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What does DPI even means when you are setting up your canvas?
>>7656907Dots per inch, it's (I think) for printing.Like how many dots the printer should place on the paper for clarity
>>7656909So it doesn't have anything to do with the digital artwork itself?
>>7656910Ya,The resolution is entirely dependent on how many pixels there is in the canvas.You can actually mess around with the dpi on one of your pieces and you'll see it doesn't effect it at all
Like I struggled to tell which is which if it weren't for the timestamp
>>7656907>>7656909>>7656910>>7656916CSP will translate DPI into canvas size if the display units are anything other than pixels. This might be confusing if you don't realize it's happening.
Sorry if this is a super stupid question, but on CSP, halftones are supposed to look like perfect circles, right? when I try to use it, I can literally see each pixel. Am I doing something wrong? I use 2000x2000 at 600 dpi
>>7657340I don't use CSP, but this effect looks like a combination of low-resolution and a monochrome setting. Increasing your image resolution (and scaling it up e.g., 600x600 -> 3000x3000) will mean more pixels per halftone dot, allowing the program to better approximate a circle. Disabling that monochrome restriction (or enabling anti-aliasing?) will allow the program to use a range of grays to produce the circle, softening the jagged edges.
>>7657340Your canvas quite small for 600 dpi screentones, so that's why you're seeing pixels. 2000x2000 @ 600 dpi is only a 3.3" x 3.3" print so the dots will look very large and fucked up.Try making an A5 size page, put your dpi to 600, and then try making the same halftone with the same settings. Does it look like circles then?
>>7657360>>7657354Thanks to you two, got it to look good! I should prob start using higher resolutions now, lol
Can someone please help me translate what point #2 is trying to say? I've translated it 5 times, asked AI what it means, they simply can't understand what it's saying. Here are the moonrunes if you need it for some reason.>見える黒目の形と上まぶたの接点+二重ライン (Mieru kurome no katachi to uwamabuta no setten + nijū rain)
>>7659889Also I should mention I don't need the literal translation as I already have it and I don't understand it at all.>Visible shape of the pupil and the contact point of the upper eyelid + double eyelid line
I was looking through my old notebook from 2 years ago and damnit my art has gotten worse since then.
>>7659889Pretty sure it's just labeling the key points.Gemini said:Intersection of visible pupil shape and upper eyelid + double eyelid line (or Where the visible iris meets the upper eyelid + double eyelid line)
Can tracing actually help you learn? Obviously not trying to pass it off as your own but using it as a tool
>>7660152Learning to draw straight maybe, but unless you already have base knowledge on what to look for, no.
>>7660152Yes but it's very easy to just mindlessly trace where you don't learn anything. To get anything out of it, you need a specific goal in mind. First copy without tracing, then analyze what is off. If you can tell that the proportions are off, draw the basic proportions by tracing over the reference and then overlay that over your drawing to see what was off. If you notice the legs were too short, you can try it again and pay attention to make sure they legs are long enough. You could repeat this for a couple different drawings and notice you always make the legs too short, so then you need to specifically focus on that.Just tracing doesn't help that much unless you learn something while doing it, and apply what you learned to your drawings. I've seen it discourage some people too because they use it as a crutch every time and always compare their better traced drawings to their worse un-traced ones. So it can be a double-edge sword.Also, there are lots of different types of tracing. Anatomy tracings, like in some of Prokos vids, were pretty helpful to me.Tracing an ellipse guide or straight edge, trains your body to know the correct motion. Speeding up and slowing down to where you have the most control is useful to know too.Tracing over line art you like. Just because you can get it in the right spot because your just tracing, you still have to pay attention to how thick the line is, how it stops and starts too. You can always tell when a beginner traces because their lines still suck, even when they are in the right spot.
>>7660170Cool, I was just thinking I could try to use it to correct mistakes but anatomy tracing sounds really useful too
I'd say no, tracing has it's place, but that's mostly just in saving time.Learn to sight-size, place your reference right next to your canvas, and measure it out with your thumb or a stick of some kind. If you want you can put a copy of your reference UNDER your canvas to flip on and check how close you are, but don't draw with it on.
What's the deal with art instructors art looking like complete childish shit? Drawing is a hobby I've had for the past few years while going through life. Every time I get a new instructor I'll look up what they've done and it always looks like trash a kindergartener could make. Except for one dude that actually illustrated cool fantasy shit. But the rest were embarrassing. They would have their work priced for between 400 to 2000 bucks and some do appear sell. I don't get it. Is it just pretentious rich idiots buying it? How the hell do you convince people to buy that crap?
>>7660245If you make a living with your art alone then you don't need to teach. But also, not everyone who's great at art is great at teaching it. And vice versa.
>>7660245that's just a taste issue
Are there any guides or tips & tricks on how to pose models in CSP? I feel like a complete retard when using them.
Who taught the first human to draw? What was their power level? Was there somebody back then to give feedback?
>>7660147I've already been through this with Gemini, what "intersection"? What "contact point"?
>>7660640dunno, needs more context
>>7659889>>7660640It's difficult without the context (i.e., the other drawings on the page) but it seems like they're pointing out how eyes can differ, or how this particular eyes differs. So 2 refers to how the iris meets the eyelid; this visual example is a bit confusing as it is representing the option "doesn't meet the eyelid".https://animeartmagazine.com/drawing-girls-eyes-part-1/Perhaps this page covers the same point more clearly? It talks about how this style of eye differs from earlier styles, and then the lower examples show the iris meeting the upper lid, too.
>>7660700It's from How To Draw Moe. Weird, the website you linked uses art ripped straight from the same book. Are they really allowed to do that and sell a course using it?Thanks for the link though. You're right, the part that confuses me is that the text doesn't match the illustration. And Gemini keeps saying it doesn't make much sense either even with the full page of context. I guess I'll just move on
>>7656907DPI in the context of images, it's just the information that tells the printer how big should be the image on paper.If the DPI are 254, then 100 pixels will be 1cm on paper.DPI make no difference in digital.When you change DPI, several programs by default change the resolution automatically in order to have the same printing size, causing a loss in quality. But the automatic change in resolution can be disabled.
