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is it allowed to repost an image that i posted right before the last thread ended?

Why is /draw/ so slow these days

>>7921680
I cant speak for everyone, but I just post here when it doesn't fit into another thread/board

>>7921680
What the other guy said.
+ it takes tiem to do the draws

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>>7921326
replayed MGS1

>>7921924
cutee

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Kbity

I have a friend whos been drawing for hours everyday over the course of 5 years now and hasnt improved at all. I wanted to get into drawing myself but I'm afraid I'l end up like them. How do I avoid that? Like what are they doing wrong exactly?

>>7922236
Don't worry about that because you will definitely be worse, mark down a Google calendar reminder 5 years from now.
If you don't, you're a pussy and by conceding, it proves me right. If you do and you didn't get better then that also proves I'm right.

>>7922236
You have knowledge of how your friend's art looks, but none of us do, so right off the bat we're at a disadvantage in answering this question in a specific way.
But let's set that aside. It's tough to know some people improve rapidly and others don't. I have tons of theories but I really don't know - I only know myself.
And I can tell you this: being fearful of making art will cripple you more than anything. If you were going to do it, you'd do it - right now. The proof of who made it and who didn't is only ever obvious in hindsight.

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>>7922236
Don’t let that fear consume you or you’ll face the opposite fate and end up like me. For over ten years I was obsessed with progress, with getting gud, and honing an original style. Not only did I never get gud but i also didn’t cultivate a practice of drawing from the heart, which gradually sucked out all the soul from my work.

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Does anybody here know how to color/shade or know of any youtube channels with good tutorials? Also do you think this is somewhat good enough that I could start looking into accepting commissions? I'm desperate to quit my job.

>>7922331
If you find enough work to live off with commissions I'll blow my brains out.

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two drawings to present to the class today

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and 2, I like it today tomorrow who knows

>>7922555
nice

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I don’t think it looks quite right so far

>>7922808
I don't see anything wrong. Her right forearm looks a little short, but that could be depth.

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Had a lecture, had a pen-cil

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My Elden Ring character sketch.

>>7922555
Post ref or I'm going to make a study of your study so I can slap an anime maid in front of it

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I've been fiddling with this for a few days now
What I want out of this painting is it to feel kinda cozy, kinda mysterious and kinda slice-of life-y

What I'm struggling with is the interior architecture, I don't have any 3d program skills so I'm trying to do this by hand and I keep winding up somewhere around these two thumbnails, And the geometry of the space just isn't very interesting I think.
I want the over all space to be cozy but also expansive and I'm struggling to find the balance between them.

Also I really want the paintings to be visible, but having them visible means they have to be close up, which means I'm cutting off the view of the rest of the space.

>>7923185
ok well try a worm's eye view, that way it captures the scale of the room, the closer paintings are legible, and the girls are the focal point

>>7923130
well look who's back

>>7923239
who's back?

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it feels bland somehow. Any ideas on how I can spice this up?

>>7922883
very cool! Like the composition. Especially in the top frame.
>>7922555
beautiful
>>7923185
already on the next project I see. I'm stoked. Your paintings are always a highlight.

>>7924561
Did you use a referendum?

>>7924605
yes. It's a photo study

>>7924561
lowkey looks traced

>>7922557
>>7922558
I dig it. Tastefully stylized, not overly elaborate yet still purposefum character design. Feels like a distinctive character for a world and not an attention begging "OC".

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Spamming this all over the board but I’m just proud of the fourth hook I’ve painted okay

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>>7921374

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>>7922957
this fucks

>>7924855
thanks man, I was feeling pretty bad about it

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I m so lonely and horny.
>>7922555
sky looks very realistic in thumbnail, good job. The reflection, colors and blends are also cool. Other than that, the greens are quite bland. I would have chose a more interesting ref. Then again, I focus more on lines, and my rendering is not at your level, so what do I know?
>>7922558
I like this one much more than the first one. The colors, the shapes. First one feels too ... clipart? How does coloring your lines sounds to you? Having a gradient from region to region as the lines travel the contour of the body. Or pushing your shadows more? Obviously, I dont know what you were attempting with each piece, but I feel the full body one could be greatly improved with a little more effort.

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"Unholy Mountain" Gouache and Mixed Media

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fist time drawing and in sprite as well
learning to make a 2d game

what you think about this guy with his buck teeth

>>7925842
Love it

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>>7925654
Was your goal to stylize the portrait study or to recreate it accurately? If the latter, I think you might benefit from the envelope method of construction. It's what I use to capture proportions accurately.

