Previous thread >>7334251Welcome to /sex/, your general thread dedicated to sexual artworks ranging from simple pinups with exaggerated proportions to explicit pornography. Please feel free to pick your best works in progress or finished work and post it here.>General Rules & Guidelines1) All forms of art styles are welcome and encouraged; submit your work and receive feedback from others.2) Please resize your images below 1000x1000 pixels before posting.3) Share whatever knowledge you can. Please provide references whenever possible.4) Do not be afraid of asking for critique, be specific on what help you need.5) Remember all GB3 related content such as LOLICON, SHOTACON, FURRY and FURRY PORNOGRAPHY along with BESTIALITY are banned on ALL boards, including red boards, except for /b/ and /trash/. DO NOT post that content here.6) DO NOT reply to AI bait posts. Report and hide, then let the janitors and moderators deal with the problem.>Community Resources>>>/ic/courses>>>/ic/artbookComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>7373742Like the other poster said, the Krenz course is a good resource for helping understand box forms and how to overlap forms to give depth. Its a resource I go back to often since its quite handy. Try stacking boxes in 3 point perspective to get the knack for how these poses work, and of course, keep up with your anatomy studies.I don't want to dissuade you from drawing from imagination, because I feel like that is where the true joy of drawing comes from: creating something through your own interpretation of the world. Reference is just as it is though- Reference. Something that you can turn back to as a tool to check the accuracy of your forms. Just like with what I did, I didn't let the reference rule the image I was making, but used it to inform my decisions Keep going sempai. WAGMI
>>7373629can't remember one desu. Maybe Ahmed's meds map helped a little or Itten's book about color. But the most useful thing was searching other people's artwork that could give you an example, a hint of how to do something better than you do it by yourself and try not to only study, but to replicate some aspect of it up to the direction of the brushstrokes in your own pieces. Paintings of impressionists have a lot to offer for instance
>>7363712I drew the big booba
>>7365427>lol tiny balls
>>7369489Wait a few days for responseDamnit anon was a faggot after all, even after getting help
literally what is the point of learning to draw. it takes so much time and I'll probably never get good and even if I get good probably no one will want to look at my art
>>7371632I would also recommend trying different mediums. I'm a traditional artist that uses watercolor pencils. I found them to be viscerally satisfying to blend with and got me drawing more.
Even very crude drawings can be useful as storyboards for other Media. Setting up a scene,getting an interesting composition, where to tuck in word balloons if any,and the beginnings of dialog to congeal a narrative. Even Dilbert can be insightful and moving at turns.
>>7371637masterclass in ragebait or OP is retarded, call it
>>7371637One of the dumbest comments I read in a long time.
>>7371632Stop trying to get good and spend time with the people who love you. Then come back refreshed and draw something you want to draw. It will refresh your brain and make it easier to dig into whatever material you're studying.
Is this book any good? Or should I go with drawing on the right side of the brain?
>>7372293Hello everyone. I'm a beginner tourist from another board. For every person who recommends me a book there's two more who say it's shit. Is there a single book that can be commonly agreed upon? I was going to start reading Keys to Drawing, but people in this thread are saying its bad. I was thinking of doing The Natural Way to Draw instead.
>>7374361I tried half a dozen "this should be your first book", and keys was the only that made it click for me and properly taught me to just draw what I see, and properly measure things. I'd say the first half of the book is great, but once it gets into shading it gets pretty meh.At the end of the day, everyone's brains work different and everyone will have their own path to art, which is why 99% of courses suck, they won't fit (you) and your personal way of learning, so you gotta experiment and find what works.
It's okay, but it turns you into an asshole if you let it.
>>7374361I think keys to drawing is fine. Just try different books until you find one that clicks for you.For me, it was the eviston book on drawing, but some people dont vibe with it. It's personal preference.You can find many books for free so you can flip through them and check them out first. Or look at a library or book store.
>>7372278just do the workbook
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>>7374873>m.jpgNTA (newfag here) what does that mean
>>7374893If you download images from 4chan on your phone it gives you a crappy compressed version and adds an "m" to the end (m = medium quality).In this case 1731537233925817m.jpgSo if you want the original image you have to remove the "m" and download 1731537233925817.jpgSo a filename with m.jpg means it's a:- Phoneposter- Too lazy to get good quality images
>>7374711fucking retard
>>7374873it's not AI though, I'm pretty sure
>>7374711fuck off
>this is from imaginationThis is from imaginationHow the fuck!?
