/las/ - Last Artist Standing

>>2651285
FAQ:
Something's broken, what do I do?

>The site is currently in the alpha phase of development and is being built around us as we compete so sometimes things go wrong. If you ever need any help send me a tweet @LavaFlake or shoot me an email [email protected].

What do we draw?

>Whatever you want. At this point there's no required topic so draw your heart out. Make sure you submit at least a half hour of work or you may get a low effort warning.

What's a low effort warning?

>The goal is to get people to draw every day by turning it into a competition. The low effort warning system is to prevent people from posting last minute, quick sketches when they're feeling lazy. If you receive a warning and it happens again within a month you'll be eliminated.

>This rule has been the cause of a lot of concern amongst newer artists so let me reiterate: this system is to police low effort content and has nothing to do with the quality of the work. New artists are more than welcome.

What happens if I'm eliminated?

>A new Last Artist Standing challenge starts every week. If you get eliminated then get it together and rejoin next week.

How can there be a new Last Artist Standing challenge every week?

>This is a way to let new artists join in and to allow re-entry for the eliminated. Every week a new challenge is started. If you joined on week 1 and make it to week 2 then your daily submission counts for both the first and second Last Artist Standing. If you get eliminated then you're eliminated from both challenges and you'll be able to rejoin next week.

Will I have an advantage if I join later in the week?

>The winner of a Last Artist Standing will be the artist with the longest streak. If you join on day 1 and last until day 85 then you'll have a streak of 85. If there's only one person left in the challenge when you're eliminated but they joined on Day 7 then they'll need to continue on for another week. If they're eliminated before then, you win.

>>2651287
This is a list of anons who regularly stream, this list will be updated as we move forward, if you wish to be included please post you name/stream profile.

>STREAMERS
https://picarto.tv/aimai
https://picarto.tv/CraniumOverLord
https://picarto.tv/dotesq
https://picarto.tv/JMGNfunbox
https://picarto.tv/magicoreo
https://picarto.tv/nakedoats
https://picarto.tv/N4F
https://picarto.tv/UltraBondageFairy
https://picarto.tv/VitaminNeko
https://picarto.tv/Choob
https://picarto.tv/susipari
https://piczel.tv/watch/HighOnDopamine
https://picarto.tv/namefag
https://picarto.tv/artscrub
https://picarto.tv/SubCryo


Streamers, please let the thread know when you're streaming so people can join the "fun".

Here is a helpful tool that lets you see who is streaming at the moment:

http://doom.moe/lastools/


You can also hang out with the community on the official discord:
https://discord.gg/atc5REB

i love you lava

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>LAS is dying

How can we fix this? I enjoy drawing with you fags but we are not going to survive the year if we do nothing. Should we start shilling everywhere to get new people to join?

Also Lava if you're reading give the fucking website to someone who is willing to continue on this project.

>>2651328
If it dies, it dies, it doesn't need to be fixed

>tfw I will be the last artist standing

>>2651328
>all time low
Wew
It's over
Just let it die, /ic/ was so alive in the summer, but it's dead now.

>>2651328
>LAS isn't dying they said
>everything is fine they said

>>2651328
Those people couldn't make it or they DID make it. Staying in LAS is a comfort zone, you either leave because you won't make it or because you can. The last one standing, make sure to turn off the lights.

>>2651328
that's the point isn't it, last one standing

las is supposed to die

>>2651370
las was a mistake

>>2651370
That's not true. We wouldn't be starting a new challenge every week if that was the case

>>2651385
Some people just won't die, sometimes you have to wait for age to kill them.

>>2651370
>>2651385
>>2651388
The drop-off of participants reminds me of mmorpgs (and loads of things in general t b h), wherein a lot of people join, then the participant count drops down in a nice slope until it's mostly a ghost town with only the hardcore maxed out players are left, always feels sad to login to an old mmorpg and see everyone on my friends list offline

>tfw the same thing is happening to my follows list as we speak

>>2651385
man you are really fucking dense, new challenges are just to give you something new to draw that you haven't tried before or need more practice on, they also help form the community

>>2651395
>tfw you'll leave this shitty place for a better place one day

>>2651395
>tfw the same thing is happening to my follows list as we speak
follow me and I will never let you down senpai!

>>2651404
Followed

I say let it die, Lava will bring it back when its ready for a reboot.

>>2651416
It's already dead. And the remaining people? Jokes apparently.

>>2651402
the cycle continues!

>>2651416
I'll let you're mom die

>I wasn’t joking about trying to sleep until I felt better. I’m awake for maybe half the day and I spend a lot of that time in bed trying to go back to sleep. I’d go back to bed right now and I’ve only been up a couple hours.

>There are some doctor appointments coming up and there’ll be more painful tests so I guess I’ll sleep through the worst of that too. Drawing is a lot of fun so I’m glad I have that in my life.

Lava is sleeping (◡ ‿ ◡ )

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>>2651445
I'm worried he's going to return to this

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>>2651454

>>2651463
Who are half these people?

