/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.4580399]

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, do not give up, make YOURSELF feel proud.

previous >>4577741

READ THE STICKY if you're new or need guidance.

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

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

TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND GIVE PEOPLE SOME FEEDBACK - many studies are left unreplied, which is sad and can be quite demotivating for the people that try their best to improve, but are left directionless.

[Anonymous No.4580400]

Did arnold gave up?

[Anonymous No.4580403]

ESSENTIALS:

>>>/ic/thread/3023643
Links to many art books including as Keys to Drawing (Dodson), Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Edwards), Perspective Made Easy (Norling), Color and Light (Gurney), The Vilppu Drawing Manual (Vilppu) and How to Draw (Robertson).

>http://ctrlpaint.com
A website dedicated to understanding the basics and process of digital painting, based in Adobe Photoshop. Library of over 200 free videos.

>http://quickposes.com
Free pose library to practice drawing the human figure (as well as a portrait library). Draw at your own pace or set a timer for quick gesture drawings.

>https://www.youtube.com/user/onairvideo
Croquis Cafe - Timed model poses.

>http://drawabox.com
Controversial yet helpful introductory course on the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on understanding the concept of form and thinking in a 3-dimensional mindset while you draw.

>Your local life drawing class
Life drawing is an indispensable tool in your art career. Do not be intimidated based on your skill level - there will always be someone worse than you and someone better than you. Use this opportunity to meet new artists for learning, critique, and growth.

[Anonymous No.4580405]

How do I welcome Jesus into my life?

[Anonymous No.4580409]

Can I benefit from studying anatomy early?

[Anonymous No.4580410]

>>4580409
If you become a doctor yes

[Anonymous No.4580411]

>>4580409
Yeah become the next proko I believe in you anon

[Anonymous No.4580418]

>>4580409
Ya start life drawing early
That's studying anatomy also
Get yourself to know the human body early and you can do studies later after doing a lot of life drawing

[Anonymous No.4580423]

[Anonymous No.4580425]

>>4580411
>Become the next proko

I think I'll pass

[Anonymous No.4580426]

>>4580405
there's literally a wikihow for everything
https://www.wikihow.com/Accept-Jesus-Into-Your-Life

[Anonymous No.4580430]

>>4580423
needs a dick poking out

[Anonymous No.4580431]

I was using the FotNS manga on manga rock to practice drawing, but the site got taken down and now I can't find the manga anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find that shit so I can get back to copying.

[Anonymous No.4580433]

>>4580423
amputee is upset.

[Anonymous No.4580435]

>>4580431
Are you the Stardust Crusaders copier? Finish the panel you were doing and I'll give you some links

[Anonymous No.4580439]

>>4580430
?

[Anonymous No.4580440]

>>4580431
I use mangakalot to practice my animu drawings.

[Anonymous No.4580442]

>>4580399
Why don't you guys ever help the /begs/? Why must they draw this crap and have no idea how to fix it? Instead each op showcases their mistakes so that others can have a giggle at it

[Anonymous No.4580443]

>>4580442
yes

[Anonymous No.4580445]

>>4580439
Oh I meant from under the skirt lol. But I appreciate the edit!

[Anonymous No.4580448]

>>4580442
>Instead each op showcases their mistakes so that others can have a giggle at it
ops pic is no laughing matter.

[Anonymous No.4580459]

>>4580430
I drew something similar today if you want to see that. Go through the current /v/ draw thread. I dont want to link it

[Anonymous No.4580460]

>>4580439
Don't be afraid to draw more realistic hands and feet. But that's a design choice, up to you.

[Anonymous No.4580465]

>>4580399
>tfw my sketch gets reposted as OP and still gets no critiques
>>4580442
lmao thanks

[Anonymous No.4580468]

>>4580460
I assure you it is not a design choice. Its "Im bad at drawing" choice

[Anonymous No.4580474]

>>4580465
It would help to work on proportions.

[Anonymous No.4580476]

*shrug*

[Anonymous No.4580478]

>>4580460
C-c-cccc-unnnnnyyyyyy ahhh i want to draw cunny everyday

[Anonymous No.4580480]

>>4580476
anyone tried the color factory canvas pads? they say it's primed but I dunno...

[Anonymous No.4580481]

>>4580435
fug

>>4580440
It's not on mangakalot

[Anonymous No.4580483]

>>4580476
museum tier

[Anonymous No.4580487]

am I right?

[Anonymous No.4580491]

>>4580487
I just want to say at the artist, I try to draw my shotas around 4.5-5.5 heads tall. If that helps anyone understand wtf I was trying to do

[Anonymous No.4580495]

>>4580491
sorry, *as the artist... I drew the original...

[Anonymous No.4580507]

>>4580399
Do I follow the beginner guide here or the stickied one?

[Anonymous No.4580508]

doodling

[Anonymous No.4580510]

>>4580442
read
>>4580403

most people won't help themselves

[Anonymous No.4580514]

>>4580487
10 hours in MS Paint

[Anonymous No.4580523]

>>4579976
I use CSP
but I have no clue about half of the shit on this software, I just pirated and dived right in. Tutorial videos are stuttering teenagers

[Anonymous No.4580526]

>>4580523
C-can y-you tell me we-were to p-p-pirate it?

[Anonymous No.4580527]

>>4580526
Nigga how new are you to the internet.

