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And don't forget to HEED THE RULES
here : >https://gofile.io/d/8fJJkH
Please post packages references models.anatomy
A project can be anything including but not limited to:
>a manga/comic
>a short animated film
>piece(s) for an art exhibition
>video game assets
>series of illustrations
Questionnaire:
>What type of project are you working on?
>What inspired you to create this?
>How far are you into your project?
>Any previous projects?
>Any social media?
>Would you like to receive feedback/criticism?
Per usual, don't respond to bait and simply report/ignore anything that isn't conducive to drawing.
Previous Thread: >>7208201
My first attempt at drawing them is a portrait of my glorious king Bron Bron....did I do a good job?
Resources:
>Wildlife Reference Photos:
>>>/out/
https://wildlifereferencephotos.com/index.php
https://x6ud.github.io/#/
http://www.realmonstrosities.com/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickadel/sets/
>Books:
Animals Real and Imagined:https://kupdf.net/download/animals-real-and-imagined_58cd8907dc0d60e255c3465e_pdf
An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists:https://anatomiaartistica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/ellenberger-atlas-animal-anatomy-for-artists.pdf
Botany for the Artist:https://docviewer.xdocs.net/view.php
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
>New here? Please read best practices.
1. Don't post too revealing works (especially porn). If you think it's too lewd, post a censored copy here and link to Catbox (https://catbox.moe/) or any off-site that hosts images for your works. You may also link back to /b/.
2. Keep it to 2D Anime/Cartoon characters only. Do not post chiId photo references (legal or otherwise), and do not talk about issues regarding real children.
3. It is recommended to let the thread reach page 6-7 before starting a new one.
>Lolicon Artists Directory & History of Lolicon
https://load.blogs.allthefallen.moe/
>Costume course
https://online-courses.club/anatomy-of-clothing-2019-by-ron-lemen/
post your silly doodles that come from your most surface thoughts because we know that head is empty rn and needs some inspiration
(you may also use this as a refuge from the howie threads)
Will he finally learn anime now that the 100 heads challenge is done?
Now he wants to get away from doing one-to-one copies and instead focus on taking a real life reference and drawing it in an anime style or a semi-realistic style, because in anime proportions can differ from style to style and so it's hard to get a consistent feel for how things should look. He thinks he could better do that by finding his own way and style.
Discuss his approach to anime? Should we all follow it?
ITT post teachers, courses, instructors that other students should avoid, and help save other anons some time.
Some free resources:
https://quickposes.com/en/gestures/timed
https://www.quickposes.com/en
http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en
https://quickposes.com/en/gestures/random
https://www.characterdesigns.com/non-nude-photo-index
https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/tutorials/
https://app.posemy.art/
https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/hands-feet-practice
https://www.rkgk.org/
Might as well check the archives and active /ic/ threads for references:
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/7019067#p7019080
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2015637
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/6864584
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2023233
https://4chanarchives.com/board/ic/thread/2015637
Previous thread >>7477684
Previous Thread
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/7453426
but pls rate.
:D
>Hand anatomy
Palm readers are better.
>Foot anatomy
Podology teachers and the ones that teaches personality feet readng.
>Body types
Fitness faggots are better teachers.
>How to use light
Photographers are way better teachers.
>Composition
Architects, graphic designers and photographers
>Shape pyshcology
Graphic designers are the best teachers.
>Eyes
Iridology teachers are the best.
>Character designer
Industrial designer, history and fashion designers.
>Landscape autismo
Landscape photographers.
>Photorealism
3D teachers
>Sculpture
Warhammer autists and zbrush teachers.
2: Character design critique and discussion is welcome.
3: Keep it fairly SFW. Lewds are fine but no explicit porn.
4: This is NOT a request thread. Artist Only. No spamming OC/infodumps for multiple threads without delivering.
5: Be sure to thank Drawfrens for their hard work as soon as you can, it's just common courtesy :^)
Previous Thread:>>7491935
>Now, a lot of small accounts have no likes at all and single digit views
>Before, your work that takes off can positively boost your account as a whole and raise the bottom line in terms of engagement. Only text only retarded rambles get ignored on your timeline unless it's suey bait.
>Now, even if you play the game and draw fanarts in the right fandom that gets you thousands of likes, your other work can still get no engagement at all. Even if you draw coom, it can still be completely suppressed in the algorithm so that no one sees it unless you have a sizable following.
>You can't even rely on big artists boosting you because you're too small.
>Engagement is not translating to followers, people just scroll on their homepage and your xeet just stays in their memory for 20 seconds.
>Any small account these days that's still growing seems to have started a few years prior.
>Lots of shadowbans and you don't know if you're affected or not or how long it lasts.
Do you really have to purchase Shitter-Premium (TM) to even grow organically with the new algorithm? The DOGE man even publicly said he's treating non-paypigs as spambots and will scrape your content off the algorithm stream. Is it even worth it to try when they're so trigger happy with bans? I know you can /beg/ for updoots from other platforms but that's another can of worms.
