Progress Thread?

What was your routine?

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>>3103528

>>3103533
from 2014 to mid 2015 it was doodling in notebooks and drawing space marines from imagination

late 2015 onwards I averaged around 1 hour a day. Some days I would not draw at all while on other days I drew for 5+ hours

I mostly doodle in my sketchbook, do life drawing sessions and the occasional photo study.

>>3103536
this person is now 28 and still draws the same way. is this autism?

>>3103536
Undeniable proof that you can't get better just by drawing all the time.

>>3103536
what went wrong
did he draw literally 4 things a year?

>>3103536
>this retard can do good looking pixel art
wtf I hate pixel art now

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>>3103528
making these is one of the only joys in my life

>>3106112
You haven't progressed since 2015..

>>3106112
you still outline

>>3106112
Autism lines

>>3106146
>>3106140
>>3106138
kys

>>3106112
I am honestly glad you never quit. Your art really grew on me. Keep it up cumfarty.

>>3106146
I actually do have autism though

>>3106152
Don't get me wrong. I like his paintings too. His color theory got slightly better since 2015 but overall he hasn't made any progress.

>>3106112
That's good stuff the only problem is that I don't see much of an improvement mainly because your art from 2015 wasn't even bad to begin with. You might want to start reaching out into other areas other than still life or else you risk stagnating.

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>>3106159
He's clearly going through a rough patch.

>>3106165
It's funny you say that because Brian was mainly doing landscapes for a year after still lifes.

>>3106085
It's just a modified sprite of the original game.

>>3106137
I really like your environment study bottom left, Anon.

>>3106316
Thanks. It was just this field I kept driving past on my way to work everyday. One day I decided, I want to paint that.

>>3106137
love your landscapes.
Where can i see them on good resolution?

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I'm happy, I don't draw a lot, just finished remaking this one from 2012

>>3106820
I want to kidnap you, and train you for two weeks in a basement in an undisclosed location, only to release you again so that you can show off a much better piece.

>>3106903
ok duderino

>>3106820
Incredible improvement over five years, a real inspiration.

>>3106781
is it digital medium with photo ref?

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>>3106820
wow this is incredibel! what was your schedule like?

>>3106112
I actually like your stuff Brian, you should shit post less though and just paint.
>>3106140
Don't listen to this man, he is a disease, outlines can work in paintings, I've seen it used successfully in many other artists work.

>>3106820
Funny how the original piece is far better than the new one.

>>3106137
How do I improve like you dickbutt? What kinda stuff do you practice? I remember you saying that you don't actually draw or paint that often so how do you maximize your gains with such limited time? Always dug your shit.

>>3106137
Do you have a blog?

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I suck because I do nothing but paint generic fantasy lanscapes.

But eh, at least I still paint something.

>>3107138
I have to admit I only make a full drawing twice a year and doodle like once every two weeks.. I did have an internship with a local artist that was just me doing studied for 2 times a day every week for half a year.

>>3107179
It's the style. More people have said that. I am happy with my rendering skills though. Now to not be a one trick woman portrait pony

>>3107204
>>3107204
I love your landscapes.

Your girl drawing is like disturbingly worse than everything else though.

>>3107181
1. Find drawings/paintings you like and actually look at them. Ask yourself, how did the artist do this? How can I replicate that myself? Then take that and try to incorporate it into your stuff.
2. Don't be afraid to use references. It's not cheating, it's not somehow lessening your worth as an artist. Also, ask for help. Shitposting aside, /ic/ can be quite helpful. I've posted everything in my progress picture in the draw threads and got valuable critiques and advice that I ended up incorporating into each one.
3. If you need to, step away from a project for a day or two. Don't touch it, don't look at, forget it exists. You can work on something completely different, or be like me and don't paint anything for a week. Then you can come back to that original piece with fresh eyes. Maybe you'll see something off that you never noticed before and you can fix it. Maybe, you'll find that your piece was shit the entire time and you just want to scrap the entire thing. I have a folder full of half finished crap that I have no intention of finishing.

