how fucked am I if I take a several month hiatus from patreon? I don't like NEED. the money but I'm worried that if I significantly decrease my posting frequency I won't be able to recover when I do come back. anyone have experience with this and burnout?
If people are paying you, expecting a certain amount of work monthly, then it's less about you being 'fucked', and more about you being a bit of a dickhead and not meeting your obligations.You got the money, so deliver what is expected of you.However, I believe you can pause your patreon - so go for that.The bigger risk to you from having a break is actually the social media 'algorithm' fucking you, because you took a pause. Maybe do a bunch of 'best of' reuploads?
>>7803044pausing patreon billing is one of the dumbest things artists do, the whole point of patreon is to get paypigs on autobilling without a clue what's sapping their credit cards and you go and remind the paypig with a call to action to cancel their silent subscription that you worked so hard to get him to pay in the first place
>i'm a professional japanese animator>oh, what did you study to get so good at drawing?>scotto robaatoson, virupu, roomisu, hamputon
>>7800329It’s probably just 1 retard. The same guys are pretty easy to spot in meta threads.
>>7800329Ikr, old /int/ was the best judge for japanese books.
>>7800103Holy fuck thank you so much, I haven't been able to find this since a certain google doc full of animation resources got taken down.Internet archive is back up btw.
>>7800103>nearly all the books are from western authorskek
>>7800348What was that Doc called again?
Amidst all the generic anime crap, I saw some Studio Ghibli stuff, but I came across this artist, Eisaku Kubonouchi. Do you know of any other artists with similar styles?
>>7796466I get than generic anime styles are appealing a lot of the time, but fuck it's so rare to actually find variety>inb4 but anime isn't a styleyou know what I mean
Inspired by El Lissitzky
>>7800826It's not the style, it's the content. Anime is particularly incestuous in a way that just recycles ideas into nothing. People who draw anime don't draw things they like in anime style, they don't like things that aren't anime. They draw anime things in anime style. And then they copy the other people drawing anime things. And after awhile you just get a bland paste made of nothing but four layers of malappropriated tropes stapled together without the slightest hint of self-awareness.
>>7797209>>7796579Kys Moe scum.
>>7797209>>7796579>>7803086I'm sorry please don't kill yourself.
How do most NSFW artists get paid? I assume Paypal but I'm too paranoid to use that shit. I don't wanna get doxxed by some shartyteen for drawing a 17 year old character. Crypto seems perfect for being anonymous, but most people interested in commissioning artists probably don't use it. There's cashapp but it's US only. How has there not been an English equivalent of Skeb yet? This stuff pisses me off in general, why can't artists just draw smut in peace without having to worry about being hounded by retards?
>>7794125why are you crypto troons like this? always trying to shill your retarded meme coins
>>7800574the only coin it takes is bitcoin but people commissioning porn are too retarded to use italso porn is degenerate, i came in the thread to tell OP i hope it is made illegal where you are and you somehow end up in CECOT.
>>7798746I'm beginning to wonder PP bans have less to do with NSFW art in particular, and more to do with blocking high sales numbers accounts located in "developing" countries, and there just happens to be high overlap.
>>7790526Yep. You're a woke white woman.
>>7790925In the real world, which ended sometime around 2008, it wasn't a big deal if some randos knew some of your details. Most systems still operate the same way, and new ones that rely on transient public keys or other crypto bullshit like that are totally alien to civilization. And even if you go with those solutions, the net effect is that you give ownership of your given name to the government.
The world has changed a lot. What is the best way to launch a comic if you have 0 followers in 2025?
>>7801593@salomoncallee
>>7801589I'd say the first step is making a half decent comic.
Upload it yourself on porn sites such as exhentai
>>7801589First make fan art to gain a following. Then announce your comic. Either make it a webcomic and host it on another platform or your own site. You can also crowdfund it to make physical copies.
>>7803078sounds like a great way to get nowhere and die homeless and unknown
What are your artistic goals in life?
To make at least 50k a year drawing slutty boys. Sadly picrel isn't mine, but I want a full time gig drawing bitch boys getting dicked down
>>7799106Idk, with AI now a thing, doing this as an actual job is out of the question so now I just kind of draw whenever I feel like it with short term goals like finishing an a detailed image or drawing my favorite character
>>7801693>Idk, with AI now a thing, doing this as an actual job is out of the questionValid, but I also think it's a bit doomer pilled.Personally, I think AI will mean more jobs in art, and AI will never really be able to replace people, but who knows what the future holds in that regard - only a few years ago, it seemed like AI would never be able to touch the arts, and the arts were recommended as a job safe from ever being made redundant... oh how that changed.