It's simple nigger.I think.I put down the line.I correct it if I think it's wrong.I repeat until it's right, and add values that I Think are right and correct them if they are wrong.
>>7374529>Back thenit still is in the UK you fool
>>7374529>marriageDid he married her, or did he just sexually abused her and produced child abuse material with her likeness?You are sick, nobody is falling for you twisted excuses.
>>7374203just fucking draw nigga , draw in your sleep, never stop
>>7374567Imagine getting triggered over a painter from the 1800's. People lived to like 30 back then, that bitch was having a mid life crisis already.Just get over it.
How do i get rid of my twitter shadowban?I draw vtuber porn, my stuff doesn't show up in hashtags
How do I check if I'm shadowbanned or not
Twitter hash tags in 2024 are superfluous.If you put the word in your post with or without hashtags, it achieves the same thing. Either way if your follower count is low your posts will be buried in searches.
If you're posting porn there's no getting rid of it.
>>7374621Search for your acct name, if it doesnt suggest you or autofill it and you have to type the entire name, youre search banned.It can be hard to tell with shadowbans unless you have data on views from before it happened.This shit is why people have porn alts
>>7374535if you gonna draw porn it won't go away every porn artist got it so it doesn't matter that much >my stuff doesn't show up in hashtagsjust untick the hide sensitive content
self-explanatory: post art which inspires you and which may inspire your fellow anons.
>>7364337NTAOver paint the greens on the forehead and neck. Looks like a uncanny valley imitation of an old master painting.
New Jablonski art actually inspired me to pick up a stylus after months again. I was like, fuck cg, trad is the only way to go. But he shows you can still do something meaningful digital.>>7371187Sometimes i feel, like sculpting is the superior art form.>>7373998Hahaha, the perspective is fucked up beyond believe. Or is it just muh art style, hahaha?
>opinions on taking a week off?usually when i take a week off drawing i come back better than when i stopped. im not sure if its more of an improvement than if i just kept drawing though. torn between taking occasional breaks and constant practice. i dont really like to take any time off just because i feel like if im not practicing im not getting anywhere
>>7371826a week is a long time for me. if I'm taking a week off I feel like I'm on a hiatus.
Kinda retarded thread, but I'll reply in earnest:If you want to take breaks because studying is painful, then it's understandable. Take some time to relax and draw things you enjoy, then go back to grinding.If you want to take breaks frequently because you don't wanna draw at all, then it's a bad sign, means the process isn't enjoyable to you.You should either find ways to fix it or accept art as a hobby, because you won't get to pro level by slacking often.
>>7372137Very true. Its fine for burnout but for lazy bums like me, if I stop for a week it will be months before I draw again
>>7371928forgot about this thread ngl>>7372137agreed
>>7374981it fucking removed my attachment
Looking for some refs, can only find AI though.
>>7373381There's no basis to it. Fantasy aesthetics reference medieval aesthetics, which existed in actual literal reality because of needs and limitations. Obviously you can draw whatever but if you don't intend to reference something actual then you don't actually need reference. You don't need to understand things that aren't important, but if the dark fantasy aesthetic is important to you, you should understand it.Here's a picture of a gargoyle. You might not know this, but they were used to remove rainwater from the roof and move it some distance away from the building. They are decorated spouts. With this information, if you ever want to place grim looking devil statues on a building, you'll know their proper placement and posture. You cannot learn anything to this level of accuracy from a system that generates bullshit.
>>7373402thats a solid explanation thank you anon i understand now
Frontsoft had made some cool dark fantasy games before demonsouls.>>7372441 you could also look at some dark fantasy novels, or shows, image searching is a lil cooked desu
>>7373381>be me>want to look up historical stuff like Ancient Romans and Chinese>not necessarily for art stuff even>google references>AI slop that is woefully misinformed about a lot of things>it's far worse with science stuff
If we're doing a dark fantasy art thread, can we please actually post dark fantasy art for fuck's sake.Artist is @tatsumimimi on Twitter
Thread for sharing tips and asking questions about inking. My Question: How to ink a perfect circle.?
>>7373357So, like, I can't use any of these since I'm left-handed, right?
>>7374471Went ahead and screencapped the post for the future so I don't forget the brands if I'm ever in the market for another pen. Right now I figure I'll start with this one and a fude brush pen.>I am a bit sceptical of the pen shapeSame, but all the reviews I've watched said it feels really good apparently, even the little ridges. One guy mentioned how capping the top makes of feel a tad top heavy though so he recommended against that. Really excited to try it out though. Didn't put much stock in spending money on better brands, but like I said earlier, I finally sank a bit of money into a nice mechanical pencil and the difference in the "feel" and level of control is huge so hopefully this pen hits that smooth, gliding feeling that was mentioned in >>7373357 and the weight control is everything it's hyped up to be in the reviews.
