Why do you draw?
>>93675026
i don't, draw like shit and i'm not getting better
I just got a tablet the this year and I honestly wish I would have waited until I actually got better at drawing, but hey whatcha going to do.
>>93675026
Fuck if I know.
>>93675247
For line art practice I reccomend you use a sharp pen tool so the lines look crisp and coloring becomes easier
I like to draw. I am good at drawing. I also like Instagram likes, and drawing helps me get a looot of those.
>>93675399
Litterally how, I get very minimal likes for drawing
>>93675503
Don't use the uber popular tags like #art. There's no way anyone will be able to find your art there. It updates way too quickly. Use popular but less popular tags (stuff in that 500K-1M range is optimal, but some of the less popular tags are actually decent too). Don't just tag shit like #drawing. What's in your drawing? Are the clothes detailed? Use tags for fashion illustration. Did you draw something that looks like it could be in a comic? Tag that shit. You get 30 tags on Instagram. There's no shame in using them all.
Also you don't have to be an amazing artist to get a good following. You just have to be a consistent one. You don't have to post every day, but at least a few times a week is good.
>>93675503
You whore on the latest drawing trends and draw things for the general appeal or #relatable_comics.png
>>93675026
i totally gave up, lost motivation. miss my characters though
>>93675026
I don't even know. there's this idea that it'll be fulfilling. But I end up hating everything I do
>>93675559
dang, 30 tags. That's good to know.
I think tumblr still gives you a whopping 5 :/
>>93675026
because its fun lolIt's also the only thing I'm decent at because im a worthless autistic sack of shit
>>93675026
I want to git gud so I can draw cute fat girls and wholesome heterosexual sex.
to help the pain
>>93675026
Because I'm bored and it passes time rather quickly.
Here's some early progress on redone d&d Modrons made to fit their descriptions more than their goofy art. The rightmost two (Quadrone and Pentadrone) are still in the early phase where I might scrap them and restart, in addition I might redo the one with a square head (Duodrone) to fit the theme they all have with their "eyes"/heads instead of having the different design.
>>93675026
To make a comic down the line. I wanted to go into animation back when I was younger after dabbling in some amateur work. Gave up on that since the way the big networks have been acting in recent years. Good or bad, I'd rather not have something I made be run into the ground or get shafted.
>>93677411
Damn dude, that star one on the far right looks awesome
>>93675026
to make myself feel like I'm good at something so I can combat the self hate, except whenever something doesn't come out ok I end up not drawing for a month because I can't bring myself to even hold a pencil in my hand without crying or wanting to kill myself
and they say artblock isn't real
>>93675886
this truly made me think
>>93678001
Here's the sketch sheet for it where you can see a fair bit more detail.
I might scrap the hydra-spider and make something that fits the original a bit more though, I like it's design but I think I could probably come up with something better.
>>93675026
>Have Wacom since 2 years
>2 fucking years and i still suck
>Haven't finished a single fucking drawing cuz i am ashamed of myself since all of them are trash
Do i still have hope?
>>93678168
Continue to practice.
Eventually you'll get to the point where instead of going "this is shit" you go "this is pretty good, BUT this area could use improvement..." then once you redo one spot, you see another area you can touch up, and another, until eventually you have an image you actually like. For me personally once I hit that point it became much easier to sit down and draw for an entire day because I could zoom out and see a full size picture I actually liked instead of some half-assed sketch I'd never finish.
If you practice and work to improve you will get better. It's literally that simple.
i want to be able to draw more than anything but i cant make myself practice and improve and not suck shit
i wish i could just kill myself
>>93678222
you and me both senpai
>that feeling when you realize that people who get lots of compliments and draw really well were just like you but practiced really hard while you're just being a piece of shit too busy self-hating to do anything, meanwhile those artists are only getting better while you're stalling and even getting worse
alright
>>93675321
Good to know, it all boils down to practice, but drawing digitally feels like a whole other ball park. There is so much to learn it's almost like relearning how to draw in the first place.
But after years of doubt and just not drawing because I was lazy and filled with self loathing, I finally decided to buckle down and just start trying new things and getting out of my comfort zone.
whats a good free program to use for animation?
