>There is one thing not to do, and that is simply to drift along with the daily routine, making no extra effort. You will soon find yourself middle-aged, having done nothing more than routine jobs, and being little farther along than you were years ago. The extra effort is the difference between the great mass of mediocre artists and the comparatively small group of very good ones.>And in Art, study can never stop. You will find sketches galore in the studio of the good man, with the paint quite fresh. The mediocre artist's sketches are old and dusty.>I have seen so many middle-aged artists still hoping, whose samples are frayed at the edges, and thumb-marked with time. Sometimes it has been a matter of years since they sat down and actually did something to give their hopes any promise. They are plodding their lives away at something they hate, and doing nothing about it. These are the men who never seem to have had a chance. The truth is, they never seized a chance.- Andrew Loomis, Creative IllustrationRead the fucking Sticky:https://www.alexhays.com/loomis/Recommended Resources:https://hackmd.io/7k0XRnIQR6SValR77TDfZw?viewLets study every day and keep each other accountable! All levels of artists are welcome. Post any kind of study you want: figure drawings, still lives, nature sketches, master copies, even imagination work that you want feedback on. Critiques and redlines are encouraged :D
Bunch of experimental leg studies while I learned how gesture and shading works.
>>7707662The point of studies is to learn something new or becoming more familiar with a subject. Each study should take as long as necessary to solve the problem of that drawing/painting. So if it takes 2 minutes to solve the key problem, but then you spend 8 minutes doing unrelated rendering, you will end up with 2 minutes of problem solving, an unfinished sketch and some amount of time you spent reflecting on it.It's better to set a time block, like an hour where you do focused work. And then work through each study with deliberate focus on solving something specific, reflecting briefly on what could be done better, and then moving to the next.
I want to get better at gesture drawing, so I'm gonna try to do it more consistently. I don't want to waste a month doing it wrong, so I'd love any pointers. I based this on Michael Hampton's method. I think I need to suggest more form in the gesture.
How do i "feel the form"?
>>7733336just feel it
>>7734058HOW?!? IT'S JUST A SHEET OF PAPER YOU CAN'T FEEL ANYTHINGArtists are schizo...
>>7733336By not doing what this guy did. Her breasts look like they have implants or are in a push-up bra. They're too round and stiff. Natural, bikini-bound breasts are more fluid.
>>7735047they are, in fact, pushed up by the raised arm genius
>>7735047Re-draw it for us, how it should be.
Saw this dude doing daily studies and posting them, looked like a solid idea so I’m shamelessly stealing it. Gonna force myself to draw every day because my “progress” has been flatlining harder than my will to live.Plan is: 20 one-minute gesture studies, slap a face on each one so I don’t get dead fish faces, then pick one sketch and actually finish it.If you’ve got any critique or ideas for extra stuff I could add, just say it.link i use:https://quickposes.com/enhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHuoMBUnpnM
>>7733425Thanks Bro
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Just got admitted into art school (photography). Is it worth it? I will major in art photography. What advantage do I have over the average normie doing art by going to art school?
>>7725198How old are you?
>>7725198>Photography Studies CollegeThe kind of generic and uninspired name that a pajeet scammer would come up with. Are you sure this place is credible in matters of art?
>>7730022mid 20s>>7730284It's the best in terms of student satisfaction, but I might transfer to RMIT laterhttps://www.compared.edu.au/institution/photography-studies-college/study-area/creative-arts/undergraduate
>>7725215why the fuck would i want an artist gf? art is my thing, she should have another hobby she is passionate about
>>7725198>What advantage do I have over the average normie doing art by going to art school?your art can be rejected opening a way to a quick political career
Hey, i just turned 18. I have been drawing for 2+ years noww. I was wondering what kind of practice should i do to become a pro like some1else or jeonghee1414 in less than 5 years from now. How should one grind fundamentals to get this incredible draftsmanship?
