If you are a /beg/inner or /int/ermediate in art, please use this thread to post pieces for critique or ask for advice.Please stop replying to crabs, nodraws and howies and instead focus on posted works!>STICKY:Completed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98New collaborative: https://hackmd.io/UMnZVhNITW-T2wZpHw6d0Qw/ic/i: https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/Hardcore: https://hackmd.io/7k0XRnIQR6SValR77TDfZw?view>WHERE to get study materialsannas-archive.org>>>/ic/artbook>>>/ic/video>Want to practice figures?quickposes.comsketchdaily.netcharacterdesigns.comlovelifedrawing.composemy.artmangapose.comline-of-action.com>PYW and give your feedbackWhat can be improved?Are there any resources videos or books you'd recommend to them?Maybe a redline or a technique, be specific.Try to reply to someone as you post your own work.>Cool teachersGlenn VilppuMichael HamptonSteve HustonBrent EvistonMarco BucciAndrew LoomisGeorge BridgmanHikaru Hayashi>Cool booksKeys To DrawingDrawing With the Right Side of the BrainHow To Draw Comics the Marvel WayThe Art and Science of DrawingFramed PerspectiveFigure Drawing For All It's WorthThe Complete Guide to Drawing From LifeDO NOT, JUST DRAWDraw with a plan and purpose. THINK!Previous thread: >>7370618
>>7373504I was not mentioned in op. Int status incoming
/int/s aren't real in the first place. You're either /beg/ or /pro/.
thread challenge
>>7372953This is pretty damn nice anon.Post ref?
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but what motivates you to draw every day? is it a goal, a habit, what?i keep finding myself spending all day at work thinking about drawing but then I get home and its the last thing I want to do, and I have no idea how to fix this cycle.
>>7373517I'm not doing that
>>7373520what about this?
Thread Challenge
>>7373522You got the whole set anon?
>>7373524yeah this one is good
10/12 images in the op are anime. this is for beg and ints. not weaboo begs, thats /asg/. horrible op
>>7373529If not for the weebs this thread would be long dead. Sad but true
>>7373530wrong, its too fast as is
>>7373532And without anime art it wouldn't move
>>7373520Filtered
>>7373517Jesus..she looks like a titan that looks through my window and wants to eat me
>>7373519Is this by Tuttle Press?
>>73735191 - i just bought a sketch book, i need to fill it or it's money wasted. 2 - i need to prove myself. 3 - i'm a neet i have free time 4- my drawing appeared in >>7373504 again hehehe
>>7373525I'd go through the (archives of the) reference packs threads and see if you can find anything
>>7373504i lol'd
I feel like there's a permabeg "style" that distinguishes it from regular beg>>7373519I've been doing it for 6 years so it's just habit. Owning a sketchbook helps
>>7373529Post your ebin still life of an apple with a pitcher or some shit then.
>>7373515
>>7373519I force myself to draw
>>7373518>>7373593
>We have the technology
>>7373595Thanks bruder
Can I get some critique? her torso and neck seem off I think?
>7372707Done.
>>7373603Linked post wrongly.>>7372707
>>7373558>/beg/>full body poseshaha yeah.....
>>7373603Based trad chad
>>7373606The full length drawings may still be full of exaggerated contractedness and elongations but that doesn't mean the artist doesn't know how to rectify those anatomical issues, it mostly indicates that the style is imbalanced or unsure of what it's going for.
>>7373519A huge habit since I was 3, I filled my school books and notebooks with sketches, they literally look like deranged schizo scribbles because I'd sketch over sketches when I ran out of space. Problem is, I feel like that actually makes it harder turning it into a job. It's not like kid me cared about fundies either so while drawing feels natural I'm not that good.
I'm doing really poorly at art right now. Pic related is not mine, but basically what I'm aiming for right now. I'm really stressed about a lot of things and barely have the time to practice drawing, and when I actually sit down and do it, I feel like I'm doing everything completely wrong and that I'll never progress like that. It hurts so bad because I should only need a month or two of fairly consistent practice to reach a low level like this.
trying out the medcubes
>>7373517Why do you always post the ugliest pictures
How do i avoid all my paintings looking muddy and shit like this guy? >>7373347
>>7373600ALWAYS mark where the color bone is even if you don't intend to show it. Knowing where the collar bone is will show you exactly where the shoulders shoukd be and how the neck should behave.Additionally for breast's mark where the breast connects to the chestthen draw the breast fat around it. While breast's vary in size wildly. Their connection point to the torso vary considerably less.
>>7373626Why do you always suck the smelliest dicks?>>7373638By sucking less dick, samefag.
>>7373638needless crabbing but his main faults are lack of contrast and too much blending
>>7373642they were there i actually deleted them like an idiot.
>>7373638You know you can just post your question without pretending to be another anon shitting on your work? Well, on the second thought it got me to respond, so it may actually work.Just make the brush harder and bigger. Many small strokes with soft brush create that blurry look.
>>7373596How can the softest anon in these threads draw the softest girl?
i really need CSP to start their sale my subscription runs out on the 22nd
>>7373626I think you have me mistaken for someone else. the figure is weird/interesting, so perhaps some anons here would find it an interesting one to have a go at. if you don't like it, you can simply hide the post and/or post reference challenges you feel are better.
>>7373617Don't stress it so much. Make some tea, put on some music and try to have fun
>>7373644>>7373659I'm not that guy >>7372590 >>7371435 is mei want to make nice paintings and avoid muddy values/colours Seeing that guy post constantly with no improvement is giving me psychic damage
more progress
/beg/ what is your opinion on "art" like this?
I'm autistic, with ADHD. I can't focus on trying to get better at all or even come up with anything to draw without just giving up and going back to looking at my phone and doing something else.I've legitimately never been able to commit myself to any serious hobby and have gotten lazy over the years with my only actual one which is writing and the only reason I'm good at writing is because I wanted people to be able to understand what the fuck I was saying and I wanted to write good stories because I thought I'd never be able to make them in a visual medium, but that's it. I've never been able to commit to a serious routine, schedule, or anything. I just sit in my room online doing basically nothing.Everything I try doing looks so daunting and impossible. I tried learning Source Filmmaker as a teen and I gave up immediately because it looked too complicated. I tried learning how to make my own games in game maker, gave up immediately and never touched it. Even something like drawing just looks so complex and impossible. This is what it's like for everything I try doing.
