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No.14931
Learning legs, realized my brain has been normalizing, and not learning, thanks to my loobros.
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No.14934
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No.14940
I didn't draw an anime today. Instead I did some practice. Also I did some hands.
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No.14943
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No.14985
absolute newfag at drawing, this is the first sketch I did purely from memory without any reference
what should I focus on
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No.14987
>>14985
Observation (plumb lines, negative/positive space, comparative measurement techniques) first, then Perspective/Construction
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No.14990
>>14987
could you elaborate a bit more on what those mean?
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No.14992
>>14990
Observational drawing involves contours and spatial relationships and perspective/construction are the creation of the illusion of solidity and depth through the breaking down of complex shapes in space into more rudimentary ones.
Do the first two or three exercises in "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and then consider dropping that for "Fun With a Pencil". The NKU Marc Leone "Basics" videos in the resource hub are a good place to start as well.
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No.15111
Strange that I draw better with my off hand, and that I still don't know how to draw a simplified shoulder.
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No.15112
>>15111
>off hand
Is this WoW?
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No.15117
I've been drawing on and off since about january and im finally able to look at my shitty little sketches and not want to tear them to shreds. Its not good but i feel like its presentable to me atleast. Any advice?
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No.15119
Starting Figure Drawing For All It's Worth.
Hope I can stick with it.
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No.15121
>>15117
keep observing, look up the common hatching methods and why they're used/why they work. Use the lines to accentuate the 3-Dimensional form rather than simply going straight across or in random directions. Not bad though, good work
>>15119
Not terrible reproductions; note that in your front-facing fella his head/neck is JUST a tad further to the right from center (we're talking pixels over here). You're so close, but very nearly every single thing from the left of the center line is very slightly THICKer than that which is on the right. Overall pretty good though.
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No.15122
>>15121
Not him but it looks like he's done it at some points, like on the beaks where they wrap around the forms, which is nice. But I agree on the random lines in the body, though they seem to work value-wise and looking at the thumbnail.
>>15117
Maybe take more time to draw these lines and consider them (where they start, end, how curved they are…). I like to visualize the forms while doing it (or maybe it's doing it that helps me visualize the forms?)
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No.15123
>>15121
Wah. I can't believe I spent so long staring at that and missed it… but I didn't see it at all until you pointed it out.
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No.15124
I think fasting, gave me a galaxy brain for a moment, because I like what I'm looking at.
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No.15126
>>15124
It looks good. How long did you fast for?
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No.15127
>>15126
24 hours, but I'm gonna do it daily for a while.
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No.15128
>>15127
That's cool. I've heard it has lots of benefits.
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No.15140
Halp, how do I do angry yelling face?
I think that because I'm taking a naturist style I can't make an exaggerated angry face but the scared face looks okay.
What references could I use for beginners expressive realism?
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No.15143
>>15140
You have the right idea but for one thing the actual eyeball and lid take up a fraction of the eyesocket. You will have to draw from direct referential observation to capture any kind of extreme emotion at your level. The face and neck combined have well over a dozen muscles that leave an impression on the form and whose emphasis or omission can all lend weight to whatever emotion you desire to convey
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No.15146
>>15143
BTW, is it normal if I can't draw. I mean I've been burned out before but that was in paper when I had a lot of material existence worries and was hunched over the paper blocking my own light.
Meaning I'll only draw for 40-90 minutes at best every other day.
Ever since I got my cheap Wacom I've been going at it for 2 hours every day and 5 hours each day of the weekend and I'm not feeling tired or frustrated so I don't know if I'm burnt out.
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No.15148
>>15146
You're not burnt out if you don't feel burnt out, but if you feel like you're pushing it consider taking a breather before it happens. Psychological burn out is a major gains goblin
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No.15161
Does anybody here know how to draw like this, even on digital formats like Krita? My tiny artbrain cannot for the love of me decide how to go about doing a style like this.
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No.15162
Guides/books would be appreciated.
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No.15163
>>15162
I love that guy's style. Looks like an ink wash/waterbrush pen or whatever for the big shaded areas. I don't know-I'm probably way off. The first one is digital and you can see the specific brush shape he's using kinda.
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No.15164
>>15161
>>15162
>>15163
I was thinking wet on wet watercolor for the third one and watercolor in a spray bottle for the second one, but ink wash seems to be more likely. Characters were almost certainly protected from pigment and water with masking liquid and finished last.
First image is digital. Looks like a mix of different brushes, sponge, smear, and possibly some custom brushes.
