Catalog (/art/)

Welcome to /art/, read this

This board is for all arts and crafts related subjects.

Board rules >>618

Art resources >>800

Related boards >>1179

Discussion and feedback about this board >>15

is pic related true

need a non-troll answer

I remember seeing something like this on /ic/ where a red text wrote over said 'no you don't need to, just study construction and anatomy', something like that.

I'm generally confused though

My goal is illustration overall but I don't want to waste years perfecting some realism until I'm 40 or something when I didn't necessarily had to. I think both are important (maybe realism more) but I have to admit that when I see some page learning realism, I get overwhelmed by it.

ITT: bad proportions

I can't be the only one who thinks there's something horribly wrong about the proportions and pose in this piece.

Draw Thread #2

It seems like we reached the bumplock on our previous draw thread >>13 a while ago and no one noticed. So I guess it's time for a new one!

Post stuff, give feedback, get feedback.

Art resources

Infiniteart WikiInfiniteart Wiki

http://infiniteart.wikia.com/wiki/InfiniteArt_Wiki

4/ic/ resources

https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/

http://artfag.hubpages.com/hub/how-to-draw-learn

Other

Learn fundamentals with excercises: http://drawabox.com/

Interview art streams with pro artists: https://www.youtube.com/user/levelupsessions/videos

/loomis/ resource hub: https://www.8ch.net/loomis/hub.html

art soulmate

>no qt gf to paint with

life is true suffering

Fucking colors how do they work

Does anyone have good tutorials on how to pick colors for painting?

I can never wrap my head around this, the selected colors are close to black but they look so white , even the highlight is a medium gray

How can a dark color look light? I really dont get how to do this with coloring

Creative writing.

Creative writing. Tell me what you think.

The darkness of night blankets a grim and monochromatic metropolis. Its polished, rigid geometric urban layout a bureaucratic attempt at hiding the crime and disease lurking beneath its surface. The atmosphere is empty and cold.

The streets are lifeless. Their Lights turn on and off in cycling effect. Alleyways are ominous, filled with transients, minds consumed by nihilism, psychosis and synthetic psychostimulants. Death is waiting just around the corner.

Highrise apartment complexes are filled with worker drone Cro Magnons, running on a fuel mix of left wing philosophy, and cheap, genetically modified food. They're an expendable resource for the global super elite. Existence is bland and meaningless like cheap modern art.

Welcome to high technology Orwellian hell.

Wanted by federal police for thought crimes, you have been forced into hiding. You are in one of the apartment complexes, located in the worst section of the metropolis. Booming electronic ghetto music shakes flaking paint from your rundown apartment walls during the day, while gunshots and blood curdling screams keep your from sleep at night.

You drift in and out of consciousness. Reality and schizophrenic nightmare slowly meld, changing the world around you. It warps and flexes in hallucination. What was once real is now not.

Your delusion becomes a hyperstitional engine, turning your strange ideas into reality. As a result, you can no longer leave the house. You have become a prisoner, and there is no escape.

Desperation intensifies, resulting in thoughts of suicide. Life in a prison in the putrid bowels of hell is simply to much to bear. Its corrupted nature has almost completely drained the life force out of you.

In a moment of pure terror, you grab your martial .50 revolver, aim it at your frontal lobe, and aggressively squeeze the trigger, causing a high velocity round to exit from the barrel, and atomize half of your head. Death is instantaneous.

You are survived by no children.

How do I get good at digital line art?

Yo /art/ I want to get better at line art on photoshop with my tablet any tips cause I've just started with digital art.

Help/Questions thread

I noticed there isn't any kind of thread for small questions, so here it is.

Ask questions and get help in this thread.

For art resources, see >>800

Study Thread #3

What /art/ thinks of Modern a Contemporary art?

CalArts style

I posted this on /co/ a few hours ago.

What do you guys think about this art style? I call it the "grinning potato" style and it's in pretty much every cartoon nowadays.

Moving to digital

Online Drawing/Collab

An online drawing board is set up on:

http://8chan.drawplanet.net/

Room: planet

Feel free to give some tips, help out some beginners, rate etc. Collabs are completely random, start one whenever.

The Art Forger's Handbook Get

How the hell can I find this book?

http://www.librarything.com/work/158585

The price is insane, and I have tried every working torrent site, search engine, and some of them were not even in this country.

imma dump stuff

and there's nothing you can do to stop me

What's holding you back?

Totally not stealing this thread from /agdg/

What specifically is holding you back from making more art? Lack of time, lack of some skill, lack of direction, or something else that always stops you?

If you don't have motivation, there must be a reason why. Maybe the difficulty of drawing intimidates you, or something.

My problem is I always get stuck trying to get a single drawing right, and then I end up spending so much time trying to figure it out that I either stop enjoying art altogether for a while, and/or have to go to sleep for the day.

wacom intuos pen

Does anyone here know where I can get one of these pens for cheep? All the ones I can find cost more or less the same as the tablet mine originally came with. I live in the UK so anything that doesn't take mouths or cost stupid amounts for shipping would be great.

Glitch Art Thread

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Art Buddies

favorite artists

alright /art/, what're your fav artists

mine still stands firm as HR Giger

Reusing/Destroying old art

Do any of you guys ever destroy your works or recycle them into a new piece of art?

For example I know someone who takes the sculptures that he makes and reuses the armature for something else, or sculpts something entirely different out of something old.

Is it a practice that I should get into?

Help a guy out.

Don't supose you guys could make a sticky for known 8chan Image Booru's?

It's kinda hard keeping track of them all.

Mobile drawing apps

What's a good drawing app for iOS orandroid?