Lava died

It's still a bit early, but we're heading into holiday season. Any events you guys plan to integrate into your submissions? 24-hour comic day is October 1, and also Inktober. LASgiving in November. Maybe a not-so-secret art santa event for December?

>>2651602
I've never drawn in ink before, what're some decent pens to get before Inktober?

>>2651602
>tfw haven't learned how to do clothes and drapes yet for the holiday season
Shiiiiiit

>>2651602
I might do inktober

also november 1st is national self portrait day
can't wait to see all those beautiful faces lassies

>>2651643
>also november 1st is national self portrait day
>can't wait to see all those beautiful faces lassies

>posting my ugly mug on LAS

FUG that SHIT

>>2651643
>implying I won't use a cute korean girl for my ref

>>2651602
>Maybe a not-so-secret art santa event for December?
>psst we all give Lava a present

>>2651602
Personally I'm excited for all of the spooky Halloween drawings.

I know people have brought up secret santa, but what is LASgiving?

>>2651638
If you wanna go dip pen, get a tachikawa nib holder and some G nibs. Speedball, Higgins, and Zig are some ink brands that I've used. Staedtler pigment liners are my favorite brand for drawing pens/microns (I think also the cheapest brand I've tried).

Ink is really fun, especially with dip pens. It takes some time to get used to them, but there's a lot you can do. I know at least one other Lassie that uses ink regularly, so maybe they will share their recs as well!

>>2651646
>>2651647
c-cowards I wasn't looking forward to seeing your faces anyway

>>2651602
>>2651638
>>2651643
>>2651654
sounds like a good community challenge

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Last night I had a dream that I was back in art school. I was going through my year end portfolio and my teacher was over my shoulder praising some of my stuff, picking out pieces to go in the student gallery. Some classmates even came over to tell me how much they liked my work.
I was really happy. I woke up feeling excited and energetic.

Then I remembered when I was in art school I was in the lowest tier. I never made it to the student gallery and no one talked to me about anything.

>>2651653
>Secret Santi
>Everyone gifts something harmful to Santi anonymously

>>2652079
Don't worry senpai, Ive never been best at art in any of my classes, before or in uni. Can't say the "been drawing since before I can remember" or "it seemed natural I'd become an artist" cliches either. It was very much a conscious decision for me.

It was just bad dream, if it makes you feel better I slept like shit too.

I had nightmares about bugs. Again.
Found a few teeny tiny dust sized bugs on the lid of the bin before bed, and had to purge it all and take it outside and go full scorched earth, because I can't sleep with bugs near me.

Then had nightmares about it for the past 6 hours. My entire room teeming with the things, like it's covered in shifting sand but you look close and it's tiny bugs. In other places they were larger, flies and flying ants crawling through cracks, beetles and earwigs coming out the cupboards of my desk. Where my bin would normally be was just a writhing mass of insects. Under my bed was some kind of creepy spores or shrooms or sonething, pale tendrils reaching from mattress to floor and back like stalagmites and stalactites. It was some kind of breeding ground or nest, like something out of Alien in miniature.

Couldn't even close the door and quarantine the room while I slept down the hall, since beetles would keep forcing the lock open somehow.

I hate bugs.

Is this fucking Lava's blog now?

>>2652090
I'm not even part of /las/ but lmao the bug thing sounds exactly like hallucinations I used to have. Like weirdly similar. I don't have an issue with bugs like you do at least but disturbing nontheless.

>>2652094
Oh sorry anon, let's get back to the scheduled programme.

LABAAAAAAAAAA
las is dieying...
i miss anon1337
(repeat until new thread)

>>2652103
Aaaah, yes, now THIS is a good old LAS thread...

You bastards better keep las alive till I can come back.

>>2652098
I've had fever dreams/hallucinations like that before, my nightmares are usually more straightforward, e.g. bigass ugly spider jumps onto my face

>>2652103
>>2652106
No wonder everyone's abandoned the threads for the discord.

>>2652114
What's stopping you from rejoining now? If you're posting you have Internet.

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>Im taking you in for not joining the Police Squad challenge!
dont let this happen to you lassies, i cant afford your bail

>>2652114
If you're coming back I'm definitely not coming back.

I don't know what to draw today :/

>>2652309
you're self

>>2652103
I almost forgot how good LAS threads could be :')

MAl, I don't know if you pot in these threads but I really like your fashion era submission.

>>2652459
>MAl
>tfw people who don't even submit anymore get more mentions than me
But yeah, I really dig Mal's stuff too. He's got real nice lines.

>>2652513
I assumed he was in because that challenge just ended.

What's up with lassies ditching then submitting to challenges postmortem? We get a new challenge maybe once a week. Just use a draw roulette if you can't think of anything to draw.

>>2652538
I can't join the daily because I have a backpacking trip soon and it's a shame to join then immediately leave. </3

hey friends i just thought of a brilliant idea

How about we make an LAS for studying japanese?
It'd be more intuitive since using anki every day already takes about ~30 minutes. but I dont really know how to prove that I've done 30 minutes though.

>>2652657
how about no

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>>2652665
oh okay..