>>93678720
Blender is free, but it's mostly 3D. I've seen people use it for 2D though.
Opentoonz maybe? I haven't tried it. Just find anything that uses onion skinning, that's all you really need for 2D animation.
are paper drawings allowed?
>>93675026
Because I have an insatiable desire to draw cutesy shit.
>>93678720
Krita has a nice animation interface if you're not concerned with adding sound/music to it.
>>93675026
I literally started drawing cause I grew up watching cartoons and wanted to draw my favorite characters hanging out with me
The first step is to not look for things that are wrong, but to try and find things that are right
If you become so aware of what could be wrong that you fear being wrong, you'll lose sight of what is right.
>>93678720
I think you can find a version of tvpaint in >>>/ic/ for free.
it works pretty damn well.
Sketched some random, wrinkly dudes.
>>93679079
>That tired face of innocence
A-anon, my heart...
>>93679105
So I finally tried using Photoshop to draw stuff.
>>93678720
FireAlpaca has animation tools.
>>93679047
Why wouldn't they be? Just be sure to scan or photograph them properly, or otherwise adjust the image before posting so it's not huge, sideways/skewed, and/or orange.
>>93675026
Because I wanna get better so that I can draw comics one day, then a kid will read my comics and be inspired pick up a pencil and draw as well
WIP
>>93678982
Looks like Rib Dyke ti me.
>>93675026
I was naturally good at it as a kid. Kept at it because it was an easy, cheap hobby I could do during class or whenever else I was bored and because everyone gave me compliments.If I'm being truly, really, 100% honest then for most of my life it's just been a parlour trick for me and a way of getting people's attention/affection. Nowadays that's changing and I actually like doing it and want to do something with it.
I've already posted this but seeing these threads repeatedly die saddens me.
>>93678720
Krita
>>93679105
I'm always glad to see you art in these threads. You got a blog/page/deviantart/anything?
I basically have to. I might die otherwise. From brain breakdown.
>>93678168
>2 years
2 years are nothing anon, see you in 10+.
>>93675026
because there are pictures which I want to exist, but do not, and I have the power to change that
>>93679702
You drew that anon? Looks pretty good, its got that 90s feel to it
>>93680052
Jesus, i just realized that he had a bunch of needles in him
>>93675855
When the fuck did I post this
>>93680605
when you had a lack of sleep?
>>93680763
>>93680052
>>93679702
>>93679105
>>93678982
>>93677607
>>93677411
you guys seem pretty talented, got any tips on coloring/shading?
>>93677607
>that damikura
>>93680982
Yeah, don't shade with black unless you're trying to stylize your piece. You'll get a greater emotional response through your use of color. This can also be pushed not only by changing the tone, but the actual hue on a shaded area.
This means if say I had a bright yellow ball, the shading wouldn't be a darker yellow, but rather something like a darker blue.
Also with shading, consider your light sources. Depending on how many you have, what color of light, and what intensity you're trying to convey, the depth of your subject can vary. Most people only consider the one spotlight or area light when doing simple illustrations. If you're going for detail, consider where the light is coming from, if it's being refracted or reflected, and how that changes depending on what it's hitting. If you have a strong light hitting a surface at an angle, it's going to bounce off and that's when you should start paying attention to under/rim lighting on your subjects. Sometimes drawing some simple directional arrows helps keep that in mind.
>>93675026
I mainly do it to try and spite a specific person one day. There's a reaaally talented artist out there that I see every so often who just draws fanart.
Anytime that someone says something to them they pretty much respond with "thank you, btw art prints are available at my site, prices are $$$ $$$, here's a link to all my social media, make sure to follow me on all these popular/offshoot art blogging sites"
I get that there's a lot of people out there who do this but this guy shills like there's no tomorrow.
>>93675026
To make depression go away
>>93681627
you and me both brother, nice characters though
>>93675026
Many reasons, but recently, its mostly spite.