Migrant from /ic/

Hey guys, I'm a beginner artist here. This might be a dumb question but I'm just wondering if this is a nice place to discuss/properly critique art.

I've had enough of /ic/ and their elitist attitude where they shit on beginner artists because they're beginners and can't draw very well. It's just really discouraging and makes me not want to draw. The board is honestly 80% dickbags who have their heads stuck up their elitist asses.

At the same time, I don't want to go to reddit, as it's too hugboxxy. They would probably think my garbage beginner art is amazing.

Anyway, I lurked a bit here and it seems like a decent place.

American Cosmo-Fash Art and Propoganda

Original thread: http://8ch.net/bmw/res/3627.html

Hello, guys. I'm looking for someone to help me out with some American fash propaganda, or at least point me in the right direction to someone else who can help. For now, I'd like to focus on more cosmic imagery. Basically, I'd just like some American versions of Soviet Space Race propaganda.

Learning Art

I would like to ask for help.I'm beginning to learn art and would like to ask to ask for advice.What are good daily excersises,books on mastering drawing,etc.I appreciate any help greatly from the bottom of heart.

Time Lapse

Hello Guys, i made this illustration timelapse here. What your guys think ? I really don't know how to link soooo.... this is my first attempt anyway

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nyL0L_KxBPc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Krita or Photoshop?

Is Krita a better program for drawing than Photoshop? I also experienced some bugs. But what do you think of the program?

Tiny tutorials

ITT: let's make an artist's cheat sheet.

Post single pieces of information, some insights or bits of knowledge that you discovered or personally found very useful. Try to put them into a single reply each.

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Pic related: Adding very tiny amount of very dark color in the darkest corners adds a lot of depth. I often over exaggerate shading because the object looks flat, but I've found that what I was actually missing was much darker shades in creases and corners, because most of the shadows appear in those places rather than on the side of shapes.

Think of it this way; if you're shading 2 floating balls that are in contact, the color in the very middle of them is much darker than any shade on a single ball would be. It may sound obvious when you think about it, but it's not as obvious when you're actually drawing.

Skin Yo'

I am getting into using a 3 color pallet. I choose:

-Alizarin Crimson

-Cadmium Light Hue

-Ultramarine Blue

With tit white and b.umber to compliment.

I am using artist grade oils from W&N, where should I start to get an accurate (non-radioactive) skin tone for a caucasian?

>being this assblasted

Can the fag who is being a redditfag on /v/ with the drawthreads please kill themselves? Thanks.

What does /art/ think of Huion's new Drawing Tablet?

Is it too good to be true?

For the utterly monsterous specs and low price, it seems like an absolute bargain, what am I missing?

https://www.huiontablet.com/all-products/graphic-tablets/huion-wh1409.html

Ryan Woodward - Gesture Drawing

Free Book.

Git gud at gesture.

Quit wasting time.

https://file.io/4bE0Ai

This is an awesome site to practice with: http://www.quickposes.com/gestures/timed

Animation schools in Toronto Canada.

Hey /art/ I'm looking to enter animation school some time this fall or winter 2016 I'm a Toronto fag so if any one could give me recommendations to a decent school it help.

First attempt to draw

So help. I want to learn to draw as a hobby and i need a way to improve something. Here is my first attempt

Jump Plus x Mediabang Manga Contest

https://medibang.com/jumpplus/

I figured you guys ought to hear about this

Anyone willing to enter?

I might fuck up but I definitely want to try my hand at this

>Entry Period

Thurs December 17th 2015 - Thurs March 17th 2016

>Entry Format

+One shot stories

+Under 50 pages in length

+Completed comics only (No scripts or rough drafts)

+Pages can be ordered from left to right, right to left and vertically.

PS Brushes

Art Infograph Thread

Anyone got more of these? I just started trying to draw seriously and these help a lot.

Drawing with colored pencils

I see a lot of tutorials and resources for drawing in general, but specifically I want to know how to color well using colored pencils. It's for a first-time art commission/prize.

I don't want to just fill in shapes with a solid color. I want to know how to draw smooth surfaces, lighter and darker areas, color on top of color, etc. I want to know when I should use color pencils, fluorescent pencils, metallic, watercolor and pastel pencils, and when or if I should use chalk or crayon blocks.

/art/ question

Hey /art/, what are the dots in the pic for? I see it a lot in western comics and sometimes in korean picture books but I've never understood what's it for.

Post beautify pieces of art made by beautify people

Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.

Request thread

New 8chan Logo

Hola,

When 8chan switches over to Next sometime in the next few weeks, we will be adopting a new logo. A draft of the new logo's infinity loop, as well as two of my attempts to create a logo, are attached.

If you'd like to propose changes, I am interested in hearing your feedback.

xoxo

What Podcasts do you listen to while working?

Doesn't necessarily have to be podcasts about art (although art related podcasts are preferred)

I've been searching for stuff to listen to (besides music) while drawing, I've been going through some of the ones on http://chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts and they've been insightful and helpful as background noise

Neo Pepes

Check my pepes out: https://neopepes.wordpress.com/

Tower Girls

You guys wanna do this....?

mod edit: see this gif for how to roll a dice >>3058

Lazy Nezumi - settings for cleanup

Hey /art/ which is your setting for clean up with Lazy Nezumi? I use "smoothing - subtle (default)" but I don't like it.

Absolute Beginner

I apologize in advance for making a whole new thread for this, but even the basic threads are far beyond my level. First thing I'd like to know: can some people just not learn art? I'd like to know how to draw, but I'm trash. When I say I'm trash, I mean I have problems even drawing basic shapes, I know no art terms or techniques at all, and even kindergarten-level arts and crafts would take me a little while and wouldn't be as good as the kindergarten kids. Am I just not able to learn art, is it something I need to be born with?