>>2652657
Anki literally already does that for you by showing that you did your reps.

>>2652671
instead
go to /a/ and when you realize how full of shit they are, learn jap on your own

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>>2652673
>>2652674
but frends its so boring going lone wolf
I wish there were anki/jap-learning strems and discos

/ic/ is just as full of shit when it comes to drawing, but i just want the community mang

>>2652696
as boring as it may be, at least you get shit done alone

What if we all draw loli porn? Maybe Lava will do something then

>>2652882
it's not saved on the site anyway so he'd only need to remove your account

Oh look, a week1ner token is lost.
*yawns*

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Why is he so good?

>>2652924
THREAD INTERNAL CHALLENGE:
Make a 5 minute gesture drawing of this person and post it as a reply.

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>>2652932

>submitting before 30 minutes have passed
Do you report these fucks

>>2652954
m8, they obviously worked more than 30 minutes on that stuff before the deadline.

>>2652958
essentially means they drew it the day before
which is -cheating-

>>2652960
it's "draw every day", not "draw today's upload today"

>>2652954
The "day" resets at 5pm and I draw before I go to bed and when I wake up.

>>2652964
>they drew it the day before
which is not drawing everyday
by drawing for 1 hr just before the deadline and posting it before and after the deadline, you only have to work once every other day... ya fuckin gay retard

and i draw everyday, how come im eliminated JUST because i didnt upload it? thats bs

>>2652980
Glad you know why 90% of las left.

>>2652980
what the fuck are you on about
if you've been here long enough you'll have noticed that the 00:00 submitters are mostly the same guys, who do it every day. They draw every day, just for the following day.

>tfw the view market is drying up
What happened to all the views? I used to average at least 20 but now I get under 10. At first I thought it was just cause I produced uninteresting turds but then I looked at people like Naf and Grach and they often get under 10 views too. What's going on? How do we save the view market?

>>2652994
>less people submitting
>less viewers
Gee, I wonder if there's a causation.

>>2652986
have you also noticed that the last people to post just before the deadline are the ones who post first the day after?

clear evidence of working once every other day. cheaters caught cucking

>>2653000
they're not though. I went a couple of days back and it's alsways Nelli, Cackle, Humanbean, jmgn and some other guys at around the same time +- an hour or two.

>>2653013
but i do this. heh~ no surprise im under the radar again. ull never catch me ;p

>>2653026
m8, it's only YOUR loss for not drawing more. LAS is just here to encourage

>>2653028
??? ive actually been eliminated for months now. can we not talk about it? its complicated :x

>>2652696
god damn it man make your own discord for japanese and invite weebs off 4chan then, how do you think the discord was created? some fucking guy, in this case niche, decided to create the discord and then put an invite link in thread

allll you gotta do, is make a discord, make a thread on fuckin /a/ or something, mention it once on /las/ for anyone else on here who might want to join, and thats it

How to I subscribe to this newsletter?

>>2653073
wtf I hate niche now

>>2653124
I think that's misguided hate, friend. The idea of forming a discord group was already being tossed around in the thread. Someone was going to do it eventually.

>>2652924
Good taste anon.

>>2653124
>>2653259

"wtf i hate x now"

>its a meme you dip
>re rebbit is spreading

>>2653281
wtf I hate memes now

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>>got home at 2 PM
>currently 2 AM
>still haven't drawn yet
>have shitload of uni work to do
>ahve to wake up at 6 AM
>wont be back tomorrow until after the deadline
This is the end for me.

>>2653306
>got home at 2 PM
>currently 2 AM
What happened to those 12 hours, anon?

>>2653366
Depression, procrastination, little bit of uni work, more depression.

https://picarto.tv/CraniumOverLord

Strim

>Summer is ending.
>All week1oners who survive it are going to be here forever.

>>2653877
can't wait to see you gone, summer kun

Man, I really need to get myself back on a study schedule. I've been drawing aimlessly for weeks.

>>2653927
don't join topic hell

>>2653930
Don't have to tell me twice. Shit's suicide.

>>2653927
Same :\ don't know why I can't get myself to do anything

>>2653306
>>2653379
pbw1

Why do so few people join challenges? Feels like its the same general handful of people

>I ask having never joined a challenge myself

>>2654105
because they're laazy

>>2654105
I only join challenges for things I need to study.
I'll join a >fun one every once in a while, but a lot of the fun ones have some requirements thrown in that makes them not fun.

But I've been wondering the same thing. It seems like the number of people participating in challenges has dropped significantly.

>>2654105
maybe if they weren't so shit :^)

>>2654218
dont say that, you'll make slump cry

who /wanna die/ here?

>>2654277
you mean in las or just in general?

>>2654277
>>>/r9k/

>>2654286
In general

>>2654277
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT BRUH

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mfw trying to make something presentable.. JUST

>be carrying bracelet
>Mosquito chooses that spot to bite so it itches every time the bracelet passes through that spot
>Get bitten in ankles soles and toes so it itches with every step
Mosquitos are the devil

>>2654479
shut the fuck up santi

>>2654434
looks gay as fuck
stop trying to make LAS the next deviantart

we got enough autists already

>>2654482
Why are you here go back to the discord let me farm (you)s in this wasteland alone

>>2654434
I like it. Good work, designer anon.