[Anonymous No.4580538]

>>4580465
The OP doesn't get posted as a mean of making fun of somebody in particular, it's just the representation of a beginner's drawing with the literal drawing of a beginner (you).
Loomis, just draw, read the sticky, fundies, etc... all these responses has been repeated to death and for just cause because this is a beginner thread and /beg/s are not supposed to know the fundamentals.
I can appreciate the effort of your drawing but I can't tell you didn't even bother reading the sticky friend, this might have been posted for meme purposes as far as I know.

[Anonymous No.4580542]

>>4580538
I have been working through the sticky stuff. I did loomis's figure drawing book and head/hands, and I'm doing keys to drawing rn.
I guess I'm just not absorbing this stuff.

[Anonymous No.4580549]

>>4580542
Then I'd suggest this, try again but do some type of construction this time as it appears in Loomis because it's really as a beginner to draw something without any kind of reference lines to guide you through the drawing

[Anonymous No.4580581]

>>4580478
based

[Anonymous No.4580593]

>>4580542
Another /beg/ here, I would really recommend loomis fun with a pencil

[Anonymous No.4580595]

>>4580593
Oh I started that the other day, I keep hearing people here trash talking it here though idk why.

[Anonymous No.4580611]

howm i doin

[Anonymous No.4580622]

>>4580611
Nice how you used different shades of blue/green. Hair design is decent, looks like you planned it out well.

Work on proportions of the head. For example, the top of the head is too low; forehead should be taller.
Everything is uneven and not centered. Eyes are uneven, mouth slants, nose veers to the right.

[Anonymous No.4580638]

>>4580622
Are you so modest because it's traditional?

[Anonymous No.4580662]

Is construction intended for drawing from imagination, or should you do it when drawing from a reference as well?

Like if I'm trying to draw a portrait from a photo, should I construct the head Loomis style or just try to copy exactly what I see?

[Anonymous No.4580664]

>>4580662
do one with and one without.

[Anonymous No.4580667]

Just finished Keys to Drawing's second chapter and I'm not very good at self-crit- How'd I do on this excercise?

[Anonymous No.4580671]

Is there a tool to darken lines you've already created?

[Anonymous No.4580683]

I thought it would be fun to rotate a reference photo in my mind.
It was not fun.

[Anonymous No.4580684]

>>4580671
Isn't there an outline tool in Photoshop? It's been a while since I used it.

[Anonymous No.4580689]

>>4580684
idk, using csp tho

[Anonymous No.4580692]

>>4580683
LOL

[Anonymous No.4580697]

>>4580683
why did you choose that image anon, tell me why

[Anonymous No.4580717]

>>4580683
You get proportions and anatomy somewhat wrong and didn't considered angle but it somewhat cool.
I think better course is to build proportional figure and abstract ref to gesture.

[Anonymous No.4580718]

I know it's a red board but I feel like i should at least censor

[Anonymous No.4580723]

>>4580718
nice head

[Anonymous No.4580726]

>>4580683
id like you to picture an apple in your head and rate it on a scale of 1-10 of how clear it looks.

[Anonymous No.4580732]

>>4580718
boobs too high, and should be taller
calf seems thin compared to rest of her body

Otherwise, neat.

[Anonymous No.4580736]

>>4580732
i thought smaller tits go up higher, so i made it that high, I'll keep it in mind next time to make them lower thank you.

[Anonymous No.4580739]

>>4580683
yikes

[Anonymous No.4580743]

>>4580736
smaller tits = flatter tits
It's just less fat under the skin. The diameter stays the same.

>>4580717
100% agree. Next time I will draw some boxes and shit. Maybe a skeleton.

>>4580726
It's a blurry mess

[Anonymous No.4580747]

>>4580683
shes over 18, right?

[Anonymous No.4580750]

>>4580718
draw a dick poking out

[Anonymous No.4580753]

>>4580747
are you people insane?

[Anonymous No.4580754]

It probably doesn't get said enough but thank you to people helping us /beg/s it means a lot.

[Anonymous No.4580756]

>>4580747
Anon, I...

[Anonymous No.4580759]

>>4580750
im inquiring so i can try it myself. i dont want to be found with drawings of children on my comp though.

[Anonymous No.4580763]

>>4580759
oops meant this for >>4580753

[Anonymous No.4580764]

>>4580743
Okay so all breasts start from the same point, I'll keep that in mind for next time, thank you.

[Anonymous No.4580765]

>>4580667
I don't know what that exercise was, but try to keep the direction of strokes consistent in the hair.

[Anonymous No.4580779]

>>4580743
>It's a blurry mess

how long have been at art?

[Anonymous No.4580795]

Misc excercises

[Anonymous No.4580798]

>>4580671
duplicate the layer

[Anonymous No.4580803]

I used the diagram on the right to verify my skeleton proportions and it seems like it holds up pretty well.

[Anonymous No.4580805]

[Anonymous No.4580818]

>>4580795
I like my women like I like my house; sturdy.
The sphere construction seems to be working for you.
Um, I guess you could work on connecting the head to the body (i.e. necks).

[Anonymous No.4580821]

>>4580818
You're right, thanks, I struggle with necks every time but I always forget to do anything about it.

[Anonymous No.4580834]

>>4580442
Because no one here knows how to draw. When I asked how do I shade with a pencil I got "just apply more pressure for darker values bro" and the retard got all defensive when I pointed out that it's already obvious and not a real advice.

[Anonymous No.4580837]

>>4580834
There’s your problem, you thought /ic/ actually draws.