Secondly, is it normal for people to start with this sort of level? I mean, like I said, I can't even draw basic shapes. A stickman is about the extent of my abilities, and I've frankly not tried to draw since I was so little I barely have memories from that time (and even then I didn't draw much). Again, sorry for making the thread, but I'm such a massive faggot that even the fundamentals are beyond me.

tl;dr: suck so bad at art I can't do basic shapes or kiddie arts and crafts, can and how do I learn

Pokemon Art Academy

I can never find the time to actually use my shitty tablet and draw when I'm using my PC, so I was thinking about downloading Pokemon Art Academy for the 3DS to get some practice once in a while.

Is it good to just get you to draw stuff and maybe teach you a few things?

coloring book fad

Thoughts on these? I mean, i'm not completely opposed to them, it's that recently I noticed my local bookstore cleared out half the shelfspace of the already tiny art section- when there was already shelves dedicated to the shit in the front of the store already.

I guess it irks me because I draw already, you know? Why not actually give it a try instead of wasting your time on this shit?

modernism

can someone redpill me on modernism here? i know some basic stuff but I'd like to go for deeper shit

Help us made anime real

Hello /pol/ here.

We're trying to turn Ivanka into a cute anime girl and hopefully draw Trump in Araki JoJo style.

We want to give her the Natalia treatment.

Can any drawfags here help out?

Study Thread - medieval edition

Nobody is making a new study thread so I will.

>try to draw it

>post the result

>receive and give criticism

Beginners welcome.

FELT TIP PENS QEUSTION

PEN TIP LOOKS LIKE THIS

SHOULD I GET A NEW ONE?

I'm using a fine (F) tip Faber-Castell pen and the tip looks like this.

I was discussing stuff with people earlier and they mentioned that part of the reason my shits fucked is because my pen is garbage now.

I can't hold it like I want to (ie relaxed between forefinger and thumb) but I don't get any ink flow when I do and even when I do hold it in a way that generates ink flow, the pressure I have to exert combined with the awkward grip is enough that it fucks with my control.

Obviously I can't blame everything on it, but I seriously think that this is a big part of the problems I've been having over the last few weeks. I'm fairly certain I've completely chewed through this pen since I've been using it for at least a month on sketch paper. Specifically 50lb "fine tooth surface" strathmore sketch paper. Is that bad? like does that chew through these even faster?

Critique/WIP thread

No critique/WIP thread? Let's fix that.

Pic related are some unfinished paintings (though the "head" one is 90% done) I used for a local art contest. Those were my first attempts at acrylics, and painting in general, after drawing with pencils and pens my whole life.

good porn photographers

Does anyone know any porn photographers that have good perspective and composition?

I can't really find any

or maybe I'm not looking hard enough because I don't like 3dpd- but still I'm willing to study from it

also are there good hentai artists that have the above?

I'm not looking for anatomy when I study from them (I do that from 3d), just their gestures.

Preferably CGs

The Infinity has ARRIVED!

https://beta.8ch.net/ani

We're jumping ship from the old 8chan to the new infinity beta.

Come join us, it'll be slow at first but I'm sure more people would snowball in over time.

I'm Impressed

You're pretty good at sculpting when you can make a veiled face

Steam art tutorials

So I was looking on steam and I saw some art site called robotpencils setting up shop there and offered video tutorials for streaming, What's /art/'s thoughts about it?

pics related: A couple screens from their anatomy video

http://store.steampowered.com/app/406260/

Shaky spots with tablet

Using an intuos wacom pen tablet. There are some spots which makes your cursor move by itself.

This can also make drawing lines harder because it messes up your sketch, which it actually did.

Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Hey, we're starting up a new Skype group that's focused with gittin gud. We'll be doing weekly optional draw tasks and google hangouts. We're looking for some people, if anybody wants to join you can post your skype info.

lusean.com

Hello artfriends. I was wondering where a certain PSN avatar (pic related) came from. After a bit of hunting, I found it came from a piece of work (http://i.imgur.com/wV1X5OA.jpg) done by a "Star Creater studios"... http://lusean.com/

The site is a mess, but I did save all of the images and upload them onto an imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/UeK8K

I was curious to know if any of our Chinesebros have heard of this studio, this website, or recognize any of the images. Thanks.

Daily Idea Sketch Thread

We'll use one idea per day, and it'll be updated at midnight EST everyday.

The first idea is a fantasy character of any fantasy race, i.e. goblin, orc, elf, etc.

Good luck! In general, spend 45 minutes to 2 hours on your sketch

Newgrounds/Animation

Will there ever be an animation critique website as good as pre-2010 Newgrounds?

ITT

We scrutinize the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna's most famous admissions decision.

Pixel art thread

Pixel art request thread!

I'll do whatever you guys want

are silly art streams worth doing?

so I do an art stream where I draw whatever twitch chat tell me to draw, I did it one day because why not but some people come by and say they like it, I kinda care about it now but I don't know if I should keep wasting my time.

Transitioning from Pencil to Tablet

Hey /art/, so I'm pretty good at drawing with a pencil and paper, but I can't get the hang of drawing with a tablet, especially with using layers. So is there any good way of transitioning to a tablet?

streams

>dave & all the old daggers streams are gone

>olly got2gud for us

who do you guys watch paint these days?

https://picarto.tv/nesskain

http://www.twitch.tv/wakkawa

https://picarto.tv/Sunibee

http://livestreamstatuslist.appspot.com/

Character Design Contest, SICP VN Projekt

Drawfriends, I am running a character design contest for cash money prizes. Visit /tech/ and find the thread on the SICP VN Projekt for details.