>LAS is dead.... ;_;
>>2654434 Here maybe this will improve things
>fuck off leave it alone we have enough people REEEEEEEEEEE

>>2654483
how's it da? The only step closer than las this is, is the option to give your submission some text

>>2654497
it's completely unneeded UI that's meant to appeal to more and more people joining for fun
next we get facebook integration and a means to follow your favorite spergs on dumblr, oh and don't forget the official discord if you want to be really fucking gay
draw, just fucking draw, is it so fucking hard?

lmao at this retard trying to fit in superhard, first week on 4chan buddy?

>>2654434
Can't put my finger on it but there is something about the UI that I like.

naf i really like your balance of detailed area to simpler areas (detail conecntration? is that what its called) you were always good at it but I feel like youve gotten better

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>grach coming back and posting early
>still only get 3 views
seriously though, why is this happening?

Your traditional lines look better than your digital ones Sasori.

>>2654576
grach sucks

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>>2654576

>>2654619
>itsok.jpg
what did he mean by this?

>>2654434
Thank you

>>2654434
I hate you

>tfw not sure if should go to FZD or not

>>2654434
Looks a little busy imo, maybe limit the amount of icons on the front page and numb up the size of them. Also not a huge fan of the color scheme. Aside from that it looks nice, looking forward to seeing how it comes along.

>>2654645
Then dont. That kind of shit only works when you are fully invested.

>>2654645
FZD is something you go to when you already have a job in the industry to further hone your skills, or if you are a really really promising student
if you can't even draw a circle, don't waste your time and money

>>2654649
>being fully invested into anything
Glad that you got your life set, anon, but not everyone does.

>>2654653
Your first statement doesn't match your second. Anyways, FZD doesn't say that at all, so not sure what kind of point you're trying to make here at all. It sounds more made up than anything.

>>2654674
look at the requirements to be accepted at FZD
they don't just take random hobos knocking at their doors
I suppose what I meant with don't waste your time was, don't waste their fucking time

site clock broken for anyone else?

>>2654705
no, that happens to those eliminated, congrats
pbw1

>>2654674
FZD is expensive and a massive commitment. It means traveling to and living in a new country and basically handing over your self life to those instructors for a year. It should be a tool you use and the path to your goals. They are very upfront and blunt about what FZD is and what you will get out of it, in every single video feng has put out he stresses the qualities and the characteristics it takes to be able to get the most out of FZD. Its not the kind of thing to be on the fence about. Its either for you or its not, and thats okay.

And as a sidenote, it is a very common thing for folks already in the industry to go into FZD, in fact thats almost exactly what their advanced diploma is designed for. I remember hearing Feng talk about occasionally and showing those people off in the end of the year videos with all the students work

>>2654705
yes

>>2654708
fucc u

>>2654434
I just realized, Santi would be 1st place in a leaderboard purely about the longest streak :D

>one of the few remaining Flawless
>now that Cyan dropped out he's the first among the remaining Flawless to have submitted to LAS http://lavaflake.com/draw/active.php

Unless you do something else to tie break, but I can only think of alphabetical or join date which are equally as silly

By the way, will people still be able to change their usernames?

>>2654710
>And as a sidenote, it is a very common thing for folks already in the industry to go into FZD
yeah that's what I meant
it's like already having a bachelor and then going for a master, just as analogy

>>2654719
I'm pretty sure there's different tiers. One for beginners and another for experienced artists.

>>2654576
don't let the views get to you, focus on improving

>>2654501
Hello lava, why are you being this way?

>>2654479
they usually bite where the veins are closer to the surface of the skin

friendly remainder the last artist standing won't have anybody to brag to because he will literally be the last

and others won't care about the achievements on a site with just one visitor

>>2654765
kek'd

>>2654874
that is why it is more fun when we have a community (´ㆁ ᴗ ㆁ｀)

>>2654889
>community
More like a hugbox

>>2654891
>hugbox
More like a punchbox

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https://picarto.tv/Lampblak

>>2653013

Nelli here, I live in a timezone where LAS restarts every time at 6pm. I'm working on art during that time. I used to post before 6pm because I had a different schedule in the summer.

>>2654921
haha, exact same thing for me. It's at 7 PM for me and uni just started back up so I have to submit before bed every day. Summer went by too fast.

>>2654926
Right? 5pm here, not sure how I'll pull it off this coming week, but I guess I'll do what you do.

So how's everyone doing?

>>2654974
I am doing fine, thank you

>>2654974
Feeling pretty shit.
I only drew for 30 minutes today and have been wondering whether or not to draw more for the past 7 hours. I think I'm just going to go to sleep now.

>>2654976
Aw do feel better soon!
Night anon.

>>2654976
good night friend and family!

