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>>7938626Normally I use CSP for everything, but what should I be using if I want to do vector colors? For some comics I’m planning on making in the near future I want to futureproof them with vector layers (infinite resolution upscaling) but CSP is insanely anal about not letting you use tools like the fill bucket or noise grain effects on vectors
how do people decide on the colors of the walls of a room? Like the background, obviously walls are white but they're never actually white in colored pieces. Like I dont understand how they decided "okay the ceiling will be GREEN and the walls will be KINDA GREEN and BROEN but also half of it is BLUE
anyone know of a 3d poser for pc? feels like every decent app for posing and anatomy refs, is on mobile.
>How do I define depth in drawing? I tried to draw a calculator on a table but it felt so flat and Idk how to get it to work
>>7938677I just imagine what kind of room the character is supposed to be in. I usually imagine the character in a bedroom with Blue walls at 4pm when the sunlight is kind of golden. So when I render the colors, the background of the character has bluish and golden bounce lights. Just imagine
I don’t want to post here anymore I think you people are assholes how do I quit you?
>>7938730Design Doll?
any anons here do work with oil pastel?interested in what makes a quality pastel set/what brands are good for the pricealso any good videos/resources if you know someive been looking into pastel for a few days and im really liking the jagged lines it leaves in the colors
>>7938626All I understand about clothing folds is that there has to be some gap between the fabric and the skin/body, the fabric has to actually smush together or form depressions/pits that are closer to the body, and the overall form of the clothes must shrink a bit due to being pushed together, but otherwise I’m lost - how do people actually do detailed folds in a way that doesn’t look objectively incorrect?
Is the whole point of doing studies to subconciously put in your mind to draw things correctly? Before I felt like I was just copying lines on paper when using techniques like negative space and measuring lines.
Actually fuck it, I'll fully repost.---I need a little bit of help. (and it's a bit of a stupid question.)So there's an artist I follow, and I saw that they animated their stills with the new animation features from Clip Studio Paint.https://catbox.moe/c/271utjIt looks like you can do actual puppet animations on CSP, but as someone who's a totaI noob at CSP, i don't have a single fucking clue on how to replicate this.I did reached to the artist about this, but they couldn't share the .clip file for personal reasons and, no offense to the artist, they're absolutely terrible on responding; so a demonstration was out of the question.Can anyone figure out how they did this within program? I tried searching for a fresh tutorial YouTube and it's just stuff from 1 to 5 years ago, fucking worthless.
I want to make 4K art using a monitor with a 1366 x 768 screen.how viable is this
Getting back into drawing from a long hiatus. I'm doing sketches of tree roots like Feng Zhu recommends. I'm trying to find some references and I realized Pinterest has sadly become useless with AI, also their interface is more hostile than I remember. Any good alternatives? So far I came across this site:https://pixabay.com/images/search/tree%20roots/
I am 38 years old with AuDHD, can I still learn to draw?
>>7940666depends on the power of your hyper fixation
Why's this thread so dead compared to other stupid question threads on other board?
>>7942740*boards?
>>7942740on /ic/ it's pretty rare to get an answer to your stupid question. after a while you realize it's better to just make a thread and ask, it'll either get deleted or you'll get a few helpful responses.
why less people drawing than 10 years ago
Do people with a soft pen pressure setting change pressure settings during drawing or set brush duplicates with different pen pressure settings? I feel like I can't draw unless my settings lean towards soft but then I can't get any thin lines.
If I am trying to quickly build an audience and maximize profit what kind of art should I draw? Strapped for cash so a side account where I will just draw whatever, so what topics are particularly lucrative? I can draw humans and furries pretty well, any fetishes or niches to focus on or will drawing lewd art of the FoTM cute girl and putting some nude versions behind a Patreon be a good start? I don't care if I have to go into weird fetishes as long as it's enough to build an audience on. Only thing I won't draw is loli/shota because it's literally illegal.
How do I avoid this?
>>7943284don't invent a time machine and you'll be fine
>>7943376haha...