>>7656893Are there people already able to draw without ever doing it before?
>>7661234That's every person on the planet.If you meant draw WELL, then you're probably only ever going to see something "good for a beginner". Flukes happen, but you're probably not going to find somebody who can make drawings with rock solid fundamentals and technique consistently right off the bat.
>>7661330It's just that I remember of a friend in highschool just pulling off a portrait of me and another one on the blackboard. And also another friend doing a spiderman drawing while waiting for the food.I always thought they always knew how to do it, but I can't ask them as I don't see them for several years.
>>7660245When I went to college (I'm old so this was decades ago), none of the tenured art faculty could draw. One of them went on sabbatical and they brought in an adjunct to teach his classes. This guy was incredibly skilled and his drawings were amazing. The rest of the art faculty were so resentful, I kid you not, I overheard them shit-talking him behind his back. "Students are going to think that's the only way to draw." "Realism is pointless." etc. It pissed me off because he was very gracious towards them and never claimed that his was the only way.
>>7660580https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_v_ubcYsTI
Should I kys
How do you actually practice and improve observation skill?
>>7663203By doing exercises like these.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMX3K3YMbd8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecJO1LnjXpAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPywXVsRKT0>>7663196nah that would be cringe
where do you guys get your art books, half the links on anna's archive aren't working for me.
>>7656893Twitter now is asking the age verification, but I am not from UK... Does this happen to everyone?
How much should I compress my images for uploading to Xitter? I just want to be able to upload them at the highest quality without the shitty twitter compression.
>>7664729Ideally just shrink them to the size people will view them at. Compression isn't necessary.
i've been drawing for years but when i start to draw i have a strike of anxiety for the first hour that stops me from drawingit takes a while for me to really get comfortable with drawing but i eventually do but it does stop me from drawing at all some daysi think this is what they call the "yips" does anyone know how to deal with this?
>>7664211might be a europ thing, try changing your location
>>7664924You must practice doing. Is called willpower.
People keep asking me for an archive of my art. I only post my art on 4chan and don't really know any other website. Where can I dump all of my art without too much effort by my part?
>>7665471I use Imgur for private backups. You can send out links to private albums too if you want to show stuff off.
what turns women on? im finding it surprisingly hard to draw pinups of men that arent just appealing to gaybos
>>7665228i should preface that it used to be easier for me to really start drawing and the anxiety shocks only started a few years ago
Is it retarded to take a digital painting course if my goal is to render in a way like pic related? the course feels more aim toward painterly stuff
>>7666339no it is notif you're really that new to rendering it'd be good to learn the basics because even your goal the artist has a strong sense of of the planes even if its subtle
So I used the Ctrl+click shortcut on CSP to auto-select this layer, but it looks like there's a lot of parts that aren't part of the selection for some reason. Is there a way to fix this? In case it wasn't clear, I wanted to sand off the parts from the layer above it that's currently clipping on this layer. I'm following Elle Kurtz's cloud brush tutorial and I don't know if there's an option to lock the layer on CSP like it does on PS. The lock layer on CSP stops it from getting altered any further, unlike in her video where it lets you paint more on to it while keeping the edges intact
>>7665716I don't know what to tell you, man. Regardless of why you're suddenly afraid of drawing, the only way you're going to solve it is to just stop being a bitch about it.
>>7666439The selection only shows a certain opacity threshold. It should still be selected, but any parts that aren't 100% opacity on the layer, will only take partial brush opacity.Don't use the selection if you want to paint over, use clipping layers and merge them back in when you're done.
>>7666443Also, picrel
>>7666443Ahh, I didn't know that. Since I wanted to sand off the parts from the other layer, I thought I'd invert that selection and work from there. You can understand why the parts that aren't at 100% opacity affects the precision on the inverted selection.It did give off a pretty cool outline effect though, but I wanted to follow the tutorial exactly for now.>>7666448So that's the locking option I should've taken! Thanks anon
>me, no formal art education but I jus' like paintin'>recently take weekend art classes to actively improve my painting>Chatting with other people there, who have apparently gone to art schools>mention I really like Bosch's surreal paintings and aspire to do that someday>they don't know who Bosch is >talk about Andy Warhol's printing techniques and how I think his whole schtick was so needlessly cynical>they know about Warhol but don't know about his printing processArt school doesn't teach you shit about fuck does it? I wasn't trying to be pretentious but I just assumed I could talk about artists like this and everyone would know this stuff
>>7666546Did you ask about the artists they do know and the paint processes they've learned?
>>7666546Do you think knowing about artists makes you an artist?
>>7666548I did, only be of them just said they really liked Dalí and didn't really elaborate. It was a weird experience because I was nervous even doing this class (acrylic painting focusing on shapes/shading/textures/colors rather than finished stuff. The paintings are very abstract as they are done for certain concepts relating). I don't think my stuff is amazing on a technical level, but trying to be dispassionate, I honestly don't thinking it was much different than what these people were pulling off
>>7666552yes
Where's the krenz box rotation stuff? Lessons worksheets etc.
>>7656893How can I actually understand how to draw a face? (Or in general, to be honest...)I know what is perspective, but after doing a circle with a line in the middle, then it feels like I am going randomly. The problem is amplified with muzzles.
How tough is it to get into gouache if I've mostly only used water colour and acrylics?
>>7667360Since you can rework it, it's a bit more forgiving so it that regard it is easier. Has things in common with both water color and acrylics, so shouldn't be too hard for you. Jeffrey Watts videos about it are decent.This stream is a good intro to it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEiGv1ShhBM
What exactly is tracing? Do I trace if I copy draw what I see or if I put piece of paper over drawing and draw over the lines that shine through? Or both of these?
>>7660580They spent all day watching animals and drew in the dirt on carved into wood or other things which weren't preserved
When Nephilim are born do you think they were normal babies or did they rip their momma's pussy apart?
