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No. 28346
>>28340I dunno, what would you rather I'd drawn to start the thread?
>>28345yeah I have been having this problem recently. :/ I decided I don't really care if people from this particular place know it's me. there are worse places to be associated with and you all seem fun to talk to.
No. 28623
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Y'all are autistic.
I like to draw shitty little doodles on grafx2 sometimes. I'm inspired by PC-98 eroge. Sometimes I do glitch art-inspired stuff with them.
I haven't drawn shit in a while and I've gotten worse at it, though. Gotta git gud
No. 28627
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>>28623I also used to make shit like this until I got lazy and stopped animating them lmao.
No. 28735
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>>28729Nah, grafx2 has more options and is great for pixel art
No. 28837
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draw me a cactus please
No. 28848
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watching this makes me miss the times when generic recolored animu art was trending
No. 28850
>>28337I've been studying and practicing art pretty much my whole life (granted as a kid, that's not much). I'm about to start college for an entertainment arts major, and someday I just want to do 2d or 3d art for video games. I don't care what the specifics of the work are, just that I can be a part of a team that makes good games.
I'm working on this as a stress reliever between working on a longtime commission for a book. The book illustrations are all line work, very technical, and sort of textbook-ey. And I find myself gravitating towards painting, using shapes and values more. I've got a lot more studying to do, but someday I'd like to be able to paint like Ruan Jia or HGJ.
No. 29297
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I don't draw anything "real". Just … anime shit. I'm also working on a doujinshi because that's what I've always wanted to do.
Even if my art is just weeb shit, though, it honestly makes me happy because that's what I like to draw.
However, I'm still serious about improving anatomy and learning how to do backgrounds and whatnot.
No. 29333
>>28337This is kind of tumblresque, yeah, but it's by no means bad. I'm curious what your other work might look like, OP. For example, do you have a favorite piece?
>>29302Thank you!
>>29315Yes, they are. This is a good one.
No. 29334
>>29333>Yes, they are. This is a good one.Thanks. This is another one I've done. I have a few more but these are the only two I feel worth sharing.
In the 21st century
An egotist society
Too caught up in the irony
No sense of what is I or Me
Our wired connectivity
Produced hive-mind mentality
We speak of dreams and liberty
Not one of us is truly free
Indulgent in obesity
Removed ourselves with surgery
Content in the monotony
On hamster wheels of currency
The truth is we are only we
Destroyed all self identity
Lives only for society
Let them define priorities
Oppressed while the majority
Our happiness is luxury
Obsessed with false realities
Long for the lives seen on T.V.
I let this all happen to me
Got tricked by opportunity
How can we claim autonomy
When no one’s a necessity
No. 29338
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I used to be really arty as a kid, drawing multiple hours of the day, every day.
Everybody was always talking about how I was going to be an artist when I grew up and praising me, but when I entered college to study art at 16 the entire system began to depress me. It sucked out every last inch of creativity and I gradually fell out of love with art.
Every now and again I get a burst of creativity and produce something, but I get bored pretty fast and because I haven't properly drawn in years I'm still stuck at the stage I was when I was 16-17 and am unable to move forward.
Picture related was the last thing I drew. It wasn't even supposed to be furry but it ended up looking like that for some reason idk…
No. 29342
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>>29338Oh and sometimes I sculpt.
I think I am better at sculpting than I am drawing now, but similarly I rarely do it and I almost never finish anything.
I had high hopes for this one. I wish I took pictures of it once I'd added the suspender hands clasping her swelling, smoothed out the face and finished the detailing on the unicorn horn/blended it in.
No. 29343
>>29342Suspended hands*
It was pretty cool, they disappeared at the wrist and were suspended in air but really connected to the face by a wire inserted through the face.
No. 29345
>>29344HURGHHH FUKKA U MUH UNICORN WOMAN
I was going to call it Battered Unicorn Syndrome .__.
No. 29452
>>29349Not bad, I lost track at how long it was.
>>29342I swear I've seen this on tumblr.
No. 29491
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>>29477Th-thanks.
I do have a Tumblr but I don't post anything art related on it, just beautiful ladies, often nude, fashion, dark landscapes etc.
Er, in terms of tools, I just used a basic sculpting set with a sewing needle for carving out finer detail, which is surprisingly effective.
I'm trying to find photos of other stuff I've made but my HDD died recently taking all of my date with it. I never finish anything I make and tbh a lot of it is pleb-tier, but it is nice that somebody likes it.
No. 29573
>>29529i do
>>29542i'm female
No. 29582
>>29576>>29573This is very flattering, extremely flattering and I feel humbled considering I think my stuff is generally rather shit.
But no, my name is 5 letters long and begins with E.
No. 29594
>>29491I like the one on the left even though it reminds me of a big ol tiddie anime figure.
My fav is the tentacle one.
No. 29596
>>29594Ah the tentacle one didn't even have any detail on it! Really?
Oh man, I am definitely ordering some more Super Sculpey tonight. Confidence restored.
No. 29626
>>29625gosh, that's way too kind of you, thank you.
wow! just checked her out, i'm pretty amazed. this is wonderful.
No. 30113
>>29627please don't call yourself that, music anon. i think the song is beautiful, it's such fitting nighttime music. you should join another band.
did your band and the song have a name?
No. 30393
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hi. I'm a somewhat alright artist who mostly lurks here.
i'm making a comic about a girl who kills herself which i'm hoping will stymie my irl desire to do so.
Why are us artists always so fucking miserable this sucks.
No. 30401
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>>28851watch out that chin
>>29342it looks so spooky! i like it
FIRE THE THOMPSON, KALASHNIKOV AND SKS! OUR HAND WILL REACH YOU EVEN IN SERBIA!!!!
No. 31322
>>30706I love you anon.
>>30764Drums and bass make a band.
No. 31326
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>>31322P-please you're making me blush.
No. 31348
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>>31326you're so good anon. I'm impressed!
im sorry for being weeby but do you want to make a japanese band?
No. 31366
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>>31357me neither anon. i live in canada. is there a way to contact you? ;; i want to be a vocalist (even if theres tons of people who are better)
your band could be a popular gaijin rock band, anon
No. 31371
>>31361How did you know?
>>31366I have kik if you wanna talk to a kebab, kik name is celiseninsan
No. 31600
>>30393>>30413seconding this, link? sounds right up my alley. i want to kill myself 100% of the time.
i just keep fucking up over and over again even though i realize what i'm doing is wrong i'm completely damaged.art is sports for people who hate themselves.
No. 31654
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>>30413>>31600
>art is sports for people who hate themselves.whoah, that's a great quote. I should hang that up next to my favorite venn diagram.
I just started the comic a few days ago so not much to show yet. Your interest makes me want to keep gong though, thank you!
No. 31658
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>>31654oh my god, i really appreciate that venn diagram. unfortunately, that quote isn't my own. here's where i stole it from.
anyway dude, i really, really hope you keep going on your project. it sounds really cool and i'd love to read it sometime. i believe in you.
No. 32450
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What sites do some of you use to promote your work. (if you use any)
No. 32486
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Some stickers I made years ago for my friend.
I don't really draw much anymore, mostly because I don't find it fulfilling like my current hobbies. It blows b/c both of my parents were artists, I went to art school, and have been making art my whole life.
