Drawfag Improvement Thread

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First for Vilppu and his endless struggle to help us lowly beings feel it out.

how to git gud?

>>30555585
Practice, and really feel it out. Not memeing.

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Need advice ples

>>30555695
make eyes bigger, and project the nose more
>>30555585
study what you like, do that

What did you do to git gud today?

Dear Drawfag Improvement Thread,

I want to play around with my art style, but I'm finding it really hard to get away from using thick lines.
Why is it so much easier to sketch using really thick lines? Why does drawing with thin lines feel so much harder?

Love,
Anon

>>30557514
Because you need to git gud. Thicker lines just hide your inaccuracy to place them.

When choosing a tablet size, should I just measure how big my largest stroke is on paper?

Why is Rarity such a super huge ultra slut?

>>30557898
yeah, you should decide based on comfortablility, something that makes you use your arm instead of your wrist.

>>30558072
Okay, my longest curves are about 3½" long, and my ponies are about 6" by 6¾".

>>30557898

I have a 5x8ish tablet and I only use about 3x3 inches of the middle of it. I use my arm to draw but i've never felt the need to very long strokes since I can zoom in and out.

>>30557139
Lots of circles and boxes during slow hours on the job.

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Watch out for bad tutorials and bad anatomy

In particular, if the tutorial has the pony's elbow dangling below the torso, it's bad.

What's the difference between the Intuos Draw, Art, et cetera?

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The shoulder is at the middle of the torso, the elbow touches the bottom of the torso. It does not dangle below the torso.

>>30561481
The bundled software. I can't remember which is which, but one comes with Manga Studio, another comes with ArtRage, and so on.

>>30561496
Does the software make much of a difference?

>>30561543
No. Every year on sale season you can get either Manga Studio or ArtRage or whatever for $15. Manga Studio is for line work, ArtRage is for painting (even though I use ArtRage exclusively because I hate it when software "corrects" my lines by smoothing them)

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>>30557139

Doing pages of shit like this lately

>>30558072
Should I aim for a size that can fit the whole pone, or just the largest individual part of the pone?

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I think I need to find a happy medium between these eyes. Either that or I don't like the larger eyes.

>>30561759
Hey, keeping up those fundies. Good shit.

>>30563012
youre using symbols (drawing what you think something looks like instead of drawing what they actually look like) , try to copy the style of the show instead.

Does anyone have a guide for drawing Rarity's mane? It'd really help to be able to see where the curls are on the other side.

>>30563012
Are you trying to stylize them or tyring to replicate her actual eye shape? Because you're far from her eye shape.

>>30564401
I did have it, but it's lost in a shitload of photos.

>10

10

Git gud!

>>30565089
Stylize, I'm trying to not follow the show.

>>30573388
You really should until you actually understand how the show's anatomy works. Do you do an undersketch/divide the head at all?

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>repost from draw threead

first time drawing something with hands and arms

how did i do?

gah

>>30573388
Just keep drawing the eyes over and over while moving small bits around. Make each drawing slightly different from the last. Because right now they don't really look good.

Don't work on the head or anything, just keep doing the eyes, specifically one eye until it looks good, and then do both eyes once you're set on the shape.

>>30576579

will draw once sober
might take a few days

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>>30555499
i might be trying to hard

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>>30578909

>>30578940
Now just what are you implying?

>>30578954
Probably that it's too good for anyone to live near

>>30578995
It's better than not trying at all

>>30578940
*best

>>30573518
you did good

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>>30578842
he tried so hard but in the end...

>>30578940
>>30580576
why is this board filled with suicidal sparkles

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>>30580953
Dunno, all I know is that I am fubar and ponies ease the pain.

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>>30581731

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bumping with some recent shiz

>>30582846
Nice to see a non suicidal Twilight on this board for once.

>>30578842
>>30578909
>>30578940
kek

>>30582846
also that's p good

>>30582846
looks a little stoned

>>30584656

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I havent drawn in years but I'd really like to draw horse pussy or something someday

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>>30587846

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Worked on improving the eyes

umpb

10

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>>30555499
>>30578940
i tried to do a pony body (also bump)

10

>>30592704
Look up leg tutorials.

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I learned something today.
Never stop drawing for a long time.
NEVER!
You will be shit.

