Progression thread

>>2547362
This old work/new work meme is shit. It just leads to cherrypicking images and misrepresenting timelines. Besides, anybody who is good was once shit, so you know that they made a progression. There's literally no point in making one of those progression images except to stroke your own cock and hope others lap it up.

>>2547419
haha your work sucks, you missed the beard on my neck

>>2547375

I like seeing other people's progression, are you butthurt that nobody replied to yours last time or something?

I don't know about others, but I keep a folder of my favorites every month then if I do a progression image I tend to include those. I don't pick the worst of my old ones and the best of my new ones, I pick the best of both. Even if they did cherrypick their worst earlier works and their best new ones, it's still interesting to see the progression.

tl;dr stop being so butthurt.

>>2547447
>are you butthurt that nobody replied to yours last time or something?
I've never posted one on /ic/, and the last time I made one was like 2010. I got lots of asspats and realized it was dumb.

>>2547419
I find this disturbingly accurate.

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hi I haven't done this before but I couldn't figure out life since dad died and I just wanted to show them to someone. im homeless tomorrow and im afraid of starving

>>2547498
those aren't the feels I wanted when I created this thread.
Sorry for your loss, anon.

>>2547498
Get a fucking job, man.

>>2547498
a-anon.. :(

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>>2547362
>Started drawing more around Summer 2013
>Studied gestures early 2014
>Began to actually study anatomy fall 2015

>>2547783
did you dod the salvia comic strip?

Do they have to be the same drawing?

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I was rlly shitty and only drew anime a few years ago.

>>2547801
nope

>>2547816
Your 2012 is cute. That said, keep grinding-you're doing great!

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I could have added more newer stuff but fuck it, it's large enough. Any critiques are welcome.

>>2547816
I hope you're ashamed of yourself.
Have you grown out of your weeb phase?

>>2547928
>progresses with art
>progresses with not being a weeaboo

Good job, anon. How does horsemeat compare to beef or venison?

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progressionnn

>>2547953
Lol ya i grew out of it by 2013. And it wasnt that bad i mean it got me interested in drawing.

>>2547957
>I battled mental sickness this year
>MLP
Mental sickness indeed

>>2547955
>How does horsemeat compare to beef or venison?
..I don't get it

>>2547957
holy crap, this is fucking sick. I know it's unrelated, but what the name of your game, if you don't mind me asking?

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these threads happen too frequently, or I havent been making much progress recently...

Didn't draw anything in feb or may this year. I'm at a 60% duty cycle

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I started drawing in 2013 but i couldn't find any of my old work then so yeah had to use my late last year stuff.

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Only real difference is I threw away my pencils and developed drawing anxiety

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>>2548297
i like that girl in the shark suit.

>>2547419
>he doesn't become fit and lift rocks to then sculpt them into masterpieces

>>2548069
I like the cowboy pic.

>>2547957
this is very inspiring, anon. Best of luck with your projects!

>>2547998
hey, that's nice. I love how little difference there is between 2013/14 and huge bump between 2014/2015 and rapid progression with every passing year. I suppose you have to grind your way through a plateau at some point.

>>2548335
I really ncie how you started playing with shadows and half tones

>>2547498
You can always learn to steal without getting caught, it's not hard at all, so that solves your temporary lack of food problem. if you're homeless with nothing to do, you can apply at jobs. Libraries are open from like 7am to 9-10pm, and they have air conditioning and usually a water fountain. Stick around there. Hope it turns out well for you also.

>>2548297
>that slutty angel boi

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Hopefully I get less slackery when I start artsy-fartsy school in the fall.

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>>2548431
Your rendering is competent, but you don't seem to improve to much in anatomy and their positions are kind of stiff with no foreshortening or anything.
What book did you study?

>>2548437
none really :v

>>2548335
That dragon oddly made my day. Anyway, did you work with a canvas bigger than 4000 x 4000 pixels?

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>>2548438
>none really :v
Oh shit nigger what are you doing, you are 21 now, get your shit together. read the sticky.

>>2547498
theres a ton of leddit threads on how to prepare for homolessness. Good luck.

If you need a quick job try a dishwashing job. Just go from restaurant to restaurant and make your plea.

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>>2547498
ok im leaving ty for advice I tried but cant find help or information I think I waasnt taught how life works someone pray for my dog if I survive ill try coming back

>>2547985
Game is called BladeBallet

>>2547957
>worked at Insomniac
How was it? I've always heard great things about working there.