I know they're used a lot in JAV and are created by a certain type of halo-shaped light, but I have seen basically nobody comment on this even though tons of artists are adopting it.
Welcome to /sex/, your general thread dedicated to sexual artworks ranging from simple pinups with exaggerated proportions to explicit pornography. Please feel free to pick your best works in progress or finished work and post it here.
>General Rules & Guidelines
1) All forms of art styles are welcome and encouraged; submit your work and receive feedback from others.
2) Please resize your images below 1000x1000 pixels before posting.
3) Share whatever knowledge you can. Please provide references whenever possible.
4) Do not be afraid of asking for critique, be specific on what help you need.
5) Remember all GB3 related content such as LOLICON, SHOTACON, FURRY and FURRY PORNOGRAPHY along with BESTIALITY are banned on ALL boards, including red boards, except for /b/ and /trash/. DO NOT post that content here.
6) DO NOT reply to AI bait posts. Report and hide, then let the janitors and moderators deal with the problem.
>Community Resources
>>>/ic/courses
>>>/ic/artbook
characterdesignreferences.com/character-anatomy
>NSFW image resources
pornpics.com
female-anatomy-for-artist.com
realbooru.com
hegrehunter.com
>Timed drawing gallery
line-of-action.com
quickposes.com/en
I've got a couple of drawing books and a drawing tablet for my PC and barely touched them.
My shaky hands fuck up every drawing I make, and I can barely do lines without fucking them up. I can't use my shoulder, I only feel good using the motions of my fingers.
Can anyone help?
First things out of the way
-AI inbetweens used multiple times
-caught this ogre selling ai slop
Don't argue.
Now unto the thing itself.
-They complain about long working hours, burnout and all the usual stuff
-They complain about publishers not enabling them to make a living when these can only pay out by what they sell, meaning they aren't selling a lot.
European comics have been struggling for decades that they print at the bare minimum and you might not be wrong to say they've died out, yet these "Mangakas" think they can make a living in an oversaturated global market, in their own country where comic and reading culture has been completely eradicated by the internet and where the majority of the demand is for imported Made in Japan shonen.
There is no demand for other stuff because everyone doesn't read anything and they "like anime".
I can't tell you the names of any current European comics, except very old ones like Dylan Dog, Diabolik and Tex, because there is no real culture or presence of it unlike 20+ years ago because you would see those either being advertised or displayed at kiosks and newspaper stands, or in the case of the examples; because someone else read them.
Basically, there is no exposure at the social level, unlike Japan where they are more or less surrounded by Manga everywhere they look that there is a huge demand, support, advertisement, options and a system to get your work out there
In Europe? The same old boomers, weebs and no one advertising outside the niche.
What's the non-jap exposure to manga/anime? After school cartoons on TV and maybe they watch all the shonen stuff on Crunchyroll and Netflix of course Hentai, too.
My point is; If you want to pursue Manga outside of Japan, at least be as good as the Japs, learn to read and write and use European mythology/culture and stop doing/consuming nothing but shonenslop.
https://rentry.org/CSP_materials
Feel free to contribute brushes you have purchased. Assets that have been deleted from the store are also welcome to be uploaded here.
>CSP assets store wishlist.
https://rentry.org/Brush_Wishlist
>"How do I request brushes?"
1.) Please check the CSP rentry and encoded external rentry first before requesting them in the thread.
2.) If they aren't there, then you should ask the thread.
3.) Post a link of the brushes you're requesting. It will make it faster for the anons interested in purchasing them for the thread.
>"What brush does this artist use?" / "What brush looks like this?"
1.) Search "brush (from:artisthandle)" or "assets.clip-studio.com (from:artisthandle)" on twitter if that's where they post mainly. Make sure to set it to the Latest tab to see the artist's tweets. Or use Nitter.
2.) Search brush posts on their Pixiv Fanboxes/Booth/Patreon. Then try to see if it's on kemono or archives.
3.) If none of the searches work, then ask here.
>"My CSP is cracked so I can't use the asset store"
As long as you log into the asset store it works even on cracked copies.
>"Are there other brush sets aside from the CSP ones?" / "Has this brush set been uploaded before?"
Check the archive. Chances are if it's popular some anon has uploaded it already.
>"What brush is in the OP picture?"
Brush in the OP pic is in the CSP assets rentry. (ID:1743246)
Previous: >>7431659
don't disappoint them
Especially in the furry/digital scenes.
I equate writers with cringe.
Thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1WEYF8rlA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twy5Wo8m284
Do not worry pressure levels. 1024 is more than enough.
Remember to ignore all chinese shills. They often post paid twitter promos from random artists. It's all shilling, ignore it.
Recommended tablets:
>Screenless:
Used Intuos 3, 4, 5, Pro, One by Wacom
>Display:
Small (10-11"): Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
Medium (12-16"): Samsung Galaxy Tab S8/S9 Ultra, used iPad Pro 12.9" Gen 1-5
Large (22"+): Cintiq 22, Cintiq Pro 27
Avoid:
>XP-Pen, Huion, Gaomon and every other Chinese brand making Wacom imitations
Poor build quality, pens with wavy lines, wobbly nibs, broken tilt, issues registering light pressure, terrible customer support, uncalibrated displays. All Chinese brands have the same problems. Check out the webm to understand how bad they are.