>>30589617
much better, imo

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>>30592704
I like it, but the legs need work like other anon said. See pic. Since you're going for more cartoony style (even moreso than the show) it's a good reference pic. (It's not as good if you're doing a slightly more realistic style)

>>30593981
jfc tell me about it. I used to draw almost daily from about 2012-2014. Then I graduated and joined """the real world""" and w/ my current job+commute I only have about 3 hours a day that are "free" and that doesn't include dinner. Into those 3 hours I have to squeeze dinner, hanging out with one/some of my very few remaining IRL friends, doing and trying to do literally any other thing I used to do as a hobby (vidya etc). So basically I didn't draw for like 2 years from 2014-2016. This year I made a new years resolution i know i know to start drawing again, and I've kinda kept up with it. But i fucking suck now. Can't even draw pony legs correctly, I have to keep erasing and looking at refs, whereas before I could draw a simple side view pony in like 10 seconds, and more importantly didn't need to use refs. I can't even draw any of the mane 6's hair without looking at a ref anymore.

>>30594647
>>30593908
thanks anons i'll try to fix it or do another one when i can

>>30591105

this

Anybody got any references of poners sitting from behind?

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>>30596065
Decided to take a crack at making my own refrence then, so redlines/general /ic/ would be nice.

>>30594897
try drawing slower

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Reposting picture from another thread.

I was wondering how I'd go about coloring something like this, or maybe adding shading to it. So far it feels plain to me and I want to give it a little more life. What would be the best way to go about doing this? Maybe adding in extra detail in the white space or doing some rough shading, or should I go with a simple low opacity brush coloring session? Any and all suggestions welcome.

>>30596385
>7 hours later
Pretending to salt bump

>>30597067
Try experimenting with everything you said and see what works best for you, but if i were you i'd just shade with a lighter blue under the linework

>>30598805
I really want to paint this but I'm horrendous at painting. The most I can do is light/low opacity base coloring, no shading nothing.

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>>30596385
Start by giving a pic people can actually see

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>>30594897
>Then I graduated and joined """the real world"""

>want to drop art for advice
>everything recent is nsfw

Feels real bad. Think I can link an imgur with it?

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>>30594897
I'm roughly in the same situation right now. I can barely squeeze out an hour of drawing a day. Fuck, I'm not gonna make it, am I?

>>30599550
yeah as long as you spoiler tag it with a big NSWF next to it

>>30598900
I figured that people would be able to do that on their own if they had trouble, and low and behold I was correct! What a shock!

bu

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r8

>>30599550
>has nsfw art
>doesn't post it
Kill yourself

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>>30596385
>>30598900
Alright, so working from the refrence I made that received no real critique in over 24 hours I made this. Anyone want to say anything before I finalize this?

Failing that does anyone know places I could go to get critique on pony drawings?

Posted the hard to see version by accident, so reposting for your pleasure.

>>30603732
Maybe if you posted a smaller image with more visible lines and maybe some guidelines too, that would help a bunch.
>hurr durr, here's my reference guise!
>and it's just a fucking picture of a pony

Oh and it's shit btw, work on your skill before you work on creating reference images. Everything is fucking flat. There's no definition to her mane or tail, they look like cardboard cut-outs. Ears are too small. Wing positioning is too close to the spine and too far down her back. There's no ass definition. Did I mention how the tail looks fake and flat? That too. It looks like she's sitting on paper, that's the flattest fucking pillow I've seen. What exactly is she looking at and what is it on? Is that a table or an easel? Because there's 0 fucking perspective.

I'm not sure if you should keep practicing to get better or just stop drawing altogether, but you're bad.

>>30603763
>I'm not sure if you should keep practicing to get better or just stop drawing altogether,
Anon, the former should be your answer the majority of the time.

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>>30603763
Thank you.

I'm serious, thanks. A very critical response is better than no response at all. The only reason I'm being snippy about it is because the last four times I've tried to get some kind of critisim or critique from this place I've gotten no responses besides "fix your image" and trust me, I get that my pictures are shit, but trust me when I say the one I just posted took a lot of effort to look as good as it did. It's another thing I'm trying to improve on.

Does anyone have any tips on how to make the mane and tail not look like cardboard cut-outs? I think I can at least improve on the other things with a redraw, but that's something I've legitimatley struggled with.

And for the record, I had to make that refrence because I couldn't find anything close to what I was going for from the show. I have other character references and stuff, just not sitting from behind like that. Pic related. That's why I asked for critique on it before I went forward.