>>93678484
you are capable of amazing things, you are The Special.
we seem to be having these threads pretty frequently. Maybe we should just drop it to a week so there isn't a lot of pressure? We could maybe issue some kind of art challenge for fun and to help people improve themselves
>>93675661
how come anon? is it because you come up with something and see that someone else has done it? Or that your favorite influences show up a bit too blatantly in your work? That sort of stuff happens to everyone
>>93679702
not that anon but its
https://crimsoneyedkeeper.tumblr.com/
his stuff's pretty cool, reminds me of the old scary stories to tell in the dark artwork.
>>93675026
Because I have too many OC's and not enough skill to draw them as I see them in my head
>>93684428
Try popping down to /i/ sometime, they have an oc thread where anons are encouraged to draw other people's oc.
>1993
Just for fun and imagination
>1999
Ideas
>2002
Sexual ideas
>2009
Sexual character design
>2014
Character design
>2016
Slowly realizing no one really cares about art unless it's popularized by big companies, or involves sexual fan-service
>2017
Realize people only want sexualized characters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8ZhI_kB0o
>>93684457
I've gotten some drawings from /i/ by begging even though some anons told me to fuck off. All apart of 4chan I guess.
I even commission some artists as well, but I really want to develop my own artstyle so that I can actually make a story out of it
>>93684972
yeah, /i/ has become a little more hostile recently since a lot of requestors have been flooding the drawthreads (mainly anons asking for fetish porn). As long as you draw someone else's in the oc thread you should be fine, as a sort of informal art exchange.
>>93684543
I blame patreon for that last one, but then again sex sells
>>93680982
Adjust your colors when shading, if its orange and needs a shadow cast on it, move the slider closer to red, if a light is shining on it, slide closer to yellow
>>93675026
Because it's simply what I want to do.
older picture, bc what I'm working on right now is an animation and I don't really know how to take gifs out of it right now, not until it's finished.
>>93685704
damn dude, that's pretty stylish for an older drawing. Is that a knight in front of the pale woman?
>>93675026
It puts me at ease when I've too much anxiety or are down. It relaxes me, and also makes me happy converting my ideas into actual studd.
And sometimes it's a bit of a challenge, and that's nice too.
>>93685885
ah lol you misunderstand what I meant by older, I meant old as in relative to this thread, I did this a month or two ago. But thanks! And yeah, that's a knight. I tried to do a fun character card of most of the important characters in my story/cartoon/whatever. I also tried to make a sort of good composition thing where your eye starts at the center-ish, follows the knights horn, goes down through the blue mage's cloak, to spiral up and end back at the lady.
>>93685946
well it sure did work for me. do you keep your stuff anywhere? blog etc.
>>93686484
yeah mate, I've got a tumblr where I'll blog my art and shit.
http://nin-the-skeleton.tumblr.com/
you may have to sift through some reblogs, so just search the art tag and you'll find it.
Made a quick practice dance gif! Wanted to try to give it a snappy sort of feel
>>93686484
oh, also I stream my art/animation with my friend every now and then on twitch, link to that is on the tumblr, if you're interested.
>>93686649
oy dabbo dabbo not bad, did you think about having the fire to keep moving even when she's still? Might be interesting.
>>93675026
I wanna make comics, but I'm afraid
>>93687133
that's one fat ass
Finished
>>93687861
this could totally work as an album cover.
I Have Just made this drawing of the Batman Beyond Girls, Dana, Max and Melanie as latin dancers from a animated 1991 music video by the Gipsy Kings, I've Got No Strings.
https://youtu.be/7hcTX3n6_nw
>I hope this drawing will do well at the co-llection site
>>93687743
it sure it
>>93688143
is*
>>93679702
>I'm always glad to see you art in these threads. You got a blog/page/deviantart/anything?
Aww, thank ya, anon. I have a tumblr page, too.
Here ya go: >>93684060
That anon beat me to the punch, lol.
Love the image btw. I never thought to see Spawn and Deadpool sharing a moment together, even a forced one, lol. The maggots are a nice touch, too.
>>93684060
>Comparing my work to Stephen Gammell's workO-oh~!
Much appreciated, anon. I'm flattered you think my stuff looks as good as the stuff that scared me back in 6th grade. Gammell's a fantastic illustrator, and it's sucha shame his artwork was replaced in later editions. Still, I really adore that sinewy/springy look in his creature designs.