>>7734766If you can't draw it without tracing, it's going to be obvious that you traced. Taking these kinds of shortcuts is very bad for you. It's putting the cart before the horse. You accustom yourself to enjoying the finished work and the accolades without learning to draw it properly. Then, when you reach the limits of what tracing can get you, the idea of actually putting in the work becomes intolerable because you're already wired for instant gratification. You never learn and are stunted thereafter. You might think, "Who cares? It's the end product that matters." That's fine if you are okay with work that looks traced. Just remember that "style" is largely the result of process. Nature is infinitely complex. The way an artist conceives of and simplifies the forms of nature affects the end result. This is very personal. If you skip this part and trace models, your work will by definition be more generic because anyone can trace a model. It is absolutely, mathematically, optically "correct," and thus less interesting than an "imperfect" human interpretation that is arrived at by studying, understanding and applying the laws of nature.
>>7734586You are from subhuman blood. Lots of melanin
least unhinged westoid reactions to literally just a picture of anime art
>>7734741Don't be an idiot, the two artists mentioned here are undeniably pros. Also there is a lot of timelapses of both of them from start to finish and one even has a course explaining fundies lmao.
>>7735243Good thing I can draw without tracing
What does /ic/ think of the Disegno Urlato technique pioneered by Italian artist Niccolò Calvi di Bergolo?A couple examples of the man at work:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F59x3SKvs9ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-KH5Pws0Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMDUvTcSjuU
>>7731473You have to come up with your own genius new paradigm. You can't just get good at someone else's thing and expect fame and the respect of your peers like Niccolò Calvi di Bergolo.
>>7728822>>77314732001 Miss Italia Daniela Ferolla
>>7734582>Daniela FerollaThanks, now I can show that friend with who she looks likecaptcha: RARXX
>>7735060Are you going to show us what your friend looks like?
>>7735208Don't have a photo of her, the main difference is age, fair skin, blue eyes, brown hair that have some redish shades when light bumps on it and some pounds/kilos
/ic/ what do yall think of my fantasy map? Drawing land masses has been easy, I suppose it would be easy for anyone, filling it in however has been a weaklink of mine, so I came up with this dot method for grasslands, forests, and so on.
>>7735259I dont really plan on selling, but do you think DND players woukd find value in my maps?
>>7735235add ripples around edge of land masses. put a compass in corner. mountains arent defined enough. look like little bumps. arent consistent in your use of the triangles. some are rounded. some touch, some have spaces. be more consistent in your designs. same with dots. you just spatter them. theres no consistency to the pattern or spaces. rivers come from mountains and larger pools of water. they travel to the ocean. you have one in bottom left of island that comes from nothing. should be flat lands since you dont have mountain symbols. its impossible river that doesnt pool into lake so cant be going to a low land area in center of island. japan like island next to it has a river that cuts island in half somehow. goes by mountains by doesnt pool at base of mountains or have a river feeding it from mountain range. makes no sense.
>>7735265Absolutely, yeah.
>>7735269Springs allows for rivers to form without the need of snow melt from mountains, so those are spring fed tributaries that flow into rivers. The dots lighter green is grass lands, darker green is forests, tan desert, so there is a pattern to it. Yeah my mountains basically anything other than landmasses is just my weakness, but the range is gray dots. Ill work on my mountains and river flows (lakes and such) to make them make better sense, thank you >>7735271Good to know, maybe if I get better I can go down that path one day.
>>7735269Here I threw this together, I want to make this dot style work, any better? You like the mountains touching?
What the fuck is there left to do once you've done your atelier training like I have and become a good artist? I have no interest in becoming a "master" or being a professional. I just have these pointless skills I don't know what to do with.
>>7734922>I just have these pointless skills I don't know what to do with.>>7735084>but i just don't know what to do with itAre you guys actually real world retarded or something? This is like hearing an adult ask why we drink water or eat food, it's that level of fucking infantile stupidity.Why did YOU learn these skills? Outside of mummy and daddy forcing you to learn art, you must have had goals? Even if it was just for the sake of a hobby and having fun, then continue doing that. FUCK!