>>30603769
But not in my case, apparently.

Oh, and as a general question, what is an acceptable file-size for this thread where people won't yell at me for posting? That is if you guys don't just want me to leave and never come back, which is totally an option if nobody wants to put up with me, I guess.

>>30603857
>what is an acceptable file-size for this thread where people won't yell at me for posting
Keep the height under 1080px. The best are smaller, so like 800x800 is good enough to get the point across. Large files are annoying and not everyone has the setting to make them scale to your screen size on.

>>30603891
Alright, I'll try to keep that in mind.

I want to draw some EqGs how do I into human?

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>>30592704
finally fixed it

Has anybody some advice or reference for pony shoulders on front view and pony muzzles when they are turned slightly to a side?

I can't seem to fit them onto pony body.

zimbabwe bump

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>>30605729
There is only one Zimbabwe

>>30605796
No, there are multiples!

wtf is going on?

>>30604679
much better

>>30555499
>git good
>good
>not gud

git gud m8

>>30556278
>>30555695

I think the eyes are good size, but the nose needs to be bigger.

>>30607580
ears are too small too

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>>30598805
So I tried to paint her. Did a little shading and highlighting (this is my first time really trying to do those things). I'd love to have some critique on this as well maybe some pointers as to what I missed/messed up/can add to improve the picture impact.

>>30609187
>tfw you want to give people critique but everyone here is better than you

It's cute

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bump

>page 10

Any lightning/shading tutorials that actually look decent?

>>30610501
post your art

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rate

AHAHAHAHA ZUMBABWE, AHAHAHAH ZIMBABWE IS SUCH A TROLL, AHAHAHAHAH, I LOVE ZIMBABWE, HAHHAHAHAHHAA

FUCK AND DIE.

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Are these horse ears int he right spot

>>30614689
it seems about right

>>30614689
Right pony
The ear starts too low?

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How do I draw a pony from the front side? I'm trying to draw them with a more horse anatomy, but it doesn't seem to come out right for me.

>>30613461
>implying I haven't already

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>>30616945
Speaking of...

>>30603763
Alrighty then, I played with some stuff on this sheet trying to fix the things you pointed out, as well as making some adjustments to other things I noticed on my own after posting >>30603732 and since I was planing on redrawing it all on another sheet anyway I figured I would hardline everything to see how it would look.

Now, I think I might have to play with the positioning and planing of the wings as well as the fluting of the feathers a bit still, though other than that did I at least make improvements on everything?

Besides that, just in general, are there any other issues anyone wants to point out (besides my inability to draw straight curves/lines which I would prefer us not to talk about trying to get better at that I swear)?

Oh, and again, any tips/resources specifically on how to make manes/tails not look shit would be appreciated. I tried my best to make them look better, but I'm still having problems with it.

>>30613119

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boop

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>>30614560

>>30614560
fuck AND die? why does he get all the good shit.

>>30620611
>tfw you never fuck AND die

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>>30620611
>>30620914
you can always die but fucking?
maybe
>rape
?

>>30617584
It's better, but the table still has no perspective to it. Her hair is still flat.

Have you thought of maybe getting a graphic tablet? It's probably easier to learn using one of those.

>>30621186
>the table still has no perspective to it
Did you look at the base of the candle? I'm not gonna say what I did but I did give it perspective here. Maybe I should do more.

>Her hair is still flat.
I literally don't know how to fix that then, I did everything I could. I have asked several times ITT how to fix it and I haven't received a response...

>Have you thought of maybe getting a graphic tablet? It's probably easier to learn using one of those.
I did. I can't afford one.

>>30621420
>I can't afford one.
They go as low as $25.
Are you sure you can't afford one?

>>30622221
I guess it would be better for me to say that I can't afford one that I think would be worth buying.

I'll look into it again when I can find a new job. For now though, traditional drawing doesn't bother me that much.

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Bumping with drunk draws. Trying to not draw the same pose over and over again.

bmup

>>30622558
Yeah, better you save up and buy a 400-500$ intuos pro that will last and save a lot of headache.

>>30624740
Why would he need a pro? A draw is good enough.

Is it at all possible to draw well with a mouse? I used to be pretty good with a pencil but living in the third world doesn't give me an easy way to digitize my art. Anyone has any advice on that?