>>73745951. being left handed in drawing has zero consequences. you can literally hold the pen in the standard tripod configuration and draw from right corner of canvas to the left. the only reason why lefties are bullied at school is because of the writing system where you MUST write from left to right: lefties have to cope by using alien grips and push the ink in front of hand. this doesnt apply for drawing.2. some brands like Lamy offer special nibs for lefties (LH) and also they have begginer nibs (A) which are completely round, theoretically ideal for lefties since it will write smoothly at any angle.https://www.lamy.com/en/lamy-nib-guide/3. unless you buy pen with triangular grip, they are completely symetrical so good enough for lefties or extreme right or even centrists.4. if you also want to write it, look into fast drying inks. brands like noodlers offer 999 inks, some of them are branded as fast drying: the ink will dry before your left hand will smudge it
>>7374837Damn, this is so obvious. I just kinda gave up on pens because I couldn't write with them. I even bought a quick-drying ink, but it just wouldn't flow out of the nib. I'll look into it, thanks.
If I want the ink to lighten up like watercolor is it better to: >water it down in a separate container and apply >put ink down as is and wet it>wet the paper and apply the ink?
I've noticed many artists do master studies of their favorite artists. Should I focus on learning the general foundations of art first, or start with master studies and learn the foundations later?
>>7373060i know you are a kid to ask this stupid questions but yeah, you learn how to move first to later copy the rest. is like those permabegs to live in denial about they confidence in volume or good lines but you see their shit and is all fucked up, of course you learn the basic first, how basic? all the way to zero if necessary that's why you have books like the betty edwards shit that literally literally is about hold the fucking pencil, literally use your fucking eyes. So if you need to do that, do it. Your only enemy is your ego so be humble and honest about your current state, always, and you will be fine
Master studies first to prevent burnout/ending up like most of /ic/If you consistently struggle with something, perspective or drawing a particular bodypart for example, look up some random shitty youtube guide but then go back to drawing actual things
>>7373060Have you finished all of drawabox yet?No?Don‘t you fucking dare start master studies then until you have.
>>7373975lmao
>>7373060It doesn't matter. Just keep drawing and keep changing what you do. It's about volume and variety. Doing either exclusively will fuck you up.
nigga just draw.
>>7374419Draw one of the quadrillions of objects that exist. I just told you that?? Wow, you are profoundly retarded. Howie thread everyone, move along.
>>7373692Draw your whore mother giving me head.
why do people keep falling for these threads made by profoundly retarded people that do not draw
>>7374375thanks i appreciate it. everyone should draw
SHIT i mean >>7374376sorry other guy
Go, my fellow trend chasers, draw this in your style..I really love how goofy she looks..
>>7370690lol that you're going to hell
>>7350757kek
>>7350406Grim.
>>7349258strawberry shortcake/MLP forumla
Bunch of no draw faggots on this board.
>learn to draw with pen/pencil and paper!>then buy a drawing tablet, learn to use it, buy art software, learn to use that…can I just skip the second step jfc
>>7374107lolt.radfag
>>7374091>can I just skip the second step jfcYes, digital art is for faggots anyway
>>7374091You don't really need to learn to use the tablet if it's a screen tablet. You only need time to adjust if it's a screenless tablet.>buyKrita, Medibang/FireAlpaca, there's plenty of free software to choose from.>learn to use softwareThis is admittedly tricky. Even experienced tradfags can have some trouble getting into digital because digital color mixing and the digital medium is actually rather unintuitive. The best thing to do in this case is to at first stick to very simple brushes (hard round meme) and don't rely on blending/mixing brushes, try to lay out your colors with hard brushes with no blending capabilities because until spectral color mixing implementation becomes a standard addition to most digital art software the default additive blending will turn things gray and muddy. If whatever software you choose has spectral color mixing, great, enjoy your free pass to flavortown.
>>7374111You need to be good first anon, average doesn't count, go above and beyond and you'll be swimming in money coming from rich pigs
>>7374834you're in for disappointment when you actually enter the market
ART FACT: Most of the most valuable art principles can be learned from studying the Mona Lisa
more like fart act
>>7374362No they can't and it's also a nothingburger of a painting that only got popular because normies can buy a shirt or a phone case with it as they aren't able to appreciate art in any other way than a commodity they can pin on themselves and pretend to have a personality