>>7373712I was about to say, that post sounded familiar. I thought it was a copypasta or something
>>7373710There he is!
>>7373617I guarantee you those drawings were a lot easier than you think they were. Have some more confidence and try to draw like that now.
>>7373596Whoa that new hair is something. It's commendable that you also didn't skimp out on the details of the keyboard and back on the monitor.
>>7373615I'm nocolor and now truly inspired to try my hands at adding some to my figures...How would I start getting this look? I understand: study it, the art is the tutorial. But, you see, I never have colored before. I pick the tool and add a new layer and paint a bit and it looks like utter shit. I cannot even get flat saturated colors right.Maybe it's time to look into brushes. What technique did the artist here use?
>>7373681It's just hard to have fun at this point. I've mostly been doing tracing exercises so far. I did that thing where you turn a drawing upside down and freehand trace it, after a while I got sorta stable then I was confused on how to proceed from there and got tired of it. Most recently I did some oekaki, I have a really old drawing tablet that I used for this. Tried to draw some Maplestory mobs, the two last snails I drew with reference but I mirrored them in my mind. It got significantly worse. I just don't know how to proceed, anything I do feels like I'm doing it wrong and I won't progress from it.>>7373720Yeah, it's not a super high goal. I found them while I was looking for the source of an edited photo on DeviantArt, and the artist barely posted any drawings. But I like the aesthetic sorta and that's my goal, and it feels really lofty to me nevertheless.
>>7373519I just have to do it.I don't ask questions, I just draw.
>>7373719kek
>>7373727colour picker + you can always study colour theory
>>7373721Thanks. I really wanted to make her hair work. I know the critique i was given was good, but it took some tries to actually get it, I guess. I wanted to go all the way on the props. even If no else cares, I still cared. It's nice that someone noticed my attention to detail there :D
Sometimes taking a step back can lead two steps forward. I originally had frustration with the shading and rendering of this piece until I realized I made a mistake. I created two separate renders and collided them. I fixed it, but how do I avoid a similar error in future experiments?
>>7373746I hate everything about this ngl
>>7373746Based Nightshader.
>>7373734If you're not good at something the first try that means you need to keep practicing it not run away from it. Get over those insecurities and get to work.
>>7373760But how can I be sure I'm even progressing? That's the main problem I think, I often feel like I'm doing things completely wrong in some way, ensuring that I never progress and I'm just wasting time.
>>7373773You won't know immediately, it's a slow gradual process. But you'll pick up small tips and tricks along the way and you'll notice some things come more naturally. And if you do something wrong just post here and we'll point you in the right direction. But first you have to apply yourself.
>>7373779I'm currently going through a nightmare in terms of courseload and I'll probably be too stressed to do anything more. But pic related is the only thing I've ever done that was from imagination, not traced either from art or from a real-life object I had in front of me. It's a while now, I'm doing a really poor job at keeping up. But either way, I remember thinking it the one with him sticking out his tongue looked really good, then I drew the one with him holding a gun and it looked really bad and I felt down.
More latex cleric
What the heck is going on with me? Back then I used to be drawing sumo wrestlers based on the provided ref, but now I cant even get the exact anatomy right! How do I get my edge back?
i think this took me 20-30 minutes. are you not entertained?
>>7373790Yes. It's very cool watching you improve so fast. You will plateau for a bit but don't be discouraged. That not only normal it expected.Another good shape to use for eyes is rhombus. Yours is fine. But if you want something more sultry rhombus is a good shape
>>7373796Also the collar bone isn't just a place to mark the start of the chest. It's a physical bone and should be treated as such.
>>7373618I think I found some of your medcubes floating around in space
i'm... suspicious because i dont think ive improved much at all, im just barely managing to poorly copy a template
>>7373515Every time and int or a pro shows up is to troll the begs. They never help.
>>7373805how long have you been drawing for, how often do you draw, and what all does that consist of?
>>7373810a few daysevery daygoal is to work up to non-eldritch anime girl
>>7373773You may not notice but others you show your work to will.
>>7373524drawing is fucking hard wtfI can't even draw what I see. The more I worked on it the more crooked she became.
>>7373811how long have you drawn for within those days and what has that consisted of? are you just doing copies? are you working through a book or video course?
>>7372935>>7373042Blog?Cool work.
>>7373814im making each day's exercise from The Complete Guide to Drawing Anime & Manga the main thing i try to get done for 2-3 reps, because it feels more uncomfortable than sketching by ref, in fact prior to starting that book i dont think in my whole life ive tried to draw anything starting with just a circle and trying to fill in from there by subdivisions and ratiosive done a couple block photo ref sketches and a couple sighted ref sketches, some prior familiarity there from a middle school art classi decided right now to try and pencil copy a creayus drawing
>>7373826I see. well I think it's good that you have some structure in your study, something to guide you. a lot of beginners can hinder their progress by drawing aimlessly. as another anon said in this thread, you're typically not going to see much improvement more immediately - especially if you've only been drawing a few days. all you can do is try your best to vet a resource (which presumably you've done, which is why you've chosen the anime/manga guide you did), and have the confidence that it will lead you in the right direction. I know when I was first starting out it took me a few months to really see some substantive improvement. the next best thing you could do is get people to see your art to better gauge if you've been making improvements and give advice on how you can improve. it could be in these threads, if you like - and just because most people here are begs as well doesn't mean we can't see things that other begs can't - but you could hypothetically go elsewhere. hell, you could even hire an instructor if you had the means and desire. at any rate, you just need to have faith that your process is working, try to persist, see if you can get others to help see where your holes are and if you're improving, and periodically try to improve/update your study habits. once you have the evidence that you're improving, it'll get a lot easier to persist.
>>7373817why would you want a /beg/s blog
>>7373804gave them a spooky friend
>>7373813hmm, the overlap isn't as bad as it seems. Yet it looks very skewed. Something is wrong with the lines. Maybe line weight makes a big difference, but it responds rather unnatural to my input with the stylus.
>>7373851her rump isn't as juicy and shapely as the ref. that's the most important thing to fix
>>7373836i dont really know anywhere else to goi mean, if there are other places with active beginner threads/forums ill take em
>>7373856I would image there are plenty of discord servers for beginner (to intermediate) artists that you could find by doing a google search, looking on this board('s archives), or asking some of the users here. the specifics of them though or what other forums you might look to join I really couldn't say.