I just cant grasp drawing on a graphics tablet and it's driving me nuts. It's really discouraging
>>93675026
Because it keeps me from thinking that were just meaningless specks in the universe and that all life will eventually come to an end
Plus I like to draw cute things
>>93688581
It takes a shit ton of time to get used to it
someday i'll nail these guy's designs! gotta keep testin testin testinnn
>>93681627
these are super cool!!!
>>93675026
It essentially lets you play God, since you can create and destroy whatever you want that's not in our reality.
>>93688160
>>93687133
>>93687743
fat ass is literally her name
>>93688917
>literally playing god
Honestly never thought of it like that
>Fart.
>>93675886
I love who ever made this
>>93689783
That kick looks a little off
>>93675026
It's what I enjoy most and do best.
Pic not related. Just a quick redesign concept I threw together of Fisherman, my fave Aquaman villain.
>>93675026
It's fun. See: The Sun >>93675886
>>93675026
to be as good as other drawfags in this board
>>93688455
Yeah, i cant believe they ended up removing it from the reprints. His artwork cemented some of those stories in my mind throughout the years. Namely harold and the sausage story
>>93683387
I think part of it is, I'm staring at the same thing for so long, all I see is its flaws
>>93691423
I remember the Bloody Fingers story back in 6th grade, when someone in my circle of friends was sharing and reading one of his copies after gym class. But, to be frank, my exposure to the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series was pretty far and few after that. I suppose that's a testament to Gammell's style though, since I quickly recalled his illustrations to that book series 10+ years later.
>The barkeep has the same hair color as the lounge singer
He's gonna kick his sister's admirer's ass, isn't he?
FIxed the black star's design
>>93682348
>>93688864
Thanks boys
>>93688835
Where do you post your art? i really like it
>>93691063
That looks pretty good to me man
>>93691666
Close, he's her father but he is protective of his family
>>93682501
Your lines are really good. You got a blog?
>>93691955
thank you!
i'm yugsly on twitter and tumblr.
(your art is really cool.)
I draw to make cyberpunk girls, batman.
>>93692912
... and cyberpunk boys.
So that I can fuel my stupid ass ideas.
>>93693001
that looks dope
>>93693025
Thanks, I've been wanting to make a comic but every time what comes to my head is the middle and the ending of it. I can never seem to think about a good introduction.
here you go anons just drew this the other day
i draw in hopes i might be as good as the likes of other people that i follow and look up to
i worry
>another friend has an interview at a studio
>you haven't had the confidence to upload a thing for 2 years
I'm proud of him, but can't help but feel jealous
>>93675026
I just like drawing, getting better and better and striving to be considered a pro artist by people is just an added bonus. I love making art!
This is a wip, solids, drawn traditionally, coloring digitally in sketchbook pro
>>93695793
>>93695824
Definitely like the non-gradient coloring and the makeup-less face in the first one better, but those are both really good and sexy. You have a style that reminds me of another artist, I just can't put my thumb on it, but that first pic has a cool minimalist vibe I dig.
drew my friend.
fit here! I just started drawing about 7months ago for my new years thing. What do you think?
>>93695824
its done
>>93695859
Wow thanks man!
Trying out simpler face styles.
>>93675026
so that maybe one day the joy drawing brought me as a kid will come back, but it probably wont
>>93688835
oh fuck i was hoping to find you here, could you post a link to your tumblr? i wiped my hd and im having a hard time remembering the url
Jumped on the Splatoon hype train and drew these two.
Its one of my favorite things I've drawn in a while
Any tips? I don't know where I'm going with this, maybe like a bully of some sort
I don't even know what to make him say anymore.... he looks happy, but I'm miserable and my brain doesn't work right.
>>93697104
How about..."I'm sorry it's too much right now, anon. You'll be okay, how you always know you eventually are, you just need a break. Your brain works fine! After all, it made me, and I seem pretty smart, right? Everything will be okay, I promise."
>>93697104
"fin"
>>93697132
Thanks, Anon... I needed that.
