/sqt/ /qtddtot/ - Stupid Questions Thread

[Anonymous No.4841922]

Stupid Questions Thread / Questions that don't deserve their own threads

Stop making shitty threads you fuck

[Anonymous No.4841924]

Okay, so is there truth to the “style” meme, or am I fine if I just keep learning fundies? Like, I’ll copy shit that I find interesting, but I don’t make a conscious effort to really “direct” my drawings in any direction, I’m content just drawing shit I like and getting better for now. I want to eventually set up social media or do commissions maybe, but should I aim to that end or just take my looser, more enjoyable approach?

[Anonymous No.4842036]

>>4841922
HOW THE FUCK DO I PAINT WOOODDDD.
(as in tree bark)

[Anonymous No.4842050]

Sorry if this is more of a request, but could a kind CSP user open this .clip file and let me know/screenshot how the layer stack looks, so I can emulate this color accent effect in Krita?
https://twitter.com/Kyrieru/status/1253495811515854854

[Anonymous No.4842132]

Does anyone know where I can get some pose sets for gesture drawing practice? I think I've gone through pretty much everything quickposes has to offer.

[Anonymous No.4842230]

>>4841922
Who are the LOOMIS of inking traditionally and rendering digitally? I want GIT GOOD both on and off the PC

[Anonymous No.4842234]

So when I'm doing cel-shading, is there any general rule as to when I should be decreasing the Value more than I'm increasing the Saturation, and increasing the Saturation more than I'm decreasing the Value? Both of them look right to me, so I'm not sure if there's a situation where I should do one or the other.

[Anonymous No.4842250]

>>4841924
You don't need to learn style. It's only important when you want to draw in a specific style.

>>4842036
look up reference

>>4842132
Croquis cafe? I know some mega links floating around here has reference. Check the artbook thread.

>>4842230
Arthur Guptill for inking, Vilppu for rendering, unironically.

>>4842234
Not exactly sure, but I think there's no hard and fast rule, it depends on the lighting condition. If there's more ambient light bouncing around the environment and you want a more airy feeling to your piece, make the shadow value lighter. Personally I think going with more saturation might work better.

[Anonymous No.4842266]

>>4842250
Thanks for the answer. One more question - if I'm trying to shade something that has multiple colors that aren't separated by lines, is there any way I shade them all with different colors on the same layer without having to release my pen, or am I going to have to bite the bullet and separate them on different layers (like pic related) or shade them all using a Multiply layer?. For context, I'm using Clip Studio Paint.

[Anonymous No.4842272]

>>4842266
I think with classic cel shading, they'd shade everything completely with 1 multiply layer, but I don't do much cel shading so I'm not an expert sorry. Someone else should chime in

[Anonymous No.4842278]

>>4841922
Why everyone is taping "pyw" instead of "pew"

[Anonymous No.4842421]

hey does CSP save all the subtools you've added when you create a new workspace or does it reset? I'm paranoid to closing the program.
thanks

[Anonymous No.4842505]

how do you color, i wanna try and make really nice pieces with pops of color but i don't know how to practice color theory, is there a book or a guide online that can help setup the basics.


Also when im coloring should i just go to grey scale then to color or does it not matter

[Anonymous No.4842541]

What is form?
People keep saying I should focus on form if i want to reach my specific goal in art but i don't know what that is.
And i'm too afraid to ask

[Anonymous No.4842580]

>>4842505
james gurney color and light is the best book for you
study (copy) from photos and life settings where color and light interact + study (copy) art pieces where you find the usage of color to be interesting
don't attempt to paint from grayscale unless you are already good at color, usually it fucks up the vibrancy and versatility of your colors (looks bland and unrealistic)

[Anonymous No.4842608]

>>4842541
The 3D equivalent of shape.
Shape = 2D
Form = 3D
If people are telling you this, it's because your drawings look flat and it's clear you don't have a good enough understanding of how things should be shaped in 3 dimensions.

[Anonymous No.4842613]

>>4841924
Do not worry about style. Style will come to you organically over time as a product of your own personal taste.

[Anonymous No.4842634]

>>4842580
oh that book, i remember there being a ebook link for it on the sticky note but idk where i can find it now, does someone have the ebook link

[Anonymous No.4843006]

What's the best medium to replicate woodblock print look? My first contender is bottled watercolors

[Anonymous No.4843014]

>>4843006
Uh, woodblock?

[Anonymous No.4843334]

How the fuck do I render like this

[Anonymous No.4843345]

>>4843334
Practice, you retard.

[Anonymous No.4843379]

>>4842634
Look for it in the artbook thread or libgen

[Anonymous No.4843490]

>>4843334
Unironically, hard round brush. Lower the fade a bit to get decent transitions, but not so much that you lose the edge.
Start with flat mid tones, block in the shadow shapes, add light side. Try not to over render, especially since you can see the different steps of values in the ref pic. Keep practicing, study the ref over and over and make sure you understand why you're painting what you're painting. Be conscious about your brush strokes. Hope this helps, now go paint!

[Anonymous No.4843500]

>>4843490
Thanks anon. Did you do it on a single layer apart from the lines?

[Anonymous No.4843516]

>>4843500
Yep, just block in the shape in step 1 and lock it. Then have fun rendering.

[Anonymous No.4843531]

How do I learn to paint like the old masters.

[Anonymous No.4843540]

>>4843531
Come with me, son

[Anonymous No.4843547]

>>4843540
Vilppu...

[Anonymous No.4843795]

How do you unbloat photoshop

[Anonymous No.4843800]

Any tips on how should i use paint tool sai and pressure brush settings im ready to delete photoshop and devote my artistic time to paint tool sai

[Anonymous No.4843804]

>>4843490
Fade??? Im using sai can you lend me a hand

[Anonymous No.4843833]

>>4843800
buy csp

[Anonymous No.4843883]

>>4841922
Does Photoshop not have pen stabilization?

[Anonymous No.4843914]

>>4843883
Pre-2018 versions don't have stabilization
CSP, SAI, and Krita all offer stabilization for less tax on your wallet, or there's also the third-party plugin Lazy Nezumi which is 30 bucks

[Anonymous No.4843930]

Should I take advice from the people here or will that just fuck me over in the long run?

[Anonymous No.4843939]

>>4843804
its the opacity

[Anonymous No.4843942]

>>4843930
When retards like this >>4837041
fills 80% of the board then no.

[Anonymous No.4843943]

>>4843804
I guess I worded it wrong. I meant the hardness of the round brush. Not sure how sai handles is, but here's how it looks in PS.

[Anonymous No.4843946]

>>4843939
>>4843943
I tend to work at 100% opacity and use the pressure and brush edge to build values and blend. But I guess that could work too. Just too cumbersome for me.

[Anonymous No.4844149]

I'm reading through Alla Prima Companion, I'm about 100 pages in. Alla Prima is a fantastic book that changed how I view and understand painting, but the Companion book thus far is nonstop ranting and raving about how lead primed linen is the best fucking thing to ever exist(jokes aside theres a lot of good info in this book)
I've used Oil primed canvas and enjoy it, but what is the actual difference between Oil Primed canvas and Lead Primed canvas??
Is it worth risking lead poisoning and quarantining an entire room to store lead primed canvas, for 6 weeks to 3 months, just to experiment with a new technique?