>>2651328
to me it looks like we weed out all the shitposters

>>2654988
RIP anon313 ;_;

>>2654974
It's been a bad week for me. I hate that emotions can get in the way of my daily practice but at least I know this stuff is fleeting, and as long as I keep drawing I'll make some progress instead of none.

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>>2654974
Confronting my weak points makes me want to stop and watch a movie or play games or do anything but art, but I'm doing it.

Wish I was better.

>>2654999
What have you made so far?

>>2655002
At least you're confronting them. I'm too scared to even touch anatomy. Keep going, take breaks and play games then get back to drawin!

>>2655006
Just a few studies, gradual understandings of things. Forcing the habit of drawing every day even when it hurts.

Drawing comfort zone anime heads
^o^

>>2655023
draw them dripping with blood please

>>2655023
Are you calling me out anon, the amount of time it takes me to do each one is stupid, gotta keep practicing

>>2655025
No, i do them all the time too, pihori.
But traditional and each looks exactly the same

>>2655025
stop being so self conscious this is the /las/ thread if someone wanted to call you out they'd use a name

Pihori, draw a girl with a different body type, like voluptuous or athletic, let's see if you know to draw something else than lolis.

>>2655037
>two anons calling out pihori
I think it's time to shut le fuck up anon :^]

>>2655054
>>2655056
Pihori and anyone else mindlessly drawing
you fucks aren't getting nowhere drawing the same things over and over, get out of your comfort zone

>>2655056
no names were mentioned when she complained

>>2655061
But lassies always know who's posting even when its anon

>>2655062
m-mom?

>>2654648
I'm thinking the timestamps on newest users is cluttering up a lot, so removed them.
I'm not great with color palettes/schemes for websites. I'm thinking about letting the user control it or at least have some presets. If you got any color schemes you think would look nice drop em and I'll check or implement.

>>2654715
I dunno about username changes, I don't see much of a point besides shitposting. I could do it manually if someone really wants it. I don't know what to do about tiebreaks on streaks. I figure that's hopefully only going to be a problem short-term.
I will be implementing letting users ask for critique and if the person being critiqued says it was helpful or some shit they gain a point. I could have this helpful point system combined with streak on the frontpage, and leave the streak leaderboards in the stats page.

Should critique be on a user based on all submissions, connected to a single submission, or letting a user select a group of submissions they want to get one wholesome critique for? They're all options I think works.

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>>2655099
>Should critique be on a user based on all submissions, connected to a single submission, or letting a user select a group of submissions they want to get one wholesome critique for? They're all options I think works.

>>2655059
>want to draw lolis
>practice everyday and get better at drawing lolis
>"why don't u draw thicc girls like I want u to reeeeeee"

Does anyone else have nightmares every single night?
hold me lassies

>>2655192
>everyday
not gonna make it

Stream up https://picarto.tv/SubCryo

>>2655208
you're worse than Nile at this point
drop out for good already

>>2655210
still better than some pussy scared of posting work :^)

>>2655211
at least I'm posting to the site daily, unlike some people that can't be assed to spend 30 minutes a day to do so
(^:

>>2655219
wow talking shit bout lava again, no wonder he left :^)

>>2655193
Held.
Hang in there. Write your nightmares down for insp. Draw them.

>>2655223
lava... ;_;

when does the next one start I'm new to /ic/ and art in general and really wanna try this out so if anyone could help me out that would cool.

How does one go about getting harsh critique to get used to them

>>2655219
Name on the site?

>>2655300
in 2017 :^)
read the faq on the site

>>2655302
santi

>>2655303
Thanks mate

>>2655229
Thanks anon, and I'll try that, tend to remember them well anyway. It's terrible for my sleep cycle though, I have nightmares and wake up halfway through night and drink se water and try cool down and relax, but then it's right back into a different nightmare.

>>2655301
post your work

>>2655099
None of those, make it so that a user has to submit their work in a critique section or check a critique box when submitting regularly, that way only those who ask for it get crit

>>2655336
>bad memes
>-sticky

>>2655301
imo you don't ever really get used to them, because your ego is just constantly building itself up only to be torn back down, that's how you improve.

That being said you should always take criticism with modesty and appreciation, unless the person critting you is obviously being a jealous, toxic cunt

what happened to turd-nip? He nuked his tumblr.

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>>2655393
>http://turr-nip.tumblr.com/
the guy who made pic related right?
suicide. he was really depressed last time i talked to him. blogged about dropping college, his parents got divorced, etc
poor guy

>>2655449
Holy shit.
How many lasses are gonna kill themselves before Lava comes back?

>>2655449
>tfw he was so good

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>>2655449
>lassie killed himself before I made it
This ain't how it was supposed to happen

>>2655461
lava?

>>2655473
Who?

>>2655475
Lava? heh... I haven't heard that name... in a long, long time...

>>2655449
holy shit
last artist standing is actually going to be the last artist standing

>>2655449
m-my dick... ;_;

>>2655484
What if we decide just all left right now and let someone win
That way, we can start over anew in every artist standing together

>>2655493
Sure, let me win :)

>>2655449
>told this guy to kill himself
>kills himself
not sure whether to feel disappointed or not
heh... you were too weak... weak to the grave..