I don't know if I should care about this considering that I'm still a beginner, but if I wanted to paint like fatTeaCoffee, what should I learn (technique/brush)?I like the way it looks.https://files.catbox.moe/1d1yxv.pnghttps://files.catbox.moe/lp7kum.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/e4fscv.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/9i3p0g.pnghttps://files.catbox.moe/xmfkby.png
Does "copy bridgman twice" actually work to improve one's figure drawing? Could I do it with another book like morpho?
>>7669322Copying bridgman twice will give you a lot of practice and practice will make you better yes. I think they say bridgman because it's just a bunch of raw figure drawings to copy with very exaggerated contours so you're forced to notice the anatomy on display.
>>7669322Doing Bridgman without having knowledge of foundational anatomy would just lead to a lot of bad habits.
>>7669322Morpho books are super short. You're welcome to add them to it, or maybe you could do like copy morpho and then try to do figure drawings in the same way as the book to make up for it.Part of "copy bridgman twice" is just the sheer number of drawings it makes you do gives a ton of practice.
im going mad trying to calibrate my colors for my monitors how the hell am i supposed to do this
How long should you let yourself wallow in begdom before you KYS?
>>7669613The rest of your life
>>7669612Rent a colorometer from a photography store. Spyder is good and cheap to rent. Make one profile per monitor for a bright day window open or lights on, and one for when ur in the dark of the goon cave.
>>7656893How do i include nude characters without it coming off as pointlessly horny? My female characters always end up feeling more like 'uohh naked lady' instead of whatever feeling i'm going for in the picture, tasteful or otherwise. Cleverly censored or full frontal, the result is always the same!
>>7669322look at the title of the bookif you copy the drawings AND draw from life, you'll improve
What is "rendering"?
>>7670166It's kinda like making something look more three-dimensional. You draw a circle. When you start shading it in, that would be rendering.
>>7670167Would adding a contour line to the circle to make it look spherical be considered rendering as well? Or does rendering refer specifically to layering of those visual elements via painting?
>>7670166The "to make 3D" definition is mostly a weird beg-ism.It more refers to using an iterative refining process to get to a final result. It can be a realistic 3D thing, and often is, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. Like, picrel is 'rendered', but you wouldn't call it realistic or 3D.In contrast to something like lineart where you put down your line, and it's just done, you're not blending it, or painting over it, or whatever.>>7670232So no, contour lines aren't really rendering.
How do you know kid you’re good enough to start drawing I’m don’t want to be beg.
>>7670257>In contrast to something like lineart where you put down your line, and it's just done, you're not blending it, or painting over it, or whatever.Well, one CAN render in pen and ink. Hatching and stippling are ways to render values on a line drawing. Rendering is basically just the act of polishing an illustration beyond its base drawing.
>>7670260True, but that qualitatively isn't lineart.Not to say you can't hatch over lineart, but the hatching is rendered, not the lines.
what's the best place to look for references of fatter/bigger body types? i feel like all the reference packs usually pertain to thinner bodies
>>7670166Very broadly a rendering can mean: a sketch, illustration, or painting.Specifically, render can mean: To apply realistic coloring and shading.So rendering can also mean the act of coloring or shading a drawing/painting too. People here often refer to the refining stages of a drawing as rendering.
>>7670257Well, at the risk of being pedantic, I would argue that that picture adheres (or refers) to naturalistic visual rules which give it a sense of depth, which in my view would merit it being called realistic and 3D. Regardless, I understand that wasn't the point, but rather that rendering shouldn't be misunderstood as simply such.What I'm still confused about is what the key difference is. Couldn't the process of drawing an outline of a shape, adding volume with contour lines, and finally shading with cross-hatching be considered an iterative refining process? Or is the distinction that you create material which is a composite of multiple layers corresponding to rules of the visual space, while with linework the lines are "complete" in themselves? Or something like that.
>>7670308The difference is between top-down and bottom-up processes. Rendering, you start in big broad shapes and refine those shapes into more and more exact renditions. You can think of it like your painting is in a superposition, everything starts blurry and abstract and slowly collapses into what you want to paint.When you're drawing your outline and cross-hatching it, you're placing down the final versions of those things all at once. Lineart isn't iterative because you're not iterating on your lines. What lines you draw are the lines that end up in the final work. You can argue a sketch is rendered to some degree, but the final inked result isn't.
>>7656893Anyone know who drew this, or where the best place to ask who drew it would be?There's a signature in the bottom left but I can't make out what it says.
>>7670363Considering it's from a short lived magazine and everyone who worked on it is dead, you're probably not going to find anything about it.
>>7670363Jon Dahlstrom was a comic artist in the sixties. Maybe that'll get you there.
>>7670369Nice, I think that's the guy, unfortunately it seems like >>7670367 is mostly right. I can find some info on a kids book that looks quite similar that he did but not much more.
>>7670371You're probably right. These adverts were done by a Jon Dahlstrom a few years prior, though the signature is different. Good luck.
>>7670259You're going to be /beg/ no matter what. Being a beginner isn't a negative, everyone was one at one point. If you are serious about learning take a free art class at your local museum or pony up for one at a college.
tips for masking and selecting colors without leaving small artifacts? quick examplewould like to avoid making one layer for every color if possible
Someone approached me on DeviantArt today asking if I was open for comissions, but by the time I saw their DM their account was already deactivated? What's up with that? Some scam?
My therapist said that I should consider giving up drawing because it was causing me so much distress do you think she might Have a point also she suggested that I’m transgendered
>>7672570you don't need to let go of your dreamsyou just need to let go how you think you're gonna get to them
>>7672570>Have a point also she suggested that I’m transgenderedsounds unethical. she shouldn't be leading you to this conclusion
>>7671751I guess this is Photoshop.On top there is a way to increase the selection.Click "select > modify > expand".
Which method is the best for training accuracy? I've started trying to do the level 1 Dorian Iten exercise but with trace paper to overlay and check my work since I don't have a means to do it digitally right now. Is it just one of those things where I have to figure out what works best for me?