[Anonymous No.4844366]

I've had CSP for about three years but never had much use for it due to lack of both experience and a tablet
Is it worth buying one and learning digitally or starting with paper-and-pencil sketches?

[Anonymous No.4844535]

>>4844366
A tablet's worth it if your'e going to use it. It's just another tool to draw, all the fundamentals are the same, no matter what you draw with.

[Anonymous No.4844548]

I've been drawing pretty consistently for 8 months.

I feel that I've learned how to draw only mentally in that time. I've learned through videos and books where to put shapes, what proportions are supposed to be, etc.

But it doesn't seem like there's been any improvement in my muscle memory or unconscious abilities. My lines still look sloppy, and my drawings are still horrible if I zone out and stop consciously thinking about my work.

Is this the way it normally goes?

[Anonymous No.4844601]

>>4844548
That stuff takes a while to develop, so don't get discouraged. You can make a conscious effort to train your muscle memory by doing line exercises, but it is still going to take a long time.

[Anonymous No.4845068]

is there a guide to uploading? like what days and times are the best?

[Anonymous No.4845112]

i have a shitty pc, is photoshop cc much heavier than cs6?

[Anonymous No.4845254]

Anyone find these to be really uncomfortable? Now I know why they recommend PITT pens...

[Anonymous No.4845623]

>>4841922
When I was a kid I saw someone do this trick where they start off drawing what appears to be a naked womans torso, boobs hips, pussy. and then suddenly with a few more strokes it turns into a cartoonish dogs face. Has anyone seen this before?

[Anonymous No.4845725]

>>4845623
Yeah, in like middle school.

[Anonymous No.4845822]

>>4841922
I like drawing with pens (el cheapo ballpoint, mostly), but that limits me in that I can't do construction lines (because I can't remove/cover them later) and there's no color.

Are there good pens for color drawing? Can they cover some other pen meant to be used for construction lines?

[Anonymous No.4845869]

>>4845822
Just use pencil, then ink the drawing. Microns or Staedtler fineliners are good for that, as well as dip/fountain pens. For pencils, go for H or 2H.

For color, just use marker.

[Anonymous No.4845887]

>>4845869
Thanks. I really dislike pencil, tough, but maybe I'll have to rethink this. I wasn't familiar with fineliners. Can't they cover another thinner pen stroke? Also, can I blend colors with them?

[Anonymous No.4846053]

>>4845623
its a shitty attempt but i think this is more or less what youre looking for

[Anonymous No.4846111]

How hard do you think it would be to make at least 1000 dollars a month from doing anime art commissions/any other stuff? I wouldn't want to do smut, but maybe tasteful nudes If I had to. Is it a realistic goal or a pipedream?
Also how good would you have to be if it was possible?

[Anonymous No.4846226]

>>4846111
>checked
If you were willing to do furry smut, it'd be easy peasy. The more /d/, the less artists, the more money. Otherwise, I think you'll need to be good.

t. I don't make $1000 nor $10 with my art.

[Anonymous No.4846271]

this is gonna sound retarded and i know this answer is subjective but how do i know if i'm pacing myself properly? DAB says not to grind but i have a lot of free time and want to keep doing exercises.

[Anonymous No.4846377]

>>4841922
in what order do you guys draw the figure?

[Anonymous No.4846378]

>>4846377
Gesture
Simple Forms
Secondary Forms
Tertiary Forms
Rendering.

[Anonymous No.4846480]

>>4841922
Studying anatomy and the bones is too hard. Pls what do i do to make it easier? I already can construct bodies but lack anatomy and bone knowledge. Everytime i study it, it's hard to draw.

[Anonymous No.4846483]

>>4846480
post
your
work

[Anonymous No.4846533]

Go into 3D or 2D animation?

[Anonymous No.4846548]

>>4846483
No, nevermind my bodies need more work. I think i just rushed with trying to learn bone and muscle so soon.
Sorry for wasting your time.

[Anonymous No.4846551]

>>4846533
If you're gonna let /ic/ dictate what you pursue, then forget both of those and move into basket weaving

[Anonymous No.4846644]

Why does every fag on ic aggressively love jojo? It's constantly shilled. Are you aware that a type of book exists other than manga?

[Anonymous No.4846762]

>>4841922
How do i learn rendering? Is there any /beg/ courses or books on values?

[Anonymous No.4846774]

>>4846762
Keys to drawing

[Anonymous No.4846777]

>>4846644
Jojo is pretty dope but i'm not super raved about it. Just has a big fanbase man

[Anonymous No.4847521]

>>4841922
ok so i keep asking in beg and nobody wants to say anything. please help

can i use the robo bean/George Bridgman box form to construct the body every time over the oval .

i know the oval is the shape of the chest but can i start with the George Bridgman box form and just reshape it into a oval

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgeL68QQJA&ab_channel=SalemShanouha

this video shows it but i'm so knee deep in drawing ovals when i do the body its glued to me and doing this box form helps me twist the body better then the oval one .

[Anonymous No.4847539]

Why do I find it so damn hard to draw curved lines on my tablet? Is there a software fix around this that isn't the stabiliser? It's not so hard on paper when using the side of my pencil.

>1980x1080 resolution
>21.5 inch monitor
>Wacom One medium size tablet
>CSP

One of the things that bothers me the most is that I can only seem to do nice curves when I use a THICK brush.

[Anonymous No.4847733]

Does there ever come a point in drawing where you can just draw pretty much anything as long as you know what it looks like, or is it forever a problem solving process whenever you draw something new, like lets say you mostly draw characters and buildings and suddenly you have to draw a car or a spaceship for whatever reason. Can you develop fundies to the point that you can pull it off comfortably without ref or is it still going to be trial and error?

[Anonymous No.4847737]

>>4847733
>comfortably without ref
meant to say with ref

[Anonymous No.4847758]

>>4841922
Would you guys consider freelance artists to be businessmen and entrepreneurs?

[Anonymous No.4847829]

ADHD bros how the fuck do I make myself sit down and draw

[Anonymous No.4847842]

>>4847829
what keeps you from drawing, besides the obvious adhd

[Anonymous No.4847922]

I think ive got my skills where im proud of them enough to post them online. What sites should I use? Is DeviantArt still a thing, Twitter?
Also im stuck reading Loomis's Drawing the Head and Hands, changing the perspective of the head by a few degrees without accidentally destroying the overall construction of the head is hard, should I keep on reading or do I grind this part until I get it?

[Anonymous No.4848111]

why do artists constantly flip their canvas?

[Anonymous No.4848120]

>>4848111
staring at the same thing for so long can kinda ruin your percception of it. Flipping the canvas helps reset your eyes and also helps the artist figure out what parts are uneven and asymettrical

[Anonymous No.4848225]

How can I break down some artist style so i can learn it? There's this really cool comic artist who stopped drawing years ago, I'd like to adopt his style to make coom art because it looks really sexy and unique, but I don't know how could I absorb it, should I trace his stuff? Should I try to guess the skeletons that are under his drawings?

[Anonymous No.4848231]

>>4848225
Honestly straight up copying his work will get you pretty far. Try to make your own pieces in his style after that, and if you're not happy with the result go back to his art. You'll know what to look for then.