Really, I don't know what to give you besides generic advice like this. It works for me. It probably won't work for you, but there you go.
Actually, the best advice I can give it to find what DOES work for you and just go with it. Also, keep practicing. DON'T be like me and paint once or twice a month.

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>>3106137
Those scenes are pretty rad, I need to dedicate a few months into some of that
>>3103528
Solid fundies! The style could stand to be more appealing in execution

Rendering Progress

>>3107138
do you work for wikihow?

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>>3107414
I'll just post the timeline as well

Gotta discipline myself to stop style hopping and doodling to just grind fundamentals.

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Really disappointed in myself that i stopped drawing

>>3107428
wtf? one month? did you trace?

>>3107335
I don't paint people really.

Honestly I thought it was pretty decent but that could just be a sign that my eye for faces is pretty bad. That and my ego.

>>3107430
Lol no, it is traditional, i dont think you can trace drawing in traditional, unless u print it and draw over it i guess. I made it with reference, not imagination

>>3107423
I like the most recent link

>>3107422
holy kek

>>3106036
drawing without analyzing = no improvement

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>>3107430
You can get significant progress in a month if you already have some knowledge and just need to be pointed to the right direction.

The problem is that after that you'll feel like you hit a plateau since you're not improving nearly as fast.

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Spent the past 2 years focusing on painting, so I'm switching to drawing again

>>3107373
Thank you for the advice, I really do appreciate it.

>>3107747

very nice. How many hours do you draw per day? A lot i guess.

>>3107953
Varies, most days I do 6-8 hrs, and maybe 1-2 days a week i'll do a 4 hr day.
I'd say just try and squeeze in 40 drawing/painting hours a week and you'll be gucci

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Gonna be taking Anthony Jones' course on character design early 2018, so I hope I can make some mad gains, but also just so I can build a routine where I paint continuously. I find that every so months they'll be a gap where I don't do as much as I know I can, I wanna get out of that and study hard and start exploring story driven art work.

>>3107423
Dat 0 improvement. Thanks for the motivation.

>>3107433
>you cant "trace" a drawing in traditional

>>3108587
If you can't see their progress, you're not gonna make it anon.

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>>3107736
Or you can just go to this teacher.

>>3108628
>tfw my question was saved
This was such a long time ago I forgot about it.

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I feel weird about this. On one hand, I just drew my best drawing yet. On the other hand, I drew another picture after that and it was a horrible turd. What gives? Is it just that I had a good picture to copy?

>>3108637
Youvwere pleased with the previous effort, then slacked on the next one.

>>3103528
>2014: video games
>2015: video games
>2016: video games and dicks
>2017: video games
Great progress faggot.

>>3108731
>2014: whining and complaining
>2015: whining and complaining
>2016: whining, complaining and sucking dicks
>2017: whining and complaining
great progress turbofaggot, that kinda shit you posted is the reason /ic/ is shit

>>3108049
Great improvement in your sense of design!

>>3108637
Now redraw it again but this time make it even better.

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6 months progress

>>3108973
How did you do it?

>>3108977
I learn fast I guess. It's not like I drew every day I even had like 2 week breaks. But I recently started studying values and looking at master classes and interviews on youtube. that shit is inspirational dude.

>>3106137
Some Stalenhag-esque stuff I see?

>>3108985
you got any older stuff dude? (like from 2-3 years ago?)

>>3108992
I guess if you have the time you could check out my instagram : nicholasosagie . It's really bad tho until recently.

>>3108962
>my best drawing I've done yet
>redraw it but better, even though I haven't learned anything new or practiced much since

lol I'll get right on that

>>3108628
Inspirational

>>3107428
>>3107428

What manbo jambo you're doing???

>>3107747
>>3107953
See the thing is when he lists pieces and the year he did them, he isn't just saying that he did those pieces in the year. He's saying he /only/ did those pieces that year. BupeDude here spends way too fucking long doing a piece.

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2014-2017

>>3107747
>it's the monkey dude
>also orc
I thought you sucked when I saw your drawings but you were actually this good?!

