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trying to shake the rust off
early, figures are placeholders for now

>>2320110
Brilliant stylization and abstraction going on

>>2320116
cool sarcasm, yo.

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Idk what I was doing with this one, but it seems ok to me. About an hour and 50 minutes

>>2320118
Looks really great. You could accentuate the face with more scars or beards in popping colors like magenta and dark lines glowing with volcanic glow, perhaps. Just a suggestion.

If maintaining some level of believable realism is your goal, it's time to switch to a finer brush and rework the details and give texture.

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fresh out da butt

>>2320295
hnnnng

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What do y'all tink?

>>2320358
really like this, good job. Though you should work on the forearms light continuity. Try to make it as smooth as the knee transition.

>>2320358
Cool.
Are you gonna let us know how the test went?

>>2320372
BAD

>>2320378
:(
did they say anything about it or just reject it

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>>2320378
Nuuu

>>2320027
faggot op

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Added a bunch more figures to this scene in various perspectives. I know the composition is bad and there are several different perspectives going on, but this was more of a test to see how well I could draw interacting figures in various perspectives. Tried to apply KJG's box method with all the angels on the right as well.

>>2320295
T H I C K
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this is Link

I am proud of this drawing
I think it turned out very nicely

>>2320295

source? i want to jack off to this

>>2320436
Your dick is Link.

>>2320366
I'm a little confused by what you mean? I get that the right upper arm isn't as nicely done as the other but what do you mean about the knee?

>>2320381
They give some pre written text that they copy and paste like "does not meet X criteria" etc.

I think the gist of what they didn't like was that the picture was not "brutal" enough (which I think is a fair assessment [I just wish they were more clear with what they mean when they say 'brutal' because in the original email they said they don't want to depict violence taking place]) I think I could have drawn them in slightly more action-y poses (which is what I intended from the start but things get messy along the way)

ALso I didn't copy the models they gave as a reference exactly. Which is annoying because I was shown a test they accepted and the characters in it were A. in what I thought were very boring poses. B. less rendered than what I did. And C. did NOT copy the references exactly either. Though you could argue the person kept the characters a little closer to the refs than I did but still jeez.

So I dunno. I'll re do it, in a few weeks you'll see it back here.

>>2320457
Good that you're gonna try again, keep us updated.

>>2320449
i painted it from imagination this time

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photo study

>>2320110
>>2320182
>>2320295
>>2320358
>>2320411
added
http://ic.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=all

>>2320457
>Games Workshop being shit at communicating
Why am I not surprised? I wonder if you'll manage to get to work for them before they kill all of their remaining game systems. They won't need new artists then.

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drawing/painting is bad because I didn't care to put time so it's stylized, focusing on learning this process: basecolor+ambient oclusion(multiply)+shadows(multiply)
anyone experienced with this way of rendering?

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>>2320560
I've tried it a few times for some characters like pic related (with some added light sources) and some things I realized you need to get down if you want to make it work well:
- Have precise linework unfortunately, so you can pinpoint what forms are where. Like in your image you're going to have to have good idea of what every single fold really looks like, how the forms mesh with each other.
- Have a really REALLY good sense of form, particularly value transitions as forms turn away from you. If you don't get your value transitions down nothing will look like what you want them to look like.
- AO is obviously the star player of this process, I tried to study some 3D models on how the values transition into each other, some basic things obviously things get darker when surfaces get closer to each other. Also as white transitions into grey it's super slow, whereas from grey to dark grey the acceleration is much faster. You know, save the darkest darks for the parts where light will never reach and such.

I'm still trying to make it work myself, but getting the AO down is really energy draining. You really have to think like a 3D modeler when you do this. Hope that made any sense.

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tfw u forget to resize

>>2320619
Next time try to keep your dick in your pants a bit longer and do a background that's not completely shit

>>2320492
>all those mikufag posts

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>tfw you notice the glaring flaws after you take a picture

Trying to construct better.

Will shade in as I just blocked off.

Any critique is welcome.

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Im sad and made this.

What do you think. I used a sharpie.

>>2320669
>>2320669
Pretty neat and imaginative. Just avoids being tumblr kitsch but I can't place my finger on as to why.

Did you do an undersketch with pencil or freehanded it all?