>>7373840For the same reason I would want anyone's blog, looking at art that pleases me.
>>7373840Why are you so fucking negative all the time? Did you take the "tortured artist" literally you fucking loser
>>7373864>>7373860hey don't get mad at me, every drawing from the last thread that's in the OP pic is /beg/, apparently
>>7373870Do you guys think anyone in this thread close to getting their int license?
Can anyone simply explain to me how vanishing points move when an object rotates? I can draw isometric looking parallel blocks just fine but can't really do anything else in 3d unless I accidentally get something right. Every explanation online uses subjective terminology.
>>7373853ty.Also noticed I did gross anatomy errors with the right arm (ignoring other less obvious anatomical mistakes). I did not practice head and hands yet, so no surprises there.I guess shape language really would get me past that jarring discordant stage. Something nice to look at, even if it's skewed.
>>7373517I have no idea if this is even how you do figures.
Is posting my colourizations of black and white photos allowed, I don't know if it's art or drawing really but there's not really anywhere to post them anywhere really aside from one subr*ddit. I am having trouble with realistic skin tones and have for some time, I am mostly self taught and there are basically zero advanced guides for colourizations anywhere so not much to go off of.
>>7373892better than nothing. though I would say pay more attention to the relationship between the relationships between the features and their angles. also, perhaps some anons here would disagree, but if you're a beginner I don't think minute figure drawings are particularly productive. perhaps as a warm up they're fine, but to really get a bang for your buck I would do mostly somewhere between 10 min-1 hr, but if you plan to do fully-rendered figures at some point, you should also do hour or longer figure studies here and there too.
>>7373880Oh I'm sure many. A few already do /int/ level work. Ops pic is just good natured teasing.
>>7373881Post example of what you're talking about. Your wording is not clear to me what you're asking.
>>7373901I was just teasing when I said his work was /beg/, I actually praised his art in the last thread. I just thought people would get that I was joking about the OP pic of the thread
Finally you useless bastards made another thread.
>>7373881Left and right on the horizon line
>>7373903I think I may have actually realized how it works by messing around with my finger on my phone. So I don't think I actually need the advice anymore, I'll just practice want I've learned on my drawing pad tomorrow. I may have just been overthinking how they work.
>>7373908This is the way. No more making threads every twelve fucking hours.
>>7373504Hands
>>7373914I'd rather have 10 beg threads than whatever retarded shit the catalog has right now
>>7373919No you don't understand. We want more cris threads. Having an active catalog full of beg threads is bad because it means that this board would actually look like an active crit board.
>>7373919You love to bring up other threads as if that should decide how we treat this one
>>7373921You guys' logic is so retarded no wonder this place doesn't improve
>>7373922I don't see why we shouldn'tif people draw in this thread instead of posting bait and gossip, I'd rather have more of this
>>7373901name couple int contenders in this thread?
>>7373925It's not "more of this." It's needlessly splitting up what we already have.
>>7373924I was being sarcastic. Some people threw a bitch fit over threads being made at bump limit. Waste of time and energy getting pressed over something so meaningless. Not worth even trying to argue why it's retarded logic.
>>7373817I also agree with anon. I would like for ballontitsanon to share his blog.
Having one chill thread that lasts three to four days > hard resetting every day because reasons
>>7373935you're so right anon kun, best not mess with the status quo. Let the community stagnate with the 12th cris thread of the day. Very chill
>>7373938If Cris is that much of a problem to you then go over there and tell him. I have no idea how Cris has anything to do with what's happening here. Apples to oranges.
>>7373943You're willingly blind.
>>7373944You're willingly looking for problems that don't have to affect you
>>7373908People complained about threads being made too fast and that was the result.
>>7373928>Some peoplea single autist that likes the status quo
>>7373947Legitimately you are the one with the logic and critical thinking problem
d-drawing?
>>7373759More like dusk-shader, but thanks.
>>7373926Jon Jim JoshWhat a stupid fucking thing to say.
>>7373904I mean i did.
>>7373956I knew you couldn't name a single one
>>7373817https://dad.gallery/submissions/244460https://x.com/1Zzz1010Behold, true power
>tfw no one commented on my doodleBeing a permabeg sucks.
>>7373996Point it out so I can give constructive crit.
Art lesson of the day: textured brushes are over powered
>>7373996some perma/beg/s receive replies, just depends on how unique or interesting your stuff is to the anons here
>>7374003yeah I was gonna say, sometimes you see permabeg art get a bunch of replies and sometimes you'll see good art get ignored. It really depends
>>7374002The real lesson is that life is filled with imperfections. Color jitter, texture brushes and noise are meant to help imitate those organic imperfections. Good stuff anon keep it up.
>>7373979Hey its you, i remember following a while ago. Do you find it annoying that people recognize you or why was that anon bothering you with his "familiarity"
When the forms are spelled out to you they seem so easy but I get completely lost when seeing human reference. I think I'll try some photo references tomorrow.
>>7373519where can i read this
>>7374001>>7373550
>>7373550>>7373996I thought it was good I just didn't want to make it seem like I was glazing you ( pun intended)
>>7373550
>>7374020The sub surface scattering should be more saturated and have cleaner and stronger shape language similar to the circular shapes of the highlights, that's what makes it look somewhat amateurish. That being said it's a relatively well done character illustration taking into account the theme being consistent in both the background and font, just needs to have more cohesive shape language to bring it to the next level. Keep it up good stuff anon.
>>7373978I named 3 asshole
>>7373926Me.
>>7373504Multiple questions here.I thought I had the ink brush I wanted for Photoshop, but now I'm not so sure. It's close, though, and maybe I just need more practice. It works best at a small size, around 5-7px.Essentially, I want the brush to start with a thickness, thin out, and then end with a thickness.
>>7373615nice
>>7374049Is your setup not pressure sensitive?