I mostly knit and sew now. I make my own patterns and find it very fulfilling. Currently learning how to needlepoint, want to get back into drawing again but idk where to start.
No. 32497
>>32494Ah no I don't have an Etsy anymore. I actually need to make one again and get back into online shops.
Most sticker sheets I've made are just gifts. I'm always down to make custom ones though, since I usually only print 1 or 2 sheets.
No. 32520
>>32510I only know how to sew by hand so I'm not sure if I could be very helpful unless sewing by hand is what you're looking for. I'm waiting to buy a sewing machine.
Sewing by hand is actually quite easy, but it takes patience.
I'll post a picture of my most recent project.
No. 32524
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>>32520Okay can do. If it's easier I could just make a video. Just lemme know. I do tutorials for myself sometimes just to remember how I did something.
Here's my most recent project and a draft of how I made it. The rabbit is about 42", took 10 hours, all sewn by hand, and was a little less than $30 to make.
No. 32525
>>32522>>32524Oops sorry meant to reply to your post.
I'm not sure what you want to make, but the same sort of guide can be applied to clothing. You have to cut out a front and back, plus draft out the parts and where they go. Of course different steps have to be taken depending on what it is.
No. 32604
>>32577Best body pillow ever!
>>32560I actually am moving in a couple of days and packed my projects/costume clothes already. If this thread is still alive/I see a similar thread by the time I'm moved in I'll post it!
I actually taught myself how to sew. Most craft skills are pretty easy to teach yourself, and most revolve around only a few steps. After you learn the basics of something you can make just about whatever.
I don't really watch Youtube crafting channels (except when learning a new craft). I usually just look up the basics to start off, and watch a few of the videos. I'm sure if you look up 'basics of hand sewing' or something like that there's definitely a video of it.
An easy beginner project is a pincushion. Plus it'll make you a nice place to put your needles so you don't lose them. I know for a fact there's a YT tutorial for a wrist pincushion, since I looked one up to get a basic idea for how it looked. All you gotta do is cut a circle in fabric, cut a rectangle that fits around your wrist, stuff the circle, then sew it shut onto the wrist. Voila! A nice and easy beginning project. You can either tie the wrist part or sew some velcro onto it.
No. 32605
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>>32560Sorry if this isn't easy to understand or helpful. I tried to draw up the type of guide I'd make for myself to follow. Here's my pincushion pattern.
All you have to do is draw a circle in fabric, draw a rectangle in fabric that'll fit your wrist, and cut it out. If you plan on tying the wrist instead of using velcro, make the rectangle a bit long.
Also, make sure to make the circle a bit bigger than you want the cushion to be. When you stuff it and pull it shut, it'll make the circle about 2x smaller.
Hope it helps!
No. 33223
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Sorry for the blog bump… I just graduated university and i'm in a pretty desperate situation… minimum wage in my country is just 9 usd a month, and even with my degree in architecture i only get to make 15 usd a month, even tho i graduated from the best freaking university of the country. Most of my friends just flew away from here but i can't afford that.
I'm not a professional illustrator or anything but i think i can paint decently (pic related). And i was thinking maybe i could post my stuff on the internet and open commissions or something. Do you have any tips in how to start out? do you use tumblr, facebook, deviantart, instagram? I have no idea how this business works, any help is welcome and again sorry for the blog.
No. 33225
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>>33223I like the piece you've posted.
Your best bet would be to start cranking out fanart of popular series that are running at the moment and stylised ecchi/hentai.
Tumblr and Patreon is your friend.
If you need any inspiration or ideas I would recommend looking at some of Ilya Kuvshinov's/kr0npr1nz stuff.
She creates really heavily stylised fanart of popular characters from movies/television/anime and otherwise cute illustrations of random girls and shit and she gets $3,730.36 / £2431.31 per week in donations because of it.
https://www.patreon.com/KR0NPR1NZ No. 33230
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>>33225>kr0nprinzJust another pandering patreon shartist
No. 33232
>>33230Man, the Death Parade one looks like a fucking vector.
>that critiqueHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE HYPOCRISY
No. 33233
>>33232Referencing and redrawing scenes is not the same as plagiarism Anon.
She makes no mistake nor tries to hide the fact that a lot of her art is just existing art redrawn in her own heavily stylised way. I personally don't see a problem with it, she's not lying to anybody.
No. 33235
>>33233When you're to the point of literally copying figurines and passing it off as your own art, I think it's time to rethink your work and come up with some interesting concepts and poses of your own, anon.
The Ghibli ones are acceptable IMO. You can see the artist's style and how they changed things like detail and lighting to suit it. The Death Parade, Cowboy Bebop and girl with the violin? Not so much.
No. 33236
>>33235Well I agree that it's not the most honourable thing to do but tbh if people are willing to pay $$$ for her shit then fair play to her.
The world is cruel and very rarely values creativity or variety any longer.
No. 33271
>>33270Wooooooooooooow huge compliment thank you.
I mean that guy produces absolute fucking filth but his technique is spot-on.
No. 33272
>>33271I once commissioned him for some character art, nothing sexual at all. He was thoroughly confused but super friendly haha
Great artist
No. 33294
>>33233uh uh. that's not referencing, that is tracing. Maybe she made added a bit of her own stylisation (making hips bigger faces different) but the poses & composition is almost 100% lined up.
Anyway people wouldn't give a shit about it if she didn't bust others' balls about doing the exact same thing.
No. 33302
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>>32450I've lost any hope of e-fame long ago. Deviant Art is basically a way to look at my work on different computers and see my progress.
>>33230But that's just what people like. Most don't care to know if it's original or have been traced. How can one change people mediocre tastes?
>>33223Sorry to ask, but where are you from? I was wondering how you could buy a graphic tablet when minimum wage is 9usd a month
I'm getting started in photomanipulation, I just don't see the point of digital painting. I don't know, it just doesn't have any reason to be there outside of being pretty. It justs feels hollow to me.
No. 33306
>>33272Wow, I can imagine somebody like Dmitrys was expensive to commission.
Do you mind posting a tiny thumbnail of what you had commissioned? I'm curious to see. Also I say thumbnail in case it's something you want to keep off the internet.
No. 33315
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>>33306Well, here was the email where he explained pricing. Of course, it was back in 2007 so maybe with increased popularity/exposure, he is more expensive now? but I thought it was reasonable prices back then.
No. 33316
>>33315Yeah that's pretty cheap.
My boyfriend and he has like, all of Dmitry's stuff in his fap folder.
No. 33368
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>>33225Ecchi and fanarts, got it. Thanks for the tips anon, you're so sweet.
>>33227You mean working as a graphic designer instead of an architect? I'd say they suck equally, there are too many designers and too little demand. the only times i've gotten to work as a designer were: once when i won a contest for the logo of a governmental cultural org, and then brand design for a cafe and a restaurant, but i only got those last two because i knew the owners. I think in a normal country architecture makes you more money.