>>>/tech/365536

You can also email me for the contest rules: sicpvn@cock.li

Prizes are 10 or 25 dollars for a winning design, best artwork in the contest gets an additional 100 dollars. Looking for character designs to support a visual novel where you will do a class at MIT for Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. The characters should be anime-style and be normal human beings, although anime style is very generous gives some room for different body shapes and sizes. Basically it is a visual novel about normal students and such, so Ben Bitdiddle shouldn't have elven ears or be a Lich aww yisss, Overlord-style. Anyway, I'm announcing this contest here to give you a chance to enter and win, email me with any questions and if you choose to enter, good luck!

Contest closes at the end of 2015.

More like this

Does anyone have more like this? What would you google for more of this rendering steps of a painting? My google-fu is failing hard.

ITT: concept art, stages of art, sketch

Bob Ross "The Joy of Painting"

>Twitch.tv streaming all 403 episodes of Bob Ross' "The Joy of Painting" in a Bob Ross marathon

>42K+ viewers

http://www.twitch.tv/bobross

Truly inspirational stuff, Bob Ross, I can have his videos playing for ages in the background.

making the switch to digital

Okay /art/, I've been traditional art for a while now and I want to jump to digital. It's been some time since I did draw digitally. Problem is I have no idea how or where to start.

>inb4 just do it

I tried but I just can't seem to get the hang of it. How do I make that jump to digital?

Ebin Pepe

Hay u guis! Rate mah smug pepe mask I made.

:^)

art for the 23rd

Hello /art/, /operate/ BO here.

So i decided that it'd be a good idea if multiple boards had their own thread to actively discuss this, rather than just having all discussion take place in that one /operate/ thread.

If you have any questions about this, then please feel free to ask them here or in the /operate/ thread here: >>>/operate/38319

Below are the rules for this contest:

rules

1.This should ideally be an original piece.

2.The 8chan logo must be included somewhere in the piece.

3.It being 8chans 2nd birthday should also be mentioned. The "2nd" needs to be emphasized, i.e., "happy 2nd birthday" rather than just "happy birthday"

4.photoshop mashups (simply putting the logo & birthday mention on a random image) , post screencaps, and other non-drawn low effort works are unlikely to be chosen.

5.The final piece has to be posted in the /operate/ thread.

6.The deadline for the artwork is October 23rd.

optional: You may include any board of your choosing to be featured alongside your artwork.

Note: Since this will be featured on the homepage, the larger the image the better.

Draw something

VFX/Motion design/compositing

Does anyone know anything about VFX or motion design or basically creating anything that moves but isn't directly "animating" as we know it?

I'm looking to learn more about it, but I'm a little lost. I don't know what to do or where to look for information.

I think I know the programs; After Effects is used for motion design, Cinema4D is used for 3D design, Nuke is used for compositing, flash/toonboom for 2D animation, and the various other 3D programs are used for other 3D/VFX stuff, but I can't afford them. The free alternatives I've found are Blender and Natron.

I guess what I'm more specifically looking for is some exercises or ideas for what to do, some guides/tutorials/resources to show how certain things are done, and maybe some resources for making stuff with (let's say for example an explosion animation).

Attempting improvement

Can I get some criticism of these three drawings?

fundamentals

Propping up your drawing board/surface at an angle

Do any of you use something to prop-up your drawing board when drawing on a horizontal surface? (like a table easel or self-made prop up aids?)

I hear it can help with stopping yourself from arching over your drawings too much (which'd probably help prevent back/neck problems) and wonder what your thoughts are on the matter

Also, how much of angle would you prop your board up?

pics related

/art/ meta

Request thread... where is it?

Wheres the request thread? Please tell me :c thx (heres a shitty drawing of a eye)

Delusional Artist Tales

Can we start a "delusional artist tales" thread? Kind of like /fit/'s "fat people stories" threads.

I'll start.

>be me

>be a couple of months ago

>working on a project on photoshop

>pretty much one of the most knowledgeable guy on photoshop besides the teacher himself

>not surprising this is a 3d graphics class. no one has touched photoshop before. just coming in on my free time to work

>teacher sends someone to me

"Hey this is student wants to learn photoshop. He seems really interested at your skills."

>myownapprentice.jpg

"Yeah, sure. I'd be happy to show him around."

>sit him down give him a rundown of the basics. brush, lasso, eraser, hardness, flow and opacity.

"My sister draws anime a lot. So drawing is in my blood."

>red flag

"Oh that's cool. Here I'm going to give you a basic exercise. You need to make this circle appear 3d by shading it in. Just black and white its pretty simple."

>give him a brief lesson on shading and how shadows work

>leave him alone. he should be fine right?

>come back 10 minutes later, literally googling images of half naked anime chicks

"How's the sphere doing?"

"Oh it's too hard besides no one in Japan draws like this."

>fuck me

"Oh, is that so... lemme see how far you've gone."

>nothing

>maybe he gave up. I get frustrated too sometimes. open up brush history.

>nothing. its like the moment i left he just decided to do whatever the fuck he wanted

"Look man, you gotta at least try. Try drawing stuff until you feel comfortable."

"Fine."

>paint bucket. black. fill.

>brush. bright magenta. squiggly lines

>bright yellow. big circle.

>glance at him once in a while. this takes him half an hour

"Hey! Look! I'm finished!"

>cringe a little at the mess. am too nice to say anything bad about it.

"Uhh... it's colorful. I has a bit too much contrast but... what is it suppose to be?"

