well, I was planning on outlining the whole thing in black, but my pen died on me.

[Anonymous No.3998712]

Let's see if I can orient my photo correctly this time.

[Anonymous No.3998716]

[Anonymous No.3998890]

>>3996728
getting there

>>3997429
pic from ref thread? nice cross hatching

>>3997442
love the simplicity, less is more!

>>3998331
hand placement is too high

>>3998536
>>3998539
quality

>>3998612
>>3998614
nice poses

>>3998665
would like to see these finished

>>3998696
you have a good sense of value but the face needs to be worked on

>>3998712
anatomy seems off, the nose looks too low

[Anonymous No.3999441]

>>3998716
Damn nice hatching my dude.

[Anonymous No.3999449]

[Anonymous No.3999821]

>>3997442
Good stuff anon. What pen you used?

[Anonymous No.3999847]

>>3999821
I use a papermate gel 0.7, the one with the sleek black rubberized body. It's a really fucking good pen, it has great bleed and works far more reliably and for a longer time than (((pigment liners))). The only downside is that there is no width variation so you can't really work at different scales, but I highly highly recommend this pen. I am not a shill but I would accept papermate money to shill this pen.

[Anonymous No.3999855]

>>3999847
>>3999821
This is an image showing what I consider to be ideal applications of the pen

[Anonymous No.3999964]

>>3998536
>>3998539
what did you use to draw these? love it

[Anonymous No.4000279]

During July 4th

>>3999847
God bless anon, been looking for a pen that mimics my CSP pen tool.

>>3999964
Mainly using pental arts pocket brush pen. It's a bit better than their water based version given that the ink doesn't dry up easily after no usage. Relatively cheap, as well as the refills, with cartridges lasting about 2 weeks of normal usage. It holds well on moleskin paper, with bleeding being almost non existent, though I haven't tried it out on anything else.

[Anonymous No.4000461]

>>3999441
Thank you :]

[Anonymous No.4000564]

>>4000279
Can I see your pen settings for CSP? I use Krita and i DESPISE doing lineart on it, probably due to brush settings.

[Anonymous No.4001207]

Working on silhouettes.

[Anonymous No.4001215]

paint

[Anonymous No.4001219]

Trying to push my silhouettes to be more identifiable.

[Anonymous No.4001463]

>>4000564
Sorry for late response anon, here you go. The pen was uploaded from someone in CPS assets, and barely has any other category edited in the settings.

Pen is called " ちょっぴりえっちな描き文字ペン clip studio " w/o quotes, and should show up in google as the first result. Hopefully, this wasn't useless info.

[Anonymous No.4001465]

>>4000564
Sorry for late response anon, here you go. The pen was uploaded from someone in CPS assets, and barely has any other category edited in the settings.

Pen is called " ちょっぴりえっちな描き文字ペン clip studio " w/o quotes, and should show up in google as the first result.

Hopefully won't get ass blasted for "shilling" digital tools.

[Anonymous No.4001466]

>>4000279
>>4000564

some sketches with the pen

[Anonymous No.4001470]

>>3997429
Hey dude ive been trying to catch you, do you have a twitter or Instagram I can follow I like your stuff a lot

[Anonymous No.4001473]

>>4001219
I always liked legs being exceptionally longer than the torso, I think Bayonetta's design pulls it off the best.

[Anonymous No.4001475]

>>4000279
Brush pens are so beautiful and fun

[Anonymous No.4001488]

page I did today - looking for some critiques. Been drawing daily for couple weeks now.

[Anonymous No.4001578]

>>4001466
continued

[Anonymous No.4001678]

>>3996632
>>3996628
>>3996625
>>3996624

These are excellent

Would you mind telling me how long these took, how long you've been seriously drawing and what you did to get to where you are?

[Anonymous No.4001726]

>>3997429
I'm serious man don't ghost me I've saved all your art since that Egyptian pic with the little hedgehog cartoon thing. I'm a big fan pls give source

[Anonymous No.4001819]

Ballpoint

[Anonymous No.4001822]

>>4001488
This isn't /beg/

[Anonymous No.4001965]

Some sketchy stuff. Sneakaly trying to get better at drawing hands.

[Anonymous No.4001967]

This one is mostly ball point and watah color

[Anonymous No.4001972]

I fukin suck at drawing hands tho. I must say.