Do not be fooled by myths like "Chink companies are just as good as Wacom now" - they've been saying this for over 10 years, nothing has changed.
Chinese companies have also been proven to shill on 4chan. You will see dozens upon dozens of posts in this thread by a chinese schizo shill, who will either be bitching about the OP, gaslighting as a Wacom fan, making pointless spam posts or giving terrible advice (like recommending Huion). Just ignore and report him.
>New iPads
Massively overpriced and overhyped.
>Microsoft Surface Pro
More optimized for palm rejection than good quality drawing. Wobbly lines when drawing slow and straight.
>Cintiq 13-16"
Completely outclassed by the Galaxy Tab Ultra & iPad
>Cintiq Pro 16, 24, 32
Overpriced, QC issues, loud fans, proprietary mount interface
>Lenovo
Worse than Samsung in every way.
Previous: >>7459173
It was very rough in the beginning, unplanned, unconceived,a haphazard journey that my sleepy mind oozed onto each page,and only after 30 strips in was taken seriously. And I watched the story grow.
I will share this with you all.
***DISCLAIMER***
These are "storyboards",never meant as Product,but wound up on my website because I had nothing else to upload. I will "translate" the chicken scratch wriwhere neccessary, and toss a few tidbits of facts for consideration. So,any and all crabs who decide to deride the story will be simply stating their retardation by doing so.
With that said,enjoy.
Be specific if you request something: post the cover, book's title, artist's name...
Please be patient, board is slow, someone may answer you a week later.
Please search in the thread and links below before asking for something, it may well already be there.
PLEASE ENCODE YOUR LINKS BEFORE YOU POST THEM HERE!
Unencoded links are frequent targets for trolls and bots!
>Thread recap file (updated 21-MAR-2025):
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>Artbooks:
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>The /ic/ Torrent
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0aebc0f02e6c179b62e04c69af3e5adee3abee12&dn=IC-STUDY
>Can't find it? Want it? Try looking here first:
https://e-hentai.org/tag/artbook
https://e-hentai.org/tag/how+to
https://annas-archive.org/
https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Artbook%22
https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Art+book%22
>I don't know how to use these links!
>Are they encrypted somehow?
>What the hell do I do with them?
No, they're not magnets or infohashes; they're just plain old URLs that have been encoded. We're doing this to keep bots and scripts from recognizing them as URLs and harvesting/reporting them. The recap posts at the top of the threads have GIFs or WEBMs explaining how to use them. Also, some of the encoded links *may* have multiple layers - like ogres ... or onions! You might have to "peel" them more than once to get to the good part.
>Have you seen them?
https://pastebin.com/UxwtuAzp
... and before some dumbass asks, here is the book from the OP image:
>Watanabe Wataru Gengashuu - Super Robot Taisen X-Ω & DD Original Character Design & Illust Shuu
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This is the Furry Art General thread, here we post everything related to kemono, furry, and animals alike.
>Rules & Guidelines<
Please refrain from flaming, causing drama or replying/feeding those who cause such.
This is a SFW thread only, please take caution so you don't get BANNED for posting NSFW art.
This general is NOT and NEVER will be affiliated with any discord servers, DO NOT click any of the discord links that are spammed here!
As always, don't be afraid to ask for critique!
>Resources<
https://www.lackadaisycats.com/ishkabibble.php
https://x6ud.github.io/
https://sketchfab.com/calacademy
https://sketchfab.com/uod_museums
https://sketchfab.com/osuecampus
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQnoDwr_NeAcKDRzqNfSRQ/videos
https://mega.nz/file/b5tFhKhC#ro27W6YRYGpWPCKGolp4Z6Mkeg3o7l9smy8EmZi26O8
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6Z1VKjRcx8-uUyBNyQm1g/videos
Previous Thread: >>7485294
>Drawabox is bad!
>drawing from life is bad!
What's a learing method /ic/ can collectively agree on?
That is all
Discuss brushes, artists, art styles, line methods, texturing, inking, shading and colouring
This thread is intended for artists who cannot paint. However, lineart with painting methods are welcomed
>Im gonna do my black and white scribble sketches and gonna get hired
Filtered
Knowledge of color theory and ability to apply it to your work is mandatory as well as knowledge of composition and almost fluent feel of contrast. Nobody needs your shitty sketches and you are delusional if you think that you're gonna be exception "just like that guy"
>Gets stressed when facing any need of drastically change a drawing on a go
Filtered
No matter what you draw you will be asked to provide a bunch of thumbnail drafts and options of that one thing (it also should include a quick value and contrast composition in it for readability) This is usually how any professional work process starts when art manager gets in touch with you. If you can't do 5-6 sketches like this in a matter of 30 minutes or so please don't bother and get back to basics
>Your art is not readable on a thumbnail level
Filtered
>You don't know what photobashing is and how to do it
Filtered
>You spend more time "learning" online than actually drawing and applying this knowledge. Endlessly clicking links and watching videos in search of that one sacred knowledge
Filtered
>Can't draw for 8+ hours a day
Filtered
Welcome to real world
>You are explicit hardcore NSFW artist
Filtered
>In hysterical denial of AI
Filtered
You can cope as much as you want but AI is HEAVILY implemented and used in the industry already. Every day hundreds of AI-assisted artworks are sliding in without you even noticing it (because you not supposed to) While you are draw there are people sitting in the office above you brainstorming on how to implement and use AI more efficiently and how to pay you less money.