[Anonymous No.4580844]

I finally got a desktop easel and now I realized how stupid I was to waste so many years just drawing with my sketchbook flat on the table. I have very bad nearsighted vision and its like I can finally just have the page right up in my face and see what im doing.

[Anonymous No.4580850]

I tried out copics and i enjoyed them too much, should i ditch charcoal?

[Anonymous No.4580852]

i feel like i messed up the anatomy neat the hips

[Anonymous No.4580854]

>>4580850
Use whatever tool feels best

[Anonymous No.4580856]

>>4580852

[Anonymous No.4580858]

Did my first drawing without a reference.
I spent hours on this and jesus fuck she looks derpy.
I also realized in my weeks of copying I've never copied thick lips, I just winged it please help how do you do lips
I spent like 3 hours on this fuck

[Anonymous No.4580863]

>>4580854
I enjoyed using them... too much. It was like a rush of shading something almost too easily. I'm also not the best at understand light hitting objects so i feel using copics would only hinder my fundamentals of shadow and light

[Anonymous No.4580871]

>>4580795
If you pretend they're looking at each other because they have crushes then it becomes an interesting piece on the whole

[Anonymous No.4580873]

>>4580858

[Anonymous No.4580874]

>>4580873
Dammit anon again

[Anonymous No.4580880]

>>4580858

[Anonymous No.4580883]

>>4580880
s-stop it

[Anonymous No.4580885]

>>4580852
1. Her right foot, the big toe looks like her pinky.
2. Regarding her hips, I think it's an issue of positioning her pelvis correctly. If you look at her mid torso, her pelvis appears to be shifted to the left and twisted uncomfortably clockwise looking down.
Also I'm not sure her leg joints are right.

[Anonymous No.4580886]

>>4580858
Reepusu

[Anonymous No.4580888]

>>4580885
thank you

[Anonymous No.4580889]

>>4580858
learn how to draw people first

[Anonymous No.4580890]

>>4580858
Nice, here's my attempt at doing that too.
The face is clearly WAY too wide though

[Anonymous No.4580906]

>>4580888
>>4580852
Hope this helps

[Anonymous No.4580908]

>>4580906
You supposed to draw not what is wrong and penises but how it must be done

[Anonymous No.4580926]

>>4580906
draw a dick po--- oh.

[Anonymous No.4580949]

>>4580858
maybe this helps

[Anonymous No.4580955]

>>4580850

heres a close up of one of the pieces

[Anonymous No.4580960]

Did a sketch in order to exercise some upper back muscle anatomy. Also tried some skin shading.

[Anonymous No.4580984]

My full power lineart... No, MY FULL POWER SOUL!
UUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Painting this is gonna take me another week, won't it?

[Anonymous No.4580986]

>>4580984
drawing is good
logo needs work

[Anonymous No.4581001]

>>4580986
Ah sorry, that was quick, I was fixing a mistake on the hair.
Is this logo better? I initially wanted to use a star as a T, but found it kind of impossible so I'll settle if this is fine

[Anonymous No.4581003]

>>4580906
I didn't mean to twist the pelvis in that angle i just went off the refference.

[Anonymous No.4581007]

>>4581003
cunny?

[Anonymous No.4581021]

>>4581003
She really is twisting, isn't she?
I guess the real girl has a smoother transition from shoulders to pelvis, so it's not as jarring.
Also it seems like your girl is twisting her shoulders more.
And your girl's belly button is more off-center, enhancing the twist at the waist.
Just little things that have a big impact on the viewer's mind.

[Anonymous No.4581027]

see. my guess was more correct.

[Anonymous No.4581033]

[Anonymous No.4581050]

Once you feel like you're decent enough in gesture/mannequinizing figures, whats the best way to go about adding anatomy slowly into your practice?

Also, drawing a whole figure on a regular sized piece of printer paper, and having an actual face to go with the character seems hard as hell given how small the head would be, is there a trick to making the face/character actually look like a face given the size?

[Anonymous No.4581077]

>>4580949
I don't like the oddly shaped bangs nor the ear

[Anonymous No.4581114]

First attempt at flat colour on Krita.

[Anonymous No.4581117]

>>4581114
color is successfully flat. I like this hand

[Anonymous No.4581134]

>>4581114
Ok thats cool, now add some gradiants and subtle hue shifts to the skin while also keeping in the mind the color zones of the face and ambient light and reflected light on the skin use those cubes and sphere studies to your advantage.

[Anonymous No.4581138]

was drawing with an eraser. unexpectedly enjoyed it (not quite like in the ref, but i still like it)

[Anonymous No.4581150]

>>4581050
>is there a trick to making the face/character actually look like a face
anime bobble heads

[Anonymous No.4581157]

[Anonymous No.4581159]

>>4581157
miku with fetal alcohol syndrome

[Anonymous No.4581163]

Anime shit, I know, but something feels off and I can't put my finger on it.
Any suggestions, lads?

[Anonymous No.4581165]

[Anonymous No.4581166]

>>4581163

[Anonymous No.4581170]

>>4581163
I can't tell if it's supposed to be frontal view or from slightly above. In the first case, the face and hairline seem too low. In the second case, everything below the eyes, including the ears, seems too "frontal", perhaps the ears and chin should be modified a bit idk

[Anonymous No.4581171]

>>4581163
forehead seems short

[Anonymous No.4581174]

>>4581163
neck is shaped like a V

[Anonymous No.4581175]

>>4581170
>>4581171
>>4581174
Cheers bros, I have a garbage habit of changing angles midway through without actually fixing anything lol. I'll change it rn based on your suggestions

[Anonymous No.4581176]

>>4580683
It made my day anon godbless you

[Anonymous No.4581178]

>>4581165
Her hat appears to be floating. There is nothing inside her hat.