>>30625037
How third world are you talking? I'm pretty sure you can find a cheap tablet at one of the larger computer/electronics store a mall. I got my wacom for around $100, which isn't that much if you save up a little for a couple of months. And in response to your question, yes you can though I don't recommend it.

>>30625044
I'm talking Brazil-during-a-major-recession third world. Saving up is definitely an option, though.

I remember seeing something about learning how to draw through vector graphics instead of ghettoing it up with a mouse being a better alternative. I do have some photoshop experience because I used to do /gd/ as a hobby, though the vector tools in that are pretty poor.

>>30625014

anybody knows some good streams to watch?

>>30626415
There are like 20 pony related active now. Just choose good artist.

>>30626550
how do I know which one is good?
I have no eye for quality
Also you know some who also explain?
doesnt have to be poni related

>>30627601

>>30616246
You have to draw hind legs too. The front ones don't just cover them up.

>>30622558
>>30624740
Tablets aren't expensive, and you seriously don't need a big one unless you can't move your fingers.
https://www.huiontablet.com/420.html
https://www.huiontablet.com/h420.html
>$25
>$30
They're the same, but the second one has 3 side buttons for mapping whatever commands you want.
Bigger tablets just have more range, more buttons, and then useless features like flipping your pen upside down for an eraser tool. However those tablets that are like minicomputers are supreme over all, but they're like $2000+.

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>>30630000
Holy shit nice quads have a derpy

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>>30557139
the base is shit but just roughly practicing manes. I usually only draw like twilight and dash's manes when I sketch so getting comfortable with how hair works in general would be good

>>30631059
the eyes are off somehow

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>>30631299
dubs speek truth

>>30630000
quads say this thread is to be bumped

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wow it's fucking shit

>>30632623
wow it's fucking great

Seriously, I need a fucking shading tutorial.
Also hit me with your hardest "everything is shit, kill yourself" https://derpibooru.org/1498416

>>30634188
another set of dubs to bump

>>30629154
I wouldn't be able to justify the expense to myself unless I was going to be using it a lot, and if I was using it a lot then I would likley go for something that's a bit more expensive as I generally try to do when I am buying any kind of electronic product.

As I said, traditional drawing doesn't bother me that much and I just happen to have the materials for it on hand so for now I'm just gonna use pencil and paper when I do draw.

>>30632623
It is actually pretty good in my opinion

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>>30632623

>>30636855
that fucking hat

>>30637939
Oh yes
Cannot look away

>>30561759
what kind of pen did you use for this?

Can anybody recomend some good gallery of art to learn from?
No pretty pictures but rock solid stuff.

also
What do you have to do to get pony shoulders and elbows right?

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>>30638126

Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pen. I wouldn't recommend it since it doesn't variety line weight like a real fountain pen would. On the plus side its cheap and dries nearly instantly.

How do I stop having coward lines when I draw on my sketchpad?

I dont have this problem on my tablet

>>30638252
Thank you anon, I'll try to get these

>>30639680
8

>>30640321

>>30641018

awake

>>30622987
Do you have an account somewhere?

>>30644576

>>30645425
Stop it, it's pretty obvious that you aren't zimbabwe, so just cut the crap and stop being a shit head.

>>30645756
Considering I've been called Zimbabwe in these threads, I'm not wrong doing so

whatever

>>30645400

>>30645920
Yea, you aren't the only one, I've been called Zimbabwe many times too, even got kicked out of the content creator chat because I told them I was Zimbabwe, even though I was joking.

But, they went along with it and it was pretty sad.

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That pencil button to set a draft layer in clip studio evaporated and I don't know how to get it back.

Requesting you bitch ass anons to turn off your filters.

Rakwest you bitch ass anons turn of your filters.

No wonder this thread is ded, because fags rather hide content they don't like then experience it for what it is.

muh internet safe space.

Since fags don't want to provide content or whatever, I'm gonna be the head honcho now.

Who needs reviewing? Somebody has to keep the thread going.

>>30647710
How do I color pretty?

>>30647445
>>30647480
>>30647511
?

>10

>>30642939
Sorry bro I don't. :(

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>>30648269
Bump.

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>>30647209
expand the window

there's also more than one way to set a draft layer

So what are your daily exercises like?

>>30648269
>>30650083
Have you ever thought about trying to draw without a guideline? Yours are more detailed than others, so it's interesting seeing the contrast between you and an artist who just draws the face without more than just a circle.
Also if you started to focus on perspective more, it would help. Definitely set up your vanishing points to line your draw to the foreground/background. It would help more.

