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Post your current drawing here and give constructive critique to others! Don't take anything personal!
Please make sure your posted image is clear, downsized to around 2000 pixels wide, rotated to the correct orientation, and that any unused space is cropped.
If you want critique on a drawing from the previous thread, you can delete it there and repost in this one.

>/ic/ Resources/Reference/Downloads/Links:

>STICKY:
Completed: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vm4IJpq0Mbvb-Krl5_mJ_m6TsC_qjsaN/view
New collaborative: https://hackmd.io/UMnZVhNITW-T2wZpHw6d0Q
w/ic/i: https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/
Hardcore: https://hackmd.io/7k0XRnIQR6SValR77TDfZw?view

>WHERE to get study materials
annas-archive.org
>>>/ic/artbook
>>>/ic/video

>>7655470 (OP)
Feedback?

>>7655470 (OP)
Aaaagh

>>7655470 (OP)
im lernin cubes

>>7655795
ok enough of drawing for one day XD

>>7655851
xDD

>>7655470 (OP)
This is what I think of human muscles

>>7655470 (OP)
>My drawing didnt make the OP
Welp

>>7655470 (OP)
>>7656092
shit, posted in the old thread by accident

>>7655470 (OP)
Thanks for the amazing reference

>>7653733
Thanks anon. In case anyone's interested, here's the finished drawing. Made for >>>/e/2964332

For my loli bros who are being prosecuted.

Join the LOOM army.>>7647642

yall fw this or nah

>>7655713
>>7655715
>>7656111
Good stuff anons.

>>7655470 (OP)
Uhhh

I typically lean more into /lit/, but decided to try drawing one of my OCs and figured I'd share.

1/3

2/3

3/3

I dont like the shadow's posture/legs, any advice?

>>7657966
Nice Ariana Grandes

>>7657966
Also what do read anon?

Tablet: Huion Kamvas 13
Software: Sai2

I just need to know, does this helps to portray envy? I want to do a rough sketch in digital, maybe to paint this on a canvas tomorrow. But i don't really know what to add anymore

>>7658415
>does this helps to portray envy?
Not really. I think you need to brainstorm some more.

>>7658488
pretty cool

>>7658415
2 kids sitting next to eachother eating ice cream, except one on the left dropped theirs and is looking over at the other holding back tears while they are enjoying their delightful treat is showing envy

>>7658407
Ouch that one hurt a bit kek.

>>7658408
I've mainly been reading non-fiction lately, I've been re-reading some of Micheal Heiser's work like the Unseen Realm. I spend more time writing though, my hope is to one day complete a pair of trilogies (one fantasy, one sci-fi). OC is one of the main characters as she is ageless and the two series tie into one another even after thousands of years.

Do any of you use MS Paint? I'm a pre-/beg/ interested in starting, but I don't really know any good *free* digital art software

>>7658660
Gimp
I've used sketchbook on phone and it's decent enough for a prebeg like me

>>7658660
anything but GIMP
Krita is pretty good these days

>>7658488
How do you get that effect of every brush stroke seemingly having an outline? is it the mixer brush?

>>7658619
Noice. I was trying to get through The Cosmic Liturgy by Balthasar, but after finishing half the book, I got burned out.. it’s a bit dense. I’ll get back to it later, but for now I’m reading The Symbolism of the Christian Temple by Hani, which is blowing my mind. A lot of observations I’ve made regarding symbolism/geometry are suddenly clicking together

>>7658412
Do more Nabiki x Ranma(male) porn

>>7657615
Update

posting in a draw thread

>>7659124
What is this? Kookaburra?

>>7659148
Nope
https://youtu.be/PQ7qEim-sME?si=X8P9bq4WhqOJpw_6
Just a bird...
The long beak may be to hunt fish but the color scheme doesn't match that of a kingfisher

>>7658811
I will for sure need to read Cosmic Liturgy at some point. I've read Augustine's Confessions before and so I guess it makes sense to add others like Maximus, Irenaeus, etc to the list. I thought it was sort of a grind but I really enjoyed Eusebius' Church History and highly recommend to anyone curious about early Church history between the end of the New Testament to the time of Constantine.

