What are the best of the following for general use?
Fountain pen
Mechanical pencil
Notebook/journal
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Get 2 notebooks and then shove them up your ass.
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>>2288898
Lamy safari is good fountain pen if you are on budget or want a pen you can carry around everywhere and not worrying it gets stolen or something. If you want to spend around $100 you have a lot more of options. I don't have much experience but I believe Pilot pens should be pretty good. Even Glenn Vilppu has one. I have Parker Sonnet with gold plated nib - if you are looking for Parkers get one with 18k gold nib, it writes smoother. If you have +$500 it's going to be Montblanc, but that pen will last your whole life time. It might sound expensive but it's not really more expensive than a brand new smartphone so I don't think it's bad investment.
You'll also have to chooce your ink carefully - I clogged my lamy safari bad using wrong ink (dip pen ink). I was able to rescue it tho. Also when I bought my Parker Sonnet ($100 pen) brand new it was skipping some letters, like every tenth or so. I disassembled the pen, carefully rinsed the nib and feed. It started working perfectly after that. So sometimes you have to tinker with those a little bit.
I have no idea of good mechanical pencils but I have used Daler & Rowney hardcover sketchbook as journal / commonplace book.
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>>2288911
I was looking at that Lamy pen, and since this is my first fountain pen, I think I'll go with that.
>You'll also have to chooce your ink carefully - I clogged my lamy safari bad using wrong ink (dip pen ink)
I'll keep this in mind, thanks.
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Anyone got any of the 'real action poses' books as pdf?
It's easy to find a page here and there but trying to find the actual full thing(s) seems freaking impossibru.
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>>2288646
I own 5 different books. They're rather cheap even after shipping.
some of them have CDs with all the images in the magazine in it but cba to rip
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Have a few cheap posebooks I bought on ebay.
Check there to see if you find some?
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>>2288677
nice blog
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Post your current drawing here and give constructive critique to others!
Please make sure your posted image is clear, downsized to around 1000 pixels wide, rotated to the correct orientation, and that any unused space is cropped.
If you want critique on a drawing from the previous thread, you can delete it there and repost in this one.
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>/ic/ Resources/Reference/Downloads/Links:
>General resources :
http://sites.google.com/site/4chanic/
http://sites.google.com/site/artandwhatnot/
http://characterdesigns.com/
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3.html
http://finaltrinity.tumblr.com/post/13163064364/art-references-tumblr-accounts
>fellowBro's books :
http://mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8
>Figure Drawing Tool:
http://pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://posemaniacs.com/
>Photoshop Brushes
http://cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/tower_of_evil
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>>2288620
lol, is this the beginner thread, you could start by getting a clean line down instead of copying bendydick thundershmucks values
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>>2288620
Here's the thing without text for actual critique. Ref here: http://movie-screencaps.com/star-trek-darkness-2013/36/
I had sort of an idea of an expression I wanted to do but didn't find a ref that really matched, so I took this ref to see if I could make the image I pictured using it as a basis, so the painting and the reference don't match exactly. Still a wip but I think it's coming along alright.
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>>2288628
its shite
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Tattoo just finished, 4 sessions@4 hours each
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well
its not shit
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sorry for your loss
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>>2288066
Im sorry for you anon
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Is cheating using the Camera Lucida tecnique to "create" a drawing?
I start using it a few days ago, and it feels, like, well, cheating...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_lucida
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>>2287706
post yuour cheated work
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>>2287706
There is no such thing as cheating, unless you outright steal from other people's work. But there are other reasons why using the CL may not be the best idea. Would you mind posting one or two of your drawings? We'll be nice.
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>>2287706
If it looks good it looks good, end of story. Do what you want, though don't intentionally mislead people on what you are doing because they will lash back at you if you do.
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celebrities from memory 2015-11-17 06:26:54 Post No.2287422
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Can you draw a celebrity without a reference image? Post your attempts
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>>2287422
i browse 9gag too
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>>2287422
those aren't even drawings without refs, just badly drawings WITH refs
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>>2287422
>draw a celebrity without a reference image?
Complete waste of time.
I'd rather come here to shitpost.
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>Live drawing class
>See cute girl all by herself
>Approach and start talking to her
>She doesn't know who Loomis is
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>>2286885
read the fucking sticky
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>Goto art stream on twitch
>Loomis is a banned word
>Artist says not to read Loomis
>Artist desperately needs Loomis
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>>2286887
Exactly what I'm going to tell that bitch tomorrow.
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How to Begin Value Studies 2015-11-16 01:36:59 Post No.2286121
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How to Begin Value Studies
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I'd like to start doing value studies. Can I start digitally or would it be better to begin traditionally? If so, what are some tools I need?
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>>2286121
As I am, knowing less than next to nothing about value studies (specifically of people), this is all I can do.
In regards to digital, what is a good program to use? Because SAI is... bad, so far. I am bad at this, but I'd like to improve. Do I need to study light and shadow, still lives, portraiture, or anything like that?
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>>2286121
Charcoal.
Copy the bottom of https://courses.byui.edu/art110_new/art110/week06/images/values.jpg 5-10x a day until you can confidently/easily reproduce it from memory. Then move to http://www.artistsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/5-landscape-value-scale.jpg 5-10x a day. Seriously, copy it 5-10x EVERY DAY and get it exact.