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>>3109409
My main focus was to get better at drawing portraits, be it stylized or not so i spent that entire month making studies of portraits, i put like 150+ hours that month only making studies of portraits with a few side projects for fun, obviously my fundies on everything else is below shit-tier but this is how i decided to proceed about it althought It was only thanks to the fact that i had vacations before starting college so i had enough free time to put like 2-6 hours a day

Pic related is one of the studies i made, i know it has many flaws but thats why i keep doing studies

>>3107428
>>3109580
So this is talent.

>>3108731
post your work

>>3109589
In my entire life (20 years) i never thought i had talent in anything, i just put the hours, sometimes i even have to put more hours than other people to get the same results, i know it's this way for me in academic stuff at least. Althought i guess i have talent but in an useless subject, vidya, i was Challenger in LoL(League of Legends) and then i asked myself why i am wasting my time in vidya instead of something more fullfilling so i stopped playing and focused on art

Sorry for blog i guess

>>3109597
Whoa, you were Challenger? You're a legend then. Do you got a blog I can follow you? You seem like a cool person.

>>3109599
I am not sure if i fell for a meme

>>3108989
Yeah, sort of. I like his stuff because it remind me of my city a bit.

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lazy ngmi

>>3107428
what methods you used to train yourself? what was your schedule and routine? please tell

>>3109580
>150+ hours in one month
Holy shit. That's dedication.

>>3109766
that's only 5 hours a day anon.

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king of shitposting coming through

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>>3109773
2/2

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>>3103536
>over a decade
>no improvement whatsoever
what in the name of christ almighty

>>3109770
5 hours a day is a lot, anon. I can barely get myself to do anything nowadays.

>>3109787
The funny thing is that their pokemon drawing ability improved substantially

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>>3109765
>>3109765
When i started i knew nothing about how to get better so instead of drawing mindlessly and fall for the meme of "just draw" i started lurking /ic/ for resources, the sticky was useful but its not as useful as people tend to say it is, i came to /ic/ to read about anything daily since i didn't even know what "shading" was exactly, i did draw 2-6 hours almost each day, i tried to make it a habit but i admit skipped every now and then, i saved my progress on a notepad and then a spreadsheet (thanks past anons), also instead of grinding ALL the fundies (full body) i focused on making portraits since it is what i like the most, the ratio was like 80% studies of portraits and 20% side projects for fun (anime-ish style). Hope this helps anon, if curious about anything else feel free to ask i guess
>>3109766
>>3109770

The fact that it was before college made it possible, althought there were so many times i wanted to keep drawing but i dont draw when my family is home, i know many anons can relate to this

Pic related was a side project of last month

>>3103536
I actually prefer his 15-16 year old doodles, they at least looked sort of cute but later they just turn into ugly wide eyed shit.

Can anyone post that one improvement thing of that one guy that drew a couple of the "your style my style" things that looked weird but cool. One of them was a dinosaur penis thing I think? He had this artstyle that is similar to invader zim kinda. I forgot his fucking name but his improvement thing was really detailed.

>>3109843
The invader Zim guy, fk, i think i know who you are talking about but i didn't save it, it was indeed filled with details like when he started with X material

>>3106820
did she get hit on the head? D:

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>>3109418
Compiled an image with all the "finished" pieces I did in 2016 and so far in 2017
If you wan't to see literally everything I've done for the past 3 years I have a nifty little gumroad with it all https://gumroad.com/l/nCTkO
>>3109574
You're too kind

>>3108628
Lel.
Thanks for sharing.
DESU learning from a proper teacher probably teaches you a lot more shit that you can't think yourself since I>>3107736 still can't into imagination. But then again I only do like 1-3 hours a day (6 on a really good day).

>>3110001
I keep on forgetting t b h turns into desu.

>>3110004
desu?

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Well...

>>3110118
That Loomis pic is probably my favourite piece of OC from this board

>>3105924

It is god-like dedication.

>>3110008
triggered

>>3110118
be more courageous with your oc

make the good oc

i believe

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>>3110581
Thank you.

>>3105938
Then how does one get better? Even muah studies won't help.

>>3110615
How about actually learning how to draw instead of just drawing? It's like people use the word study without realizing what it means.