I haven't delved as much into symbolism/geometry but given my fascination with Heiser's works I could see how I might branch into that inevitably.

>>7658711
Watercolor edges

You can also use the blend tool to get rid of some of them if it gets overbearing.

>>7659617
ubermensch

>>7655470 (OP)
Any tips on rendering?

>>7659989
I don't think you're ready for rendering.
I say this as someone who also isn't good at rendering.

Fish

>>7655470 (OP)
Already posted it on two threads and if I post it here I'll be tagged as a schizo

Uhhh

>>7656943
>>7658488
Same anon I assume.
I'm in awe. Your stuff belongs in a museum. Please tell me where I can find more of your work!

>>7665097
nta and not trying to glaze but I thought the same thing when I saw his stuff a while back, and this isn't even his good work imo.
If he doesn't link his stuff I'll post his twitter

>>7655470 (OP)
how am i doing on anatomy?

>>7666017
Proportions look alright but you need to work on your volumes

copy all this, what do you think?

>>7666017
looks nice, though I would,t overlap the ball of the nose and the wing like that. Also the mouth feels a little bit off try drawing the philtrum to see what I mean.

>>7665097
>>7665913
This is getting pathetic man. Just stop.

>>7666487
tried to color but monotone always look better

Uhhh

>>7666560
lmao

>>7665097
I'm sure you can figure it out, reverse image works fine.

I dont think Im ready to make complicated pieces yet.
ll try and finish it tomorrow.
If it dont work well , ill reduce the scope for a while, and go try and copy /study otter stiles for a lilbit

>>7666487
>>7666601
Goated
Only reason to come to these threads

>>7668084
thx anon

Maya with jersey apron
https://x.com/VTCric/status/1949852779696017559?t=nnz0FkzI69ODk-cbasbMKg&s=19

Yeah
I'm just pushing through the slow day today

>>7668481
Forgot image award

>>7668642
And that's the way they all became the Feng Shui Bunch!

>>7666487
>>7666601
>>7668226
Dope shit.

>>7666487
Gas as fuck

>>7666502
Go for it anon.

>>7669010
>>7669012
good
>>7669000
bad

>>7669017
Im easier on that page because drawing the girl writing was super difficult

>>7669041
I’ll add this to the mix since I don’t post it much .

>>7668484
I need to work on her clothes

>>7669275
Will this save her?

How do you understand how clothes work vghhh

>>7669275
Interesting

I'm getting crazy. I get some decentish stuff and seconds later some horrible monsters.

What can I do? I'm using fun with pencil from Loomis, not sure I like it but keeping at it

>>7669425
Just study from life

>>7669275
Honestly your best work because you had the self-restraint to not force some retarded anime girl into it

>>7669425
stop using lined paper for one
either use gridded or blank

>>7669626
I use what I have for free

>>7668484
>>7669233
>>7669379
So much soul it's insane... Please keep drawing. Is that Alpha Hatsuseno or an OC?

>>7669660
yes she's alpha hatsuseno

>>7669614
You sound pretty resentful there bud

Has this joke been done before?

>>7669700
Just helping you realize your potential

>>7670364
Why would I listen to you? What have you made of any note?

>>7670364
potential to strip naked

1. How hard is Van gogh's style?
2. How long will it take a beginner to learn it?
3. How should I start?

Painting for the first time again after a several month stint of not drawing at all. I had some trouble with my tablet that was making it have a weird dead zone, but, I hope this came out alright.

If I could figure out wrinkles, I'd like to have add more here.

>>7669290
>>7669614
>will this save her
>there's no retarded anime girl
>they don't know

2 hr painting
How is it

>>7670566
It's a Monet. Looks fine from afar, but when you open the thumbnail its a mess.

>>7670224
Prettyy

>>7669379
Sorry bros it's not my best piece
But I'll submit it on /dad/ nonetheless today

>>7655470 (OP)
just getting up and doodling

>>7670368
That's not a good self-improvement attitude, my dude.
Anime is poison for the soul.