I know this has been asked innumerable times before, but how well would it go if u grinded portrait/figure drawing from life and then approached girls using that as a premise? Assume I am a modest 5-6/10 and not excessively neurodivergent. Would just having a sketchbook filled with portraits instantly provide social clout or proof that I am what I say I am and make them more comfortable with it? I could kill 2 birds with one stone if it works out. I assume it would work even better on girls I get to know first normally and then spring the question
>>7674031no need to find the perfect method or exercise. you will train accuracy every time you draw from reference, so long as you stay mindful and intentional>>7674406this just sounds like those weirdos who learn guitar to pickup chicks, never seen it work. for cold approach this honestly sounds like serial killer behavior, you'll get better ROI just lifting weights
>>7674406Somewhat related: My student ID used to give me free access to an art museum, so I'd draw there once in a while. My brother took my sketchbook with an intention similar to yours-- he sat in front of the artworks I'd drawn and pretended he was just putting the finishing touches on the sketches as people walked by. I asked him how it went, and he complained "I met a crapload of old ladies." So if that's your thing, carry on.
>>7672570>also she suggested that I’m transgenderedkwab
>>7674438But I *already* draw anon, I am merely asking if my abilities can be turned into something that benefits me directly like with booba>>7674449>not railing frustrated GILFsNGMI
what did you do after you accepted you won't be able to make a living on your art?
>>7675423I killed my self to death
>>7675582but who was post?
I'm planning out a trading card game but I have no artistic ability or sense. How do I into art direction? I can try and wrangle a team of fiverr jeets but I would rather get people from here
>>7675591do you mean you're looking for artists? just look for artists on twitter or artstation you like. see if they're open for commissions or looking for work and send them a messageunderstand the really good ones are probably looking to work for studios and not some rando and you are usually getting what you pay for depending on how much someone is selling themselves for
>>7675582thank god. no one wanted trash in the first place.
>>7675605How do I guarantee I'm not getting AI art anyway
>>7675633ask for psd files
How should a $40 comission with linework only look like?
Is there a good resource for understanding scene compilation/framing? I’d prefer books, please, but videos are OK too. Thanks
>>7676810as much as someone is willing to pay
>>7676834Framed InkCreative Illustration
What's the option called in CSP that makes brush opacity mix between strokes instead of overlapping?
>>7677564compare density?
I have been exercising to draw with my whole arm but cannot draw over these lines. My tablet size is 337 x 223mm (13.3 x 8.8 inches) and it has no screen (and is kind of old)What settings should I be tinkering with to help? My stabilizer is already at 150 on Krita. I'm lost.
is it possible for someone new to get picked up by studios anymore?
Do people pay for pre-made art if it's really good? Let's suppose I make some mind-blowing digital art of a famous characer or some video game or whatever and put it for sale in print quality so multiple people can buy it in high quality. Would that actually sell?
How do you actually study drawing? Whenever I draw I don't understand what I'm doing or am I doing it right
>>7677587Forgot I posted this here but that's the option I was looking for! but sadly now I can't fully erase the strokes by just pressing C and using the transparent color... thanks anyways anon
>>7679100find a course or book, preferably ones that include exercises or homework, do thempost results
>>7679100Studying = Copying something until you understand it and can draw it from imagination.Balance studying from photos, artists, anatomy diagrams, and imagination for a well-rounded diet.Gesture drawing is also a great way to study, check out Line of Action, or compile a ton of nude modelling photos and set your photo viewer to slideshow mode. Bridgman's Constructive Anatomy is a good book to get you started on how "gesture drawing" should look.
>>7665646Women see comically big hands, veiny forearms, and thick necks the same way dudes see comically big tits, freckles, and thick thighs
>>7678391DO people pay for them? Yes, they do. Just look at normie Displate art or your local anime conventions. I know lewd artists do that with posters or stickers too.WOULD people buy yours specifically? You'd either need some really good art, a good following, or sell at a convention where people are more likely to impulse buy.
Is there a thread for environmental or prop art? Has there ever been? Turns out I think I kind of like drawing boxes that look good
>>7681578Not really, but /mg/ or /draw/ I guess.
>>7681582Not really what I had in mind, but /mg/ turned out to be a pretty fun thread to look around in
how do people figure out the style they want everything of theirs to be drawn like? i have choice paralysis over this
>>7682068Why specifically do you have the choice paralysis? A style is just a love letter made up of all the masters and artists you learned from that inspired you. It's not that uncommon for artists to study different styles too. Just draw and pick a lane for now
>>7682124i think we can all agree making illustrations can take a long time. for me there's so many artists i like, many of them with very distinct styles that i want to draw like one one day, and another another dayknowing how long it will take to make something finished i'm left unsure how i should make my art look like at all
>>7683025It takes less time the better you get, most social media art is made in a couple of hours tops. Don't really worry about picking a style. Once your fundies are solid, it's easy to just switch to something else, or dabble in all of them. And it's good to do so. You don't want to draw like other people, you want to draw your own way, so collect lots of tools to build your own style with.
Is copying artists enough to learn? Would it be better to pick one of my favorite artists and only copy them?
>>7683435no, you have to actually use your brain, if not, you can spend months, years, drawing the same and not knowing what the fuck are you doing, thats is pretty much the case with most of the guys that do realistic style with pens for example, they can only copy pictures, very good, but the moment that they need to do anything from imagination, anything even adding a small object, or even adding another character using another picture (like adding a person to a group drawing), they can't even merge properly the lights and shadows to the rest of the image, because they only know how to copy.To must to copy and make your own drawings with that style, at least. Is like, actively pushing yourself, you can actually learn super fast that way but all depends of how much you tolerate the stress because you will have a strong circle of failure and redo, usually most people experience the same with but over a longer period of time,
I'm making a comic. I want to show that a lot of time has passed and the main characters have went on many adventures without drawing them all (the comic would never finish if I did). Like I'd only want to focus on four or five scenarios until they reach their destination.What's the best way to convey this?