>>3110118
>7 years later and still drawing figures in the same perspective on blank backgrounds

you're not challenging yourself at all

>>3109925
>same color palette, same focal points, same subject matter

you've stagnated

>>3110613
fucking saved. I dare someone to make their own critique post. they are getting hit with this

>>3110716
I know... right now I'm drawing an enviroment and I intend to do more, gotta get out of the comfort zone.

>>3110716
>>3110719
Post your progress

>>3110731
oh fuck off

>>3110737
>no picture
What a creative way to say you don't progress.

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2008

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>>3110744
2015

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2013

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>>3110748
2015

>>3110748
>>3110750
fucking awful

kys

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2015

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>>3110752
2016

>>3110751
I did not think i'm good as well. This happens when one considers himself self-taught. Also, post yours faggit.
>>3110752
>>3110754
Fuck, first 2017, second 2016

>>3103528
You've made amazing progress every single year except for 2017 imho. What happened? (still great tho)

>>3110742
thats exactly what you want to read into.

thats all you fucks ever want to read into.

which is why i told you to fuck off.

>>3110763
I kinda botched the editing of the picture in MS paint; all of the drawings underneath '2016' are from 2017

>>3110752
I love the neck area on this, awesome job

I want to post mine but I'm pretty sure I'll get banned (nsfw stuff)

>>3110888
Nice trips, also I'm a bit of a newfag but I'm pretty sure you won't get banned on account of /ic/ having a porn general

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>>3109925
I think you really need to work on your color theory
The colors you choose seem very random and don't go well with each other. If you can improve your sense of color, your paintings will become much less amateurish.

>>3109843
you mean table guy, the guy with the fart fetish and who draws with markers

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>>3103528
Pencil portraits, most over the past year or so

>>3110917
That's because he's legit colorblind lol

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i draw only when i get the mood, thats like once in a week or two. anyway here it is.

i feel like i could do more but i just dont know dudes..

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>>3110989
im pretty proud of this one.

>>3110991
im proud of u for uploading that

>>3109925
Damn that looks almost like pro work, how do I get as good as you?

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i just sketch whenever. not well but whatever

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>>3110968
the fuck?
so that's why his colors have absolutely no color identity?

I know of another color blind artist who just sticks to colors she can see for the most part.

>>3111026
looks like a character out of The Long Dark

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>>3110890
Oh, alright then

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>>3110719
Fully agree
>>3110917
>>3110968
>>3111026
I have what you'd call strong protanopia, so if you're interested in how I see shit just google that.
>>3111002
I'm a far away from even entry level pro, but I got to where I am by just drawing what I like for 3 years

>>3111068
furfag since you were 13, damn. it starts to show early.

>>3111001
maybe i shouldnt have?

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Still a crappy anime style but I feel like I have improved a bit

>>3111718
Blog? How do I get as good as you?

>>3110758
>This happens when one considers himself self-taught.
no it isn't . you just didn't study or use reference or anything apparently..

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I made a nice progress. But I'm fucking everything up at the moment. NGMI. unrelated studies are keeping me from drawing. I want to die

>>3111722
creampuffchan on deviantart (I made the name when I was 13 pls dont bully)

I am not very good actually, this is one of my better drawings. I still need to branch out and challenge myself. Thank you though!

>>3111727
That's pretty good progress for a year, looks like you worked on observation and rendering.

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>>3111731
mainly that, yeah. Right now I'm focusing on construction and anatomy studies. I also try to draw from imagination sometimes.

>>3107747
How much time do you spend on one of those finished pieces from 2017?

>>3108973
You're legit a pro artist at this point

>>3111742
Didn't count the hours but each one took 3-5 weeks each, so maybe in the 50-60 hr range probably? same for the pieces from 2016

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worked so hard but after 2 years here we are. started nov 2015

>>3111789
That's some pretty solid improvement!

>>3111759
That's so fucking nice to hear you have no idea.

>>3108973
That's straight up some Noah Bradley shit, nice. Got any tips on learning to do environments/bgs?