>>2655449
proof? I really hope that aint true.

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>>2655449
On the bright side:

literally all of us are now better than him because the dead can't hold pencils

>>2655493
sure, but losers have to die, and the winning gets lava's place in guiding the new line of lassies

>>2655569
winner*

>>2655568
so...by that logic you're better than all the old masters?

>>2655571
Of course.

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>>2655571
especially van gough

van gough was just a crazy person and his art was poo

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>>2655449
>>2655393

>>2655581
He's just taking a break, r-right?

BONDAGE FAIRY

YOUR LINK IS NOT WORKING, YOU HAVE 2 HOURS TO CORRECT!!!!!!

>>2655584
>tfw haven't even begun to draw yet

>>2655585
YOU CAN FUCKING DO IT

let's all draw, friends!

>>2655598
nice joke

>>2655598
Give me something to draw.

>>2655600
you're

>>2655601
dad?

>>2655602
son

How do you guys get yourself to draw when you just don't feel like it? I've been drained the whole week and really had to force myself to draw everyday and now I just don't feel like doing it cause it's the weekend.

>>2655604
Know that not drawing doesn't get you anywhere and may in fact regress you. Also that drawing is a habit that must be built into the muscles to be able to correctly do what you want it to.

>>2655604
i just try and think about how good i feel once im in the actual process of drawing, and a little bit of >>2655611 when that isnt enough

>>2655604
I've payed a man to shoot me if I don't draw everyday
It's been working just fine for the past 23 years

>>2655650
>not a 1weeker
>draws everyday
Hmm

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WEW Pihori

>>2655059
do you guys really believe in the comfort zone meme? /ic/ is really detrimental for the young and developing mind.

>>2655658
It's pretty obvious that people understand that by not drawing what you think is hard will not help you get better at them and therefore comfort zone is real.

>>2655210
There's only one human alive on this planet that has been able to be worse than Nile.
And SubCry-o' lot is not the one.

>>2655668
I meant dropping out of LAS wise

>>2655687
And you'd still be very wrong :^)

>>2655658
Not only is comfort zone very real, it applies across all mediums and professions.
All it means is that you are not challenging yourself. i.e. Stagnating.

It's only a bad thing if you want to improve and never try. Nothing wrong with drawing something you know you are capable of once in a while.

using lube is the best

Oh hey, the clock is working again.

>>2655661
>>2655733
>projections and conjectures.

oh right, i forgot we have psychologists,mind readers and detectives on this thread.

>>2655799

>>2655799
Your idea that it's somehow conjecture is conjecture itself. You don't need to be a psychologist, mind reader, or a detective to comprehend the research that's already been done on this subject.

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>I haven’t felt good about my drawing in a couple days. In record time I’ve reached the point where I’m garbage and I’ll never get good.

>I don’t actually believe it but I feel that way sometimes if I think I’m not progressing fast enough. I’m sleeping so much it’s hard to get in the hours I want but I should be on track to get through Hampton’s book by the end of my first year. I’m looking forward to it so I can start life studies.

>But for now I’m going back to bed (after I fix a LAS problem)

>(after I fix a LAS problem)

>mfw

>>2655926
lava has to learn to take it easy. He put the bullshit "I'll git gud in two months" deadline on himself and now he's depressed that he didn't make it. Also he doesn't do any personal stuff where he applies his studies, it's just non-stop studies. That's exactly what JerryBreem was doing and the same thing will happen to Lava if he doesn't lighten up.

>>2655926
Whoa he actually mentioned LAS

>>2655926
probably the missing comic challenge

>>2655604
Just draw fun stuff- it doesn't have to always be academic

>>2655931
I've just realized that the last thing I drew for fun was at the beginning of June.

>>2655931
>tfw pulled that two months shit
>didn't make it a week
>tried it again the next month
>didn't make it a week again
>got depressed for a while
>decide to pull off something that will definitely make me draw because I invested money
>get a tablet
>decide that's not enough
>join LAS
>actually miss first day, but it's alright didn't submit
>do the next day
>so glad
>next deadline comes up
>las actually gives you anxiety to submit before deadline because if you don't, it's super shameful
>been going a week+ now
Feels good. I think I'll make it.

>>2656022
Welcome to LAS and good job mang. Just keep at it and you'll git gud. We're all gonna make it.

>>2656022
>las actually gives you anxiety to submit before deadline because if you don't, it's super shameful
232 days in and I had my first nightmare about not submitting.

>>2655812
I feel like reading, link me one of those research papers on how drawing one specific subject a lot of times is somehow detrimental to the honing of the skill of draftsmanship.

I wonder if this is going to be the first LAS thread to 404.

>>2656342
why would it be?

what is this shit

>>2656418
ya nan

>>2656418
yer maw

https://picarto.tv/radianart
rarestrem

>you lived to see the las threads die in your lifetime

R.I.P.

what do you mean?? literally every las thread dies....
its been dead since the beginning..