>>7925313
I believe I said so in another thread, but I do enjoy this painting. Very playful rendering that also captures the fluidity of the highlights well.

>>7924785
nah, I didn't trace. I just suck at linework

>>7926022
>>7926463 me

obviously to stylize, I find realism boring, Your pic and the hook are the most boring, to me, pieces in this thread. (not the most disgusting tho, but I wont name those)

I still want to be decent at reading a ref well, and recreating it is the best way of learning that. So do tell me about the envelope method, maybe I learn something new, even tho I most likely will not use it. I already have my own method I like, just have to practice it more.

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I posted prev version in previous thread.
Im trying to lock in on a design for these 2

>>7926472

"It's muh style!!!1!1"

>>7925962

Thank You!

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"Master" studies
I've never tried doing this before

>>7927243
Hety. Some turned out breety goood

>>7926472
the absolute state

>>7927246
Yeah, I think so too
Especially happy with the SeenCrow and Bruce Tim study. Only problem is how to apply this information to my own art: what I think I'm figuring out is that I really benefit from having faces to reference when drawing. I should find celebrities I like the look of. I see why so many artists design their characters to resemble real world people now.

>>7922227
Cat

>>7926022
Dog jesus

>>7925654
She's saying hmmm inside her head

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>>7926472
If you're not worried about trying to replicate what you see exactly, but instead are trying to capture the "essence" of what it is then I think you are fine just continuing to develop your own methodology. Based off the Breaking Bad study, it does seem like you're employing enveloping to an extent anyway.

>>7927243
The quadrant method is a good way to get yourself in the door to "seeing things as they are" but I think at your skill level it is hindering rather than advancing these studies of yours. The biggest issue with this methodology is that people often fall into the habit of cramming things to fit within the bounds of each quadrant as they see it, overriding your sense of where things actually are according to the subject.

Because you're trying to capture these studies accurately I will also recommend the envelope method to you as well. Ultimately, as you hone in on your style you're going to want to develop a system of constructing characters that is apart from either of these.

This video is long, but you only need to watch the first few minutes to understand the gist of what enveloping entails. I've also thrown in a quick mock up of one of the characters to further illustrate the method.

https://youtu.be/gwevjSTz2yQ

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Today's piece

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(If this isn't correctly aligned, could someone fix it?)

>>7926472
This nigga.

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I feel like i hit a wall in improving could you give me a few pointers in composition, chest, hair and feet.
Also I'm kinda tired of brute-forcing my way through learning and I want to learn proper backgrounds, are there any crash courses, what do you suggest?

>>7928185
Your anatomy is solid . There’s nothing horribly off about it, but the obliques in particular need work, particularly the one shown the most. It moves more outward, especially for women, and has a bit of a different shape. Hair looks good but study from life to get an understanding of the dynamic elements of hair, it’s a bit static as of now.

For backgrounds, just study perspective. Perspective made easy, perspective drawing handbook, and how to draw by Scott Robertson all cover environments and perspective. Once you intuitively begin applying perspective to your art backgrounds will become a piece of cake

>>7924561
Thank you (nekos in paris)

I was bored at a lecture so i started making shit up.

Its a réne twongi :)

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>>7927478
Thanks, anon. I remember being shown this method once but never picked up the name - now I have something new to study next time I do something like this.

I'll admit that I'm only doing this so I can get a feel for how other artists do things. I always feel like my art's really alien, like it doesn't quite look like other people, so I'm trying to figure out how to square it.

I just feel like if I knew a little more, and played things a little smarter, I'd be able to make something really great.

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nothing serious, i only had an idea

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I'm abandoning this one.

>>7930452
thats a one solid artwork. would go fine for a deathmetal album or sort of

>>7930450
Nice fluffly hair. Neato.

>>7921924
I always liked that she explicitly chose the desert eagle point five O.
Deagles Usually it look a bit meh to me, but seems to fit her very well


>>7925439
You are experimenting with perspective i see,
Im not familiar with fisheye but looks correctish enough.

The character could use a bit extra everything, i think. Proportions are wonky. Posing is.. is he leaning , and if yes, on what?. Clothes, dont seem to fall or ffold even remotely corectly?
how big and small legs get in perspective doesnt seem cotect

I cannot figure out the lighting?

I think, but could be wrong that the piece would benefit from much darker desaturated shadows. Similar to how you did the blinds, and a lightsource that fades a lot by the time it reaches the ground

Final question;
Did you use a reference?