"A volcano lit by the luminescence of the full moon."

>acts like his magnum opus

"Good job. Here, I want you to draw at least one picture a day to get better."

"Screw this. This is too much work."

Pic related. It's my best recreation of it.

I stopped going to that class. Last time I saw him he was trying to convince me he's trained in the arts of Assassin's Creed and tried to stab me in the neck with a pencil.

:/

So ive been working on trainer game sort of similar to akabur games

I managed to get a concept build and ive started to look around for artists who can do commissions and stuff

So /art/ How do I find normal artists, from the few small forums ive gone to, most artists are fucking obsessed with drawing furry shit or are just generally shitty people who are impossible to work with

Are there any actual artists who aren't tumblr tier butt mad autists? Where do I find them?

Good brands of colored pencils that won't eat my wallet?

I'm poor and need more colored pencils, are there any brands that are good, yet not super expensive? I heard roseart was pretty ok.

Recommendations?

I am a newfag to making art and I am often frustrated because I am too poor to buy a graphics pad and I torrented PS but the mouse is just a piece of shit for it. Any recommendations for programs or hardware that is cheap?

Ears

I don't know how to put variety in realistic looking ears.

Is there anything listing ear traits by ethnicity (X are open, y have long lobes ect) or such?

Pointers

So I got an intous tablet medium size and paint tool size.

I literally know nothing about them or drawing, and the videos I can find are rather specific.

Anybody have videos on optimizing these two together or something? Would be appreciated.

Music while working

Individual Study Thread

In this thread, post studies you do on an individual basis. I'm (indeed) coming from /dpd/! It's only fair, after /loomis/ dissolved, for me to honor his decision and to help bring this board up.

Ideas: tonal studies, color studies, compositional studies, portrait studies, anatomy studies, etc

Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kfK46nruKM

http://www.fusroda.com/resources

http://portraitsfordrawing.tumblr.com/

>>800

>>76

Help

Looking at my drawings makes me feel very uncomfortable and cringe. How do I really improve myself?

Question

I have a bit of fear, anons.

I'm about to pick up drawing for the first time in ages. I've read the guides and I've saved a few tutorials for myself to help me get started. I've also read much of your advice.

However, one nagging doubt has always bothered me: whether practicing can truly lead to improvement or not. Every time I remember this advice, I am reminded of the countless numbers of DA people who have owned accounts for 15 years, yet have improved very little. They start off with their art looking like Sonichu, and their latest works end up looking the same as they did in the beginning. Are some individuals, no matter how hard they practice, destined to meet this fate?

&IAO

Rule 1: Use only these letters: &, I, A, O.

Rule 2: Do whatever the fuck you want.

Pet peeve #43517: bad signatures

Does anyone else feel like a lot of painters take a giant shit on their work when it comes to signing it?

I want to build a cropped selection of bad signatures, care to contribute?

Traditional Methods for Concept Art?

Do you think Concept Art for movies, games and advertisment done with traditional art techniques like oil, watercolor or markers can work nowadays?

Faces

any tips on drawing faces? I can never get it to seem right.

SFM Thread?

Didn't see any threads about SFM. What's /art/'s take on it? Any of you guys use it?

Unknown artwork

Can someone name me this artwork and/or the name of the artist? Reverse image turns up nothing.

Animation Thread

Warhol

Heil Hitler!

Pretty Picture

I made some art. Please give me your thoughts on it.

Artist Block

whenever i want to draw i never have any ideas, or when i do know what to draw i always get sad because i cant do it

i feel like i lost that feeling i used to get when i first started drawing

what i'm asking is what do you guys do when you have an artist block or feel like your drawings are bad

art

my art like?

expensive cake

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/14/75-million-cake-sets-price-record.html

75 million dollars and they look worse than gumbi.

Levelup interviews Craig Mullins

Some advice and stories from the man himself

(45 minutes long)

Best Way to Learn to Art

Before you say anything, yes, I've read your stickies. I've torrented a few artbooks, I've looked up resources and tutorials.

I cannot draw currently, and to be honest I haven't started trying. I'm not sure if my approach will be flawed or not.

You see, the common advice I see given to get into art is "draw a lot". I can get that and I appreciate the simplicity, but I'm worried it's not that simple.

Let me describe my worst fear: I grind out hundreds of shitty drawings and all I get out of it is I learn how to efficiently draw a bad drawing.

What I keep thinking is, if I do it wrong 100 times, what's to say I'll get it right on the 101st?

Is it really as simple as pick a reference and just try to draw it as accurately as possible? Am I over thinking this?

People who learned how to draw later in life.

It seems like all good artists started drawing during their childhood or early teens. Can you post some example of people who started to learn how to draw in their mid-20s or later, and are at least somewhat good? People who draw cartoons and weeb shit are fine too I guess. Bonus points if they have a blog or something so you can study their progress.

I can't persuade myself to go on.

my shitty webcomic

Are my drawings an eyesore or should i suck it up and write my shitty webcomic with my current skills?

Help with anxiety

Hello /art/, i know this question might have been answered a thousand times or probably more, and maybe my answer it's on the FAQ of this board, but I've been looking for help to deal with this strange force of mine that prevents me from picking up a pencil and learn the core fundamentals of drawing and i don't know how to deal with this, and the only advises I've been getting is to just simply do it.

The last instance where i was practicing drawing was 5 months ago but i had to quit due to having to study for exams and ever since then i haven't had the feel to draw anything.

The site i was using to practice drawing back then were the lessons from drawabox.com but even then i didn't thought i was going on the right direction.

