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.
>>7905583It's called seifuku, dumbassNot the other anon, but you really do need to learn to draw better. Adult women don't have that insane head to body ratio, for example.
>>7901843Everything great except for the arms. They're too thick, and the right arm looks weirdly bent. Wtf happened? >>7903274Hot as fuck>>7904153Based based based
Can a muscley up top, fat on the bottom body type exist in real life?
>>7907015Indeed. I like how dynamic the thumbnail looks!!!
>>7907571I think so?If they mostly focussed on their upper body strength at the gym while keeping a healthy diet?He cute btw. Really like your style.
Did i lose soul?
>>7905867is that epstein
>>7903989you lost braincells
>>7906343On accounts of my rampand alcoholism I can't denied this statement You are likely right
>>7903989not a single person who posts here has a soul
I declared that I have lost my marbles so I practice now
why is so much fine art just naked people?doesn't it get old seeing a naked person for the millionth time?i don't know how anyone could possibly give a shit about yet another generic naked person posing in a funny way.
>>7908153diversify you media consumption habit bruh, there is like a whole world of fine arts out there, from landscape to still life to architectural paintings. frog post seem appropriate because you sounds like someone who lives in the bottom of a well.
>>7908186i can recognize that way to many paintings are generic naked models while still enjoying art that doesn't fall into that category. these things are not mutually exclusive.
>>7908153The human body is probably one of the most beautiful things anyone could paint.
>>7908164Thats hillarious, I love drawing clothing precisely because it helps me mask my lack of knowledge of anatomy.
>>7908153Photographic technology didn't exist, so how do men see a naked lady without actually dishonouring a lady's virtue by seeing her actual naked body? A Painting of course!Besides, people are just generally more interested in people, so painting of people are always going to be more popular than say... landscapes or fruit studies.And sex sells, making you richer, the galleries happier, and your customers and patrons hornier.
What are the best websites to post your art on in 2026?
>>7905458That's not a Shadman pic.
>>7892529https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/
>>7893461Man posting art online will never as fun again as those pre-2010 Deviantart days
>>7892550>>7892538holy fuck what a faggot
>>7892550>muh nazzies >muh niggies Fuck all the way off.
HAPPY FIGUARY!! Draw 30 of fig every day until the end of feb!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/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>7899971wanna see your process for these
>>789383020min
>>7907630How long have you been drawing for anon?
>>7908541a few years if you mean “when did you try to take this seriously”, i started in 2024. but i don't count 2025 because i didn’t really draw
>>7907733https://files.catbox.moe/plniw6.mp4
How many hours per day do you draw?
>>7905295i aim for 1 i work a really soul-sucking job though so sometimes it's only 30 on weekends if i'm not too busy trying to rebuild my spirit i try to go up to 3-4. i passively doodle a lot while watching stuff, i've gotten into that habit
>>7905502>because it feels like drawing "twice".KEK any excuse not to draw
2
>>7905502This. I do 40 drawing sessions a day for 10 secs each and I'm almost a master now.
When you pass the /beg/ phase then your time starts being measured in finished pieces. You're done studying and need to actually create good art after dedicating your life to this shit, so you need to finish drawings.
I am drawing some comic and i'd like to share it with you all in real time. I have 4 Pages now, and i plan to draw 2 or 3 tonight. Ask questions, critizice, as you want
>>7904183Fuck you mean? We've got the proko kangaroo, merc wip, purple haired anime abomination on the pier and man-tits saving a damsel pieces for staying power. For lolcows we've even got the "fun" guy, the howies, the guy turned tranny that started an only fans so he won't have to draw and co.This OP just doesn't have that much reach, he ain't as interesting as those guys so he'll just fade when the thread reaches bump limit in a month or so. You need that certain something to make the /ic/ lolcow pantheon, and unfortunately OP doesn't have that spark, the work is bad but not bad enough to flood the thread unfortunately.