It still does the job, , quite interesting to look at, reminds me of an unholy union between deus ex and cruelty squad . Good job. I will keep an eye out for more

Btw
>this fucks
Agreed.

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This is my gargoyle. I use him as a cover for my sketchbook so he can protect against snoopers.

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>>7930733
>The character could use a bit extra everything, i think.
honestly for the better, the focus was solely on the gun
>Proportions are wonky. Posing is.. is he leaning , and if yes, on what?.
was supposed to be on the locker, but i didn't extend it far enough, so he's half floating in space
> Clothes, dont seem to fall or ffold even remotely corectly? how big and small legs get in perspective doesnt seem cotect
definitely on both counts, i freehanded it too much
> I cannot figure out the lighting?
supposed to be one strong halogen that's visible, one weaker behind the viewer. didn't quite get the effect, but i found it passable
>Did you use a reference?
I built a scene in blender using boxes and played a bit with fisheye but couldn't get it right. some of the textures on the walls/furniture/whatever are pinterest textures i overlaid on it
> It still does the job, , quite interesting to look at, reminds me of an unholy union between deus ex and cruelty squad .
all i was hoping for really
> Good job. I will keep an eye out for more
thanks anon

>>7928185
>a few pointers in composition
genuinely just copy compositions you like, and read framed ink. a hundred studies upon ye

>>7930453
certainly not death metal, but punk and oldschool rap would love it

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Draiwng

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>>7930944
More

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Behold! This is the most important drawing I’ve ever created.

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>>7925654>>7926472 (me again)

damn man. thats a cool video. I am using something similar, that method is better than mine super early on. Thing is, I try to break down the subject into lines which bend and connect when extended around the form of the subject, so I remember those steps and use them when drawing from imagination. While that envelope method looks like it can be used for a good copy of a ref, and it can train visual design, it doesnt do much for imagination drawing because its too abstract case by case.

That method of checking your angles moving your pencil in space between your ref and your drawing, WOW. That alone made watching the video well worth it and it helped me make a big break thru for something I am working on right but I am not ready to show yet. Thanks you. Very nice lines btw.

>>7926870
>>7927264
>>7928040
>muh style
Unironically, and unapologetically, yes. Allowing mistakes into your work is what gives it soul. (dont take pic related as example, another rushed drawing, should have been left for work 1 hour ago, and I didnt even wash or eat by now). A photo, the work of a machine, has more soul than a 100% accurate photo copy. I take back what I said about the hook, its much better than the dogs. I know this is offending to you anon, because its your work, and by extension YOU. But I wont lie and pretend I like it, I find it boring, therefore soulless. The single reason to aim for accuracy is when training (we have machines if you want copies). Mistakes, made upon a good foundation, allow for creating something new. Not everything new is good, but you only need to get lucky a few times and copy those.

>>7931034
>>7927478 (forgot to you)

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>>7930857
Yea fair enough.

The gun IS the focus of the picture although. I really really like..
>pic related ...
Part

Dark and hollow, ominous,
or something dangerous just passed through here...probably is gone but might not be. I would feel slightly uncomfortable in such an dnvirement.
I also imagine it being slightly cold and with a bit of stale air and the smell of concrete

>>7931034
lol

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I need to do some more werk on the tummy.

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Welp. Worked some more. Im done

>>7931034
This nigga.

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>>7930427
I can relate with your feelings on this. When I was younger, my problem was not being able to understand the process and creative decision making of artists I aspired to. These concerns resolved over time by just continuing to draw and broadening my knowledge of art. I think you are more proficient and more patient than I was when experiencing these artistic identity issues, so I'm sure you'll grasp what you want in no time.

>>7931034
I'm happy to hear you were able to take away something from the video! I'm also happy you reevaluated anon's hook study. There are a lot of painterly merits to it that I feel like you weren't appreciating initially. For example, I don't know what brush or layer settings were used to create that color ripple/noise effect on the brush strokes, but it adds a lot of visual interest.

>I know this is offending to you anon
You don't have to worry about that, everyone has their own taste. You're also correct in describing my author's voice being low. My discretion laid mostly in the elements of the composition itself. I thought it was appropriate as a more serious memorial piece.

When I do draw digitally I usually add more creative input. This one was from about 3 years ago. I'm also currently planning another portrait that will be more fun.