[Anonymous No.4002183]

>>4001819
You have a really great hand. You're probably the best one here so far

[Anonymous No.4002308]

>>4002183
Thanks man, ineeded that, hopefully post more tomorrow

[Anonymous No.4002345]

>>3996552

[Anonymous No.4002888]

>>4001822
Oh noo

[Anonymous No.4002905]

>>4002888
lmaooo

[Anonymous No.4003481]

>>4001822
He needs some milk

[Anonymous No.4003488]

>>4002345
Humans usually have a head, arms and legs. Nice anatomy you got there you ngmi /beg/

[Anonymous No.4003508]

>>4003488
>Humans usually have a head, arms and legs.
No they don't, what type of creatures are you looking at all day?

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[Anonymous No.4003541]

>>4003540

[Anonymous No.4003542]

>>4003541

[Anonymous No.4003559]

>>4001488
Other guy who replied to you is a dick but he's right. You're not skilled enough yet that you should even be considering asking for critiques. There's a lot wrong with this and at this point you need to be training yourself to see that.

Continue figure sketching from reference and grinding out basic skills. Good job so far though, certainly not bad for a few weeks in.

[Anonymous No.4003633]

>>4003488
>falling for the head and legs meme

[Anonymous No.4003837]

Deadlocked traffic from a road trip

>>3998539
Awesome

[Anonymous No.4003851]

>>4003837
Really nice

[Anonymous No.4003985]

>>4001726
some fans can be assholes but you seem alright. that model is in the ref thread but she's dead now so I hope you can dig.

[Anonymous No.4004005]

>>4003985
dude wants a blog not to know who the ref is

[Anonymous No.4004021]

>>4001726
let me know what you want to see, my art is a democracy and every vote counts, honest.
https://www.deviantart.com/negatif1/gallery/

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[Anonymous No.4004278]

>>4004021
Your art is shit. Needs a lot of work. I suggest you pick a basic anatomy book.

[Anonymous No.4005239]

20-30min studies used this thread for refs >>4000210

[Anonymous No.4005945]

>>3996552
Couple boys with guns

[Anonymous No.4006499]

>>4001819
Me again with random shit now its gel god dman its hard

[Anonymous No.4006893]

Nothing specific in mind

[Anonymous No.4007005]

>>4005945
Tight

[Anonymous No.4007008]

>>4007005

[Anonymous No.4007358]

>>4003837
Anatomy, mannequins n stuff

>>4003851
Thanks

[Anonymous No.4007364]

>>4006893
I like. Blog?

[Anonymous No.4007391]

subway drawings

[Anonymous No.4007601]

>>4007008
Very good anatomy and perspective
>>4007358
Great line weight

[Anonymous No.4007619]

>>4004021
Did you smash?

[Anonymous No.4007687]

/Fa/ idea doodles, i already know they suc.

[Anonymous No.4007824]

Some quick doodles

[Anonymous No.4007925]

>>4003540
Cool illithid.

[Anonymous No.4007945]

@4001822
(You)

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[Anonymous No.4008117]

>>4008114

[Anonymous No.4008880]

>>4007391
what kind of sketchbook do you use?

[Anonymous No.4009368]

>>3996552

[Anonymous No.4009369]

>>3996552

[Anonymous No.4009711]

If I keep drawing hyper angle, then eventually I'll get good, at least that is the lie I tell myself.
Each sketch is no more then a song length, so 3-5 minutes?

[Anonymous No.4010257]

some sketches from today

[Anonymous No.4011856]

>>4010257
some from today

[Anonymous No.4012804]

Brush pens.

[Anonymous No.4013049]

>>4010257
Not baaad, I'm seeing potential. I'd advise you to study proportions though, cause you draw the heads way to big proportion to the bodies.

[Anonymous No.4013620]

>>4007358
Speakerboxxx

[Anonymous No.4013686]

[Anonymous No.4013688]

>>4013686

[Anonymous No.4013690]

>>4013688

[Anonymous No.4013769]

>>4013686
Narrative! It's what we all need more of in our art

[Anonymous No.4013884]

[Anonymous No.4013911]

how do you know when to quit
i'm wasting hours trying to "Fix" the drawing

when you should quit and do other stuff?

[Anonymous No.4013914]

>>4013911
shouldn't be spending more than 20 minutes on a sketch Tbh

[Anonymous No.4013917]

>>4013914
i wasn't talking about sketch's

[Anonymous No.4013921]

>>4013917
this is the sketchbook thread

[Anonymous No.4014024]

>>4007619
>her gallery on deviantart
What in the actual fuck.