I painted very little ages ago and I only use digital to touch up my ink or pieces, so take this with a grain of salt.
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No.15165
>>15163
>>15164
I see, but any guides/tutorials on how to draw like that?
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No.15166
>>15165
Not that I know of, I don't know too much about techniques in general but you could try looking for "ink wash" or "waterbrush pen" tutorials on youtube
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No.15210
drew some ladies with reference
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No.15213
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>15210
Alright bud, now draw like six million more but try and observe the gestalt better instead of just drawing the outlines-it's a good start though. Use the observational drawing skills and techniques; find it there and lead it back home.
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No.15222
>>14730
newfag here. are those digital?
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No.15228
>>15222
Yeah, digital. It's pretty easy to tell artificial texture from the real thing when you know what to look for.
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No.15232
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No.15233
>>15232
You're close-but consider the fact that we can see her p*ssy so prominently like that: the front plane of her pelvis "block" is actually much more vertical and we wouldn't be seeing quite as much of that top plane.
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No.15250
So many weak points to stamp out.
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No.15365
I guess I'm due for a bullying. I'll repost something I posted earlier on julay since apparently it's dead now as much as I dislike glowkun.
Also, a friend already pointed out that I added an extra leaf to the jewelweed.
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No.15368
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No.15377
>>15368
>anyone here?
Yeah men, we're here; just be patient it's a slow board.
As for your drawings: your biggest problem are proportions. I highly recommend reading "Keys to Drawing". It's a great book. To draw realisticly from life or photos you need a lot of measuring: like comparing where middle of your subject is to where middle of your page is, length of your face to the length of your nose and so on. The other technique is to look for negative spaces, which is also great. You focus on the silhouette of your subject and try to copy shape that's made by the background of this silhouette - it's kinda hard to explain.
Both of those techniques are explained in detail in the book I mentioned - check it out!
Also gif related.
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No.15378
>>15368
>>15377
>>anyone here?
>Yeah men, we're here; just be patient
Nvm, it looks like this thread hit the bump limit so nobody noticed your post.
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No.15380
>>15377
Okay, thank you for the advice. I will find a copy of Keys to Drawing and start working through it. I'm a bit surprised it's not in the hub, but oh well. Also, thanks for the gif, that's a good way to tell where my mistakes are.
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No.15389
>>15380
Actually it is in the hub I'm just a simpleton who doesn't look carefully through the mega links
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No.15391
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No.15392
Any advice for a cheap drawing board that works with Linux?
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No.15408
>>15392
I'm using a 2 in 1 laptop: lenovo x230t.
It's an old laptop that I got for less than a 100$, and yet it's great! It's a marvellous, big (12,5") drawing tablet with a screen.
I HIGHLY recommend getting a tablet with a screen; you just get shit done faster than when drawing on your regular drawing tablet without a screen. And this laptop is the cheapest one I found.
Krita on Ubuntu works just fine on this machine, but I'll admit my tests weren't very extensive - I quickly switched back to Windows because I really need Adobe software.
Lenovo x230 is recommended by /g/ on 4chan as well, if that means anything to you. Mostly because you can upgrade it easily. You can add shitload of RAM.
That being said, there are some drawbacks as well:
- it's no longer produced and getting a used laptop in a good shape could be difficult
- stylus don't work that great near edges of the screen, but you can get used to drawing in the center
- graphic card is kinda rubbish by today's standards. It's definitely good enough for drawing, but you won't do much of 3d rendering or texturing on it. You won't play any recent games on it either, but I guess that's a good thing.
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No.15426
Excuse me but I'm new to this thread, and I was wondering if anyone could critiq
ue me on my anatomy studies I did from references?
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No.15453
>>15426
I'm not sure what picture or whose work you're using for reference as several things don't look quite right; one thing I think Hogarth does very well and is a reason I recommend him a lot despite how controversial it is to do so is that he creates a clear delineation between the forms of the muscles even if they're much more subtle in real life. This makes them simpler to follow and much more three dimensional, however they are NOT to be taken literally so his material I consider more supplemental.
I think if you're very new to drawing in general you might want to set anatomy off to the side for a little while and try and build up those observational drawing skills first.
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No.15454
>>15453
This references were made from Anatomy and sculptors, so far I'm fairly moderate in drawing, do you mind if I show you a couple of pieces I made over the years?
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No.15455
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No.15458
>>15454
>>15455
This thread isn't "bumping" anymore so feel free to post in the new one here: >>15456
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