I did, however, picked some books to learn drawing but i don't think they are for absolute beginners like me. I've been even reading the Power of Habit to start incorporating practicing drawing as a daily routine but i still haven't figured out how to find a cue that could make me want to start practicing more drawing.

I've been also considering just taking art courses but at the moment all of them are not available and even still i keep thinking they're not for me.

And apologies for the blog post and if I'm writing this on the wrong board, i just don't know where to find a solution to this.

POV-Ray Raytracer Art

More here: https://mscharrer.net/povray/

What is this artstyle?

Been really digging the cd cover art that this guy named Jeroen Advocaat does. Does anyone know what this artstyle would even be called? Or where I could go to fin some similar stuff?

whiteboard chat

http://www.takamin.com/oekakichat/user/oekakichat4.php?userid=245455

Practice drawing and talk to other /art/ists.

Any of you with Zbrush?

What can you tell me about it?

help

How do you deal with the common 'everything I draw is shit' attitude, especially when you have to draw something by a deadline.

I took a class and I have 2 weeks to finish. Before that I was pretty confident with my work but suddenly I feel utter shit about it now.

It doesn't help that I'm a beginner too who doesn't have alot of experience.

But I really need to do this, I don't want to quit- the project's subject is pretty close to me and it's something I really have a passion for, that must be why I'm feeling so vulnerable. I won't go into detail about it because it's too long.

Is there anyway to combat this or fix this?

Request thread

I'm bored and have nothing to do.

Gonna do some requests, feel free to ask for one.

3D Sculpture

Weird Green graph board that all japanese artists seem to have

What the hell is this green board and why do so many manga artists- artists in general have it??? Whats so special about it??

Art burn

How do you deal with losing interest in your art?

Questions :>

Hello o/

Im going to the art middle-school this year and i wanted to try Opencanvas 6 so i bought graphic tablet (bamboo MTE-450) yesterday. First time it just feels wierd but after hour of making circles and stuff, i tried to create something …

So i got some questions :

- Opencanvas 6 or Paint tool Sai ?

- Which tablet is best for animations/painting?

(Also my english is not perfect so exuse my grammar ^^)

Thanks.

Goodbye, /loomis/!

>When it comes to traffic and subsequent retention of users, this board is beyond disrepair.

>I urge you to seek art-related discussion on one of 8chan's other art boards, most notably >>/art/ (the fastest current art board on 8chan) or perhaps >>/dpd/. In the end, it was naive of an artist of my low-caliber to entertain the thought of maintaining his own board. Thank you all and…

>keep drawing, my friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT8fJ940AS4

http://www.8ch.net/loomis/hub.html

Music production board

Hey, /art/. Some of you might be interested in >>>/musicprod/

How exactly does one do an art study?

Hey everyone! I'm totally new to 8 chan so please be gentle.

Anyway I'm trying to improve lately and the one thing any artist I follow says is the best way to improve is through studies.

Over time I believe I've come to do studies for things like gesture and figures in perspective (20p in Posemaniacs in 1pt perspective; at least 20 minutes in Quickposes getting the figure; do these two once a day, everyday). My question is how one performs an anatomy study?

I'm asking because while researching studies one video described that there is an inherent difference between studying something and copying it. Both yield results but there is a way to do things.

So i was wondering if you all had a process to study things like anatomy or if there is something I need to keep in mind while doing studies?

Wondering...

Has anyone had the same problem I have right now? A big mistake I've made throughout my self-teaching is only focusing on drawing. I never color, so when I do try my drawings always end up looking flat.

I've been drawing for years, but less than half that time have I actually attempted to color them. Just wondering if you guys have advice or have experienced the same thing I'm going through right now.

Git Gud Counting Game

Rate my art?

I started trying to teach myself how to draw about two years ago now after coming up with an idea for a comic book.

This is the first drawing I feel truly proud of in any way.

Do you guys have any... how do I say... abnormal advice? Little things you do or did that helped you a lot?

Advice for semi-realistic or stylized art that includes the nose would be most appreciated as I don't want to go full weeaboo.

Should I use Lazy Nezumi?

So I've been doodling for a few years now. It's something I enjoy doing and I enjoy drawing with pen and paper. My problem comes with transitioning from physical to digital. I already have difficulties drawing good lines but when I start drawing on a tablet my lines seem to get even worse. I really want start drawing digitally because how powerful digital tools are but whenever I try to draw I take 100 redoes before I draw a line I'm remotely satisfied with. I looked up some tutorials on ways to hold my stylus and they've helped (kinda) but in my search I came across a program called Lazy Nezumi. It helps make your lines smooth and lets you alter the shape of the lines. It all looks really neat and I can see it making my life a whole lot easier. The only problem is that it seems kinda like a short cut. I don't think I'll ever want to draw professionally but I want to improve. So does anyone here on /art/ use this program? Thoughts on it? If anyone cares I use Photoshop for drawing (even though from what I hear that isn't really a good idea.)

Apologies if this post was more fit for /loomis/.

I'm never gonna get better

I already know that it takes a lot of time to get better.

I feel like I'm never gonna get any better with drawing. When looking at my older drawings, it looks the same as how I draw today.

It feels like I'll never improve my art techniques. I have looked at tutorials and references many times but it hasn't helped me.

It's not the other hobbies that I have which distracts me from being better at art such as programming and music well?

Can somebody tell me how to get better?

I am also tired of nobody criticizing my art.

Why do you draw?

Friend insists on using Microsoft Paint.

I have a question for you guys.

