/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.4406024]

IF YOU ARE A /BEG/INNER IN ART, please use this thread to post pieces for critique or ask for advice. We should not have to make new threads or post in the /draw/thread with our fundamental exercises.

Feel free to post even the smallest exercise you have done to show you are still trying, or you literally are never going to make it.

previous thread >>4401873

READ THE STICKY if you need guidance.

Sticky: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj

RESIZE YOUR IMAGES - try ~1000px, <1.1mb

[Anonymous No.4406044]

ok guys I found new inspiration for faces
I think this is brilliant

[Anonymous No.4406053]

>>4406044
How do I draw eyes like you?

[Anonymous No.4406057]

>>4406053
I will give advice in about 2 years from now

[Anonymous No.4406059]

>>4406057
Can you do a little tutorial on how to draw Asuka? You do it so quick and well?

[Anonymous No.4406096]

>>4406059
Don't encourage him.

[Anonymous No.4406102]

ok essentially I want to draw faces so that they look like this
I will get there eventually

[Anonymous No.4406105]

>>4406102
It feels like you're already 70% there.

[Anonymous No.4406110]

>>4406102
Huh, the "you would make a good horror artist" was right.
The thing about making intentionally ugly/off-putting art (I'm including horror in this) is that your execution has to be REALLY on point, otherwise it'll just look, well, bad and ugly. Compared to drawing cute things, even if it's rough and has flaws, at least it's still cute. So you'll have to deal with people not liking your art for a really long time until your technical skill matures.

[Anonymous No.4406172]

>>4406044
Is the strabismus intentional? I like the expression tho.

[Anonymous No.4406184]

>>4406172
it's not
i messed up
any methods against this?

[Anonymous No.4406192]

>>4406044
Cute asunia

[Anonymous No.4406193]

>>4406102
If that's the case, then I'd look for other pictures of BJDs (ball-jointed dolls) to use as inspiration also. There's a lot out there that look similar to this one.

[Anonymous No.4406199]

>>4406193
yes I am studying them atm they are amazing

[Anonymous No.4406210]

>>4406184
Honestly, no. Aside from paying attention, flipping the canvas and such.

[Anonymous No.4406214]

>>4406044

[Anonymous No.4406227]

[Anonymous No.4406233]

>>4406227
cute

[Anonymous No.4406248]

hmm..

[Anonymous No.4406280]

how i make it so the tidders look more 3d

[Anonymous No.4406283]

>>4406280
More shading, darker shadows, line weight contrast.

[Anonymous No.4406287]

>>4406283
so add another value ?

[Anonymous No.4406291]

>>4406287
It's not that simple, but you can give it a try and we can see based on the results.

[Anonymous No.4406298]

>>4406287
If something "doesn't look 3D", shadows are almost never the answer. You can make things look 3D using only contour lines and wrapping lines. A line drawing of a cube looks 3D even with no shadows, the Loomis ball with lines on it looks 3D even with no shadows. If something doesn't look 3D, you need to fix the underlying structure, don't just start adding shadows and colors in the hopes that it'll fix it.
Find some pictures of real tiddies and just trace the outlines of them, then compare those drawings to yours.

[Anonymous No.4406309]

>>4406298
exactly. look at this image for example
artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/3251963

[Anonymous No.4406315]

>>4406044
how many hours a day do you draw?

[Anonymous No.4406335]

>>4406280

[Anonymous No.4406358]

>>4406335

[Anonymous No.4406375]

sakura

[Anonymous No.4406377]

shit art i know but ive come a long way disregard the notes they are just in reference to my shitty sketches from before

[Anonymous No.4406395]

trying to draw Taimanin Asagi

[Anonymous No.4406398]

>>4406395
not /beg/ based coomer

[Anonymous No.4406427]

>>4406398
Not even his artwork

[Anonymous No.4406434]

>>4406024
Foots on the wrong leg you bunch of fuckingshouldntbepostinganythingforyearsyouallareacancerrottingthisboard

[Anonymous No.4406442]

>>4406044
>>4406214
I get that people has their own style and different methods of approaching an established character but seriously if you are doing fanart and your audience can't recognize who you are drawing without jumping through a few hoops maybe it's time to stop.

[Anonymous No.4406444]

>>4406442
But we all can recognize that it's Asuka, so he must doing it right.

[Anonymous No.4406448]

>>4406444
only because he's known to be "asukafag" around on /ic/ and it's the only thing he draws

[Anonymous No.4406455]

when do i get to draw

[Anonymous No.4406465]

I am trying to imagine the perfect girl.

[Anonymous No.4406474]

I could have done better on the figure, but happy with it

[Anonymous No.4406480]

>>4406444
Without knowing who it's supposed to be it's unrecognizable.

[Anonymous No.4406499]

[Anonymous No.4406500]

>>4406499
I missed you.

[Anonymous No.4406501]

>>4406442
You're right, it's time to stop. What you mean stop though? What I am suppose to do after stopping? Make the noose?

[Anonymous No.4406506]

>>4406024

[Anonymous No.4406510]

>>4406506
dont paint much

[Anonymous No.4406520]

Values

[Anonymous No.4406530]

I got bored, what should I do to improve rendering?

[Anonymous No.4406531]

>>4406530
Practice more. This looks okay, more form than it was before.

[Anonymous No.4406533]

Four stories in my home like "what the fuck's an apartment?" (Nigga?)