>>33302Spoiler because ot:
I'm from venezuela, our economy wasn't always this fucked up tbh, a graphic tablet was still affordable like 7 years ago. Pic related from the newspaper represents how long you would have to work here to buy any of those things (in the hypothetical case that you live in a bubble where you don't have to pay for food or bills or anything) it'd be 222 days for shoes, 6 years for an iphone 6, 49 years and 10 months for a cheap car and 166 years for like, a small apartment, because for the amount it says there you can't buy anything half decent. So nowadays i can barely afford foodWhich is a problem because sadly the tablet is not mine, my best friend got it as a present when we were in high school and got frustrated with it, then forgot about it for years, and then she lent it to me. And now she kinda forgot about it again, but if she wanted it back i'd have to choice but to go back to traditional No. 33382
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Do you guys think this is true? How do you feel about this?
No. 33444
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This is going to be TL;DR but I went to an art college once and I ended up leaving about 2 months before completing my first year because it was that soul-sucking.
Basic gist of it was that I was the only student of the entire year that showed any promise or initiative, or at least that's what my now dead-inside departmental tutor indicated to me at the time when I first enrolled after my interview. Apparently I was also one of few who actually bothered to bring a portfolio.
When I first enrolled I was so giddy. After years of trudging through the government mandated educational system I couldn't believe that finally I could attend a college where I would be surrounded daily by creatives like me where we could discuss for hours on end our favourite artists and inspirations, swapping techniques and garnering inspiration from each other's work. It was going to be AMAZING.
I was wrong.
Everybody else in my entire year consisted of kids who'd walked out of highschool not knowing what they wanted to do and enrolled because they thought it'd be 2 years of doodling. There was one guy, massive chav, friendly enough, but every piece of work he did, be it sculpture or life drawing, he would add his signature piece - a cap with a cannabis leaf logo on the front. Every piece.
Another girl and a guy who I caught actively plagiarising their work, like straight out tracing that shit, after I recognised their traces as being popular artwork I'd seen passed around online.
When our tutor announced we'd be commencing life drawing classes soon I was so excited, but most of the boys began wolf-whistling and whooping and asking whether or not they'd be getting a hot young woman to draw. When our teacher informed them that the models would be older women and men they began making noises of disappointment and some of them even began pretend retching.
Honestly I was livid in one class where we had an older woman model who looked to be in her 60's, and she was so beautiful to draw, but I could see boys in the back who were behind her pretend gagging and snickering.
I actually got into an argument one day with a guy who walked past me correcting some lines of some digital work in Adobe Photoshop, and he stopped and demanded to know why I was using Photoshop to draw.
He proceeded to condescendingly inform me that I was doing it wrong because I should only be editing photo's inside PHOTOshop, and that I should be illustrating in ILLUSTRATOR, and that's why they have named so.
Despite so many negative experiences I did try to really hard to get a long with everybody because generally I'm a really friendly person and I enjoy making friends, but the fact that our course tutor was always lavishing praise upon me in class ended up making everybody resent me. It's not like I'm the type to lord over anybody either, I'm not, I really, really enjoy helping others and letting others help me because I believe that life is really one big learning process - you never really stop do you? There's always more that somebody else can teach you.
First people began ignoring me, then whispering about me when I was close and doing shit like turning over to look at me directly and sniggering, before going back to whispering.
At Christmas I bought a really nice Winter coat from Topshop and the next I came into college and there was a girl who'd bought the same coat. Our eyes met and I smiled at her and placidly told her that I liked her coat, but she blatantly sneered at me before turning back to her friend and commenced the now familiar whispering.
Some weeks after this during 2 free periods I came into my classroom to finish some work and when I entered I saw some boys who were in the same year as me but from another classroom. I smiled and said hi and they nodded at me before I pulled out my seat, which was directly in front of where they were congregated at the back of the classroom, and began on my work. Behind me I heard sniggering and whispering and laughing, but I barely knew these guys and they were laughing when I'd first entered the room so I didn't suspect anything.
At some point I heard snipping sounds coming from behind my head, they're playing with scissors. Okay, whatever.
More laughing. They leave.
15 minutes later my class entered the room and I got up from my seat to grab my bag from behind me to put my shit away and I noticed a glint of red on the floor underneath me. I crouched down and pushed aside the chair to discover a long, clean-cut coil of my hair lying on the floor.
The snip was them cutting it off, approximately 9 inches of it.
I spend the next hour in the bathroom crying.
Despite this I think the worst part of my art college experience was when in a classroom I could hear a girl whispering about me 2 seats down, just the usual shit, "Oh she's a fucking ugly ginger bitch (implying I was a real redhead), she's not even good, she fucking traces all of her fucking shit and even then she can't do it right LOL". At this point I decided to just woman up and grow some goddamn ovaries so I looked up and loudly told her that she either needed to shut the fuck up or to stop being a fucking coward and come over and say that shit to my face.
She. fucking. FLIPPED.
Screaming, shouting, throwing shit, had to be restrained as she was trying to lunge at me despite me being 5'7" and her being like 5'0".
I got dragged to the school counsellor who looked and sounded EXACTLY like Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter series telling me in this simpering, sickly-sweet, dripping with faux pleasantries that "Amanda has anger issues dear and comes from a rough background, you should really try a little harder to be kinder to her, you have no idea what it's like for her".
At the time I was living in a hostel for the homeless having moved out of my home where my mother was frequently abusive.
I went over one week for dinner as I was trying to maintain a relationship with my mother, and at some point through the day my schizophrenic sister who was off her meds arrived and one thing lead to another and she smashed up my laptop as she'd become convinced that aliens had installed monitoring software in it in order to track her.
This was before Dropbox was a thing. I lost all of my work. All of it. Schizophrenia whooooooooooo.
After informing my teacher or what had happened I was advised to go speak to the same school counsellor where I explained my story in full detail, sobbing heavily throughout and with snot dripping down my face, as she looked on with a sceptical expression before replying "Now then dear honestly this just sounds like you didn't do any of the work and are trying to make excuses".
I dropped out 1 week later.
Fuck art institutions. Fuck them.
No. 33446
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>>33444Oh despite all this I did end up with one really good experience.
Our digital art teacher had a reputation for being a real hard-ass and everybody knew him as "that prick teacher" to the point where in our first introductory digital class he announced to the class "You've probably heard that as a teacher I'm a bit of a prick. It's all true so don't fuck around in my class or you'll regret it".
In this same class I actually got sent out by him for making a light crack to the person who was next to me struggling with the single-click mouse about Mac computers being inferior machines to Windows and fuck me did he ever dress me down in the corridor.
As it turned out he was one of those guys who was a total wanker unless you befriended him at which point he became your best mate.
In one class I heard him offhandedly mention that he was a big fan of GitS and animu like Bleach - holy shit the guys a total weeb.
I actually had a huge stack of Bleach manga from like vol 1 to vol 32 that I was getting ready to donate so the next day I bagged it all up and handed it to him at the beginning of his class that day and he stood there blinking, dumbfounded and in disbelief, profusely thanking me.
As it turned out he'd recently suffered a huge paycut and was taking this job on the side to keep his household afloat. As a result he'd had to sell all of his expensive Figma and figurines (and if you know GitS merch you know that shit is expensive). He had a young son who is also a massive fan of Bleach but his dad was too poor to ever be able to afford to buy him the manga, so the day he brought home the bags of Bleach manga I'd given him apparently his son just burst out crying because he was so happy.
The next day he brought me a hand-drawn manga picture his son had made for me thanking me for the manga and from that day forth top marks in all of his classes, top bants at every interval, allowing me usage of the private computer rooms to do my work in peace, long conversations about his life, my goals, how I can achieve them etc. all the while chewing the shit out of my bullies in his classes for their shit work.