>>7373558>attractive compositions, productionYeah, that's a pro, thanks for the backup.
do you have a generally recommended resource for learning digital? until this week i never really tried doing inputs more complex than what MSPaint offers.im underutilizing CSP basically treating my pen tablet as a piece of paper, which means im pointlessly handicapping myself because of the hand/eye disconnect, low stylus friction/hard surface, and i dont have a large tablet and im just realizing how small a lot of my motions are. and that's on top of just fucking around with pen and pencil.for starters i know tomorrow ill try zooming in more often to use more of the tablet surface, maybe try rulers and grids instead of my dipshit lines
>>7373504Are there any books that are "go from retard with no skill to drawing anime pretty good" that aren't just the 10 dollar books you'd buy to be a cool kid during the book fairs when you were in 6th grade?like why is it so hard to find a serious "learn to draw manga" book? Anyone have one?
>>7374051It is. I personally don't have that level of control to do it myself without relying on my puter. It will be something I have to practice.Someone posted a cool exercise to practice line weight. I don't think I saved it.Anyways. Here is another practice. Came out pretty nice. One thing that has been on my nerves with my work is how thick my lines usually are. I want thinner lines.
>>7373596that gondola's hand looks rad
>>7373897do it fren, I am giving your permission, don't listen to anyone saying you can't they are gay
>>7374064"The Complete Guide to Drawing Anime & Manga" was rec'd to me several threads ago and maybe it's good but im too /beg/ to say
>>7374064>>7367307
>>7374064A serious learn to draw manga book is not meant for retards that's why
>>7373897>>7374071Okay fren, thank you. Here is one I completed awhile ago but messed around with again recently I included the original for reference. I have a few more but don't want to clog the thread up especially if people don't think they belong. I don't know, I just find it hard to realistically re-create skin tones they always just look....off somehow and I am not very artistically inclined or know how to draw or anything I just basically use hundreds of solid colour layers in photoshop to basically paint these photos into colour mixing different colours and opacities together.
>>7373504Drew my class today. Was super daunting but it was good practice. How could I have simplified and organized the perspective more? I know some of them aren’t going to the right VP, but besides things like that
>>7374064Because subject specific art books are edutainment for children and bored middle aged women. Making a serious version just turns it right back into a standard fundie book.
>>7374076I'm not retarded though. I'm fully capable of learning.>>7374073Can you explain what this random string of letters is that you linked to? I'm kind of retarded.
>>7374085I am going to assume it's a torrent magnet link, you would paste that into a torrent client and it would download that book.
>>7374080Looks fucking great anon
>Why don't they make nursery rhymes about tying your shoes for REAL MEN like me?
>>7374089Thanks fren, these two are properly my best ones in terms of skin tones/realism I usually struggle with them but it also depends on the quality of the original image/how close or far they are. I got a bunch of unfinished ones but don't want to clog up the thread they do look kinda cool though with certain parts colourized and the rest still back and white, it's hard to find motivation as there is not really anywhere to post them to get feedback/just discussion to want to do more. Also not a wehraboo just have the most reference images/cool high res images of Germans and it's a big pain the ass researching all the colours of different countries equipment and getting reference images.
>>7374085>Can you explain what this random string of letters is that you linked to? I'm kind of retarded.use teh base 64 decoderits a go file link
>>7374097How do you go about doing this?
>>7373917I look forward to seeing the finished page. >>7373996Repost it.
Be gentle, I do not draw often.
>>7373517This one was fun, guess its supposed to be a nosy neighbor>>7373522Fuuuuuuuck that face. I fucked it up not just once, but twice. I suck at faces from regular angles, from below like that and I can't get anywhere close. >>7373524Chef Boyaradee Cammie>>7373603Great job, anon. Love the finished work, although to be honest I really like the look of the whole background being painted and very colorful and then the character being just ink. Give advice on how to draw heads, videos would be nice too.
>>7374024Thanks.>>7374028I did apply some of those in the drawing.>>7374031Uhhh my english is not very good, could you explain it to me on a pre-beg level?
I keep trying to step out of my comfort zone and push the poses of my reference but for some reason I always go back to my comfort zone and do what i normally do with reference, which is just copy them
>>7374102It's pretty tedious, you basically have to use a bunch of solid colour layers in photoshop at varying opacities and stack them on top of one another to get a desired colour on the black and white photo. By the end of it you can easily have hundreds and hundreds of layers grouped into little files for like someones hand or face which can easily have 10-30. There is a lot more to it than that but that's a large part of it. This is what it looks like in photoshop, I use to do them all just with my mouse but a couple years ago I bought a cheap Huion like pressure sensitive drawing tablet with a stylus and that helps with blending the colours a lot better.This is a pic where I am struggling a bit with the skin and stuff.
>>7374113you need to get below 10% bf first bby
>>7374094the head is really cute and well done, body needs some work
I can try to make it more "physical" do not know how susesfully but I do not believe it is a real issue and cartoon is fine, maybe can be even more simple. maybe more contrast or more sexy will attract anon more but it's not certain.
>>7374125I remember trying to do that when I was learning how to use Photoshop. I found it fun actually, but never tried it again
>>7374142I don't know why I painted it like that lol
>>7373946Ive been active in these threads for years and no one ever complained until now… this is the most active thread on this board, so i love to see it in the first spot
>>7373781damn anon, that is a nice lead holder. I am mirin.
>>7373781dont draw so hard on the paper lol you literally left dents in it
>>7373781>then I drew the one with him holding a gun and it looked really bad and I felt down.Anon, 90% of the time you draw something for the first time it will look terrible. You just keep insisting and trying to get it right and sooner or later you will learn. Don't get discouraged, drawing it's just hard like that. If you ever feel like giving up, just take a break instead, and get back to it when you're feeling better.
>>7374055>>attractive compositions, production>Yeah, that's a pro.
>>7373781>then I drew the one with him holding a gun and it looked really bad and I felt down.Anon, 90% of the time you draw something for the first time it will look terrible. You just keep insisting and trying to get it right and sooner or later you will learn how to do it. Don't get discouraged, drawing it's just hard like that. If you ever feel like giving up, just take a break instead, and get back to it when you're feeling better.
>>7374175more of a graphic design pro than a drawing pro no?
>>7374175please delete that, this cancerous globohomo art does not belong here
>>7374175Foul.Vile.Repugnant even.
>>7374153You know you can pin threads right
>>7374186I have been on this site like 10 years. you can?
>>7374066
>>7374132How would you fix the body?