[Anonymous No.4406534]

>>4406530
she got that akagi wide shoulders

[Anonymous No.4406542]

>>4406501
"stop" as in take a step back and have a good look at the source material and how it's supposed to look like >>4406214.

I personally don't get the point of drawing fanart if most people couldn't recognize who you are actually drawing without resorting to recognizing their cosmetic accessories like hair clips.

[Anonymous No.4406543]

>>4406530
You kind of remind of that one progression picture who also drew this character but more and more degenerate as time passed.

[Anonymous No.4406546]

>>4406543
what?

[Anonymous No.4406563]

Practicing gestures. I don’t know why I bother. I still chicken scratch like a retard.

[Anonymous No.4406573]

>>4406543
I know exactly which image you are talking about but I am at work right now, I will post it if nobody does in around 6 hours.

[Anonymous No.4406578]

Shibuya Rin is FUCKING pissed

[Anonymous No.4406579]

Not many people working on the fundies here huh

[Anonymous No.4406581]

>>4406579
Everyone here works on fundies, but before fundies is learning to draw.

[Anonymous No.4406582]

>>4406533
>>4406578
Worse than a child

[Anonymous No.4406596]

>>4406582
And what, fucking doremiman is better?

[Anonymous No.4406597]

with cinnamon rolls

[Anonymous No.4406640]

[Anonymous No.4406642]

[Anonymous No.4406644]

[Anonymous No.4406648]

[Anonymous No.4406719]

[Anonymous No.4406735]

>>4406287

[Anonymous No.4406760]

what is hindering me the most? my gesture perspective or construction?

[Anonymous No.4406800]

>>4406760
None of the three. It's line confidence.

[Anonymous No.4406805]

>>4406800
Well you see, IT'S THIS GIRL. She lives next door, to the store that loiter at.

[Anonymous No.4406823]

>>4406102
tried to capture the features and stylize it.

[Anonymous No.4406836]

>>4406823
So this is your true style.

[Anonymous No.4406839]

>>4406836
i am not op i was just trying to help him lol

[Anonymous No.4406901]

elepan

[Anonymous No.4406926]

value study

[Anonymous No.4406947]

>>4406474
Tiny hands and forearms

[Anonymous No.4406948]

>>4406520
Very nice. The hat is a bit off though.

[Anonymous No.4406951]

>>4406442
But how you go about that when, most anime characters only recognizable features are their hair and outfit?

[Anonymous No.4406953]

>>4406719
I love it, is this from a ref?

[Anonymous No.4406956]

>>4406926
נראה בסדר, אבל לא כלכך דומה לרף

[Anonymous No.4406959]

can i memorize single person's face?

proportion shape by angle etc

[Anonymous No.4406960]

shit on me anon, I /beg/ you

[Anonymous No.4406961]

Messing around with paint any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.4406962]

>>4406951
Shhh you’re going to melt their little brain.

[Anonymous No.4407009]

>>4406926
Hey man I'm trying to do value studies too, so I quickly painted over yours.
I think you have fundamentally the wrong idea how digital painting works, how to approach value studies or even how to control the brushes.
My advice would be to check out ctrl+paint to get a basic idea of what you're doing.

[Anonymous No.4407030]

>>4406543
>>4406546
>>4406573
here it is

[Anonymous No.4407035]

>>4407030
Oh its the guy who draws practically nothing but ran

[Anonymous No.4407066]

>>4406951
>>4406962
>most anime characters only recognizable features are their hair and outfit?

This line of thinking is exactly why the meme of "westerners can't draw anime" will keep being perpetrated.

Generally, the "anime" style does remove a lot of features of the face, but the whole point of drawing fanart is to pay tribute to the original material. If you try to force semi-realistic facial features on your ANIME fanart then your ANIME drawing is going to come out looking like shit and people will have to ask you who you are actually drawing because the original wasn't drawn with your trademark tumblr anime nose.

[Anonymous No.4407080]

>>4407066
It's simply a fact that the most distinctive thing about most anime characters is their hair. This isn't to say there aren't different and/or character-specific ways of drawing the facial features of course. You posted Slayers which has very distinctive faces.
Anyway, not sure why you're making this into an east vs west thing. Asukafag's drawings don't look like that because he's "western", they look like that because he sucks.

[Anonymous No.4407083]

I don't know how to get anime style lines so my artwork just ends up looking shit. Like Idk if its a tool thing or anything. It's been like this for about a year but then again I only started this year. I don't even know how to describe what I'm missing. Still can't do hair or anything like that either.

[Anonymous No.4407087]

>>4407083
Pyw

[Anonymous No.4407088]

>>4407083
Post your work and people can tell you what's wrong.
There's really no such thing as "anime styled lines". They're just lines. In fact if you pull up any frame from an anime you will usually see the same exact thin black lines of uniform weight around everything, they have to be kept simple due to the constraints of animation.

[Anonymous No.4407093]

>>4407087
Saw an earlier post in another thread and tried to recreate the figure from imagination. Drew the construction and then did the lines. I'll post this one and then one that's more "finished" because I actually want to know how to get past this block.

[Anonymous No.4407097]

>>4407093
Here's the "finished" one, I just wasn't happy with the lines and i'm unsure how to do coloring, so I have to find a resource for that.

[Anonymous No.4407101]

>>4407093
There's nothing wrong with your lines. The problem is your shapes, proportions, etc. The problem is your actual drawing itself.
Your drawings will look like anime when your body parts and facial features have anime proportions and are arranged correctly on the paper. There's no "fix" to achieve this, there's no tool. It's just called, learning how to draw.

