For those of you who focus on making original characters/character designs, how often are you creating new ones? Like in a given month, how much of your time is spent drawing characters you've previously created vs new ones? How many OCs you pump out in that time frame?
For myself? NoneFor clients? A handful a month
>>7923290Depends on what I am working on and my mood. Sometimes I can pump out new designs for my project on a weekly basis, other times I can't really get anythign done. I also tend to revisit old designs a lot, either to redesign them to some extent or just draw them again for the fun of it. Last month for example I spent a lot of time just drawing a catgirl character of mine again and again in different poses both for practice as well as just for fun.
Figure drawing is a fun and good way to get better at drawing humans.Some free resources:https://quickposes.com/en/gestures/timedhttps://www.quickposes.com/enhttp://reference.sketchdaily.net/enhttps://quickposes.com/en/gestures/randomhttps://www.characterdesigns.com/non-nude-photo-indexhttps://www.lovelifedrawing.com/tutorials/https://app.posemy.art/https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/hands-feet-practicehttps://www.rkgk.org/Might as well check the archives and active /ic/ threads for references:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>7922484thanks>>7922492one thing i find helpful that you could try is putting in a quick indication of a ground plane. it takes no time at all and it really helps with the sense of perspective, especially when you're working with full figures in distorted views.>>7922606nice to see you pushing yourself a little bit.
>>7922606>>7922774appreciate it
Been experimenting with ink and brush, took it to a figure drawing session and it's great fun. Challenging to get the brush juuust wet enough but not too wet. This is one of the 30 drawings I did in the session. Just india ink and just one brush.Don't know how to get the waves out of the paper though. Maybe mist it and stretch or flatten it.
>>7923289>>7923289mix in some water with the ink to dilute it and have a sketch layer, focusing on the shading shapes as well. and when you draw the outline over it with just ink, it'll look cooler and you have a frame of reference to make it more precisemake sure to use crepe tape to fasten your paper tight to minimize waving and let it dry like that. higher quality paper will also help of course.
You know what guys? I genuinely like the art style of older american comic books
>>7922623>is in some ways worse or at the very least just as bad as trooning outYeah, exercising and chasing an ideal is far worse than self mutilation, you're right.
>>7920638>beingYou're not "being" anything while reading comics, unless you mean being a faggot who stares at cartoon muscle men's crotches while they spread their legs far and wide
>>7922672>t. reads something literally called man gay
>>7921640kill all nazis
>>7920609It might sound söy of me to say but I still think pic related is one of the best pieces of art I’ve seen. I really really like this style.
>6 years since I draw with pencil>just draw>how hard can it be>like riding a bicycle>live stream drawing>can't control line>can't control shape>can't control shadingAnon, never stop drawing, if you stop you drop.
>>7921094Is that yours? It’s shitty for 6 years but it’s not bad in an absolute sense. I don’t think you should give up hope.
values are the fun killer
Well, /ic/? What causes stagnation?
>>7920971>>7920982You know, this makes a lot of sense.>but it is mediated through stupid and pointless smaller goals like "drawing 250 boxes" or "learning anatomy".These are required tasks, bstacles that I need to surpass to reach my goals.>expressing yourself and making things that other people can enjoy.This is my goal.I got so caught up in the belief that I need to complete the tasks before I'm good enough to just fucking make stuff that I want. It got to the point where I picked up the pen and got hit with decision paralysis - do I waste a session drawing for fun, or do I do "work" and study so I actually make progress? The pressure got so bad that I burnt out and gave up.Could you explain what the B-type activities are in more detail please? I suppose A is talking about memorization, practice, and rote mechanical skill, whereas B is more the spontaneous bursts of creativity that erupt out of your head and compel you to draw something on a whim or urge, and lead to a drawing that wasn't premeditated or planned?
>>7923248Where it gets really fucked up is that for every other complex skill I know (e.g. programming), I naturally studied them in a more B-style way. But I just haven’t been able to make myself do that with drawing. Drawing just feels like an infinite ocean with no signposts and everything I do is wrong. It makes me grasp for A-style structure to hold onto but even the A structures don’t actually work or produce any improvement.Basically I can see that I’m approaching drawing in the same retarded and overly-literal way that I laugh at other people in other activities for, but I can’t just make myself approach drawing in a more natural B-style way. It’s maddening.“Learn in a B way” might just be a synonym for “talent and natural interest” honestly. Even STEM subjects can be approached in a B-style way.
>>7923259Yeah I get this. What trips up a lot ofpeople is that the gains and improvement are invisible. You'll improve (ostensibly) if you just keep drawing, but you won't get any positive feedback or confirmation that you're going in the right direction, you just have to blindly trust that it's working.I guess I couldn't do that. The idea is that the gains are there, but so slow and incremental that you can't track them on a conscious timescale. Also that you won't know what to look for exactly. You'll look at a new drawing and think that it looks the same or worse than your previous ones, then someone will come along and say "oh look the line confidence is much better in this new drawing. You've improved!"
I stagnated for years and then shit like form and perspective suddenly just clicked. my guess is that our brains like to do shit on autopilot even if its not optimal
Being blind.If you cant redraw the same thing the next day, and not see where you could make even a 5% improvement, that's you being blind.It's the easiest thing.>Oh wow the eyes are too far apart>the clothing folds are off>the arm is too shortAnd all you have to do it take that 5% along with you to the next thing.