[Anonymous No.4848237]

>>4846774
Any other resources apart from that.

[Anonymous No.4848247]

>>4848231
Thanks anon, I guess replicating someone's style also requires some level of dedication. right? I'll leave this for my vacation

[Anonymous No.4848254]

>>4848237
Vilppu's "modelling tone" lesson helped me out the most. make sure you start with a very tight and complete drawing before rendering.

[Anonymous No.4848256]

>>4848225
Don't trace, that will only give you a superficial glance at the finished product and won't help you understand how it was made at all. Instead, you need to deconstruct the image. Try to figure out how he would have planned things out, how everything is put together. Study intelligently.

[Anonymous No.4848268]

>>4848111
so i can see what i'm drawing

[Anonymous No.4848272]

>>4848111
You ever flip a photo of your face and think "fuck why am i so ugly when its flipped lol" flipping it helps you see what to fix

[Anonymous No.4848283]

so whats with the draw 250 boxes thing? Is it from a book or...... yes im a /beg/

[Anonymous No.4848305]

>>4848254
Is the one in his drawing essentials course?

[Anonymous No.4848311]

>>4848283
Is a meme from the r/artfundamentals subpleddit where almost 90% of the post there are retards mindlessly grinding boxes because they think it will help them to draw perspective like a god or something.

[Anonymous No.4848312]

how do you draw the face of a character that looks consistent from every angle?

[Anonymous No.4848323]

i just bought the Hampton figure drawing book but how am I supposed to keep it open to read it and draw at the same time...?

[Anonymous No.4848342]

>>4848305
its also in his figure drawing lectures, and his drawing manual

[Anonymous No.4848355]

>>4848342
Sweet, thanks anon I'll try that.

[Anonymous No.4848378]

>>4848256
Thanks anon, I think this might be a bit challenging because the style I'm aiming to doesn't looks like it follows the usual fundies, as I said it's rather unique, I mean, I can't see a circle that forms their heads, instead they look rather squarey, do you have any more hints or examples to try to break down a style or it's just pretty much what you said?

[Anonymous No.4848428]

>>4848342
Who are you refering to?

[Anonymous No.4848463]

How do you transition from using your fingers on ur phone/tablet to a stylus?

I got way too used to drawing with my fingers and i can't seem to control the stylus the same way, since it's nothing like a pen on paper either. Also should i be using the blunt little ball tip or the one with the transparent disc?

[Anonymous No.4848489]

>>4848463
spoken like a true zoomer

[Anonymous No.4848495]

>>4848489
Stop responding to obvious trolls.

[Anonymous No.4848598]

>>4847842
I just struggle to concentrate and stay focused. On anything really not just drawing

[Anonymous No.4848695]

>>4848428
Vilppu

[Anonymous No.4848697]

What pencil should i use for ink drawing? H? 2H? I know if I go too hard it can be difficult to erase...

[Anonymous No.4848701]

>>4848311
not that anon, but how to properly practice perspective then? asking seriously here

[Anonymous No.4848907]

How do you practice drawing?

[Anonymous No.4849016]

whats the name of that one bald guy that made videos about drawing concept art , his name started with a v i think and theres this picture of him with a clock background

[Anonymous No.4849055]

what are the best resources to learn to draw human anatomy? i'd prefer video courses, or at least someone who can help demystify some of the anatomical terms. thank you anon

[Anonymous No.4849093]

>>4841922
Who drew Tifa in this pic? Who colored it?

[Anonymous No.4849109]

how do i stop fucking symbol drawing

[Anonymous No.4849125]

>>4849093
go to the big ng names
my guess is probably speedo

[Anonymous No.4849137]

How do I come to enjoy the process of art? How do I stop caring as much about the end result of a drawing?

[Anonymous No.4849174]

why is the highlight located between two planes in forms that don't have a soft transition?

[Anonymous No.4849648]

This part of the head always fucks me up in any angle lower than 3/4, how do you deal with this?

[Anonymous No.4849805]

Why would a stronger light create darker shadows? I understand that the shadow would look darker by contrast but if you actually look at the value wouldn't the shadow be lighter if the light in a scene is stronger because of the ambiant light bouncing around? and since the light is stronger the bounce is stronger as well

[Anonymous No.4849815]

>>4849648

[Anonymous No.4850330]

where do I pirate comic books nowadays?
if I find something I like, is comixology any good for supporting artists?

[Anonymous No.4850333]

>>4849109
Do the exercises in drawing on the right side of the brain. Check the sticky.

[Anonymous No.4850403]

>>4849805
"Harsher light" is probably more accurate.

[Anonymous No.4850408]

>>4847521
"Whatever gets you to the finished drawing" is always the correct answer.

[Anonymous No.4850423]

>>4847733
>Does there ever come a point in drawing where you can just draw pretty much anything as long as you know what it looks like,

Yes, i got to that point when I was in college, when i was painting and drawing daily.

>or is it forever a problem solving process whenever you draw something new

The problem solving never stops. Art is a lifetime commitment, if the idea of solving problems isn't attractive or interesting to you, you probably should find something else to dedicate your life to.

>Can you develop fundies to the point that you can pull it off comfortably without ref or is it still going to be trial and error?

Yes. That's true of learning anything, you master the fundamentals, and then move up in skill, while retaining the fundamentals to where it's almost pure instinct. The whole point of fundamentals is to create a foundation of experience and skills to base higher levels of work on.

After a decent amount of time (and good education, floundering around in Loomis for a year won't get you there), you should be able to create a reasonable facsimile of anything from imagination. And use reference to drill down into something, for more accuracy, or if you run into a problem you can't solve easily.

[Anonymous No.4850425]

>>4847758
Well, a good one, yes. And then when you get successful enough, you can hire an agent to take some of the office work off your back. A lot of the big commercial illustrators like Frazetta and Michael Whelan had agents, and their wives ran the home office for them.
Bare minimum, you should know how to write and sign a basic contract, budget, and know how to get yourself in front of the people who'd hire you.

[Anonymous No.4851276]

Does anyone have that page from that book where the guy talks about how modern art schools don't adequately teach fundamentals anymore? It gets posted quite often but I don't remember the book or the guy.

[Anonymous No.4851301]

>>4851276
I think that's Richard William's "Animator's Survival Kit". he has a long chapter at the beginning talking about the importance of life drawing and drawing fundamentals.

[Anonymous No.4851305]

>>4851301
that's it, thanks

[Anonymous No.4851669]

How good can you get if you draw in your free time?

Let's say: 1 hour per week?

Assume deliberate and effective practice.

[Anonymous No.4851680]

>>4851669
it would take a very, very long time with just putting 1 hour of practice per week. would advise to find another hobby if that's all the time you have to dedicate

[Anonymous No.4851689]

>>4851680
>it would take a very, very long time
what are we talking, here?
10 years?

[Anonymous No.4851763]

how do I know which character to draw fanart of?

[Anonymous No.4851776]

>>4851763
find which infestation latched onto the newest seasonal anime obviously.