>>3108973
wow i bet you have tons of studio job offers

>>3112002
>>3112020
>>3111759
are you guys fucking serious? holy crap

>>3112002
watch a lot of artists videos about environment art on youtube like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9zy0OOpT9o

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>>3112059
I don't know why people are praising him after my compliment but he is definitely getting there

>>3108973
Fuck you you fucking talented fuck.

>>3107423
>LoL and furry shit
Kill yourself

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>>3112142
>furry is bad

what the fuck do you mean you retard?

>>3112180
>Bait

>>3112142
>Drawing any character with fur is furry shit

But I like tiny fighting animal characters.
League has allot of fun concepts and they've utilized a few artist I admire.

Fuck wrong with you

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fuck me - i haven't drawn anything since may

>>3111779
That's some incredible patience. How do you keep it exciting? Or do you just persevere through pure grit?

>>3112361
I find it fun and entertaining, I'd gladly keep working on them for a few more weeks but I always feel like when it exceeds 4 weeks I need to stop.
The only pieces that i struggled to keep working on was the first skull painting and the dragon from 2016, it was the first times I spent a large amount of time on a single original piece
Force yourself to do it like 3 times or so and it should become easier afterwards, ganbare lad

>>3112321
get your act together mate, i looked up to you and chased you, your a great artist dont throw away your gift,
no pressure ease yourself back into your routine other wise that can also be a bit detrimental....

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>Want to draw cute girl
>Draw guys better
I don't remember using a monkey's paw, i think my pose still stiff, any tips?

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Here's my digital and sketching progress.
I haven't drawn much since june-july because I'm trying to save some money with a non artistic job that takes most of my time and energy.
At september i'll get back to drawing seriusly i hope

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>>3112616

>>3109776
Anon, I love you. These are so good. What do you use to colour the sketchbook pages?

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so

>>3112808
bad

>>3112808

Do you reference the poses, or is it totally from imagination?

>>3112823
references and give it a lil cartoony touch

>>3112321

That's a long time to stop, dude. You gotta keep some maintenance up at least, or you're going to atrophy.

>>3112826

Cool, I really like them btw

>>3112829
ah thanks!

>>3112821
and thanks you too!

>>3112321
You get the fuck back to drawing right now, you have a responsibility to put your ability and talent to use. Also do you have a blog?

>>3106820
the one on the right has better polish and I commend you for it, but you need to get back the left's style.

>>3106903
fuck that noise bro, do that to me instead

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>>3106903
>>3107001
>>3113557
BREAKING NEWS: ANON GETS KIDNAPPED AND IN A STUNNING TWIST OF FATE CONSEQUENTLY WINS 10 CONSECUTIVE ART CONTESTS
The alleged criminal has gone on the record for saying: 'What I did, I did without choice. In the name of peace and sanity and making new artists less cancerous.'

A lot of people are frustrated about not progressing as much as they want.My advice here is to draw at the very least 5 miserable minutes a day,no matter how mentally retarded you are,you will get good no matter what

>>3112618
Every drawing looks cool or stylish,maybe talent is actually a thing
draw more often

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>>3103528
None of these are studies btw

>>3112618
Noice. You've got that frenchy animator/cartoon style. I dig it.

>>3114281
Though it's going to have a long ass time if you only do 5 minutes a day

>>3114415
I think anon's advice applies to people who don't draw at all because they don't see progress when really 5 minutes is enough to show you that you can get good eventually.

>>3112321
Do you find that doing finished pieces is a good thing to someone who feels their skill is undeveloped?

>>3114297
lol, what's with the tail grab?

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edgy -> weeb -> neet

>>3114590
Oh shit I remember that 2016 piece. Never realized you were still around.

>>3114590
How do you get references for those perspective pieces if it's okay to ask? ;_;

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>>3114592
blame my chronic procrastination :(

>>3114622
usually, I don't use reference when it comes to perspective. However this particular piece was done with CG; which was created by myself.

>>3114658
Thankyou so much. Could I ask what program you did the cg in if it's ok to ask?

>>3114663
3Ds Max.
I just downloaded free 3d models from web and posed them whatever i wanted to. which is pretty easy after spending some time learning IK rigging and skinning.