>>2320676

I made it freehanded. I started with myself, and drawed the eyes in difernt places, trying to place each character making a general "mental view" of the final result.

The octopus, robots and other monsters are things that I usualy draw. They are my "style".

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its pretty edgy and there are lots of mistakes but I like it

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>>2320027

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working on this i'm having sum troubles with the wings

>>2320668
Ol' Baby legs McGee and his mighty trident.

>>2320619
So, do you have a collection of erotic coloring books that you scan into photoshop to paint? Your like work is dead, son.

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I'm still shit but hey i'm young

>>2320878
Pretty fucking interesting if you ask me. Legit, I'm diggin' it. Seems like something that should be in the "Style" thread, but I like it regardless.

>>2320878
it reminds me to akira style if you ask me
pretty cool

>>2320878
>>2320884
Kinda reminds me of Misaaki Yuasa's style.

>>2320867
It's just the camera, anon. I've fucked up with placing his torso so it's a bit too high.

>>2320881
sorry, new to /ic/ haven't seen that thread. appreciate the feedback though

>>2320884
I've always had a thing for Akira's style, something about 80s anime inspires me to draw. thanks, man

>>2320885
thanks, man. recently dipping away from realism and looking for an attractive style that fits my interests, that's a pretty nice compliment considering how lazy i've been with art recently

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found time to work on this again

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This is the point where I gave up.

Fuck this shit and fuck construction.

>>2320963
I'm not sure if this will mean anything to you, but I've been practicing an exercise that has been helping me a TON with keeping things in proportion that are in perspective/foreshortened. Basically, try drawing a hand and a head. Draw the hand as if it was attached to the body by an invisible arm and torso. Once you have you're head and hand drawn, try to connect them. It doesn't matter where you placed your hand/head on the page. What matters is HOW you place them. For example: if I drew a bigger head and a smaller hand, I know that my hand is farther away from the camera. So now that my perspective is set, all I have to worry about is connecting the hand and head, with an arm and a torso that matches the perspective that is being implied. I hope that makes sense.

>>2320982
good advice, thanks

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Bnha rip-offs. Anything I can work on besides the obvious do my own drawing?
I tried brightening up the pic since my phone is crap.

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Oil painting I did a few weeks ago as a study for a final piece.

>>2320992
>you will never be this good

Why even live?

Also was he snorting coke or something? Why use white like that?

>>2321000
it's not a particularly high skill level

>>2321002
>Implying I said it was

And it is on the high end, not perfect, but there are a lot of things the person clearly grasps, once they hit colours it's going to be gg.

>>2320995
Gross lines. Add variety in you line weight. Don't be afraid to leave out lines, it can actually help the piece.

>>2321002

I'm still pretty young give me a chance

>>2320990
Get better pens. Will honestly improve your work: your work can be as good as your equipment if you know how to use it.
The torso for the one on the left is a bit long. Not sure if that's just because this art style is "unconventional" but don't get in the habit of doing that.
Practice hands more.
The collarbone area on the left, still, is also quite high.
Not gonna tell you to completely ditch the anime style, but try different things as well. Realism, faces, that sort of thing

>>2321006

>and it is on the high end

Bless your heart.

>>2321015
Pull your head out your ass for a moment to see where you are, anon.

It's on the high end, a few people could give the person proper critique, never mind about the fact 90% of the people here know jack shit about traditional work.

There's a great grasp of the forms of the head, and can clearly show it with values but not necessarily tones. You think that piece is average or something? Do you honestly think that?

On a sacle of 0-20, 20 being a master it's around the 11 to 13 mark, the person is doing well. It's on the high end.

Or do you just not like people giving compliments here?

>>2321015
Not that guy, but what is considered "High level" to you? Being able to paint the same thing from imagination? Give the man SOME fucking credit. He ain't perfect, but he's doing pretty damn good. I mean, he's probably putting in more work than you desu.

>>2321011
I'm not caring about line weight in this piece, because I'll remove lineart anyway

>>2321021

Even after all of that, you're still wrong.

>>2320486
That explains weird/wrong arm.

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>>2320820

>>2320963
you wouldn't make a very good architect

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just finished this old guy.

>>2321021
>Or do you just not like people giving compliments here?
You oughta know by now, anon. If everything you're saying weren't 100% the truth, he would've left a critique on the picture in question instead of getting salty at someone praising it. Don't argue with this idiot, the skill level in the picture is self evident. Just remember where you are and save yourself the trouble.