>>2548550
i like the direction you're going, the last piece reminds me of jake wyatt. do you have a blog?

>>2548431
Your first and last years are the best.

>>2548735
thanks, i think i have seen stuff of jakes reblogged on tumblr.

my tumblr is http://naked-oats.tumblr.com/

>>2548715
Well the studio lives up to its reputation - absolutely. I worked at Insomniac NC, where we made Ratchet & Clank games. The talent there was very senior and inspiring to hang around. Really smart and witty people - and that makes the studio awesome, aside from the fact that they take care of you pretty well if anything happens.

My personal experience there was kind of fucked over by the onset of schizophrenia though so the details of my story there was one of survival and coping with a shit load of bricks life handed to me. Wish that didn't have to happen.

>>2548442
Usually work at 4-6k~ wide, I would work larger but my computer can't handle it lol

>>2551088
At times I believe that Freud was right about polymorphous perversity, no skin off of your back though, anon.
You are not on this world to show others what they like, but instead to show others what you like and how you feel.
More power to you.

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>>2547419
lmao

>>2551103
dude, what the hell

>>2551103
I remember your man with the shotgun; how time flies. Your new abstract stuff is really cool.

>>2547957

I remember you from CA back in the days, when you posted that green-roof house for critique and I posted a sketch and critique in reply.

>>2547957
wow, you're a huge inspiration!
good luck with your project

>>2551103
that's a lot of impovement right there! anon, how many hours a day did you do? care to give some advice?

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i draw when i have time
and when i do
i'm too lazy to draw
>>2547419
this is true but you need to add more tears

>>2551190
pretty good anon, forms feel a lot better, especially them tig ol bitties. Blog?

Looks like you still avoid legs and hands a bit though, when you can draw them well.

>>2551103

Cherrypicked bullshit.

>>2551291
so little progress youre not willing to put in a timeline?

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>>2551651

>>2551651
>post your progression

>>2547498

Oh man, dont you guys get any money from the state to prevent homelesness? If not, get a cheap gym membership so you can get free drinks and a shower.

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Fuck my life

being in an on off relationshit with drawing most days doing just a shitty attempt if anything its probably less than a month. recently i have been drawing more than just a shitty drawing. you could say i have been drawing several slighly less shitty drawings because the shittyness of the one drawing got spread over the bunch of other drawings

>>2547957
I remember you from /3/

>>2551825
i can make one tonight if I dont forget.

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>>2551651

Funny how if anyone would say this to you, you'd be sperging out with post your work.

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>>2552825
>if I don't forget

>pretending shitposting on /ic/ isn't the one highlight of your miserable existence

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I'm ok with it

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When is it ok to give up?

>>2553079
Get help for your depression.

>>2553083
seconded

>>2553079
never give up. never surrender
in which country do you live now? why did you move?

>>2553083
If by help you mean pills, I did but they don't cure it and I can't afford therapy.

>>2553108
Austria. Spouse got a job here, so at least I'm not homeless

Thanks for your support guys

>>2553079
Quit making such generic garbage.

>>2553144
Keep going anon <3

>>2553144
I have drepession and anxiety... married 5 years ago and still take jobs I don´t like at all...
but never give up about my art skills...
some friend (a really nice chick) is psychologist and told me 6 years ago:
¨Some mental diseases like depression don´t go away in years... so, you need to learn to accept the way them working... and change your mind to transform the bad about them to potential, if you feels really bad, draw it, if you feel locked, paint it, if you want to die, draw more and more, change the way your mind work, without pills, because you have the solution of your own problems, learn to listen your body, soul and mind¨

>>2553079
how the hell that you still don't have a job? are you even actively seeking out for one or at least trying to promote yourself online?

>>2547362
How do you guys force yourself to draw when there is not much motivation?

>>2553193
Power through it fueled by the anger that you are not the best.

>>2553192
Thanks and yes, I promote my stuff and apply to jobs regularly, haven't in a while though because I can't move yet and there are no art jobs here. Freelance is hard to get in without prior studio experience and connections + a great portfolio.