There's many other software specifically designed to help designers to make human references. such as Poser, MakeHuman, DAZ 3D, DesignDoll. However I don't have any experience on those, can't tell which is good or not.

Good luck!

>>3114668
Thankyou so much I really appreciate it anon.

>>3109776
Trip, why do you keep being lazy with hands?
It's not that fucking difficult. Do a few studies and I'm sure you'll have it down perfectly acceptably. Your drawings would gain a lot from it.

>>3114297
bias't comment of support

>>3103536
Y'all retard it's his art style.

>>3103536
What's the name of this artist?
I'm pretty confident this is just stuff swiped from some kids DA fo

>>3114931
*for trolling purposes. Fuck me.

>>3114297
hey fellow seksclubber
you havent improved a lot what happen

>>3106820
No offense, but the one on the right just looks like you blended your values.

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>>3114938
hey
I've been mainly focusing on drawing humans
I also have no ideas for projects, so I've been mostly doing sketches. I'll admit that I could have improve way more if I worked harder, but I'm just glad I improved at all.

>>3112421
>looked up to you and chased you
I hope that you took the opportunity to pass me

>>3114502
>finished pieces
I never finish pieces, and I end up with characters floating on white backgrounds. You should definitely practice finishing your pieces.

this is the first time ive used this board beyond looking at the sticky and it hurts

>>3115764
Why, looking at people who are better than you can help you improve.

>>3115776
growing pains are not just physical

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>>3115777

>>3115785
This needs Artist Sota

>>3115786
Soda is a useless ngmi shit that even a slightly yandere villain pities.

>>3115789
>tfw /ic/ are those faggots who told setsuna to go off herself for plagiarizing

>>3115790
Well I suppose it just outlines the drama surrounding references. I'm pretty sure that most good artists have those figures or even take photos of themselves or get photos of others or use 3D references like DAZ or Designdoll or 3DSmax or something like that. And everyone has to get their influence from somewhere, and it was also alleged plagiarising. I'm glad that Altair loves her, even if she felt like she had no one to lean on when she was alive.

>>3114744
trash isn't an artstyle

>>3114744

>>3116086 This
Many artists use the "style" excuse to cover their weaknesses, its usually people who cannot take criticism that use this as an excuse

>>3109566
I literally can't tell which is the 2014 and which the 2017. There is no clear improvement or deterioration in any direction. Either you improved your palette and brushwork and got worse at drawing or vice versa among other stuff.

>>3109744
Nice progress. You got a good palette and I like the loseness, but I think you shoud get a more consistent anatomy and figure drawing skills if you want to get into those figure-based illustrations. Also, try to be more dynamic with your compositions. Do a couple of thumbnails at least before starting a "finished" illustrations

>>3110961

Clean but terribly boring linework The pencil-color background really is amateurish, and your coloring is really flat. Try to use diferent colors to have a bit of interest and hue changes and also give volume with the colors like you kind of did in the black hair in the bottom.
You have a good drawing and measuring sense I can see (unless you trace, in which case I suggest you to stop immediately), but you have a long way in your coloring skills


>>3110989
>i draw only when i get the mood, thats like once in a week or two
The definition of not making it, which I guess you have already been told by /ic/. If it's just for fun, go on , but that's a terrible progress if you hope to get somewhere. Just study more.

>>3111011
Kind of good progress for the short time you've been on.

>>3111068
Mad skills you got at rendering. If I could say something it would be to try to be more dynamic with the poses and camera angle. And also be carefull with the heads, you tend to flatten them.
Anyway, great work.

>>3111718
Why is she shinning so much? I personally don't like it, but I guess it turns people on

>>3111789
Great progress this last year. Nice designs

>>3112588
Blog?

>>3117082
Thankyou anon, the feedback is very helpful.

>>3117082
So which is the worse drawing and which is the worse brushwork?

>>3118468
I hope you get better soon anon

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>>3118468
here's a quick paintover for feedback. i could have used reference material to push it further. added some elements to create a story and make it more interesting

>>3118499
Blog?

>>3118504
When you are asleep and find yourself in a nightmare. That's where you meet me.