[Anonymous No.4014074]

Hey /ic/ beginner "artist"

Which is a stretch to say for me, since i consider myself more of a casual doodler than an actual artist :/

1st time back at character doodling in yrs and havent been to /ic/ in yrs too figured id post here and see how quickly you guys tell me im shit and to kms crab, ngm, etc etc.

Hopefully someone somewhere thinks its qt or has some sort of potential maybe idk.

[Anonymous No.4014296]

Has anyone tried asking someone on the street if you can draw them?

I think about doing it sometimes when i see someone that looks interesting or is under good lighting, but i don't know if that would be weird or not. Drawing people on without they even knowing it is weirder and people do it all the time though.

[Anonymous No.4014315]

>>4013884
i love these

[Anonymous No.4014317]

>>4009369
really cool

[Anonymous No.4014319]

>>4014296
>Has anyone tried asking someone on the street if you can draw them?
Go to the food courts at your local mall, you'll never lack models

[Anonymous No.4014367]

[Anonymous No.4014514]

Been gone for quite a long time, been travelling but I thought I might as well show some doodles from my morning coffee shop explorations please forgive me for spamming I have no access to a computer so I lack being able to put them all together.

[Anonymous No.4014516]

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[Anonymous No.4014524]

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[Anonymous No.4014528]

>>4014526

[Anonymous No.4014529]

>>4014528
This is when I started going more in-depth with watercolours, after this I just started using them for sketching for the most part.

[Anonymous No.4014531]

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[Anonymous No.4014538]

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[Anonymous No.4014540]

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[Anonymous No.4014862]

>>4014540
good shit aint gonna lie

[Anonymous No.4014992]

>>4000279
>buying refills
When your pocket brush pen is empty you can just use ordinary India ink to fill it back up.

[Anonymous No.4015023]

>>4014521
I like the patina. Half my blood is from that region, where do you post your work regularly?

>>4014536
Luminous, anatomical and characterological Which sketchbook is that?

[Anonymous No.4015055]

>>4015023
I usually post on my Instagram, I’ve been walking and painting from Calais and I’m heading towards Siena then Venice from britbong originally then just quit my job and life took my last pay check and been living on the road selling a drawing or two whenever food was running low. When I got to Gengenbach where I’m staying now I met a few people and they gave me a free apartment to live in for a month so I could paint the town before I moved on, been going to the vineyards everyday plein air painting then practicing when I get home for imaginative stuff, it’s been a wild trip so far, my Instagram below is below my dude

https://www.instagram.com/enginart_/?hl=en

Oh it’s a Ryman sketchbook A5, they only sell/deliver them in the UK, amazing paper quality and cheap as chips, I usually paint either with beer or coffee with watercolours so my sketchbook smells like a french café I’d recommend it, this ones from a night ago never painted during the night but it was fun

[Anonymous No.4015296]

>>4015055
Just did these little sketches, I’ll retire after this so I don’t fill up the thread

[Anonymous No.4016768]

Here is my work as of late. I like birds.

[Anonymous No.4016786]

>>4016768

[Anonymous No.4017851]

Working on brush pen shit. I heard sketching in brush helps improve line quality and visualization.
Any feedback is great.

[Anonymous No.4017955]

Cyborg-something, part 2.

>>4014992
Good thing I didn't waste too much on refills, then. Thanks for the heads up, anon.

[Anonymous No.4017965]

>>4014296
Usually when I draw in public, I just take a quick glance and start drawing them. In any point where you need to look at your model again, don't make sudden head gestures that'll attract attention. If you feel that the person is looking at you, you can either wait it out or pick someone else to draw. Bringing a drawing buddy also helps, if that lessens the weirdness factor.

[Anonymous No.4018613]

>>4017955
You can use the whole barrel but that gets messy, I like to fill the cartridge itself using a dropper or needle-syringe.

[Anonymous No.4018643]

>>4017851
From imagination?

Your problems are fixed with mileage (proportional issues etc.) You seem to have decent linework. I'd suggest you draw more individual body parts. Also, rotating these parts inside boxes also helped me a lot (the "krenz exercise")

But yeah, just keep doing what you're doing.

[Anonymous No.4018658]

[Anonymous No.4018675]

>>4013686
blog?

[Anonymous No.4018838]

>>4013620
I love how alive these are

[Anonymous No.4018864]

>>4018658
whoa man, what do you sketch with?

[Anonymous No.4018905]

>>4018864
A Poundland pencil and a Uni Pin fineliner :]

[Anonymous No.4018945]

>>4005239
Nani my dude, did you use a 4k camera to shoot this or somethin?