>>2553182
I have depression and anxiety, married recently and take jobs I don't like because I can't get any others. I'll probably never stop doing art, but I'm pretty hopeless about it becoming a career, even if I improve in the next few years.
Thanks for the tips, I tend to agree with it, sometimes there's no way of curing it because it's so deeply ingrained in your personality, so you just have to learn to work with it.

>>2553154
I'll try <3

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>>2553229

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>>2553262

>>2553385
>>2553388
>>2553390
I'm going to assume you haven't read the sticky, or any book for that matter. Don't draw samebody, stop drawing from imagination, or you'll become shadman.

>>2553390
>kiddie porn
Kill yourself

>>2553398
Everyone on /ic/ now wants to become shadman, he's considered the new king, haven't you heard? He's got mad skills

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don't really go on /ic/ anymore, do redraws count?

>>2553079
ha lustig, bin auch in österreich. sproing sucht immer wieder künstler, keine besonders aufregende firma, aber man lernt sich was dazu.
bist du die person aus graz?

>>2553408
ohh, I like the idea. And I think you're happy with the progress you made.

>>2553398
i didn't know shadman

but the only reason i started drawing is to make my perfect loli

not aiming for professional
not aiming for commission

i draw for myself and struggle only to make my loli and loli situations


Tho maybe for my growth and self accomplishment it could be useful

thanks!

>>2552161
i dont know how you did it but

your early works are better than your later works

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>>2553586
That is self-destructive thinking. You won't achieve the perfect loli with that. I know how does that feel anon, I wanted to learn quick sketching so I could animate my stuff, but you can't just skip the basics anon (or well, you can, but you will become a dobson or shadman), you can't just try to run without know how to walk. You wont achieve what you want that way. I can see several mistakes on those drawings, and I bet you too.

You can do it anon, but not if you half-ass stuff.

Hopefully we see some dodson, betty edward or loomis in that chart next month.

>>2553687
>Hopefully we see some dodson, betty edward or loomis in that chart next month
Don't listen to these memers. They're trying to corrupt you. Keep drawing loli and perfect them. I'll be waiting for you!

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>>2553691
You can't.
Trying to perfect and rendering something based on broken anatomy is just polishing a turd.

I'm serious anon, don't just ignore this advise, I know that tips and lectures usually are usually something people ignore after 5 minutes, but this is relevant to your interests Anon. Is not something you should ignore, or that you even can if you really want to create something that isn't crap. Please anon.

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>>2552849
me from the moderate past.

>>2553447
My german isn't bad, but it's not great either and I'm tired, so I don't want to make stupid typos.
Yes, I'm from Graz, are you from Vienna? Do you have a blog?

Should I just cold mail Sproing for freelance work, do you think that would work?

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>>2553734
the rest is basically on my tumblr. Dont ask for figures from 2014-beginning 2015, they dont exist.

>>2553742
ugh your paintings hurt to look at nose bro. learn to paint, then you can shit talk here again. just being good at drawing stylized faces with simple lines isn't enough.

>>2553747
am aware. I just need to learn to render and itll all be fine. I just didnt have access to color for long enough that I let myself get handicapped. My rendering skills should be up at .9c_firez by 6 months by my projections.

>>2553754
> I just need to learn to render and itll all be fine
see >>2553706

>>2553229
I like your use of colors anon. That Pepe is really cute, too.

>>2553754
>I just need to learn to render and itll all be fine
There's a lot more wrong with your painting skills than just rendering.

>>2553766
to me, everything color is rendering.

>>2553771
I can't tell if you are delusional or Australian.

>>2553774
Canadian, im on the opposite edge of the shitpost.

>>2553742
I need to stop looking at your work.
I can't risk having your hideous portraits contaminating my visual library.

>>2553827
wow you must be pretty good. Post work?

>>2553742
You better post an updated version of this so my mind doesn't forever remember this.

>>2553784
Your shitposting is giving us polite Canadians a bad rep. You even spelled "colour" without the "u". You better be sorry.

>>2553834
Im from Quebec, I'm pretty sure we get to be asses and blame some ancestral feud. Perhaps even threaten to leave and make my own board.

>>2553827
I think he should just blend it. The anatomy of the face is eh, but muh style is justifyable imo

>>2553829
Fuck off

>>2553840
>muh style is justifiable
>all art is of equal quality just different style bro!

>>2553839
>Im from Quebec
Literally the worst of the worst.