Blogpost warning:There's a general I usually drawfag for that lately I've received a lot of negativity or outright being ignored when it was not the case years ago when my drawings were well received, I never said anything about myself or went offtopic, there's one anon in the thread that has commissioned me before that I asked what could be wrong with the place and he told me that is because I never engaged with the thread in a "friendly" manner, by that I mean trying to be their friends outside of the thread, talk about private topics and how their life is going right now and so on, compared to some other drawfags who do those things in the thread often.I don't understand how this is a problem, have I done anything wrong?
>>7683502So copying while supplementing with fundamental studies and drawing from imagination is the way to go, right?
>>7681564That's why I was thinking of making art specifically for commercial use. People would be more inclined to buy it and make t-shirts, posters and etc with it.
Why is it that I can spend hours and hours across days rendering one picture that never feels complete, meanwhile other artists just do very simple flat color with basic shading rendering and it always looks good?
>>7684554Sounds like you don't have an actual technique and are just fucking around until it looks good.
Dude are printer scans supposed to be so crunchy? I've tried a HP 9120e I have in the house and the quality is pretty pixely despite being 300 DPI, I get a much smoother result from my phone at the cost of it being a bit warped and not being as color accurate.
>>7684628Phone cameras apply smoothing and sharpness filters, the scanner is technically more accurate.
>>7684577That sounds accurate honestly. I get this will be a vague question but... how do I 'not' do that?
>>7684643Interesting, good to know. I might stick with my phone for the time being since I think it looks better in comparison
>>7684693Just practice, honestly. You need *really* good and internalized fundies.Those artists who you see being able to pump out a good looking piece in an hour or so are actually pulling their punches and are much, much better than they let on. If you draw what you know (not what you can), you can draw very quickly and efficiently, so it's a matter of increasing the things you absolutely without a doubt know how to draw.
If I want to turn a cube on a plane lets say by 45° how do I find the new vanishing points if I don't want to guess.
Where do? go end of the draw
>>7685076thats a bigger question than you think it isfirst you need to know what the station point is, and understand that in two point perspective, they are on a 45 degree angle this is hard to explain in just a single post, so you just need to learn formal linear perspective
>>7685076Station point. There will always be a point in your drawing where angles measured with a protractor are the same as angles in perspective. You can use that to find vanishing points for any angle, and draw your new cube.I rotated it 15* just so the vanishing points stay on the page, but same concept.If you want to measure out the sides to be the same, look up the 'measuring line'. But honestly, just guess, it's good enough most of the time.
What is the best job to support yourself while dedicating to drawing and art? Commissions are not an option
>>7685076The midpoints of the sides of a square are the vertices of a smaller square rotated 45 degrees.
>>7685835I think I understand the gist of it. The right 15° i get (though the farther or closer you pull the anti-vanishin- points the angle changes) yet the left seems absolutely random to ne.
>>7686511Try recreating the drawing yourself and then play with the rule to make your own
>>7686411The best job is artist's assistant. The second best job is night watchman. The third best job is any job.
>>7686511Both 15s are the same 15. One is measured from the station point, one is measured from the cubes.
Something I see a lot with golden materials is that people will shade parts of it with pure black, but why is this so common? What's the IRL effect it's (apparently) replicating?
>>7686838Gold is reflective.
>>7686838Surfaces have a specular (polished) component and a diffuse (roughened) component. A shiny surface will only reflect light back at you that originates from the correct angle. You won't see the sun in a mirror unless it is oriented properly. A textured surface is effectively made up of many tiny mirrors aimed in all directions, so regardless of the origin of the light, it will reflect some towards you. A textured surface angled like the earlier mirror in the sun will appear very bright to you. As you tilt it away from that orientation, it will slowly become less bright. A mirror titled slowly away from the sun will go from dazzling to not in an instant.To represent a very shiny surface, you can drastically alter the brightness of the surface as it curves away to show that there is no diffuse component.
Should I keep my Minecraft gaming username for my art handle?I already made a lot of accounts using that name as I had aspirations to be a good MC Youtuber, but videos games don't do it for me anymore. I just want to draw. On one hand I want to keep it as it takes me back to a happier time when I was 15, 11 years ago. It doesn't have numbers or L33tsp3ak letter organizing. Pic related to kind of help you guys understand the tone of the image.
I just learned of Pewdiepie's drawing videos about how he taught himself to draw pretty well. Has anybody done it and improved? How is Krita as a drawing software?
>>7687094He just sketched everyday in his sketchbook and drew the stuff he wanted to draw. Then studied some books on the skills he was lacking. Most people should be able to make similar progress as long as they develop the habit of drawing everyday, analyze their work and study the skills that are lacking. I've seen a people on YouTube and Reddit who were inspired by him and they improved.Krita is pretty good for drawing and painting. Some weird quirks but nothing too bad. Considering it's 100% free I would recommend it.
>>7656893It honestly bewilders me when people post /beg/ tier shit and asks whats wrong with it. Are these people blind? How do they not instantly notice when something looks like a mutated balloon animal?
how do I learn to draw fists, like punching? I tried using 3d models but they are horrendous and not even close to realistic. Copying photos doesn't work either because I've noticed people hold fists in fucked up grips that don't look when you actually draw them. I can't take a picture of my own fist for the same reason.
>>7687210I can see if it's a /prebeg/ and they have literally no clue what to even ask about.But otherwise, yeah. Fundies critique is kinda pointless for anyone with a shred of mental independence.
>>7687210>Are these people blind?kinda, since they're learning to draw they're learning to really train their eye for mistakestry looking at your early drawing sometime and you'll realize the stuff you just didn't see back then
>>7687213have you tried looking at your fist and drawing it? im not joking
>>7687213study it from art you like, comics or manga or whatever. when they do it in 3D animations, they have stretch the model and exaggerate the perspective to make it look good. so it can be one of those cases where you have to 'break the rules'.
A question for watercolors. I wanna try and focus on wet on wet technique practice. I also stretch out a bunch of pages ahead of time. It's okay to reset already dried paper until it holds its dampness for a while, right? I only ask because the paper kinda buckles when im adding that much water.
photoshopbros, which version do you use?
>>7687318latest one
>>7685835I think I got it Thanks!