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[Anonymous No.4019198]

>>4019196
Ok bye

[Anonymous No.4019314]

>>4007687
nothing can be said then

[Anonymous No.4019328]

>>4018945
iphone xs

[Anonymous No.4019337]

[Anonymous No.4019536]

>>4017851
BLOG?

[Anonymous No.4019698]

>>4018675
Sorry i dont have one i only draw for myself

[Anonymous No.4020297]

>>4019536
Don’t really have one desu; not confident enough to post.

[Anonymous No.4020374]

Isaacson's book on L. da Vinci is quite entertaining. This is from the Dona Nuda portrait.

>meme because couldn't help it

[Anonymous No.4021447]

>>4007364
Only thing I got is a dying IG and up and starting Twitter

@art_mellon

if you want to.

[Anonymous No.4021454]

>>4021447
Fuck, I forgot to upload a pic

[Anonymous No.4021549]

>>4021447
can you post your IG too?

[Anonymous No.4021562]

>>4014514
>>4014538
Question for you and other anons who might know - what's a cheap and economic (space/storage wise) to do colour on the go? A basic set of water colours? I figure then I can do normal pencil/watercolour if I want... Or maybe pastels? I mean for studying on the go/keeping a small set up. pls help.

[Anonymous No.4021616]

>>4017955
do you have a blog? this is cool.

[Anonymous No.4021906]

>>4021562
I’m this anon >>4015296 I take everything with me at all times, tip from me is if you bring what is akin to a mini art studio and start drawing the workers or place your at you’ll get free coffee, cake and all sorts (of course at least buy one coffee before hand) it brings in business for them because people are attracted to what your doing and it benefits you because your getting that practice in.

[Anonymous No.4022388]

[Anonymous No.4022667]

Any recommended cheap sketchbooks I can use with pen and ink, mainly microns and a felt tip brush pen? I need it mainly for practice and not so much finished works.

[Anonymous No.4023028]

>>4022667
if it's just for practice literally any sort of thick paper will do. Unfortunately, most name brand shit is overpriced as fuck (since it's not just paper its ART paper). Go to the store or something, and make sure the paper isn't super soft or else the ink will bleed. You could probably easily find a decent ring bind book you can use for sketching at your local grocery store for less than five dollars.

[Anonymous No.4023030]

>>4001578
dang i love these you have any social media

[Anonymous No.4023052]

arm/shoulder day

[Anonymous No.4023054]

>>4022388
holy shit I love these, are they from your mind?

[Anonymous No.4023074]

just finished this. drew it on the back of a flash card
i dont own a sketch book

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[Anonymous No.4023294]

Raider sketches from the TowerGirl thread.

>>4021549
IG: mellonart

>>4021616
>>4023030
Twitter: @art_mellon

[Anonymous No.4023300]

>>4023169
I love the style

[Anonymous No.4023309]

>>4023168
interesting stuff, try adding a background, jungle or sth it would take it to the next level

[Anonymous No.4023313]

How do you get over big anxiety when it comes to using your sketchbook outside?

I can draw just fine when I'm home, but I feel so fucking afraid and anxious when trying to draw things aroind people.

God fucking forbid someone makes eye contact with me, or they realize I'm looking weirdly directly at them.
Still, I seriously want to improve though, so please give me any advice, I'd really appreciate it!

[Anonymous No.4023316]

>>4023309
Funny you would say that. Just finished this

[Anonymous No.4023333]

>>4023313
>I feel so fucking afraid and anxious when trying to draw things around people.

That's okay, anon. At first, it feels like all eyes are on you when you're drawing in public, but in reality, most people mind their own buisness. After a couple of drawing sessions, you get to a point where you don't care what others think anymore.

>God fucking forbid someone makes eye contact with me.

Try to take quick glances from your chosen subject, instead of long stares. It take some time getting use to, but you'll be training yourself in both memory and quick figure composition.

[Anonymous No.4023377]

>>4023333
>After a couple of drawing sessions, you get to a point where you don't care what others think anymore.

I've always been bringing my sketchbook with me since I started drawing (3 months ago, /beg/) since most people recommended it, but I'm still as anxious as when i begun.

I'm not sure I'm using the sketchbook correctly (what should i be drawing in there?)

And thank you for the advice!

[Anonymous No.4024074]

>>4001470
hey thanks anon, guess you saw the link

>>4007619
>total stranger in France
>draw me like one of your French girls
I guess our rendezvous will have to wait

>>4004278
>Your art is shit.
Shit's good, right? It fertilizes the soil and allows new ideas to take root.