>>7801068based as fuck
>>7801069>>7801142>>7801151TAG WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO RETARD.
Drawing "on the side" is a joke.You have to want it. It has to be everything to you. The act of putting a pencil to paper; stylus to tablet; brush to canvas, must be more than an escape. It must be the sole, highest purpose of your existence. Anything less, and you are condemned to mediocrity.Forget talent. When was the last time you saw an artist with a PhD, JD, MD, or even a STEM bachelors AND they still used their degree? Never. Because guess what? Anyone with a cushy six figure job, wife, kids, and home doesn't have a real "need" to be an artist. They're not "hungry." There's a reason why all good sportsball players grow up in the ghetto/favela. The same is true for art.
>>7790817This must be some sorta joke imagine being a primary school dropout.
>>7796001high iq doesn't make you good at drawing
>>7803046Cope.
>>7796513>Hunted down and killed in the streets like a dogno, they never caught him, he died of illness while traveling
>>7803051it doesn't, there are lots of high iq people who don't have any aesthetic sense or manual dexterity whatsoever, like steven fry for example
Thread to study the adult male body. Post your art, discuss artists, and post resources related to the subject of cute guys and handsome men.Some resources:>English Youtube channel with tutorials about ikemen/anime boys:https://www.youtube.com/user/SirKite92/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/c/Dospordos/videosRules:>Do not take the bait or derail. Don't be a sperg.>Don't fight about different male body types, ikemen/twink/bara. Nobody cares.>No femboy/trans/traps/futa. Go to /salt/ for that.>No shota. Go to /lsg/ for that.>No tits, no coochies, no female body ratio.>Females are welcome so long as the image remains male-focused.>Don't sperg if a feminine male (not femboy) is posted, ignore if it's not your cup of tea, keep in mind the nature of stylization and simplification in anime and cartoon art styles before you choose to derail the thread, though crit is welcome like always.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
alright, i’m shit at thinking up poses for porn. anyone got good sites with decent quality photos. just link your faves or whatever i’ve been using this for some inspiration but i could use more - http://cowboyfrank.men/index.htm
>>7802038personally i browse around red boardsthis guy’s a pretty nice ref if you don’t mind that it’s all straight https://x.com/48tte1
fanart
>>7802038Nice site anon, for me this site is all I will ever need for gay / straight attractive male image refs, sign up and you will not regret it I promise you. https://www.adonismale.com/
>>7802871this is perfect, thank you>>7802394thank you, stupidly i’ve been so focused on /ic/, somehow forgot there’s a gay porn board here
Lately, I've been reading debates in the art world about the popularity of both genres. According to statistics, fantasy is currently the most popular genre, while science fiction is losing ground and is considered more outdated. These discussions also reveal social behavior based on preferences; for example, those who consume fantasy the most are mostly homosexuals and women, while science fiction is mostly consumed by Herero men. Another peculiarity is that fantasy has revealed that most of its consumers are more emotional, focused on politics and customer service jobs. Conversely, science fiction consumers tend to be more rational but more focused on technological and business innovation, and working alone.
Draw sci-fi>Have to know robots, spaceships, lots of cool tech and celeastial shit.Draw fantasy>Make a naked chick with pointy ears.
>>7802422>coomer retard oversimplifies things
>>7802013puckee21 thread
>>7802013pyw
>>7802013>>for example, those who consume fantasy the most are mostly homosexuals and women, while science fiction is mostly consumed by Herero men.nah it's the other way around, fantasy is archaic and suspicious at best, while sf is technophilic and progressivethe big exception is fantasy aimed at women which is actually just porn
>>7800076those jobs are not stable in america anymore bro
>>7799322start jerking off to the weirdest shit possible so you'll get desensitized and start enjoying doing commissions for it
>>7799326I don't have either
>>7799526It kinda is, but that's the "sad" reality for many professional artists, in one way or another, unless you're purely independent and just have actual patrons who pay you to draw whatever you please. And I'm not just talking about smut artists. I doubt many artists take much creative or spiritual joy from designing an anthropomorphic dog dressed as a plumber for a local business, painting a food mural with ebin 80s movie references for a hamburger restaurant, or drawing two sőifaggots as Adventure Time characters for their wedding invitations or whatever the fuck. Only the lucky few artists can make money from their pure, unbridled artistic passions alone, and are typically reduced to drawing random shit that they don't care about for other people, you just have to hope that your personal portfolio is strong enough that it inspires clients to commission you to draw things which aren't too far removed from your genuine passions
>>7799744Based femfighting chad making /ic nodraws seethe, as per usual.
