/loomis/ - Art Gains

how does this look so far

>>2630

gotcha

I fixed the background

but if there's anything else then go ahead

>>2631

A big part of my, now purely hypothetical, crit was the "background" which I misinterpreted as a misunderstanding of how perspective lines work. The second pic looks better, but the body's proportions are kind of inconsistent.

Her body is very small, looks to be under 2 heads altogether, but her legs look relatively normal. You've shortened the forearm relative to her upper arm area to compensate for the gooch being right under the belly button so it would hypothetically be in the "right spot" technically but still looks a bit wonky. Consider lowering the hips and panty line a bit along with the gooch and lengthening the forearm just a tad. Keep it up bruh

I know nothing about the human anatomy. Where can i read about it ?

>>2643

Consider starting with "Fun With a Pencil" to familiar yourself with the concept of construction, and then move on to formal anatomy (Books like "Figure Drawing for All It's Worth" and "Figure Drawing - Design and Invention) from there.

Drew this a while ago for the /v/ draw thread, how is it? It was supposed to be this guy(http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Maxima) in front of a computer. Other than a few perspective errors and the armor not being bulky enough, I don't see anything wrong.

Also, what is a good way to learn anatomy?

Should I learn each part individually(E.G. cranium, then the muscles of the head, then the skin and all, and then go to another part) or finish the skeleton before jumping into muscles?

>>2670

You should be drawing with your shoulder more than anything, fam.

Get a bigger tablet (ideally the biggest; the Huion Giano).

>>2692

>You mean it's to close to the body or that it doesn't look bulky enough?

You have to consider the solidity of the character's thick armor and how it's a separate entity from the character itself. Despite the fact that it's fairly "form fitting", it still has a bulk that projects it off from the character like you see in this official character art. In your picture, with the exception of the collar, the armor and his body look more like a reclining chair's backrest with something draped over it than a human character wearing shoulder pads.

With that said, it's very good that you're practicing perspective, but you have a ways to go. Consider using the mechanical pencil you used to create this piece to try Peter Han's manual dexterity exercises (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDNDOKnArk), and then download "Fun With a Pencil" and draw what you see in the book. By the end of it, hopefully what I'm saying to you now will make more sense.

>>2695

I tried copying the first pic, how is it? I started by drawing a line where his shoulders probably are before drawing the armor to make it look bulky.

I also tried to draw a face but I just couldn't get the angle on the mouth right so I gave up.

ill post my weak studies here just to get input.

i have a weak eye since it's night time for me, but are there any glaring flaws that I could fix quickly?

Fucking everything, how does it work?

I'm trying to git gud at shadows and form but it still looks potato tier. What am I fucking up?

First three are basic forms I did and tried to draw shadow, the other two are human forms I tried to copy.

>>3132

Wrong pic in the first one.

So the one on pinkish paper is from a while ago, and the scratchy digital ones are recent. So far I know I am having issues with depth, proportions, straight lines, and cleanliness. Tips beyond practice until I scream?

I'm going to kill myself. Seriously? I can't draw hands. The harder I try, the harder I fail.

What kind of book or tutorial is good for a retard like me that struggles with this?

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>>942

You problaby ave become even greater than before,like to see something from current year.

Pretty comfy thread to read. I appreciate the guy who gave it a 9 month bump. I wonder how far the 2014-era posters in this thread have come now.

>>7604

This isn't done but it's the best I have so far. I'm a little ashamed of myself. Someday we'll all make it, boys. Just need to work harder.

Had some colored pens lying around I thought I'd try to put to use. I never use color for the most part, but I felt I needed to branch out and at least give it a try. However, upon giving these a try, I realized they are nuclear colored and don't blend well, and since they looked like vomit, I drew vomit.

But hey, at least I tried something new, even if it didn't work. Guess I'll just have to shill out for proper pens.

Plate 8 of Loomis' Drawing the Head and Hands done. Next come Plates 9 to 11, which are about using flat planes, and Plates 12 to 16 which are about developing a freer variety of forms. I anticipate that these will keep me busy for quite some time.

>>7625

That's a pretty cool experiment and I look forward to seeing more developed colour drawings from you one day. As for why it didn't work so well, I'm reminded of the common digital art mistake of shading by using a darker version of the same hue—makes the colour look dirty and muddy.

>>7619

I've seen this around a lot and always thought it looked pretty cool/cute.

The bottom one on the left's nose looks way off but I swear on my mama that's the angle I saw. Ah well, I must be mistaken.

>>7629

Couple mo'

Trying to go outside of my normal comfort zone and paint in new styles and techniques. In this one I let my paint sit on a pizza box for two hours or so before painting. The cardboard absorbed some of the oil leaving the paint much thicker than it is when straight from the tube. I even use Old Holland paint that is already known for being some of the thickest tubed paint you can buy, so the end result was really stiff and interesting to use.

I've been looking for a method to paint very directly and opaquely in small detailed areas and I think this approach would work well. I'm not a big fan of letting my paintings dry before doing something, I'm an alla prima fag so I don't want to have to rely on drying to be able to make a nice painting (although on "real" paintings I work on them for several days, just re-painting whole areas rather than doing some indirect approach). The stiffness of the paint really helped make adjustments feel very sculptural rather than slippery like they would with more medium.

Anyway, more experimentation with this approach needs to be done. Thought you guys may want to see a post on here that isn't digital.

>>7637

Yeah I think stiffer paint opens up more possibilities in texture and blending. A bunch of medium just sort of blends everything together while stiffer paint lets you to both blend things smoothly but also lets you make that dry noisy surface and thicker paint strokes. This was one of the first times I actually used a palette knife to add paint and to adjust the paint on the surface. Will make another study tomorrow, will remove a little less of the paint but I have this transparent iron oxide red (highly recommend having it on your palette) that is very oily. I'll get the same pigment from OH but for now, I'll try and absorb some of it's oil contents until then.

One of my paintings from yesterday has now somewhat dried and it has sunken-in like crazy. This is on an acrylic primed linen canvas (I usually work on oil primed canvases, the difference is that an acrylic primed canvas absorbs some of the oil when working on it and an oil primed one is much less absorbent making the paint flow on it more) and I removed some of the oil from the paint, so when it dried, it comes up as super matte/reflective in the darks. Tried to take pics that show the colors/values how they were when I painted it. (this is one of the reasons you varnish oil paintings, to bring them back to their "wet" appearance"

>>7635

>>7642

It's really cool to hear about and see this stuff.

A critter in thick clothing.

Sorry I couldn't fit it all in the scanner, is it good?

I had a little breakthrough tonight. Instead of drawing small with my hand, holding the pencil the same way that I write, I held it like this and drew larger on an easel pad, and moving my arm to make lines. It worked out a lot better. I think I should do it like this for now on, at least if I want to be a painter. now i see why people hold their pencils like this.

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