So now you can reproduce values, now you need to observe them. Copy Bargue plates. Block in value shapes (5 levels) one at a time working your way from dark to light. Get them exact, then fill in the gradation.
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>>2286151
Oh, and use soft and medium compressed charcoal on white strathmore or canson sketch paper, not printer paper (it doesn't havd enough tooth)
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anyone else know about jazza brooks i love his style. how can i draw like him 2015-11-16 00:45:00 Post No.2286023
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anyone else know about jazza brooks i love his style. how can i draw like him
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3VcKOE8O5U rly inspirational chap if you ask me
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>>2286023
fuck off jazza
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>>2286023
Jazza makes me so sad. He seems to know what he's talking about, understands the fundamentals and all, but then his finished stuff always comes out looking like some 13 year old's first attempt on Paint. What the fuck is up with him.
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>>2286025
Kek, I swear someone makes this comment every time there's a Jazza thread.
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Can we decide what the most autist/ic/ drawing/painting program is once and for all? What do you use? What are the pros/cons? Do you swear by one?
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>>2285431
I dunno, I use Photoshop, but I've been using it since before I started drawing digitally. Too lazy to try and learn Painter.
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>>2285431
Paint Tool Sai because a lot of Tumblrinas use it.
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>>2285884
Sai certainly seems to be what all the M-MOE artists use.
>mfw inheriting 50k
>mfw I'm able to neet for at least a year so I can up my game and get better freelance gigs
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>>2284558
you go anon!
who ever said spending money on studying art was a bad investment!
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Or you could use it on something that will not make you regret it.
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>>2284561
> posts on art forum
> complains about someone deciding to spend their time and resources getting gud
go fuck yourself
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Can´t draw from imagination 2015-11-13 21:28:02 Post No.2283987
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Can´t draw from imagination
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>used to draw from imagination
>after looking on the internet, discovered that doing live and photo studies would help to improve
>months after doing studies from reference I can notice a huge improvement, can reproduce images with increasing precision
>can´t draw from imagination anymore
>just looking at the blank paper and trying to put figures in a constructed 3D space without any reference is terrifying
>my attempts and drawing stylized or imaginated figures fail miserably
>all my drawings nowdays are lifeless studies from life OR a constructed picture made from combining various references together
>watch people like kjg spontaneously drawing and feel bad
>show people my sketchbooks, they say my past drawings used to be more interesting than the ones now, despite having a lot of errors
>lie down and cry
tl;dr after months of studying from reference I can't draw from imagination anymore, wat to do?
Serious issue here. I´m having a very bad time criticising myself for this. Where did I go wrong? How can I improve my imagination and constructed drawing skills? What types of excercises are optimal to resolve this problem?
Pic is a study from life.
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>>2283987
drawing from imagination is an overrated skill on /ic/. "Visual libraries" don't make you a better artist. That's just fancy words for symbol drawing.
More useful skills would be being able to copy a photograph, being able to draw from life realistically, and being able to write cohesive concepts for your personal work.
So other than not mentioning practicing writing I would say you are on the right track. But practice writing.
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>>2283991
>drawing from imagination is an overrated skill on /ic/. "Visual libraries" don't make you a better artist. That's just fancy words for symbol drawing.
jesus christ, are you literally retarded?
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>>2283991
>rawing from imagination is an overrated skill on /ic/
Actually just about every post, instructional, and tutorial I've ever read from /ic/ has been "draw from life"
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Online Drawing/Collab 2015-11-13 15:18:48 Post No.2283721
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Time for another online drawing thread:
http://4chan.drawplanet.net/
Room: planet
Feel free to give some tips, help out some beginners, rate etc. Collabs are completely random, start one whenever.
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>>2283736
fake as shit
this is what's actually happening
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>>2283741
It's an online drawing board, stuff gets drawn, saved and erased afterwards. Nothing stays any longer than necessary
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The Joy of Painting. Inspiration. 2015-11-09 22:40:38 Post No.2279790
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The Joy of Painting. Inspiration.
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With the appearance of Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting series on twitch reaching +200k views peak it might have inspider many people who have not had any experience with are or abbandoned it at some point in their lives.
I myself used to sketch alot of portraits but for some reason I haven't touched the pencil in over 5 years.
Last week, during the marathon I fell sick and I happend to rewatch almost all of the show. The overall positivity and ease in which he hosted these shows striked me greatly and I've finally decided to renew my love in art once again.
Are any of you guys familiar with Bob Ross' technique? Do you have any recomendations on how to get the oil paints for a good price in Europe (Poland specificly)? Would you recomend starting off with a small canvas to get used to everything? I have no idea of indicating a "good" paint from a crappy one? Are the Bob Ross' oil paints sold on Amazon ok?
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Winter is coming
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You just gotta feel it.
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>>2279790
google, sticky
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Which artists are your main influences?
if you dont have artists youve studied that have influenced you, kill yourself.
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I think I have too many small influences. I see art I really like all the time and I don't know which direction I want to go. It's only really happened a couple times, but each time I settle on some artist I want to be more like, soon after I start wondering "But do I really wanna be like this guy? This guy over here has really cool stuff too..." I've never been able to make an influence map because of it, and have no sense of style or direction in my own work, I hate it.
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>>2279538
and possibly what could be his modern counterpart