Can bad spatial awareness ruin my chances of drawing pretty images?I'm trying my hardest with this episode of brent's course, and it's filtering me hard. I just can't seem to draw these
>>7943484*the wavy lumps, the eggs and standard ovoids i'm pretty good at. I'm fucking horrible at curves though
what's the source?
>>7944113@artanatomylab on twitter
>>7944113specifically, surface anatomy for artists 7
I'm not sure exactly how to describe this so apologies in advance: does anybody know the method for drawing things that "fan out" in opposite, diagonal directions like wings? For example, when I draw one wing (usually the one further from the viewer) I struggle to know which angle to draw the other one from.
>>7944125sorry, just to clarify further: I mean how to draw the other wing in the same position relative to the body, so both are equally spread out.
>>7944126like your hairy legs
>>7944125what you are looking for is just better perspective skills, fundamentally no different than if you were to hold out your arms in the same manner
>>7944129I have been studying perspective but can't find anything on this yet - or maybe I have but just don't recognise it because of my lack of skill kek
>>7942799AI
>>7940296Pic not related, I guess, since that pic is objectively incorrectIt's impossible to get some of those folds on the arm and the pant on that pose
Could you point me to some good guides about drawing despite being a person who experiences aphantasia?
>>7944125You could imagine the wings roughly wrapping a simple shape as they reach back, like a single cylinder or two faces of a cube (where one edge aligns with the spine and each wing sprouts at 45 degrees). Draw the simple form and then mark out where key points along the wings would be.Another option is draw or imagine a pair of adjacent equal boxes (joined by sharing one face). Each box tightly contains one wing (perhaps they fit in diagonally) and again you can mark out where the wingtips would meet the boxes.If construction isn't your thing, perhaps a rough model will help. Fold a piece of paper in half, draw a wing on one face such that the shoulder meets the folded edge. Cut out the wing (and its reflection). Partially unfold the wings, hold them up, and look at them from the correct point of view.
>>7944259thank you anon, will give these a go
right now, in 2026what is the "experimental" of digital art? what is something jazzy, weird, free and unusual in digital art?I'm really tired of see the same clean art in an anime or western style
Who knows the source?
full-time artists, questions:1. What's your schedule, work hours?2. How do you manage long-term focus while working?3. How to avoid burnout?
Is using more than one color for construction in art optional?Like, whenever I see some other artists do construction in their art process, They would use more than one color (usually 2-3) for their construction.I was wondering, if I could still make good art even with using one color for construction. I can't just do it digitally. I suck hard at drawing in digital. Because my phone is way too fucking small and has a cracked screen. I work way more better when I draw traditionally. But, I wanted to expand my construction skills. So I've tried colored pencils, but they're way too hard to erase.
>>7944724>I suck hard at drawing in digital. Because my phone is way too fucking small and has a cracked screeUsually digital artists use screen or screenless drawin pad/tablet. I use different colors when constructing and sketching. My clients also say it's good I color the main parts of the sketch to give better sense of pose and composition.With all due respect your question and post itself imply you are very new beginner who lacks in cognitive abilities so coloring your construction should be the least of your worries.
>>7944737What are the cognitive abilities do I lack?
>>7944758>Is using more than one color for construction in art optional?>I was wondering, if I could still make good art even with using one color for construction>I suck hard at drawing in digital. Because my phone is way too fucking small and has a cracked screen.>So I've tried colored pencils, but they're way too hard to erase.When you look through pre-digital art artists, what colors did they use on their constructions/sketches? When they inked the lineart in, what happened to their sketches?
Is carpal tunnel one of those things where you would KNOW if you had it? I've been having pain in my wrist for a week or so and I'm feeling a bit nervous about it. It isn't severe enough where I can't grab anything but it burns sometimes and I feel a small jolt at times if I push myself.
>>7945795Starts as either a small pain or a tingle.Mine was just a numbness
>>7945795take it easy, it's way easier to prevent it from getting worse now.