You're improving, so that's nice. Keep it up.

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>>30650958
I don't really have a daily exercise, it is more of a warm up.
It is mostly mechnical stuff like drawing straight lines, ovals, circles, follow rhythims, get loose and stuff like that.
Sometimes I go through all my notes and remind myself of the stuff I learned and where problems lie.

>>30650999
>You're improving, so that's
No, he's not.

>>30650955
Thanks. And how do I get back "are you sure to delete this layer" warning?

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A sketch of nazipone I did for practice

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Before I go any further. Does it look ok?
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>>30652259
And another, also by me

>>30652260
Looks great to me

>>30652260
>human ass
why tho

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>>30652599

>>30652260
it looks like butt

>>30653552

>>30651484
>>30652259
>>30652268
So do you just not practice or is this style intentional? It's like you don't even try.

>>30653552
>>Rape

>>30651507
I never had this unless using 'CTRL+X'. So I wouldn't know.

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>>30648269
>>30650083
You need to work on your legs/hooves. They just don't have a good style to them, and look nothing like the show. Also, your consistency in guidelines are off.
First image:
-The circles are pretty sloppy and the divisions aren't straight.
-Ears are too small.
-Horn is too short.

If you fixed these things from this point onward, your drawings will definitely show more improvement. Good luck.

>>30655004
they look cute

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>>30656197
Thanks, that's actually helpful. You've definitely gone overboard with the ears, but I'll make some tweaks to her horn and hooves next time.

>10

>>30657650
>bumping without posting useful content
either let the thread die or be productive

>>30651357
That is exactly what I meant anon. Good shit.

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I miss the challenges.
Do any of you guys know any challenges that give gains?
Maybe draw pony in strange pose or something.

>>30658413

>>30658851
You could always do EqD's ATG.

>>30659630

>>30660591

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Was going to ink it in.

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>>30656197
Alright, let's hope this is at least a bit better; I used a ruler to make sure the circles were proper and the horn and ears were the right size, since eyeballing it apparently didn't work.

https://derpibooru.org/1452490
https://derpibooru.org/217577

>>30662631
Her hair is extremely flat, not just lacking depth, but where it comes out of her skull, it's too thin.

>>30663250
Those guidelines for her hooves are crooked. They don't follow the proper plane. They look like they're tilted up. The shape of the hooves is fine(relative) but the guide's throw off the perspective.
Her pendant/amulet isn't symmetrical. The left side is bigger than the right even taking into account perspective.

>>30663516
The medallion gave me a lot of trouble; I'll see if I can try again next time. Could you elaborate on what you mean by "crooked"?

>>30663250
How much time do you invest in these on average?

Halp. How to shade?
http://i.imgur.com/gcTQloc.png

Rolling for challenge

>>30664811
kys firstly

>>30665726
k

>>30664085
>>30663250
Tell you what Afh, post the art of someone you admire, or someone whose art has the style youre aiming for and we will be able then to tell you how to get there

>>30664726
As a rough estimate, I'd say about 90 minutes for the sketch, since I try to avoid chicken-scratch but that leads to erasing and redrawing most strokes until I get them right. Then about 30 minutes each for outlining and shading, mostly due to all the fiddly little bits like the millimeter-scale smaller stars in her cutie mark.

In total, about two and a half hours, but I could probably cut that in half with a drawing tablet and features like undo, zooming in, and transparency lock. That's a pretty rough estimate, though, because I tend to draw in between doing other things.

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>>30662631
Tried a fix

>>30667429
>I could probably cut that in half with a drawing tablet
You should get one.
They're cheap af.

>>30667539
She looks like she got raped and abused, then got her head shaven and they wrote "SLUT" on her forehead, even though she doesn't even have one.

Back to the drawing board.

Rolling for Trixie

>>30667731
Err, reroll

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>>30667539

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>>30666900
I tend to prefer something fairly close to show style like one of these.

boop

bump is fascinating

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>>30663516

>>30667799
You need to revamp this entire face.

Her head is way too circular, it's like a perfect circle with one slight bump for a cheek. The eyes are too small, the muzzle is too small, chin is too round, just a bunch of stuff wrong. I would redline with what I would try to do, but then it wouldn't be your unique style anymore.

Back to the drawing board.

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>>30667741
Challenge done.