[Anonymous No.4851814]

>>4851669
>>4851689
1 hour per day for 10 years will make you:
good enough for normies to say "wow i can't even draw stickmen xD"
maaaaaybe good enough to make an subpar b/w portrait for your mum on her birthday
not good enough to make a living from anime porn commissions/patreon in 3rd world country

[Anonymous No.4851821]

>>4851814
damn, you're crushing my drawing dreams

[Anonymous No.4851838]

>>4851821
>drawing dreams
More like delusions.
1 hour per week.
Fuck me.
Dreams.
One.
Hour.
Per.
Week.
You literally dreamed longer in your sleep every night more than your 1 hour drawing per week.
ONE. FUCKING. HOUR.
Treat it like a dream and work towards it.
Stop your delusion.

[Anonymous No.4851839]

>>4851838
I think you're taking this a little too seriously, anon. Is everything ok?

[Anonymous No.4851898]

so as not to appear as a dunning krueger, i don’t see myself nearing this level of skill any time soon. hypothetically, let’s say i dedicated several months to learning to do illustrations like these and could churn some out every now and then between working 9-5. with that kind of schedule, would it even be worth the trouble to try if it’s not my dream but a way to make some extra money? what could you realistically expect to make? also, is this what sells the best that isn't porn or furry?

[Anonymous No.4851966]

>>4851898
what is your skill level now?
pyw.
something that can show your skill level.

[Anonymous No.4851992]

So who has the best head drawing course

[Anonymous No.4851999]

>>4851992
I second this question

[Anonymous No.4852001]

What’s the best place to learn composition?

[Anonymous No.4852007]

>>4852001
/beg/

[Anonymous No.4852165]

>>4852007
please help, everyone points me to framed ink but I honestly don't think they've read that book themselves. It's so hard to understand.

[Anonymous No.4852179]

>>4852165
if you don't know perspective there is no composition that can save a realistic based drawing

[Anonymous No.4852289]

>>4851966
i’d rather not in this case, i’m not asking how difficult it would be to get to that good, but if i could actually make money if i did and how much you could expect to make.

[Anonymous No.4852314]

>>4851689
As the meme goes, 10 years or 10,000 hours. 1 hour per week is 52 hours per year, or 520 hours over 10 years.

If you work even 4 hours per day, you can reach 520 hours in just 130 DAYS, instead of 10 years.

[Anonymous No.4852522]

>>4852314
that a great hypothesis anon, and thanks for that. But...

>work for 8 hours
>do more work on the side for who knows how many hours, including weekends

I'm completely fucked. I'll leave to you pros.

[Anonymous No.4852538]

what's the best book/video course to learn the reilly method from? for both the head and the figure

[Anonymous No.4852689]

I've done a million figure drawings and spent some time doing studies of specific ares like biceps, forearms, torso, etc. but my knowledge of muscles is still shoddy, what do? What is a good (hopefully free) resource for this?

[Anonymous No.4852700]

>>4852522
Then stop working so much. If you want to get good at art you will have to sacrifice something.

[Anonymous No.4852707]

>>4852700
>Then stop working so much.
no

[Anonymous No.4852711]

>>4852689
Try to break things down into simple, understandable forms. Instead of thinking about every striation, lump, and ridge of a bicep, break it down into something simpler.

[Anonymous No.4852714]

>>4852707
Then you won't improve. You're sacrificing something either way.

[Anonymous No.4852720]

>>4852714
yeah, I'm completely ok with that.
Priorities. My non-existant art will star non-existant. Or sub-/beg/ at best.

[Anonymous No.4852731]

>>4852720
Okay bye then.

[Anonymous No.4852734]

>>4852731
ok bye!

[Anonymous No.4853041]

>>4851898
it is difficult to determine how much money you could gain because even if u get this good, someone that is worse than you but have 2x more followers in social media could still make more, and i know a lot of skillfull people that doesnt have even 1k followers on twitter.

[Anonymous No.4853699]

Are anons serious when they say NGMI?

[Anonymous No.4854087]

When do you know there's a point to start drawing coomer art?
I want to draw it occasionally out of fun. But not enough to create a second account.

[Anonymous No.4854123]

>>4854087
either do it for yourself or do it for money
If you simply want to, that's the whole point of doing it for yourself.
If you want to make money, you'd better be good, or have a particularly interesting art style.

[Anonymous No.4854134]

>>4853699
If you’re asking this you’re ngmi

[Anonymous No.4854671]

>>4847829
First make sure it is lack of entertainment that makes it hard for you to draw and not anxiety.
If it's really just to boring for you then drink coffee, excercise, take a shower or take your meds and then draw. t. non medicated adhd anon.

[Anonymous No.4855264]

For those of you that say NGMI how old were you when you when you started drawing?

[Anonymous No.4855282]

I know this gets asked a lot and I don't care to make my own thread.

What are the pros and cons of being a coomer artist? And what would be considered a coomer artist?

I wanna draw shit like pic related.

[Anonymous No.4855566]

I want to do commissions and I don't understand how ych commis works. I want to get into it.
Is it that you set your prices eg. sketch = $10, fullcolour=$20 and once they win an auction they pay AuctionCost + ArtOption. What's the general method in that site? Once you finish a commission then you put yourself on auction again? The site and site tools are very confusing.

[Anonymous No.4855724]

>>4846644
it got me into drawing

[Anonymous No.4855781]

>>4849093
You could've just scrolled through the credits on the announcement page itself.
It's most likely SoftDon's drawing, if you compare the linework on Tifa with his other drawings

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/746051
https://softdon.newgrounds.com/art

>>4849125
>my guess is probably speedo
Nah, she's missing the trademark speedo nose and eyes

[Anonymous No.4855931]

>>4841922
Where do you find inspiration?

[Anonymous No.4855972]

>>4841922
What are some artists that draw the most aesthetically pleasing faces? I want to learn from the best.

[Anonymous No.4855974]

>draw on pencil
art is cool and good
>draw on tablet
art is cringe and shit

why???

[Anonymous No.4855978]

>>4855974
you are trying to transition into a different medium anon.

[Anonymous No.4856061]

>>4841922
What do you need to know before being able to do portrait studies like this? Is it just sight size + knowing facial anatomy?

[Anonymous No.4856064]

Is there a brush like the Chunky brush from Paint Tool Sai but for Clip Studio Paint? Or any other kind of oil painty brush?

[Anonymous No.4856275]

So I've finally decided to take a look at the Vilppu Studio Drawing Manual videos I've downloaded from here; What is the actual order do i watch these videos in for the non numbered group and how exactly do i go about studying/taking notes from them? Same for coming up with assignments for myself to work on.

[Anonymous No.4856295]

what is that?

[Anonymous No.4856396]

>>4843800
As another anon has said, buy CSP, SAI is obsolete. You will most certainly need to supplement it with something else later anyways.

[Anonymous No.4856415]

>>4856275
Do the chapter videos first

[Anonymous No.4856445]

>>4856061
Observation skills and value + edge control.

[Anonymous No.4856637]

What is a "turning edge" and how do I use it?
Heard it in the Will Weston grass tutorial. According to his explanation there its the turning point where the relative backside of the form starts, is that right?

[Anonymous No.4856704]

How should I approach studying figure drawing from the masters (ie not composition or painting)? Vilppu mentions that once he learned the tools he just had to look at the masters, but he doesn't give any more details about his process.

[Anonymous No.4856717]

>>4856704
The tools are the process. If you understand the fundamentals of figure drawing (perspective, form, construction, gesture, anatomy, and observation), then you don't need any other hidden technique to analyze a figure drawing.