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Right one was from 2015
Middle was probably 5-6 Months ago this year
Left was literally 10 minutes ago

I didn't start taking Loomis seriously until a little after the middle picture. Once I realized all I drew were samefaced girls I figured I needed a change.

>>3118499
That's great, Thank you.

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mine

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>>3112616
I don't know enough about lighting and colors but here's some feedback. Is it inspired by yerka? I would make every building look exactly the same texture and color wise.

>>3118537
wouldn't*

>>3118510
>guts as a businessman during his midlife crisis.

>>3106820
eh i guess im the only that thinks the firstt ones better? Flows better, nicer angles, less smudgy, better hair, stronger profile in face, better proportions, obviously the second one has better blending and such, but the first is so much more unique and stylized

>>3114942
this, first is better

>>3114590
you lied anon I thought you said you only drew for 4 years.

>>3118508
coool line, ima have to steal it for some hentai im gonna make where some tsundere demon girl appears in the dreams of a neet, and the neet pulls out his dick and fucks her right in the pussy.

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I probably included too much. sorry.

>>3119050
Looking great anon! Can I ask what references you used to do the perspective drawings?

>>3118533
Gorgeous portraits and lovely environments! Blog?

>>3119050
I think that the jump from 2016 to 2017 was the biggest... Composition wise (or was it refs?)

Sorry, couldn't avoid looking for the hands. But your inking is great!

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Thinking I'm beginning to finally find what I truly like/what I want in art.

>>3119050
very impressive

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>>3119052
Mostly from imagination I guess, usually I have vague ideas and mess around until I feel like it. pic related used to be a subway cart intersection but now it's a city block.
As for how I learned perspectives, I couldn't put a word to it. I guess I just understood it without much effort, since it's really just a grid system. I had way more trouble learning human anatomy and adapting those knowledge to the animu artstyle. Also, the CSP perspective ruler can help correct some mistakes when I finish the sketch.

>>3119261
what do you mean by looking for hands?

>>3111100
I too have protanopia and see nothing in your pic.
How do you deal with that problem ?

>>3119050
Impressive, I like your style.
Do you have somewhere you post your work ?

>>3119690
I generally don't cuz I'm also bad at a lot of other colors, dark blue and purple often look the same, bright greens and yellows are the same exact color etc.
The major issue in my pieces i've heard is that there's a lot of colors that pop out that I don't see, but I found a way to get past it, just open up the hue slider and shift all the colors to something you see a bit better, and the colors that you wouldn't see but others would should pop out and you can tweak them accordingly.
Keep at it anon you can do it, pic apparently says "fuck the color blind" btw lmao

>>3107326
rendering skills lol, it is like all you have done is find the smudge tool

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>>3119695
I got a twitter.
https://twitter.com/yunkie101

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>>3103536

Let me show you someone with no improvement.

>>3108628
>tendency to call the class a bunch of rapist
>he would come up from behind and say stuff like "baby, that gooood" while massaging your shoulder or fondle your ass.

And this was at a school? The hell?

>>3120043
>not letting him touch you and give you his energy to make it

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>>3119503
Reminds me of this pose

>>3114728
your right, thanks, i will do a few pages just of hands to kick myself into gear.

>>3103528
>Super Dave Osbourne
>Norm MacDonald podcast
Great taste and great art

>>3120065
He actually made it better.

>>3120147
He actually just traced it, the madman.

>>3117082
>Blog?
https://s-kq.deviantart.com/?rnrd=220700
https://s-kq.tumblr.com/

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>>3120163
It's definitely not, I just lined it up to check.

>>3120170
What about the ass?

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>>3120174
I doubt he traced anything. And while I myself am perspectively retarded CSP and other programs have great rulers.

>>3119503
Thanks anon.

>>3120182
Thanks lori.

My favorite part about all this shit work in progress is that none of it has any substance.

It is a display of wasted time and effort to draw nothing.

>>3120324
This is not a critique about technique, as it is obvious many of you have your techniques down, but, this technical display doesn't make up for your lack of content and depth of what you wasted time on improving.

Don't any of you have some actual innovative ideas to introduce with all these technical skills?

I mean, what is the point?