>>7656893Is there any breakdown or visual explaining how wind actually moves, especially when it's gusts? Wind in the real world clearly doesn't move linearly in speed or direction (especially stuff like leaves swirling around in circles) but I've never seen a proper explanation as to what's actually determining the speed, direction, and length (time) of the wind
>>7688188https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjoMoH51UZcHave fun!
>>7688188whats the name of this anime?
Is it difficult to develop two (or more) distinct styles?
>>7688527No
>>7688188look up wind tunnel videos, it'll show you what's going on, my layman guess would be that a leaf causes its own turbulance that swirls it aroundhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GsPvBb4o2w
>>7688527Yes, but no. Naturally you will develop a 'style', like how you have a handwriting style.But to develop a specific and distinct style you need good observational and drawing skills then you must mindfully deliberately choose the aesthetic aspects you want. If you have the skills to develop one distinct style, you could develop another distinct style somewhat easily.
>>7688641Can you learn observational and copying skills? Do you think it's possible for someone to aim to be a "chameleon" artist from the get go?
Any pointers on hatching / cross-hatching? Been trying to fuck around with it a bit, and I know that the basic gist is "more lines for darker tones", but it always ends up looking off. Then trying to "fix" it just makes it worse.
>>7688821Yohr hatching lines should follow the form of the shape you're drawing not up down left right wherever
>>7656893ESL here. I don't understand what the horizon line is. I can't see it in drawings and I don't understand where I'm supposed to place it when drawing something from an angle.
>>7689231Aside from the generic "it's where the sky meets the ground", it's the height of your eyelevel, and everything relates to that. Some people will be pedantic and correct this, but for your purpose horizon and eyelevel is the same.Imagine you're the cameraman, and the things above eye level you will look up at, while things below eye level, you'll look down on.Even if you tilt your head back or down, the actual height of your eyelevel in relation to the ground stays basically the same.Here's a good vid to help visualize it all:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIcdrE9Vr8
>>7689282The mathematical horizon that all the vanishing points go to is eye level.The point on the earth where the sky meets the ground is not.Confusingly they're referred to as the same thing, but they actually don't have much to do with eachother. But for most cases (on earth) they just happen to end up in roughly the same place.
>>7688825Fair enough. I assumed it was something like that before posting, but it was coming out even worse when I tried that initially.Ended up looking up some references and I think I'm starting to get it? I think my issue earlier was that I was trying to do the curved lines across the whole "sphere". When I tried doing smaller lines from opposites sides and "connecting" them at the middle, it worked better. Still need to get the hang of it (too much shadow on picrel, I think, and some lines still have odd angles/curves/whatever), but it definitely came out better. Thanks anon!
>Been working on the same character design for almost 2 weeksDo I just suck or is this normal
>>7689520Post the character
>>7688821>>7689484They should wrap around the form more. And you need to be careful and deliberate with each stroke. Even spacing is important.https://www.scribd.com/document/817300756/Pen-and-Ink-Drawing-Vol-1-Basic-Concepts-and-Techniques-5l0hkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPv0RfAU-oM
>>7689528Nvm, I just spent the last half hour drawing a hand that looks like it was crushed under a hydraulic press. I realized I just sucked.
How do I improve if I’ve drawn for years and don’t see major improvement. I never learned fundies and don’t know how to learn it if I’m not at a complete novice level…Picrel is where I’m at doodle/sketch wise Finished isn’t much more polished
Trying the Krenz method. Studying from observation isn't easy, but it's doable. Get some angles wrong, trying to aim for 85% or so, but trying to do it from imagination (right-most attempt) is just suffering. Does everyone go through this until they visualize it better? The good part is that I got the angle of the shoulder pretty much perfect, but I just seem to forget everything else.
>>7690082another of previous attempts. imagination is left-most
Any females here?
>>7689886another of my draws..
>>7683526https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkAYze6ae18tl;dw seasons change, their hair grows, they get cool scars and new equipment, etc.>>7687086So long as your screen name is memorable, easy to type, and somewhat conveys the type of shit you draw that's a plus. I took my initials and turned them into a screen name. There's always the tried and true [adjective] [noun] if you can't think of anything else.>>7689886The Japanese Mafia are closing in on your location right now.Fr though, practice self-critique and focus on honing your weaknesses. For example:>Hands are okay but not perfect, draw a thousand hands, copy medical diagrams of the hand muscles>To practice rendering, copy some pieces from an artist you aspire to and get a handle on their techniquesImma be real your hatching is bad but you're using it in the right way and it's a great skill to have, if it's a skill you'd like to develop try rendering a few pieces with nothing but hatching and check out some hatching tutorials.Likewise when it comes to "fundies" it seems like you've picked up the basics from intuition, but if you want to focus on anything in particular draw a simple piece or a series of sketches focusing solely on that fundamental.>Contrast? Draw characters with dark solid shadows, only using a black hardround.>Perspective? Draw characters reaching towards the camera, standing under/over the camera, etc.>Gesture? Try to push your limits when it comes to posing, do lots of gesture studies>etcImprovement comes from challenging yourself>>7690082Very nice work, the Krenz method is a great way of giving beginners a kickstart on getting proportions right on observational drawing and judging by your May study you're at the point where you can start using fewer lines to eventually start eyeballing it.The big secret is if nobody directly compares what you reffed nobody can see your mistakes as long as your piece looks mostly natural
I just checked and page and one of my biggest Patreon supporters just cancelled their membershipShould I talk to them about this or just wait and see?
>>7691686I just checked my page"
Why do I like scribbles more than the most sophisticated art?
wtf happened to Krenz, dude just straight up vanished from social media in 2023
>>7694839probably just running his school
>>7694850Oh that would explain it, I didn't know he had a school.
>>7689484it sometimes helps to section the ball into 'parts' and then try to imagine the surface you are putting the lines down on
In photoshop how do I best do coloring for lineart? There's always those ugly partially transparent pixels. Is there an easy way to fill or create a mask?
I really need help here.I’m sitting on about 1k+ life drawings and have officially decided that I am releasing a book filled with my sketches. However, I need lots of opinions on what drawings/pages should and should not make the cut. Are there any art discords I can receive help with this on?