>>2656686
He means figuratively, as in they're no longer active like they used to be. These threads usually lasted 2 days maybe 3 days max, but now we're hitting day 4 and we barely hit 250 posts. We used to get at least a 1000.

don't give up las ;_;

these threads are cancer
zero posts containing original art
just let it die

>>2656709
>at least 1000
We hit 1k two or three times, mostly through deliberate shitposting to see who could get the #1000 reply. Don't exaggerate things.

>>2656827
It at least averaged 700

>>2656827
I'm not exaggerating things, look up all the early threads, 90% got 1000 or atleast got real close.

How many hours a day do lassies get to sleep?

Been thinking about cutting from 8 hours to 4-6 hours to increase that mileage.

I remember being pissed off cus thready used my image and it reached 1000 in less than a day.

>>2656874
Don't go below 7 hours. It will hurt you more than help you.

Why am i getting so many downvotes on imugur I'm getting 6-9 downvotes and 200-400 views
>started drawing 2 months ago
>2 imugur posts
>mfw 15 total downvotes and 0 upvotes or likes.
>why?
my photos aren't hideous and I tried my best on them. ://

>>2657018
>giving a shit about downboats
end your life

>>2657024
>asuming I give a shit
I don't I'm just wondering why.

>>2657028
you give enough of a shit to cry about it here
what kind of answer do you expect to begin with without a name
if you wanna be cuddled go to dumblr

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>>2657018
>tfw found your name by going through posts
;^) But for real, imgur isn't an art site so they don't give a shit what you draw. I've seen some of the better artists on here accidentaly make their submissions public and they either get maybe 2-3 upvotes or a bunch of downboats + comments from normies trying to critique them about shit they don't know about. It's best just to make your stuff private. If you do want upboats then you have to attach a story to your sketch, tell the normies about how hard you worked and how the sketch is a tribute to your Ugandan autistic son who died of lymphoma. Or do some cutesy fanart of whatever's popular now like pokemon. If it doesn't emotionally appeal to normies or if ti isn't something that they already like, chances are that they'll ignore you or try to give you "advice." Also you're probably more likely to get upboats if you only share finished pieces, normies don't like looking at unfinished stuff.

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>>2657033
Not crying just curious if people in general on imgur are harsh and downvote a lot or my drawings aren't good. Didn't mean to come off as a whiny cunt.

>>2657018
>>2657040
>making your art public to begin with and then cry
you really really belong on tumblr, my friend

>>2657044
it says in my settings they are private... also not crying

>>2657044
>>2657051
oh my posts were private but my album was public
>tfw literally slightly autistic

>>2657040
yeah I get it and thanks for the reply got a good kek outa this.

>>2657044
>what is reading comprehension?
I don't make my shit public. I was explaining to him how people tend to vote on imgur you gargantuan faggot.

>>2657059
I was talking to him to begin with you nigger
your post talks of the "dangers" of having your shit public
was that too complicated for you?

>>2657059
>>2657065
w e w lassies cmon, I know you bakas want to be the last artist standing but calling eachother names is not the way to do it :^)

besides, just give up already, I'm gonna be the last one standing

>>2657040
Why don't you, you know, keep your art on a RAID so it's offshore or on google drive folders if you never want this to happen? Or use tumblr and set the blog to private if you're submitting to las. Oh that's right, you're a viewfag.

>>2657186
>>2657059

>>2657188

Doesn't matter, it applies to all imgurfags.

I wanna see lassies progress. Let's all make one of those improvement things and post them here. I'm not at home right now but I'll try to post when I can.

How's everyone doing today?

>>2657228
Fine, was just about to go to bed.

>>2657224
ok

>>2657233
Sweet dreams anon.
Be safe and take care!

>>2657224
>progress
Y-yeah, about that...

>>2657224
What's a good way to show progress if all you do is sketch and studies?

>>2657224
>redrawing things from high school lately
>look at them side by side and feel proud
>realize high school was 10 years ago
>this is terrible progress by /ic/ standards

I need to find something from the start of /las/ and redraw it. Maybe I'll feel less miserable.

>>2657253
do similar sketches or studies. Or if you can find 1 or 2 semi finished things try redrawing them. Even something as basic as redrawing head constructions can be a good way to show progress.

I'm in a similar boat since I've done mostly studies or lazy doodles.

>>2657253
Make finished work mate.

>>2657240
come on anon! Even if you haven't improved, at least show us so we can tell you what you're doing wrong.
>>2657254
haha, same thing happened to me.
>open up binder filled with all my drawings
>look at the first gestures I ever did
>laugh at how awful they look and feel proud of my progress
>realize that was like 4-5 years ago
Although to be fair, I wasn't serious about art until a month or two before LAS started.

>http://lavaflake.com/draw/community/?id=61

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lOePOxPjF4


joking aside

>tfw we can finally get some badgers

:-D

>>2657349
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMER1h4BNU

>>2657349
>23:99:59
O_O

>>2657349
>implying Lava will give a fuck about these
Also, remember when Lava said the badges were going to be ready in a couple of days and then he disappeared without telling us anything?

