Al! posted:

Spinster posted:

I've been considering doing a "Wiki-Hell" about how not to date but I wasn't sure I could draw Aziz Ansari, overjoyed with this 5 minute first attempt

sigma 6 posted:

There once was an unfinished head in a sketchbook. I tried to add a body. I dunno. Man hands (?)

sigma 6 posted:

Looks fantastic! Do you mostly work on a workstation of tablet computer? Actually - for that matter - how many of the people in this thread use something portable like an ipad pro or mobile studio pro vs. non mobile workstation vs. laptop with a plugin tablet?

Al! posted:

pissed off the wrong chud, huh? this is for you

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Wild and freeeee

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Oh hey funny story, remember back when you were drawing this?


I thought there was something fucky with the face back then, but couldn't quite articulate it, so I took a reference shot of my own face with the webcam, trying to match the angle and the expression to figure out wtf.
I absolutely failed at forming proper descriptive sentences for the ever-so-slight changes and gave up, deciding that also maybe I don't wanna doxx myself yet by posting the pic, either.
Anyway that ended up being the reference pic I used for that.

Sharpest Crayon posted:

I've got this feeling of dread creeping down my neck, just looking at this pic.

Chakan posted:

Hey, I looked around and didn't find a better thread, but if there is just let me know.

I'm trying to start drawing daily, but I haven't held a pencil in ~10 years so I don't really have an idea how to focus on the basics. I'm afraid that I'll start drawing and pick up real bad habits that I'm not aware of. I'm not worried about making masterpieces in the next three months or anything, I'm just looking for some guidance. Does anyone have good resources, links or books I should check?

Shinmera posted:

If you're interested in anatomy, I can recommend Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.

Shinmera posted:

This is pretty embarrassing for me, but here goes anyway: I'd like to ask if anyone has some feedback about my style -- what you dislike and like about it, and if there's anything that confuses you or if you have any suggestions for improvements. I'm aware that style is something very personal, but I often get the feeling that I'm stuck in my own head too much, so I hope to get some new perspectives on things by hearing what others have to say about it.

If you're interested in lending a hand, an easy way to browse through my stuff is here. Also of interest might be this, which is an overview of my style development over the past few years.

Wowporn posted:

Also that rainbow robot is cool

Shinmera posted:

I'm not entirely sure I can give a concrete answer to this, which I suppose is part of the problem. The best I can muster is that I'd like to draw things that I will also end up liking to look at. Every now and again I come across an artist whose works I really like. I then try to figure out what I like about it and how to change my own drawings to go more in that direction.

So far it seems I have a fondness for precise and simple lines and shapes, with distinct curves and edges. In terms of influences, I guess the top contenders would be John Allison, Asahi, L5, and Dowman (possibly NSFW).

d3c0y2 posted:

What I would really like help with though is learning how to add texture to the things I'm drawing. I think I'm starting to really get the hand of using lighting, negative space and shading to define the shape of objects - but I'm at a bit of a lose of how to combine that with "texturising" the planes without disrupting the definition of the objects themselves? If that makes sense.

Jake Snake posted:

This is really awesome.

Spinster posted:

My threads up, this ended up being the best drawing so far

d3c0y2 posted:

Hi man, sorry I'd already finished this picture before I saw your comment. I know this might be a stupid question but what does "rendering mass with value" mean?

Jake Snake posted:

Btw as for the techniques I used: it's nothing special. I just use the basic round brush in Photoshop, but I check the dual brush option to give it more texture. I did use a downloaded brush for the fur collar though. It's mainly all about blocking in the shadows, highlights, and midtones, then gradually shaping them to make them look like whatever you're painting.

my buddy Superfly posted:

Hi! I've been drawing every day for a while now and I love doing it/I feel like it has really improved me as an artist. Here's the thing I drew for yesterday which I'm really happy with how the coloring came out.

Sharpest Crayon posted:

I had to put in effort this time 'cause y'all posting some quality poo poo and I obviously need to up my game.

Sharpest Crayon posted:

ART HAX: take reference pics with blue screen glare on your face, get A+ comments on lighting and colors.

Sharpest Crayon posted:

d3c0y2 posted:

This is loving sweet. I love the little details. The body shape, the nose and brow all just scream Grecian art. It really drives home the vibe you're going for.

sinc posted:

As usual, I have a persistent feeling that the feature placements are out of whack in a way that's probably glaringly obvious to anyone seeing it for the first time

d3c0y2 posted:

Does anyone have any tips for when you seem to hit a creative slump. I really loved that Gollum pic I drew, but since then I can't seem to draw anything that doesn't look awful in my own opinion.