>>7734931And sadly, ateliers don't teach you that, those require specialized schools.>>7734999Nice trips but Bargue and Gerome never started academicism it dates back to the rococo.>>7734922>>7735084Based retards.You already have more self awareness than 90% of graduates.First things first, don't do what Caesar Santos and other people did and turn to contemporary art, "modern" art by realists is always the worst, it requires a very specific education and you don't have the time for that.For two you have two choices:Modern ateliers have turned into a pyramid scheme just like regular art schools, and you can buy back into it at the 2nd layer now, at least I HOPE you can, by getting jobs as teachers and scamming other idiots into buying into it. This is why 99% of modern realists do teaching, you never see a single one who isn't doing a class, every single one of them has a "Workshops" page and "Teaching" page.If you can't find a job at any currently existing institute, learn Hindi or Nigerian and go there.Alternatively: Make your own paintings and sell.This is a novel concept that most modern atelier graduates cannot do because there is no longer composition tests based off imagination like the Beaux Art had, but if you can force yourself, after years of self education, you might finally be able to paint more than 2 people in one painting, and finally have an actual painting to sell instead of an oil study.Or option 3: Portrait artist.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>7734922You draw what you want to drawOr if you're not, you watch other people draw the same way people watch other people play sports.By the way, if a skillset is transferable, it's not useless. I only do digital. But recently I had to paint the gate and without even thinking painting them become natural like being able to complete it faster than my coworker could
>>7734922Paint anime girls with oversized breasts for patreon money
>>7735142H i l a r i o u s l y sardonic post. It just kept getting funnier as it went on, you actually had me laughing out loud, anon.
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>>7733937Any good Japanese books, anon? I want to buy one.
TIL e-hentai search isn’t perfect.Searching for artist:"kaida yuji$" for whatever reason doesn’t show https://e-hentai.org/g/2330000/f54649a9b5/ .Now I wonder how many great artbooks that I missed because the algorithm just decided not to show them.
>>7734114Oh, I picked this one up via torrent while back. I really liked the insectoid aesthetic of Aura Batter Dunbine.aHR0cHM6Ly9nb2ZpbGUuaW8vZC90VzM4Wno=
Any silent hill f players able to share the digital artbook?
Does anyone has KawaiiSensei is latest book? Doesn't have to be in English, Japanese or Korean would so as well, thank you in advance kind anons.
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>>7734065i like big sucking lips>>7734098is from an ai generation i found months ago
>>7734884AI is infecting every general...
magma'ing
>>7735148Finally, some cultured art.
What should I realistically do? is 8 hours per day obligatory?
>>7734170>2 and 4 are pretty impossible on my own, right?
>>7733283you can't10-20 years is the minimumit's a lifelong path
>>7733283I won't say who because I dont want to give myself away, but friend of mine with a million+ account got decent in 3 years doing 16 hours a some days
>>7733481you mean radiorunner?
>>7734170nah, that's why you do studies - it presents you with an undeniable "truth" that you can then compare your work to. once you've identified and corrected a mistake in a controlled learning environment, you're much more likely and able to do the same when being freely creative.of course, it's a lot harder than having a mentor checking your work for you, but it's definitely not impossible.
