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Step 1: be good at art
Step 2: make a portfolio

>>2249607
By all means, show me your portfolio. I'd like to see where I'm going wrong.

when you mention tools and hosting, i assume you mean more than just the actual art that goes in the portfolio. so i will talk about both.

a good portfolio can be on a website; the website itself should follow the "magazine rule" where the top 50% of the website has all the relevant details - some examples of your art, statement or title of what you do, etc. this is so when people open your page, they immediately see what they need to do, and minimize risk of closing your portfolio prematurely. it should be simple and easy to navigate. also, it should not contain all of your pieces if you have more than 24 pieces; focus on your ability to curate and find your best pieces. maybe you can separate them into different sections if you feel so diversely compelled.

in terms of an actual portfolio, i suppose that depends on your specialties. to get into art school? they will be looking for diversity but also fundamentals - still lives, figure drawing, landscapes, etc. but most of your portfolio should overall be things you are interested in that reflect what you will do in the future. when meeting or interviewing with people in real life you should aim to have some sort of electronic way to view your folio (ipad?) or a nice physical case to hold some of your best works (prints rather than the real thing, probably)

hope this helps

I'm using 13HD with Win 10 too, works pretty good overall, but sometimes the it wont regocnise the pen. I just close and open Cintiq again, so it works again.

What computer you have?

My computer was custom built maybe half a year ago using slightly above average parts.

Not exactly sure what type of info you need.

I've seen plenty of people making similar complaints with regards to Windows 10 and Wacom drawing tablets. You might wanna try googling for results there too.

>>2247721
>how do I become Dada?

you fuck some girl without protection and later marry her when you realize she's pregnant

>>2247738
dont get it

>>2247748
he's saying you have to catch syphilis so you can go insane and make some good dada stuff

>>2250795
>i know WHAT to do, i just don't know HOW to do it
what's that supposed to mean. if you actually know what to do, then you can just make a plan yourself.

>>2250795
just draw.

>>2250795
Well it sounds like you don't even know what to do yet, at this point I would suggest looking at different styles and find one that suits your tastes, personalize it, and apply it to what you want to do art is wayyyyyy too broad to say you just want a solid understanding. What do you want to do

>>2246574
Cintiq

>>2246579
Why anon?

>>2246667
Cause it's the most reliable of those; It's designed for drawing too.

Youll be bouncing back and forth for a while and thats normal. Your motives behind each path need to be pretty clear tho tbh.

My only advice is do one or the other but choose now.
saying
>oh but I have CS as a backup just in case
will just mean you suck at both.

I do cs for a living, and draw art for a hobby. I doubt I'll ever be a professional artist but I'm good enough to be happy with it.

The great thing about CS is that you can find a 9-5 job meaning you have LOTS of free time and LOTS of extra cash thanks to your high paying CS job.

but if you truly want to do art, you'll have to focus a lot more time on it, so just drop cs and live off art. despite what some people like to claim, if you try hard enough you can always get your foot in the door, even if it means taking a below minimum wage internship.

>>2248102
Thanks, I got that feeling exactly. It's that I find CS particularly hard or anything, it's just I don't get off to the idea of open-source, and I don't spend my Friday nights debugging and jerking off to like, breadth first search. And I feel like I SHOULD if I'm doing CS? But I just feel like I can't just drop out now. I'm 12k in debt currently, so I guess that's not too crippling, but it'd be a major life shift, definitely. I'd almost want to go to art school just to avoid the stigma of being some NEET or some dropout with a minimum wage job living at home. At least I'd be at "college" and "doing something" despite the extra debt I'd be accruing.

>>2250823
Still better than 90% of /ic/ and you.

>>2250825
What's even the point of comparing anyone to us? That won't stop them from being shit.

>>2250826
Anon doesn't seem to like it when his favorite shitty porn artist gets criticized.

>>2250072
>Will following the sticky minimize the bad habits I will learn?
No. Getting a good teacher will.

>>2250073
Can't afford it, not to mention I don't have any good teachers in the area.

I felt like drawing on a tablet after years on paper felt like playing an electric guitar after some practice on an acoustic one.

You are not required to, but that will help.

>>2249753
CGHub's been dead a year and a half. What's different about this site from Artstation or Drawcrowd? Why should we care?

>>2249753
if they have a sketchbook section will open an account n post, seems like the front page is also stuck on orgasm mode only the tip top are show every one else aint matter, f that,..,.,.

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>>2249763
>seems like the front page is also stuck on orgasm mode only the tip top are show every one else aint matter, f that,..,.,.

Dude what? That's what made cghub so fucking great in the first place. That their front page was always displaying work of much higher quality than you'd see on the frontpage of Deviantart, Artstation or CA.org. That's what I always loved about cghub, to just f5 the front page and find amazing new artists who I've never heard of before without having to wade through an ocean of shit to find them. Especially chinese artists who usually only post on their weird blogs.

>>>/g/

I have a surface and I've never found it all that useful for art. In situations where I want to draw in places that aren't my PC I almost never want to do elaborate digital paintings so it's easier to just carry around pencils and a pad.

It's a lovely device but I've never found an artistic use for portable tablets.

>>2242658
the /g/ threads are moving too rapidly and don't really accommodate art related discussion. We've had Cintiq and iPad Pencil threads, so why not have a comfy Surface thread

>>2183350
it's funny because despite everything she said and did, her paintings still sucked.

it was a decent manga though

>>2183360
Who gives a shit about painting when you make a living with drawing?

>>2245493
Is that the schizo cat?

Studying Louis Wain isn't probably a good idea if you want to learn to draw cats properly. His drawings tend to be somewhat off.

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>>2245493
>mikufag was this good once

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>>2247552

Fuck off, /m/

>>2225714
It was designed for young adults that were more mature during the time that it aired. Now a days it's more about appealing to teenager's and a generation of people that never want to grow up.that's why all the grit was taken out of it, for maximum escapism.

idk but I love it tbh fam

I have the Cintiq 13HD; works great.
Cant say anything about 22Hd
Would just stay with Wacom rather than going to some other maybe not so reliable ones.

You say your doing it as a hobby, so id say get the 13hd, cuz it'll surely be quality stuff and its not so exspensive as the 22hd. Sure if you have money and willingness go for the 22hd.

>>2245059
I had 13hd, it was terrible. drivers not detecting pen pressure and awkward hand position, coupled with having to wear sweaty glove.

>>2245062
Hand position and gloves are your own fault and choice.
As for drivers mine work perfectly.