>>2321021
>On a sacle of 0-20, 20 being a master it's around the 11 to 13 mark
my fucking sides

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tried to polish this with an underlying drawing that was a bit messy but besides that. If we consider the rendering and lighting what could be improved on to get a considerably more realistic impression.

>>2321143
i feels like the hat is eating part of the head

>>2321158
I felt that too. I'll fix that.

>>2321060
its a logarithmic scale.

>>2321143

blue bouncelight from the car onto the man

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Finally done with this, I feel like my hand is going to come off.

>>2321183
from thumbnail it looks like a centipede going around girl's head.
aside from that, too many colors make it unreadable. it doesn't even make any sense. if you want to be creative like those artists who draw random shit, at least draw things that you can recognize.

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Critique please

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>>2321246
I think the sketch was cuter than the finished picture. How do I preserve the look of the sketch when coloring?

>>2321296
Yeah the sketch is nice but your rendered image is superflat, you need to work on your values bro

>>2321246
2 much saturated values
and probably is the shading that is not helping with the contrast
>>2321296
ye is cuter
also i think that the head is 2 big after the eyes
>>2321301
dude same

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looking for some serious study buddies, excerpt from my blog:

Looking for an art buddy, someone to do studies with me and share them throughout the week. Need to be near my skill level or working harder than I am to improve, I don’t mind if you’re not too serious but I’d like to have at least one thing to show at the end of the week, even if its light progress. Message me or like this and I’ll message you.

http://grantsru.tumblr.com/

or just reply with your preferred method of contact

>>2321339
Lux pulchra artists
on Facebook

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>>2320027
Does this look correct? I think the light would be behind the objects.
man, I"m having a lot of trouble with cones. Cones are kind of a hard object to find somehow...

>>2321352
You might be having trouble because your perspective grid is off. The right hand object you can get away with because the top got cut off but the hourglass is pretty messed up.

>>2321339
[email protected]

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what's the issue with the value structure/composition here? I'm guessing the shapes should be better organized to lead the viewer to the face and some areas have weird tones.

There may be other drawing-related problems and it would be very nice of you to point 'em out, but I'd really like to know more about how to improve the comp/values here. Thanks guys!

>>2321441
if you're going to have the light from the back i think the front should mainly be in shadow and then have backlighting. if you want to push the angel concept i would remove the lightsource from the back and keep the topdown lighting while really emphasising the angel aspects like the wings and the halo

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Nowhere near done, but I'm liking it so far

>>2321504
cute

>>2321504
keep us updated

>>2321479
Thank you! That makes a lot of sense actually! I'll try that.

>>2320295
That right arm seems a bit short. If you fixed it it would be wouldfap/10.

Other than that, I really like it.

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just some practice

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>>2321504
>>2321514
I'll try to keep this updated. There's gonna be alot going on by the end, and I'm still contemplating on whether or not to fully color each character

>>2321643
thdark?

>>2321649
My monitors contrast is terrible.

>>2321441
i think that the intermediate area between the hips and the torax is a lil small

>>2321352
did you ignore my post about ambient occlusion?

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>>2321604
Last update before I go to bed tonight. I'll finish it up tomorrow.

How do I make it feel as if she's falling? Should I push her left leg further up towards the viewer?

Does it fit the thumbnail?

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>>2321667
whoops forgot image

>>2321664

I love Mother so god-damned much.

>>2321246

You are pillow shading. Don't do that. Have a clear light source.

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was a happy little accident when doing random faces, but I might turn the batshit crazy "selfie" into an illustration now.

>>2321769
t-tumblr, anon?

>>2321769
YOUR ONE SICK FUCKER SKETCHING LIKE THIS, ONE YOULL GO BLIND SKETCHING WITH THAT WHITE LIGHT IN YOUR FACE. . . .TWO WELL THAT S NOT FOR ONLINE CONSUMPTION, GOOD WORK ANY HOW.....

>>2321769
pretty nice anon but why do you like girls with huge noses so much

>>2321043
Nice!

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Christmas present i made in charcoal

>>2321804
Pretty fucking good m8. Foreshortening on those front legs looks a little off though.