[Anonymous No.4407103]

>>4407093
>>4407097
Try tracing over some professional anime drawings. Just lines, no colors. Even with shaky line quality, the traced drawings will look way more "like anime" than your original ones. This will prove to you that it's not the lines that make anime, but rather the structure of the drawing itself.

[Anonymous No.4407107]

All women crave the BTCnB(Big Tanuki Cock n' Balls)

[Anonymous No.4407116]

>>4407093
big res
finner pen
save in lower res

[Anonymous No.4407130]

[Anonymous No.4407132]

>>4407101
Thanks for the feedback, I'll try read some more books on proportions specifically relating to what I'm going for.
>>4407103
I use anime stuff as refs and I've done the tracing before but it just generally feels like my stuff is more clunky. I guess I'll keep grinding
>>4407116
Thanks for the help! As an aside, would you be able to point me towards colouring resources? I'm kinda new to digital and it's really confusing.

[Anonymous No.4407137]

>>4407080
>Asukafag's drawings don't look like that because he's "western"
Disagree, adding realistic facial features (disregarding the quality drawn) when there's no such thing on the original material is a "mistake" that I see many western artists makes when they draw fanart of anime. This is asukafag's first major issue.

>(...) they look like that because he sucks.
Agreed, asukafag's second issue is that there's a sea of references for what the character he's drawing looks like on the internet but somehow he settles on drawing Asuka like that. I agree with you that the most distinctive thing about most anime characters are their hair, but that doesn't mean you can just draw a random woman's head, slapped them with an anime hairdo and accessories and call it a day.

[Anonymous No.4407143]

>>4407137
He's said multiple times that he doesn't actually want to draw anime. Yet he keeps drawing Asuka anyway.
He's basically just retarded.
I agree that putting realistic features on anime is a thing that some westerners do. I often don't like it but I guess some other people do.

[Anonymous No.4407145]

>>4407143
>He's basically just retarded.

welp I guess that settles that then.

[Anonymous No.4407147]

>>4407107
Finish it, her body looks good

[Anonymous No.4407149]

trigger warning: tank top

[Anonymous No.4407151]

holy shit how the fuck do you manage to learn shit? there feels like theres 7 million things i gotta keep track of and be aware of.

[Anonymous No.4407153]

[Anonymous No.4407155]

>>4406044
I think the face is quite cute but your scratchy lines are annoying and the eyes are so sad and droopy, you could tone that down a bit. I like what you're doing to. Who cares if it doesn't look like anime.

[Anonymous No.4407159]

>>4407151
same way you learn literally any other skill, start from basic and then keep climbing.

learning how to draw is kinda like learning maths, if your brain can wrap around new concepts easily it's smooth sailing if you keep grinding, if your brain don't get something the only thing you can do is keep banging your head on the wall until one day you get it eventually.

the good thing with art though is that there isn't necessarily a right answer to all of this so as long as you are satisfied with the outcome that all it matters.

[Anonymous No.4407162]

>>4407155
>Who cares if it doesn't look like anime

it kinda matters if you are trying to draw anime

[Anonymous No.4407164]

How long do I need to practice until I understand this?

[Anonymous No.4407169]

>>4407009
>I did the same thing as you except I blurred out all of my strokes making this "study" completely useless
I would point you to /beg/, but you're already here so I guess just keep drawing.

[Anonymous No.4407170]

>>4407164
learn to draw boxes first my dude, it will come naturally to you.

[Anonymous No.4407173]

>>4407164
Watch his courses; the book omits too much info.

[Anonymous No.4407174]

>>4407162
He's not tho.

[Anonymous No.4407199]

>>4407173
>>4407170
Thanks, I'll try.

[Anonymous No.4407214]

>>4407093
Nigger stop worrying about muh style and start worrying about your fucked anatomy, also pick up an actual pencil and an actual piece of paper.
why are you fags so obsessed with digital

[Anonymous No.4407216]

>>4407137
There are enough decent "realistic" drawings of anime characters out there you just gotta open your fucking eyes

[Anonymous No.4407222]

>>4407169
>except I blurred out all of my strokes
What does that mean? are you just making shit up to sound like you know what you're talking about?
If you have some actual input i'd love to hear that instead of your snooty passive agressive bullshit.
Better yet, show me an example.
If you have nothing of the sorts for me then eat shit you fucking crab.

[Anonymous No.4407235]

>>4407169
Bro wtf lol

[Anonymous No.4407248]

>>4407169
Retard
>>4407222
Your values were fairly accurate so good job. What the other Anon was trying to point out was edge control. All of your edges are fairly soft. Try to work in some variation where you see it. Aside from that, keep working on proportions.

[Anonymous No.4407305]

well anway my goal right now is to develop a studying method to study anatomy
i fell like going in circles sometimes
god I wish I was smarter

[Anonymous No.4407309]

Should I start with Drawabox/Dynamic Sketching? Keys to Drawing? I'm not terrible with symbols, but obviously I can't draw.

[Anonymous No.4407316]

>>4406953
No, imagination practice after doing figuary. I think i am starting to feel the form.

[Anonymous No.4407324]

>>4407305
Just do ecorches. Skeleton, muscles, fat, skin. Study the effects of both on the form. Learn each body part in cross sections (Bammes, Goldfinger, google).

Drawing muscles is fairly easy once you recognize that pretty much all of them are just half a cylinder or a squished sphere.

[Anonymous No.4407367]

>>4407216
>There are enough decent "realistic" drawings of anime characters out there you just gotta open your fucking eyes

post some examples then.