GIB STREM!

DEATH TO THE USURPERS!

THE LAVA
THE LAVAAAAAA

Fluffable, your topic submission today is for the wrong topic.

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>>2657522
I thought it'd be ok to draw just any figure since they have appendages. Besides, the background was yesterday's work. Pic related, me after giving up trying to fix the busted up faces and perspective.

Do you think you are going to get tired of LAS?

>>2657541
Already am, go fuckyuorself

>>2657541
No, I'm tired of being shit.

runnyguns, i think youd benefit greatly from a more polished piece right now. the way you paint reminds me of a lot of pixiv artists. if you push yourself that extra mile you could learn a lot- cross reference your work with your inspirational artists

wish u da best. u gon make it lil' cub

>>2657599
who the fuck is runnyguns

>>2657602
who the fuck are you

>>2657603
your nan

>>2657606
nan...i??

>>2657554
Amen brother

WHO
THE FUCK
IS RUNNYGUNS

>>2657700
meme somewhere else, nigger

Runnyguns?

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A movie, Lava, you want to make a movie.

>>2657809
the fuck am i reading, lava?

>>2657809
I think what he has in mind it's a thing like the modern Telltale games, David Cage's games or any visual novel.
He just doesn't know enough about videogames I guess.

>>2657809
wew the cripple starting new projects while completely abandoning the one that actually has people in it.

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>just spent an hour and a half constructing a sphere

>>2657843
>the project i wanted to work on after LAS
>after
lava writes an entire blogpost about video games and people still find away to bitch about it

lava ;_;

>>2657812
Yeah that sounds about right. But I don't know how he would tie doing 2d art to a video game like that since they're mostly 3d. Those types of games are surprisingly fun too despite all the people that bitch about "HURR WALKING SIMULATOR"
>>2657844
Post it

If I was lava I wouldn't come back either t b h.

Look at how lassies whine every day about his blog, wether he mentions LAS or not. What do you want, you think him posting in thread will make them active again, hitting 1k posts and filled with dank memes and good vibes? Nope. People have moved to the discord. You think it'll bring in more new people? Nope. If you don't advertise on other boards or sites then how will anyone even hear about LAS let alone join it, hell even on our home board of /ic/ we just keep to ourselves in these threads and probably get ignored or hidden by everyone else because for months it's just been off topic shitposting.

If the threads are quiet and community stagnating, it's because of you, the anonymous shitposters, desperate for memes and drama but now regretting how lonely the threads are. If you want to make things better then it's up to you too. You want a new challenge, make one, you want new members, go recruit them, you want something specific from lava, go email the fucker instead of spamming in a thread no one reads anymore, especially not the lemur.

>>2657868
Get off your soap box faggot.

>>2657868
ok lava

>>2657868
and then there's this dumbass

>>2657866
I think I'll do a couple more then submit it, so I feel less embarrassed.

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Lokki, you better not submit this to your blog tomorrow. Amazing piece btw.

>tfw try to get maximum art gains
>sleep only 3 hours
>get massive head aches now
>don't know whether or not it's life threatening to continue on
I-I'm not gonna make it.

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>>2658091
You need to sleep 6 hours minimum every night. You can cut things down to 7.5 from whatever your norm is, which is the standard, or if you want to feel good about sleeping less then go for 6. But anything below that and you'll be running on fumes for parts of the day, and it affects your energy too, so you might need to have more snacks to keep going, which will ofc make you fat.

6 hours minimu, 7.5 recommended. Don't be an idiot familyman.

>shitposting on /ic/
>leaving skidmarks on my keyboard
>really on edge
>sister pisses me off
>she gets an attitude
>shouted in all caps at her face
>hit her with that smug anime reaction face
>reported her to my mom
>shitposted on her irl
>left skidmarks on her face
did i do good?

>>2658106
Kekked

>>2658093
Snacks, you say? What kind of snacks?

>>2658124
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0WN55p_zI
BIG
PINK

>only a few more minutes left
>haven't drawn anything

So BondageFairy is going to meet up with another lassie

Is this a first?

>>2658194
who fucking cares
he jsut wants his ass slammed because nobody else wants to hang with that fucking freak

>>2658204
Being this jealous of other people having friends

>>2658205
>friends
yeah these threads are nothing but friends and happy time
now end your life

>>2658218
you must be the reason depressed, friendless, suicidal pepe pictures exist.
when is the last time you spoke to someone other than begging your dad to stop fucking your ass

>>2658227
you are mom last night
she has a way with words like with dicks, she likes to take a mouthful

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>>2658204
>>2658205
>>2658218
>>2658227
>>2658232

>>2658194
explain?

>>2657932
Why not?
I don't think it's good at all. The values are too dark and all over the place without any depth to them, on top of the stiff figure and the nonsensical hair/seat thing.

>>2657224
>>2657236
>>2657240
>>2657253
>>2657254
POST PROGRESS FAGGOTS

>>2658306
I gotta make some progress thing then

what should I post, day 1 of las and the most recent upload?