Top lad.
No. 33453
>>33446This is heartwarming.
I hope you find another college that appreciates your efforts more than the one you left and you keep in touch with that sweet professor.
Make sure to stay humble though, or else you'll end up like those assholes you hate.
No. 33455
>>33453Oh no man I gave that shit up. I'm done, forever.
Like, I keep art as a hobby now, but I'll never actively pursue that shit as a career. Years on I am still recovering creatively because the entire experience just fucking sucked out my soul.
Thanks though.
No. 33478
>>33446If you're in a school where people don't care about processes/artistic merit, then you're not in a good school, which means getting a degree from there is a waste of time–
Just saying
No. 33483
>>33478Well tbh I don't think art degrees are worth shit all the vast majority of the time these days.
What's really important is an extensive portfolio. An art degree is worthless if your actual portfolio is bollocks.
No. 33746
>>33446I guess you learned the hard way that most art schools are a waste of time aside from a minute about of exceptions.
I hope you're getting on alright now.
I know that illustrator comment the guy made is bullshit but honestly there are better digital art software out there than PS and the only reason PS is an industry standard is because it came first.
No. 41057
>>33446>art institute teacher>likes mangayeah, that didn't happen.
where the fuck where you going? because if their standards of acceptance were that low
(seriously, EVERYONE brings a fucking portfolio)
then they were probably not an actual accredited college.
No. 41106
>>41057Nigger why would I type up an imaginary gorillion word post just to convince strangers on the internet that my teacher liked anime.
WHAT KIND OF PERSON LIES ON THE INTERNET
Also the guy was the tutor for the graphic design module, of course he was going to be a fucking weeaboo.
No. 41164
>>41106i'm just asking where the fuck you were going
at the art college where I attended, every. single. teacher. avoided anime/manga like it was anathema.
also your description of your classmates sounds like the standards for acceptance into this school were abysmally low.
i mean, i guess you didn't spend much time there either, but most students like what you describe dropped out after the first semester because it was 'too hard' and they didn't get the asspats from their peers/teachers that they expected.
your description of the whole experience doesn't count for much, unless you'd like to post some examples of your own work as proof of your superior ~skills~
>implying people haven't wasted more time creating similarly elaborate stories in the name of trolling/copypasta No. 41341
>>41340yh, I wish I could photograph the drawing his kid drew me but it's at home in a box.
It had a picture of that white haired kid with the ice dragon zanpakto or whatever you called it (haven't touched Bleach in a gorrilion years) and a picture of Rangiku with crumbs around her mouth and a speech bubble saying "Oh no! Rangiku ate all the cookies!", then at the bottom it said "thank you <misspelling of my name> for the Bleach manga!"
They say her heart grew three sizes that day.
No. 41434
>>41340if you're taking art classes at anything beyond a high-school level, they're supposed to shit all over you.
tenderly nurturing your precious little creative ego is not conducive to creating proficient artists. if you want to make a career out of art, you have to be prepared to be shat on, critiqued, and 'humiliated' by being compared to your peers. it's an intensely competitive field; your audience is ALWAYS going to be comparing your work to others, even if they don't tell you that to your face.
No. 41471
>>41164Why do you think it's impossible for teachers to have hobbies outside of their job?
Appreciating Tibetan pornographic tracings doesn't necessarily mean you want to see your students handing it in as work.
And some prestigious places are filled with shitty rich kids who just want to embellish themselves as "le artists XDDD", it's not all serious people looking for a future in their respective field. Stop being such a salty spittoon just because your art teacher yelled at you for drawing chinktoons and submitting it that one time.
No. 41528
>>41471>teachers to have hobbies outside of their jobSpecifically, an FINE ARTs teacher in a tertiary institute openly having WEEBSHIT as a hobby.
Can you put two and two together from here?
No. 41530
>>41528>off-handedly mentions liking two generally normie-approved anime ONCE>"openly"Right.
Again, I'm sorry you're sad that none of your teachers ever like anime, but that doesn't mean it never happens ever.
No. 41772
>>41530I'm not her you retard. Common sense dictates that any qualified staff member of a tertiary institute should have enough maturity to not get
that excited about a couple stacks of chinese cartoon drawings.
>I'm sorry The feeling's mutual. Your teacher was probably shit if he existed.
No. 41774
>>41772He got excited because anon gave him the books for him to give to his kid, you blithering idiot.
Did you even read the posts or did you just shit your pants in a fit of rage when you read "Bleach"?
No. 41883
>>41774>to give to his kidAnd so fucking what? Are you actually trying to give credit to the teacher for this?
Of course I read the fucking post. A fucking fine arts teacher even acknowledging, let alone approving any sort of weeb shit whatsoever is a major red flag. The post also mentions
from then on he gave her special treatment. The last thing a sensible teacher would do is give a fucking weeb in an art class special treatment.
I thought all this went without saying but you're actually fucking retarded just stop posting jesus christ.
No. 42272
>>41883In case you haven't noticed, the entire course was pretty shit and not even her classmates were competent. It's not weird that he would give her special treatment for not being a twat.
>OMG HOW DARE PPL LIKE ANIMEThis is literally how you sound. You're this fucking mad over other people having hobbies you consider unacceptable. A red flag for what? Enjoying things?
Take a break.
No. 42278
>>41883
>the last thing a sensible teacher would do is give a fucking weeb in an art class special treatmentEr, what, where did I state that I was a weeb?
The Bleach manga was a gift and there was a reason I was looking to give it a way you raging hamlord.
No. 42292
File: 1444346020324.jpg (11.95 KB, 206x255, Jesus Christ.jpg)
>>41883I don't know what set you off anon, but this is comedy gold
No. 42294
>>41714that's why I started off by qualifying the statement with: 'if you're taking art classes at anything beyond a high school level', since you didn't clarify where/when your experience came from.
but yeah, if you were seriously thinking about taking art up as anything more than a hobby, you should expect that kind of treatment again and again and again.
No. 42295
>>41471since I'm the poster you responded to, here's the way I see things:
it's not impossible for an art teacher to like anime, but they don't cop to it, ever, definitely not to a class that they're teaching, if they have any experience at all.
i majored in illustration, attended an accredited art school where they offered sequential narrative/digital imaging courses, and yeah, if you went to those teachers outside the class, they were aware of anime, some of them had series that they liked, but they had endured years upon YEARS of weebs coming into their classes thinking that they were here to educate us all on the virtues of pokemon or whatever
and these are usually the type of kids who absolutely would not take critique because 'muh style' and used it as a fucking crutch throughout all four years of their education to avoid having to actually LEARN SHIT.
yeah, you're right, I'm salty. people like that disgust me. but having folks like that in my classes also made me very conscious of what a nightmare the teachers went through.
there was
ONE adjunct who admitted to liking anime, once. they were teaching a sequential narrative course. she got fucking swarmed.