[Anonymous No.4407370]

>>4407367

[Anonymous No.4407372]

>>4407367
sadsafafafafssaf

[Anonymous No.4407373]

>>4407372
>>4407370
Yo
It's
Kinda
Er...
Sad

[Anonymous No.4407374]

>>4407372
Realistic rendering isn't the same as realistic drawing.
This is clearly still very stylized and anime inspired, only the rendering is done in a more realistic way.
Just look at how he barely drew the nose. This is not realistic drawing.

[Anonymous No.4407376]

>>4407372
>dat face

ohnonono

[Anonymous No.4407379]

>>4407372
>"realistic" drawings of anime character
>can't even line up the eyes properly
>that skull shape

so all it took is the rendering to fool you? damn son

[Asukanigger No.4407382]

>>4407305
>>4407372
jajbaianja s shshstgvtbbfbbbabgybbaybababhjsH

[Anonymous No.4407384]

>>4407373
>>4407374
>>4407376
ok here is one I did myself when tried to copy a photo

[Anonymous No.4407388]

If you draw an anime figure is it realistic since the figure is real? Hmmm

[Anonymous No.4407389]

>>4407384
The least you can do is to put more work on her hair, I have accepted that you will never change from your demented ways but right now she looks like a bald cosplayer with a wig a few sizes too small for her head.

[Anonymous No.4407395]

>>4407384
Asukafag, I think you're putting in more effort than anyone else in these threads so I really want you to succeed but holy fuck I don't understand what direction you're even trying to go right now.
Some of your drawings look pretty decent, but then you have absolutely abominations like these every now and then.
I don't even know what advice to give you since everything that could've been said has already been said to you.
Ganbatte, asukafag. I'm still rooting for you.

[Anonymous No.4407417]

>>4407248
>What the other Anon was trying to point out was edge control. All of your edges are fairly soft.
Makes sense I definitely struggle with edges though it depends from case to case, I feel like I have no consistency.
Thanks for the feedback my dude.

[Anonymous No.4407421]

>>4407384
I am deeply opposed to everything you stand for.

[Anonymous No.4407422]

>>4407395
In defense of asukafag, as a slow learner myself, it can take up to 1 month to actually grab a new small concept and I need to take a break from drawing to actually get better.
Thinking you are going to see improvements one drawing at a time or even on one week is delusional. It take months to improve.

[Anonymous No.4407423]

>>4407384
Dios mios

[Anonymous No.4407434]

>>4406951
>if your audience can't recognize who you are drawing without jumping through a few hoops maybe it's time to stop.
But anon, even in the anime, we only recognize azuka by her hair/costume/color (and context). And in the image we can recognize that it is asuka by her hair/costume like we do in the anime. What is your point?

>>4407066
So don't draw anime characters in any other style?

Character design isn't art style.

[Anonymous No.4407444]

>>4406442
>if your audience can't recognize who you are drawing without jumping through a few hoops maybe it's time to stop.
But anon, even in the anime, we only recognize asuka by her hair/costume/color (and context). And in the image we can recognize that it is asuka by her hair/costume like we do in the anime. What is your point?

>>4407066
So don't draw anime characters in any other style?

Character design isn't art style

[Anonymous No.4407446]

>>4407422
I wouldn't call Asukafag a slow learner. His art has actually evolved a lot over the past month. It's more like he just has no taste, or no idea of what constitutes a good drawing. He's growing relatively fast, but in a completely random direction, whereas most people consistently grow towards better quality.

[Anonymous No.4407453]

>>4407444
cope more, your "art" will always be shit and unwanted outside of the most braindead of normalfags. good luck finding happiness in this life you dumb nigger.

[Anonymous No.4407583]

>>4407305
holy shit, that is legitimately horrifying

[Anonymous No.4407588]

What size and resolution as well as zoom do you work on for your digital drawings? I tried to work at either a postcard or 1080 at 300 dpi at at least 100% even though sometimes i find my self going in further. I'm finding it hard to really do detailed work or get a decently "thin" line because it always look a bit to thick or blurry. Any suggestions to get around this? Idk if it's something to with the brushes I'm using (sometimes I use DUAB's pencil brushes or the default colored pencil in CSP) or it's how I'm working or mindset.

Pic related, but idk how well it shows off what I mean.

[Anonymous No.4407589]

>>4407367
dandon fuga's art would be an example
but let me guess that isn't realistic enough for you because the characters don't have millions of freckles and you can't see every individual skinpore

[Anonymous No.4407593]

>>4407589
>dandon fuga's art would be an example

ohnonono

[Anonymous No.4407595]

>>4406563
Hey man, if you can capture motion, that’s a huge talent - you can learn how to construct drawings in addition to capturing motion. The important thing is to keep drawing!!!

[Anonymous No.4407604]

>>4406024
How many hours a day do you guys draw for? I try to do two but I'm listening to forestry lectures as well, do you listen to stuff while you draw /beg/ ?

[Anonymous No.4407610]

>>4407604
2-3 hours if I am in a slump, 4-5 hours on average, it ain't easy being a wagie learning to draw.

Usually I find myself concentrating more if I don't have any music/videos playing on the background.

[Anonymous No.4407615]

>>4407305
It looks like a logo of a metal band, lol

[Anonymous No.4407616]

>>4407604
8h, more if needed, using a pomodoro timer so I don't forget to do exercises or drink water inbetween. I listen to racing car noise, I'm weird.