>>7931215
I do like the tongue region of this, it looks fun. Now I genuinly appologize for how I treated your first dog work. While I still find it equally boring as before, your politness made me realize you were not the kids trowing the >muh style argument around. Which, while sometimes merited, I felt it was just parroted because I used some trigger words which begs use as a shield to critique. You politness also made me do a quick introspection, and maybe I stil carry some trauma from my chieldhood when only that kind of works were appreciated from me, which made me turn away from drawing for a few good years. Because while they can be fun, they are also tedious and demanding for a chield.

Do you have any other works, more imaginary / stylistic / loose ones? You give the impression of a well rounded artist, and not just a human xerox machine, which I took you as initially,

>>7931060
>>7931182
This nigga.

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dumping my work from the month of april. I'm especially proud of my value studies.

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>>7931270
Your value studies are definitely the most striking

For your more lineart heavy studies, though, it's more obvious that you're not always copying the source image just right. This is fine as long as you capture the same essence, but sometimes you don't. For example, in that Savage Streets study, the characters heads are in noticably different places relevant to their bodies, and the man's forearms are much shorter than they are in the original image. You may benefit from doing more quadrant studies like >>7927243 and >>7927478

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>>7931375

very insightful critique anon, thank you. I'll give the quadrant studies a try, or at least use a basic grid to help capture shapes and positions more accurately.

>>7931215
How do you choose colors? Do you just randomly decide to throw some blues in there?
Cool doggo, I wish I knew 1/10 of what you do.

>>7931414
NTA but color theory is a good place to start

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>>7930453
Nah
The composition is bad. And I was attempting to make a 1 page story and it spiraled into static when trying to twist the image into narrative. This morning's work sucked too,but at least I have an idea of what direction to go in. Possibly. Maybe a retelling this story, which was done in a Comic Diary that was peddled to Normies, and I welcomed the handicap of filling the predetermined panels with the plot. It was too fast, too sloppy, too illegible for public consumption. Doing it purposefully might be interesting.

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>>7931215
>so I'm sure you'll grasp what you want in no time
We can only hope
I feel like I couldn't have drawn this without the practice I did. It's no masterpiece, but it's got a style to it I couldn't have done before.

>>7931566
Oh, and nice dog, by the way.
I'm no good at painting so I can't give you any rendering advice, but it's got good shaping. and a really nice perspective

>>7931578
you have a weird ratio of soft to hard edges. the piece is overall very cohesive, but some of the hard edges are too hard (like his right temple), and some of the forms are somewhat weird (his left temple into his left cheek). excellent colour control though, love it. post the ref?

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>>7931615
Thanks! Ye I feel the same about the edges, still trying to figure it out

>>7931618
great ref, I'll give it a go myself

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Saw this in my dream

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>>7931813
Very kwool

>>7922555
looks pretty and chill

>>7922236
>what are they doing wrong exactly

Either bad executive function (unable to make a good schedule), they watch/read all the tuts but does it "Their way" i.e not applying what they've learned or most likely they didn't take the time to look for critique in the right places with people who are a bit ahead, far ahead and also a bit behind so you can solidify your knowledge by helping out a peer.
You don't get anywhere without feedback and you can easily delude yourself of your blindspots.

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>>7931238
>Do you have any other works
I primarily do portraits/scenes in charcoal and I don't have any good pictures of them. When iScribble went offline about a decade ago so did I. I have been trying to work digitally more however. Pic is my current WIP.

>>7931414
I can't remember much about the process besides wanting to try my hand at Benjamin Bjorklund's style. His demos were memorable to me because of the tight brush economy he demonstrated. I still can't do what he does.

>>7931566
You will continue to surprise yourself at how you progress. That surprise has always been my favorite part of being an artist. Keep up the good work!

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>>7931618
Different anon heres my try tho

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not sure how to push the render or lighting here

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Rhino maxing

>>7932541
Very nice.

I can imagine this as an action figure.

>>7932541
Sick as fuck

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>>7932949
same advice i gave on the other thread applies. blend out the arm, otherwise it's pretty great. very much poster material
>>7932466
you can't unless you drop cel shading. it's time to start rendering, anon
>>7931619
i got drunk yesterday instead of painting. anyway here it is today

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>>7932466
Hey Suubzzzz, this is just me, but the detail on the piece is beautiful and I feel like it's offset by the ambivalence of her expression. The action of the scene is really telling a story, but he face isn't selling it for me. She's hurling this spear at something, but she almost looks bored doing it?

If I was going to render it further, this is the way I'd do it, but I know I have a really stylised way of doing it so obvs don't take it as gospel.

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k now do me.