>one day in class, noticed her phone charm was a little Homura figurine>comment on it>she starts side-eyeing me all panicked and cagey-like. >mumbles something about the story and quickly moves away>limits interactions to mandated critique for the rest of the semesteryou'll probably say that i'm exaggerating, but these kids really are that bad. another teacher once mentioned he liked evangelion and they tried to make him the sponsor for their anime club, also came to him for approval on every chickenscratch doodle their other professors rejected, tried to get him to approve their senior thesis (a giant anime loli painting), etc.
that shit SHOULD NOT be allowed to fly. first off, it's not marketable in the West, so it's not the kind of thing any art school here should encourage from their students. secondly, people use it as an excuse not to study realism/life drawing because they think they can just use stylization to avoid any real work.
also art school is a hell of an expense (plus that it's fucking
tough, I mean jeez, I can knock out a damn research paper in an hour or two but would spend close to forty hours developing a single illustration assignment) for people who aren't looking to turn it into a career. so again, where the fuck was this anon attending that their standards were so lax?
No. 42304
>>42280Just start drawing and dont stop.
Might look like shit, but don't give up it will get better.
No. 42324
File: 1444367110339.jpg (41.98 KB, 680x441, 1583057110.jpg)
>>42323oh that's probably just a 12 year old who got a tablet-
>September 2006>April 2012>6 fucking years No. 42326
>>42270>>42292>>42278Samefag pls stop. We're just saying your teacher was shitty, not that he didn't exist.
>>42272Of course I fucking noticed, that was my entire point. What are you, illiterate?
No. 42332
>>42327What irony?
>>42330Samefag pls stop
No. 42722
File: 1444655220274.jpg (283.62 KB, 958x1230, IMG_20151013_015051.jpg)
I can love what I'm drawing one night and then lose all enthusiasm for it by the next morning. Thus far I have produced nothing more than doodles.
I've also bought a tiny wacom pen tablet that's too small for comfort. I can't trace for shit on it.
No. 43407
File: 1445187065540.jpg (958.5 KB, 2126x1936, image.jpg)
I fell into a bad place a few years ago and it since took my drive to draw anything. I've just been getting back into it and I'm beyond rusty :/
I need more practice but at least it's better than the first 5 I did
No. 43625
>>29338It's okay anon, it means you just aren't a creator, you're a consumer.
Don't feel bad about it, enjoy drawing when you do, but it's just not your main thing. Some other cool thing can be.
No. 43630
>>43606Nope, I don't know who you think I am but my name does not begin with A nor is Amy or whatever and I refuse to believe somebody would masquerade my shitty sculpts as their own.
You must be mistaken, but out of interest who is the person you're thinking of?
/cgl/ was my main board for years though and i'm positive I posted my stuff there at least once so that's how you probably recognise them.
No. 43632
>>43606not the anon you're responding to, but just another lingering semi-oldfag.
it's ebony, right?
No. 43633
File: 1445381611990.gif (3.59 MB, 375x346, NUyttbn.gif)
>>43632Um okay I wasn't expecting that at all pls no
No. 43634
>>43632I found out who it is, but I don't want to derail the thread. It's easy enough to find in the archives.
>>43630You should work on more, you're good but it's been forever since you made those. You don't even have to share what you make online, but it would be a shame if you didn't make use of those skills.
No. 43635
>>43634I'm at university and my degree is really intense so I don't really have any spare time to sculpt right now but I expect I will get back into it just as soon as I have the opportunity.
And thanks for your kind comments.
I have really low esteem for my own shit and am always putting it down and comparing it to other people's work so stuff like this means a lot to me.
No. 43636
>>43635That's fair enough, I'm actually having the same thing right now with work.
The thing that helps me is having something half finished on the kitchen table that I can sort of add to now and then whilst I'm waiting for the microwave or whatever, but you need to keep the rest of the table clear or else it just get absorbed by clutter.
Does anyone else have tips for blocked creativity? Lately I also don't want to draw because I'm scared I only draw skinny white chicks, but when I draw anything else I know fine well I'm just pandering.
No. 43637
>>43636Urgh, I wouldn't even have the time to dedicate to doing little bits everyday or would be scared of getting that creative flow going and not stopping until… 5:00 in the morning.
Regarding the whole block thing, not really because it's something I suffer with frequently myself.
The only thing I found to work quite well is carrying around a notebook and mechanical pencil/eraser and if you're on public transport or just sat somewhere with no immediate obligations just bust out your shit and start drawing people/objects around you, and don't just stick to one style, try multiple different ones and try to employ different shading techniques, or testing yourself like looking at a person once and then trying to draw them again without looking up once, or with your eyes completely closed.
It will force you to leave your comfort zone and will kind of hit a reset on the boxed perspective you've fallen into - or at least it does for me.
No. 43638
>>43633i like your art. keep going.
i remember seeing some of your digital paints floating around and being impressed. I figure those are at least a couple years old though, so i'm sure you've improved by now.
that cat .gif is cute.
No. 43640
File: 1445384704685.jpg (142.91 KB, 1398x2048, 10468122_1519963884916100_6915…)
>>43638This is very flattering but I'm semi-cringing right now because I know I had no concept of anatomy back then and I'm still lacking today.
I'm gonna contribute to this thread one last time with a piece of regret.
>tfw start doing one of those "a drawing a day" things>was friendly with Charms for a while, use her as a subject for one and give it to her >she turns out to be an enormous thundercuntFeels bad man.
Nn x
No. 43720
File: 1445457153499.png (563.36 KB, 636x822, utena.png)
this is what I've been working on lately. I've tried to make it more cartoony because a) it cuts down on the time I normally spend shading and b) I think there's more of an audience for that on social media sites.
But I'm kind of picky…I only want to do art for series that I really fall in love with. Right now it's magical girl shows like Madoka and Utena. I'm working on a Sailor Moon series as well. Sailor Jupiter, Uranus/Neptune and Saturn are my faves.
No. 44050
File: 1445721752157.jpg (16.55 KB, 200x370, moot-tan.jpg)
If we were going to make a chan-style mascot for the site, or even for admin-sama himself, what would it be?
We have an artist that has volunteered to work on it, see
>>>/meta/1397We should have a consensus. Any ideas?
No. 44100
File: 1445777974615.jpg (100.44 KB, 1913x1078, rio0.jpg)
>>44050We seem to have got a good basis for the board-tan. What about Admin?
Stereotypical bishounen?
No. 44136
>>44133Me too. Weirdly enough. When I found the picture it felt perfect.
>>44100>>44135If only I had a lick of artistic ability I'd shameless combine these pictures.
No. 44147
File: 1445802029066.png (551.17 KB, 813x1125, asdfg.png)
No. 44152
>>44147My life is complete
Anon I love you
No. 44155
File: 1445807559143.png (679.74 KB, 1527x1653, 1445800850611.png)
So what does everybody think of this design for the new board-tan?
No. 44156
>>44147This is just great
>sexy Admin-sama overseeing the dairy farm and rounding up the lolcows>>44155I don't get the multi-coloured eyes and sharp teeth but otherwise I like it
No. 44159
>>44147THIS IS THE BEST ONE
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No. 44171
>>44155I think it's great. Maybe do a few other iterations, and I can set up a poll of some kind.
>>44135me irl
No. 44172
File: 1445815508771.jpg (287.56 KB, 1440x810, 1441-68537-2.jpg)
>>44171A-ADMIN-KUN
A-ARIGATOU G-GOZAIMASU
O-OH M-MY
No. 44174
File: 1445816002108.jpg (140.11 KB, 800x1200, tokyokirsten15.jpg)
I think our board tan should have some slight nod towards the cgl tan inspiration: kirsten dunst.
j-just an idea.