>>7945845Are you still able to draw, and for how long? How long did you have to rest for it to recover?
>>7942746>helpful responseX
>>7938626When people make comics is there any kind of “default” car they use for things like backgrounds? I’ve never been much of a vehiclefag so I genuinely don’t know how people keep track of so many brands and models
>>7938626Anyone knows how to make the skin look greenish or blueish but still looking alive and vibrant? When I try to pull this off it always turns gray and the character looks dead. I found this artist but I’m too embarrassed to ask how they do it
Any advice on how to start learning stylization? I feel like I'm decent at copies, but the moment I try to stray a bit and do my own thing it starts looking like proko's kangaroo.
need some advice for this piece >>7946210
What's the difference between the blue and the pink ice cream
Have you guys found that your commissions have been suffering since AI art entered the scene?
can someone explain this to me? why is only the outline of the shadow so saturated? what is going on here?
>>7947694When light enters a semi-transparent material it scatters a short distance within the material and takes on the colour of the material.The light from the edge of the shadow enters the material and is scattered can exit a bit into the shadow. Causing a small highlight.
>>7946829No. The clients want their fav human artist draw their fantasy, commissioning and chatting with the artist are part of the dopamine factor
>>7947794I’ll dopamine your factor with my dick, faggot.
What's a good roadmap for a 28 year old nodraw whos started late
>>7948332depends on your goals. you need a clear goal to work towards.before you start studying or grinding, building the habit of drawing regularly and making it fun and enjoyable so you can stick with it for the long term is the most important.
>>7948356>depends on your goals. you need a clear goal to work towards.i want to make games, starting with visual novels as they're easier
how do I add models i've downloaded from the assest store to this posemaniacs pose list thingy
>>7947744why doesn't this saturation happen for the rest of the areas in light?
If I want to learn how to draw shapes in 3d from memory, is it just necessary to understand the fundamentals of perspective and copy countless boxes/rectangles/cylinders? I've gotten like halfway into Perspective Made Easy but didn't really find it helpful, mainly because I've already heard of this stuff from videos or tutorials. I understand all of these things about perspective, the hard part is just putting it down onto paper
>>7949306It is happening to all the areas in light but the shadow stops the direct illumination so only the light from subsurface scattering remains in the edge of the shadow. Causing it to be more saturated than the shadow but less saturated than the direct illumination.
>>7949483ohh, I see. thank you so much!
fucking hell why do my colors always look so lifeless
Is there a particular resource that explains the factors of how much the human torso juts out forward when trying to stand up straight? I only have anatomy for sculptors as my main anatomy resource and I'm finding it difficult to search up, but I understand that it's related to the center of balance and the distribution of body weight, but it's something I'm hoping to find more examples of via different body types and seeing how the skeleton/musculature is affected
where do I go to get commissions? I've been trying to get into vgen for months but I can't. My social media is dead. What do now?
When should you give up trying to draw I’ve been drawing 7 years and never improved at all maybe I’m retarded I’m going to kill myself
>>7949823If you're not improving, you're not learning the right way:for begs:>grind shapes and forms>do step by step tutorials aimed at kidsthe General Process:>do blind contours and gesture studies using live models or photographs>draw the subject from memory>collect references and break them down into shapes and forms>observe the references, then hide them and draw from memory, then draw while looking at them
I'm not very tech-savvy or experienced with making speed paints so apologies in advance for the stupid question - do any anons here know how CSP's timelapse feature works? I want to make speedpaints but only have a shitty old ipad so I'm worried it'll use up all of its storage space after only a couple recordings. Does it store them on the cloud until you export them?