>>2321769
Mirin'

>>2321339
So you want someone more skilled than you so you could learn from them, is that right? What about that other person, wouldn't he want the same thing? Pretty selfish and ignorant of you.
If you don't want to hang out with anyone "less skilled" don't expect anyone else too.

>>2321804

Looks nice

>>2321837
awesome! blog?

>>2321826

I think you may have looked over "working harder than I am to improve." Someone who may not be where I am but is willing to get there. I don't even know where I asked for people more skilled than myself - I said near my skill level. Your comprehension skills need work.

>>2321837
the trimming on her robe is v nice m8

>>2321951
Then tell me, how are you going to gauge someone "working harder than you to improve"? If he's worse, wouldn't you assume that he doesn't work as hard as you.
I think my comprehension is fine, but you don't sound like a nice person to be art buddies with if you get so insultive.

>>2321839
http://mikejordana.deviantart.com/

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>>2321774
here you go: 4xiszero.tumblr.com

>>2321798
kek, I know I probably should grey the background a bit. Didn't really egt your second point though.

>>2321823
>>2321799
ty, I just have to do womenly proportions better when I start I guess, fixed it a little on the crazy one.

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c/c ?

>>2322056

By how much they produce, I wouldn't assume anything of you but most people have the ability to see progress if there is progress to see. I really have zero need to validate my methods to you, so I suggest you stop wasting your time.

>>2322276
Looks good. Good sketch. The left arm (on the right) is not connected properly with the rest of the body and pose. It needs to be either raised, or shortened in length to form a hand.

The belly needs to be shifted slightly to the left (on the right for the viewer), and to below.

The legs are also not properly connected to the rest of the body. The left leg (on the right for the viewer) needs to lose some fat by cutting into the right (on the left for the viewer). As of now the massive protrusion of the leg and buttocks is anatomically impossible.

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>>2321664
Now to do lineart, color, and shade.

>>2321381
wha... its a worksheet from CtrlPaint.com....
>>2321661
I just don't know what you're referring to. I tried looking it up but got something else.

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self portrait, not happy with it at all, I wanted it to be wonky because I have a wonky af face but it looks like its just a wonky painting, as opposed to a painting of someone with asymmetrical proportions. can't get it right,

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Trying to work on an easily digestible style. Been looking around for some advice and critique.

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>>2320027

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>>2322429
worked on it a little more, much much happier with it now but would still appreciate comments and feedback.

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Did this skateboard for a buddy of mine as like a christmas thing. His tree frogs name is Jones.

>>2322449
Now that's what I call a punchable face

>>2322462
feel free any time.

>>2320295

MAKE A NUN CUM MAKE HER CREMATE UH

>>2320358
Is that the Dead Fred novelty knife block

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>>2322449
gave myself a t-shirt so it at least looks a little less creepy now. but that's just about enough of my ugly mug for tonight, no more updates.

>>2322504
the value of the tshirt is darker than anywhere else in the image, its very distracting. Either lighten the tshirt or throw that dark value in the darkest areas of the face

>>2322508
thanks you're right, I'll play with it a bit tomorrow. I thought it looked cool but you're right about it being distracting/

>>2322504
you look like a dudebro chad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y53TACpfPY

>>2322520
I'm neither a dudebro nor a chad but I'd rather look like a chad than a pasty nerd, which is what I feel would more accurately describe me, so thanks I guess.

>>2322465
Have you lost your mind, anon? I'll tell you what I think. You've crossed the line.

>>2322455
sweet, nice job.
too bad he's going to rip it to shreds when he grinds on things. (if he does that sort of skating)

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Suggestions?

>>2322522
I dind't mean to offend, I think you're handsome and I'm also liking the painting so far, keep it up

>>2322534
No offense taken. Appreciate it.

>>2322533
general suggestion since I think you're too invested in this picture already; Try and figure your values out before you go in to any surface detail, because you've made it difficult to go and blend values at the point of detail you're at

>>2322533
Yeahhh now we're talking, I really like how this isn't so dark anymore
Keep it up!

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Any tips on improving this?

>>2322559
you should probably stop tracing, as to let your linework and perceptual skills improve alongside your rendering.

>>2322559
blog?

>>2322561
>>2322565
Honestly i was just shitposting my sisters shitty art.

>>2322574
Please don't bully your sister.