[Anonymous No.4024115]

>>4023377
don't sweat it, most people are supportive toward a practitioner.

[Anonymous No.4024696]

[Anonymous No.4025545]

>>4001822
sarcastic much?

[Anonymous No.4025550]

>...social groups create deviance by making rules whose infraction creates deviance, and by applying those rules to particular people and labeling them as outsiders. From this point of view, deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by other of rules and sanctions to an "offender." The deviant is one to whom that label has been successfully applied; deviant behavior is behavior that people so label.

freehand drawing with a fude pen.

[Anonymous No.4026278]

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[Anonymous No.4026321]

I think I’m improving with my creativity

[Anonymous No.4026361]

>>4026278
Nice work on bottom right, good line weight control. Keep at it.

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[Anonymous No.4027877]

>>4026321
I dont think anything there is particularly creative but i do like your art

[Anonymous No.4028306]

>>4027877
Fair enough, thanks anon. For me this is creative because I only used to draw girls in front facing standing positions wearing boring clothing.

[Anonymous No.4028312]

>>4024074
>guess you saw the link

MY PROBLEM IS THAT YOURE NOT GIVING ME THE LINK BUDDY LET ME FOLLOW YOU REEE

[Anonymous No.4028341]

>>4001488
I am worse after 5 years

[Anonymous No.4028434]

>>3996552
How are your sketchbooks coming? I’m trying to finish this A4 by end of July. 31/50 pages left

I saw a ream of paper that I wanted to buy, but I’m starting to enjoy drawing in a book...

[Anonymous No.4028753]

Drew this right after my dog died :(

[Anonymous No.4028973]

page from yesterday

[Anonymous No.4028991]

>>4028753
Rest easy, pup <3 hope you feel better anon

[Anonymous No.4029468]

>>3996552

[Anonymous No.4029722]

>>4028973

[Anonymous No.4029732]

Sketchbook from today, mainly watercolours but I’ve been mixing mediums so it’s grey copics with watercolours on top.

[Anonymous No.4029734]

>>4029732
Some fun face doodles

[Anonymous No.4029738]

>>4029734
And finally some quick bots

[Anonymous No.4029739]

>>4029732
This is lovely! I genuinely really like this

[Anonymous No.4029743]

>>4029739
Thank you friend, that means a lot to me I’m hoping to use that sort of painting style to make a comic of some kind so they’ll be more of it eventually

[Anonymous No.4030989]

>>4013686
What tools did you use on this page? Mirin the lines.

[Anonymous No.4031270]

Was messing around with a brush. How bad is it?

[Anonymous No.4031630]

Decided to doodle more often when not doing studies. Wu Ruixiang from SamSho with her top suddenly coming undone.

Gotta use all these spare pencils someway.

[Anonymous No.4031639]

>>4030989
just a normal gel pen you can get at walmart with crayon

[Anonymous No.4033522]

From tonight, I kinda like her expression

[Anonymous No.4035116]

Derp

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[Anonymous No.4035169]

>>4007008
I think I recognise this style are you salcedobidujos?

[Anonymous No.4035366]

[Anonymous No.4035367]

>>4035366

[Anonymous No.4035368]

>>4035366
>>4035367

[Anonymous No.4035499]

>>4033522
Looks like the akward smile someone gives when their cought. The huge anime sweat droplet wouldn't seem out of place here.

[Anonymous No.4035503]

>>4035499
I see it haha, is this an improvement? I avoided shading the skin deliberately

[Anonymous No.4035513]

>>4035503
Um, not really. Great effort put in, but the thousand yard stare makes it somewhat creapy looking. Really wana like it as everything else looks great, but the eyes seem so lifeless.

[Anonymous No.4035514]

>>4035368
>>4035367
>>4035366

[Anonymous No.4035519]

>>4035368
>>4035367
>>4035366

[Anonymous No.4035522]

>>4035513
I forgot to mention I tried to make her look a higurashi-type creepy
>thousand yard stare
Your feedback is still on point though, I struggle giving my characters a focused look so much even when I go out my way to try. I’ll keep working on it, thank you

[Anonymous No.4035531]

>>4035522
that anon is dumb
your face is fine and does a very good job conveying the creepy psychosis look

nothing about that is wrong; that anon just wants cute girls to jerk off to.

keep doing what youre doing. you'll probably want to evolve towards more dynamic/action poses to really push yourself but literally nothing about that face is bad. youre doing good.