No. 44177
File: 1445817196538.png (259.17 KB, 1024x576, Yandere Elie.png)
In terms of a name, I've only had one idea so far which I'd like feedback on.
Lolcows initials are LC, so I was thinking as a nod to 4chan's old system i.e. /tg/ fa/tg/guys, /cgl/ > /seagulls/, maybe… Elsie?
idk, just a suggestion.
Somebody mentioned cultivating a personality for our tan and I was also thinking having her be a psychotic yandere type with an obsessive love/hate relationship with the myriads of people she meets and begins stalking/fantasising about.
Picture related:
>"Oh yes more friends for Elsie"
>"So many friends I have so many friends!"
>"PT is my Queen forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever…"
No. 44178
File: 1445817242680.png (207.53 KB, 683x771, 1445769119388.png)
Also this was another submission someone posted over on /pt/.
So far there's only been two people working on ideas.
No. 44184
>>4418232 inch waist, you mean :^)
>>44177I like the yandere route.
As a nod to
>>44182 and all the obnoxious ana posters, IMO she should have retarded ideas about weight/health.
>Of course you're fat! You keep DRINKING the Queen's milk instead of soaking yourself in it to absorb her beauty and grace!>5'0 113lbs? You're so fat, ugh No. 44225
File: 1445854292031.png (7.78 KB, 302x202, bluesiren.PNG)
I am not a good artist. I could be. But I'm too lazy to get any better.
People were always asking me to draw them things. But I think that as long as you can make more than a scribble you will get requests. Plus I used to sit outside drawing dragons and stuff all the time. I gave most of those away so I can't even remember what they looked like. I thought there was one on this computer but I think it's actually on a flash drive. I still have a folder full of drawings. But they were never scanned. Some are pretty bad. Others are alright I guess. But I shall forever draw like a ten year old.
There are a lot of artists in my family and I guess I'm just not one of them. I used to feel bad about it but it's my own lack of effort that does me in. Had I kept up with it I'd be so much better by now.
No. 44228
>>44225Uh, is that a piece of your work?
Well, at least you knew to save it as PNG I guess. Not many people know the difference.
No. 44246
File: 1445880583647.jpg (1.92 MB, 2286x3137, dmg_0002.jpg)
i dont consider myself a good artist specialy since its alot of weebing but
i consider myself an OK artist
No. 44254
File: 1445888532377.png (414 KB, 1089x1354, 1445885670515.png)
Posted in /meta/.
No. 44255
>>44254Nice work, but maybe consider taking another look at her lower half. It looks as though her pelvis is connected to her chest..
I like the hair and arms a lot tho
No. 44311
File: 1445973193886.png (1.07 MB, 1224x1632, madmod1.png)
I'm pretty self conscious about this stuff, but here's a thing.
I haven't really done much recently because I get really nervous and wind up not finishing things.
No. 44891
>>44259Post those drawings from facebook please
>>44264Doesn't really look like a trace to me
No. 44986
File: 1446496614838.jpg (Spoiler Image,539.87 KB, 800x1016, Kat.jpg)
I don't do much digital art.
I've been messing around in sai to see what I like, and did this a few day ago. Her legs are really wonky looking I think, but im also new to doing anthro. I hope I don't regret showing this
No. 45108
>>44318>>44327>>44873Thanks ;-;
I think I've gotten TOO comfortable with my style. I love drawing this way and the only time I feel confident is when I draw super messy and doodley. And I love painting this way where I layer and layer and layer watercolors….But I get really nervous about proportions and things like that. I feel like I lack any type or skill and just rely on doing super stylized things.
Like after looking at this I noticed that her boobs are WAY tf up there, I didn't leave hardly any white on the paper for hilights, and the shading is really questionable.
I feel like when I try to learn proportions and techniques….I wind up just learning the style of whoever I'm learning from instead of absorbing the lesson….And then I'll just completely forget about or disregard what I HAVE learned when I go to draw or paint something.
Does anyone else have this issue? If so what or who helped you?
No. 45114
>>45109HAHAHAHAHHAHA
busted
No. 45152
File: 1446591397322.jpg (8.1 KB, 251x249, 1278416663914.jpg)
>>45109I'll be damned. She knows something about line work, at least.
Post some of her original works anyone?
No. 45155
File: 1446592724785.jpg (127.68 KB, 1279x725, really.png.jpg)
>>45109I'm scrolling through that tumblr blog and can someone tell me what's wrong with the argument in pic related? Because I agree with the blogger: there's this thing called the internet and you don't control people who save your shit if you post them publicly.
No. 45175
File: 1446597513532.jpg (122.11 KB, 720x960, 11846564_937155433040471_32311…)
>>45152Most of her work is some form of trace (a few are frankensteined from various works) but this is the closest to her actual drawing skills
No. 45893
>>33382100% true
Nowadays if you want to learn how to draw you need to teach yourself or go to a specialized school/Atelier like LAAFA or Watts.
No. 45924
File: 1446844218444.jpg (49.58 KB, 406x364, 1341652265714.jpg)
>>33382This is so bizarre to me.
I go to a community college for art that then transfers into a university, and we have to take life drawing, figure drawing, painting all that, and to be honest those are my favorites. I don't get how people waste time at "art schools" when you aren't learning anything.
No. 46151
>>45893 I took a couple art classes at a cc but stopped after I realized what a money pit it would be to go to an actual art school. I'm not that great of an artist but I'm from one of those areas where people don't know a lot about computer art or drawing so they think you're Rembrandt if you can draw more than a stick figure. After I went to a portfolio day at a uni I felt really mediocre compared to other people who were there.
But anyway, instead of paying for classes at a college or uni I got a membership at an arts center/museum instead. It's a lull period right now but I'd go to 3-hour model drawing sessions and besides the instructor there's usually six people max there. Being in a small group is fantastic because everyone is pretty serious about wanting to be there and improving, and the really good artists give advice and recommendations.
No. 46285
>>42325
>100,000+ pageviews>wtf why>draws ponyoh….
mlp fandom standards are by far some of the fucking lowest i stg.
No. 46357
File: 1447176420362.png (358.99 KB, 427x600, export_4.png)
i mainly draw with pencil and paper, but here is something digital i did.
No. 46760
File: 1447530859373.jpg (Spoiler Image,2.87 MB, 2339x3438, IMG_20151114_124531.jpg)
I have tried almost all the mediums out there. I usually draw and paint women. I'm not the best at anatomy. Since doodleing became a thing, I thought I'd give it a shot. Here is one of my first attempts at mashing the two together. Refrence used for the figure.
No. 46763
>>46760You have a pretty good technique, but yeah, your anatomy needs some work.
I would suggest more drawing from life. If you cant find any model sessions locally, just go out to a coffee shop and do 3-5 minute sketches of people. You can also use this (contains nude models so don't view at work) for sketch reference.
http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en/But you'll learn more from drawing from life.
Good luck anon.
No. 46770
>>46763hey thanks a lot. that site is pretty cool, very helpful.
I watch these youtube videos too sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/user/onairvideo/videos No. 46775
>>46773…..
99% sure I know who you are.
No. 46781
>>46778I'm pretty sure I go to the same university as you.. which is why I'm wondering why you're here tbh.