>>7670667
I like it. It's almost* calarts, but it's not.

>>7670680
The best self-improvement tip is to stop listening to people who can't demonstrate that they know better.

>>7671945
Cool art style

>>7671796
I really like this

>>7671945
Oh you mother fucker. Is that a pajeet?

>>7671963
I was gonna troll and say that I don't, but it's actually really well done

>>7671996
Guy and kids are Egyptian, woman is German and the step-mom. Don't crucify me, /pol/ice officer. No race-mixing here.

Sketched a football player

Monke

>>7672078
Somewhat acceptable then

Today's sketch for a vtuber friend

>>7673084
Also i just posted this one from a few weeks ago for a fb collab.
What do you guys think?

mix and matching different brushes warming up then this happened, its/was supposed to be a bolt.

Yeah I'll revisit it tomorrow

Uhhh

>>7675042
Alpha! Very cute anon...

>>7677940
Why are you drawing in like 2:1

>>7678982
Why not

>>7677940
>>7675042
On a roll

Tough week at work. Had to draw Dua Lipa to unwind.

>>7679991
thread died

>>7682227
Draw Naruto girls please
Particularly Temari

>>7655470 (OP)
Shitty self portrait while I wait for my timer, bf won’t look at me without my glasses
He says my eyes are freakishly blue

>>7682444
This sounds like something only a fag would write

>>7682445
We are homosexuals, your correct

Thinking about making a short comic to force myself to draw outside my comfy zone and doing some sketches.

>>7682444
dude you’re adorable. would normally say your bf is lucky as anything but i saw the comic of the two of you and you’re both cute, in compliment- to the power of the sun. love you guys.

>>7679913
is this done with photo collaging?

>>7682549
Photo collaging is when you take pieces of photos and arrange then together to make a new piece right?
I think what I did is called photobashing, I.e actually painted an image first and then overlayed lower opacity images for texture in certain areas.
Was going for a sort of game CG look.

>>7657310
pretty sick

>>7682514
Thank you anon, he’s the light of my life and I need to throw rocks at him

>>7682775
This is a shitty drawing I did of me and him on my phone (like all my digital art) while at a bus stop on my way to his apartment, I’m teaching him how to use watercolors since he doesn’t do much art

>>7682789
oh man. don’t do this to me. i don’t know why the hell are you guys so tremendously cute to me. i want to read a nice, long series that features your characters with lots of fanart floating around but this isn’t a thing.

>>7682884
I actually have a handful of comics with him in it, though most of them are slop because I’m constantly half asleep, me and him have been together for three years now and I draw him a lot
Pic is some of them… and the mii of him that’s painfully accurate that he hates

>>7682905
>deeply satisfied
holy shit i loved them all too much
yeah for what its worth you both have a rando anon fan, now. sorry about that.

>>7682921
And I am your fan, anon

>>7682789
I love the way you draw backgrounds. Not so much your characters, but still.
Well done anon

>>7682927
whoa. what a great evening. who knew /ic/ could actually be such a cool place when it hits just right.

>>7682989
I aim to be the chemo on this cancer site

>>7683569
Based

I need to learn so fuckin much, i slept on the bloody basics for too long and cheesed my way thru it for such a long time but i need to get fuckin good...

>>7683916
I like the orange chick

>>7684051
Noice

>>7684746
My first thought was the monarchs cocoon from venture bros getting blown up

>>7680322
>>7682227
What do you use for animation?

>>7683916
here again, did pic related today. could have done more but i needed some sort of satisfaction today.
>>7684128
thanks dude, im trying a few things and still have to try out more stuff with krita

Sketch.
Will paint tomorrow

>>7655470 (OP)
It's been five years since I drawn anything on paper. What do you guys think?

>>7685995
Cool i guess.
Less memes practice.

>>7685997
*More practice

>>7669042
I like your trees. I'm doing an industry focused card game that will feature forestry and am looking for a variety of artists. Do you have contact info?