I forgot her slingshot last minute lol

>>7933176
ah it's above my paygrade, anon. it just sucks compositionally for now, and the light source seems inconsistent (head casting a shadow to her right, but the light is also coming from that direction judging by her left arm). push forward

>>7933184
Yeah, I'm ngl, midway through I literally forgot which direction the light was coming from lmao, so nice catch. I've just been too lazy to go back and fix it yet.

What would you change about the composition?

>>7932949
This is gorgeous! There used to be an artist I liked, Eva Balloon, aka CutestIntrovert, they vanished from the internet, but this reminds me of them:

https://www.instagram.com/cutestintrovert/

>>7932984
Nice use of texture too. I like it.

>>7933267
>What would you change about the composition?
at least widen it out so that the elbow isn't cropped by the left side and the frills aren't cropped on the right. perhaps also extend it down and show the feet, if we're almost at the end why not go all the way. it feels very claustrophobic as is, which is fine for a wip, but it's not doing much.
>Nice use of texture too. I like it.
thank you, I've actually been trying to use that brush less, it feels like a crutch now. will probably change to something else to get better control over my texture

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Drew Nieve from OSRS

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>>7921326
drew a wanderer fella

>>7933400
makes me think of a cooler look outside. nice. give him 700 siblings.

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>>7931375
>>7927478

the enveloping method did help me get better accuracy

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>>7921326

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Stuffed Clownimal Friends
>>7921365
Cool! I love the shading on these
>>7931215
Cute dog! Kinda reminds of my dog Jax

>>7933168
Oh hey Orta.
Yep, I could make her look more angry, somehow her expression came out more blank in the refinement process. These days I'm trying to go for the cell shade+ painterly/realistic backgrounds seen in some mobile games and anime I like. I was a bit worried about the lighting and the cast shadow on the ground but it appears all you had to do was to start adding more hue, saturation and edge variation within my shapes.
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it.

>>7933505
Snazzy looking frankenstein's monster

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>>7934389

thanks! His lips/chin are too high but the skin texture was really fun to put down

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>>7934603
you made her face waaay too long.
have you done any three-tone studies?

anyway /begint/ didnt have anything to say so
>heres a study of gotch. i'm not looking for an accuracy gauge hence not putting the ref alongside it, the drapery is folded differently and I didn't want to follow it too closely. I'm interested in hearing what reads well and what reads poorly. I stared at it too long so I can't tell if there's any unfortunate tangents or if I overdid some area to the detriment of others

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>>7935075

agree. all of these will have some degree of inaccuracy as I figure my shit out.

I've done a couple three-tone studies. I'm letting myself hang in this two-tone practice space for a while.

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>>7930450
same anon here

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peekaboo

>>7932541
aint this just a mediocre albrecht dürer copy? you should go for more accuracy when doing master studies

>>7936431
purdy gud, youre getting better. the eye is a little large here. and the eye and earline dont completely line up. smaller eyes in general tend to help to get more realistic portaits and drawings when youre for example designing or thinking of characters

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>>7936434

ahh yeah I can see that now. that top-left corner of the eye is way more curved than it should be.

thanks for the crit.

>>7936437
i can see improvement over the last few drawings and studies though, so youre on the right way, just keep at it.

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>>7933400
drew some random stuff next to the fella
>>7933504
thank you! not sure what you meant by 700 siblings though, sorry, lol

>>7936532
>thank you! not sure what you meant by 700 siblings though, sorry, lol
oh just a billion more pieces in that style, it's great stuff (except the blue thing i think that one kind of sucks)

>>7936432
Too many pointless lines to copy. This guy was smoking crack and drawing a rhino with 100 layers of skin for no reason

>>7936708
because he drew it from description alone

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>>7938060
This would make a great Lamp.

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>>7932352
Luckily the recipient's favorite color is not this gaudy purple as I was originally told but instead prefers earth tones. I don't know if I want to keep this abstract leaf design but I also don't necessarily want to ground the dog into an actual, natural scenery.

>>7938175
Alright, the thumbnail on this image looks significantly darker and muddier on my desktop than it does on my ipad. Could I get a second opinion on this?

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trying to do one with minimal linework

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wip

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Day 1 of vacation.
My handwriting is teriblù
So i used what was on hand

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Not sure about the cast shadow placement or the lighting on the background here, I sorta want an indoor scene with most of the character lit up. I think it's decent so far, but would love to see any way to push the lighting or values to be more appealing/ accurate.