>>7374191it's kinda flat, I would just redraw it till it looks right
Felt like doing something with absolutely no inking or coloring.>>7374112Paradoxically, heads and faces are hard because they are easy to simplify (into something that definitely looks like a human head, but doesn't necessarily look like the one in the reference). People can end up defaulting to drawing from preconceived notions of what a head/face looks like, instead of carefully observing the reference. This is something I noticed in myself and had to consciously fight when making the drawing attached to my post. To be fair, this is essentially "just look harder bro", but it's a realization that helped me, so it might also be useful to you.Also, heads from weird angles will look weird even if you draw them accurately.
>>7374194Reference.
>>7374194You're doing really well but don't be afraid to use darker values
>>7374194>actually posts the referencewe need more of this. for what it's worth, eyeballing it the proportions and shapes look quite good overall. the only thing that really stands out is the lighter values. your light of course is going to affect that to an extent, but I would bet that you can still push the darks a fair bit further to get the contrast more comparable to the ref. perhaps you know all this and got as far as you got with the time you alotted yourself, but this could still be useful to another anon, so I'll say it anyways. also the broken, linear rendering of the darker values like on the cheek sell the value less when there's white (or simply lighter) patches in between.
>>7373914You don't understand, I NEED a new thread to maximize my chance for anonymous asspats. Nevermind that the constant churn will bury it several threads back in a day so nobody sees it and makes the tail ends of threads even more garbage, I MUST post at the top.
>>7374112that's normal, you're going to draw a billion busted faces before you draw the good ones. learning process etc
alright, I'm warming up to this new brush setting.
>>7374187The average poster doesn't even know they can refresh by pressing r
>>7373517
>>7374172Pawell is that you?
long hairs are nightmare
>>7374223Subject matter wasn't really good practice to try out the pen since it he was all black.
>>7374244cute
>>7374244Asymmetrical hair with a running subject makes me want to blow my brains out.
>>7374244The ends don't flow like hair and seem more like tentacles
You can try what I do. I try to do at least 10 2 min figure drawings. It's super fast, easy to do every day and helps warm up if you want to continue. You'll see improvement if you stick with it daily too. I usually draw like 1 hour to two each day, but now it has become an habit to at least go for it and it's easy to keep up.
>>7374253for my defense her hairs confused the fuck out me. I need to study this subject badly.
>>7374142Yeah it can be pretty fun, I like it as I can't draw and it's one of the only kind of creative things I can do really. My first pictures were pretty shit and took awhile to improve, It's been a couple years since I seriously made a new pictures but wanting to get back into it.This pic is a little time lapse of progress over the years up until I kinda stopped going to try to get back into and improve more. I record the entire process of most of my colourizations and have like a few hundred gigs of just videos of hours and hours. I made a couple time lapse vids years ago and I might try to make some more again.
What if you woke up one day and you were a worm /beg/
>>7374274https://youtu.be/zqIPIcEk0ms?feature=shared
>>7374133Looks pretty cool, but i have no idea how to reach that grade of coloring.
Holy fuck why copymaxxing so hard despite being int? I spent around an hour and haven't even finished yet.
>>7374118Sub surface scattering is just what happens when light enters the slime material. It bounces around and saturates with the color of the material before exiting and producing a saturated color. I just made the shapes more consistent with the circular shape language. This isn't the specific style you should choose but an example of what consistent shape language is. I only did an overpaint on some cause im lazy and so you can compare.
okay the sketch portion of my drawing is finished, now I just need to line it and color it
My goal with portraits is to draw something characteristic and stylized in under 10 minutes, one of the things I dread is being asked to draw something after someone finds out I'm learning. I think this is the only way to save face.>>7373522>>7373524Attempting to chibify >>7373550>>7373996Have you ever given someone a critique in one of these threads? it is a 2 way street.>>7374083Way too many horizons there should only be one otherwise it will give a hill sensation like on the front row seats, I would focus on the seat alignment, I know this is from natural so theres going to be some warping but the aligment wont change it only will curve.Great job man keep up the good work, this is almost usable like for a game bg.>>7374244I struggle to draw hair too, I see pros focus on the root of the hair (the swirl) and block things like petals or ribbons, nice coloring.>>7374255looks cool, makes me want to know more about the illustration
for the anon that asked for portrait timelapses>>7373095
>>7373504
>>7374292
>>7374292looking good, the hand catches my attention I really like it.
>>7374289I have, but i cant give critique to someone better than me.>>7374283Daaamn that looks cool and actually slimeish, gotta figure out how to do that.
>>7374310>I have, but i cant give critique to someone better than me.If you feel that then just tell them what you like or don't like about their work, appeal is something important to get feedback.
>>7373782Are the tits ok this time?
>>7373727I would recommend meds map it's a great course for getting into color (although I only looked at the first four folders)Brushes are important, but here not counting the hair I only used the standard transparent round brush. And an opaque one for general shapes.
I am starting to think I am face blind.Another permabeg doodle. I struggled a FUCKTON with the face and it still came out wrong. It is 1 fucking am and I am going to lament the shit sleep tomorrow.FUCK I wish I didnt have ti fucking wageslave 55 hours a fucking week. FUCKTo all the ones who keep critiquing my dogshit and even the "loomis heads" guy, thanks. I forgot to reply to them in time and lost them but thanks for wasting your time on me.
>>7374329>evenNTA, but if you don't like loomis as an animefag then find Jap guide vids that unknowingly use the loomis method their own wayalso try zooming out and mirroring the vieweven better if you can do a zoomed out mirrored view in a small subwindow like it's possible in krita
>>7374289>Have you ever given someone a critique in one of these threads? i got crabbed like that without being explained what i posted wrong
>>7374175Not when you ignore everything before that >I'm just baiting to prove a pointYou need to be a real retard to bait like this, tho
Hey Beg, I am struggling with feet at the time of writing. I kept reconstructing and changing the references, but I just cant nail it the way I wanted it. May I have some advice, please? Thank you!
CSP sale is now ON until the 26th
here's first time drawing two characters at once. can i draw porn now?
>>7374113 PSYCHE
DOUble psyCHE
tripple psyche psyche psyche
>>7374381Please stop
Okay last from this one, have a good read.i think her tummy is the wrong size, and i can't draw skirts (yet), the right arm i gave up yeah it's cheap trick sorry. Now for shading and color theory? no can do. Proportions and eyes? no can do. Find a good brush for krita? No can do, only k+m. Texturing? no can do. But that's all no can do (yet) , the clothes and frills were a pain to do, gonna focus on that but i liked, have a good day and thanks /ic/.