>>7670224
>>7670566
>>7671945
>>7684746
Fan of these ones as well in particular. If anybody has socials they're willing to share I'd be happy to try working together

>>7656943
>>7658488
With your permission, could I use either one of these pieces as a writing prompt for authors on /lit/?
That board already has a monthly writing contest, but its prompts are always text-based; I’m thinking of making a new one based soley on visuals.
After a few hours of combing through /ic/ for the perfect narrative question mark, I saw each one and went, “Yeah, this is it!”
If I do follow through on this concept, it will start Friday on /lit/, and I shall link it here.
Whether a “Yes” or a “No,” thanks for sharing!

>>7686145
Sure, go ahead.

>>7686147
>Sure, go ahead.
Thank you!

I'll work on it tomorrow

I posted in an older thread with the same evil sorceress lady on the right.
Drew another character. The overall vibe I'm aiming is like Diablo meets Xena.

>>7686764
I like this fellow PS user.
But I also want to berate you for also using PS

>>7686778
thanks
I'm too stuck in my old ways and afraid to transition to a new software

>>7686781
That seems to be the excuse for everyone, myself included.

>>7686781
>>7686859
Just get CSP already.

How do I get bettet? I want to draw my own manga or anime fan art, so I bought Jack Hamm and Andrew Loomis's books and copied for practices, but I'm not improving. Last drawing is my own drawing. Please gice me critiques.

How do I do more than just one shitty line art drawing a week? I've been trying to get faster. I want to make hundreds of drawings fast.

>>7687093
The second one looks great. Kinda like Picasso coom

>>7687093
looks like youre trying to draw those studies waaay to fast
slow down, start by examining your sources more carefully - take note of distance between key parts and how far particular lines deviate from 90 degree angles. you should be constantly looking between your work and your source and asking yourself: does mine look like look the same? if so why not? keep adjusting it until you it feels right. no shame in using an eraser.
spend 30 + minutes trying to make a perfect reproduction of something simple. youll learn more and if you post said results youll get less generic feedback

>>7687093
Draw more. You are pre-/beg/.

Pretty much done with the page for my friend. May add something to bottom right but it’s mostly filled
>>7686031
I’m glad you like them. I just saw this. Hit me on discord bridgmansbiggestfan

>>7685991
look forward to seeing it, your sketch alone looks really cool

>>7687093
You’re good at identifying larger shapes which is a good start, and your arms and hands are really nice. I think you should tighten up on fundies like form and perspective as well as doing some life drawings

I redrew this art from Persona3 3. Left is the reference I used and right is what I drew. What do you think?

>>7688978

I think you should stop reposting this, this board is shit enough already without unfunny trolling.

my current WIP

>>7689174
good stuff anon

>>7670224
Very beautiful work anon, I love your stuff

>>7689174
Good shit. Coloring it?

>>7689302
yup, although sometimes I feel like leaving them black and white just because i really like the aesthetic of old TTRPG art

I wonder if I have improved at all, I haven't drawn much these days and I fear that I have stagnated since the last time I have drawn consistenly

>>7685995
It's remarkable that it looks like Pattinson, unless it's not supposed to be.

>>7666601
>>7668226
Great stuff anon , I love the way you draw the faces and apply values

>>7686147
By the way, do you have any interest in being a judge for the entries?
It would basically entail reading a thread full of posts about your art, and then picking your (at minimum) three favorites—this would start on Friday and end on Monday.
And I guess you’d also have to use a trip a couple times just for validity’s sake in doling out the scores.
We have enough judges already if you decline, but, since it’s your work, it’s only right to ask.

>>7689697
I'd rather have you guys judge.

Tomorrow I will clean this up and tackle the coral crown

>>7689702
>I'd rather have you guys judge.
Totally, and thank you again for the permission. Like I said, I’ll link it here when it’s up.

>>7687152
I'm sorry anon but the only answer is mileage.

It sucks but you just have to put in the hours consistently.

Just a little bit a day every day (or two) is much better than 6 hours one day a week.

You'll get there. It'll just take a little time.

>>7689820
>a little time

You were right about everything except this. It takes a LOT of time to get good at this art shit.

>>7686764
nice style! I like it.
The eyes on the blonde need fixing though.