>>3120327
>I mean, what is the point
of anything
have fun with your existential crisis

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>>3120163
not defending the pic since it's just a throwaway doodle but I didn't trace, at least not that pic anon posted. I vaguely remember seeing something similar tobpic related that gave me the idea but I'm not that motivated to go through my folders for a reference. Take it as you will I guess.

>>3120327
That's quite a judgement to make, in a thread that's about how people got better at their techniques, that everybody in the thread have nothing to say with their art. What people choose to express is their own to define. Also, individual pics look more impressive than in a collage.

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kinda old lel, too lazy to make an actual progress compilation. gonna try this again this year

>>3121231
What the actual fuck? I remember seeing this image without the 2015 and even then /ic/ was already complaining.

>>3121232
I was reading that thread, 10/10 entertainment heh. gonna update with the 2017 version when I get to drawing it!

>>3106903
please do that to me, I'll kidnap myself.

>>3103528
What I always get from these threads is that if you wanna git gud at art you have to have doodled a lot as a kid to get in those basic skills, THEN actually started studying fundies to refine those skills into quality work.

I guess all those years of writing autistic RP Pokemon fanfiction as a kid will pay off some day, right?

>>3122930
>if you wanna git gud at art
no, it's more like if you want to be a child prodigy, i think most of us start early in our adulthood or late teens before realizing we want to take it further, the crazy fuckers like >>3121231 arent part of this species, theyre reptilian or some shit

What way do you guys practice drawing from imagination? Is it the obvious answer that you just keep drawing from imagination or do you have other ways?

>>3106820
The left one is better.
>what is a value? what is a shadow? what is a light source?

>>3122930
I don't think that's true. It might be a common thing, but not a requirement. There are a lot of factors involved in "getting gud", like:
>Passion
>Commitment
>Talent
>Opportunity
>Vision
>Motivation
>Obsession

Art is a calling. It's also a spectrum. You can be a Sunday painter, or a professional artist. Or anywhere in between. You can simply love the process, or have a vision for great works.
Some people show aptitude early on. I did. According to my mom, that's all I did when I was a kid - draw. She could give me paper and crayons, and I'd sit and draw for hours. That only changed when I learned to read (I taught myself, a little, I could read books when I hit kindergarden), and I split my time between books and drawing. She was also an artist, and encouraged all of us to explore art - not as a "Get a job" kind of thing, but just to have fun with it.

But that's me. Someone else could have a completely different path - and does.

If you were compelled to write as a child, I would be interested to see if your calling is writing.

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>>3122930
Not at all anon, I'm >>3107747 and I hated anything art related and never drew unless forced to in art class until I was 16.
Just make sure to get in that mileage early on in your art endeavor to catch up with the kids that have already spent a lot of time drawing

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I guess its normal progress

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I keep on meaning to go back and add the last few years to this.
I feel like in some ways college stopped me from growing in certain aspects. I have spent the past three months trying to find time to practice everyday for at least three hours! I still have so many weak spots dammit.

>>3123089
Faggot with progress

>>3110991
You shouldn't be

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Man I sucked. I still suck, but I suck less now.

>>3123089
Blog? How did you get so good?

>>3118533
Where did you learn perspective?

>>3121238
What the hell are you?

>>3119966
not much progress, anon. how much did you practice each day?

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i practice maybe 1-2 hours a day, but not every day so maybe an average of 10-15 hours a week?

only recently i've started to take it more seriously

>>3125382
Practise and references ._.

>>3114590
Blog?

Hey, I mean as long as we're progressing. At the age of 80, we're all going to be masters of this shit anyway.

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>>3127564
>mfw Da Vinci's last words

>>3123089
wider shoulders

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My first and my last animation

First: https://youtu.be/qYn7yPedT2U
Last: https://youtu.be/HWOlVToJy4o

Attending classes at a uni so I can't spend that much time practicing, here's what I have so far though

>>3127900
roughly three years

1st video is from 2014
last one from a few days ago

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this is my progress anons. I need more loomis, value, perspective.

>>3107138
tracing can be fun anon

>>3114590
still have that 2016 piece saved in my folder