I don’t care that you don’t like my art because you’re a nigger.
Anyone recognize these crayons or whatever these are that Commander Mark of Secret City draws on glass?
>>7695158Nobody and I mean really NOBODY, cares for life drawings as in studies or gesture drawings. That only has an appeal if you are an already established artist with a preexisting fanbase. But since you're posting on /I/ my guess is you're probably a beglet
>>7695788*/ic/
If im learning basics (head, body, eyes, hair, etc.) Is it better to try and do a lot or repetitions or focus on one version very hard? Is it "cheating" to use things like the line tool or circle tool? Ive been trying to practice line control, but currently I rely on the grid in Krita a lot.
>>7695637You can use the period and comma keys to step through frames on youtube. In episode 32, the crayon is labeled "MEAN STREAK", which is now a Sharpie (was Sanford) product. It's an oil paint stick (also oil stick), apparently.
>>7695920I appreciate it. Thanks a bunch, fren.
what type of art style is this gif in? i know its a gif and not a still image, but imagine if it were. i just dont know the name for it and ive seen it around.
>>7696162notan?
>>7696162it's just a black and white threshold filter
>Twitter>Newgrounds>Deviantart>etc.Is there any way to streamline multiple uploads to different platforms so I don't have to keep logging into each individual account? Preferably something that has a queue system for all of them (because I know that not every site has one, or some of them are paywalled) and lets you still incorporate proper tagging per upload
>>7696849https://www.postybirb.com/
>>7696873Thanks bro, does it work for all sites or is there some specific fuckery I should be aware of?
How long is too long to work on a piece I want to know when to stop because I’m just wasting my time.
>>7656893Is there anywhere where I can find good references of muscular men and women that aren't roided-out abominations or dehydrated freaks?
>>7691686Don't do anything unless you're on speaking terms wtf it should be none of your business
>>7656893Why someone becomes a permabeg? What causes it to happen?
Is there a program which allows for making 'art assets' with swappable parts? LIke, you make a 'base', then you make some small 'parts' to put on that base, and you use the program to be able to make a lot of variations without having to personally do each?I already have the art assets. I just need the program.
How do I get motivated to draw?
>>7701985Specifically, I mean something like this. An way to be able to take a base, take some parts, and then create multiple permutations without having to personally go and edit every small little thing.I am aware that this could be technically done with layers, but with the amount of permutations I want, doing so would make it really, really annoying and time consuming.
>>7702023There are untold numbers of NFT generators on the internet
>>7702134Is there one that only does the 'art' part? That would let me specifically make a square like that?
>>7702136Yes, that's what an NFT generator does
>>7702145Yes well, I tried finding one, but they ask for 'svgs' which doesn't work because I'm using pixel art, and not a single fucking art tool on earth seems to be capable of pixelizing small pixel art without fucking it up.
>>7701985You can't just put the base image on one layer, put the variables symbols on different layers, then switch the layers on/off?
>>7703320This gets really messy if you have even a modest number of parts.>>7702153Code your own. It’s not super hard to make a shitty little image compositor in js or py.
what am i in for with firealpaca. what are the ups and downs compare to other free software?
Is copying manga an effective way to learn
>>7704770It's an effective way to learn the manga art style.
What do you guys do to prevent your kneaded erasers from drying out? I wrap mine in plastic wrap and keep them in a ziploc dime bag, but is there something less cumbersome?
I'm making an autism comic. Where should I post it to get the most eyes on it? I want random people on the internet to be impressed and disgusted by my autistic 100 page Sonic comic full of skeletons. I don't want anything more than that.
If animation is typically done on a timeline of 24fps, is there any reason to render an uploaded video of said animation at 60fps?
>>7705226You might get snappier frames due to encoding and compression shit, but not really.
Is it possible to learn to draw if you have HNPP?
>>7705399you draw with your brain, as long as you can control a tool to make marks, you can learn to draw. unless you're in the late stage of dementia.
>>7656893i really struggle with my drawings looking tilted when i try to draw past the bust. it looks like everyone is leanimg or has scoliosis? when drawing full body, where do you start?
>>7706269I personally try to compartmentalize the body into the torso, the hips, and the extremities. I start with a rough approximate of the ribs then add a space between that and the hips. I'm not there yet to immediately draw the entire outline of the body, I try to depict what's going on inside first. How do you do it that it ends up tilted?
>>7698157>muscular womengirlswithmuscle.com has a really large gallery that I'm sure you'll find something of use there. Not sure bout muscular men though, maybe lurk on /hm/?
Is there an option on CSP to turn a layer that you already changed opacity and filters on into the new standard for that layer?For example, let's say I have a blue layer that I tweaked to 40% opacity and soft light for it to be the shade that I want. Can I now turn whatever shade of blue in that layer into the new default for the layer, 100% opacity and normal?
>>7706302Rasterize the layer.
im using a HEPA-Type Tabletop Air Purifier to clean the air in my room of medium fumes. specifically M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium which isnt the worst put I also eat and sleep in this room.There’s a window AC that helps ventilate but do you guys think the air purifier is useful at all? Like what air is it purifying? It still smells like medium in here and I don’t want to use anything more smelly. But im not use to using only M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium and safflowr oil to clean brushes.What is the least smelly oil painting setup possible? Aside from water oil paints because those are expensive and I feel like would be less fun.
>>7707014>It still smells like medium in hereImagine the smell with large.
Have any of you found any non-slob uses for AI? Like cirtiquing or redlining or advice omn areas to focus on?
>>7707596Critique is okay. It works better on more complete images.I think it's most useful for finding information on things that are hard to google, either because they're hard to parse as a search query or because searches don't give good results.. Top search results are always tailored toward 10 year olds and redditors, so often times they just give woefully incomplete information or are just blatantly false. Like, I'll use it for checking cultural or historical references because that kind of thing is so intensely clickbait poisoned on the wider internet that it's impossible to get any actual information out of normal search results. It's not perfect, but it's a better starting point than some dumb ass redditors repeating information they got from a youtube video that just plagiarized a wikipedia article verbatim.