[Anonymous No.4581182]

>>4581178
>there is nothing inside her hat
I think it's more like her hat looks super solid, as if it was made of ceramics or metal

[Anonymous No.4581193]

[Anonymous No.4581195]

>>4581193
so much talent

[Anonymous No.4581207]

>>4581193
>baby leg

[Anonymous No.4581221]

This just feels way weirder now, but is it at-least alright?

[Anonymous No.4581239]

>>4580683
Do NOT reverse image search this.

[Anonymous No.4581249]

>>4581193
her feet are tiny

[Anonymous No.4581302]

>>4580683
I think it's great that you're trying to do this, I'd like to try it as well, though I think it'd be better to start with small angles and maybe make a quick sketch using boxes and cylinders before actually drawing the figure.

[Anonymous No.4581309]

So I just bought Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and it tells me to buy or make a drawing board but doesn't tell me why. What's the point of a drawing board? Is it really that essential?

[Anonymous No.4581328]

>>4580399
I made this yesterday, thoughts?

[Anonymous No.4581338]

>>4581157

[Anonymous No.4581369]

>>4581338
I-is this supposed to be /beg/ level

[Anonymous No.4581373]

>>4581369
Why does weebshit impress other/beg/s so much? There's been far better stuff posted itt

[Anonymous No.4581386]

>>4581373
I like looking at upper torsos and clavicles. Its my fetish.

[Anonymous No.4581391]

>>4581328
Take better pictures or scan instead

[Anonymous No.4581395]

Another cube. Unfortunately the model fell and It's too much hassle to recreate it.

[Anonymous No.4581400]

>>4581386
At least you're not a feetfag

[Anonymous No.4581404]

>>4581386
a man of culture

[Anonymous No.4581409]

>>4581077
Fuck this is so much better, gonna try and learn from this bro thanks

[Anonymous No.4581411]

>>4581373
Like what.
Realism and smooth shading does not automatically mean better.

[Anonymous No.4581419]

>>4581411
How so? Realism is hard, and even when it's not good you can tell they put a lot effort into it. Like this one >>4581138
But anime is different, anyone can draw anime.

[Anonymous No.4581437]

>>4581419
Do you even draw?

[Anonymous No.4581444]

how do i stop losing motivation when looking at other people's work

[Anonymous No.4581445]

>>4581437
Yes.
>inb4 pyw
You first.

[Anonymous No.4581452]

>>4581419
If anime is so easy why am I so bad at it????????????

[Anonymous No.4581453]

>>4581001
the perspective on the motorcycle is off
first draw parts of the motorcycle as simple shapes
e.g. cylinder for the tire
make sure the simple shapes are in perspective
then add detail

[Anonymous No.4581455]

>>4581452
Because you're supposed to do realism at first. Once you do, anime becomes so easy it's pointless to draw in that style.

[Anonymous No.4581456]

>>4581452
You need to read Peter Gay’s book

[Anonymous No.4581465]

>>4581455
I think what anon really is saying is how to draw an appealing anime artstyle that actually looks good instead of some shitty anime western style that plague /ic/ i mean realism foundation is set on stone but anime foundation is still different that it would require learning it in the end, like how much exaggeration, how much should the eye be big, stuff like that. Also can you explain why some japanese artist learned anime first then into realism but in the end still got good?

[Anonymous No.4581470]

>>4581465
They got good because they had to go into realism. It doesn't work the other way around.

[Anonymous No.4581474]

Should I count it as my success if I made a bad drawing then revamped it due to an /ic/ anons critique?

[Anonymous No.4581475]

>>4581470
Im a bit skeptical on that.
Also I don’t think anime is EASY, sure copying anime but have you tried drawing it from imagination that actually looks good and has some appeal to it?

[Anonymous No.4581484]

>>4581453
Is it really off? Granted I was just eyeballing the reference, but I think the tire can naturally rotate the way I drew it.
Well, I did add a ton of details that might have different perspectives from each other. I'll keep it in mind for the future, for now I'd say they're independent pieces! So they're facing on different directions, that's why

[Anonymous No.4581485]

Also, I think you’re art for a lot of anons who just started out, imagine grinding figure drawings, drawing anatomy diagrams and placing the muscles unto the bones/mannequin. Doing that at the start will just kill their motivation to draw, i believe if you want to get the ball rolling is to draw and study artwork you want to do instead of just going through anatomy first hand, you gotta build that mileage first before tackling shit like anatomy. Yes i know figure drawing will help and should be also practiced even at the beginning because it helps you tremendously when you’re on the level to draw anatomy and not be discouraged.

[Anonymous No.4581489]

>>4581444
i need closure

[Anonymous No.4581492]

>>4581485
Also, I think doing art for a lot of anons who just started out*
Man i should really sleep now.

[Anonymous No.4581494]

>>4581475
Here you go. First time drawing anime.

[Anonymous No.4581495]

>>4581452
>>4581419
/ic/ has a population of devout believers who believe you should draw 1,000 baroque plates before you try drawing a cute anime character. Maybe they're right, but I am a simple man. I draw what makes my kokoro go doki doki, even if it looks horrible.