If you checked on 2 or more perhaps this is not for you. Go back to wage.
Give advices on how to draw good trees as well...
>"B-but muh storytelling"
I know, but I also value art skills for personal reasons and I aim to get good at both.
>announce new animation app
>one time payment of $20, no subscription bullshit
>professional animators with early access say it will revolutionize animation
>release day comes
>barebones, half baked excuse for an animation software
>no lasso tool, no transform, no copy/paste, no canvas flip, no sorting brushes or making any adjustments to them, no merging layers
>leave
what did they mean by this?
Is that even possible?
https://opentoonz.github.io/e/
https://www.synfig.org/
https://motorpen.com
https://tupitube.com/
>Reference
https://vimeo.com/groups/aniref
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvspTjApofA2Yg3i10gTdQ
http://www.rhinohouse.com/
http://www.animatorisland.com/51-great-animation-exercises-to-master/
https://www.catsuka.com/gengal/artworks/
>2D FX animation course:
https://bitey.com/pages/fx
>Anime .gif/.webm repository
https://sakugabooru.com/post
https://motorpen.com/gallery
>Sakuga Extended: Add ons to play video on sakugabooru frame-by-frame
https://www.sakugabooru.com/forum/show/964
Mozilla Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sakuga-extended/
Chromium based browsers:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sakuga-extended/khmnmdaghmhkcbooicndamlhkcmpklmc
>Reference (artbook, settei of actual anime production, color designs):
https://setteidreams.net/settei/
https://setteidreams.net/artbooks/
https://setteidreams.net/color-designs/
>Animation Thread Discord (just a formality it's pretty much dead)
https://discord.gg/Ju9NuWN
Be nice to others : DDD
Please bump with own works
Avoid excessive reposts
Post here if you don't expect your thread to reach 100+ replies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDewQugY3JQ
>its just a girl photoshopped on a city background
how come NOT A SINGLE ARTIST ever drew realistic, believable giantess art?
Discuss art supplies.
Ask dumb questions about art supplies.
Have autistic meltdowns over art supplies.
Art supplies!
Ideally I'd like to be able to eyeball color on anything I see and be able to conclude if a color needs more/less saturation/brightness/vibrancy etc in order to fit into the whole piece the way traditional art
>there are way too much people that want to commission them
yeah except the artists havent done commissions for years and nobody recalls buying a comm from them
is it that hard to finish an art project?
plantanon/carpal tunnel anon, I'm bringing it back, here's a copy paste of the previous OP:
This is a thread for those who want to go through dynamic sketching as a group in an effort to improve drawing skills starting from the very fundamentals. Here we share the tedious grind, crit and encourage each others.
Please specify the week you're on and if it's dynamic sketching 1 or 2 when posting your work.
>What's Dynamic Sketching?
A class by Peter Han that focus on improving draftsmanship, construction and design. It is intended for beginners, but the second class can be useful even for /int/. It covers a wide variety of subjects, but not figure drawing.
>Where to get it?
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0aebc0f02e6c179b62e04c69af3e5adee3abee12&dn=IC-STUDY
\Course\Form and Construction\
>Peter Han says to get a lot of material, are they needed?
Your choice. Honestly, just draw. Use what you have. But if you want, you can get it. You can do it digitally, but try to refrain from using ctrl+z and other features. At the end of the day though, do what you want. As long as you put the work you're gonna see progress.
>I'm /int/ (as if, pyw faggot), should I bother?
If you want to expand your range of subjects, I recommend it. It also covers a lot of fundies that doesn't hurt to revisit. I suggest you start with DS2 though.
>SCHEDULE
>DS1
week 1: Lines and ellipses
week 2: Organic forms and textures
week 3: Perspective, basic of light
week 4: Form intersections
week 5: (Optional) Materials: markers, paint, pencils, etc.
week 6: Plants
week 7: Redesign
week 8: Preview of DS2: military vehicles
>DS2
week 1: Recap of DS1
week 2: Insects
week 3: Bones
week 4: Animals
week 5: Cars
week 6: Military vehicles
week 7: Planes
week 8: Reworking, Portfolio, New redesigns
*every week of DS2 include a redesign homework
Mess up a lot, get that mileage in, but most importantly pyw
Drawpile Software: drawpile.net/download
Session URL: drawfie.com (Sigmatelier canvas)
Browser access URL (for iPad/Android):
https://drawpile.net/invites/drawfie.com/01jczz8v2bgnx6rjghyrzj2xz5?web&nsfm
Server is accessible 24/7
Activity can be found throughout most weekdays, official meetup starts Sundays at 5pm CST. Hope to see you there!