>brofist.jpg
>>93696676
Just make him a jock of some sort that or some delinquent with a jacket or something
>>93695994
>>93695824
>>93695793
Why did you post the same thing three times?
Something I sketched at the library studio yesterday.
>>93675026
I like it.
>>93697687
bones does that every thread
>>93696676
Since he's looking down, i'd say make him tall and lanky
>>93697732
>>93697687
creepy and mysterious, i dig it
I drew a couple of things for people in the last thread but then never finished them in time. Who knows if those people will end up seeing them.
>>93549083
Thing I did last time with some minor-ish improvements
Tried to do a buff-fat character of mine, 2/4
Another alt timeline thing. 3/4
And something completely unrelated to the last three.
>>93695979
7 months? jeez you got good quick then huh, how so? books or a teacher or something?
>>93701687
>>93701734
>>93701768
>>93701809
hey o'shee, hows the HS thread?
>>93696303
it's yugsly!
>>93697687
this is SUPER cool. love it!
>>93695979
john k would be proud of that dick
I doodled this today. As for simplistic pic is it fine?
>>93705449
anything is good anon, as long as you are improving yourself in some way
>>93701515
AWWWWWW! I SAW IT!
>>93701828
just figure drawing and looking at artists work.
I treat drawing like a work out. Everyday for one hour after my workout I draw. I focus on every movement of the pensil and brush trying to get the most out of it. I just applied my fit logic move with meaning, its not how many reps you can get or how much you can lift but the concentration of muscle moving effectively. But this was just for fun drawing, not as strict as my other stuff.
>>93704457
thank you, we need more uncut dicks in life
Are there any good tutorials/books that break down foreshortening? Because I'm shit at it and can't seem to figure it out on my own.
>>93705966
It's all about mastering perspective and form, there's not really any shortcut.
Do a lot of boxes in 3 dimensions and figure drawing
I redesigned the SK logo.
Also what changes should i do to make Amy look better?
>>93675026
Originally for attention. Now I get paid for it so it's still attention but not as much fun.
>>93702860
Just checked /i/, it's going swell I guess
>>93707239
Fix her proportions
>>93675026
To inspire others to draw!
Hydradrone or Crabdrone?
Or scrap them both and make something else entirely?
>>93709903
And here's a third option, a more refined crab one that allows for the dynamic posing of the hydra one
>>93680982
>he fell for the talent meem
o i am laffin
>>93675026
It's fun.
Plus I look at other people making cool stuff and it makes me want to try and make some cool stuff.
>>93711422
well, why don't you post some of your art anon? :)
>>93711525
>implying im telling him he´s bad
Those guys are indeed very very good,but not because "talent",but because they worked hard for it,and therefore they deserve every bit of the skill that they have.
>>93709903
hydra for me, do those heads just shoot lasers out of their mouths? They seem like they could hide other weapons or cover the head in armor to unleash a "punch rush"
>>93711569
the mercwip meme has come a long way, huh.
I draw as an outlet for my characters
I do have stories planned for them but at the moment I haven't been working on them
>>93701809
>>93711898
holy fuck. i love it
>>93688969
No mames...Es un prostituta barata?
I draw because I used to have a friend who drew as a hobby and I wanted to outcompete them and I just kept going and now I'm stuck.
I feel like I went overboard with the filters on this one, but I finished it at 5:00 AM and was tired as shit.
>>93711898
>>93713848
Aw shoot, thanks man! Always appreciate any fanart
>>93695880
he's cute. you should fuck him
>>93714073
do you post your art anywhere?
>>93713265
looks great, man
>>93675026
Because I must, Batman. My mind craves creativity like my stomach craves food. And besides, what else would a dude who looks like me do with his life? Unfortunately after 23 years on this planet I'm still fucking garbage at drawing.
>>93712948
nah she's a stripper.
not much planned
Been having a lot of fun with this character lately.
>>93714936
niiikooooo.tumblr.com
>>93675026
Its something to do
>>93715067
>no way fag.png
>>93693001
Here's one more of my dumb shit
>>93717484
>>93680052
I've always liked how Odin just randomly roams the earth.