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the difference is that one will randomly decide it wants to update and completely flip out

it also always wants to be online. i once had to be disconnected from the internet for a full seven days and photoshop CC threw a fit on the 4th because it wasn't able to connect to the adobe server and refused to work.

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>>2996834
the original

>>2996834
paint a picture, dont start your own thread. go to the beginner thread. stop using photographs.

>>2996839
thanks, im very new to 4 chan, how do i post without starting a new thread?

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>>2996797

OP Reporting In!

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>>2996799

One more for good luck!

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Looking for more images like this.

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>>2996747
just pick one and start drawing man

>>2996748
L-Loomis == ISIS?!?

>>2996747
it's good for exactly that. if you've got a good grasp on proportions already hampton is a suitable alternative. other good authors are bridgman and bammes, but I'd work through loomis first if you're just starting out

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>>2993637
just download the free version and quit being a mooch.

>>2993896
I do but
>can't save models
>can't save poses

I don't think it's worth the money they're asking for. If it was cheaper then sure. But even on sale it's too expensive.

>>2993908
doesn't matter if thats what you think its worth. that's how much they're charging for it. if you can't afford it then don't buy it. otherwise, save up.

and besides, as far as art products go that is relatively cheap. especially if its a one-time payment. its even on sale right now.

>>2992653
tell us the story

Basically why I gave up photography years ago.

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>>2992654
>be me. Draw a certain niche or fetish of anime girls. Not too good, but pretty much have a monopoly
>Some other artist comes along who draws the same thing.
>We talk briefly. I can tell he doesnt really take my art seriously (cause im not that good anywho. Not that i dont read the loomis and bridgman still)
>art level was sort of pic related
>A week goes by
>All my followers start flocking to the newcomer.
>Write a blog post of my spaghetti spilling, being upset, how i could never draw this niche again.
>no replies
>The newcomer's followers triple mine in a week
>left there with no one
>my whole art account was created for this niche, only for it to be stripped away

Im getting suicidal just writing this. I literally cant sleep at night because i wake up from the rage of losing everything. And ive been less healthy healthy; skipping my vitamins, so my hair is starting to fall out and my parents hate me at the same time.

Now i want to write a comic, and comic wriitng is hard.

>>>/i/

>>2995783
don't alienate potential fans
dont let them exploit you either, though

>>2995783
it's probably just some kid who looks up to you, a simple "hey, good work, keep it up" would make their day

tho if you wanna avoid the chance of them trying to segue the DM into more conversation here's the cool person strat: don't respond at all to their dm, just go to their page, find a post of some art they made and like it, then just leave it at that

>>2995783
when I was younger (around 16 to 18) I made some youtube animations
I would get pms from people all the time of people wanting to voice act for me.
It was annoying as fuck but they were my fans.
I either responded with a polite no or just ignored them.


Tl;dr
just learn to ignore them

>>2995732
>I know Oda lurks here
Pics or it didn't happen.

>>2995732
probably a ton use 4chan, and sporadically check ic, but there's really not much too see here.

>>2995732
I doubt that many people browse /ic/, it's a not a very interesting board. No offense meant but it's basically only interesting for amateurs who have no other "hook" into the art world and maybe occasionally for people curious to check the art board on 4chan. Other than that, even if artists browse 4chan it would be some other boards.

>>2995647
okay then, I shouldn't have mentioned it

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>tfw fans on ic post my art again

I don't have the time to do a new take on this iconic design with my new and improved skills, but I think the original was already close to perfect. So here we go.

Looking forward to your fanart of my OC. Don't use it commercially though.

Good luck.

>the final boss of /ic/

Ya gotta read this shit left to right, sorry. I'm dumb.,

>>2994977
you calling your art shit is pretty much on point.

>>2994977
did she died?

why are you so bitter anon?
Yeah its not the best but does this really warrant its own thread. Can you draw any better?

who cares

draw your own shit and don't worry about what other people are drawing.

>>2994831
You sound jealous af lmfao

Just keep drawing and reaching for you perfect standards, but also know your own limits of your skill and don't overshoot it. It's true, as you get better at this, you'll be able to mentally visualize better. Even I can tell after a year with memories and such. A main helpful one for me was learning how colors worked, so you can see what a color really is in your mind and that's about reaching closer to reality.

>>2994791
What you're talking about is your visual library. Simply put, it's foggy because you've never really paid attention to how things look. Much of the progression in art will consist of slowly building that visual library and remembering the appearances and details of various things from people to simple objects, etc.

Early on, it will be good to practice envisioning a fully complete project. Say you have a character you want to draw, take some time to think about the pose, the outfit, the weapons, the values, the colors, and even the scenery. Put it all together in your head. Then draw what you see.

At first, you will notice gaps, not knowing fully how something looks like, like a the hands, or the face. When that happens, then you go back to your fundies, look at references, look at your own hands and build the visual you have in your mind. Then apply it.

It's a process that I don't really hear artists talk about too much, perhaps because they can do it intuitively, but it's definitely an important skill to start practicing.

Don't worry about your lacking visual library. It will have many gaps of course but it will slowly build up. If you focus on being a perfectionist, you will get stuck. Just accept that your work is not going to be perfect but the more work you produce the better they will get each time.

Neuroticism and anxiety is just that. It's just brain noise. There is no solving it. Think of a pond that's been disturbed. It's muddy cloudy from all the sediment that's been shaken up. You don't try to iron the water back into stillness do you? No. You just let the movement play itself out until it recedes and the pond is calm again. If it splashes once in a while, let it splash, that's what happens to ponds. So let the noise be what it is and just continue drawing. No sense in getting caught up in brain noise.

>>2994791
Pretty much what these anon said. You just need to build a better visual library with constant practice.

Also good taste in artists. Soejima is good shit (I still prefer Kaneko over him though)

There's always a worry that you're being overly influenced by someone but trying to be truly unique is an impossible goal.

Salvador Dali said it best “those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”

Just because it reminds you of something doesn't make it similar or derivative.

Only amateurs get triggered by these kind of comments.

>>2993170

They're just complimenting it, it doesn't mean anything negative.