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Just fucking around. I guess it's draenei-ish or something.

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study

>>2321535
>>2321029
Yeah I realized later that I didn't construct/forshorten that arm well enough, it looks wayy too flat at the upper arm
>>2321837
pretty good man, i think some more structure in the fingers to contrast the soft face would be pretty sick

daily reminder to flip your canvas

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Do caricatures count?

I wanted to do something relatively quick and fun, and it took me a whole damn hour on Procreate.
Would still appreciate thoughts.

>>2321002
>>2321015
>>2321027
>>2321060

Post work.

>>2321339
Jus contact someone who you'd like to study with, asking people to get in contact with you sounds a little bit pretentious just saying

>>2322455
Does it say "penis" or "ponies"?

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I'm only dabbling in digital painting, but I feel like I'm getting better with every piece especially since I started drawfriending on /tg/ earlier this year.

This current WIP is the biggest thing I've ever done, and I have more planned. Progress is slow but I'm happy with it so far. Please, tell me what you think!

>>2322574
did you prank her bro?

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I originally wanted this to be really smutty, but I got too into it and wanted something painterly out of it.

>>2322863
>tumblrtale
gaaaaaay

>>2322873

Nah man, I just like furry characters.

Which may be even less gay than tumblr.

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Which Hercules design looks better for you guys?

My scanner makes the drawings awfully light, on paper the lead looks pretty dark
also i had to butcher the quality because the site doesnt allow 4mb images -.-

>>2322876
I don't see much difference, they're just wearing different clothes. Also for fixing the lightness, use Levels or Curves in PS.

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>>2322879
not sure what you mean there's not much difference

i tried to make the one on the left to be this hulky big meathead whose upper body is twice the size of his legs and on the right a bit more realistic approach

>>2322884
that ones kinda funny lol

>>2322876
DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEN

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From photo reference...

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Anyone who want to become my study buddy?
I draw almost every day, 1+ hours, i'm highly motivated, i just want a likeminded person around my skill level that i can dicuss art with, share insight and someone i can "compete" with.

If anyone is interested contact me by mail [email protected].
I would prefer to add people through facebook if that isn't a problem.

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>>2323022
My biggest struggle is rendering and pen control when doing digital art.

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Still drudging along with this & drawing some other stuff at the side.

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>>2322533
Isn't he a little short for a storm trooper?

>>2322504
You got a pretty mouth

>>2323022
I would, but idk if I'm around your level :c

>>2323022
I would like the same, Nudl. looking to become a concept artist, basically have all the time in the world to study/draw

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>>2323024
>>2323022
I'd like to be your art buddy, but just like >>2323043
said, I'm not sure if I'm at your level. It's mainly hard to tell, because it seems like you paint, while all I do is draw. Pic related is something I sketched last night. Pretty stylized, but I can do realistic stuff too.

>>2323103

blog anon, are you bitter about something?

>>2323043
Those legs don't look like they belong to that body...

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>>2323103
hoogz.tumblr

>>2323125
I goofed quite a bit.
It's been awhile since I've drawn consistently.
Excuses.
It's a bad study.

>>2322105
i like it!

Usually when I post in the beginner thread nobody replies so here goes.
It's my second go at painting straight in color, for better or worse. I usually just do shit in black and white and then try to paint over my greyscale, usually with disastrous consequences.
Does anyone have tips/suggestions? Color-wise in particular but any ways is fine. I wanted it to be dark, but is it too dark? I feel like I'm having a lot harder time to avoid making it muddy in color than it is in black and white, too.

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>>2323133

fuck

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>>2323133
Do more life studies, really.
A general advice i've found by studying is that nothing is rarely 100% black, even the darkest areas. Pure black in screens has a tendency to stick out like burn marks or atleast that's my experience with personal work. Unless you're starting from black to light instead of the "normal way" of going light to dark.

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>>2323153

Thanks for the tips. I've been trying to do studies as well, I just noticed I've been doing studies at the expense of other things quite a lot and wanted to test myself a tiny bit more, since my brain goes onto "copy" mode pretty easy and I sometimes don't learn much.

>>2323159

you won't fool me that easy bloganon.

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Someone I know recommended me to this site to help me improve on my drawing skills as an artist. My first ever post, guess the safe thing for what can I do in this picture to improve it?

