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I think most things are art, but on varying levels. We often draw/paint nature and its beauty is the art, right? well I like to look at everything as art in itself, but when the factor of humans come into play, I tend to see art in a different light.

Criteria for art(very simple):

1. Does it look good?

thats it!
after that, I take into play what i know about technique and see if i it fits.
does it have proper proportion, is the lighting good, do the colors look right etc...


so, i guess its very subjective!

>>2336283
i consider art to be anything manmade, does not mean i like everything that is made by man

Art is a way to express thought, feelings, and depict certatin things. It's something that people can connect to, being that they have experienced those feelings, thought similarly, or seen similar events. It's relativity between man and life, how one perceives the earth on a blank canvas.

Sorry for being poetic, I just really have a passion for art, I guess.

>>2336120
Shot By Shot by Stephen Katz
Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre (there should be a dl link in the artbook thread)

http://movie-screencaps.com/ has a lot of stuff captured frame by frame for reference.

And basically just studying the compositions of your favorite movies/cartoons/comics, etc.

>>2336136
Not OP but the link you posted is the greatest thing ever happened to me

>>2337057
You might like this too: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/1000_Frames_of_Hitchcock

Doing something with every thing you've got left in your life that nobody wants anyway.

One day someone will care, will look up close , notice how it changes as they peer around it, see the shapes and colours and enjoy it.

Regarding your posts dis-liking it, obviously it wasn't made for you.

Pan says hello to the new year,

I think it's pretty good! At the bottom of every lesson is a link where students can contribute their homework so you can go there and see for yourself what they've drawn.

>>2326795
yep, went through the lessons a while ago and they're pretty solid. you'll get a lot out of it if you're a beginner (providing you do the homework of course)

>>2326795
I just checked the site and its very VERY basic stuff. If you have no fundamentals whatsoever, it might be ok (somewhat). Overall, its pretty bad for anyone who wants to learn and be a professional.

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After-the-Lock

http://lurkersupreme1.deviantart.com/gallery/

>>>/s/elf_promotion_thread

>>2332956

Self promotion doesn't implicitly mean feedback/critique/assumptions. This thread does

How do do I build a visual library? How should I approach the studies?

>>2317938
to be fair, most signatures only look like the name once you already know the name, i may have been able to figure out steve, but that last name... not a fucking chance.

>>2317674
repetition and iteration, dont skip days always draw something.

>>2317710
whenever you want really, if you are parinoid get a protective surface

>>2317775
commit to one abstraction method and learn that good first, only read and learn in that method till its something you know without looking, then look at other methods and see what you can take from them... all abstraction tries to get you to the same place in the end, so learning a fuck ton really just puts you at a disadvantage.

>>2317852
anatomy books, along with an abstraction of the hand.

>>2317939
for one, learn an abstraction, and fit the abstraction to the pose, the more you know about anatomy the easier it is to create something real from your mind.

for 2, i would say stick with sketches till you no longer see flaws, no reason to polish shit when you can still learn fast through repetition.

>>2317942
because you aren't trying to make it good, so you aren't actively looking for every single flaw... hard to explain but lets say you are drawing circles, if you purposefully try to draw a circle you will likely see all the flaws but if you are dicking around and draw the same circle it wont look half bad.

>>2318065
there is a bob ross channel on youtube,

you likely wont find something free that's worth looking at in its entirety, just buts and pieces here and there.

>>2328273
know how things are built helps.

>>2328277
>>2328261

OH one more thing, when i do the massive dumps/answers and you reply, can you specify which part you are replying to, makes it a lot easier to go forward/know what i helped you with.

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>>2336915
>Do I have any sort of talent?
Talent doesn't exist, faggot.

And if you have to ask should you keep practicing, then the answer is: no, try something else.
You clearly don't have enough passion for painting to master it.

>>2336915
>Do I have any sort of talent

no. but don't worry neither does anybody else.

>Should I keep practicing or just try something else?

how the fuck am i supposed to know

>>2336950
>Talent doesn't exist, faggot.

nice meme

Lack of talent isn't an excuse and can be overcome, but pretending like certain people don't have predispositions to skills is retarded.

>I'm new, so I apologize I theres a group topic on this and I'm that one asshole posting for themselves

So what exactly stopped you from checking?
>>2335552
>>2336422
>>2332051
>>2335954

>>2336669
>>2336704
Yeah, what are you some kinda asshole?

>hookah
Nevermind, i already know.

>>2336734
I was on mobile, but thanks

Why is the fucking pond pink?

Anyway, post more artwork or any sort of criticism is pointless.

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>>2335852
I have absolutely no idea :^/ could be upto you. I'll put some more below

>>2332020
Go to the book thread and download gurneys color and light and gnomon workshop on color (in the pastebin link there's a mega library). Theres also a course by betty edwards as well in there. All of those together are pretty comprehensive for what you need to know.

>>2332020
for practice, I found out that studying pixel art was the simplest way of learning about color, it's quite easy to switch and most people actually plan their palettes in a limited fashion

Also, can you follow these tutorial videos using clip/manga studio? Or do you really need photoshop?

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Another example by Zedig, I think the results look great.

Well, if you can do the harder way, it'll obviously improve your results when you have more resources to work with.

Be able to block in form and blend colors with 100% opacity is extremely hard.

>>2335058
>100% opacity
so like not in the picture you posted

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>>2334447

>>2334001
What are you trying to do here? Like it's got stylized proportions, but they don't really seem to be for any reason. You've got a female face with a super manly jaw, then put it on a pencil thin neck. The orange backlighting is inconsistent too, and the structure of the neck and shoulders is not really defined well.

I feel like you are jumping ahead of yourself here by painting in tiny details with a one pixel brush into the eyeballs and using a speckle brush to texture the skin pores and stuff. Why are you doing this last layer detail when you haven't even figured out the bigger things in the image like the general lighting and stylization choices? The shapes and edges are sloppy, the structure is strange, things are inconsistent, and you are focusing on pores. Get the thumbnail to look good before working about small detail.

>He caught the Sycra

I know it's on purpose, but that jaw looks goddamn ridiculous.
I think it'd look nice if you toned that down a little (/ a lot).