[Anonymous No.4856785]

>>4856717

Ah yes, of course; the tools are used to describe what we see, as he says. I meant the study process. Should I simply break-down figures from paintings? Rebuild them from imagination? Try to draw the figure from another angle? How do I absorb the masters' mastery with the tools?

[Anonymous No.4856824]

What the color theory does have that explains the yellow-black contrast?

[Anonymous No.4856838]

anyone here uses designdoll for poses and stuff? is it good? my pc doesnt trust it so im spooked

[Anonymous No.4856849]

>>4856838
Tried it, could be good but I found it way way more awkward to use than iPad apps. It has many parameters and could be detailed but I,found it extremely clunky to use

[Anonymous No.4856881]

would anyone happen to have a rope brush for the original painttool SAI?

[Anonymous No.4856895]

Is there a pen like the Pentel Brush Pen - but much smalelr?
Kind of like a micron but with a flexible tip?
I can't do detailed work with the brush pen, but I want the varied line weight.
Is there like a guide for this?

[Anonymous No.4856966]

>>4842050
Is there any more description? It seems like you clip a yellow linear burn layer to a reds folder and the blues under a blue linear burn layer. The results seem really hard to tame without a ton of adjustments after.

yellow -> #FFE972
blue -> #78FAFF

>>4856061
how to copy a photo >>4768559

[Anonymous No.4857067]

>>4856849
what iPad app would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.4857169]

>>4856445
How do I learn value?

[Anonymous No.4857481]

Is anyone signed up for Vilppu subscription? Is it worth it?

[Anonymous No.4857493]

>>4856895
The pocket brush pen is a bit of a "medium" weight. The ink just flows too fast on most papers, you need a LOT of control to stay thin. The full size (squishy) extra fine one with a teal cap is much, much finer. Beyond that there's technically the "Pentel Sign Brush Pen" which is very very fine and a bit stiffer to make it easier to control the weight, but you don't get as much variation range.

[Anonymous No.4857543]

Why do my drawings come out slanted/crooked? I know this is a thing that happens to a lot of artists and I know to constantly flip my canvas to fix this, but why does it happen and how do I train myself to get away from it? Does it just go away as I practice?

[Anonymous No.4857547]

Where am I supposed to be looking when drawing a line? Do I look at the start or end point of where I want to make a line? Do I follow it with my eyes as I draw it? Or am i supposed to kind of 'zoom out' and not focus on the part I'm drawing and try to observe the image as a whole?

[Anonymous No.4857618]

Why is design so under-designed and over-detailed these days? Seems like the design idea of refinement through simplification is just completely lost, and people think the noisier and more detailed a design is, the better.

[Anonymous No.4857664]

how does one join the dad discord? I tried looking for Vastian through discord user search but could not find him listed to send a request. or am i doing it wrong? please explain like im mentally impaired.

[Anonymous No.4857676]

>>4857543
Viewing angle. Your face isn't perpendicular to the drawing surface, and you are drawing according to what you see.

[Anonymous No.4857772]

>>4857676
To the drawing surface or drawing? I'm using a non-screen tablet, so my tablet is on my desk on an angle, and my monitor is in front of me facing me. Thanks, I'll test this out.

[Anonymous No.4857854]

How do you deal with all the little gaps between branches and leaves when drawing/painting?

[Anonymous No.4857877]

>>4857676
Having this issue and ive tried this, doesn't help. ive tried every combination of angle of me and my drawing and it's still happening

[Anonymous No.4857882]

>>4857772
Drawing surface as in the surface that the drawing (noun) is on, not the surface you are drawing (verb) on. With paper they are one and the same, in your case it's the monitor.
It is primarily a visual phenomenon, but if you've drawn a lot in a sketchbook, it's likely you've developed muscle memory for skewed drawings as well.

[Anonymous No.4857887]

>>4857854
Simplification. You don't draw individual leaves, you draw jagged bushy shapes and insert a few spots of negative space.

Incidentally, this is the first "how do you draw X" question asked here that is actually answerable, so good job.

[Anonymous No.4857892]

>>4856785
All 3 of those are valuable exercises.

[Anonymous No.4857901]

>>4857882
Ah ok. I do a lot of sketching on paper just on a desk, and my digital setup is different, so maybe that's fucking with me. Currently my monitor is the same angle I am when doing digital work, maybe I'm sitting with shit posture without noticing, or I've picked up some contradicting muscle memory from drawing on paper. Hopefully I can unlearn this. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4857928]

google won’t give me specs for digital painting. if i can play vidja on my pc, should i be good to go?

[Anonymous No.4858010]

>>4857928
Probably. RAM and CPU are the biggest factors, but as long as you're not using a toaster, you should still be able to do it.
Better CPU means you'll be able to paint on larger files with less slowdown.

[Anonymous No.4858020]

>>4857901
You don't really have to put energy into unlearning it, just flip your canvas occasionally, and liquify early on. If you get into the habit of doing this, you shouldn't have to spend that much time fixing it.

[Anonymous No.4858072]

>>4858020
Yeah true. It just makes me paranoid that none of the lines I'm making are how I want them to be. If I can't get the first few basic vertical/horizontal lines to not be slanted, how much am I fucking up my drawing/painting throughout with brushstrokes that aren't at the angle I think they're at.

[Anonymous No.4858093]

>>4857928
My computer can't even run minecraft but I draw digitally all day.

[Anonymous No.4858174]

What's the best way to practice drawing hands?

Should you just find a ton of references and grind those out, or should I try to make up poses, or what. I'm done sucking at hands I just want to practice them everday until I'm good.

[Anonymous No.4858194]

>>4858072
Rotating your canvas helps too. I keep a key on my tablet bound to 'R', which is the canvas rotation tool in Photoshop.
Keep in mind that a 45° angle is the easiest line to make freehand due to the axis of rotation of your wrist/elbow/shoulder. Rotating also has the added benefit of letting you see things from other angles.

[Anonymous No.4858212]

>>4858194
Good idea, I've only bound horizontal flip, I will add the rotation as well. I still can't but feel like I can't trust my lines/strokes because I think I'm doing them correctly, even if I look at it looks right, and when I flip it becomes apparent how off I was lol.

[Anonymous No.4858225]

>>4858174
yeah, just grind. Draw from reference a lot. Draw your other hand a lot. Use a mirror if you can, for more angles.

Helpful shortcut: Copy hands from other artists. This is the fastest way to improve your hands at first. Not just from Bridgman/Hogarth, but any artist who draws hands.

Then draw a lot of hands from imagination, posing them in all sorts of awkward positions. When you run into problems, go back to your anatomy books / references.

Expect to put in many many many hours into hands. Probably won't ever exhaust everything there is to know about them.

[Anonymous No.4858240]

>>4858174
All of the above. Reference, breaking down into simple forms, constructing from imagination, and attempting challenging poses.

[Anonymous No.4858244]

>>4858174

I addition to the responses you got, I would recommend looking at what other artists are doing. You might get some insight into construction.

[Anonymous No.4858267]

>>4858244
Can confirm that this has helped me. Really simplistic styles like anime and insta artists are good for this because it helps you see what's important in constrcution to get the most basic of hand forms.