>>2323172
Beginner thread for 3.25 months.
>>2322960
Beginner thread for 1.1 months
>>2322876
beginner thread for 1.5 months
>>2322567
Beginner thread forever
>>2322559
beginner thread 5 months
>>2321037
You win the redline lottery.
>>2320990
Beginner thread 5 months
>>2320436
Beginner thread 6 months

>>2323101
do you got a tumblr or something? I really like your line

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>>2323177
>>2321037

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did a watercolor. would love your feedback.

>>2323189
http://vitaminneko.tumblr.com/
I appreciate the compliment.

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Never rendered anything before, dunno if I can finish this

>>2323197
The anatomy is not right. Do it again.

>>2323222
cant we please stop asking them for blogs?

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I need some opinions on these! Does the left one look odd? Is it sticking out from the rest? What changes should I make for tomorrow (they're Christmas presents so I only have tomorrow to fix them). And help or thoughts appreciated

>>2323276
all extremely muddy and you should have read the sticky. Id feel bad giving out such pathetic gifts to be honest.

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any help is appreciated

>>2323177
The autism is leaking from your post.

>>2323285
I don't think the average person would be able to notice that the piece is lacking in quality in a major way.

I'd say >>2323276 is okay to go as it is.

>>2323300
Can you please not hurt my feelings? Also identify yourself :)

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>>2323190
t-thanks, i still have the pdf somewhere so ill try to reconstruct it.

>>2321656
looks nice. very wolfenstein: the new order

>>2323298
You should fix the perspective and on the boy.
Everything else is pretty good. I really like the motiv and the colors.

>>2323177
Everyone has to start somewhere pal, go bait another place.

>>2323192
The nest on this one looks very good.
I think the sky color is a bit dominating though and should've been a soft sky blue. A gradient would probably ease the viewer down along the picture. With white at the bottom where the atmosphere is thicker and sky blue at the top. Maybe add skies if you feel like it, but not neccessary i believe.

>>2323276
The paintings could use harder edges. They're nice paintings by the way. I like the middle one the best, there aren't enough happy pictures around.

>>2321658
>the intermediate area between the hips and the torax
you mean the waist?

>>2323385
yes everyone has to start somewhere, somewhere being, the beginner thread. If they post on beginner thread i will fucking redline them. Its better to have the serious people and the new people in different threads.

Legit not saying this out of hate, but we have a beginner thread for a reason.

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>>2321037

>>2321804
obviously drawn from photo. I can tell because the legs are completely messed up. You lack either in the anatomy or in the perspective department or in both

>>2323455
youre still putting the chin and nose as the same level. as the face rotates, the nose overpowers the length of the chin. as well as the spike of the mouth.

>>2323470
oh shit, i also overlooked the back/neck. fuck me

>>2323385
>The nest on this one looks very good.
>I think the sky color is a bit dominating though and should've been a soft sky blue. A gradient would probably ease the viewer down along the picture. With white at the bottom where the atmosphere is thicker and sky blue at the top. Maybe add skies if you feel like it, but not neccessary i believe.

thanks dude. i actually thought the sky was not strong enough in the beginning. watercolor is super tough to control, hence the smudges you see in the sky. the gradient idea is a good one.

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Please critique

>>2320878
wow, I like that shit, keep up the booty man

>>2320358
I hope that other guy is Saitama.

>>2323491
you must be fucking retarded.

>>2323043
Thank ya mam

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Finished this a week or two ago, finally got it back.

>>2323539
I really like this.

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More experimenting. I need to work on fundamentals for the next thing I do, as mentioned above regarding anatomy.

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>>2323558
>those hairy legs

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Please criticise the shit out of me ty

>>2323563

Learn to draw hair in forms and try to put some value on his face. Also you are symbol drawing, is this from a reference?

>>2323576

what is even going on with that neck dog

>>2323574
No I made it's a character design from my head

I'm not symbol drawing and yeah the hair is a mess

Thanks though!

>>2323559

Looks more like some texture they just stretched out. I honestly can't tell what it's supposed to be.

>>2323581
why was that submission even deleted? Literally cannot fathom. ( not my submission but im curious)

>>2323608

It was a portrait, head was going one way and the neck was going the other, super awkward. Hope he reuploads lol

>>2323621
oh i know, I saw it. Which is why i was wondering...