[Anonymous No.4407628]

>>4407604
About 1 hour per day of drawing, and 1 of studying.
>do you listen to stuff while you draw /beg/ ?
I like to hear some drawing and talking stuff, like draw with mikey, drink and draw or art gripes. If anyone know more stuff like those, please let me know.

[Anonymous No.4407632]

>>4407616
Nah anon I like the ambience of traffic and soft rain so I can see racecar's as a logical progression of that. :)

[Anonymous No.4407633]

>>4407616
>pomodoro timer
>I see you are a man of culture as well.jpg

[Anonymous No.4407635]

>>4407616
pyw

[Anonymous No.4407636]

i dont get it, how are these boxes supposed to help me to draw a foreshortened figure?

[Anonymous No.4407640]

>>4407636
What's wrong with drawing a foreshortened figure from reference then working it into your other works?

[Anonymous No.4407641]

>>4407589
>that torso
Is this the power of decent realistic anime...whoa...

seriously though, why do all these "realistic anime artists" draws like sakimichan, the soullessness is uncanny, even down to that gook-esque sameface you see in those early 00 MMOs.

[Anonymous No.4407645]

>>4407636
Draw a box that is big enough to contin the entire figure. Use diagnoals to find the midpoint. Now you know where the crotch is. Find midpoints of the top and bottom. You just need a few guidelines and now you have a lot more info on where things should be placed.

[Anonymous No.4407646]

>>4407640
you're going to look for a reference every time you draw?
in any case, relying on references adds limitations to what you can draw, i want to surpass them

[Anonymous No.4407649]

>>4407640
>I'm imagining a figure that looks like this
>oh I couldn't find a reference of that pose, guess I can't draw it now
Fuck you. Fuck off you fucking idiot. If you don't want to learn how to draw then why are you even fucking here. Go suck Ethan Becker's balls some more, maybe one day you too will achieve your dreams of doing storyboard for a shitty movie and then getting fired because you can't fucking draw.

[Anonymous No.4407656]

>>4407649
>>4407646
>Take picture of self in said pose
>Draw picture

WWWOOOOOOWWWWW that was so fucking hard.

Or just buy a miniature mannequin.

[Anonymous No.4407658]

>>4407636
Break down the human body in smaller cubes, put those in a foreshortened box and distort the smaller cubes proportionally to the bigger box. Also it helps finding the middle of the body when you cross the corners so you know where the middle is, do it a few more time and you'll get more guidelines showing the 1/4 parts of where the body goes, unnecessary to do these since you can just eyeball the body, but it's helpful for complex architecture.

[Anonymous No.4407665]

>>4407645
ok thanks i think i got it
is this how you divide a box into 8 different boxes?

[Anonymous No.4407669]

>>4407656
>Or just buy a miniature mannequin.
damn i actually never thought about this, honestly seems like a good idea
anyone ever tried using one?

[Anonymous No.4407670]

>>4407665
Yes

[Anonymous No.4407678]

>>4407645
Not him but thank you, everything is clearer now.

[Anonymous No.4407679]

>>4407641
dandonfuga doesn't render like sakimichan. Your eyes are broken

[Anonymous No.4407691]

>>4407679
>Your eyes are broken

not as broken as yours when you think this nigger's work is decent >>4407593, are you being serious right now or is it really that hard to find a decent artist who draws """anime""" """""""""""""""""""""""realistically"""""""""""""""""""""""

[Anonymous No.4407714]

Can someone clarify this bit here from the Loomis book?
I get all the rest, its just this bit that I need some help.

[Anonymous No.4407722]

One of these worth owning?

[Anonymous No.4407729]

anon in ohter thread said to wrap lines around everything to better understand form
i think this is really helpful

[Anonymous No.4407730]

>>4407722
Get one with a lot of curves if you draw a lot of architecture with arcs, it will save time on measurement.

[Anonymous No.4407732]

how do i draw a perfect cube from an angle? like, how do i measure, that its length is the same as its width?

[Anonymous No.4407734]

>>4407722
That thing? No.
A good ellipse template, maybe.

[Anonymous No.4407737]

>>4407734
>>4407730
Guess I just meant "eraser templates" in general, not that specifically.

[Anonymous No.4407738]

Some loomis head reproduction to memorize the basic proportions better, what do you think?

[Anonymous No.4407749]

>>4407732
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO3LWWV47hU

If it's a perfect cube I don't know.

You could draw a sphere, slice it in the middle and put those sliced circles to the sides of the sphere forming the skeleton for the cube. Then draw the cube from there.

[Anonymous No.4407760]

Is the anatomy ok?

>>4407738
Looking good anon! Keep going

>>4406280
Maybe the nipples should go higher?

>>4407384
I actually like it from the neck to bottom part but there's something weird on her face, maybe it should be rounder?

[Anonymous No.4407769]

I tried my best to replicate the video game Skullgirls' style

[Anonymous No.4407774]

>>4407769
didn't quite work out but it was fun

[Anonymous No.4407792]

>>4407107
curious intention...

[Anonymous No.4407805]

>>4407641
>oh no the anatomy is 100% perfect
So frazetta is shit too right I mean his anatomy wasn't perfect 100% of the time too
Post your work btw you dirty faggot

[Anonymous No.4407909]

Demon girl

[Anonymous No.4407923]

>>4407909

[Anonymous No.4407927]

>>4407923
yeah its trash, don't know what im doing

[Anonymous No.4407932]

>>4407927
Better than most of /beg/

[Anonymous No.4407943]

How can i make greyscale less dull?