>>30672291
cute

What colors to use to add lightning effects to multicolored things?

>>30673306
Low transparency layer of whatever color lightsource you have.

>>30601085
needs to be more round

>>30673502
I don't think I'm cappable of getting it look ok.

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Welp, here's my first time drawing pony, my body proportions still suck but i think i'm starting to get a hang of the eyes.

>>30673502
Sun. White and black? It will basically just change brightness. It won't match the rest of image with hue changes.

>>30674204
The eyes are the window to ones soul. You should try experimenting with your eyes a bit more, they seem a little lifeless. I suggest that you try to be a little more confident and comfortable when making your lines. Focus on refining the shape a bit more but do so while keeping your hold on the pencil as relaxed as you can. Keep at it and you'll improve a lot.

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Eventually this'll be alright

>>30674208
I thought you said it was multicolored?

>>30674222
yeah i press really hard with my pencil, trying to break out of that, thanks for the tips.

>>30674241
Lol, I'm in the same boat. Just use a harder lead pencil and try to relax your hold. If you have a softer grip that means your lines will be lighter, that means you can be more liberal with them. Your goal is to make fluid, natural looking lines. This is a fundamental thing that will help you in the long run.

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>>30674204
I've seen some deep shit

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>>30616246
You're drawing the horse's legs like human legs, but the legs of many hooved animals aren't all that muscular like ours are. After the shoulders and pectoral area of a horse, it's all joints and bones and tendons, so you could give them knobbly joints like they have irl or stylize and make them slender and spindly, tapering into the ankle. Try drawing a skeleton under there and see what looks good when you flesh it out a little.

>10

>>30674204
Get a feel for the expression of the pony, don't do symbol drawings.

>>30674222
>line confidence
nice meme reply

>>30674224
Already looks better but there's still some wrong. The ear is too close to her face, her mouth isn't close enough to her noze.

>>30674204
thats pretty good for first time pony anon

>>30674222
>they seem a little lifeless
the eyes look good, what exactly is wrong with them?

>confident and comfortable when making your lines
???????????

>>30677266
>???????????
It's a meme

>>30677266
Well for one he's pressing too hard and drawing slowly. You can see it in his lines and that makes them look as >>30676104 said, like symbols. Line confidence might me a meme but it still holds true. If you keep on being too scared to fuck up you won't be able to make your sketch look natural. I'm just trying to give some advice, take it or leave. This is an improvement thread not a hug box, never said his drawing were bad, I was just pointing out how he could improve.

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>>30667637
Fixed

What are some of the best artists to learn from?

>>30679032
Depends on your taste in art.

boop

>>30665632
But there is none!

>>30679143
toxic mario and zimbabwe

>>30680008
No ones stopping you from doing a previous one. I just did one of the palette challenges for fun. Challenge yourself, that's how you improve.

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I'm getting acquainted with Krita... looks pretty neat so far.

What do you think what did she found?

>>30680874
>flux
How can you even draw if you purposely make your monitor display wrong colors?

>>30680904
I fucking love flux. It's midnight, and I prefer my eyes not flowing out their sockets, so... it's alrite for doodling.

I used to turn it off when I'm doing color-sensitive stuff anyways.

>>30680971
there's an old invention called light bulb
try it

>>30680874
>Krita
Tell me, do you have parkinsons, are you drawing with a mouse, or is Krita what's making your lines all shaky?

I don't know why but it gives your art a nice touch, looks really cute.

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I can't horse. Please help

>>30681040
Unfortunately yeah, I'm drawing with a mouse. Anyways, Krita has a pretty good line smoothing, so it's PEBKAC.

>>30681028
But that's stupid, I need even more darkness. Sleep is not an option.

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>>30681114
>>30681158
Change your pointer speed if you're on windows. The reason why it's all jittery is because the dpi of your mouse is too low/high in comparison to the pointer speed in the OS. Slower is better, but not too slow, so you can still navigate the program's UI.

>pic related
Me drawing circles with my mouse. They're shitty circles, but that's not important.

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>>30670436

Lines are still crooked.
Do a more dynamic pose, please. That way you learn about form.

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Hey guys, this is just a rough sketch but I was wondering if you guys had critiques, I've been drawing this one dumb pony a lot as I've been trying to write some comics about her and I want to give myself a better chance at being 'good' at it.

>>30681392
>her
That muzzle makes it look like a man.

