who else unemployed average tier artist who lives in existential dread about the future here?
>>2315339
Yo.
I'm so scared, I even sabotage the opportunities I do get because I feel like I'm just gonna build myself up for disappointment when it all falls apart anyway.
>>2315342
this is super normal anon. failure is a prerequisite to success. everyone who made blew countless opportunities on their way there.
i've let potentially great opportunities and jobs pass me by never replying to emails. i was so anxious that i waited for so long trying to word it and draft it perfectly, eventually it would have been so late that i chose just not to reply at all. lol.
>average
I fucking wish...
Im looking to get a picture of me drawn. I have a photograph. Where would i go? Is this something that can be done here? Or am i just a huge Fag?
post the picture
>>2315011
If you are willing to pay you might find someone here. Though most people here work digitally.
I understand. Im not looking for anything special, just figured id see if it was possible.
rate 1-10 any comments are welcome
Gives a beautiful and quiet atmosphere, although it feels sort of captured. 7.5/10
>>2312642
When seen zoomed in, it doesn't look as neat in my opinion. She could have applied the brush strokes in abstract manner to make it look interesting. Right now it looks like a cheap painting. 7.5 is too high, in my opinion.
>>2312642
the color balance is okay but not used well enough. The shapes are lacking in both perspective and proportions. To much symbol drawing (Example: Crushing waves like that is something you see at the beach, not a lake with no wind.)
I guess you could call it impressionistic, even if amateurish. If you like it then hang it in a room because of the colors it adds.
I'm not sure what 1 and 10 would represent so no vote.
What are some good forums from a productive point of view?
I'm not looking for a hugbox nor I agree with the rampant shitposting and unnecessary harshness around here.
Some of you have been extremely helpful and patient with me, so I'm thankful for that but lately I've been feeling like I must seek another place.
>>2308520
At the moment there aren't any. Social media has made forums outdated/obsolete and they have died off and are ghosts of days past.
You're best off trying to find a small circle of artists whose opinions you can trust, and form a group that skypes or does google hangouts together. You need to create your own tiny community since no large public ones exist any more.
Lux pulchra on Facebook
>>2308520
Don't go for forums. Forum culture is almost universally shit. Find an artist you like and follow them on social media.
Anyone know what happened to this artist? Disappeared around 10 years ago and most of his work is gone from his original DA account
>>2314051
When people do that it's either:
Their tastes have changed over time and no longer want to draw X thus a new alias
or
ashamed of what they produced because they begin to see with a critical eye
>>2314090
Imo neither of those reasons were good ones for deleting all your work and then your account. i think he should have atleast left the old account up if he wanted to start under a new alias.
>>2314051
busted for stealing art from pixiv
Where I can buy a newsprint paper for cheap
>>2312753
Did you try an art store? Depending on the city an 18x24 pad can be anywhere from like a couple dollars to maybe 5 or so. I know some people in the US order bulk online, and some stores let you do that too. In art school I bought a box of like 50 pads or something. Nearly died carrying it a couple km to my house though, did not expect massive amounts of paper to weigh so much and be so bulky, and I didn't have a car.
>>2312757
>art store
>canson newsprint paper
>costs like normal paper
some of those wallpaper stores throw away that stuff, can get that stuff for free or cheap if you ask, save some money
If you are an extremely good artist, is there any advantage at all to working for a company/studio over just being a freelance artist?
What do you think?
I think you should freelance porn and sick shit
>>2316021
People outside the industry will actually think you have a job.
>>2316035
Who gives a flying fuck what idiots think
What does /ic/ think about Jazza?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3iOFYXlRG4
>>2314889
not as gay as that drawabox sissy
go away jazza
>>2314891
I'm not Jazza
Need some gift ideas for an artistic friend. He loves to draw different types of realistic monsters. He especially loves anything Lovecraftian or Eldritch. I've been thinking about getting him the Dark Souls 2 design works. Any ideas on other gifts?
>>2313334
get him a Fur Affinity account. that way he can fap to as many OC eldritch abominations his little autistic heart desires.
>>2313334
usually when you want to gift something which you want the receiver to fully use and don't know what, money is the best answer
let him decide for himself
>>2313368
disregard the second 'you want', too many of them
how do you live the artistic lifestyle?
how can you find enough time and money to devote to art, while being able to survive and sustain yourself? it seems like I can only get one or the other. I'm on a year break from university, although I live with my parents I'm still mostly supporting myself with a grocery store job. I work so much and am so tired by the time I come home, I have no motivation or time to work on art seriously. I also have very little money to spend on anything; most of it is paying for my art degree. My parents agreed to let me stay with them as long as I am in education, which seemed to me like the best way to get artwork done and improve myself. but now it just looks hopeless, an endless cycle of having to choose between reality and doing art.
are there any jobs I can get that allow lots of freedom for a lifestyle centered around art?