>>2553848
am fully aware. At least im not part of the oil and natural resource handicapped provinces.
>>2553840
>your work is shit, it'll make me worse
>genuine interest in work
>fuck off

>>2553847
>muh style is justifiable
yea, i mean, he shouldnt say those words, but he could get away with it

comparing his head with hamptons, nose bro kinda has it, I guess the facial features are off centered.But the keystone is there, so thats good.

btw, thanks for the name

>>2553855
I also have a hobby of shitposting, so, mb

Also that ear is off, cant get away with that tbqh

>>2553865
Someday Ill get a trip :(

>>2551103
>2016

Could we just ban nosebro forever? That would instantly make this board 100% percent better.

>>2553739
oh last time I checked their site they were looking for a lots of artists. I guess it's always ok to just send them your stuff.
otherwise check out their site every now and then.
yeah I from vienna and you're already following my blog. it's slothyslothson

>>2554578
I disagree!

>>2553144
if you drink or do drugs, you have no right to evaluate your mental health state imo.

your stuff is good though, the one with the bridge and the dude gave me the instant feeling of being outside after snow has fallen. something about the light and all. good job.

>>2553217
>deeply ingrained in your personality.

that there might be a learned pattern of thought. A habitual depression. You deny yourself full access to life for some reason, guilt, indignation, whatever... Stop the pattern gradually by making the effort to be open to life, as it is, and not letting your past and your opinions get in your way.

>>2554638
agree, it might sound weird, but depression is pretty comfy once you get used to it. It's like wearing noise-cancelling headphones at all times. Not saying that's the way to be, but I understand why people get used to it.

>>2554605
oh I love your stuff, slothy! I'll check them out and send them my portfolio in a while.

>>2554629
I don't do either. And thanks!

>>2554638
There are deeper reasons for this which I cannot change and it has nothing to do with the past. And I get you, but the whole point of depression is that it makes you unable to see positives in your life. "Life as it is" is just plain boring and I don't have any interest in it, nothing really excites me or makes me happy in the long term.

>>2553742
This is recent? Good golly. Your symbols have gotten worse.

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updated.

>>2554710
You're that finnish hottie, aren't you? I really enjoy some of your stuff, but your latest paintings are kinda meh, are you just getting used to the medium? You're a much better draftsman

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>>2554715
Thanks, just finnish tho. Getting used indeed, managed to study techniques and medium itself for few weeks now. Not really surprised by your reaction, I'm bit lost with it.

I'm heavily influenced by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, but still trying to find the balance and right topics. On the same time meh'ness itself is okay, because I'm looking for that 100 years of independent melancholia, mixed with modern influences.

Pic related, work of his.

>>2551190
the fully colored square, I assume it's a study, do you happen to still know the source?

>>2554710
How much did that abstract commission earn you?

>>2551418
i'm sorry i dont want to post a blog here

>>2554749
I'ts a cropped square from my picture

>>2554843
>I'ts a cropped square from my picture
mind posting the full pic?

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I decided to redo an old drawing from 2011, since I liked the idea a lot.

>>2547419
premium keks

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>>2553229
Really nice colors but work on your values and drawing a bit. Not that it's bad, it's just not as good as your color.

>>2553079

You made a huge jump the last 2 years, dont give up. Your new stuff looks really nice.

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20 months, from the first digital one to the last "decent" unreleased one.

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>>2552161
I like vikings too

I slack a lot, need to work on values

>>2553079
You'd be crazy to stop now.

>>2554908
date for top right is a few days ago

>>2553079
The sunny scene with the tree house makes me extremely comfy where can I see full picture?

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i cant do a nice tidy or full one because my computers in shipping (i recently moved) so i had to rip a few off my tumblr.
im so sorry.

none of these were studies, they were all ref free, some actually to measure my progress.

>>2554851
nice touch with the gif!

>>2554965
>tumblr nose.

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Not a ton of improvement. 2008 - 2016 Granted I stopped drawing almost completely at the end of 2011 I didn't start really drawing again until 2015. Also I'm a filthy casual when it comes to drawing.

>>2554965
>penis hands

>>2554805
It was six square meters of painting, quite decently.

>>2555094
Please be a little more vague.

>>2555025
the gun somehow got much worse

>>2555025
The neck no longer looks broken, the hand no longer looks seriously deformed. The folds in the clothes look better.

>>2554860
Thanks, anon. I'll start focusing on grayscale & sketching more.