Be conscious of the canvas size and considerate of others with the size of your own drawings, try to stick to 100-200% magnification-or even higher depending on your native resolution and the relative complexity of your intended work. Read the room, let's try and get the most out of each theme!
Canvas images posted to the thread are .jpg files at 70% scale and 40% quality to meet 4chan's resolution and file size requirements, for high quality raw .png canvas files, use the MEGA archive located here: https://mega.nz/folder/hbAURDBB#htWRoOsPOG30XnMmKV_zNA
Enjoy!
>still arguing if I should actually draw her right now and share the design with others or train on portraits until I can draw people perfectly so she wouldn't be an eyesore
Should I just continue training on figure drawing and perspective or should I start drawing my OC for fun? I am scared if she'd look ugly and ruin the image in my head and my ego.
At the beginning of April, a book is going to be made of all the entries—it's going to to look something like this:
https://files.catbox.moe/847oya.pdf
>161 pages
Us authors (yes, I'm an emissary from /lit/) have been discussing the prospect of including illustrations in the book for this month's (March's) stories.
There's a writing contest on /lit/, why not match it with an illustration contest on /ic/?
Here's how to participate:
1. Read one of the top-six stories from March:
(btw I am not one of these authors)
>'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Pygmalion' by meteor
https://rentry.co/y5289rey
Or
>'M22' by Heng
https://rentry.co/M22_Heng
Or
>'Chicago' by Meadowlisp
https://rentry.co/chicago_meadowlisp
Or
>Cotton Candy Grapes™' by edisonm
https://rentry.co/FrozenCottonCandyGrapes
Or
>'The Visitor' by Watson
https://rentry.co/the_visitor
Or
>'Wotan' by Pancakesyrup
https://rentry.co/9of5iwny
2. Make a piece of art inspired from what you read!
(No resolution requirement, but dimension-ratio should be 4:5, portrait).
3. Post your art in this thread using a trip
>In the name field, write "MyName" + "#" + "8CharacterPassword"
And also mention somewhere which story your illustration is for.
4. You have until April 1st to "submit," i.e. post your art in this thread --> At that point a Strawpoll will be created, which will be up until 11:59 PM GMT April 5th.
The winning illustration will be elected through the votes on Strawpoll, and will grace the cover of the book containing March's stories (as well as granting its artist bragging rights as the first-ever /ic/-Illustration-Contest winner).
[CONT'D BELOW]
>sees old art with interesting style, mood, composition, and subject matter. lots of other people like it too.
>oh shit this is great, lets see what cool new shit this artist got
>it's fucking generic anime bullshit or copy paste template art of some degenerate fetish, often with art regression
>tailsgetstrolled.jpg
What the fuck is happening in the past decade? Is this just what happens when you run out of passion after doing art for a number of years? Often these newer posts don't even get that many favorites even if they are trend chasing, so what's the big idea?
It's a mental virus that has totally infected all the arts.
I was forced to self teach me using before XX century teachers in forgotten books in archive . org and ligben . is.
nurses are amazing to study because they can range from literal teen bodies to venus of fertility milfs.
I designed this character as a way to practice racial phenotypes and because It fucks on purpose with AI tech.
lmao.
pls rate.
I found the method is much much cheaper than doing an entire HD work from scratch and the result is not as terrible.
I highly recommend it.
Who are your 恩師? What teachers do you owe the most to, in terms of art?
what are the benefits or drawbacks of it?
I get tired after just 2 hours a day. And doing it consistently every day is so hard. Meanwhile, Japanese mangaka are doing 10+ hours a day. Even gag mangaka like the Roboco mangaka work 6 days a week. I just don't know how they do it.
No NSFW, to differentiate from /sex/ /asg/ /other generals.
Rules:
>All art styles welcome so long as the focus is cutesy girls/ beautiful women. Nobody cares about east vs west debates.
>Males are welcome so long as the image remains female focus.
>For male focused thread post in /cgsg/.
>Do not take the bait or derail. Don't be a sperg.
>Don't fight about different women vs girls, Nobody cares.
>No trans/lolicon/futa/. Go to /sex/ or /lsg/ for that.
Previous thread >>7302391
>Shit design
>Horrid lighting
>Bad/Hitler tier depth
Among a long etcetera.
What I want is not to know whats wrong.
Its how can I improve shading, depth, and proportions step by step or video or wathever. Specifically of this drawing so we have a base set.
Inbt >Just keep trying
Doesnt work for me, give me a step by step method and I will follow it like law, once I know how to use the new tools adquired I will move from there and learn by myself.
>What you used?
Finger, phone app called Sketchbook.
No I will not buy any artist thing, tried Kriita too, might move to it once I feel confident in what I draw.