>>7374392>thanks /ic/You're welcome.
>>7374329She cute but maybe you need to follow perspective for the whole head not just the face.>>7374341based>>7374377You can always draw porn, what matters is the plot
>>7374294Nice work. Impressive rendering. (Assumed the coloring/rendering was done with AI at first) >critiqueThe composition is busy. Focal points aren’t well-defined. I think this is partly because of how relatively detailed and bright everything is, as well as every area basically having the same combination of colors rather than more specific color schemes within each group of subjects. Kind a too evenly distributed assortment pf blue, purple, yellow, green, pink, rather than certain colors being more rare within the piece thereby attracting attention to key points of interest. But very nice forms, and very impressive rendering, anon
>>7374398:-------------------D
>>7374398I genuinely can’t tell if this is bait or not, so good job.
>>7374392it looks nice. just don't let your soul leave (you)
started drawing le racist rock man I actually think the proportions came out more or less okay, but the problem is that the initial measurements were pretty off and I had to adjust while shading and finishing up the outline I'd like the get better at being able to take accurate measurements (but also be able to eyeball and make adjustments later)Maybe the problem is the references are on my phone, but probably the biggest problem is lack of knowledge/experience of how to do it
Also in another news I've hit about 2 weeks of drawing This is probably the longest I've made it, with other attempts lasting a few days at most
>>7374386PsycheYou're Welcome!
>>7373702Makes me want to jack off
>>7374156It's a Cretacolor Totiens 21099. It's been discontinued for quite long but you can get it new old stock if you'd like. I've got a black one too.>>7374161Hmm, yeah. You want me to go softer? Maybe I should get softer leads than the HB ones I've been using for math notation.>>7374173I'll get back to it soon, when I'm not so stressed about my studies. Really hurts to not be able to progress at all right now though. I found a torrent of Brent Eviston's Udemy course, I'll probably give that a look too later, I've heard it's good.
Attempted to draw a screaming mouth seeing the last one didn't look so good. This one still kinda is eh.I'm liking this ink pen more and more. It managed to capture some energy I've been lacking, but it isn't meshing with a vibe I'm going for.The aesthetic I want is a mix of Jim Lee, Yuske Murata, Jay Scot Pike and Bob Oksner. Basically, the energy and action and detail of the first two, but with some classic idealic small town Americana.I got a long ways to go.
>>7374437I don't feel the emotion. Exaggerate.
>>7374450Thanks man, ill remember that.In theatre, the actors would often ham it up for the audience in the back row.
>>7374337I mean, I am aware of construction and planes of the head and shit but it still esscapes me.I have this snippet of wisdom from tealfag to build planes in perspective to construct stuff but it STILL FUCKING ESCAPES ME.I feel like I will be forever unable to feel the form and build in 3d and shit unless I just trace over 3d models and seeing so many artists just show off posing and tracing 3d models as part of their workflow is starting to worry me that trying to build in 3d from imagination when you dont have the talent for it is unfeasible and should just start using every single fucking crutch available.>>7374397>The whole headMind explaining? I am that retarded, yes.
>>7373979what the fuck, man. insane you have such nice art but so little follows.
I wanted to try making a proper comic strip of my doodle. How did I do?
>>7374282is this somewhere in the artbook thread?https://archive.is/mhnVWt. can't into chinese
xenogears was a fun game
>>7374398
>>7374558the greatest game of all time, until disc 2.
>>7373504I've repeated after a few guides and a dozen vids on drapery and after all of them I'm not sure what I'm missing in my current approachCritique/tips? I can only guess that I should've made the fold-defining lines to be more transparent and/or colored closer to the shaded sections
>>7374573I would get a reference with more defined folds when practicing. There's not a lot going on with that one.
I scribbled today...
>>7374398What a retard!>>7374292It's called intuitive perspective. When artists are good enough, they just went with the flow and eye-ball perspective. You don't need to draw perspective lines for every subjects LOL.
>>7374223I like the dialogue. >>7374269Never knew how the colourization process worked until you showed up. Your posts are very insightful.>>7374397Thanks.>>7374411Keep at it, Anon. We're all gonna make it.
>>7374429My younger brother is a nurse who needs to wake up at 5am in order to work a 12 hr shift. Trouble is, this is exactly when my brain and inspo turns out, it's unironically before morning time in Japan I was born on a different countries time system as "natural" and even moving places doesn't help but luckily I may have finally solved my problem! Where I live, they closed down the last Dunkin' that had 24/7 service. TODAY i gloriously decided, in sleep deprivation to drive to the CASINO ( i have no money just adhd) and wow I got to sit at a bar and draw (initially with coffee until someone found a pen) while qt3.14pi and her asian friend walk around in short black dresses fishing for tips. What a fucking godsend, not to mention this is way better, more focused (i did bring sunglasses since CASINOs like to light up the place so you don't feel the passage of time) 2four seven motherfucking spot to draw. This casino was always open, i just never realised at like 4am they serve coffees FOR free.b(__ $__$)bb($._$__)b
>>7374583too tryhard
>>7374239kek
>>7374282what is this? and where can I find it?
>>7373979Keep at it anon, you're going to get far.
>>7374505what's going on with this crotch region?
>>7374577/ic/ when there’s no perspective: bro learn perspective/ic/ when I learn perspective: bro you’re overdoing it:/
>>7374617the trvth the crabs won't tell you is that you're supposed to overdo it for a while, then gradually veer off to do it without much construction/grids/vp
>>7374591It's the rest of us who aren't trying hard enough actually
>>7374573Don't use black line art. You don't have to use lines at all, you can always add it in the final stage.Study color theory. And light.
>>7374619That’s what I figured, I’m just trying to get used to consciously incorporating it, because I’d much rather do what I’m doing now than have a piece with super fucked up perspective because I tried to eyeball it even tho I don’t know enough yet. Good thing is, I will get to the point that I eyeball it as I learn more, so it’ll be fine
>>7374575>>7374622Thanks.>Study color theoryWhat do I keep in mind to have it relevant to drapery?