[Anonymous No.4581496]

>>4581489
That's just your brain looking the half-empty glass anon. Look at works and think how you'll also be there in the future!
Hell, why the future? The present, you can analyze other /beg/s and perhaps understand why their drawings are better than yours and absorb their art powers, apply their little tricks on your next piece.
This is a free buffet of knowledge that's mostly easy to understand since we're all beginners.

[Anonymous No.4581498]

>>4581494
Congrats, it looks bad (not from a technical level) but how it looks. Im no expert in anime but I know that just doesn’t look right.

[Anonymous No.4581499]

>>4581494
I'm surprised at how your rightest face with one of the hardest angles to draw turned out much better than the first 2.

[Anonymous No.4581501]

>>4581494
>>4581498
Nah, looks fine, just more "alternative" than normal anime

[Anonymous No.4581502]

>>4581338
>>4581157
How long did this take you?
Also why is the headphone over the hair band?

[Anonymous No.4581503]

>>4581452
i-is this supposed to be beg???

[Anonymous No.4581504]

>>4581498
>>4581499
pyw

[Anonymous No.4581506]

>>4581504
Uhhh sure

[Anonymous No.4581509]

>>4581404
>>4581400
I also really really like the contours, and sometimes 'banjo cord' like presentation of the trapezeus muscles. How they are sometimes bow shaped and sometimes straight, from the neck to the clavicle/shoulder.

[Anonymous No.4581511]

>>4581504
This >>4581484
I'm just surprised the shaft face is better than the 3/4's ones.

[Anonymous No.4581513]

>>4581495
>I am a simple man. I draw what makes my kokoro go doki doki, even if it looks horrible.
Those words are quite profound. In this vapid world, it's rare to see a man who enjoys drawing not for the sake of fame, wealth, or even the acceptance of others, but for the sake of depicting what he likes.
That is the passion that I am searching for.

[Anonymous No.4581515]

Someone tell me how to create a FUCKING CUSTOM BRUSH all the tutorials are shit "eheh guys looktheese are my custom rbush" HOW DO I MAKE ONE

[Anonymous No.4581518]

>>4581515
on SAI 2 btw

[Anonymous No.4581519]

>>4581515
What software you use ?

[Anonymous No.4581520]

>>4581511
>>4581506
wtf, you're not supposed to actually post work. You're making me look like shit

[Anonymous No.4581521]

>>4581515
right click an empty box in the tool kit. Theres an option, "create new" or something. Then you get a menu where you get to pick which default brush you want to modify.

[Anonymous No.4581525]

>>4581513
I appreciate the kind words but I'm just another dime a dozen anime drawing /beg/ shitter who wants to draw cute things and has no desire to pursue true artistic goals or aspirations

Kind of like an autistic, scuffed Pygmalion

[Anonymous No.4581528]

I think this anon pedantic for no reason.
just because others work do not conform to his taste or he salty .and jealous

anime is simplified realism. in appealing shapes. tackling more simple forms before more complex ones is not illogical.

[Anonymous No.4581530]

>>4581520
For the record, yes anime is easy but more fun to draw, and I like realism more :)
Sorry for pic rota

[Anonymous No.4581531]

>>4581521
I can only duplicate and it does say "custom tool" but it's just the same brush. I don't know how to modify it

[Anonymous No.4581536]

>>4581520
Nah it's fine for a first attempt, you probably would have gotten it closer if you knew about the Neoteny concept.
In anime, the upper part of the head is bigger, you instead made the lower one larger. Big alien heads and small faces basically.

[Anonymous No.4581538]

>>4581496

[Anonymous No.4581543]

>>4581531
Yes, you will create a duplicate of an existing brush. Then you go into the settings panel which should be visible to you by default, and change brush size, min density, texture, hardness of brush edge, etc etc

[Anonymous No.4581544]

>>4581536
>Big heads and small faces basically.
it not anime concept. it is concept of human.

[Anonymous No.4581545]

>>4581544
My face is bigger than my head, sorry

[Anonymous No.4581549]

>>4581544
Guess where I work out

[Anonymous No.4581551]

>>4581543
But what I wanted to do was make custom shapes and textures
but guess that'll do

[Anonymous No.4581553]

How do I use hampton's book, do I just find models and apply the methods chapter by chapter?

[Anonymous No.4581560]

>>4581494
That looks like shit. The Dunny is strong with this one.

[Anonymous No.4581562]

>>4581551
I assume you can import custom brush shapes and textures, but I have no idea how that is done

[Anonymous No.4581563]

clank clank clank I don't know how reflective surfaces work so I reflected a generic sky on all his metal pieces

[Anonymous No.4581565]

>>4581545
as concept.
exact proportion depends on age.

[Anonymous No.4581569]

>>4581565
how old is the cranium on the left? 2 months old?

[Anonymous No.4581584]

Does hatching actually help with coloring or am I just wasting time? I get the feeling all those little lines might be wasted if I render my piece

[Anonymous No.4581591]

>>4581584
It's indeed a waste. If you like hatching you're better off hatching the actual colors.

[Anonymous No.4581592]

I, so wasted.

[Anonymous No.4581593]

>>4581584
i'm curious about this too.
are you drawing realistic or anime though

[Anonymous No.4581607]

>>4581593
I dunno, both. It's anime but I'm trying to make my bike realistic like Toriyama's vehicles.
But yeah his originally painted illusrtations don't have hatching.
There's others that were first done in black & white lineart though, and then he just colors underneath so the hatching is kept.