>Furry ero shit
Not exactly is actually a dogshit idea I had similar to that pixar movie of feelings having a body inside your head. Can you fucking guess what this represents
DO NOT REPLY to crabs, nodraws, and howies and instead focus on posted works!
>STICKY:
Completed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98
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
>Want to practice figures?
quickposes.com
sketchdaily.net
characterdesigns.com
lovelifedrawing.com
posemy.art
line-of-action.com
>PYW and give your feedback
What can be improved?
Are there any resources videos or books you'd recommend to them?
Maybe a redline or a technique, be specific.
Try to reply to someone as you post your own work.
>Cool teachers
Glenn Vilppu
Michael Hampton
Steve Huston
Brent Eviston
Marco Bucci
Andrew Loomis
George Bridgman
Hikaru Hayashi
>Cool books
Keys To Drawing
Drawing With the Right Side of the Brain
How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way
The Art and Science of Drawing
Framed Perspective
Figure Drawing For All It's Worth
The Complete Guide to Drawing From Life
Previous thread >>7518543
-“how can I leave /beg/ in under a year?”
-“it only takes (x amount of time) to leave beg”
-“am I too old to start drawing?”
all these questions stink of “how can I get away with doing as little as possible and get the most results?” Which is the issue with many nowadays, is they want those results but won’t put in the work to get them. And the hard truth is you have to work hard as shit as a /beg/ and a /pro/
I know black shapes and pixelate filters are totally legal because they're the usual censoring techniques in manga.
But.
What happens if you combine them?
Is that still legally allowed?
And what if you use the black shape technique but as acurate mask and use an inverse operation on the lineart?
Is that allowed?
Because if type B is not allowed, then type C should be technically allowed, because is mixing two techniques that are common in manga.
Like malking the posters for local stores, restaurants, your town festival art, making family portraits, children paintings, pets portaits, house wall decorations, family gifts, festival merchandizing, art prints in curtains, t shirts, etc.
Pretty sure that's like 99.9% of art jobs in the last 300 years.
Previous thread: >>7222766
What is /ALT/?
If you're looking for a place to post your cartooning then you've found the right general. This is /ic/s 1st and only merged hub where both Eastern and Western stylization can coexist peacefully, hence the double title.
>Rules & Guidelines
(1) Any form of cartooning is welcome; so submit and receive feedback from others. (2) Please resize your images before posting. (3) Share your knowledge and (4) Remember to not be afraid of asking for critique. Most importantly, keep discussion at a civil level.
>I came for anime. Why does the image OP say cartoons general?
To distinguish from the anime study thread (janitor supported). Please post your studies there and personal work goes here.
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>Community Resources
>Tag the OP if you want a resource included here.
What can you even do in this situation? What do you, as an artist, do to prevent this from happening to you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpvdSt37VnY&ab_channel=Robotpencil
Some resources:
>English Youtube channel with tutorials about ikemen/anime boys:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SirKite92/videos
https://www.youtube.com/c/Dospordos/videos
Rules:
>Do not take the bait or derail. Don't be a sperg.
>Don't fight about different male body types, ikemen/twink/bara. Nobody cares.
>No femboy/trans/traps/futa. Go to /salt/ for that.
>No shota. Go to /lsg/ or /ssg/ for that.
>No tits, no coochies, no female body ratio.
>Females are welcome so long as the image remains male focused.
>Don't sperg if a feminine male (not femboy) is posted, ignore if it's not your cup of tea, keep in mind the nature of stylization and simplification in anime and cartoon art styles before you choose to derail the thread, though crit is welcome like always.
>If you were banned from the server, you were banned for a reason. Do not derail the thread to bitch about it
Previous thread: >>7341936
It'd be cool if /ic/ could actually workshop some useful techniques together for a change.
>now they're lucky to break a couple hundred, despite better quality, more consistent uploads, and having a larger following
I'm baffled. Does pixiv's algorithm shift which artists it suggests or something? Has anybody else had this happen? It used to be the best place for me to post, now my gallery is a deadzone.
https://x.com/laovaan/status/1900557054021902678?t=aW-ttrRhhCjXlz6x36cE-g&s=19
I ended up doing the color base as a toon shader, but later I ended up drawing the lines in a diferent texture that is a multiplier layer and then use it to mask a color layer to lay on top.
Also, I ended up drawing the shadow tones using a soft brush (the line work is a hard brush) and more or less paint the shadows using the camera angles.
My question is more if it's a common approach to not paint directly, but paint in gray scale the masks of a separate layer that has the color I want, as a multiply layer.
Is this a normal approach?
Support each other and talk about your work or the work of others that excites you. Inking, character design, paneling / layout, writing, planning, and other discussions are all welcome.
Post resources, questions, in-progress pages, breakdowns of other works, etc. If a work is not yours, credit the maker (unless it's fucking obvious like a full page of One Piece or something).
Thanks to everyone for making /mmg/ a level-headed and helpful place. Remember, drawing and making comics and manga are difficult endeavors, and we're all in this struggle together.