>>7690150
Sure, but I didn't want to scare anyone off, xD

Here's a doodle I made at work!

I’m trying to work on clothing folds, any advice on that is appreciated

>>7690790
put on a long sleeve shirt or similar clothing, do similar pose, look at yourself in mirror

>>7655470 (OP)
drawing before bed

>>7656943
>>7689702
Okay, it’s up: >>>/lit/24640140

>>7671945
more characters.

>>7656943
Fucking gas . Well deserved in /lit/

>>7690790
Study from life

>>7655783
wait this is actually so cute

Finished this today

>>7692266
was trying to do the thing

>>7689644
love this so much. how did you do it ?

>>7692570
Painted picture, burned to DVD, took picture of TV

>>7656943
Here from /lit/ just to say that this obviously shows technical skill, but the writing competition using this has been handled ineptly.
I can see why /ic/ likes this. Most of the pieces here are simple figure work, with a few placing the figures in a scene. But an effective writing prompt should include some kind of action or hook too. This piece is generic. If it were printed on a book cover, I'd probably ignore it completely. Had the /ic/ link not been posted, I'd take this for a throwaway anime panel.
I apologize for my harshness, but cross-disciplinary work is earned not only by depth in multiple disciplines, but a good sense of how they play off each other. Wagner understood this.
If the /lit/ competition is a self-promo, please either find it in yourself to take the criticism and research what makes an effective prompt, or just don't do this again. I know it can be hard to take this kind of criticism from an anonymous poster; I know this site conditions us to reject this type of advice. I am telling you that the extremely low quality of the work in the competition thread as of right now speaks for itself. It is in part because the prompt has given skilled writers nothing to work with and attracted only self-promoting and/or undisciplined tripfags. Go see for yourself.
Once again, you are obviously technically skilled. I hope that this is a learning experience rather than a one-off.

>>7693075
not that guy but if you dont want /ic/ pics you should tell your tripfags to stop advertising their contest in here he's posted multiple times about it since march. it's not the drawfag https://warosu.org/ic/?task=search&ghost=false&search_text=lit+contest

>>7693099
Duly noted.
I'll add that I like the idea of some cross board competition. I don't know how it's received here, but on /lit/ the contest threads are legitimately some of the best places to give and receive feedback.
The issue with this one is that it's sloppily done. The line from the OP and his defenders is that writers should "use their imagination" and that failure to do so is an indication of a lack of skill. If that's the case, might as well give no prompt at all: that will result in freer flights of imagination. Giving such a generic image as a prompt is, imo, worse than nothing as all. Again, it's clearly skillfully rendered, but as a prompt, why use it over any other image in this thread?

>>7693104
that's you (as in writers on /lit/) and the OPs problem, he probably only came in this general because nobody replied to his threads other than the first one, probably because very few drawfags on /ic/ are interested. https://warosu.org/ic/?task=search&ghost=false&search_text=icic

if you dont want the tripfag running the contest to just pick random images he wants, you could make a thread on /lit/ to suggest random illustrations from other people and poll like that. it's not like you're making money off of it, so you can literally pick anything

>>7693105
Fair. If there isn't interest here, there isn't interest. That stands to reason, since critique is in this board's name, and so I figure you'd have to clamor less for it.
I'll just tell him to fuck off from now on.

>>7693075
I had nothing to do with choosing the prompt. But regardless, a prompt isn’t supposed to do your job for you. It’s chosen for you to fill in the blank space. If you’re not creative enough to do that, that’s on you. Don’t blame others for your own lack of creativity. I have nothing to learn from someone who refuses to learn themselves.

>>7693116
That excuse would work for an utterly blank image. It might work better there.

>>7692865
Is there somewhere I could see more of your work ?