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>>2321769
so here's the accident illustration, yes, it's santa.

>>2323398
nice

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>>2322917
More studies.

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Another study

>>2323400
I really want to do a still life of food but that involves cooking something nice for myself
>>2323298
Nice color comp, compositionally you should do something about the two plant clumps, they're pretty much the same size it's a little awkward

>>2323626
supremely nice lines, my dude. fuckin amazing.
one thing that bugs me a little though is the slight tangent happening with the joker's chin and the phone. could just be me, though

>>2323713
k, im on it

>>2322917
>>2323683
About how long did you spend on each of these?

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Could not sleep so I did a study. What do you guyz think?

>>2323605

Yep it's this, just a remnant of when she was more creaturely, besides.... what's wrong with hairy legs shitlords

>>2323719
thx anon, and it's not only you, I see it now that you pointed it out, i'll definitely fix that.

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What do you guys think about this crap I just exerted

>>2323626
Damaged

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uuuuuuug I've been fucking about with this stupid pointy ship thing I think I'm finally getting it to look the way I want. It's all quite dark I haven't been focussing on lighting it just yet. Also i have no idea what I'm doing...

>>2321667
>>2321668
Is that baiken?

>>2323398
We have the exact same lamp.

>>2323794
I had that lamp too. It was a piece of shit and burnt me too many times to count

>>2322863

Nice color palette.

>>2321339
>>2321426
Go to this address in your browser if you wanna join a skype group. I do studies regularly and we can sync them up if you'd like. Also if you have progress I'd be glad to help you with improving.

skype:?chat&blob=tPmBaCz5GXlof7ib67fXMdKG1itz5JwzJVB4-mK2pi4BSt8EaZfaqDOppzLBoVAtxbUAMaTmjw

>>2322433
The white shit in her hair and neck distracts and breaks up the stylization

>>2323022
see
>>2323803

the group could use some new people, who study regularly and post progress

>>2323789

Is this photobashed?

>>2323806
nope

>>2323730
I'm not sure (bit chaotic nowadays). I guess 30-60 mins/each.

>>2323558
>>2323559
>those hairy ears

anon, these textures don't read well at all

>>2323745
sense of scale feels off

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watercolor sketchbook pages

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>>2323789
The red rubberwoman looks slick i love it. The arms and hands look amazing by the way.

>>2323101
Dude i love your squiggly lines. I think your lineart is way above my level. We might be doing too different stuff, so it's kind of hard to chat about.

>>2323805
I will look into the skype group thingy.

>>2323400
Oh i love how you managed to block the colors so well. You make it look so easy. The picture looks fairly realistic once you step back.

>>2323539
I feel like this is a little hard to CC when the picture is so dark. Did you scan it properly?

>>2323563
Don't chicken scratch.

>>2323683
These are nice, very clean studies.

>>2323713
How do you manage the hair so well? teach me senpai!

>>2323854
These are very expressive. I don't feel like there's much to cc, but i think some warm tones could spice up the blues.

>>2323854
nice! what watercolors do you use?

>>2323854
Now this are Great

>>2323859
Thanks for the input!

>>2323861
Thank you! I use a russian brand called White Nights. The name is strange but I recommend it.

>>2323863
Thank you very much!

>>2323859

it's a picture, piece is 18"x24". I'll try to take a better pic in the future, but I probably won't upload again

>>2323683
Now i kind of want to draw a nazi cavalry riding into battle

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any help/comment appreciated

>>2323859
Hey, thanks for the compliment. Your painting ability seems top notch yourself, man.

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trying to acheive a more painterly look. any advice?

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>>2324069
Try this.

>>2322741
Beautiful, but... does her boobs really behave like that in the reference??

>>2323854
These are really great!

>>2323854
Can you briefly explain how you make them?

>>2324072
wat

>>2324102
probably wrong pic

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>>2324072

>>2322533
Oh I saw you on FJ noice work

>>2322391
lookin good so far

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Trying something different for me, not even sure if the hard outline on the image works,
Trying to do the whole soft edge and hard edge mainly.

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finally i can keep working in this value study

>>2323539
Are you that guy that makes the crowd ace comics?

>>2323787
consider the sticky.