Previous thread: >>7500926
Some resources:
/asg/, our stylistic sister-thread series for those focused more on illustration >>>/ic/asg
Books:
Understanding Comics
https://e-hentai.org/g/2042453/83e7da6ed0/
Making Comics
https://annas-archive.org/md5/d55168f7579c1e23275d1fc9f0a2255d
Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga
https://annas-archive.org/md5/2877da11e2f852d220853e9944e6ea49
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
https://archive.org/details/RobertMcKeeStorypdf/
Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
https://kupdf.net/download/even-a-monkey-can-draw-manga_58b9ca16e12e89233badd376_pdf
The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga
https://mega.nz/file/i81imLpI#GcheJ9Jjk3lw1RE9nQWgL4RG4wEBNOcRmgA-iaU6Wpg
Videos:
"Manga Senpai/Tokyo Name Tank", "SMAC! THE SILENT MANGA AUDITION COMMUNITY"
Habanero Scans: https://www.dailymotion.com/HabaneroScans/videos
Full MANBEN Series link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0GiIM_rGEGPjTGQ4HadH4eizLu5E49Tz&si=gpRcOXt_H1l3shNF [Note: Videos appear to be taken down at the moment - check Habanero]
Urasawa Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkIFOAoFm47XOAlJwTa6Ieg/videos
Never posted on this website before!
How did I do?
DO NOT REPLY to crabs, nodraws, and howies and instead focus on posted works!
>STICKY:
Completed: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98
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
>Want to practice figures?
quickposes.com
sketchdaily.net
characterdesigns.com
lovelifedrawing.com
posemy.art
line-of-action.com
>PYW and give your feedback
What can be improved?
Are there any resources videos or books you'd recommend to them?
Maybe a redline or a technique, be specific.
Try to reply to someone as you post your own work.
>Cool teachers
Glenn Vilppu
Michael Hampton
Steve Huston
Brent Eviston
Marco Bucci
Andrew Loomis
George Bridgman
Hikaru Hayashi
>Cool books
Keys To Drawing
Drawing With the Right Side of the Brain
How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way
The Art and Science of Drawing
Framed Perspective
Figure Drawing For All It's Worth
The Complete Guide to Drawing From Life
Previous thread: >>7516386
Last week I've found some acrilic paint and two blank canvas. I have never actually tried drawing with acrilic paint and I want to give it a try.
Any watchlist or website to learn the basics?
They look solid but still seem to vary in opacity, but unlike opacity-pressure brushes it doesn't look like shit.
https://litter.catbox.moe/4a14jy.png
Anything should work from books, blogs or YouTube videos.
Who is this thread for:
>people who want to draw SHIBUYA rin
>people who want to see SHIBUYA rin
>people who want to study SHIBUYA rin
>posting SHIBUYA rin reference
1. Draw SHIBUYA rin
>refer to tutorial below if stuck
>free to draw anything as long as SHIBUYA rin is present
2. Post SHIBUYA rin
>post your SHIBUYA rin, we rate
3. Post SHIBUYA rin reference
>find important and helpful SHIBUYA rin? post her
**please keep on topic to SHIBUYA rin**
**join SHIBUYA rin discord for big help**
I've tried:
- flipping the canvas
- doing symmetry exercises
- focusing on where I'm drawing
- not focusing, and keeping a general gaze on the entire structure
Nothing works. Do I just give up and start calling it my "style" and hope people are cool with it?
Now i just need to find out how to have creativity and not be dead inside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-PGdA3nYKQ
https://i.imgur.com/zNDsyF0.jpg
Naoki Saito: https://youtu.be/8jsZGeaWkhE?si=6HZIvG9Bx3y9qoHs&t=12
AnimeShijuku: https://twitter.com/animesijyuku/status/1717415459778347358
Krenz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbKqIJcIUCw
**Strive for quantity AND quality.**
Anime Studying:
>Copy anime references exactly and draw them from memory. Use illustrations, screenshots, anime figures, 3D models, etc.
>Don’t copy recklessly. Use construction, color theory, and other fundamental concepts to rehearse a drawing process that you can later easily manipulate for original artwork.
>Post all of your anime studies. Post even when you’re told not to. Create an art community that actually draws and improves together instead of just talking about it.
>Number your attempts and link to your previous posts.
>Critiquers should lead by example by posting their studies.
General Anime Style Discussion:
>Questions about achieving certain styles/techniques/compositions etc.
>Drawing methods, study habits, resources, tutorials, tools, software, etc
>Be specific and try to post a sample of your study attempts before asking for help.
**Draw copies from good anime styled references to mindfully up our mileage, internalize appealing aesthetics, and learn from each other’s processes and knowledge.**
Recommended Resources:
https://pastebin.com/Yz2scAEc
/mmg/ - Manga Making General:
>>>/ic/mmg
Previous Thread:
>>7469398
>New here? Please read best practices.
1. Don't post too revealing works (especially porn). If you think it's too lewd, post a censored copy here and link to Catbox (https://catbox.moe/) or any off-site that hosts images for your works. You may also link back to /b/.