>>7904569>merc wipplease god someone tell me why the fuck this is the most reposted image on /ic/ i do not get it i looked through the archives to see the first time it was posted and still dont get it
https://phylacteryquest.thecomicseries.com/comics/30/started the second chapter on that page. I think i'm not storytiming in /ic/ because I guess it's offtopic. Take a moment to comment in the link so I know you've been there! see u and thanks
>>7905403cuz it's one of the most known PYWs, the problem is the subject of the argument in question was something like>can you make not generic shit?>YE BRO>merc_wip.pngso it's been immortalized as both a good piece in pure technique and also the most generic possible image you could think of at the time in concept artpersonally, it's the purple haired abomination for me
>>7888428BEST THREAD OF THE YEAR ALREADY
I need as many guides as possible for drawing large Butts that look like this.
>>7899386oh hey i drew those!
>>7897656you are a fucking retard
>>7901458I was hoping the artist would see see the post, I saved them some time ago as inspo from a /fig/ thread I think, really great shapes
Bump God Damn it!
saw this and it reminded me of this thread >>>/v/736044891I guess this one's related too >>>/vp/59056356
Everyone else:>it's le flow and energy and soul of the figure, feel the form and the balance like a rythm feel the twist and the action or however the schizo theory goesNicolaides, first guy who coined the term (in a book not even written by him):>just do scribbles until you get the action, then draw the real figure upon itThat's it, just a fucking sketching exercise.And everyone is surprised their gestures improve when they learn anatomy. Thank you captain obvious, if you know what you're drawing the sketching of that thing improves too. Fuck myself for obsessing over this shit and fuck all of the fags out there for treating it like a fundamental on its own.
>>7908751I love monstergirl assfollow the thiccness of the body, that's what gesture is about
>>7908751there's a reason all the gesture nerds are teachersthere's also a reason nicolaides is known solely for painting tanksno, not paintings of tanks
>>7908772I mean i don't shit on the method because it helps loosen up and is readable only for the artist to understand how to convey better an ideal pose, but i hate how formalized it is by modern standards. About nicolaides we know very little of his teachings, but it looks the students have it alright in the books.
>>7908751yeah you definitely need to study anatomy desu i don’t get why anatomy isn’t pressed more. it’s way better if you form some understanding of the muscles as early as possible, insertions, exit points, etc. it will make drawing so much easier
another beg filtered by gesture lol
Any artists/artbooks you can recommend following and looking at?I have a hard time searching for them because any related terminology is very overloaded.Also is pic related still the only decent book on related techniques?
>>7908631
>>7908598>Obviously, manga artists. There's about a billion manga, all drawn in ink, so you should be able to find something you like.I dunno. I read my fair share of manga, and I've seen some damn good art in some, but I'm drawing a blank on any that made me go 'whoah, the inking is great in this!', like I have with western comics.Could just be a matter of taste, but given the amount I've read and seen, surely a few should have aligned with my preferences and also wowed me? So it could be like finding a needle in a haystack trying to find spectacular inking in manga.But to further make my point, there's western comic artists who are renowned for their inking abilities, like Wally Wood, Terry Austin, or inversely a infamous inker like Vince Colletta (who people say ruined the works he touched). With Manga we hear about great artists as a whole, and maybe assistants, but no particular role is praised like inker, or background artist, or the guy who put down the screen tones; whereas the west has famous letterers, colourists, and of course inkers, outside of the main artist (the pencilers).I wonder if these designated separate roles just created a higher standard for inking, or again, is this just a matter of my taste.(I'm sure someone is going to post a bunch of great manga inks now to prove me wrong, haha.)
>>7908484Charles Dana Gibson
>>7908657>but no particular role is praised like inker, or background artist, or the guy who put down the screen tonesBecause mangaka do all of their shit. There's no need to distinguish between the "roles." Mangaka might have assistants, but the perception is that there is one artist directing the ship. Whereas America has always had this assembly-line process.I prefer the Japanese aesthetic in comics. They go for graphic appeal and big shapes over detail and what I would frankly call clutter in the worst of cases. You do have to look for the all-timers, though. Your average teenslop has a shelf life of a decade maybe.
>>7908657Mangaka and their assistants don't have those kinds of fixed roles.Manga artists often start fully solo, then later get assistants and what kind of work they give them differs.Some will give them whole panels to do, others will give them certain background details while always drawing the main characters in full themselves. Some will let assistants do only screentones. Some will let them do whole inking etc.It's been a while since I watched Manben episodes but it doesn't seem to be uncommon that Mangaka only let their assistants do very minor things and/or only have them work parttime.