I drew this today
>>7922376would pet
about 2.5 hours i think
>>7914233Sick. I love marco bucci
>>7892427going to start
It's so painful to use
https://krita-artists.org/t/recharge-2026/176627
>>7921722The "eraser" likely got set to a different brush or a non-erasing blend mode.
>>7904715Nothing that you said applies to pirating an old version of PhotoshopAll your rambling only applies to actually paying for the latest version
>>7903887i like it cause it's on steam and i can see how many hours i've put in it :3
>>7904448
is really worth fucking up my sleep schedule just for drawing this?https://files.catbox.moe/pjibc8.png
>>7919201You know this is an imageboard, right?
>>7919204yesbut you didn't answer my question
>>7919201He can't even be bothered
>>7919201For that? Fuck no.
Why do so many anons hate the idea of doing art as a career these days? Didn't this board start out as primarily for aspiring concept artists?I have never seen good work come for a "hobbyists" they almost never commit to it.
>>7922792It, was lively seven-ten years ago; actual networking and people actually got full-time jobs from networking there. They even had in person meetups at GDC in San Francisco. Once pandemic kicked off, the site seemed to have died off, everyone is using discord these days.
>only animetards postingof course.
>doing art as a careerWhat does that even look like in 2026? Everyone says they want to make it big but no one really knows what that means.
>>7922576Making a living from galleries is waaaaay harder than making a living from patreonbux or other forms of "commercial art". You also basically have to be a woman and/or brown, if you are a white man you will be laughed out of the room at any "fine arts" institution
>>7923237selling at galleries doesn't mean "fine arts institutions", you terminally online niggermuttthere are galleries selling paintings to the average joe all over any european city, and I'd bet any non-hicksville us city
Does anyone have any good references/guides for torso twisting? Muscular males would be preferred
>>7923152My fellow "New Masters Academy Daily Life Drawing Session" chad...
I draw girls with dicks and have a normal relationship. Are some things best kept secret when it comes to fetish art? It's not like it's going to bleed past the drawings, I'm perfectly fine the degeneracy stays within that realm, but it does make it harder to draw when she's around.
>>7922269Overdoing anything will rob you that much is true. But differentvstrokes for different folks i guess.Rando Example: Lemmy might tolerate a bottle of jack a day quite well but i dont, therefore i shouldnt .
>>7919804>I draw girls with dicks- You draw men
>>7922581Difference is the old masters drew realistic representations of reality in order to understand it better. This guy's drawing a parody to get his rocks off>>7922828Some vices are better than others a bottle of jack mostly damages the liver and may cause depression. Pornography can cause depression, isolation, and really fucked up dopamine receptors.
>>7919804My wife writes erotica and I draw weird fetish shit, we've been together 14 years and lead a very average life outside of that. Our fetishes aren't the same, but we're both open with each other. There's some shit I'm into she doesn't want to know about in detail, and vice versa. Having to hide that you have kinks is a pain in the ass, it's better that they know even if it's not something they're into. But I'm lucky my wife is very open minded.
>>7919804Unless you know for a fact that she's turbo based and she's going to be your soulmate, yes, keep it a secret. Women are 1) all fundamentally normies at a spiritual level, and 2) are viscerally repulsed by any hint of homosexuality or bisexuality in a man. It basically makes them stop respecting you instantly; certainly they will no longer respect you as a sexual partner.
Can anyone recommend drawing live streamers that mostly draw dudes? I am trying to embrace the "mirroring" technique and I want to draw nice looking guys, because I like cute boys of all shapes and sizes.
Sorry, I only help lolicons.
>>7923046>I am trying to embrace the "mirroring" techniqueNever heard of this, what is it?
>>7923046I'd be surprise if there are any, cute boys is a niche genre. Most artists who draw men gravitate towards beefcakes or otome men from what I've seen. But I plan on starting a general focusing on youthful, softer and often androgynous males.
>>7923201>bishonen >ever niche come, now. be serious. unless this is meant to mock the several draw boy general we have here >>7923157not op but i’m sure he’s referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirroring. humans learn stuff by watching too
>>7923221I think the anon you replied to was talking about shota basically. But that's not what OP was asking for
Draw this pose.
>>7903449only drawing in the thread that actually adds something
>>7923171then you missed the only drawing that actually does something original, because youre either blind or ignorant.
>>7923171In a thread full of drawings, many adding interesting takes on the initial image, here comes Mr.Crabby Pessimistic acting as if only a singular image did anything good.You fucks are as pretentious as those in the formal art world; only your taste is good and correct, everything else is wrong. Get bent.
>>7923171where is your drawing?
>>7923203its likely himself replying to his own post. getting (You)s is important to some anons for an understandable reason. everyone deserves a few kind words for drawing. i tried to incorporate everyone ITT in my little list/posting here for example >>7917198. if i had a big fridge, all the threads drawings would be on it.
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Tonio killed this general
>>7923064redpill me on tonyo vs proko
>>7922482TelegramSearch "1 month" in the Course Busters channel
Is it just me or does the telegram channel code not work? It's probably just me, huh?
I think there are enough courses out we can start to learn to draw now. >hide>Casa>hamptonIt seems like enough to make a start.
please share some male references, preferably ones that have very clear muscle definition
>>7914600i fucking hate i thought that was epstein's faced shopped on him for a moment
>>7914600He looks like he is the father of Albert Wesker
>>7917833Nice
