This book is actually really fucking good, it would be a real shame if you didn't give it your attention

which was your favorite chapter OP

>>7654359 (OP)
So is this one.
This is now a thread to post good fucking books other than the ones in the sticky link (Reposted here for convenience: https://discover.hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn)

>>7654368
Values was really nice

>>7654359 (OP)
It's really nice. Full of /ic/-killing bangers like >>7652191

This book is weird.
Most of Impact's stuff is kind of shit, but this one is actually quite good as an overview of western comicmaking. It's not random scam artist shit inside, there's a bunch of industry pros from back then and earlier who were consulted and the art is almost exclusively good shit.
It IS relatively small but gets a beginner up to speed on a huge number of concepts in a bit of a rapid-fire manner. Nothing is really gone into too deep but it's a great starting point for doing comics yourself IMO.

>>7654359 (OP)
I borrowed it from the library once. Picrel tells you all you need to know about this pompous windbag

>>7654400
Based Goddess believer https://files.catbox.moe/h4oowe.png

>>7654400
based Schmid
Total Chud Death

>>7654400
Ew. Thanks anon

>>7654407
>h4oowe.png
HOWIIIE!!!!

>>7654400
mommy...

>>7654359 (OP)
pyp
>>7654389
pyc
Could you nodraws stop larping? It’s legitimately disgusting.
Namedropping famous books and names can’t be that fun, right?

>>7654377
what he said about squinting particularly the "more values than I want or need" lives in my head years later.

i was reading earlier for the color and light chapter. looove this painting of the pansies it's the first thing i thought of when i saw this thread.

>>7654359 (OP)
>>7655215
Is it possible to git gud at painting from purely photo studies and master copies? I don't really want to paint outside, as it is more than 100 degrees here

>>7655132
The andy schmidt book has been out of print for a long time and you can find PDF copies easily. You can peek it yourself.
It's just a good introductory reference for a lot of concepts and jargon all in one place and explains how page layout, camera angles and so on create different impressions for the reader. It also shows examples of how doing thing wrong can fuck things up. It's a bit dated in parts but the majority of it still is accurate.
Like 90% of short "comic making tips" you see online could just be a repost of some pages from this book. And the comic-focused books in the /ic/ guide are also reccomended by Schmidt at the end.

>>7654400
what page is that on I want to see if it's in the first edition

>>7655451
>picrel literally tells you to go paint from life constantly
photos can only get you so far. not only do cameras not capture the amount of color out in the world, but it also conditions you to adhere to what the camera captures. you dont dare deviate from what the photo shows.
master studies can get you further, but you know what all the masters did? paint from life. why did sorolla paint with a lot of purples and pinks in his ocean scenes? you wouldn't really know unless you saw purples and pinks at the beach yourself.
richards probably endured all the elements under the sun well into his old age to paint. he even recalls painting in freezing weather while his wife stays warm in the car just because he wanted to capture a certain fence scene. photos and master studies can get your far, but drawing and painting from life is really the x factor that sets you apart from other artists.

>>7654400
saved me a few dollars lol

>>7654400
What a fucking legend haha.

"Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's. She's never gonna get us relax."

>>7654400
What a fucking legend haha.

"I think nature's imagination is so much greater than man's. She's never going to let us relax."

>>7655451

>>7655451
>it is more than 100 degrees here
All year round? Cmon dude, stop making fucking excuses for why you don't feel like drawing JFC.

I allow you to post this whenever someone refuses to pyw

>>7655451
Baumann spends 6 whole pages telling you why cameras are insufficient and providing examples of how photographs from the same spot but with different settings look radically different.

The tl;dr is that a camera has a shittier range of colors and values compared to the human eye, has immobile and non-eye-like focal points once a photo is taken, alters how detail is shown and has a completely different field of view. Among other things. A camera lens is just not what an eyeball is, much less a pair of eyeballs.

You don't have to go outside though. Make art from things inside. Or sit at your window. There's something weird that happens when you are translating 3D objects into 2D that greatly assists with painting from imagination too - I think it's the fact that you have to consciously decide on a lot of the elements, as opposed to a photo doing it for you.

This isn't to say you should never do it, especially for intentional images, but as practice it's pretty necessary. Like get some anime figurines or tank models or something, a strong lamp, thendraw/paint those. Borrow your grandma's precious moments figurines or ceramic christmas diorama or nativity things. Go to a model train shop and ask if you can sit and draw the displays. Go to an antique store or jewelry shop or so on and draw the things there. There are all kinds of options to have air conditioning while drawing shit you don't own, and store owners are often pretty accommodating because it means their store isn't empty.

You don't have to paint fruit or trees.

>>7654368
Whats the origin of that drawing?

>>7654400
unironically based

>>7654359 (OP)
I agree OP, I learned a lot from it.

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