>>2323713
>>2323859
Hair's really just about seeing the big groups and splitting them into smaller groups, while maintaining the hair gesture.
Even in my study it's still a little compositionally spotty; I have the hair rhythms down but the parts where I decide to push the hair shadows and pull the hair highlights are really messy.

>>2324142

yup

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So this is my second digital painting ever and the first study I made from another digital artist (I'll post the original next)
Beside stuff like anatomy or proportions what should I focus on? I'm still pretty new to digital media and I really had to twist my head trying to emulate some effects but i feel like I'm thinking too much about it and missing simple solutions.
BTW I'm using SAI

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>>2324428
This is the original.

>>2324429
even the reference is shit lol

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Last day of photo studies.

>>2323859
Thanks :)

>>2323993
Sounds challenging yet fun. Give in to your urges, anon.

>>2324463
These are really good

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>>2324466
Thank you! I'm stuck on a plateau though.

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What could be improved?

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>>2324497

>>2324480
I think plateaus are a part of the learning process. You do a lot of stuff on the same level and your subconscious is slowly churning away until one day it all pays off at once and you jump up in skill.

You have a blog btw?

>>2324501
ty bro, got it a lil better o/

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Hnnnnnnng still getting there

>>2324504
That's exactly how it happens.

>>2324532
Are you using the lasso tool to keep the edges of that ship fin (?) so crisp? Looking great so far though. Stage left breast looks awkward but that's probably something you already know/

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Ive been bored

>>2323854
damn that is fucking nice as hell. you are killing it with water color.

>>2324428
don't try to replicate the original, the original ins't worth replicating.

>>2324554
I use the lock layer button and clipping masks to keep things razor sharp.

I actually thought her boobs looked ok. What do you think I should do? I'm going back and forth on whether I should add reflections to the rest of her body and her boobs were proving challenging so I just left them

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>>2320027

>>2323803
sorry,how are you supposed to use the link?it doesnt work for me

>>2324087
Thank you very much!

>>2324097
I never follow a same set of rules, I have a pretty different workflow depending on what I'm going to do. But, I almost always start with a light pencil sketch, and then I proceed to isolate the darkest tones/highlights and apply big color areas. Everything that comes after depends on what I want to conceive at that moment. Sometimes it can end in that very moment I finish that process, sometimes I keep adding layers on what I feel is lacking. I almost never have a definite idea of what I want from the start, so I let the unpredictableness (is that a word?) of watercolor guide me through it. Hope I helped!

>>2324564
Thank you, that's nice of you!

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>>2320027

>>2323480

CHAV/10

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>>2320411
I tried this myself and it works really well if you can wrap your head around it

>>2324851
Muh nigga. Glad you gave it a shot. Did you notice that it made complicated poses WAY fucking easier? When I started using it, I started thinking of poses I would have NEVER thought of. It's also cool, because you can just slip figures (or anything) where ever you want in the scene. idk, It feels like it made drawing easier for me.

>>2324851
>>2324856
Also, idk if this happened to you, but I got this natural understanding of how to rotate shit in my head once I understood how the box worked.

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Spent 5 hours on this. Don't feel like I've learned a single thing.

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Decided to train some anatomy as It's important asf, what do you guys think? Any tips?

>>2324928
>Don't feel like I've learned a single thing.
Shame, it looks nice. You probably did learn something though.

>>2325004
Next time instead of copying, try visualizing it from a different angle or taking an element of what you see but use it for something else, ie: try to use the same lighting and color but on a totally different object like a head or something. Basically what this does is it forces you to actually think about what you're seeing and why it looks the way it is so that you can then adapt it to your imagination.

Does that make sense?

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Still basically have no idea what I'm doing. Lots of things to fix but what I'm fiddling with now is that i want it to look like there huge vents of air shooting straight up out of the structure, almost enough to hold her up but I'm not too sure how to go about that.

Any ideas? I just threw the wind and snow together in a few minutes

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bit smaller

>>2325058
Why did you link that to my post??

New thread ?

>>2325083
Oh woopsie.

>>2325058
banana guy here

yes, that does make sense! Thanks a lot, mate.

>>2325064
Maybe it's just me, but the right leg position could be better. As is it strikes me as kind of awkward. Someone would usually fold his leg so that the knee points forward instead of upwards. It's just more natural.
If you don't want to align the knees you could just aim the right one diagonally.