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>>30681313
you've got to start doing something else man, another character or something. try dynamic poses and not just that. try some sitting ones, anything

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>>30681405
>That muzzle makes it look like a man

>>30681263
Thanks for the tips, bruv. I'll check my settings.

>>30681405
Hey, thanks for the critique! I have a lot of trouble with that part of the face, they often look 'hippo-y'. Any tips?

>>30681450
Man you're right, it does look like a boy pony muzzle. Sorry about that! Again, any tips on how to draw a better muzzle, especially from this sort of angle?

https://derpibooru.org/1505426

Anyone have tips on animation?

>>30681696
This looks pretty solid

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Could I get some pointers on necks/legs?

>>30681696
I'm no animator and I'm hardly an artist, but IMO the dick looks a little "soft" as it goes in. Like in squeezing it to a much narrower shape at the point of entry, it seems like it's much more pliant than an erect horse-dong should be. The stretch and squash probably doesn't help.

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I had trouble finding good reference for looking straight at the viewer.

>>30680119
>toxic mario
this fucker has been drawing for 6 years and his art sill looks like shit.

>>30680971
>It's midnight, and I prefer my eyes not flowing out their sockets
maybe you should try going the fuck to sleep

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>>30682420
The eyes are placed weirdly but I'm going to just fix the mouth and neck. Neck should be thinner and the mouth is just way too big so I made it a more reasonable size

>>30683089
She looks like a slut. You should give her a bible and tell her Celestia is watching.

>>30683099
Lol sorry

>>30682420
https://derpibooru.org/search/index?q=fluttershy%2C+screencap%2C+looking+at+viewer%2C+-eqg

>>30683089
That neck is way too thin, and the mouth was pretty much fine. She was sticking her tongue out, which is why it looked long.

>>30655004
The first one wasn't even by me, retard.

>>30683240
if you remove the tongue, the mouth is really too big and the neck is not too thin. I'm just going by proportions. I had a lot more to say about this drawing but I cut myself off at mouth and neck

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>>30683251
Not him, but the neck you drew is indeed way too thin. The mouth is pretty tiny as well.

>>30683262
Well you don't have to listen to what I say, that's fine. I'm just doing what I would do to fix it

>>30683251
>if you remove the tongue, the mouth is really too big
Fucking how? I don't see that in the slightest.

>the neck is not too thin.
>I'm just going by proportions.
Do you even understand pony proportions? Currently you're fucking wrong, and your pony art is never on model. Your shitty style/faces aside, your shit isn't close to proportionate compared to other artists. So seriously, what the fuck do you know?

>>30683397
Dude, I'm just trying to help. I'm not going to argue about it

>>30683397
You're not wrong, but you're kinda being a dick desu

>>30682420
>draw both ears
>neck is too thin
>pig nose

>I had trouble finding good reference for looking straight at the viewer.

There's plenty of reference in the OP header.

>>30683240

Proportions are a balancing act. >>30682420 is hardly on-model so why the fuck would you want proportions that are on-model when that's not what someone is going for? There are no rules here but if something looks off then it looks off.

>>30683513
>why the fuck would you want proportions that are on-model when that's not what someone is going for?
Then literally what the fuck is anyone giving advice for?
>hur dur it's not on-model so let me make it shittier by giving her a stick figure neck, that's much better!
No you fucking dumbass.
>balancing act
Then keep it fucking balanced. A thin ass neck isn't balanced, that's stupid. Tell the guy to space the eyes, puish the ears back a little, round out the mouth, and maybe change the nose/muzzle size. The neck was fucking fine you idiot.

>>30683594

Then redline it.

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>>30682420
>Eyes are too close
>Eyes don't follow the shape of the face too well
>Nose is too small
>Mouth and cheeks are lopsided
The hair is much better than before though.

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Shit nigs, this took me nearly 3 hours to make.
Layers are whores.

>>30685083

What are some ideas that would require careful work on perspective? Including pone from weird angle.

>>30686068

>>30684500
Your graffiti game is on point bruh.

>>30684500
How did this take 3 hours?

Why is image composition so hard?
I never know what to do when laying out comics.

>>30688307
Layers fucked me over, complete beginner with the program and digital drawing.

How do you come up with ideas for drawings? Even if it's just a quick, shitty sketch, the hardest part of drawing for me is just coming up with a fucking pose to draw. I want variation but I cannot for the life of me think of anything to actually draw.