How do I get out of the slump of wanting to draw in a realistic style and wanting to draw cartoonishly
>>7907643
I have gone through sketch books changing art styles for years I always think I have it but then my body acts like it’s been drawing just now, like this is what I’m trying to go for and I just can’t get the form down/ style
This is something I’m tryna to go for
>>7907644That doesnt strike me as particularly "realistic", the proportions are very cartoony already, you may be drowning on a glass of water here.
>>7907640Easy, make it your goal to learn to draw in a realistic style, as realistic as possible. Then when you draw for fun you can draw with the stylistic elements you want to emulate.
Do you think Hajime Isayama learned how to draw by studying Loomis and doing master studies of other manga series he liked?
>>7907275what else could it be ?
I don't think he studied at all, his art is pretty shit and never improved, though I think it benefited the series
>>7907301what does good anime art have to do with this thread?
>>7907275erwin skullmogging the fuck out of them two rn
>>790790890% of /ic/ will never reach his skill level lmao
To preface:I'm a NSFW artist / animator who started in 2020, I was a complete and total beginner. In the first couple of years I had less than 2000 followers, currently I have around 500k. I earn around 7.5-14k USD a month through various platforms such as patreon, and commissions.I am making this post so I can possibly help anyone who wishes to earn money with their art, or just for anyone who would like any advice from someone who started as a total beg but now has a sizable following and making a decent living with my art. Yes it's NSFW art, but I am sure that some of what I've learned over the years can be useful to people in the SFW space too.I frequented /ic/ from about 2018-2021(ish).
>>7909164Seems I didn't delete soon enough but I had TMI on the account I realized (not that it would stop archivers).Do appreciate it though! Far as an>anime demon girlgoes, I'm not after a ton concept wise, I just rolled with a design I found charming at the time and sfw commissions are fun to get just for sake of getting some dumb BS drawn or whatever fun idea.And yeah I enjoy being loose with the character where there's a few different ways people can play with the elements and roll with what they like but I landed on something distinct still.Funny enough, her design is just over designed enough that people think it's a vtuber, especially on account of some of my followers.
>>7909165Yeah simply put I don't think any anime adjacent artist would at all be displeased with drawing your character.
>>7908615>>deflectionyou deflected 1st, jackasswhat a fucking tool
>>7908521>and i have more soulNot if this is your art lmaoReminder that "soul" is just a meme word used by ignorant people that can't explain eloquently enough why they like a certain thing.
>>7909038this is why I hate social media, I will reflect on either doing it or nah, thanks for the advice, my address is @keiminyabouti
Is soul vs soulless even real anymore?
>>7907867cute
>>7907867aren't these creatures called chingochongo or something like that?
>>7906411Thank you so much for your comment. I wasn't happy with my lineart for the longest time and I can't figure out why. After reading your post, I tried to draw again but using eraser tools instead of ctrl z and my god what a difference it made. Really forced my strokes to be deliberate. The undo function is a fuckin curse lol
>>7907976I suggest you just try doing linework the trad way for a while, it is really one area where I think digital inferior with every considerationGet some good japanese nibs, I use picrel, some india ink and just drawIf you wanna color it in digital just scan and separate it from the white of the paper with masks
>>7907976Can attest to what >>7908116 is saying about doing trad for a bit. Did 2 days of inking in trad this week and while 8 pages of working with an unfamilliar and finnicky tool on the first day was overkill for my arm, I can already see an effect on my digital linework. Ignore the clear change in style, I started referencing the styles I liked more and more as a means of problem-solving so this shift occured as a result. Right side is beginning of the month, left side is from yesterday in digital after those 2 trad days. Wether this is a positive change is up to the viewer, but it is the kind of change I personally was looking for.
I trace out a stickman when starting a sketch, but it's just the stickman, I don't trace any of the detail or shapes.That's not so bad... right?..
>>7904533mm hmm
>>7904533the thing is, the artist who made this understands contour lines and the form of the subject already so it ends up looking better than if a noob traced it. The reason why art teachers tell you not to trace is so you can actually memorize forms intuitively
>>7904721I tell my students to trace appealing forms so they learn how to draw appealing forms
>>7904774how does it transfer to copying? i find that i can trace perfectly fine and when i move to copy its just wonky
>>7904774>my students/beg/?