[Anonymous No.4035541]

>>4035531
I really appreciate this, I suppose for this piece in particular the stare isn’t a bad thing but I still appreciate the other anon for pointing it out because it’s something that’s plaguing my work a lot.
>you’ll probably want to evolve more towards more dynamic/action poses
Thanks for reminding me! I’ll do some now for practice

[Anonymous No.4035546]

>>4035541
of you have a problem with not making them look lifeless/creepy then you're probably good at creating that look
i have similar issues where i end up with morbid/thousand yard stare looking eyes in most of my stuff. it means im good at representing that sort of bleak traumatized looking art, but not much else.

[Anonymous No.4035572]

>>4013911
The most valuable stages of a drawing in terms of how much you learn are the initial ones. From thinking what to draw / starting a drawing, to constructing, finalizing the sketch, (and maybe inking and colouring, depending on what you wanna practise)
After these you're increasingly more likely to be wasting your time, in a practical sense. Adding too many details, fx, fixing unnoticeable things, or whatever. It's fun though but obviously you're better off practising the harder stages more, unless you're super good at those already. This is really what ppl refer to when they say quantity over quality.
You can also look at it this way: the most sure way of fixing a drawing is to keep practising the stuff that matters (fundies) everyday; in a month or so, try drawing it again and you'll probably get it right without having to spend much time fixing anything. Trust the fact that you improve everyday you practise, whether you notice it or not.

Anyway, deciding whether a piece is finished is as part of your artistic process as what colours you used. So it's up to you, if the piece works for what you intended it to then it's probably done

[Anonymous No.4035587]

>>4035531
>>4035541
The two middle ones were done without reference and the side ones were done with reference

[Anonymous No.4035591]

>>4035587
yeah thats not bad
just keep working on it and it will improve over time but youre on the right track

[Anonymous No.4035596]

>>4035587
probably try different body shapes/forms instead as well; not just default lean/toned bodies. draw some weird shaped people. some fat people. buff dudes. fat dudes. old people. children. etc.

[Anonymous No.4035597]

>>4035591
>>4035596
Thanks anon, and oof I dunno how different body types slipped my mind. I’ll try now, thank you

[Anonymous No.4035603]

>>4035597
most people seem to get stuck on mannequin bodies once they reach decent anatomy
drawing from life/observation and gesture drawings will probably help with exaggerating shapes and forms to vary your subjects.
rule of thumb for good character design is to have it to where you can tell what character is what by their silhouette alone in a lineup so you really want to be able to push that.

[Anonymous No.4035615]

>>4035597
also if you find the varied body shapes easy, may be time to move onto something else like environments, objects, etc. and start moving towards making full scenes.

goodnight.

[Anonymous No.4035618]

>>4035603
Thank you for your advice, anon. What you said about the silhouette of a good character design is actually something I’m trying to incorporate most of the time but I’ll try push the shapes even more

[Anonymous No.4035622]

>>4035615
Sleep tight, anon, thanks for taking the time to respond to me

[Anonymous No.4035659]

>>4021454
Been a while since I shared here, just posting some digital stuff, since waiting for new pens to arrive.

[Anonymous No.4035665]

>>4035659
I love these. The hand on the bottom left is especially impressive to me

[Anonymous No.4035868]

>>4014529
>>4014531
>>4014532
>>4014534
>>4014536
>>4014538
>>4014540
Got a site?

Do you like those brushes with the water reservoir attached? Or do you mostly sketch at home?

[Anonymous No.4035883]

>>4013884
these are fantastic. I especially enjoy the boy in the lower right corner on the left page.

[Anonymous No.4036308]

>>4001967
i like that !

[Anonymous No.4036732]

>>4000279
Damn I just got a Pentel pocket brush too but I can’t seem to get my lines as thin as yours, mine seems so wet. Did you ever have that problem?

[Anonymous No.4037245]

[Anonymous No.4037399]

>>4009369
>>3996552

[Anonymous No.4038497]

It's been so long, glad to see the sketchbookfags are still the best part of the board. Posting some pages from this past semester, I didn't have much time to draw due to my life exploding

[Anonymous No.4038513]

It's been so long my dumb ass forgot to resize

[Anonymous No.4038517]

>>4038513
Pages from this past semester, scanning them reminded me of all the bullshit that happened

[Anonymous No.4038519]

>>4038513
Haha, this is so appealing

[Anonymous No.4038520]

>>4038517
Here's when I got into a car crash in Baltimore

[Anonymous No.4038522]

>>4038520

[Anonymous No.4038523]

>>4038522

[Anonymous No.4038524]

>>4038523
Here's shortly after healing from the crash, when I fell off my bike and got fucked up again

[Anonymous No.4038531]

>>4038524
Last page before summer started, by this point I'd bricked my laptop. I'll dump the newer pages some other time

[Anonymous No.4038575]

>>4035659
city stuff.