>>7693784
>>7657057

I wish i could draw better with a mouse

>>7693075
FUCK YOU, you retard! LMAO! You're one fucking crazy schizo like I haven't seen in a while here. You went all the way to shit on another board because you think some guy is using his own art to do a thread there when it obviously isn't. (As if he wouldn't be allowed to do it if he wants to anyways) Now you come back here saying you're an original resident form that board, thinking that we can't see you're the same schizo hating on him on this thread, and you also think that the anons on /lit/ don't realize what you're doing. LOL
You're crazy, and that's funny to me, ngl, but you better be aware that we all know who you are and you're doing, you clown lol

>>7694884
The offhanded Wagner reference makes me think it's just a troll. The bait is too obvious.

just continuing my work from the previous thread

>>7694976
Too much green perhaps?

My biggest problem with this drawing is that I don't know how to draw the shoulders going forward. Arms should go in front, holding a gun

Not finished

>>7697115
Head's a little crooked there, but nice lighting

What is the worst thing about this picture, the most glaring weak point? Besides being furry trash, obviously.

>>7697504
Weird anatomy and fur textures

>>7697522
Really nice. You have a good eye for shapes

>>7697533
I see, someone also brought up that the fur on the chest and tail do look different, with the one on the tail looking softer and slightly more delicate, while the fur on the torso looks harder. I'll have to get better fur references and do some studies next time.
I wasn't entirely too happy with the anatomy too, so now I'm back to more focused studies.
Thanks for the input, anon.

>>7697504
all of your colours are the same intensity, even the bg- that plus the slightly awkward posing with not so great silhouettes makes everything sort of blend together at a glance.
the composition isn't really giving much to work with either, since it's hard to tell what the focus and overall action/mood of the drawing is meant to be

>>7697648
Alright, so I should structure my palette better, organizing a hierarchy of more saturated colors (Probably for highlights and focal points) and more desaturated ones (less important areas and ones in shadow), so if I wanted the skull to be a better focal point I should've pushed brighter yellows, or somehow made the background work in my favor. Is this similar in concept to the advice about ensuring you have distinct values, only this time applied to color too?
Will attempt to keep an eye out for composition too, the concept still eludes me a little but I'll work on it. Thank you too, anon.

>>7697680
He's not talking about your palette he's referring to your awful flat values and pillow shading, which are made even worse with the bright pencil outline that ignores all lights and shadows.

>>7655470 (OP)
what are some good beginner oil paints for someone transitioning from acrylic ?

>>7697846
I tried to place the light source on the top right specifically to avoid pillow shading, but I see I should've chosen brighter highlights and darker shadows.

>>7655470 (OP)
skywhale

I’m trying a different art style, i like it a lot

>>7698271
would kill on tumblr

>>7698280
Just tell me to kill myself next time jesus

>>7698292
I mean it's not bad, I actually like the style, but maybe its the hands and the piercings? If it was colored I feel like it would have that red tumblr nose. But hey, I've been wrong before

>>7698311
I don’t do the tumblr red nose, the reddest they get with my shit is if their whole face is red

>>7698271
>>7698476
i love your other style, and i love this one, too. they just really make me happy.

>>7698507
Thanks anon, that means a lot to me :)

>>7697382
Improved it a bit

>>7698655
Looks like gummies, 10/10 would eat

>>7698476
I finished it

Finished part of a drawing i'm working on, been really into robots lately.

Do I have to ever upgrade from the pixel brush?

how does this look so far?

>>7698688
Ok it looks a little less tumblr. But it's also gay, which *does* kill on tumblr. So I was kinda right.

>>7699718
This looks very clean anon

>>7698655
Best and most soulful in the thread

>>7700582
Thanks! I was really happy with the colors there.

>>7655470 (OP)
How the fuck do we draw anime waifus? Can never seem to get clean line art and always add too much detail. Especially with hair strands

>>7701779
very good

>>7698216
>battle scars on the sky whale, imply the existence of sky squids
I need to see the sky squids next, anon

>>7694976

slowly making progress

This works way better than I thought it would
Gotta make a jewel case model that isn't shit, though.

>>7702518
Better
>>7704857
Good

I've repainted this net almost 3 times now, repositioning it and re drawing it after learning more about net construction. I think it's finally coming along now though. I'm travelling next week so I'm desperate to finish the painting by sunday

NEW THREAD
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>>7705770
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