[Anonymous No.4407946]

[Anonymous No.4407965]

>>4407943
Through the power of saturation and hue diversification.

[Anonymous No.4408000]

Please, I beg of you. Critique the shit out of it, I haven't drawn in 3 weeks.The arm and general stance is fucked but I want to know how to make it look better.

[Anonymous No.4408002]

Please, I beg of you. Critique the shit out of it, I haven't drawn in 3 weeks.The arms and general stance is fucked but I want to know how to make it look better.

[Anonymous No.4408006]

>>4407149
The are around the "sleeves" is very blocky so it looks like the shirt is made out of paper. Also, those arms, man. . .

[Anonymous No.4408013]

how can i focus on grinding fundies asides from abusing stimulants, i find it so boring

[Anonymous No.4408018]

>>4408013
Apply the fundies on your art.

[Anonymous No.4408028]

when you guys need a reference pose, where do you look?
If I attempt to come up with one as Im drawing it usually looks awkward, like a poorly posed gmod ragdoll

[Anonymous No.4408034]

>>4408028
Stock photos, danbooru and its alternatives, selfie.

[Anonymous No.4408039]

>>4408013
Literally not a single good artist got their foundational skills by "grinding fundies".
Just Draw.

[Anonymous No.4408041]

>>4408034
I should start taking pics of myself, good idea. I usually get annoyed that I don't find a pose matching what I had in my head when I could have just done the pose myself.

[Anonymous No.4408049]

>>4408041
Did you know that you can create a pose even if you don't have an existing photo reference?
It's true!
It's called drawing.
You have to practice it to be good at it though.

[Anonymous No.4408054]

>>4408039
pyw

[Anonymous No.4408072]

>>4408054
The fuck lol.
Go look up interviews with good artists and see how they got started. It wasn't by reading Loomis.

[Anonymous No.4408075]

>>4406233
lol, thanks!

[Anonymous No.4408098]

>>4407923
how the tail connects with the torso?

[Anonymous No.4408113]

>>4408049
that seems like a circuitous argument, I already posted what it looks like when I don't have a reference which is why I'm in /beg/

[Anonymous No.4408129]

[Anonymous No.4408156]

>>4407030
Looking at it now, it looks a lot better than I remember.

[Anonymous No.4408157]

returning /beg/ here who doesn’t know where to start. should i do drawabox like a redditor?

[Anonymous No.4408160]

[Anonymous No.4408164]

are complete drawings suppose to take a long ass time? from the sketch to the rendered and coloured? it feels like it would take me 16 hours to do such a thing

[Anonymous No.4408165]

>>4408157
No, you'll just quit again anyways. What do you want to draw?

[Anonymous No.4408171]

>>4408164
Yeah, it takes me 16 hours and more depending on how much I care before dropping it. Usually sketching is the quickest, like two-three hours. Refining that takes maybe eight to sixteen hours. Colors take however long I want, either quickly and poorly done or really crappy but more work.

[Anonymous No.4408173]

>>4408164
Yes you fool. Commissions take me about 4-5 hours per fully rendered character if they're wearing clothes. 2 more hours maybe for a simple drawn out background

[Anonymous No.4408175]

are there any good videos/books out there on learning how to paint people? all i can find on google are landscape tutorials

[Anonymous No.4408188]

>>4408165
well, i really like capcom art as far as weebshit goes. for what i could actually make money doing, i’d like to paint like karla ortiz or adam rex

[Anonymous No.4408191]

>>4406542
I am sure he's using a cosplayer as reference. She looks familiar. Might be this girl idol.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/735764

[Anonymous No.4408192]

>>4408188
>brings up money making in /beg/
ngmi

[Anonymous No.4408198]

>>4408160
ngmi? gmi?

[Anonymous No.4408211]

Did some minor changes and added base color.
Im pretty happy with result but maybe should i push gesture more?

[Anonymous No.4408236]

>>4408211
didnt you draw her on a chair eariler?

[Anonymous No.4408238]

>>4406102

You want to do something but you keep doing other things.

?????

[Anonymous No.4408239]

>>4406102
god thats horrifying

[Anonymous No.4408240]

>>4408198
abstract art like that is boring

[Anonymous No.4408242]

I drew a bone train

[Anonymous No.4408245]

>>4407305

you can get paid lesson for free yet still insist on doing it yourself. sigh...

[Anonymous No.4408248]

>>4408160
This isn't difficult to do.

[Anonymous No.4408249]

>>4408240

Ok so... ngmi :(

Ok I thank you for feeeedb ack

[Anonymous No.4408250]

>>4408248

Yea?

[Anonymous No.4408266]

>>4408002
bls

[Anonymous No.4408269]

>>4408211
yes, i really enjoyed that drawing. So i went for dp.

[Anonymous No.4408272]

>>4408211
Blog? How do I draw cute like you?

[Anonymous No.4408274]

>>4408236
yes, i really enjoyed that drawing. So i went for dp.
>>4408272
I don't have blog. I got full time job and i really need to focus on studies. One day when i will be ready i will start blog.

[Anonymous No.4408276]

>>4406044
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[Anonymous No.4408278]

is "don't use stabilization" a meme? i've seen a lot of people on /ic/ saying it but if i watch anyone draw or paint online all of them use it

[Anonymous No.4408289]

>>4408272
>How do I draw cute
Just draw cute things anon, also study fundies and try new things, im trying to draw everything. Not only anime.