>>7374494sorry i'm still a /beg/ so anons feel free to correct me , but i just flipped the ears and upper head because they aren't going the same direction as the face
>>7374630eyebrows
another practice.
What's the draw a box equivalent for digital painting? I've gotten a few pointers but still feel a bit aimless.
>>7374573draw the body below first/get better at the body, clothes folds are more intuitive once you get better at that
I did a Taran Fiddler studynohomo
>>7373782The face is ugly isn't it
>>7374666Sadly, you are gay.
>>7374625chromatic grays and values.>>7374666>666nice, the thing that stands out to me is that your edges are too roundish, the tricep, brachioradialis, obliques are too round, use straight lines to communicate solidity.>>7374630I read your lines like valleys, work on overlapping shapes.
>>7374666Nice job defining planes in some areas. I can tell this study was outside of your comfort zone. Please accept my constructive crit. You're missing a lot of midtones, your value range also goes too bright, need to bring it down slightly. Your upperbody proportions are off. You can get away with most all of it except your torso. It's too long, needs to curve to the right more. It resulted in your leg proportions being shorter than the ref and changing the body type. Overall it's think it's a good study and you should be proud that you're putting in the work. Keep it up. To keep it simple, proportion and value were your biggest weaknesses in this study.
What is simple practice to force brain into thinking in composition and construction. I probably know but i am having tunnel vision and can't think of it now.
>>7374398Not seeing what’s in any way amusing about this.
>>7374676no, ur mum!>>7374677Noted.Thanks>>7374680It definitely was outside my comfort zone. My style usually isn't that painterly and I never draw males. Wanted to challenge myself a bit. During the painting process I already noticed, that there is something wrong with the proportions, so thanks for specifying what exactly. The colors also definitely do look off, I tried manually picking them, instead of using the color picking tool. The study was mostly done because I want to get better at values/color, I need more practice with that.Thanks
>>7374090This but unironically Teach me to draw anime but as an adult PLZ thanks
>>7374713There are good books out there but you niggas want to be hand held from learning how to use the potty to drawing like Yusuke Murata
I expanded another one of my doodle's story and tried to make it into proper comic strip. how am I doing?
>>7374666brush?
>>7374732Bristle Thick Textured from this brushpack for krita https://www.davidrevoy.com/article953/krita-brushes-2023-01-bundle
Another day, another hour of drawing...
>>7374744PLEASE do more than just drawing circles for an hour
>>7374744hey man, you do also draw things you enjoy... right?
>>7374744This has got to be some form of punishment
>>7374744like nigga, come on. like nigguh, forreal?
>>7374745>>7374746pretty sure he's just posting his warm-up exercise folder as a bait persona while he keeps his non-warm-up stuff either to himself or to more anonymous posts
>>7374500>>7374730You're losing the finer pencil detail like the shading when scanning. If you're going to scan a drawing I recommend rendering in ink first.
>>7374753I know. I don't like that I have to sacrifice so much detail. I haven't gotten into inking yet and I don't really know how to do it so that it doesn't look messy. Also inking would mean I'd have to learn to turn the shading into hatching
>>7373524>finish drawing>thread dies
>>7373524>>7374784Forgot that I wanted to post gesture and sketch too
>>7374784>"thread dies">Will still be around for three days
I have this really rough character design that I think needs some improvement, I just made her like yesterday so any suggestions or critiques are welcome
>>7374807it's deceased, chuddy
Composition experts what would you do?I mostly just do rule of thirds but it doesnt fit here. I didn't like how the branch in the back followed the beak but it did add some life to the picture.Also when picturing something seen from below, the subject should be higher in the picture, if you understand what I mean?
I'm sad
Lineweight. I started coloring the hair but for some reason it looks worse with color, wtf is up with that?
>>7374841roughly per Naoki Saito, you start with sketching the hair, then coloring the hair flat gray, then fixing its linework where it looks weird
>>7373550I think this is very appealing, thanks for sharing. Are you making a game? it certainly looks like it could be an asset for one.
>>7374841>>7374845better yet, after you'll notice what's unsatisfying, make the old linework transparent and draw the better hair at a new layer
>>7374500>She couldn't figure out why her character kept on jumpingI wanted to make the second panel edit for my doodle for fun
>>7373522Attempted.Tried following advice of:>>7373853trying to make her more juicy. She still isn't as juicy as she could be, but she is less angular and jarring as my previous attempt.Have not yet practiced head anatomy. Will use the weekend for that.Art = hard.
>>7374883just now notice that the lips make her look like a guy with a smug mouzstache.
>>7374845>>7374849Ah I see, noted it. Actually I found out it was because I was using a very dark color, making it lighter fixed it in my eyes.
>>7374891next time mind the hairline, and 3 main hair blocks (front, sides, back)
>>7374891>>7374895i.e. front hair is growing unevenly from the implied hairline, and there shouldn't be such asymmetric crossing closer to the rootsjust have yourself designated hair sessions after this
>>7374899Ah I get it. So if I'm getting it right, red line would be the implied hairline, right? So in any case I should make it smother and aligned to perspective. I'll give it a try to correct this. Thanks anon.
>>7374809I think I did a little better
>>7374891>>7374899I tried.I'm going to do those hair sessions you mentioned earlier, hope it sticks.
>>7374836Don't be sad anon-kun. Keep drawing big breasted women and all will be ok.I believe in (you)
>>7374279>>7374133Stop same faggin mariel, learn fundamentals and line thickness. I can tell by how you shaded this and drew this you have no idea how to draw faces or forms correctly still even after 10 years
>>7374498Because he's a /beg/ hack and cant do anything other than low res unfinished doodles. If he really was good then he would not be wasting his time doing "critiques" here. People would be paying for his time with money and likes. If you cant see the pretty consistent flaws in his work then I'm afraid you need to grind more
More practice.
>>7374997is she a cutter?
some progress, critique would be welcome.
>>7375001No, just poor use of lines for shading.I'll be more mindful of that.
>>7375011no worries anon, you're on your way.
>>7374723name the books pretty pleeeaase
>>7374997very cute face, I'd jerk off to this lewd image if my pp didn't hurt right now anon, thanks
>>7374410Looks good.It's a good idea to step back and examine your piece often before you get too far ahead.
>>7374583>autistically fingerpainting with coffee while cute asians in short black dresses cavort around you exceedingly based
>>7374836Why?>>7374878She has bad posture.