>>30689072
>How do you come up with ideas for drawings?
Go to the draw thread and look for the most specific request you can. If they give a reference pic with a pose already set, it's easier.

>>30689072
I usually just take whatever dream I remember and put it on paper. That or think up some what-if scenarios while looking at other drawings

>>30684500
>3 hours
Did you mean 3 minutes? What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>30689173
I'd probably take around the same time to be honest

I'm not very good

>>30689173
Again m8, complete newbie to digital drawing, and barely know this program.
Forgot to switch layers and fucked up a lot.

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tell me what i did wrong

>>30689357
you left a gray dot in the background and read smear
she's too blue I guess

>>30689370
yeah the coloring is bad,. I dont know anything about coloring digitally.

do you notice anything wrong with the anatomy?

>>30689378
Hind legs are definitely wrong and tail is probably too thin. Ear hole seems too small compared to ear size.
Look up pony guide in the op or search for sitting pone screencaps on derpi.

>>30689399
ok ill work on those. thank you anon

>sitting pone screencaps on derpi
damn i didnt know you could do that

>>30689435
Well, you can't search that exact thing. It would be like, "sitting, screencap, -eqg"

>>30689551
I use this to remove irrelevant stuff
screencap,-eqg,-animated,-edit,-comic,-text,-4chan,safe,-3d,score.gte:1,-g1,-g2,-g3,-g3.5,-no pony,-felt,-exploitable meme,-artist:*,-picture for breezies,-silhouette,spoiler:s0?e??,-gameloft,-game,width.gte:400,height.gte:400,-animation error

>>30689678
autism

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>>30684500
Luv me sum quality showstyle horse n graff.

Also, lookit

>>30690550
Fk u 4chin, y u gotta make pon do a flip

>>30690550
Noice.

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>>30681408
Okay, I tried drawing her lying down. I didn't use any reference, so it might be a little rough.

>>30691382
That's pretty good

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>>30686105
Draw a pony lying on the ground looking up at a pony standing over them, but from the perspective of the pony on the ground (with the "camera" next to their head). Like this astoundingly shitty drawing I just did. Basically so perspective is looking up from underneath at like a 45 degree angle.

>>30691576
great one to draw a massive marecock

>>30691382
Not dynamic enough. There's no flow or emotion in your drawings, they are as static as can be. Your anatomy is good but you only ever do one basic pose and slightly shift a limb or too.

Her tail looks really long.

found this great video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBa8OefQ9e8

Can i be unbanned please?

>>30693697
No

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How did I do? It's my first digital drawing that I felt I did an ok job on. I want to color, but the program I am using requires subscription to access layers. Until I find a way around this, feedback is enjoyed.

>>30694497
ban everyone you don't like huh, that's a good environment for drawing.

>>30690550
Looks cute.

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>>30692181
How is this? I tried a sitting pose, like >>30681408 suggested.

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>>30694807
Have you ever just taken a whole bunch of screenshots of pones and just done your best to redraw them?

I reccomend switching to Pegasi practice instead of Unicorn Twilight since out of the 3 breeds the Pegasi have the more fun dynamic poses as compared to anything else. Especially RD.
Just try it. Don't draw Twilight for a month. Or draw her as an alicorn doing some poses.

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>>30694675
Not that guy, but I'm one of the moderators, and I remember 1 of these people is Zimbabwe (so duh), 1 was banned for being a liar when asked about being banned from A DIFFERENT MLP chat for attempting to or actually scoring nudes of a minor (and trying to bribe their way back into the chat), and the other 2 people weren't banned by me, personally, as there are 9 people that can ban/kick members in the Improvement Chat, but at the time they were approved by most of the other mods/admins.

So if we/they want a chat that isn't full of total shitposters, then yeah, they're going to do that. If you're one of these four, you can try to bribe one of the 9 of us; can't say it'll work though.

>>30694920
I did that for a while with screenshots and vectors, and got told off for relying on references too much. I ended up settling on Twilight because her mane and tail are the easiest to draw without a reference.

>>30695203
If you don't want to use references anymore, you should still have some anatomy tutorials up because the arms and legs are all kinds of fucked up still. Otherwise use one, the other, or both.

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>>30695203
Well binch Im telling you off for settling on Twilight because her mane and tail are easy to draw without a reference
GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND DRAW OTHER HORSES
OUT