I receive many compliments on my art, and am decently familiar with drawing software. I have made a complete (albeit barebones) Unity game available for download. I know a bit of 3D modeling. Now. my following is quite small - <500 on twitter, <1k on each social platform. Despite the compliments I hear, I receive fewer commissions than many people with even smaller following.Do I have a chance to make art my source of income? I'll buy "Twitter Blue" if I have to. I'm sick of my job holy crap
>>7734903People want to get attached to something bigger then just pretty pictures, even before AI the time of getting by by just doing really good anime pics was already in a decline. Of course the easy way is to do just fan art of characters people are already attached to but you can be that fag who makes those characters people care about. Like even fucking dumbass Youtubers can get deals with merch based off of themselves cause people get attached to them, which is sad but hey you could use that horrifying reality to your advantage
>500-1k followersdamn thats better than 90% of us
>>7734914>>7734891You absolutely do, but you still need to improve some more before improvement (some through work ideally) before people start taking note on their own accord (it's a gradient, but there are very blurry thresholds to break through). In the meanwhile, try to survive till then.
>>7734891If you want to make art your career then get a job with it. Living off of twitter comms isn't really a career.
>>7734891Don't buy twitter blue. Success on twitter essentially relies on being friends with established artists, or having one see and take an interest in your art. Join the personal discord of artists you like that might have an audience overlap with your own work. Eventually you might find one that actually doesn't suck to post in with other artists that aren't retarded and begin to grow. You don't need huge follower numbers to get comms but you do need posts to have decent reach. Whenever a post of mine does well (1k-ish likes) I receive 2 or 3 commission requests. Good luck.
ITT: Art ragebait from pros, no /int/ or /beg/ kiwi lolcow types, post statements, videos, art pieces from masters or accomplished artists from any industry (fine art animation etc) that piss you off.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KoT65s8-O0
do you parasocial weirdos realize how faggy you are for "having" and "losing" respect for people you've never met? they dgaf about you
>>7734605Ah yes, enlightened one. Tell us more about how you have zero opinions on anything.
>>7734619>reeeee there are artists who don't hate ai!!1!1who gives a fuck, dude? why does this concern you?
>>7734234Negro, this video is two hours long. I'm going to become so old and wise by the point I reach the ragebait that I will have achieved Nirvana and thus render the ragebait useless.
>>7734984There's ragebait sprinkled throughout but if you're too ADHD brained to watch it don't.
I did this shit for 20 years, it ain't that hard bro.What to use for it:-GraphicsGale Use this if you want something good and free. been using it since the days it was a paid program.-Asesprite. desu I don't like this thing the UI is dogshit but everyone swears by it so it's probably fine.-ProMotion NG. uhh, lmao? I guess if you like photoshop this is cool but it is a gigantic pain in the ass to use for animation.-Photosh- no, get that shit outta here. garbage.THINGS TO LEARN WITH:LOSPEC:https://lospec.com/pixel-art-tutorialsI don't personally think these are the best tutorials out there but they're good to start out with and it's a bunch of stuff in one place.The Pixelogic book is actually good atleast.OLD THINGS:https://web.archive.org/web/20130501035641/http://pixel-zone.rpgdx.net/shtml/tutorials.shtmlComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>log in to wplace>spot some half completed pixelart>colors are garbage, anatomy is wonky, nonsensical clusters etc.>try to fix it, maybe add some stuff to make it interesting>OG 'artist' comes back and manually remove everything i've done>...>i've tried to polish a turd but the turd wants to be a turdToday i was a fool. What will i be tomorrow?
>>7734923You working for a game company?
>>7734930yeah, a small indie one.
>>7686491Considering GraphicsGale nowSticking with the ProMotion demo cuz I like the palette limit and the color cycling. Wish there was some easy tool to have x-bit palettes on GraphicsGale or other pixelart programs. I know it may be silly to limit oneself as a beginner but I really like the look of older console and would like to emulate that aspect where possible.
>Hate drawing>Still do it cause I love the end resultWhat kind of artist does that make you?
>>7734542normies cannot comprehend moe. They think if you like something then it has to be a fetish.
>>7734610And are they wrong?
>>7734542HOLY based
>>7734542I hate pedos so much it's unreal. I fucking hate the American right for focusing on trans shit when there are pedo groomers running amok.
>>7735032>I hate pedos so much it's unreal.That means you are a pedo yourself, you just don't realize it yet.