>>7374110Nobody responded to my sketch. This is so fucked up.
>>7375013i'll even link you to them http://loomis.sblo.jp/
if the hallway outside of your room isn't knee deep in sketchbooks from your practicing, you are ngmi
>>7375061why are you using plural pronouns for a singular individual?
>>7375061Tits aren't load-bearing structures.
>>7375051i'd do that if I could but my hands are too ngmi for my brain
>>7375051Did you not understand what this was about?
>>7375072drawing sucks and even if we do make it we'll still be unhappy and unfulfilled as people?
>>7375075You're right, you're ngmi
tried one of mr aldooris color assignments
>>7375079looking and the thumbnail seems like I avoided some of the higher values, I should bring back some more of the light oranges, pinks and yellows
I feel like I made way too many mistakes with this remake. Can I have feedback please?
>>7375095what mistakes did u think u made?
>>7375095Being born seems to have been your first mistake and it's been down hill from there, huh?
>>73750953d model tracers... i kneel....
I finished sketching my current piece but I kinda lost interest in finishing it and I don't know why
>>7375095>3D model traced inflation furry undertale fetish art
>>7375095I think it would be easier to list off the things you did right.1.
>>7375109Because it's going to be a bunch of effort and you're unconsciously protecting(crabbing) yourself.
>>7375095copy the Morpho book on drawing fatties
>>7375121that makes sense but it doesn't usually happen with me. I almost always finish my art
>>7375095first mistake, the subject
>>7375095Do what all architects do and never draw neck fat.
>>7375096To start, I used a 3d reference for pose, but it can be tricky. I mainly use photographic references out of fear of relying heavily on 3d references.Second is inconsistancy. As in "I cant draw two things at the same size."Third, I did not use photo references.>>73751043d references can be hit or miss. I enjoy setting up scenes to get a good sense of the vibes and the theme. But 3d references can be limiting at the same time. So I only use it for posing references.>>7375117Yeah I got the figure and the hand right. I got the fabrics mostly right. I am already working on fixing up the lines. Coloring and shading will be much easier.>>7375125I need to brush up on the book.>>7375102>>7375112Rude.>>7375128Yes. And?
>>7375132I want to learn how to draw architects.
>>7375140Read BLAME!
>>7375095Hot
>>7375147I have seen bits and pieces of the manga. It shall be my inspiration once I read it!
>>7375125I still think it's funny that this goofy fucking frog is classified as a hate symbol
okay ignore what I said earlier about it being finished. Does the perspective look okay? I don't need to redraw his bottom half do i?
>>7375179Is this a copy or an original pose?
I forgot how difficult background shading can be. Can anyone show me tutorials on how to shade backgrounds?
>>7375186copy, I used an anime screenshot as reference
>>7375187Try tracing a 3d model
>>7373808They worked to get where they are, they deserve to. The begs that survive and claw themselves out of begdom, will then earn the right to troll. It's a beautiful system
kinda fun
>>7375199Ah well then the only thing you need to worry about is your linework and how well you replicated the proportions, not perspective.
>>7375204well I just wanted to know if it looked okay. He's got these giant balls on his pants and it made getting the portions correct a bit harder
>Taking from one person is plagiarism. Taking from a-lot of people is called reference.is this quote true?
>>7375203
>>7375207no.
thumbing out some compositions and I've settled on this one. I want some eyes on it before I actually set up a proper illustration and rough.
>>7374329Arms are too short. everything elese is trash
Well, looks fine to me. Gonna go ahead and start it up. Sucks that these threads get ignored now. Liked it better when new ones were being made.
mfw my thumbnail sketch doesn't get a (You) (This is obviously the fault of the jewish bakers guild).
Remember kids. Asking for crits on the crit board is not only entitled but stupid. Oh look another Cris thread popped up.
>>7375235I try to avoid responding to art that's better than mine because I don't want to fuck people up by being a blind man leading another blind, sorrylooks good to me for what it's worth
>>7375046Because I'm bad
>>7375242painted thumbnails are gay, draw them next time , to me it looked like a blob of color >>7375235this is better
>>7374329I give up>>7375220Any other obvious take?>>7374630I think I kinda get what you meant. Still too retarded to get it.Everyone ays you have thousands of shit drawings before you get to the good ones. lmao I am never running out of this permabeg shit.>>7375072Why do you draw, Fujino?
>>7375244It's stupid to act like there's been any change to the ratio of drawings to real crit in the past week.It wasn't much of a question in the first place, and the modal /beg/ reply is some shit like >>7368204
>>7375259Those armpits (or lack thereof) immediately popped out to me
>>7375251It happens. I assume you drew the girl in armor? If so what don't you like about it?
any rimworlders
>>7375203The bottom right skull looks really nice. Very clean. The top right one looks a little too smooth in some areas.
>>7375259Cute.
>>7375005Her right arm looks a little short
>>7375048I'm not an anatomy expert but this overlap doesn't seem right to me.
>>7374932Tell us about her, what's her deal? She looks to have a sports-like outfit, is she a martial artist of some kind? That's the first impression I get if that's not what you were going for in the design.
>>7374682This is very good. The feet look to have a difference in shoe size tho.
>>7374637I think her roots could have been executed better, it looks too much like a splotch as is.
>>7375311>>7375048Forgot pic
>>7375270I couldn't convey the perspective of the original reference
cringe
>>7374637>One minute born, one minute doomed>One minute up and one minute down>What goes on in your mind?
>>7375016Cool. Good to know my work is fappable.>>7375327Noted. I feel i went brain dead while I was drawing that and didnt think anything of it. Thats some good reference.
>>7375348Having a skilled artist drawing my character is very motivating, thank you
>light value on white background>pitch black>add surroundings>bright as the sun>faint color on white background>are you sure it's even there?>add surroundings>lol why did you add so much you idiot?I hate vision
>>7374002the reflected light on the sphere is too bright
I really hate photoshop 2024. even pirated. Its garbage. Too much shit causing it to glitch out.
>>7373596>autism shirt>autism hatlol nice
>>7375352I didn't know what you were quoting. Figured it was a song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kym3xgrEISANice.Well, I'm done spamming for a bit.
>>7375422Damn it, her hair is way to messy. I have no idea where the light is coming from. Fuck. Next time.