>>4035665
thanks anon, trying to work more on hands these days.

>>4036732
About recently, the ink seems to be more wet than usual. An anon from the brush thread had told me to just rest the pen, with the brush tip pointing upwards, whenever it's not being used. So far, it works, but mostly, I just use testing paper beforehand. If the ink doesn't dry up, usually in about 5 to 6 seconds, I resort to having a napkin absorb some of the ink and just reshaping it to get a fine point.

In getting thin lines, I usually make the tip just barely touch the paper, but also doing it in a somewhat quick stroke, to not let excess ink build up. If the tip ends up being flat, I just reshape it again with the napkin or on some spot with ink already.

Hope that helps anon. Maybe you won't have to buy a new brush pen yet.

[Anonymous No.4038698]

I am about to finish a comic in my sketchbook. I am trying to draw from imagination as much as possible, which is difficult considering how most of my drawings are based off of references.

[Anonymous No.4038702]

i am trying to make a story about a samurai/knight who is forced to keep coming back to life until he atones for his crimes by hunting down the most vile warriors of the world

[Anonymous No.4038705]

it's surprising how much I was able to push myself to keep drawing a comic book even though I am not happy with how I composed most scenes in it. I'm happy that it's about to be finished, though

[Anonymous No.4038824]

>>4038698
>>4038702
>>4038705
this has soul for sure, I like it

[Anonymous No.4038840]

>>4038824
>this has soul

People like you are the ones who get scared of little kids drawings in horror movies

[Anonymous No.4038876]

>>4038840
Bro I'm just pulling his leg, calm down

[Anonymous No.4038979]

>>4022388
I know who you are, and you should learn how to be more than shitty copy of KJG, you Serbian bitch.

[Anonymous No.4038983]

>>3996552
I feel the top left is the best

[Anonymous No.4039650]

[Anonymous No.4039655]

>>4038876
That's the problem.

[Anonymous No.4040748]

>>4037245
nice

[Anonymous No.4040762]

>>4038698
>>4038702
>>4038705
I actually do like the style of these.

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Pyw

[fish !!N53pnw6TYNP No.4041507]

Drawing for my next pen and paper adventure. Still trying to improve on humans.

[Anonymous No.4041791]

[Anonymous No.4041856]

>>4041470
pyw

[Anonymous No.4041864]

>>4041507
===> /beg/

[Anonymous No.4042512]

>>4041864
No, actually just trying to improve. Would like to get as much constructive critique as possible

[Anonymous No.4042521]

>>4042512
yes, actually you're /beg/. go to that thread for criticism

[Anonymous No.4042775]

>>4041856
Pyw

[Anonymous No.4043031]

>>4042521
Ah.. You are talking about the threat, because there is no board called /beg/

[Anonymous No.4043429]

>>4043031

[Anonymous No.4043468]

>>4041470

[Anonymous No.4045695]

Not really a "sketchbook" drawing since its loose arches paper but I didn't want to post this in /beg/ because its not really a "I'm trying to get better at art" thing I wanted to share. Just a fun thing I made because I wanted to use a bunch of my tools freely.

[Anonymous No.4045696]

>>4045695
I really like this anon, it’s fun

[Anonymous No.4045749]

>>4010257
>mfw i've seen the source of the bottom right sketch
>tfw no face

[Anonymous No.4045888]

>>4021906
Do you get free bjs too?

[Anonymous No.4045890]

>>4023169
This could be the cover of a DOOM-like video game featuring a woman as main character.
Is that Michonne from The Walking Dead?

[Anonymous No.4046123]

Getting back into digital

[Anonymous No.4046207]

>>3996552

[Anonymous No.4046218]

>>4046207
Noses aren’t something most people go out their way to practice so good job man

[Anonymous No.4046496]

>>4046123

[Anonymous No.4046506]

Gonna start drawing EVERY single Pokemon for followers and practice for my fundamental studies. Gotta get into the habit for drawing more often.
I can't prevent it from rotating.

[Anonymous No.4046512]

>>4046218
thanks

[Anonymous No.4046515]

>>4046506
Cute!

[Anonymous No.4046565]

>>4029732
Nice, I like this too.

[Anonymous No.4047318]

Playing around seeing what infinite painter can do. Pretty versatile.