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Al! posted:

d3c0y2 posted:

Yeah proportion is something I've basically been winging this entire time. I've watched a number of tutorials on the anatomy of facial features, but I've struggled to find a class on YouTube that deals specifically with proportion (that hasn't been to cartooney)

It is particularly bad in that pic because I was focusing mainly on getting every plane down, but I'm never great at it.

quote:

CHAPTER I: ON SYMMETRY: IN TEMPLES AND IN THE HUMAN BODY

1. THE design of a temple depends on symmetry, the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect. They are due to proportion, in Greek ἀναλογία. Proportion is a correspondence among the measures of the members of an entire work, and of the whole to a certain part selected as standard. From this result the principles of symmetry. Without symmetry and proportion there can be no principles in the design of any temple; that is, if there is no precise relation between its members, as in the case of those of a well shaped man.

2. For the human body is so designed by nature that the face, from the chin to the top of the forehead and the lowest roots of the hair, is a tenth part of the whole height; the open hand from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger is just the same; the head from the chin to the crown is an eighth, and with the neck and shoulder from the top of the breast to the lowest roots of the hair is a sixth; from the middle of the breast to the summit of the crown is a fourth. If we take the height of the face itself, the distance from the bottom of the chin to the under side of the nostrils is one third of it; the nose from the under side of the nostrils to a line between the eyebrows is the same; from there to the lowest roots of the hair is also a third, comprising the forehead. The length of the foot is one sixth of the height of the body; of the forearm, one fourth; and the breadth of the breast is also one fourth. The other members, too, have their own symmetrical proportions, and it was by employing them that the famous painters and sculptors of antiquity attained to great and endless renown.

3. Similarly, in the members of a temple there ought to be the greatest harmony in the symmetrical relations of the different parts to the general magnitude of the whole. Then again, in the human body the central point is naturally the navel. For if a man be placed flat on his back, with his hands and feet extended,, and a pair of compasses centred at his navel, the fingers and toes of his two hands and feet will touch the circumference of a circle described therefrom. And just as the human body yields a circular outline, so too a square figure may be found from it. For if we measure the distance from the soles of the feet to the top of the head, and then apply that measure to the outstretched arms, the breadth will be found to be the same as the height, as in the case of plane surfaces which are perfectly square.

4. Therefore, since nature has designed the human body so that its members are duly proportioned to the frame as a whole, it appears that the ancients had good reason for their rule, that in perfect buildings the different members must be in exact symmetrical relations to the whole general scheme. Hence, while transmitting to us the proper arrangements for buildings of all kinds, they were particularly careful to do so in the case of temples of the gods, buildings in which merits and faults usually last forever.

d3c0y2 posted:

Thanks man I appreciate it. Is it worth buying any of his collected works on amazon do you think?

d3c0y2 posted:

Ah no worries. I'll read through it anyway, my degree is in Political Philosophy so I loving love reading Classical works.

But sometimes I feel like I'm always playing catch-up and like I have vast gulfs of knowledge. I've basically got no education in art outside of high school classes, so anything I've learned has either been from tutorials I've found, or from asking questions in places like this. But I'm sure there's an absolute gently caress ton of stuff I don't know, and don't know it even exists to try and learn it.

It's getting better now as I've signed up to a few places; and it's nice to be able to look at more experienced artists and learn from them. But I really do appreciate it when people are critical of what i've drawn, because it's going to be the fastest way to improve!

So thanks to everyone in this thread for helping me!

d3c0y2 posted:

Is absolutely perfect for me. There's no replacement for doing the legwork in my mind, so I guess I'll have a lot of reading material over the next month or two!

d3c0y2 posted:

This is real cool. Your brush strokes almost remind me of Goya at times.

And Oh boy Ruskin writes like an old fashioned recipe book. Going of on tangents about the education of children and all sorts, I love it. I've put pretty much all the books you linked on my kindle, time to hoover up some knowledge!

d3c0y2 posted:

Yeah he is. I've always had a bit of a curiosity with him since my sister got married in his country house in the Lake District.

Internet Kraken posted:

I find these to be really interesting. Weird aesthetic.