>starts doodling >joins random discord>cant even draw a circle >dirt tier lv skill >meets other begs >they all suffer >do studies, share refs, roast each other’s work>years pass >one’s at a AAA studio >one’s on payroll making X’s new logo look even worse >one’s farming Patreon buckos >still friends sending cursed sketchesIf you’re still beg make friends before it’s too late.
>>7776093this makes me happy as a fellow beg thank you
My art friend disappears from the face of the earth for like a year at a time and comes back with massive gains every timeWhy are you like this? I want to learn, too...
>>7791659this discord is cliquey as fuck and the constructive crit is very hit or miss, but it is a generally good group of people
>>7791624>shifting the blameConvincing argument faggot. Blocked.
>>7791624Most of my problems were rooted in being too friendly in my internet interactions and people would tend to take advantage. In terms of commissioners in particular, I have better experience with clients to whom I'm colder and less personable.
Whats the point of learning trad, when theres so many shortcuts you can take with digital?https://x.com/khyleri/status/1990465340317577681Dont wanna seem jealous or vindictive, but alot of people online (not picrel artist) seem to just learn the basic fundamentals and then use all these tricks to make great art and webcomics. Sorta demoralizing when im trying to learn everything, and then if I mess up a single drop, or brush, then the works ruined. Im learning digital now, and its honestly so much easier, when you have a good grasp of the fundamentals
It’s extremely easy to tell if someone is tracing 3D because anime style can never be perfectly represented in 3D
>>7799398retard it's done on purpose, it's like the niggered shit, it's an effort to drive you off the board because everything you see is annoying and grating. and mods are useless cockgobbling faggots so this effort was successful and 4chan is just shit now. unironically find a discord or something, this place is dead
>>7799398>A fart in the wind.you mean a poo in the loo
>>7797244spbponly shit smelling jeets wouldn't understand
>>7797235>drawing over something or even outright tracing is digital only People have been tracing shit and inventing devices which allowed them to trace reality since long before even cameras existed
General dedicated to posting and discussing art of either:1. Manmade objects, vehicles, tool, weapons etc. (of any kind and any historical era, as long as they fall in the ballpark of "technology") and fictional derivatives of such2. Objects,vehicles, creatures etc. that aesthetically fall into the visual space of mecha/robot/artificial/cybernetics etc. regardless of level of realism.Helpful to mention the level of realism, if any, you are taking into account in the art.
>>7799589hey mech anon, what and how would i need to practice to get as good as you? your mechs look awesome
I think I'm starting to understand it
Cassava howitzers vaporize small corvette.
>>7777638#I'mWithBalam
>>7778783this setting is cool where do you post your shit nigga
Beastars manga had better art style because of how uncanny, unintentional funny and cursed looks thanks to characters making giant eyes and weird faces similarly to Toriyama's art style from Dr Slump/Early DB era and speaking of this Both Toriyama's and Itagaki art style give me something that I call "giant eyes fetish"Both in Dr Slump and early Dragon Ball due to gag nature of Toriyama characters when hurt or shocked make giantic eyes and that's why I love Toriyama art style because how everything looks less animu but more toony/cartoonish (and also because in Toriyama's works there are anthro/kemono background characters and I am furry btw) but my fetish for characters making weird funny shocked faces and giantic eyes truly skyrocket when I discovered Beastars manga and in the manga version of Beastars not only art style looks like Uncanny Valley version of Toriyama style but also characters make Giantic eyes every... single.... Panel!I got erections everytime I see character in Toriyama-like or Beastars-like artstyle having giant making weird funny cursed face and giant eyes
so... carttoons?you're just saying you like cartoons
>>7802920It's a Gabe thread, do not engage.
I've never had people masturbate to my art
>me, a couple weekends ago>want to jerk off>have an idea>decide to draw something to coom to>that way I practise drawing and have something to look at>have an idea in mind (curvy anime girl with cat ears and a big pussy or something)>open photoshop>sketch is comin along nicely>suddenly photoshop crashes>it's literally never done that>divine interventionGod didn't want me to coom. I complied and did something else.
>>7801518Watching this thread for advice. I had figured if I do requests for others they'd theoretically coom to them but that just got more and more deviant art-tier autists to contact me instead.Still working on getting things down better.
>>7801518How would you even tell? There's no way to know what they're jerking it too. If you put your art out there and it's lewd or fetishistic you can almost be sure someone has jerked it to it or has jerked to it while blowing through pics.
>>7802809I want people to jerk so hard to it that they tell me.
>>7802268the adobe glownigger saw what you were doing and killed your program remotely