[Anonymous No.4047334]

>>4038702
You read Blade Of The Immortal?

[Anonymous No.4047573]

Quick sketches of unwilling models on milan's subway

[Anonymous No.4047575]

[Anonymous No.4047576]

Not exactly sketchbook but I wanted to share this. I messed up big time with the left leg but I think I salvaged it kinda.
I still feel like a /beg/ but it's nice to feel this drawing is finished

[Anonymous No.4047577]

[Anonymous No.4047581]

[Anonymous No.4047583]

[Anonymous No.4047584]

Aaaand thats it

[Anonymous No.4048116]

Currently doing some thumbnails for a color/composition study.

>>4000279
Loved these sketches anon. I really wanna get into brush pens and fountain pens but the ink always seems to dry up with me. Is it because I bought some Chinese cheap shit or is there some special care I'm not paying attention to? Also, you have a blog or something?

[Anonymous No.4048166]

Who drew Shin Godzilla?

[Anonymous No.4048207]

Colored little dragon. I have a little more if you want

[Anonymous No.4048232]

>>4048116
Top left is v nice.

[Anonymous No.4048264]

The lazy sketches at the bottom corners were made just because too much negative space bothered me

[Anonymous No.4048329]

druid! With coloring pencils. very fun!

[Anonymous No.4048356]

positivity poster coming through

>>4048116
nice skull. did you draw that from memory?>>4047577
>>4047581
>>4047583
>>4047584
very nice lines.
>>4046506
middle left one is very nice!
>>4046496
>>4046123
nice lines! Very jealous. Is this done in MS paint?
>>4038531
REALLY nice style. You should use the colors more. Like it!
>>4037399
Did you draw that? If so, that's so good it could sell for a lot of money. Very good!
>>4035659
Top right one is definitely my favorite. Really great depth and perspective. Love it!
>>4035587
Wasn't sure if it was digital or traditional at first. What pencil are you using?
>>4035366
>>4035367
>>4035368
>>4035519
I like the energy and power in your lines, but maybe try to define your contours a bit more, it can be hard to find the shapes in the chaos. Otherwise, love the energy! Whatever you do, never lose your wavy style.
>>4035116
omg, love it! Do you have a blog or something?
>>4029738
>>4029734
Best in thread! Great loose lines. And that black/white image is baller. Keep doing that!
>>4023294
I don't think i need to say this, but this is amazing as well. Very jealous in the way you make faces.
>>4019196
hah, i know that style. I saved your image from a portrait thread a long long time ago (pic related) (love the style btw)
>>4019536
VERY good. nice, wandering lines. great future ahead, i can tell! Keep posting, and keep us updated if you get a blog
>>4014531
>>4014524
extremely nice (but you seem pro, so you probably already know that)
>>4013686
Great face! get a blog dude.
>>4007005
>>4007008
fun drawing, and very fine face. You draw like someone i know, are you from denmark by any chance?
>>3999855
love the left one. you should finish it
>>3998612
nice crab

[Anonymous No.4048364]

>>4048264
I really like how you draw feathers

[Anonymous No.4049070]

>>4048364
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.4049499]

It's too hot outside, so more digital.

>>4048116
Thanks anon. I got a twitter: @art_mellon

>Is it because i bought some chinese cheap shit

Usually this is the case. A lot of the time, cheap brushes and fountain pens with their included ink with either bleed straight through paper or dry up quickly within the pen and/ or on the bristles, after a short time of not using it. I usually look up reviews and try to find showcase videos, before buying new stuff

>Is there some special care I'm not paying attention to?

Probably not, most art brand brushes and fountain pens, like from Pilot, Sakura, and Pentel (currently using their pocket brush pen), are pretty sturdy and reliable, especially when the bristles of a brush are synthetic or the fountain pen's feed system isn't subject to clogging.

What kind of pen is that? The way how it fades midway through strokes makes the drawings look very appealing.

[Anonymous No.4049667]

quick studies today

[Anonymous No.4049686]

>>4049499
how long does each of these sketches take you? it looks like gesture is a second-nature to you

[Anonymous No.4050057]

One more before calling it a day.

>>4049686
Usually around 2 minutes. A lot of my time is done on making a decent looking face for the figures. If I can't get the figure to come out how I want it, I delete it, do something new, and retry later again.

[Anonymous No.4050777]

Pyw

[Anonymous No.4052670]

Sketching for /tg/

[Anonymous No.4053129]

>>4047573
>>4047575
That's rape.

[Anonymous No.4053314]

>>4050057
very nice - what pen though it looks extra fine