[Anonymous No.4581646]

how long did it take you to work through keys to drawing, including the practices? where should i move on from there?

[Anonymous No.4581647]

>>4581646
Almost 1 year for me.

[Anonymous No.4581653]

>>4581647
did you do any other practices/studies/read any books during that time? what did you move onto afterwards?

[Anonymous No.4581658]

>>4581653
I started to read hampton now.

[Anonymous No.4581670]

>>4581584
>Does hatching actually help with coloring or am I just wasting time?
Why would it help with coloring? Do you mean shading?
It can be useful to show contour lines where there otherwise wouldn't be any, and therefore can help you think about form more as you draw and in doing so make it easier to decide how each part of the drawing should be rendered. You have to decide for yourself if it helps you or not, it might not.
If it shows through the rendering you do afterwards, then it's never wasted if you like the style it makes.

[Anonymous No.4581694]

9 days of exercises from the drawing from the right side of the brain does help

[Anonymous No.4581696]

>>4581658
Post hampton asap

[Anonymous No.4581699]

>>4581696

[Anonymous No.4581707]

>>4581646
Around half-way now and I´ve been at it for a week

[Anonymous No.4581715]

>>4581138
>drawing with an eraser
Cool idea.
I think the eyes need a bit of polishing, they make the drawing look a bit cartoony but other than that, this is really soulful.

[Anonymous No.4581717]

>>4581646
marshall vandruff perspective video series

[Anonymous No.4581722]

>>4581707
do you think it's helped you improve a lot in that week? have you done the practices as they've set out?

[Anonymous No.4581736]

>>4581715
thanks! the eyes are barely visible in the reference. for some reason i chose to draw his right eye like that and now i see i should've been more subtle

[Anonymous No.4581738]

>>4581647
>>4581658
Do you mind posting your work? I say this in a friendly way. I want to know what 1 year of fundie grinding looks like, because all I do is imagination draw memes

[Anonymous No.4581741]

>>4580442
/beg/s get plenty of high quality advice, and they often don't reply or apply the advice to their work and keep shitting out the same 3 minute sketches.
>Why must they draw this crap and have no idea how to fix it?
You say that like /beg/s are entitled to receive advice. Be thankful that there are competent people in this general giving out free advice from time to time.

[Anonymous No.4581755]

>>4580667
>>4580667
The placement of the features are wrong.
Huge eyes and mouth ,tiny nose and forehead.
Basically you failed at the very basic stage of establishing the plane of the head and face in that perspective.
I suggest you practice drawing the head in easier perspectives before attempting harder ones. Really understand where the features should be place relative to each other and relative to the head.

[Anonymous No.4581756]

>>4581736
Sorry for my awfull grammar and lacking of further explanation. I think it's the lack of the white part of the eyes and eyelids that makes it look like floating eyeballs. Can you post the ref please? It looks interesting.

[Anonymous No.4581758]

>>4581741
>tfw you just get told to give up when you post
I-I guess that qualifies as advice...

[Anonymous No.4581761]

>>4580805
Decent but not accurate. Use pic related for better measurements. Also note that these proportions only apply to males. They are different for females.

[Anonymous No.4581762]

>>4580960
proportionally fucked.
upper back muscles not accurate.
hip area is a disaster.
Study proportions on the skeleton before moving on to muscles.

[Anonymous No.4581780]

>>4581722
It's mostly stuff I was doing before so that might've been a reason I'm going over it kind of quickly, but it's deffo helped me do it consciously and it's also helped me draw more accurately. I've done most of the practices yeah

[Anonymous No.4581788]

>>4581755
The excercise was about getting tones right so I wasn't that worried about getting the proportions right but yeah, now that you mention it it does looked pretty scuffed

[Anonymous No.4581791]

The only reason why I draw is because I like anime.
Seldom do I see humans that possess the beauty of these drawn figures yet I'm under the impression that I have to draw realistic people from imagination first.
Is such an impression justified or is it only perpetuated by unqualified crabs?

[Anonymous No.4581796]

some torso studies, thoughts?

[Anonymous No.4581798]

how can i fix this

[Anonymous No.4581800]

>>4581791
>I have to draw realistic people from imagination first.
Doing it well will take years. Yes, it's a fantasy perpetuated by crabs.
Remove the word "first" and I can agree with that statement. You should be doing both, ideally. The realism part is so you don't fall behind in knowledge and know when other artists are making stuff up.

[Anonymous No.4581801]

>>4581309
no need to buy anything, just paper and pencil

[Anonymous No.4581803]

THE HOPES OF THE WORLD COALESCE INTO A SINGLE DRAWING!
FULL HATCHING!
This is the path to a beautiful render! -and I'll kick whoever says this won't help me color it-

[Anonymous No.4581805]

>>4581796
Practice gesture, looks really stiff compared to the original

[Anonymous No.4581808]

I've been working through Fun With a Pencil and it really is a lot of fun. Also how am I getting better at drawing faces but worse at drawing anime?

[Anonymous No.4581811]

>>4581798
Dont try to fix. Find out where you went wrong and improve next time.

[Anonymous No.4581813]

>>4581798
ear is growing out of her cheekbone. Should be around the eyes' level

[Anonymous No.4581832]

Some progress on my ronin dude, what do you guys think? I'm never done "drapé" or an angle like this before, please critique and give me pointer sempaitachi

[Anonymous No.4581834]

>>4581832
looks cool anon, wouldn't mess with him

[Anonymous No.4581844]

[Anonymous No.4581851]

>>4581803
Pretty sick except for the girl's face.