>>2554851
lights at intersections don't blink.

>>2554860
Thanks, anon, you've made a huge jump in the last 2 years as well. Really like the 2016 painting.

>>2554920
That was the idea! I've tried to make more comfy anime-ish stuff, but for some reason I can't do it anymore. It's a lot uglier in high res, but here it is: https://cdn3.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/762/895/large/meggy-vodusek-spirited-awayfullres.jpg?1465417579

>>2554917
It's hard not making any progress career-wise and not being able to have a normal job either.
Thank you all for the kind words though, I expected a lot of "kill yourself"-s

>>2555145
The gun wasn't actually functional before. It's still not really but I tried to make it closer to how real parts in a gun work.

>>2555155
Thanks anon! It's good to know I've improved some even if I've been a lazy ass. Since I have summer off it's time to start up practicing again.

>>2555172
small town i used to live in has regular stop lights on the main street that convert after about 11 or so to constantly be blinking yellow if you're on main and red if you're coming from a road that intersects main

>>2555184
>uglier in full res
Nah I still like it a lot, if I had walls with space on them, I would hang it.

>>2555172
This is bait, right?

Meant >>2555150

>>2553079
Been following your blog for a while, you've really improved. Your most recent pieces are especially good. Keep going and keep applying for work. You'll get there.

>>2555240
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9qcYZZqpZE

no anon. its the truth.

>>2555306
>>2555172

Back to driver's education with you both.

>>2555320
literally a video proving you wrong.>>2555306

>>2555306
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pA1GjVoGDY

>>2554851
I dig it. Nicely done.

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>>2547362
I did kinda okay, I think.

>>2555922
>kinda okay
There's an obvious understanding of light, color, and composition in the newer piece. So I would say that it's much more than okay, anon.

>>2555922
Blog please

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first time posting my progress...
there are actually more works and a lot of sketchbook scribble, but i try to make it more compressed.
>>2554710
>>2553079
>>2547998
blog?

>>2555956
It's a big jump, but not for 9 years.

>>2554886
Was that so uninteresting? I'll have that as feedback anyway.

>>2555956
I really feel I could've done better but well... reality strikes in early that I have to take on jobs that doesn't require much painting and stuff.

like what >>2556211 said... it's not much of a step up.

>>2556022
It's in the shill thread.

>>2547816
Nice progress. I'm glad you stopped being a degenerate. Do you just want to be a hobbyist? Do you have any original artwork?

>>2547928
same ^

>>2547966
when did you start studying? There's clearly progress but it could've been better, depending on when you got serious.

>>2547998
Love your style when it's not girls. Your girls are bordering on anime and they look really generic. Stop thinking with your dick and keep studying. What do you want to do professionally? The speedpaints are ugly and you should stop doing them. Speed comes with practice, so focus on making good pieces for now.

>>2547998
wut. Did you draw at all? You got worse

>>2548297
Are you a gril or gay? Your sketches are really nice and all but you have the same style as 90% of female teenage artists

>>2548335
Not bad! That first alien thing from now looks nice, but you need to work a lot more on your values. I suggest you do lots of master studies in greyscale.

>>2548431
You don't draw much, do you? You either need to get serious fast or stay a hobbyist.

>>2548458
Very nice! There's a bunch of problems with the new one, but in a year you should be pretty gud if you continue like this

>>2548550
Who doesn't love you. Great progress and very lovely style you've developed.

>>2553016
Yeah that's not bad. Do you do anything besides portraits?

>>2554851
Love seeing your stuff! I hope it goes well for you.

>>2554886
You've certainly improved, but not nearly enough for 2 years. How much do you draw?

>>2554908
No progress. Draw more.

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It'll be around 7 years of digital drawing/painting this august. These are what I think are the best pieces I did that entire year. I'll add the next one after this year's over.

>>2556691
Damn, ignore the 8. Been feeling pretty shit lately which is hopefully a good sign that I'm improving

>>2547928
Looking good. Biggest thing to work on would be line quality. The most recent ones look scratchy and feathery. Try drawing with ink to practice committing to lines before you draw them.

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>>2556409
>Who doesn't love you
her.

>>2556727
too real trippy, too real

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stagnated pretty all of my teenage years away and just started taking shit seriously. is there hope? I think my new stuff is still shit. I only recently started coming to /ic/ and that has done wonders.