I thought about being an art teacher. Or a professor, but I think that requires a graduate degree which is uncertain for me at this point.
I work in a warehouse, loading trucks and putting orders together. My boss knows I'm a painter and fully supports it - I can come in whenever I want, leave when I want, and get paid $12.50 an hour. I was upfront and honest, and since it's a family business they're a lot more flexible than a corporate job. I was busy setting up shows in a different city and didn't show up for work for a month, but when I went back in they didn't give me any shit - just asked how the set up went. It's baffling, really.
I've worked so many terrible, shit jobs and feel so lucky to have found this gig.
wew, I typed more than I meant to.
TL;DR: what careers will keep me financially stable while giving me the expendable income and enough freetime to pursue art?
I totally understand your situation. Perhaps a solution might be to try a different kind of art that is suitable to your life's circumstances.
Maybe lots of drawing with abstract simplified forms that can be done very quickly while you are on lunch break or in the bus.
Get a pen and paper, these are one of cheapest mediums, and start inventing your own style. And start selling these figurative sketches online for cheap, to cover your costs.
Alright, /ic/ I need your opinion.
At my art school, there's two classes I want to take:
Figure Sculpture (Fine Arts Department)
Maquette Sculpture (Entertainment Arts Dept.)
Since I can only take so many studio classes, I have to choose between the two. Ultimately, I want to be able to translate my 2d drawings into 3d be it traditional or digital. It's a skill that I think would be very useful in the profession that I'm working towards.
The Figure Sculpture class is basically described as "in strengthens ones eye hand translations as we work directly from models. Besides gesture studies, full body and bust projects during the semester, students are encouraged to explore their own interests in the figure or body. We also discuss how the figure is used in a contemporary context in relationship to its historical significants. But the emphasis is working directly from a model through out the semester."
While the Maquette Sculpture class is basically, "The ability to capture and represent a character in sculpture has many applications in the entertainment and toy industry. Creation of these sculptures are taught from concept drawings, through creation of armatures on suitable presentation bases through to the completion of the final sculptures, that are created in [super sculpey] clay."
Now I have very little experience in sculpting and both instructors said that they would teach it from the ground up. But I'm leaning towards the Figurative sculpture course as it might be beneficial....although I'll probably still learn just as much in the maquette course.
What should I do, /ic/...I'm very torn as these classes might not pop up again for a while after this semester.
The question is really just do you want to do fine art or entertainment art?
The second class sounds appealing to me because I'm interested in character design for animation
>>2313097
Look at the work the people teaching the class have made. Pick the class with the better artist. Some people will reply to this with, "but what if they can't teach", to which I would reply, "there is no such thing". The "good artist but bad teacher" is a myth spread by slackers who need to justify why they did poorly in a class with a "good artist". If the artist is good, and you work hard, you'll learn a lot from the class, end of story.
>>2313110
I'm gonna disagree with this. I'm both a "good artist" and a good teacher (and I am not a 20-something puppy). I occasionally take classes in media I am not expert in to expand my skills. I do sometimes encounter good artists who aren't very good teachers. The students who usually suffer most are beginners as said teachers have difficulty teaching far below their own level. Despite that, I still tend to choose teachers based on their work because my own teaching experience enables me to eek information out of bad teachers regardless. So it's kind of a crap-shoot when you're a prospective student with little background info or reviews to go on. Ideally, you can look at the work and talk to former/current students to make the best decision.
Looks like menses.
>>2305371
Maybe it is.
>>2305371
>menses
menstruation blood?
redpill me on good armor design
>>2315346
cringeworthy bullshit neckbeards concern themselves with.
>>2315346
She is wearing high heels backwards
>>2315346
Osprey books, on function videos Schola gladiatoria, Skullagrim and Lindybeige.
what do you guys think of my SpeedPaint?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suLewjRVoNA
>>2314789
Please kill yourself.
all in due time my friend
jesus fucking christ
Why is the first exercise so hard to do digitally? I have no problem when I do it on paper but digitally it looks shit.
>>2314692
What's so hard about drawing circles?
>>2314699
I mean the bit where you have to draw over the lines. I always chicken scratch on them.
>>2314700
the majority of times you people place the tablet to high and it makes your shoulders lock up causing extra strain, try to draw with the tablet on your lap maybe its that? if not that you are in the "wondering dessert man" stage and its just a matter of millage so you can get used to it.