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This took WAY too long. I need to spend more time drawing. The average /draw/ poster's outpacing me big time

>>7939660
Well there are plenty of scenes to draw .

It is going to take some time
Hombre.
Dont worry bout it..
Have a margarita , smoke a cigar and take your time

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i'm in a board of shit

>>7939779
Damn that shit looks good

>>7939793
you talk the talk, but do you love me rong time, mama-san?

>>7939795
sure buddy
I've been trying to draw faces like that since I was sixteen

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Rommels

>>7939779
blog?

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>>7939665
Truer words never spoken
It Never Ends and that's cool, but I wanna improve! I should stop juggling so many projects at once. But maybe just one more wouldn't hurt... after all.... why shouldn't i....

>>7939984
If you have been on the hamster wheel for far too long. Try and taking a week 9r 2 off and come back to it. It might be stress screwing with you

>>7940157
Great stuff , love the arm

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I.....
Like frogs

>>7940182
cute frogger

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>>7940464
and from days ago

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>>7933609
Trad art of some weird knowledge seeking creatures I made up. I used microns, watercolor, and gouache in my watercolor sketchbook for this one

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>>7940539
Very pretty

>>7940539
Nice stuff, reminds me of something I’d see in Dark Souls

>>7940182
Gorgeous

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Tried painting one of my dreams again.

>>7942638
You see color in your dreams?

>>7942685
Yeah? You don't?

>>7932283
>You don't get anywhere without feedback and you can easily delude yourself of your blindspots.

Ngl I’m afraid of the feedback here, problem I have with feedback (well, sometimes I have a problem) is nobody ever tells me how I can fix the thing. I’m capable of recognizing when I do something badly, but it’s a lot harder to find solutions on how to fix/improve, I’ve found.

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Drew this today

>>7938175
I liked the purple background better

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i struggle a lot with backgrounds

>>7932949
Very cute. S-tier female phenotype.

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>>7943178
I've actually settled on a plain black background for now. The subject seemed to fit the bill for a chiaroscuro project. Unfortunately it's now too sullen to give as a memorial piece. I've started working on a more illustrative portrait as a replacement for this one.

>>7938060
This looks great. Is it original?
>>7943194
Disagree. I think your backgrounds fit really well with your stuff. Doesn't look different or out of place

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any tips?

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twitter: https://x.com/realniggaaa1

>>7921326
I hate women.

>>7942703
Sometimes, its like seeing though a pinhole. I should start writing them down...

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>>7944387
thanks so much, I used an image for reference this time so it worked out a bit better than usual. this is the finished version (compressed for posting)

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im starting to feel the forms

>>7944592
Go get some bitches anon

>>7944934
I hate women.

>>7944956
women discuss me

>>7944960
>t.roastie

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Layers

>>7945286
Very nice . What is it?

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>>7923119
nice add bit of shadows and clean up shapes and its cool

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I think I officially am graduating myself from /beg/. I’m feeling solid in my expression of forms but I’m having trouble drawing without reference. My work turns out messy and unkempt and I panic trying to achieve proper values, especially when it comes to things like drapery. Any advice on what to practice further?

>>7945354
This art looks familiar, what's the artist again

>>7945354
Looks to me like you left beg a long time ago, great stuff. I say aside drawing from imagination and memory more, work on darks and line weight. This piece could be a lot more powerful with the proper use of line weight and more dark values . Loomis has a good guide on values and drapery

https://drawinghowtodraw.com/2014/04/shade-add-light-complex-forms-shapes-objects-drawing-tutorial/

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>>7945449
Me. The references are some random AIslop I found on Pinterest

>>7945354
this is way past /beg/ lol. that crab bucket isnt very helpful these days. keep ok trucking

>>7945354
95% of this thread is /beg/
The rule doesnt apply anymore

>>7945690
>95% of this thread is beg

And I guarantee you’re apart of the 95% considering no work is attached

>>7945694
I am a part of that 95%, not apart from it.
Do I need to link my work to prove I'm beg?

>>7945695
LOL no need to do anything because reg is reply is hilarious

>>7945690
delusional

>>7945709
Please point who isn't beg.
Unless you think it's delusional because its closer to 100%

(I hope senpai picks my art!)