I want to draw for a living and I'm worried I'll never make it.

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>>2556749
more accurate scale of progress. last couple weeks have been since coming to /ic/

>>2556409
It's
>>2554886
Not like I wanted to make a living. Now I'm trying to study as much as I would work, and when work comes, switch it.

>>2548411
Thanks 2013 and 2014 were before /ic/ I was working in a bubble.

>>2556191
Blog here >>2552678

>>2556409
>What do you want to do professionally?
I have a normie job, but I'm moments away from quitting. I'd rather do something and not get paid than do nothing and get paid.

>girls
Somewhat related to the former, the girl drawings are dumb and embarrassing professionally. I'd probably just start over and draw some funny gross creatures, but I have no real purpose. I should figure out what I want before I quit.

>wut
I just stopped drawing for 2 months in 2016.

>>2556691
i really like 6, reminds me of ruan jia. The armor looks really top heavy though

>>2556749
you are bad
keep studying
the colours on the first one are more appealing

>>2556691
Like 3, love 5

>>2553874
anon, not to be mean, but I don't think you've been challening yourself enough to improve - it appears you've been flatlining.

>>2556191
>>2553079
blog >>2557336

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>>2557390
How should I go about Improving? I Don't wanna sound like a fucboi, but I love drawing. It's something I used to enjoy doing, but in the past year, I've started to really find it hard to stay focused and draw something, I've started doing a bit more gesture drawings in the past few months. I haven't really drawn anything in a long time. Any tips?

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>>2557449
I dunno anon... Oh I have a brilliant idea!

How about you try, drawing something.

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>>2557449
>Don't wanna sound like a fucboi

>>2557449
Sounds like you have some mental health issues. If possible, you should seek help for that, since that can really make a huge difference when it comes to motivation/ability to concentrate.

Assuming that that's not an option or doesn't help enough to solve your issues, here's some suggestions:
Many people do really well with a set schedule. Start with something easy like 20 minutes a day (even a little bit is better than nothing!), then one you are able to keep up with that for a while increase the time, and so on.

Alternatively, if time limits sound scary to you could just make it a rule that you have to draw every day, no matter how much or how little.
If you know you only have to do this for 5 minutes it becomes a lot easier to find the motivation to get started, and once you're drawing you probably won't actually stop again right away. That worked really well for me personally despite depression etc.

I also keep a list with things I want to draw - whenever I have an idea for a finished piece, or notice something I need to work on/want to do studies of/etc I write it down on a list I keep in my sketchbook.
Then once I sit down to draw I can look at that list if I can't think of anything better, that way I avoid just staring at an empty piece of paper for half an hour.

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here's my progress

>>2557602
2016 is already way, way better than the years before, keep up that trajectory

>>2556691
Always loved your stuff man

>>2556191
I feel like there's a certain degree of pillow-shady look that's stopping me from enjoying this as much as I want to (mostly with the last few images, I mean. But it might just be the images themselves being small, honestly)

>>2553734
why do you hate chins so much. none of your faces have enough chin

>>2557697
kid/anime proportions. Have more chins nowadays, but only for males.

>>2557747
how often do you draw nosebro? how many hours a week?

>>2553839
donc tu parler francais?

>>2556409

>>2553016 here
>Do you do anything besides portraits?

Yes. >>2551792

>>2548297
do you have a blog?

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Welp, here it is. During my time as an "artist" I went from wanting to start a business to wanting to be a game designer to now wanting to be a comic artist and children's book illustrator. Might not be at a spot where that's viable, but I like to think I'm slowly making my way there.

>>2558532
14-20?
>>2558574
not with someone who makes a mistake on their third word as well as fourth.

>>2557621
Do you mean with pillow shading that's it not Sharp/clean enough? Right now I try to render better cause this was always a problem. Anway thanks for your feedpack dude.

>>2559618
No, I think it does look sharp on the edges of the forms, but "in" them, the fade to darker values is excessively soft. The Mononoke picture, for example, I think might look different if the shadows were as clear-cut as its lightest parts (even though that picture looks fantastic from here, and is definitely my favorite, btw)

>>2556722
Thanks for the tip. It really becomes obvious now that you mentioned it.

>>2556409
Original like with out a reference?