But I could be wrong and being paranoid. Especially since you didn't know what
>>46763was.
No. 46783
>>46782Oh okay, my mistake then. There's this artist that I've been trying to get in contact with, you two have similar styles so I had a heart attack and thought you were him. But I'm super paranoid so.
Nice to meet you, fellow Coloradofag.
No. 47702
File: 1448106692216.jpg (164.53 KB, 887x1163, 003.jpg)
Used to love drawing and art as a child, I stopped as a teen and I have come to regret it many times in the past two years. I know I will probably never be an artist or make money with my art, but I want to become a better artist simply for myself. There are several problems which are hard to overcome for me, and I have no close friends who are into art or drawing and could help me out much (there are maybe one or two but I hate to bother them too much). So sorry for the blog post and newfagging.
>anatomy
I have some very basic drawing skills, but nothing refined. I know barely anything about how anatomy really works, how to do poses, proper hand drawing etc. I would love to practice but I never know how and when and where to start and then feel overwhelmed and do nothing. How do I learn this? Any tips for yt tutorials, internet, own experience?
I am too poor, too spaghetti and too busy to regularly attend real life model classes.
>tablet
Also I own a tablet but I have abolutley no idea how to colour with a tablet. I am a complete newfag. Are there any tutorials, art programms or anyting really to recommend?
>line art, coulouring
I have no real idea ab out how colours work, or backgrounds. I can do some watercolour stuff (verrrry basic), I have Copic arkers (which i hate and never use) and colour pencils. Used to do acryl paintings but no money for that right know.
Also if you generally want to recommend/post links for helpful art stuff please feel free to do so, I'm not picky.
>pic related
It's a bit older but I'm too spaghetti to post anything else for now in case someone who knows me is lurking. S-sorry
No. 52623
>>47712Where the hell do you even find porn magazines in this day and age?
>>47702I never colored anything but I've always just assumed it's something you can just wing and still get it to an acceptable level. I've see some truly shit works on pixiv and yet the coloring looked just fine.
No. 52627
File: 1450587456773.jpg (1.06 MB, 2560x1536, 20151125_004213.jpg)
>>28337This is the most decent shit i've drawn in a long time.
No. 53638
>>33382Every fine arts major I know is a trust baby who has everything taken care of and will never have to work a day in their lives. If you're not one of those people, then I literally have no idea why you'd major in fine arts unless your goal in life is to become a middle school art teacher.
>>41340>I wish my art teacher was like this, instead she just brutally shat on everything I didMy art teacher freshman year was like this. She kept telling me my art was "too anime" even though I presented realistic figure drawings (sorry, crouching is anime now. my teacher said so.) and still lifes.
She was probably just bitter that she can't draw for shit, anon.
No. 54020
>>53979just lick people's asses until you start getting relevant. As soon as you notice you get notes with just posting something, stop doing it.
>>53999tumblr is a shitty high school popularity contest. I've seen bitches with amazing art and almost no attention. I've seen the generic simple cartoonish tumblr style get shiton of notes. It's pretty sad tbh
No. 54024
File: 1450868517624.jpeg (994.51 KB, 2592x1936, image.jpeg)
I'm always conscious as fuck about my art bc it's anime
I usually draw girls, can draw bishies and shotas but generally girls
I specialise in anime girls and exaggerated anime girls/joke art
I already know I'm not getting anywhere with it but it's all I can draw lol
No. 54029
File: 1450871995138.png (478.82 KB, 841x736, garnetlmao.png)
Love art, hated the subject in school. I actually failed art in high school omfg. I always got into arguments with the teachers - which apparently seems to be a very common thing amongst other artists?
I managed to get into university for animation, but I've taken a break due to mental illness related issues, lmfao.
Sorry for the shitty tumblr-esque fanart, but this was the only recent drawing that I thought was decent enough. I'm actually really bummed that I no longer draw, but after I get over my lil weird patch, hopefully I can get back on track! I really need to work harder on poses and backgrounds.
No. 54081
>>54029Cute!!! You draw really similar to me in the sense that you can draw really good faces but lose yourself in body structure.
We should really start practicing figure drawing more.
No. 54308
File: 1451005763943.png (378.07 KB, 584x578, help.png)
I'm going to start my independent study next semester and I'm nervous as all hell.
No. 54309
File: 1451006462849.png (299.82 KB, 367x550, comfydotjaypeg.png)
>>54308 con't
I can't think of a theme, I've just been working on the body and more sensual poses. IDK how people can be happy submitting a theme like, "genders as I see them uwu" - actual thing I heard. I love liberal arts colleges that accept anyone with +2.0 kek
No. 54359
File: 1451059361161.jpg (142.2 KB, 1122x1623, 8.jpg)
all i draw is anime shit and rarely furry stuff
also i've been too unmotivated to finish any real pictures lately, so this is my best sketch this month…
No. 54372
>>54359The style is really nice, but her pose is awkward. Will she be holding something in her hand?
Maybe she could be running her fingers down the banister?
No. 54418
File: 1451132007145.jpg (59.09 KB, 240x320, 0000.jpg)
I like to sketch things in bright colors in my free time, pls excuse the shit photo as I don't have a scanner ;_;
No. 54523
>>54366 thank you! didn't expect to get a response tbh
and
>>54359 nah, i just never know where to place arms/hands, good idea tho so thank you as well
No. 54558
>>54523yeah hands/arms are always the worst.
go look up a bunch of editorial shoots and find some poses you like
ganbatte
No. 64626
>>54308>>54309Wow. Your lines remind me of my best friends work.
>>53979Lol pretty much fanart….It's the only way. I did a painting of the Ice King 3 years ago that's pretty decent…..TONS of notes. I got confident and decided to post more original stuff….No notes at all. The only way to get attention is to do fan art :/
No. 64819
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>>64708The head on the left doesn't feel like it's properly joined to the body. The pose is a bit stiff. Is she putting most of her weight on her left leg? I think some gesture would definitely benefit your drawings. In fact, I think this playlist's worth a watch for most posters ITT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yFZ7Y&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHGuMuprDarMz_Y9Fbw_d2wsI'm not even that good of an artist myself but hopefully with pic related you'll understand what I'm talking about.
No. 64841
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>>64839>>64839Get this book, anon.
No. 64850
>>64848anatomy is universal whether you're drawing stylised, realism or anime.
It'll help a lot to become familiar with it proportions.
No. 64851
>>64850Uh okay? I didn't say loomis in general wasn't useful. And no, I wouldn't say anatomy is universal since we're talking about anime
faces here.
No. 64855
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>>64853First off,
>>64850and
>>64854are not me.
I use this book as a reference for many different facial expressions. You say you skimmed the book, but you must not have looked very hard, because here's an attached picture (next post) of one of the various pages showing facial expressions.
You need to have knowledge of human anatomy and facial structure because you're drawing a human, tard. If you don't have a good foundation of the skull, muscles, how the eyes rest in their sockets, ect, your anime shit is gonna look, well, shitty.
Here's some of my work. Feel free to judge.
try not to be a cunt next time you ask for help and someone offers it to you.
No. 64857
>>64856No I saw that. But like I said, not that many. I'd be better off hunting down my own references, real life and 2D.