A friend of mine is a decent cartoon artist and draws a ton of stuff... but on *MS Paint*. Yeah, ew. I know. She thinks all art programs either cost a lot of money or are too confusing and refuses to ever use them. She only uses the straight line tool, bucket tool, and the curve tool to do her work. The main problem is the anti aliasing on MS Paint. It's non existent. Her art always comes out with terrible edges and it sucks. (Check the picture I added to this post as an example.) So is there any super basic art programs that are very cheap or free that I could tie her up and force her to use?

Meanwhile

Since 4chan hates my privacy. I post here instead.

Pixel Art

So how do you guys feel about pixel art?

Danielle and Freya

Gonna be dumping some art /v/ made. We'd love it if anyone on /art/ also wants to draw some D&F

MS PAINT CHALLENGE

General opinion

What /art/ think about these that i made when i was around 8 or 9

.

I'm trying off some more experiemental styles.

How did i do?

Good artists

Dealing with feelings of inadequacy?

where's the thread where people request fonts?

I can't find it and it's bugging me. hah

Getting this place to a decent number of posters

How do we get more people posting in here?

What do we do? do we advertise in other boards?

I'm thinking in making OC for each board, like some military and political themed drawings for /pol/ and maybe /k/, vidya fanart for /v/ and /ggrevolt/, memetic stuff for /bmw/and OC in general, maybe that'll boost traffic here and represent 8chan more (we truly need quality OC in this site in general)

Commission $$ Fashion Sketch

What's up /art/? Would you like to make a little dosh?

I'm doing some design work for a local used clothing store. Right now, I'm designing a postcard that has all the basic information of the store on it. I need an illustration to put on the front, something eye-catching and attractive. I was thinking something along the lines of the attached pics, but it could be only loosely based on that.

The general idea is: draw a figure who is fashionable, and give it a summery feel. Could be pretty abstract, could be very detailed, as long as it looks cool. Also, I'd prefer if it has kind of a cozy feeling, like a used clothing store feel, instead of the aloof/imperious thing that a lot of fashion sketches have going on.

Post your submissions in the thread (watermarked is okay). I'll choose the best one and pay that person $30-60 through paypal (or potentially bitcoin), depending on my opinion of the quality of the work.

Cheers, and happy spring!

Lightsaber Redesign and Discussion Thread

Animation

Hey /art/ how do you feel about my animation? I know it's not very good but I've just started out and am looking to improve, any and all feedback is appreciated. Sorry for the lack of detail to work with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcIR54zI8qA

DeviantART problems

The logic of DeviantART is just wrong, they don't even care about skills. Also the admins of DeviantART doesn't allow people to say that their drawing is bad or else will result banned. And there is alot of pictures that are furry, FNaF, MLP, Minecraft, inflation fetish, pregnant fetish and feet fetish drawings. Why does it never stop?

Gesture Sketching Refining & 100 Thumbnails vs. 1 Portrait

at what point can you go from gesture sketching a million times a day, to refining them?

also how important is the size that you draw? i mainly do thumbnail gesture sketches, where each page has like 50 different figure poses, but no detail to the face or hands/feet, and the primitives are warped like crazy due to contouring. i'm worried that i'll be shit when someone goes "can you draw a face up close?" or anything for that matter. when should i try to transition and try to draw a big face,hand,etc on my canvas instead of dozens of small ambiguous figure poses and limbs? pic unrelated but i'll post a canvas when i'm done. sorry if this goes against the rules.

/cyber/ the game cross posting

Hi fellow /art/ists

There is a project on the /cyber/ board to make a cyberpunk video game.

Point & click pixelated style a la Gemini Rue.

We need some artists!

If you are interested go take a look

>>26172

Draw Thread!

cozy artists

does anyone know of any cozy art?

winter, nature and so on

pics related theodor kittelsen's cozy art

Breaking down objects into shapes

I've always been told that I should train my brain to see something and then be able to break it down into basic 3D shapes. Currently, however, I'm not sure I have this concept down, and I want to use the most efficient method as possible to practice this.

So I'm asking all the artists who feel like they understand this aspect of drawing: What sort of practice did you use to cement it in your mind, and about how long did it take until you felt you had it down?

Somewhat stuck

Need some suggestions on what to put in the background of this image. Already got the dragon in the foreground pretty much done but if you have other suggestions/critiques, I'm cool with that shit. Btw, it looks pretty shit at this moment.

Video resources

subject says it all

artist feels

>sell paintings on ebay

>make meme paintings thinking they will sell

>they guy selling a folder of pepes sold 16

>paint the single rarest pepe on earth

>like my 10th time resisting and not a single bid

/art/ bookclub

I think it would be pretty cool if we could breakdown books, discuss ideas presented in them, and bring light to the minor things that often go overlooked inside of them. There are gems, ideas...that become the most influential and powerful when you consider their reasoning and truth.

I'll start with Loomis- Successful Drawing(page 11), so for maybe 5 days we can discuss certain things written by Loomis.

I will upload a file for the portion I will be talking about.

What Loomis is saying here is really interesting. It reminds me of Craig Mullins' recent comment that it's not enough to be good at drawing and painting. You need to be able to offer something different enough from everyone else, such that people will hire you over someone else.

This section is also relevant to when we try to measure professional artists against each other. In my eyes, it's not the levels of knowledge that make a difference, it's what they decide to make. Sometimes we confuse choices for better knowledge or skill.

It seems also, that the internet has become the 'pool' for the knowledge of illustration and concept art. And truly, you see in great quantities people teaching and absorbing knowledge. Loomis would be proud, I'd say.

I see truth in Loomis's statement that it is difficult to teach without presenting his own work. Not only does it provide validity for their opinion, but more importantly it shows the student a demonstration of what he's talking about. I will often wait until I can show something before I post a critique. If I can't make something, if I can't even do what I'm discussing, I tend to drop my critique.