>>7945301
The faces I see

>>7945745
take your meds you fucking loonie

>>7945776
You proved me wrong. This thread isn't beg art, it's clearly pro

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i like draw

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>>7945842
very well drawn, very soulful

>>7945778
there is no need to link you all the posts that are clearly /int/ level and above to a attention seeking retard like you that will devolve into arguing semantics. that'd ve like trying to explain something to a women on the rag

>>7946029
Valid analogy, but I think I can link them. I won't for the sake of not causing more drama, which never my intended purpose.
I will say that upon further inspection, I think I might be wrong. I counted at least 6 ints and 1 pro, with around 10 begs and a couple borderlines, not counting more than 1 post by the artist
So my initial claim of 95% was way off.

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Painted a cyberpunk grim reaper dude. Compositionally, maybe i shouldve removed the two smaller skulls, or just the smallest one not sure.

>>7945354
>>7945601
You mean /int/. Trust me, when I see pro's sketchbooks, your drawings are on par if not better. I'm not joking. You need to look up some pros sketchbooks on YouTube and you'll see that you're at mid-high /int/. But only you could determine exactly where you are. How long did those figures take? How does your imagination drawings look? What's your end goal? Who do you want to draw like the most of any? Etc. From what I seen, you're at a minimum of mid/high /int/.

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>>7946316
Here’s something I drew just now without a reference. Those other pics probably took an hour each or so.

I’d say I’m far from pro, I’ve only been taking art seriously for about 6 months, but the eventual goal is to live paint at festivals and stuff. I’m very critical of my art but I think I’ve hit the point where I want to actually use it to develop connections and maybe make some money.

>>7946508
I tend to draw from immagination for some reason when I dont really like to but it a good way to show what you know and what you dont know. Its one of the hardest things to do.
I see what you mean that you arnt /pro/ but your still mid /int/ to me. Even pros can produce "bad" drawings. I would start off by drawing some guidelines and blocking in if you are drawing from immagination. Blocking in or having guidelines (for your persective or browridge placement etc) will help you keep track of everything, you should place a few guidelines down to keep yourself chained to that so it doesnt go "off". Once you do it enough times, you'll naturally start using less guidelines when you draw from immanination.

But if you really want to grind out drawing from immaninatikon, after you do a drawing from reference, do the same one from immagination right away. You'll see where you lack knowledge (you should note those parts down) as your brain tries to either bullshit a certian part of the anatomy or you'll try to fix other parts. And since you want to draw live, you'll need the practice. You could limit yourself to 1 hour but the more you do it, the faster you become. You'll also have natural poses you are just good at because thats what you remember the most.

As for the issues on that drawing the lips dont really have good form, i feel like the eye on the left is far to the left of the skull and its almost haning out, it should be obstructed more by the nose and moved closer to the right. The ear has no real form and way too small (Ears go from brows to bottom of nose. The area between the eye and the side of the nose doesnt have good form eaither and your scrachy lines could also try to shape the for mbetter instead of being a little less randomy. The teeth are also kinda flat. Oh and now I see that your right eyebrow is way higher than the one on the left too. The nose imo is kinda boring and generic but thats to be expected.

>>7946751
You'll notice that some of my crit are just based on invisible lines where things should line up. Those are the guidelines you should always want to remember. If you know the guidelines and the shape you need to make, you can pretty much draw anything.

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>>7946751
Yeah a huge issue I have is when I go off-reference I tend to really have trouble remembering where to put shading. I’ll have to try doing memory exercises, I’m getting the hang of it but I’ll just kinda have to keep working on things. Ty for giving me a bit of direction, I’ve had some huge breakthroughs recently and now I’m trying to figure out a more precise path towards improvement.

>>7946773
Same, I only started 3 years ago but I been making big strides and i see the form and trying to force the figure in persective and see them in space.

I been kinda lazy on the practice though lol but yeah im working on it too. Been really meaning to go to trad and pracitce more. Its harder but also I think its better to learn cause of that. Plus it looks better and its more fun anyways.

>>7946508
>>7946773
pay attention to the ear placement, king

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>>7931618
that was fun

>>7946773
I think simplification would go a long way for you. Focus on simpler, more characteristic shapes and contours . I think it would benefit your style tremendously

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Finished for now

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How the hell do I get better at painting. Been drawing 7 years. Painting for maybe a month. Still chasing the high of that red hook I somehow nailed

>>7947586
if it makes you feel better i think the blue one looks just as good as the red one

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My latest, awaiting the polish pass.

>>7947839
Yeah but the green one is legit I already took it down and repainting rn lmao.

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any tips for how to stay away from over-rendering? i have a hard time getting in the details i want without ruining the overall values

>>7947879
Work big to small

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>tfw about to do two 9am-to-midnight holiday weekend shifts in a row

I just want to draw :(

>>7947967
I work 6am to 6pm, 7 days a week. It's not for ever tho. Probly 2-4 months left on the job. Making 4 grand a week with like 2800 take home

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what im doin rn

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Bet this uploads upside down.