[Anonymous No.4858349]

>>4841922
Why is this sketchbook I got from the dollar store smell like shit?

[Anonymous No.4858377]

How should you grind drawabox what is the proper way of doing drawabox

[Anonymous No.4858419]

>>4858377
50/50

[Anonymous No.4858420]

>>4858349
Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.

[Anonymous No.4858697]

>>4856881
or any other program?

[Anonymous No.4858821]

Any resources on sight and observation? books courses and the like

[Anonymous No.4858839]

>>4858821
keys to drawing
dynamic sketching

[Anonymous No.4859025]

>>4857493
Thanks I'll give them a try, looks like they sell them at Michaels.
Has anyone ever tried the Kuretake brush pens? I feel like I've been seeing them a lot lately, but don't know if they're just another Pentel Pocket Brush Pen

[Anonymous No.4859037]

>>4859025
The Kuretakes I tried were not brush pens as such, more of a single unified "nib" that flexes and creates line variation. They don't have as much variation as a real brush, but conversely are easier to control.

[Anonymous No.4859051]

>>4856895
Which brush pen are you talking about, there are several. The pocket brush flows the most and the wettest, hardest to control probably. The one in your pick is much dryer and easier to control but you'll likely get a lot more drybrushing. I can do fine, controlled lines with your pic related but you have to hold the brush vertically and have a steady hand.

You really aren't going to get anything like a micron unless you use a rigger brush. I'm guessing you probably work way too small as well. Due to ink and paper, you're not going to get very fine detail like a fineliner so I'd say use a rigger brush or work larger. If you want dead lines then use a stiff nib pen like a maru pen/mapping pen.

[Anonymous No.4859080]

i am unironically literally legitimately autistic
is this a hindrance to drawing?

[Anonymous No.4859232]

Are there any good sources on how to cross countour hatch a sphere, specifically when drawing the lines that circle around the axis rather than cross them and the axis is not located on the side of the sphere.

I can't seem to figure out how to render or shade the sphere without make the lighter side look flat, particularly in ink and it seems like you need to have some intuition on the above to know where the tone should be properly placed on the sphere when creating midtone originating from the highlight.

[Anonymous No.4859259]

>>4859080
No. I know actual, legitimately, medically diagnosed autistic people that draw like maniacs.

[Anonymous No.4859262]

>>4859232
Honestly, you need to start with understanding the basic properties of shading a sphere, and you really need to do it in pencil. There are a million tutorials but until you have an intuitive understanding of core shadow, reflected light, cast shadow etc. it's gonna be impossible to do with a pen.

[Anonymous No.4859264]

https://youtu.be/qhUe2wXTnkk

[Anonymous No.4859319]

>>4841922
How do I draw like this?

[Anonymous No.4859350]

What are some tips for studying gesture for someone who can draw generally anatomically correct but stiff figures? I've been doing gesture drawings with quick poses for a while but don't see any improvement.

[Anonymous No.4859359]

>>4841924
yeah style is just when you are comfortable enough to inject yourself into your drawings without feeling embarrassed. think of hendrix shedding on guitar. it still sounds good but you can tell he is very comfortable expressing himself in that moment. anything past that becomes either pathological or a gimmick

[Anonymous No.4859461]

what is the best way to learn gesture?

[Anonymous No.4859517]

>>4859350

If you're still drawing stiffly, you should put focus on trying to draw as fast and loose as possible within the time limit you're setting yourself. Focus less on trying to get accurate with the figure you're drawing and more on a representation of the pose the figure is holding down. If you still have time, you can then go back over the figure you're drawing to make any corrections or make it look better.

Also keep in mind the type of line you're using the draw parts of the figure. There's a few books that into this including Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators. The artists who made the book though also discuss it in a few videos posted on Proko's channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtaBjtAGsk0&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyuCq6VWVeA

[Anonymous No.4859724]

>>4858020
Having this issue as well. If I flip/fix/correct it early on, will that carry through to refining/rendering/painting over?

[Anonymous No.4859733]

>>4859517
Thanks, I always end up trying to focus on accuracy.

[Anonymous No.4859826]

What is a crab?
I'm new to 4chan, someone has a list of translated slangs used here?

[Anonymous No.4859869]

how do i start using the fundies i've learned to start making cartoons again?
everytime i draw my characters with intention to make them "toonier" i instinctively make the proportions closer to more "realistic" for a lack of a better word

i.e i want to make the characters have big heads and small bodies, i make the heads more proportionate to the bodies

[Anonymous No.4859870]

>>4859826
crabs in a bucket
when there are crabs in a bucket crabs on the bottom will drag the ones on top down
"if i'm going to die you're going to die"

[Anonymous No.4859875]

Figured I'd ask here since you guys are more knowledgeable about image manipulation tools, using GIMP since it's free: Suppose I have two images, one of a background (A), and another of that same background but with a drawing on top (B). Both are in png so the color values for the pixels are same except for the drawing on top in B, how do I use A to substract all matching pixels from B so that I'm left with just the drawing on top?

I'm sorta open to using other tools if need be, but I'd rather not installing something else just for this one off job

[Anonymous No.4859878]

>>4859826
>Newfags not lurking
It comes from the idiom "Crabs in a bucket" Basically people who pull others down to prevent seeing another succeed, in other words NGMI(Not Gonna Make It)

tl;dr lurk moar faggot

[Anonymous No.4859940]

>>4859875
nvm, I figured it out by following this guy's advice https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/82171/how-do-i-create-a-transparent-image-that-is-the-diff-of-two-images-in-gimp

[Anonymous No.4860016]

Where can I find good references for unusual lighting sources?

[Anonymous No.4860019]

>>4859724
As long as you use your drawing as a framework, then of course.

[Anonymous No.4861004]

>>4860019
That's reassuring. Thanks to everyone giving replies in this thread, sometimes it's genuinely hard to find answers to fairly basic questions, and most youtubers just rehash the same shit over and over.

[Anonymous No.4861080]

>>4847733
I suck ass at drawing but I can do guns without ref because I know an inhuman amount about guns so can easily draw them, albeit with crappy lines and shading because I suck at drawing. Fully understanding the form of a subject does not come from drawing boxes. It comes from just knowing the subject, and eventually the useful techniques for translating it into paper.

[Anonymous No.4861112]

>>4861080
You may know the anatomy of a gun, but can you draw one in perspective?

[Anonymous No.4861257]

is making gains just realizing why something looks like shit but not being able to do anything about it yet?

[Anonymous No.4861290]

>>4861257
Yeah, you're taste and ability to discern good and bad excels at a far more rapid pace than your execution of said skill. You always see more than you can actually pull off and that's what makes improvement frustrating because you hit larger and larger plateaus before your mastery of the skill improves. You want to be staying in the middle to upper right in pic related but upper right is uncomfortable and most people shy away from there.

This is why "pyw" is stupid because you can be unskilled at something but still give useful feedback.

[Anonymous No.4861442]

how do I loosen my fingers
like my lines feel stiff and too angular; my circles just don't look natural or circular enough
tried drawing from the shoulders and they ended being too loose (probably because going too fast?) not sure how to precisely control it

[Anonymous No.4861458]

>>4861290
>This is why "pyw" is stupid because you can be unskilled at something but still give useful feedback.
from my understanding people will say pyw when the criticism is anything but useful

[Anonymous No.4861465]

>>4861458
Are we on the same board? People here have admitted to randomly picking posts and replying "pyw" as well as responding with pyw to actually solid advice just to start shit. It's been crab/shitpost behavior ever since it started, newfag.