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>>2560187
Most recent take

>>2560189
nice bait you ripped of DA

>>2560289
i'll never forget grandpa-chan

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>>2560297

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>>2553874

>>2547816
>SOMEONE JUST SOLD THEIR SOUL

At least you aren't this guy

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/278541

>>2551190
can i have a name?

>>2561908
>2561908
>painting of horned skeleton and human shaking hands
kek he realy did

>>2547998
i remember you, you mentioned that you were trying speedpainting

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>>2547419
i LOL

>>2547816
>top right
MYYYYYYYYYYYYY

DIIIIIIIIIIIIIICKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

>>2551190
you're getting there family man

>>2553874
>>2561848
hahahahahaha

>>2547362
>this thread is gold

>>2553734
>>2553742
HAH
holy shit this is the guy trying to give everyone advice
never change /ic/

>he thinks firez is good
>he thinks he just needs to learn to polish turds

oh man you're one wild dude

>>2552161
We draw literally the same shit, fucking kek.

>>2551119
not sure i follow

>>2551122
thanks! yeah it's kinda terrifying. makes trying to get good almost pointless.

>>2551250
thanks anon, don't think i can give any great advice, i just took it seriously

>>2551511
ok

>>2554575
>?

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2010 was when i was exclusively on deviantart + iscribble, 2016 is after i stopped using tumblr excessively and started going on /ic/

>>2553874
oshitwaddup

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>i cringed hard looking at the older ones
>all these animu drawings

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fuck me. ive got a real issue with not finishing stuff.

>>2547998
Youre leveling off, you need to get some light and color knowledge. Take a schoolism class, it will help you go further.

>>2564525
blog ?

>>2564702
L3monjuic3.deviantart.com

Just signed a contract with a major company.
Feels good.
That is all.

>>2564525
Generic and thoroughly unspectacular.

>>2564754
Do you not have friends to tell instead of /ic/?

Is your life completely devoid of people who care about you and your accomplishments that you need to post your meaningless career progress here?

>>2564525
Nice progress. You really should do more painting, though. Life studies especially.

>>2564754
Grats, anon. We're all gonna make it.

>>2564754
Grats. nobody cares
Post work~

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I'm sorry, it's all generic Animoo ;_;

I'm trying to get away from it, but it's so hard.

>>2557602
love your stuff. blog?

>>2564754
congrats senpai

>>2564877
Your drastic changes in style and quality are really bizarre.

>>2564525
at least you get to the color part

>>2556691
How did you balance that lighting on the bat demon with the orange/blue? Your art is so damn sick dude!

>>2553144
Trying dropping acid under controlled settings, It's a risk, but it cured my depression.

>>2565908
^This.
Also it made me stop smoking.

>>2565915
Yeah, cigs AND pot. Plus I have decided to become celibate to become a wizard of art.

>>2556409
>You don't draw much, do you? You either need to get serious fast or stay a hobbyist.

Yea I'm a horrible slacker ;_; I'm trying to get better tho

>>2565908
how the hell would it cure depression? There's lots of drugs that are proven to help with regular use, but acid?

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>>2566007
it doesn't. i'm guessing they convinced themselves they were depressed because they are an angsty special-snowflake teenager, then got stoked over the idea that acid could solve all their problems and put them at a higher level than all the 'sheeple'. just a placebo

>>2566023
It's cool, your opinion. It what worked for me. I don't think I've become "transcended" by any means. I was dealing with addiction and it just helped me remove it, it just made me more stable IMO. It MAY work for you, or not. After all everyone's personality differs and this will affect interaction with any substance(s). Regardless of the substance, it was still me who took the call to take steps to eliminate my depression, acid just helped speed up the process. There are research to back this up. It's always up to the potential user to weigh in the risk and benefits of using the substance.

>>2561908
What do you mean sold their soul?

>>2568027
in 2014 he stared the ritual by sacrificing a goat

They say talent isn't real, but I look at the first few pictures in each of these and I can already tell if they are going to end up looking great or not! Makes me feel down on myself too, but seems like there is something even if it is only a certain style that makes you want to draw/practice more that results in people who use it turning out to be better artists ultimately.