I think that's all I have to talk about this one! Think about it, and if you have any ideas, discuss them.

Personal art problems

Personal art problems thread

My problem: When I'm sketching aimlessly, I have no problem getting either realism or stylisted stuff out.

When I conciously set out to draw something, it inherrently turns into crap.

can only draw faces pointing to the right, and have to mirror for characters that look to the left.

can't foreshorten to save my life when it comes to humans. I have no problem foreshortening anything else, ranging from dinosaurs, to cars, spaceships and even landscapes.

checked back at /ic/, found this

https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2057096

jesus christ

Atelier? good or bad?

ok guys, so what is your opinion on atelier? an affordable revival of classical training in the modern world? or just a bunch of people who cant get with the times?

Vote my balls

I am a beginner and I have a question. Which one of my balls looks the best? Vote here: http://strawpoll.me/4600684

Ramsay Bolton Smug Pepe

Sup /art/, if someone would be so kind as to draw me a Ramsey Bolton Pepe for science, it would be greatly appreciated!

ART１０１

:3

安安

是藝術板呢

讓我貼我畫的一張畫

你們喜歡嗎

tips on trees

I have been struggling with figuring out how to make the background trees connect to the one in the front. Currently they just look like a damn mess.

yeah yeah cubist trash, modern art is garbage, and I should kill my self.

Graphics Applications Thread

Online Portfolio

Solidarity Thread

Free Educational Resources

Question from a non-artist

What is photobashing and why does it seem so divisive whenever it's brought up?

body

hello art brothers i need help im trying to decide what type of body to give this character any ideas ?

ShillArt

Has anybody visited it recently? What events transpired for it to turn into the corporate clusterfuck that we see today?

Freelancing

>MFW Youre working diligently on a freelance job for some exposure and experience, only to have something blindside your life and the dickwad in charge of the project outsources to another less skilled freelancer and goes with it, leaving you out in the cold on the day you come in to turn in the finished product.

Seriously, this shit burns the fuck outta my biscuts. I don't know if anyone else on this board has experienced similar but FUCK ME do I want to punch babies over this.

Wondering if any more experienced anons in the biz might have some tips for a route to take beyond telling the faggot project manager to fuck himself? I know its not wise to burn bridges, but this guy and I have a history, so this sort of thing isn't out of the norm.

If not that, then any other similar crap freelance/commission experiences? I guess that makes this more of a freelance grievance bitchmoan thread in that sense

Macro anthros

I just made these and figured I'd throw 'em somewhere

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16601473/

tools of the trade

What tools/programs do you work with /art/?

pic related, done in 5 mins with Macromedia flash pro 8, kinda messy though

graphic novel advice

Hello /art/ I want to make a graphic novel. I have an idea for the book, it's kinda strange, it's about a kid who goes to outer space and dies. But I have 0 art skills. I need someone to do the art but I'm poor as fuck. I barely started a job but idk how much you need to pay artists. Also, this will be over the internet as well so how would I get my vision across implying I do find someone? How would I even explain how much panels and stuff? And where would I even find a good artist. Btw this will be an eBook, and I will self publish because no one will accept a book about a child passing away in outer space.

Anyways these are just some answers I have and I was wondering if you guys can help.

/v/: DeepFreeze-tan

Greetings from /v/, /art/.

/v/ is conceptualizing a new girl, and we'd like your help. There's already a few drawings in place, but we definitely need more.

Pic related is probably the most detailed and developed art we have of her so far, so hopefully this gives a good idea of what she already looks like. There were talks of adding:

>An ushanka, probably with the 8chan logo on it

>tongue piercing

>Ring with an icy-blue gem on it

Some people also wanted to see her in a bikini and licking Sea Salt Ice Cream. /v/ can't help itself when it comes to lewd.

Anyway, make of this what you will if you want, it would be much appreciated since /v/ doesn't have a whole lot of drawfags available at the time

Disapline

how did I do?

>e

ITT paintings you've done

becoming better/professional at drawing/art

I recently realized that even though I'm quite talented, my drawing sucks in comparison to how pros approach this so I started practicing on a regular basis. However all I do is random sketches and gestures. I collected some info on the internet on this subject but I feel like I'm missing out on the big picture. Is there a good bookseries or diy tutorial/schedule that is similar to what is taught at art schools?

Occult Art

>Implying you can know architecture and art without knowing the occult.

Face it, basically every fine piece of architecture and art, is made by someone who had occult knowledge.

Where to buy tablets in japan?

What tablet to buy, and where to buy it in japan?

I have a really small budget and I needed a good tablet.

Not sure how small it is, but Im used to draw in a small notebook with 11x16.7x1.9cm, will I have a problem with these small tablets?

Study Thread #2

Direction

What do you think? Which is best?

/dpd/ general

Need a subject

On paraphernalia

CGPEERS REGISTRATION IS OPEN

Tablet tutorials

Cintiqs

snip snap nig nap

drawfag needed

Fuck DeviantART.

Does Loomis cover orthographic perspective drawing?

Average faces from side

>this board

Clouds?

judge my webpage wip

Some art questions

draw thread

Adventure's of Pace Drinky Salza

Comics

Psychedelic, Dark Art

pointilism

Help!

Paintover Thread

Cross Hatching Thread

a present

Album art

medic sees a trap

WE NEED A NEW TERM FOR ART

INTERNET MONOPOLY MONEY IS JUST A MYTH

Weird Tablet Shit

/r/ing Cyberlady drawing

watrfll

Corruption in High Art

something to laugh at