/loomis/ - Art Gains

>>8878

It has to do with line thickness on the leg and also the area on the waist is kind of flat. I'm not sure how fix this but usually if it's colored, it should be fix by itself. I sketched this in a very nonstructural way though. Is kind of shitty technique. Should have prioritize drawing the body first instead of arm.

>>8416

Yes as I said earlier

>>8406

>>8407

He is never not using photoshop in these videos. Watch them or don't I'm kind of done, here, man.

>>8417

>He is never not using photoshop in these videos. Watch them or don't I'm kind of done, here, man.

Sorry that kind of came out rude lmoa

I guess all I can say is that the information is all there for you if you just take the time to look: ctrpaint is one of the best and most versatile free resources available today imho.

>>8405

Corel Paint has been getting more stable and continuing to add brushes that mimic traditional media pretty closely. I recommend giving the trail a shot, then wait for it to go on sale. SAI has a nice feature where you can easily make vector lineart; anyone know of any other programs that do that?

>>8399

Anon if you're posting that amateurish garbage here an example of what you like then I'm terrified of how bad your own drawings must be.

>>8389

>>8390

Hey maldraw, fuck off and take your shitty manga with you. We've had enough of you on /pol/ and elsewhere.

What he did? I don't get the drama.

>>8551

>Malaysian drawfag on /pol/.

>Made a series of cringy comics called "Adventures of christ chan".

>More talented drawfags come to /pol/, he spergs the fuck out.

>Spams and calls everyone nigger-lovers, scares them off.

>/pol/ angry as fuck, ricenigger gets banned.

>Tries and fails to ban evade.

>Trump wins Presidency.

>Twitter user Maldraw makes shitty Trump mock art.

>People notice his style is familiar.

>Starts posting Christ Chan again and spergs out when you mention /pol/.

<PURE COINCIDENCE

I like Ashcorp's panda girl but frankly his music can go kys itself lmoa

>>8360

>Recently I genuinely get mad when I see a good picture, because the person who drew it must have had a good life and didn't have to go through the shit I did.

I don't know. Sometimes I feel like everyone is miserable but they just hide it.

New thread:

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>>8360

>Recently I genuinely get mad when I see a good picture, because the person who drew it must have had a good life and didn't have to go through the shit I did.

all of your hardships are created by you, and it's not like artists in general art the happiest people.

>try drawing

>mind is super finnicky on how it's supposed to be (a single, fullbody, lonely character that more often than not occupies the center of the page, doing nothing in particular)

>this issue only intensifies further on, including being obsessed with finding that one reference that has exactly what I want down, sporadically being on and off about it, ragequitting if the end result doesn't look right, stalling on end on what else to do about it)

>lack of creativity/not knowing what to do only worsens the stalling

>process feels more robotic and lifeless than it has any right to be because of it

>end up with several pages/files of an unfinished sketches as a result

And it only took me three years to put my finger on it.

Art history and art semantics are a fucking stupid discussion to have when the kind of stuff lauded as high art these days are often "ready made" pieces of shit and/or trash presented by people that have been dangling from Duchamp's nuts for the past century. Call it whatever you want, it is what it is. Focus on what you're about and what you want to do and let everyone else suck a dick for all you care.

So one of the big things about Harold Speed that sets him apart from others is that he's really passionate about what he's writing about, so it's something you often notice. It's a night and day comparison to reading someone like Vanderpoel. This does mean there's more to read but if you will be drawing for several years, I think you can survive a few pages of him talking about greek architecture.

One of the main reasons I really like the book is because it removes a lot when discussing "how" to do something and focuses on getting you to think about things in the right way. So the book isn't a dogma that tells you exactly how to do something, rather it gives you mental tools you can make use of in your own work. Too many books out there just make you draw like the author and maybe that's useful to some, I think most modern books that do that are drawn in a manner that limits someone's ability to explore what drawing is. When I was a student (I mean formally a student) I changed my approach to drawing all the time and the ability to spend a few months just considering form to be all that drawing is concerned with, then the next few months thinking that abstracting everything into light-shape/shadow-shape is all that drawing is, then only caring about the gesture of things, and so on and so on, left me with an appreciation of drawing that I think would be greater than if I had only drawn one way for my entire time there. Harold speed was an important step for me in learning these things. I read that book all the time, I had it with me and I'd read a few pages here and there when the model was on break. His description of mass drawing and line drawing was one of the things that really helped me understand what different ways of drawing were concerned with.

I think it's "line drawing practical" that is probably one of the important chapters when it comes to just understanding drawing. Getting into the habit of blocking-in something with straight lines and being very serious about making it accurate and clearly designed is probably the most important thing you can take away from the book. The later chapters are nice and all that, but just getting serious about the block in is very valuable.

Now if you're self teaching, things are difficult. If you let mPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>7893

>I can send step-by step pics of how i make my paintings and also show the mistakes I make (I don't post them here because I don't want to clutter the board with crap).

This would definitely be worth having on the board at least once.

Not OP but thanks. I was the guy drawing with ink and asking you questions in that other thread where you ended up recommending a bunch of books, Speed's being among them. I downloaded most of those books but only found a few helpful, but now that you've explained what you found helpful about Harold Speed I might give that one a second look.

>>7788

You're off my dude. Check your work by copying the reference picture onto a new layer, lowering its opacity and transforming it to fit-and then try again.

>>7797

Consider checking your work in the same manner I'd suggested the other anon. For now, think about laying down your shading strokes in one direction that's comfortable for you. It will help you achieve a more consistent value. Generally what I do is like a 45 degree angle or so.

>>7972

is that a bug?

H. R. Giger

>>7675

Nice. Saved

>>6543

Why would anyone want to imitate the anime art style anyway? It's a style lacking in versatility and variety with indistinguishable mix-and-match dolls for characters with the same few faces. Anime is the result of the restrictive nature of its industry, with very little room for creativity or divergence from the status quo. That isn't to say there isn't any creative anime out there, but most of them play follow the leader.

Anime isn't a style to be imitated, but ridiculed.

>>7675

What board was this posted on?

>>7688

>ViolatedHero

Probably /monster/

I'm curious, anon, do you still believe this?

>>6511

I don't want to stay at this level of mediocrity, but I can't be truly assed to get better.

I can't be happy with my own stuff, but I don't want to quit.

It's just too fun to drop.

>>7593

I sometimes feel I am struggling to find a way to improve without resorting to hating my art, but I'd like to always keep that feeling of having fun creating and liking my drawings intact. I don't know if I'm supposed to do that or if I'm supposed to hate myself and my stuff as some other, much more skilled than I, artists do, but I can't bring myself to it most of the time. If it happens it's often for external reasons that spill over the practice of art, like physical pain.

The right mindset for improvement and fulfillment. Godspeed, OP.

Sure man, do me a favor and try and find things you want to see in there as they come up.

>hey BO can you do all this work I could easily do on my own for me?

>>6468

Hotpockets!