Archived threads in /ic/ - Artwork/Critique - 365. page

What staggers you so much?
Just a lot of layers, templates for the sharp edges, airbrush and lotta time.

>>2927893
and skill. dont forget skill

>>2927893

What do you mean by templates? Selections?

You might need to buy a matte screen protector for some texture and might need to get used to a new drawing program and lack of desktop features depending.

opinions, etc. etc.

pros:

- makes me more productive (no sitting at the same table you do retarded shit at like play videogames, watch porn, etc. different mindset)

- comfy as fuck, can use it anywhere

- feels like a sketchbook, you're thinking about drawing as soon as you pick it up, more """fun""" to draw on

cons:

- windows is absolute shit on a tablet, ui works like shit on art programs (csp is the most optimized for tablet use hands down, but still), have to use virtual hotkeys to get any sort of workflow, which kills the already critical real estate

- wacom emr is kinda shitty, jitters everywhere, horrible at edges or near magnets (such as those in the built in speakers)

- n-trig, while having much better edge performance, still has jitters and takes a stupid amount of pressure to activate (you have to press relatively hard to get any reading whatsoever, can't be fixed through pressure settings), terrible if you are light handed

- most "good" tablets have shit batteries, and are basically shitty outside of drawing, which is a pretty big minus considering the cost

- have to choose between being optimal for actual drawing and outside use (12 inches is great when seated in your house, but it's huge for when you need to carry it or use it in public)

- some get hot as fuck


General tips:
Surface pro 4 is kinda heavy/unbalanced to hold.
Surface book is much nicer, but it is also useless shit, because 75% of the battery is in the keyboard.
Ipad Pro felt great for drawing, screen is great, battery is good, it's light, procreate seems pretty good, but I don't know how viable ios is for general file management and such. I'm waiting for Ipad Pro 2.

I'd tell you to go to a store and try them out, but only Ipad pro has any sort of art software installed to demo, and even that is a 2 year old demo version of procreate + adobe sketch.
Surface pro/book has some microsoft garbage on it, but it won't tell you much.
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>>2927166
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Ipad pro has the best digitizer tech hands down, as ridiculous as it sounds.

EMR and ntrig will have jitters on slower strokes, and above mentioned sensitivity issues (which you may not mind, depends).
The pencil is the most responsive to light pressure, and the tilt sensitivity is neat for sketching, but idk how much you'd use it in real work. I've read on /ic/ that it doesn't register the direction the pencil is facing, but that is bullshit, it works like conte. It also doesn't have changeable nibs afaik, and I'm not sure how fast it wears, so it might be more expensive than you'd like in the long run.

CSP is STRONGLY recommended if you're on windows, not only because it seems ot have been designed with touchscreen use in mind, but the stabilizer is very useful for said jitters as well.

I like the procreate interface, it was designed for the device, and it feels natural once you're used to it. It also needs no virtual hotkeys.

Like I said, I'm not fan of windows on tablets. They had a promising thing going with 8, but at some point all the software devs gave up on it, and switched back to desktop only.
It's workable, but annoying.

I'm looking at the ipad pro, but a new one is due soon™, so I'll wait for that.
Cons are that is expensive, has no sdcard slots and may or may not be critically bad for file management.

If you want to give at go and not commit, you can try asomething like an asus vivotab note 8 (you need the bamboo stylus additionally, the default is too weak) or toshiba dynapad (if you can find one) or something, see how you like the environment.

somebody, anybody?

It's definitely an Andrew Loomis piece, I'd recognize his unique style anywhere.

>>2930038
You kidding me? Only Vilppu has brushstrokes like that.

for every 10 people that asks if you'd be willing to sell something MAYBE only 1 will actually go through with buying it

>>2929726
They sell better offline at conventions

go to /beg/ phaggot

>>2929937
Anything that isn't going for and achieving absolute realism uses symbols in some capacity, especially stylized work.

That said, some symbols are three-dimensional and more refined than others. What this board calls "symbol drawing" is those awful beginner symbols that come from not knowing how to observe, not something like this necessarily.

>>2929937
manga is symbol drawing, i dont understand the question.

>>2929966

everything is symbol drawing, /ic/ has skewed the word beyond any meaning.

god that was cringy

FUCKING CHRIST

YOU DID IT AGAIN?

*closes the door and locks it*

WHAT DID I TELL YOU, NEWFAG? WHAT THE *FUCK* DID I TELL YOU LAST TIME?

*undos belt*
*grabs you from behind*

STOP MAKING YOUR OWN FUCKING THREADS!

*throws you on the couch*
*starts beating you with the belt*
*smack*
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STOP *smack* MAKING *smack* YOUR *smack* OWN *smack* THREADS!!

READ THE FUCKING STICKY! *smack*

POST IN THREADS THAT ALREADY EXIST!!! *smack*

*you're bleeding and crying now*
*smack*
*smack*

GET *smack* IT THROUGH *smack* YOUR SKULL!! *smack*

YOU'RE WHY MOMMY LEFT, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!! *smack*

STOP MAKING ME DO THIS!! *smack*

*smack*
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FUCK!!

*throws you to the ground*
*you lay in a heap sobbing*
*reties belt*

I HAD BETTER NOT SEE ANOTHER *FUCKING* THREAD FROM YOU AGAIN. YOU POST IN THAT GODDAMNED /BEG/ THREAD WITH YOUR RETARD FRIENDS AND YOU DON'T COME OUT AGAIN!! YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!!!

*unlocks door*
*leaves you to find the loomis books*

Read the sticky
Don't chicken scratch
Don't draw on lined paper

>>2927773
Cliche.

cliche how?

>>2927773
really unique designs and really fuckin good, also his book expedition is fun to read

>>2926614
I had the Cintiq Companion for a year now. Have to admit I never use the companion part. I tried but ... it just feel awkward and there was a lot of lag. I just didn't like the drawing programs on Android - maybe there are better programs now, but my Wacom is on my table all day and hooked up to my PC and Photoshop.

But for that it works just fine. Far better to draw with it than my old "normale" monitorless wacom tablet (which name I forgot, sorry).

>>2926636
the companion 2 is suppose to be a keyboardless laptop that can run software like photoshop or zbrush just to draw, sounds too good to be true, or mayb im being skeptical

I've had monitorless tablets but I hated working on those. Invested in a cintiq24 and companion 2 and I can say it was worth it to me. The companion basically replaced my laptop, it's my only pc in the house now.

>>2926356
You don't submit, they contact you.

>>2926358
You can submit as well, for things like the fxpose.

I feel like a massive loser because... while I have written articles, tutorials, and been featured multiple times... I never got to do a cover when so so so many of my friends have. Worse, they list me as one of their influences, which just seems like some kind of poetic irony.

>>2926363

If you already have contacted those people multiple times, why not ask them if you can do cover art for them? I mean, shit, what's the problem?

Dear mods

It's time to start

>>2922975
I'm a badge whore.

>>2922989
What do those badges even do?

>>2929691
I wouldn't consider it drawing, but you can be an artist just by colouring, yes. There's artists who spend their career colouring comics that were drawn by other people. It's a legitimate job. Just doing colouring books though as a hobbyist is not really the same level though.

>>2929211
Sounds like a shitty excuse to procrastinate to me.

>>2929211
If someone says their work is 100% original than they either forgot or they're lying.

>>2929211
That is HOW creativity works. There is no such thing as a 100% original thought. It is all a
conglomeration of past experiences. All great artists are highly influenced by others.