[Anonymous No.4408298]

>>4407769
Why is her face melting

[Anonymous No.4408307]

>>4406024
Why do I do this to myself. I wasted so much time tonight on a home that no one even gets let's alone thinks is funny.

[Anonymous No.4408316]

should i actually try to take time with studies of stuff and not half ass it?

[Anonymous No.4408322]

>>4408316
Depends on what you want to go with your art.

[Anonymous No.4408323]

>>4408316
no, you should put in as little effort as possible and spend hundreds of years studying things.

[Anonymous No.4408324]

I think this is the level I'm currently seeking to raise my skill to
Digital coloring and pencil sketches are fucking kino

[Anonymous No.4408338]

>>4407805
>what about "other artist"...

oh no you are going for the dobson school of argument, is dying on this fag's hill worth it?

[Anonymous No.4408339]

>>4408278
You should use whatever tool you want, but the real issue with using stabilization is if you're a brainlet, you might create some really shitty artwork by turning it up too high.

[Anonymous No.4408353]

>>4408324
Also, I've been wondering about this for a while
The shading in this guy's drawings are very nice, however a lot of the characters are fair skinned
You wouldn't know that the two characters in the pic I posted are olive skinned and brown if you didn't already know the characters
Should I leave most of a fair skinned character's body unshaded? I mean, the areas where shadows are cast still receive shading but most or at least half of their skin would just be white
Like, if I tried shading in pic related except with pencil instead of color, wouldn't I use less of the pencil? His skin is much lighter here.
The girl that he's with has considerably darker skin than his in most circumstances.

[Anonymous No.4408355]

I know I need to learn a LOT in terms of simple shading, rendering, basic shit. I am trying to comprehend digital "painting" for the very first time as someone with exclusively experience in sketching and graphic design vector art, what are some good resources for understanding digital painting fundamentals? I am doing paint.net, and that's about it.

[Anonymous No.4408359]

>>4403467
some more heads from today, bottom right imagination

>>4406309
cute
>>4406926
id say use a harder brush and less tones but >>4407009 already did

[Anonymous No.4408360]

>>4408359
how the fuck did i forget the image

[Anonymous No.4408363]

>>4408360

[Anonymous No.4408365]

>>4408363

[Anonymous No.4408377]

>>4407729
cool

[Anonymous No.4408378]

>>4408242
nice idea

[Anonymous No.4408395]

>keep trying to mix green and magenta
>turns out grey every fucking time

[Anonymous No.4408408]

>>4408395
Does are some UGLY colors to mix, anon. Why?

[Anonymous No.4408411]

>>4406024
how are these heads?

[Anonymous No.4408413]

>>4407588
bump

[Anonymous No.4408430]

it's normal to do this right? just practice drawing straight lines literally several thousands of times.

[Anonymous No.4408437]

>>4408430
Yes, but you are supposed to draw them straight.

[Anonymous No.4408441]

>>4408437
5% of them are straight, I actually can't find a good position for myself and my tablet, it seems like no matter what I do my shoulder is in an awkward position.

[Anonymous No.4408481]

>>4406044
>>4406102


I understand what you wanted because i like bjd ''creepy'' but ''cute'' faces too. Also kinda reminds this thing I draw the past year but it so terrible that I decide to go back to gesture and basis..

[Anonymous No.4408482]

>>4406024
practicing foreshortening, based off another anon's work in another thread

[Anonymous No.4408489]

>>4408482
This is like some inception bullshit, you’re too many levels deep

>/beg/ study of a /beg/ study of a cartoon stylization

[Anonymous No.4408496]

>>4408129
This is cute. Who's that?

[Anonymous No.4408500]

gonna draw more Taimanin asagi

[Anonymous No.4408506]

>>4408500
Where are her money shots?

[Anonymous No.4408508]

is digital suppose to feel slow af, it feels like dicking more with the brushes and looking for the right one, just to get it to do what i want

[Anonymous No.4408511]

>>4408500
Your art fucking sucks donkey dick which is why you won't post your own work as you blog

[Anonymous No.4408512]

>>4408508
Yeah, but imagine this. You finally find all the wrong things and all that's left is the right one. You'll get there anon.

[Anonymous No.4408530]

time for bed

[Anonymous No.4408535]

>>4408530
Kek

[Anonymous No.4408540]

>>4408535
woof woof

[Anonymous No.4408560]

>>4408482
still practicing foreshortening, but i feel the silhouette is shite for this one

>>4408489
kek

[Anonymous No.4408576]

>>4408211
you are not even a beg just gtfo

[Anonymous No.4408577]

>>4408576
>graduation day

>>4408211
Come chill with us in /alt/

[Anonymous No.4408595]

Learning anatomy from imagintion

[Anonymous No.4408634]

is there a way to remove everything but the basic lines in drawings so i can just focus on render?

[Anonymous No.4408645]

>>4408430
it's pretty useless burnout bait.

[Anonymous No.4408675]

>>4408595

[Anonymous No.4408694]

whats off about the the two most right figures

[Anonymous No.4408696]

So as beginner should I also spend some time on shading and shadows, or do I just focus on basic lines until I get proportions and placements right

[Anonymous No.4408758]

>>4408696
do both, just not at the same time.

[Anonymous No.4408769]

>>4406280
This should help

[Anonymous No.4408770]

uhhhh

[Anonymous No.4408771]

>>4406510
COOM

[Anonymous No.4408795]

>>4408511
SEETH harder tranny.

[Anonymous No.4408832]

>>4408634
you mean a coloring book?