>If you don't have a good foundation of the skull, muscles, how the eyes rest in their sockets, ect, your anime shit is gonna look, well, shitty.I take it that you don't draw weebshit. Most animators don't need to be fully capable of drawing real life figures either.
No. 64859
>>64858>about art because you watched an interview with a basic ass animator before. Protip: people who draw manga/anime still know about human anatomy.Have you seen kyoani animating the tamako OP? They didn't use any of the methods you generally would in real life figure drawing. Same as other incomplete illustrations from other studios and animators. No reference lines, no nothing. CLAMP said they never learned to draw real life figures. Maybe they used them before and now it's been built into their muscle memories so well they no longer need them, I don't know.
Look,I said what I said because I feel like that book puts more focus towards general construction of the head than facial expressions when I was looking for something that is more specialized. I'm definitely not saying things like loomis aren't useful because MUH STYLIZATION, but the point of diminishing returns is definitely before where you say you have to understand how to draw a person in real life perfectly and how every facial muscle interacts to draw an animu
face.
No. 64861
>>64859>say you have to understand how to draw a person in real life perfectly Never said the word 'perfectly,' iirc, but alright, alright, I get your point. You don't want to learn how to draw the human face, you want to learn how to draw an
animu face. I'm just a faggot stuck in the diminishing world of traditional realism.
I'll stop replying here since I am sure that other people have some great resources for drawing unique anime expressions. The only advice I can give is to try to read horror manga (like Junji Ito or Kazuo Umezu,) since they usually have more scared/angry/fearful expressions in their panels.
http://mangafox.me/manga/itou_junji_kyoufu_manga_collection/ I hope you can find the resources you're looking for, and I'm sorry for misunderstanding what you were looking for and not being able to help you on your quest.
No. 65364
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I draw in a 'moe' style (sloppy image related). I just enjoy cute things in general and series like Pripara, K-ON and such really itch that spot for me. I'm in the process of applying for animation at university and some teachers aren't the most becoming of people who draw anime. I do understand in some cases when the student refuses to draw anything else. Apart from anime, I do traditional illustration work that is similar to those vintage children's books.
I'm also considering studying animation in Japan which I'd rather prefer at the end of the day. I've been preparing for this option for some time, studying and whatnot. I've also gotten in contact with some universities and getting the information I need, so I'm not that much of a delusional weeb. So I want some good ol' advice, lol.
No. 65493
>>65364>getting into animation Can you speak Japanese, and do foreigners really have a chance??
Aside from that, isn't animation tedious repetitive work and mostly with shit pay?
No. 65506
>>65493I'm planning on taking N3 soon and what not. I've found stories of others doing it so it's not totally impossible.
Yeah.. the job itself can be pretty bad, but those who love animation enough stick around. It's how the industry stays alive.
No. 65510
>>65493>do foreigners really have a chance? There are some that have worked on anime but they're mostly fill-in animators from other countries. It's like how some studios like Madhouse use Korean animators.
IIRC there was some lolcow-worthy kickstarter a couple One Piece animators were trying to do around last year and it ended in a complete disaster. They were from Italy or something.
No. 78406
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>>54308>>54309here, things are going okay, but i think my business of art prof dislikes my work - she's very conservative and I didn't realize this before, but she was the one who objected to some of my work being hung in our student shows before due to the explicit material.
It's strange how art profs are either one extreme or the other, I don't think I have yet to meet a medium.
Anyone else having issues with motivation? I have zero rn.
>>64841is this some art school meme cuz I swear I hear, "read loomis," once every year.
No. 78415
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I just like drawing dudes.
Also, this guy's pretty fun to watch and learn from:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AaronBlaiseArt No. 78700
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>>77641So far I've downloaded these. My internet connection is terrible so it takes a while for me to download the big video files.
>Marco Nelor - Creating Concepts and Illustrations in Pen and Ink (video) This has a few videos of the artist drawing in his sketchbook and inking with microns. The last video in the set is the one I wanted to watch the most because he shows how he scans and edits/cleans his drawings in photoshop. I'm probably going to keep the last video and delete the others when I'm finished watching them.
>Digital Tutors - Matte Painting Different Atmospheric Conditions in Photoshop (video) I just glanced through these videos but I'm kind of disappointed because there's a lot of photobashing (shopping/copying over pictures). The instructor modifies some pictures into one piece and the videos go over how they photoshop different weather types in the image. I'm more into drawing/painting so photoshopping pictures doesn't help me a lot, but using collaging to make new objects is a good tip.
>Pen and Ink Drawing by Carl Glassford (pdf) This one is only 67 pages but it looks really good. The author is informative on different inking techniques and also mentions the types of pencils he does underdrawings with. There are a lot of illustrations of different things like people, animals, airplanes etc. For a much larger book on ink technique I'd recommend Rendering in Pen and Ink.
>Gabriel Campanario - The Art of Urban Sketching (pdf) I downloaded this one by accident, I thought it was a book by Felix Scheinberger (the author of Urban Watercolor Sketching, which is also book and probably on CGP)but this is actually a compilation book of drawings by artists from different countries. It's pretty cool but it's not an instructional book. There are a ton of illustrations and most of the artists mention the tools and brands they use.
>Color By Betty Edwards (pdf) This is by the woman who made Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, it's for coloring/color theory in painting. It looks like it has information about color, hue, palette setup etc. I think color theory is brain-meltingly boring but for educational purposes it looks like it'd be essential.
No. 79069
>>33223This is gorgeous anon! You have a real knack for lighting, colon and composition!
Seriously, go apply for a spot in Hi-Fructose magazine and make an insta/tumblr
When I started out I took an art marketing course and it really helped get my career off the ground so I'd recommend that too if you can find the time/money
No. 79070
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>>78406It's a well-known /ic/ meme. Not because his books are bad, but because people with no actual advice to give often resort to saying that to sound knowledgeable and pretend they're contributing. I say it's a fucking terrible idea to not supplement Loomis with other resources.
>>79067Nobody's stopping you from being pretentious now.
No. 79100
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I did this in PS and then decided I didn't like it but I like putting the little transitional phases together as an illustration of how this shit comes together. It's always cool to look at.
No. 79102
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>>79100Oh it's tiny, here's the full thing.
Sorry about my wobbly-ass lines, I don't have a tablet so I have to use my mouse for everything.>>79100
No. 79124
>>79118Thanks bruv, I appreciate it.
I want to buy and learn how to use a tablet, but I don't draw enough these days to justify a purchase.
No. 83894
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I'm supposed to be studying but instead I'm doing this :(
No. 83942
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Not done yet but update just in case I get bored and never finish it.
No. 84027
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K' I'm bored, and done, and I think I screwed up on the colouring but it never was my strong point.
No. 84032
>>84030Oh they're Chrysanthemums, one of Japan's national flowers :^)
I just Googled them though and found some hi-res paintings.
No. 84162
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been a while since I actually drew something for pleasure.
Had a go at the Daoko Girl.
No. 84167
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>>84165Thanks, there's another version I did.
No. 84171
>>84167Wow, anon this amazing!!
You even got her work out lines and everything!
No. 84181
>>84167Can I print this please? I want to print it and then put it on a beautiful wooden frame and hang it on my wall. Before I go to bed,I want to be able to pray to our lolcows God and saviour pixyteri.
jkBut I love this version a lot more than the light blue one.