>>2568111
When people asked Michelangelo about his being a genius, he only told these people that they didn't consider the amount of arduous effort he puts into his craftsmanship.
So Anon, I don't believe in talent because it implies an innate quality. Before I mastered any of the things I've mastered in the past--like playing spy in Team Fortress 2 for example--I started as complete and utter shit. It took me 250 hours to get to where I am now. Some experts theorize it took great masters like Michelangelo, Beethoven, and Shakespeare over 10 thousand hours of practice to git gud. But don't let that figure get you down! Devote yourself entirely to the task with reverence and love for yourself and your project and you might git gud even sooner! Be excited anon and don't let anything bother you or get you down!

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I haven't been able to put as much time as I want to into drawing because of my job (sometimes I have weeks of 12+ hour days) but once I leave this place I can't wait to be able to focus on art.

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Im just getting out of that really depressing stage
Everyone went thought this right? Where everything you drew would make you vomit?

>>2568375
whats the most recent? i can't even tell

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>>2568382

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>>2568111
this is where sinix started off. i don't think anyone could have read into that stuff as him having any future in art

>>2568439
sidenote- he was also 19

>>2568375
you are just doodling the same thing, take a break and do still lives

>>2568444
Ive been doing the daily gestures for a week
Its helping

>>2568439
>sinix

I just looked at him on Deviant Art and while his stuff is obviously better you can still see something is off. Like he is missing that undefinable thing that makes great art. I donno.

>>2548550
Draw someone facing the right instead of the left.

>>2569514
It's probably because he's right handed

>>2547957
Nigga what the fuck

>>2548069
yeah cowboy pic is on the road to brilliant, despite it all

>>2568439
This shit is embarassing, I have them and I don't know if I'll ever show them. People will begin to wonder how shit I was and where I started eventually though. I'm going to have to post them one day.

>>2553734
>>2553742
your art looks exactly the same hahahahahaha

>>2563394
you're still symbol drawing eyes
try to learn what hard shadows are
everything looks too melty and fuzzy
that brush isn't doing you any favors

>>2563394
>improving that quick
Monsterous

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>>2568111
i kind of get what you mean. like when you can tell an artist has good creativity even though they don't have the skills to pull it off

>>2570518
Yeah they have "potential".

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I'd like to make a compilation that goes way back, but all my work is traditional and scattered everywhere. Here's my progress in the past year though.

>>2570557
Great

>>2570304
the same but better!

>>2570321
>that brush isn't doing you any favors
ill create another brush just 4 u and
>melty and fuzzy
ill work on it
>>2570326
its called hard work m8

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mistakenly believed I made progress when in reality started at the bottom and still at the bottom. Here's hoping I have better progress at the end of summer.
Most of my drawings are in my sketchbook which I can't find atm, but they're not much better desu

thanks for being part of the journey /ic/

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>>2570630
You started at the same time I did and I think we both made it reasonably far. At least you're into color and value.

You improved maiboi, try fitting in at least 6 hours a day.

>>2570729
holy shit

>>2570729
how

>>2570730
>>2570788
>6 hours a day

>>2570729
not real.

>>2570798
>drawing on right looks like watts

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>>2570788
what >>2570798
Lot's of drawing, quit my job and doing 6-8 hours a day. I very rarely take any advice from anyone on /ic though, that probably helps alot.
>>2570806
Good eye, It's a layout study I did from his PDF books, I'm having alot of success with his methods/reference.

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>>2570799

>>2570808
list of books you've studied, if any?
also how much time it takes you to get through them

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>>2570815
Lots of Bridgman, I started with loomis meme but I never really got into it. I never really read the text either, just dissected the drawings, and I don't ever "finish" them. I just dive into them to find what I want for my study session.

I really love anatomy sketches by masters though, I found that I learn alot more from studying figure drawings then paintings/book text. I often went to this blog for them: http://figureprof.blogspot.com/2014/10/shane-wolf.html

>>2570729
T-thanks anon, I'll try 6 hours a day in hopes of reaching your level soonish. I have Bridgman too, just getting grips with his stuff. Would you be up for skyping or smth to share progress?

>>2570729
daaaamnnn sooonnnnnnn

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>>2571223
Sure thing, I got a discord server that I use to share images with a friend of mine. I have no artist buddies so he critiques my stuff.

https://discord.gg/b2Pq7

Take in mind I'm still novice in most areas. I know nothing when it comes to a clothed/coloured/shaded figure.

>>2572555
Sick, just joined anon hope you don't mind. Hopefully we can motivate each other, happy drawing

>>2570562
thanks, I'm glad its at least something