[Anonymous No.4861472]

>>4861458
People say 'pyw' any time they disagree with someone about anything at all. Half the time it's just the artist that's getting critiqued being defensive.
If somebody gives a poor critique or makes a bad argument, then you should be able to explain how it's wrong.

[Anonymous No.4861477]

>>4861442
Draw from the shoulder.

>tried drawing from the shoulders and they ended being too loose
Practice more.

[Anonymous No.4861485]

>>4861442
literally 10000 hours of drawing. but if you're still not good after that then you're probably untalented.

[Anonymous No.4861500]

>>4861472
i don't know, i see a lot of pricks who just say something is shit and dissing on people's small victories without any real criticism
they might technically be right, but its kind of bad faith

[Anonymous No.4861509]

>>4855282
In my experience, the pros are that you get to draw porn that you like and that you think is hot.

The downside is that once you have a following, nobody will care about any of the SFW art you do, only the porn.

[Anonymous No.4861697]

>>4861485
THEN HOW DO I KNOW IF IM TALENTED SO I DON'T WASTE 10000 HOURS

[Anonymous No.4861748]

>>4861697
you have to start some where anon or just go with the flow instead of worrying, thats probably your biggest issue

[Anonymous No.4861752]

What are some other similar words commonly used in company names like studio, productions, works, etc.?

[Anonymous No.4861790]

Any advice or step-by-step example on doing lighting highlighted details on a slimey object? or just liquids in general?

I have a certain female slime character that i just redesigned and concepted.
However, I have zero idea on how i can add those simple liquid highlights on to the character...

[Anonymous No.4861796]

>>4849093
That's Don.

>>4849125
not glossy enough

[Anonymous No.4861803]

>>4850330
check the win'o threads at /co/ or just go to readcomicsonline.to

[Anonymous No.4861949]

>>4861697
talent is just knowing the kind of artist you're supposed to be
a lot of great artists pretty much can't do shit in one area, but what they show you is what they're good at
few artists excel at everything, unforunently i'm taking the path of a one man comic artist and that means i need to be good at everything plus story telling. but i just suck everywhere lol

[Anonymous No.4862097]

>>4861790
Do some studies, both from life and how other artists have handled it. There's not much to explain verbally, you just have to get a feel for it yourself.

[Anonymous No.4862101]

>>4861500
Translation: you are defensive and easily discouraged. Grow thicker skin, develop discipline, stop making excuses for yourself.
You won't grow as an artist so long as you keep your feelings hurt.

[Anonymous No.4862105]

>>4861697
Ignore that retard. Study, practice, get critique. This is all anyone needs to get good. Study, practice, get critique. Not good yet? Study, practice, get critique.
etc

[Anonymous No.4862113]

>>4861790
Slime/liquid is all about the reflections. Look for a guy named Serge Birault - he was all over 2D Art magazine and CGsociety with tutorials on things like tentacles, as part of his pin ups.

[Anonymous No.4862116]

>>4861697
just remember this
you're not a magic autist, go study

[Anonymous No.4862118]

>>4856061
You'll need a strong foundation in value/texture.

[Anonymous No.4862195]

I want to draw digitally more because digital is my main medium however I cannot seem to do it cuz my hand eye coordination sucks and I always seem to go back to trad but I want to gitgud at digital art.

What do

[Anonymous No.4862213]

>>4862195
Immediately purchase the latest Apple iPad Pro 12.9 with the Apple Pencil. Not only does it exactly and accurately emulates the traditional feel, it also far surpasses it with various digital-only experiences.

[Anonymous No.4862241]

>>4862213
I'm not gonna fall for the ipad meme, Give me another solution.

[Anonymous No.4862318]

>>4862241
buy a chink tablet

[Anonymous No.4862386]

>>4858225
To add on try not to move you hand too much and memorize the position its in, i do this a lot and it screws up everything

[Anonymous No.4862406]

Anyone here browses /x/? What am I in for? I'm getting bored and don't really feel like drawing

[Anonymous No.4862530]

I still don't understand what 'feel the form' is
Is it, by looking hard at an image, or intensely imagining a figure, then make smooth flowing sketches of said figure, drawing the body parts one by one?
In the same way one manipulates modelling clay, by making a rough oblong form for the legs then slowly kneading it into shape?

[Anonymous No.4862535]

>>4862195
Get an xp-pen screen tablet dude. I recommend not going under 15.6". You should have an easy time adjusting to art on a screen tablet

[Anonymous No.4862537]

>>4862406
/x/ is whats boring you. Just find something to draw and do it.

[Anonymous No.4862545]

>>4862406
Conspiracy theories. Religious debates. Schizo posters.

[Anonymous No.4862552]

>>4859080
Its more like a super power because you can just sit and draw all day and practice like nobody else. The issue is that most autists I know that draw only draw one subject all their life (like sonic, cars, or my little pony) so you're going to have to keep that part of you in check if its an issue and make sure you clear through all your fundamentals. If you can get to the point that you can draw anything you want, then you can go back to whatever your mind focuses on all the time and be happy, and not frustrated if you have to draw a car or background with your sanic ocs

[Anonymous No.4862556]

>>4862545
Yep, this. /x/ is really underwhelming honestly

[Anonymous No.4862595]

is it a big meme or is there something wrong with using a reference/copying just for practice?

[Anonymous No.4862606]

>>4862595
Nothing wrong with doing it for practice, and reference is always okay as long as you aren't doing a 1:1 copy all the time. I like to find a good pose and rotate it around to a different angle.

But yeah for practice you're good, copy and reference away. How are you supposed to learn how to draw something without referencing it anyways? Just don't get stuck in it, try to draw from memory and imagination as much as you can and don't rely on it like a crutch.

[Anonymous No.4862722]

>>4862530
Feeling the form is something that's over-emphasized here, like gesture is. It's just a form of editing/refinement/visualizing that happens in many stages of completing a finished piece. You can do some gestural sketches to start with, pick one, and when you start refining the masses - in the construction stage, if you're doing that, or in the blocking stage if you're working with live models/objects, you "feel the form", or feel _for_ the form, by making lines and adjusting them. It's something you'll keep doing until the piece is done, to keep checking that the whole form is cohesive and flows, and it's place in space feels right, balanced, and is pleasing to the eye, and that you're capturing the contour and volume the way you want. If you think the object feels flat, that's feeling the form.

It will become intuitive and part of the workflow eventually. Just get in the habit of stepping back from something periodically, look at the overall form, and make adjustments if it starts to drift on you - or you need to adjust because other things have changed along the way - or you're building color/value and you want to make sure they're right.

Don't sweat it. It will click for you eventually, or you'll start doing it as part of the process. Just check your work regularly, and it should all fall into place. Early on, if you're still working on construction and other basics, it's a bit early to start worrying about it.

[Anonymous No.4862723]

>>4862530
This kind of stuff is all that feeling the form is. It's just not flattening out your shit and making sure you're drawing with volumes in mind instead of flat shapes.