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>>7947586
Replaced the old green

>>7947903
i appreciate the reminder.

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>>7948308
Re-Re did it and still looks retarded. Maybe I’m just retarded. No reference other than color reference so whatever

>>7947586
>>7949313
The key is your shadow shapes that made the red one look so good. look at the inside of the hook, the shadow shape with the highlight in it. Also You really followed the form strictly making the red feel more solid you also did this in the blue as well. The green looks more like a wobbly mess of different shades than anything. It would probably help if you made a list of what you nailed in the red one (If you haven't done so already) and keep it around while you paint the others.

>>7940539
You ought to frame it

>>7949321
Yeah I was looking more at the red one while painting the green one since I had no reference for the green. The shades of green are more subtle on other examples I have so it’s just really hard. Thanks for the helpful words

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>>7948063

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Frequent sleep paralysis enjoyer here, drew some of the critters. The girl sometimes shows up and walks me out of the paralytic state.

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>>7949538

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Thing i drew irl then edited it on device

>>7949555
Finish this. Go for details.

>>7949555
I like it so far. Would benefit tremendously from darker darks

>>7947879
Like the other anon said, work big to small , and develop a good eye for what is and isn’t finished. Look at work that’s finished and decide how to know when it’s truly done or not

>>7948116
You are a freaking legend man. God bless you.

>>7946845
Very starry night Esque, nice work

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>>7950608
Thanks, just got done with this one

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>>7950604
I wanna give you a quiz to see what stuff of mine you've both read and retained.

But let us spare both of us that.

: D

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Idk if I should be posting this on beg but I put some layers to plan the highlights and shadows but I am struggling to plan them, I want to have the source of light being one from the above like the moon and one behind her since it looks nice but idk also idk if the ground looks ok

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kbity

>>7945354
I disagree with the previous anon, you're still /int/ but you're on the cusp of being /pro/, nevertheless there's promise to be a master artist

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>>7921326
fellas i was a mid to high /beg/ and i am wondering how'd i progress?

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I had trouble because drawing the eyeliner as I saw it made it look weird on the drawing, I'll be drawing quicker portraits every day with charcoal to get better, rather than "finish" things with color all the time

>>7951440
I would say you're pretty much out of beg (progressed!), but your drawing has no depth at the moment,try adding haze in the distance or shadows

>>7947903
>>7950600
dont suppose you guys know of any teaching material that covers working big to small?

>>7951986
...or finishing pieces for that matter.

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>>7950880
>But let us spare both of us that.
LMAO! Yeah lets better do that. I'll admit I rarely take the time to read your stuff but I'm deeply moved by the incredible effort and consistency you put into your stuff. It's almost poetically tragic. Keep casting that trad magic into this world.

>>7951507
agreed, I made the silhouettes white and flat compared to the background

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Today’s warmup. Trying to pull my values a bit more

is it possible to draw while drunk?

>>7951415
very nice render, keep working on it

>>7951808
Throw a symmetry plumbline down. I feel our left hand side is much side than the right and the lips aren't in alignment with the philtrum (looks like you did a quick fix and forgot to smooth it out.

>>7951415
this is crazy good. blog?

>>7952352
Cool

>>7952356
Thanks anon

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does this come across as unfinished or as having sloppy value structure?

>>7952528
I like what's going on there

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>>7952550
Me too.

Definitely worth drawing again.

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I was getting frustrated with this:>>7923185
and decided to try starting something else a little less mentally taxing.
I'm liking it so far

>>7952524

It doesn't look entirely finished but your values are fine imo. Some edge variation might push it to the next level, those are pretty same-y across the board.

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>>7950210
good enough i guess

>>7952586
thanks anon. i appreciate the fresh eyes.

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Progressive Super Doodle

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Elf lady

>>7952871
Blog?

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>>7951986
>>7952031
I mean I’d say just get a good understanding of form, shapes, and perspective. Practice drawing simple forms and rendering them. Just remember that detail is the last thing you should be worrying about when starting a drawing

>>7952927
https://www.deviantart.com/screeble/gallery

Most of the stuff I post is related to my autistic worldbuilding project.

>>7952946
Seen your stuff on here sometimes but didn’t know there was so much depth. How long have you been working on this?

>>7952949
On and off for about a decade though during the past few years I've been more focused on it.