[Anonymous No.4581862]

>>4581798
You can try constructing.

[Anonymous No.4581863]

>>4581756
i tried to avoid exposing how entirely different my drawing looks from the reference so i didn't post the ref earlier haha (it's from the new drawing on the right side of the brain)

as you can see his eyes are in dark shadow here. should've done the same instead of adding that floating pupil

[Anonymous No.4581867]

>>4581808
>Also how am I getting better at drawing faces but worse at drawing anime?
Being bad at drawing faces is how you draw anime.

[Anonymous No.4581868]

>>4581844
not /beg/

[Anonymous No.4581869]

>>4581868
not /beg/

[Anonymous No.4581871]

>>4581868
didn't you get the memo? the /beg/ thread is for lazy /int/s to post unfinished sketches

[Anonymous No.4581877]

>>4581871
Can't those /int/niggers leave us alone? They don't even try to help us.

[Anonymous No.4581880]

>>4581563
What you created there is mirrors. Perfect round mirrors that reflect 100% of light. Real metal will have an uneven pattern and will not be 100% chrome, i.e. has a gray color and only reflects some light.

[Anonymous No.4581881]

>>4581801
So I don't need a drawing board? I still don't understand why the book acts like it's essential, I always thought it's fine to just have the piece of paper you're drawing on lying on a normal desk.

[Anonymous No.4581882]

>>4581796
what are you studying

[Anonymous No.4581887]

>>4581867
Makes sense, I checked out some anime faces after I drew my doodles and realized most anime faces are a lot rounder and eyes tend to be at the same level as the nose, which is not at all what the Loomis method teaches you to do

[Anonymous No.4581888]

>>4581834
Thanks man, anything you wanna critique? What could I improve / what should I work on?

[Anonymous No.4581889]

>>4581882
torsos

[Anonymous No.4581892]

>>4581881
Drawing boards are used so you don't fuck up ypur back after drawing for a while

[Anonymous No.4581896]

>>4581494
>>4581498
fixed the bad
t. loomis fanboy

[Anonymous No.4581897]

>>4581889
ngmi

[Anonymous No.4581898]

>>4581896
>fixed
Anon, I... There's no way to make a good looking anime head with traditional loomis. You have to heavily modify it.

[Anonymous No.4581900]

>>4581553
I think he uses the book during one of his lessons on the NMA courses but he gives you assignments like week 1 do 100 gesture drawings, week 2 draw 20 torsos and so on and yeah apply his methods to models.

[Anonymous No.4581905]

>>4581898
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYKGskoLX1g

[Anonymous No.4581908]

>>4581900
My bad I meant CG Masters Academy not New Masters.

[Anonymous No.4581910]

>>4581905
The faces aren't appealing.

[Anonymous No.4581911]

>>4581888
dunno, legs look kind of stiff. Not super qualified to critique it (im the torso guy)>>4581796

[Anonymous No.4581915]

>>4581862
Maybe it's not a good example without the face.

>>4581887
>>4581898
Loomis himself says you should adjust the construction as you see fit to get different head types. Loomis did nothing wrong.

[Anonymous No.4581917]

>>4581910
dunno, i just fapped to those school girls

[Anonymous No.4581920]

>>4581917
Disgusting

[Anonymous No.4581923]

>>4580399
Oh god please help
he's supposed to be a cute twink but he looks middle aged

[Anonymous No.4581927]

>>4581923
>looks middle aged
Lean face, shape + placement of mouth
Work on proportions. As others said, do some realism, then fall back to anime.

[Anonymous No.4581929]

>>4581915
I know. Which is why I specifically wrote "traditional loomis". You can't take the loomis method he teaches for realistic human heads and apply it 1:1 to anime people.

[Anonymous No.4581937]

>>4581929
most of the first 20 pages of fun with pencils arent realistic people, but different and exaggerated head shapes

[Anonymous No.4581940]

>>4581929
Sounds like someone skimmed through loomis. Damn speedreaders.

[Anonymous No.4581944]

>>4581937
Look at the construction of the loomis head I replied to

[Anonymous No.4581945]

>>4581851
It kinda stands out but I was going for a Toriyama style. Though perhaps I should check his Bulmas again

[Anonymous No.4581955]

>>4581927
Thanks, I'll finish this drawing and go do some more realism. Who would you recommend for faces?

[Anonymous No.4581959]

>>4581955
shirou miwa

[Anonymous No.4581960]

>>4581915
WOw, i dont even know how you did this, im blown away, i really could not see what was wrong with it...
i dont know where to start or what constructing is

[Anonymous No.4581963]

>>4581944
oh oops

[Anonymous No.4581964]

maaan, nothing exposes your lack of draftsmanship like learning perspective for the first time holy fuck im terrible.

no wonder I have so much trouble drawing complex stuff like figures when I can't even draw or place a simple object in space.

[Anonymous No.4581966]

>>4581960
The main think I'm getting from their adjustment is that her neck was way off.

[Anonymous No.4581968]

>>4581960
read the sticky

[Anonymous No.4581969]

>>4581964
Don't worry anon, I've been 2 years at this and do some cool drawings from time to time but perspective exercises are dreadful. You'll get the hang of it.

[Anonymous No.4581970]

>>4581959
Nice, I like him already. Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.4581976]

Am I doing this right?