[Anonymous No.4408837]

>>4408496
it really didn't come out looking like her, but it is onesan from plastic onesan

[Anonymous No.4408845]

>>4408770
Nice pastel colors, looks very comfy

[Anonymous No.4408856]

>>4406102
Based asukafag dabbing on anime trannies

[Anonymous No.4408883]

im trying to construct people properly, is this the correct approach?

[Anonymous No.4408920]

I keep fucking up the pelvis

[Anonymous No.4408931]

>>4408160
I would be embarrassed to waste a canvas and paint for this. Are you a toddler?

[Anonymous No.4408943]

>>4408355
There are some digital painting courses in the video course thread. Check them out.

[Anonymous No.4408957]

edited the eyes a bit,,

[Anonymous No.4408965]

>>4408430
it is barely useful as a warm up (gesture is better), but not this many.

[Anonymous No.4408969]

>>4408577
>>4408576

>tfw no one ever send you out /beg/

[Anonymous No.4408971]

>>4408770
pretty beg, but cute!

[Anonymous No.4408972]

>>4408957
Blog

[Anonymous No.4408980]

Is starting out on a drawing tablet right away a bad idea for a /beg/

I'm getting tired of printing out pictures I want to reference, being able to just paste it onto my canvas would make my life so much easier

[Anonymous No.4408983]

>>4408980
Why not just draw on your screen if your tracing it anyway?

[Anonymous No.4408994]

>>4408983
I don't want to trace, but being able to quickly create workbook-style practice pages like pic related looks extremely helpful

[Anonymous No.4409007]

[Anonymous No.4409020]

>>4409007
I just tried holding this pose (very uncomfortable) and I think the shoulders need to be more backwards for the arms to be this far behind her

[Anonymous No.4409021]

>>4408994
If you are new to tablets then unironicly trace for a bit, it helps your line control immensely.

[Anonymous No.4409022]

>>4408980
>wacom released a graphics tablet with 16" display for 550 yuros

Well fuck it, why not. I'll just head out and buy that, if it makes my drawings even worse I can just return it

[Anonymous No.4409030]

>>4409007
I hate you and your art more and more each day.

[Anonymous No.4409032]

a big problem of mine is that i cant stick to one style as i get bored of my previous style very quickly. rn I've edited my last drawing to look different bc i was dissatisfied with my previous one. Is it better or worse lol?

[Anonymous No.4409143]

>>4406542
Absolutely nothing wrong with heavily stylized fan art, most anime girls only differ in hair, eyes and accessories. You can't recognize Asuka only because there's nothing after the neck. Remove the clothing and hair and you'll get Shinji

[Anonymous No.4409158]

>>4406948
>Values
Thank you kind anon

[Anonymous No.4409175]

>>4409007
Body very nice. Eyes too sleepy. Nipple placement is wrong.

[Anonymous No.4409178]

>>4408307
I posted this on my ig yesterday. It's a pub. No one is understanding it. Do you understand it and how can I make it clearer? I thought it was really obvious.

[Anonymous No.4409181]

>>4409178
Pun*

[Anonymous No.4409205]

>>4408307
>>4409178
>named "laser blade"
>3 strings of laser that doesn't actually cut shit but bounced off of razor blades

I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.4409209]

>>4409032
I think your rendering looks fine, it's also the least of your problem since you should really focus on improving your anatomical knowledge first.

I think your style and coloring is cute and you can go a long way with a lot more practice down the line.

[Anonymous No.4409211]

>>4409143
>You can't recognize Asuka only because there's nothing after the neck. Remove the clothing and hair and you'll get Shinji

I would surrender to your argument but do attempt to remove the hair to >>4406044 and see what you have left.

[Anonymous No.4409214]

>>4408307
lazer razor taser braids? Either way it's pretty dumb dude.

[Anonymous No.4409217]

>>4409205
It's a laser braid.

[Anonymous No.4409219]

>>4406024
Something’s off about her chest and I don’t know what it is...

[Anonymous No.4409225]

>>4409217
You learn something new everyday, either way I still don't really get it.

What's the purpose of getting lasers braiding with each other

[Anonymous No.4409243]

>>4409225
Because it's a braid.

[Anonymous No.4409270]

oop

[Anonymous No.4409273]

>>4407774
>all about how they should draw her sexy and to be sure that her boobs are big enough but not as big as her hips
Truly different time

[Anonymous No.4409287]

>>4409020
this is a very dumb thing to say.

[Anonymous No.4409293]

>>4409219
use a reference so you can compare these things.

[Anonymous No.4409324]

>>4409214
Laser braid. How can I make it clearer though? How could one better draw braided lasers? I guess I could put fiber optics in someone's hair...

[Anonymous No.4409331]

make a new thread already

[Anonymous No.4409396]

>>4408307
>>4409217
>>4409178
>No one is understanding it.
Do you audience know katakana?

[Anonymous No.4409410]

>>4409022
Look what the cat dragged in

[Anonymous No.4409414]

Tried copying, result was gross, do i try the same picture again or another?

[Anonymous No.4409415]

>>4409410
>wooden mannequin
Useless, should have bought the Figuarts

[Anonymous No.4409418]

>>4409414
A different one

[Anonymous No.4409433]

>>4408307
>>4409178
For it to be funny you need to know katakana (well enough to read it at glance) and english. Also the actual razor blades just make it confusing.

[Anonymous No.4409437]

>>4409415
>not making his own

[Anonymous No.4409445]

New thread
>>4409443
>>4409443
>>4409443