Hi anons, /tg/ anon here.I'm looking to create a small booklet of fanfiction and I've got funds to pay for some art (I know art isn't cheap I don't plan on skimping on price). I'm looking to have someone come up with some artistic page layouts and also color in pic related for a few custom schemes, including emblems and such.So is this kind of work appropriate to ask about on this board or on the graphic design board? Do you guys take commissions here?
>>7707627For layouts you probably want to go to /gd/
Where do animators actually get their sound effects from?
>>7707596Not really, it's word salad & generic advice that could apply to pretty much any piece. Plus you have to double check everything it says because it still just makes up random shit.
Why do so many color guides say "warm light creates cool shadows/cool light creates warm shadows" when the vast majority of "shadows" are the result of scattered light from the blue sky illuminating the shaded areas?
I made a doujin using AI, I could use some critique about pacing, the scenes, dialogues, etc, is this board the right place or all AI is not allowed?
>>7707980Because color temperature is relative. Even on a cloudy & overcast day without much blue ambient light, the shadows will appear cooler if the light is warm. Because the surrounding warm light will make the shadows appear cooler in comparison. And vice versa, if the light was cool, the neutral shadows would appear warmer in comparison to the cool lights. Assuming there is no additional light sources, like the ambient light of the reflected blue sky.Richard Schmid - Alla Primahas a good section on color temperature. He goes over some exceptions too.
>>7708021Nah most people here hate AI, every AI thread is a shitshow.
>>7656893How much time is required to actually draw from imagination?
>>7707874>>7707614Thanks for the feedback.Have you tried letting it find non- generated recerences for you?
Very stupid question, but how does Instagram work? Do you just post your shit and people may or may not find it? How do people come across it, do they have tags?
Stupid question indeed, but how do people achieve this specific type of brushwork when thumbnailing? My values end up all over the place and clipping, and opacity doesn't seem to be it, either. Are the strokes layered in value order? Pen pressure? I need to learn this.
>>7709638It's just 3 preset values on 100% opacity
Whenever im grinding, how do i know i am actually learning something and improving, and not just wasting my time and cementing bad habits
>>7709638What the other anon said. It's a brush with zero opacity variation and three different colors. Dead simple.
Anyone happen to know the artist for this? All the reverse search sucks or the artist nuked his socials
>>7709704what specifically are you grinding?
>>7670166a stupid nonsense word that amateurs co opted from 3d processing to make their work more sophisticated than it really is
>>7709704>grindingYou want to consciously know what you are doing so you can replicate it. >Draw something>critique it (Write down what went right what went wrong and how you can simplify it)>This is your hypothesis>Draw it again using said critique>did it correct it?>Examine your process while drawing it>critique it again (if you can check it against a reference)>draw it again With most studies you want to isolate what you're trying to learn for example if you want to draw heads in 3/4 view you should be drawing with a medium you're comfortable with not worrying about painting values/colors as much (a bit of shading is fine just don't get caught in the details). Also it doesn't hurt on your down time to research the topic you're trying to get right, they may pull you in a bunch of different directions so be careful but one could click with you. With this method you should see immediate progress, learning = changing a behavior. Same behavior= Same result, focus on what you can do differently to get to the result you want then you don't have to worry about bad habits so much.
Dumb question, how to get from the fundamentals, boxes cylinders etc. to proper characters? I fell like when i learn more about basics, it makes me kinda unable to draw freely
have you ever seen early 00s artist's setup?i've never saw them anywhere on internet.Was there even space to put a tablet?
>>7711697Have you tried cartooning? It frees me up.
Should I draw manga reading from right to left or from left to right?
>>7711772You're being a little bit silly if you're thinking that artists twenty years ago didn't use art tools just because computers were a little big. If artists didn't have tablets they would just draw on paper, use a scanner and then color digitally. If they worked digital at all. Virtually all Japanese how-to-draw books still have a section at the end for how to do this.
What's a good brand and amount of colors good to start painting with acrylic makers?
>>7711777not really, i kinda aim for semi realistic stylised characters, but im surely going to give it a try
>>7711780The actual Japanese convention is that 横書き is left-to-right and pages start on the spine-on-left side, while 縦書き right-to-left and pages start on the spine-on-right side. Manga is the second category only because the text in the speech bubbles is vertical. You would not see this as a dekinai westerner, however.
>>7711895Interesting. I didn't know this.
Can any SAIchads here tell me what the difference is between the depth and saturation sliders?
My government job requires everyone to report outside sources of income. I reported by furry non-con commissions and they fired me. I’d been told they only cared about relationships with contractors or other government employees! Should I KMS?
>>7712472Just get a different job and don't tell them next time. Or become do it like me and become neet.
Advice on overcoming the fear of fucking a piece up?I know the idea is to grow a pair of balls and do it anyways, but most of the time I end up rushing the last 30% of the piece and it doesn't look as good as I had planned
>>7712504Just get a light table and transfer the sketch. Or if you do it digitally just use another layer.
>>7712504There is also transparent paper. This helps too.
What are some rules of thumb for width/depth proportions?Also, is there a better term than width/depth?
>>7712505Talking about digital illustrations, it's usually the rendering that paralyses me
>>7712698>digital illustrationsThat is a stupid question. Make a back up save where you think it looks good and continue on.
what is this style called? its like monochromic pop art but shaded
>>7656893I want to make an animation of a character who walks by keeping her body still while her legs move so fast, they appear like a blur. Like Velma in this webm. But the problem is that I don't actually understand what I'm looking at and I can't study it to replicate it. All I see is some vague mess. Does anyone have any advice or a guide for this?
Can I just bruteforce my way into getting good by drawing/copying a lot even if I'm a retard
>>7715166I'm a retard and I got burnout from it.
>>7715151it's just a few smear frames stacked one after the other. also, you could always just go frame by frame to study any sort of animation.
I fucking suck at ellipses and cylinders, is there any way I can get better or do I just have do draw more of them? I know all about the minor axis and major axis and stuff, but when it comes to actually drawing them they always look horrible