>>7950159sorry, by cloud I mean CSP's online storage feature that I think it has?
do you guys use anything else besides interest? i love it, but lately its been hard to find poses, but nothing else is as good as it to find natural/pinup poses. line of action and pose packs are too artsy
>>7948332>>7948332Make working on your art a habit you always make the effort to show up to and see through, like the gym. The time commitment is more important at the start than how quickly you finish or the quality of your work. Once you make the work a regular part of your life, you have made the time for it and can do what you prefer using the time.If structuring study time around lessons or exercises is a challenge for you, motivate yourself by using all your practice time making the personal projects you want to make and learn the specific thing you need to learn to do each drawing/project along the way. As a beg learning anything new + putting it into practice is good for you. You’ll eventually get to a point where you can tell what you want to focus on next or will switch to studying as you see your personal projects improve. >Visual novelsMake visual novels. Start simple, challenge yourself to do more. Exercises:-One character design, first the face and head, then the body and clothing. Redraw/redesign it in six months to see your improvement. 1-2 drawings: Headshot and full body character. Study: facial expressions, drawing characters in the style you want to learn. -A single interactive dialogue with a character changing to a different mood after you select the response. 4 drawings and 75 words maximum: BG, default character pose/expression, 2 reaction poses/expressions. Study: Other VNs, basics of creating a scene and dialogue options in the VN software of your choice-Concept sketches for a VN you want to do with the art you imagine for it as simple drawings and stick figures. 5-10 pages, can be anything, spend less than 5 minutes on any one drawing. Study: anything relevant to the VN concept such as other VNs, character drawings, objects and settings that you want to include. The day to day progress of art feels small, but if you just stick with it while thinking about how to reach your goal, the pieces add up before you know it.
Visual drawing tablets (such as Cintiq and MovinkPad) vs nonvisual (Intuos and stuff), why choose one or another?
okay so what social media(s) are best for posting art / do people here use most? Instagram is kinda balls
>>7950203Oh hey this was me, thanks! i've screencapped this because it's pretty solid and nicely laid out
>>7950790Avoid instagram or facebook or anything by meta unless you are a /trad/ artist who post good looking picture of your finished work in front of your window with those paints, palette, or brushes. Meta took your art and drawing and feed them to their goyjeet AI databank and they do it in the most dirtiest way as possible. If you're a traditional artist, posting your finished work in a composition with a lot of information (brushes, canvas, easel, paints, etc) in there then their goyjeet AI cant take your drawing in a literal sense, they will perceive your pic as a composition rather than drawing; if you're a digital artist posting your art as art in itself, then their goyjeet AI will took your art into their data bank
If you hold in your piss long enough does your body reabsorb it I held off going to the bathroom for an hour because I was into my drawing and now I haven’t gone in a week
how do I learn to do stuff like this? it makes me feel things
>>7950790You are allowed to post to multiple sites.My sites are Deviant Art, Pixiv, Twitter, Instagram, Newgrounds and Tumblr and that's the order from most active and most comms to least active and least comms. How familiar are you with the difference between tag-based sites (Pixiv, DeviantArt, NewGrounds) vs algorithm based sites (Twitter, Instagra, Tumblr)? Because I ain't going to write multiple paragraphs if you already understand the difference in how they operate
>>7950241Screenless tablets allow you to look at your big ass monitor on your eye level and you can wear paper on top of the tablet for better feel and traction. Screen tablets require you either to have a set to draw comfortably or you need to hunch over the tablet and have your drawing hand block the view.
>>7949808I've been drawing for 5 years and I got my first comm after 3 months from starting to post. The most important thing is you reach your intended audience. You need to understand what makes people pick up new artists and art, how they find them and so on. So you need to show your passion and knowledge for the subject people want to commission art of. People don't want commission art from vague artists drawing flowers and landscapes. People want to commission art that tickles their funny bone, that means you need to cater for a sub genre/umbrella of fetish that rings viewer's bell and makes them want to comm you to draw their personal fantasy.
what is this style of painting called?
>>7951614>>7951614>multiple sitesyeah, I plan to. I've used deviantart, tumblr, and twitter the most before>algorithm vs tagI honestly don't know wtf is going on with algorithm sites, tag sites are a lot more intuitive in terms of discovery imo. do you have any good advice in terms of posting on DeviantArt, Pixiv, and Twitter? thanks for the reply man
>sometimes 1K likes, sometimes 200>We've added a label to your account which may impact its reach. Learn more here (pic)>since then, at max 150 likes, everything else is around 60how do I fix this?