2. Keep it to 2D Anime/Cartoon characters only. Do not post chiId photo references (legal or otherwise), and do not talk about issues regarding real children.
3. It is recommended to let the thread reach page 6-7 before starting a new one.
>Lolicon Artists Directory & History of Lolicon
https://load.blogs.allthefallen.moe/
>Costume course
https://online-courses.club/anatomy-of-clothing-2019-by-ron-lemen/
If you aren't putting your all into your work, you will never become great or create work of actual value or substance
>Link: https://dad.gallery
>Discord: You must have a DAD streak of at least 14 to join. Message vastian0988 on Discord for an invite.
>Found an issue with the site? Lost your streak and want to appeal? Please message the contact link at the bottom of the site instead of posting in the thread.
Rules:
>Draw every day (or your preferred frequency)
>Submit your work by 23:59:59 GMT
>Spend at least 30 minutes on each submission
>No loli or shota porn
>Miss a day and you'll be alright, just keep going!
>Maintain your streak and you too can become the LAST ARTIST STANDING!!
>Have fun!
Go and comment on each other's artwork; dads love attention!
FAQ:
What is the goal?
>To form a habit of drawing. The gains you make are dependent on you.
I am /beg/gar and not know draw, can I join?
>Yes x99. Stop asking and start submitting art, chum. Make something!
How long does it take until my account is approved?
>Between two to three weeks, usually when you reach level 3. Even unapproved submissions count toward your streak!
A brief history:
>Last Artist Standing (LAS): The original site, created by Lava (presumed dead, rest in peace). It has changed and ruined the lives of many lassies.
>Draw Every Day (DED): A short-lived site between LAS and DAD, run and abruptly cancelled by w.
>Do Art Daily (DAD): The current site, by the dadmin and developer banana.
Community links:
>DADcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCw_buGoBDPQC1bbcukmnQ
>LAS discord (alternative to DAD discord): https://discord.gg/5777rZnqW9
>Crit Dashboard: https://dad-crit.vercel.app/
>worked for multiple big name studios and IPs, done work for celebrities, atheletes, events, etc
>collaborated with the Gi and is part of SuperAni
>epitiome of the ideal artist - literally just draws and paints for love of the game
>has to resort to begging on the internet in order to fund his physio and health recovery
Is this just a sign of the times, or is it the reality of the situation for even the most prolific artists? You would think he wouldn't have a shortage of cash monies based on his track record, and yet here it is. Feelssobadman.png
The success of Ne Zha, compared to the dead animation industry in the US, is making me think of moving to China and finding work there as an artist. I speak Mandarin as a heritage speaker, so while I am not great at the language, it shouldn't take me too long to learn.
How much time will it take me to catch up to them if we all keep drawing consistently? (We're all around the same age if that also matters)
I'm 100% sure the biggest thing holding back my drawings is that I don't draw much when it comes down to.
How do I change this?
OH NO NO NO NO
>Just copy
I already am, what else?
So just enough time to watch an episode of anime?
1. Manmade objects, vehicles, tool, weapons etc. (of any kind and any historical era, as long as they fall in the ballpark of "technology") and fictional derivatives of such
2. Objects,vehicles, creatures etc. that aesthetically fall into the visual space of mecha/robot/artificial/cybernetics etc. regardless of level of realism.
Helpful to mention the level of realism, if any, you are taking into account in the art.
Old general resoruces (hopefully these ones aren't empty):
>Scott Robertson's How to Draw
https://e-hentai.org/g/1588796/313b11d676/
https://www.mediafire.com/file/a315b5xfrhmdhc2/Scott_Robertson_-_How_to_Draw.pdf/file
>Scott Robertson's How to Render: the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity
https://e-hentai.org/g/1552736/5879054cf3/
>Cache of /m/ artbooks (Patlabor, Gunbuster, Muv-Luv, etc.)
https://mega.nz/folder/VBVDBICa#B9RTAhBwyo63KRJ_tTn9EA
Previous Thread: >>7114939
what should be my focus in my art journey if my final goal its to become a tattoo artist?.
I fucking suck at drawing, the only thing I can do half decent are quick gesture drawings.
>Copy
>Learn to copy as accurate as you can
>Any time you see a pic you like, download it then try copying it
>Over and over again until you are a living xerox machine
>Now imagine a the drawing you wanna do.
>Then copy that prompt directly from your mind's eye to the canvas.
Easy right? I will be embarking on this journey starting today.
Any tips on copying?
>bad artists have high self-esteem
unironically what causes this?
Honestly mika pikazzo was that moment when I realize I don't know nothing about color.
I can't even begun to try to understand how the color work here.
It's a totally diferent game.
>retired geriatrics with masochism
Painting with Acrylics
>zoomers with ADHD
Painting with Oil AND Acrylics
>gigachads
I've found the way. Oil spreads and dries too slowly so you go Acrylic for large masses and oil for detailing. You can also mix sometimes but not sure what for.
How do you invent your own characters?