[Anonymous No.4862725]

>>4862723
And this is the second part of that image set

[Anonymous No.4862731]

>>4862595
There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, it's been part of art education since art started. The old masters studied in studios copying the work of masters. Michelangelo didn't take classes, he studied sculpture in the Medici palace copying the old Greek and Roman statues they were digging up. When museums came along, students would go there and paint on sight, trying to copy the paintings there - and that's still done.

Your own reference is always preferred, but there's nothing wrong with working from photos, posters, actual paintings, or physical objects and live models. They're all legit.

Once you leave the study phase of your education, and go out and start making your own work that stands on it's own, then you'll need to work from your own reference/models, combined with imagination, construction, and all the other techniques. And, its common for professional artists to have and maintain a morgue, which is a collection of inspiration, or reference images to get a feel for things you're using. Like, if I'm gonna do a drawing or painting of a crow, I'll look online for crow photos, and use those to figure out how crows work - what the shape of their bodies, wings, legs, claws, all of the parts of their body, and how they move and look from different perspectives - and draw my own crow, in my pose.
But if you're starting out, just get a picture of a crow, and draw it. Unless you have a weird old uncle or grandfather who has a stuffed crow you can borrow, you know?

[Anonymous No.4863062]

I really want to get as good as this guy: https://twitter.com/TheJettyJetShow.. Here's an example of my work. Do you guys think something like this is achievable for me in 5 years if I work 3 hours every day?

[Anonymous No.4863100]

>>4862195
>the two other people responding to this post just shilled some product or another
Disgusting.

Here's the real answer: practice more.
Hand-eye coordination takes time to develop. If you like working digitally, just keep practicing.

[Anonymous No.4863110]

>>4863062
As long as you're studying and not just drawing mindlessly, then yes, you should reach that level within a couple years.
At some point in your development you're going to have to aim a lot higher, though. I would direct the artist of that picture to /beg/ if he posted here.

[Anonymous No.4863134]

i haven't been to /ic/ for a while. is that faggot nosebro still here?

[Anonymous No.4863137]

>>4863062
is that what Jet is making these days? damn he's gone downhill

[Anonymous No.4863525]

Anyone know any books about drawing construction in this style? It looks so clean.
Maybe recommend a few artists to check out?
>>4845623
https://youtu.be/rfTQbaP8uX8 ?

[Anonymous No.4863599]

are there websites for landscape drawing that are the same as a lot of figure drawing websites

[Anonymous No.4863895]

are there any good places to advertise your pixiv on 4chan or elsewhere? my follower count is very low, I wanna do commissions soon but knowing people like what I draw is a lot more valuable to me than money

Also, are there any ways to reduce back pain while drawing? Sitting upright, or at a 110 degree angle, sitting far from the tablet, or close from the tablet, raising or lowering my chair, none of it stops my neck, shoulders, and back from hurting so badly

[Anonymous No.4863907]

why aren't there more people doing audio readings of art books

[Anonymous No.4863909]

>>4863134
He posted on beg last month, I think

[Anonymous No.4863922]

Three questions.

Is it better to do a bunch of pieces where you focus on a single fundamental, or should I try to do the best job I can on all of my pieces?

Also, someone here told me not to use the airbrush (digital) for doing shadows? I know hard round brush is a meme here but I'm rather new, why is that?

Lastly, obviously you should try to draw outside your comfort zone, but what about something waaayyy outside, like a complicated perspective or anatomical piece? I basically have a piece in mind but I know I'm gonna be way off the mark, should I try anyway?

[Anonymous No.4863930]

Why doesn't Scott Robertson go over 3 point perspective?

[Anonymous No.4863965]

Any advice for drawing with aphantasia? I can't picture anything in my head, trying to learn from books just ends up with me drawing the example repeatedly, even when I try to deviate.

[Anonymous No.4864022]

>>4863922
>Is it better to do a bunch of pieces?
if you're just a doodler who has never given much thought to fundies (lets say the most you've done is skim a few books and guides, did a figure drawing sessions in isolation here and there) i say there is nothing wrong with doing the pieces you want. Its so you know where you stand in terms of skill.
You might make shit, you might make something that people like. But you'll know what you need as an artist
Kinda wish i spent quarantine studying instead of making shit, but at least I got some finished art i can look back onto instead of a bunch of sketches. Now I'm actually studying because now I want to more than create

[Anonymous No.4864026]

>>4864022
>Also, someone here told me not to use the airbrush (digital) for doing shadows?
Hard round brush is memed because its a simple of brush but also the versatile. Its not fancy and every program has a variant.
Feel free to adjust it as you see fit. thats kind of the point so you make something that works for you. Someone telling you not to use it doesn't appreciate your level. A lot of people don't know how to teach or understand what tools can help different brains learn. They probably heard "DON'T USE AIRBRUSH" at one point and never bothered to question it because they liked the feel of the brushes they like now. You're not there yet. Not a lot of people think like teachers, but really they just like feeling like experts.
>Lastly, obviously you should try to draw outside your comfort zone
Knowledge is supposed to be built on previous knowledge. Reaching for the stars is admirable, but it'll lead to a lot of frustration and tears. It'll at least teach you where you stand. A lot of self taught people give up because they want to be like their heroes, but aren't learning like them.
But to actually answer your question, draw what you want even if you're ambitious. Do figure drawing sessions so you're faced with a healthy mix of challenge and ease. Also do it with other people. You might think you understand construction, form, etc. But you won't really know that until you do it with other people.

[Anonymous No.4864037]

is it weird to shorten the time to say "how long you've been drawing"
like i would say, i've been drawing my whole life
then i would saw, i've been drawing for the last few years
but now that i'm studying more i feel like its more honest to say i've been drawing for the last year

[Anonymous No.4864038]

>>4864022
>>4864026
Thanks for the reply. I think I'll give it a shot, then. I finally found the perfect reference for a piece I want to make, so I'll give it a shot.

[Anonymous No.4864711]

>>4857882
Me again, been trying to sit so my face/eyeline is completely parallel to the monitor and it's still happening. Maybe it's just something that has to go away over time, I dunno. Guess I'll stick to flipping the canvas a lot at the start of the drawing. Super frustrating, I've been obsessed/hung up on this for a few days now lol.

[Anonymous No.4865329]

>>4841922
After learning a fair bit of fundamentals and learning how fabric works. Can I start deviating and do my own thing? Im just wondering how much realism I need until I can do my own thing.

[Anonymous No.4865626]

Why are Adobe such fucking faggots with Adobe Fresco? Why arent they making it compatible with desktop pc?

[Anonymous No.4865928]

My CPS crashes when i hover over the bottom left part
any help?

[Anonymous No.4866052]

Do you guys know of any photoshop brushes to draw like this?

[Anonymous No.4866071]

>>4866052
HARD

[Anonymous No.4866092]

>>4866071

[Anonymous No.4866814]

Recmmended materials to learn construction and form?

[Anonymous No.4867169]

Is there anything wrong with having my tablet (non-screen tablet) on a slight angle, and off to the side of me a little bit? As in, it's not centered in front of me? I find I get better lines like this but it feels weird.

[Anonymous No.4867423]

>>4867169
draw hows comfortable for you but if you experience arm pains change your position