>>7952859For Deviant, Pixiv and NewGrounds use tags because they dictate who your stuff gets pushed to if they don't follow you already. The tag system and the site profiles the art and viewers and push undiscovered art and artists to viewers who seem to like/fav/bookmark certain art with certain tags.With algorithm based social media sites like Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr the algorithm first profiles your account and works you post. If you use lot of certain words like, let's say Super Mario, and viewers who are into Super Mario start picking you up, the algorithm starts pushing you to other viewers who also seem to be into Super Mario and art featuring Super Mario. Then there's also networking. If other content producers with shared interest and subjects pick you up, retweet you, comment your stuff and so on, the algorithm realizes that there's something similar between you and them and the algorithm starts to push you to viewers who already interact with the other artists with similar subjects. If you want the algorithm know what's your audience and subject, build your following in Pixiv and DA, then promote your Twitter and other algorithm sites there so that viewers with similar profiles pick you up in the Twitter and other algorithm based sites. The algorithm will notice that your account have sudden surge of similar profiles picking you up, meaning they can farm interaction by starting to push you to the audience with similar tastes that still haven't picked you up
>>7946324Depends on the setting, but most of the time any random civilian car you see on TV works. You could look up common cars easily, I think you're overthinking it
What does a cross contour mean?
>>7953811You can try using this method to find outon a windows computer, press the keys ctrl+tonce having opened a new tab, type in "What is cross contouring" into the internet search bar on your internet browserafter pressing enter, you will get an answer to your question
>>7953811Imagine a series of parallel blades passing through your subject. Drawing in the "cut" lines will reveal something about the form. You can do this from a single direction, or you can reorient the blade set and draw in those lines, too. If your cuts are widely spaced and you do it from two orthogonal directions, you'll get something like a wireframe. Closely spaced lines in one direction will give you something much more subtle, like a deformed Slinky.Pic only slightly related
Anyone else tired of the glum 1girl 3/4 view sketch trope?
>>7938626Anybody know what softwares the person is using for the 3D model ref on the bottom left? I got it from this vid if it helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK5eAlf_vz4You can see it at roughly 6:20Is it clip studio's 3D models? I think he is actually painting in PS but I'm not sure, I don't have experience with either programme.
so, sorry for asking a stupid question in the stupid question thread, but since their discord is fucking barren outside of bots posting art, does anybody know how postybirb works with tags?more specifically, am I supposed to tag like "digital_art" or "digital art" ? how does it handle spaces on sites? because I'd prefer to not duplicate all my tags for each variations I can think of.
>>7953937pretty sure it's DesignDoll
I already know construction, cross contours and 1 point to 3 point perspective. I still dont know how to divide a square in perspective. And I don't know elipses that much. From what I know the minor axis divides the elipse and is a tool to know if your elipses are good or botched. Should I move on to anatomy? I really want to start learning human proportions and anatomy.
how do i eventually become able to draw stuff like this? the dynamism, the figures... i don't see the direct path from just copying anime head lineart (all i've really done so far) to manga-style compositions
>>7949872>>do step by step tutorials aimed at kidsWhere do I find these? Honest question, I have no idea what sorts of things are aimed at kids or how I would learn about them. I didn't know drawing resources even existed when I was a kid.>gesture studiesIs there any resource that explains gesture in a way that isn't vague and unhelpful? I have no idea what it means to capture the "energy/motion/soul" of the subject, or how to tell if I'm doing anything correctly.
>>7954449Don't worry, I got you covered:>dragoart>easy drawing tutorials >art projects for kids>easydrawingguides>monkeypen>jeyram>imagidrawIn my experience with gesture drawing, you need to study with line of action dot com, it's probably the best resource available. Focus on the direction and how the body is positioned: if you're having trouble with this, study dancers, take some time to grind arcs and curves, and make sure you're doing continuous line drawing.