[Anonymous No.4581980]

>>4581976
yes, better than 99% of /beg/

[Anonymous No.4581981]

>>4581844
Robert Kennedy in top right?

[Anonymous No.4581987]

I don't get it. I'm coming up on 2 years and I still -want- to enjoy it. But every time I put pencil to paper I just find myself getting incredibly sad/irritated/ or unhappy and either scratch it out/erase it. I haven't completed anything in 2 months and the total lack of joy has been an issue for ~8 months.

Should I just pack it in and head back to /ck/?

[Anonymous No.4581989]

>>4581987
what's your end goal

[Anonymous No.4581992]

>>4581863
Oh i though you used a photo. You actually made the expression much more interesting.

[Anonymous No.4581995]

>>4581987
do you think, or feel subconsciously, that you could be playing a game or watching something instead of drawing?

[Anonymous No.4582009]

>>4581989

I just want to have fun. I don't want to make any money or create anything. My girlfriend is fairly accomplished/skilled and I just want to have a good time passing the sketchbook back and forth. But it's gotten so bad that I have fun without putting a few drinks back to keep the mind goblins away. Not something I'm proud of and it kinda makes my GF uncomfortable.

>>4581995
I'm not sure about this.. I feel like drawing is something I should be doing to unwind and take my mind off things. But it ends up with me hating whatever I put on the page and I end up in a worse place mentally than when opened my sketchbook.

[Anonymous No.4582014]

>>4581995
>The ngmi test
Different anon here but I like this question, very philosophical. Sometimes I burn out and go play vidya for days on auto pilot, but most of the time my strongest wish is to draw even if that means I'm never gonna finish my games not anime backlog
It's all about finding the optimal dose for your body

[Anonymous No.4582015]

Happy with the face, the rest could be better. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.4582016]

>>4580423
You are getting good at the speed of light, you can already understand 3d spaces and make something soulful, also bonus points for drawing the hands. Do you just draw or are you doing studies? Also wydeawake best yokai, good taste.

[Anonymous No.4582020]

>>4582015
You gotta do stuff that's less gesture and really nail down normal poses.
That neck is totally broken, can't turn that far
There are issues with the body but you need to good enough at drawing ppl to realize awkwardness of poses
Or just use a reference if you wanna do extreme stuff like this

[Anonymous No.4582023]

>>4582015
I don't understan what's going on, is she getting punched?

[Anonymous No.4582024]

>>4581796
Looks really stiff. Also, tons of your lines are completely wrong. Shapes and positions of the breasts, proportions of the torso and legs.

[Anonymous No.4582027]

>>4581992
you make me feel like i didn't fail, thank you

do you have any thoughts on the drawing on the right? >>4581694 anything looks noticeably off?

[Anonymous No.4582030]

>>4582015
It's just as you said. She's dead though I guess in action anime people get deformed like that when getting punched.
It's better if you start by drawing the body and then create an appropriate neck and head for it though, don't neglect the body.

[Anonymous No.4582034]

>>4581995
>>4582009
>>4582014
I don't like these type of video format but it's been circling around /ic/ whenever these type of questions appears and it kinda helped me, the hard part is keeping doing that for multiple days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiE-M1LrZk&list=PLU-dFo7MDKyGidWwowsTfHOjTnCx385J4

[Anonymous No.4582037]

>>4581923
Hope this helps

[Anonymous No.4582044]

New
>>4582043 >>4582043 >>4582043

[Anonymous No.4582059]

>>4582027
It look amazing for just 9 days. I envy how you could understand values so easily, i struggle with that stuff the most. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.4582227]

Sorry if this gets asked a lot (I checked the sticky already), but does anyone have any advice for transitioning from traditional art to digital art? I treated myself to a screen tablet but my digital sketches are the definition of ass. If I had to describe it, I feel like my strokes don't glide as well as they do with the combination of a mechanical pencil and nice paper.

[Anonymous No.4582238]

>>4580399
This is my most recent pixel art.
I'm trying to work with single light sources, shadows, highlights etc...

I feel like it still looks flat, and is lacking. Can someone point out the mistakes I made? Or how I could improve?

[Anonymous No.4582244]

>>4582015
Don't get discouraged. What the anons are telling you is good advice. I think if you keep doing stuff like this, practicing with drawing the human form, and perfecting action poses, you could really go on to create some awesome stuff.

[Anonymous No.4582284]

>>4582238
looks great anon

[Anonymous No.4582299]

>>4582244
thanks anon :)

[Anonymous No.4582424]

>>4581976
>>4582421

[Anonymous No.4582478]

>>4581880
>Real metal will have an uneven pattern and will not be 100% chrome
>chrome is not metal. Smooth metal is not real.
Reality is unrealistic.

[Anonymous No.4582503]

[Anonymous No.4582739]

I just finished this a few minutes ago.

This was way out of my comfort zone, so I'm not really happy with the result.
I tried to make it look like the smoke was magically forming into an image of a dancing cat lady.
Any advice on how I could've executed this better?

(And I know, the cliff is kinda shit.)

[Anonymous No.4582761]

>>4582739
The brush strokes seem out of place in pixel art

[Anonymous No.4582807]

>>4582761
I was afraid of that. I just bought Photoshop, and this is what I made.
I wasn't sure how to do smoke in stark pixels, so I went with the brush. Probably not ideal for the medium.

[Anonymous No.4582820]

>>4582807
look up PC98 art